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From YouTube: BPDA Board of Directors Meeting 2-13-2020
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The Boston Planning & Development Agency Meeting (BPDA) is the municipal planning and development agency for the City of Boston, working on both housing and commercial developments. The Board of Directors meet monthly with developers, businesses and residents to provide direction for development in the City of Boston.
A
Requires
that
anyone
recording
this
meeting
identify
themselves
and
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I
notify
the
public
that
this
meeting
is
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recorded.
Please
be
aware
that
an
audio
and
visual
recording
of
this
meeting
is
being
made
and
broadcasted
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Boston
City
TV,
which
is
a
part
of
the
city
of
Boston
office
of
cable
communications.
If
there
is
anyone
in
the
audience
who
is
recording
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meeting,
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now:
okay,.
A
B
We
all
here
new
Jeep
Jones
as
a
former
member
of
this
board
serving
for
32
years
from
1981
to
2013,
including
24
years
as
chairman
of
this
agency's
board.
Jeep
was
also
a
beloved
and
widely
respected
community
leader,
mayor,
Walsh
and
I
were
privileged
to
join
jeeps,
family
and
friends
at
the
12th
Baptist
Church
last
week
to
celebrate
his
life.
Jeep,
who
grew
up
in
Roxbury,
served
the
city
of
Boston.
B
In
many
capacities
he
rose
through
the
ranks
of
Mayor
Kevin
White's
administration,
leading
the
city's
youth
activities
commissioned
the
Yaak
and
the
Office
of
Human
Rights
before
being
appointed
the
first
african-american
deputy
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston.
At
that
time,
jeep
was
the
highest-ranking
african-american
in
city
government,
Jeep
Jones
graduated
from
the
Brandeis
vocational
high
school
in
Boston,
and
went
on
to
graduate
from
what
was
then
winston-salem
State
College
in
North
Carolina,
where
he
was
a
four-year
starter
on
the
college's
basketball
team.
B
During
his
35
years
in
public
and
community
service,
jeep
made
profound
contributions
to
life
in
Boston
of
the
many
tributes
one
of
the
most
visible
and
one
of
the
most
visited
and
experienced
in
the
city
is
the
Clarence
Jeep
Jones
park
in
his
own
Roxbury
neighborhood
I
personally
benefited
like
so
many
here
at
City,
Hall
from
Jeep's
leadership
as
chairman
of
the
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority's
board
during
my
first
several
years
working
here,
and
it
was
a
privilege
and
an
honor
to
call
him.
My
friend
Jeep
was
kind.
B
He
was
humble,
he
was
intelligent,
he
was
passionate
and
he
had
a
terrific
sense
of
humor.
He
was
always
smiling
no
matter
how
tense
things
got,
no
matter
how
controversial
things
got
in
this
very
room.
Jeep
was
always
smiling,
congenial,
respectful
and
kind
in
some
troubled
years
in
the
history
of
this
city,
Jeep
fought
for
racial
justice
and
he
made
Boston
a
more
peaceful
and
inclusive
place
for
all.
He
made
the
city
a
much
better
place.
B
C
If
I
might
just
add
a
comment,
I
also
attended
the
service
and
there
were
a
number
of
very
human
aspects
of
Jeep
that
came
out
at
that
service.
I.
Think
very
few
few
people
knew
that
at
the
first
NBA
game
that
was
held
here
in
Boston
in
1950,
the
NBA
and
Red
Auerbach
selected,
two
young
people,
basketball
players
who
had
played
ball
together
in
Roxbury
to
be
the
ball
boys
for
that
game,
and
those
two
individuals
were
Jeep
Jones
and
Ray.
C
Flynn
and
Jeep
was
a
person
who,
for
many
years,
took
young
people
from
Roxbury
to
visit.
Historically
black
colleges
in
the
south,
and
the
story
is
told
that
often
in
driving
through
the
South,
the
young
basketball
players
from
Roxbury
wanted
to
stop
for
a
meal
at
a
restaurant
or
Howard
Johnson's,
and
he
would
just
push
on,
and
it
wasn't
until
years
later,
that
those
young
people
realized
that
they
couldn't
have
stopped,
because
the
restaurants
in
those
days
were
all
segregated
and
there
weren't
places
for
African
Americans
to
get
a
meal.
A
A
A
D
As
a
result,
BTD
had
to
secure
a
new
facility
for
its
sign
shop,
warehouse
and
ancillary
office
space,
the
BPD
a
agreed
to
allow
BTD
to
utilize
vacant
space.
On
the
first
floor,
12
channel
street
free
of
charge
BTD
currently
occupies
to
be
105,
which
is
approximately
10,000
square
feet.
The
suite
is
operational
from
a
size
perspective
with
direct
loading
dock
access.
However,
the
suite
has
no
tenant
improvements
in
is
not
air-conditioned
in
the
spring
of
2019.
D
Construction
is
scheduled
to
begin
this
month
in
February
of
20
and
should
be
completed
within
24
months
and
as
much
as
BTD
will
still
need
to
continue
day
to
day
operations
to
service
the
residents
and
visitors
of
the
city
during
their
construction
BPD,
a
staff
is
recommending
the
BPD
BTD
be
permitted
to
temporarily
use
a
recently
vacated
warehouse
space
of
approximately
five
thousand
386
square
feet
on
the
sixth
floor
of
12
channel
street,
for
not
more
than
two
years
due
to
the
public
service.
Nature
of
this
occupancy
no
license
fee
is
proposed.
A
To
enter
into
a
two-year
contract
with
ABM
industry
groups
LLC
during
business
as
ABM
parking
services
for
the
parking
management
services
for
the
five
parking
assets
within
the
Raymond
L
Flynn
marine
park
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
four
hundred
seventy
one
thousand
four
hundred
and
eighty
dollars
with
three
one-year
options.
If
all
three
options
are
exercised,
the
amount
will
be
up
to
1
million
one
hundred
seventy
eight
thousand
and
seven
hundred
dollars.
John.
A
E
You,
madam
chairman
secretary
director
members
of
the
board
first
may
say
in
remembrance
of
jeep
Jones
as
someone
is
the
chairman
that
was
during
my
first
presentation
in
front
of
the
board
and
over
the
hundred
times
since
that
I've
been
up
here,
his
presence
was
always
welcomed
and
my
mo
wishes
and
prayers
are
with
his
family.
The
presentation
I'm
about
to
present
to
you
will
also
relate
to
board
item
agenda
number
twelve
on
the
b
ra
board,
as
they
are
combined
here.
E
So
I'll
just
give
this
one
presentation:
RFP
was
released
for
parking
management
services
on
October
28th.
We
had
six
respondents
and,
after
a
rigorous
review
from
the
selection
committee,
I'm
here,
to
request
your
authorization
to
enter
a
parking
management
service
contract
with
ABM
industry
groups.
E
The
Edic
contract
will
be
in
the
amount
of
four
hundred
and
seventy
one
thousand
dollars
four
hundred
eighty
dollars
and
for
a
term
of
two
years,
with
the
BPD
a
holding
one
year,
options
for
a
total
of
five,
the
BR
a
contract
will
be
in
the
amount
of
249
thousand
two
hundred
and
four
dollars
with
a
term
of
two
years,
with
three
one-year
options
for
a
total
of
five
and
their
buddy
request.
Your
approval
for
ABM
parking
management
services
to
manage
our
parking
lots.
Thank.
A
F
Evening,
members
of
the
board
I'm
Constance
Martin,
the
deputy
director
of
the
office
of
financial
empowerment,
which
is
part
of
the
office
of
workforce
development,
which
is
part
of
the
BPD.
A
we
also
lead
Boston
saves,
which
is
the
city's
children's
savings
account.
We
have
received
funding
and
would
like
to
issue
an
RFP
for
a
three
year
evaluation
of
the
program.
As
most
of
the
people
here
know,
we
went
citywide
in
September.
G
H
H
We
have
two
employment
service
contractors,
with
the
details
listed
in
the
board
amount
memo,
Calpurnia
roberts
in
the
office
of
workforce
development,
Hugo's
solace
in
the
office
of
the
general
counsel
and
two
out-of-state
travel
items.
With
the
details
listed
in
the
board
memo
Natalie
pons
uck
urban
designer
1
in
the
urban
design
department,
kevin
lu,
HR,
specialist
2
in
the
HR
department
and
2
departures
listed
in
the
board
memo
laticia
Powderly
nee
lead
financial,
coach
and
Tim
Davis
housing
policy
manager
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
might
have
any.
A
C
A
A
Moving
along
to
the
PDA
agenda,
open
public
meeting
law
requires
that
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
broadcasted
by
Boston
City
TV,
which
is
a
part
of
the
city
of
Boston's
office
of
cable
communications.
If
there
is
anyone
in
the
audience
who
is
recording
this
meeting,
please
identify
yourself
now,
just
by
raising
your
hand.
A
Guys
have
it
motion
passes
item
number
two
request:
authorization
to
advertise;
a
public
hearing
for
twelve
twenty
twenty
at
5:30
p.m.
or
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
consider
the
Suffolk
Downs
project
in
East
Boston
as
a
development
impact
project.
I
A
C
C
A
J
A
K
Golden
secretary
Polhemus,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
Elizabeth,
Stovall,
I'm,
a
senior
architect
and
urban
designer
at
the
BPD,
a
I'm
also
the
executive
director
of
the
Boston
Civic
design
Commission,
and
it's
in
that
role
that
I'm
here
speaking
with
you
today,
the
past
few
years
have
been
very
exciting
for
the
BC
DC.
We
have
several
new
commissioners,
a
new
chair.
We
have
the
longtime
executive
director,
David,
Carlson,
retired
and
I
was
appointed,
and
we
were
also
able
to
hire
additional
staff
when
I
started
about
a
year
ago.
K
K
It's
also
available
on
our
DC
DC
web
site
and
was
presented
to
the
BC
DC
at
their
meeting
last
week,
my
favorite
page,
the
highlight
page,
which
is
BCDC
2019
by
the
numbers,
which
kind
of
calls
out
some
of
the
big
numbers
that
the
BCDC
was
involved
with
one
of
the
really
great
ones
is
this
one
which
shows
600
hours
of
donated
time
by
the
commissioners
to
the
betterment
of
the
public
realm
of
the
City
of
Boston.
So
thank
you
very
much
and
I
look
forward
to
seeing
you
next
year
with
our
next
report.
A
L
You,
madam
chair
water,
bow
Marina,
has
been
a
tenant
on
Long
Wharf,
since
approximately
nineteen
seventy
they
provide
short-term
and
long-term
docking
of
pleasure
vessels.
They
license
ninety
six
thousand
square
feet
of
water
sheet
and
about
250
square
feet
of
land
to
operate.
This
popular
marina
in
2007
water,
boat,
marina,
entered
into
a
new
10-year
license
with
Boston
Planning
and
Development
Agency.
That
included
one
10-year
option
term.
L
Cape
air
has
recently
received
all
applicable
approvals
from
state
and
federal
Harbor
and
aviation
regulatory
agencies
to
commence
daily
flights
between
Boston
and
New.
York
City
flights
will
take
off
and
land
in
the
water
adjacent
to
Boston
Logan
Airport.
However,
KPI
needs
a
my
charm
seat,
point
accessible
from
land
for
which
to
operate.
What
about
marina
location
is
desirable,
desirable
because
of
its
central
location
and
direct
direct
access
to
the
MBTA
blue
line
along
with
the
regulatory
process.
L
At
BPD,
A's
Direction
Cape
air
is
undertaking
a
lengthy
community
process,
including
a
public
meeting
in
December
at
long
North
Marriott,
which
I
and
other
BPD
L
staff
personally
intended
to
observe
BPD.
A
staff
has
also
had
conversations
with
our
counterparts
in
New
York
City
to
discuss
their
experience
with
sea
planes
landing
and
taking
off
from
the
East
River.
As
a
result
of
the
feedback
received
by
BP
da
from
stakeholders
in
the
Boston
Police
Harbor
Patrol
we're
recommending
following
Cape
air,
be
permitted
to
operate
from
water
boat,
marina
for
a
one-year
trial
period.
L
During
the
trial
period,
Cape
air
will
be
the
only
carry
allowed
to
operate.
Cape
air
and
water
ball.
Marina
will
meet
monthly
with
a
budding
users,
commuter
boat
and
ferry
operators,
in
particular,
to
discuss
and
address
operational
issues.
If
any
exists,
there
will
be
no
overnight
berthing
of
sea
planes
and
there'll
be
no
fueling
of
sea
planes
at
water
boat
Marina
once
the
plane
lands
in
Boston
Harbor.
