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The July 20, 2017 Public Facilities Commission Meeting was recorded live at the Winter Chambers, 26 Court Street in Downtown Boston.
A
B
Thank
you
good
morning,
commissioners.
We
are
beginning
with
the
department
of
neighborhood
development
and
before
us
today
we
have
devin
cork.
He
is
the
director
of
operations
for
the
department
of
neighborhood
development
and
we
have
six
votes
before
you
today
before
we
begin
with
the
votes.
You
also
have
meeting
minutes
from
june
21st
of
2017
there's
meeting
minutes
for
the
public
facilities
department
and
meeting
minutes
for
the
department
of
neighborhood
development.
A
B
In
favor
aye,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
The
meeting
minutes
are
approved,
beginning
with
the
agenda
for
the
department
of
neighborhood
development
vote.
Number
one
is
with
bernard
mayo.
Bernard
is
a
project
manager
in
the
real
estate
management
and
sales
division
of
the
neighborhood
of
department
of
neighborhood
development.
This
is
a
conveyance
to
cecilia
maya,
it's
vacant
land
located
at
wordsworth
street
in
east
boston.
The
purchase
price
is
5,
700
bernard.
If
you'd
present
your
vote
request.
Please.
Okay,.
C
Good
morning,
good
luck
to
chris
pfc
approval
for
the
conveyance
of
this
vacant.
Lot
on
woodward
street
in
east
boston,
to
sicilia,
maya
d
d,
completed
the
community
process
in
january
of
2017.,
the
rfp
was
issued
january
30th
2017
with
the
due
date
of
march
13th
and
the
rfp
was
advertised
in
the
central
register
and
the
boston
herald
during
february
2017.
C
C
A
B
C
C
E
Well,
jamie's
coming
up,
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
bernard
on
the
record
for
his
work.
Turning
these
two
properties
that
were
not.
F
E
B
Vote
number
three
is,
with
james
smith,
he's
a
senior
environmental
compliance
manager
with
the
real
estate
management
and
sales
division
of
d
d.
This
is
a
conveyance
to
dot
ave
ventures.
Llc
it's
vacant
land
located
at
algiers
street
in
south
boston.
The
purchase
price
for
the
property
is
147
thousand
dollars
james.
If
you
present
your
vote
request
good
morning.
G
Commissioners,
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
dnd,
to
request
pfc
approval
for
the
conveyance
to
dot
adventures,
llc
of
an
address
parcel
of
land
located
on
alger
street
and
south
boston,
as
outlined
in
your
vote
package.
Dnd
conducted
a
public
process
that
resulted
in
this
request,
including
a
community
notification.
In
november
2016.,
an
rfp
requested
proposals
was
issued
december
19
2016,
with
the
due
date
of
january
26,
2017
and
the
rfp
was
advertised
in
the
state,
central
register
and
the
boston
herald
in
december
of
2016..
G
In
summary,
if
pfc
approves,
this
vote,
request
will
result
in
the
following
public
benefits:
revenue
to
the
city
and
the
sale
price
of
147
000
and
returning
an
unproductive
property
to
the
tax
rolls
with
an
estimated
three
thousand
one
hundred
twenty
dollars
a
year
in
property
tax
revenue.
Commission
has
any
questions.
I
would
be
happy
to
answer
them.
G
So
that
is
the
basically
the
dead
end
of
elder
street
and
the
property
begins
after
that,
and
essentially
an
old
railroad
spur
that
the
city
has
had
in
its
inventory
for
quite
a
number
of
years.
H
No,
I
just
know
from
doing
them
in
domain
takings,
railroad
tracks
have
a
long
history
of
who
owns
them,
and
rights
and
federal
law
and
forth.
B
I
You
angel
good
morning,
commissioners.
My
name
is
thomas
cannon:
I'm
a
development
officer
in
the
neighborhood
housing
development
division
of
the
department
of
naval
development
on
behalf
of
the
department
of
naval
development,
I'm
here
to
request
a
public
facilities.
