BPDA Board of Directors Meeting 9/17/26

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1:02 Now, if there's anyone in the audience

1:03 who is recording this meeting, um I just

1:05 ask that you please identify yourself

1:06 now. Seeing none, we'll start with a

1:10 roll call. Miss Shock,

1:12 here.

1:12 Miss Bennett,

1:14 here.

1:14 Mr. Shepard

1:15 here.

1:16 Mr. Ali

1:17 here

1:17 and I the chair I am present. Item

1:20 number one request authorization for the

1:21 approval of the minutes of the August

1:23 13, 2026 board meeting. A motion is in

1:26 order.

1:26 So moved.

1:27 Second.

1:27 All those in favor? I

1:29 opposed. The eyes have it. Item number

1:32 two. Request authorization to amend the

1:34 engineering design services contract

1:36 with child's engineering for

1:38 construction documents to repair defects

1:40 at birth 10. increased the contract

1:42 amount by $49,315

1:45 and further executed 10% design

1:48 contingency in the amount of $4,931.50

1:52 for an aggregate contract amount not to

1:54 exceed $54,246.50

1:58 and the total aggregate contract amount

2:01 not to wait and the total aggregate

2:03 contract amount of $189,90.

2:08 Tyler,

2:09 thank you, Madam Chair, members of the

2:10 board. We are requesting authorization

2:12 to amend our existing services contract

2:14 with child's engineering for additional

2:16 design services for the birth 10 repairs

2:18 project at the Raymond L Flynn Marine

2:20 Park. Birth 10 is currently used by the

2:22 Boston Harbor Patrol and Thompson Island

2:24 out outwardbound. A previous inspection

2:27 identified a number of deficiencies

2:29 including [clears throat] deteriorated

2:31 concrete, marine bore damage to fender

2:33 piles and deterioration of the masonry

2:36 seaw wall. Child's engineering was

2:38 previously brought on to develop

2:39 construction documents to address those

2:41 conditions. As the design has progressed

2:43 and we've continued coordinating with

2:45 project stakeholders and several

2:46 additional needs for wereident

2:48 identified. These include replacement of

2:50 the two David cranes, additional

2:52 lighting and electrical upgrades,

2:54 replacement of the public sewer pumpout

2:55 and replacement of the broken ladders

2:57 and installation of a hose bib with heat

2:59 tracing.

3:01 We're requesting an additional $49,315

3:04 for the design services along with a 10%

3:06 design contingency of $4,931.50

3:11 for a total amendment amendment of

3:13 $54,246.50. [clears throat]

3:16 This will bring the total design

3:18 contract of to $189,90.

3:23 Funding for the design and resulting

3:24 construction is included in the FY2 FY27

3:27 capital construction budget. Staff is

3:29 therefore recommending authorization to

3:31 amend our existing engineering services

3:33 contract with child's engineering. If

3:35 you have any questions, I'd be happy to

3:36 answer them at this time.

3:37 Okay. Thank you. Any questions or

3:38 comments from the board? He

3:40 [clears throat] hearing and seeing none.

3:42 A motion is in order.

3:43 So move.

3:43 All those what?

3:45 Second.

3:45 Oh. Oh gosh. Yeah. Second. [laughter]

3:49 Um all those in favor? I

3:52 I

3:52 the opposed. The eyes have it. Motion

3:54 passes.

3:57 Item number three, request authorization

3:59 to amend the engineering services

4:01 contract with Gail Associates

4:02 Incorporated for the repair of the

4:04 platform and canopy at 12 Channel Street

4:06 within the Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park

4:09 and to increase the contract amount by

4:11 $25,000 in a 10% contingency for a total

4:15 contract amount not to exceed $586,365.

4:20 Tyler,

4:21 thank you again. [clears throat]

4:22 We are requesting authorization to amend

4:24 our existing engineering services

4:26 contract with Gail Associates for the

4:27 platform canopy repairs at 12 channel

4:29 Street in Raymond L Flame Marine Park.

4:31 The loading dock and canopy at 12

4:33 Channel Street have experienced

4:34 significant deterioration from exposure

4:36 to winter and marine weather including

4:38 spald concrete and corroded reinforcing

4:40 steel. Gail Associates was originally

4:42 brought on to assess the conditions,

4:44 develop repair options, and prepare the

4:46 construction documents. During

4:47 construction, we found that portions of

4:49 the existing structure were more

4:51 deteriorated than what was identified

4:52 during the initial assessment. This

4:54 required additional work, including

4:56 structural reinforcement of the canopy

4:57 supports and replacement of a larger

4:59 area of the reinforced concrete loading

5:01 dock slab. This amendment will provide

5:03 additional structural engineering

5:05 services and construction administration

5:06 support through the remaining traffic

5:08 coding work and final closeout. The

5:10 project is currently scheduled for final

5:12 completion on October 21st. We are

5:14 requesting additional $25,000 along with

5:16 a $2,500 contingency for a total

5:19 amendment of $27,500.

5:22 This will bring the total engineering

5:23 contract with Gail Associates to

5:25 $586,365.

5:28 Staff is therefore recommending

5:29 authorization to amend our existing

5:31 engineering services contract with Gail

5:32 Associates. Thank you. And I can't I'd

5:34 be happy to answer any questions at this

5:35 time.

5:36 Okay. Thanks, Tyler. Um any questions or

5:38 comments from the board? Hearing and

5:40 seeing none, a motion is in order.

5:42 So moved.

5:43 Second. Roll call for a vote. Oh, no.

5:45 We're not going to do that. I can't get

5:46 the votes right. All those in favor?

5:49 I [laughter] oppose. The the eyes have

5:51 it. Motion passes.

5:55 Um, okay. Item number four, request

5:57 authorization to amend the contract with

5:59 DBI Waste Systems Incorporated for trash

6:02 removal services in the Raymond Elf

6:04 Flynn Marine Park in the amount of

6:06 $25,000 for a total contract amount of

6:10 $140,00087.

6:12 No. 14087 $140,87.

6:19 Please take over from here, Chris. Like

6:21 I'm [laughter] not doing

6:21 Thank you, Madam Chair.

6:23 Good afternoon, Madam Chair, members of

6:24 the board, Madam Secretary, Director

6:26 Shen. I'm here today to request an

6:28 amendment for funds to our current

6:30 contract for trash removal services

6:31 within the Raymond Flint Marine Park. On

6:34 November 21st, 2023, the EDIC board

6:36 authorized the director to enter into a

6:38 three-year contract with EBI Way Systems

6:40 in an amount not to exceed $115,87.

6:44 The current contract is set to expire on

6:46 February 20th of 2027, and the total

6:49 funds are close to being depleted due to

6:51 the unforeseen amount of trash services

6:53 needed during um and after the sale 250

6:57 event within our marine park. In

6:59 consideration of this unanticipated

7:01 escalation of services, staff is asking

7:03 to amend the current contract by a total

7:05 not to exceed $25,000. The total cost of

7:08 the amended contract is not expected to

7:09 exceed $140,87

7:12 for this term. I'm happy to answer any

7:15 questions.

7:15 Okay. Um any questions or comments from

7:18 the board?

7:20 All right. Hearing and seeing none, a

7:21 motion is in order.

7:22 So moved.

7:23 Second.

7:24 All those in favor?

7:25 I

7:27 opposed. The eyes have it. Motion

7:29 passes. Thanks, Chris. Um, item number

7:31 five, request authorization to issue an

7:34 invitation for bids for trash removal in

7:36 the Raymond Alflyn Marine Park for a

7:38 period of 3 years with two one-year term

7:40 renewal options. Chris,

7:42 thank you, Madam Chair. I'm before you

7:44 today to request permission to advertise

7:46 for trash removal services for the

7:47 Raymond Flynn Marine Park. The selected

7:49 vendor will be responsible for all

7:51 labor, materials, equipment,

7:52 transportation, and services within the

7:54 park. The IFB will publicly be publicly

7:57 advertised with local newspapers on the

7:59 BPDA's website, the statewide combi

8:01 system, the state goods and services

8:03 bulletin, and through other channels as

8:04 appropriate, including affirmative

8:06 marketing to small, local, and diverse

8:08 businesses. The resultant contract will

8:10 be awarded to the responsible and

8:12 responsive bidder with the lowest total

8:13 bid price. The awarded contract will be

8:16 for a term of three years with two

8:17 single optioners to be exercised at the

8:19 sole discretion of the BPDA. Funding for

8:22 this project will be from BPDA's fiscal

8:24 year 27 operating budget and the total

8:26 cost is not expected to exceed 195,000

8:29 for the initial three-year term. Thank

8:30 you. I'm happy to answer any questions.

8:32 Okay. Uh any questions or comments from

8:34 the board? All right. Hearing and seeing

8:37 none. A motion is in order.

8:38 So move.

8:39 Second.

8:39 All those in favor?

8:40 I

8:41 opposed. The eyes have it. Motion

8:43 passes. Item number six. [clears throat]

8:45 Oh, it's like all Chris. request

8:47 authorization to issue an invitation for

8:49 bids for inspection, testing, servicing,

8:51 and full preventative maintenance of

8:53 heating, ventilation, and air

8:54 conditioning systems at 12 Channel

8:56 Street and the Raymond Alpha Marine Park

8:58 for a period of 3 years with two

9:00 one-year term extension options. Chris,

9:03 thank you again, Madam Chair. I'm before

9:05 you today to request permission to

9:06 advertise for heating, ventilation, and

9:08 air conditioning system maintenance at

9:10 12 Channel Street in the Raymond El Flyn

9:12 Marine Park. The selected vendor will be

9:14 responsible for all labor, materials,

9:16 equipment, transportation supplies, and

9:17 services at the marine park. The

9:19 selected bidder

9:21 will furnish all supervision as well to

9:25 test, service, and maintain heating,

9:27 ventilation, and air conditioning

9:28 systems within the building. The IFB

9:30 will be publicly advertised with local

9:32 newspapers on the BPDA's website, the

9:34 state combine system, state's goods and

9:36 services bulletin, and through other

9:37 channels as appropriate, including also

9:40 affirmative marketing to small, local,

9:42 and diverse businesses. The result the

9:44 resulting contract will be awarded to

9:46 the responsible and responsive bidder

9:47 with the lowest total bid price. The

9:49 awarded contract will be for a term of

9:51 three years with two single optioners to

9:53 be exercised at the sole discretion of

9:54 the BPDA. Funding for this project will

9:56 also be from the BPDA's fiscal year 27

9:58 operating budget. This cost is not

10:00 expected to exceed 255,000 for the

10:03 initial three-year term. Thank you. And

10:05 I'm happy to answer questions.

10:06 Okay. Uh any questions or comments from

10:08 the board? Okay. Hearing and seeing

10:11 none, a motion is in order.

10:12 So moved.

10:13 Second.

10:13 All those in favor? I

10:15 I

10:16 opposed. The eyes have it. Um motion

10:18 passes. Thanks so much.

10:20 All right. Um, item number seven,

10:24 request authorization to execute a

10:25 contract with the Peterson School to

10:27 deliver instruction in hot works

10:29 commercial and industrial refrigeration

10:32 prep HVAC um, R E S Ego HVAC Nate and

10:38 Construction Math for the Power Core

10:40 Boston Building Operations Training

10:42 Program for a period of 6 months and a

10:45 and in a contract amount not to exceed

10:48 130,000. table.

10:50 Good afternoon, esteemed board members

10:52 and in particular, Madame Chair Roas.

10:55 Um, you actually read my whole uh um and

10:59 so the Office of Workforce Development

11:00 is asking that this request be granted.

11:03 I can read back through it if that makes

11:05 sense.

11:05 No, can you maybe just tell us a little

11:06 bit about the about the program?

11:09 So, it's a workforce development

11:11 training program. It has a green

11:12 industry focus. is uh targeting folks

11:15 that are 18 to 30 Boston residents,

11:17 introducing them to green careers, uh

11:20 providing the proper training and

11:22 industry recognized credentials that

11:24 allow them to get entry level employment

11:26 opportunities. This training that we're

11:28 rece uh requesting uh funding for helps

11:32 in particular with the building

11:33 operations track um and prepares them to

11:36 help de uh carbonize commercialsiz

11:38 buildings.

11:39 Wow, that's amazing. Um cool. Any

11:42 question, other questions or comments

11:44 from the board?

11:46 All right. Hearing and seeing none, a

11:47 motion is in order.

11:48 So moved.

11:49 Second.

11:50 All those in favor?

11:52 I

11:53 opposed. The eyes have it. Motion

11:54 passes.

11:55 Thank you guys. Have a great rest of

11:56 your day.

11:57 Take care. Um, item number eight,

12:00 request authorization to execute a pass

12:02 through contract with the Massachusetts

12:04 Department of Transportation for the

12:05 Linkup Greater Boston Congestion Relief

12:08 Program Grant in an amount not to exceed

12:11 11,448

12:13 wait no 11 million $448,556

12:18 to support neighborhood shuttle and

12:20 microtransit services in Alustin,

12:22 Brighton, Charle Town, Madapan, Roxbury,

12:25 and the Sequ Jim. Uh, thank you, Chair

12:28 Rojas, members of the board, Director

12:30 Shen, Secretary Wilheis. I'm Jim

12:31 Fitzgerald, deputy director of planning

12:33 review. Um, and if we go to the next

12:35 slide, [clears throat] uh, approving

12:37 this request will allow the EDIC to, and

12:39 the next one, uh, to access over 11.5

12:43 million uh, worth of federal grant

12:45 funding and partnering with MASDOT to

12:46 provide that funding uh, for uh, shuttle

12:49 services throughout the city. Uh I think

12:51 I'm going to hand it over now for the

12:52 rest of the presentation to get into the

12:53 grant administration by Amina Scott um

12:56 who's our deputy controller of strategic

12:58 funding and then Matt Morand who's our

13:00 partner from uh deputy director of the

13:02 transit team at the streets department.