L
L
A
A
M
Director
golden
madam
chairman
and
members
of
the
board
on
July
11
2009,
the
BPD
a
board
authorized
the
director
to
enter
into
a
seven-year
lease
with
fenway
for
the
use
of
4,000
square
feet
of
squirts
square
feet
of
space.
In
the
first
floor
in
basement
of
two
Boylston
Street,
then
we
health,
a
federally
qualified
health
center
in
research
institution
serving
both
the
Fenway
in
Boston
area.
M
Neighborhoods
has
received
funding
from
the
Massachusetts
Department
of
Public
Health
to
establish
an
STD
and
STI
screening
center
called
the
Center
recent
due
diligence
by
fenway
health
identified
storm
water
infiltration
into
the
basement
portion
of
the
leased
premises
from
Washington
Street.
Although
Fenway
Health
had
agreed
in
June
2019
to
bear
100%
of
the
cost
to
improve
the
interior
space
for
their
use,
the
storm
water
infiltration
is
generated
from
outside
of
the
building
and
the
responsibility
for
corrective
measures
lies
with
the
BPD
a
as
the
owner
of
the
building.
M
The
BPD
a
will
not
be
providing
any
funds
toward
a
tenant
improvement
allowance
for
interior
build
out
space.
Further
fenway
health
will
be
taking
the
proposed
interior
premises
in,
as
is
condition
the
BPD
a
will
invest
an
estimated
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
corrective
measures
outside
of
the
building
along
Washington
Street,
to
arrest
the
infiltration
of
stormwater
into
the
leased
premises.
M
These
will
commence
on
approximately
April
1st
2020
and
when
rains
will
commence
on
approximately
january,
1st
2021
rent
will
start
at
$35
per
square
foot
for
the
first
floor
space
in
$16.50
per
square
foot
for
the
basement
space.
Both
rates
will
increase
annually
by
$1
per
square
foot
for
the
term
of
the
lease.
As
a
result
of
the
BPD's
financial
investment
discussed
above
to
address
water
infiltration,
fenway
health
has
agreed
to
extend
the
lease
term
by
an
additional
three
years
for
a
revised
10-year
term.
A
N
You,
madam
chairman,
thank
you
for
taking
me
out
of
order
this
afternoon.
I
am
listen:
I'm,
the
city
councillor
for
district
9,
Austin,
Brighton
and
I'm
here
to
support
the
proposal
by
two
life
communities
to
develop
the
JJ
Carrell
Apartments
on
chesil
Hill
Ave
in
Brighton.
This
is
a
wonderful
opportunity
to
expand
the
availability
of
affordable
housing
for
our
seniors
in
the
neighbourhood,
and
it
also
offers
the
opportunity
to
develop
a
wonderful,
take
care
and
facility
for
our
elders
in
the
community
as
well.
N
A
O
You,
madam
chair,
we're
requesting
board
approval
to
advertise
an
issue:
a
request
for
proposals
for
15
mill
Street
in
Roxbury
15
mill.
Street
is
a
3,000
square
foot
parcel
on
a
narrow
residential
street
since
1986
the
BPD
a
has
licensed
this
parcel
to
the
Mill
Street
cooperative
for
resident
off
street
parking.
The
current
two-year
license
agreement
between
BPD
a
and
the
cooperative
expires
on
May
31st
2020
at
a
community
meeting
held
in
April
20
1940
no
free
parking
and
not
be
considered
for
development.
O
A
P
Very
much
good
afternoon,
everyone
in
July
of
2018,
a
sinkhole,
appeared
in
the
roadway
at
flagship,
Way
and
depressions
in
the
adjacent
strip
yacht
park.
Upon
investigation,
it
was
determined
that
the
bulkhead
that
was
supporting
the
old
culvert
drainage
culvert
for
the
dry
dock
had
been
undermined
and
so
forth.
P
As
part
of
that,
we
hired
a
consulting
engineer
who
prepared
the
contract
plans
and
specs,
determine
the
best
repair
option
and
all
necessary
permits
were
pilled
pulled
by
the
Boston
Conservation
Commission
DEP
and
Army
Corps
of
Engineers
as
part
of
chapter
30,
design
of
selection
law
lowest
eligible
responsible
responsible
bidder
was
a
Sikh,
a
marine
and
general
contracting.
Their
background
was
checked.
They
have
performed
good
work
for
the
town
of
Chatham
city
of
Lynn
and
the
Nantucket
Island
land
bank
and
the
design
team.
A
par
has
also
endorsed
their
contract
award.
A
P
Discussed
in
item
7
previously,
the
fenway
health
can
be.
Health
center
is
moving
into
the
China
Trade
Center.
A
problem
with
water
infiltration
was
discovered.
This
is
a
request
to
advertise
to
hire
a
design
consultant
to
prepare
contract
plans
and
specs
to
do
necessary
repairs
to
the
water
infiltration.
A
Item
number
11
request
authorization
to
amend
the
contract
for
the
janitorial
cleaning
and
maintenance
services
at
the
China
Trade
Center
to
reflect
a.m.
p.m.
facility
services,
corpse
merger
into
its
parent
company,
GDI
Services
Incorporated,
and
to
increase
the
contract
amount
by
$35,000
done.
Thank.
E
You,
madam
chairman,
secretary
members
of
the
board.
This
is
in
regards
to
our
conversations
that
we've
been
having
with
both
the
tenants
in
China
trade,
as
well
as
the
Boylston
block
neighborhood
group
that
surrounds
our
building
and
right
now
we
have
once
a
month
power
washing.
We
feel
the
need
should
be
increased
to
about
once
a
week,
and
this
is
part
of
our
further
activation
of
Liberty
Tree
Plaza,
that
we've
put
a
pub
works
and
parks
and
ourselves
have
put
a
lot
of
money
and
effort
into
and
how
to
keep
that
up,
maintained.
A
Item
number
twelve
request:
authorization
to
enter
into
a
two-year
contract
with
ABM
industry
groups,
LLC
doing
business
as
ABM
parking
services
for
parking
management
services
for
for
parking
assets
in
the
amount
not
to
exceed
two
hundred
forty
nine
thousand
two
hundred
four
dollars
with
three
one-year
options.
If
all
three
options
are
exercised,
the
amount
will
be
up
to
six
hundred
and
twenty
three
thousand
dollars.
Six
hundred
twenty
three
thousand
ten
dollars.
E
A
A
Q
Unfortunately,
there
have
been
some
unforeseen
structural
issues
with
the
bridge
and
lighting
design,
challenges
that
have
delayed
installation
and
procurement
of
the
fixtures
for
the
bridge
lighting
program
to
complete
the
work
we
are
requesting
an
extension
for
twelve
months.
During
that
time,
we
will
look
to
finalize
review
and
design
with
Public
Works
street-lighting
division
also
resolved
attachments
and
pier
Lantern
structural
issues
and
complete
invitation
for
bid
requirements
for
materials
and
installation.
Installation
should
take
anywhere
from
four
to
six
months,
be
happy
to
respond.
Any
questions.
A
Q
We
have
to
put
out
an
invitation
for
bids
for
the
actual
equipment
and
an
installation
contractor.
So
once
we
meet
with
Public
Works
street
lighting
division
and
the
consultant,
we've
got
a
meeting
scheduled
for
March
6.
So
with
that
we'll
be
finalizing
the
design
plan
and
looking
to
get
that
out
on
the
street
for
bid.
So
I
would
hope
that
you
know
by
the
summer
early
fall.
We
would
have
that
lighting
in
place.
A
A
Q
L
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
In
October,
2016
BPD,
a
board
awarded
tentative
designation
status
to
the
East
Boston
Community
Development
Corporation
for
the
development
of
the
seven
acre
parcel
located
at
146
condo
Street
in
East
Boston.
The
intent
is
to
develop
maritime
industrial
center
consistent
with
the
goals
of
the
request
for
proposals
that
was
issued.
Existing
port
regulations
in
city
of
Boston
zoning.
Those
collective
regulations
require
that
the
site
be
developed
for
maritime
industrial
use.
Only
the
BBVA
board
since
2016
is
graciously
extended.
L
The
tentative
designation
several
times
in
June
of
2019
the
board
awarded
final
designate
into
East
Boston
CDC,
conditioned
on
meeting
several
milestones
over
the
next
few
years,
a
reminder
that
the
site
has
a
seven-acre
wide
crater
of
about
17
feet
that
must
be
filled
with
booth,
clean
Phil
brought
in
before
they
can
do
that.
They
have
to
raise
the
surrounding
burn
by
two
feet:
to
get
the
entire
site
out
of
the
floodplain
and
before
they
can
do
that
they
have
to
replace
the
decaying
seawall.
L
So
there's
a
lot
of
pre
development
work
that
needs
to
be
done
before
they
could
even
stop
marketing
the
site
in
earnest
and
obviously
before
they
could
construct.
Any
buildings
also
remind
you
that
East
Boston
CDC
board
did
award,
has
committed
a
million
dollars
towards
this
project
and
the
East
Boston
Savings
Bank
has
provided
a
20
million
dollar
letter
of
interest.
L
It's
been
a
bit
of
a
slog
given
the
complexity
of
this,
but
we've
never
stopped
moving
forward
on
this
project.
The
first
condition
milestone
I
spoke
about
earlier
was
securing
a
fully
executed
lease
by
February
29th
2020.
The
lease
has
been
drafted.
Both
sides
have
been
reviewing
it.
The
lawyers
have
been,
you
know
revising
it,
but
it
won't
be
signed
by
February
29th.
L
A
Item
number
15
request
authorization
to
issue
a
certificate
of
completion
for
the
project
located
at
14,
6
Tremont
Street
to
1480
through
1486
Tremont
Street
LLC,
and
to
approve
the
transfer
of
the
project
to
1480
Tremont
Street
Matt
Tremont
Management
LLC.
As
trustee
of
the
1480
Tremont
Realty
trust.
A
South
Boston
item
number
16
authorization
to
issue
a
certification;
the
certification
of
approval
pursuant
to
article
ii,
small
project
review
of
the
zoning
code
for
the
construction
of
34
homeownership
units,
including
six
IDP
units
and
fourteen
off-street
parking
spaces
located
at
six
glover
court,
and
to
recommend
approval
to
the
board
of
appeal
for
the
necessary
zoning
relief
and
to
take
fall.
Related
actions.
Thank.
R
You,
madam
chairwoman,
members
of
the
board
director
golden
Madam
Secretary,
the
proponent
for
six
club,
Accord
LLC,
proposed
to
construct
a
five-story
residential
development
located
on
Glover
Court
and
Reed
Street
in
South
Boston.
The
project
site
consists
of
seven
parcels
that
combine
they're
approximately
10,000
35
square
feet
of
land
which
contain
one
or
two
family
homes
of
no
lackin
six
architectural
significance
that
will
be
raised.
R
The
proposed
project
is
within
the
plan:
South
Boston
George
just
arrived
planning
initiative
so
that
the
density
bonus
guidelines
increased
the
IDP
fund
contribution
from
four
units
to
six
affordable
units.
In
addition,
there
is
$190,000
and
committed
in
community
benefits
and
mitigation
funding.
It
will
be
funding
the
implementation
of
the
climate
resiliency
plan
for
multi
Park
funding
to
support
the
implementation
of
the
da
Chester
Ave
transportation
plan,
also
funding
towards
public
realm
improvements
on
Dorchester
Street,
the
phone
and
filed
an
article
80
application
on
January
7th.
R
A
public
meeting
was
held
on
January
23rd
at
the
Cheney
Learning
Center
in
the
community
concluded
on
February
7th,
which
significant
significantly
more
support
from
the
community
than
opposition
and
both
councillors,
City
Council's,
Edie,
Flynn
and
Michael.
Flaherty
or
among
those
supporters,
this
proponent
was
very
responsive
to
staff
recommendations
throughout
the
review
process,
and
I
would
like
to
thank
my
colleagues,
Matt
Martin
Marc,
McGonagle,
American
assets
and
Charlotte
on
for
their
hard
work
on
this
proposed
project.
S
Hi
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
Samantha
Bennett
and
I'm.
Hearing
fried
testimony
in
support
of
six
clever
Court
on
behalf
of
city
councilor,
at-large,
Michael
Flaherty.
The
project
will
create
a
34
unit,
residential
development,
with
a
combination
of
market
rate
and
affordable
housing
opportunities
that
balances
both
the
needs
of
the
current
neighborhood.
With
the
goals
outlined
in
the
plan,
South
Boston
Dorchester
Avenue
planning
initiative.
More
specifically,
this
development
will
bring
34
total
condominium
units
to
the
neighborhood
with
six
affordable
units.
