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From YouTube: BPDA Board of Directors Meeting 9/28/2023
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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
One
good
afternoon,
my
name
is
Priscilla
roas
and
I
am
the
chair
of
the
bpda
board.
Thank
you
for
joining
the
TW,
the
September
28th
2023
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority
board
meeting
at
this
time.
The
Boston
Planning
and
Development
agency
is
continuing
to
host
public
meetings
in
a
virtual
setting
for
the
health,
safety
and
accessibility
of
Boston
residents
for
more
information
and
updates
visit.
Boston
plans.org,
the
open
public
meeting
Law
requires
that
I
notify
the
public
that
this
meeting
is
being
recorded.
A
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
at
exfinity,
channel
24,
RCN,
channel
13
and
Verizon
files,
Channel
962,
it
is
also
being
live
streamed
at
boston.gov,
so
I
will
now
to
begin
the
meeting.
Take
a
roll
call
of
the
board
members
Dr
Lanark
present
Mr
Miller
present
Mr
Shephard.
A
B
A
Let's
go
to
agenda
item
number
one
request:
authorization
to
schedule:
a
public
hearing
on
October
12th
2023
at
5:40
p.m.
or
at
a
date
and
time
to
be
determined
by
the
director
to
consider
the
proposed
First
Amendment
to
the
development
plan
for
the
plan.
Development
Area
number
six
located
at
1035,
Commonwealth
Avenue
in
atin.
Do
we
have
any
questions
or
comments
from
the
board
hearing
and
seeing
none
a
motion
is
in
order
no
moved.
B
A
Passes:
okay,
I'm
going
to
read
items
number
two
and
three
together
because
there'll
be
you
know,
one
presentation
that
will
be
covering
both
items,
but
we
will
take
a
vote
on
each
one
separately.
A
So
agenda
item
number
two
request:
adoption
of
the
plan
Charlestown
neighborhood
plan,
which
will
guide
the
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority,
doing
business
as
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
AG
agency
and
the
community
on
future
development,
public
realm
climate
resilience,
historic
preservation,
arts
and
culture,
transportation
and
Neighborhood
Services
improvements
within
the
planned
Charlestown
planned
Charlestown
study
area
through
recommendations
for
zoning
adjustments,
Urban
Design
guidelines,
climate
resilience,
historic
preservation,
Transportation
improvements
and
resource
allocation.
So
I
would
like
to
welcome
Amy,
James,
Lydia
and.
A
James,
oh
sorry,
my
apologies
and
I'm
going
to
read
agenda
item
number
three:
request:
authorization
to
petition
the
zoning
commission
to
adopt
text
amendments
to
articles
2,
62,
42b
and
58
of
the
zoning
code
and
the
associated
map;
amendments
to
Maps,
2
e
2D
and
2
b/
2C
to
implement
zoning
recommendations
from
plan
Charlestown
and
to
take
all
related
actions
so,
as
will
also
be
presenting.
So
I
will
give
the
floor
over
to.
C
Amy,
thank
you.
Chair.
Do
we
have
the
slides
awesome
good
evening,
chair
Ras
members
of
the
board
secretary
pimus
and
chief
jemson?
My
name
is
Amy
Chambers
I
am
the
director
of
planning
here
at
the
bpda
I'm
joined
tonight
by
Jason
Jason
rero,
Community
engagement
manager
for
the
Charlestown
neighborhood
James,
Fitzgerald,
deputy
director
of
transportation
and
infrastructure
and
astred
Walker
Stewart
a
planner
on
our
zoning
reform
team.
We
are
here
tonight
to
present
plan
Charlestown
plan.
C
Charlestown
is
a
neighborhood
scale
plan
that
has
been
ongoing
for
several
years
over
the
course
of
this
time.
Bpda
staff
have
worked
through
substantial
revision
and
iteration
to
arrive
at
the
final
document
that
has
been
submitted
for
your
consideration
in
tonight's
presentation.
You
will
hear
about
process
significant
analysis,
many
thoughtful
recommendations
and
a
pathway
for
implementation.
Next
slide.
C
Please
I
would
like
to
take
a
moment
to
acknowledge
that
bringing
this
plan
to
its
conclusion
is
not
without
challenge.
However,
we
believe
that
you
will
find
this
to
be
a
document
that
is
rooted
in
a
lot
of
process
and
we're
very
excited
to
present
it
to
you
tonight.
So
why
plan
Charlestown
next
slide,
I
will
Begin
by
acknowledging
how
plan
Charlestown
fits
into
the
historical
context
of
the
conversation
related
to
Growing
Boston.
C
Imagine
Boston
2030
a
Citywide
plan
developed
by
the
Walsh
Administration
created
a
vision
for
a
Boston
that
is
more
affordable,
Equitable
connected
and
resilient
next
slide,
please
some
of
the
goals
of
IB
2030
included,
enhancing
neighborhoods
through
public
realm
and
infrastructure
improvements
and
expanding
neighborhoods
by
creating
additional
housing
and
mixed
use.
Development
from
that
plan.
New
mixed
use,
housing
and
job
growth
in
transit,
accessible
areas
at
the
edges
of
existing
neighborhoods
reduces
housing,
price
pressure,
expands
access
to
opportunity
and
stitches
together
the
fabric
of
the
city.
C
Some
of
the
many
objectives
that
are
identified
in
Imagine
Boston
are
listed
on
the
screen.
As
we
ADV.
Through
this
presentation,
we
will
tie
the
outcomes
and
recommendations
contained
in
plan
Charlestown
to
the
Imagine
Boston
objectives
to
demonstrate
the
direct
connection
that
plan
Charlestown
has
to
the
implementation
of
Imagine
Boston
next
slide,
please,
in
the
truest
sense,
adopting
plan
Charlestown
advances.
C
Please.
Finally,
specific
recommendations
for
Sullivan
Square
in
Imagine,
Boston
2030
include
facilitated
connections
to
nearby
job
centers
in
Cambridge,
Somerville,
Everett
and
downtown,
along
with
other
improvements
that
you
will
find
are
recommendations
in
PL
Charlestown
as
well
for
context.
Other
growing
areas
named
in
Imagine
Boston
2030
include
suffect,
Downs,
Beacon,
Park
yards
New,
Market
and
Reedville
areas
that
have
either
seen
significant
amounts
of
development
proposed
and
approved,
or
that
are
in
progress
towards
similar
recommendations.
C
Now
next
slide,
please
so
diving
right
in
what
is
plan
Charlestown
next
slide
plan.
Charlestown
is
a
long
range
and
highle
framework
plan
which
responds
to
current
development
pressure
with
clear
guidelines
for
predictable
outcomes.
It
goes
beyond
the
singular
vision
for
growth
by
recommending
actions
that
address
current
resident
needs
and
interests
as
well.
Next
slide,
please,
the
planed
Charlestown
Advisory
Group
en
envisioned
a
thriving,
diverse,
accessible
and
resilient
neighborhood,
with
access
to
multimodal
Transit
options,
open
space,
additional
neighborhood
amenities
and
an
activated
Waterfront
in.
C
In
addition,
they
envisioned
enhancing
the
neighborhood's
historic
fabric
through
infield
development
and
small
business,
supports
next
slide.
Please,
plan
Charlestown
is
grounded
in
a
few
assumptions.
One
of
those
is
that
every
parcel
in
the
neighborwood
neighborhood
would
have
to
be
built
out
to
the
maximum
allowed
by
the
growth
area
scenario
for
the
population
to
increase
by
80%,
while
it
is
more
likely
that
Charlestown
will
see
a
return
to
its
population
of
approximately
30,000
circa
1950
long-term
recommendations
and
needs
assume
the
maximum
potential
for
growth.
C
Next
slide,
please,
beyond
the
community's
vision
and
the
databased
assumptions,
the
plan's
specific
goals
will
sound
very
reminiscent
of
Imagine
Boston.
They
include
Mobility
Choice,
expanding
housing,
enhanc
screen
space
and
resilient
features,
activating
the
public
realm
celebrating
opportunities
for
historic
preservation
and
both
strengthening
and
diversifying
charlestown's
local
business
economy.
Next
slide,
please.
C
The
plan
contains
a
neighborhood
needs
analysis,
a
planning
framework
for
the
growth
area,
otherwise
known
as
the
Sullivan
Square
and
Rutherford
a
corridor
and
two
distinct
sets
of
Urban
Design
guidelines,
one
for
the
growth
area
and
one
for
the
original
Peninsula
and
lost
Village.
We
will
discuss
these
in
more
detail
throughout
the
presentation.
In
addition,
the
plan
contains
a
literature
review
of
past
plans
related
to
the
Charlestown
Navy
Yard
recommendations
associated
with
these
plans
relate
to
the
development
preservation
and
arts
and
culture
needs
as
well
as
res
as
well
as
resiliency.
C
They
are
carried
through
to
this
plan,
where
they
align
and
have
yet
to
be
implemented.
Finally,
an
implementation
chapter
exists
to
pull
together
all
of
the
plans
inputs
and
give
charge
to
putting
them
into
action
next
slide.
Please
I
will
now
turn
it
over
to
Jay
to
walk
through
the
Outreach
and
engagement
activities
associated
with
this
planning.
D
D
Please
I've
had
the
pleasure
and
the
privilege
of
being
one
of
a
few
bpda
staff
members
who,
back
in
2019,
began
to
discuss
the
project
that
has
led
us
to
this
very
moment,
and
a
lot
has
happened
since
then.
It
was
it
was
in
that
first
year,
when
we
began
to
meet
with
community
members
out
in
the
neighborhood
at
coffee
shops,
taking
walks
together,
tabling
at
local
soccer
fields
and
even
sitting
in
the
kitens
and
living
rooms
of
residents,
who
invited
us
into
their
homes
to
talk
about
planning
all
in
the
interest
to
understand.
D
What
mattered
most
to
Residents,
as
neighborhood
planning
was
about
to
begin.
Those
early
conversations
were
nothing
short
of
invaluable.
They
helped
shape
the
very
essence
of
planned
trials,
down,
advocating
for
a
comprehensive
NE,
comprehensive
ensive,
neighborhood
wide
scope
and
that
the
community's
ideas
and
Visions
would
help
Drive
the
process
I
often
say
that
while
Outreach
is
a
crucial
part
of
any
planning
process,
it's
the
engagement
that
sets
our
Endeavor
apart.
We
didn't
just
share
information
via
advertisements
and
email
blasts,
but
simply
raise
awareness
about
upcoming
meetings.
We
immersed
ourselves
into
the
community.
D
We
nurtured
deep
relationships
actively
involving
stakeholders
in
decision-making
and
eagerly
sought
their
input
in
collaboration.
We
set
standards
to
iterate
our
work
over
the
course
of
the
entire
process.
Our
engagement
approach
was
inclusive,
ensuring
accessibility
for
all
and
with
a
goal
to
embolden
diverse
participation
to
highlight
what's
itemized
here
on
the
slide.
D
We
held
20
public
meetings,
number
numerous
AG
meetings,
partnered
with
the
aong
commission
to
visit
the
senior
center
casual
events
such
as
a
pip
with
the
planner
in
collaboration
with
spark
Boston
who
helped
us
reach
residents
and
bostonians
of
the
age
group
between
21
to
35
and
so
much
more.
But
we
did
not
just
stop
at
accessibility.
We
also
Enga.
We
also
aimed
our
engagement
at
enjoyable
and
convenient
efforts
on
the
Bri
side
of
your
screen.
You'll
see
the
cover
of
a
comic
book
that
we
created.
D
The
comic
book
proved
to
be
Innovative
and
successful
tool
in
our
Outreach
efforts.
It
allowed
us
to
reach
a
wider,
a
audience,
particularly
the
Youth
of
shown.
We
used
it
in
conversations
with
groups
like
turn
it
around
and
even
in
collaboration
with
the
Boston
Public
School
students
making
complex
topics
more
relatable
easier
to
understand
and
offered
a
place
for
participants's
ideas
to
be
discussed.
D
This
approach,
fostered
productive
dialogues
and
stimulated
feedback
and
input
that
became
incorporated
into
the
plan
live
stories
from
residents
about
the
struggles
to
find
an
affordable
food
option
nearby
led
to
a
recommendation
in
plan
Char
down
for
there
to
be
a
new,
affordable,
grocery
store.
The
comic
book
also
proved
to
be
an
instrumental
tool
in
helping
residents,
understand
certain
development
projects
or
elements
of
the
built
environment
that
are
under
the
purview
of
the
dpda
but
otherwise
might
be
outside
the
work
of
plan
Char
down.
D
For
example,
youth
residents
from
the
BN
Hill
Redevelopment
project
raised
questions
during
engagement
with
comic
book
around
the
phasing
of
their
Redevelopment
and
how
open
space
and
retail
locations
would
be
built
over
time
where
they
live.
I
recall
these
conversations
and
stand
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
be
present
and
accessible
to
those
who
need
us
in
moments
like
these
and
how
an
outside
the
box
engagement
idea
could
positively
shape
people's
lives.
Lastly,
we
leverage
technology
to
facilitate
engagement.
We
introduce
a
community
engagement,
community
engagement,
mapping,
tool
software
called
map.
D
social,
which
allowed
residents
to
easily
view
a
map
of
their
neighborhood
and
pinpoint
areas
of
Interest.
They
wish
to
discuss
with
us
during
the
planning
process.
This
Innovative
tool
brought
on
brought
conversations
directly
to
the
people
and
making
it
effort,
effort
effortless
for
them
to
engage
and
interact
with
us
next
slide.
D
Please
this
diagram
says
a
lot.
However,
we
need
a
much
Bigg
figer
graphic
to
give
Justice
to
the
full
planned
child
toown
timeline
on
the
left
side
of
the
diagram.
We
divided
our
engagement
up
into
four
different
phases:
major
engagement
phases,
inal
engagements
like
P,
with
the
planner
full
public
meetings
and
Advisory
Group
meetings
moving
left
to
right.
D
We
kick
the
plan
off
in
2019,
with
the
pre-planning
listening
tour,
followed
by
a
two-year
Long
Engagement
period,
focused
on
visioning
and
goals
which
included
topics
of
interest
to
the
community,
such
as
open
space,
transportation,
land
use
and
preservation.
What
we
heard
in
those
two
years
laid
the
foundation
for
the
following
years
of
planning,
work
that
took
place
and
which
also
led
us
to
the
addition
of
a
neighborhood
needs
analysis
to
be
incorporated
into
the
plan,
which
was
which
was
included
because
of
the
advocacy
behind
the
community.
D
This
level
of
analysis
of
service
and
needs
is
the
first
time
the
bpda
included
it
in
our
planning
efforts
and-
and
it
has
sparked
desire
from
other
neighborhoods,
to
have
the
same
type
of
attention
to
detail
in
their
planning
communities.
This
signifies
a
new
direction
that
we
will
take
our
planning
work
in
the
future.
Following
this
leading
into
2022
and
at
the
midpoint
of
that
timeline,
the
process
focused
on
developing
the
planning
framework
for
San
square
and
Rutherford
AV
areas
through
a
series
of
scenarios
which
receive
extensive
public
comment
in
iter.
D
The
morning
coffees
at
local
coffee
shops
with
residents
who
just
wanted
to
connect
about
the
planning
process
and
so
much
more
presentations.
Meeting
recordings,
public
feedback,
analysis
and
research
by
staff
and
expert
Consultants
were
all
made
publicly
available
and
posted
to
the
plan
child
now
web
page,
we.
D
D
Not
only
have
the
community's
comments
informed
recommendations
and
the
plan
over
the
course
of
the
entire
process,
but
we
establish
a
commitment
to
welcome
the
Public's
input
and
revise
the
final
draft
plan
and
response
to
such
feedback
multiple
times
the
first
bullet
on
this
slide
in
Late
July,
July
28th.
The
final
draft
plan
was
released,
which
was
accompanied
by
a
public
meeting
on
July
31st
to
help
to
help
the
community
understand
the
document,
how
to
find
information
of
interest
to
them
and,
of
course,
welcome
public
feedback
that
meeting
formally
commenced
40-day
comment
period.
D
The
second
bullet
we
then
released
draft
zoning
shortly
after
which
was
also
supported
by
an
office
hours
event.
To
answer
questions
around
this
very
technical
topic.
From
there
on
September
6th,
we
published
an
updated
final
draft
plan
that
responded
to
public
feedback
and
then
held
an
additional
public
meeting
to
Show
the
recent
changes
and
updates
in
further
welcome
Q&A
and
discussion.
D
The
comment
period,
of
course,
remained
open
during
this
time,
which
was
extended
from
40
days
to
55
days
in
response
to
requests
from
elected
officials
and
members
of
the
community
on
September
25th,
we
published
a
third
updated
final
plan
which
reflected
later
comments
in
public
feedback
and
which
included
significant
changes
to
the
plan
that
responded
to
community
requests.
This
is.
F
D
You're
reviewing
this
evening
over
the
course
of
the
close
out
period,
we
received
over
250
surveys
and
well
over
150
comments,
All
of
which
were
made
available
to
the
public
via
our
website.
In
the
spirit
of
transparency
next
slide,
please,
we
sometimes
hear
that
the
phrase
Community
Le
is
an
exaggerated
designation.
We
believe
that,
just
because
we
don't
have
an
agreement
on
certain
things
doesn't
mean
it's
not
Community
Le,
whether
the
community
advised
or
Community
LED
participants
in
this
process
helped
shape
much
of
the
vision
that
evolved
in
plan
Charlestown.
D
Our
job
as
planners
is
to
make
is
to
take
many
differing
interests
and
opinions
and
work
to
build
consensus
for
the
greater
good.
We
acknowledge
where
we
can
do
a
better
job
of
illustrating
how
we
take
people's
ideas
and
input
in
a
apply
them
to
different
outputs
of
the
plan.
We
are
continually
editing,
improving
and
revising
elements
of
the
work
as
we
collect
input
over
time.
Ideas
like
the
two
new
sports
Fields,
the
types
of
activation
of
Open,
Spaces
shuttles
and
shuttle
routes
where
different
land
uses
belong.
D
The
supermarket
recommendation
preservation
elements,
elements
in
the
comprehensiveness
of
the
planning
scope.
Aren't
the
city's
ideas
they're
the
communities,
a
significant
part
of
my
job
is
to
be
a
connector
to
connect
this
agency
to
the
community.
I
want
to
thank
my
colleagues
on
the
project
team
across
the
planning
and
Urban
Design
departments,
and
also
extend
my
appreciation
to
our
inter
Department
interde
department,
interde,
departmental
and
intergovernmental
partners,
for
allowing
my
work
as
a
community
engagement
manager
to
connect
this
planning
process
to
the
community
next
slide.
G
Thank
you
Jay
and
thank
you,
chair,
chair,
roas,
members
of
the
board
secretary
bimus
and
director
Jameson,
as
Jay
said.
I
just
wanted
to
take
some
time
now
to
kind
of
provide
an
overview
of
Transportation
analysis
that
we
did
that
really
informed
our
recommendations
and
led
to
our
transportation
recommendations
for
the
the
Future
Vision
of
that
is
in
plan.
Charlestown
next
slide.
G
So
this
was
really
an
interum
process
that
we
used
and
to
really
you
know,
get
a
good
handle
on
future
conditions
and
how
our
recommendations
would
impact
those
future
conditions
on
the
transportation,
Network
and
really.
The
first
thing
we
had
to
do
was
understand
really
what
both
existing
Transportation
conditions
were
and
then
kind
of
what
the
known
future,
if
you
will
of
future
of
the
future
Transportation
Network,
would
would
be
based
on
kind
of
known
improvements
that
are
already
going
to
happen
in
the
neighborhood
and
then
from
there
we
could
test.
G
You
know
some
of
the
recommendations
from
plan
Charlestown,
obviously
kind
of
the
the
land
use
and
buildout
recommendations
being
the
most
impactful
and
from
there
we
could
refine
those
land
use
recommendations
and
the
build
ey
recommendations
that
we
settled
on
with
plan
Charles
toown
to
kind
of
have
an
inter
process
to
cross,
inform
really
what
levels
of
different
land
uses
and
build
out
the
transportation
network
could
accommodate
and
from
there
we
were
able
to
finalize
what
additional
Mobility
improvements
were
needed
in
the
long
term
in
the
full
Future
Vision
of
plan
Charleston,
in
order
to
have
a
sustainable,
Transportation
Network
next
slide.
G
So
the
first
step
that
we
did
was
really
getting
a
good
handle
on
kind
of
the
Baseline
future
conditions,
as
well
as
the
existing
conditions
within
the
transportation
Network
and
from
there
we
started
with
the
Boston
Region's
multimodal
Transportation
model.
It's
a
very
large
model,
Set
that
extends
for
101
plus
communities
within
the
Boston
region,
and
it
really
projects
Transportation
demand
out
to
2040,
and
we
pivoted
out
of
that
Transportation
model
set
and
developed
our
own
model.
G
That
was
more
accurate
for
this
kind
of
sub
region,
which
you
see
here
on
the
right
that
was
done
through
a
planning
process.
A
couple
years
ago,
the
low
Regional
working
group.
It
took
a
harder
look
and
a
more
refined
look
at
kind
of
this.
Smaller
geography
within
the
Boston
region
to
get
a
better
handle
on
future
projections.
As
far
as
travel
demand,
Transportation
demand,
Transportation
conditions
and
basically,
in
that
model
already
baked
in
is
within
the
region
of
you
know:
population
growth
of
38%
and
36%
job
growth.
G
That
would
help
to
make
sure
we
were
making
sure
that
we
had
the
long-term
picture
well
in
hand.
We
also
did
some
updates
that,
since
this
model
set
was
developed
a
couple
years
ago,
that
we
know
are
definitely
going
to
happen
that
impact
this
region.
Perhaps
the
most
important
is
the
mbta's
bus,
Network
redesign
project.
It's
going
to
fully
redesign
and
increase
bus
service
throughout
the
MBTA
service
network.
G
G
We
also
used
updated
assumptions
for
the
Rutherford
adsen
Square
project,
which
is
obviously
the
main
Corridor
running
through
Charles
Town,
so
we
updated
the
kind
of
Baseline
conditions
based
on
the
most
recent
information
as
far
as
Transportation
Network
changes
and
population
and
job
growth
next
slide,
please.
So
the
next
step
we
did
is
after
we
updated
the
model
set.
Is
we
took
kind
of
the
first
projection
of
full,
build
out
of
plan
Charles
toown
that
initial
projection
of
the
growth
scenario?
G
The
land
use
scenario
we
added
in
that
impacts
of
that
20
million
square
ft
the
initial
projection
of
full
growth
in
Charles
Town?
We
also
added
some
additional
Transportation
improvements
that
we
know
are
coming
with
the
orange
line,
transformation
and
the
ability
that
NBTA
did
to
add
additional
Orange
Line
vehicles
to
the
procurement
orange
line
can
operate
as
frequently
as
4
and
a
half
minutes
of
the
peak
periods.
G
We
also
assume
from
past
planning
work
like
the
L
Regional
working
dop,
assume
that
at
San
Square
there
would
be
a
new
Commuter
Rail
station
that
provide
access
to
the
commu
rail
network
and
then,
as
Jay
mentioned
something
that
kind
of
early
on
in
process
a
new
network
of
kind
of
neighborhood
shuttles.
That
would
provide
these
last
mile
connections
as
well
as
serviceing
corridors
that
don't
have
current
bus
service
like
Medford,
Street,
Corridor
and
added.
G
This
sort
of
process
then
took
that
20
million
square
ft
ran
the
trip
generation
using
kind
national
standards
and
added
all
those
trips
to
the
transportation
that
were
by
mode
where
they
were
starting,
where
they
were
ending
and
assign
them
to
the
specific
Transit
routes,
bus
routes
or
roadway
corridors
that
that
the
different
trips
by
different
bows
were
getting
made,
and
this
really
gave
us
a
really
strong
picture
of
these
long-term
conditions
and
what
it
looked
like
and
how
the
transportation
Network
could
absorb
this
additional
growth
next
slide
that
first
kind
of
model
test,
you
know,
showed
some
kind
of
known
gateways
into
the
neighborhood
as
as
obviously
getting
a
little
bit
too
far
over
capacity.
G
So
the
Alfred
Street
Bridge,
Cambridge
Street,
for
example,
the
Gilmore
bridge
and
the
north
side.
The
Mystic
and
mafa
W
Bridge
pairs
coming
in
from
Somerville
really
went
kind
of
Beyond
an
acceptable
level
of
demand.
G
G
But,
most
importantly,
we
did
see
that,
since
most
of
this
growth
is
on
the
outside
of
the
regional
Peninsula,
if
you
will
that
most
of
this
demand
was
C
from
the
main
gateways
into
the
neighborhood
and
really
staying
on
the
r
for
La
Corridor
and
not
filtering
into
the
neighborhood,
which
was
really
encouraging.
However,
next
step
or
next
sorry
next
slide.
G
What
we
did
find
is
that
20
million
ft
just
really
was
too
much
growth
to
absorb
so
again
through
this
inter
process
working
with
our
land
use
planning
assumptions
working
with
the
community.
What
we
did
is
we
reduced
the
total
assume
build
out
by
about
10%
and,
more
importantly,
we
changed
the
land
use
mix,
assumption
that
we
have,
as
far
as
recommendations
for
plan
Charlestown
and
reduced
the
office
and
lab
type
uses
by
about
24%.
G
These
types
of
uses
have
I
think,
as
everyone
knows,
really
impactful
impacts
on
the
network.
In
the
peak
periods,
basically
employees
coming
and
going
from
the
neighborhood,
so
we
reduced
the
20
the
the
kind
of
lab
and
office
uses
by
24%
and
reduced
the
total
build
out
by
about
2
million
square
feet
to
about
a
maximum
total
build
out
that
could
we
could
Envision
here
again
longterm
by
about
2
million
ft
about
18
million
sare
ft
Next
Step?
G
The
other
thing
we
did
is
we
added
some
additional
where
we
saw
we
needed
some
additional
Transportation
improvements
in
the
network
before
we
kind
of
reran
our
analysis
again
with
the
reduced
buildout
and
the
changed
mix
of
uses.