13:04 Awesome.

13:06 Good afternoon. You can go to the next

13:09 slide please.

13:11 Um so I just wanted to establish

13:13 [clears throat] this grant uh is just

13:15 going to be another grant within our

13:16 portfolio. We already have the

13:17 infrastructure in place to manage it

13:19 like we manage all of our other external

13:21 funding. Uh we have the accounting

13:23 aspect down. It will be a part of our

13:25 regular audit. It is a cost

13:26 reimburseable grant as well. Um and so

13:29 we will have oversight of the

13:30 reimbursement process, ongoing

13:32 communication and oversight and

13:34 check-ins with the uh the project teams

13:37 as well as our state contract partners

13:39 and managers. Um and if you go to the

13:41 next slide, please. Um this just speaks

13:44 a little bit more to the actual

13:45 reimbursement process itself. Um it's

13:48 already established again this will just

13:50 be another uh grant within our

13:51 portfolio. And then the next slide.

13:55 So it does trigger the single audit

13:57 which we are already subject to. Um and

13:59 again we have great auditors and a great

14:01 finance team on the back end who would

14:03 support the overall oversight of our

14:06 fiscal year audits for this grant. And I

14:09 will pass it off to Matt.

14:14 Uh good afternoon madam chair, members

14:16 of the board. My name is Matt Moran. I

14:17 lead the transit team within the city of

14:19 Boston streets cabinet. I just want to

14:20 acknowledge a few folks. Uh so first

14:22 off, I want to thank the planning

14:23 department for all of their partnership

14:25 and hard work on this grant. Um it

14:27 wouldn't have been possible without

14:28 their support. I also want to

14:30 acknowledge a few folks who are in the

14:31 room. Uh my colleague Amanda Caparoso

14:34 who will be helping to lead the

14:36 administration of the shuttle services

14:38 and the grant. She's from BTD operations

14:40 and has been leading a lot of our work

14:41 in response to MBTA diversions over the

14:43 past few years. We also have Scott

14:45 Mullen from a better city TMA who again

14:48 is a great partner and has been working

14:49 with us uh tirelessly on coming up with

14:52 this grant and facilitating its

14:54 execution. So you might be asking what

14:56 is first mile last mile transportation

14:58 which is what this grant is all about.

15:00 So we are looking to connect residents

15:03 and employees with MBTA services and

15:06 other essential services that might be a

15:08 little bit geographically difficult to

15:10 reach today. And so we're not looking to

15:12 duplicate MBTA services. We're looking

15:15 to really um add services to areas of

15:17 the city that haven't traditionally had

15:19 a lot of good transit either because

15:21 there hasn't been development there or

15:23 because historically they've been

15:24 underinvested in. Uh we are looking at

15:27 um as I said uh working with the MBTA on

15:30 this. So they actually supported this

15:31 grant application back in 2024 when we

15:34 first proposed this grant and wrote us a

15:36 letter of support and we anticipate that

15:38 partnership to continue. Next slide.

15:42 So we've been we've been supporting

15:44 these first mile last mile shuttles over

15:46 the past decade uh plus. So, one example

15:50 of this is the Mission Hill Link, which

15:51 provides first mile, last mile service

15:53 to residents on Mission Hill along with

15:55 people who who are going up to New

15:57 England Baptist Hospital. We've done

15:59 that through a few different means.

16:00 We've put staff time into it, helping

16:02 them plan, helping them think through

16:04 their uh service options. We also use

16:06 city staff time to apply for an ARPA

16:09 grant to get them a new vehicle. And we

16:11 are doing this with other services as

16:12 well. So we've supported not only the

16:14 mission hill link but easy ride and the

16:16 lower mystic link along with working

16:18 with a strong shuttles. Next slide.

16:23 And so this grant this 11.5 million will

16:26 support five different transit services

16:28 uh throughout Boston. And so three of

16:30 these would be run by different TMAs. So

16:33 a better city will be running the Austin

16:35 Brighton uh routes. the uh Charles Town

16:38 and Lower Mystic program will be run by

16:40 the Lower Mystic TMA. Uh Seapport, which

16:43 is down the bottom, but I'm just going

16:44 to go through the order in terms of

16:46 TMAs, will also be run by the Seapport

16:48 TMA. And then there will be two city

16:51 organized uh routes, one in Madapan and

16:54 one in Roxberry. Those two routes will

16:56 need to be coordinated more closely with

16:58 the community. So, we're still working

17:00 on what exactly those routes will will

17:02 be, but this is an idea of what they

17:04 could look like. again connecting people

17:06 from rapid transit services whether it's

17:08 the red line the orange line uh to

17:10 services so the Madapan community health

17:12 center madapan branch public library

17:15 madun community center grove hall the

17:17 Roxy YMCA and so on this is like a bit

17:20 of an example of what they could look

17:21 like but again we'll confirm that with

17:23 the community in the coming months next

17:25 slide

17:28 and so while these would be individually

17:31 run services we're not looking to create

17:32 one giant new transit service. Uh they

17:35 would have a few things in common so

17:36 that residents, people coming to the

17:38 city to to [clears throat] visit, people

17:39 coming to the city for work would be

17:41 able to understand what they are. So one

17:43 common brand, so they would all be

17:44 branded with the link. You would be able

17:46 to see that and understand exactly what

17:48 that is. Uh consistent rider

17:50 information, so one website that could

17:52 direct people to what these services are

17:53 along with additional transit services

17:55 that are provided in their area. Uh

17:57 shared expectations around

17:58 accessibility. So if you are boarding

18:01 this, we will ensure that all the

18:02 vehicles are accessible to people with

18:04 mobility devices. We'll be collecting

18:06 data and um sort of reporting that

18:08 performance out over time. And um we are

18:11 looking as I said for these to be all

18:13 tailored to their local communities. So

18:15 to the extent that Austin Brighton might

18:17 have different needs than say the

18:18 seapport or than Matipan, we're really

18:21 looking at these to be individually

18:22 tailored to the neighborhoods. And so

18:23 there'll be a strong community buyin

18:25 process and discussion as we continue

18:27 on. So, we're asking for your acceptance

18:30 of this mass administered grant in the

18:32 amount of 11 half million dollars and

18:33 I'm happy to take any questions. So,

18:35 thank you very much.

18:37 Thank you. Questions or comments from

18:38 the board?

18:39 Yes. Thank you.

18:41 You always start it. Go.

18:42 Thank you.

18:44 Um this is really exciting. Uh really

18:47 really appreciate this. I think we

18:49 should be exploring this even far

18:51 beyond. So I'd love to see this this

18:53 start. Um,

18:55 will the, you may have said this and

18:57 forgive me, I was taking notes as I was

18:59 listening. How will this fund the

19:00 program for one year? Is it multiple

19:02 years?

19:02 Great question. So, it's a three-year

19:04 program.

19:04 Three years or 11 and a half. And then

19:08 provided these are successful uh pilots.

19:11 Will there be an opportunity to get

19:13 increased funding three years from now?

19:15 So, this is something we would be

19:17 looking into over the course of the

19:18 three years. So the first year we really

19:20 see is understanding exactly what these

19:21 services are,

19:22 the ridership, the demand and in year

19:26 two we will start to explore other grant

19:27 opportunities. So for example, our

19:29 colleagues at the lower mystic TMA uh

19:31 have already won state money to start

19:33 that service. So that service is

19:34 actually already running. It'll be

19:36 expanded through this program, but there

19:38 are other opportunities out there. So

19:39 we'll think through things like um state

19:41 resources, um potentially some

19:43 development review money. So that's part

19:45 of our local match is using development

19:46 review money. and we'll think about

19:48 other funding opportunities, but that's

19:50 going to come later in the process, but

19:51 certainly something we're thinking about

19:53 and and this will be free to all

19:55 Exactly.

19:56 residents or guests or visitors. There's

19:58 not going to be a you don't need to show

20:00 an ID to get on to prove you're a Boston

20:01 resident, I assume.

20:02 Exactly. So, the mayor's commitment to

20:04 fair free transit extends here. So,

20:06 these will be fair free and anyone who's

20:08 visiting the city, who lives in the

20:10 city, will be able to access these

20:11 services for free.

20:12 Yeah. And um I love the idea. I love the

20:15 sort of the point about underscoring

20:17 that every neighborhood is different and

20:18 the needs and are going to be different.

20:20 So it should be um tail tailored as

20:22 such. I think some consistency on on a

20:24 you know public awareness campaign will

20:26 be important. Uh will the roots and I

20:29 guess maybe the answer is we haven't

20:30 been decided yet but follow like the

20:32 MBTA routes. I mean I'd imagine be

20:34 looking at at major arterial roads to

20:37 run.

20:38 Yeah. So they're going to f they're

20:40 going to link, pardon the pun, with MBTA

20:42 routes. Yeah.

20:43 Uh so there'll be transfer points either

20:44 at the rapid transit stations or at key

20:46 bus locations, but they're going to

20:48 deviate in some specific areas and

20:50 provide a service that he doesn't really

20:52 offer today.

20:52 Yeah.

20:53 So for example, in Grove Hall, we

20:55 anticipate that we will use the driveway

20:57 for stop and shop to really give a much

21:00 easier connection

21:01 for people to get to and from the

21:03 supermarket.

21:04 That's one area we'll deviate. We're

21:06 looking at maybe using Quinsey Street

21:07 that has no existing transit service on

21:09 there, but again, we would have to

21:10 coordinate that with the local community

21:12 to see if that makes sense.

21:13 Yeah,

21:13 this will provide a cross town option

21:14 that doesn't exist today in uh Roxberry

21:16 and Madapan.

21:17 Yeah. And and I'm sure you know there's

21:18 two other points is one, I would just

21:20 urge you to work with um the Art Strong

21:22 Commission. I know recently Mayor Woo

21:23 had um rolled out this great policy that

21:26 allows seniors the opportunity to get uh

21:27 get a number of free uh ride share

21:29 rides. So a way to sort of

21:31 crosspollinate, you know, the message

21:33 and the amplification of this. That's

21:35 when the second I believe this will be

21:37 success. I look forward to hearing it.

21:39 Continued success

21:41 as the opportunity for new routes to be

21:43 developed comes into play. I would urge

21:46 you to consider uh southwest Boston,

21:48 particularly Hyde Park, Rosdale, and

21:50 West Rox. Those are three neighborhoods

21:51 that do not have any access to subway

21:53 stations. Um, as many folks know, many

21:57 folks at this table know, it's in a uh

21:59 uh uh another [clears throat] commuter

22:01 rail uh uh zone, which makes it even

22:03 more expensive for for folks to access

22:05 this. So, anything we can do to um

22:07 include those, I think, would be uh well

22:09 wellreceived across the board. But great

22:11 work team. Looking forward to seeing

22:12 this be a success.

22:13 Really appreciate that. Thank you.

22:15 I definitely that was going to be my

22:16 point. The Southwest Corridor um we

22:19 definitely need to look at that.

22:21 Yeah, certainly. and we're definitely

22:23 open to ideas. So, anyone who has ideas,

22:25 we would love to hear them. Um, but

22:27 certainly open to expansion

22:28 opportunities as well as funding and

22:30 time allows. Thank you.

22:34 Um,

22:35 I Hi, it's Kate. I agree. Um, this is

22:38 fantastic. I just was curious. Um is

22:42 there any expectation that any BPS

22:44 students will be using this service or

22:49 not so much or

22:51 so to the extent that they'll be free

22:53 and open to the public and operating

22:54 during BPS arrival and dismissal hours?

22:57 I can imagine a world where there will

22:59 be some BPS students who are using them,

23:01 but um we haven't gotten into that level

23:02 of detail yet, but we flagged it for our

23:04 colleagues at

23:04 But you wouldn't preclude that,

23:06 right? Exactly.

23:08 Yeah. Exactly.

23:08 Okay, great. Thank you.

23:11 Great. Um I do have a couple questions.

23:12 So um so I just want to get a sense of

23:16 got a lot of different players here like

23:18 who are the roles what who is doing all

23:21 this stuff like and particularly I would

23:24 like you to explain the um the pass

23:26 through concept right and want to make

23:28 sure that you know there's awareness of

23:31 what that really means um and and kind

23:34 of why we do it in that structure.

23:37 Sure. So I can start an answer and then

23:40 start. Yeah.

23:40 Mina, Jim, if you guys want to add as

23:42 well.

23:42 So [clears throat and cough] the the the

23:45 who, right?

23:45 Yeah. Yeah.

23:46 So we are working with uh our colleagues

23:49 here within the streets cabinet to

23:51 actually administer sort of the on

23:53 street services. So as we think about

23:54 where shuttle stop locations will have

23:56 to be.

23:57 Yeah.

23:57 We're going to work to identify places

23:59 that are accessible and we'll put post

24:01 signs and we'll be able to have like a

24:03 really good experience for somebody

24:04 who's trying to board the bus and an

24:05 accessible experience. Right. Right. So

24:06 you'll be able to board the mobility

24:07 device. So we'll work in the operations

24:09 within streets.

24:10 And as we think through the grant and

24:11 contract administration, we'll be

24:13 working with Amina, with Jim to make

24:15 sure that we fulfill all of the

24:16 requirements of the grant. So whether

24:18 that's the data collection, whether

24:20 that's the financial oversight, we'll

24:21 make sure that that's all covered.

24:23 Why pass through? So at the end of the

24:26 day, Mass is primed to receive federal

24:29 grants in a way that um is efficient.

