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Planning, Development & Transportation Hearing - Docket #0324 - Message and order temporarily extending Urban Renewal Plans in the City of Boston until March 31, 2025 or passage of a proposed relevant Home Rule Petition
A
A
For
the
record,
my
name
is
Frank
Baker
Lawson,
Boston
city
council,
District,
three
I'm,
the
chair
of
the
Boston
city
council
committee,
on
Planning,
Development
and
transportation.
I
want
to
remind
you
that
this
public
hearing
is
being
recorded
and
broadcast
live
on
Xfinity
8,
rcn82,
FiOS,
964
and
streamed
on
www.boston.gov
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also
submit
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testimony.
Today's
hearing
is
on
docket
zero.
Three
two
four,
this
matter
is
sponsored
by
the
mayor
and
was
referred
to
the
committee
on
Planning
Development
and
transportation
on
February
1st,
the
docket
summary
docket
zero.
A
Three
two
four
is
a
message
and
Order
temporarily:
extending
urban
renewal
plans
in
the
city
of
Boston
until
March,
31st,
2025
or
passage
of
a
proposed
relevant
home
rule
petition.
I'm
joined
here
by
my
colleagues,
president
Flynn
councilor,
Bach
and
Council
Murphy
and
I.
Think
we'll
we'll
start
with
in
in
the
subject
is
urban
renewal?
Do
you
have
an
opening
statement,
Mr
President.
B
Thank
you,
Mr,
chair,
I.
Don't
have
an
opening
statement
here
to
listen
to
the
testimony
from
the
bpda
leadership
team
had
an
opportunity
to
meet
with
them
previously
as
well,
and
just
want
to
acknowledge
the
the
professional
dialogue
back
and
forth
with
the
bpda
team
and
looking
forward
to
the
conversation.
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
and
I
have
acknowledged
in
the
past
when
I
started
as
a
District
2
city
council
working
with
one
of
the
panelists
Mr
brain.
B
But
it
was
him
working
with
me
that
was
able
to
move
the
bpda
into
doing
language
and
communication
access,
especially
to
the
Cantonese
speaking
community
in
Chinatown.
So
I'm
always
thankful
for
his
professionalism
in
hard
work
and
making
sure
that
my
constituents
were
heard
during
the
development
process.
So
when
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
that
positive
work
in
relationship
with
Mr
brain
and
the
entire
bpda
team,
as
well
as
obviously
the
the
Mr
Jameson
I'm,
not
saying
Mr
Breen-
is
the
the
boss
here.
Mr
Jameson,
you
know,
but.
C
The
really
important
thing
is
that
we're
making
decisions
on
this
front
really
based
on
like
the
data
and
the
kind
of
detailed
level
of
stuff,
and
especially
for
those
of
us
who
are
district
counselors.
That's
really
important
to
kind
of
think
about
the
impacts
on
the
district.
So
I
appreciate
that
in
advance
and
thank
you
Mr
chair,
thank
you.
Councilman.
D
For
thank
you
for
being
here
looking
forward
to
the
conversation
and
also
thank
you
for
giving
us
that
information
was
here
also
last
spring
when
it
was
first
brought
up
and
for
us
to
vote
on
something
that's
going
to
have
such
an
impact.
It's
important
to
have
this
detailed
level
of
information
so
looking
forward
to
the
conversation.
Thank
you
thank.
A
You
Council
Murphy
and
if,
if
somebody
put
in
their
remarks,
if
we
could
specifically
specifically
say
when
we
met
Lasser
I
know
it
was
last
spring.
What
was
a
date,
and
that
was
our
extension
out
to
when
that
was
Chris,
and
also
is
there
any
reason
in
in
whoever's
remarks?
You
can
answer
this,
but
what
was
the
reason
for
pairing
together
the
the
extension
until
March
25th
with
the
proposed
home
rule
petition?
Was
there
any?
A
E
Good
afternoon
members
of
the
committee,
it's
a
pleasure
to
see
each
of
you.
My
name
is
Arthur
Jamison
I'm,
the
chief
of
planning
and
the
director
of
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
agency
I'm
joined
today
by
Reuben
Cantor
senior
advisor
in
our
office.
Chris
Breen,
our
urban
renewal
manager
and
I've
got
to
my
right,
Lisa
Harrington,
our
general
counsel,
I'm
pleased
to
be
here
to
answer
all
the
questions
you
and
citizens
I
have
about
our
proposal.
E
So
as
you,
as
you
said
in
the
introduction,
we
have
proposed
that
the
current
urban
renewal
areas
be
extended
for
approximately
two
years.
The
reason
for
that
is
the
we
have
submitted
a
home
rule
petition
which
would
alter
our
current
our
current
powers
and
specifically
the
things
that
Charter
them
and
the
findings
we
need
to
make
in
order
to
use
them.
There
is
a
relationship
between
those
two
things.
E
If
there
was
a
time
where,
though,
those
rules
were
not
in
effect,
there's
a
risk
that
some
of
those
properties
could
become
eligible
to
be
acquire
wired
and
and
not
continue
to
have
the
public
benefits
that
are
associated
with
them.
So
I
think
you're
asking
a
great
question:
Council
councilor
Baker
in
that
case,
so
I
want
to
make
sure
we
answered
it
immediately
as
to
why
we
thought
this.
These
two
things
were
wanked
and
why
they
had
urgency
since
I
have
the
Good
Fortune
of
having
expert
opinion
and
knowledge
here.
E
I
think
I'd
like
to
do
is
what
Chris
I'll
go
through
a
quick
background
or
some
elements
of
which
many
of
you
have
seen
and
heard
from
myself
or
other
members
of
the
team,
but
I
think
it'll
be
good
for
you
and
for
our
listeners
in
the
audience
that
have
heard
them
without
further.
With
your
permission,
I'll
ask
Chris
to
speak
to
it.
F
So
as
long
as
we're
going
to
get
into
okay
excellent,
we'll
sort
of
break
it
down
for
not
only
you
but
the
viewers
at
home,
because
I
know
lots
of
folks
in
the
community.
Both
views
at
home
Chris
would
need
to
do
it
for
him.
It's
streaming
right
all
right,
so
my
name
is
Christopher
Breen,
as
Chief
Jemison
stated.
F
Another
person
is
Sophie
Schmidt
and
she's,
our
data
operations
manager
and
the
things
that
she
does
are
so
crucial
to
everything
that
we're
going
to
present
to
you
that
I
don't
understand
them
like
she's.
You
know,
she's
done
an
amazing
job,
she's
able
to
catalog
and
and
sort
of
take
these
these
essentially
numbers
and
information
that
we
provide
her
and
put
it
into
real-time
sort
of
graphs
and
charts
and
and
unit
counts
and
and
a
number
of
folks
affected
per
district
and
per
herb
renewal
area
and
she's
extremely
talented
at
what
she
does.
F
And
then,
of
course,
we
have
Reuben
Cantor
who's,
a
major
part
of
sort
of
transformation.
Of
that
this
urban
renewal
team
has
experienced
over
the
last
year.
Those
are
all
three
new
folks
to
the
agency
and
I
think
with
the
data
analysis,
you
will
see
you'll
see
the
the
changes
and
the
improvements
and
the
and
how
it's
been
analyzed
just
deeper
and
better,
and
it
will
be
able
to
translate
to
you
folks
way
that
that'll
hit
hard.
F
A
G
Just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
for
being
here
and
I'm,
looking
forward
to
learning
about
what
what
the
what
the
proposal
is
here,
so
that
we,
you
know,
get
it
right
when
we're
thinking
about
Investments
for
public
good.
We
obviously
know
the
history
and
oftentimes
how
folks
look
at
Reverend
renewal
and
bpda,
so
I'm,
looking
forward
to
hearing
what
this
new
vision
is
for
our
city
and
investing
in
public
good.
Thank
you.
H
F
This
first
slide:
why
does
Earth?
Why
is
it?
Why
doesn't
urban
renewal
extension
matter
today?
Essentially
we
put
this
up
there
because
we
know
before
we
dive
into
this
very
data-driven
sort
of
material.
It
is,
of
course,
important
to
acknowledge
Urban
owl's,
poor
reputation
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
to
continue
to
understand
any
harm
or
trauma
that
has
been
caused
in
the
past
due
to
due
to
the
displacement
of
individuals,
families
and
communities
throughout
the
city
of
Boston,
and
it's
inner
city,
neighborhoods
I'm,
just
gonna
go
to
the
next
slide.
