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A
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open
public
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law
requires
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anyone
recording
this
meeting
identify
themselves
and
that
I
notify
the
public
that
this
meeting
is
being
recorded.
Please
be
aware
that
an
audio
and
visual
recording
of
this
meeting
is
being
made
and
broadcast
by
Boston
City
TV,
which
is
part
which
is
a
part
of
the
city
of
Boston
office,
of
cable
communications.
If
there
is
anyone
in
the
audience
who's
reporting,
this
meeting,
please
identify
yourself
now.
A
B
Good
evening
good
afternoon,
in
light
of
Kovan
19
and
out
of
an
abundance
of
caution
this
evening
we
are
taking
the
following
steps.
At
the
board
meeting,
the
board
room
has
been
sanitized,
we're
encouraging
all
staff
and
members
of
the
public
to
practice
social
distancing
by
limiting
the
number
of
people
in
the
board
room
during
the
meeting
to
approximately
25
overflow
rooms.
Live-Streaming,
the
board
meeting
have
been
set
up
in
the
BPD,
a
conference
room
935,
a
room
937
and
room
801.
As
always,
the
live
stream
can
be
found
on
Boston,
City
TV.
B
Anyone
who
is
here
and
wishes
to
testify
it
either
of
the
two
scheduled
public
hearings
on
the
agenda.
That
begin
at
5:40
item
25,
Fenway,
Center,
parcel
7
air
rights
in
item
26,
Olmstead
green
will
be
given
the
opportunity
to
do
so.
Bpd
a
staff
members
are
available
to
help
anyone
who's
here.
If
the
board
room
is
at
capacity,
we
have
notified
the
public
that
we
are
also
accepting
written
testimony
from
individuals
who
choose
not
to
attend
the
meeting
in
person
for
the
two
scheduled
public
hearings.
B
Email
testimony
will
be
read
by
the
project
manager
during
the
public
hearing
portion
of
the
board
meeting
beginning
at
5:40
p.m.
in
addition,
tonight's
public
meeting
in
Allston
bright
in
for
the
Austin
Brighton
mobility
study
has
been
postponed.
We
will
have
an
update
on
BPD
a
sponsored
public
meetings
going
forward
to
share
short
I'm
deeply
grateful
for
the
work
that
our
staff
is
doing
in
this
challenging
time
to
ensure
this
city
continues
to
address
the
needs
of
its
people,
I'd
like
to
thank
everyone
for
their
efforts
and
positive
spirits.
Thank
you.
A
C
A
Those
in
favor
guys
have
it
motion,
passes
item
number
two
request:
authorization
to
enter
into
a
one-year
license
agreement
with
Mass
Bay,
Brewing
Company
Incorporated,
and
to
request
permission
from
the
Massachusetts
Department
of
Environmental
Protection.
To
make
a
temporary
change
for
the
permitted
use
to
operate
a
seasonal
beer
garden
on
parcel
s3
within
the
Raymond
L
Flynn
marine
park
from.
D
E
You,
madam
chair
board,
members
Mass
Bay,
Brewing
Company
has
been
attendant
in
the
marine
park
for
about
30
years
or
so
they're
located
at
3:06
northern
Ave.
They
recently
approached
BPD
a
staff
to
discuss
temporary
temporarily
changing
the
permitted
use
of
parcel
s3,
which
is
currently
a
parking
lot,
and
it
is
within
the
harpooned
leasehold
area
they
want
to.
They
want
to
change
it
into
an
outdoor
seasonal
hospitality.
Space
parcel
s3
is
directly
adjacent
to
the
harpoon
brewery
on
Northern
Ave.
E
The
proposed
space
would
operate
on
a
seasonal
basis
for
May
1st
2020
through
November
1st
2020
seven
days
per
week.
Although
more
restrictive
hours
may
be
determined
by
the
licensing
board,
fixed
rent
will
be
collected,
I'm
sorry
fix
for
the
fix
read
that
they'll
pay
will
be
12.5%
of
gross
revenue
collected
through
all
the
activities
that
are
on
parcel
s3.
Today's
staff
request
the
BPD
a
be
allowed
to
enter
winter,
a
short
short
term
license
agreement
with
harpoon
and
to
request
from
the
state
department
of
environmental
protection.
A
E
C
A
Guys
have
it
motion
passes.
Thank
you.
Item
number
three
request:
authorization
to
enter
into
a
license
agreement
with
Deakin
transportation,
incorporated
doing
business
as
Old
Town,
Trolley
Tours
of
Boston
for
a
trolley
stop
program
within
the
Raymond
L
Flynn
Park
in
South
Boston
during
the
cruise
season
from
April
1st
2020
through
November
30th,
2020
Laurene,
beginning.
E
In
2009,
B
PDA
is
entered
into
annual
license
agreement
with
privately
owned,
sightseeing
tour
companies
to
operate
a
trolley,
stop
located
on
BPD
a
property
and
within
close
proximity
to
the
cruise
terminal.
The
trolley
stop
allows
the
participating
companies
to
service
the
considerable
influx
of
visitors
to
the
city
of
Boston
associated
with
the
cruise
terminals.
Port
O'call
cruise
ship
scheduled
the
BPD
a
recently
issued
a
request
for
proposals
to
ensure
maximum
participation
in
the
trolley
stop
program
in
order
to
grant
up
to
three
licenses
to
qualified
respondents.
F
Have
a
couple
questions,
obviously
the
cruise
season
this
year
is
probably
going
to
be
quite
different
from
last
year.
Do
you
have
any
projections
about
what
that's
going
to
look
like
and
also
do
we
have
a
plan
for
handling
people
debarking
from
the
ships
and
making
sure
it's
safe
for
them
to
be
wandering
around
in
the
city?
I
guess
would
be
my
question
passport.
E
Has
been
monitoring
that
daily
weekly,
they
talked
quite
frequently
about
it.
I
spoke
with
chief
Grady
today
of
the
mast
or
police,
and
they
have
this
a
large
meeting
next
week,
not
too
large,
but
large
enough
to
discuss
anything
that
should
happen,
but
they're
prepared
to
keep
the
ships
quarantined
off
the
cough
out
of
the
harbor.
If
anybody
does
have
any
symptoms
or
test
positive
or
anything
like
that,
so
they're
they're
really
well
prepared,
like
the
other,
all
the
cruise
terminals
across
the
country.
A
E
G
C
A
Well
now
begin
the
B
PDA
portion
of
the
meeting,
the
open
public
meeting
law
requires
that
anyone
recording
this
meeting
identify
themselves
and
that
I
notified
the
public
that
this
meeting
is
being
recorded.
Please
be
aware
that
an
audio
and
visual
recording
of
this
meeting
is
being
made
and
broadcast
by
Boston
City
TV,
which
is
a
part
of
the
city
of
Boston
office
of
cable
communications.
A
I
You,
madam
chair
and
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
Ed
Flynn
city
council
and
want
to
speak
on
288
Harrison
Avenue,
it's
a
project
with
the
Chinese
consolidated
Benevolent
Association
and
with
the
beacon,
beacon
companies
I
strongly
support
the
project.
There
was
a
lot
of
good
back
and
forth
that
went
into
the
project
that
there
was
going
to
be
a
lot
of
affordable
housing,
which
was
desperately
needed
in
Chinatown
I'm,
also
looking
forward
to
working
with
the
development
team
and
the
residents
in
the
city.
I
This
particular
piece
of
property
is
located
almost
in
the
middle
of
the
south
end
in
Chinatown
border,
and
it
has
a
high
rate
of
asthma
and
respiratory
related
issues.
So
there's
a
lot
of
work.
We
need
to
do
working
closely
with
the
public
health
on
making
sure
that
our
asthma
rate
for
the
Chinese
community,
in
others
as
well,
is
addressed
and
that's
something
we
will
continue
to
work
on
again.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
director
members
of
the
board
in
the
professional
BPD,
a
staff
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
be
here.
B
A
Those
in
favor
opposed
motion
passes
item
number
two
request:
authorization
to
advertise;
a
public
hearing
for
April
16
2020
at
5:30
p.m.
or
at
a
time
and
date
to
be
determined
by
the
director
to
consider
the
proposed
Suffolk
University
2020
institutional
master
plan,
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
read
an
item
number
three
and
then
we'll
take
one
vote.
A
Item
number
three
request:
authorization
to
advertise:
a
public
hearing
at
a
time
and
date
to
be
determined
by
the
director
to
consider
the
master
plan
for
the
planned
development
area;
number
124,
Suffolk
Downs
and
its
five
Associated
phase,
one
through
five
development
plans
and
to
be
considered
as
a
development
impact
project
pursuant
to
sections
80
a
to
80,
B,
580,
B,
seven
and
ATC
five
of
the
Boston
zoning
code.
Okay,
a
motion
is
in
order.
Second,
second,
all
those
in
favor
opposed
guys
haven't.
Motion
passes.
Okay
item
number:
four:
the
board
of
appeal.
J
F
A
A
K
You,
madam
chair,
good
afternoon,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
Marc
McGonagle
community
fia's
liaison
for
the
BPD.
A
again
will
be
here
before
you
to
petition
the
Zoning
Commission.
The
changes
that
we
would
like
to
recommend
are
1
hours
of
operation.
Currently,
the
hours
of
operation
for
electronic
signage
is
currently
7
a.m.
until
2
a.m.
we
are
proposing
to
roll
it
back
an
hour
to
start
at
6
a.m.
but
remove
the
to
later
hours
so
go
from
6
a.m.
to
midnight.
K
This
was
a
request
that
was
made
several
of
our
license
agreements.
Negotiations.
Proponents
were
asking
for
different
times
and
what
we
had
told
them,
the
most
recent
one
which
is
in
Brighton
and
now
operational.
We
told
them
that
would
take
a
look
at
if
it's
appropriate
to
change
the
zoning
code
and
not
necessary
one
offs.
We
did
that
analysis,
both
urban
design
looking
at
the
locations
of
the
signs,
and
that
we
felt
that
the
new
hour
from
6
a.m.
to
7
a.m.
K
was
not
going
to
change
things
in
a
negative
way
and
we
also
felt
removing
the
2
at
the
end,
where
more
incidents
of
distracted,
driving,
etc
on
what
prevalent
made
sense
so
we're
making
that
recommendation.
This
is
limited
to
only
about
5
signs
throughout
the
city.
At
the
moment
there
are
other
requests
at
the
CBA.
Currently
we
don't
know
if
those
will
pass
or
not,
but
if
they
do,
I
would
like
to
have
them
incorporate
these
changes
and
then
the
other
change
would
just
be
to
add
the
word
variance
to
11
7.
K
Currently,
the
section
of
the
code
reads
for
a
conditional
use,
and
we
had
some
very
wise
attorneys
for
the
proponents
who
try
to
make
the
argument
that,
because
they
had
a
variance,
they
should
not
have
to
enter
into
these
agreements.
Having
said
that,
we
convinced
them
that
it
was
in
the
best
interest
to
do
so,
but
just
to
avoid
that
in
the
future
and
not
have
to
rely
upon
the
CBA
to
can
always
put
a
proviso
which
they
have
been
doing.
C
A
A
L
Afternoon,
members
of
the
board
chairman
Boston
Sand
&
Gravel,
operates
within
the
New
England
ready-mix
concrete
and
aggregate
industry.
They
have
a
scale
located
in
a
portion
of
P
15
b1
to
monitor
the
weight
and
capacity
of
their
fleet.
Boston
sand
and
gravel
has
been
a
tenant
at
will
for
some
time
and
has
agreed
to
a
new
license
agreement
and
a
market
rate
adjustment
for
the
use
of
this
property.
L
The
license
areas,
approximately
2,800
square
feet
of
space
adjacent
to
the
BPD,
a
owned
Bunker
Hill
Community
College
parking
lot
along
new
Rutherford,
the
future
use
of
the
BPD.
An
parking
lot
is
being
discussed
with
community
members
as
part
of
the
plan,
Charlestown
neighborhood
planning
effort,
given
the
challenge
of
identifying
a
relocation
site
and
the
complexity
of
moving
the
in-ground
scale.
Bpd
a
is
recommending
an
18-month
license
term
with
a
six-month
option.
L
F
L
A
M
You
and
good
afternoon,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board
Johnathan
shell,
with
the
BP
da
looking
to
build
on
the
success
of
last
year,
the
activation
of
the
Charlestown
Navy
Yard.
We
are
looking
to
request
authorization
to
execute
a
license
agreement
with
the
anthem
group
for
almost
exactly
similar
agreement,
as
we
had
last
year
in
terms
of
a
financial
situation.
We
have
made
some
tweaks
after
having
one
year
under
our
belt.
M
Now
most
of
those
tweaks
were
around
sort
of
reporting
and
financing
and
making
sure
they're
a
little
bit
sharper
and
sort
of
what
activities
can
actually
be
counted
towards
the
credit,
because,
if
you
recall
they
can
any
activation
free
and
open
to
the
public
is
that
in
credited
back
up
to
15
percent
of
their.
So,
but
besides
that,
we
look
to
have
the
exact
same
one
and
we
look
forward
to
another
successful
year
of
activating
the
Navy.
Yet,
okay.
A
H
A
Item
number
8
request
authorization
to
amend
the
ground
lease
with
Charlestown
grow
clock,
LLC
tenant
and
redevelop;
er
a
building
58
known
as
the
ropewalk
building
and
building
60
known
as
the
tar
house,
located
on
a
portion
of
parcel
NY
one
in
the
historic
monument
area
of
the
Charlestown
Navy
Yard
in
the
Charlestown
urban
renewal
area,
to
defer
rent
payments
in
exchange
for
additional,
affordable
rental
units
and
an
increase
in
the
transaction
rent
requirement
and
to
execute
an
amended
and
restated,
affordable
housing
and
restriction
agreement
and
to
extend
all
necessary
documents.
Dentists,
thank.
N
You,
madam
chair,
in
June
of
2016
Charlestown
ropewalk
LLC,
was
awarded
final
designation
for
the
development
of
the
robach
building
in
the
historic
Charlestown
Navy
Yard.
The
lease
was
fully
executed
in
December
of
2017.
The
intent
which
still
is
the
intent,
was
to
develop
97
units
of
housing
at
that
time,
with
20%
of
the
units
being
affordable.
N
Construction
commenced
in
early
2018
is
now
over
90%,
complete
they'll
be
ready
for
occupancy
and
summer
this
coming
summer,
the
project
had
been
financed
with
with
no
direct
public
subsidy
and
entailed
a
construction
loan,
a
permanent
loan,
a
bridge
loan
equity
from
the
developer,
which
ropewalk
vision,
LLC,
a
ropewalk
properties,
sorry
vision,
properties
and
federal
and
state
tax
credits.
The
permanent
loan
requires
that
the
debt
coverage
ratio
never
dropped
below
1.35.
N
What
that
means
is
that
the
cash
flow
provided
from
the
rental
units
must
always
equal
or
exceed
135
percent
of
the
cash
required
to
pay.