24:32 they are already receiving half this

24:33 grant uh which is sort of a uh bike

24:37 share program. Uh so it was just thought

24:40 to be more um efficient if one party

24:42 received the money from the federal

24:43 government as opposed to having multiple

24:45 grantees within the same grant.

24:46 Got it.

24:47 Got it. No, it makes sense. And who's

24:49 going to be doing that community

24:50 outreach? Does that go into our like our

24:54 processes, our people, or is that in a

24:56 different area department?

24:57 Uh so it will be city staff who lead

25:00 that outreach. So at the end of the day,

25:01 it's going to be a combination of folks

25:03 from the streets cabinet who are already

25:05 working in Blue Hill along Blue Hill A

25:07 and Madan

25:08 uh Growall and then it'll be folks up

25:10 here in planning who we will coordinate

25:12 with and O andS of course.

25:13 Got it. Um okay, let me see if I have

25:17 any other questions. I scribbled them

25:18 everywhere. Well, I do want to thank um

25:20 thank you um and it wasn't lost on me um

25:23 the accounting and the risk management

25:25 and the financial controls slide and you

25:29 know the risk that comes with path

25:30 passroughs and and I'm glad that you uh

25:34 deliberately put that there. So, thanks

25:36 for reading my mind on that one. Uh I am

25:38 an auditor. That's what I do for a

25:40 living. So, [laughter] so this is um uh

25:43 it was all there and financial controls.

25:45 Um, I'm glad that we've kind of set up

25:48 the infrastructure already, that we have

25:50 a program grant management with like new

25:52 tools and new processes. And I'm geeking

25:55 out, but like all of this stuff, right?

25:58 All of that hard work that you did for

26:00 like the past, I don't know, 10 years

26:02 that I've been watching

26:03 is um, you know, is were benefiting from

26:07 all of that work. So, just wanted to

26:09 kind of um shout out uh and recognize

26:13 all of that hard work that leads up to

26:14 this to a more smooth and well-ontrolled

26:18 um administration of these large sums of

26:20 money. So, um that was just really

26:24 exciting for me. Um

26:26 um and credit where credits do Amina and

26:27 her team put this all together.

26:29 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

26:30 Yeah.

26:30 Is there is there one I think I think I

26:32 saw on the slide that it um the

26:35 application was in 24 submitted in 24.

26:37 you've just received it. Where does the

26:39 three years come into play? Is it three

26:42 years from

26:43 so to put the money out there?

26:45 We have to spend the money by uh 2030.

26:47 So that's where the three years comes

26:48 into play.

26:49 And it's funding that will allow us to

26:51 get to that that

26:52 Okay.

26:52 level. Yeah.

26:53 Great. Thank you.

26:55 Okay. Good.

26:56 Um and okay, the last the last thing I

27:00 know we haven't done I know we have gone

27:02 with the community process. It does make

27:03 me nervous that the two that were less

27:06 uh sure about the routes are Roxbury and

27:08 Manipan. So, um I know you've got lots

27:11 of work and outreach and stuff like that

27:12 to do that. Um but um

27:16 uh

27:18 yeah,

27:19 you got one.

27:19 I think any [laughter] kind of just

27:21 Yeah, any kind of update. I mean, I just

27:23 wanted to say that that you know, that

27:25 worries me for that, but I know why. Um,

27:27 and I know that, you know, um, the city

27:30 staff will do their proper community

27:32 outreach and due diligence to really

27:34 find out like what are those paths,

27:36 right? Like some of those paths I'm on

27:38 and I'm just like, "Oh, okay. I can see

27:40 this, but I also see how we walk around

27:42 all over the place." So anyway, um, so

27:47 what happens now if we right, we're

27:49 going to what are the next steps right

27:51 after we take a vote?

27:53 Certainly. So at this point we sort of

27:55 divide into two different segments. So

27:57 there's the three TMA run routes and

27:59 this gives the TMAs the ability to sort

28:02 of work with us begin procuring you know

28:04 sign all the final legal paperwork

28:06 procure their vendors and begin running

28:08 the routes. The next step on the

28:11 engagement side is we would start to

28:12 work with our colleagues within office

28:14 of neighborhood services within streets

28:16 and begin to identify what is the sort

28:18 of proper community process. How do we

28:20 want to start to uh sort of speak to the

28:22 community about these these ideas?

28:24 Again, some of this work's already

28:25 happening with our Blue Hill AV work.

28:26 So, some of it might get sort of tacked

28:28 on to that, but um there's definitely

28:30 going to be some standalone public

28:31 meetings that will address these.

28:33 Exciting. Okay, great. Any other

28:35 questions or comments? Right. Hearing

28:37 and seeing none, a motion is in order.

28:39 So moved.

28:39 Second.

28:40 All those in favor? I

28:43 opposed. The eyes have it. Motion

28:44 passes. Thanks, Jim.

28:46 Thank you all so much.

28:47 All right. Okay. Item number nine,

28:49 personnel Teresa.

28:58 Good evening. We have a couple of items

29:01 for your consideration on the EDIC

29:03 agenda with exact details included in

29:05 the board memos. We have one contract in

29:08 the IT division, Zachary Gagny. We have

29:12 one internship in the urban design

29:14 division for Sheeta Gorla. And we have

29:18 one resignation in the research

29:20 division, Emily Cores, who is a research

29:23 associate. Okay. All right. Um any

29:25 questions or comments from the board?

29:28 We'll definitely want to welcome um our

29:31 um in new intern,

29:34 uh you know, new contractor consultants

29:36 that are working with us and to again

29:37 thank Emily um for all your

29:39 contributions um here at the city and

29:41 the research department. um you guys

29:44 just churn out these like analysis and

29:47 reports that um and make them really

29:49 available and I just really appreciate

29:52 that too. So I just want to say that and

29:56 um any further questions or comments.

29:59 Did we did I already make a motion? No.

30:03 Did I move?

30:03 No.

30:04 No. Okay. A motion is in order.

30:06 So moved.

30:07 So seconded. [laughter]

30:09 All those in favor? I

30:10 I [snorts]

30:11 uh opposed. The eyes have it. Motion

30:13 passes. Thanks, Teresa.

30:15 Sorry about that.

30:16 And finally, uh I need a motion to

30:18 adjourn the EDIC meeting.

30:20 Motion to adjurnn.

30:22 Second.

30:23 All those in favor?

30:24 I

30:25 opposed. The eyes have it. Uh EDIC

30:28 meeting adjourned.

30:31 Okay, we're going to start the uh the

30:33 next portion of the meeting. Thank you

30:35 for joining the September 17th, 2026.

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31:34 are not permitted during the meeting.

31:36 And we're going to start with a roll

31:37 call. Miss Jacqu

31:38 here,

31:39 Miss Bennett

31:40 here.

31:41 Mr. Shepard

31:42 here.

31:42 Mr. Omali

31:43 present.

31:44 And uh I the chair house and present. Um

31:48 item number one, request authorization

31:50 for the approval of the minutes of the

31:52 August 13th, 2026 board meeting. A

31:54 motion is in order.

31:55 So moved.

31:56 Second.

31:57 All those in favor? I

31:58 opposed.

32:00 Um I was I too. The eyes have it. Motion

32:02 passes. Um item number two, request

32:04 authorization to extend the t tentative

32:06 designation status of a joint venture

32:08 between Asian Community Development

32:11 Corporation and the community builders

32:12 incorporated as the redeveloper of

32:14 parcel P-12Z in the South Cove Urban

32:17 Renewal Area. project number Mass R-92

32:21 located at 290 Tmont Street in Chinatown

32:24 for a period of 12 months until

32:26 September 30th, 2027. Ben. Thank you,

32:29 Madam Chair, members of the board,

32:31 member of our real estate disposition

32:33 team, and we are requesting board

32:35 approval to extend the tenative

32:37 designation status of the joint venture

32:39 between Asian Community Development

32:41 Corporation, also known as AC/DC, and

32:44 the Community Builders Incorporated,

32:45 which is known as TCB, together known as

32:47 the redeveloper, for the redevelopment

32:49 of parcel P12C, and to continue lease

32:52 negotiations with them to facilitate the

32:54 long-term ground lease PCL P12C located

32:58 at 290 Tmont Street in the Chinatown

33:00 neighborhood is an approximately

33:02 29,000qt site located in the South Cove

33:05 urban renewal area. [clears throat] The

33:07 current proposed plan is for the

33:09 development to include 111 affordable

33:11 rental units um after it went through a

33:13 notice of project change that the board

33:15 approved [clears throat]

33:17 last year around this time. All rental

33:19 units will be income restricted at rents

33:21 affordable to h households with income

33:22 levels ranging from approximately 30% of

33:25 area [clears throat] median income to

33:26 80% area median income. Additionally,

33:28 the proposed project will include

33:30 approximately 1,900 square ft of ground

33:33 level community uh more commercial space

33:36 100 level and 111 bicycle parking

33:38 spaces. Since receiving its tenant

33:40 designation, uh, ACDC and TCB have made

33:43 great strides in moving their project

33:45 forward, which you can see the specifics

33:47 in the board memo. Um, and during the,

33:51 um, the next 12-month extension, the

33:52 development team hopes to achieve um,

33:55 the steps necessary to receive final

33:57 designation and maybe even start

33:59 construction. Uh, given this

34:00 information, we respectfully request

34:02 that you vote to extend TCB and ACDC's

34:05 tenative designation status for 12

34:06 months. Thank you and happy to answer

34:08 any questions. Okay. Any questions or

34:10 comments from the board? Hearing and

34:12 seeing none. A motion is in order.

34:13 So moved.

34:14 Second.

34:14 All those in favor? I

34:16 opposed. The eyes have it. Motion

34:18 passes. Thanks, Ben.

34:20 Thank you.

34:22 And great progress on that project. I'm

34:24 excited. Uh item number three, request

34:27 authorization to convey parcel number

34:30 0202822010

34:34 located at the corner of Mount Vernon

34:36 Street and Looney Way in the Charleston

34:39 neighborhood, also known as Charleston

34:41 Peace Park, to the city of Boston Parks

34:44 and Recreation Department. Stephanie,

34:46 [clears throat]

34:46 thank you, Madam Chair, and members of

34:48 the board. I'm here to request

34:49 authorization to transfer one parcel

34:51 known as the Charlestown Peace Park from

34:53 the BPDA to the city of Boston Parks and

34:55 Recreation Department. Peace Park was

34:57 originally dedicated to the late Robert

34:59 McGrath, a beloved Charletown resident

35:01 resident who is tragically the victim of

35:03 violence 30 years ago. The park has a

35:05 strong history of community stewardship

35:07 starting in 2019 when a group of

35:09 neighbors and community members took

35:10 charge to add new plant beds, repair

35:12 park furniture, and rep fences. Around

35:15 this time, the Charlestown Coalition

35:17 Youth Program turned it around, began

35:19 maintaining the park. They soon after

35:20 began holding peace focused events at

35:22 the site following receipt of a Love

35:24 Your Block Grant from the city of Boston

35:26 in 2020. The next year in 2021, the city

35:28 of Boston awarded the Charlestown

35:30 Coalition a CPA or community

35:32 preservation award to fully design and

35:33 build a renovated park. In November

35:36 2023, the BPDA real estate team

35:38 presented a request to the board to

35:40 acquire the parcel from the MA from Mass

35:42 DOT in order to oversee the park

35:44 redesign in coordination with the

35:46 coalition and prior to transfer of the

35:48 completed park to the Boston Parks

35:50 Department. The team returned to the

35:52 board in June 2024 and April 2025 to

35:55 request authorization to release an uh

35:57 invitation for bids and to execute a

35:59 contract with Haven Contracting Group

36:01 for the completion of the work

36:02 respectively. Since this time, the real

36:05 estate capital construction team has

36:06 worked closely with the Charlestown

36:08 Coalition and Parks Department staff

36:10 throughout the design and construction

36:11 process. This included helping the

36:14 coalition refine and bid out the design

36:15 work, overseeing the environmental site

36:17 assessment, bidding, and execution of

36:19 the construction work and overseeing or

36:21 assisting in the coordination of all

36:23 final closeout documentation for the CPA

36:25 grant and construction work. We're happy

36:27 to report the park is complete and very

36:28 beautiful. Following this request to

36:31 transfer, this parcel will be brought

36:32 before the parks commission for their fi

36:34 formal vote to accept the property into

36:36 their inventory. As the final step,

36:38 staff will record the deed for a nominal

36:40 fee of $1. Thank you. And I'm happy to

36:42 answer any questions.

36:43 Excellent. Thank you. Any questions or

36:45 comments from the board? All right.

36:47 Hearing and seeing none, a motion is in

36:48 order.

36:49 So moved.

36:49 Second.

36:50 All those in favor? I

36:52 I

36:52 opposed. The eyes have it. Motion

36:54 passes. Thanks, Stephanie.

36:57 Item number four, request authorization

36:59 to issue a request for proposals to hire

37:01 a licensed design consultant to provide

37:03 landscape and engineering design

37:05 services resulting in construction

37:06 documents for the shipyard park

37:08 landscape and infrastructure repairs

37:09 project in the Charlestown Navyyard in

37:12 Boston, Massachusetts. Tyler,

37:14 thank you again, Madam Chair, members of

37:15 the board. We are requesting

37:17 authorization to advertise a request for

37:19 proposals for landscape and engineering

37:20 design services for repairs at Chipyard

37:23 Park in the Charles Town Charles Town

37:25 Navyyard. The park dates back to the

37:27 1980s and we're looking to have

37:28 consultant conduct and a comp

37:31 comprehensive condition assessment of

37:33 the park's landscaping hardscape and

37:35 utility infrastructure with a particular

37:37 focus on the irrigation system. The

37:39 consultant will develop construction

37:41 document documents, obtain permits,

37:43 assist with bidding, provide basic

37:46 construction administration. We have

37:47 $150,000 budgeted for the design

37:50 contract with an anticipated

37:51 construction budget of $850,000.