We
added
a
high
frequency
bus
service
that
you
see
here
in
red
on
the
rord
corridor.
Obviously,
a
lot
of
the
growth
in
the
growth
area
is
west
of
rord
Av,
and
we
did
find
that
there
was
a
definite
need
for
a
high
frequency
bus
service
on
Rutherford
AV.
G
We
also
saw
that
the
Medford
Street
bus,
which
is
you
here
in
blue,
was
getting
Beyond
capacity,
so
we
added
some
additional
service
to
that
as
far
as
an
assumption
to
basically
run
every
7
minutes
on
the
peak.
First
bullet
forgot
to
mention
we
also
assumed,
which
is
already
being
planned
for
the
extension
of
silver
line
from
Chelsea
through
Everett
over
the
alred
Street
Bridge
into
Sullivan
Square.
This
was
a
a
corridor
that
we
saw
is
really
being
over
toand
on
the
transit
side
and
the
roadway
side.
G
The
extension
of
a
high
frequent
High,
frequent
silver
Ling
silver
line
service
to
Charles
to
S
Square
really
helped
alleviate
that
Gateway
problem
Point
as
well,
and
then,
like
I,
said
that
the
neighborhood
shuttles
really
helped
kind
of
fill
that
internal
trip
making,
as
well
as
on
for
Street,
where
there
currently
is
no
bus
service
plan.
Next
slide.
So
from
there
we're
able
to
kind
of
finalize
and
confirm
these
recommendations
that
we
have
in
in
Charlestown
for
Mobility
really.
What
is
key
that
we
found
was
the
bus.
G
Network
redesign
is
a
critical
element
that
will
be
implemented
and
is
funded,
but
that
will
give
charl
town
all
of
charlest
toown
within
a
quarter
mile
of
a
high
frequeny
bus
route.
High
frequency
bus
bus
route,
The,
High,
Frequency
bus
service,
like
I,
said
on
motherf
for
AV,
would
certainly
be
well
utilized
and
really
is
critical
to
make
the
transportation
Network
work
and
absorb
the
growth.
The
more
frequent
bus
service
on
bucker
Hill
Street
obviously
drew
a
lot
of
long-term
need.
G
The
S
line
extension
as
I
mentioned
too
from
from
Everett,
was
a
great
Improvement
for
that
Bor
and
the
number
of
of
neighborhood
shuttles
showed
a
lot
of
ridership
growth
in
the
longterm
buildout
on
the
trans
roadway
Network
side,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
that
the
interconnected
Street
Network
that
we
envision
in
the
plan
that
Amy
is
going
to
go
into
a
little
in
a
little
more
detail
in
following
slides,
was
really
crucial
to
absorbing
kind
of
all
the
additional
growth
and
the
growth
areas.
G
And
then
we
also
found
you
know
a
great
need
for
additional
bike
and
pet
connectivity
under
i93
over
to
Cambridge
and
Somerville.
So
we
have
recommendations
to
advance
opportunities
to
connect
over
that
really
under
i93
over
the
Orange
Line,
with
some
ideas
that
have
had
been
sort
of
in
the
past.
But
those
really
showed
a
really
definite
need
and
really
a
kind
of
comprehensive,
interconnected
bike
Network
for
all
that
internal
trip
making.
G
That
really
is
critical,
that
we
want
people
to
be
making
those
trips
easily
safely
by
alternative
BS
and,
like
I,
said
the
land
use.
Changes
were
really
important,
that
overall
kind
of
resulted
in
a
in
a
reduction
in
vehicle
trips
by
about
10
to
12%,
and
we
saw
most
of
those
because
the
reduction
of
the
office
and
lab
use
by
24%
the
key
gateways
really
benefited
from
that
reduction
in
the
office
and
lab
use
assumptions
of
our
kind
of
full
build
assumptions
of
plan
Charles
time.
I.
G
Think
at
this
point
next
slide:
oh
no
I'm,
sorry,
another
very
important
Point.
There
is
a
lot
of
investment
that
is
coming
to
plan
Charles,
toown
Transportation
side,
and
this
graph
is
trying
to
represent,
on
the
roadway
side
all
the
investment.
Basically,
all
the
Gateway
Bridges
coming
into
Charles
Town
have
funding
committed
to
improve
them.
Obviously,
the
Rutherford
solvent
Square
projects.
We
are
going
to
get
it
done.
G
We've
been
talking
about
it
for
way
too
long,
but
all
those
improvements
are
going
to
Total
about
500
million
worth
of
committed
Investments
to
improving
the
transportation
Network
within
Charlestown
there.
Significant
investment
is
already
going
to
happen
long
before
the
full
building
out
assumptions
that
we
assumed
in
charl
town
will
be
realized.
So
next
slide
at
this
point,
I'm
handing
it
back
to
thank.
C
You
thanks
J,
so
iterative
planning
is
the
process
of
adapting
as
the
project
unfolds.
By
changing
the
plans,
plans
are
changed
based
on
feedback
from
monitoring
changes
in
the
project
assumptions
and
risks
changes
in
the
scope
Etc,
as
both
Jay
and
Jim
spoke
to
you.
This
has
been
a
process
that
has
been
marked
by
refiner.
The
next
section,
we'll
dig
into
that
a
bit
further.
Next.
F
C
Please
these
are
screenshot
shots
from
the
map,
social
site
and
the
rgis
story,
maps
that
were
available
for
interaction
online
in
2021,
2022
and
2023.
As
previously
shown,
there
were
192
interactions
on
map,
social
and
952
responses
to
the
story
map
which
Illustrated
a
number
of
zoning
scenarios
for
the
growth
area.
In
addition,
several
several
public
meetings
were
held
to
report
back
on
findings
and
present
new
options.
The
final
scenario,
which
is
contained
in
the
plan,
referred
to
as
the
hybrid
scenario
and
which
I
will
outline
here,
is
the
sixth
iteration
of
the
growth
area.
C
Recommendations
next
slide,
please.
So
here
we
have
the
footprint
of
the
growth
area
outlined,
which,
if
you
recall
closely
mirrors
the
outline
of
the
image
from
the
IB
2030
on
the
opportunity
of
growth
Slide
the
image
before,
for
you
identifies
the
parcel
owners
in
the
growth
area.
As
you
can
see,
the
original,
Peninsula
and
lost
Village
are
not
subject
to
the
growth
area.
Zoning
recommendations,
nor
are
there
changes
proposed
to
the
Navy,
Ard
or
DPA,
which
is
controlled
by
the
state
next
slide.
C
Please
this
map
shows
the
existing
land
use
in
charl
town,
while
much
of
the
built
out
core
is
residential.
The
growth
area
is
currently
mostly
industrial
and
institutional.
Next
slide,
please,
po
potential
land
use
scenarios
were
developed
and
shared
online
for
feedback
on
the
screen
are
two
of
the
first
versions:
one
prioritizing
job
growth
and
one
prioritizing
housing
and
open
space
next
slide.
C
Please,
after
a
series
of
meetings,
a
proposed
land
use
map
emerged.
This
map
shows
no
changes
to
land
use
in
the
neighborhood
core.
There
is
an
emphasis
on
the
creation
of
mixed
use,
a
mixed
use
district
with
residential
near
Transit,
and
the
edges
close
to
the
core
to
ensure
smoother
transition
and
the
intense
commercial
uses
clustered
along
the
industrial
and
Interstate
edges
away
from
the
residential
core
and
to
Shield
the
neighborhood
from
the
elevated
Highway
next
slide.
C
Please.
Currently,
the
density
within
the
neighborhood
is
almost
exclusively
an
F
of
two
which
is
considered
low
density.
Next
slide,
please,
once
again,
potential
future
density
scenarios
were
developed
and
shared
online
for
feedback
on
the
screen
are
two
of
the
first
versions
which
align
with
the
land
use
scenarios.
The
first
showing
density
scaling
down
from
the
highway
to
the
original
Peninsula
and
the
second
showing
uniform
medium
density
across
the
growth
area.
C
Please,
the
proposed
future
density
map
that
emerged
shows
the
largest
increase
in
density
in
the
Sullivan
Square
area
closest
to
the
t-.
Stop.
In
addition,
density
is
increased
closest
to
the
highway
and
residential
Den
density.
Bonuses
are
permitted
on
Parcels
within
the
growth
area
and
within
1,000
ft
of
the
with
within
on
Parcels.
Excuse
me
within
1,000
ft
of
the
T
stations.
C
It
is
important
to
note
that,
while
18
million
square
ft
are
permitted
over
the
30-year
period,
this
is
growth
in
areas
that
are
not
currently
residential
and
that
will
not
cause
any
residential
displacement.
This
opportunity
for
growth
represents
6
to
8,000
housing
units
and
approximately
20,000
jobs.
Next
slide,
please
very.
Similarly,
there
were
multiple
scenarios
for
public
consumption
related
to
open
space
needs
next
slide.
C
Please
here's
a
map
of
the
existing
open
space
in
charl
town
next
slide.
Please
and
proposed
as
the
result
of
community
feedback
opportunities
for
active
and
passive
open
space
uses
took
priority.
The
plan
recommends
maintaining
the
current
ratio
of
open
space
per
capita
as
the
population
grows.
It
has.
C
For
34
additional
Acres
of
open
space
between
public
and
private
development
and
makes
recommendation
for
leveraging
additional
open
space
through
private
development
and
along
the
Waterfront
as
opportunities
arise,
next
slide,
please.
It
should
be
noted
that
historic
preservation
recommendations
lived
throughout
the
document,
both
in
relationship
to
the
historic
core
of
the
neighborhood
and
to
the
growth
area
in
the
growth
area.
C
Recommendations
include
adaptive,
reuse
of
historic,
designated
or
non-designated
structures,
where
possible
changes
were
made
to
the
plan
to
strengthen
language
related
to
preservation,
after
both
the
first
and
second
drafts
were
released
at
the
request
of
residents
next
slide,
please.
The
plan
also
accounts
for
projects
taking
place
in
real
time
beyond
the
addition
of
sections
related
to
pending
development,
whether
brick
or
brick,
and
mortar,
or
open
space
or
additional
Services
being
implemented.
C
The
plan
has
been
updated
to
reflect
the
development
process
associated
with
bpda
owned
Parcels
of
land,
which
will
provide
for
the
development
of
affordable
housing
close
to
the
Community
College
Station
next
slide.
Please.
There
is
also
value
to
naming
the
places
where
Community
feedback
rightly
set
us
on
a
different
course
proximal
to
the
Community
College
T
Station.
Bunker
Hill
Mall
is
a
1970s
Suburban
style
strip,
mall
development.
C
This
this
development
contains
many
assets,
including
a
grocery
store
in
the
neighborhood
Bunker
Hill
Mall
is
an
opportunity
for
Transit
oriented
development
transition
between
the
historic
core
and
growth
area
and
improved
site
utilization.
It
has
been
subject
of
discussion
throughout
the
process
process,
planning
staff
previously
recommended
transitionary
Heights
and
when
a
draft
plan
was
released,
higher
heights
were
proposed
next
slide,
please,
as
a
result
of
many
voices
and
advocacy
from
elected
officials,
Bunker
Hill
Mall
was
removed
from
the
growth
area
with
additional
input.
C
Zoning
amendments
now
recomend
now
recommend
that
future
buildings
on
the
site
face
M
that
face
Main
Street
would
be
limited
to
40
ft
in
height
and
buildings
that
face
Rutherford
Avenue
would
be
limited
to
to
70
ft
in
height
the
site
shall
maintain
an
F
of
two
be
rezoned
to
mixed
use,
and
it
shall
not
be
made
PDA
eligible
to
preserve
continuity
of
scale
with
existing
buildings
in
the
immediate
area.
Next
slide,
please.
C
Finally,
the
plan
names
many
many
recommendations
that
will
advance
the
Community
Vision
and
the
plan
goals
on
the
screen
are
the
applicable
IB
2030
goals.
Next
slide,
please
population
project
population
projections
at
specific
intervals
helped
govern
whether
recommendations
were
short,
medium
or
longterm.
The
aforementioned
needs
analysis
provides
80
plus
pages
of
recommendations
and
projects
to
bring
the
plan
Beyond
just
the
goal
of
growth.
C
It
found
that
200
plus
acres
of
historically
Industrial
Area
W
of
West
of
ruer,
a
south
of
Cambridge
Street
and
East
of
Medford
Street,
have
little
to
no
housing
which
skews
the
population
density
even
through
the
core
of
the
ne.
Even
though
the
core
of
the
neighborhood
may
feel
dense,
nearly
onethird
of
a
square
mile
is
entirely
unpopulated,
and
that
is
where
growth
is
focused.
Indicators
and
Trends,
such
as
income,
housing
costs
and
racial
demographics,
show
that
Charles
toown
is
less
likely
is
likely
less
accessible
to
bip
populations
than
many
other
neighborhoods
across
Boston.
C
The
needs
analysis
recommends
updating
the
zoning
code
to
allow
housing
wherever
feasible
to
densities.
That
will
encourage
the
creation
of
incom
restricted
housing,
especially
new
developments
that
are
required
to
follow
the
city
of
Boston's
inclusionary
development
policy
and
would
result
in
more
affordable
housing
units,
including
increasing
the
supply
of
income,
restricted,
homeownership
opportunities.
Next
slide,
please
it
goes
on
to
name
priorities
for
open
space,
climate
resilience
and
preservation.
C
As
previously
discussed,
it
is
worth
naming
that
members
from
the
Boston
landmark
commission
and
the
city's
new
director
of
The
Office
of
historic
preservation,
participated
in
public
meetings
and
weighed
in
on
several
revisions
to
the
plan
respectively.
Next
slide,
please,
it
recommends
reducing
restrictions
on
arts
and
culture
uses
throughout
the
neighborhood
and
specifically
names
focus
on
establishing
a
second,
a
second
ambulance,
Bay
on
publicly
owned
land.
These
and
other
recommendations
to
follow
form
the
basis
of
community
benefits
that
staff
may
negotiate
through
future
private
development
on
PDA
eligible
Parcels
next
slide.
C
Please
Transit
recommendations
include
the
completion
of
the
Orange
Line
improvements
for
long-term
and
Regional
connectivity,
highfrequency
bus
service
and
a
network
of
publicly
accessible
shuttles
to
provide
internal
connectivity
and
supplement
the
m
BTA
bus
Network
next
slide.
Please
future
on
and
off
street
bike
and
pedestrian
connections
are
recommended
to
relieve
pressure
on
the
existing
Network
next
slide.
C
Please,
an
important
action
for
the
city
to
enact
is
a
reduction
in
the
geography
of
the
on
Street
residential
parking
program
to
existing
residential
areas
in
the
original
Peninsula
and
lost
Village
to
prevent
any
spillover
parking
from
future
development
in
the
growth
areas.
Next
slide,
please,
and,
as
previously
mentioned,
completion
of
the
open
space
network
will
be
able
to
be
leveraged
through
private
development
as
well
next
slide.
C
Please
adopting
this
plan
does
not
mean
that
the
process
that
this
process
is
at
its
end.
In
fact,
the
reason
this
is
an
exciting
moment
is
that
this
is
really
the
start
of
the
path
towards
realizing
the
many
great
recommendations
that
are
included
in
it.
One
of
the
challenges
of
a
process
like
this,
lasting
as
long
as
it
has,
is
that
it
actually
impedes
the
focus
on
and
progress
towards
realizing
these
goals,
as
previously
mentioned,
this
is
a
30-year
plan
for
growth
that.
J
J
C
It
has
to
be
a
30-year
plan
for
the
improvements
named
within
IT
staff
have
reported
tonight
on
many
projects
that
are
already
funded
and
already
in
progress.
In
addition,
there
are
tools
that
the
bpda
and
city
will
utilize
to
work
towards
the
goals
on
the
timelines
named
in
the
implementation
table.
These
tools
include
zoning
and
Regulatory
powers
and
leveraging
private
development
review,
which
we
will
look
to
begin
to
implement
tonight
and
capital
planning,
including
Municipal
borrowing,
grants
and
dedicated
funds
on
the
capital
planning
front.
C
The
city
of
Boston's
planning,
advisory
Council,
composed
of
a
of
cabinet
officials
overseeing
Boston's
built
environment,
is
a
convening
body
focused
on
reviewing
and
implementing
Citywide
interdepartmental
planning
recommendations.
Ations
staff
of
this
body
will
take
the
implementation
plans
from
this
and
every
plan
and
focus
on
exactly
how
those
recommendations
factor
into
the
capital
planning
process.
Finally,
Charlestown
is
unique
in
that
it
has
access
to
the
Charlestown
Community
impact
fund,
a
municipal
trust
fund
developed
as
a
condition
of
the
Massachusetts
gaming
commission's
gaming
license
approval
for
Encore
Boston
Harbor.
C
It
is
a
repository
for
$2
million
for
a
$2
million
annual
deposit.
This
fund
can
be
applied
to
impacts,
infrastructure,
Improvement
or
mitigation
associated
with
specific
topic
areas
named
within
the
plan.
Recommendations
that
relate
to
allowable
uses
are
identified
in
the
implementation
chapter
for
consideration
of
funding.
Those
include
the
shuttle
service,
several
neighborhood
needs
and
preservation
activities,
including
updated
inventories.
Next
slide,
please
thank
you
for
your
time,
and
I
will
now
turn
it
over
to
astred
to
present
on
the
proposed
zoning
changes.
L
Thanks
Amy
good
evening,
chair
rohas,
secretary
PA,
hemus,
Chief,
jemson
and
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
astred
Walker,
Stewart
and
I'm,
a
planner
on
the
zoning
reform
team
at
the
bpda
and
I've
been
working
on
the
zoning
amendments
for
Charles
Town.
Oh
next
slide,
please
thank
you.
The
zoning
amendments
I'm
going
to
be
walking
you
through
seek
to
advance
imagine
Boston
Vision,
as
Amy
highlighted
for
expanding
neighborhoods
and
align,
in
particular,
with
the
goals
of
encouraging
housing
and
job
growth,
preparing
for
climate
change
and
encour,
encouraging
contextually
sensitive
development.
L
These
recommendations,
codify
the
land,
use,
design
and
dimensional
regulations
proposed
in
the
plan
and
simplify
components
of
the
Articles.
So
they
are
more
user
friendly.
Next
slide,
please,
they
include
updates
article
62,
the
Charlestown
neighborhood
article
42b,
the
Harbor
Park
District
Charlestown
Waterfront
article
and
58,
the
C
Square
neighborhood
article,
as
well
as
article
two,
where
for
definitions
and
then
three
Maps,
2
e
2D
and
2B
2
C
next
slide.
So
we've
organized
the
amendments
in
presentation
into
two
categories.
L
First,
we're
going
to
discuss
the
resoning
of
the
identified
growth
area,
which
is
selv
square
and
Rutherford
AV
study
area.
We
are
going
to
review
proposed
definitions
of
the
new
dimensional
Regulators
for
this
area
and
Then,
followed
by
a
review
of
the
new
subdistricts
and
PDA
eligible
Parcels
for
the
growth
area,
followed
by
additional
zoning
modifications
where
we've
made
updates
to
the
neighborhood-wide
use
in
dimensional
tables.
L
Looking
at
how
we've
simplified
some
of
the
portions
of
the
code
and
we
worked
with
our
transportation
team
to
make
some
parking
improvements
for
the
neighborhood
next
slide.
L
Please
next
slide.
Thank
you.
So
we're
introducing
two
dimensional
regulations
to
advance
plans,
the
plan's
climate
resilience
and
open
space
goals,
the
first
one
being
we're
introducing
building
lock
coverage
definition
and
as
a
regulation
and
with
that
introducing
building
floor
plate
to
support
that
definition
and,
secondly,
introducing
permeable
area
of
lot
definition.
L
And
both
these
definitions
seek
to
provide
a
better
understanding
of
what
is
open
space
versus
what
is
building
on
a
lot
in
order
to
ensure
that
we
create
AIT,
better
experience
for
what
is
on
the
ground
and
understand
in
of
a
human
scale.
Experience
of
buildings
on
a
lot
and,
of
course,
we're
always
seeing
to
provide
better
predictability
in
government
in
in
development.
Next
slide.
L
Please
so.
The
first
definition
I'm
going
to
read
through
each
for
those
who
are
just
listening
on
their
headphones
building
floor
plate.
We
are
defining
as
the
total
floor
area
of
a
single
story
within
a
building
the
story's
floor.
Plate
includes
the
area
measured
from
the
outside
surface
of
the
building's
exterior
walls
in
the
area
of
any
covered,
porches
or
covered
balconies
extruding
from
said
story,
so
covered
porches
would
be
included
in
the
calculation,
but
Decks
that
are
open
to
the
sky
would
be
not
and
the
reason
being.
L
We
want
to
be
consistent
with
the
definition
of
building
and
the
code
and
provide
flexibility
for
more
truly
open
space
on
Lots
next
slide.
L
Please
so
building
lot
coverage
we
are
defining
as
a
cumulative
percentage
of
lot
area
covered
by
the
largest
building
floor
plate
of
each
building
on
the
lot
excludes
any
one-story
detached
building
that
is
exempt
from
building
code,
such
as
small
tool
or
storage
sheds,
playhouses
and
the
like,
and
we
really
ensure
that
this
definition
is
consistent
with
the
building
code.
So
we're
not
regulating
anything
new
like
a
playhouse.
L
We
want
to
provide
flexibility
for
residents
to,
for
instance,
add
a
playhouse
for
their
kids
without
having
to
go
through
the
zba
and
the
bpda,
and
then
also
we
want
to
avoid
creating
existing
non-conformities
with
the
code
next
slide,
and
this
will
be
regulated
as
a
maximum
billing
law
coverage.
L
So
how
do
we
regulate
the
rest
of
the
lot?
The
open
space?
The
zoning
code
currently
regulates
open
space
by
use
and,
as
a
result,
we
see
a
lot
of
proposals
which
include
spaces
almost
entirely
covered
by
asphalt,
and
this
is
a
really
a
missed
opportunity
to
make
use
of
vital
and
frankly
scarce,
open
space.
L
We
have
on
the
ground
so
we're
seizing
this
moment
as
an
opportunity
to
be
more
thoughtful
about
the
surface
on
the
ground
in
terms
of
experience,
experience,
but
also,
most
importantly,
how
we
begin
to
address
climate
change
and
particularly
heat
island
effect
and
flooding.
As
imagine,
Boston
and
climate
ready,
Boston
have
identified
next
slide,
so
we
are
introducing
a
permeable
area
of
lot
and
this
definition
has
been
a
collaborative
effort
with
director
of
green
infrastructure,
Kate
England,
and
it's
also
to
review
its
consistency
with
what
other
departments
how
they
measure
permeability.
L
It's
aligned
with
Boston
Water
and
sewers
metrics
of
permeability.
So
I
I'll
read
this
this
Hefty
paragraph,
the
lot
area
covered
by
natural
ground
cover
or
any
material
surface
on
the
ground
that
allows
water
to
pass
through,
at
a
rate
in
quantity,
equal
to
or
greater
than
natural
ground
cover
surfaces
included
in
the
calculation
of
permeable
of
lot.
L
Permeable
area
of
lot
include
but
are
not
limited
to
vegetative
Landscapes
such
as
lawn
and
trees,
vegetated
green
infrastructure
such
as
rain
Gardens
and
biooils
pores,
paving
materials
such
as
pores
asphalt
and
permeable
pavers
and
other
natural
M
natural
materials
that
achieve
the
prescribed
infiltration
rate
of7
in
per
hour
as
referenced
in
the
Massachusetts
storm
water
handbook
volume,
3,
chapter
1
such
as
mulch
and
clean
watch
Stone
and
the
calculation
of
permeable
area
lot
excludes
permeable
services
on
Green
roofs
and
Rain
capture
systems,
again
on
roofs
located
on
a
roof
or
elsewhere
on
or
in
an
above
Street
above
grade
structure.
L
It's
mouthful
next
slide
please.
So
this
regulation
is
a
minimum
as
opposed
to
the
building
lck
coverage,
which
is
a
maximum,
so
they
work
in
concert
with
each
other.
So
there
is
no
cap
on
this.
There
is
just
a
baseline
that
we
are
trying
to
achieve
next
slide.
Please
and
just
to
illustrate
this
super
easily
we're
trying
to
reduce
the
amount
of
assalt
to
address
flooding,
risks
and
heat
island
effect
and
see
more
material
surface
area.
You
see
on
the
left
next
slide,
please.
L
So
now
we're
going
to
talk
about
the
growth
area.
This
is
a
current.
This
is
the
existing
Charlestown
neighborhood
District
zoning
map
next
slide
and
highlight
in
purple
is
the
rezoning
of
Sullivan,
Square
and
wetherford
app
section,
and
the
land
within
this
area
is
currently
zoned
almost
exclusively
for
light
industrial
with
a
little
wedge
of
local
convenience
at
the
top
and
Community
facilities
for
the
Bunker
Hill
Community
College
site.
L
As
Amy
and
Jim
discussed
plan
Charlestown
established
a
series
of
recommendations
for
this
area
very
specific
and
ambitious
goals
in
terms
of
open
space,
housing
and
land
use
next
slide.
Please,
and
given
those
recommendations
to
promote
future
growth
in
this
area
and
respond
to
community
feedback
for
a
desire
for
mixed
mixed
use
development,
we
are
proposing
four
new
subdistricts
in
green,
which
covers
the
majority
of
the
study
area.
L
It's
the
mix
use
subdistrict
in
red
commercial,
which
is
on
Commercial,
which
is
on
the
edges
and
local
industrial
again
on
the
edges,
furthest
away
way
from
the
Charlestown
neighborhood
residential
Corp
and
then
neighborhood
shopping,
subd
District
near
the
lower
density
residential
and
we're
going
to
walk
through
each
subdistrict.
In
more
detail,
next
slide,
please
so
the
underlying
Zoning
for
these
subdistricts
is
regulated
by
a
series
of
dimensional
Regulators.