The
debt
service
on
the
loan
to
build
the
building
failure
to
reach
our
requirement
could
result
in
a
default
on
the
loan
and
and
recalling
of
the
loan
from
the
bank,
which
we
don't
want
to
see
happen.
N
N
They
missed
the
2019
rental
window,
which
in
Boston
is
July
in
August
project
project
cost
overruns
in
a
premium
that
they
were
now
paying
for
overtime
costs
in
nights
and
weekends,
a
resulting
in
a
larger
debt
service,
and
an
underestimation
of
tax
liability
had
further
deflated
their
projected
cash
flows
as
part
of
our
due
diligence
BPD
a
hired,
a
respected
real-estate
financial
consultant.
His
name
is
robert
nahi
Guillen.
He
is
with
Urbandale
realty
company
and
he
was
instrumental
in
assisting
us
analyze
that
financial
wherewithal
the
project.
N
Mr.
Haggin
confirmed
that
the
ability
to
maintain
the
required
1.35
debt
coverage
ratio
in
the
early
years
was
indeed
in
jeopardy.
Critical
dates.
Feliz
up
in
Tax
Credit
benefits
were
also
endanger,
being
missed.
Mr.
Higgins
recommendations
included
deferment
of
rent
payable
to
be
PDA
for
a
few
years,
ramping
the
delivery
of
affordable
units
over
time,
rather
than
immediately
and
the
developer
deferring
their
profit
payment
until
later.
N
In
the
one
at
till
after
the
building
was
stabilized,
the
developers
agreed
to
defer
their
payment
until
year,
six
and
I'm
here
to
suggest
the
following
amendment
to
the
lease
to
that
BPD
defer
all
rent
payments
owed
for
the
first
for
the
next
six
years
and
in
exchange
the
developer
will
agree
to
increase
the
affordable
units
from
20
to
24.
Those
would
be
ramped
up,
there'll
be
13
delivered
immediately
and
those
would
be
systematically
ramped
up
to
24
by
the
end
of
2020
for
2025.
N
In
exchange,
the
rent
payable
to
be
PDA
in
2028
will
increase
from
the
contract.
The
current
contract
rent
of
one
hundred
ninety
thousand
to
two
hundred
eighteen
thousand.
That
rate
will
be
subject.
That'll
that'll
increase
the
base
and
that'll
be
subject
to
the
periodic.
Seventeen
and
a
half
percent
increases
every
five
years.
That's
how
we
will
recapture
our
money
that
were
foregoing
in
the
early.
N
The
lease
also
calls
for
two
percent
payment
of
the
sale
price
we
refer
to
as
trans
action
rent.
So
in
the
inevitably
the
developer
was
self-released.
That's
how
that
industry
works
well
upon
the
sale
of
the
lease
we
will
get
2%
of
the
gross
sale
price.
The
developers
agreed
to
increase
that
in
the
lease
they
will
pay
us
2%,
any
subsequent
purchasers
or
seller's
would
pay
us
2
and
a
half
percent
which
would
result
in
an
overall
net
increase
of
about
5%
to
BPA.
N
A
H
F
L
N
A
O
You,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board
and
work
director
real
estate.
This
board
voted
in
December
of
last
year
to
enter
into
a
new
lease
and
Memorandum
of
Understanding,
with
massport
for
the
BBA
own
property
on
the
little
mystic
channel
in
Charlestown,
effective
January,
1st
2020
this
year.
As
you
may
recall,
this
lease
agreement
continues
the
designated
port
area
activities
on
the
site,
while
also
producing
substantial
community
benefits
and
networks
of
open
space,
approvement
Cecrops
Charlestown.
O
The
purpose
of
this
one-month
extension
through
April
30th
2020,
is
to
provide
the
necessary
time
for
attorneys
and
staff
on
both
sides
to
finalize
the
documentation
and
execution
of
the
lease
and
the
MOA.
There
are
no
changes
to
agreement
from
a
was
voted
on
in
December.
It
is
merely
an
extension
to
allow
the
administrative
process
to
go
forward,
but
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
Okay,.
F
A
P
You,
madam
chairman,
members
of
the
board
secretary
Polhemus
I'm
Chris
bush,
with
climate
change,
environmental
Planning
Division
in
March,
2017,
the
BPD,
a
board
approved
the
downtown
waterfront,
a
municipal
Harbor
plan,
as
well
as
the
waterfront
public
realm
and
water
she'd
activation
plan
to
provide
long-term
guidance
on
the
development
activation
of
public
use
for
the
downtown
waterfront
planning
area,
which
extends
from
Long
Wharf
to
the
Moakley
Bridge.
The
planning
process
developed
dimensional
standards
for
the
Harbor
garage
and
hook
Wharf
sites
and
public
realm
improvements
to
be
delivered
along
with
the
redevelopment
of
those
properties.
P
The
harbor
plan
and
subsequent
approval
of
the
plan
by
the
state's
executive
Office
of
Energy
and
Environmental
Affairs
require
the
development
of
design
and
use
guidelines
for
the
downtown
waterfront
to
better
guide
public
realm
improvements
associated
with
new
development
projects.
The
guidelines
are
intended
to
provide
consistent
design
standards
for
both
exterior
and
interior
public
spaces,
wayfinding
element's
landscaping,
lighting,
signage
public
amenities
to
improve
connectivity
within
the
district,
as
well
as
adjacent
open
space
resources
such
as
the
Rose
Kennedy
Greenway.
P
Additional
project
objectives
include
the
development
of
design
standards
that
incorporate
climate
resilient
materials
to
ensure
the
long-term
viability
of
public
spaces
and
integration
and
the
district
scale.
Flood
protection
measures
being
developed
through
climate
ready,
Boston
support
a
variety
of
year-round
public
activation
and
programming,
advance
management,
concepts
for
the
water
sheet
to
better
coordinate
land
and
waterside
water
dependent
uses,
as
well
as
design
options
for
public
ways
to
accommodate,
reduce
conflicts
between
pedestrians
and
vehicles.
P
The
guidelines
will
also
provide
direction
for
the
integration
of
additional
planning
area
improvement,
such
as
in
New,
England,
aquariums,
Blueway
vision
and
transition
of
the
chart
house
parking
lot
on
Long
Wharf
into
a
new
Waterfront
Park,
which
is
also
a
public
benefit,
framed
as
part
of
the
the
harbor
plan.
The
project
is
intended
to
be
a
collaborative
effort
between
B
PDA
area,
property
owners,
city
residents,
businesses
and
stakeholders.
Several
public
workshops,
stakeholder
focus
groups
are
anticipated
as
part
of
the
development
of
the
guidelines
to
engage
residents
and
property
owners.
P
A
M
M
A
M
Afternoon
again,
general
members
of
the
board,
the
Blair
law
property,
is
located
in
the
heart
of
Nubians
square
and
was
previously
used
as
a
food
market
shopping
lot.
Today
it
is
a
free
to
our
public
parking
for
employees
and
visitors
in
Nubians
square.
While
there
are
proposals
in
the
works
for
what
this
land
may
eventually
become.
In
the
meantime,
in
the
spirit
of
the
plan
Nubian
square,
as
well
as
being
consistent
with
the
Roxbury
strategic
master
plan,
the
BPD
a
is
looking
for
a
partner
in
the
hopes
of
providing
appropriate
temporary
activation
in
the
space.
M
The
activation
will
promote
local
economic
development,
celebrate
cultural
history,
diversity,
support
local
artists
and
pursue
placemaking
through
creating
a
vibrant
destination.
The
BPD
a
is
open
to
several
options
of
how
the
activation
would
work,
whether
it
be
one
time
daily
weekend.
Only
activities
could
also
be
from
using
a
whole
lot
to
only
a
specific
portion
of
the
lot.
There's
a
plethora
of
combinations
that
we're
willing
to
entertain.
Bpd
a
will
also
offer
a
potential
subsidy
for
start-up
costs
for
the
activation
not
to
exceed
$30,000.
M
C
M
I
want
to
make
sure
I
understand
which
parcels
you're
talking
about
correctly,
because
there
is
the
parking
lot
and
then
there's
the
Blair.
What's
also
can
the
blare
lot,
which
we
have
leased
to
BPS
right
now,
and
so
do
you
I
just
want
to
make
sure
you're
talking
about
all
of
the
empty
lots
there
or
just
the
weather
cars
park,
all
of
them
I
think.
How
is
this
right
now?
M
O
Great
question
I
one
of
the
main
reasons
we
selected
this
slide
and
you
know
certainly
parcel
three
Crescent
parcel.
Partially
there
are
there
bacon
loss
and
also
many
Lots
owned
by
Department
Neighborhood
Development
in
the
area
as
well.
We
know
that
there
are
interested
parties
for
this
particularly
lot.
It
is
right
in
it
compared
to
all
those
other
properties
which
are
sort
of
on
the
periphery.
We
have
Dudley
square
at
this.
O
One
is
in
the
direct
heart
of
the
deadly
square
cross
in
the
bowling
building,
so
in
terms
of
greatest
bang
for
our
buck
and
activation.
We
think
it's
here
certainly
not
opposed
to
other
activations
other
spaces,
but
we
wanted
to
make
sure
we
got
this
out
quickly
because
we
heard
interest
in
this
particular
site
and.
O
We
wanted
to
be
realistic
in
terms
of
how
much
how
much
time,
based
on
our
previous
experience,
doing
activations
how
much
time
it
gets
takes
to
get
a
license
agreement
together.
If
there
was
a
proposal
for
a
June
1st
activation
that
we
thought
was
viable,
we
could
get
a
license
agreement
we'd
be
perfectly
willing
to
come
back
and
ask
for
amendment
to
do
that,
but
that's
I
think
we're
just
being
realistic.
O
A
C
C
A
The
eyes
have
it
mission
passes.
Thank
you.
I,
remember
in
13
request
authorization
to
extend
the
tentative
designation
of
Madison
Tropical
LLC
as
redevelop
ur
of
a
portion
of
parcel
10
of
the
Southwest
corridor
development
plan,
known
as
parcel
B,
and
to
extend
the
license
agreement
for
the
use
of
parcel
10
B
for
parking
yeah.
Thank.
R
R
3
is
related
to
the
fact
that
Madison
CDC
in
particular
who's
the
lead
partner,
has
made
the
determination
that,
as
a
instead
of
doing
a
large
close
to
60,000
square
foot
commercial
project,
that
it
would
change
the
proposed
program
to
fit
more
within
its
wheelhouse
quite
frankly,
and
focus
on
mixed-use
residential
with
the
operative
activity
and
programmed
to
be
mainly
affordable,
rental
and
homeownership
opportunities
on
that
side.
As
you
may
recall
this,
but
that
particular
portion
phase
3,
is
on
the
corner
of
Washington
and
Melanie
Cass
boulevards,
major
gateway
center
and
the
sense
in
it.
R
Thinking
in
terms
of
the
plan,
Nubian
square
initiatives,
as
well
as
other
stakeholders
concerns
particularly
the
roxbury
Oversight
Committee,
that
creating
homeownership
and
affordability
and
activating
that
decide
to
make
the
most
sense,
as
opposed
to
possibly
creating
more
commercial
that
may
or
may
not
come
to
fruition
as
quickly
as
one
might
like.
So
the
development
eeeem
is
submitted,
a
notice
of
project
change,
which
is
currently
under
review.
R
The
Oversight
Committee
itself
has
asked
for
additional
opportunity
to
work
with
the
development
team
through
a
review
with
the
project
review
committee,
to
see
where
it
moves
forward
with
its
schematic
design.
Since
the
last
time
we
came
before
you,
the
development
team
has
solidified
its
partnership
with
Trinity
Financial,
which
will
serve
as
a
key
component
in
developing
this
particular
phase.
That
stands
I
think
in
good
stead
with
the
the
for
momentum
of
the
project
and,
in
addition
to
the
work
on
solidifying,
its
partnership
with
Trinity
financial.
R
The
development
team
will
also
use
this
opportunity
to
get
through
the
notice
of
project
change
process,
as
well
as
do
a
little
bit
more
of
the
geotechnical
and
environmental
study.
Given
the
proposed
change
of
use
to
include
residential
I'll
conclude
my
remarks,
there
I'd
like
to
acknowledge
the
presence
of
Benjamin
Baldwin
from
Madison
CDC
in
case
there
are
questions
I.
A
H
R
A
S
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
We
are
requesting
an
additional
90-day
extension
to
the
tentative
designation
for
tenants,
Development
Corporation
of
Roxbury
or
TDC
for
the
redevelopment
of
BPD
a
owned
parcel
22,
a
located
at
151,
Lennox
Street
in
the
south
and
urban
renewal
area.
The
board
originally
voted
to
award
tentative
designation
in
June
2018.
An
extended
tentative
designation
in
March,
June,
September
and
December
of
2019
TDC
is
proposing
to
develop
an
approximately
18,000
square
foot
four-story
community
center,
including
office
space
for
its
headquarters.
S
Tdc
reports
the
following
updates
since
their
last
extension,
TDC
began
meeting
with
abutters
of
151
Lennox
to
discuss
the
schematic
design
of
the
proposed
product
project,
the
developers
of
Alexandria
hotel
DTC.
Our
development
committed
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
over
five
years
towards
T
DC's
capital
campaign
and
TDC
has
met
with
several
institutional
and
philanthropic
entities
to
discuss
financial
support
and
partnership
activities.
Tdc
also
took
active
steps
to
engage
both
current
and
new
capital
campaign
members
with
all
working
to
expand.
S
This
group
to
maximize
outreach
TDC
expects
to
use
the
requested
90-day
extension
to
continue
adjusting
schematic,
design
and
work
with
waterville
consulting
to
advance
the
capital
campaign.
Tdc
will
also
engage
in
preparation
with
mhic
and
mass
development
towards
their
applications
for
the
2020
new
market
tax
credits
round.
For
these
reasons,
staff
requests
that
TDC
receive
an
extension
to
their
tentative
designation
to
continue
moving
forward
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
and
Donald
Ward
TBC's
executive
director
will
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
as
well.
Okay,.
A
C
C
A
A
S
You,
madam
chair,
we're
here
to
request
another
extension
to
the
final
designation
status
for
CVS
e
LLC,
a
minority-owned
development
entity
owned
by
darrell,
settles
and
Greg
Genie.
This
redevelop
ur
is
proposing
to
combine
41
Regent
Street,
a
3200
square
foot
BPD
a
parcel
with
their
adjacent
5,700
square
foot
parcel
at
64
Alpine
Street
to
build
up
to
14
homeownership
units,
including
two
income,
restricted
IDP
units,
the
BPD
a
understands
that
the
adjacent
parcel
remains
the
subject
of
litigation
pending
in
Suffolk
Superior
civil
court.
S
It
is
the
further
understanding
of
the
BPD
a
that
this
litigation
is
still
precluding
issuance
of
a
building
permit
for
the
site.