Commission
approval
for
the
conveyance
of
2
206
west
llc
for
the
two
parcels
outlined
in
the
vote
package
d
d
conducted
an
extensive,
a
public
process
that
resulted
in
this
vote
request.
I
Community
meetings
were
held
on
april,
1st
2014
and
on
may
15
2014..
Furthermore,
a
request
for
proposal
was
issued
on
june
20th
2014
and
the
proposals
were
due
back
in
on
july,
2nd
2014..
The
rfp
was
advertised
in
the
state
central
register
on
august
25th
2014
in
the
in
the
boston
held
on
june
30.
At
the
end
july,
7
2014.
I
for
the
city
record
was
reposted
on
april
3rd
2017,
and
we
received
three
development
teams
applied
to
the
rp
and
one
was
determined
to
be
meet
the
eligibility
record
criteria.
The
eligible
developers
were
invited
to
a
community
meeting
on
september
23
2014
to
present
their
proposal
on
december
3rd
2014.
I
The
public
facilities
commission
approved
the
alternative
developer
designation
of
206
west
llc.
At
the
time
it
was
to
the
south
boston,
naval
development,
corporation
interior
task
communities,
inc,
which
is
now
joined
together
to
create
the
partnership
that
we
expected
them
to
do
on
december
16
2015
and
on
december
15
2016.
The
public
facility
commission
voted
to
approve
the
extension
of
the
tentative
development
designation.
I
The
vote
package
that
you
have
includes
a
comprehensive
memos
about
the
project
and
the
public
facilities
commission
requests
in
front
of
you.
I
provided
two
handouts,
so
the
first
one
is
the
sitemap
of
the
property
in
question.
I
I
won't
get
across
from
the
city's
development
housing
development
project
on
over
there
and
the
opposite
side
of
us,
probably
from
d
street
to
c
street.
The.
I
The
units,
the
16
rental
units,
will
consist
of
two
units
of
30,
which
will
be
the
city's
homeless
units
eight
units
at
sixty
percent
of
the
median
income
and
six
units
at
eighty
percent
of
the
median
income.
I
The
creation
of
these
sixteen
heat,
restricted
housing
units
in
this
project
will
result
in
a
land
subsidy
of
37
375
per
affordable
unit.
I
The
project
was
also
expected
to
create
18
and
950
construction
hours,
which
will
generate
jobs
among
the
building
trades.
The
seal
of
these
two
apostles
can
also
expect
to
yield
long-term
financial
benefits
to
the
city
of
boston.
By
removing
these
parcels
from
our
inventory,
the
city
will
be
able
to
avoid
the
future
costs
which
right
now
are
generated
at
about
two
thousand
dollars
per
year.
I
Finally,
in
addition
to
the
above,
we're
by
returning
this
property
to
the
tax
rolls,
we
are
expecting
these
apostles
to
generate
about
approximately
eight
thousand
eight
hundred
dollars
in
the
annual
tax
rise
revenues
in
the
first
year.
I'm
here
to
answer
any
questions.
If
you
have
any
thank
you.
E
The
only
thing
I'd
add
to
tom's
presentation
is:
I've
also
had
the
opportunity
to
attend
the
community
meetings
for
this
particular
project
and
there's
been
a
significant
degree
of
community
support,
not
just
for
the
affordable
housing
units
which
a
lot
of
people
see
is
exactly
the
price
points
that
the
community
needs,
but
also
for
filling
in
the
bacon.
It's
a
vacancy
in
the
streetscape,
the
blighted
parcel
with
the
with
the
retail
space,
so
the
support's
been
great.
I
think
tom's
leadership
on
the
project's
been
part
of
that.
A
H
B
Vote
number
five
is
with
john
furriback
he's
a
senior
development
officer
with
the
neighborhood
housing
development
division
of
d
d.
The
purchase
price
of
the
property
is
two
thousand
five
hundred
dollars.