L
First
one
we're
all
familiar
with
maximum
F
in
height
and,
as
you
can
see
on
this
map,
the
proposed
NC
supporting
k
growth
with
higher
Heights
on
the
edge
and
then
closer
to
the
red,
dential
core,
lower
density,
we're
also
introducing
the
maximum
building
lock
coverage
in
the
underlying
subdistricts
to
support
our
open
space
goals
and
to
have
the
predictability
of
building
versus
open
space.
L
Thirdly,
introducing
minimum
step
backs
create
opportunities
for
Street
improvements,
as
Jim
has
highlighted,
to
see
more
bike,
Lanes,
accessible
sidewalks
and,
lastly,
introducing
the
minimum
permeable
area
of
Lot
number
to
respond
to
our
resiliency
and
open
space
goals.
Next
slide,
please
so
the
zoning
study
area
has
we
have
our
underlying
zoning
established
with
the
subdistricts,
and
we
also
are
introducing
10
PDA
eligible
Parcels
within
the
area
and
to
highlight
this
area
of
Charlestown
has
very
large
Parcels.
L
The
mobility
open
space
goals
are
extensive
and
without
pdas,
individual
development
projects
on
large
Parcels
could
could
result
in
less
predictable
development
outcomes,
less
Community
oversight
on
the
development
of
the
parcels
and
minimal
public
benefits
for
residents,
and
certainly
not
the
scale
of
public
benefits.
This
area
really
needs
next
slide,
please.
So
the
PDA
is
a
really
crucial
tool
to
support
these
large
and
complex
projects
and
the
PDA
process.
L
The
plan
Development
Area
process
enables
ensures
that
there's
mini
Planning
and
Zoning
process,
accompanied
with
each
development
proposal
through
the
PDA
process,
developers
have
to
submit
a
development
plan
and
they
have
to
provide
very
specific
and
significant
public
benefits
to
advance
plan,
charlestown's
recommendations,
creating
a
legally
binding
framework
and,
of
course,
the
public
feedback
process
is
very
fairly
extensive.
L
They're
required
to
commit
to
a
45-day
public
comment
period
next
slide,
please,
so
the
pdas
will
be
regulated
Again
by
maximum
height
and
Fs,
which
were
Pro
proposed
through
the
plan,
minimum
per
permeable
area
of
lot
to
support
again
the
open
space
and
climate
goals,
and,
given
that
we
are
anticipating
different
built
forms
and
open
spaces
for
each
area,
we
are
concentrating
on
regulating
F,
height
and
F
and
permeable
area
of
lot
as
key
metrics
to
shape
built
form,
while
providing
enough
flexibility
for
these
varying
built
forms
that
we
are
anticipating.
L
And
lastly,
each
development
proposal
has
to
meet
a
minimum
of
two
of
the
public
benefits
that
we've
outlined
in
the
zoning
based
on
again.
The
plan
charlestown's
recommendations
next
slide,
please.
So
this
is
actually
pulled
from
the
proposed
zoning
that
we've
outlined
the
public
benefits
and
again
the
language
directly
speaks
to
what
the
plan
recommends,
and
there
is
a
line
that
says
the
select
at
the
end
says.
The
selected
public
benefits
should
Advance
the
goals
detailed
in
plan
Charlestown,
so
we're
being
very
specific
that
this
has
to
support
the
plan
next
slide.
L
So
here
are
some
examples
of
the
conditions
in
this
area
which
clearly
highlight
that
there
we
need
to
see
large
scale
improvements
to
accommodate
human
activity
to
create
a
walkable
neighborhood.
As
these,
as
you
can
see
here,
this
is
not
designed
for
people.
This
is
not
human
scale
or
frankly,
livable
next
slide.
L
Please
a
lot
of
asphalt.
We
need
to
increase
permeability,
Green,
Space
and
again
address
these
heat
island
effects.
So
again,
I
just
want
to
emphasize
that
we
need
coordinating
and
strategic
development
to
support
these.
The
plans
recommendation
ations
to
implement,
for
instance,
the
Charlestown
green
loop
as
using
a
PDA,
would
create
a
pathway
for
these
public
benefits.
Next
slide,
please
so
to
encourage
the
use
of
pdas.
We've
established
a
restrictive
underlying
zoning
and
allowed
for
plan
for
density
for
the
plan.
Development
Area
eligible
Parcels
next
slide,
so.
L
That
I've
took
zoomed
in
on
one
of
the
mixed
you
subdistricts,
which
is
proposing
an
underlying
zoning,
an
F
of
Two
and
a
Max
height
of
90,
and
then
for
the
on
the
right
for
the
PDA
eligible
Parcels.
There
is
a
tiered
height
based
on
proximity
to
i93
at
the
highest
height
280
and
then
decreases
as
as
the
parcels
get
closer
to
raford,
AB
and
closer
to
the
lower
scale
res
residential
next
slide.
L
So
the
restrictive
underlying
zoning
requires
using
the
PDA
tool
to
access
the
plan
for
density
and
height
and,
most
importantly,
provide
the
plan
for
benefits.
So
we
are
incentivizing
the
use
of
pdas
through
this
distinction
next
slide.
So
now
we're
going
to
go
through
each
subdistrict
fairly
quickly
because
I'm
conscious
of
the
time
and
then
we'll
review
the
corresponding
PDA
eligible
areas.
So
in
green
we
have
the
five
subdistricts
for
the
Mixed
use.
L
Subdistrict
each
subdistrict
is
different,
differentiated
by
F,
height
building
lot
coverage,
permeable
Etc,
based
on
the
plan,
Charlestown
recommendations,
the
land
use
for
the
mix
use
subdistricts
is
a
blend
of
residential
commercial
community
services
and
cultural
uses.
We
we've
made
research
and
development
conditional
to
encourage
the
use
of
pdas,
for
these
kinds
of
proposals
tend
to
be
larger
and
more
complex
in
scale.
We've
also
introduced
front
and
rear
yard
setbacks,
and
then
the
mixu
subdistrict
2
and
three
for
the
street
improvements
next
slide.
Within
These
this
mixu
subdistrict
area.
L
We
have
six
PDA
eligible
areas
and
the
key
component
of
this
area
is
that
we're
promoting
Transit
oriented
development
through
increased
density
near
Transit
stop
so
there
we
are
introducing
residential
density
bonus
for
projects
containing
a
residential
use
within
1,000
ft
of
a
Transit
stop
so
they're
eligible
for
an
increase
of
one
F
and,
of
course,
the
we're
increasing
permeable
area
of
lot
for
very
large
parcel
of
land.
So
there's
a
proportional
increase
in
in
open
space
and
permeable
open
space
for
the
larger
pieces
of
land
next
slide.
L
So
this
is
again
an
existing
condition,
highlighting
that
we
need
large
scale
improvements
next
slide,
please
for
the
commercial
District
subd
districts,
proposing
a
blend
of
commercial
community
services
and
cultural
uses.
Residential
uses
are
forbidden
within
these
areas
and
in
in
the
underlying
subd
District.
These
have
the
tallest
Heights
to
provide
a
buffer
for
the
mixed
use
and
lower
scale
residential
core
we're
also
introducing
significant
setbacks
for
Street
improvements,
particularly
in
C1,
given
the
current
state
of
these
subd
districts.
This
area
is
in
charlstown
next
slide,
please.
L
Similarly,
two
PDA
eligible
areas
and
again
increasing
density
in
a
contextually
sensitive
way,
given
their
location
relative
to
the
rest
of
Charlestown
next
slide.
So
this
photo
illustrat
atates
the
highway
in
relation
to
the
commercial
subdistrict
that
a
buffer
would
taller
buildings
would
provide
a
buffer
to
this
Highway
next
slide,
please
for
the
neighborhood
shopping
district,
it's
slightly
different
from
the
rest
of
the
subd
districts
in
Charlestown.
It
does
not
have
very
large
Parcels,
so
the
use
of
PDA
is
not
a
necessity
to
support
development.
L
We've
introduced
height
that
is
sensitive
to
the
adjacent
residential
neighborhood
and
the
uses
reflects
the
rest
of
the
neighborhood
shopping,
subdistricts
and
the
rest
of
Charlestown
blend
of
residential
retail
and
community
service
uses
and
residential
is
conditional
on
the
first
floor,
to
support
an
active
streetcape
and
to
reduce
development
pressure
to
turn
commercial
space
into
residential
next
slide.
Again,
PDA
is
not
as
significant
given
the
scale
of
the
parcels
and
we've
limited
the
F
to
3
again
to
given
its
proximity
to
the
residential
neighborhood
next
slide.
L
Last
subdistrict
local
industrial,
proposing
a
blend
of
light
industrial,
commercial
and
Community
Services
residential
uses
are
also
forbidden
and
I
just
want
to
highlight
that
even
in
this
area
and
similarly
to
in
the
PDA
eligible
permeable
area,
blot
is
still
an
important
factor
which
is
significantly
given
that
local
industrial
usually
has
the
most
amount
or
has
significant
asphalt
coverage
next
slide.
L
Please
next
slide:
please
a
lot
of
asphalt
all
right
next
slide.
So
this
is
what
the
the
the
zoning
map
looks
turns
into
with.
Given
these
proposed
changes
in
blue,
you
see
that
the
PDA
eligibility
and
then
the
division
of
subdistricts
next
slide,
please
so
for
additional
zoning
modifications.
Next
slide.
We
are
updating,
uses
and
dimensional
tables.
L
As
given
some
Community
input,
we
are
reducing
restrictions
on
Arts,
cultural
and
essential
uses,
essential
retail
uses
in
multif,
family
and
neighborhood
shopping
subdistricts,
so,
for
instance,
making
gym
allowed
barber
shops,
allow
bakeries
and
allowing
art
to
be
displayed
in
public,
and
these
are
much
needed.
L
Services
identified
in
the
needs
analysis
that
Amy
spoke
about
earlier
we're
making
residential
uses
conditional
on
the
ground
floor,
as
I
highlighted
in
the
neighborhood
shopping
subdistrict
earlier,
and
we
are
also
updating
the
rear
yard
setback
requirement
for
Rous
subd
subdistricts
to
be
15
ft
to
reflect
the
existing
context.
This
is
actually
the
setback
that
that
most
roow
houses
have
next
slide.
L
Please
simplifying
the
code,
we're
consolidating
the
local
convenience
subdistrict
into
the
neighborhood
shopping
sub
subdistrict
because
they
have
the
exact
same
dimensional
table
and
very
very
similar
use
tables,
we're
updating
the
boundaries
of
the
neighborhood
districts
to
better
reflect
where
retail
and
residential
uses
actually
exist
by
removing
blocks
with
entirely
residential
uses
from
the
neighborhood
shopping
subd
districts.
L
We
are
cons,
consolidating
City
square
into
the
Charlestown
neighborhood
zoning
districts,
because,
similarly
to
the
local
convenience
and
neighborhood
shopping,
the
exact
same
dimensional
tables
and
very
very
similar
use
tables,
we're
simplifying
the
neighborhood
design,
overlay
District
to
make
it
more
usable
and,
lastly,
we're
simplifying
charlestown's,
2f
and
3F
subdistricts
by
converting
the
2f
3000
and
3F
3000
subdistricts
to
be
3F
2,000
subd
districts,
just
because
of
the
how
much
of
the
they
cover
a
very
small
portion
of
of
Charlestown
next
slide.
Please
and
lastly,
for
parking
improvements.
L
We
heard
interest
in
limiting
garage
entrances
facing
public
streets,
reducing
curb
Cuts,
making
it
safer
and
activating
the
streetcape,
removing
off
street
parking
minimums
for
structures
with
six
or
fewer
housing
units
and
for
structures
within
with
seven
or
more
units
requiring
one
parking
space
per
unit,
as
opposed
to
two.
And
lastly,
we
are
aligning
our
parking
minimums
with
the
Boston
Transportation
Department's
Park
parking
policy,
so
we
don't
have
contradictory
parking
requirements
with
their
minimums
with
our
minimums
next
slide,
and
that's
it
for
me.
A
Okay,
thank
you,
as
so,
just
to
remind
everyone.
These
two
agenda
items
are
not
open
to
to
public
testimony
and
but,
as
always
consistent
with
prior
meetings,
we
would
like
to
recognize
any
and
all
elected
officials
who
are
in
attendance
to
to
comment
so
Teresa.
Do
we
have
anyone
here
that
would
celor
Keta,
Z,
okay,
great
Council
K
the
floor
is.
N
Yours
excellent,
just
confirming
everybody
can
hear
me
y
great
Madame,
chair
roas,
distinguished
members
of
the
board
director
Jameson
and
secretary
bimus
I'm,
just
going
to
outright
ask
for
your
patience
and
Indulgence
as
I
provide
my
testimony
that
I
know
will
be
entirely
too
long,
I'm
going
to
try
to
condense
it
as
best
as
I
can,
but
I
do
feel
like
it
is
it's
necessary
in
order
to
fully
encapsulate
the
significance
of
this
moment.
Charlestown
for
those
listening
in
summary,
just
know
that
I'm
standing
with
you
and
I.
N
Thank
you
for
your
advocacy
and
thank
you
all
so
much
for
your
presentation
as
well
I'm
here
to
provide
comments
on
the
final
draft
proposal
for
plan
Charles
toown
released
by
The
bbda
on
September
26th,
2023
plan,
Charles,
toown,
otherwise
known
as
plan
in
these
remarks
is
the
culmination
of
four
years
of
an
extensive
planning
exercise
and
defines
the
framework
for
future
development
in
this
community.
The
intent
was
to
provide
a
comprehensive
Vision
that
provides
predict
predictability
in
growth
areas,
while
also
maintaining
the
historic
character
of
charlestown's
inner
core.
Imagine
Boston.
2020.
N
Excuse
me
2030
identified
Sullivan
Square
as
an
opportunity
for
growth,
which
has
guided
developers
to
propose
an
unprecedented
number
of
proposals
in
our
beloved
one
square
mile.
The
rise
of
development
pressure
in
Charlestown
required
City
officials
to
launch
this
planning
process
in
order
to
create
a
regulatory
framework
and
fully
understand
how
it
can
help
provide
more
affordable
housing,
open
space,
climate
resilience,
Economic,
Opportunity
and
access
to
essential
retail
and
services.
N
The
bpa's
efforts
to
prioritize
planning
before
development
is
a
necessary
step
in
ensuring
that
we
are
growing
to
the
inclusion
of
existing
residents
while
creating
a
healthy,
thriving
and
prosperous
City.
Additionally,
it
is
essential
that
we
identify
underutilized,
Transit
adjacent
Parcels
across
the
city,
not
just
in
Charlestown
that
are
zoned
for
uses
that
do
not
address
the
challenges
of
affordable
housing,
crisis
or
the
affordable
housing
crisis
and
other
issues.
I
fully
acknowledge
that
growth
in
population
density
are
inevitable
and
we
must
assess
the
best
and
highest
uses
of
these
Parcels
through
the
urban
planning
lens.
N
Moreover,
with
without
the
implementation
of
modernized,
zoning
development
will
continue,
given
the
limitations
of
our
regulatory
Powers
as
it
relates
to
the
use
of
private
property.
In
the
four
years
since
plan
trown
began,
all
of
us
elected
officials
and
City
staff
have
committed
to
seeking
robust
feedback
from
constituents
on
their
needs
and
wishes
for
the
future
of
their
community.
N
As
the
District
1
City
councelor
I've,
heard
from
a
wide
vary
variety
of
constituents
with
a
range
of
opinions
on
the
plan.
As
this
initiative
has
progressed,
I've
reiterated
numerous
times
that
the
community
needs
to
be
driving
this
planning
process
to
Define.
What
trown
will
look
like
for
future
Generations.
N
There
are
some
commendable
aspects
of
the
plan
that
do
provide
a
healthy
and
holistic
framework
for
growth
and
I'll
share
that
and
I
share
the
community
support
of
the
following
and
I'm
going
to
summarize
these
points,
because
there
are
others
that
I
want
to
get
to
especially
the
areas
of
disagreement,
and
please
know
that
I
will
be
supplementing
my
testimony
here
with
a
10-page
comment
letter
where
everybody
can
read
the
full
extent
of
it.
N
But
areas
that
I
want
to
highlight
are
definitely
the
transition
from
industrial
use
to
the
creation
of
affordable
housing.
Specifically
I
am
pleased
with
the
encourage
the
encouragement
of
the
of
development
of
truly
affordable
housing
at
lower
area,
medium
incomes
or
AMR
high
levels
for
families
and
individuals
along
Transit,
adjacent
Parcels
Charlestown
is
in
dire
need
of
this
and
has
a
significant
housing
cost
burden
where
home
prices
have
nearly
doubled
to
an
average
of
875,000
and
55%
of
renting
households
are
cost
burden.
N
The
housing
recommendations
plan
for
the
inclusion
of
individuals
and
families
who
currently
live
there
and
should
be
commended,
there's
also
great
open
space
expansion
and
public
realm
improvements,
but
the
majority
of
Tri
Town's,
original
Peninsula
and
lost
Village
areas
built
out,
there's
little
opportunity
to
add
Green,
Space
and
open
space
and
close
proximity
to
residential
areas.
There's
a
need
for
Charles
toown
to
build
up
Sports
Fields,
given
the
growing
family
population
and
the
plan
provides
that.
N
However,
I
do
want
to
uplift
the
concerns
that
I've
heard
from
Advocates
that
we
need
to
go
further
beyond
the
proposed
additional
20
acres
of
new
open
space
I'm.
Also,
a
big
fan
of
the
Charlestown
green
Loop,
which
is
a
proposed
3,
Mile
Greenway.
It
comes
ing,
charest
toown
at
its
edges.
Additionally,
CL
there's
a
lot
of
climate
resiliency
and
coastal
flooding,
recommendations
and
I
do
agree
with
a
number
of
the
resilience
strategies
that
have
been
outlined.
The
mobility
and
multimodal
connectivity
improvements
are
excellent.
N
I
am
pleased
with
the
recommendations
for
multimodal
options
that
include
the
installation
of
bite
networks
and
a
brand
new
charlest
toown
link
Mirror
by
the
Mission
Hill
link
that
will
provide
privately
financed
and
maintained
shuttles
that
will
connect
residents
to
essential
Transit
hubs
and
amenities.
I
would
like
to
see
a
formalized
agreement
with
a
timetable
of
deliverables
for
mitigation
resources
necessary
to
achieve
this
link,
especially
when
Charlestown
meets
its
25%
projected
population,
growth
and
I
do
want
to
uplift,
I
I
believe
it's.
N
The
Jewel
of
the
document,
which
is
the
comprehensive
neighborhood
needs
analysis.
I,
provide
praise
for
this
in
direct
response
from
Charles
residents
who
made
this
request
for
a
more
holistic
approach
to
planning
it
is
future
focused
and
I
believe
that
it
it
meets
the
challenges
and
it's
it
is
holistic.
It
talks
about
housing,
retail
and
food
security,
open
space,
climate
resilience,
preservation,
arts
and
culture.
N
We
got
down
into
the
project,
needs
for
public
schools,
all
the
way
down
to
sewer
and
water
capacity,
and
so
I
uplift
that
and
thank
the
bpda
for
for
going
through
that
these
achievements
are
highlighted
in
Earnest
and
I,
understand
the
hard
work
and
dedication
undertaken
by
the
entirety
of
the
bbd's
planning
team
over
the
last
four
years,
I'd
like
to
praise
chief
of
planning,
AR
Jameson
for
his
responsiveness
and
accessibility
throughout
the
final
stages
of
negotiation,
I
believe
he's
negotiated
in
good
faith
and
centered
a
Solutions
oriented
approach,
while
providing
examples
of
Goodwill
to
the
community
in
the
form
of
certain
concessions.
N
These
concessions
have
been
highlighted,
but
I
I'll,
I'll,
rename
them
the
reduction
of
maximum
allowable
Heights
on
the
buer
Hill
Mall
site.
The
Austin
Street
parking
lots
currently
owned
by
the
city
of
Boston
and
under
an
RFP
process
in
reducing
those
Heights
and
general
reductions
to
density
across
multiple
Parcels,
around
Sullivan
Square
and
along
eford
AB
Corridor.
And
so,
despite
these
concessions.
N
In
my
conversations
across
the
community,
there
is
a
wide
range
of
concerns
in
areas
of
disagreement,
however,
and
it
is
clear
that
several
priorities
remain
unresolved,
so
the
first
of
which,
being
height
and
density
despite
the
afor
aforementioned
modest
changes
to
existing
proposals,
the
overall
increase
in
density
and
height
is
simply
too
much
for
Charlestown
to
absorb
responsibly,
given
its
Geographic
and
infrastructure
limitations.
The
plan
outlines
that
a
major
outcome
is
the
resoning
of
specific
Parcels
to
promote
future
growth
by
upzoning
areas
to
accommodate
higher
FS
or
Flor
area
ratios.
N
The
reasoning
that
States
is
that
higher
density
will
provide
more
foot,
traffic,
greater
quantity
of
Housing
and
greater
mitigation
in
the
form
of
open
space
and
Community
benefits,
as
mentioned
above
there's
recognition
that
the
solivan
square
area
is
identified,
growth
is
ENT,
is
an
identified
area
of
growth,
and
the
proposed
levels
of
f
of
4.0
and
5.0
are
are
acceptable.
I
also
appreciate
the
stepping
down
of
heights
and
densities
towards
charlestown's
existing
residential
fabric.
N
However,
I
share
the
community
sentiment
that
the
collective
increase
of
over
18
million
square
footage
is
undeniably
burdensome
to
existing
and
near
future.
Conditions
of
Charlestown
I've
asked
the
bpda
to
reduce
certain
Parcels
west
of
Rutherford
AB,
both
in
their
F
and
height,
to
reduce
the
square
footage,
but
those
requests
were
ultimately
not
included
in
the
final
iteration
of
this
plan.
N
The
bbda
vision
of
creating
a
replica
of
the
seport
is
not
a
vision
that
is
shared
by
the
majority
of
Charlestown
residents
and
willfully
neglects
The,
Growing,
Pains
related
to
Transportation
basic
amenities,
Public
Safety
and
the
exclusivity
of
historically
marginalized
population
seen
both
the
seaport
and
South
Boston
within
the
last
decade.
Charlestown
is
Boston's,
oldest
neighborhood,
rich
with
extensive
history
that
manifests
itself
in
the
inner
peninsula's
colonial
era
home.
It
is
a
neighborhood
that
has
experienced
a
myriad
of
changes,
and,
despite
that,
its
people
remain
resilient.
N
They
truly
embody
its
revolutionary
ties
and
spirit,
and,
and
they
were
alloud
with
this
one-
they
made
clear
through
over
350
pieces
of
Correspondence
to
my
office,
a
historic
level
of
advocacy
that
the
increase
of
maximum
allowable
Heights,
as
well
as
the
general
increases
in
F,
are
unacceptable
and
will
negatively
impact
their
quality
of
life.
I
stand
in
solidarity
with
their
calls
for
further
reductions
of
height
and
density
in
this
proposed
plan.
N
This
includes
the
Reconstruction
of
ruford
Av
and
the
North
Washington
tro
bridge
and
the
MBTA
bus
Network
redesign,
as
well
as
a
study
and
creation
of
plans
for
the
Gilmore
and
Alfred
Street
Bridges.
A
majority
of
these
projects
have
been
delayed
for
years
due
to
inaction
on
behalf
of
agencies,
loss
of
fundings
or
errors
in
construction,
all
of
which
have
negatively
impacted
Charleston
residents
at
the
same
time.
Furthermore,
the
plan
acknowledges
that
there
is
significant
increase
in
poent
potential
development
and
recommends
additional
Transportation
projects
that
are
still
in
proposal
phases.
N
As
you
know,
trown
is
a
1
squ
M
Peninsula,
with
three
major
points
of
entry
and
exit.
The
existing
traffic
and
congestion
levels
experienced
by
by
residents
are
unsustainable
and
affect
the
ability
for
folks
to
move
freely
to
commute
to
work
school
or
recreational
activities
based
on
the
development
proposals
currently
in
the
pipeline
for
approval
by
this
agency.
I
believe
it
is
wishful
thinking
that
all
of
the
necessary
projects,
I
just
mentioned,
will
be
completed
by
the
time.
Population
increases
push
our
trans
transportation
and
infrastructure
networks
to
the
brink
and,
lastly,
Community
benefits
and
mitigation.
N
Private
developers
have
a
role
to
play
in
defining
what
our
city
looks
like
for
future
Generations
through
the
article
80
review
process.
The
bbda
and
I
quote
Works
closely
with
private
developers
and
major
institutions
like
our
hospitals
and
universities
to
guide
build
form
private
investments
in
the
public
realm
and
Community
benefits,
and
quote
there
has
been
significant
discussion
and
emphasis
on
the
windfall
of
community
benefits.
Charlestown
will
receive
as
mitigation
for
the
contents
of
the
plan.
I
appreciate
the
clarification
I
just
got
from
director
Jamon.
N
When
asked
how
some
of
these
mitigation
efforts
would
be
codified,
moving
forward,
I'm
not
going
to
mention
all
of
them,
but
I
do
agree
that
there
are
some
ways
to
hold
the
bbda
developers
accountable.
As
mentioned
in
the
overview
portion
of
the
plan.
N
The
financial
bottom
line
of
those
who
seek
to
do
business
here
should
also
be
of
consideration.
However,
it
can't
be
prioritized
over
the
people
who
will
live
with
the
consequences
of
our
decisions
for
decades
to
come.
So
in
conclusion,
and
I
promise
I'm
wrapping
this
up.
There
are
additional
concerns
from
residents
related
to
Historic
preservation,
design
standards
and
guidelines
and
the
process
for
accountability
of
adherence
to
this
new
regulatory
framework.
The
implementation
of
the
plan,
90
plus
recommendations
ranges
from
the
immediate
While
others
will
require
the
full
30-year
Horizon.