S
This
development
will
allow
for
new
multi-family
development
in
a
neighborhood
in
close
proximity
to
a
variety
of
public
transportation
options,
including
the
Andrew
square
station
and
various
bus
routes.
Lastly,
and
most
importantly,
this
product
had
received
wide
support
from
the
larger
community.
It
received
support
from
the
inter
square
Civic
Association,
alongside
numerous
personal
letters
of
support
from
Andrew
square
and
polish
triangle,
residents,
Andrew
Square
businesses
and
the
larger
South
Boston
community.
This
project
will
help
bring
much-needed
vibrancy
to
the
area
and
will
further
contribute
to
the
efforts
to
revitalize
the
neighborhood.
Thank
you
thank.
A
T
T
This
is
a
plan
showing
the
7
parcels
in
discussion
with
Glover
core
on
the
top
laid
Street
on
the
bottom
and
the
proposed
building
footprint
as
it
stands.
Now
this
is
the
ground
floor
plan.
We
do
have
a
pedestrian
entrance
on
the
bottom
there
on
Glover
Court,
as
well
as
a
secondary
entrance
off
of
LEED
Street
at
the
top.
We
also
have
a
vehicular
entrance
off
of
lead
Street
with
a
ramp
down
to
subgrade
parking
on
this
floor.
We
do
have
amenity
space
serving
the
residents,
mail
and
packaging
room
bike
storage,
as
well
as
trash.
T
This
is
an
aerial
view
of
the
site.
Just
to
give
you
context
of
where
we
are
looking
at.
The
area
highlighted
is
looking
at
Glover
Court,
specifically
with
LEED
Street
off
of
the
back
Andrew
square
station
on
the
red
line
is
right
to
the
top
right
of
this
image.
It's
approximately
a
two
minute
walk
from
the
site
and
discussion.
T
The
building
on
the
top
left
is
actually
located
directly
across
from
the
site
as
previously
located.
These
are
two
more
examples
of
mixed-use
projects
to
give
more
context
of
the
type
of
look
and
scale
that
we
were
going
for.
This
is
a
front
elevation
of
the
proposed
project.
We
use
a
combination
of
different
materials
as
well
as
a
push
and
pull
of
the
physical
facade
to
create
a
more
scaled
contact
of
the
building
to
fit
more
into
the
neighborhood.
T
T
T
C
U
Thank
You
to
the
BPD,
a
board
in
to
the
director
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
speak
on
the
minor
modification
to
the
South
Cove
urban
renewal
plan.
Parcel
12
I
just
want
to
go
on
record
I
sent
a
letter
earlier,
but
I
want
to
go
on
record
in
support
of
this
project.
There's
been
great
cooperation
between
the
BPD,
a
the
development
team
and
the
Chinatown
community.
This
is
going
to
be
a
great
great
asset
for
the
Chinatown
community,
especially
a
public
library.
U
First
time
we'll
have
a
public
library
in
Chinatown
in
50
years,
along
with
affordable
housing,
100%,
affordable
housing,
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
BP
da
for
their
work
working
closely
with
the
Chinatown
community
and
giving
the
residents
the
opportunity
to
have
great
housing
in
a
great
public
library.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
mayor's
staff
as
well
for
supporting
the
Chinatown
community.
Thank
you
to
the
BPD,
a
board
to
director
gold
and
forgive
me
the
opportunity
to
be
here
tonight.
Thank
you.
A
Moving
on
to
item
number
17
request
authorization
to
issue
a
certification
of
approval
pursuant
to
article
a
de
small
project,
review
of
the
zoning
code
for
the
construction
of
32
home
ownership
units,
including
for
IDP
units
and
27
off
street
parking
spaces
located
at
100
to
110
Lincoln
Street,
to
enter
into
a
community
benefit
contribution
agreement
and
to
recommend
approval
to
the
board
of
appeal
for
the
necessary
zoning
relief
and
to
take
all
related
actions.
John.
Thank.
R
You,
madam
chair
chairwoman,
members
of
the
board
director
golden
Madam
Secretary,
the
proponent
100
1:10,
Lincoln,
Street
LLC,
proposed
to
construct
the
five-story
residential
building
located
in
Brighton
between
Waverly
Street
and
Litchfield
Street.
The
project
site
consists
of
one
pasal,
approximately
13,000
382
square
feet
of
land
which
currently
contains
a
one-story
building
that
was
formerly
used
for
light
industrial
purposes.
R
The
proposed
project
contains
32
homeownership
units,
including
4
IDP
units.
In
addition,
there
is
$50,000
committed
and
community
benefits
and
mitigation
funding
for
improvements
that
the
Portsmouth
Street
playground
located
near
this
proposed
project
in
Brighton,
in
funding
for
the
Boston
Transportation
Department
in
city
of
Boston,
Public,
Works
Department,
to
support
the
implementation
of
the
Alston
bright
and
mobility
study,
the
proponent
filed
in
article
80
application
back
on
November
26th
of
last
year,
a
public
meeting
was
held
on
January
7th
at
the
bright
marine
health
center
in
Brighton.
R
The
comment
period
concluded
On
January
24th,
with
support
from
the
Brighton
Austin
Improvement
Association.
This
development
scene
was
also
very
response
to
the
staff
recommendations
throughout
the
review
process.
At
this
time,
I
would
like
to
introduce
attorney
John
Paul
Janey
to
further
the
presentation.
John
thanks,
Sean.
V
Good
afternoon,
director
golden
secretary
Palomas,
madam
chair,
as
John,
said
attorney
John
Paul
Gina
on
behalf
of
the
development
team
with
me
today
is
Arthur
Chu
from
Chu
architecture,
together
with
Greg
McCarthy.
Who
is
the
developer
of
this
proposal?
We're
really
excited
to
be
here.
This
is
basically
replacing
an
underutilized
commercial
industrial
site.
It's
no
longer
in
use.
It
was
a
shipping
and
trucking
company,
shipping
and
storage
company
and
transforming
that
into
third,
as
John
stated
32
residential
condominium
home
ownership
units,
we
went
to
a
robust
community
process
meeting
several
times
with
the
director.
V
Butters
gain
their
support
and
it's
a
unique
Street
because,
in
addition
to
having
commercial-industrial,
there's
also
some
residential
there
as
well
some
bigger
buildings
as
well
as
multi-family
residential
in
there,
it's
32
units
with
27
parking
spaces
and
the
zoning
in
this
neighborhood
is
neighborhood
shopping
and
also
we
have
a
2,100
square
foot
retail
space
on
the
first
law
for
street
activation.
I'm
gonna
walk
the
architect
who
was
supposed
to
be
here.
V
Had
some
emergency
came
up
so
I'm
tasked
with
the
opportunity
to
do
this
for
the
first
time,
so
try
to
walk
you
guys
through
that.
So
obviously
we
have
a
front
elevation
right
here.
It's
John
state,
so
it's
32
condominium
units
of
those
will
be
for
IDP
units
provide
more
than
50
construction,
jobs
and
$50,000
in
community
benefits.
As
you
can
see
there
just
a
map
of
where
the
project
is
located.
It's
right
near
the
New
Balance
facility.
V
It's
conveniently
located
a
short
walk
to
Boston
Landing
commuter
rail
station.
So
it's
perfect
for
residential
another
aerial
photograph.
You
can
see
it
highlighted
in
red
one
more.
It's
the
space
with
the
two
trucks
that
you
can
see
doing
the
loading
there
one
more
aerial
again.
This
is
the
site
plan.
As
John
State,
it's
about
13,000
little
under
13
400
square
feet
first
floor.
V
It
realize
how
bad
it
is
to
see
that,
with
the
light
like
that,
I,
don't
know
how
you
guys
do
this
five-story
building
see
right
there
that's
the
ground
floor
and
then
on
the
next
slide
every
floor
plate
is
the
same.
It
is
eight
units
per
floor.
They're.
All
two
bedroom
two
baths,
approximately
900
square
feet.
You
can
see
the
neighborhood
contextual.
You
can
see
that
it
is
commercial
industrial
use,
the
use
that
was
there
is
no
longer
they
have
since
moved
on
so
right
now
it
is
truly
a
underutilized
space.
V
You
can
see
the
stairs
taking
you
over
to
Brighton
Landing
from
the
location
that
is
looking
at
the
project
you
can
see.
Next
to
the
project
is
a
nada
body,
repair
shop
that
has
been
there
for
several
years
and
in
the
background
there
this
is
another
photograph
that
is
looking
down
toward
Waverly,
Street
and
Waverly
is
where
the
access
to
the
garage
entrance
would
be
we're.
Looking
at
a
front
elevation
on
this
one
right
here
we
have
a
left
side,
elevation,
rear
elevation
and
a
right
side.
V
A
W
W
W
A
Item
number
18
request
authorization
to
issue
a
scoping
determination
waiving
further
review
pursuant
to
article
80,
section
80,
B,
5.3
D
of
the
zoning
code
for
the
construction
of
the
JJC
Carroll
redevelopment,
consisting
of
142,
affordable
rental
units,
a
7,000
square
feet
of
common
space,
an
11,000
square
foot
program
for
all-inclusive
care
for
elderly
center,
one
thousand
square
feet
of
commercial
space
and
seventy
off-street
parking
spaces
located
at
130,
Chestnut,
Hill
Avenue,
and
to
take
all
related
actions.
Land.
A
X
You,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board
director
golden
madam
secretary,
just
to
orient
you.
This
is
JJ
Carrell.
This
is
to
life
communities,
formerly
Jewish,
community
housing.
This
is
132
Chestnut,
Hill,
Avenue,
Cleveland
circles.
This
way,
new
New,
Balance,
New,
Balance
and
GBH
is
heading
that
way
towards
Market
Street.
X
The
project
consists
of
180,000
gross
square
feet
of
development,
including
a
total
of
a
hundred
and
forty-two
older
adult
units,
all
of
which
will
be
deep,
restricted
for
affordable
rental
housing.
The
unit
mix
consists
of
18
two
bedrooms
and
124
one
bedrooms.
One
of
the
main
features
of
this
project
is
a
program
for
all-inclusive
care
for
elderly.
X
Technically
call
the
pace:
center
measuring
11,000
square
feet,
there's
also
a
thousand
square
feet
of
commercial
space,
70
parking
spaces,
41
of
which
will
be
housed
inside
the
building
and
29
surface
utilizes
surface
spaces.
Epa
staff
recommends
that
EPA
staff
recommends
that
the
board
take
the
following
actions:
authorize
the
director
to
issue
a
scope
and
determination
waiving
further
review
issue,
a
certification
of
compliance,
execute
and
deliver
a
cooperation
agreement
any
and
other
documents
that
deemed
appropriate
necessary
in
connection
to
the
proposed
project.
X
Also
recommending
approval
to
Zoning
Board
of
Appeal
on
petition
boa
one
zero,
four,
seven,
seven,
two
four
four
zoning
relief
necessary
to
construct
the
proposed
project.
Jonathan
Evans.
The
project
architect,
will
give
a
brief
overview
for
the
board
BHA
staff
and
to
life.
Community
staff
and
representatives
are
here
to
answer
any
questions
for
the
board.
Y
Thank
You
Lance.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Just
to
give
a
brief
presentation
again.
This
is
the
JJ
Carrell
development,
142
units
and
again
12,000
square
feet
of
the
pace
center.
As
we
talked
about
and
the
commercial
space
again,
we
are
excited
about
this
product
as
a
way
to
sort
of
create
a
model
of
housing
that
actually
helps
older
adults,
live
in
community
and
extend
their
lives.
Y
We
we
had
a
robust
community
process.
This
was
one
of
as
part
of
our
initial
kind
of
masking
diagram
that
we
went
out
with
through
feedback
from
the
community
and
others.
We've
actually
reduced
the
mass
seeing
closer
to
the
abutting
houses
as
well
as
broken
up
the
masking
a
little
bit
as
well,
to
create
better
sight
lines
through
the
project
and
sort
of
more
intentionally
oriented
the
building
towards
the
street
or
stressin
Hill
Avenue.
Y
To
create
to
enhance
the
street
presence
of
the
project
again,
we're
really
excited
again
about
the
15,000
square
feet
open
space
along
Chestnut,
Hill
Avenue,
including
intergenerational
place,
based
an
opportunity
for
for
seniors
for
neighborhood
kids
to
come
together
and
in
play,
is
also
a
variety
of
different
types
of
open
space
that
you
know
both
active
and
passive,
open
space.
This
product
also
can
entail
the
demolition
of
the
existing
directed
herald
properties,
discontinuance
of
legend,
your
Road
and
creating
a
new
driveway
for
access
to
that.