It
concerns
a
tentative
developer,
designation
and
intent
to
sell
to
boston
common
solutions,
incorporated
it's
vacant
land
located
at
various
parcels
in
dorchester
john.
If
you'd
present
your
vote.
Thank.
J
You
very
much
good
morning,
commissioners,
my
name
is
john
foyerbach,
I'm
a
senior
development
officer
in
the
neighborhood
housing
development
division
within
dnd.
Before
I
start,
I
want
to
thank
and
also
recognize
kelly,
shea
who's,
a
co-senior
development
officer
here
at
nhd,
as
well
as
thomas
mckay.
They
took
the
lead
on
this
process
which
led
to
what
I'm
going
to
talk
about
right
now.
J
Tom
is
currently
on
leave,
but
at
least
for
the
record,
I
wanted
to
recognize
them
on
behalf
of
dnd,
I'm
here
requesting
pfc
approval
of
the
tentative
developer,
designation
of
boston,
common
solutions,
inc
for
the
various
parcels
that
were
outlined
in
the
vote,
including
25
parcels
totaling,
approximately
128
000
square
feet.
I
just
want
to
also
note
this
is
a
neighborhood
homes,
initiative
development.
J
We've
made
a
presentation
to
the
commission
in
the
past
about
the
program
and
we've
had
a
couple
successful
projects
that
we've
completed
already
for
this
one
here,
in
particular
d
d,
conducted
an
extensive
public
community
process
that
resulted
in
in
this
vote
request.
We
held
community
meetings.
We
had
two
community
meetings
in
november,
two
of
them
in
november
2016,
and
then
we
had
a
community
meeting
in
february
and
march
of
2010.
J
J
Three
development
teams
applied
to
the
request
for
proposal.
The
preferred
developer
after
dnd
review
of
the
applications
was
invited
to
two
community
meetings.
One
was
held
on
june
3rd
of
this
year
and
the
second
on
june
15th
to
present
their
proposal
based
on
dnd
review
of
all
eligible
applications
against
rfp
eligibility
criteria
and
favorable
community
review.
We
recommend
the
tentative
developer
designation
of
boston
commons
solutions
inc.
J
The
pfc
vote
package
includes
a
comprehensive
memo
about
the
project
and
the
pfc
request.
I've
also
included
some
handouts
in
the
package
and
they're
shown
here
so
the
first,
the
first
four
handouts
identify
the
the
sites
that
are
in
question.
It
was
one
request
for
proposal,
but
we
broke
it
up
into.
I
believe
it
was
five
sites,
so
you
can
you'll
see
the
sites
here
and
then.
The
final
slide
is
an
illustration
of
the
design
prototypes
that
we
will
be
implementing
in
the
plan.
J
It'll
includes
a
single
family
home,
a
two-family
home,
actually
two
forms
of
two
family
homes.
Here
you
have
the
a
traditional
a-frame
type
and
then
in
the
bottom
right
you
have
what
looks
to
be
a
triple-decker,
but
in
fact
it's
a
a
two-family
home
that
models
the
neighborhood
context
and
then
in
the
bottom
left
we
have
a
duplex
type
home,
so
there's
four
different
type
of
building
models.
In
summary,
if
the
pfc
approves
the
vote
request,
it
will
result
in
the
following
of
public
benefits.
J
One
there
will
be
41
new
units
in
23
buildings.
The
41
units
will
result
in
30,
new
home
ownership
opportunities
and
11
rental
opportunities
of
that
breakdown.
J
The
project's
also
expected
to
create
approximately
51
51
000
construction
hours,
which
will
generate
jobs.
Amongst
various
building
trades,
the
development
will
also
yield
a
number
of
financial
benefits
to
the
city.
By
removing
the
parcels
from
the
city.
Inventory
will
save
approximately
twenty
three
thousand
dollars
in
yearly
operating
costs
that
deals
with
maintenance,
snow,
plowing
and
and
such
as
that,
and
in
addition,
we'll
have
a
tactual
benefit.