N
It
is
Paramount
that
moving
forward
the
BPD
operates
through
the
vehicles
of
a
zoning
and
Regulatory
P
Powers,
private
development
review
and
capital
planning
process
under
a
lens
of
promoting
The
public's
interest,
rather
than
developers
in
Charlestown
I
join
the
many
residents
who
are
proponent
of
thoughtful
and
responsible
development
that
takes
place
at
a
reasonable
scale.
We
understand
that
the
status
quo
of
partial
by
partial
development
and
Zoning
by
variance
is
unsustainable
and
that
a
larger
regulatory
framework
is
necessary.
Residents
have
made
clear
that
they
want
predictability.
N
They
want
to
assist
in
the
creation
of
affordable
housing.
They
want
amenities
that
they
can
Traverse
to
without
fear
of
their
safety
or
paralyzing
traffic
congestion.
They
welcome
the
interent
agency
coordination
that
will
be
required
by
all
stakeholders
to
fully
realize
the
recommendations
put
forth
in
this
plan.
It
will
take
Decades
of
collaboration
and
oversight
and
I'm
hopeful.
Future
actors
within
this
institution
will
adhere
to
what
the
resident's
vision
is
for
Charlestown,
as
described
in
this,
and
many
other
letters
respectfully
submitted
for
consideration.
So
again.
N
In
summary,
although
there
are
many
commendable
aspects
of
what
is
proposed,
it
is
abundantly
clear.
I
can't
support
this
plan
as
presented
if
the
anticipated
burdens
overall
outweigh
the
benefits.
I
want
to
be
sure
to
thank
again
the
people
of
the
the
bpda
specific,
specifically
Jason
riro
Ted
schwarzburg,
Trish,
caffy,
Kenan
Ry
and
many
others.
Jim
who
worked
on
all
iterations
of
the
plan
and
I
am
extremely
grateful
to
the
charest
toown
community
for
their
steadfast
advocacy
and
commitment
to
this
beautiful
one
square
mile.
N
I
want
to
remind
them
that
this
is
not
the
end
of
our
advocacy.
There
is
still
a
process
with
approval,
with
pending
approval
from
the
zoning
commission
and
subsequent
plan,
Development
Area,
article
80
and
very
other
various
other
regulatory
processes.
So
please
stay
in
it.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
support
and
your
advocacy
and
I
yield
my
time.
Thank.
A
You
okay,
thank
you,
secretary
pimus.
Do
we
have
anyone
else?
Yes,
representative
Ryan
is
on
okay.
Thank
you
s.
Ryan.
The
floor
is.
D
O
O
A
few
more
years,
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
for
the
presentation
and
for
the
process
for
a
4-year
process.
I
want
to
thank
Chief,
J
Amerson
for
for
being
open
and
and
ready
to
talk
to
me
whenever
I
needed
to
in
the
bpba
staff,
especially
the
community
engagement
staff.
This
is,
it
was
a
good
process.
It's
a
process
that
Charon
has
needed
for
30
or
40
years
doesn't
mean
know
that
we're
done.
O
There
needs
to
be
a
lot
more
conversation
in
work
with
the
community
before
we
can
step
step
ahead
and
approve
this
planning
process.
I
have
sent
letters
I
sent
the
letter
yesterday
opposed
to
this
plan,
but
I'm
opposed
not
to
the
plan
itself,
not
to
the
work
done.
I'm
opposed
to
the
timing
and
the
trust
this
this
you
know,
we've
all
heard
the
stories
of
the
60s
and
the
70s
and
how
much
Chon
doesn't
trust
the
BR,
but
I
also
lived
through
that
through
the
70s
and
through
the
80s,
not
so
much
the
60s.
O
Line
a
hockey
stick
away
from
my
bedroom
window.
Till
I
was
8
years.
Old.
I
also
grew
up
in
a
string
of
five
brick
houses
which
I
guess
now
we
call
them
Brownstones.
They
were
brick
houses.
When
I
was
a
kid
with
three
of
them
were
boarded
up.
We
used
to
play
in
abandoned
buildings
and
step
on
nails,
I've
had
more
teanis
shots
than
the
entire
population
of
some
third
world
countries.
That's
what
charlone
became
when
the
government
in
real
estate
and
investors
stop
caring
about
us.
O
Okay,
then,
all
of
a
sudden,
through
government
investment
through
the
bpda
through
urban
renewal,
through
through
all
the
good
things
that
Government
Can
Do,
charone,
Was
revitalized.
There's
pictures
of
me
and
my
sister
in
oura
outfits
with
Mish
behind
us
being
built
it
hadn't
yet
been
built.
That's
the
vision
that
sometimes
gets
lost
when
people
bash
the
bpda
and
they
bash
the
BR.
That's
what
government
can
do?
That's
the
vision.
O
We
need
here,
okay
to
take
the
next
step
and
we're
at
a
Crossroads
and
we're
at
a
point
where
we're
fighting
over
this
stuff,
not
because
we
don't
want
development,
I'm,
okay,
with
development,
okay,
not
that
we
don't
want
the
government
telling
us
what
to
do,
but
the
tables
have
turned
when
the
bpda
and
the
BR
were
coming
into
Charlestown.
It
was
to
make
people
invest
here.
People
forgot
about
us,
they
didn't
care.
People
were
moving
out.
The
government
made
people
invest
here.
It
worked,
it
worked
now.
The
people
who
invest
here
want
profit.
O
This
is
a
different
process
than
the
process
we
did
50
years
ago
and
we
need
to
take
our
time.
I
I'm,
not
against
any
of
these
development.
I'm
opposed
to
the
timing
of
this
I'm
opposed
to
the
two
proposals
that
are
going
to
get
approved
later
tonight.
Okay
and
we'll
keep
we'll
keep
fighting,
we
look.
We
celebrate
a
battle,
okay,
that
we
lost,
but
you
know
what
in
the
end,
we
won
the
big
picture.
We
won
the
wall,
so
I'm,
okay
with
tonight,
whatever
happens,
we'll
keep
on
going.
This
community
needs
to
stay
together.
O
O
To
digest,
we
just
need
more
time
as
just
saying
that
Transportation
2040,
okay
I,
did
D
in
math,
but
I
I
was
able
to
figure
this
out.
24
out
is
17
years
from
now.
O
Okay,
24
years
ago,
the
bpda
in
the
city
of
Boston
come
up
with
a
Rua
of
Rutherford
Avenue
caror
study
to
plan
for
the
new
vision
of
Charlestown
24
years
ago.
We
are
closer
to
2040
than
we
are
to
that
day
in
21
years
ago,
the
city
of
Boston.
After
doing
nothing,
decided
to
tear
down
the
over
ramp
that
brought
traffic
through
our
community
Community
to
Route
93,
but
kept
it
off
our
streets.
O
Ago
that
ramp
was
taken
down
now
we're
going
to
develop
rout
to
fit
Avenue
after
21
I
I
can.
If
you
want
I,
will
pick
up
this
laptop
and
you
can
follow
me.
It
will
take
me
3
minutes
to
get
to
that
ramp.
I
can
see
it
from
my
house.
It
goes
to
the
Sky
I'm
waiting
for
evil
Canal's
grandson
to
take
a
motorcycle
and
just
go
over
it
21
years
that
has
been
staring
Us
in
the
face
and
the
bpda
wants
to
tell
us
tonight.
Just
trust
us
just
trust
us
we'll
fix
it.
O
Appreciate
the
work
I
appreciate
to
work,
it's
the
timing,
it's
the
timing!
It's
the
it's
the
level
of
trust
you
want
from
us
that
we're
just
not
there
yet
and
I
get
it.
It's
the
new
bpda
and
and
I
give
you
all
all
the
credit
in
the
world
for
trying
to
change
culture
and
and
and
we're
getting
there
we're
getting
there.
We've
been
told
that
some
of
these
zoning
is
10
and
20
years
away.
O
Then
why
can't
we
wait
a
month?
Why
can't
we
wait
two
weeks?
Why
can't
we
have
a
discussion
tomorrow
morning
and
I?
Think
that's
all
I'm
asking
for
look.
If
you're
going
to
vote
to
move
this
stuff
forward,
vote
and
move
it
forward.
Okay,
I'll!
Wake
up
tomorrow
morning,
I'll
fight
the
next
battle,
we'll
just
keep
going
and
I
don't
want.
You
know
what
I
shouldn't
say:
fight
I'll,
keep
working
I'll,
keep
working
with
you!
O
Folks,
everybody
along
on
the
developers
labor
whoever
it
is
we'll
get
there
I've
been
here
55
years,
I'm,
not
going
anywhere
anytime
soon,
maybe
by
2044
I'll,
be
play
playing
pickle
ball
in
Fort
Meyers,
hopefully,
but
who
the
hell
knows,
but
that
that
that's
all
I
really
want
to
say
I
I,
I
I
put
in
two
letters.
My
comment
stand
for
themselves:
I'm
willing
to
continue
to
work,
I
appreciate
the
work
being
done
here.
We
just
need
more
time.
Thank.
A
You
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Mr
ran
for
for
representing
your
constituents,
so
the
let's
see
secretary
pimus.
Do
we
have
anybody
else
that
we
any
other
electeds
you
want
to?
We
have.
T
Evening
this
is
Tom
man
from
Council
Aon
Murphy's
office.
Thank
you
for
having
me
on
I
will
be
brief,
as
I.
Don't
want
to
repeat
the
points
made
by
the
past
couple.
Speakers
coun
Murphy,
recognizes
the
extense
of
community
process
planning
process
and
commends
the
planners
for
Consulting
Community
residence.
However,
she
does
not
feel
that
the
neighborhood's
concerns
have
been
sufficiently
addressed
and
the
most
recent
initiative.
A
And
oh
Thomas,
you
went
on,
you
went
on
mute
I
think
you
have.
T
Okay,
just
to
be
just
to
yeah
councelor
Murphy
can't
support
the
plan
as
it
is
right
now.
She
doesn't
feel
that
ne's
concerns
have
been
sufficiently
addressed
in
the
most
recent
initiative.
That
was
pretty
much
the
point,
so
thank
you.
A
Okay,
thank
you
and
I
do
want
to
recognize
that
we've
received
councelor
Murphy's
letter.
That
board
has
has
received
it
and
reviewed
it
all
right.
Secretary
pimus,
any
additional
public
officials,
we'd
like
to
the
floor.
A
All
right
so
so
we'll
move
on
to
the
board
questioning
portion.
Do
we
have
any
questions
or
comments
from
the.
A
Board,
okay,
I
will
I
do
have
let's,
let's
start
with
wanted
to
double
click
on
the
implementation
plan
and-
and
you
know,
I
recognize,
there's
that
column
that
has
you
know
multiple
agencies
or
departments
listed
as
implementation
entity
trying
to
get
a
sense
of
how
do
you
plan
on
you
know
on
operationalizing
the
measurement
and
the
accountability
of
achieving
the
pl
objectives?
Kind
of
how?
How
do
you
envision
that
that
process?
Working
because
as
yes,
it's.
C
Yeah
I
can
take
that,
so
we
mentioned
the
planning
advisory
Council.
C
We
I
know
that
in
past
meetings,
we've
also
discussed
the
council
on
a
couple
of
occasions,
and
one
of
the
kind
of
tasks
that
that
council
is
working
working
on
presently
or
that
body
is
working
on
presently
is
exactly
this
Katherine
Lusk,
who
is
the
director
of
the
planning
advisory
Council,
has
embarked
on
a
process
to
really
kind
of
work
with
the
city's
finance
office,
both
to
better
understand
the
capital
planning
process,
as
it
is,
and
to
help
to
provide
some
inputs
that
create
more
direct
pipeline
between
our
plans
and
or
the
recommendations
in
our
plans
and
the
capital
planning
process.
C
That's
something
that
is
has
been
a
work
in
progress
since
the
council
was
initiated
in
July.
It's
something
that
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
on
so
that,
as
we
approach
the
capital
planning
process
for
the
next
year,
we're
really
able
to
clearly
articulate
how
the
inputs
into
the
capital
planning
process
are
related
to
the
recommendations
that
have
come
out
of
the
plans
that
we
have
adopted
over
the
course
of
the
Year
itself.
C
One
of
the
things
that
she's
been
looking
really
closely
at
is
is
where
we
have
funding
allocated
for
projects
that
are
not
Geographic
in
nature.
How
we
begin
to
refine
those
recommendations
on
the
department
level
basis
to
make
them
Geographic
in
nature.
C
So,
for
example,
where
we
have
dollars
allocated
for
tree
canopy
installation
if
we
have,
in
the
course
of
a
planning
process,
identified
the
need
for
additional
tree
canopy
due
to
Urban
heat
island
effects,
that
we
are
more
specific
specific
in
our
recommendations
in
relationship
to
where
we
should
allocate
those
dollars
over
the
course
of
the
next
year.
So
I
would
say
that's
a
big
part
of
how
we
create
that
Pipeline
and
that
direct
connection
I.
Think
again
in
the
in
the
case
of
of
this
particular
plan.
C
Given
that
the
Community
impact
fund
is
another
source
that
exists,
and
that
is
a
dedicated
fund
for
the
neighborhood.
That
is
another
kind
of
process
that
the
cfo's
office
is
managing
and
and
one
where
they're
really
eager
to
begin
to
take
the
recommendations
that
have
come
out
of
this
plan
and
connect
them
to
to
that
fund
on
the
basis
of
potential
uses
that
are
eligible.
And
we
have,
in
the
kind
of
finalization
of
the
plan
itself,
worked
directly
with
that
office.
C
Both
to
be
able
to
speak
to
what
the
fund
is
correctly
in
the
plan
and
to
begin
to
vet.
Some
of
the
recommendations
that
are
in
our
implementation
table
with
how
they
might
be
able
to
be
accessed
through
the
fund
to
ensure
that
we're
really
moving
in
the
same
direction
and
that
there's
clear
understanding
about
how
those
things
translate
from
paper
into.
U
Yes,
I've
got
one;
this
might
be
for
Jim
U,
with
this
very
significant
growth
over
the
next
20
30
years.
I
know
transportation
is
heavily
reliant
on
the
nvta,
which
of
course,
is
a
struggle
over
the
last
couple
years.
You,
how
can
we
be
assured
the
Orange
Line
instead
of
running
every
12
minutes?
We
can
move
that
to
10
minutes
or
7
minutes.
U
G
G
The
procurement
of
all
the
new
orange
Vehicles,
while
unfortunately
delayed,
do
allow
for
that
level
of
frequency,
like
I,
said
6
minute
and
even
4,
and
a
half
minute
frequencies
in
the
peak
so
I
understand
the
delays
of
transforming
the
Orange
Line
have
unfortunately
been
significant,
but
I'm
hoping
we're
now
at
a
point,
with
new
leadership
of
the
team
that
they
are
going
to
hopefully
finally
complete
that
project.
G
The
bus,
Network
redesign,
which
also
is
critical
to
the
success
of
the
network
here,
is
also
a
funded
project.
As
far
as
the
levels
of
service
committed
the
roots.
All
of
those
elements
are
funded,
I
think
the
very
near
time
very
wellknown
near-term
struggles
that
MBTA
has
been
having
is
just
hiring
enough
operators
to
operate
that
vision,
and
the
good
news
is
for
Charles
Town
is
that
the
NBTA
intends
to
kind
of
work
their
way
on
the
Northern
side
of
the
system
and
work.
G
The
way
down
so
are
neighborhoods
like
Charlestown
are
intended
to
be
the
have
the
first
kind
of
geographies
of
implementation
of
the
bus,
Network
improvements,
so
I'm
I'm,
hoping
that
that
you
know
these
things
will
be
realized
realistically
within
the
next.
You
know,
5
years
and
again,
I
think
all
of
our
projections
are,
you
know,
25
plus
years,
as
we've
stated
so
I
have
to
stay
confident,
but
the
good
news
is
they're.
Not
unfunded.
G
V
F
W
W
So
this
sets
some
broad
parameters
as
to
what
it
is
that
is
possible
within
the
area
over
the
next
few
years.
C
That's
correct
certainly
we're
looking
to
advance
zoning
that
enables
that,
but
many
of
the
projections
that
we've
made
in
the
plan
itself
speak
to
maximum
buildout
maximum
projection
Etc
it.
That
does
not
necessarily
mean
that
what
ends
up
on
the
ground
or
what
ends
up
developed
is
to
the
maximum
that
is
kind
of
named
in
the
plan.
W
So,
where
concerns
have
been
raised
about
a
need
for
more
time
for
discussion,
how
can
those
concerns
best
be
addressed,
addressed
moving
forward.
C
I
think
one
of
the
first
things
that
I
would
identify
is
that
as
development
projects
come
forward,
you
know
not
only
is
there
public
process
through
through
that,
but
as
well
that
each
individual
project
will
need
to
be
evaluated
on
the
basis
of
impact
and
on
the
basis,
basis
of
or
or
I
would
say,
against
the
infrastructure
improvements
that
have
been
put
into
place,
and
so
one
of
the
conversations
that
we
had
in
a
prior
public
meeting
was
around
the
fact
that
each
of
those
projects
May
warrant
their
own
Transportation
analysis,
so
that
we
can
more
specifically
understand
what
the
impacts
would
be
at
the
time
that
that
project
is
proposed.
C
C
Many
of
them
are,
to
the
benefit
of
you,
know
the
community
in
terms
of
the
needs
and
services
Etc,
but
each
of
those
being
implemented
themselves
may
impact
the
kind
of
outcome
or
impacts
of
other
development
projects,
and
so
I
think
that
you
know
when
it
comes
to
the
case
of
development,
making
sure
that
the
conversation
continues
through
the
process
of
of
you
know,
kind
of
each
of
those
individual
developments
and
how
they
stack
up
against
the
to
plan
and
against
each
other
is
going
to
be
really.
S
Important,
thank
you.
I'll
add
a
little
bit
here.
Amy
I
think
you
kind
of
hit
the
nail
on
the
head.
In
the
sense,
each
each
individual
project
will
still
go
through
the
process
and
the
community
will
still
have
a
chance
to
have
the
input
on
each
different
project
that
U
comes
up,
but
I'm,
definitely
four
years
of
of
study
and
just
a
lot
of
work.
I'd
like
to
thank
everyone.
S
As
far
as
the
bpda
got
presentations
today,
we
do
a
great
job
today,
a
lot
to
take
in,
but
with
before
years
of
study.
We
have
to
hear
so
I
appreciate
everything
you
guys
have
said.
D
Today,
I
could
just
add
in
that
next
step
in
the
process.
If
we're
afforded
the
opportunity
to
take
this
forward,
is
the
zoning
commission,
which
would
be
a
public
hearing
and
an
opportunity
for
public
testimony,
so
I
just
thought
that
was
important
to
emphasize
about
residents
asking
for
opportunities
for
more
time
and
to
continue
the
discussion
there.
Most
certainly
would
be
opportunity
for
that.
A
Thank
you,
Jason.
That's
a
that's!
A
really
good,
a
good
thing
to
point
to
point
out
additional
questions
or
comments.
Okay,
I
do
want
to
thank
everyone
who
has
attended
all
of
the
individuals
and
groups
that
have
submitted
comment,
letters
we
have
received
them.
A
We
have
read
them
and
are
taking
them
into
consideration,
and
I
also
want
to
thank
the
the
agency-
and
you
know
particularly
director
or
chief
Json
and
and
Miss
Chambers,
as
well
as
Jason
I,
really
as
a
board
member
value,
the
the
feedback
that
that
there
is
collaboration.
There
is
conversation.
There
are
concessions
that
are
being
made
and
it
you
know
it
appears
that
there
is
that
openness
and
that
willingness
to
to
have
that
conversation,
and
just
really
appreciative
of
that
and
to
to
see
that
demonstrated.
A
Okay.
So
with
that,
we
are
I
believe
it's
time
to
take
a
vote.
So
to
do
that,
we
are
going
to
read
out
the
individual
votes
separately,
so
I'll
reread
them.
So
this
is.
Concerning
item
number
agenda.
A
Item
number
two
request:
authorization
of
the
plan,
Charlestown
neighborhood
plan,
which
will
guide
the
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority,
doing
business
as
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
agency
and
the
community
on
future
development,
public
realm
climate
resilience,
historic
preservation,
arts
and
culture,
transportation
and
neighborhood
service
improvements
within
the
planned
Charlestown
study
area
through
recommendations
for
zoning
amendments,
Urban,
Design
guidelines,
climate
resilience,
historic
preservation,
Transportation
improvements
and
resource
allocation.
A
motion
is
in
order
on
that
item.
A
Mr
Miller
I
and
the
chair
votes
I
motion
passes
so
now.
Let's
vote
on
item
number
three
request:
authorization
to
petition
the
zoning
commission
to
adopt
text
amendments
to
articles
2,
62,
42b
and
58
of
the
zoning
code
and
Associated
map
amendments
to
Maps,
2
e
2D
and
2B
2C.
To
implement
zoning
recommendations
from
plan
Charlestown
and
to
take
all
related
action
motion
is
in
order
on
agenda
item
number
three,
so
moved.
Second,
roll
call
for
a
vote.
Dr.
B
A
A
The
chair
votes
I
motion
passes.
Thank
you
very
much
for
all
who
again
who
attended
and
who
are
continuing
to
participate
in
this
process.
Okay,
so
we
are
now
going
to
move
on
to
agenda
item
number
four
or
actually.
X
Abdul
great,
thank
you
and
good
evening,
chair
roas
secretary
apus
members
of
the
board
director
jimeson
and
Boston
residents,
who
are
joining
us
today.
My
name
is
Abdul
Rak,
Zachariah
and
I'm
a
planner
one
on
the
zoning
reform
team
of
the
bpda
planning
department
today,
I'll
be
presenting
on
the
proposed
Citywide
Child
Care
zoning
text,
Amendment,
which
aligns
with
Citywide
goals
to
enhance
opportunities
for
child
care,
centers
and
homebased
family
child
care
facilities.
X
Next
slide
today,
we'll
cover
the
background
to
to
the
study
of
child
care
center
needs
in
the
city
work
that
has
been
done
so
far
as
well
as
initial
actions
that
have
occurred
outside
of
the
bpa's
perview
that
the
zoning
Amendment
hopes
to
support
followed
by
this.
X
As
a
land
use
as
of
right
in
all
Boston
neighborhoods
next
slide,
as
mentioned,
my
name
is
Abdul
Rach,
Zachariah
and
I'm
thankful
to
be
presenting
on
this
amendment.
As
someone
who
personally
benefited
from
access
to
Child,
Care,
Centers
and
homebased
child
care
facilities
and
I'm
joined
today
with
po
G
viel,
who
serves
as
the
child
care
program
director
for
the
office
of
Early
Childhood.
X
Should
there
be
any
questions
about
this
amendment
after
tonight's
meeting
you
can
reach
out
to
either
of
us
both
about
the
zoning
regulations
on
my
end
or
on
the
impacts
of
these
regulations
for
child
care
facilities
on
the
end
of
the
office
of
Early
Childhood
next
slide.
The
proposed
amendment
as
mentioned
is
the
most
recent
effort
in
the
line
of
actions
taken
by
the
city
of
Boston
to
advance
Child,
Care
access
and
resources
next
slide.
X
First,
first
of
them
is
since
2019
the
Boston
opportunity
agenda,
which
is
a
public
private
partnership
initiative.
Centered
on
changing
education
in
Boston
has
conducted
detailed
research
on
the
demand
and
supply
of
child
care
across
the
city
and
have
helped
push
forward
conversations
on
the
urgent
need
for
Boston's
children
with
their
annual
report
state,
with
their
annual
report
on
the
state
of
early
childhood
and
early
care.
X
The
work
of
the
Boston
opportunity
agenda
and
the
concerns
expressed
by
many
families
and
providers
in
the
city
has
paired
with
mayor
Michelle
Woo's
efforts
to
better
support
the
development
and
longevity
of
child
care
facilities.
One
major
effort
that
mayor
Ru
has
taken
in
her
executive
order
from
July
of
2022
was
to
strengthen
the
inclusion
of
daycare
facilities
regulation
that
is
in
place
for
downtown
districts
in
Boston.
That
specific
regulation
already
requires
large
development
projects
to
create
child
care
facilities
in
their
development
sites
or
offsite.
X
But
mayor
Wu's
executive
order
deepened
the
impact
of
the
regulation
by
giving
developers
the
option
to
provide
money
equivalent
to
the
cost
of
that
project
or
of
the
childcare
facility.
For
that
project,
to
create
an
on-site
Child
Care
Center
to
a
fund
that
is
managed
by
the
mayor's
office
of
Early
Childhood.
X
It's
the
office
of
Early
Childhood
that
has
been
a
very
consistent
partner
in
the
creation
of
this
zoning
Amendment
and
I'm
grateful
to
be
able
to
pass
the
mic
to
paa
gabria
vi
from
The
Office
of
Childhood.
To
give
us
some
more
background
on
the
need
of
child
care
in
our
city
and
how
the
proposed
changes
to
the
code
will
support
that
need
next.
Y
Slide,
thank
you
very
much.
Abdul
next
slide
please
so
quickly.
This
is
our
team
Kristen
ma
Swain
director
and
Senior
advisor
myself
childcare
program
director,
far
elhad,
who
is
our
operations,
manager
and
panina
Delo
fa
childcare,
housing
manager
next
slide,
please.
So,
as
Abdul
mentioned,
we
collaborated
in
a
report
with
the
Boston
opportunity
agenda
and
we
found
that
in
2020,
Boston
had
approximately
40,000
children
between
the
ages,
0
and
five
out
of
this
population.
Y
53%
of
them
are
between
the
ages,
0
and
two,
but
only
21%
of
the
seats
for
moral
licensed
child
care
seats
available
are
for
infants
and
toddlers.
Overall,
we
have
70
747
childcare
providers
in
the
city
of
Boston,
with
an
estimated
24,000
formal
seats
for
children,
ages
0
to
5
next
slide.
Y
Please
so
what
happens?
When
you
have
more
children
than
seats
available
for
children?