37:54 Our goal is to complete the design and

37:56 bidding process and begin construction

37:58 in spring [clears throat] of 2027. Staff

38:00 is therefore recommending authorization

38:02 to advertise and issue the request for

38:04 proposals for the landscape and

38:05 engineering design services project at

38:08 Shipyard Park. Thank you for having

38:09 questions answered at this time.

38:11 Okay. Thank you. Any questions or

38:13 comments from the board? Right. Hearing

38:15 and seeing none. A motion is in order.

38:17 So moved.

38:18 Second.

38:19 All those in favor? I

38:20 I

38:21 opposed. The eyes have it. Um, motion

38:24 passes. Thank you, Tyler.

38:25 Item number five, request authorization

38:27 to issue an invitation for bids for the

38:29 construction of the China Trade Center

38:31 roof replacement located at two Boilston

38:33 Street. Tyler,

38:35 thank you again. We are requesting

38:37 authorization to advertise and issue an

38:38 invitation for bids for the China Trade

38:40 Center roof replacement project at two

38:42 Boilston Street. The the China Trade

38:45 Center is a sixstory approximately

38:47 90,000 square foot historic building

38:49 that dates back to 1887 and is both

38:51 listed on the National Registration of

38:53 Historic Places and designated as a

38:55 Boston city landmark. The existing roof

38:57 was replaced in 2001 and is now beyond

39:00 its anticipated service life. A

39:02 [clears throat] recent building systems

39:03 assessment found significant

39:04 deterioration including water

39:06 infiltration, structural and life sa

39:09 life life safety concerns and insulation

39:11 that does not meet current energy code

39:12 require requirements. The project will

39:15 primarily consist of replacing the

39:17 existing roof system along with

39:19 replacing the skylights, roof hatch,

39:21 mechanical curbing, and adding

39:22 guardrails. The estimated construction

39:24 cost is 1.5 million which is included in

39:26 the FY27 capital construction budget.

39:29 The invitation for bids will be publicly

39:31 advertised under Mass General Law

39:33 chapters 149 with the contract award to

39:35 the most responsible and responsible low

39:37 bidder. Staff is therefore recommending

39:40 authorization to advertise and issue the

39:42 invitation of to bid for the China trade

39:44 roof replacement project. Thank you. If

39:46 you have any questions, I'd happy to

39:47 answer them at this time.

39:48 Thank you. Questions or comments from

39:49 the board?

39:51 Um, I'm just gonna So, with a roof, um,

39:55 are there opportunities to like I'm

39:58 getting into Matt your zone here. I

40:01 thought you were going to ask a

40:02 question, but yes, opportunities to get

40:04 it, you know, ready for solar ready or

40:07 just, you know,

40:09 replacing it in a way that is like

40:11 forward looking so that way it's, you

40:13 know, ready if we wanted to do something

40:15 like that or I don't even know what the

40:17 roof looks like if you can.

40:19 uh the way this roof structurally is. I

40:23 we were just kind of designing it off of

40:25 what's there like replacing the the uh

40:28 skylights themselves.

40:30 Um

40:32 just something to think about, just

40:33 something to to think about when we're

40:35 going through all these like um I just

40:37 saw a roof and I thought

40:40 Matt always wants to throw some stuff up

40:41 on a roof. So uh so I thought I'd ask.

40:45 [laughter] All right. No, but it's good

40:46 stuff. um

40:47 ask about apprenticeship.

40:50 Um okay, any further questions or

40:52 comments? Hearing nay. None. Motion is

40:54 in order.

40:54 So moved.

40:55 Second.

40:56 All those in favor?

40:57 I

40:58 opposed. The eyes have it. Motion

41:00 passes. Thanks, Tyler.

41:01 Thank you.

41:02 Uh item number six, requests

41:04 authorization to issue a certificate of

41:05 completion for the successful completion

41:08 of uh 1003 through 1013 Harrison Avenue

41:12 project in accordance with section C.4

41:14 four of the cooperation agreement buying

41:16 between the Boston Redevelopment

41:17 Authority doing business as a Boston

41:18 Planning and Development Agency and the

41:21 Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of

41:23 Technology dated November 29th, 2023.

41:26 This is a certificate of completion uh

41:28 that we'll hear about at the closing

41:30 remarks, but um there's no presentation.

41:32 So, a motion is in order.

41:34 So, move second.

41:35 All those in favor?

41:36 I I opposed. The eyes have it. Motion

41:40 passes. Item number seven,formational

41:43 update on our one-year progress of a

41:46 place to thrive, an anti-displacement

41:48 action plan for Boston, outlining

41:50 targeted policies, programs, and

41:52 resources city departments committed to

41:54 advance on a two-year implementation

41:57 timeline to mitigate residential, small

41:59 business, and cultural displacement.

42:01 Katherine, hello everyone. Apologies.

42:03 Uh, it's a pleasure to be with you. I'm

42:04 Katherine Lusk, executive director of

42:06 the Planning Advisory Council. Was last

42:08 before you a year ago. um when the board

42:11 adopted a place to thrive, Boston's

42:12 first anti-displacement plan. It's a

42:14 pleasure to be back in front of you with

42:15 an update one year on. Uh next slide.

42:20 [clears throat]

42:21 So, as a quick reminder, in July 2025,

42:24 Boston adopted our first citywide

42:25 anti-displacement plan. Um within the

42:28 plan, we focused on residential as well

42:30 as small business and cultural

42:31 displacement. At the time, the plan

42:33 included 29 new or updated residential

42:35 stabilization policies or programs and

42:38 15 commercial and cultural stabilization

42:40 initiatives. The [clears throat] tools

42:42 were designed to fill gaps in our

42:43 existing toolkit. So, there was a

42:45 rigorous process which I won't remind

42:47 everyone of uh both engaging with

42:49 community looking at best practices and

42:50 doing a deep dive into all of the

42:52 resources that we have at our disposal

42:54 at the time and really understanding uh

42:56 what those gaps were that we needed to

42:57 fill. Um it was an administrativewide

42:59 effort. The plan was created in

43:00 partnership with more than 20

43:01 departments and together with community.

43:03 At the time, we stated we were on a

43:05 two-year implementation timeline and we

43:07 made a public commitment to a one-year

43:09 progress report. Next slide.

43:13 Again, by way of additional background,

43:15 um uh to be most effective, we started

43:17 with a common understanding of what we

43:18 mean when we say displacement. In

43:20 general, it means when people are forced

43:21 to leave their homes and neighborhoods

43:23 due to external pressures. But there are

43:25 different kinds of displacement that we

43:26 see um and hear from our residents that

43:29 they're living with on a day-to-day

43:30 basis. And the plan worked to address

43:32 all four. So direct displacement refers

43:34 to when a household is forced to move uh

43:37 typically due to something like an

43:38 eviction, a foreclosure, or demolition

43:39 of the property. Economic displacement,

43:42 sometimes also called indirect

43:43 displacement, is when people are priced

43:45 out of their chosen community, be it the

43:46 city at large or their chosen

43:48 neighborhood, due to rising costs and

43:49 expenses or lack of supply relative to

43:52 demand. Commercial and cultural

43:53 displacement refers to the closure or

43:55 relocation of a business, which may be

43:57 due to direct or economic displacement.

43:59 Our businesses experience the same kind

44:00 of pressures that our residents do. And

44:03 then lastly, gentrification typically

44:05 describes a pattern of neighborhood

44:06 change where a neighborhood experiences

44:08 new public or private investment. often

44:10 accompanied by demographic change.

44:12 Historically, that's referred to

44:13 instances where low-income residents are

44:15 replaced by higher income earning

44:17 residents. Next slide.

44:20 Again, last slide. By way of final

44:21 reminder, um Boston's approach was

44:23 structured around the four Ps of

44:25 stability. So, um this was just a way of

44:28 explaining to the public as we think

44:29 about a broad array of tools and

44:31 resources. Um how do we uh sort of uh

44:34 philosophically and through a framework

44:36 um work to mitigate displacement? So, on

44:38 the residential side, we work to protect

44:40 low-income renters and homeowners from

44:42 displacement. We work to preserve um

44:45 affordable public and private uh housing

44:47 and make sure it stays affordable, to

44:49 produce new housing for people of all

44:51 incomes, and to support prosperity. So,

44:54 building wealth through home ownership,

44:55 workforce development, and financial

44:56 empowerment is as important as

44:58 responding to a crisis a household might

45:00 be experiencing. Um, we have those same

45:02 principles when it comes to commercial

45:04 and cultural stability. Working to

45:05 protect, anchor small businesses and

45:06 cultural enterprises, preserve physical

45:08 spaces and places that are important to

45:10 community, produce new affordable and

45:12 market rate commercial cultural spaces

45:14 and priority areas, and support

45:16 prosperity for our small businesses by

45:18 building wealth through ownership and

45:19 contracting opportunities.

45:22 So, with that, I'm going to turn it over

45:23 to my colleague Joy Armstrong, who is

45:25 going to take you through some updates

45:26 um, and some specific progress we've

45:28 seen over the last year.

45:29 Great. Thank you.

45:33 Hi, I'm Joy Armstrong, implementation

45:35 manager with the planning advisory

45:36 council and yes, here to give you guys

45:39 an overall update and go to the next

45:40 slide um on progress over the last year

45:44 of implementation. So, we're looking at

45:46 53 tools in total. Nearly 70% of our

45:50 commitments are already actively being

45:52 implemented or or are in development.

45:55 This includes 10 new initiatives

45:56 launched since the original plan was

45:58 adopted. 11 policies are sitting in our

46:01 legislative pipeline awaiting state or

46:02 city council action. Six initiatives are

46:05 currently paused or under review. These

46:07 are driven primarily by shifts in the

46:09 broader regulatory environment or

46:11 resource constraints. Next slide.

46:16 Now we'll go into a few progress

46:18 highlights from plan implementation over

46:20 the last year. In January 2026, we

46:22 launched the article 80 direct

46:24 displacement disclosure pilot under

46:26 which proponents of new small and large

46:28 projects must notify existing tenants of

46:30 the project and disclose potential

46:32 direct residential, commercial or

46:34 cultural displacement to the city at

46:36 filing, including proposed mitigation

46:38 where relevant. This pilot puts two

46:40 things in place. one, a unified review

46:43 process across the departments that

46:45 would need to respond to this

46:46 disclosure, including planning, the

46:48 mayor's office of housing, the office of

46:50 economic opportunity inclusion, and the

46:52 mayor's office of arts and culture. Two,

46:54 it puts in place a clearer, more

46:55 transparent pathway so displacement

46:57 commitments stay visible as projects

46:59 move forward. Since launching, we've

47:01 accomplished four major milestones. One,

47:04 we built out the core tool kit, the core

47:06 toolkit for the disclosure, including a

47:07 standardized disclosure forms, tenant

47:10 notification templates, and priority

47:12 population guidance. Two, we embedded

47:14 the requirement into our development

47:16 review process, adding it to pre-file

47:18 guidance and internal review tools.

47:20 Three, we strengthened our cross

47:21 departmental coordination so roles are

47:23 clearer among relevant departments. And

47:25 four, finally, we set up an internal

47:27 tracker to evaluate the pilot over its

47:29 12-month run. Next slide.

47:34 To see an example of how this has worked

47:36 in practice, let's we're looking at a

47:38 project on Washington Street which came

47:39 in earlier this year. Here the city

47:42 received information earlier in review

47:44 that previously would have been

47:45 discovered much later. In this example,

47:47 the proposal would replace an existing

47:49 retail building with 35 homes and two

47:52 new storefronts. With this pilot now in

47:54 place, our staff flagged those active

47:56 uses during initial intake and requested

47:58 the d the direct displacement

48:00 disclosure. Next, the disclosure made

48:02 potential displacement more visible. The

48:05 disclosure documented two current

48:07 commercial tenants, including a

48:08 long-standing small business. In this

48:11 case, the proponent also indicated

48:13 willingness to work with qualifying

48:14 tenants on relocation terms and

48:16 potential return to the new development.

48:19 Finally, it also established clear city

48:21 ownership and cross-dep departmental

48:22 handoffs. After being circulated

48:25 internally, the disclosure um

48:26 development review connected the project

48:28 with our dedicated team in OOI and small

48:31 business, ensuring the right city staff

48:32 are engaged to support those tenants as

48:34 the review moves forward. It's still

48:37 early in the pilot and projects have not

48:39 advanced far enough for us to point to

48:40 many completed mitigation agreements

48:42 yet, but we are already seeing the

48:44 process do what it was designed to do.

48:46 Tenants are receiving advanced notice.

48:48 Proponents are documenting existing

48:50 tenencies at filing. And the city has

48:52 information earlier in review that

48:53 previously could have been difficult to

48:55 identify.

48:57 Next slide.

48:59 Moving to our next progress highlight.

49:01 We're looking at the Boston Acquisition

49:02 Fund. The Mayor's Office of Housing

49:05 created a public private revolving loan

49:07 fund to support missiondriven developers

49:09 in purchasing and preserving occupied

49:11 multif family properties to convert them

49:13 into permanently affordable housing. On

49:15 the progress side, the fund now sits at

49:17 $45 million. It's actively administered

49:20 by our partners at the Massachusetts

49:22 Housing Investment Corporation. Recent

49:24 acquisitions align with community

49:26 priorities set during planning and

49:27 processes. A great example of this

49:29 pictured here on the left is the recent

49:31 acquisition of Parkside on Adams and

49:33 Rosendale Village, which successfully

49:35 preserved 43 rental units as long-term

49:37 affordable homes for the neighborhoods.