F
This
slide
when
I
look
at
it
is
essentially
saying
why
are
we
here
and
as
we
look
back,
this
slide
is
a
reminder
that,
about
a
year
ago,
11
months
ago,
to
be
precise,
the
Boston
city
council
requested
that
we
do
a
deep
data
dive
to
better
understanding
the
impacts
of
allowing
12
of
the
existing
urban
renewal
plans
to
expire
next
slide.
Sorry,
one
too
far.
F
All
right
timeline,
councilor
Baker,
as
you
requested.
This
timeline
is
a
visual
representation
of
where
we
have
been
over
those
last
11
months.
The
vast
majority
of
of
these
months
has
been
spent,
reviewing
and
analyzing
thousands
of
documents
and
legal
covenants
through
the
65-year
history
of
the
agency
and
as
well.
We
went
above
and
beyond
and
reviewed
many
third-party
confidence
that
work
in
conjunction
with
with
our
outcome
analysis.
F
We
have
a
slide
okay,
so
we
are
here
before
you
today
to
present
those
findings
and
ask
for
a
two-year
extension
of
the
plans.
While
the
larger
hormone
petition
goes
before
you
and
the
state
legislature,
it
should
be.
It
should
be
reminded
that
if
no
action
or
vote
takes
place
prior
to
March
31st
of
this
year
about
six
weeks
from
today,
most
land
disposition
agreements
that
are
associated
with
the
remaining
12
plans
will
expire
and
no
longer
be
enforceable.
F
What
is
an
LDA,
and
just
to
remind
the
council
or
folks
watching
at
home
a
land
disposition?
Agreement
is
quite
simply
a
covenant
or
a
legal
contract
between
a
buyer
and
a
seller.
In
this
case,
the
bpda
or
proceeding
at
the
bra
was
the
seller
and
no
longer
owns
the
property
but
places
a
use
restriction,
onset
property
to
the
new
private
landowner.
F
These
important
use
restrictions
are
things
like
income-restricted
housing
that
are
written
into
land
disposition
agreements,
elderly
preferences
that
are
written
into
ldas
and
not
a
part
of
the
zoning
code.
Various
open
space
requirements
in
towns
and
communities,
particularly
downtown
that
have
very
few
open
spaces
and
community
and
cultural
use
Protections
in
our
downtown
neighborhoods,
like
Roxbury,
Charlestown,
Chinatown
and
the
south
end.
F
I
A
I
Away
well
so
if
the
LDA
were
to
go
away
in
the
case
of
income
restricted
housing
in
most
cases,
the
moh
agreement
would
remain
in
place
yeah,
but
those
those
Agreements
are
usually
are
generally
in
the
20s
and
30s,
so
they
would
go.
They
potentially
would
go
away
in
the
over
the
course
of
the
next
15
to
20
years.
So
what
we're
doing
here
is
just
making
sure
that
we
have
the
we
have.
I
These
agreements,
the
ldas,
give
moh
additional
power
to
to
create
extensions
and
other
agreements
with
those
private
developers
to
ensure
that
we
are
maintaining
the
affordability
on
these
units.
So,
as
you
can
see
on
the
next
Slide,
the
largest
share
of
those
units
are
found
in
districts
two
and
seven,
by
a
pretty
wide
margin.
There
are.
There
are
some
found
in
districts,
one
three
and
eight
and
a
very
small
number
in
in
District
Four,
and
we
can
go
into
well.
I
The
12
urban
renewal
areas
that
we're
seeking
to
extend
there
are
a
couple
that
don't
have
any
income
restricted
units
they
have
other
ldas
in
them,
but
almost
all
of
the
the
12
planetaris
have
some
number
of
of
income
restricted
units
I'll
pass
it
back
to
Chris
to
go
into
some
brief
examples.
Just.
F
To
give
the
council
and
the
folks
at
home
an
example
or
one
example
of
a
land
disposition
agreement
that
has
an
income
restricted
housing
restriction
on
it.
This
is
the
Concord
house
and
it
has
an
LDA
that
covers
two
parcels.
One
is
an
all-inc
all
income
restricted,
Housing
Development,
with
units
up
to
four
bedrooms.
F
The
LDA
expires
with
the
plan,
so
if
the
LDA
was
allowed
to
Sunset,
that
LDA
would
no
longer
be
enforceable.
The
affordability
for
the
project
expires
in
about
17
years
from
today
in
moh
monitors
it.
The
LDA
currently
enforces
the
parcel
to
be
low
and
to
be
four
low
and
moderate
income
families.
The
LDA
also
enforces
the
park
in
the
parking
lot
of
which
the
land
owner
has
approached
the
city
to
develop
as
market
rate
housing.
F
F
There
are
other
examples
all
throughout
the
city:
we're
not
going
to
go
into
them
in
detail,
but
just
to
give
you
an
idea,
the
Cox
building
is
one
building
in
Roxbury.
That
was
a
rehabbed
building
in
the
70s
that
the
mayor's
office
of
housing
is
a
little
bit
afraid
of
potentially
losing
the
affordability
and
the
affordability
ends
in
the
next
year.
The
LDA
would
expire
with
the
plan,
so
the
LDA
would
expire
in
six
weeks,
so
our
ability
to
enforce
any
sort
of
affordability
would
would
go
with
it.
There
are
other
examples.
F
In
Charlestown
we
have
the
Main
Street
townhouses,
where
there's
about
10
units
at
Rick's
in
the
next
decade
in
Chinatown
you
have
the
taitung
village,
where
there
are
224
units
at
risk
in
the
2040s.
So
there's
thousands
of
units
all
across
the
city
in
various
decades,
some
in
the
2020s,
some
in
the
2030s,
some
of
the
2040s
and
so
on.
F
Another
sort
of
really
important
thing
that
we
identified
in
land
disposition
Agreements
are
these
things
called
senior
preferences.
Senior
preferences
for
housing
are
important
because
it
helps
ensure
an
aging
population
gets
to
age
in
place
and
have
accommodating
facilities
within
their
own
home
communities.
Senior
preference
is
specifically
written
into
13
ldas
throughout
the
city.
This
allows
for
1700
individuals
and
families
to
remain
often
in
the
city
that
they've
made
home
most
of
these
most
of
these
preferences
expire
with
the
plants.
So
you
can
see
at
this
chart
there's
about
1734
units
that
have
senior
preferences.
F
Some
are
just
for
seniors.
Some
allow
for
just
one
senior
to
live
in
the
unit
and
other
folks
can
be
younger.
They
can
have
daughters
and
and
grandchildren
in
that
unit,
but
you
can
see
the
Breakout
by
District
district
2
district
7
is
the
most
affected
district,
one
as
well,
so
about
1600
of
those
units,
expire,
March,
31st
and
then
about
another
120
live
on
in
the
next
decade.
F
F
I
There
you
go
so
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
the
open
space
that
is
protected
by
about
230
ldas
in
the
city.
Currently,
1.84
million
square
feet
of
open
space
is
being
protected
by
ldas
and
about
40
48
of
that
883
000
square
feet
is
deemed
potentially
developable
and
by
potentially
developable
I
mean
land
that
is
not
owned
by
the
city.
We
are
assuming
that
most
city
and
land
will
remain
in
in
City
ownership,
as
well
as
land
that
some
urban
planners
have
gone
out
and
deemed
undevelopable.
I
A
I
I
The
five
council
districts
where
the
open
space
resides
again.
Much
of
it
is
in
District
Seven,
with
some
sprinkled
out
through
districts,
one
through
four
as
well,
and
and
has
noted
a
lot
of
that
land.
Nearly
half
of
it
is
in
develop,
is
potentially
developable
a
little
bit
less
of
that
in
District,
7.
F
This
is
a
case
example
that
may
answer
some
of
your
questions.
Council
Baker.
To
put
it
simply,
this
land
is
position.
Disposition
agreement
required
open
space.
It
was
in
an
area
of
Charlestown
known
as
Bolton
place,
which
is
a
fire
lane.
It's
kind
of
a
dead
end,
there's
no
parking
on
either
side.
The
parcel
was
required
to
remain
as
open
space
until
the
end
of
the
plan
limits.
When
a
developer
proposed
two
single-family
projects,
the
surrounding
neighbors
asked
the
bpda
to
maintain
this
open
space
restriction.
F
F
F
A
garden
the
neighbors,
the
current
neighbors
are
moving,
but
the
subsequent
street
is
it's
a
little
bit
tight
in
parking.