At
this
time,
however,
B
PDA
has
been
informed
that
a
trial
date
to
resolve
the
matter
has
been
set
for
May
22nd.
Accordingly,
the
BPD,
a
staff
requests
an
additional
nine
month,
extension
of
final
designation
status
through
December
31st
2020.
To
allow
further
time
for
resolution
of
this
matter.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Do
we
have
any
questions
from
the
board
hearing?
None
a
motion
is
in
order
to
move.
Second,
all
those
in
favor
I
proposed
the
ice
habit
motion
passes.
Thank
you.
Item
number
16
certificate
of
completion,
request
authorization
to
issue
a
certificate
of
completion
for
the
male
Nia
residence
component
of
the
male
Nia
Hotel
and
Residences
project
located
on
parcel
9
in
the
south
and
urban
renewal
area.
A
motion
is
an
order.
F
R
Is
for
the
residential
component,
the
hotel
has
it
has
its
completion,
the
one
specific
detail
related
to
that
there
is
a
certificate
certificate
of
occupancy
that
was
just
recently
updated
to
match
the
the
fact
the
hotel
has
just
recently
had
its
gas
and
utility
work
completed
and
because
those
two
functions
are
connected.
Isdn
opted
to
make
sure
that
that
was
completed
before
issuing
the
CFO,
hence
that
the
time
in
between
the
inspection
and
the
issuance.
So
this
relates
specifically
to
the
residential
component,
because
there,
because
that
utilities
are
linked
in
that
we
get
because.
F
R
That's
a
very
good
question.
My
understanding
and
I
should
come
back
with
further
confirmation
on
this.
Is
that
we're
weird
because
it
being
a
large
project,
we
work
with
the
Boston
Employment
Commission
through
the
Office
of
Economic
Development,
to
make
sure
that
that's
being
monitored
correctly?
How.
C
A
U
You,
madam
chairwoman,
members
of
the
board
Madam
Secretary,
the
Lennox
apartments.
Development
in
Roxbury
is
a
public
housing
project
that
was
originally
constructed
in
1939.
The
proponent
beacon
Community
Services
LLC,
in
collaboration
with
the
Boston
Housing
Authority
proposed,
want
to
take
a
capital
improvement
program
to
preserve
the
physical
integrity
of
the
Lennox
apartments.
The
project
site
consists
of
one
pasal
that
is
approximately
two
hundred
ninety
eight
thousand
square
feet
of
land.
It's
a
a
little
over
five
and
a
half
acres.
U
The
proponent
proposes
to
renovate
and
rehabilitate
the
existing
twelve
three-story
walk-up
buildings
containing
285
residential
rental
units
in
one
building
containing
a
community
center
management
office,
maintenance
and
mechanical
space.
The
proponent
filed
a
letter
of
intent
on
August
24th
of
2018.
A
project
notification
form
was
filed
in
September
28th
of
2018
in
the
BPA
received
an
update
to
the
PMF
outlining
changes
to
this
overall
scope
of
work
on
December
10th
of
2019.
U
Three
public
meetings
were
held
on
January
8th
of
this
year
and
on
February
1st,
the
PPA
held
a
scoping
session
to
city
and
state
officials
on
January
23rd.
The
comma
period
concluded
on
February
7th
many
residents
of
Lennox
apartments
expressed
their
enthusiasm
at
the
public
meeting
about
the
rehabilitation
to
their
homes,
and
we
have
thrilled
that
this
valuable,
affordable
housing
asset
in
Boston
is
being
preserved.
At
this
time,
I
would
like
to
introduce
gina
martinez
of
beacon
communities
to
further
the
presentation.
Gina.
V
Good
afternoon
to
you,
madam
chairman,
and
madam
chairwoman
and
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
Gina.
Martinez
and
I
am
a
development
director
with
beacon
communities
in
2016,
the
PHA
selected,
beacon
communities
to
be
the
designated
developer
of
Camden
and
Lennox
apartments.
Lennox
is
currently
owned
by
the
PHA
and
managed
by
beacons
property
management
company.
We
managed
it
together
with
Camden
apartments,
which
beacon
acquired
in
2018
and
Camden,
is
currently
being
renovated.
V
We
are
proposing
an
extensive
rehab
of
the
property,
including
kitchens
and
bathrooms,
which
will
be
fully
renovated,
including
painting
new
exhaust
systems,
flooring,
cabinets,
countertops
appliances,
sinks
and
faucets
tubs
and
tubs
arounds,
showerheads
and
accessories.
We
will
also
build
closets
in
the
units
we
propose
to
insulate
the
interior,
the
interior
side
of
exterior
building
walls
which
currently
have
no
insulation.
We
will
provide
new
apartment
entry,
doors
and
hardware
and
interior
doors
as
needed
will
provide
new
electrical
load.
Centers
LED
lighting,
we
will
insulate
and
ventilate
building
crawl
spaces
will
provide
a
new
security
system.
V
We
will
clean
and
repair
the
building's
masonry
facades
and
entry
canopies
and
make
structural
repairs
to
the
building's.
We
will
provide
a
new
building
entry
doors
and
intercom
systems,
new
windows
on
all
the
buildings.
We
will
clean
and
repair
common
hallways
stair
rails
and
stairwells.
We
will
make
accessibility
improvements
throughout
the
site,
including
15
units,
to
make
them
fully
compliance
with
accessibility
codes,
life
safety
systems
will
also
be
brought
up
to
code
will
provide
new
lighting
throughout
the
site,
as
well
as
storm
drains
and
a
new
play
area.
V
We
will
eliminate
this
system
and
provide
all
but
two
of
the
smallest
buildings
with
their
own
high-efficiency
heating
and
hot
water
plants.
This
will
free
up
significant
space
within
the
building
and
permit
the
creation
of
a
community
center
for
the
residents
with
spaces
for
robust
package
of
services,
which
we
typically
provide
at
our
properties
for
residents.
V
I'll
come
back
to
that,
but
these
are
some
of
the
services
that
we
will
provide
at
the
commune
new
community
building
and
just
to
give
you
a
sense,
you
can
see.
There's
the
site
and
the
community
building
is
at
one
end
of
the
side.
It's
at
the
Kendall
Street
end
and
to
one
side
you
can
see
the
current
layout
of
the
community.
Building
the
space
with
the
X
in
it
is
a
two-story
space
that
is
currently
allocated
for
that
heating
and
hot
water
plant
that
I
described.
V
The
PHA
has
designated
beacon
as
the
developer
for
Linux.
In
an
effort
to
preserve
this
community
is
affordable,
beacon
can
access
multiple
sources
of
affordable
housing
financing,
while
the
capital
funding
available
to
the
PHA
from
federal
sources
has
trended
down
severely
in
recent
years
in
the
meanwhile.
The
need
of
this
aging
property
for
repairs
and
system
replacements
has
only
increased
with
time.
After
closing,
this
fall
when
beacon
will
become
owner
of
Lennox
apartments.
V
The
BHA
will
still
remain
involved
in
a
number
of
ways,
including
by
retaining
ownership
of
the
land
via
a
long
term,
ground
lease
and
by
administering
rental
assistance
awarded
to
the
property
by
hud.
The
proposed
renovation
will
utilize
resources,
including
the
HUD
demonstration
disposition
program.
The
BHA
has
submitted
a
request
to
HUD
under
this
program
for
approval
of
preservation,
vouchers
for
Lennox
HUD
approval,
which
we
expect
shortly
will
result
in
a
ward
of
preservation
vouchers
to
the
BHA,
which
the
PHA
will
then
convert
to
project
based
vouchers
for
Lennox.
V
No
one
will
lose
their
housing
at
Lennox
as
a
result
of
this
rehabilitation
and
payments
toward
rent
will
not
change.
Residents
will
continue
to
go
through
annual
income
certifications
as
they
do
now,
and
they
will
pay
approximately
30%
of
their
adjusted
income
just
as
they
do
now.
The
voucher
rental
subsidy
will
be
used
in
combination
with
mass
housing,
tax-exempt,
financing,
federal
and
state,
low-income
housing,
tax
credits
and
because
the
property
is
among
the
earliest
public
housing
communities
in
Boston.
It
has
signor
historic
significance,
which
has
allowed
us
to
receive
federal
and
state
historic
tax
credits.
V
V
Again,
these
are
this:
is
a
project
in
Brockton,
again
I'm
just
another
example
of
how
we
have
tried
to
modernize
and
refresh
these
properties.
That
concludes
our
presentation,
but
I
would
like
to
introduce
Kay,
pin
it
from
the
PHA,
who
is
here
to
say
some
words
on
behalf
of
the
project
as
well.
Thank.
A
V
W
To
members
of
the
board,
thank
you
for
your
service
and
for
your
consideration
of
of
this
project.
I
Gina's,
pretty
much
said
it
all,
just
emphasize
again
that
the
PHA
is
engaged
in
this
partnership
because
beacon,
like
any
private
owner,
can
access
certain
funding
more
easily
than
BHA,
and
this
is
a
strategy
that
will
protect
these
units
in
perpetuity
as
deeply
affordable.
Low
income
units
people
pay
30%
of
their
income,
regardless
of
what
that
income
is,
and
so
that
is
the
goal
of
the
project.
A
F
X
W
W
Done
this
in
several
probably
upwards
of
ten
projects
across
the
city,
this
one's
a
little
more
unusual
in
that
you
know,
usually
when
we
ground
lease
a
site,
it's
for
demolition
and
rebuild,
and
in
this
case
it
really
was
a
for
several
reasons.
We've
we've
gone
with
a
with
a
rehab
scenario,
but
the
the
transaction
of
BHA
retaining
the
land
and
allowing
a
private
entity
whether
they
be
nonprofit
or
for-profit,
to
come
in
and
rebuild.
That
site
is
something
we've
done
many
times
and.
F
W
I
mean
beak
PHA
is
a
public
agency
and
has
very
regulated
funding
streams
that
are
not
flexible
and
so
for
things
like
construction
guarantees
and
other
types
of
investments
were
very
restricted
in
the
funding
that
we
receive,
and
so
we're
just
not
in
a
position
easily.
It's
not
that
we,
it
can't
be
done.
W
We
have
done
it
in
certain
circumstances,
but
you
know
typically
it's
it's
it's
difficult
for
us
to
be
in
the
situation
of
negotiating
these
transactions
with
investors
and
general
contractors,
given
the
constraints
that
we're
under
as
a
public
agency,
the
the
private
developers
are
much
more
able
to
realize
the
value
of
the
investment
than
than
we
would
does
that.
Yes,.
Y
W
I
mean
technically,
we
can
create
different
entities
to
do
that,
but
it's
still
it's
it's.
We
run
into
a
lot
of
constraints
along
the
way
that
that
that
make
it
inefficient,
but.
W
Y
F
Y
W
And
that's
I
mean
that's
partly
because
you
know
the
investor
funds
that
are
attracted
really
require
that
a
private
you
know
manager,
take
Oh
on
those
properties.
I
will
say
we
haven't
laid
off
people,
we've
always
absorbed
folks,
but
yeah.
That's
that's
attention,
it's
something
we
feel
internally
and
talk
about
internally
a
lot,
but
it
is
at
this
point.
You
know
if
we
want
to
sort
of
be
in
the
game
of
attracting
certain
types
of
money.
That's
I
understand.
W
Y
V
A
A
Item
number
18
request
authorization
to
issue
a
certification
certification
of
approval
pursuant
to
article
a
de
6
small
project,
review
of
the
zoning
code
for
the
construction
of
32
residential
units,
including
five
IDP
units,
2399
square
feet
of
commercial
space,
33
parking
spaces
and
bicycles;
bicycle
storage,
located
at
218,
220,
Old,
Colony
Avenue,
and
to
recommend
approval
to
the
board
of
appeal
for
the
necessary
zoning
relief
and
to
take
all
related
actions.
John.
Thank.
U
You,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board,
Madam
Secretary,
the
proponent
18,
220
old
colony
of
LLC,
proposed
to
construct
the
five-story
mixed-use
building
at
Old,
Colony,
Avenue
and
South
Boston.
It's
also
located
about
five
blocks
northeast
of
Andrews
square.
The
project
site
consists
of
one
parcel
that
is
approximately
11,000
620
square
feet
of
land
which
is
currently
occupied
by
a
vacant.
Single-Story
commercial
building
that
will
be
raised.
U
In
addition,
there
was
$180,000
and
committed
committed
and
community
benefits
and
mitigation
funding,
the
implementation
of
the
climate
resiliency
plan
from
Oakley
Park
in
funding
to
support
infrastructure
improvements
to
the
public
ground,
an
Old
Colony
Avenue.
In
addition,
the
proponent
is
committed
to
the
creation
of
a
public
plaza
on
second
half
of
the
abutting
custom
street
as
an
amenity
to
the
residents
of
the
West
99th
Street
scene,
the
public
housing
development,
the
proponent
filed
an
article,
any
application
on
September
25th
of
2019.
U
Z
Good
afternoon,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board,
Madam
Secretary,
as
John,
said,
I'm
Quinn,
Bowser,
chair
map
city,
councillor,
Michael,
Flaherty,
council.
Clarity
would
like
to
be
recorded
as
being
in
support
of
this
project.
The
proposed
development
will
bring
32
units
of
new
housing,
Old
Colony
Avenue,
along
with
ground-floor
commercial
space
that
will,
in
conjunction
with
other
approved
and
constructed
projects.
The
immediate
area
served
to
activate
and
enliven
Old
Colony
Avenue
and
the
surrounding
neighborhood.
Z
The
project
complies
to
the
requirements
of
the
plan
Dorchester
Avenue,
including
by
providing
17%
affordability
in
the
form
of
five
new
IDP
units,
as
well
as
a
payment
for
community
benefits
in
the
amount
of
nearly
$200,000,
the
owner
and
developer
lives
in
South
Boston,
and
has
a
long
track
record
of
responsive
and
responsible
development
in
the
neighborhood
and
councillor.
Flaherty
is
therefore
pleased
to
offer
his
support.
Thank
you.
H
Z
AA
AA
The
project
was
proposed
within
the
context
of
the
plan,
South
Boston,
a
new
planning
initiative.
The
site
is
located
here
and
Old
Colony
Avenue
near
its
intersection
with
Dorchester
Street,
which
is
at
the
lower
portion
of
the
slide,
besides
directly
across
the
street,
from
the
Iron
Workers
Local
7
Hall
in
the
parking
lot,
and
also,
of
course,
in
very
close
proximity
to
the
Washington
Village
project.
AA
There
would
be
32
one-bedroom
rental
units
with
a
one
to
one
ratio
of
garage
parking
spaces,
as
well
as
approximately
2,000
square
feet
of
commercial
space,
which
is
currently
unprogrammed.
This
is
a
little
bit
of
a
closer
view
of
the
site.
To
the
left
is
a
single-story
commercial
building
that
would
likely
be
developed
very
soon
to
the
right
is
the
232
Old
Colony
Avenue
mixed-use
building,
which
was
approved
by
this
board
four
years
ago
this
month
and
is
now
built
and
occupied.