49:40 Next slide. Our next highlight is on the

49:43 housing accelerator fund. This is a $110

49:46 million municipal revol revolving loan

49:49 program designed to jumpstart

49:51 residential construction and make

49:53 stalled mixed income projects

49:54 financially viable across the city. That

49:57 110 million is broken down across three

50:00 main buckets. 50 million was dedicated

50:02 to the Bunker Hill redevelopment. This

50:04 funding enabled construction to kick off

50:06 on a 266 unit mixed [clears throat]

50:08 income building in Charles Town which

50:10 includes 58 deeply affordable units. The

50:13 next 50 million was dedicated to

50:15 preferred equity financing for market

50:16 rate rental housing. These investments

50:18 are being made alongside the state

50:20 matching their ongoing investments in

50:22 housing creation across Boston. And the

50:24 final 10 million was aimed at market

50:26 rate home ownership projects. On this

50:28 piece, the the Boston Housing Authority

50:30 has issued an RFP for its first round of

50:32 accelerated funding and is currently

50:34 active actively reviewing pro proposals

50:37 with another funding round anticipated

50:39 in the future.

50:41 Next slide.

50:43 Next, our office to residential

50:45 conversion program. Our fasttrack

50:47 permitting and tax incentive

50:48 [clears throat] program to accelerate

50:49 the conversion of older underutilized

50:51 office buildings into mixed income

50:53 multif family residential units. Looking

50:55 at our progress, 19 projects are now

50:57 board approved, representing nearly 1500

50:59 units total, 276 of which are income

51:02 restricted. Seven projects are actively

51:05 in construction and one is fully

51:06 completed. And we have another nine

51:08 applica applications currently underway.

51:11 Next slide.

51:13 Additionally, there are some instances

51:15 where we've had to remain adaptive in

51:17 the last year. Some efforts are on hold

51:20 due to staffing or financial constraints

51:21 that limit feasibility at this time. And

51:24 in other instances, there have been

51:26 impacts from federal actions or

51:28 regulatory changes. Next slide.

51:33 Oh, you can

51:35 skip through these. And another Yeah,

51:37 there we go. In the last year, we've

51:39 also been able to add In the last year,

51:40 we've also been able to add 10 new tools

51:42 to the toolbox responsive to the needs

51:44 of community. These center around

51:46 lowering utility burden, ensuring that

51:48 our business districts are vibrant, and

51:51 contributing to long-term planning

51:53 efforts.

51:54 Next slide.

51:56 You can learn about our progress on all

51:58 other tools from the plan in our year 1

52:01 progress report which you can find at

52:02 boston.gov/anti-displacement.

52:05 Thank you. And we're happy to answer any

52:07 questions.

52:08 Great. Thank you. Uh questions

52:11 or comments from the chair?

52:12 Quick comment. Um, well, with access to

52:15 capital being so tough right now for

52:18 projects to pencil out, we need programs

52:20 like this to accelerate housing and also

52:23 to accelerate construction projects to

52:25 get, you know, people in the city back

52:27 to work. So, um, definitely I think this

52:29 is a great program, 266 units in the

52:32 Bucket Hill area. That's great to see.

52:36 Yeah.

52:38 Additional questions or comments?

52:40 Well, this isformational update.

52:42 Go ahead, please. Yeah,

52:45 Kate, the floor.

52:45 Sorry, I can't see this.

52:46 I know. [laughter]

52:47 Should I go ahead? Okay.

52:48 Yes.

52:49 Sorry. Um,

52:51 I'm just wondering what the disclosure

52:54 notice like can you just briefly

52:56 summarize what that says and does the

52:58 city provide that language or do the

53:01 developers?

53:03 Sure. There's Yeah. Yeah. Kate, great

53:05 question. Um, there's uh three

53:07 components to the article article 80

53:09 direct displacement disclosure process.

53:11 The first is the tenant notification

53:13 form. So we provided tenants um sorry we

53:16 provided proponents with templated what

53:18 we call TNFs. Um there's a version of it

53:21 for residential tenants and there's a

53:23 version of it for small business

53:24 tenants. In both instances it's

53:26 providing the tenant with information

53:28 about the proposed project and it

53:30 includes uh additional resources that

53:33 are available on the city side. So for

53:34 example for residents it would direct

53:36 them to the office of housing stability

53:38 um and other folks they can call in the

53:39 city you know within mayor's office of

53:41 housing um in the small business TNF it

53:43 would direct them to the uh neighborhood

53:45 business managers and other people they

53:46 can reach out to with resource for

53:48 additional resources the disclosure

53:50 itself the proponent fills out and

53:52 submits to the city and that's where

53:54 we're getting additional information

53:56 about either current residential

53:58 tenencies or current small business and

54:00 cultural tenencies. So who are the

54:02 tenants? what's the nature of the terms

54:04 of their leases and then has there been

54:07 discussion with them about the proposed

54:09 project and has there been any

54:10 discussion with them about either

54:12 relocation or options to return in the

54:14 future. The third piece of the project

54:17 as it moves through the pipeline is

54:19 documentation of any of those

54:21 considerations about relocation or

54:24 options to return and those unfold in

54:26 partnership with both the tenants of

54:28 course with input from community led by

54:30 our colleagues in development review and

54:32 with input from staff from um supporting

54:35 departments.

54:37 That's great. Thanks Katherine. And so

54:40 if I understood what you said, it sounds

54:42 like it's too early to know

54:46 if there are you are you measuring

54:48 actual actual displacements through that

54:51 process?

54:52 It's a not at the moment it's a

54:54 notification process. So it's both

54:56 ensuring that there's greater

54:58 transparency for the existing tenants

55:00 about the project kicking off. So

55:02 they're not finding out from, you know,

55:04 natural examples, right? Someone's

55:05 walking their dog saying, "Did you know

55:06 that your your building's being

55:08 redeveloped?" so that there's really uh

55:10 transparency upfront for the tenants. Um

55:12 and then it's also just putting in place

55:14 the uh uh to ensure predictability for

55:17 all parties that the city also has

55:19 information and is able to provide both

55:21 support to those tenants and then also

55:23 work with the proponent throughout the

55:25 development process to ensure that any

55:28 um any ways that they might want to

55:29 mitigate displacement impacts or think

55:31 about obviously in some instances folks

55:33 really want to hang on to a really

55:35 important small business that has great

55:36 foot traffic and create pathways

55:37 [clears throat] to bring them back and

55:38 we just want to make sure that we're

55:39 accounting for that as the develop

55:41 velment process as the um filing process

55:44 continues. So, we have a 12-month pilot

55:47 underway right now. We're really making

55:49 sure that the process is working, that

55:51 the developer is doing what they're told

55:53 to. We're doing what we're told to, our

55:55 colleagues and other departments are at

55:56 the table and community is well

55:58 informed. Um, and then we'll report back

56:00 to the board at the end of the calendar

56:03 year. The pilot officially went into

56:05 place. You all adopted it in October and

56:07 it officially went into place in January

56:09 of 2026.

56:12 Great. Thanks. Appreciate it.

56:14 Great. Um, just a couple of of

56:17 questions. Um, so I think it's it's

56:21 great. Um, this is more just on the

56:22 process of the planning and advisory

56:25 council. I love that it's there that

56:26 it's in place. Um, and um, but I'm just

56:29 curious, right, like how who from an

56:31 ownership and roles and responsibility

56:33 structure like how do you manage that?

56:35 And I just love love love this um you

56:38 know this annual report right of the

56:42 pilot. Um it shows great transparency

56:44 and accountability of what we're you

56:46 know of what we're doing all the things

56:48 that we're doing um and gives us the

56:50 kind of the working definition so that

56:52 we can have kind of these nuance

56:54 conversation right about um what is

56:57 displacement right and what are specific

57:00 things that we can do depending on the

57:01 type of displacement. Um, and I really

57:03 appreciate the um the [clears throat]

57:06 examples that you give. Um, because

57:08 anyway, I'm just I just really like this

57:10 because I can it helps me um have these

57:13 conversations, right, as when you're

57:16 talking to your neighbors and, you know,

57:18 trying to not combat some of the, you

57:20 know, the real challenges, but to

57:24 highlight

57:25 the different things that we're doing to

57:27 be able to address those challenges. So,

57:30 um, in there there was a question, but

57:32 yeah, the ownership, how's it going with

57:35 the council?

57:36 Sure. Um, I think this, uh, perfectly

57:39 exemplifies the reason for the formation

57:41 of the planning advisory council. We

57:43 really were designed by the mayor and

57:45 the planning department to be a central

57:47 coordinating body for plans. In this

57:49 case, we stood up a plan. Um, it was

57:52 truly a cross- departmental effort. So

57:55 um even in the early days we had five

57:58 ultimately seven cabinet chiefs who said

57:59 how do we actually create this plan

58:01 together and so it's very much a sense

58:03 of uh collective ownership and then the

58:05 planning advisory council as our team is

58:08 taking responsibility for doing the

58:10 ongoing tracking and then public

58:12 progress reporting.

58:13 Fabulous. Um all right. Um,

58:17 oh, last thing. I hope I'll be seeing

58:20 some more like Instagram reels and

58:22 stories and stuff about this with the

58:24 P's and all of that. Like I I want to

58:26 just also commend everybody on their

58:28 social media like um pages um and those

58:33 little videos to kind of explain some of

58:35 these definitions to explain those

58:36 concepts um I think are just really

58:38 great. So um you know

58:40 we appreciate that. That was one of the

58:42 things that we tried to do at the

58:43 beginning. I think the uh it is a a

58:46 topic about which people feel deeply and

58:48 and experience in their day-to-day lives

58:50 and trying to help people understand the

58:53 coordinated way that the city is working

58:55 together to advance it. Um but also

58:58 do explainer videos and other things on

59:00 social media as we did when we adopted

59:01 the plan last summer so that folks

59:03 really know that this is a coordinated

59:04 strategy versus just individual tools

59:07 being deployed by individual

59:08 departments.

59:09 Yeah. Yeah. That's so great. Um, all

59:11 right. Any other questions or comments?

59:14 All right. This isformational update. I

59:16 feel very informed. So, thank you so

59:18 much. [laughter]

59:19 Um, really appreciate it. Keep up the

59:21 awesome work.

59:23 Okay. Item number eight, request

59:26 authorization to execute an an amended

59:29 and restated cooperation agreement for

59:31 the Alustin Green project located at 20

59:33 Lynden Street in Alustin to adjust the

59:36 payment schedule for mitigation and

59:38 public benefits funds for from the

59:40 project. Aaron,

59:41 thank you, Chair Rojas. Uh, good evening

59:43 everybody, members of the board,

59:45 Director Shen and Secretary Pois. I'm

59:47 here u my name is Aaron Hollquist.

59:49 manager for developer compliance here to

59:51 request that the director be authorized

59:53 to execute and deliver a first amended

59:55 and restated cooperation agreement for

59:57 the Austin Green project at 20 Lynen

1:00:00 Street in Austin. When the board

1:00:02 approved this project back in December

1:00:03 of 2020,

1:00:06 um Austin Green was approved by the

1:00:07 board uh following following

1:00:10 contributions, sorry, were included in

1:00:11 the overall suite of mitigation and

1:00:13 public benefits. $100,000 to the BPDA to

1:00:16 be paid at the issuance of a building

1:00:18 permit held in escrow by the BPDA and

1:00:21 released to the Austin Brighton

1:00:22 Community Development Corporation.

1:00:24 $30,000 towards the Austin Brighton

1:00:26 mobility study due at building permit as

1:00:28 well and a further $5,000 also at

1:00:31 building permit for an Austin Brighton

1:00:33 youth coordinator position. Uh over the

1:00:36 past several years, the ongoing real

1:00:38 estate market uncertainties and

1:00:40 post-pandemic operational disruptions

1:00:42 have delayed construction beyond the

1:00:44 original construction schedule, altering

1:00:47 the timeline for the construction of the

1:00:49 three buildings that comprise the

1:00:50 overall Alustin Green development. For

1:00:52 instance, we have three buildings in

1:00:54 this project. Buildings A, B, and C.

1:00:56 Building C is the first one that is

1:00:58 underway. We've kind of gone backwards,

1:01:00 and it's also the smallest of the three.

1:01:02 It's only 49,000 square ft with 68

1:01:04 residential units. So that pulled

1:01:07 permits um last year um in the fall. Um

1:01:12 reached out to them looking for payment

1:01:14 and basically found out that the you

1:01:17 know ultimately the cash wasn't there.

1:01:19 We're seeing this across the the real

1:01:21 estate market as you probably know. Um

1:01:24 these circumstances have led the owner

1:01:25 and us to renegotiate the milestones at

1:01:28 which these uh the mitigation and public

1:01:30 benefit contributions are to be paid. Uh

1:01:33 going forward then these contributions

1:01:35 will be provided in two installments.

1:01:37 The first half 67,500 will be provided

1:01:40 within 90 days of the issuance of the

1:01:42 certificate of occupancy for building C

1:01:45 the building currently underway. and the

1:01:47 second half 67,500

1:01:49 will be provided within 90 days of the

1:01:51 issuance of the certificate of occupancy

1:01:53 for building A or B whichever happens

1:01:56 first. So uh hopefully uh the way I see

1:02:00 things going building C which is

1:02:02 currently under construction hopefully

1:02:04 get the COO for that I believe first

1:02:07 quarter next year within 90 days I will

1:02:10 take receipt of that first trench and

1:02:12 then be looking for the second trench uh

1:02:14 after COO of the next building. Uh, with

1:02:16 that, I'm happy to entertain any of your

1:02:17 questions.

1:02:18 Okay. Uh, questions or comments from the

1:02:20 board.