We
have
what
we
call
an
access
Gap
and
in
this
map
you
can
see
the
access.
Gap
is
not
the
same
in
in
all
of
our
neighborhoods.
Those
that
are
highlighted
in
green
have
more
seats
than
children,
while
those
that
tend
to
to
go
to
the
red
have
more
children
than
seats
available
for
these
children.
So
overall
Boston
has
an
access
gap
of
39%
for
children,
ages,
0
to
5.
Y
This
access
Gap
is
driven
by
the
lack
of
seats
for
infant
and
toddlers.
This
is
the
children
ages,
0
to2.
Their
access
Gap
is
of
76%
for
preschool,
which
are
three
to
five
there's
actually
more
seats
than
children,
but
this
Surplus
as
we
call
it,
masks
the
access
Gap
in
eight
of
our
neighborhoods,
where
there's
not
enough
children
for
ch,
not
enough
seats
for
children,
ages,
3
to
5
next
slide,
please!
Y
So
what
does
this
mean
for
our
infant
and
toddler
population
that,
if
only
one
out
of
four
infant
and
toddlers
would
find
a
seat
in
a
formal
childcare
setting?
If
they
look
through
one
next
slide,
please
this
proposal
to
the
zoning
code
would
have
no
impact
on
regulations
and
policies
to
ensure
the
safety
and
quality
in
child
care,
centers
and
homebased
providers.
Y
So
the
Massachusetts
Department
of
Early,
Education
and
Care
eecc
has
developed
specific
policies
and
regulations
that
ensure
the
safety
and
quality
in
both
Center
based
and
homebased
or
family
child
care
centers,
and
these
will
not
be
impacted.
This
will
stay
in
place
next
slide.
Y
Please
so.
Impacts
of
the
proposed
changes
would
be
next
slide.
Please,
on
families,
we
would
see
increased
accessibility
and
quality
if
we
have
more
child
care
centers
that
are
licensed
by
EC.
This
ensures
that
that
we
have
more
quality
Care.
It
would
be
a
decrease
of
commute
time
because
caretakers
could
find
child
care
close
to
home
or
work
depending
on
their
preference.
Y
It
would
increase
the
labor
force
participation
and
specifically
for
moms
women
that
will
that
are
willing
to
return
to
the
workforce,
and
it
would
decrease
child
care
costs
on
the
providers
and
the
developers.
We
would
see
increased,
affordable
space
for
child
care.
We
would
see
decreased,
unregulated
child
care,
but
by
makinging,
more
easy
for
child
care
providers,
specifically
homebased
to
get
licensed
increased
Economic
Opportunity,
opening
a
licensed
childcare.
Y
Neighborhoods
that
have
larger
access
Gap
could
attract
investment
from
both
developers
and
people
interested
in
opening
a
homebased
child
care,
and
it
would
be
a
increase
burden.
It
would
decrease
the
burden
on
providers
and
developers
and
in
finding
locations
that
are
appropriate
for
child
care
throughout
the
city.
Next
slide,
please!
Oh,
that's
it
for
me,
so
I'll
Dr
it
back
to
up.
X
Thank
you
paa.
Thank
you
so
much
for
giving
us
that
background
and
for
speaking
on
the
impacts.
I
would
come
with
these
updates
to
the
zoning
code.
I'd
like
to
now
provide
some
more
context
for
the
specific
actions
that
we're
taking
to
make
sure
that
these
changes
that
how
mentioned
are
possible
through
these
zoning.
This
specific
zoning
Amendment
next
slide,
as
you
all
saw
in
P's
presentation,
most
of
Boston's
neighborhoods,
are
experiencing
a
child
care
access
Gap.
That
data
is
represented
in
the
map.
X
That's
available
on
the
right
through
analysis
of
the
Boston
zoning
code,
the
ppda
identified
areas
in
each
of
Boston
zoning
subdistricts
that
allow
for
daycare
centers
either
allowing
for
them
requiring
conditional
use
permits
for
those
centers
or
forbidding
those
centers
altogether
as
a
land
use.
As
you
can
see
in
the
map
on
your
left,
many
of
the
neighborhood
districts
that
face
these
childcare
access
gaps,
align
with
the
areas
that
forbid
or
require
conditional
permits
for
the
creation
and
operation
of
daycare
centers.
X
These
limitations
extend
to
the
creation
of
homebased
daycare
facilities
as
well
and
highlight
a
major
role
that
our
existing
zoning
regulations
play
in
reducing
opportunities
to
develop
Child
Care
Facilities
to
close
this
access
Gap
next
slide.
So
what
we've
been
waiting
for?
What
are
the
actual
changes
being
made
in
the
child
care
zoning
text?
Amendment
next
slide.
We
have
four
key
changes
in
this
text:
amendment
that
will
support
Citywide
Child
Care.
The
first
is
changing
the
term
daycare
to
child
care
within
the
zoning
code.
X
Next
is
making
sure
Child
Care
is
allowed
in
every
neighborhood
allowing
Child
Care
uses
beyond
the
ground
floor
and,
lastly,
removing
parking
minimum
requirements
next
slide.
First
off
the
change
from
daycare
to
child
care,
as
you
may
have
noticed,
when
I
presented
those
Maps,
the
zoning
code
uses
the
words
daycare
centers
and
accessory
Family
Daycare
homes,
but
these
words
don't
match
how
the
Massachusetts
Department
of
Early,
Education
and
Care
or
eec
refers
to
child
care
facilities.
Instead,
eec
uses
the
words
Child
Care,
Centers
and
accessory
family
child
care
homes
and
have
definitions
associated
with
them.
X
X
As
the
appropriate
state
agency
for
child
care,
as
you
can
see
on
the
right,
this
requires
deleting
the
old
definitions
and
terms
and
replacing
them
in
article
two
of
the
zoning
code.
With
these
new
definitions,
next
Slide,
the
next
change
will
be
making
will
make
Child
Care
an
allowed
use
in
every
neighborhood
of
Boston,
with
a
particular
focus
on
residential
neighborhoods
in
many
parts
of
Boston
childcare,
centers
and
accessory
family
child
care
homes
are
forbidden
or
have
to
meet
certain
conditions
to
be
approved
by
the
zoning
board
of
appeals.
X
This
prevents
more
child
care
services,
like
the
progam
programs
and
centers
shown
on
the
left
here
from
entering
and
growing
in
communities
with
high
need,
especially
areas
with
low-income
households,
families
of
color
and
immigrant
families.
Next
slide.
This
amendment
will
make
Child
Care,
Centers
and
accessory
family
child
care
homes
an
allowed
use
in
all
of
Boston's
neighborhoods.
As
of
right,
this
will
remove
the
extra
costs
and
barriers
associated
with
the
zoning
appeal
process
when
creating
new,
centers
and
homebased
programs
in
areas
that
need
them
the
most
on
the
right.
X
You
can
see
that
this
includes
identifying
specific
sections
of
the
zoning
Ro
where
Child,
Care,
Centers
and
accessory
family
child
care
homes
are
listed
as
conditional
or
forbidden
and
changing
those
uses
to
be
allowed.
This
will
not
only
expand
where
childcare
uses
can
happen,
but
hopefully
encourage
more
homebased
child
care
services
in
residential
areas.
In
addition,
there
are
unique
areas
related
to
Maritime
activities
such
as
Maritime
economy,
Reserve
areas
where
we
will
keep
existing
conditional
or
forbidden
child
care
uses,
because
those
areas
are
strictly
limited
to
those
Maritime
activities.
X
Next
slide,
please,
and
in
certain
parts
of
Boston
child
care,
centers
are
only
allowed
on
the
ground
floor
or
basement
of
buildings.
This
doesn't
currently
match
what
e,
which
says
this
doesn't
currently
match.
The
regulations
that
EC
has
which
says
that
child
care
centers
can
provide
services
above
the
ground
floor
programs,
like
you
see
on
the
left
creatively
used
the
great
multif
family
housing
properties
that
we
have
within
our
city
to
provide
child
care
services
on
the
second
or
third
floor,
for
a
variety
of
reasons
that
make
providing
their
services
easier
next
slide,
please.
X
That
is
why
our
third
change
to
the
zoning
code
will
be
to
remove
local
requirements
that
prevent
Child,
Care
Centers
above
the
ground
floor
and
other
barriers
related
to
the
amount
of
space
that
they
can
take
up
on.
A
property
it'll
bring
us
closer
to
the
state's
permissions
on
the
space
that
child
care
uses
can
take
in
a
building
and
remove
excessive
restrictions
on
childcare
facilities.
On
the
right,
you
can
see
that
those
changes
are
part
of
the
previous
changes
where
we
will
just
remove
the
footnotes
from
the
zoning
code
for
those
particular
restrictions.
X
Next
slide.
Please,
and
last
but
not
least,
our
fourth
change
will
be
removing
parking
minimum
requirements
for
child
care
uses
for
some
background
information.
Many
Boston
neighborhoods
require
Child
Care
Centers
to
have
parking
spaces
based
on
based
on
the
size
of
that
Center.
The
requirement
is
an
expensive
barrier
for
developing
Child
Care
Centers
and
does
not
align
with
the
city's
goals
of
reducing
Reliance
on
private
Vehicles.
X
There
are
many
examples
of
child
care
centers
that
already
exist
in
the
city,
like
this
example
of
Buds
and
Blossoms
in
Chinatown
that
do
not
have
parking
spaces
as
part
of
their
facility
and
still
serve
a
high
population
of
Children
and
Families
next
slide.
This
amendment
will
remove
parking
minimum
requirements
for
child
care
centers,
which
will
help
child
care
centers
in
building
only
the
parking
that
they
need
for
their
staff
and
families
that
they
serve.
X
Child
Care
Centers
will
still
be
allowed
to
build
parking
spaces
if
needed
and
can
still
apply
for
parking
spaces
as
part
of
their
development
plan,
but
they
won't
be
required
of
that
with
these
new
regulations.
If
a
Childcare
Center
wants
to
have
parking
spaces,
it's
still
able
to
pursue
them
in
their
plans
as
any
other
development
project
and
the
number
of
those
spaces
that
they
build
will
be
determined
on
a
case-by
Case
basis
based
on
the
planning
goals
and
context
of
that
area.
X
I'll
also
note
that
the
decisions
about
curbside,
pickup
and
drop
off
times
and
zones
are
made
by
the
Boston
transportation
department
and
not
through
the
zoning
code.
So
these
changes
to
the
parking
requirements
are
separate
from
how
the
Boston
transportation
department
decides
on
these
drop
off
procedures.
X
Next
slide,
please,
with
these
four
changes
to
the
zoning
code,
there
will
be
a
better
alignment
with
State
terms
and
definitions
for
child
care
uses
Child
Care
Facilities
will
still
be,
will
now
be
allowed
as
a
city-wide
land
use,
Child
Care
uses
will
be
allowed
in
more
than
just
the
ground
floor
in
several
of
our
neighborhoods
and
childcare.
X
This
will
provide
a
better
landscape
for
providers
and
developers
of
these
facilities
by
increasing
affordable
space
for
child
care,
decreasing,
unregulated
Child,
Care,
increasing
Economic
Opportunity
and
decreasing
the
burdens
overall
to
these
providers
and
developers
in
terms
of
the
administrative
processes,
all
the
impacts
that
paa
had
listed
for
us
before
next
slide,
and
so,
when
we
make
all
these
changes,
It
ultimately
expands
the
flexibility
of
child
care
facilities
across
the
city
and,
as
a
result,
we
see
more
of
the
child
care
spaces
that
some
of
you
may
already
know
in
your
neighborhood
and
open
up
the
opportunity
for
more
child
care
spaces.
X
If
this
amendment
is
approved
next
slide
with
that
I'd
like
to
say
thank
you
to
Kathleen
onifer,
the
bpd's
deputy
director
of
zoning,
as
well
as
paa
Kristen,
mcain,
panina,
Delano
zepher
from
the
office
of
Early
Childhood
for
being
dedicated
Partners
in
drafting
and
revising
this
zoning
Amendment,
and
thank
you,
ched
roas
secretary
palus,
members
of
the
board
director
Jimson
and
the
residents
who
joined
us
today
for
learning
more
about
this
amendment
and
for
considering
it
for
approval
to
petition
to
to
the
zoning
commission.
Thank
you
very.
A
Much
thank
you,
Abdul
and
and
baa
do
we
have
any
questions
or
comments
from
the.
A
Board:
okay:
we
just
want
to
thank
you
for
the
for
the
presentation
and
this
this
all
makes
a
lot
of
sense
and
I'm
I'm
glad
that
it's
been
identified
and
we're
going
to
remove
some
barriers
that
will
benefit
our
kids.
So
with
that,
a
motion
is
in
order.
So.
W
A
B
Q
A
Z
B
A
Great
okay,
so
now
we're
going
to
move
on
to
the
next
agenda
item,
which
is
J
item
number
five,
and
this
is
the
public
hearing,
so
we'll
get
started
with
that
language.
Okay.
So
this.
F
A
Public
hearing
before
the
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority
doing
business
as
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
agency
being
held,
in
conformance
with
article
8
C-5
of
the
Boston
zoning
code,
to
consider
the
proposed
development
plan
for
PL
Development
Area
number
143,
1
Mystic
Avenue
in
Charlestown.
This
hearing
was
duly
advertised
on
September
15th
2023
in
the
Boston
Herald.
This
is
a
bpda
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.
A
A
You'll
click
on
the
hand
icon
on
your
Zoom
control
panel,
and
this
will
signal
to
the
staff
that
you
would
like
to
speak.
When
your
hand
is
raised,
it
will
glue
if
you're
calling
into
the
meeting
and
would
like
to
testify.
Please
di
star9
to
raise
your
hand
when
I
call
for
all
testimony
staff
will
announce
your
name
and
allow
you
to
talk.
You
must
unmute
your
microphone
and
your
webcam
will
not
be
active
in
an
effort
to
accommodate
all
who
would
like
to
speak
about
this
proposal.
A
Each
person
will
be
given
up
to
2
minutes
a
comment.
Upda
staff
will
indicate
with
when
30
seconds
remain,
and
at
that
time
we
ask
that
you
please
conclude
your
remarks
so
that
the
hearing
may
continue
and
others
may
be
hard.
Finally,
the
proponents
are
allowed
a
period
of
5
to
10
minutes
of
rebuttal
if
they
so
desire,
and
now
Sarah
will
begin
the.
AA
Presentation
great
thank
you
and
good
evening.
Madam
chair
members
of
the
board,
director,
gemson
and
secretary
polyus,
my
name
is
name-
is
Sarah
black
and
I'm
a
senior
project
manager
in
the
development
review
Department.
We
are
here
before
you
this
evening
to
discuss
the
proposed
development
plan
for
plan
Development
Area
number
143,
one
Mystic
Avenue
and
the
one
Mystic
Avenue
project,
the
one
Mystic
Avenue
PDA
development
plan
is
located
on
a
1.4
Acre
Site
at
one
Mystic
Avenue
in
the
Charlestown
neighborhood
of
Boston.
AA
The
development
plan
envisions
a
mixed
use
project
comprised
of
one
building
and
up
to
360,000
ft
of
gross
floor
area,
including
approximately
503
residential
Apartments,
approximately
8,900
ft
of
ground
floor
Lobby,
retail,
restaurant
and
service
space
and
up
to
up
to
111
off
street
parking
spaces.
100
of
the
503
proposed
units,
20%
of
the
total,
will
be
provided
as
affordable
units.
81
of
those
units
will
be
IDP.
Units
ranging
from
70%
to
100%,
Ami
and
19
units
will
be
project-based
housing
choice,
vouchers
available
to
Veterans
under
the
Veterans
Affairs
Supportive
Housing
program.
AA
The
development
team
filed
their
project
notification
form
on
January
29th
2021,
followed
by
a
draft
project
impact
report
on
November,
12th
2021,
and
a
supplemental
information
filing
on
February
27th
2023.
The
development
team
then
filed
a
draft
plan,
Development
Area
development
plan
on
April
3rd
2023,
the
bpda
hosted
four
public
meetings,
three
iag
Mee
meetings
and
one
joint
iag
and
public
meeting
between
May
2021
and
August
2023
to
review
the
project
and
the
PDA
development
plan.
These
meetings
were
advertised
in
the
local
newspapers
posted
to
the
bpda
calendar.
AA
An
email
notification
was
sent
to
All
subscribers
of
the
bpda
Charles
toown
neighborhood
updates.
The
proposed
project
received
approval
from
the
Boston
Civic
design.
Commission
on.
Excuse
me
August
1st
2023.
At
this
point,
I
would
like
to
hand
it
off
to
my
colleague,
Christina
R
from
the
planning
Department
to
present
the
planning
context
for
the
project,
followed
by
a
presentation
from
the
development
team.
Thank
you.
AB
Thank
you
Sarah
and
good
evening.
Madame
chair
esteemed
members
of
the
board
director,
jemson
and
secretary
pimus
I,
am
pleased
to
join
you
this
evening
to
share
with
you
the
planning
context
that
informed
bpda
staff
review
of
the
proposed
project.
The
proposed
project
site
is
located
within
the
now
formally
adopted,
planned
Charles
toown
study
area
recommendations
for
which
you've
heard
much
about
this
evening,
including
land
use
and
built
form
recommendations
used
to
guide
bpda
staff
review
of
the
proposed
project
throughout
the
article
80
design
review
process.
AB
Dimensional
criteria
associated
with
the
PDA
overlay
District
include
a
maximum
Building
height
of
280
ft,
an
allowed
F
of
5.0
plus
an
additional
1.0
F
density
bonus
for
residential
uses
within
1,000
ft
of
an
MBTA
station
and
a
minimum
permeable
surface
area
of
50
15%.
The
proposed
project
is
compliant
with
these
dimensions
and
contributes
significant
public
realm
improvements
to
surrounding
streets,
including
dorren,
Street,
dorren,
Street,
Temple,
Street
and
Sherman
Street,
and
a
new
crosswalk
traversing
Mystic
Avenue,
establishing
needed
pedestrian
connections
to
the
Sullivan
Square
MBTA
station.
AB
AC
You
thank
you
very
much
Christina
and
Sarah
good
evening,
Madam,
chair
secretary
pimus,
director
Json
and
members
of
the
board.
My
name
is
Don
whis
perming
councel
for
the
one
mistic
project
with
me
tonight
is
Le
leadership
with
a
proponent
fulam,
Global
Investors,
Scott,
Brown
President,
also
John
brard
Kur
huner
in
the
interest
of
time.
I
won't
make
any
other
introductions
of
our
team
members,
but
we
have
our
entire
team
here
with
us
tonight
to
answering
the
questions.
AC
I
will
make
a
few
introductory
remarks
and
then
pass
the
presentation
over
to
our
design
lead
Aaron
Hodes
of
stanch
next
slide.
Please
we're
in
our
fourth
year
of
working
on
this
project.
During
that
time,
we've
had
many
thousands
of
meetings.
Some
have
been
large
over
Zoom.
Some
have
been
very
small
and
taking
place
over
kitchen
tables
with
neighborhood
residents.
We've
taken
feedback
throughout
that
process.
We've
revised
the
project
extensively.
We've
also
worked
very
closely
with
bpda
design
and
transportation
staff,
but
the
city's
transportation
department.
AC
At
the
end
of
this
nearly
4-year
process,
we've
come
up
up
with
a
project
that
we're
enormously
proud
of
we're
very
excited
to
present
it
to
you
tonight
on
the
screen
see
two
images
of
the
site.
The
larger
image
to
the
left
is
the
inviting
future
of
this
property.
The
upper
right
hand
corner
is
the
less
appealing
current
condition
when
fulam
first
came
to
the
site
in
2019
was
an
operating
junkyard.
It
is
a
contaminated
site.
It's
a
Brownfield
site.
AC
We
are
going
to
clean
the
site
and
transform
it.
That's
one
of
the
many
public
benefits
of
this
project.
It's
fair
to
say
that
the
before
and
after
associated
with
this
project
is
about
as
dramatic
as
we'll
ever
see.
Next
slide,
please
fol
was
founded
to
tackle
Austin's
housing
presses
and
when
the
fol
team
first
walked
the
Flyn
junkyard
site,
they
thought
that
maybe
they
found
what
they're
looking
for,
which
is
a
a
a
transformative
site,
with
with
real
potential
to
make
a
difference
in
Boston's
housing
picture.
AC
We
look
at
this
image
of
the
site
and
its
context
from
above.
You
can
see
why
they
had
that
reaction.
The
most
important
factor,
of
course,
is
the
soulman
square.
T-
stop
our
site
is
outlined
in
red
just
below
it
is
the
T.
It's
a
few
minutes
walk
what's
remarkable
about
the
Sol
Square
station.
Is
it's
multimodal
train
and
bus
subway
bus
within
30
minutes
of
the
site
by
public
transit
residents
can
get
to
850,000
potential
jobs.
AC
There
are
only
a
few
sites
in
North
America
that
present
that
kind
of
access
to
to
workplace
opportunities.
It's
possible
to
live
here
without
a
car
and
and
participate
in
a
larger
Boston
economy.
If
you
look
along
the
lower
sweep
of
the
site
or
or
the
the
image
on
the
screen
here,
you
see
there
are
multiple
existing
Open
Spaces
to
the
north
of
the
sites.
We
very
close
to
assembly
row,
which
includes
a
wide
range
of
retail
shopping.
Restaurant
opportunities
also
grocery
store
Trader
JS.
AC
The
site
itself
isn't
appealing
in
its
current
condition
today.
But
the
surrounding
context
for
a
great
place
to
live
is
already
there.
We
have
the
ability
to
transform
the
site
and
that
will
plug
in
all
the
offerings
around
here
when
we
began
conversations
with
the
community
about
what
kind
of
residential
project
would
make
sense.
Here
we
heard
two
concerns.
The
overriding
them
we
heard
is
that
housing
access
is
disappearing
in
Charles
Town
people
told
us
over
and
over
again
about
young
people
who
weren't
able
to
stay
in
the
neighborhood.
AC
It
was
just
too
expensive.
We
did
to
looking
housing
prices.
We
were
startled
to
see
that
the
single
family
house
market
now
has
an
average
price
of
almost
$2.5
million.
That's
not
the
peak,
that's
the
average.
Of
course
young
people
can't
get
a
foothold
in
Charlestown
today.
The
second
thing
we
heard
was
that
Charlestown
had
a
long
tradition
of
military
service.
There
was
a
large
veterans
community
in
the
neighborhood
and
that
veterans
community
could
use
Health.
AC
There
are
many
different
things
we
could
have
done
contributions
Etc,
but
we
decided
to
take
the
step
of
putting
an
Innovative
veterans
Wing
in
the
building
19
units
on-site
space
for
supportive
care.
So,
in
responding
to
what
we
heard
from
the
neighborhood,
we
have
included
a
significant
amount
of
affordable
housing.
The
project
100
units
Sarah
mentioned
of
those
66,
will
be
a
70%
Ami
15
will
be
100%
of
Ami
and
then
the
remainder
are
the
veterans
units.
The
rest
of
the
units
are
designed
to
be
reasonably
priced.
AC
Our
hope
is
folks
who
want
to
stay
in
the
neighborhood
can
stay
in
the
neighborhood
to
the
extent
they
want
to
move
out
of
some
point
buy
a
place
given
the
significant
spread
today
between
rental
prices
and
mortgage
payments.
We
hope
that
they
can
save
up
and
eventually
move
into
Home
Ownership
world
if
who
want
to
or
if
not
stay
in
a
wonderful
beautifully,
designed
highly
amenitized
building
with
great
Transit
access.
That's
our
our
goal
in
designing
this
project
next
slide.
AC
Please.
So
we've
talked
about
the
the
benefits
of
the
project,
putting
a
lot
of
housing
right
next
to
Transit,
with
terrific
connections
to
jobs.
What
about
the
the
negative
impacts?
What
what
are
the
impacts
of
the
project
on
the
neighborhood?
If
you
look
at
the
image
on
the
left,
you
see,
there
are
five
numbered
blue
circles,
those
correspond
to
view
corridors
out
from
the
site.
You
look
on
the
right
side
of
the
screen.
AC
You
don't
have
to
examine
those
pictures
too
carefully
to
see
the
site
is
essentially
in
the
middle
of
nowhere.
We
are
way
off
in
the
Hance
of
Charlestown
we're
right
at
the
foot
of
the
missg
bridge
that
goes
to
Somerville.
In
fact,
the
Somerville
line
is
on
our
side
of
the
bridge,
we're
just
maybe
100
yards
or
so
away
from
it,
but
we
are
a
Boston
project.
That
means
the
affordable
housing.
AC
The
tax
payments
are
going
to
come
to
the
city
of
Boston,
we're
about
as
far
away
from
the
W
of
Charlestown,
as
we
can't
be.
If
one
were
to
draw
a
one
mile
circle
around
the
monument
or
outside
that
Circle
about
half
the
financial
district
is
inside
that
Circle
we
are
at
a
a
a
real
distance
from
the
rest
of
the
neighborhood.
AC
But
again,
we've
got
superb
Transit
access,
very
minimal
of
butter
Presence
at
the
site.
It's
a
great
place
to
not
only
create
significant
amounts
of
housing,
but
to
do
so
with
absolute
minimal
impacts.
The
other
part
of
the
fulam
team's
challenge
was
to
provide
needed
housing
and
to
do
so
in
a
building
that
could
serve
as
a
national
model.
AC
Sant
was
engaged
by
fulcrum
to
design
a
building
that
offered
the
best
in
current
building
practices.
This
will
be
one
of
the
few
high-rise
residential
buildings
in
North
America,
that
is
all
electric
and
passive
house,
so
it
will
serve
as
a
national
model.
We
will
have
Union
apprenticeship
Partners
on
the
project
that
will
teach
people
how
to
build
this
standard,
10
or
15
years.
Everything
will
be
built
this
way,
but
we
need
pineer
projects
to
get
us
there.
This
will
be
one.
In
addition,
it's
a
a
striking
building.