It's
very
dense
Charleston
has
some
of
the
lowest
open
space
in
the
city
of
Boston
for
a
district,
the
neighbors
do
value
open
space
and
all
different
types
of
open
space.
We
have
some
large
Parks,
but
we
don't
have
small
pocket
parks
and
so
medium
parks
and
little
places
for
respite
like
the
neighbors
used
this
so
another
example.
F
Are
some
other
examples
throughout
the
city
you
have
open
space
LDA
in
Charlestown,
that's
at
24,
Washington
Street.
You
have
another
one
at
32,
Homestead
Street
in
Roxbury,
and
you
have
another
one
at
6163
at
Lawrence
Avenue.
That's
currently
used
as
a
landscape
sort
of
well-maintained
yard,
with
parking.
F
Next
topic:
we're
going
to
talk
about
is
the
last
major
sort
of
tent
pole
of
urban
Renault.
We
have
community
and
institutional
uses,
and
this
is
relatively
a
broad
category,
but
those
types
of
uses
are
most
often
represented
in
ldas
as
things
like
community
centers
performance,
theaters
or
art
galleries
or
cultural
sites.
We
identified
about
56
of
these
use
restrictions
with
the
vast
majority
expiring.
F
The
building
was
abandoned
and
rehabilitated
by
the
current
landowner
of
of
Boston
city
lights.
Today
the
LDA
requires
that
each
time
a
condo
unit
above
is
sold,
two
percent
of
the
sale
goes
directly
to
Boston
city
lights.
That
money
is
used
to
help
kids
from
the
south
end
Chinatown,
Roxbury
and
other
parts
of
the
city
go
on
yearly
field
trips
to
Maine
and
do
other
activities
the
average
sale
price
of
the
above
condos
is
1.5
million
dollars.
Every
time
one
of
those
condos
is
sold.
The
LDA
requires
two
percent.
F
It
goes
to
the
youth
activity
below
and
if
the
LDA
was
to
expire,
which
it
will
that
is
no
longer
enforceable.
Other
examples.
Throughout
the
city,
some
Community
use
restrictions.
We
have
Boston
Metro
live,
that's
a
site,
that's
required
to
do
job
training
with
job
training
takes
place
for
those
transitioning
from
difficult
times
and
homelessness.
We
have
the
Harriet
Tubman
house,
which
is,
although
a
very
controversial
LDA.
The
existing
LDA
did
require
that
the
first
floor.
F
At
least
half
of
it
remain
in
possession
of
uses
and
the
other
half
to
be
income
restricted,
non-profit
space
into
perpetuity.
Now
the
zoning
code
allowed
only
for
residential,
it
did
not
require
for
any
sort
of
community
cultural
use
which
the
BPA
did
demand
and
the
developer
did
Grant
at
income
restricted
prices
in
other
places,
the
Quan
CAO
Community
Center.
It's
often
frequented
by
residents
of
Chinatown
and
I'm,
going
to
turn
over
to
Reuben.
To
show
you
some
of
the
excellent
data
work
he's
done
with
Sophie
and
his
team.
I
Yeah
this
is
the
last
slide,
so
actually
the
gis
team,
led
by
I,
was
the
skin
and
also
Jessica
mirror
put
together
a
urban
renewal
dashboard
for
for
us
and
for
all
of
you,
it's
now
public
to
to
look
through.
You
can
see
just
a
screenshot
here
of
the
dashboard
but
it'll
allow
you
to
see
the
total
number
of
ldus,
oh
sorry,
ldas
and
the
types
of
ldas,
the
the
number
of
income
restricted
units,
the
the
number
of
square
feet
of
open
space.
I
You
can
dig
in
by
at
the
parcel
level
the
LDA
level
at
the
district
level
as
well,
and
learn
more
about
that.
So
I
would
urge
all
of
you
to
take
the
time
if
you
want
to
know
more
about
the
ldas
that
are
in
your
districts
or
across
the
city,
and
so
you
know
tremendous
work
here
by
the
gis
team.
They
did
a
lot
and
so
just
to
close
out
the
presentation.
I
think
that
the
just
to
sort
of
go
back
to
something
that
Chris
said
before
we
are
seeking
an
extension.
I
The
extension
has
to
come
before
March
31st.
In
order
for
that
for
the
timing.
For
us
to
work
out,
we
are
hoping
the
city
council
could
give
us
an
approval
before
our
March
board
meeting
the
board
meeting
would
be
March
16th.
So
if
the
council
is
able
to
provide
us
that
approval
we
can
go
before
the
board
get
board
approval,
then
we
have
to
go
and
get
dhcd
approval
and
that
approval
from
dhcd
has
to
come
before
that
March
31st
deadline.
So
that's
all
sort
of
the
timeline.
Your.
A
F
F
B
B
What
are
some
of
the
negative
consequences
that
this
could
bring
to
to
low-income
residents?
What
is
the
is
there
something
that
we're
we're
missing,
that
there
could
be
a
potential
loophole
that
could
impact
low-income
families,
something
that
could
be
missed
are
we?
Are
we
sure
that
we
we
covered
everything
that
low-income
families
will
not
be
hurt
by
any
decisions
or
actions
we
take,
or
we
don't
take.
F
For
these
ldas
that
specifically
cite
those
types
of
uses
and
the
subsequent
plants
that
the
reason
for
the
planning
was
for
that
type
of
use.
It
would
not
be
in
their
interest
or
our
interest
to
to
make
a
change
to
those
types
of
things.
We
want
to
keep
families
where
they
grew
up
and
they
where
they
live
currently
and
under
the
means
that
they
currently
live
under
so
I,
think
to
Reuben's
point.
The
risk
is
solely:
should
the
ldas
go
away,
we
simply
lose
our
leverage.
B
Particular
neighborhoods
in
my
district
in
District
2,
there
were
a
lot
of
ldas.
Certainly
what
would
the
impact
be
on
the
large
apartment
buildings,
where
many
many
immigrant
neighbors
live
subsidized
housing,
but
what's
the
what's
the
impact
it
would
have
on
on
our
immigrant
Neighbors
in
different
different
neighborhoods.
F
If
that
LDA
is
expired
and
the
plans
expired
and
the
plan
cites
a
certain
type
of
use
that
belongs
in
a
certain
area
in
a
certain
neighborhood,
we
don't.
We
don't
have
that
leverage
anymore
because
it's
gone
if
the
plans
are
extended
and
the
ldas
are
subsequently
extended
for
those
particular
sites.
We
have
leverage
to
say
that
hey
we,
we
played
a
part
in
this,
maybe
in
the
60s
and
70s
and
80s,
with
Federal
funding
and
city
funding
and
state
funding.
So
there's
a
public
interest
in
those
buildings
to
maintain
them
for
public
good.
F
If
one
views
that
public
good
is
an
income
restricted
or
affordable,
a
low
to
moderate
families,
multi-families
living
in
downtown
neighborhoods
that
are
under
potential
gentrification
pressures,
which
I
think
most
people
here
would
would
view
that
as
a
public
good.
That's,
that
is
our
duty
to
to
maintain
as
much
leverage
as
we
can
to
keep
folks
in
the
city
and
where
they,
where
they
currently
live,
and
where
they're
happy
yeah
I.
B
B
Have
we
thought
about
everything,
as
we
discussed
this
matter,
that
there's
no
one
that
can
benefit
financially
from
this
proposal
in
that
who's,
benefiting
is
residents
in
need,
seniors,
low-income
families?
That's
who
we're
here
to
advocate
for
I,
just
don't
want
us
to
do
something
where
down
the
road.
We
figure
out
that
there's
some
type
of
loophole,
where
someone
is
able
to
benefit
from
this,
that
that
was
always
my
concern.
That
was
always
my
challenge.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
think
of
every
potential
in
every
question
and
we
come
up
with
a
response.
F
B
F
We
would
have
a
community
meeting,
we
would
get
feedback
from
the
surrounding
community
and
the
elected
officials.
An
LDA
may
require
a
change,
so
let's
say:
there's
an
LDA
for
a
single
family
use
in
the
individual.
You
know
wanted
to
change
it
to
a
two-family
use.
We'd
go
out,
there
have
a
community
meeting.
The
neighbors
are
okay
with
that
we
could
amend
the
LDA
to
allow
for
our
two
family
should
that
should
that
occur?
Should
that
should
the
neighborhood
want
that.
F
Yeah,
it's
something
we
would.
We
weigh
with
our
planning
team
anytime
I
amend
an
LDA.