AA
AA
This
is
a
street
view
of
the
current
conditions
at
the
site.
There
is
a
restaurant
to
the
left
behind
those
trucks
and
there
used
to
be
a
scooter
rental
store
on
the
right
side
of
the
building,
which
is
set
back
from
the
front
lot
line
and
then
on
the
right
side
is
visible.
Some
of
the
low-rise
buildings
of
the
be
a
chaise
West,
ninth
Street
development.
AA
This
is
the
232
Old
Colony
Avenue
mixed-use
project
to
the
right.
This
provides
some
massing
and
design
context
of
this
building.
That's
not
a
rendering,
that's
actually
built
and
it's
occupied.
This
is
a
rendering
a
hundred
or
less
than
two
hundred
feet
down
to
the
left
of
the
site
of
the
two
hundred
Old
Colony
Avenue
project.
This
is
a
mixed-use
project
that
was
approved
by
this
board
in
July
of
2018.
That
is
now
under
construction
to
refresh
board
members
recollection.
AA
This
is
the
project
that
has
the
the
Notre
Dame
Education
Center
site
at
the
ground
floor
level.
This
slide
shows
the
basement
parking
level
of
the
plan
on
the
left
in
the
ground
floor
on
the
right.
There
are
parking
spaces
on
both
levels.
The
commercial
space,
of
course,
is
up
to
the
front
of
the
site.
It's
a
approximately
2,000
square
feet:
bike,
storage,
residential
Lobby,
trash
storage
area
to
the
rear
and
on
the
the
image
on
the
right
about
halfway
up
is
the
garage
entrance
entrance
off
of
Gustin
Street,
which
I'll
talk
about.
AA
AA
The
this
is
the
site
plan
showing
the
area
of
Gustin
Street
in
question,
which
John
mentioned
Gustin
Street
is
a
public
way.
It's
not
a
private
way.
It's
a
public
way
of
leading
off
the
bowl
call
any
Avenue
the
dead
ends
at
the
West.
Ninth
Street
development
on
the
right
side
of
the
site,
Gustin
Street
will
be
privatized
and
that's
part
of
also
correcting
some
of
the
cycling
2:32
Old
Colony
Avenue
project
that
had
existed.
It
will
be
privatized.
AA
It
will
still
remain
open
for
vehicular
traffic,
public
vehicular
traffic
down
to
the
garage
entrance,
which
starts
right
before
the
pedestrian
Plaza
appears
on
this
site
and
then
pedestrian
pedestrian
Plaza
will
be
created
for
the
use
and
benefit
of
building
residents.
Also,
of
course,
for
the
industry.
The
farmer
is
intense
in
the
232
Old
Colony
Avenue
is
a
mixed-use
building
that
also
contains
residential
condominiums.
So
the
expectation
is
that
everybody
will
be
able
to
make
use
of
the
space.
AA
This
is
the
front
rendering
of
the
building.
It's
five
stories
and
60
feet
again
in
full
compliance
with
the
plan,
rear
elevation
to
side
elevations.
The
elevation
of
the
top
shows
just
before
the
midpoint.
The
garage
entrance
as
vehicles
would
come
off
of
Gustin
go
into
the
garage.
These
are
current
site
conditions.
H
C
AA
AB
A
little
bit
communication.
Thank
you
and
good
evening,
madam
chair
secretary
plaintiffs
members
of
the
board
on
June
15
2017.
This
board
voted
to
approve
CV
properties,
LLC's
proposal
for
the
construction
of
a
new
seven
storey
office
and
research
and
development
building
totaling
approximately
250,000
square
feet
at
105,
West,
first
Street
in
South
Boston
as
further
detailed
in
your
board.
Memo
for
this
proposed
action.
AB
These
meetings
provide
an
opportunity
for
members
of
the
IAG
and
the
Greater
South
Boston
community
to
meet
the
proponent
and
discuss
the
project,
an
anticipated
construction
timeline
through
this
engagement
with
the
IAG
in
broader
South
Boston
community.
The
importance
of
the
buildings
enclosed
pedestrian
connector,
allowing
access
from
West
first
Street
to
West,
2nd
Street,
was
highlighted.
AB
The
action
before
you
this
evening
requests
the
board's
authorization
to
execute
a
first
amendment
to
the
cooperation
agreement
for
the
105
West
first
Street
project,
which
will
memorialize
that
in
perpetuity
the
hours
of
operation
and
public
access
through
the
pedestrian
connector.
We're
joined
this
evening
with
by
members
of
the
development
team,
I'd
like
to
introduce
Jessica
Hughes
from
Tishman
Speyer.
Who
will
provide
the
board
with
a
brief
update
on
the
project
and
timeline.
AD
Q
AC
Was
a
site
and
entitlements
that
we
acquired
last
summer
that
had
been
previously
permitted
by
CV
properties
for
an
office
and
R&D
building
so
plus
when
we
acquired
the
the
building
and
the
existing
building
and
development
rights.
We
really
focused
on
in
meetings
with
the
BPD,
a
and
also
with
the
public,
in
improving
the
public
realm
at
the
at
the
ground
level.
AC
AC
This
this
slide
here
shows
really
from
a
bird's
eye
view
of
what
the
ground
the
ground
plane
will
look
at.
Look
like
so
there's
a
at
the
bottom
of
the
of
the
pages
West
second
Street
and
the
top
is
is
West.
First,
there
is
a
pedestrian
connector
at
the
top
left
hand
left
hand
of
that.
That
is
a
pass
through
that'll,
be
open
open
to
the
public
at
any
time.
AC
That'll
allow
easy
access
from
Broadway
station
where
a
lot
of
commuters
and
pedestrians
will
come
from
and
from
the
neighborhoods
into
the
building
and
through
to
the
park,
and
then
a
continuation
through
one
channel
Center,
which
is
an
adjacent
building
which
is
also
owned
by
titian
spire,
as
is
the
the
channel
Center
garage.
We
also
focused
on
improving
the
ground
plane
experience,
including
meeting
space
in
innovation,
space
and
I
think,
most
importantly,
and
the
design
changes
that
we
made.
We
focused
on
you
know,
making
a
more
interesting
but
also
more
accessible
ground
plane.
AC
So
the
original
the
the
previous
design
had
contemplated
an
entrance
there's
a
about
I.
Think
I
need
grade
change
from
seconds
to
second
to
first,
so
we
eliminated
a
stair
that
was
there
added
a
number
of
ramping
systems
and
this
as
I
think
encouraged
by
the
BPD,
a
eliminated.
The
stair
eliminated
the
stair
and
a
jump
elevator
to
allow
for
better
better
mobility
and
access
through
the
building.
It's.
H
AC
So
our
focus
here
today,
I
think,
is
on
the
cooperation
agreement.
You
know
we
did
decide.
I
think
we
did
understand
that
it
was
important
to
make
sure
that
this
was
something
that
you
know
that
was
preserved
in
the
entitlements
and
I'm
perpetuate
perpetuity.
The
public
access
through
the
building,
okay,.
AC
C
B
A
A
Moving
on
to
item
number
21
request;
authorization
to
issue
a
determination
waiving
further
review
pursuant
to
section
86
of
the
Boston
zoning
code,
approving
the
notice
of
project
change,
reducing
the
residential
condominium
units
from
44
to
29,
adding
2,700
square
feet,
foot
basement
space
relocating
or
removing
the
transformer
vault,
creating
five
IDP
artists
live
work,
units
and
Street
space
and
parking
improvements
located
at
55,
India
Street
and
to
take
all
related
actions.
Roll
good.
A
A
A
So
raoul
item
number
21
great.
AE
Well,
good
afternoon,
madam
chair,
I'm
secretary
members
of
the
board,
by
way
of
background,
the
55
in
da
Street
project
was
originally
approved
by
this
board.
On
June
14
2014.
The
project
has
approved
at
that
time
consists
of
the
redevelopment
of
an
approximately
71
hundred
square
foot
surface
parking
lot
into
an
approximately
67,000
square.
Foot
12
story
makes
you
spill
ding
with
44
residential
condo
units
about
4,000
square
feet
of
commercial
retail
and
4,000
square
feet
of
commercial
retail
space.
AE
Since
that
time,
the
ownership
ownership
over
the
site
and
the
project
has
changed,
and
on
January
8th
2020,
the
current
owner
Boston
residential
group
filed
a
notice
of
project
change,
seeking
approval
for
changes
to
the
previously
approved
project.
The
changes
outlined
in
the
NPC
include,
but
are
not
limited
to
reducing
the
number
of
residential
units
from
44
to
29
the
addition
of
mechanical
and
storage
space
in
a
basement
and
an
additional
two
on-site
IDP
unit's,
resulting
in
five
total
on-site
IDP
units.
AE
In
addition
to
other
modest
changes,
the
proposed
changes
do
not
result
in
any
changes
to
the
previously
approved
height
in
density.
The
project
will
still
be
12
stories.
67,000
square
feet
in
terms
of
article
80
process,
the
NPC,
as
mentioned,
was
filed
at
the
beginning
of
January
that
triggered
a
30-day
public
comment
period
which
concluded
on
February
10th
and
during
that
timeframe
the
BPD
a
held
a
a
sponsored
BP
day
sponsored
a
public
meeting
which
was
held
in
this
room
to
review
and
discuss
the
proposed
changes
with
community
stakeholders.
AF
Members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
Curtis
Kemeny
I'm
CEO
of
Boston
residential
group.
We
are
the
sponsor
of
this
project.
We're
very
excited
to
take
this
step
in
completing
the
city's
vision
for
the
Greenway
district
by
filling
in
this
last
open
link
on
this
side
of
the
street.
As
Raul
mentioned,
we
are
remaining
within
the
existing
zoning
envelope,
but
we
have
made
some
adjustments,
which
we
believe
are
appropriate
for
the
waterfront
sub
market
at
this
time,
namely
doing
fewer
larger
units.
AF
It
includes
Davis
haseen,
who
I'll
introduce
in
a
moment:
Lee
Kennedy,
constructing
the
building
Gulin
in
stores
and
Otis
and
Hearn,
and
the
schedule
is
that
we'd
like
to
break
around
this
summer
and
deliver
the
project
in
the
first
quarter
of
22.
So
we
appreciate
your
time
today
and
with
that,
I
will
turn
it
over
to
David.
Who
will
take
you
quickly
through
the
plan
for
the
building.
AG
You
Curtis
and
members
of
the
board,
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
with
you
again
today.
Thank
you
for
your
service,
these
difficult
times,
I'm,
just
very
quickly,
going
to
walk
you
through
the
slides
of
the
relatively
minor
changes
that
have
been
made
to
the
project,
since
you
saw
it
a
number
of
years
ago
and
first
by
locating
the
site,
it
sits
at
a
really
pivotal
site
right
on
the
Greenway.
We
recognize
the
great
importance
of
this
site.
It's
one
of
the
truncated
parcels
that
remained
after
the
central
artery
was
cut
through
downtown.
AG
It
also
historically
sits
at
the
foot
of
India
Wharf,
which
was
for
many
years,
the
center
of
commerce
in
Boston,
and
we've
have
a
number
of
strategies
for
marking
that
historic
condition
on
the
site
and
on
the
in
the
building.
This
is
where
we
were
the
last
time
you
saw
the
project
before
the
project
adjacent
to
it
was
built
showing
its
position
as
a
building
with
three
phases.
Looking
up
and
down
the
Greenway,
as
Curtis
mentioned,
the
the
project
has
changed
actually
almost
not
at
all
from
an
exterior
dimensional
point
of
view.
AG
Although
there
have
been
a
couple
of
minor
improvements
to
the
skin,
so
the
building
remains
12
stories
and
67,000
square
feet.
The
effe
are
remains
the
same.
The
number
of
units
as
Curtis
mentioned,
has
gone
from
44
to
29
the
square.
The
square
footage
of
the
restaurant
space
was
reduced
because
of
the
requirement
to
include
a
large
vault
forever
source
on
the
ground
plane,
and
we
have
increased
our
lead
goals
for
the
project
in
the
interim.
AG
This
is
a
view
down
and
Street.
Actually
at
the
intersection
of
Franklin
and
well
on.
The
left
was
the
original
scheme
on
the
right,
our
improved
scheme,
to
create
a
really
elegant,
Lobby
condition
at
that
intersection
and
make
that
series
of
streets
which
feel
very
back-alley
like
now
feel
like
a
series
of
charming
streets,
as
that
are
part
of
the
historic
district.
AG
This
is
the
ground
plane.
The
building
has
many
utilities
and
so
forth
that
are
running
underneath
it.
So,
unfortunately,
there
are
no
opportunities
for
tree
plantings,
but
we
are
doing
a
paving
pattern
that
works
with
the
existing
wharf
district
patterning
that
had
been
part
of
the
original
Greenway
design,
and
we
will
have
banded
Granite's
bricks
and
bronze
inlays
on
the
site
and
a
much
more
active
ground
plane
with
the
restaurant
opening
directly
onto
the
Greenway,
with
lots
of
space
or
tables
and
chairs.
AG
This
is
the
below
great
plan,
so
you
can
see
how
the
building
had
to
be
pulled
back
significantly
to
accommodate
all
the
utilities
below
grade.
This
is
the
ground
floor
plan,
but
with
the
green
representing
the
restaurant
space
facing
the
Greenway
and
the
orange
dotted
line
representing
the
eversource
vault,
this
is
the
second
floor,
showing
him
as
a
name
for
the
restaurant,
and
then
this
is
the
floor.
AG
AG
This
is
a
the
elevations
of
the
building.
It's
important
to
note
that
the
the
two
rear
sides
that
face
into
the
historic
district
are
red,
brick
to
more
closely
aligned
with
the
the
character
of
the
historic
district,
but
it
is
glassier
and
more
contemporary
as
it
faces
the
green
way.
As
you
see
in
this
new
view
here
and
then
this
is
again
looking
back
down
the
green
way.
AG
The
view
I
showed
you
before
of
the
intersection
of
Franklin
and
well,
and
then
this
view,
which
shows
the
restaurant
space
and
the
generous
public
realm
of
the
building
at
the
Greenway,
which
will
allow
for
outdoor
seating
covered
outdoor
seating
as
well
as
planters
and
so
forth,
which
were
which
we're
going
to
be
which
we're
working
on
and
sorry
and
that's
it.
Thank
you.
Okay.
F
AF
It
is
for
a
building.
Eversource
has
asked
us
to
provide
a
they've
sort
of
said
they're
at
capacity,
and
so
we
need
to
provide
the
capacity
for
our
building,
which
includes
two
vaults.
Not
one
is
two
transformers
in
a
single
vault,
so
there
is
redundancy
and
we
we
have
the
ability
to
get
that
done.
Fortunately,
it's
not
in
the
best
location
in
the
building,
in
terms
of
where
we
can
meet
all
the
requirements,
but
it's
it's.