1:02:23 Um, I think it's just an excellent uh an

1:02:26 excellent catch, right? Or just an

1:02:29 excellent illustration of how our

1:02:31 processes, our internal processes work

1:02:33 to identify, right, to stay on those

1:02:36 milestones and stick to the what we

1:02:39 contractually agreed agreed upon. Um,

1:02:41 and then, you know, if not, then we

1:02:43 Yeah. I mean,

1:02:46 you talk about it and do one of these

1:02:48 [laughter] so that you can figure it

1:02:50 out. But again, I'm uh guess I'm really

1:02:52 like process and control focused today.

1:02:54 But um uh just want to highlight that

1:02:57 that's that working and and it's not at

1:03:01 the end way end of the project, right?

1:03:04 That we're oh did anybody check on that,

1:03:07 right? Kind of combats that like common

1:03:10 misunderstanding or that perception,

1:03:12 right? like and so you put the processes

1:03:14 in place and put the money trenches in

1:03:18 place u for that reason and I think it's

1:03:20 just a you know it tells a great story

1:03:22 of our processes.

1:03:24 Well I think with this work it's just uh

1:03:26 between what I do working with project

1:03:29 managers with our legal department in

1:03:30 particular is just making sure we're in

1:03:32 constant communication with the

1:03:33 proponent and their their legal counsel

1:03:35 as well.

1:03:36 Yeah. Good stuff. Um all right any other

1:03:39 questions or comments? Hearing and

1:03:41 seeing none, a motion is in order.

1:03:42 So moved.

1:03:43 Second.

1:03:43 All those in favor?

1:03:45 I

1:03:45 opposed. The eyes have it. Uh motion

1:03:47 passes. Thanks, Aaron. Item number nine,

1:03:49 request authorization to issue a

1:03:51 certification of approval pursuant to

1:03:52 article 80E small project review of the

1:03:54 zoning code for the proposed

1:03:56 construction of 42 residential rental

1:03:58 units, including seven IC units, 24 car

1:04:00 parking spaces, and 44 bicycle spaces

1:04:03 located at 697 Cambridge Street. And to

1:04:06 execute a community benefits agreement

1:04:07 and to take all related actions. Dan.

1:04:10 Thank you. Good evening, Madam Chair,

1:04:11 members of the board, Secretary Paul

1:04:13 Heis, Director Shen. My name is Daniel

1:04:15 Palano, project manager for the small

1:04:17 project review for you this evening at

1:04:19 697 Cambridge Street located in the

1:04:22 Bright Neighborhood. On October 23rd,

1:04:24 2025, the proponent filed an application

1:04:26 for a small project review with the

1:04:28 planning department for the proposed

1:04:30 project pursuant to article 80 of the

1:04:32 Boston Zoning Code. In addition to that,

1:04:34 the planning department also sponsored

1:04:36 and held a virtual public meeting on

1:04:38 November 18th, 2025 via Zoom. Uh, next

1:04:41 slide, please.

1:04:45 Um, the project seeks to erect a

1:04:47 three-story addition at top existing

1:04:49 two-story commercial structure,

1:04:50 resulting in a five-story residential

1:04:52 building um with total gross uh floor

1:04:56 area approximately 29,741

1:04:59 square ft. The project will introduce 42

1:05:01 new residential rental units, including

1:05:04 seven IZ units and provide 24 uh off-

1:05:07 streetet parking spaces. The residential

1:05:09 units will include approximately 16 uh

1:05:12 studio units, 20 onebedroom units, four

1:05:15 uh two-bedroom units, and two

1:05:16 three-bedroom units. In addition to

1:05:18 this, uh prior to a certificate of

1:05:20 occupancy, the proponent will provide a

1:05:22 $5,000 contribution to the Austin Main

1:05:24 Streets and for the purpose of

1:05:27 landscaping and cleanup. In addition to

1:05:28 that, another 5,000 uh contributing to

1:05:31 soccer and youth uh uh hockey leagues.

1:05:34 Um the applicant also agreed to work

1:05:36 with the Brazilian Women's Group were

1:05:38 currently tenants of the building to

1:05:39 identify the alternative location for

1:05:40 its office. I'll now turn it over to uh

1:05:43 Ford Delve to speak on the planning

1:05:44 context.

1:05:47 Thank you, Dan. My name is Ford Delveio

1:05:49 and I'm the planning reviewer assigned

1:05:51 for this project. Uh next slide, please.

1:05:53 Perfect. The proposed project is located

1:05:56 at the corner of Cambridge and Dustin

1:05:57 Streets in a single family residential

1:06:00 subdist of Alustin Brighton neighborhood

1:06:01 zoning district. Tenants of the

1:06:03 commercial building at this location

1:06:04 include medical offices and the offices

1:06:06 of a nonprofit organization. The

1:06:08 proposed project is located in the study

1:06:10 area of the Alustin Brighton needs

1:06:11 assessment adopted by the BPDA board in

1:06:13 2024. Staff note that the provision of

1:06:15 new multif family housing is consistent

1:06:17 with the plan's findings related to the

1:06:19 need for additional housing in this

1:06:20 neighborhood to date. To date, zoning

1:06:22 has not been updated in this location to

1:06:24 affectuate the goals of the needs

1:06:25 assessment, nor the draft findings of

1:06:27 the ongoing Austin Bright community

1:06:28 plan. Planning department staff note

1:06:31 that while this area is zoned for single

1:06:32 family use, the immediate area is

1:06:34 predominantly characterized by

1:06:35 institutional and multif family

1:06:37 residential uses. Likewise, dimensional

1:06:39 requirements and zoning suited to single

1:06:41 family dwellings do not comport with a

1:06:43 larger scale of these uses that include

1:06:45 educational and medical facilities such

1:06:47 as Franciscan's Children's Hospital,

1:06:49 Boston Medical Center Brighton, and the

1:06:50 Boston Green Academy. Given this diverse

1:06:53 commercial, educational medical context,

1:06:55 the proposed multif family residential

1:06:56 use development complements the

1:06:58 surrounding neighborhood fabric and

1:06:59 aligns with the or corridor's ongoing

1:07:01 urban evolution. Thank you. And I'll now

1:07:03 turn it over to my colleague Andrew

1:07:05 Zimmerman to present the project uh from

1:07:06 the urban design perspective. Thank you.

1:07:08 Thanks.

1:07:11 Good afternoon. Uh my name is Andrew

1:07:13 Zimmerman. I am the urban designer

1:07:15 assigned to this project. I'm going to

1:07:16 walk you through the uh design of the

1:07:18 project. Um, as you can see here, the

1:07:22 project proposes to maintain the

1:07:24 existing building envelope and address

1:07:26 and the uh maintain the envelope and the

1:07:30 accessible entry at the along Cambridge

1:07:33 Street. The proposed site plan includes

1:07:35 Dustin Street edge updates to provide

1:07:38 complete street compliant sidewalks,

1:07:40 hosting four new street trees and

1:07:42 visitor bike parking. Proposed street

1:07:45 trees and sidewalk adjacent front yard

1:07:47 trees will also introduce canopy along

1:07:50 Cambridge Street frontage and provide

1:07:52 more pedestrian scale for the street and

1:07:54 building. Finally, uh the proposed

1:07:56 transformer will has been reoriented

1:07:59 closer to the street to allow for easier

1:08:01 access and make room for uh more on-site

1:08:04 landscaping near the building. Next

1:08:06 slide.

1:08:09 Uh the project preserves the existing

1:08:12 brickmasonry building while adding three

1:08:14 vertical stories to create much neededed

1:08:16 housing. To minimize uh height impacts

1:08:19 on the neighboring properties, the top

1:08:20 floor steps back in alignment with the

1:08:23 scale of existing buildings across

1:08:25 Cambridge Street. The additions updated

1:08:28 material pallet contrasts with the

1:08:30 existing masonry base while respecting

1:08:32 its original craftsmanship.

1:08:34 [snorts]

1:08:34 At the basement level, uh full height

1:08:37 window wells provide ample natural light

1:08:39 to enhance livability.

1:08:41 Uh following feedback from the planning

1:08:43 department, the proponent revise the

1:08:44 masting and site plan to deliver more

1:08:46 sensitive contextual design that

1:08:49 enriches the public realm and we expect

1:08:51 to continue to refine the building and

1:08:54 site elements with the proponent during

1:08:56 the postboard design review process. Uh

1:08:59 with that, I'll pass it back to Dan.

1:09:03 Thank you, Andrew. Um, this uh concludes

1:09:05 our presentation. We do have the

1:09:07 development team here to answer any

1:09:08 questions for you. Thank you.

1:09:09 Okay. Thank you. Questions or comments

1:09:11 from the board?

1:09:13 Can you go back to um I think at the

1:09:17 beginning you said um something about

1:09:19 the Brazilian women's group and like the

1:09:23 So, can you I just didn't hear the

1:09:25 sentence and I couldn't find it.

1:09:27 There's a Yes. No, absolutely. There's a

1:09:30 women's a Brazilian women's group there.

1:09:31 They uh work with um obviously providing

1:09:35 services of translation um other

1:09:37 immigration work and they're the current

1:09:39 tenants there and um the proponent has

1:09:42 agreed to work with them. They actually

1:09:44 extended their lease for a year and so

1:09:46 they were committed to u finding them a

1:09:50 different location once uh it's getting

1:09:52 close to to that point and proponent

1:09:55 also uh spoke to the counselor uh

1:09:57 counselor's concerns was those were the

1:09:58 major concerns and they agreed that they

1:10:01 would work with them. So yeah.

1:10:02 Yeah. Yeah. Um just want to highlight

1:10:04 that it's a it's a major concern of mine

1:10:07 um as well. um very this organization

1:10:10 provides some really vital services to

1:10:12 um large integrated populations um not

1:10:15 only here in the Boston area but across

1:10:17 Massachusetts. So um you know I don't

1:10:20 know if that gets codified in anything

1:10:23 in any way um but I just kind of want to

1:10:27 make sure that there is like a followup

1:10:30 and that happens and if not like that

1:10:32 that would be something I'd want to know

1:10:33 about. Yes, the it's it's written in our

1:10:35 board memo as well or that they will uh

1:10:39 have agreed to work with them uh and

1:10:41 actually with the extension of the of

1:10:43 the lease and working closely to that

1:10:46 the proponent also agreed to make sure

1:10:47 that they're they have us a place to go

1:10:49 within the within the area. So

1:10:51 yeah. Yeah.

1:10:52 Yeah. And the counselor is on board as

1:10:53 well. So we're keeping her in the loop.

1:10:55 Yeah. Perfect.

1:10:56 Um and thank you for doing that. and we

1:11:00 just came off of the displacement, you

1:11:02 know, anti-displacement and that's for

1:11:03 our organizations and for people and so

1:11:06 this is that that working in that. But

1:11:08 yes, please.

1:11:09 Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the

1:11:10 board, Director Shen, Secretary

1:11:12 Paleimus, Attorney Jeff Drago with Drago

1:11:14 and Dano on behalf of the applicant.

1:11:16 Just on your point, um one uh the uh

1:11:20 developer, Mr. Aise, who's here

1:11:22 immediately extended the lease to work

1:11:24 with them. the building has been losing

1:11:26 tenants over the years, so they're

1:11:28 smaller spaces, but he also has actively

1:11:31 used his contacts within the real estate

1:11:33 community to start working with them

1:11:35 one- on-one to find an alternate

1:11:37 location. So, they've already been

1:11:39 working together on that. So, he's

1:11:41 committed to finding them something. I

1:11:42 just wanted to make sure you knew that.

1:11:44 Yeah. No, thank you.

1:11:45 Um, and I'm glad again we're just having

1:11:47 the, you know, the conversation on the

1:11:48 record and all of that stuff. Um, that,

1:11:50 you know, these are the kind of things

1:11:52 that we

1:11:53 uh intentionally look out for. So that's

1:11:56 I think the end of my questions. Uh any

1:11:58 further questions or comments? Hearing

1:12:00 and seeing none. A motion is in order.

1:12:02 So move second.

1:12:03 All those in favor? I

1:12:04 I

1:12:05 opposed. The eyes have it. Motion

1:12:07 passes. Thank you so much and good luck

1:12:08 with the project. I appreciate

1:12:11 item number 10. request authorization to

1:12:13 enter into an affordable rental housing

1:12:15 agreement and restriction and affordable

1:12:18 housing contribution agreement by and

1:12:20 between the BPDA and Berkeley 176

1:12:24 Lincoln Holdings LLC care of Berkeley

1:12:27 Investments Incorporated if necessary or

1:12:30 require the same be executed by and

1:12:33 between the proponent and the mayor's

1:12:34 office of housing in connection with the

1:12:36 proposed development located at 176

1:12:39 Lincoln Street and to take all related

1:12:41 actions. Andy.

1:12:42 Uh, thank you very much, Madam Chair,

1:12:44 Director Shen, Secretary Poheimis, and

1:12:47 members of the board. I'm Andy Feldman,

1:12:49 housing policy manager with the mayor's

1:12:51 office of housing. Uh, tonight I'm here

1:12:53 to request your vote on an affordable

1:12:55 rental housing agreement and

1:12:57 restriction, as well as an affordable

1:12:59 housing contribution agreement for the

1:13:01 proposed development at 176 Lincoln

1:13:03 Street in Brighton. This development,

1:13:05 previously approved development,

1:13:06 proposes to build about 253 rental

1:13:09 units. Uh the propo the proponent now

1:13:11 proposes to revise its IDP program to

1:13:14 include 50% of IDP units or 23 units on

1:13:18 site in the residential building a

1:13:20 including the 10 artist units. In lie of

1:13:22 the other half of IDP units, the

1:13:24 proponent will be make a contribution to

1:13:26 the IDP special revenue fund of

1:13:28 approximately $4.3 million as required

1:13:31 by the policy. Uh therefore, the vote in

1:13:33 front of you tonight will allow the

1:13:34 agency to enter into this affordable

1:13:37 rental housing agreement and restriction

1:13:39 and the affordable housing contribution

1:13:41 agreement. Happy to answer any questions

1:13:43 that you may have. Thank you.