The
city
can
expect
to
recoup
an
additional,
approximately
120
000
in
first
year
tax
revenue
from
the
development.
A
Thank
you
john.
I
just
have
a
couple
questions
before
I
turn
over
to
the
other
commissioners,
but
so
I
look
at
the
very
well
done
memo.
Thank
you.
Thank.
J
A
Behind
behind
that
underlies
this
initiative-
and
I
know
that
the
bidders
nobody
bid
more
than
2
500
for
the
projects
that
there
is
a
basically
a
land
subsidy,
that
the
city
of
boston
is
giving
and
again
that
assumes
that
anybody
be
willing
to
buy
the
land
at
the
appraised
value
right.
A
But
that's
two
point:
three:
six:
seven:
five
hundred
million
dollars:
that's
the
subsidy
just
in
the
land
foregone
cost
based
on
appraised
value
and
again
nobody
knows
whether
or
not
anybody
would
ever
buy
these
things
for
the
appraised
value
and
that
there's
an
additional
in
the
sources
of
sources
and
uses
of
what
the
project
cost
total
project
cost
of
12.6
million
of
1.493
833
million
dollars
from
dnd,
so
that
would
be
3.8
3.9
million
dollars
of
total
subsidy
is
there.
I
have
question:
is
there
anything
in
addition
to
that?
A
J
No,
I
think,
in
response
to
your
question,
I
think
you've
outlined
the
two
forms
of
subsidy.
It's
the
sales
price.
I
think
the
reason
why
it's
so
high
is
it's
a
product
of
so
many
25
parcels
and
then
the
second
being
the
d
d
subsidy
to
support
the
affordable
units.
So
I
think
those
those
are
those
are
accurate
questions.
I
think
one
thing
to
note
is
that
they,
when
we
review
them,
they
have
got
a
very
competitive,
not
one
of
the
lowest
average
subsidy
costs
per
unit.
J
When
you
look
at
our
1.4
million
approximately
1.4
million
that
we're
putting
into
the
project,
it
comes
out
to
55
000
per
affordable
unit,
which
is
the
lowest
we've
had
in
in
all
of
our
nhis,
but
I
think
the
land
subsidy
is
really
a
product
of
the
overwhelming
number
of
of
of
parcels.
I
think
when
we've
come
before
the
commission
in
the
past,
we've
had
relatively
small
projects,
so
the
the
subsidy
for
the
land
is
not
really
the
blinking
light
that
we
see
right
here
right.
A
J
I
think
what
we're
getting
is
a
very
good
scale,
and
this
is
one
of
the
other
tenants
of
the
program
we
were
trying
to
put
out
packages
that
were
both
actually
small,
medium
and
large
size
to
attract
different
type
of
sized
developers
and
contractors.
This
was
one
of
our
opportunities
to
combine
parcels
to
attract
a
developer.
Who
would
have
the
ability
to
do
a
large-scale
development?
E
I
think
it's
probably
important
to
know
what
what
are
we
subsidizing
here
too?
What
we're
really
doing
is
using
the
city's
land
and
additional
financial
resources
to
subsidize
the
creation
of
middle
and
moderate
income
homeownership
opportunities
in
our
neighborhoods
and,
to
your
point,
the
commissioner.
E
J
J
A
It's
about
129
thousand
dollars
of
55,
000
of
which
is
the
direct
subsidy,
which
you
say
is
one
of
the
lowest
which
is
admirable.
It
just
is
it's
a
it's
a
big
number
to
have
that
much
subsidy
per.
G
A
You
know
for
the
30
units
only
that's
what
I'm
counting,
not
the
11
rental
units,
but
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
were
on
the
record
talking
about
that
part
of
this
at
all,
because
again,
the
public
benefits
that
we
are
going
to
talk
about
today
before
we
vote
are
supposed
to
outweigh
the
private
benefits
right.
I
guess
my
last
question
is
in
other
programs
that
you
have
here:
there's
a
cap
or
sort
of
a
already
a
band
on
profit
that
the
developer
can
make.