It's
the
only
place,
basically
where
we
could
put
it.
AG
AG
We
have
a
very
limited,
in
fact,
the
the
column
that
you
see
is
the
one
location
where
we
were
able
to
thread
a
column
to
support
the
building.
So
it's
been
a
very
interesting
project
from
a
technical
point
of
view
and
I
I
do
have
to
say
that
the
whole
team
has
worked
very
hard
to
get
to
this
particular
solution.
That's.
C
AF
Our
feeling
and
studying
this
market
at
this
moment
is
that
the
waterfront
sub
market
has
actually
evolved
from
where
it
was
even
five
or
six
years
ago,
where
a
smaller
unit
program
might
have
been
more
appropriate.
You
know
now
that
you
have
other
projects
that
have
been
developed
in
the
area.
We
saw
a
hole
in
the
market
for
essentially
larger
unit
types
where
they
were
mostly
available
in
towers,
but
they
were
not
available
in
smaller
boutique
settings,
and
that
was
particularly
true
in
the
waterfront
sub
market.
AF
So
our
feeling
was
that
there
was
interest
there
was
financial
capacity
for
this
type
of
unit,
but
that
you
really
couldn't
find
it
down
here.
So
our
objective
was
to
say,
let's
see
if
we
can
take
advantage
of
that
moment
in
the
market
and
with
a
building
like
this,
that
has
this
faceting
associated
with
it
anyway.
That
meant
putting
a
fourth
unit
in
this
configuration
was
a
little
bit
awkward
doing
three
units
one
on
each
side.
AF
AG
H
A
C
C
A
A
A
Moving
on
to
item
number
22
request
authorization
to
issue
a
cert
certification
of
approval
pursuant
to
Article
a
de
six
small
project
review
of
the
zoning
code
for
the
renovation
of
an
80
2378
square
foot,
retail
building
for
a
floor
and
decor
store
located
at
729,
Morrissey
Boulevard
and
to
take
all
related
actions
Stephen.
My.
AH
Name
is
Stephen
Harvey
I'm,
a
project
manager
at
the
BP,
VA
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
time
today,
the
project
I
bring
before
you
as
7:29
Marcie
Boulevard,
located
in
the
Dorchester
neighborhood
of
Boston.
The
proponents
Florin
decor,
seeks
to
substantially
renovate
an
existing
retail
building
previously
occupied
by
national
wholesale
Liquidators,
which,
in
late
2018
filed
for
bankruptcy
protection
leaving
the
proposed
site
vacant.
The
renovation
that
Florin
decor
is
proposing
includes
the
interior
and
exterior
facade,
as
well
as
reconfiguring
the
parking
lot
and
the
addition
of
a
loading
zone.
AH
The
proponents
did
an
impressive
amount
of
outreach
meeting
with
all
the
local
community
groups.
I
held
I
held
a
BPD
article
80
public
meeting
on
January
29th
at
work
tink
at
this
meeting,
the
project
was
well
received.
This
project
brings
business
to
an
unused
site.
Ultimately,
improving
a
large
and
noticeable
blemish
on
the
boulevard
floor
in
the
core
is
a
very
eager
and
exciting
partner
who
wants
to
be
a
part
of
the
Dorchester
community
and
with
that
at
this
time,
I'd
like
to
turn
it
over
to
the
project
attorney.
AI
Good
afternoon,
madam
chair,
madam
secretary
members
of
the
board
and
director
golden,
thank
you
for
your
time
today.
My
name
is
bill.
Squires
I'm,
an
attorney
from
Hinkley
Allen
I,
represent
floor
and
decor
I
have
a
number
of
people
here
with
me
today,
including
Austin
Turner,
the
project
engineer,
who
is
here
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
may
have
I'd
like
to
thank
Stephen
for
the
introduction,
as
well
as
Stephen,
and
the
BPD
I
staff
for
all
of
the
input
and
time
that
they've
spent
on
this
project.
AI
The
property
is
located
at
the
intersection
of
Victory
Road
and
Morrissey
Boulevard
next
to
the
MBTA
tracks,
and
it's
located
as
you
can
see
all
right.
As
you
can
see,
the
the
shape
of
the
lot
is
a
little
unusual
if
you
were
to
access
the
property
from
Morrissey
Boulevard.
What
you'd
see
is
the
former
national
wholesale
Liquidators
building
in
the
center
to
the
right
is
CVS
in
the
back
of
daycare
and
to
the
left,
the
Citizens
Bank.
Those
are
all
separate
parcels,
so
our
parcel
is
shown
with
the
black
lines
here.
AI
AI
This
very
poor
drainage
on
the
property,
so
we've
had
four
meetings
with
the
BPD,
a
staff
and
others,
including
transportation,
BW
SC
urban
design,
MBTA
ADOT.
In
addition,
as
Steven
mentioned,
we've
had
three
community
meetings,
including
meetings
with
clamp,
point
Pope's,
Hill
and
with
the
greater
community
that
was
sponsored
by
the
DPD.
A
we've
received
favorable
comments
at
those
meetings.
AI
The
property
is
about
three
and
a
half
acres
and
the
building
is
eighty
two
thousand
three
hundred
and
seventy-eight
square
feet,
which
is
why
we're
doing
small
project
review
rather
than
large
project
review.
The
project
triggers
small
project
review
under
Article
sixty
five
and
a
de
because
the
property
is
located
in
the
Dorchester
neighborhood
district,
neighborhood
shopping,
sub
district
and
a
portion
of
the
property
is
located
in
the
Greenbelt
protection
overlay
district.
AI
AI
The
accessibility
is
being
improved
for
pedestrians
by
adding
a
walkway
here
and
a
walkway
here.
In
addition,
a
MBTA
bus
stop
is
right
here
which
floor
in
Decorah
will
be
purchasing
and
installing
we're
adding
roughly
eight
thousand
square
feet
of
open
space
right
now.
The
parking
lot
is
pretty
much
all
pavement.
There's
some
limited
landscaping,
there's
landscaping
all
in
the
front
of
the
property
landscaping
on
either
side
of
the
pedestrian
pathway
here
and
here
and
then
landscaping
on
the
side
of
the
property.
AI
Where
there's
currently
parking,
that's
going
to
reduce
the
number
of
parking
spaces
by
25,
which
will
increase
our
parking
nonconformity,
we're
also
eliminating
the
existing
pylon
sign
and
replacing
it
with
a
smaller
Monument
sign.
We
are
going
to
have
24-hour
surveillance
of
the
property
with
cameras
and
signage,
noting
the
cameras
that
was
a
of
concern
for
the
residents.
They
had
expressed
some
concern
about
illegal
activity
that
was
happening
there
with
without
that
security.
In
addition,
we
will
be
resurfacing.
The
adjacent,
so
this
is
the
CVS
next
door.
This
is
a
separate
parcel.
AI
We
will
be
resurfacing
this
area
of
parking
lot
on
the
adjacent
parcel,
which
is
roughly
35,000
square
feet
at
the
request
of
the
BPD,
a
staff
and
transportation,
adding
indoor
and
outdoor
bicycle
storage.
The
indoor
storage
will
be
in
this
area
and
will
be
for
long-term
storage
by
employees.
The
outdoor
storage
will
be
in
this
area,
we're
also
installing
a
stormwater
management
system
with
subsurface
detention,
which
will
deal
with
the
drainage
issues
you
saw
in
the
pictures
earlier.
AI
Here's
what
it
will
look
like
from
the
front
we
expect
the
project
will
add
up
to
80
construction
jobs
and
45
to
50
retail
jobs
based
upon
what
floor
and
decor
is
done
at
other
locations.
60%
of
those
jobs
are
expected
to
be
full-time
and
40%
are
likely
to
be
hired
from
the
local
community
and
with
that
I'm
happy
to
take
any
questions
that
you
might
have.
Y
AI
Y
And
so
with
that,
I
appreciate
those
comments,
those
people,
the
main
reason
is
women
and
men
get
paid
the
same
minorities
non-minorities
get
paid
the
same
when
you
deal
with
those
organizations.
If
that
was
not
the
case
and
it
fell
apart,
we'll
develop
a
commit
to
woman
and
men
getting
paid
the
same
if
they
have
the
same
qualifications
and
performing
the
same
tasks
in
the
same
for
minorities
and
non-minorities
to
qualified
plumbers
ones,
minority
ones
not.
Can
they
commit
that
they'll
both
get
paid
the
same
and
the
same
as
woman
versus
men,
same
qualifications,
yeah.
Y
C
Q
AI
So
the
stormwater
system,
which
is
comprised
of
catch
basins
and
subsurface
detention
I,
believe,
is
capable
of
treating
of
containing
rather
up
to
a
1.1
inch.
I'm,
sorry,
1.25
inch
storm,
so
I
think
I
think
that
was
taken
into
account
with
the
engineering
we're
not
planning
to
use
permeable
pavement.
AI
AJ
Good
afternoon
for
the
record
Austin
Turner,
with
bowler,
with
a
civil
engineer
at
land
development
consultants
on
the
project.
So
in
this
particular
instance,
we
are
aware
that
the
site
is
subject
to
coastal
flood
zone
inundation
we're
going
to
be
working
with
the
Conservation
Commission.
On
that
what
we
have
done
in
consultation
with
BW
SC,
we
designed
a
fairly
robust
stormwater
management
system
here,
which
is
capable
of
holding
entertaining
what's
referred
to
as
an
inch
and
a
quarter
without
discharging
that
storm
event.
AJ
It's
it's
really
substantial
and,
in
fact,
frequently
is
more
than
the
PWS
sea
would
normally
require.
Also
in
consideration
of
that,
one
of
the
things
that
was
brought
to
our
attention
very
early
on
in
the
process
was
maintaining
the
parking
lot
roads
with
with
this
site.
It
didn't
does
not
currently
meet
the
adab
ABA
standards
for
accessibility.
In
order
to
do
that,
we've
had
to
be
very
creative,
with
the
grading
to
maintain
the
topography.
That's
out
there
today,
such
that
we're
not
introducing
additional
fill
and
thereby
compromising
what
what
storage
would
be
available.
AJ
In
the
event,
there
was
a
coastal
inundation,
so
where
that's
the
conservation?
Commission
item
that
has
been
introduced
in
our
design
in
terms
of
permeable
pavers
in
a
location
like
this,
where,
especially
you
have
situation
where
you
might
be
dealing
with
urban
fills,
which
we've
been
finding
or
you
get
snow
and
ice,
and
things
like
that.
It.
What
it
can
lead
to
in
a
condition
like
this,
is
you
have
to
either
over
sand
or
over
salt?
AJ
We
don't
want
to
over
salt
and
then
put
that
onto
the
pavement,
which
has
the
potential
to
get
into
groundwater
supplies
and
similarly,
what
it
also
creates
as
a
situation
where
this
as
a
potential
amount
of
maintenance
or
potential
liabilities
that
could
introduce
if
it
ices
up
or
isn't
maintained
properly.
I've
done
porous
installations
in
other
parts
of
the
country
that
aren't
as
climate
sensitive,
where
you
get
extreme
freezing
extreme
heating
things
of
that
nature
and
it's
a
lot
more
resilient
in
applications
like
this.
AJ
It
tends
to
not
wear
as
well
or
or
be
as
durable
and
can
lead
to
other
unforeseen
problems
with
flooding,
because
it
might
clog,
and
then
you
have
flooding
on
the
parking
lot
that
you
weren't
intending
to
be
there.
Otherwise,
so
I
hope
that
answer
your
question
I'd
be
happy
to
get
into
that
further,
if
I
think
it
appropriate
yeah.
C
AJ
A
H
A
Waiving
further
review
pursuant
to
article
80,
section,
80,
B
5.3,
a
large
project
of
the
zoning
code
for
the
construction
of
eighty-five,
residential
and
commercial
units,
ground-floor
retail
40
parking
spaces
located
at
parcel
R
located
at
288,
Harrison
Avenue,
and
to
take
all
related
actions.
Stephen.
Thank.
AH
You
and
good
afternoon,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board,
madam
secretary
and
director
golden
my
name,
is
Steven
Harvey
I'm,
a
project
manager
at
the
BB
da
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
again
for
your
time.
Today,
the
project
I
bring
before
you
is
288
harrison
ave
located
in
Chinatown,
downtown
Boston.
This
project
is
a
partnership
between
the
Chinese
consolidated,
Benevolent,
Association
of
New,
England
and
beacon
communities.
Llc.
AH
The
two
partners
are
seeking
to
erect
a
six
story:
building
containing
85
units
of
affordable
rental
housing,
the
site
where
the
project
is
located
as
part
of
the
South
Cove
urban
renewal
area.
Partial
art
to
the
site
is
currently
an
underutilized
parking
lot
for
Taitung
Village.
Like
many
other
projects
in
the
city,
the
proponent
seeks
to
build
on
the
park.
This
parking
lot
in
the
end:
preserving
40
parking
spaces
for
a
Titan,
Village
residents,
but
again
creating
85,
affordable
units
shortly,
I
will
turn
over
the
presentation
to
Emily
of
beacon
communities,
LLC
and
Rebecca.
AH
AH
But
before
I
turn,
it
over
I
want
to
also
highlight
plan
downtown
an
ongoing
planning
study
led
by
BBVA
planning
development
building
on
past
studies.
The
primary
goal
of
downtown
planning
study
is
to
develop
a
new
framework
for
the
preservation
enhancement
in
the
growth
of
the
downtown
area,
while
balancing
the
importance
of
livability,
daylight,
walkability,
climate
change,
access
to
open
space,
affordability
and
dynamic
mix
of
uses
and
other,
among
others.
With
that
said,
this
project
288
Harrison
1/2,
which
lies
in
the
plan,
downtown
downtown
Boston
study
area
boundaries
meet,
if
not
surpasses.
AH
T
AK
Stephen
said
I'm
Emily,
Bhutan
I'm,
a
development
director
at
beacon
communities
and
excited
to
be
here
to
talk
to
you.
Thank
you
about
288
Harrison,
and
this
project
is
a
joint
venture
between
beacon
and
the
Chinese
consolidated,
Benevolent
Association,
who
represented
here
by
Paul
and
Susan,
and
their
consultant
Peter
Munk
him
back
and
CCDA
is
a
organization
that
owns
a
couple
of
real
estate
assets
in
Chinatown,
including
one
called
Taitung
village,
which
was
built
in
the
1970s
and,
as
Steven
said,
there
is
a
surface
parking
lot
associated
with
that
project.
AK
Ccpa
identified
the
development
potential
of
that
project.
They
issued
an
RFP
to
various
developers
in
the
area
and
selected
beacon
as
their
development
partner
in
2019.
So
we've
been
working
with
them
on
this
for
the
last
year
or
so
beacon
is
a
for-profit
mission
driven
developer.