1:13:44 Thank you. Questions or comments from

1:13:46 the board. All right. Hearing and seeing

1:13:48 none, a motion is in order.

1:13:49 So moved.

1:13:50 Second.

1:13:50 All those in favor? I

1:13:52 opposed. The eyes have it. Motion

1:13:54 passes. Thanks, Andy.

1:13:56 Item number 11 is TUS. Miss Duran.

1:13:59 Madam Chair, I will recuse myself. Okay.

1:14:01 Well, we will see you later.

1:14:04 Item number 11, request authorization to

1:14:06 wave further review of the TUS Medical

1:14:08 Center institutional master plan

1:14:10 notification form dated August 10th,

1:14:12 2026 for the renewal and extension of

1:14:14 its 2012 institutional master plan for a

1:14:17 period of 5 years until 2031 and to

1:14:20 approve the renewal and extension of the

1:14:22 TUS Medical Center institutional master

1:14:24 plan pursuant to section 80D-5.2E,

1:14:27 2E section 80D-6 and section 80D-8 of

1:14:31 the zoning code and to take all related

1:14:33 actions. Tyler.

1:14:34 Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the

1:14:36 board, Secretary Pimis. I am Tyler Ross,

1:14:39 senior project manager in the

1:14:40 development review division. The

1:14:41 proposal for you is the TUS Medical

1:14:43 Center institutional master plan for

1:14:45 renewal and extension with no changes

1:14:47 for the term of 5 years. This is a

1:14:49 renewal of the existing institutional

1:14:51 master plan that was board approved in

1:14:52 July of 2012, which was subsequently

1:14:55 renewed and extended without changes in

1:14:57 2022 and 2024. At this time, Tus Medical

1:15:01 Center does not anticipate any new

1:15:03 institutional projects for the term of

1:15:04 the renewed institutional master plan.

1:15:07 The requested 5-year renewal is intended

1:15:09 to provide a bridge while TUS Medical

1:15:11 Center under President John Herman

1:15:13 advances strategic facilities in real

1:15:15 estate planning that will inform a new

1:15:17 comprehensive institutional master plan

1:15:19 in the future. The review process for

1:15:21 this institutional master plan renewal

1:15:23 began on August 10th and concluded on

1:15:25 September 10th. Since that time, no

1:15:27 comments were received. This concludes

1:15:29 the presentation. Thank you.

1:15:31 Okay. Thank you. Um questions or

1:15:33 comments for the board? Okay. Hearing

1:15:35 and saying none, a motion is in order.

1:15:37 So moved.

1:15:38 Second.

1:15:38 All those in favor? I

1:15:40 I

1:15:41 the oppos. The eyes have it. Motion

1:15:42 passes. Thank you, Tyler.

1:15:45 Item number 13, request authorization.

1:15:47 Oh, can someone get um Yeah,

1:15:50 [laughter]

1:15:51 I'll still read it. Or did I move the

1:15:54 wrong

1:15:55 Oh, item number 12. I turned my page too

1:15:57 fast. um request authorization to issue

1:15:59 a certification of approval approval

1:16:02 pursuant to article 80 small project

1:16:04 review of the zoning code for the

1:16:06 proposed construction of 20 residential

1:16:08 home ownership units including four IZ

1:16:10 units, five car parking spaces and 26

1:16:12 bicycle parking spaces located at 2062

1:16:15 Dorchester Avenue and to execute a

1:16:18 community benefits agreement and to take

1:16:19 all related actions. Tyler,

1:16:21 thank you. And good evening, Madam

1:16:22 Chair, Secretary uh Poheimis, Dire and

1:16:26 Director Shen, and members of the board.

1:16:27 My name is Tyler Ross. I am a senior

1:16:29 project manager in the development

1:16:31 review division. Uh filling in for my

1:16:33 colleague Zoe Duval here to present to

1:16:35 you the proposed article 80E small

1:16:38 project located at 2062 Dorchester

1:16:40 Avenue in the Dorchester neighborhood of

1:16:42 Boston. Next slide, please.

1:16:46 The project site is located on a 7,24

1:16:51 ft parcel currently occupied with a

1:16:53 vacant two family home. This project

1:16:55 proposes to demolish the existing

1:16:57 structure and construct a new fourstory

1:17:00 plus mezzanine residential building with

1:17:02 approximately 21,57

1:17:05 gross square ft comprising of 20

1:17:08 residential home ownership units, four

1:17:10 income restricted units. Um, and the

1:17:13 resident residential units will uh

1:17:15 include approximately two studio units,

1:17:18 13 one-bedroom units, and five

1:17:20 two-bedroom units. The project will also

1:17:22 contain five off- streetet subgrade

1:17:24 parking spaces and 34 interior long-term

1:17:27 bike parking spaces on the ground floor.

1:17:29 The project review application was filed

1:17:31 on April 24th of 2025. The public

1:17:35 comment period in the in connection with

1:17:36 the proponent submission of the small

1:17:38 project review application was open for

1:17:40 30 days and closed on May 26th of 2025.

1:17:44 The planning department sponsored the

1:17:45 first public meeting on May 19th of 2025

1:17:48 and another on August 31st of 2026. Both

1:17:52 of which were noticed through the

1:17:53 planning department's neighborhood

1:17:54 distribution list and events calendar

1:17:56 for the Doorchester neighborhood. I'll

1:17:58 now hand it over to my colleague Ford to

1:18:00 take over um to go through the planning

1:18:02 context. Thank you.

1:18:03 Great. Thanks.

1:18:05 [snorts]

1:18:05 Thank you. Uh once again, my name is

1:18:07 Ford Delveio and I'm the planning

1:18:09 reviewer assigned for this project. That

1:18:10 is the right side slide. Thank you. Um

1:18:13 located in the Dorchester neighborhood

1:18:15 zoning district's three family

1:18:16 residential subdist and governed by

1:18:18 article 65 of the Boston zoning code.

1:18:20 The proposed project is located on

1:18:21 Dorchester Avenue near Gallivan

1:18:22 [clears throat] Boulevard approximately

1:18:24 1 half mile from the Ashbon MBTA

1:18:26 station. The proposed project is not

1:18:28 located in an area that has been the

1:18:29 subject of recent planning or zoning

1:18:30 initiatives. The requirements of current

1:18:32 zoning do not comport with the current

1:18:34 context. While the surrounding area is

1:18:36 zoned for two and three family

1:18:37 dwellings, the existing built

1:18:38 environment includes a mix of two,

1:18:39 three, and multif family dwellings. The

1:18:41 proposed multif family use aligns with

1:18:43 the established local fabric. Next

1:18:45 slide, please.

1:18:48 Thank you. Through the staff review

1:18:49 process, the proposed project underwent

1:18:51 refinement to enhance it compatibility

1:18:53 with neighboring properties. In response

1:18:55 to staff feedback regarding its relation

1:18:56 to the adjacent lot and building, the

1:18:58 proponent revised the proposed building

1:19:00 envelope and setbacks by pulling its

1:19:01 masking back along the shared property

1:19:03 line. The revised proposal provides

1:19:05 greater physical relief, reduces visual

1:19:07 bulk, and ensures a more sensitive

1:19:09 contextual transition to the neighboring

1:19:11 property. Thank you. I now turn over to

1:19:13 my UD colleague, Scott Slarski, to go

1:19:15 over the uh urban design context in more

1:19:17 detail. Thank you.

1:19:20 Thank you very much, Scott Slarski,

1:19:22 architect and planner, urban design. Um,

1:19:25 so, uh, while this project is much

1:19:28 larger than the existing building that

1:19:29 was there in the context, it satisfies,

1:19:32 uh, it satisfies the zoning and we

1:19:33 worked very hard to take the transformer

1:19:36 and put it in an underground vault, um,

1:19:39 and create a garden at the rear. Next

1:19:42 slide, please.

1:19:45 though. Uh you can see from the plan

1:19:48 diagram that's here that it satisfies

1:19:50 the modal setback along the street um

1:19:53 and creates uh porches, exterior spaces

1:19:56 uh at the front and the top volume uh

1:19:59 steps back.

1:20:04 Next slide, please.

1:20:07 That's the conclusion I guess.

1:20:10 [laughter]

1:20:13 Okay. Um yeah, just to close out, uh I

1:20:16 just want to know that this project has

1:20:17 been responsive to both neighborhood and

1:20:19 planning staff feedback throughout the

1:20:21 review process resulting in resision

1:20:23 revisions to the ground floor design,

1:20:25 the open space configuration, and the

1:20:27 massing and facade. This concludes our

1:20:30 presentation for this item and uh myself

1:20:32 and the development team are available

1:20:33 for any questions. Thank you.

1:20:35 Okay, thank you. Any questions or

1:20:37 comments from the board?

1:20:38 Uh first a comment which is uh brevity

1:20:40 is always rewarded so appreciate that.

1:20:42 Uh, a couple questions. One, what's the

1:20:44 breakdown of the four IS units?

1:20:56 I don't have the four.

1:20:59 Four. No. No. But are they

1:21:01 are they one bedroom?

1:21:02 There's studios, one bedroom, two

1:21:03 bedroom,

1:21:04 one studio, two one studio, two

1:21:06 onebedrooms, two compact one bedrooms,

1:21:08 and two and one compact twobedroom.

1:21:10 Those are the four. Okay, that's that

1:21:12 sounds good. What's a comp what's the

1:21:13 difference between a compact onebedroom

1:21:15 and a regular one bedroom?

1:21:16 I don't know.

1:21:17 Are they all compact? They're all

1:21:19 compact, right?

1:21:20 You don't want to know the

1:21:21 Sorry, it just says compact. So, I don't

1:21:23 know if that's like

1:21:24 some some of the units here, George

1:21:26 Morans, I'm sorry. I'm the zoning

1:21:27 attorney for the developers.

1:21:29 Um,

1:21:31 and I'll actually comment a little bit

1:21:33 on the number of dwelling units in

1:21:35 relationship to the size of the site.

1:21:37 Okay. uh because that has been something

1:21:39 that was noticed by the community, 20

1:21:41 units on a site like this. Tyler did

1:21:43 touch upon that. Scott touched upon that

1:21:45 a lot of the units here are many of the

1:21:48 units here are smaller units. This is a

1:21:50 condominium project for sale. So, it's

1:21:52 not a rental project. So, the notion

1:21:54 behind or the or the motivation uh

1:21:57 behind the development concept here is

1:21:59 to provide some natural affordability by

1:22:01 doing smaller units.

1:22:03 So, there are larger, you know, more

1:22:06 traditionally sized units. There are

1:22:07 small units in the range of like 470

1:22:10 square ft. Um I will admit that I

1:22:13 sometimes get confused when architects

1:22:15 put a plus sign uh after a unit

1:22:18 designation what that actually means. Um

1:22:20 but the units are all uh basically metro

1:22:24 size units for studio ones twos. Uh

1:22:27 sometimes there's a little extra space

1:22:28 and that results in a plus being put

1:22:30 after it. I don't necessarily subscribe

1:22:32 to the theory of doing that, but the

1:22:34 fact is here there are smaller units,

1:22:36 but we are meeting the 17% affordability

1:22:39 requirement under

1:22:43 alluded to said earlier and alluded to

1:22:45 in a in a public meeting, [snorts] even

1:22:47 aside from the units which are um

1:22:50 formally speaking affordable, there's

1:22:52 some natural affordability here in terms

1:22:54 of providing smaller units for sale and

1:22:57 those are available to people who

1:22:58 actually want to move into this great

1:23:00 neighborhood. or people who live there

1:23:02 now in rent and can probably get a

1:23:04 competitive mortgage for not much more

1:23:06 than they're paying for rent. They could

1:23:08 actually build equity and eventually

1:23:10 move on to some other u you know some

1:23:12 other unit or or single family home.

1:23:14 Yeah.

1:23:15 And I I'm George, let me be clear. I I

1:23:17 am a full proponent of of you know a

1:23:20 good mix and smaller units make sense

1:23:21 for the very reason you said

1:23:23 particularly for firsttime uh homeowners

1:23:25 that are looking to build that sort of

1:23:26 generational wealth. Um, and it sounds

1:23:29 pretty good if if at least the matrix of

1:23:33 the four units is seems to be one of

1:23:36 each. Um, so I I applaud that. Sometimes

1:23:38 it can all be studios or or one

1:23:40 bedrooms. The second question is um I

1:23:43 didn't see the column on sustainability

1:23:45 that we typically see with these

1:23:46 presentations. So did you want to talk a

1:23:48 little bit about because I'd imagine

1:23:49 there still has to it's a smaller

1:23:51 project that still has to adhere to the

1:23:53 on article 37.

1:23:54 Yeah. on that I will yield uh either to

1:23:57 our project architect who I think is

1:23:59 connected via Zoom or if the pro the

1:24:03 planning department team has more

1:24:04 information on that.

1:24:05 I know that it complies with article 37

1:24:09 but I don't have the details.

1:24:10 Okay.

1:24:13 Is his name Eric?

1:24:15 Yes.

1:24:16 Okay.

1:24:19 Anyone want to take a stab?

1:24:21 Thank you. Um [clears throat] they were

1:24:23 just and this is Eric Zacherson,

1:24:24 architect for the project. They were

1:24:26 just raising me to be a panelist. Um

1:24:28 yes, we fully comply with article 37 and

1:24:32 um it that it is part of the reason this

1:24:35 project has taken a little bit longer

1:24:37 than it might otherwise be uh have

1:24:39 taken. Uh I was trying to get actually

1:24:42 get my attent get attention earlier. The

1:24:45 reason that these were referred to as

1:24:47 compact living is this project actually

1:24:49 started right at the tail end of the

1:24:51 compact living pilot.