We
go
with
the
planning
team,
planning's
opinion
on
whether
or
not
that's
acceptable
in
terms
of
density,
in
terms
of
impact,
for
whatever
the
change
is
because
a
private
landowner
is
allowed
to
amend
an
LDA
are
allowed
to
propose
an
amendment
to
an
LDA.
J
F
Like
a
zoning
code,
just
like
you
can
go
to
the
zba
and
you
can
propose
a
variance,
we
are
allowed
to
listen
and
we
allow
to
have
Community
meetings,
and
sometimes
we
say
no.
Sometimes
we
would
say
yes,
depending
on
what
we
hear
from
the
community,
depending
on
what
we
hear
from
planning
staff.
Depending
on
what
we
hear
from
elected
officials,
yeah.
B
F
It
would
be
notification
to
the
Boston
city,
council,
city
council,
president
at
large
city,
councilors,
district
City
councilor
in
the
neighborhood
that's
affected,
dhcd,
which
sort
of
oversees
the
US
and
the
urban
renewal
aspects.
The
Boston
city
clerk
in
the
South
End,
there's
some
extra
responsibilities
in
terms
of
nominating
other
elected
notifying
other
elected
officials,
State
Rep
state
senator
and
then
doing
Public
Notices
and
some
one
newspaper
of
General
circulation,
Boston,
Herald,
South,
End
news,
the
banner
El
Mundo.
So
we
have
to
do
public
notice.
F
B
I
I
F
Lda
Amendment
would
could
just
be
a
board
vote
and
the
difference
would
be
if
the
LDA
in
the
plan,
like
whatever
the
changes
is
allowed,
say,
say:
they're
going
from
35
feet
to
45
feet
and
45
feet
is
allowed
in
the
urban
renewal
plan.
Then
you
wouldn't
need
a
minor
modification.
You
would
just
need
an
LDA
amendment.
That
sort
of
recognizes
the
new
plan
proposed.
B
Let
me
ask
one
final
question:
have
there
been
cases
in
the
past
where
residents
were
not
as
engaged
in
the
process
as
they
should
have
been
on
minor
LDA,
LDA
changes
and
then
down
the
road?
They
figured
out
that
there
were
some
changes
to
an
LDA
impacting
impacting
the
neighborhood?
Has
that
happened
before.
F
B
To
my
final
Point,
so
Chris
during
actually
before
the
pandemic,
you
did
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
community
outreach
with
the
residents
and
had
meetings
in
the
neighborhoods
in
Residence
and
on
Zoom
during
the
pandemic,
and
residents
found
these
hearings
as
you,
as
you
mentioned
very
informative,
especially
in
the
South
End
where
I
represent.
Is
this
something
we
could
continue
going
forward?
B
Is
bringing
this
presentation,
which
I
think
is
excellent,
but
bringing
this
presentation
to
various
neighborhoods
across
the
city,
because,
as
you
mentioned,
residents
are
interested
in
this
subject,
but
whether
it
impacts
them
or
doesn't
impact
them.
This
is
a
it's
a
interesting
subject
that
many
people
in
Boston
want
to
hear
about.
F
Yeah
we
went
to
every
neighborhood
twice.
Sometimes
more
people
really
like
talking
about
the
history
of
the
city,
because
they've
experienced
a
lot
of
long-time
residents,
they're
interested
in
the
architecture
and
the
change
is
made
and
the
progress
made
and
just
they're
interested
in
learning
about
how
we
became
the
city
that
we
are
today
good
and
bad.
F
B
Well,
that
thank
you,
of
course,
and
when
you
presented
to
the
neighborhoods
that
various
neighborhoods
here
in
South
End
you're
in
Roxbury
you're
in
Charleston
you're
in
other
neighborhoods,
it
was.
It
was
a
great
image
also
for
the
bpda
to
be
in
the
neighborhoods,
because
they
really
weren't
used
to
that
type
of
communication.
B
That
type
of
neighborhood
interaction,
but
you
being
kind
of
a
representative
of
the
department
talking
to
Residents.
Listening
listening
to
Residents
and
explaining
things
I
think
it
went
over
very
well
and
I
think
residents
appreciated
it.
They
learned
a
lot
from
it
as,
as
we
both
said
just
something,
just
something
that
maybe
we
can
continue
working
on.
Mr
chair
I
have
no
further
comments.
Thank
you
now,
you're
not
looking
for
that
to
walk
to
the
neighbor
before
the.
C
C
Obviously
my
district
has
a
lot
fewer
of
these
than
a
number
of
the
other
districts,
but
it's
just
I
think
an
illustration
that,
even
in
my
district,
the
fact
that
one
of
the
residential
income
restricted
restrictions
that
would
go
away,
there's
200
income
restricted
residential
units
in
my
district
that
we
would
lose
if
we
just
lost
the
LDA
precipitously.
The
146
of
them
are
all
in
the
same
building.
C
It's
at
100
Norway
in
the
East
fens
and
that's
called
moreville
house
and
it's
a
major
elderly
development
that
kind
of
anchors
Symphony
Park
in
in
the
East
Fenway,
and
it's
definitely
like
a
major
Center
for
us.
We
did
a
lot
of
work
with
food
access
and
stuff
in
the
pandemic.
There
and
I
mean
that's
just
you
know.
C
That's
just
140
six
units
which,
compared
to
the
like
12
000,
that
you're
talking
about
Citywide
is,
is
a
smaller
number,
but
I
I
appreciate
being
able
to
see
that
and
also
being
able
to
see
that
those
ones
specifically
are
of
a
group
that
would
expire
it
with
the
with
the
expiration
of
the
plan,
like
they're,
not
I,
think
there's
another
set
of
like
52
units
in
my
district
here.
That
would
kind
of
hold
on
for
a
little
bit
longer.
But
it's
it's
helpful
to
see
this
because
I
think
it
underscores
for
me.
C
For
me,
the
kind
of
like
squaring
of
the
circle's
always
been
I
think
that
a
lot
of
folks
in
the
city
are
ready
for
the
urban
renewal
plans
to
Sunset
from
the
perspective
of
they
don't
want
the
bpda
sort
of
like
coming
in
all
of
a
sudden,
with
kind
of
you
know
like
the
sort
with
the
type
of
powers
that
were
used
during
urban
renewal,
and
they
don't
want
their
property
to
be
threatened
in
that
way
and
I.
Think
that,
like
you,
know,
the
era
of
of
that
is
passed.
C
But
it's
still
reasonable
for
people
to
be
concerned
about
like
these
kind
of
tools,
and
so
for
me.
The
question
has
always
been
like:
how
do
you
reorient
like
away
from
that
sort
of
what
people's
perception
of
a
threat
but
not
lose
the
thing?
The
like
income
restrictions
and
some
of
these
other
things
so
so
I
wondered
if
you
could
speak
a
little
bit
to
like
my
my
understanding
from
kind
of
parsing.
C
The
Press
is
that
basically,
the
idea
of
the
homo
petition
you
guys
are
filing
is
that
it
would
allow
us
to
kind
of,
like
Sunset
the
herb
renewal
plans
in
terms
of
new
actions,
but
then
maintain
these
long-term
protections
and
and
that
that's
what
you're
asking
the
council
to
sort
of
like
wait
on
being
able
to
do
by
extending
it
for
two
years.
But
I
just
wondered
if
you
could
like
make
that
a
little
a
little
bit
clearer
speak
to
that
a
little
bit
more.
E
So
through
the
chair
to
at
the
councilor
back
just
to
make
sure
I'm
understanding
correctly
that
sort
of
what
the
what
we're
asking
you
to
wait
for
what
would
replace
these?
Are
you
asking
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
questions?
I
was
asking
or
comments.
I
was
making
with
respect
to
what
the
home
rule
petition
would
replace
it
with.
C
J
C
Just
trying
to
understand,
like
I,
guess,
I
guess
I'm
trying
to
confirm
my
understanding,
which
is
that
the
like
the
ask
today
is
to
extend
these
plans,
because
the
way
all
the
plans
are
written
is
that
if
they
expire
the
ldas
expire
and
what
you
guys
are
showing
us
in
this
presentation,
is
we
don't
want
the
LDS
to
expire?
I,
agree
with
that
another
example:
I
was
clicking
on
of
like
an
elderly
building
is
224
Stewart,
which
is
in
Bay.
Village
I
grew
up
like
visiting
it's
a
it's
a
largely
Chinese
elderly
development.
Right.
C
That's
another
example.
Just
like
Marvel
house
something
we
definitely
don't
want
to
lose
I'm,
like
a
thousand
percent
sold
on
that
right.