Y
The
29
surface
spots
that
Lance
just
mentioned
and
that
in
the
garage
behind
me
again.
So
what
you're
seeing
here
is,
as
the
entrance
to
the
property
to
the
property
offer
fist
on
Hill
Avenue
again
trying
to
create
a
warm
welcoming
presence
along
the
street
front.
There
was
sort
of
a
combined
lobby
zone
for
that,
the
health
center,
the
fake
space,
as
well
as
for
the
residential
building
as
well.
This
is
a
view
looking
at
the
pride
looking
north
along
Tustin,
Hill
Avenue
again
what
you
see
on
the
left,
the
right
hand
side.
Y
Excuse
me:
it's
132,
Chestnut
Hill
Avenue
on
again
we're
trying
to
sort
of
create
this
sort
of
masking
that
that
is
consistent
with
that
and
respects
the
street
scale,
but
again
also
allowing
a
very
sort
of
welcoming
and
robust
public
space
at
the
foreground.
Of
that
and
again,
this
is
the
view
backwards
facing
south
again
respecting
the
scale
in
the
houses
nearby,
stepping
it
back
away
from
the
property
line
as
best
we
can.
You
know
so
that
this
really
feel
it
feel
like
it's
part
of
the
neighborhood
and
respects
the
context.
Y
Again
it
touched
on
this
little
bit
earlier,
but
just
the
sort
of
variety
development,
space
programming
room,
providing
one
thing
that
I
want
to
note,
as
well
as
the
current
property
dirty
Harold
house
is
about
five
feet
off
the
ger
off
of
elevated
office
in
Hill
Avenue
as
part
of
this
project.
We're
actually
lowering
the
gray
considerably
along
the
street
front
to
make
it
feel
more
welcoming
to
access
that
open
space.
Y
Y
A
A
All
right
item
number
20
request
authorization
to
issue
a
certification
of
approval
pursuant
to
article
8,
a
te
small
project
review
of
the
zoning
code
for
the
construction
of
30
income,
restricted
senior
rental
units,
1,500
square
feet
of
interior,
common
space
and
12
on-site
parking
spaces
located
at
150.
My
doing
some
excuse.
A
Request
authorization
issues,
scoping
determination,
waiving
further
review
pursuant
to
article
80,
section
80,
B,
5.3
D
of
the
zoning
code
for
the
construction
of
68,
affordable
rental
units,
including
8,
homeless
units
and
12
condominium
units,
including
8,
affordable
units
and
2500
square
foot
space
for
the
Haley
house,
bakery
cafe.
Retail
and
artists,
work,
Studios
and
thirty-one
off
street
parking
spaces
located
at
2147,
Washington
Street
and
to
take
all
related
actions.
Lance.
Thank.
X
X
X
The
unit
mix
consists
of
8
studios
32,
one
bedrooms,
29
two
bedrooms
and
five
three
bedrooms
with
thirty-one
off-street
parking
space
is
located
in
a
garage.
The
police,
BPD.
A
staff
recommends
that
board
take
the
fall
in
action
that
the
authorized
directed
to
issue
a
scope
and
determination
waiting
for
the
review
issue,
a
certification
of
compliance,
execute
and
deliver
a
cooperation
agreement
in
any
and
all
other
agreements.
Greg
Greg
Monette
the
project
architect
make
a
brief
overview.
There
are
representatives
from
the
development
team
as
well
here
to
answer
any
questions
for
the
board
members
Greg.
AA
AA
I
can
just
fit
through
these
okay,
so
you'll
see
in
an
overview.
It's
we're,
surrounded
by
mid
rise
buildings
of
three
and
four-story
buildings
that
are
of
different
character,
stone
masonry,
mostly.
AA
This
is
a
perspective
from
Washington
Street.
It's
a
six
story.
Building,
there's
one
story
on
the
ground
parking,
so
you
see
here
is
we're
filling
in
very
important
stretch
of
Washington
Street,
with
a
new
cafe
for
Haley
house
and
also
neighborhood
retail,
and
then
we'll
have
the
five
stories
of
residential.
Above
that
on
the
ground
floor,
II
you'll
see
that
we're
keeping
the
existing
Haley
house.
They
will
continue
to
run
their
wholesale
and
test
kitchen
operations
here
and
we're
providing
a
new
cafe
for
them.
AA
On
Washington
Street
will
be
providing
neighborhood
retail
space
and
entrance
off
of
Washington
Street
for
the
residential,
we're
also
providing
making
a
significant
urban
gesture
by
having
a
portal
between
the
cafe
and
the
retail
space
that
enters
into
a
courtyard.
That
will
activate
the
new
cafe
space
and
also
will
be
activated
by
artists
space
that
we
are
shared
artists,
space
that
we're
locating
at
the
rear
of
the
site
and
below
this
we
will
have
thirty-one
parking
spaces
that
are
accessed
off
Washington
Street
down
this
paper.
AA
AA
And
a
site
plan
showing
the
extent
to
which
we're
developing
the
property
to
the
rear
property
line
here
and
then
the
existing
parking
behind
that
will
remain
and
available
for
Haley
house
customers
as
well,
and
the
scenario
of
the
the
building
with
the
materials
that
we're
using
it's.
A
combination
of
brick
and
metal
that
wraps
around
the
building
and
we're
taking
cues
from
a
lot
of
the
context.
The
masonry
of
the
bowling
building
I
was
inspired
to
use
the
brick
on
our
building
and
we're
also
using
metal
panel
for
a
modern
aesthetic
to
the
project.
C
A
We'll
go
to
20
request
authorization
to
issue
a
certification
of
approval
pursuant
to
article
a
de
small
project,
review
of
the
zoning
code
for
the
construction
of
30
income,
restricted
senior
rental
units,
1,500
square
feet
of
interior,
common
space
and
12
on-site
parking
spaces
located
at
150
River
Street,
and
to
recommend
approval
to
the
board
of
appealed
for
the
necessary
zoning
relief
subject
to
the
BPD.
A
design
review
and
to
take
all
related
actions.
Even.
AB
Good
afternoon,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board,
madam
secretary
and
director
golden
my
name,
is
Steven
Harvey
project
manager
for
the
BBA,
the
BPD,
a
project
manager
for
this
project.
The
proposed
development
before
you
is
150
River
Street
in
Mattapan,
which
is
a
result
of
a
comprehensive
planning
study.
The
study
is
currently.
AB
Goals
that
we
have,
we
hope
to
carry
through
our
one
support:
inclusive,
equitable
development,
with
an
emphasis
on
affordable
housing
opportunities
to
enhance
opportunities
for
this
to
thrive,
with
a
focus
on
capturing
wealth
within
the
community.
Three
strengthen
connectivity
through
all
modes
with
Matapan
into
the
city
and
four
celebrate
Matapan
culture
identity
and
see
it
reflected
in
spaces
where
people
gather
throughout
the
planning
initiative.
AB
We
have
heard
from
the
community
the
needs
to
add,
affordable
senior
housing
to
support
Matapan
is
growing
senior
community
150
River
Street
contributes
directly
to
these
those
goals
and
subsequently
the
goals
of
plan
Mattapan.
Additionally,
the
proposed
development
will
provide
open
space
amenities,
as
well
as
maintain,
maintains
a
large
portion
for
the
existing
tree
canopy,
which
is
a
goal
of
not
only
the
this
initiative
but
others
throughout
the
city.
AB
The
proponent
engaged
in
an
extensive
community
driven
process,
utilizing
neighborhood
feedback
to
refine
the
developments
program
and
create
an
economically
diverse
new
residential
community
that
meets
the
needs
and
desires
expressed
by
neighborhood
residents.
The
planning
office
for
the
Urban
Affairs
and
Caribbean
integration,
Community
Development,
proposed
to
construct
a
three-story,
approximately
29,000,
320
square
foot,
income,
restricted
senior
housing
development.
The
project
will
contain
30
income,
restricted
rental
units,
ground-floor
community
space,
12
on-site
parking
spaces
and
a
community
accessible,
accessible,
shade
garden.
AB
The
small
project
review
application
was
submitted
on
September
27
2009
teen
1
public
meeting
was
held
on
January,
8th
2020
and
the
comment
period
closed
on
October
28,
2009
teen.
At
this
time,
I
will
turn
over
to
the
turn
this
over
to
the
development
team
to
go
over
their
presentation
in
more
detail,
after
which
we
would
be
more
than
happy
to
take
questions
from
the
board.
AB
AC
Great,
thank
you.
My
name
is
Bill
Grogan
and
I'm.
The
president
of
the
planning
office
for
urban
affairs
and
I'm
here
with
our
code
developer,
Donald
Alexis
from
the
Caribbean
integration,
Community
Development.
We're
excited
to
be
here
today
and
we're
grateful
for
having
been
designated
developers
of
this
important
parcel
by
the
city
of
Boston,
and,
as
was
mentioned,
this
really
is
an
outgrowth
of
the
community
and
our
design
work
and
an
efforts
to
develop
this.
AC
This
proposal
is
in
response
to
community
goals
and
objectives
and
in
furtherance
of
the
city's
efforts
to
reutilize
vacant
parcels
and
really
really
reactivate
a
vacant
site
and
there'll,
be
significant
opportunities
and
and
benefits
that
are
brought
through
this
development,
including
expanding
rental,
affordable
housing
opportunities,
maximizing
public,
open
space
and
community
space
for
the
community.
That
has
been
through
extensive
community
process,
creating
Economic
Opportunity
and
in
providing
transportation
choice
for
residents.
So
we're
excited
to
be
here
and
all
with
that
I'll
turn
it
over
to
our
architect,
Jonathan
garland,
to
walk
through
the
plans.
AC
AD
Good
afternoon,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board,
I'm
Jonathan
garland,
with
J
garland
enterprises,
and
here
is
a
quick
project,
locust
map
of
the
of
the
project
we're
in
this
portion
right
here.
It's
a
read,
sort
of
oddly
shaped
parcel
and
there's
the
senior
Foley
residence
building
in
here's
River
Street
just
for
orientation.
AD
These
are
a
few
quick,
existing
conditions,
photographs
of
the
site.
Today
there
is
a
field
stone
wall
here,
roughly
inches
in
height,
that
runs
along
the
front
of
the
site
and
it's
a
well
open
space.
It
gets
a
lot
of
natural,
sunlight,
there's
heavy
vegetation
in
the
back
and
then
the
ponds
that
River
actually
runs
in
the
back
further
down
the
slope
and
so
we're
able
to
use
most
of
the
site
for
open
space
along
the
front,
and
then
the
building
will
be
a
little
further
back
as
the
site
opens
up.
AD
Here's
a
shot
sort
of
standing
at
the
crest
of
this
of
the
gentle
slope
coming
up
from.
What's
now
called
Bradford
road,
here's
River,
Street,
Bradford
Road
is
here,
and
so
this
this
would
still
maintain
as
our
vehicular
access
in
and
out
of
the
site
and
here's
a
shot
sort
of
standing
in
the
middle.
Just
looking
at
the
wooded
area
beyond
and
here's
our
site
plan
again,
River
Street
is
here.
AD
We've
also
had
a
very
robust
dialogue
with
the
butters,
not
just
members
of
the
community,
all
of
which
are
important,
but
we
got
direct
feedback
from
those
that
are
right
next
door
to
us
on
numerous
occasions,
so
the
site
plan
has
truly
been
collaborative,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
we're
happy
to
talk
about
is
this
community
garden
space
that
will
be
designated
for
open
space,
not
just
for
the
seniors,
but
also
for
the
community
to
do
a
gardening
plot.
So
we
wanted
to
really
stitch
this
into
the
neighborhood.
AD
AD
Those
are
the
kinds
of
functions
that
create
civic
space
for
them,
a
community
room
here
which
could
be
open
to
the
public
nights
weekends
and
how
it,
however,
it
can
get
scheduled,
and
then
we
would
have
some
residential
units
at
the
first
floor
and
the
balance
of
units
are
at
levels:
2,
&,
3.
Our
program
is
currently
1
beds
in
studios,
27
ones
and
3
studios
across
the
project.
AD
AE
The
proponent
seeks
to
redevelop
approximately
34,000
square
feet
of
land
which
is
currently
occupied
by
two
auto
repair
shops
and
a
residential
building
and
as
mentioned
moments
ago,
construct
a
four
to
five
story,
makes
you
spilled
in
width
up
to
145
residential
rental
units,
which
will
include
21
ITP
units
up
to
61
off
street
parking
spaces,
approximately
3,200
square
feet
of
reach
of
commercial
space
and
artist.
Work
share
space
in
terms
of
article
80
in
terms
of
the
article
80
review.
This
particular
project
went
through
a
robust
process
on
March
21st
2019.