1:24:53 Yeah.

1:24:53 So all of all of the units in the

1:24:55 building would have been considered

1:24:56 compact.

1:24:57 All of the units are compact. All the

1:24:59 other units would be compact although

1:25:01 that definition kind of phased out in

1:25:03 2023.

1:25:04 Yeah.

1:25:05 Got it.

1:25:07 Okay. And do you want to speak a little

1:25:08 bit about some of the the is it

1:25:11 electric? Is there any PV on the roof?

1:25:13 is there.

1:25:14 So, it would be an all it will be an all

1:25:16 electric building. Um, we are going to

1:25:20 struggle to to meet the requirements of

1:25:22 article 37, but we've done all the

1:25:24 modeling and we've we've um proven that

1:25:26 it's it's possible. There's uh there's

1:25:29 not a system beyond that that is being

1:25:32 planned beyond uh meeting the kind of

1:25:35 stringent requirements for article 37.

1:25:39 And member Mali, if I can uh clarify,

1:25:42 this project was also submitted before

1:25:44 the change to article 37 uh took place

1:25:47 earlier this year. So this project is

1:25:49 exempt from the new article 37. It does

1:25:51 have to comply with the previous version

1:25:53 of article 37.

1:25:54 Is it also exempt from the stretch

1:25:55 energy code?

1:25:56 No, this needs to comply with that.

1:25:58 This needs to comply with that. Okay.

1:26:00 Okay. Thank you.

1:26:02 Okay. Thank you. Additional questions or

1:26:04 comments or did you want to say

1:26:05 something?

1:26:05 Uh I'm sorry for the interruption. Chair

1:26:07 Roas, Ted Schwarzburg, assistant deputy

1:26:10 director for planning review. I just

1:26:11 wanted to clarify an earlier staff

1:26:13 comment about uh zoning dimensions. Uh I

1:26:16 wanted to clarify for the record that

1:26:17 this will acquire require zoning relief

1:26:20 for dimension and use. Uh that was on

1:26:22 one of the earlier slides and I'd be

1:26:24 happy to elaborate on why staff thinks

1:26:25 that uh zoning relief is appropriate,

1:26:28 but just wanted to clarify that. Do

1:26:29 you want to just give us the like

1:26:31 three sentence?

1:26:32 Sure. If if you don't mind hopping back

1:26:34 third slide. uh [laughter] the the

1:26:36 zoning envelope uh would uh would give

1:26:40 us this one. So in pink uh that's um the

1:26:44 what what zoning allows and uh coming

1:26:47 out of the community process there was a

1:26:49 real desire to remove the building from

1:26:51 the side uh of the neighboring building

1:26:54 and it's an unusually deep parcel. So,

1:26:56 uh, they worked with staff to create the

1:26:58 yellow massing, uh, that will require a

1:27:00 lot of zoning relief, but takes

1:27:02 advantage of the depth of this parcel,

1:27:04 uh, without encroaching as much on the

1:27:06 neighbors.

1:27:08 Yeah, know that's really helpful. I This

1:27:11 was a good slide to kind of just put it

1:27:13 all into perspective, um, of what it's

1:27:15 replacing. But I think the design is

1:27:18 being um uh you know is well informed by

1:27:22 the rest of the you know houses on that

1:27:24 street and kind of um

1:27:28 uh yeah no I think it's a good use of

1:27:29 that space. So anyway uh if there are no

1:27:32 other further questions or comments

1:27:34 motion is in order.

1:27:35 So moved.

1:27:36 Second.

1:27:37 All those in favor?

1:27:38 I I

1:27:39 opposed. Uh the eyes have it. Motion

1:27:42 passes. Thanks Tyler.

1:27:45 Item number 13, request authorization to

1:27:47 wait further review of the Boston

1:27:48 University Charles River campus

1:27:50 institutional master plan notification

1:27:52 form for the renewal and extension of

1:27:55 the institutional master plan for a

1:27:57 period of 5 years until 2031 and to

1:28:00 approve the renewal of the Boston

1:28:02 University Charles River campus

1:28:04 institutional master plan pursuant to

1:28:06 section 80D-5.2E, 2E section 80D-6 and

1:28:10 section 80D-8

1:28:12 of the zoning code and to take all

1:28:14 related actions. Tyler.

1:28:16 Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the

1:28:17 board, Director Shen, and Secretary

1:28:19 Pyus. I'm Tyler Ross, senior project

1:28:21 manager in the development review. This

1:28:23 proposal before you is the Boston

1:28:25 University institutional master plan for

1:28:27 renewal and extension with no changes

1:28:29 for the term of 5 years. This is a

1:28:31 renewal of the existing institutional

1:28:32 [clears throat] master plan that was

1:28:33 board approved in September of 2024,

1:28:36 which was amended in 2025 for the

1:28:39 addition of the 13 Buzzwell property. At

1:28:41 this time, Boston University does not

1:28:43 anticipate any new institutional

1:28:45 projects for the term of the renewed

1:28:47 institutional master plan. The requested

1:28:50 5-year renewal is intended to allow for

1:28:52 sufficient time to finalize the next

1:28:54 Boston University campus framework that

1:28:56 will inform a new comprehensive

1:28:58 institutional master plan in the future.

1:29:00 The review process on this institutional

1:29:02 master plan renewal began on July 21st

1:29:04 and concluded on August 21st.

1:29:07 One task force and public meeting was

1:29:09 held on August 5th, 2026. The meeting

1:29:11 was well attended and received support.

1:29:13 This concludes the presentation. Thank

1:29:15 you.

1:29:16 Okay. Thank you. Any questions or

1:29:17 comments from the board? Hearing and

1:29:19 seeing none, a motion is in order.

1:29:21 So moved.

1:29:21 Second.

1:29:22 All those in favor? I

1:29:23 I

1:29:24 opposed. Uh the eyes have it. Motion

1:29:26 passes. Item number 14, contractual

1:29:29 payments. I need a motion to pay our

1:29:32 bills.

1:29:32 Like to make a motion to pay the bills.

1:29:34 I second that motion.

1:29:36 Right. All those in favor?

1:29:38 I

1:29:39 opposed. The eyes have it. Motion

1:29:40 passes. Please pay the bills. And

1:29:43 finally, uh item number 15, Director um

1:29:47 Shen, Chief Shen, the floor is yours.

1:29:50 Um good evening, uh members of the

1:29:52 board. I want to start my report with

1:29:54 just a quick summary of the projects

1:29:57 approved at this board meeting. Um there

1:29:59 were two new projects that were approved

1:30:02 uh delivering 82 units of housing of

1:30:06 which 11 will be income restricted. Um

1:30:09 there these two projects will total

1:30:12 49,000 square foot of new development

1:30:15 that will uh represent approximately $19

1:30:18 million of new investment. Uh this

1:30:21 investment will create 46 direct

1:30:23 construction jobs and 23 indirect uh

1:30:27 jobs. Um there was also one certificate

1:30:30 of completion

1:30:31 um that um that is for the Benjamin

1:30:34 Franklin Cummings Institute of

1:30:36 Technology in Nubian Square. Um, this

1:30:39 new technical educational building

1:30:41 houses seven academic departments

1:30:44 including programs like construction

1:30:46 management, HVAC,

1:30:49 automotive technology, and mechanical

1:30:51 engineering. The building contains 20

1:30:54 indoor technical education labs, eight

1:30:57 shared general classrooms, 13 conference

1:31:00 rooms, uh, a central student lounge,

1:31:03 student study spaces, administration,

1:31:06 and other offices. uh and support office

1:31:09 support spaces. Beyond the exceptional

1:31:12 programming and opportunity for students

1:31:14 um this building provides through its

1:31:16 facility. This certificate of completion

1:31:20 um also means that uh real tangible

1:31:23 tangible out um benefits uh have also

1:31:27 been delivered. Um there are two uh uh

1:31:31 tranches of uh monetary contributions.

1:31:35 There was $600,000

1:31:37 worth of improvements in the sidewalks,

1:31:40 crosswalks, and streetscape enhancements

1:31:42 to make the area around the building as

1:31:45 well as the square more pedestrian

1:31:47 friendly. There was also another

1:31:49 $650,000

1:31:51 uh of um uh investment into the

1:31:54 environmental cleanup of the site. Um

1:31:57 there the the building also um houses

1:32:02 many or has been delivering many

1:32:04 community events including open houses

1:32:07 uh for prospective students, technical

1:32:10 fairs and community exploration

1:32:12 workshops

1:32:14 uh in partnership with the Roxbury um uh

1:32:17 Boston Public Library branch. All of

1:32:20 these events and programming of course

1:32:22 contribute to the activation of Nubian

1:32:25 Square. Um the board also heard um uh

1:32:29 two other um uh programs this this

1:32:34 evening. The first was the uh anti-

1:32:37 displacement progress report. Um, that

1:32:40 was a very comprehensive presentation

1:32:42 that you got tonight that shows the

1:32:45 progress we've made in one year since

1:32:47 the launch of this a place to thrive

1:32:49 anti-displacement action plan. Um, this

1:32:52 board originally adopted the two-year

1:32:54 framework last July and included more

1:32:58 than 40 targeted uh policies, programs,

1:33:01 and resources that the city departments

1:33:04 uh would commit to addressing

1:33:07 residential and small business as well

1:33:10 as cultural displacement. This

1:33:12 framework, I think as you saw tonight,

1:33:15 includes 53 initiatives that um that

1:33:20 that are um that are organized under the

1:33:23 four PE tenants um protect, preserve,

1:33:27 produce, and prosper. And you saw that

1:33:30 uh more than 70% or 63 of these um or 36

1:33:36 of the 53 initiatives in fact are

1:33:38 advancing. Um, of the of these

1:33:41 initiatives that are advancing, 15 of

1:33:44 them are actually directly under the

1:33:46 oversight of this department, the

1:33:47 planning department. Um, I want to thank

1:33:50 Katherine Lus and her team for her

1:33:53 dedication to this plan. And as you've

1:33:56 many of you already noted that the

1:33:58 planning advisory council uh often takes

1:34:01 on the difficult task of doing some of

1:34:04 these projects that actually require a

1:34:06 great deal of inter interdep

1:34:07 departmental coordination. Um and I I'm

1:34:11 sure this team will look forward to

1:34:12 reporting uh to you again the the

1:34:15 progress that we will make in this

1:34:17 coming year. Um, the other exciting item

1:34:20 that you heard about was uh the funding

1:34:23 or the the the department and the EDIC

1:34:28 serving as the funding agent for the

1:34:31 link bus service in the five

1:34:33 neighborhoods across the city. Um, your

1:34:36 vote to accept the contract uh for

1:34:38 administering this money through EDIC

1:34:41 will allow the city and its partners to

1:34:43 move forward with con uh contracting

1:34:46 with community engagement service uh um

1:34:50 partners, planning and launching um

1:34:53 these routes in the near future. This

1:34:55 free service will expand neighborhood

1:34:58 transportation options and strengthen uh

1:35:00 connections to the MBTA lines as well as

1:35:05 connecting residents to jobs and schools

1:35:08 um as well as healthcare um local

1:35:11 businesses and other essential

1:35:13 destinations that are that are not easy

1:35:15 to get to for some of these residents

1:35:17 that aren't well served by transit. This

1:35:20 new and expanded service will operate in

1:35:22 the five neighborhoods that you heard

1:35:24 about in Madapan, Roxbury, Alustin,

1:35:27 Brighton, Charles Town, and Lower Mystic

1:35:29 as well as the South Boston waterfront.

1:35:32 Um, we are of course happy that Matt and

1:35:35 his team from Streets um have been

1:35:37 collaborated so well with our team. Um,

1:35:40 I want to end tonight just by u

1:35:44 referring to something that you've heard

1:35:45 in the press recently. Um uh of course

1:35:50 the the Globe reported this week as well

1:35:52 as you heard yesterday the mayor at the

1:35:55 Chamber of Commerce speech um highlight

1:35:58 the fact that the the city and this

1:36:01 department has already started um um um

1:36:05 working with four um previously approved

1:36:10 projects for some tax relief in order to

1:36:13 get them into construction in this next

1:36:16 year. Um, we officially advertised and

1:36:20 opened the 30-day comment period for

1:36:22 these four projects. Um, and it's our

1:36:24 intention to bring uh these projects to

1:36:27 the board next month for your

1:36:29 consideration and approval to enter into

1:36:32 a 12 into 121B agreements uh that would

1:36:37 um formalize uh the ability for these

1:36:41 projects to negotiate uh for us to

1:36:43 negotiate these uh tax agreements with

1:36:46 these proponents. Um the mayor has made

1:36:49 it very clear that she is intent on

1:36:51 using every tool that is available to uh

1:36:54 us as a city to get these previously

1:36:58 approved projects moving again. Uh and

1:37:01 we will look forward to presenting the

1:37:03 details to you next month um and

1:37:06 hopefully get more people back to work.

1:37:08 So with that um th this concludes my

1:37:12 report to you. Thank you.

1:37:13 Thank you. Um, awesome.

1:37:17 Uh, with that I need a motion to adjurnn

1:37:19 this meeting.

1:37:19 Motion to adjurnn.

1:37:21 Second.

1:37:21 All those in favor?

1:37:22 I

1:37:24 opposed. The eyes have it. Motion

1:37:25 passes. Thanks everyone. Um,

1:37:28 great work and have a good month. We'll

1:37:29 see you next month. [laughter]

1:37:32 Same time, same place.

1:37:35 Same vat channel.

1:37:36 Happy early birthday.