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Public Facilities Commission Meeting: Department of Neighborhood Development 2-16-22
B
B
C
A
Thank
you,
tt
participants.
Please
emulate
your
device
and
confirm
your
presence
when
I
call
your
name
beginning
roll
call
with
the
commission
catherine
craven
chair,
puzzle,
larry
mamouli,
commissioner
president
tt
lee
legal
advisor
cousin
catherine
pendleton,
article
clerk
present
next
with
the
may's
office
of
housing,
sheila
dillon,
chief
and
director
president
james
smith,
senior
violent
environmental
compliance
manager,
real
estate
management
and
sales
division,
ann
conway,
housing,
development
officer,
neighborhood,
housing,
development
division.
A
President
I'll
read
for
the
record.
The
remainder
of
the
individuals
who
are
in
attendance
but
will
not
be
presenting
in
today's
meeting
attendees,
do
not
need
to
immune
and
mute
their
device.
James
mcdonough
senior
staff
attorney
jessica,
boatwright,
deputy
director
of
nhd.
Thank
you.
This
concludes
roll
call.
C
C
C
It
is
a
request
for
the
acknowledgement
and
acceptance
of
the
exec
executive
order
issued
by
the
mayor
of
the
city
of
boston
on
january
25th
2022
regarding
the
change
of
name
of
the
department
of
neighborhood
development
to
the
mayor's
office
of
housing.
Dylan.
If
you
would
please
present
vote
number
one.
E
Thank
you
and
I
and
I
will
be
brief.
This
is
pretty
straightforward.
We
are
except
we
are
seeking
acknowledgement
and
acceptance
vote
of
the
executive
order
submitted
to
the
commissioners
for
the
record.
My
name
is
sheila
dillon
and
I'm
chief
of
housing
for
the
city
of
boston
and
the
director
of
the
department
of
neighborhood
development.
E
We
are
seeking
to
change
the
name
of
the
department
and
really
with
with
one
motivation.
The
name
has
become
obsolete
over
the
years
and
it
is
confusing
to
the
general
public
at
one
time.
Many
years
ago
the
vast
majority
of
our
activities
was
about
development,
development
of
housing,
development
of
community
gardens
and
even
way
back
schools
and
other
public
buildings.
E
Since
then,
we
have
taken
on
as
as
the
city
of
boston's
needs,
have
changed
more
and
more
activities
that
really
don't
have
anything
to
do
with
development.
For
example,
we
oversee
the
housing
of
our
homeless,
individuals
and
families.
We
oversee
all
of
our
home
ownership
programs.
We
help
people,
buy
homes,
fix
up
their
homes
and
avoid
foreclosure.
E
We
do
senior
home
repair,
we
do
real
estate
management,
so
we
have
and-
and
it
continues
and
we
did
create
under
the
last
administration,
the
office
of
housing,
stability,
where
we
helped
renters,
maintain
their
tenancies
and
stay
in
in
their
apartments
by
helping
them
pay,
rent,
get
legal
services,
work
out
conflicts
with
their
landlords,
so
we're
really
much
more
about
housing.
Development
remains
a
very
important
piece
of
what
we
do,
but
we
are.
E
E
C
F
F
We
were
deregistering
because,
in
terms
of
development,
working
with
the
plans
unit
of
the
land
court
with
registered
land
there's
a
significant
backlog
in
hinders
development,
so
the
developer
asked
if
we
would
be
willing
to
deregister
the
land
and
we
of
course
agreed
in
that
process.
We
presented
the
petition
presented
a
petition
to
the
land
court,
which
was
reviewed
by
the
chief
title
examiner,
as
well
as
by
one
of
the
judges.
F
Their
policy
is,
they
do
not
disclose
the
name
of
that
judge
who
provides
an
adverse
advisory
role,
but
she
chief
title
examiner
again
he's
an
honorable
person.
They
suggested
that
our
certificate
authority,
which
is
the
same
one,
we've
used
since
our
inception,
be
tweaked
and
they
suggested
that
we
be.
We
specifically
grant
the
power
to
bring
matters
to
the
land
court,
so
that
sentence
has
been
added
and
then
they
suggested
that
the
language
at
the
end
of
the
vote
and
it
ended
a
certificate
where
we
used
to
say
accepted
by
the
mayor.
F
They
thought
we
should
spell
out
more
than
as
to
that.
He
was
accepting
that
she
was
accepting
the
recommendations
of
the
commission
as
to
these
people
being
able
to
sign
for
those
of
you
who
may
not
be
aware
of
it.
City
boston
has
two
kinds
of
land:
we
have
recorded
land
and
we
have
registered
land
recorded
landers.
You
walk
into
the
registry,
you
hand
your
deed
across
the
counter,
and
they
you
say:
okay,
we'll
index
you
and
you're
the
owner.