We
own
about
18,000
units
of
affordable
housing
about
2,000
units
in
the
city
of
Boston,
including
Quincy
Tower,
which
is
right
near
by
this
development
in
Chinatown,
and
our
project,
architect
is
apricot
and,
of
course,
you
know.
AK
Rebecca
Lee
from
ins,
Levin,
who's
representing
us
on
the
permitting
in
Lamia
side
and
so
I'm.
Gonna,
give
you
just
an
overall
kind
of
picture
of
what
the
project
is.
Take
you
through
some
details
and
particularly
how
this
building
looks
in
connection
with
the
rest
of
the
neighborhood
and
give
you
various
elevations
and
different
perspectives.
You
can
see
sort
of
the
scale
and
the
architectural
features
of
how
it
fits
in.
So
what
like
Steven
said
this
project
is
100
percent
affordable.
It's
85
units,
a
one
two
and
three-bedroom
family
housing.
AK
AK
So
we
were
able
to
do
that
with
with
that
and
like
Steven
said,
we've
been
working
with
the
community
and
CCDA
has
led
the
community
engagement
effort.
We've
met
with
a
ton
of
different
neighborhood
groups:
we've
kept
in
mind
the
plan,
downtown
goals,
the
chinatown
master
plan
goals,
so
we've
incorporated
some
of
that
into
our
design
and
as
I
go
through
the
slides,
I'll
point
out
a
few
areas
in
particular
that
were
really
important
to
the
community
that
we
were
able
to
incorporate
into
our
design
programs.
AK
So
this
perspective
that
you'll
see
here
this
site
is
located
at
the
corner
of
Harrison
and
Hudson
Street,
it's
right
across
the
bridge
from
Inc
block
in
the
South
End.
So
this
perspective
is
if
you're
standing
on
the
bridge
kind
of
looking
kitty-corner
to
this
site,
and
one
of
the
things
that
was
important
to
the
community
was
incorporating
Chinatown's
cultural
heritage
and
history.
AK
So
Brunner
cought
designed
this
kind
of
red
exterior
feature
that
you
see
there,
which
serves
the
purpose
as
like
a
Sun
shading
element,
but
it
also
was
meant
to
be
designed
to
invoke
kind
of
a
traditional
Chinese
lantern,
which
the
community
did
like
when
we've
presented
that
to
them,
and
so
this
is
five
stories
of
wood
frame
over
a
steel
podium.
Underneath
the
podium
is
about
40
parking
spaces
that
are
replacement
for
the
parking.
AK
That's
currently
there
now
we're
expecting
that
all
of
that
parking
will
be
used
by
Taitung
residents
and
not
by
the
residents
of
this
community.
So
here
you
can
just
see
the
context
in
the
neighborhood,
the
peach
buildings
or
other
apartment
communities.
The
blue
is
the
Josiah
Quincy
school
and
then
the
pink
is
Tufts
Medical
and
other
institutional
uses.
Here's
just
some
views
of
Harrison
Avenue,
both
the
east
and
the
west
side.
AK
We
will
be
on
the
east,
so
the
surface
parking
lot
is
right
up
there
in
the
top
right
corner
of
this
slide
and
then
Taitung
is
right.
Next
to
it
hmmm.
This
is
the
landscape
sort
of
site
plan,
so
you
can
see
the
parking
spaces
and
then
another
element
that
was
important
to
the
community
and
important
to
be
PDA
as
we've
gone
through
the
design
process,
it's
incorporating
as
much
greenery
as
we
can.
AK
A
tiny
little
additional
sort
of
planting
up
in
the
top
left
corner
I'll
use
this
slide
to
mention
a
few
other
sort
of
sustainable
climate,
resiliency
things
that
Stephan
alluded
to,
one
in
particular
that
councillor
Flynn
mentioned
when
he
was
here
is
air
quality
that
you
probably
know
is
a
huge
concern
of
Chinatown
residents,
particularly
in
this
location
and
its
proximity
to
the
Mass
Pike.
AK
So
we
worked
with
this
scientist
researcher
at
tufts,
who
has
done
a
lot
of
research
on
this
kind
of
thing
and
he
was
able
to
give
us
really
really
helpful
information
to
work
into
our
air
filtering
system
in
our
mechanical
system.
So
we're
we're
installing
much
higher
than
code
for
filters.
It
didn't
actually
end
up
costing
too
much
the
project,
so
we
were
happy
to
be
able
to
do
that
here.
AK
Here's!
What
a
typical
residential
floor
looks
like
it's,
just
a
mix
of
one
twos
and
threes
sort
of
scattered
throughout
the
floor
there,
and
then
this
is
a
perspective
of
the
building
on
Harrison
and
the
buildings
to
the
left
are
Taitung
and
the
building
to
the
right
is
our
proposed
building.
So
Brunner
caught
tried
to
make
sure
that
it
fit
architecture.
AK
Aliso
incorporated
some
similar
colors,
but
just
made
it
more
fresh,
more
modern,
a
nice
addition
to
the
neighborhood,
here's
another
perspective
from
the
south,
and
then
this
is,
if
you're
looking
south
on
Harrisons,
you
can
sort
of
see
Whole
Foods
all
the
way
in
the
back
there,
but
you
can
see
that
this
building
does
fit
in
very
well
in
terms
of
massing
in
scale
on
the
neighborhood
there,
and
then
that's
just
our
last.
Our
last
night,
there.
A
AD
AD
Hi
I'm
Rebecca
Lee
from
Mintz
this.
This
building
is
about
86
feet
in
height,
so
wasn't
required
to
and
didn't
go
through.
The
RWD
I
went
wind
tunnel
in
Toronto,
but
there
was
some
qualitative
analysis
done
in
connection
with
understanding
how
the
building
would
impact
pedestrian
conditions
in
the
area.
Okay,.
C
F
A
D
You
good
afternoon,
madam
chair
director,
golden
secretary
and
members
of
the
board
before
you
is
a
request
to
enter
into
an
amended
and
restated
land
disposition
agreement
for
11
Bradford
Street,
also
known
as
parcel
SC
69
in
the
south
and
urban
old
plan
area.
Mass
R
56.
This
parcel
currently
has
an
Lda
for
a
2
family,
residential
townhome
on
an
1,100
square
foot
lot.
The
new
owners,
Bradley,
Blake
and
Allen
Gove,
recently
purchased
the
new
home
and
would
like
to
go
through
a
full
rehabilitation
and
conversion
of
the
home
to
a
single-family
owner-occupied
townhouse.
D
The
project
has
gone
through
a
community
process
attended
by
neighbors
within
300
feet:
BPA
BPD,
a
staff
is
requesting
and
amended
and
restated
land
disposition
agreement
to
accurately
reflect
the
anticipated
new
single-family
designation
at
the
zoning
board.
Thank
you
and
let
me
know
if
you
have
any
questions.
T
T
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
This
is
a
public
hearing
before
the
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority
doing
business
as
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
Agency,
being
held
in
conformance
with
article
80
of
the
Boston
zoning
code.
Regarding
the
first
amendment
to
the
development
plan
for
planned
development
area
number
74,
Fenway
Center,
and
to
consider
the
Fenway
Center
phase
2
project
as
a
development
impact
project,
the
hearing
was
duly
advertised
on
February
26
2020
in
the
Boston
Herald
in
a
BPD.
A
A
hearing
on
a
proposed
petition
by
the
agency
staff
members
will
first
present
their
case
and
are
subject
to
questioning
by
members
of
the
agency
thereafter.
Others
who
wish
to
speak
in
favor
of
the
proposed
petition
are
afforded
an
opportunity
to
do
so
under
the
same
rules
of
questioning,
following
that.
Those
who
wish
to
speak
in
opposition
may
do
so
again
under
the
same
rules
of
questioning.
Finally,
the
proponents
are
allowed
a
period
of
five
to
ten
minutes
for
a
rebuttal
if
they
so
desire.
A
In
an
effort
to
accommodate
all
who
would
like
to
speak
about
this
proposal,
each
person
will
be
given
up
to
two
minutes
to
comment.
Bpd
a
staff
will
indicate
when
30
seconds
remain
at
that
time.
Please
kindly
conclude
your
remarks
so
that
the
hearing
may
continue
and
that
others
may
be
heard.
Tim
will
now
begin
the
presentation.
Thank
you
good.
AL
Evening,
madam
vice
chair
members,
the
board,
madam
secretary,
the
proposed
project
site
is
approximately
four
and
a
half
acres
located
in
the
Fenway
Kenmore
neighborhoods
and
is
comprised
of
both
land
and
air
rights
parcels
above
and
adjacent
to
interstate
90
and
the
Worcester
Framingham
commuter
rail
line.
The
Fenway
Center
project
was
approved
by
this
board
on
January
29th
2009
and
contemplated
to
filt
the
two
phases
of
two
buildings.
Each
the
two
phase,
one
buildings,
are
nearing
completion.
AL
The
full
service
landscape,
meter,
rail
station,
funded
by
the
Commonwealth
and
built
by
the
proponent,
is
currently
built
and
operational
phase.
Two
of
the
previously
approved
project
was
originally
contemplated
to
include
a
mix
of
approximately
400
86,000
gross
square
feet
of
residential
office
and
lab
uses
with
ground-floor
retail
in
buildings.
AL
Three
and
four,
and
an
approximately
two
hundred
and
seventy
four
thousand
gross
square
foot
shared
use
above
garage
podium
with
approximately
750
public
parking
spaces
over
an
air
rights
deck
spanning
the
Turnpike,
the
proponent
filed,
a
notice
of
project
change
and
first
amendment
to
the
planned
development
area.
Number
74
on
December
4th
2019
describing
changes
to
phase
2
phase
2
still
comprises
the
construction
of
buildings.
3
&
4,
along
with
an
above
grade
podium
shared
use,
parking
garage
all
on
top
of
an
air
rights
deck
over
the
railroad
and
the
Turnpike
building.
AL
3
is
proposed
at
22
stories
fronting
on
Beacon
Street,
with
approximately
five
hundred
and
thirty-five
thousand
gross
square
feet
of
mix,
mixed-use
commercial
research
and
development
lab
and
life
science
space
on
the
new
air
rights
deck
building.
4
is
a
12-story
building
fronting
on
Brook
Line
Avenue
that
wraps
much
of
the
proposed
shared
use
parking
garage
over
the
Turnpike
while
creating
a
continuous
active
street
wall
connecting
Kenmore
Square
to
the
Fenway.
The
building
contains
approximately
185,000
gross
square
feet,
including
the
commercial
lobby
and
retail
space.
AL
On
the
first
floor
and
multi-tenant
office,
Rd
lab
and
life
science
uses
on
Florist
2
through
10.
The
shared
use
parking
garage
over
the
Turnpike
is
a
fully
mechanized
5
storey
garage
with
three
floor
plates
with
space
for
up
to
600,
public
and
private
parking
spaces.
The
proposed
project
is
a
major
element
of
the
2000
Civic
vision
for
Turnpike
air
rights,
a
collaborative
planning
effort
by
the
be
RA
and
master
Department
of
Transportation
among
the
Bene.
AL
Excuse
me
among
the
many
benefits
of
the
project,
are
new
open
space
connecting
Beacon
Street
in
Brookline
Avenue,
a
six
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollar
contribution
to
the
Fenway
community
center
and
a
new,
much
needed
traffic
signal
at
beacon
and
Maitland
streets
BPD.
A
staff
believed
that
the
proposed
project
will
be
a
positive
addition
to
the
neighborhood
and
is
recommending
approval
of
the
notice
of
project
change
and
PDA.
Amendment
I'll
now
ask
John
Rosenthal
to
introduce
himself
and
give
a
brief
presentation
on
the
proposed
project
and
we'll
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
afterwards.
AM
This
process
started
right
around
prior
to
the
2008
edition
for
Turnpike
air
rights,
I
built
that
big
gun
violence,
billboard
in
the
Mass
Pike
that
most
of
us
have
grown
up
with
for
a
long
time
and
and
believed
that
that
this
air
rights
development
could
be
the
first
since
Copley
place
in
1980,
and
it
will
be,
which
is
quite
remarkable.
A
very
few
rights
will
ever
get
developed
and
the
only
sights
that
will
ever
get
developed
of
air
rights
or
where
you
have
bridges
and
land
on
either
side.
AM
Most
of
the
Turnpike
is
at
grade
also
the
only
air
rights
that'll
ever
get
developed
or
where
you
can
put
enough
density
on
top
of
the
deck
over
eight
lanes
of
highway
and
two
tracks
to
afford
and
finance
the
development,
and
this
has
because
the
Stars
have
aligned
and
I
am
beyond
excited
to
walk
you
through
this,
and
you
know
as
a
kid
that's
grown
up
in
Boston.
It's
it's
a
dream,
come
true
to
be
able
to
be
in
this
position
to
develop
a
world-class
mixed-use
development,
residential
retail
life
science.
AM
That
will
create
three
thousand
new
jobs
and
to
work
with
great
neighborhoods
and
to
have
found
like
the
dream
partner
phase.
One
will
be
complete
in
June.
It
is
three
hundred
and
twelve
apartments
37,000
square
feet
of
retail
parking
underground.
Two
hundred
and
forty
million
dollar
development
it'll
be
done
in
June,
looks
like
I
went
the
wrong
way.
Okay,.
AM
The
first
phase
has
about
500,
incredibly
talented
Union,
guys
if
you
go
out
there
and
see
what
that
development
looks
like
today
and
you
think,
just
a
year
ago,
December
it
was
a
dirt
site,
it
is
enclosed,
it
is
ready
for
opening
and
it's
going
to
be
sort
of
where
the
pebble
drives
or
smart
growth,
transit-oriented
development.
As
I
mentioned,
we
are
going
to
create
3,000
jobs.
We
are
going
to
create
a
park
over
8
lanes
of
highway,
connecting
beacon
and
Brookline,
creating
the
first
fully
accessible
jockey
station
from
two
different
neighborhoods.
AM
This
is,
it
goes
back
to
1860.
It
shows
the
site
one
of
the
misnomers.
Is
everyone
thinks
that
the
turnpike
split
up
these
neighborhoods,
but
in
reality
these
neighborhoods
have
been
split
up
since
the
1800s
as
a
result
of
the
rails
in
the
muddy
river?
Here's
the
site?
This
is
what
it
looked
like
back
out
really
when,
when
I
found
it
the
two
bridges
Beacon
in
Brookline
other
than
that
it
was
a
sea
of
parking
I,
there
was
a
limited
service
train
station
that
got
built.
AM
That
was
fully
constrained.
Now
very
few
people
also
know
that
you
have
to
get
to
number
six
on
the
top
10
list
of
National
Institute
of
Health
grant
recipients
before
you
leave
the
216
acre
Longwood
Medical
area,
the
top
five
grant
recipients
from
NIH
are
right
here
in
Boston
and
right
here
at
the
LMA
and
lo
and
behold
in
2000,
the
Civic
vision
talked
about
a
nationally
significant
Science
and
Technology
campus
at
our
site.
AM
This
is
really
I
know.