AE
AE
The
the
associate
of
public
comment
period
in
a
series
of
meetings,
the
VP
da
issued
a
scope
and
determination
to
the
proponent
in
response
to
the
scope
and
determination
of
opponent
filed
the
draft
project
impact
report
with
the
revised
version
of
the
project,
which
also
triggered
another
public
comment
period
and
another
series
of
public
meetings.
During
and
after
the
submission
of
these
documents,
the
BP
da
held
a
total
of
five
public
and
impact
advisory
group
meetings
to
provide
review
and
discuss
the
proposed
project
with
the
community
at
large
and
members
of
the
ia
G.
AE
Through
these
conversations
with
the
impact
Advisory
Group
in
the
general
public,
a
significant
mitigation
public
benefits
package
was
compiled,
which
spelled
out
in
the
board
memo
and
includes
public
realm
improvements,
additional
affordable
units
in
the
project
and
contributions
to
support
various
causes
and
initiatives.
In
addition
to
the
BP
Day
sponsored
meetings,
the
proponent
also
conducted
extensive
community
outreach
efforts
and
engage
in
a
series
of
meetings
with
butter's
the
local
elected
officials,
evil
Hill,
civic
association
and
maverick
maverick
central
Neighborhood
Association
to
further
its
a
solicit
further
input
on
the
proposed
project.
AE
AF
Thank
You
Raoul.
Thank
you
good
evening,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board
director
golden
Madam,
Secretary
attorney,
Joe
Hanley
mcdermott
quilt
in
Miller,
just
to
introduce
you
to
our
development
team,
give
you
a
brief
overview
and
then
ask
our
architect
to
take
you
through
the
presentation.
Eric
Robinson
is
from
Rohde
architects
and
has
worked
on
the
design
and
architecture.
Brian
lee
is
from
transom
real
estate,
which
is
a
local
Boston
based
development.
Firm.
That's
done
work
in
other
parts
of
the
city
and
with
this
board
as
well.
AF
We
are
pleased
and
honored
to
be
here,
as
Raoul
said
after
working
extensively
through
a
very
productive
community
and
public
review
process,
which
has
resulted
in
a
lot
of
additional
and
responsive
measures.
An
overall
program,
that's
very
community,
focused
at
a
location
that
is
right
at
transit
and
a
vast
amount
of
open
space
along
a
park
in
that
process.
I
just
like
to
thank
the
folks
that
worked
with
us
on
the
IAG.
We
had
a
number
of
meetings
with
them
and
their
input
is
reflected
in
this.
AF
The
elected
delegation
councillor
Edwards
in
particular,
of
course,
Raoul
and
the
senior
staff
for
the
BPD
a
also
in
an
area
that
is
being
planned
and
studied,
and
that
was
a
big
factor
here.
So
for
a
general
overview,
what
you've
got
to
see
is
a
new
residential
development
that
exceeds
the
IDP
requirements,
both
in
terms
of
the
number
of
affordable,
restricted
income,
restricted
units,
but
also
reaching
down
into
lower
a.m.
AF
eyes
just
spread
across
the
community
invests
in
new
public
realm
connectivity
and
Street
activation
and
also
will
bring
some
neighborhood
serving
retail
and
an
innovative
artists,
community-based
space
and
worker
space
and
artists
live
units.
So
not
your
typical
project,
but
one
that
again
is
the
result
of
a
lot
of
work
in
responsive
to
the
community.
So
I'd
like
to
ask
Eric
to
take
you
through
the
presentation
with
that.
Thank
you.
AG
Thank
you
good
evening.
I'll
try
to
push
through
quickly,
just
to
make
sure
everybody
understands
the
location
of
the
site,
so
we
are
on
the
Bremen
Street
community
park
adjacent
to
the
airport,
tea
station,
the
new
library,
so
we're
anchoring
this
part
of
the
site
here,
zooming
in
a
little
bit
closer
into
the
site,
you
realize
it's
a
very
long
site,
425
feet
long
actually
along
a
much
larger
Park,
but
it
also
is
anchoring
the
portal
into
a
smaller
scale,
community
neighborhood
of
Chelsea
Street
and
beyond.
AG
So
the
project
really
needed
to
respect
the
neighborhood
that
it's
a
budding
to
the
rear,
reinforce
the
community
park
that
and
all
the
great
things
that
are
happening
there
and
then
also
think
about
how
that
Park
is
anchored
by
the
new
library
by
Bill,
Ron
and
some
other
architectural
statements.
So
a
lot
of
pressures
on
this
site
and
not
a
site
that
is
traditional
in
this
neighborhood
much
larger,
obviously
so,
and
then
also
I
think
a
little
bit
of
the
history
of
the
site.
There's
an
auto
body
shop
there.
AG
So
in
some
eyes
it's
sort
of
underutilized
for
where
it
might
be.
But
when
we
started
to
learn
about
the
history
of
the
site
and
the
family,
that
has
run
the
site
for
many
years
and
what
their
impact
is
on
the
neighborhood
it
sort
of
added
another
layer
of
we
got
to
think
about
this
really
hard
and
make
sure
it
works.
AG
Well,
so
some
images
of
the
site,
as
it
currently
sits
top
left
is
the
corner
of
Brooks
and
Bremen
Street,
the
airport
tea
stations
to
our
right
and
then,
as
we
move
up
the
street
looking
toward
the
next
intersection,
we
don't
quite
get
there
and
there's
a
little
bit
of
a
site
plan.
As
you
can
see
here.
This
is
the
edge
of
us
here.
So
you
know
we
really
do
have
quite
a
bit
of
frontage
on
the
park,
not
that
much
frontage
on
Brooks
in
terms
of
the
return
Street,
so
architectural
II.
AG
How
do
we
place
a
very
long
building
in
this
context,
so
we
really
took
a
lot
of
cues
from
the
existing
fabric
of
the
neighborhood
on
Chelsea,
Street,
understanding,
the
proportions
the
scale
and
one
of
those
buildings
mean
to
their
street
in
their
streetscape
and
the
public
realm
around
those.
So
those
are
really
some
influential
factors
upfront
and
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
people
understood
this
was
a
large
building.
But
how
can
we
use
those
neighborhood
keys
to
set
the
project
moving
forward?
We
looked
a
lot
at
the
architecture
there.
AG
Obviously
the
library
and
the
lower-left
and
we've
really
decided
early
on
instead
of
creating
an
architecture
of
a
boxy
nature
with
a
penthouse
on
top
for
mechanical.
We,
we
thought
about
the
forms
of
the
roof
early
on
and
mechanical
elements
are
in
the
forms
of
those
roofs.
So
it's
a
slightly
different,
take
on
a
more
traditional
sort
of
Victorian
type
architecture,
but
in
a
larger
scale,
and
then
I
think
the
other
piece
to
really
anchor.
This
was
the
public
realm.
This
was
a
huge
discussion
throughout
the
public
process.
AG
It
really
the
results
are
an
amazing
public
space
along
our
sidewalk
we've
extended
the
sidewalks.
We
have
18-foot
sidewalks
at
the
corner
of
Brookes.
That
will
be
anchored
by
a
transit
micro
hub
with
a
blue
bike
station,
and
then
we
also
have
wider
sidewalks
as
you
move
up
Brookes
toward
Chelsea
Street.
AG
But
it's
this
notion
of
creating
anchoring
moments
in
the
architecture.
So
brick
and
masonry
anchor
the
ends
and
then
define
the
entry
sequences
filled
in
with
a
thermally
modified
wood
of
some
sort
that
will
bring
human
scale
and
touch
to
the
middle
elements
a
little
hard
to
see
in
a
one-line
drawing
some
elevations
as
and
sections
as
Joe
mentioned,
so
four
storeys
on
the
corners
as
it
knits
back
into
the
neighborhood
and
then
steps
up
with
the
formed
roofs
to
five
storeys
in
the
middle
of
the
block,
some
renderings
here.
AG
So
this
is
a
view
coming
off
of
the
airport
tea
station
with
the
Brooks
corner,
anchored
here
with
this
masonry
element
and
the
retail
piece
and
then,
as
you
can
see,
the
undulating
roofs
as
you
move
down
the
park,
creating
a
fan
edge
zooming
in
a
little
bit
closer
I
think
you
can
really
understand
what
we
were
trying
to
have
happen
on
the
streetscape.
So
these
are
these
very
deep
sidewalks
that
will
be
anchored
by
retail
and
interior
spaces
that
are
very
much
about
the
pedestrian
experience.
AG
We
heard
a
lot
about
the
concern
of
traffic
moving
down
Bremen
Street,
it's
a
very
wide
crossing
cars
are
going
fast.
So
a
lot
of
these
moves
were
really
in
response
to
concerns
of
the
neighborhood,
as
well
as
the
development
team,
wanting
to
make
sure
that
the
community
at
large
can
embrace
the
project
and
really
understand
what
it's
doing
for
their
neighborhood
I.
Think
a
great
wind
for
the
neighborhood
and
the
urban
space
around
this
building.
AG
C
AH
Thank
you
for
your
question.
So
really
it
came
from
the
community.
We
were
challenged
to
find
creative
uses
for
our
first
floor,
to
really
activate
the
street
along
Bremen
and
to
give
justice
to
the
park
across
the
street,
and
we
always
say
that
we
try
to
study
the
site
as
great
as
we
can,
but
the
community
will
know
what
better
than
us,
and
this
idea
actually
came
from
the
community.
We
spoke
with
multiple
people
who
really
reinforced
the
need
for
artist
space
in
the
neighborhood
in
particular.
AH
C
AH
AG
I,
don't
know
how
the
park
impacts
it,
but
we
are
taking
that
under
consideration
on
our
ground
floor.
So
obviously
the
retail
space
needs
to
be
a
grade,
so
it's
accessible,
but
we
are
raising
all
of
our
systems
and
services
up
above
the
floodplain.
We
are
sort
of
partially
in
the
edge
of
the
flood
crane,
but
we're
just
going
ahead
and
taking
sort
of
precautions
now
in
construction
to
get
those
services
up
off
the
ground
and
there's
no
residential
on
the
ground
floor.
AG
AI
A
AH
So
again,
from
neighborhood
feedback,
we're
looking
for
either
a
local
retailer,
a
grocer
or
a
daycare.
One
of
those
three
uses
we're
working
with
the
city
closely
to
be
able
to
identify
that
use
and
bring
them
into
the
property.
So
it's
very
early,
obviously
for
us
we
haven't
reached
out
yet,
but
we
have
had
conversations
with
the
city
and
they've
been
willing
to
help
us
to
find
a
tenant
for
that
space.
The
space
was
actually
1200
square
feet
at
the
beginning
and
based
on
feedback
from
the
community
and
feedback
from
the
city.
AH
They
challenged
us
to
make
the
space
bigger.
To
be
honest,
we
were
a
little
hesitant
at
first
wanted
to
make
sure
that
that
space
was
activated
and
successful,
but
we
accepted
the
challenge
to
move
it
from
1200
feet
to
3,200
square
feet,
which
we
think
really
provides
a
destination
for
that
area.
It's
a
high-traffic
area
going
to
the
airport,
tea,
stop
and
coming
into
East
Boston
I'm,
so
proud
of
that
space
and
I
think
it's
going
to
do
really
well
there
for
the
for
the
neighborhood
yeah.
A
A
Item
number
23
request
authorization
to
issue
a
scoping
determination
waiving
further
review
pursuant
to
article
80
section,
a
dB
5.3
D
of
the
zoning
code
for
the
construction
of
an
additional
77
hotel
rooms
to
the
existing
112
room,
onyx
hotel
with
the
ground-floor
retail
restaurant
space
and
rooftop
amenities
located
at
155,
Portland
Street,
and
to
take
all
related
actions.
Michael.
AJ
Thank
you,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board,
madam
secretary
and
director
golden
the
project.
Before
you
is
the
one
who,
as
the
155
Portland
Street
onyx
hotel
expansion
project.
It
is
an
article
80,
B
large
project
at
a
zoning
compliant.
The
proponent
is
proposing
to
construct
the
expansion
on
the
current
parking
lot,
which
consists
of
five
thousand
four
hundred
and
seventy
eight
square
feet
of
land.
Most
of
the
parking
is
currently
valets
that
Allah
does
not
heavily
used.
AJ
The
proposal
will
add
approximately
forty
thousand
725
square
feet,
providing
an
additional
77
hotel
rooms
to
the
existing
112
rooms.
For
a
total
of
189,
there
will
be
nine
storeys
in
height,
made
up
of
a
total
of
91
thousand
square
feet
of
gross
floor
area.