AC
The
goals
of
pulam
at
this
site
were
to
take
advantage
of
what
they
saw
as
one
of
the
best
residential
sites
in
all
of
Boston,
make
the
best
use
of
that
site
to
contribute
towards
Charlestown
and
the
C
housing
needs,
and
to
wrap
all
that
up
in
a
beautiful
package.
We
think
that
we're
creating
one
of
the
most
striking
buildings
in
Boston
I'll
now
pass
the
presentation
over
Aon
Hodges
to
showare
the
SCT
design.
J
Thanks
d:
let's
go
to
the
next.
J
Please
thanks
hi
everyone.
My
name
is
Aaron
Hodes
I
am
a
design
principal
at
stantech.
We
are
the
architect
of
this
project,
as
many
of
you
have
heard
earlier
today.
This
is
the
planning
context
for
PL
house
town.
Our
project
is
in
the
pink
outline
dash
line
on
the
image
on
the
right.
J
We
are
zoned
as
a
mixed
use
site
with
a
base
F
of
five
with
a
1.0
density
bonus
because,
because
of
our
high
level
of
affordability
and
low
parking
ratio
next
page,
please
so
one
of
the
most
meaningful
Pro
process
that
our
team
went
through
was
working
closely
with
the
bpda
design
staff
in
determining
areas
on
the
site
that
we
can
introduce
as
significant
public
real
improvements.
We
have
significant
site
to
step
backs
on
all
edges
of
our
project
site.
That
is
including
Mystic,
shman,
Temple
and
dorance
Street.
J
In
addition,
we
were
able
to
introduce,
through
working
with
the
community,
a
souy
facing
public
Plaza
and
a
dock
park.
That's
to
the
top
right
corner
of
the
site
plan
over
here
that
are
will
be
accessible
to
the
public
and
used
as
public
open
spaces
and
around
the
site.
We
are
introducing
significant
amount
of
public
realm
improvements
in
the
form
of
bike
links
and
pedestrian
connection,
that
increase
the
safety
to
the
solv
and
T
Station
next
slide.
J
Please,
the
massing
of
the
project
is
divided
in
two
pieces:
stacking
away
from
the
solivan
P
station
and,
as
mentioned
of
the
503
units
that
were
introducing
100
of
those
will
be
affordable
and
19
of
those
100
units
will
be
for
formerly
homeless
veteran
units,
which
we
believe
is
one
of
the
first
in
the
city
of
Boston
in
scale
project
like
this.
Next,
please,
the
design
of
the
building
facade
uses
a
rich
collection
of
different
materials.
J
These
are
the
two
views
from
the
two
major
ends
of
the
building
facing
downtown
Boston
and
away
from
downtown
Boston,
and
we
thought
that
this
is
a
a
significant
Gateway
site
that
deserves
a
significant
piece
of
architecture
which
we
have
tried
to
achieve
over
here
next
page,
please.
This
is
a
view
looking
towards
the
West,
with
Encore
casino,
on
the
left.
The
verticality
of
the
facade
design
is
consistent
around
the
entire
facade
over
here
next
page.
J
The
ground
plane
of
this
project
is
is
to
introduce
the
a
full
array
of
tree
canopies
and
permeable
surfaces
to
mitigate
public
Urban
heat
island
effect,
and
we
believe
this
is
a
wonderful
project
that
will
be
the
welcome
point
for
all
the
residents
in
the
Charlestown,
neighborhood
and
Beyond,
and
last
but
not
least,
next
page,
we
are
one
more
page,
please
we
are
going
to
be
a
net
zero
carbon
project
which
is
going
to
be
one
of
the
largest
of
its
kind
in
the
nation,
and
that
means
we
are
going
to
be
all
Elric
and
with
passive
house
design
with
all
these
features.
J
A
R
Sure
I'm
going
to
start
with
councelor
Murphy,
just
a
reminder
that
testimony
is
limited
to
2
minutes.
Councelor
Murphy
go
ahead.
AD
Laura,
thank
you.
Hi.
Everyone
I
did
want
to
go
on
record.
I
know
someone
from
my
staff
was
here
earlier.
We
were
in
our
mass
and
cast
ordinance
meeting
for
6
hours
today,
so
I'm
sorry,
I'm
late
hopping
on,
but
I
did
want
to
for
the
record
state
that
I
know
that
the
Roland
Street,
but
this
project
we're
talking
about
now.
One
miss
sck
have
been
in
the
pipeline
for
years
now
and
I
did
want
to
go
on
record
and
support.
AD
There
have
been
just
a
little
confusion
earlier,
cuz
I
think
Tommy
cut
out,
so
I
did
want
to
make
that
clear,
but
as
the
chair
of
veteran
services
I
applaud
the
Vash,
you
know
the
veteran
affairs
Supportive
Housing
program
that
this
project
is
going
to
have,
even
with
the
reduced
height
that
the
the
developers
have,
you
know,
took
the
height
down
but
did
not
take
away.
AD
The
veteran
housing
is
very
important
to
me
so,
as
we
know
we're
in
a
housing
crisis,
and
we
know
that
our
veterans
suffer
from
homelessness
at
such
a
higher
rate.
So
to
me
this
is
just
a
wonderful
opportunity
to
house
our
veterans
and
just
wanted
to
make
sure
I
clarified
if
there
was
any
confusion
earlier
Where
I
Stood
on
this.
So
thank
you
to
the.
AE
Thank
you,
Madame
secretary
Madame
share
members
of
the
board
par
represent
in
the
Carpenters
Union.
It
is
with
great
respect,
I
like
to
go
on
record
and
strong
support
of
this
project.
This
particular
parcel
here
used
to
be
a
juncture,
and
this
is
no
one
is
getting
this
place
and
we
are
in
great
need
of
these
units
of
housing
in
particular
in
particularly
taking
care
of
our
veterans.
Madam
share
members
of
the
board
is
with
great
respect.
We
ask
you
to
kindly
consider
a
vote
on
the
affirmative
for
this
project.
Thank
you.
AE
I
Yourself,
hi
everyone,
Andrew
McDon,
here,
I'm
a
resident
of
Charlestown
for
the
last
six
years.
I
just
wanted
to
express
my
support
for
this
project.
Obviously,
the
city
does
have
a
housing
crisis,
and
this
does
seem
like
a
great
way
to
get
some
new
units
there
and
seems
unfortunate
that
it's
taken
so
long
to
to
build
sort
of
this
one
apartment
building
and
that
part
of
the
result
of
that
has
been
to
lose
several
hundred
units,
but
I
I'm
glad
that
this
is
going
forward.
Thank
you.
AF
AF
Maybe
we
need
additional
housing,
I
support
the
veterans
and
those
units
available
to
them,
but
just
looking
at
those
views,
I'm
shocked
that
you
would
all
think
like
that
is
totally
okay
to
add
to
Charlestown,
and
you
know,
I
understand
that
the
bpta
approve-
or
you
all
approved
the
plan
trione
plan,
but
that
is
just
going
to
further
give
these
developers
more
ammunition
to
really
reach
those
Heights.
AF
Even
though
everyone
said
that
we
have
the
opportunity
to,
you
know,
provide
feedback,
you
know,
I
really,
don't
think
this
is
the
casee
and
I
applaud
the
sustainability
and
everything.
But
you
know
this
is
just
going
to
be.
You
know
a
bench
mark
that
other
developers
will
be
able
to
use
and
the
transportation
issues
alone
will
not
be
resolved.
AG
AH
F
AG
It
so
so
yeah
I
just
wanted
to
ech
what
my
wife
said
and
just
say
that
yeah
I
mean
we're
residents
of
Charles
toown
and,
what's
going
on
just
feels
generally
really
awful
and
I.
Don't
think
you
can
just
cover
it
up
by.
You
know,
throwing
a
few
bones
to
some
some
veterans
or
even
affordable
housing
and
ignore
the
fact
that
this
is
a
land
grabed
by
developers
to
take
advantage
of
char
Char
and
to
add
way
too
many
new
residents
to
the
community.
That
cannot
be
supported.
AG
Sullivan
Square,
the
traffic
is
just
insane
and
that's
without
any
of
these
new
developments.
I,
don't
know
what
this
building
started
at,
but
it's
way
too
high
currently
and
alongside
all
the
other
developments
going
on,
including
Charlestown
one
which
I
actually
do
support,
because
I
thought
that
was
going
to
be
kind
of
one.
It's
just
completely
unsustainable.
So
I
mean
kind
of
shame
on
you
guys
for
allowing
all
this
to
happen
and
I
feel
like
it's
exploiting.
AG
AG
AG
AI
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
I
oppose
this
project.
I
was
a
member
of
the
iag
I've,
been
to
every
meeting
going
back
to
the
scoping
session.
I
had
many
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
all
of
my
objections
to
this,
because
I
have
put
them
in
writing
numerous
times.
I've
spoken
up
at
meetings
about
them.
What
I
do
want
to
talk
about
is
the
PDA
process.
AI
One
of
the
things
that
was,
we
were
told
tonight
about
how
the
PDA
process
would
get
these
significant
and
specific
public
benefits,
and
when
I
looked
at
the
list,
because
I
had
made
some
recommendations,
what
I
thought
should
be
included
and
then
they
weren't-
and
here
we
are
looking
at
a
PDA-
that
the
benefits
are
the
project
itself.
The
dawn
West
talked
about
this
being
in
the
hinin
so
far
away
from
the
community,
no
no
impact.
So
how
is
the
open
space
up
there?
AI
You
actually
think
that
Community
would
benefit
for
the
streets
and
side
walks
around
the
project
would
are
really
for
the
tenants.
You
couldn't
sell
one
of
those
units
or
is
a
rental
if
it
was
so,
it
was
left
in
the
condition
it's
in
now
so
I
want
to
ask
what
is
the
significant
and
specific
Community
benefits?
That's
beyond
the
perimeter
of
that
particular
project,
because
it
is
not
this.
AI
This
is
the
first
one
out
of
the
gate,
so
if
this
is
what
we
have
to
look
forward
to
to
all
the
other
PD,
the
other
10
pdas
the
coming
down
the
pipe.
If
this
is
what
we
get,
you
know
it's,
it's
not
a
very
good
example.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Can
I
just
ask
one
other
question:
is
the
funding
in
place
for
this
project?
Thank
you,
okay.
Thank
you.
AJ
Yourself
he
good
evening,
I'm,
Richie,
esar
I
am
a
Boston
resident
and
also
a
member
of
operating
engineers.
Local
4
I
would
like
to
First
say
thank
you
to
everyone
for
the
presentation
and
I
am
here
in
support
of
this
project,
which
I
believe
will
be
a
great
one
and
especially
for
our
homeless
veterans.
AK
Hello
Madam,
chair
board
members
want
to
thank
you
for
the
time
with
respect
to
my
neighbors
I
do
hope
this
project
moves
forward.
It's
been
going
for
a
long
time.
I
am
still
currently
a
Charlestown
resident
going
on
45
years
still
looking
for
affordable
housing,
neighbor
just
went
up
to
8,500
a
month,
so
60%
of
the
units
at
70
Ami
is
tremendous
with
respects
to
the
height
everyone.
AK
I
get
it
the
commitments
to
the
veterans,
good,
paying
union
jobs
with
the
commitment
and
responsible
development,
and
it's
on
the
edge
of
suable
I,
understand
the
traffic
I'd
rather
affordable
housing
than
green
space
any
day,
I've
always
had
neighbors
right
on
top
of
me,
so
I
can
get
used
to
that
too.
But
with
respect
to
everyone,
I'd
love
to
see
this
project
go
through
and
I.
Thank
you
for
the
time.
AL
Yourself
hi,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
I
can
hear
you
oh
good
hi.
My
name
is
shiron
I
am
a
member
of
local
537
I
want
to
thank
you
da
for
having
you
know
this
community
meeting
I
am
in
favor
of
the
project.
I
think
it's
good
for
the
community.
It's
good
for
work
and
I
appreciate
you
guys.
Listening
to
the.
AM
Can
hear
you
all
right?
My
name
is
lell
I'm,
a
lifelong
resident
of
Boston
I,
a
member
of
Lo,
four
operating
engineers
and
I
am
for
this
project
for
the
community
and
also
for
the
veterans.
I.
Think
it's
a
great
opportunity
for
for
the
trades
and
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
the.
AN
Hi
good
evening
my
name
is
Taylor
Rose.
First
of
all,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
bpda
and
to
the
Developers
for
holding
this
meeting.
I
want
to
say,
I,
fully,
support
this
project,
I
think
it's
a
great
project
and
I
can't
wait
to
see
the
final
product
of
it.
Thank
you
and
have
a
good
night.
Thank.
AO
Hello
good
evening,
everybody
I'd
like
to
say
thank
you
to
the
bpda
for
hosting
these
vital
meetings
for
everybody
to
get
to
say
something
about
what
they
think
and
how
they
feel
about
the
project.
I
think
it's
an
excellent
project
for
the
community,
it's
great
for
the
veterans
and
it's
good
for
the
local
trades
I'm
a
proud
member
of
Local
4,
the
operating
engineers
and
I'm
glad
to
be
a
part
of
something
like
this.
Thank
you
guys
very
much.
P
Good
evening,
and
thank
you-
my
name
is
Octavio
I'm
from
the
painters
and
Allied
trades,
Union,
DC35,
local
939,
lifetime
resident
of
Boston
and
I
approve
this
this
project.
It
will
be
definitely
good
for
accessible
income
for
Community,
with
good
jobs
and
I.
I.
Just
want
to
thank
everyone
here
for
for
joining
and
and
having
this
platform.
Z
Yourself,
yes
and
good
evening,
thank
you
for.
Let
me
participate
in
this
project.
I'm
a
Boston
resident
all
my
life
for
over
37
years
and
I
totally
approve
this
project
because
going
to
generate
a
lot
of
good
wages,
take
care
of
a
veter
because
they
always
fight
for
us
and
keep
our
country
safe,
plus
lowincome
people,
and
that's
going
to
make
a
lot
of
those
places
as
I'm
useless
and
that's
going
to
bring
new
life
to
the
city.
Thank
you
and
have
a
good
evening.
AP
Yourself,
hello,
my
name
is
nany
Johnson
I'm,
a
resident
of
Charles
toown
for
over
20
years.
I
was
a
member
of
the
plan.
Charlestown
Advisory,
Group
and
I
have
concurrently,
along
with
that
planning
process.
Sat
in
on
every
one
of
the
projects
that
have
gone
through.
The
article
80
pipeline
I've
spent
a
lot
of
time
trying
to
talk
to
the
bpda
about
reconciling
the
two
processes
together,
I'm,
not
satisfied
that
they
have
done
that.
AP
I
I
object
not
only
to
the
approval
of
the
plan
earlier
tonight,
because
there
were
very
significant
changes
which
they
tried
to
railroad
through
by
getting
it
approved,
PR
the
Labor
Day,
and
only
because
the
community
rose
up
did
they
give
us
additional
time.
So
I
I
object
to
sort
of
the
presentation
that
was
made
to
the
board
as
if
they
had
gone
through
multiple
rounds
with
us
on
a
willing
basis.
AP
They
did
not
I
also
object
to
this
project
and,
in
fact,
most
of
the
plan
Development
Area
projects
that
have
recently
gone
through
because
they
do
not
offer
signic.
They
get
community
benefits.
While
I
appreciate
the
union,
members
want
good
jobs
and
training
they're
going
to
get
that
regardless,
because
Charlestown
will
be
developed,
but
there's
no
reason
to
develop
Charlestown
at
this
level.
AP
There's
also
no
reason
to
consider
that
this
is
giving
significant
Community
benefits
when
most
of
the
redesign
around
it
is
really
to
benefit
the
developer
and
the
development
and
their
future
tenants.
They
cannot
charge
the
rent
rates
that
they
want
if
they
don't
landscape
and
make
their
building
accessible.
AP
Secondly,
one
of
the
community
benefits
that
was
supposedly
being
provided
was
an
affordable
space
for
a
Charlestown
entrepreneur,
Someone
who
lived
in
Charlestown,
and
they
want
to
phase
out
that
rent
supplement
over
time,
and
that
does
not
provide
a
continuing
ongoing
benefit
to
the
community.
It
will
benefit
potentially
one
person
over
the
lifetime
of
of
this
project
and
then
my
final
point
is
they
continually
make
assertions
about
making
affordable
housing
available
to
Charlestown
residents.
AP
There
is
no
guarantee
that
any
current
Charlestown
resident
their
children
or
anybody
will
get
those
units
so
I
just
say
that
I
I
think
if
we're
looking
at
pda's
get
giving
significant
community
benefits.
This
one
is
not
doing
it
and
it
does
set
an
example.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
AQ
Yes,
hi,
my
name
is
I'm
sorry,
my
name
is:
mar
bule
I'm
a
43y
old
lifelong
resident
at
Charles.
Now
and
I
fully
support
this
project.
It's
going
to
bring
thousands
of
jobs,
help
veterans,
Revitalize
an
area,
that's
honestly
been
a
junkyard,
my
whole
life,
my
whole
life.
This
is
not
a
land
grab.
Anyone
going
to
grab
this
land,
their
whole
life.
You
responsible
developers
coming
into
our
neighborhood,
saying.
AQ
Help
it
should
be
considered
not
even
considered
it
should
be
approved.
At
the
same
time,
I
I
need
to
work.
That's
the
reality
of
thousands
of
jobs.
Thank
you
very
much.
It's
responsible
development
and
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
talk.
I
hope
you
guys
really
do
approve
this
project.
This
is
a
great
thing
for
that
area.
That
has
been
a
junkyard
for
40
years
Plus.
Thank
you.
AR
Hello,
hi
hi,
my
name
is
Paul
Hansen
I'm,
a
lifelong
resident
of
childtown,
like
the
prev
previous
gentleman
just
said,
that's
been
a
junkyard
for
as
long
as
I
can
remember,
and
it's
going
to
stay
a
junkyard.
If
we
don't
do
nothing
about
it.
Any
development
in
Chown
at
this
point
is
nothing
but
bringing
the
community
together
and
giving
residents
an
opportunity
to
work
and
I
support
this
Pro.
AR
This
project
and
I
hope,
there's
more
like
it
in
our
area
and
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
speak
and
residents
might
have
opportunity
to
learn
how
to
build
on
this
project.
So
I
fully
approve
this
project.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
AS
My
name
is
Joseph
F
and
I'm.
The
president
of
the
Abraham
Lincoln
post
11,
here
in
charlestone
and
I,
want
to
comment
on
what
this
project
is
doing
for
veterans.
This
is
unprecedented.
It's
a
it's
an
amazing
gift
to
the
veterans
of
Charlestown.
What
they've
created
the
the
idea
of
allowing
a
whole
Wing
to
be
dedicated
to
Veterans
has
never
been
done
before.
AS
This
is
a
first
step
and
I
hope
will
will
be
a
morel
for
other
developers
in
the
town
and
across
the
country
and
I
fully
support
it.
I,
don't
feel
that
this
is
a
bone
being
thrown
to
Veterans.
I
feel
like
this
is
a
very
significant
step
forward
to
helping
our
veterans
find
affordable,
housing
and
I
fully
support
this
project.
Thank
you.
AT
AU
Thank
you,
I
do
not
support
this
project.
I
am
a
32ye
resident
of
Charlestown
and
although
I
support
many
of
the
things
that
this
project
attempts
to
do
and
is
planning
to
do,
housing
veterans
is
really
critical.
Creating
affordable
housing
is
critical.
I'm,
especially
offended
by
the
comments
in
the
last
slide
about
how
it's
going
to
have
beautiful
light
and
I
can
tell
you
it's
going
to
block
the
light
for
the
rest
of
the
neighborhood,
so
I'm
generally
offended
by
the
height
of
this
building.
That's
pretty
much.
AU
It
I
also
am
finding
that
you
know
in
my
world
communication
is
not
message
delivered.
AU
It
is
message
received,
and
tonight
has
been
a
lot
of
patting
ourselves
on
the
back
for
message
delivered,
but
generally,
the
message
received
tonight
is
that
I'm
not
being
heard,
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
did
want
to
mention-
is
that
you
are
going
to
put
this
building
in
and
it
will
be
permanent
permanent
and
I've
lived
in
places
like
this
before
I've
lived
in
industrial
areas,
and
it's
not
fun
because
the
outside
spaces
do
not
really
appeal,
and
they
don't
really
provide
a
quality
of
life.
That
you're
trying
to
promote
tonight.
AU
I
think
it's
very
important
for
you
to
pay
attention
to
that.
The
people
that
live
in
this
building
are
going
to
have
a
horrible
time
crossing
the
road
to
get
to
the
tea
and
the
presentation
earlier
talking
about
how
it's
right
next
to
Transit
is
just
a
lie.
It's
a
lie.
You
have
to
cross
really
horrendous
streets.
Every
single
one
of
the
images
here
are
lies.
You
show
the
road
wide
open
with
few
cars
on
it,
but
it
is
never
like
that.
AU
AU
I
I
appreciate
that
it's
been
gone
going
on
for
a
very
long
time
and
it
needs
to
happen
for
to
house
the
people
that
need
to
live
there,
but
it
is,
is
time
for
for
service
to
services
to
be
addressed
before
development
can
go
forward,
although
I
don't
think
it's
a
land
grab.
I
disagree
with
that.
I
understand
why
this
is
going
in
I
do
think
that
the
development
is
going
in
the
wrong
direction.
So
please
stop
this
before
you
go
any
further.
AU
V
Yourself,
hey
guys
how
you
doing
my
name
is
Ben
Jacobs
and
stream
work
Local,
17
I'm,
also
a
Boston
resident
I
want
to
thank
the
bpda
for
facting.
These
important
Community
meetings
I'm
here,
speak
in
favor
of
this
project.
This
be
a
good
project
for
everybody
and
it's
going
to
do
a
lot
of
good
for
the
community.
Thank
me
time.
AJ
AV
The
even
chair
in
the
bpda
board,
my
name,
is
Kevin.
Collins
I
represent
the
iron
workers.
We
have
about
25
to
50
members
in
the
Boston
and
the
Charlestown
area.
That's
just
in
those
two
areas
themselves
and
I'm
in
favor
of
this
project
and
I
support
the
veterans,
and
we
have
a
lot
of
veterans
also
and
it'd,
be
great
to
put
our
veterans
to
work
on
this
project.
Thank
you
very
much.
E
Yourself
good
evening,
everyone
thanks
to
bpda
for
holding
hosting
this
meeting
I'm
a
business
representative
with
DC35,
painless
and
light
trades
and
I
support
this
project
that
can
not
only
generate
jobs
for
the
Comm
commun,
our
communities,
but
also
careers
that
can
better
the
youth
and
the
communities
the
lives
of
people
living
in
charlestone
in
Boston.
Thank
you
for
all
you're
doing.
R
L
R
AF
Sure,
thank
you.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
speak
again.
You
know,
I
just
want
to.
You
know,
reiterate
again
what
a
lot
of
people
that
have
opposed
the
plan
have
said.
You
know
there
are
components
to
this
project
that
you
know
I,
believe
everyone
supports,
including
the
veteran
housing
and
the
jobs.
But
again
you
know
the
veteran
housing
is
limited.
It
is
a
very
small
percentage
of
the
overall
building
and
again
the
heights
are
really
I.
Think
what
is
something
that
really
needs
to
be
looked
at
again.
AF
R
AW
Hi
Mary
Boucher
lifelong
resident
of
Charlestown
I
can
support
the
one
Mr
quadri
at
location.
It's
been
a
dilapitated
of
the
area
for
years
and
I
believe
the
residents
would
work
and
play
Closer
to
assembly
row
and
not
backpaddle
into
Charles
down
proper
and
I.
Think
it's
great.
If
you're
going
to
provide
Supportive
Housing
for
for
homeless
veterans,
then
the
city
and
the
bpda
can
keep
St
Francis
and
Pua
out
of
the
helm.
Please
and
I
get
it
yeah
y.
That's
it
thanks.
V
Yourself
all
good
evening,
I
would
just
like
to
say
thank
you
to
the
bpda
on
this
project.
You
know
I've
been
working
in
this
city
since
the
late,
80s
and
I
agree
with
the
gentleman
earlier.
Charles
thers
has
really
become
a
beautiful
area.
It
it
needs
an
upkeep.
That
area
has
been
a
junkyard
I
support
the
labor,
the
veterans,
I
I.
I
think
this
is
just
only
all
positives.
Change
is
tough
I
get
it
I.
Just
I
do
support
this
project
and
I.
Thank
you
guys
for
your
time.
H
Good
evening,
I
just
wanted
to
reiterate
some
of
what
the
previous
people
have
mentioned.
I'm
a
Charlestown
resident
been
been
here,
my
whole
life
and
again
this
is
a
junkyard
we're
talking
about
on
the
outskirts
of
town.
This
project
is
going
to
create
jobs,
housing
and
careers
for
people
for
years
to
come.
I
support
this
project.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
secretary,
paus
and
and
thanks
again
to
everyone
who
who
came
in
and
testified.
We
appreciate
your
participation
so
now
we'll
take
questions
and
comments
from
the.
W
Board
there
were
questions
raised
about
the
the
funding
and
any
additional
benefits
that
would
approve
from
this.
W
AC
Yeah,
those
are
great
questions.
Project
presently
has
entitlement
funding
through
one
of
the
major
real
estate
lenders
in
the
region.
That's
Citizens
Bank.
We
will
be
going
back
out
in
the
capital
markets
for
a
construction
loan
and
the
obviously
the
market
is,
is
not
what
it
was
a
couple
years
ago.
AC
Interest
rates
are
higher,
is
a
more
complicated
Market
these
days,
but
the
background
of
president
paulm
Scott
Brown
is
he
was
the
CEO
of
a
major
investment
company
for
a
decade
has
terrific
relationships
with
all
institutional
Enders
across
the
country,
we're
confident
we'll
get
fining
in
place
for
this
project.
As
far
as
there
are
some
comments
made
about
mitigation,
also
Mr,
L
landar,
with
your
permission,
I'll
address
a
safety
comment
that
was
made.
It
is
true.