This
is
like
the
second
phase,
but
it's
really
more.
Like
the
fifth
phase
we
had
all
experienced
Kenmore
station
and
how
long
that
took
to
finish
and
how
much
over
budget
that
was
when
the
legislature
in
2005,
approved
Landstown
stations
and
Yaqui
station
I,
said:
okay,
you
but
you've
allocated
15
million
dollars,
I'll
build
that
on-time
and
on-budget.
You
give
me
the
spec
I'll
deliver
it
I'll,
take
the
change
or
the
risk
because
it
had
to
get
built
and
the
full-length
platforms
had
to
get
finished
between
beacon
and
Brookline.
AM
Before
we
could
develop
air
rights.
We
finished
that
in
2014
it
is.
It
has
gone
off
the
charts
as
far
as
ridership
for
the
LMA
and
Fenway
and
the
neighborhoods,
and
the
next
thing
in
2005,
the
legislature
approved
and
Brian.
You
were
probably
there-
may
have
been
there
too,
but
anyway,
new
roadway
improvements,
believe
it
or
not.
For
20
years,
Lansdowne
Yaqui
station
operated
without
public
access.
He
had
to
go
through
private
parking
lots.
AM
You
had
to
trust
pass
through
private
parking
lots
in
order
to
access
the
Lansdowne
station,
which
is
the
link
between
South
Station
and
the
Worcester
Medical
Center.
So
we
created,
we
spent
the
money
to
design
those
roads.
There
were
a
tremendous
amount
of
takings
in
order
to
create
those
roads.
We
reconnected
Maitland
to
Overland.
It
was
never
connected.
We
created
David,
Ortiz,
Drive
and
public
access
to
a
public
train
station.
AM
Then
phase
1
came
along
in
2017,
240
million
dollar
private
investment
to
leverage
the
27
and
a
half
million
dollars
of
state
investment
in
land
foundation
and
the
roadway
improvements.
That
alone
would
have
seemed
like
a
good,
a
good
bet
for
the
state,
and
lo
and
behold
now
we
have
a
fully
financed
or
soon
to
be
fully
financed,
but
a
fully
financed
deck
that
can
start
construction
and
phase
two
in
June.
This
is
what
phase
two
is
going
to
look
like.
It
is
literally
a
two
acre
deck.
AM
It
is
90,000
plus
square
feet,
built
over
eight
lanes
of
highway
in
two
tracks.
The
dream
partner,
kind
of
I,
don't
know
whether
it's
resilience,
persistence,
luck,
you
name
it
I
found
the
dream
partner
in
a
company
called
IQ
HQ,
the
founder
of
IQ
HQ,
created
Alexandria,
took
it
public,
then
created
biomed.
Realty
Trust
took
it
public,
sold
it
for
eight
billion
to
Blackstone
in
2017,
and
now
they
think
they
want
to
be
my
partner
and
build
the
next
major
life
science
Reed
around
Penn
way
center.
AM
The
partner
that
I
work
closest
with
a
guy
that
raised
them.
The
money
is
John
Bonanno
and
truly
a
dream
partner.
We
will
create
a
park,
we
will
connect
Beacon
Street,
the
Lansdowne
station
to
Brookline
Ave,
and
we
will
complete
this
vision
for
Turnpike
air
rights
and
Fenway
Center
and
complete
all
1
million
three
hundred
thousand
square
feet,
roughly
1.3
billion
dollars
of
investment
to
leverage
the
state's
27
and
a
half
of
the
station
in
the
roads.
AM
All
the
loading,
here's
our
beacon
to
Brookline
all
the
loading.
This
will
be
a
basically
a
1
million
square
foot
life
science
building
that
will
create
3,000
permanent
jobs
in
the
life
science
sector.
We
will
fill
the
700
lengths,
Brookline,
Beacon,
Street,
Bridge
150,
lengths
Brookline
out
bridge,
will
have
a
fully
automated
parking
garage.
AM
The
BPD
a
asked
us
to
think
about
less
parking.
This
site
had
been
approved
for
1300
parking
spaces
and
we
are
doing
500
less
in
the
total
finished.
Build
here's
this.
Basically
the
stack
two
towers:
Beacon
Street
on
the
left,
Brookline
Ave
on
the
right.
Here's!
What
the
automated
garage
will
look
like
sort
of
like
a
Rubik's
Cube.
We
could
take
a
few
blanks
out
and
then
you
just
move
them
around,
move
the
cars
around
if
you're,
when
you're
heading
west
on
on
the
Mass
Pike.
This
is
the
building
on
Brookline
Ave
genzler's,
our
architect.
AM
You
know
this
is
right.
Now
it's
a
vacant
bridge
we're
gonna,
fill
it
in
with
retail
jobs
and
in
life
science
office
lab
to
complement
the
312
apartments
built
in
phase
one
this
portal,
this
middle
of
the
building
portal,
will
be
a
very
large
wide,
open,
pedestrian
connection
and
park
from
Brookline
Ave
to
Beacon
Street
and
along
with
sorry
Lansdowne
station,
which
is
the
train
station
for
the
Longwood
Medical
area.
Here
is
the
portal
that
you'll
see
this
is
Beacon
Street.
AM
The
building
on
the
right
is
a
building
to
in
phase
one
there'll
be
retail
the
in
Phase
one.
We
built
a
13,000
square
foot
deck
and
Phase
two
we're
going
to
complete
the
deck
with
another
90,000
square
feet,
it'll
be
like
Copley,
Place
and
Prudential.
You
won't
even
know
the
highway
is
underneath
when
you're
heading
east
on
the
Mass
Pike
buildings,
one
and
two
and
phase
one
are
built
there
on
the
right
and
building
three
phase.
Two
is
is
the
tower:
it
will
be:
it's
a
gateway
site.
AM
It's
the
first
building,
you'll
see
when
you
come
into
Boston
the
last
building
you
see
when
you
leave
from
the
West,
and
it
also
identifies
where
public
transit
is
here's
a
night
shot
and
again
we
can.
We
were
going
to
put
a
community
center
in,
but
we
contributed
six
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
the
Fenway
community
center,
which
is
a
fantastic
facility
and
I
mean
at
long
last.
A
X
Good
evening,
members
of
the
board
and
director
golden
my
name
is
Pamela
Beall
and
I'm
here,
in
my
capacity
as
chair
of
the
CAC
for
parcel
7
to
express
our
support
for
Fenway
Center
phase
2.
This
has
been
a
great
public
process,
and
the
community
feels
very
fortunate
to
have
developers
like
John
Rosenthal.
His
partners
and
their
team
is
they've,
worked
very
hard
to
create
a
plan
and
a
project
that
will
make
a
positive
impact
on
the
entire
area.
X
This
project
will
not
only
fill
in
the
major
gap
in
the
urban
fabric
that
was
created
by
the
building
of
the
mass
Turnpike
extension.
It
will
also
create
an
enhanced
public
realm
with
new
open
spaces
and
important
accessible
connections.
John
and
his
team
have
done
everything
the
community
has
asked
of
them
through
this
really
long
and
involved
public
process
accordingly,
I
urge
you
to
vote
to
support
this
very
important
project
this
evening.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
your
consideration.
Thank
you
for
coming.
AN
My
name
is
Tom
Ward
executive
board,
member
of
local
7
in
the
ironworkers
and
a
resident
of
the
city.
We
are
glad
to
partner
with
mr.
Rosenthal
in
this
project.
He's
a
champion
can't
say
enough
about
him.
This
is
the
best
local
workforce
in
the
country,
and
we
look
forward
to
working
on
this
project.
We
rise
in
favor
thank.
AO
AP
A
AQ
Hi,
my
name
is
Frank
Murray
I'm,
a
local
7
iron
worker
like
Chris
and
Tom
I
like
to
go
off
what
they
were
saying
as
well.
Mr.
Rosenthal
obviously
told
you
guys
before
how
you
know
the
Union
trades
have
been
able
to.
You
know,
push
these
projects
along
in
a
safe
in
a
timely
fashion
as
a
resident
of
the
city
and
someone
that
you
know
believes
in
union.
Labor
I
agree
with
this
project
and
I'm
in
favor
of
it.
Thank
you.
Okay,.
AR
Q
My
name's
Bobby
fish
and
I'm
a
carpenter
right,
a
local
3:28
in
Boston
I've,
had
a
great
pleasure
working
with
mr.
Rosenthal
about
faith
center
phase,
one
of
Fenway
Sarah
I've,
been
the
competence.
Was
there
since
we
come
out
of
the
ground
and
I'd
like
to
say
that
working
with
mr.
Rosenthal
has
been
nothing
but
a
great
experience
and
I
truly
believe
that
we
again
a
Stewart
to
the
cameras
Square
area
with
if
this
project
goes
forward,
and
thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
you.
John.
A
AM
AM
You
will
appreciate
this
and
in
particular
Michael
we
created
the
first
recovery
friendly
construction
site
in
the
country
at
Fenway
Center,
where
we
I
started,
what's
known
as
the
Gloucester
angel
program
in
Gloucester
mass,
that
I
know
you're,
aware
of
Ted
and
in
that
started
in
2015.
It's
now
in
534
police
departments
in
33
states
and
that
we've
placed
24,000
people
into
treatment
pre-arrest
through
police
departments
and
we've
also
created
recovery
friendly
sites
and
Fenway
Center
is
the
first
where
we
did
narcan
training
we
put
narcan
in
the
construction
hoist.
AM
We
worked
with
the
building
trades
and
lo
and
behold,
the
narcan
that
we
have
put
in
our
sites
and
other
sites
through
Moriarty
and
associates
has
literally
saved
lives.
There
have
been
overdoses
on
construction
sites,
the
building
trades
have
been
hit
harder
than
most
because
of
the
over
prescribing
and
the
injuries
to
happen
and
and
working
with
the
trades
at
Fenway.
Center
has
been
an
unbelievable
eye-opener
in
and
an
honor,
but
we've
also
saved
lives
together.
Great.
A
A
Y
Have
a
comment
in
the
question:
John
I
want
to
thank
you
for
everything.
You've
done
you've
I,
don't
how
many
years
you
know
has
it
been
20
years
and
like
that
I
remember
when
it
we
started
and
long
before
was
on
this
board.
So
when
I'm
thank
you
for
your
tenacity,
most
I
think
would
have
given
up
I.
Don't
know
how
many
fine
en
times
we've
talked
about
that,
have
come
and
gone
since
then,
but
a
lot
of
people
we
receive
a
paycheck
benefits
everything
else
because
of
you.
When
it's
you
should
be
commended.
Y
I
really
appreciate
it
and
I'm
sure
all
the
people
that
work
there
will
as
well.
My
my
question
is
I
see
that
12
million
taxes
is
that
just
phase
2
or
not
countin
phase
1,
that's
done
and
I
have
a
little
editorial.
The
goal
goes
along
with
that.
That's
really
not
set
a
lot.
Oh
good,
yeah!
No,
that's
that's
phase,
two
alone,
that's
phase
two.
What
is
it
with
phase
one
and
then
which
total
when
the
whole
project
is
built
out?
It's.
Y
AM
AM
We
were
still
financeable,
it'll
get
completed,
but
it's
as
the
guy
that
whose
company
built
the
first
mixed
income,
affordable,
housing,
complex
financed
by
mass
housing
and
1969
I'm,
very
well
aware
of
of
the
cost,
and
how
to
develop,
affordable
housing
and
workforce
housing
and
the
federal
government
has
abandoned,
affordable
housing.
So
cities
are
in
states
are
being
taxed
beyond
their
ability
to
really
provide
the
housing,
that's
necessary,
so
I
get
that
we
got
to
do
it.
AM
Y
Y
In
for
the
City
of
Austin,
you
get
very
in
return
for
what
you
pay
and,
if
you
figure
how
many
houses
you
know
regular
residential
condos
or
three
decades
or
whatever
it
is
that's
an
awful
lot
of
homes
that
equals
this
complex
and
what
they
get
compared
to
what
an
owner
gets
is
very
little
in
return
and
I
mean
that's
all.
Teachers
pay,
police,
fire
trash
pensions.
That
goes
goes
a
long
way
and
appreciate
it.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AM
You
Michael
and,
as
you
know,
you
know
as
the
founder
of
Friends
of
Boston's
homeless,
back
in
1987,
we
partner
with
the
city
of
Boston
to
create
a
continuum
of
services
from
homelessness
to
jobs,
housing
and,
ultimately,
permanent
transitional
and
permanent
housing.
But
again
it's
I
feel
I
mean
the
mayor
and
you
all
have
done
an
amazing
job.
Given
the
fact
that
the
federal
government
has
abandoned,
affordable
housing.
C
C
T
B
A
Okay,
great
so
we're
on
to
you
at
number
26-
and
this
is
a
public
hearing.
This
is
the
public
hearing
before
the
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority
doing
business
as
the
Boston
planning
and
development
agency
being
held,
in
conformance
with
article
80
of
the
Boston
zoning
code.
Regarding
the
4th
amendment
to
the
planned
development
area,
number
67,
Olmstead
green
in
Mattapan,
this
hearing
was
duly
advertised
on
February
27
2020
and
the
Boston
Herald
in
a
BPD.
A
A
hearing
on
a
proposed
petition
by
the
agency
staff
members
will
first
present
their
case
and
are
subject
to
the
questioning
by
members
of
the
agency
thereafter.
Others
who
wish
to
speak
in
favor
of
the
proposed
petition
are
afforded
an
opportunity
to
do
so
under
the
same
rules
of
questioning
following
that.
Those
who
wish
to
speak
in
opposition
may
do
so
again
under
the
same
rules
of
questioning.
A
Finally,
the
proponents
are
allowed
a
period
of
rebuttal
if
they
so
desire
in
an
effort
to
accommodate
all
who
would
like
to
speak
about
this
proposal,
each
person
will
be
given
up
to
two
minutes
to
comment.
Vra
staff
will
indicate
when
30
seconds
remain
and
at
that
time
please
conclude
your
remarks
so
that
the
hearing
may
continue
and
others
may
be
heard.
Mr.
Whiteside
will
now
begin
the
presentation.
Thank.
R
You,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board
secretary
Polhemus
and
director
golden
the
item
before
us
this
evening,
is
the
related
to
the
Olmstead
green
project,
which,
as
you
mentioned,
is
in
Mattapan.
This
project
has
been
has
not
been
to
this
board
for
quite
some
time.
It
is
a
project
that
has
had
its
first
approvals
in
2006.
It's
a
multi-phase
project
that
exists
on
approximately
42
acres
of
land,
that
is
governed
by
the
Commonwealth's
department
of
capital,
asset
management
and
maintenance.
R
R
The
citizens
is
a
Citizens
Advisory
Committee,
which
has
been
the
overall
overarching
stakeholder
group.
That's
looked
at
this
project
throughout
its
its
life.