It
will
also
include
ground
floor,
flexible
/,
restaurant
space
and
a
rooftop
deck
/
amenity
space
component
file,
the
LOI
and
September
25th
2019,
and
then
filed
there.
AJ
Ep
and
F
on
November
18th
of
2019
I
AG
meetings
were
held
at
one
public
meeting
all
were
lightly
attended
and
those
who
were
present
show
their
support
for
the
project
due
to
the
holiday
season.
The
comment
period
was
extended
and
closed
on
January
31st
2020.
The
project
will
add
33
permanent
jobs
and
110
construction
jobs
and
the
total
development
cost
will
be
25
million
dollars.
AJ
AK
Good
evening,
madam
chairwoman,
members
of
the
board
director
Gould
and
secretary
Polhemus,
my
name
is
Andrew
Koppel,
Audia
principle
with
boylston
properties
in
the
current
owner
of
the
existing
onyx
hotel,
as
Mike
said,
we're
planning
on
expanding
the
hotel
and
adding
77
new
rooms
in
the
existing
parking
lot.
That's
just
next
door
to
the
hotel
that
does
a
couple
of
things
for
Portland
Street.
It
allows
us
to
close
a
couple
of
curb
cuts
that
exist
now
for
a
loading
dock
and
access
to
that
parking.
Lot.
AL
Thank
you
Andrew
good
evening,
again,
Harry
wheeler
with
group
one.
We
are
the
architects
for
the
project
and
will
go
through
a
brief
presentation
to
give
everybody
an
understanding
of
the
proposed
development
zoom
in
a
little
closer
located
on
Portland
Street
155
Portland
Street
is
an
existing
onyx
hotel
and
the
site
in
question
is
outlined
here,
which
is
the
current
parking
garage,
former
Boston
sand
and
gravel
building,
which
extends
from
Portland
Street
through
block
to
friend,
Street
again
tough
little
to
see
here.
AL
There's
the
missing
tooth
along
friend,
Street,
there's
in
the
project
being
constructed
now
and
a
hostile
project,
that's
under
construction,
which
will
be
a
budding
and
there's
a
small
little
one-story
retail
box,
which
is
remaining
here,
which
will
be
set
back
and
back
of.
But
again
we
will
have
our
good
good
street
frontage.
On
friends,
Street
and
again
the
ability
to
expand
and
enhance
that
public
realm.
You
can
see
here
a
little
bit
more
of
the
where
we
touch
Portland
Street
and
where
we
touch
friends,
Street
and
the
existing
hotel.
AL
That's
here
today,
just
a
brief
overview
of
the
program.
What
we're
looking
to
do
is
renovate
and
enhance
the
existing
project
of
the
lobby,
which
gives
more
Street
frontage
to
the
Portland
Street.
With
the
addition
and
the
through
block
to
friend,
we
will
be
enlivening
all
of
Portland
Street
and
taking
an
existing
loading
dock
here
and
moving
it
to
the
rear
on
friend
Street.
We
will
also
have
some
activation
of
man,
doors,
employee
entrances
and
so
forth.
AL
This
allows
us
to
provide
a
new
retail
tenant
along
Portland
Street,
which
expands
the
lobby
and
public
use
of
the
hotel
about
another
35
feet
and
again
really
creates
an
opening
and
entrance
really
uninhibited
with
the
loading
dock.
So
this
is
one
big
open
commercial
use,
as
Andrew
mentioned,
we
are
removing
two
loading.
Docks
are
two
curb
cuts
on
Portland
Street
one
here,
which
is
the
entrance
to
the
existing
parking
lot
and
the
second
one.
AL
Here,
which
is
into
the
existing
loading
dock
for
the
hotel,
we
are
utilizing
an
existing
curb
cut
on
friends
street,
which
will
activate
our
new
loading
dock.
Moving
up
the
nine
story.
Addition,
the
hotel
will
have
11
rooms
of
floor
7
floors
for
77
new
guest
rooms,
which
will
have
views
out
to
Portland
Street
friend
Street
and
we're
also
creating
an
internal
light.
AL
Well,
as
this
is
such
a
deep
block
for
rooms
to
be
built
and
have
light
and
air
access
mid
building,
at
the
at
the
top
floor
of
the
expansion,
we
will
be
providing
a
new
exterior
roof.
Deck
will
have
just
about
2,000
square
feet
of
enclosed
space,
with
about
a
1200
square
foot,
open-air
addition,
which
will
have
great
views
towards
East
Boston
and
towards
the
north
a
little
bit
here,
how
we'll
be
connecting
to
an
existing
passageway
part
of
the
architectural
benefits
to
as
well
as
the
cedars.
AL
The
views
on
friends
Street
with
the
new
loading
dock,
how
our
building
will
come
to
come
down
meet
the
ground
here,
providing
some
enhancements
of
pedestrian
and
employee
entrances.
The
existing
lot
here,
which
is
the
proposed
new
hostel
being
constructed
and
we're
we
set
back
behind
the
little
one-story
retail
component
here,
wrapping
the
architecture
and
materials
along
Portland
Street
we're
now
wrapping
around
through
the
mid
block
and
then
all
the
way
through
to
friends.
Street.
AL
AK
As
you
can
see,
we've
we've
been
able
to
identify
four
very
important
partners
in.
There
are
three
very
important
partners
in
the
neighborhood,
the
West
End
Museum
breaktime,
cafe,
which
is
a
new
venture
started
by
a
couple
of
young
kids
to
provide
some
job
training
for
homeless,
at-risk
youth
contribution
to
community
work
services,
which
is
also
our
neighbor
across
the
street,
and
then
a
contribution
down
to
the
parcel
to
park
down
on
down
on
Washington
Street
north
Washington.
That
ends
our
proposal
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
AK
G
AK
That's
it's
a
great
it's
a
great
question.
We
actually
we
actually
looked
at
it,
had
Harry
study
it
sort
of
early
on.
We
had
approached
the
the
owner
who
had
no
interest
in
selling
and,
interestingly
enough
it
because
of
how
the
hotel
rooms
layout
it
just
it
didn't
add
any
additional
square
footage
to
our
building.
We
would
have
ended
up
with
a
bigger
light,
well
in
the
middle
to
potentially
pull
those
those
rooms
forward.
So
it's
a
it's
a
funny
little
site
and
we
sort
of
worked.
AK
C
AK
I
think
the
by
being
able
to
expand
as
Harry
point
up
being
able
to
expand
the
lobby
and
give
that
restaurant
component
its
own
sort
of
street
front
entrance.
We
think
that
goes
a
long
way,
but
you're
right.
The
only
spot
that
you
really
get
a
good
view
of
that
mid
block
building
is
as
you're
turning
off
of
the
lengthy
way
on
to
Portland,
Street
and
and
there
it
is
so.
A
AK
AK
A
AK
AM
Good
evening
chairwoman,
Rojas
director
golden
Madam,
Secretary
and
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
Lizzy
Torres
I
am
the
Housing
Policy
assistant
and
happy
to
come
before
you
today
with
602
Canterbury
Street
in
Roslindale.
This
is
a
14
unit,
rental
project.
It
has
received
Zoning
Board
of
approval
on
September
20th
2019
and
does
not
require
article
80
approval.
However,
it
will
include
two
income
restricted
units
under
the
inclusionary
development
policy.
Your
vote
today
is
to
improve
the
execution
of
an
affordable
rental,
housing
agreement
and.
A
Hearing
we're
gonna,
go
to
item
number
26
administration
and
Finance
request
authorization
to
expend
one
thousand
one
hundred
five
thousand
nine
hundred
ninety
five
dollars
to
project
place
for
the
beautification
of
Massachusetts
Avenue
and
Melanie,
a
Cass
Boulevard
with
the
BIOS
square
to
physical
and
Community
Improvement
Fund,
and
to
enter
into
a
grant
agreement.
Good.
C
A
H
Good
afternoon,
thank
you,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board
director
golden
Jamie,
Lamar
Co,
oversee
talent,
acquisition,
a
few
items
for
your
consideration
on
the
be
RA
agenda,
one
appointment
with
the
details
in
the
board:
memo
William,
Epperson,
deputy
director
for
capital
construction
in
the
real
estate
department,
and
there
are
two
out-of-state
travel
requests.
Would
the
details
listed
in
the
board
memo
Trin
Wynn,
director
of
office
of
the
Workforce
Development
and
Lauren
Shurtleff,
acting
director
of
planning
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
B
A
A
A
A
This
is
a
public
hearing
before
the
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority
doing
business
as
a
Boston,
Planning
and
Development
Agency,
being
held
in
conformance
with
article
80
of
the
Boston
zoning
code,
to
consider
the
288
or
288
through
298
Tremont
Street
project
located
on
parcel
P
12c
in
the
South
Cove
urban
renewal
area
and
Midtown
cultural
district
as
a
development
impact
project.
This
hearing
was
duly
advertised
in
January
30th
2020
in
the
Boston
Herald
in
a
BPD.
A
A
hearing
on
the
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
position
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
five
to
ten
minutes
for
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.
Bpd,
a
staff
will
indicate
when
30
seconds
remain,
and
at
that
time
please
kindly
conclude
your
remarks
so
that
the
hearing
may
continue
and
others
may
be
heard.
Ed
will
now
begin
the
presentation.
Thank.
AO
You
good
evening,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board,
madam
secretary
and
director
golden
has
mentioned
the
project
before
you
is
the
288
through
298
Tremont
Street
project
also
referred
to
as
parcel
P
12
C,
and
it
is
located
in
the
Midtown
cultural
district
and
within
the
South
Cove
urban
renewal
area.
The
site
is
part
of
the
broader
Chinatown
neighborhood.
AO
The
proposed
project
also
includes
a
publicly
accessible
outdoor
courtyard
space
in
the
center
of
the
site,
and
this
facilitates
a
24/7,
unobstructed
pedestrian
path,
helping
to
link
tremon
and
Washington
streets.
The
project
notification
form
was
filed
in
October
15th
2019,
with
a
comment
period.
Conclusion
of
November
15th
2019,
the
community
process
was
robust
and
productive.
3I,
AG
meetings
and
one
public
meeting
were
held.
AO
AP
I
am
here
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
proponent
team
of
which
agency
DC
30
plus
year
old,
nonprofit,
based
in
Chinatown,
so
part
of,
and
also
just
want
to
briefly
introduce
the
other
three
members
of
our
team.
There's
a
MP
Boston
represented
by
Jill
Larkin.
There
is
Corgan
jettison
represented
by
Mike,
Corcoran
and,
last
but
not
least,
tough
share
services
represented
by
a
Jim
Foley.
So
together
the
four,
the
four
of
us
make
up.
The
permanent
team
just
want
to
very
quickly
give
a
little
bit
of
history
in
context
of
the
site.
AP
Parcel
12c
is
a
BPD,
a
owned
site
in
at
the
edge
of
Chinatown
that
has
long
been
prioritized
by
Chinatown
in
hopes
of
creating
a
form
of
housing
on
this
site.
So
back
in
2015,
we
led
other
community
groups
as
well
as
residents
in
a
visioning
process
which
resulted
in
a
report
that
summarized
the
overwhelming
desire,
the
community
for
affordable
housing,
as
well
as
new
community
gathering
spaces
on
this
site
to
help
address
the
housing
shortage
in
Chinatown
and
so
fast
forward.
AP
The
BPD
a
published,
an
RFP
that
largely
follow
the
priorities
set
out
in
that
visioning
process
and,
as
a
result,
we
came
together
with
empty
bus
and
as
well
as
the
Chu
abutters
toss
and
cork
and
Jennison
to
come
together
with
this
proposal
in
front
of
you
so
very
quickly.
I
want
to
highlight
some
of
the
major
benefits
as
Eddy
had
mentioned.
Previously.
AP
This
is
going
to
create
proximately,
168,
affordable
units
with
both
rentals
and
homeownership
opportunities
and
I'll
go
into
that
a
little
bit
later
about
59
retail
and
hospitality
jobs,
and
that's
also
going
to
with
this
current
parking
lot
back
into
the
tax
base
create
tax
new
tax
revenue
for
the
city.
In
addition,
schewe
new
ground
lease
payments
back
to
the
BPD,
a
in
terms
of
the
public
realm
and
community
spaces.
AP
Just
want
to
highlight
the
affordability
mix
of
this
project
of
the
168
unit.
This
is
all
financed
with
a
mixture
of
the
IEP
requirements
from
MP
Boston's
Winthrop
garage
project,
as
well
as
other
city
and
state
funding
that
we
are
sourcing
and
so
you'll
see
that
there
is
a
good
mix
of
ownership
and
rental
units,
and
we
have
worked
very
very
hard
over
the
last
couple
months
with
the
community
to
really
try
to
not
only
increase
the
number
of
rentals
but
also
try
to
get
as
many
lower-income
units
in
there.