AC
There
are
a
couple
major
roadways
by
the
site,
MK
Avenue,
math
away.
Math
is
signalized.
Today
we
are
adding
signalization
at
Mystic.
So
it's
about
a
3
to
4
minute,
walk
from
the
site
you
cross
la,
which
is
a
a
smaller
Chet.
AC
Street,
walk
down,
half
a
block,
be
two
signalized
intersections
there
crossing
Mystic
and
Crossing
mafa,
then
you're
you'd
be
safely
at
sulon
station,
so
we're
making
those
improvements,
signalizing
Mystic,
adding
a
a
much
improved
pedestrian
connection
there,
but
U
we've
worked
very
closely
with
the
transportation
department
to
make
sure
this
will
will
be
safe
and
also
convenient
just
making
good
connections
all
around
the
site.
AC
One
of
the
comments
was
made
about
mitigation.
How
meaningful
is
some
of
the
mitigation
at
their
bike
lanes
and
such
just
around
the
site
site's
a
little
bit
further
away
from
the
rest
of
the
neighborhood.
We
view
this
as
like
the
harbor
walk.
Any
individual
segment
of
the
harbor
walk
doesn't
do
a
whole
lot.
Once
you
get
a
number
of
segments
strung
together.
You've
got
something
really
wonderful.
You
can
walk
up
and
down
the
harbor
and
take
it
in
we're
starting
off
with
the
the
key
segments
of
the
bike
lines.
AC
Here,
other
segments
are
going
to
be
built
after
us
and
soon
it
will
be
possible
to
go
back
and
forth
between
Somerville
the
center
of
Charlestown
and
and
downtown
on
bikes.
We
can't
we
can't
do
all
that
infrastructure
ourselves,
but
we're
contributing
a
meaningful
piece
on
the
subject
of
mitigation.
Our
overall
mitigation
budget
is
almost
$70
million,
half
or
more
of
that,
depending
on
how
we
calculate
the
value
of
affordable
housing
is
the
affordable
contribution,
but
putting
100
non-market
units
in
a
high
prise
building
is
an
enormous
undertaking.
AC
Financially
we're
very
pleased
to
do
it.
That's
a
significant
contribution
to
the
city,
but
the
the
total
combination
of
infrastructure
improvements,
affordable
housing
going
well
above
and
beyond
current
building
practices
it
to
comes
to
almost
$70
million.
In
total,
we
no
project
can
address
every
single
issue
the
city
presents.
Every
project
has
to
specialize:
we've
concentrated
on
affordable
housing,
improved
the
infrastructure
and
area
that
the
city
that
needs
that
and
we
hope
to
be
a
catalyst
for
good
things
to
come
after.
W
Us
thank
you
this.
This
is
obviously
a
very
tough
site
in
terms
of
pedestrian
access
and
being
able
to
get
to
the
public
transportation.
That's
there
so
I
I,
hope
and
expect
that
you
will
really
make
this
a
major
priority
as
the
development
moves
forward.
Absolutely.
S
And
my
question
through
the
chair
so
hear
on
a
lot
of
Trades
are
people
on
this
call
today,
Donald,
my
question
would
be,
if
you
can
answer
who
are
you
looking
at
or
who's
done,
the
preconstruction
for
you
as
far
as
the
general
contractor
and,
if
all
was
to
go
well
for
you,
so
through
the
bpda
process
at
process?
What
do
you
what's
your
timetable
for
shovels,
problem.
AC
Yeah
so
been
working
preconstruction
with
suff
and
to
design
the
building
given
the
scale
of
the
building.
Given
the
fact
it's
going
to
be
all
electric
passive
house,
a
complex
and
P
building
we
expect
putting
the
drawings
together
is
going
to
take
the
better
part
of
the
year
and
we
plan
on
going
to
the
ground
immediately
after
that.
Thank.
U
You
joh
I've
got
a
question
in
your
opening
remarks.
You
mentioned
you'd
be
looking
at
reasonably
pricing
the
rental
units.
If
you
could
inform
me
a
little
bit
more,
what
does
that
mean.
AC
Sure
Aon,
do
you
have
the
pricing
schedule
with
you?
We
do
have
that
information.
We
have
such
condensed
presentation.
It's
not
part
of
our
slide
deck.
U
AC
Sure,
here's
here's
what
I
can
tell
without,
without
giving
you
specific
figures.
We've
made
a
careful
study
of
the
rental
market.
If
you
look
at
the
newer
buildings
that
have
been
built
in
Charlestown
in
recent
years,
multif
Family
buildings
that
have
amenities
they
might
have
a
gym
inside
the
building
things
like
that
will
be
priced
at
a
discount
to
those
buildings.
We
we
have
a
couple
strategies.
One
is:
we
have
a
lot
of
affordability.
Our
market
rate
units
will
be
priced
in
a
discount.
AC
We'll
also
have
some
units
of
the
building
that
are
designed
by
Stant,
which
has
a
specialty
of
Designing
slightly
more
compact,
but
very
livable
units.
There's
not
a
lot
of
wasted
space
with
hallways
and
things
like
that.
They're
just
laid
out
to
be
efficient.
They
live
big
they're
light
filled
a
little
bit
more
Compact
and
that
will
reduce
the
run
a
bit.
We've
studied
the
market
very
carefully.
We
we
will
offer
units
that
will
be
below
the
standard
price
and
for
comparable
new
build
in
Charlestown.
AC
We'll
also
have
a
very
highly
monetized
building
great
workout
facilities,
really
nice
exterior
space.
This
is
going
to
be
a
great
place
to
live.
U
Thank
you,
that's
helpful.
It's
unusual.
We
see
a
developer
that
is
looking
to
take
something
in
less
on
the
market.
I
worry
there's
so
many
people
looking
for
housing
in
our
city
that
the
rents
have
gone.
You
mentioned
average
price
of
a
home
in
Charlestown
north
of
2
million
and
rents
that
the
unaffordable
even
a
couple
working.
So
any
effort
you
could
make
on
you
know
keeping
that
at
some
reasonable
discount
would
be
appreciated.
A
Absolutely
great
additional
questions
or
comments,
I
think
we
dressed
most
of
mine
already
with
the
other
board
members
I
do
have,
let's
see,
maybe
just
to
to
to
recap
right
cuz.
We
did
just
approve
through
plan
charl
toown
and
that
had
a
slew
of
80
90
recommendations
to
achieve
the
outcomes
intended
with
the
plan.
A
Can
we
just
kind
of
reiterate
how
or
make
the
tie
for
me?
How
does
this
particular
project
move
the
needle
on
those
the
intended
outcomes
of
the
plan.
AC
Sure
I'll
make
a
couple
comments.
Mam
chair
that
maybe
Aaron
Hodes
would
like
to
to
chime
in
since
these
our
design
lead.
The
Charlestown
is
a
is
a
neighborhood
with
many
different
areas,
many
different
conditions.
We've
got
some
of
the
loveliest
historic
housing
very
quaint
scale
around
the
monument
I
actually
just
had
dinner
by
Monument
Square
myself
last
night,
that's
just
as
as
charming
and
walkable
as
anywhere
in
in
the
country.
AC
We
also
VAR
like
soulman
square,
that
are
formerly
industrial,
there's
a
lot
of
dilapidated
properties
there
pretty
remote,
but
with
fantastic
Transit
access.
So
the
the
we're,
not
experts
on
every
part
of
plan
Charleston
we
participated,
but
the
area
that
we
really
know
well
is
Solin
Square.
So
we're
we're
best
equipped
to
comment
on
that
s
square
has
unusual
Transit
resources,
it's
a
multimodal
station,
not
just
Subway,
but
Subway
and
bus.
AC
There
had
to
be
a
lot
of
bus
lines
here,
positioned
to
take
people
both
into
Central
job
sites
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
also
outside
the
city
up
in
Somerville
to
Cambridge
harbard
Square
places
like
that.
It's
just
unusually
well
looc
bus
terminal
and
that's
how
U
this
remarkable
number
of
850,000
jobs
available
by
transit
within
30
minutes
comes
about
it's
just
one
of
the
best
sites
for
Transit
access
to
work
in
the
city.
AC
For
that
reason,
our
understanding
is
the
bbda
plan
for
higher
density,
very
close
to
solvent
station
and
for
projects
that
have
very
low
parking
ratio,
and
our
parking
R
is
only
02.
We
will.
We
will
have
about
111
parking
spaces
per
53
units
of
those
ten
of
retail,
so
we
really
have
about
100
resident
parking
spaces
for
500
units.
So
we
meet
this
requirement
of
very
low
parking
ratio
and
residential
proximity
Transit.
That
gives
us
an
additional
bonus
on
our
f
and
allows
them
to
build
a
bigger
project
here.
AC
Those
are
the
two
main
initiatives
that
that
we've
complied
with.
We
fit
40%
open
space
on
our
site,
Aon
anything
else
worth.
J
Highl
I
would
e
go
everything
you
sat
down.
I
would
also
add
that
we
we're
not
only
plan
compliant.
We
we're.
We
should
be
the
poster
child
for
the
plan,
we're
we're
we're
providing
affordability.
We
are
providing
significant
amount
of
open
space
and
permeable
payers,
so
the
whole
heat
island
effect
that
we're
we're
trying
to
mitigate
right
off
the
bat
or
the
the
start
of
the
implementation
of
the
plan,
but
also
we
are
going
to
be
one
of
the
first
Net
Zero
carbon
buildings
and
passive
house
and
all
electric.
J
A
Neighborhood
great
thank
you
and,
and
the
last
Point
had
do,
was
someone
who
made
a
comment
on
lost
units?
Can
you
just
go
into
into
what
what
that
may
be
referring.
AC
To
not
sure
Madam
chair
I'm,
looking
at
my
own
notes,
trying
to.
M
See
M
CH
can
jump
in
Michael
Chris
director
review
good
evening,
I
think
what
they're
referring
to
through
this
you
know
one
of
the
things
that
highlights
kind
of
the
work
that
has
been
going
on
with
this
project
at
relation
to
the
plan
was
looking
at
height
density
and
through
review
of
some
of
the
proposal.
The
original
proposal,
as
it
relates
to
height
density.
There
was
some
recommendations
received
to
look
at
lowering
height
density,
which
resulted
in
the
project
losing
some
some
units.
M
I,
don't
know
if
they're
referring
to
that,
but
to
put
the
project
in
line
with
the
plan,
it
was
required
to
shavee
off
some
height
which
which
ultimately,
but
to
losing
some
units.
A
Okay,
got
it
yeah,
that's
that's
around
the
the
topic.
I
was
trying
to
just
get
a
little
more
information
on
so
okay.
Do
we
have
any
more
questions
or
comments
from
the
board?
Okay,
hearing
and
saying
none
motion
is
in
order,
so
moved
second.
A
The
chair
votes
I
motion
passes.
Thank
you
and
good
luck
with
the
project.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you.
Okay.
Let's
move
on
to
the
second,
the
next
agenda
item,
which
also
is
a
public
hearing.
This
is
a
public
hearing
before
the
Boston
Redevelopment
Authority
doing
business
as
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
agency
being
held
in
conformance
with
sections
80
a-2
and
80
b-5
of
this
Boston
zoning
code
to
consider
the
proposed
40
roll
in
Street
development
project
in
Charlestown.
This
hearing
was
duly
add
adverti
on
September
15th
2023
in
the
Boston
Herald.
A
This
is
a
bpda
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.
Anyone
who
wishes
to
testify
about
the
proposed
project
will
be
afforded
an
opportunity.
We
are
taking
support
and
opposition
at
the
same
time.
So
if
you're
planning
to
testify,
please
take
time
now
to
verify
that
your
computer
microphone
is
active.
Click
on
the
hand
icon
on
your
Zoom
control
panel,
and
this
will
signal
to
the
staff
that
you
would
like
to
speak.
A
When
your
hand
is
raised,
it
will
be
blue
if
you
are
calling
into
the
meeting
and
would
like
to
testify.
Please
dial
star9,
to
raise
your
hand
when
I
call
for
all
testimony
staff
will
announce
your
name
and
allow
you
to
talk.
You
must
unmute
your
microphone
and
your
webcam
will
not
be
active
in
an
effort
to
accommodate
all
who
would
like
to
speak
about
this
proposal.
Each
person
will
be
given
up
to
2
minutes
to
comment.
A
K
Thank
you,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board
secretary
pimus
and
director
Json.
The
proposable
for
you
tonight
is
for
an
article
0
large
project
located
at
40
Rolland
Street
in
Charlestown.
The
proposed
project
consists
of
three
new
buildings
containing
a
total
of
approximately
750,000
ft
of
lab
office,
residential
and
retail
space.
K
This
includes
a
ninstory,
approximately
630,000
ft
lab
office
building
located
at
10
to
40
Roland
Street
six-story
52
unit
Residential
Building
at
145,
Cambridge
Street
and
a
six-story
74
unit,
Residential
Building
at
128,
Cambridge,
Street,
Parking
ratios
for
each
building
will
be
compliant
with
plan.
Charlestown
and
20%
of
the
total
residential
units
in
the
project
will
be
affordable,
IDP
units,
the
residential
buildings
will
be
all
electric
and
the
and
all
buildings
will
be
zero
net.
Carbon
ready.
K
The
development
team
filed
their
project
notification
form
on
April
1st
2022,
followed
by
a
supplemental
information
filing
on
July,
26th,
2022
and
finally,
a
draft
project
impact
report
filing
on
May
1st
2023.
The
bpda
held
virtual
meeting
virtual
iag
meetings
for
the
project
on
August,
8th
2022
and
June
12th
2023,
virtual
public
meetings
on
August,
15th,
2022
and
June
5th,
2023
and
finally,
a
joint
virtual
iig
and
public
meeting
on
August
9th
2023.
K
All
meetings
were
well
attended
and
the
public
meetings
were
advertised
in
the
local
newspaper
and
online
I
do
just
want
to
thank
the
city
of
Boston
and
BPA
staff,
iig
members
and
members
of
the
public
who
contributed
their
time
and
efforts
to
improving
this
project
during
the
course
of
the
review.
I'll
now
turn
it
over
to
my
colleague,
Eileen
misho,
from
the
bpda
planning
division
to
discuss
the
planning
context
that
was
considered
in
the
review
of
this
project
before.
Ultimately,
the
development
team
will
begin
their
presentation.
Thank
you.
AX
Thank
you
Quinn
good
evening,
chair
roas
secretary
pimus,
members
of
the
board
and
director
Jon.
My
name
is
Eileen
misho
and
I'm
the
bpda
planner
assigned
to
this
project.
The
proposed
project
at
40,
Roland
Street,
is
within
the
boundaries
of
plan
Charles
toown,
which
was
released
as
a
final
draft
in
September
2023,
followed
by
draft
zoning
amendments
released
in
August,
2023
and
bpda
board
approved.
AX
Please
keyan
use
Concepts
from
plan
Charlestown
for
the
Sullivan,
Square
and
roord
Avenue
area
guide.
The
review
guided
the
review
of
this
proposal,
which
include
the
following:
prioritizing
higher
dense
fees
and
mixed
use,
residential
development,
around
Transit
stations,
buffering
residential
areas
from
high
impact
commercial
uses
and
the
i93
highway
infrastructure,
improving
active
Transportation
connections
and
creating
new
open
space
and
encouraging
ground
retail
around
Major
Street
connections
next
slide,
please.
This
slide
just
summarizes
how
the
proposed
project
complies
with
the
zoning
and
planning
recommendations
of
plan
Charles
toown.
AX
This
includes
the
vision
for
mixed
uses,
supported
by
new
open
space
and
neighborhood
retail
amenities,
height
and
density
limits,
and
a
public
round
that
acknowledges
the
history
of
the
neighborhood
adaptively
reusing
the
24
Rolland
Street
Building,
and
preserving
an
original
facade
of
the
40
rowand
Street
Building
after
board
approval
and
subsequent
Zoning
Board
of
appeal
approval
of
the
required
zoning
relief.
The
proposed
project
will
continue
design
review
at
the
bpda.
AY
Project
great,
thank
you,
Eileen.
Thank
you
Quinn
good
evening,
chair
Roos,
members
of
the
board
Madam
Secretary
and
director
Jameson.
My
name
is
Michael
Parker
and
with
Dane
torpy
and
pering
attorneys
for
the
project.
First
I
like
to
acknowledge
the
community.
We've
had
continual
Community
engagement
over
the
last
three
three
plus
years
now
included
five
community
and
iig
public
meetings,
countless
other
meetings
with
stakeholders
to
make
sure
that
we
heard
how
the
community
could
benefit
from
the
project.
AY
That
engagement
has
been
instrumental
in
getting
the
project
to
where
it
is
today
also
to
bpda
staff.
The
coordination
and
input
from
the
bpda
staff
was
key,
making
sure
that
our
project
was
responding
in
a
meaningful
way
to
community
concerns
and
closely
coordinating
with
the
planed
Charlestown
process.
It
has
been
both
a
pleasure
and
actually
a
learning
experience
from
from
my
experience
on
this
project
and
others.
AY
I
think
you
can
be
assured
that
the
bpda
is
loaded
with
a
lot
of
talent
and
also
we
had
a
somewhat
unique
approach.
We
met
several
times
with
the
other
Sullivan
Square
developers
to
coordinate
our
our
mitigations
and
public
benefits
in
order
to
leverage
our
proposals
for
enhanced
districtwide
improvements
consistent
with
plan
Charlestown.
AY
Those
discussions
resulted
in
as
you'll
see
in
the
presentation
and
I
think
it's
been
discussed
before
ultra
low
parking
ratios
02
for
residential
and
04
for
office,
collectively
joining
a
traffic
management
association
to
promote
and
enhance
efficient
and
resilient
Transportation
options
for
the
end
users,
with
the
major
development
there
being
the
provision
of
a
private
Charlestown
shuttle
service
to
connect
residents
to
entral,
Services,
mass
transit
and
job
centers.
AY
Of
the
Sullivan
Square
developers
joining
a
TMA
is,
as
we've
talked
about
before,
you
know,
future
impacts
that
maybe
are
unseen.
The
TMA
process
allows
the
developers
and
the
projects
to
address
Transportation
concerns
in
real
time,
5
years
from
now
7
years
from
now
10
years
from
now
in
again
in
ways
that
we
might
not
have
anticipated
in.
AY
Finally,
a
coordination
of
the
Sullivan
Square,
open
space
network
and
public
realm
improvements
wanted
to
make
sure
that
the
improvements
for
each
project
weren't
working
against
each
other
and
could
complement
each
other.
So
with
that
I'll
introduce
quickly
the
project
team
representing
rise
together
is
Jim.
Gman
have
a
very
strong
project.
Team
CBT
was
the
architect
and
master
planner
VHB
handled
the
permitting
and
Transportation
Port
public
realm
s.
Sustainability
and
envy
energy
Studios
worked
on
the
sustainability
and
energy
modeling.
AY
So
with
that
again,
we're
excited
to
present
this
project
this
evening
and
I
will
pass
this
off
to
Laura
Rashel
with
CBT
to
walk
you
through
the
presentation.
Thank
you.
AH
Great
thank
you.
Michael
Laura,
rushel
architect
at
CBT
in
Charlestown.
Next
slide,
please
a
quick
overview
of
the
40
Rolland
Street
project
with
some
key
metrics
here,
so
it's
4.4,
Acre
Site
across
multiple
parcels
and
that
GFA
of
753
th000,
ft
split
across
multiple
buildings.
We
have
126
residential
units,
20%
of
which
are
affordable,
a
lead
gold
sustainability
commitment
and
pursuing
Net
Zero
in
the
residential
components
of
the
project,
and
this
really
is
a
Transit
oriented
development
with
very
low
parking
ratios.
AH
Next,
please,
you
can
see
why
here
on
the
next
slide.
This
is
the
location
of
the
project.
The
collection
of
sites
is
just
west
of
i93
in
very
close
proximity
to
that
Sullivan
MBTA
station.
We
are
at
the
edge
of
charl
town,
immediately
adjacent
to
the
Somerville
Town
Line,
and
this
area
has
an
industrial
character
on
the
south
side
of
Cambridge
Street,
and
it
is
immediately
adjacent
to
the
Lost
Village
residential
neighborhood
on
the
north
side
of
Cambridge
Street
next
slide.
Please
here
you
can
see
some
existing
conditions.
AH
AH
Of
this
District,
showing
these
mix
of
warehouse
and
industrial
buildings
with
open
lots,
a
very
car
Centric
without
much
Greenery
and
next
to
no
pedestrian
amenities.
This
area
has
historically
been
quite
disconnected
from
charlestown's
historic
Peninsula,
and
it
has
this
industrial
vernacular
without
much
presence
and
without
much
public
withraw
to
the
neighborhood
next
slide.
AH
Here
you
can
see
the
proposed
conditions
in
our
site
plan,
those
two
residential
buildings,
labeled
145
and
128
Cambridge
on
the
left,
the
West,
the
lab
office
building
at
40
Roland,
which
has
a
retained
Heritage
building
at
24,
Roland
separately
labeled
and
an
open
space
parcel
on
89
Cambridge,
which
will
be
designed
with
the
community
process.
A
key
thing
to
note
here
is
the
public
space.
That's
linked,
linking
these
addresses
they're,
not
immediately
contiguous,
but
a
continuous
network
of
open
spaces
for
the
district's
residents.
AH
We'll
go
into
a
little
bit
more
detail
on
some
of
these
public
realm
upgrades
in
just
a
minute
and
how
they
provide
safe
connections
activation
and
a
much
needed
green
space
for
the
neighborhood.
Next.
AH
Slide
here
you
can
see
the
proposed
massing,
which
accommodates
this
mix
of
programs.
The
larger
floor
plates
that
accommodate
the
lab
office
program
in
blue
here,
they're
placed
adjacent
to
the
highway
and
rail
infrastructure
creating
a
bit
of
a
buffer,
while
the
residential
programs
are
positioned
along
Cambridge
Street,
these
two
residential
buildings
integrate
into
the
existing
Community
fabric
and
create
a
welcoming
Gateway
into
the
Sullivan
District
next
slide,
please.
This
is
a
view
of
that.
Gateway
in
this
instance
we're
looking
back
West
towards
Somerville
on
an
earlier
slide.
AH
We
saw
it
looking
East
towards
Sullivan.
Not
only
do
these
buildings
provide
much
needed
housing
to
the
district,
but
they're
creating
a
new
face
to
this
area,
which
has
really
been
like
I,
mentioned
a
little
underutilized
this
in
belt
neighborhood.
Many
folks
actually
don't
even
know
it's
a
part
of
Boston.
They
kind
of
assume
it's
a
part
of
Summerville.
So
through
our
our
discussions
with
the
community,
they
were
excited
for
creating
this
sort
of
new
front
door.
AH
Together,
these
buildings
will
frame
that
arrival
and
the
Gateway
concept
guided
our
development
of
the
design.
The
design
expression
of
the
two
buildings
are
intentionally
a
pair
complimentary,
but
not
identical,
so
you
can
see
they
have
some
similar
articulation
with
insect
sets
and
folds
of
the
building
massing.
They
pick
up
on
the
clapboard
siding
of
the
Lost
Village
and
reinterpret
it
with
warm
contemporary
material
pallets,
and
they
both
have
retail
and
active
uses
on
the
ground
floor,
fronting
on
both
Cambridge
Street
and
a
new
green
open
space.
AH
That's
immediately
adjacent
to
Cambridge
Street,
just
on
the
left
here
next
slide
in
general.
This
public
Ro,
like
I
mentioned,
was
a
huge
Focus
from
our
community
input
process,
safety,
Comfort,
Recreation
placemaking
rest
all
became
Central
to
this
Project's
identity.
We
wanted
we
upgraded
for
resiliency
by
raising
the
ground
floor
of
the
buildings,
and
this
had
an
added
benefit
of
creating
multiple
levels
in
all
of
our
public
spaces,
to
create
different
districts
for
seating
and
green
space.
AH
Gathering
and
thoughtful
connections
which
are
fully
accessible,
plazas
and
Lawns
with
outdoor
Furnishing
active
Recreation
are
complemented
with
these
native
plantings
and
adding
of
over
100
trees
between
the
street
trees
that
are
added
in
Road
upgrades
and
within
the
parcels
themselves.
Integration
of
Art
and
other
historical
cultural
displays
were
also
requests
from
the
community
and
we'll
be
working
to
coordinate
those
into
the
design
moving
forward
with
the
bpda
staff.
AH
So,
together,
these
Open
Spaces
are
weaving
this
this
these
buildings,
together
in
the
project,
both
the
new
buildings
and
some
of
the
existing
buildings
that
are
being
retained
and
integrated
into
the
design
and
to
to
create
this
sort
of
unique
IDE
identity
and
retain.
What's
there
next
slide
here,
you
can
see
a
view
of
Cambridge
Street.
This
public
realm
focus
is
very
evident
on
Cambridge
Street,
where
we
worked
with
BTD
and
bpda
staff
to
integrate
our
upgrades
with
their
goals
and
priorities
for
this
Corridor.
AH
This
included
plazas
and
spaces
for
rest,
widen,
sidewalks
bike
infrastructure
and
many
other
updates
next
slide
a
big
emphasis.
The
final,
the
emphasis
was
preserving
elements
of
the
inter
belt's,
uniquely
historic
Heritage,
so
the
goal
was
to
retain
some
of
the
neighborhood
specific
buildings
that
were
seen
to
have
historic
significance
and
also
have
an
added
benefit
of
the
sustainability
of
reuse
and
embodied
carbon.
AH
So
the
lab
office
design
at
40
Roland
retains
the
southern
portion
of
the
existing
building
on
the
site
at
40
Roland
and
integrates
it
into
the
overall
design.
You
can
see
the
new
construction
tying
into
this
preserved,
building,
both
in
massing
and
scale
of
the
podium,
but
also
in
the
use
of
the
materials
selected,
The
rhythms
of
the
facade
and
the
proportions
of
the
windows
and
the
distribution
of
the
podium
elements.