So
I
just
want
to
be
clear,
though,
that
the
the
case
that
you're
making
is
because
the
ldas
expire
with
the
UR
plans,
don't
let
the
UR
plans
expire,
extend
them
for
two
years.
But
then,
if
the
legislation
passed,
then
we
would
be
able
to
preserve
the
land
disposition
agreements.
C
E
You've
got
it
exactly
right
floor
through
the
chair,
Council
box.
You
absolutely
got
it
exactly
right,
assuming
that
we
do
get
approval
at
the
within
this
body
and
then
with
the
legislature,
we
we
will
be
able
to
continue
the
ldas
and
we'll
have
a
series
of
powers
that
you
were
alluding
to
separately.
Oh
you've
got
it
exactly
right.
C
Okay,
all
right
I,
just
yeah
I,
just
wanted
to
confirm
that,
because
I
do
think
for
people
right,
like
it's
sort
of
I,
think
the
LDA
case
kind
of
makes
itself
in
these
slides,
but
I
think
that
question
about
kind
of,
like
you
know
how?
How
long
do
the
powers
exist
in
the
district
and
is
there
a
way
to
Sunset?
Those
separately
is
a
part
of
what
people
are
talking
about.
I'll
just
say
two
other.
C
C
I
had
one
of
the
Crepes
from
the
little
yeah,
that's
very
good,
but
yeah.
So
just
you
know
just
wanted
to
stress.
I
I
appreciate
this
data
because
I
feel
like
this
is
what
we
were
looking
for
at
this
time
last
year
when
we
discussed
this
topic,
and
it
really
it's
very
helpful
to
me
to
be
able
to
drill
down
on
each
of
the
ones
in
my
district.
So
thank
you
guys
for
that.
Thanks,
Mr
yep.
D
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation
and
the
dashboard
like
counselor
Bach
was
saying
you
really
did
a
good
job
explaining
one
question
before
I
have
a
comment.
The
open
space
are
most
of
those
are
all
of
those
what
we
refer
to
as
like
the
vacant
Lots
around
the
city
that
we've
put
up
fences
around
and
then
we
have
to
make
sure
we
keep
them
clean
and
shovel
in
front
of
them
or
are
these?
Are
they
included
in
that
list
of
Open
Spaces.
D
F
There's
a
lot
of
side
yards
backyards
connected
to
homes
from
the
60s
and
70s.
They
were
kind
of
sold
to
give
a
little
bit
more.
You
know
more
of
a
Suburban
feel
in
the
city,
as
that
was
the
time
period.
That
was
the
trend
in
those
days,
so
a
lot
of
them
are
fenced
in
landscaped,
open
space,
but
buildable.
F
You
know,
as
of
right.
The
ones
that
I've
come
across
in
Roxbury
in
Charlestown
are
basically
backyards
inside
yards.
That
individuals
are
looking
or
developers
are
looking
to
maximize
profit
and
put
the
three
family
on
it
and
then
some
of
the
neighbors
bristle,
because
it's
what's
in
it
for
them,
so.
F
Still
have
to
go
through,
zoning
you'd
have
to
go
through
zoning,
but
a
lot
of
times.
It's
a
big
protection
yeah.
A
lot
of
the
proposals
that
I've
seen
anyways
like
developers,
are
aware
of
these
ldas
and
they're
trying
to
do
as
of
right
projects
and
trying
to
tell
them
well
Chris.
Has
it
right,
but
we
do
our
best
to
listen
to
the
neighborhood.
D
E
What
you
want
to
do
is
take
the
time
it
takes
to
actually
write
a
homeable
petition
in
this
case
that
that
that
takes
all
the
actions
and
the
right
sequence
based
on
good
legal
research
and
because
it's
connected
to
other
things
that
the
agency
is
is
doing
and
other
ways
we're
trying
to
change
it.
We
just
we
the
plan
was
to
take
the
time
it
takes
to
put
together
a
good,
a
good
home
rule
petition
so
that
time
took
us
until
about
until
late
January.
E
We
wanted
to
make
sure
that,
while
you
were
having
your
due
and
appropriate
deliberation,
there
wasn't
a
risk
to
anybody
about
losing
your
housing
or
losing
a
backyard
or
losing
their
senior
preference.
I.
Think
the
mayor
talked
about
this
last
year
wanting
to
extend
so
we
could
get
to
the
place
we're
at
and
now
that
we're
here
we're
wanting
to
make
sure
that
this
body
has
a
chance
to
consider
and
without
anybody
being
impacted.
D
And
one
last
question:
it's
a
legal
question.
Thinking
back,
you
know
when
these
deals
are
made,
100
years
seems
like
forever
out
and
anyone
who's
agreeing
knows
they're
not
going
to
be
here.
So
maybe
you
have
a
different
opinion,
but
we're
coming
up
to
many
of
these
agreements.
The
years
have
passed.
Was
there
some
legal
agreement
or
the
owner
made
some?
K
K
The
ldas
give
us
a
seat
at
the
table
and
leverage
as
these
covenants
expire,
but
it's
certainly
conceivable.
That
would
be
a
negotiation
at
that
point.
Still,
there
is
by
state
law
the
covenants
are
limited
to
a
30-year
term,
which
then
can
be
extended
for
an
additional
20-year
term.
So
it's
really
50
years
for
affordable
housing
and
it
would
be
a
negotiation
like
anything
else,
but
having
the
leverage
and
the
ability
to
have
a
seat
at
the
table
and
to
insert
ourselves
really
into
that
decision.
K
D
F
I
just
would
say
when
you
go
back
through
the
history
and
you
go
through
all
these
Deeds
that
we
went
through.
Most
of
them
were
sold
below
market
rate.
For
a
specific
reason.
That's
why
we
put
the
restriction
on
there
below
market
rate.
It
has
to
be
open
space
below
market
rate.
It
has
to
be
a
single
family
owner
occupied
below
market
rate
income
restricted.
So
those
are
the
reasons.
Those
are
the
reasons
people
had
those
restrictions
because
it
was
below
the
market
at
the
time.
J
G
And
thank
you
to
everyone
for
being
here
and
for
this
presentation.
I
echo
my
colleague's
statement,
saying
that
this
is
a
lot
of
the
information
that
we
were
looking
for
last
year
and
so
I'm
happy
that
we
we
have
it
I
I
just
want
to
confirm
that
last
year
there
was
also
a
discussion
of
there
were
some
of
these
that
were
allowing
to
Sunset.
So
between
the
last
time
you
were
here
and
now
how
many
have
sunset.
F
F
F
It
varies
per
reason
like
we
looked
at
South
Station
and
we
looked
at
you
know:
climate
resiliency,
you
know
the
flooding
and
stuff
like
that.
We
go,
maybe
it'd
be
worth
it
to
sort
of
maintain
LDA
protections
and
and
our
powers
in
that
area
versus
not
Campus
High
School.
Honestly,
we
looked
at
it
a
lot
of
affordability
and
we
realized
that
we
didn't
really
have
access
to
these
third-party
documents.
Last
year,
these
third-party
agreements-
and
we
really.
F
G
F
K
They
would
yeah
can
I,
can
I
just
jump
in
and
clarify
yeah.
So
we
are
certainly
a
party
to
the
the
ldas.
We
are
the
the
benefiting
party.
We
are
not
a
party
to
what
we
call
generally
the
covenants,
which
are
typically,
let's
say,
a
Mass
Housing
dock.
That
would
be
an
agreement
between
the
developer
and
the
state.
Those
we
are
not
a
part
each
of
those
they
they
are
on
record
with
the
deed,
but
you
know
I
think
it
was.
I
Yeah
and
I
can
add
that
one
of
the
major
projects
over
the
last
year
was
taking
documents
from
the
state
taking
documents
from
moh
and
actually
aligning
them
and
determining
what
matched
up
to
the
income
restrictions
that
we
had
in
our
ldas.
And
we
were
actually
able
to
see
a
lot
better
over
the
last
year
where
those
third-party
protections
fell.
Because
we
didn't
know
as
much
a
year
ago.
Part
of
the
process.
G
Great
thank
you,
but
just
so
that
I'm
clear,
so
that
everyone
at
home
is
clear.
Is
that
all
these
covenants
that
run
regardless
of
the
period
of
time
that
they
run
like
if
I
wanted
to
find
them
on
Massillon
records
and
I
put
in
the
address
I
should
be
able
to
pull
up
these
restrict
these
these
covenants?