AQ
Members
of
the
Bornmann,
my
name
is
Aaron
Hodges
I'm
here
with
Stan
tech,
my
team
from
Stan
tech,
as
well
as
Alisha
Mason
from
drink
collaborative
who
is
our
minority
designer
for
the
residential
portion
of
the
project,
Shinagawa
smith,
our
Landscape
Architect
and
Harry
wheeler,
our
hotel
architect.
The
site
of
this
project
is
located
in
a
true
urban
transit
oriented
location
and
it's
two
blocks
away
from
Boston,
Common
and
flanked
on
one
side
by
Tremmel,
Street
and
very
close
to
Washington
Street.
AQ
AQ
We
have
168
hotel
rooms
and,
at
the
great,
in
the
BOD
at
the
bottom
over
here
is
Street
activation
programs
such
as
lobby
spaces
cafe
and
entrance
to
the
new
home
to
the
BPL,
as
well
as
a
pedestrian
walk
through.
That's
writing
the
meadow
that
will
take
you
through
the
site
and
tucked
all
the
way
in
the
back
is
the
new
garage
addition
up
to
340
cars.
AQ
While
designing
this
project,
we
drew
the
inspiration
from
one
of
the
most
ancient
form
of
documenting
text,
which
is
the
bamboo
slip,
and
this
is
used
2,000
years
ago
in
China
before
paper
was
even
invented.
So
what
we
were
trying
to
design
on
the
facade
is
to
take
cue
from
the
verticality
of
the
bamboo
slip.
Take
you
also
from
the
tonality
of
the
warm
colors
coming
from
the
bamboo,
which
echoes
the
existing
neighborhood
context
of
masonry,
brick
and
stone.
AQ
But
if
you
look
at
the
craft
of
the
bamboo
slip,
what
we're
trying
to
do
also
on
this
precast
majority
precast
facade,
is
to
adding
enough
coercing
enough
detail
to
echo
this
craft.
That
goes
into
the
bamboo
slip
and
if
you
squint
just
hard
enough,
the
building
the
windows
almost
looks
like
the
characters,
the
Chinese
characters
that
are
on
the
bamboo
slip.
AQ
This
is
a
ground
floor
plan
of
the
building
from
left
to
right.
We
have
tremolo
street
over
here.
We,
the
project,
is
going
to
include
a
new
pedestrian
crossing
from
Elliott
Norton
Park,
a
long
tremon
Street
mentioned
before
we
have
really
active
street
frontage
use.
The
BPL
lobby
will
be
right
over
here.
Extending
further
back
is
their
main
space.
The
hotel
lobby
will
be
right
over
here.
AQ
To
do
the
rest
of
the
active
use
includes
a
cafe
that
will
be
operated
by
the
hotel
and
the
residential
entrance
right
over
here.
This
is
their
main
lobby.
Loading
will
be
primarily
off
of
the
drop-off
zone
on
Tremont
Street
in
the
very
occasion
service
loading
for
hotel.
We
anticipate
removable
bollards
right
over
here,
so
the
trucks
can
come
in
here
at
very
infrequent
times
during
the
day
and
not
to
disrupt
any
of
the
pedestrian
activity.
That's
along
this
axis.
AQ
So
this
is
the
day
one
condition
and
we're
working
with
Conklin
Jennison
on
this
plot
for
future
condition.
This
is
likely
to
be
a
future
residential
building
and
we're
committed
to
having
an
opening
under
the
building
here
to
have
this
be
continued
in
the
finished
product
to
take
someone
directly
from
trauma
all
the
way
to
Washington.
AQ
This
is
a
view
of
the
courtyard
space
looking
down.
The
design
of
the
courtyard
is
to
be
100%
accessible,
so
the
entire
surface
is,
is
flat,
was
indistinguishable,
slope
actually,
and
we
try
to
keep
the
court.
You
are
very
open,
so
there's
clear,
visual
connectivity
from
all
sides
of
the
edges
for
safety
reasons.
AQ
Another
view
looking
into
the
courtyard
was
the
BPL
facade
on
the
left
side
and
we
envisioned
this
space
to
be
programmable,
for
use
by
the
public
and
by
BPO
and
by
the
residents
a
another
couple
views
of
the
facade.
This
is
the
view
from
trauma
Street
looking
north
to
the
common,
a
very
slender
edge,
and
this
is
another
view
looking
directly
above
the
courtyard
on
the
the
eastern
facing
facade
of
the,
and
was
that
we're
open
for
questions
from
the
board.
A
AR
A
AS
There's
don't
import.
My
name
is
Susan
Hahn
I'm,
a
junior
in
Josiah,
Quincy,
Upper,
School
and
I'm
here
to
support
the
development.
The
Chinatown
neighborhood
is
an
important
place
to
me,
because
this
is
the
community
where
I
live
and
go
to
school
as
a
resident.
I
see
many
change
from
the
high-rise
coming
in,
and
the
lower-income
resident
in
Chinatown
getting
displaced
and
moved
to
others.
Neighborhoods
I'm
here
to
advocate
for
more
affordable
housing
in
Chinatown
in
a
place
of
the
luxury
apartments
coming
into
Chinatown.
AS
Chinatown
is
also
an
area
where
many
young
people
like
myself,
come
to
play.
Work
and
study
I'm
here
to
talk
to
I'm
here
to
take
today
to
call
your
attention
about
the
need
for
a
library
in
Chinatown.
It
has
taken
this
long
for
everyone
in
the
community
to
ask
for
a
library
as
a
resident
in
Chinatown
and
a
high
school
student
that
goes
to
the
library
with
my
friends
to
study.
The
closest
library
would
be
the
Copley
branch.
AS
However,
this
location
is
far
away
from
where
I
live
and
where
I
study
it
becomes
very
inconvenient
for
students
who
whose
schools
are
in
Chinatown
who
after-school
programs
are
also
in
Chinatown.
In
addition,
Chinatown
is
the
only
neighborhood
that
doesn't
have
a
library.
This
development
gives
me
an
opportunity
to
have
a
library,
and
thank
you
very
much.
I
Hello,
like
I,
hope,
male
hi,
cute
I'm,
Kim
boy,
Cochise,
honk
I
in
something
Mina.
My
whole
life,
when
you
go
say:
hi
10:19
guy,
like
take
your
hang-up,
come
on.
Hey
Marlon,
hey
toddy,
your
half
of
the
time
for
welcome
I
got
her.
She
cool,
hey,
Mon,
you
said
so
T
side.
You
know
they'd
knock
out
you
that,
because
holy
gaga
hi.
AT
My
name
is
Artem,
a
tan
I
have
been
dating
in
persons
trial
for
15
years
and
I
love.
The
community
I
heard
that
the
new
party
to
be
built
on
the
anti
site
on
Tremont
Street.
It
sounds
really
wonderful,
because
it
has
many
good
things
for
the
for
our
neighborhood.
Really,
we
really
lit
a
photo
housing.
A
picker
in
at
library,
I
hope
this
happens
soon.
Thank
you.
G
A
AU
A
AV
Good
evening,
members
of
the
board,
my
name,
is
Vivian
Wong
and,
on
behalf
of
the
friends
of
the
Chinatown
library,
I
am
here
to
express
our
strong
support
for
the
proposed
development
for
parcel
12c.
The
proposal
for
this
parcel
creates
several
public
benefits.
The
Chinatown
would
be
greatly
impacted
by
part
of
the
proposal
designates
space
for
a
library.
We
are
in
strong
support
of
using
this
community
space
as
the
permanent
Chinatown
branch
library.
AV
Chantell
has
been
without
a
permanent
branch
for
over
60
years,
and
while
there
is
a
temporary
branch,
it
is
only
1,500
square
feet
from
the
time
of
its
opening.
The
Chinatown
BPL
exceeded
its
circulation
projections.
It
is
a
beacon
for
Chinese
seniors
who
want
to
read
the
Chinese
language
newspaper,
working-class
immigrants
wanting
to
learn
computer
skills,
mothers
and
their
children
who
come
for
storytime
students
from
nearby
universities
who
want
a
quiet,
place.
AV
The
study
and
general
community
members
looking
for
jobs,
access
to
the
computers,
libraries
are
an
essential
part
of
a
vibrant
neighborhood
and
help
bring
disparate
segments
of
the
neighborhood
together.
This
proposal
also
provides
much-needed,
affordable
housing
for
the
Chinatown
community,
specifically
for
affordable
rental
units
and
affordable
home
ownership
units.
The
proposed
this
proposal
addresses
community
needs
and
implements
the
long
term
goals
of
the
chinatown
master
plan.
Building
affordable
housing
in
Chinatown
is
critical
to
helping
stabilize
the
neighborhood
and
insurance
and
longevity
as
a
center
for
working-class
immigrants.
AV
Everyday
Chinatown
struggles
with
the
pressure
of
displacement,
poor
air
quality
and
unending
traffic
and
congestion
residents
throughout
the
neighborhood
are
worried
about
losing
Chinatown
is
sense
of
identity
and
the
tight
knit
fabric
of
social
life
as
a
cultural
hub
Chinatown
has
many
assets
for
the
greater
community
for
the
local
and
regional
Chinese
and
Asian
American
communities.
We
believe
that
the
development
here
with
these
public
benefits
will
help
anchor
the
community
maintain
Chinatown
as
a
strong
neighborhood.
Thank
you
thank.
A
AW
Good
evening,
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
John
Chen
and
I'm
speaking
here
as
a
resident
and
an
active
community
participant
to
offer
my
host
support
for
the
proposed
development
at
parcel
P
12
C.
The
development
is
a
large
step
forward
towards
reducing
the
already
decade-long,
wait
time
for
affordable
housing
and
would
serve
to
alleviate
concerns
for
over
160
families,
who
are
worrying
about
rising
rents
and
the
driver
of
gentrification.
AW
The
ability
to
possibly
add
a
public
library
is
also
greatly
appreciated,
as
the
inability
to
access
books
and
library
services
is
a
noticeable
blemish
on
Chinatown,
the
only
neighborhood
to
lack
a
permanent
branch
of
the
Boston
Public
Libraries,
and
that
I
got
this
down.
I
can
say
something
a
little
bit
more
anecdotal,
so
I
live
in
a
low-income
household
and
ever
since
I
was
young.
AW
It
grants
in
my
family
too,
to
be
a
one
income
household,
and
this
allowed
my
mom
to
stay
at
home
and
take
better
care
of
the
children
of
my
three
brothers
and
ever
since
I
was
young.
My
parents
would
take
me
to
the
library
and
as
I,
went
to
the
library
and
copley
as
there's.
No
other
alternative
I
grew
to
gain
a
amazing
love
of
reading
and
I,
just
devoured,
everything
in
there
and
every
weekend
we
would
go
just
read.
AW
Books
and
I
would
always
borrow
them
and
as
soon
as
I
started
getting
older,
my
mom
get
got
less
and
less
time
and
I
would
have
to
resort
to
just
reading
the
books
at
home.
Over
and
over
again,
I
can't
tell
you
how
many
times
I
read
the
books
at
home.
It's
probably
been
dozens,
but
as
I
grew,
older
I
found
that
I
had
less
and
less
time
to
to
make
the
trip
to
the
copy
library
and
sure
enough.
I
ended
up.
AW
AS
Good
morning,
members
of
the
board
all
right-
my
name
is
Ryan
and
I'm
a
currently
a
senior
at
the
Johnny
o
Bryant
I.
Like
most
of
my
friends,
I
am
an
East
Watson
resident,
but
Chinatown
has
a
special
place
for
me
because
it's
the
place
that's
closest
to
my
culture
and
my
food.
However,
Chinatown
has
an
arising
problem
of
gentrification,
but
also
the
developments
coming
in
leading
to
residents
moving
away
as
residents
are
moving
away.
AS
Chinatown
is
also
losing
part
of
its
culture,
because
residents
are
the
one
who
makes
the
food
for
you
therefore,
I
really
support
this
development
of
the
parcel
Pete's
policy
in
Boston
Chinatown,
because
giving
additional
units
of
affordable
housing
is
necessary
for
residents
to
come
back
and
place
the
residents
to
live.
In
addition,
I
also
support
the
library
because,
as
a
student,
I
really
want
to
study-
and
if
there
no
place
for
me
to
study
yourself
in
my
house,
which
has
my
bed
Dan
I,
don't
know
how
I
achieve
in
the
future,
but.