F
There
is
also
the
registered
land
division,
which
is
where
you
put
your
deed
across
the
counter,
and
the
commonwealth's
land
court
reviews
initiative
certificate
of
title
saying
that
the
land
is
registered.
We
are
seeking
to
remove
apostle
from
the
registered
land
division,
and
so
I'm
asking
that
you
adopt
these
changes
to
the
certificate
of
authority.
C
Thank
you
vote
number.
Two
is
hereby
approved.
Vote
number
three
is
being
presented
by
james
smith,
senior
environmental
compliance
manager
for
the
real
estate
management
and
sales
division
of
moh
vote,
3's
request
for
tentative
developer,
designation
and
intent
to
sell
to
forest
woods
condominium
trust
for
vacant
land
located
at
an
unnumbered
parcel
on
forest
hill
street.
Jamaica,
plain
roxbury.
Excuse
me,
jamaica,
plain
nope
for
the
record.
The
publicly
posted
agenda
was
the
parcel
being
located
in
roxbury,
but
it
should
be
read
as
jamaica
plain.
The
purchase
price
is
suggested
at
28
000
james.
G
In
the
developer,
in
this
developer,
designation
request
and
tentative
designation
vote,
community
notification
was
mailed
in
december
of
2020
and
august
of
2021
to
inform
of
dnd's
intent
to
issue
an
rfp
for
the
parcel
request
for
proposals
was
issued
in
august
21,
an
advertise
august
of
2021
and
advertised
in
the
state
of
central
register.
The
boston
herald
two
consecutive
weeks
as
well
as
the
city
record.
G
One
proposal
was
received
in
response
to
the
rfp
on
november
1st
2021
and
was
determined
to
meet
the
eligibility
criteria.
The
offer
price
is
for
the
appraised
value
of
28
000
28
000,
with
an
open
space
street
deed
restriction.
The
vote
package
includes
a
comprehensive
memo
about
the
project
and
this
vote
request.
G
First
is
a
parcel
map
and
the
second
shows
a
aerial
view.
As
you
can
see,
the
parcel
has
no
street
frontage
and
is
only
accessible
to
a
handful
of
abutting
neighbors,
including
the
applicant
here
forest
woods.
Condominium
trust
is
proposed
to
keep
the
parcel,
as
is
with
an
open
space,
deed
restriction.
G
C
D
You
tt
good
morning,
commissioners
happy
new
year,
I
will
be
presenting
one
vote
request
today.
I
am
requesting
the
public
facilities
commission's
approval
for
the
tentative
developer,
designation
of
norfolk
design
and
construction
llc
for
the
parcels
identified
in
vote
package.
Four
in
the
dorchester
section
of
boston.
These
parcels
are
offered
under
the
mayor's
neighborhood
homes
initiative.
D
Dnd
moh
conducted
an
extensive
public
process
that
resulted
in
this
vote
request.
Community
meetings
were
held
in
july
of
2020
and
again
in
march
of
2021
to
discuss
the
development
of
the
parcels.
Our
request
for
proposals
was
issued
on
october,
4th
of
2021
and
advertised
in
the
state
central
register
and
the
boston
herald.
D
As
the
preferred
developer,
norfolk
was
invited
to
a
virtual
community
meeting
on
january
25th
of
this
year
to
present
their
proposal
and
were
met
with
positive
reception
based
on
community
feedback
and
dnd
review
of
all
eligible
applications
against
the
rfp
evaluation
criteria.
We
recommend
that
norfolk
design
and
construction
llc
be
tentatively
designated.
D
D
D
These
are
the
existing
conditions
next
slide.
Please,
and
this
is
a
mock
rendering
of
a
town
home,
as
well
as
a
single
family
that
are
set
to
be
placed
on
20
and
24
almond
street.
Thank
you.
In
summary,
if
pfc
approves
the
vote
request,
it
will
result
in
the
following
public
benefits:
the
creation
of
eight
total
new,
affordable
home
ownership
units,
which
will
be
deed,
restricted
and
remain
affordable
for
50
years.
The
project
will
also
revitalize
five
parcels
of
underutilized
vacant
land
in
the
neighborhood.
D
These
parcels
have
also
been
in
the
city's
inventory
from
35
to
4
years,
but
mostly
over
30
years,
and
the
project
is
expected
to
create
22
628
construction
hours
to
generate
jobs
among
the
building
trades.
The
sale
of
the
five
parcels
will
also
be
expected
to
yield
long-term
financial
benefits.
By
removing
the
parcels
from
the
inventory,
the
city
will
be
able
to
avoid
future
costs
and
liabilities
associated
with
maintaining
these
properties.
D
The
city
stands
to
save
an
estimated
6000
in
operational
costs
by
passing
on
responsibility
for
property
maintenance
to
norfolk.
In
addition,
by
returning
these
properties
to
the
tax
rolls,
the
city
can
expect
to
recoup
an
additional
29
143
in
annual
tax
revenue.
I'm
here
to
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
Thank
you.