G
Okay,
great
and
then
just
so
there's
some
data
presented
about
the
number
of
income
restricted
units
that
would
be
protected.
Should
we
make
the
decision
to
extend
the
urban
renewal
in
these
situations?
Can
you,
with
with
all
of
the
units
that
are
protected?
Are
they
all
income
restricted
or
are
there
some
market
rate
units
that
end
up
being
protected
as
a
result
of
our
extension
and
What
proportion,
because
we
only
have
here
the
income
restricted
and
would
be
curious
to
know
what
that
percentage
would
be
so.
I
Sorry
so
if
you're
on
the
LDA,
total
counts,
slide,
I
think
we're
two
slides
before
that.
A
couple
slides
before
that
yeah.
So
twenty
thousand
five
hundred
and
thirty,
so
that
you
see
the
third
row
yep,
that's
the
total
number
of
residential
units
yep
that
are
protected
by
ldas
and
then
the
next
slide
shows
just
the
income
restricted
units,
eleven
thousand
seven
hundred
and
forty
eight.
So
more
than
half
okay.
G
F
G
F
We're
talking
about
as
well
like
my
parents
have
an
LDA
on
their
parcel
where
my
grandfather
bought
a
house.
The
agreement
was,
he
had
to
rehabilitate
it,
he
could
live
in
it
at
a
little
bit
below
market
rate,
but
it
had
to
be
a
single
family
and
had
to
have
a
backyard
that
was
open.
So
that's
his
personal
agreement.
G
F
G
Yeah
through
the
chair,
if
we
could
get
that
information,
I'd
appreciate
that
and
lastly
I'd
like
to
say
that
you
know
I,
think
showing
that
a
lot
of
you
know.
Maybe
if
I
did
the
math
it's
slightly
under
60,
that
our
anchor
that's
the
of
the
units
protected,
would
be
income
restricted
so
like
more
than
not
extending
this
would
have
a
benefit
on
income
restricted,
but
it's
still
not
sort
of
it's
not
80
or
it's
not
a
hundred
percent.
G
Is
there
a
long-term
solution
to
these
issues
that
we
are
not
sitting
here
discussing
extending
this,
which
you
know
can
be
triggering
for
a
lot
of
people
who
live
in
and,
as
you
stated
people
they
hear
urban
renewal
want
to
think
about
their
own
experience,
want
to
think
about.
West
I
want
to
think
about
the
ways
in
which
the
city
has
really
failed
and
think
about
the
public
investment
part,
and
so
what
is
the
long-term
objective
here?.
E
So
I
think
the
long
sorry
through
the
chair
to
constellation
I,
would
say
that
the
long-term
objective
here
is,
through
the
home
rule
petition
to
protect
all
of
our
El.
All
the
people
who
were
protected
by
the
ldas,
whether
they're
income
restricted
folks
folks
in
senior
buildings.
Folks
who
have
other
kinds
of
I,
don't
think
we
want
to
disrupt
people
whose
ownership
might
be
crucial
to
them
as
as
part
of
something
they
bought
or
acquired
during
the
during
the
original
point.
E
But
I
think
what
we're
trying
to
accomplish
with
the
use
of
these
tools
is
to
align
them
better
with
a
set
of
futuristic.
You
uses
the
reasons
that
people
could
use.
The
the
elements
of
the
powers
of
Redevelopment
Authority
were
very
much
aligned
with
money
that
the
federal
government
was
making
available
for
that
use.
So
the
time
the
federal
government
was
making
money
available
through
through
the
predecessor
of
Hud
to
take
you
know
to
demolish
things:
to
build
certain
kinds
of
housing
to
build
certain
kinds
of
other
other
buildings
and
I.
E
Think
those
are
the
old
reasons.
I
think
that
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
replace
those
reasons
with
reasons
that
have
to
do
with
the
next
60
years,
like
maintaining
affordability,
making
sure
the
city's
resilient
to
climate
change
and
its
impacts,
making
sure
that
we're
creating
social
Equity
through
our
through
our
development
plans.
So
the
that's
the
long-term
goal
macro
with
the
changes
we're
proposing
on
a
sort
of
more
narrow
basis,
with
the
with
respect
to
these
LDA
thing.
E
G
E
G
L
To
now
tell
me
just
three
points
in
terms
of
what
happened
from
1957
at
some
point:
Brian
golden
and
now
and
then
there
were
plants.
There
were
extensions
for
urban
renewal
and
they
were
all
supposed
to
reduce
powers
or
somehow
right
figure
out
how
to
preserve
the
affordable
rental,
affordable
units,
but
yet
reduce
some
level
of
power.
L
A
little
little
by
little,
we'll
say
and
I
want
to
I
want
to
make
it
very
plain,
because
I
don't
understand
these
things,
I,
don't
work
for
the
bpda
or
bra
and
I
want
to
I
want
to
really
understand
it.
Tell
me
what
happened.
What's
the
timeline
from
the
time
you
started
saying
we
got
to
do
it
differently.
L
L
Nobody
in
Roxbury
got
an
apology,
but
that's
okay
and
all
of
this
pain
and
all
this
hurt
you
guys
always
bring
in
your
speech.
I
get
it
tell
me,
though,
when
you
started
figuring
out,
we've
bpda
the
bra
did
a
lot
of
harm
bpdas,
doing
the
best
that
we
can
to
preserve
or
to
preserve
these
affordable
units.
L
E
A
little
bit
so
probably
I
want
to
say
the
beginning
of
last
year,
when
or
middle
point
of
that
last
year,
when
I
joined,
we
were
operating
under
a
one-year
extension
of
the
urban
renewal
of
these
ldas
and
a
directive
I
received
was
that
we
can't
cause
or
allow
bostonians
to
be
threatened
by
losing
affordability
that
they've
come
to
come
to
have
so
the
directive
was.
We
need
to
do
that.
E
E
I
think,
prior
to
that
there
I
do
remember
the
apology
from
then
director
golden
and
which
again
I
think
started
this
dialogue
about.
Well,
what
are
all
the?
How
would
we
sunset
this?
What
are
all
the
ldas
at
that
time?
I
think.
While
we
had
all
the
we
had
certain
ldas,
you
know
the
layers
of
individual
financing
agreements
that
I
think
have
been
alluded
to
here.
That
are
the
other
covenants
that
we
are
not
partying
to.
E
We
didn't
have
all
that
so
I
think
that
was
probably
the
initial
launch
of
that
investigation,
but
I
think,
prior
to
that
urban
renewal
was
really
a
sort
of
a
rather
obscure
set
of
knowledge
that
was
used
occasionally
to
authorize
individual
actions.
I
think
best
known
among
these
would
probably
be
the
use
of
the
demonstration
area
power
underneath
the
urban
renewal
rule
so
and
then
that
gets
you
I
mean
a
lot
of
other
things
happen,
but
I
think
that
gets
you
back
to
57
in
your
chronology.
E
H
F
F
F
So,
the
last
six
years,
what
we've
been
doing
is
really
trying
to
demystify
Urban
Renault
we
six
years
ago.
We
didn't
really
know
where
any
of
these
ldas
were,
and
we
found
them
and
over
the
course
of
the
last
year,
this
team
has
done
a
really
good
job,
reviewing
them
and
analyzing
them
and
see
who
would
be
hurt
if
they
were
to
go
away.
Do.
L
You
think
that
your
powers
and
bureaucracies
in
place
now
do
you
think
that
they
don't
just
perpetuate
itself
more
power,
or
do
you
think
that
it
can
actually
work
fairly
to
all
communities?
Do
you
think
the
way
that
urban
renewal
set
up
right
now
and
bpda
and
all
your
policies,
do
you
think
that
it's
it
can
work
fairly
for
all
communities
and
equity.
J
F
L
L
F
K
Try
interject,
thank
you.
Counselor
we
well.
Chris
is
right.
We
do
not
collect
rent
because
these
properties,
the
underlying
fee,
has
been
transferred.
We
don't
own
them
anymore.
There
are
certain
properties
where
we
do
collect
incremental
value
payments
and
it
varies.
It's
not
all
properties.
These
guys
can
speak
a
little
bit
more
to
the
details,
but
there
are
certain
buildings
in
Charlestown,
for
example,
where,
when
a
condo
sells,
a
fee
of
two
percent
is
owed
to
the
BBVA
or
the
VRA.