Is
there
such
a
band
on
profit?
Here?
That's.
J
Right
all
throughout
the
neighborhood
homes
initiative,
in
our
request
for
proposals
we
state
for
the
affordable
12.5.
If
you
look
at
this
development,
is
it's
approximately
12.5
the.
J
And
overhead
combined,
I
think
one
other
public
benefit.
I'd
like
to
note
it's
outlined
in
the
memo.
Is
these
parcels
have
been
in
the
city's
inventory
for
a
fair
amount
of
time.
The
25
parcels
I've.
I've
noted
that
five
have
been
in
the
inventory
since
1970
16
have
been
in
the
inventory
since
the
1980s,
and
then
we
had
two
from
the
1990s
and
two
since
2000.
J
A
It's
good
to
know
just
just
for
the
record
in
case.
It
wasn't
loud
and
clear
that
these
properties,
which
have
been
owned
by
the
city
since
1970
in
some
cases,
haven't
proven
to
be
marketable
in
any
other
fashion,
and
this
would
be
a
public
benefit
to
get
them.
Not
only
off
the
sales
of
the
tax
rolls
onto
the
tax
rolls
off
of
our
ability
to
maintain
them
and
provide
home
ownership
for
a
targeted
audience.
E
Unlike
the
other,
affordable
housing
that
we're
subsidizing
across
the
city,
this-
the
the
cities,
the
city's
resources,
only
resources
here,
so
we
can
bring
them
immediately
into
construction
and
the
price
per
unit.
The
total
subsidy
per
unit
is
significantly
less
than
a
larger
multi-family
development
that
we're
subsidizing
elsewhere.
H
So
I
actually
think
this
is
a
good
idea
in
terms
of
putting
out
the
whole
package
here,
because
it
allows
the
developer
to
actually
in
terms
of
have
cost
efficiencies
of
building
a
bunch
of
units
on
very
separate
parcels
all
over
the
place
well
within
a
certain
geographic
area
and
actually
have
a
better
means
of
actually
building
these
than
if
each
parcel
was
put
out
by
an
individual
entity.
Doing
it
so
and
it
does
lead
to
a
good
cause
and
again,
one
of
the
things
which
I
always
stress
is
getting
property
off.
D
I'm
very
happy
with
this
project
and
with
this
initiative
congratulate
their
project
team
and
director
dylan
and
the
department
for
the
work
that
you're
doing.
I
think
it's
tremendous
you've
outlined
many
significant
public
benefits
and
I
think
there
are
also
benefits
that
are
unquantifiable.
D
B
Vote
number
six
is
with
todd
lee
a
senior
workforce
and
policy
analyst
with
the
mayor's
office
of
workforce
development.
This
vote
requests
an
authorization
for
the
economic
development
in
industrial
corporation
of
boston
to
enter
into
contracts
with
various
service
providers
for
youth,
social
services
and
adult
literacy
programs.
The
grant
amount
is
2,
seven
thousand
three
hundred
and
ninety
nine
dollars
before
the
commissioners
are
asked
to
hear
the
vote
or
discuss
it
or
make
any
motion
concerning
it.
I'm
going
to
read
for
the
record
senior
legal
counsel
for
the
public
facilities.
B
Commission,
a
disclosure
notice
for
commissioner
mamoli,
commissioner
mamoli
is
the
director
of
engineering
and
facilities
management
with
the
edic.
The
edic
is
also
part
of
the
boston
redevelopment
authority,
which
is
known
as
the
boston
planning
and
development
agency.
The
mayor's
office
of
workforce
development
is
housed
within
the
bpda
and
the
edic.
B
No
one
at
the
bpda
bra
edic,
either
this
year
or
in
any
other
year,
has
ever
requested
that
commissioner
molly
vote
in
a
certain
way
on
such
contract
recommendations.
He
has
never
been
involved
in
evaluating
competitive
responses
to
requests
for
proposals
for
the
mayor's
office
of
workforce
development
concerning
cdbg
funds
as
well.