AX
AX
The
affordable
housing
aspects
feats
are
self,
but
the
robust
workforce
development
partnerships
that
we
afford
with
our
Union
brothers
and
sisters
as
well
as
pre-apprenticeship
programs,
has
been
very
impactful.
The
son
of
my
favorite
elementary
school
lunch
mother
at
the
chittock
school
in
Mattapan,
saw
me
on
the
Winthrop
Senate
job
site.
Hadn't
asked
me
why
I
was
out
there.
I
told
him
getting
good
folks
like
you
to
work
out
here.
Please
tell
your
mom
I
said
hello.
With
your
approval,
this
type
of
delivery
will
be
amplified
on
parcel
12c
project.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
A
AY
Good
evening
zoning
board,
my
name
is
Olivia
Moy
and
I'm,
a
junior
at
Boston,
Latin
School,
although
I
am
NOT,
a
giant
town
resident
I
go
there
so
often
that
it
feels
like
a
second
home
I've
heard
about
the
plans
to
develop
the
piece
of
land
on
Tremont,
Street
and
believe
the
community
will
greatly
benefit
from
them,
I'm,
especially
eager
to
see
more
affordable
housing
as
well
as
a
new
library.
Good
housing
is
a
basic
human
right.
AY
Additionally,
Chinatown
is
the
only
neighborhood
in
Boston
without
a
library,
after
the
demolition
of
the
original
library
in
1955
for
the
construction
of
the
highway,
it
took
more
than
60
years
for
the
neighborhood
to
get
a
temporary
one,
though
a
step
in
the
right
direction.
What
town
really
needs
is
a
bigger
permanent
library
for
the
many
students
and
families
in
the
community.
This
is
why
I
support
the
plan.
This
development
will
greatly
benefit
the
Chinatown
community.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AZ
Good
evening
Zoning
Board,
my
name,
is
Mary
Wong
I
have
been
a
resident
of
Boston
Chinatown
for
many
years
now.
The
new
building
that
will
be
built
will
be
a
great
addition
to
the
community,
because
affordable
housing
and
a
bigger
and
better
libraries
needed
a
bigger
hotel
will
also
bring
new
jobs
too.
I
hope
this
happens
soon.
Thank
you
for
listening
to
me.
Thank.
BA
Good
evening,
I
am
Laurie
Ann
a
first-generation
Asian
American
in
Chinatown,
my
mom
immigrated
from
Asia
and
my
mother's
sister
and
I
live
in
an
affordable
housing
unit
in
Chinatown
we're
one
of
the
lucky
ones
who
won
the
lottery.
My
mom's,
co-workers
and
friends
have
been
complaining
about
the
lack
of
affordable
housing
units
for
families
like
mine,
I
am
here
to
offer
my
support
for
the
development
of
parcel
P
12
C
in
Boston
speaking
as
a
resident
of
the
community.
I
am
particularly
invested
in
how
the
new,
affordable
housing
units
will
impact.
BA
A
BB
Good
evening
my
name
is
Karen
LePage
and
I'm.
The
president
and
CEO
of
st.
Francis
house
and
we're
located
just
on
the
the
skirts
of
Chinatown
and
I
have
to
say
that
I,
don't
think,
there's
probably
any
other
neighborhood
in
all
of
Boston.
That
needs
affordable
housing
as
desperately
as
Chinatown
does
we
see
women
coming
into
st.
BB
The
ability
to
have
a
library
in
your
own
neighborhood,
we've
heard
from
these
students
just
how
critically
important
that
is,
as
a
mother
I
know
exactly
how
important
that
is
so
from
the
affordable
housing
to
the
jobs
that
it
will
create
to
the
library
and
I
st.
Francis
house
could
not
be
more
supportive
of
this
project
and
I
think
that
being
led
by
ac/dc
and
the
other
partners.
There
is
it's
a
great
development
team,
so.
BC
Good
evening,
honorable
board
and
mr.
director,
my
name
is
George
Como
and
I'm,
representing
the
downtown
Boston
Business
Improvement
District
corporation,
to
amplify
a
letter
that
we
sent
in
November
in
support
of
this
project.
We
stand
again
tonight
in
support
of
this
project
as
members
of
the
impact
advisory
group
for
the
Winthrop
center
development,
we're
pleased
to
continue
our
support
for
this
proposal
and
the
promise
of
fulfilling
affordable
housing
requirements
for
this
project.
BC
So
we
give
our
unequivocal
support
with
respect
to
this
speaking
as
a
private
citizen
of
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
and
a
former
Commissioner
of
public
libraries
here
in
the
Commonwealth
after
14
years,
I
can
tell
you
that
there's
no
better
work
that
this
agency,
that
this
city
could
do
than
provide
an
enhanced
public
library
for
the
Chinatown
neighborhood.
The
pillars
of
this
project
rely
on
the
freedom
of
Housing
and
the
freedom
of
information.
BD
Members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
Wendy,
a
junior
at
Boston,
Latin,
economy
and
I'm
here
to
support
the
proposal
of
the
development
born
and
raised
in
Chinatown
I've,
seen
the
development
of
the
changes
and
like
throughout
the
last
decade,
but
I've
seen
the
high-rises
taking
over
mom-and-pop
shops
losing
their
businesses
residents
being
displaced
because
of
rising
land
prices
from
the
cultural
Enclave
that
many
call
their
home
or
second
home.
That
being
said,
Chinatown
is
really
in
need
of
more
affordable
housing,
public
space
and
green
space
to
combat
the
air
pollution.
BD
The
members,
the
number
of
families
and
kids
in
Chinatown
has
significantly
decreased.
It
was
a
pleasure
for
me
to
be
able
to
live
work
and
play
in
Chinatown,
and
that
was
due
to
the
availability
of
affordable
housing,
but
not
only
is
housing
a
problem,
but
the
play
aspect
of
communities
gradually
dissipating
I
especially
asked
for
this
neighborhood
to
finally
have
a
permanent
library
and
more
open
green
space
to
activate
the
play
aspect
in
this
community
again,
thank
you
for
listening.
Thank.
BE
Evening
members,
my
name
is
Mohammad
Sammy,
actually,
I
lived
and
work
in
Boston
since
1982
I
support
this
project
actually
I'm
a
member
of
this
lamech
Center
in
Boston,
and
also
a
mentor
with
bill
Moran
associates,
which
we
helped
the
yang
minority
kids
to
put
them
apprentice
with
the
Hubble
millennium.
Put
them
apprentice,
programs,
electricians,
plumbers,
pipe
fitters,
I
live
actually
I'm,
one
of
the
people
who
take
advantage
of
this
medium,
how
you
know
medium
income,
housing,
I.
BE
Let
I
lived
and
raised
six
kids
in
oak
Terrace
apartment
until
until
I
bought
my
own
place
with
the
help
of
the
Millennium,
because
you
know
we,
you
know
they
give
up
your
jobs,
a
lot
of
immigrants.
A
lot
of
minority
kids
I
mean
I
mean
what
I'll
tell
you
is
right
now
we
must
have
over
800
minority
an
immigrant
to
actually
go
school,
while
they're
learning,
English
and
also
work
at
different
jobs.
BF
Hello,
I'm
Lydia,
Lowe,
I'm,
executive,
director
of
the
Chinatown
Community
Land,
Trust
and
I'm
here
to
support
this
project.
I
have
several
different
reasons
for
supporting
the
project:
the
Chinatown
community
Land
Trust,
which
works
for
increased
community
control
of
development.
The
I'm
also
a
member
of
the
board
of
the
Friends
of
the
Chinatown
library
having
been
involved
in
the
20-year
effort
to
bring
library
services
back
to
Chinatown,
I'm
extremely
happy
about
that
and
I'm.
Also
a
co-chair
of
our
Co
facilitator
of
the
Chinatown
master
plan
committee.
BF
BF
The
jobs
have
been
spoken
to,
but
even
the
parking
I
never
thought
I
would
be
advocating
for
parking
in
Chinatown,
but
we
believe
that
the
consolidation
of
more
parking
spaces
for
tough
shared
services
on
parcel
12c
will
allow
us
to
open
up
opportunities
for
developing
parcel
r1,
which
the
community
has
looked
to
for
many
years
as
a
potential
residential
development
space.
I
s
the
only
other
thing
I
wanted
to
add
is
that
I
think
that
you
know
our
organize.
A
BG
Good
evening,
Zoning
Board
I'm
a
resident
I'm,
a
resident
of
parcel
24
south
at
88,
Hudson
Street
and
two
years
since
I've,
been
there
I've,
been
able
to
move
my
career
forward
as
a
Hospital
researcher,
thanks
in
part
to
a
shorter
commute,
as
well
as
wide-reaching
financial
savings
in
general
because
of
affordable
housing.
I
made
a
full
support
of
this
development.
Thank
you.
A
A
C
AI
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Shana
Gila
Smith
I'm,
the
landscape,
architect
working
on
the
project,
as
it
turns
out
that,
given
the
length
that
we
have
to
slope,
we
we
can
slope
at
less
than
2%
across
the
entire
plaza
starting
on
Tremont
to
the
not
not
even
as
far
as
Washington
Street
to
the
abutting
property
at
the
and
achieve
a
fully
accessible
grade
across
the
whole
plaza,
which
then
gives
the
possibility
that
we
can.
AI
Let
me
see
if
I
can,
that
we
in
oh
sorry,
sorry
yeah,
that
that,
in
the
first-day
condition
that
we
can
exit
at
this
point
and
in
the
future,
condition
that
we
can
continue
through
at
this
point.
So
this
whole
the
it's.
It's
sloping
imperceptibly,
because
it's
less
than
2%,
which
means
that
it's
accessible
in
every
direction
so
that
that's
the
intention
great.
C
It's
this
one
and
it's
it's
long
overdue,
and
we
talked
briefly
among
ourselves
about
what
some
of
the
benefits
of
our
Downtown
Development
have
been
and
can
be
in
transferring
financial
resources
to
a
neighborhood
so
that
it
can
have
new,
affordable
housing
and
a
new
library
is
certainly
one
of
those
benefits
and
I
just
have
to
say.
This
is
an
absolutely
terrific
project
and
I
wish.
We
could
see
more
like
this.
A
A
Thank
you,
for
you
know
coming
and
supporting
this
and
as
a
leather
district
president,
the
leather
district,
you
know
where
you're
trying
to
Count's
my
neighbor
and
you
know
being
being
a
latina
and
kind
of
not
being
living
around
a
large
Latino
population
like
I,
grew
up
it's
kind
of
hard,
sometimes
but
like
being
near
Chinatown.
That
has
this
great
intergenerational.
A
Z
A
Like
see
the
courtyard,
because
you
know
I,
think
it's
just
going
to
be,
it's
gonna
be
amazing.
So
thank
you
for
your
participation,
helping
to
me
it's
a
really
great
project
for
everyone
who
put
into
it.
Thank
you.
A
So
any
further
questions
hearing
none
a
motion
is
in
order.
So
the
second.
C
C
AJ
A
B
B
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
through
you
to
the
members
tonight,
you
approved
almost
1
million
new
square
feet
of
development,
but
tonight's
most
remarkable
number
concerns
the
quantity
of
affordable
units.
You
approved
625
units
of
housing,
but
70%
of
them.
70%
of
them
are
income
restricted,
affordable,
that's
433
units
out
of
625.
Since
he
took
office.
Mayor
Walsh
has
insisted
that
the
city
and
BPD
a
do
more
with
the
property
they
own
to
deliver
more
value
for
the
people
of
Boston,
especially
when
it
comes
to
the
creation
of
affordable
housing.
B
So
tonight
a
Boston
Housing
Authority
site
near
Brighton
Center,
will
see
redevelopment
of
affordable
housing
for
seniors,
bringing
the
number
up
from
64
units
that
exist
there
today
in
the
outdated
facility
to
148
units
going
for
it.
So
more
than
doubling
the
existing
stock
at
that
BHA
site
in
a
BPD
a
site,
as
you
just
heard,
a
parking
lot
in
downtown
on
the
edge
of
Chinatown
will
now
yield
a
hundred
sixty-eight
units
of
affordable
housing.
And
earlier
this
evening
we
talked
about
a
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development
site,
a
DND
site
that
was
RFP
for
development.
B
A
developer
was
selected
and
there
will
be
30
units
of
low-income
senior,
affordable
housing
on
that
Matapan
site.
So
we're
really
proud
of
these
numbers.
We
and
our
colleagues
at
the
Boston
Housing
Authority
and
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development
are
proud
of
these
numbers
as
we
work
to
ensure
that
the
development
activity
in
this
city
addresses
the
need
of
Bostonians
at
all
economic
in
all
income
levels.
So
thanks
very
much
and
have
a
good
evening.