F
F
A
F
J
L
E
E
If
we
needed,
if
we
knew
that
we
were
going
to
be
inundated
by
water
and
we
could
not
induce
a
series
of
landowners
to
build
a
wall
of
their
own
resource,
it
may
be
important
to
protect
the
city
for
us
to
use
eminent
domain
to
take
an
area
of
land.
That's
in
the
may
actually
be
in
the
water
today
to
construct
a
sea
wall.
E
Those
are
things
I
mean
that's
a
rather
dramatic
example,
but
that
is
an
example
that
we
think
we
need
to
retain
the
power
to
use
them
in
a
domain
for
but
I
do
not
have
any
interest
or
or
desire
to
recommend.
To
my
the
board,
the
use
of
a
domain
from
any
other
reason
I
should
add
that
the
mayor's
written
an
executive
order,
which
our
board
intends
to
adopt
coming
up
on
Thursday.
L
K
E
So
It's
Not
Unusual
for
there
to
be
a
for
the
for,
for
example,
there
to
be
an
overhang
of
a
piece
of
property
into
the
right-of-way
for
building
that
either
exists
already
or
maybe
going
to
be
constructed.
You
know
some
small
number
of
feet
from
time
to
time.
That
kind
of
thing
does
take
place,
maybe
there's
a
desire
to
close
a
street
I.
Don't
have
any
plans
of
that
kind
in
Roxbury
today,
but
there's
a
plan
has
to
close
the
street.
E
It
may
be
more
expeditious
to
you
know:
have
us
take
that
piece
of
property
through
a
friendly
taking
and
that
way
more
quickly,
expedite
the
on
the
closure
of
a
street.
There
are
occasional
needs
to
do
things
like
that,
but
that's
the
extent
that
I
mean
in
my
full
imagination
that
we
might
need
to
use
having
a
domain
for.
A
Okay,
if
you
need
more
questions,
I'm
going
to
do
a
couple,
questions
you're
more
than
welcome
to
stay
eminent
domain
that
doesn't
just
sit
with
just
you
right.
What
would
that
process
look
like
like
if
you
want
to
take
a
side,
parcel,
that's
close
to
a
train
station
that
you
wanna,
something
like
that.
Would.
K
K
K
What
we
do
now
tends
to
be,
for
example,
there
are
a
couple
of
projects
where
we
likely
will
acquire
property
from
the
state
to
assemble
a
parcel
that
has
been
put
out
through
requests
for
proposals
to
build
something
so
that
really
or
or
this
sort
of
routine
takings
that
Chief
Jemison
described
of
you
know
an
overhang
of
a
building
that
needs
to
go
out
over
the
sidewalk.
So
we
take
the
air
rights
on
a
consensual
basis
against
the
city.
A
K
A
K
A
Also
I,
don't
think
anybody
in
the
room
actually
remembered
the
New
York
streets.
There
was
two
people:
maybe
they
did,
but
most
people
I
just
reading
from
it
and
said
that
was
a
disgrace.
What
happened?
I
think
we
can
all
agree.
It
was
a
disgrace
that
happened.
Shouldn't
have
happened,
but
let
me
let
me
specifically
Chris
on
this
Concord
house.
A
F
You
familiar
with
that
yeah
yeah.
They
would
petition
us,
they
would
ask
for
an
LDA
Amendment.
A
part
of
that
LDA.
Is
this
parking
lot
and
subsequent
little
Park
little
small
Park
they're
asking
to
build
market
rate
units
on
there,
so
they'll
get
a
new
LDA
or
an
amended
LDA
and
in
return
I
I
suppose
there
would
need
to
be
some
sort
of
public
good
done
and
I.
Think
they're.
Trying
to
think
about
is.
A
A
Okay,
I
just
want
to
read
a
couple
letters
into
the
record:
one
from
Council
Lara
District,
Six
I
am
regrettably
unable
to
attend
today's
committee
due
to
a
BPS
appointment
for
my
son,
I
understand
the
importance
of
today's
discussion
on
urban
renewal.
My
team
and
I
will
work
with
this
body
Administration
and
the
community
on
tangible
Solutions
transforming
the
BP
Ada
is
an
enormous
Endeavor
and
we
must
ensure
a
robust
and
impactful
Community
process
occurring
process
occurs
to
get
this
right.
A
We
can't
afford
to
build
a
new
system
that
doesn't
bring
bostonians
into
the
fold,
Kendra
Lara
and
then
also
from
Gabrielle
Coletta
I
regret
to
inform
you
that
I
will
be
absent
from
today's
Committee
hearing
on
docket
zero.
Three
two
four
on
February
13
2023.
Due
to
previous
commitment.
Kindly
read
this
letter
into
the
record:
I
support
the
two-year
extension.
So
that's
a
good
one
on
urban
renewal
plans
due
to
hundreds
of
land
disposition
ldas
that
would
be
lost.
Without
extension,
the
loss
of
the
ldas
would
greatly
impact
communities
like
Charlestown
South,
End
Roxbury.
A
They
will
also
primarily
impact
low-income
and
Senior
residents.
In
addition,
long-term
reforms
of
urban
renewal
is
necessary
to
better
utilize,
its
tools,
prioritize
resiliency,
affordability
and
equity.
Thank
you.
So
if
we
Grant
the
extension
and
the
homeroom
petition
does
not
pass,
do
we
continue
with
extensions
in
a
year
or
two
years?
What's
do
we
have
a
backup
plan
on
that
or
by
farricate
the
legislation
a
little
bit
for
less
I'm,
not
sure
if
we
have
any.
A
Areas
was
the
Brunswick
King
and
there
were
a
couple
couple
Lots
there
that
were
owned
by
families
that
were
interested
in
you
know
holding
on
to
it.
So
that
was
one
of
the
reasons
why
that
was
one
that
was
identified
to
Sunset,
but
there
were
some
pretty
sticky
situations
in
particular
in
that
did
I.
F
F
A
L
L
F
The
two
percent
is
an
incremental
value
fee.
That's
basically
recoups
public
dollars
that
went
into
a
site
at
some
point,
so
we
owned
it
at
some
point
or
a
public
body
owned
it
at
some
point
and
we
sold
it
for
a
set
price,
usually
below
market
and
then
50
years
later
someone
takes
a
single
family,
knocks
it
down
and
builds
three
single
families
and
they
bought
that
land
for
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
the
80s
or
whatever
they
bought
it
from
us.
F
So
we
would
ask
for
an
incremental
value
fee
because
we
sold
it
to
you
for
one
single
family,
not
three
single
families.
We
didn't,
we
sold
it
through
a
family
not
to
a
developer,
but
now
50
years
later,
that
family's
selling
it
to
a
developer,
because
city
of
Boston's,
just
it's
a
place
that
a
lot
of
people
want
to
live.
So
the
developer
is
looking
to
make
money
right
so
because
there's
public
funds,
where
are
public
funds
involved
in
us
acquiring
it?
F
We
assess
an
incremental
value
fee
for
the
units
created
Beyond,
those
which
were
agreed
upon
in
the
original
land
disposition
agreement.
So
the
original
LDA
says
one
single
family,
new
LDA
is
going
to
say
three
single
family
row
houses
attached
and
we
will
assess
an
incremental
value
fee
to
make
up
for
the
money
that
you
didn't
give
us
in
the
80s.
We
don't
charge
you
for
the
single
family
that
you
paid
for
it
doesn't
matter
what
the
price
is,
but
the
brand
new
ones
there's
a
formula.
It's
called
15,
4
and
2..
We
charge
you.
F
L
And
then
I
guess
about
the
plan
at
some
point,
do
you
you're
going
to
be
working
on
I'm,
not
clear
you're
going
to
be
working
on
some
setting
you're
going
because
I
heard
this
last
year
right
we
had
this
conversation
and
I
was
like
I
understand
like
I
get
it.
It
was
a
lot
of
changes
and
stuff
and
I
was
just
trying
to
figure
out
okay.
So
where
are
we
we're
going
to
take
work
on
sun
setting,
or
is
this
gonna
just
gonna
be
like
let's
just
the
urban?
L
E
A
E
E
E
L
E
So,
the
plan
is
to
ask
the
legislature
to
update
the
the
reasons
that
we
can
use
our
powers
to
acquire
property
in
the
private
Market
acquire
to
use
concessionary
tax
agreements
to
use
eminent
domain
other
powers,
so
that
it's
only
usable
for
the
three
things
we
mention
all
the
time.
Resilience,
affordability
and
equity
and
I
also
ask
for
the
right
to
extend
or
retain
ldas
that
allow
me
to
continue
to
have
people
who
have
the
benefits
of
whether
their
senior
preference
or
affordable
housing
or
their
existing
backyards.