B
In
closing,
mr
commissioner,
mamoli
has
no
individual
financial
or
other
interest
in
any
recommendations
made
by
the
mayor's
office
of
workforce
development
for
funding
concerning
these
contracts
awards
and
in
brief,
there
is
no
competitor
before
the
pfc
for
the
mayor's
office.
Workforce
development,
cdbg
funds-
in
other
words,
if
the
mayor's
office
does
not
get
the
cdbg
funding.
No
one
else
does
the
above
information
that
I've
read
to
everyone
is
accurate
and
complete,
as
I
understand
it
as
legal
counsel
for
the
commission.
B
Therefore,
I've
advised
commissioner
mamoli,
because
we
have
a
quorum
with
chair
craven
and
commissioner
irish,
that
he's
able
to
recuse
himself
from
discussing
and
voting
on
this
matter,
which
would
allow
to
dispel
any
appearance
of
a
conflict
of
interest
since
he's
an
employee
of
the
edic
commissioner
marmoly,
I
just
asked
you
to
state
for
the
record.
If
what
I
have
read
is
accurate
and
complete.
B
Thank
you
before
we
move
on.
I
also
have
a
second
disclosure
notice
for
vote.
Number
six
cheer
craven
is
a
member
of
the
dorchester
boys
and
girls
club
noted
for
this
vote
before
the
pfc
one
of
the
contract
award
recipients
that's
being
recommended
is
the
dorchester
boys
and
girls
club
of
importance.
Cheer
craven
is
volunteering
her
time
as
a
board
member.
It's
an
uncompensated
commitment.
B
Chair
craven,
has
no
involvement
in
this
award
or
any
recommendation
of
cdbg
funds
that
are
being
made
to
the
pfc
there's
no
person
from
associated
with
or
otherwise
connected
with
the
boys
and
girls
club.
That
has
asked
her
to
vote
in
any
way
on
any
contract
award
recommendation
today
or
in
the
past.
She
has
never
been
involved
in
evaluating
competitive
responses
to
rfps
for
cdbg
funding
with
the
mayor's
office
of
workforce
development.
B
She
has
no
financial
interest
or
personal
interest
in
any
contract
award
recommendation
concerning
the
mayor's
office
of
workforce
development
for
the
cdbg
funds
that
are
being
presented
for
contract
awards
to
the
pfc.
I
understand
this
information
to
be
accurate
and
complete
a
senior
legal
counsel
for
the
public
facilities.
Commission.
I've
advised
chair
craven
that
she's
eligible
to
vote
and
discuss
the
matter
that's
being
presented
to
the
commissioners
today.
B
A
B
With
that
said,
I'm
going
to
move
forward
with
reading
out
vote
number
six
as
a
bringing
us
back
to
this.
I've
read
it
out
already,
but
I'm
going
to
read
it
out
one
further
time
and
allow
todd
lee
to
present
again
vote
number
six
is
to
authorize
the
economic
development
in
industrial
corporation
of
boston
to
enter
into
contracts
with
various
service
providers
for
youth,
social
services
and
adult
literacy
programs.
B
F
F
F
Earlier
this
year,
owd
held
a
very
successful
open
and
competitive
process
for
cdbg
public
services
funding.
The
process
began
with
a
cdbg
public
hearing
where
an
estimated
45
people
attended.
21
people
testified
between
in-person
and
written
submitted,
testimonials
about
our
proposed
guiding
policies
and
principles
for
cdbg
funding.
For
the
next
fiscal
year,
advertisements
for
the
public
hearing
were
published
in
the
city
record,
boston,
herald
and
bay
state
banner.
F
F
A
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
background
memo
and
for
presenting
here
today.
Just
one
quick
question
that
I
have
is
how
many
of
the
entities
are
actually
new
to
the
program
this
year,
as
opposed
to
last
year,.
E
A
A
lot
of
consistency
between
the
years
and
I
just
was
curious
about-
are
there
any
new
entities
actually.