There
have
been
a
number
of
priorities
that
have
been
articulated
by
stakeholders
relative
to
this,
which
I'd
like
to
articulate
now
number
one
confirming
that
the
restriction
is
placed
on
the
on
the
on
the
open
space
number
two
making
sure
that
the
open
space
is
open
to
the
public
and
that
that
and
the
public
permit,
programming
related
to
that
is
duly
specified.
R
Looking
at
consideration
of
making
sure
that
there
is
our
updates
on
this
public
use
with
the
agencies
that
have
a
regulatory
could
interest,
namely
the
Boston
Boston
Parks
and
Recreation
Department,
as
well
as
D
Ken,
which
has
ownership
interest,
obviously,
and
obviously
working
with
the
BPD
a
is
urban
design,
etc
working
in
collaboration
and
then
finally,
making
sure
that
the
concern
around
the
creation
of
and
preservation
of
trees
at
the
public
meeting
we
had
for
this
project.
That
was
one
of
the
issues
I
came
up
as
of
great
importance.
R
The
other
component,
I'll
mention
is
that
since
the
development
team
submitted
its
amendment
to
this
PDA,
there
have
been
a
number
of
conversations
with
our
sister
agencies,
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development,
which
has
some
funding
interests
in
the
project
as
well
as
Boston,
Parks
and
Recreation,
and
DCAM.
To
make
sure
that
we're
answering
the
right
questions
about
how
this
open
space
is
really
preserved.
R
It
was
really
an
important
component
of
conversations,
particularly
with
parks,
that,
as
we
look
at
this
whole
development,
which
is
going
to
create
upwards
of
500
years
of
affordable
housing
that
we're
not
just
putting
houses
on
land
but
making
sure
that
there
are
places
to
sounds
cliche,
live
work
and
play.
So
that's
the
basis
of
this
particular
moment.
I
will
stop
my
comments
there.
R
A
AS
Good
evening
director
:
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
Eric
Van,
Deusen
and
senior
vice
president
of
New
Boston
fund
on
behalf
of
lien
in
New
Boston,
a
joint
venture
with
our
community
partner,
Lena
Park
CDC
I'm
pleased
to
be
before
you
this
evening
to
share
with
our
plans
for
adding
additional
open
space
to
our
development
plans
for
Olmsted
green
before
I
present
our
open
space
plans.
I
thought
the
board
would
find
it
helpful
for
me
to
briefly
overview
our
development
progress
to
date.
Under
our
current
PDA.
AS
Excuse
me
so
so
again,
it's
apologize
a
little
hard
to
see,
but
we
have
basically
two
campuses.
This
is
known
as
our
East
Campus
there's
about
14
acres.
This
is
American
Legion
highway.
This
is
Morton
Street,
bordered
again
by
Harvard
Street
here
and
the
far
side
is
is
Walk
Hill
and
our
other
campus
is
about
24
acres,
which
is
our
West
Campus
and
adjacent
to
the
East.
AS
Campus
is
the
is
our
partners
Community
Development
Corporation
facility,
which
is
Lena
Park
and
I'll,
get
into
some
maps
that
show
this
a
little
better,
but
I
want
to
orient
everyone
to
the
site.
Our
neighbors
to
the
north
is
the
Boston
Nature
Center
in
the
math
Autobahn,
another
neighbor
to
our
West
is
mass
biologics
and
then
the
other
neighbor
again
all
part
of
the
commission
of
the
the
state
hospital.
Our
last
neighbor
is
here
along
Harvard
Street,
which
is
the
cruise
development.
AS
So
we
are
we're
wedged
in
between
those
two
again
Morton
Street
bifurcates
our
two
sites,
but
we
have
been
developing
this
since
2006
and
basically
our
overall
master
plan
is
is
about
affordable
housing.
As
dana
indicated,
we've
got
close
to
500
units
that
we
are
creating.
We
are
pretty
far
along
in
that
process
with
over
300
units
already
developed,
and
it's
really
targeted
to
low
moderate
and
market
rate
households,
both
home
ownership
and
affordable
rentals.
So
that's
our
program
and
I'll
just
briefly
tick
through
what
those
are
again.
AS
The
next
is:
we've
developed,
59
units
of
affordable
senior
housing
in
conjunction
with
hearth,
along
on
our
East
Campus,
and
we
have
147
units
of
mixed
income,
rentals
and
flats
who
see
rentals
in
townhomes,
currently
under
construction
and
again
serving
the
bandwidth
of
both
affordable.
What
I'll
call
workforce
where
middle
income
as
well
as
market
so
of
the
497
352
of
those,
are
what
I'll
call
income
restricted
so
about
70%
of
the
housing
I
would
consider
affordable
and
of
that.
Another
of
that
70
50%
of
that
is,
is
sixty
percent
or
less
of
ami.
AS
So
we're
very
proud
of
our
affordability
that
we've
been
able
to
provide
to
the
community.
We're
also
happy
to
have
had
Brook
charter
school
who's
here
this
evening,
come
on
our
campus,
both
starting
with
their
K
through
8
school
that
can
helped
re-energize
and
Andrea
constitute
our
partner
at
Lena
Park.
AS
The.
Let
me
go
to
the
next
one
here
for
a
minute
for
the
we
had
a
ving
Fionn
facility
originally
here,
which
is
a
senior
excuse
me
and
assisted.
Excuse
me
skilled
nursing
facility
here
that
at
that
site
they
lost
their
certificate
of
need
and
and
had
some
hardships
and
we
put
that
land
under
agreement
with
Brooke
and
Brooke
has
built
a
beautiful
in
high
school,
which
I
have
a
picture
of
right
on
American,
Legion
Highway.
AS
So
we're
we're
proud
to
have
a
some
very
attractive,
affordable
homes,
but
also
a
new
charter
school
campus
on
our
on
our
site.
So
we're
very
proud
of
that.
We
also
are
in
the
process
of
completing
our
Gateway
Center,
which
is
our
projects
community
building
Hyrum
along
Morton
Street,
it's
about
3,000
square
feet
that
will
be
open
up
later
this
this
spring,
named
after
one
of
the
the
charter.
AS
But
we
have
had
other
thoughts,
but
I
thought
before
I
get
into
a
little
more
on
that
and
also
bring
in
our
landscape
architect
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
planning
we've
done.
I
thought
I'd
go
over
a
little
bit
of
the
open
space
we
do
have
already,
and
we
obviously
would
like
to
augment
with
your
approval
this.
AS
This
four
acre
parcel,
but
we
we
do
have
throughout
the
site
a
walking
trail
system
that
that
is
being
developed
along
the
Audubon
edge,
which
is
which
is
a
amenity
and
I,
think
a
nice
ability
for
people
that
live
in
our
community
and
community
at
large
to
walk
along
the
edge
of
the
autobahn.
It's
got
a
fence
between
us
and
the
Autobahn
at
their
request,
but
it's
a
it's
a
nice
feature
to
take
advantage
of
the
the
urban
wild
in
the
area
that
the
Audubon
has
preserved.
AS
Next
to
us,
we
also
have
a
number
of
up
seating
and
gathering
areas
throughout
the
campus,
where
you
can
sit
and
sit
with
your
neighbor
and
sit
outside
so
there's
benches
and
patio
brick
patios
available
for
the
common
use.
We
have
three
taught
Lots
two
built
today,
two
one
in
our
last
phase,
so
we
have
areas
for
children
to
recreative
in
the
community,
as
I
said
before,
we're
also
finishing
up
the
construction
of
our
of
our
community
building.
AS
So
again,
we're
happy
to
try
to
bring
more,
but
we
do
have
a
number
of
open
space
features
that
we're
very
proud
of
on
the
site
already
so
again,
a
brief
introduction
on
what
we're
coming
before
you
to
change
this
last
four
acre
parcel.
So
again
we
we've
tried
for
a
long
time
and
haven't
seen
a
real
need
and-
and
there
are
a
budding
in
the
neighborhood
other
urban
farms,
the
revision,
urban
and
farm
is,
is
less
than
a
half
mile
away
from
the
site,
and
it's
got
a
thriving
business
and
and
very
important.
AS
Okay,
okay,
the
additional
open
space
that
we're
requesting
is
is
got
a
lot
of
support
both
from
the
Boston
Parks
Department,
as
they
had
asked
that
we
look
at
that
as
part
of
our
as
we
come
before
them.
As
we
finished
up
our
gateway,
they
suggested
that
we
look
at
additional
open
space,
given
we
weren't
feasible
with
the
urban
flow,
so
we're
very
attuned
to
their
desires.
AS
We've
met
with
with
with
the
staff
at
the
BP
da,
and
they
also
encouraged
us
to
look
at
that
and
other
stakeholders
within
the
city
and
and
and
lastly,
our
community.
Some
of
our
community
stakeholders,
both
Brooke
and
Lena,
who
who
take
care
of
children
and
have
activities
that
aren't
served
on
the
current
site
and
on
their
current
campus,
have
a
strong
need
to
try
to
bring
some
active
recreation
to
the
site.
AS
AC
AS
The
last
show
of
the
night
here
so
I
apologize,
but
this
is
a.
This
is
a
plan
which,
which
shows
the
connectivity
of
the
site,
and
that's
one
of
the
other
features
that
we're
very
focused
on.
So
this
is
our
again
our
East
Campus,
the
the
urban
farm
is,
is
right
here,
which
we
want
to
bring
open
space,
and
we
in
any
development
of
that
area
we
would
want
to
be
able
to
help
connect
the
two
sites
and
have
the
ability
to
bring
people
over
via
pier
walking,
so
there's
some
great
challenges
on
the
site.
AS
So
that's
something
we're
working
on
and
this
is
again
very
conceptual
what
we
would
looked
at
is
we
have
a
budding
wetlands
whoops
a
budding
wetlands
up
here.
This
is
just
quick
orientation.
This
is
American
Legion.
This
is
more
than
this
is
Harvard.
Our
West
Campus
is
over
here.
Our
East
Campus
is
over
here.
So
again,
it's
a
it's
a
bridge
between
and
we
envisioned
a
walking
path
here
again
we're
looking
to
create
an
open
space,
we're
committed
to
preserving
that
and
creating
a
conservation
restriction
to
do
that.
AS
But
we
thought
it
would
be
a
good
use
of
this
four
acres
to
also
see
if
we
can
get
some
active
recreation
for
the
community
and
the
stakeholders
and
a
soccer
field.
The
high
school
soccer
field
was
was
programmed
if
we
can
do
more
with
that,
with
a
track
in
additional
additional
tot
lots
and
picnic
areas,
we
would
do
that
over
here.
Parking
parking
would
not
be
on-site
other
than
emergency
vehicles,
and
some
services-
probably
limited
parking
here,
don't
want
to
really
disrupt
the
tree
line.
AS
The
canopy
is
as
important
as
we've
said,
along
Mort,
and
so
parking
would
be
up
here
on
the
rest
of
the
Olmstead
sight.
So
that's
again
conceptual
and
something
we
with
the
change
of
the
use.
We
would.
We
would
go
forward
and
come
back
with
a
fully
develop
plan.
These
are
quickly
just
some
of
the
images
of
what
we
had
to
dealt
there,
which
that's
a
brook
charter
school
and
some
of
our
important
goals
that
we've
achieved,
and
that
is
the
end
of
my
discussion.
A
AT
Lena
had
a
moment
in
2009
when
it
had
to
shut
its
doors
and
it
reopened
with
fanfare
in
13.
So
there
was
a
four-year
hiatus
there
and
when
it
came
back,
it
came
back
in
the
building
that
contains
the
gym.
The
rest
of
their
campus
became
the
the
elementary
school
with
our
cohabiters,
the
Brook
school
to
Brook
charter
school
and
now
Lena
Park
is
a
vibrant,
self-sufficient,
well
capitalized
organization.
AT
As
a
result
of
the
activities
of
combined
with
New
Boston-
and
we
are
here
obviously
to
support
this-
and
we
will
be
the
beneficiaries
in
the
sense
that
Lena,
Park
and
Brook
school
will
together
have
custody
under
the
current
plans
of
this
parcel
will
plan
jointly
for
its
use,
just
as
we
do
on
the
common
space
behind
the
school
and
we'll
look
out
for
it
for
the
long
term
and
make
sure
that
it
serves
both
the
immediate
community,
the
residents
and
the
surrounding
community.
Okay,.
AT
AR
A
AU
Madam
chair
members
of
the
board
mark
Loring
the
CEO
at
Brook
charter
school.
Again,
as
Ben
said,
we
have
a
our
Brook
Matapan
campus,
which
houses
a
kindergarteners
through
seven
about
five
hundred
students
and
Brook
high
school
and
8th
grade
academy,
which
has
about
another
eight
hundred
students
at
max
capacity
there.
So
we
serve
about
you
know
1200
to
1300
students
on
this
campus.
We
strongly
support
this
project.
Lena
and
New
Boston
have
been
great
partners,
wonderful
partners,
we're
excited
about
the
opportunity
for
some
active
recreation
space
for
our
students.
AU
Our
high
school
has
graduation
requirements
tied
to
sports
engagement.
Things
like
this.
It's
always
challenging
to
find
spaces
elsewhere,
so
having
more
opportunities
for
these
spaces
and
a
place
that
we
will
can
help
maintain
along
with
Lena
and
and
share
with
Lena
and
the
community
and
make
sure
is
open,
is
is
an
opportunity.
We
think
would
be
just
tremendous
for
our
students
and
we
again
strongly
support
this
project.
Hey.
AV
Good
evening
my
name
is
earliest
piu
I'm,
a
Communication
Manager
for
Lena
Park,
sorry
for
being
late,
there's
a
mix-up,
but
that's
just
what
happens.
I
saw
problems
so
for
for
me,
I
guess
the
most
important
thing
about
this
project
and
why
we
support
it
is
that
we
have
a
number
of
residents
at
the
West
Campus
who
had
children
or
have
children
currently
or
grandchildren,
who
cannot
get
to
Lena
Park.
So
we've
talked
about
having
buses.
We've
talked
about
having
our
security
coming
grab.
AV
So
for
us
we
really
it's
critical
for
us
to
have
some
type
of
way
to
get
those
folks
to
the
rest
of
our
community
and
in
the
second
part,
is
that,
with
a
soccer
field,
we
actually
rent
out
our
gym
right
now
to
an
organization
that
does
fire.
They
play
soccer
every
Saturday
they're
there
every
morning
and
so
I
know
they
would
be
super
happy.
They
actually
have
a
soccer
space
and
not
just
our
gymnasium,
and
we
can
always
kind
of
program
activities
for
that.
A
Awesome,
thank
you
so
much
for
coming
appreciate
it.
Okay.
Is
there
anyone
else
who
would
like
to
speak
in
favor
of
this
project?
Please
come
to
the
podium.
Is
there
anyone
who
would
like
to
speak
in
opposition
to
this
project?
Please
come
to
the
podium
last
call
for
opposition
to
the
project.
Please
come
to
the
podium
and
hearing
none
I
will
open
up
the
questioning
to
the
board.