L
E
Yeah,
absolutely
the
the
we're
currently
if
we
make
a
finding
of
white
decadence
or
substandard
housing
and
it's
in
an
existing
urban
renewal
area.
Today
we
have
the
right
to
do
a
series
of
things,
one
of
which
is
to
buy
that
property.
I
I
think
I've
shared
earlier
I
have
no
intent
to
do
that,
but
that's
also
why
I
need
to
update
our
our.
We
need
to
have
a
home
rule
petition
that
updates
our
powers
here
and
with
the
legislature.
L
Because
bpda
bra
urban
renewal
has
done
so
much
harm
and
evicted
people
and
led
to
the
death
of
working
class
and
middle
class
and
black
and
brown
people.
You
don't
want
to
cause
further
harm
right.
So
there's
a
program
somehow
that
you're
thinking
about
that
can
provide
funding.
So
people
can
fix
their
property
without
selling
it
to
you
always
the
option
just
to
sell
it
to
you.
L
Fixing
do
is
there
a
program
in
place,
two
percent
money,
every
other
money
is
that
from
garages
most
of
your
money
comes
from
like
other
sources
right,
so
not
the
land.
That
mayor
was
going
to
give
away
so
I'm
wondering
All
the
Monies
that
come
in
to
through
bpda.
Can
we
create
a
program
that
people
can?
You
can
give
back
money
to
people
of
Boston
to
fix
their
property?
L
So
I
I
think
that's
something
that
I
would
like
to
talk
to
you
about
how
we
can
undo
harms
and
do
it
differently
so
that
we
don't
have
to
displace
people,
I
think
that
even
purchasing
blight
or
other
ways
the
way
you
know
what
I
imagine
I.
Imagine
that
a
lot
of
developers
are
looking
at
this
Market
of
old
housing
that
does
have
affordable
rentals
in
there
and
they
see
that
as
open
market.
They
see
that
as
some
as
an
opportunity
and
like
a
buffet.
L
Well,
we
could
we
could
purchase
these
properties
and
people
can't
fix
them.
They
can't
afford
them
anymore,
so
more
developers
will
come
in
and
own
Boston
and
own
black
and
brown
communities,
because
by
way
of
blight,
we
continue
to
take
them
out
of
people's
hands,
poor
people
that
can't
fix
them
and
we'll
put
them
in
the
market
or
we'll
fix
it,
we'll
figure
it
out,
but
in
those
processes
I
think
we
have
to
be
really
careful
and
I'm.
E
E
I
can't
speak
for
all
of
them.
What
I
can
say
is
the
ones
that
are
protected
by
ldas
are
not
going
to
be
bought
and
they're
going
to
be
protected.
So
again,
I'm
interested
in
talking
with
you
about
ways
that
we
can
that
probably
Sheila,
because
she's
the
person
who
has
the
resources
for
this
can
help
you
most
in
this
way
and
I'm
interested
in
talking
with
you
about
preserving
the
people,
people's
people's
tendency
and
people's
ownership
that
that's
been
obtained
through
through
the
ldas.
E
L
You
Chief
I,
think
you're
right,
I,
think
there
are
I'm
talking
about
two
different
programs
or
sections
here
and
I
think
that
the
city
has
too
many
bureaucratic
red
tapes.
The
the
policies
are
stupid.
They
don't
allow
poor
little
old
lady
somewhere
on
Blue
Hill
Ave
to
fix
her
property
because
of
the
red
tapes
right.
We
because
her
tax
is
not
an
order
because
issues
that
she
faces
so
that
this
happens
with
small
business
Health
with
housing,
and
then
we
run
out
of
funds
in
these
small
programs.
L
So
we
have
a
beautiful
website
that
offers
all
of
these
programs
we're
talking
about
urban
renewal,
but
where
this
is
a
wonderful
opportunity
to
say,
hey
bpda,
you
got
a
lot
of
money.
Can
we
talk
about
programs
that
helps
these
things?
On
a
more
you
know,
preemptive,
more
preventional
preventative
as
opposed
to
a
reactionary
and
that's
what
we
do
as
a
city,
because
we're
so
busy
and
inundated
with
all
of
the
things
that
we
have
to
do
so.
L
I
would
like
to
work
with
you
on
that
I
mean
I,
think
that
I
mean
I
can
speak
for
myself,
but
I
think
that
you
have
the
votes
to
get
this
done.
But
then
how
long
will
we
have
reactionary
conversations?
And
that's
why
you
hear
my
response
in
this
way
because
it
is
in
terms
of
reactionary,
I,
see
or
face
squinting
a
little
and
I
guess
I
mean
that
it's
reactionary
because
it's
like
sort
of
close
to
the
deadline
and
now
we're
like
wait.
L
A
Thank
you
yeah.
We
don't
have
plans
like
just
having
an
owning.
A
rundown
building
doesn't
mean
that
the
bra
Chris
isn't
out
looking
around
for
rundown
buildings
to
go
and
take
over.
Is
he
Chris?
Are
you
looking
for
I
mean
because
I
actually
have
a
couple
buildings
that
I'd
like
you
to
go
in
and
take
over
if
you
would
but
I
I.
A
You
eiem
I,
don't
see,
I,
see
the
days
of
taking
any
land
or
even
or
even
to
use.
The
word
blight
in
90
of
Boston
I,
don't
think
is
correct,
but
those
are
old,
terminologies
and
the
plan.
So
back
to
the
the
point
of
councilor
Anderson
was
asking
about
the
plan.
The
plan
is
the
legislation
that
we
have
going
up:
the
state
house,
which
is
a
separate
docket,
which
will
be
heard
in
here
under
government
Ops.
A
So
thank
you.
No
further
questions
I'm
going
to
look
to
probably
report
this
out.
If
not
this
Wednesday,
the
following
Wednesday
I'd
like
to
take
the
temperature
of
some
of
my
colleagues
that
I
didn't
hear
from
just
make
sure
that
they
were
all
comfortable
with
it
with
that.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Everyone
for
your
time.
This
hearing
is
a
turn.
Thank
you.
Oh
oh,
we
have
one
Zoom.
You
guys
can
go
and
I'll
listen
to
the
zoom
can
I
let
them
go
yeah.
It's
a
zoom
push
I
have
to
re-gattle
in.
H
A
A
M
Many
who
are
small
Boston
businesses,
I've
tried
to
reach
out
to
the
mayor's
office
and
the
planning
board
for
almost
a
year
surrounding
the
negotiations
regarding
the
development
of
this
building
and
the
mandated
inclusion
of
us
as
a
company
and
our
tenants
in
the
negotiations
in
the
mitigation
and
I
believe
that
this
this
article
80
process
was
illegally
and
improperly
mitigated
by
several
City
Hall
offices
and
a
fraudulent
third
party
city
hall
employees.
Private
company,
excluding
our
mayor's
office,
documented
vital
cultural
asset
and
anchor
institution
status
and
written
city
council
mandates.
M
That
said,
our
company
and
our
clients
were
to
be
included
in
the
mitigation
and
the
negotiations.
The
300
polled
signed
documents
of
hundreds
of
the
sound
Museum
tenants
in
Allston
Brighton,
small
businesses
requested
by
the
city
and
the
proponent,
and
delivered
to
the
proponent
in
the
city.
Supporting
our
sustainability
were
suppressed
and
not
adhered
to.
M
Believe
We
were
clevermanently,
excluded
from
the
process
by
a
group
of
Art
Council
Members,
with
an
agenda
to
steal
our
business
and
our
clients,
away
from
us,
Cara
Elliott,
ortiga
chief
of
Malak,
who
we
originally
contacted
to
address
our
our
and
the
hundreds
of
businesses
we
provided
for
as
Makerspace
as
displacement
did
not
recuse
herself
from
the
negotiations
regarding
the
relocation
and
the
rebuilding
of
our
rehearsal
business.
Even
though
she
is,
it
has
been
intimate
partners
with
our
direct
competition.
M
M
A
M
We
feel
this
is
a
criminal
conflict
of
interest
and
a
huge
ethics
violation
and
are
in
the
process
of
preparing
to
litigate
against
these
individuals
in
this
city
hall,
wild
wide
criminal
Behavior.
So
thank
you
for
your
time.
You
know.
I
would
appreciate
to
be
able
to
discuss
this
with
the
the
offices
that
this
is
involved
in
rather
than
have
to
testify
with
three
minutes
online,
because
this
is
a
serious
issue.