AH
This
building
Podium
is
integrating
masonry
and
decorative
stamped
metal
accents
to
tie
the
new
and
historic
together,
while
the
warm
tones
continue
up
into
the
building
Tower
at
the
top
as
well,
and
rather
than
mimic
this
detailing.
We
wanted
to
reinterpret
it
in
a
contemporary
manner.
AH
Next
great
sorry
go
to
the
the
mitigation
and
benefits
I
believe
we
also
retained
the
24
Roland
Street
Building,
which
is
on
adjacent
to
to
Roland
Street.
AY
Madame
chair
do
I,
have
a
minute
to
talk
to
the
mitigation
and
Community
benefits.
Yes,
please
thank
you.
I
appreciate
that
okay,
so
Project
Feel
has
a
very
R
loss
mitigation,
Community
benefits
program.
We've
got
the
20%
onsite
IDP
units,
1.6
acres
of
newly
created,
open
space,
significant
off-site
public
realm
and
roadway
improvements,
and
that
was
significant
in
the
sense
that
we
had
a
lot
of
conversations.
AY
I
think
as
Laura
alluded
to
with
the
the
neighbors
over
in
you
start
in
the
earlier
presentation
in
plant
Charlestown
in
the
area
called
Bost
Village.
Now
it's
been
renamed
so
to
speak,
to
the
Sullivan
Square
neighborhood,
Association
and
they've
always
had
concerns
with
connections
back
to
Charlestown.
They
feel
like
they've,
been
on
an
island.
The
new
streetscapes
and
sidewalks
will
will
help
get
them
back
into
Charlestown
number
one,
but
number
two
is.
It
seems
like
a
couple
times
a
year.
AY
You
know
there's
some
sort
of
a
truck
turns
over
with
either
trash
or
materials,
and
you
know
with
the
P
public
realm
and
roadway
improvements
that
should
quiet
the
traffic
and,
as
Laura
said,
make
a
nice
front
door
for
the
neighborhood
incorporation
of
the
mapc
multimodal
path
linking
up
Charlestown
assembly
row
in
Union,
Square,
15,000
square
ft
of
subsidized
Community
retail
space
for
local
Charlestown,
small
businesses.
That's
already
gared
significant
significant
interest.
AY
I
talked
before
about
the
privately
funded
shuttle
and
the
TMA
planting
over
100
N
Net
trees.
Where
talked
about
the
building
preservation,
sustainable
project
design,
which
includes
a
commitment
to
all
electric
residential
buildings
and
finally
close
to
8
million
in
linkage,
payments
to
the
city
of
Boston.
So
thank.
A
You
thank
you,
this
very,
very
important
slide.
So
with
that
we
have.
This
is
a
public
testimony
or
public
hearing,
so
we'll
take
first
anybody
who
would
like
to
comment
secretary
femus.
Do
we
have
anyone
who
like
to
testify.
AD
Thank
you,
hi.
Everyone
wanted
to
just
come
on,
and
support.
I
was
happy
to
hear
about
the
jobs
and
we've
been
hearing
a
lot
tonight
from
our
Union
sisters
and
brothers,
supporting
the
projects
and
the
jobs
they're
going
to
bring
to
this
community.
Also,
the
housing
as
I
stated
earlier,
we're
in
a
housing
crisis
and
the
only
way
out
is
going
to
be
by
increasing
inreasing
our
stock,
and
this
is
much
needed.
Housing
along
the
public
transportation
and
the
last
thing
that
I
was
just
listening
to
the
community
benefits.
AD
AU
Thank
you,
I
said
it
in
the
last
meeting
that
I've
lived
here
for
32
years
and
I
just
want
to
say,
congratulations
to
CBT,
because
you've
done
a
really
beautiful
job
of
understanding.
What
the
the
community
needs
are
in
developing
this
concept,
however,
I
do
want
to
go
back
and
say:
I
have
a
conflict
with
what
plan
Charlestown
has
designated
in
the
last
meeting.
We
checked.
AU
Whole
bunch
of
things
that
were
about
Community
needs
and
the
bbpa
authorized.
P
AU
However,
it
did
not
enhance
or
meet
the
community
benefits
in
general.
It
me
it
checked
the
Box
on
some
things
and
in
this
case
it
does
a
much
better
job
and
here's
an
example
of
the
conflict
that
I
have
that
the
bdpa
has
set
us
up
with.
Preservation
is
a
very
important
component
in
plan
Charlestown,
and
the
process
is
clearly
shown
that
it's
important
to
the
community
on
page
127
of
plan
charlestone,
where
it
states
where
a
parel
parcel
has
an
existing
building
contribution
to
charlestown's
Historic,
IND
industrial
character.
AU
The
existing
building
should
be
retained
and
included
in
future
development
designs
in
order
to
qualify
for
any
density
above
the
2.0
F.
This
project
will
demolish
128,
Cambridge
Street
demolish
and
it
will
demolish
a
majority
of
40
Roland
Street,
two
historic
buildings
within
the
pending
Charlestown
industrial,
architectural
conservation
district,
and
it
requires
an
F
of
4.0
or.
AU
AZ
I
just
want
to
say,
I
support
this
project,
I
think
it's
great.
What
rise
is
doing
to
Solin
Square
I
think
it
needs
to
be
activated.
Also
appreciate
rise
for
everything.
They've
done.
They
run
a
small
business
in
child
cell
they've
been
the
only
developer.
You
know
that
has
put
their
money
with
them
out
there
and
helped
a
minority
gay
small
business
owner
that
grew
up
in
this
town,
but
I
just
see
a
lot
of
potential
for
this
area.
I
like
what
they're
doing
it
looks
like
it's
going
to
be.
AZ
You
know
a
vibrant
area
and
otherwise,
like
it's
just
dead,
I
understand
that
people
think
that
this
is
a
historic
building,
but
like
no
one's
really
cared
about
it
in
the
past
90
years.
Clearly,
the
building's
like
coming
down.
AZ
If
you
look
at
it,
I
don't
know
if
these
people
actually
go
and
look
at
the
building,
but
it's
pretty
rundown,
so
I'm
excited
that
they're,
going
to
at
least
try
and
restore
some
of
it
and
I'm
excited
for
this
to
all
happen
in
Sol
square
and
I
just
want
to
thank
rise
again
for
putting
their
money
where
them
m
is
helping
someone
that
is
from
this
community
that
has
lived
here.
AZ
My
family
has
lived
here
for
four
generations:
I'm
a
small
business
owner
minority,
gay
and
they've
done
everything
that
all
these
other
people
developers.
Politicians
say
that
talk
about,
but
rise
actually
puts
the
puts
the
walk
with
the
talk.
So
thank
you
and
I
support
this
project.
AK
Yourself,
yes,
thanks:
Madam
chair
members
of
the
BTA
board,
I
spoke
earlier
I'm,
going
to
speak
again.
I
support
this
project,
Charlestown
resident
also
in
the
Carpenters
Union.
So
this
is
committed
to
a
responsible
developer
that
will
hire
local
and
Union
Subs
on
the
site,
providing
job
for
Charlestown
residents,
glal
housing.
We
talked
about
it
earlier,
so
it
does
cover
all
the
dots
just
like
Sean
just
stated
so.
I
am
in
support
of
this
project.
AK
AV
Yes,
good
evening,
Madam
chair
again
and
the
BBA
board
and
I'm
in
favor
of
this
project
and
I'm
we've
worked
with
rise
before
Jim
grman
he's
always
done
a
great
job
and
I
know
his
team
will
do
a
fabulous
job
on
this
and
they
they'll
restore
some
of
the
old,
so
they're
going
to
try
to
restore
some
of
the
old
building
po
so,
like
I,
said
I'm
I'm
100%
in
favor
of
this.
Thank
you
very
much
have
a
good
evening.
BA
I.
Thank
you,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board.
I
TR,
our
resident
U
support
this
project.
I
think
there's
been
a
significant
effort
by
the
entire
team
from
the
beginning
to
really
respond
to
community
input
and
and
seek
it
in
a
meaningful
way,
and
this
has
been
a
neglected
site
for
a
long
time
and
I.
BA
Don't
think
this
project
should
be
held
responsible
for
all
of
the
other
issues
going
on
in
that
area,
but
really
have
put
in
significant
time
energy
and
effort
to
work
with
the
community
around
envisioning,
a
better
space
that
works
and
provides
benefits
in
real
time
and
not
suddenly
new
ideas
for
what
could
be
they've
really
put
in
the
work
and
I
think
it's
time
and
I
support
this
project.
R
R
BB
Yourself,
hi
hello,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
I
can
hear
you
hi
yeah.
My
name
is
Greg
venan
long
life
long
time,
lifelong
Charlestown
resident
also
a
bu
I
think
this
is
a
great
project.
This
area
has
been
a
dump
for
the
longest
time,
so
I
think
it's
really
commendable
to
see
a
development
team
want
to
come
in
and
and
do
something
nice
for
the
community
create
Parks
housing,
really
good
job.
So
I
fully
support
this
I
know
some
of
my
neighbors
want
to
preserve
the
building,
but
it's
falling
apart.
BB
Q
Yourself
Jean,
yes,
can
you
hear
me
yep
I
can
hear
you
now,
okay
I'm
concerned
about
the
lab
space
What
level
Laboratories
are
going
to
be
in
there
I
guess
from
what
I
understand
it's
one
2
three
and
four
levels
of
safety
issues.
What
levels
would
this
be
in
the.
R
Labs:
well,
we
don't
answer.
We
don't
take
questions
directly
so
when,
when
we're
concluding
Ed
the
public
testimony,
the
board
members
will
direct
the
the
the
staff
or
the
proponent
to
respond
to
your
question.
Oh
great.
R
Thanks,
we
only
take
testimony
once
from.
A
Now:
okay,
great,
thank
you,
everyone
for
for
your
input
and
your
comments
and
to
everyone
who
submitted
comments
virtually
through
letters
and
email.
So
thank
you,
questions
or
comments
from
the.
W
Board
on
behalf
of
the
last
person
to
speak,
I
would
like
to
know
what
safety
level
you're
building
to
at
this
point
sure.
AY
Thank
you,
Dr
lanmark,
and
to
respond
to
Jean's
question
I
know
where
it's
coming
from
from
both
Jee
and
I
live
in
the
Navy
Yard.
So
we
we
live
around
a
fair
amount
of
labs.
The
Labs
they're
going
to
be
designed
for
basic
basic
research.
So
there's
nothing
like
a
bsl4
which
Jean
was
talking
about
levels,
one
through
four,
which
are
you
know,
placed
in
highly
restrictive
areas
like
The,
Bu,
bios
safety
lab
in
the
South
End.
And
so
you
know
it's
basically
run-of-the-mill
basic
research.
AY
Yeah,
that's
really
up
to
level
three,
but
generally
it's
level,
two
level,
three
level
three
is
still
not
handling
like
hazardous.
You
know,
you
know
Ebola
virus
and
things
like.
A
That,
okay,
don't
we
have
a
separate
process
if
it
goes
up
to
level
three.
AY
Yeah
yeah
there
are
BPD
regulations,
there
are
other
other
regulations,
Board
of
of
Health.
For
instance.
This
is
very
tightly
regulated.
Lab
operations.
A
Okay
right
additional
questions
or
comments,
I.
W
I
guess
I'd
add
that
I'm
I'm
very
committed
to
Historic
preservation
and
I
very
much
appreciate
the
comments
that
have
come
up
in
the
testimony
here
about
the
status
of
the
historic
properties
on
this
site
and
I.
I.
Do
think
that
as
an
agency,
we
need
to
adhere
to
our
own
principles
and
guidelines
in
terms
of
preserving
properties
and
I.
Think
that
the
designers
here
have
done
a
good
job
of
incorporating
at
least
U.
W
Some
of
the
historical
context
into
the
new
building.
A
Thank
you
just
to
pick
it
back
off
of
that.
Can
you
U
maybe
give
some
some
detail
and
comments
out
on
how
You'
selected
kind
of
what
to
preserve
and
and
maintain
just
give
us
a
little
insight
on
on
how
that
process
went.
AY
Sure
I'll
just
make
a
couple
General
comments
and
then
pass
it
over
Laura
see
if
she
said
anything
else,
we
did
multiple
feasibility
studies
with
bpda
staff
toward
toward
the
buildings
and
work
closely
with
design
staff
as
well
also
hired
an
independent
historic
consultant
to
preserve
the
architectural
significantly
significant
aspects
of
the
area,
and
you
know,
as
Dr
Larks
said
very
proud
of
what
CBT
was
able
to
accomplish
Laura.
Did
you
want
to
go
into
more
detail.
AH
Sure
I
can
just
quickly
highlight
as
part
of
our
sculping
process.
We
are
asked
to
study
a
series
of
Alternatives
that
looked
at
preserving
portion
of
the
40
rolling
building
and
that
was
tying
into
what
Michael
was
mentioning
with
our
due
diligence.
There
we
had
multiple
work
sessions
with
bpda,
Urban
Design
review
staff
and
with
landmarks
to
review
what
the
the
best
options
would
be
to
integrate
with
the
40
roll
in
building
and
ultimately
landed
on.
What
we
think
is
a
really
successful
solution.
AH
What
I
ran
out
of
time
to
say
in
the
presentation
was
we're
also
preserving
nearly
the
entirety
of
the
24
Roland
Street
building,
which
is
a
3
and
1
half
story
masonry
timber
frame
building
also
on
the
site,
and
that
is
where
that
subsidized
Community
retail
component
will
be
tying
into
our
public
realm
upgrades.
So
that
is
also
a
part
of
that
Heritage
preservation
that
we
are
we're
seeking
to
integrate
into
the
overall
project.
M
And
Madam
chair
I
can
just
quickly
from
the
BP's
perspective,
Michael
Christ
directed
review,
just
relative
to
the
to
the
points
made
by
the
proponent.
There
was
a
robust
conversation
around
preservation
and
and
as
we
they
mentioned,
there
was
you
know.
Some
studies
done
also
some
staff
visits
out
to
the
year
relative
to
where
the
preservation
was
ultimately
made
in
which
building
also
had
a
was
relying
upon
kind
of
use
in
Cambridge
Street
buildings
relative
to
becoming
residential.
M
A
Okay
makes
sense,
additional
questions,
comments
from
the
board.
S
Through
the
chair,
Michael,
quick
one
for
you
again,
I'm
hearing
a
lot
of
Trades
people,
men
and
women
speak
in
behalf
of
the
project.
I
again
I
would
ask
if
everything
was
to
go
well
with
this
process
in
the
Z
Bo.
When
would
you
see
our
shovels
on
the
ground
and
also
I
I'm,
assuming
that
rise
construction
did
the
preconstruction
for.
AY
We're
and
Jim
might
want
to
talk
to
this
using
suffk
at
the
moment
and
as
far
as
getting
as
far
as
getting
shovels
in
the
ground,
we
have
the
financing
lined
up
for
the
residential
components
of
the
project
contingent
upon
approval
and
then
the
rest
of
the
project.
You
know
same
sort
of
deal
once
we
get
the
approval
feel
very
confident
that
we'll
be
able
to
move
forward
and
get
shovels
in
the
ground
expeditiously
and
then.
S
20%,
thank
you
for
that,
and
you
know
just
bringing
people
with
the
foot
traffic
that
will
help
out
the
community
for
retail
space
and
things
of
that
nature.
So
we'll
see
what
happens
all
right
great.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
you
additional
questions
or
comments.
I
just
had
more
more
more
comments,
so.
A
To
call
out
that
I
really
liked
in
the
presentation,
the
summary
of
compliance
slide
being
really
helpful
in
in
tying
this
back
to
the
to
the
Charlestown
to
plan
Charlestown.
So
I
just
wanted
to
confirm
whether
or
not
this
project
was
fully
compliant
with
the
with
plan
or,
if
there's
sorry,
y,
okay
good.
So
that's
that
and
the
last
one
is,
is
more
just
a
comment.
A
F
A
Whe,
whether
or
not
the
impact
that
that
would
have
on
development
in
in
Boston
and
I
am
just
saying
that
I
recognize
that
we
have
a
developer
here,
that
has
that
is
able
to
comply
with
that
20%,
affordable
housing.
So,
while
we're
still,
you
know
monitoring
the
impacts
of
that
I'm,
just
really
just
really
pleased
to
see
that
we're
you
know
we're
tracking
and
still
able
to
to
develop
for
the
needs
of
Boston,
which
is
additional
housing
but
affordable
housing.
A
So
if
there
no
other
questions
from
the
board,
a
motion
is.
A
Good
luck,
and
and
again,
thanks
to
everyone,
who's
participating
great.
A
BC
Yes
good
evening
and
thanks
for
all
the
hard
work
tonight
board
and
to
all
the
proponents
and
commenters
and
elected
officials,
thank
you
for
your
tonight.
I'll
provide
a
quick
summary,
just
a
few
notes
on
what
on
the
proceedings
tonight,
we
had
two
development
projects
approved
for
629
residential
units,
of
which
126
will
be
income
restricted.
The
developer's
cost
estimate
is
$920
million.
BC
These
products
represent
approximately
1.4
million
square
ft
and
when
constructed
these
products
will
put
1,300
or
or
more
trade
people
to
work
and
create
to
2,000
direct
jobs,
705
indirect
jobs
I
did
want
to
make
a
few
comments
about
some
of
the
items
considered
tonight.
BC
Plan
in
Charlestown
was
considered
and
and
after
I
think,
a
full
hearing
of
the
plan
itself
and
from
elected
officials
who
made
a
series
of
comments
that
I'll
address
in
a
second,
you
decided
to
approve
it
appreciate
your
questions
you
asked
in
this
audience
and
and
the
way
you
deliberated
the
matter
just
wanted
to
say
a
few
words
I
do
want
to
thank
the
public,
who
gave
so
much
of
their
personal
time
to
this
dialogue,
and
especially
in
these
last
few
months,
where
it
was
time
to
make
choices
together.
BC
I
I
want
to
say
that
again
we
really
appreciate
the
energy
that
citizens
took
out
of
their
day.
We
we
do
this
as
part
of
our
our
job.
That
kind
of
advice
that
and
direction
that
community
members
provided
was
was
really
essential
and
it
made
a
major
difference.
Process
wouldn't
work.
If
citizens
didn't
participate
and
we
we
again,
we
appreciate
all
the
input
that
was
provided.
BC
You've
been
there
in
that
conversation
with
us
for
four
years,
and
we
tried
to
take
your
feedback
as
seriously
as
possible
and
implement
it
as
as
part
of
what
what
took
shape.
As
many
of
you
recall,
the
original
U
direction
of
this
initiative
was
just
to
look
at
R,
Rutherford
and
and
Sullivan
Square,
and
that
changed
in
part
because
of
community
advocacy.
That
was
only
one
of
a
number
of
other
things
that
change
as
a
result
of
advocacy.
The
needs
assessment.
BC
The
and
I
would
say,
especially
recently,
the
community
dialogue
about
what
should
happen
on
M
Main
Street
at
the
Bunker
Hill
Mall
was
very
robust
and
want
to
say
to
the
elected
officials
who
who
engage
with
us
very
directly
representative
Ryan,
councelor,
kaeta
and
other
citizens
who
direct
came
to
us
directly
and
said
we
would
we
need.
These
are
changes
we
think
are
really
important.
We
appreciate,
in
particular
your
engagement
and
and
and
hopefully
you're
beginning
to
see
those
those
CS
reflected.
BC
I
also
want
to
recognize
that
the
the
dialogue
and
the
fact
that
we
will
continue
to
have
public
process
about
about
not
just
those
things,
but
also
other
things
that
you
you
that
you
commented
to
us
on.
BC
The
the
next
stage
of
the
process
will
happen
at
the
zoning
commission
again
in
that's
just
an
example
of
the
kind
of
change
that
I
think
the
develop
the
planning
and
team
describ
very
effectively
and
again,
I
want
to
say
that
we're
we're
really
looking
forward
to
the
continued
process
of
of
taking
this
this
vision
and
then
try
to
turn
it
into
the
kind
of
projects
that
really
do
help
to
build
Charlestown
over
the
next
15
to
30
years.
BC
It's
through
that
article
process
that
we
that
we
actually
shape
these
developments
with
the
development
industry
and
if
your
voices
are
as
direct
resilient
as
effective
as
as
they've
been
these
last
four
years,
we're
confident
those
projects
will
will
take
shape
only
only
with
your
advice
and
comment.
BC
I
do
also
want
to
make
a
comment
about
infrastructure,
because
I
think
it's
very
important
and
shaped
the
way
this
project
was.
The
initiative
was
went
forward
when,
when
we're
clear
about
the
direction
we're
going
and
what
we
need,
as
you
have
been
and
I
think
we're,
hopefully
adding
our
voice
to
to
yours,
we're
going
to
be
going
together
to
ask
for
the
infrastructure,
improvements
and
resources
to
build
them
that
are
required
to
make
this
plan
work.
BC
It's
it's
usually
when,
in
my
experience,
when
the
community
speaks
out
and
says
this
is
how
we'd
like
to
grow,
and
this
is
the
infrastructure
we
need
to
actually
grow
that
we
begin
to
build
the
Coalition.
It
takes
to
to
identify
those
resources
and
invest
them.
So
so
looking
forward
to
joining
joining
you
and
advocating
for
that
because,
as
as
we
had
I
think
agree
and
the
plan
shows,
we
need
additional
infrastructure
investment
to
make
these
plans,
something
that
adds
to
the
community
and
without
it
U.
BC
We
we
take
the
risk
that
it
doesn't
so
we're
going
to
be
working
together
with
you
in
that
vein,
I
also
want
to
say
we
appreciate
the
conversation
and
dialogue
about
the
two
projects
approved
tonight.
One
Mystic
4
r,
one
which
are
adding
uses
and
and
design
that
that
this
community
needs
specifically
the
residential
near
Transit,
is
a
particular
need.
BC
So,
thanks
again
for
your
comment
in
shaping
those
projects,
we
also
approved
Child
Care
zoning
tonight,
which
will
make
Child
Care
un
allowed
use
in
all
Boston
neighborhoods
with
those
changes.
Those
interested
in
creating
new
child
care
facilities
will
not
be
required
to
go
through
zoning
appeal
processes
to
develop
them.
I
want
to
thank
everyone,
Who
provided
advice
on
this
and
the
the
team
that
that
worked
hard
on
to
make
it
making
it
happen.
BC
Last
couple
of
comments,
I
wanted
to
take
this
opportunity
to
graduate
Tammy
Donovan
who'll
be
retiring.
Next
week
after
this,
her
380th
board
meeting
Tammy
has
worked
for
the
bpda
for
almost
20
years.
I
had
a
chance
to
meet
her
when
I
first
joined
this
agency
many
years
ago
and
she's
been
a
public
servant
for
the
city
since
1987
in
the
time
she's
helped
the
agency
keep
the
agency
running
by
keeping
these
critical
meetings
running
these.
BC
These
board
meetings,
where
so
much
happens,
she's
been
the
leader
of
them,
for
so
long
and
she's
just
become
an
integral
part
of
the
staff
and
wish
her
all
the
best.
BC
In
her
new
phase
of
Life,
which
she's
she
virtually
has
worked
hard
to
attain
her
retirement
Tammy
thanks
so
much
for
your
hard
work
and
also
as
a
in
a
personal
note,
I'd
like
to
just
say
thank
you
for
being
such
a
welcoming
person
to
me
and
many
other
staff
people
joining
the
agency
many
years
ago
and
when
I
came
back,
knowing
that
it
continued,
and
so
many
other
people
have
been
affected
the
same
way
by
you
Tammy.
BC
Thank
you
and
we're
wishing
you
the
very
best
in
your
retirement.
This
is
one
last
thing.
I
could
say
it
would
just
be
to
say
a
thank
you
to
my
vpda
staff.
It's
definitely
hearing,
even
in
a
very
challenging
dialogue
and
contentious
debate,
that
that,
even
on
things,
where
there's
very,
very
we're
very
Riven
and
the
community
has
different
views.
BC
The
fact
that
one
of
the
things
they
agree
on
is
the
the
commitment,
the
the
earnestness
and
the
direct
engagement
that
bpda
sta
staff
had
with
them.
It's
it's
something
that
I'm
appreciative
of
every
day
and
I'm
pleased
to
recognize
here
at
the
end
of
the
meeting
board
members,
although
you
serve
in
a
different
way,
I'm
also
appreciative
of
you
in
the
same
vein,
for
listening
and
participating
in
these
meetings,
looking
very,
very
much
forward
to
the
next
one.
BC
But
thanks
for
your
time
and
energy
tonight
and
I
look
forward
to
seeing
you
in
October.
A
Thank
you,
Json
want
to
double
click,
an
echo
on
behalf
of
the
board
Tammy.
We
really
thank
you
for
your
service
and
well.
I
probably
only
participated
in
the
last
80
of
your
380
meetings.
A
Words
absolutely
cannot
express
what
you
what
you
have
meant
and
and
will
continue
to
mean
to
this
agency.
There's
a
lot
there's
a
lot
that
goes
on
behind
the
scenes
to
get
to
get
these
meetings
get
us
through
these
meetings
and
and
Tammy
Tammy's,
a
big
part
of
that.
So
we
wish
you
luck
and
all
the
best
in
in
your
and
yeah.
Thank
you,
oh
am
I
on.
Can
you
hear.
BD
BD
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
very
much
for
all
the
nice
words
and
it
was
great
to
work
with
everyone
and
all
of
the
board
meetings
I've
done
throughout
the
years
and
all
the
development
that
I've
seen
and
combined
years
with
the
city
for
37,
it's
grown
hugely
from
when
I
first
started
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
when
I
am
looking
forward
to
retirement
thanks.
Good
luck.
A
To
him,
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much,
so
I
think
with
that
I
need
a
motion
to
adjourn
the
meeting
so
move.
Second.
F
A
And
the
Sher
votes
I
motion
passes
meeting
adjourned.
Thank
you.
Everyone
and
we'll
see
you
in
a
couple
weeks
at
the
October
meeting.