--------- Hello, welcome back. Um, okay, we're now going to start the public hearing uh portion of the meeting. This is a public hearing before the Boston Redevelopment Authority doing business as the Boston Planning and Development Agency being held in conformance with sections 3-1A-
and ADC-6 of the Boston Zoning Code to consider the first amendment to the development plan for plan development area number 521 Brigham Circle located at 1610 through 1620 Tmont Street in the Mission Hill neighborhood to allow for clinic and
accessory clinic as allowed. uses within the PDA area. This hearing was duly advertised on January 27th, 2026. This is a BPDA hearing on a proposed petition by the agency. Staff will first present their case and are subject to questioning by members of the agency.
Thereafter, anyone who wishes to testify about the proposed project will be afforded an opportunity. We are taking support in opposition at the same time. So, if you're planning to testify via Zoom, please take time now to verify that your computer microphone is active and click on the hand icon on your Zoom control panel. This will signal to the
staff that you would like to speak. And when your hand is raised, it will be blue. If you are calling in to the meeting and would like to testify, please dial star9 to raise your hand. When I call for all testimony, staff will announce your name and allow you to talk. You must unmute your microphone and your webcam will not be active. If
you're planning to testify in person in the boardroom, please line up behind the podium after the presentation has concluded and we will call on you. In an effort to accommodate all who would like to speak about this proposal, each person will be given up to two minutes to comment. BPDA staff will indicate when 30 seconds remain. At that time,
please conclude your remarks so that the hearing may continue and others may be heard. Finally, the proponents are allowed a period of 5 to 10 minutes for rebuttal if they desire. The open public meeting law requires that we ask if anyone in the audience if there is anyone in the audience who's recording the meeting and if you're recording this
meeting please identify yourself now. Okay, seeing none. Additionally, please note that demonstrations of approval or disapproval from members of the public are not permitted during the meeting. And Tyler, you can now begin your presentation. >> Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the
board, Secretary Pyus, and Director Shen. My name is Tyler Ross. I'm a senior project manager in the development review division. The proposal before you is the first amended and restated development plan to PDA number 52 known as one Brigham Circle located in 16 located at 1610 to 1620
Tremont Street in the neighborhood of Mission Hill. On November 14, 2025, the proponent filed the first amended and restated development plan. The proposed amendment seeks to add clinic and accessory clinic uses to within the site, specifically only within 66,700
square ft of the existing floor area on the second and third floors of the original project's main building. The planning department hosted one public meeting on January 7, 2026, which was well attended and advertised in the local newspaper. The proponent also worked with local elected officials and
community organizations to garner support for the amended and restated development plan PDA number 52. I'll now turn it over to Andrew to go over the planning context before Joe Hanley from the development team presents. Thank you to the members of the public, elected officials, and city agencies who help
review this proposal. Thank you. >> Thank you, Tyler. My name is Andrew Plum. I'm the planner assigned to this project. The proposed project is located in a community commercial district of the Mission Hill neighborhood zoning district and is subject to the PDA
number 52 zoning overlay located at the intersection of Traymond Street and Huntington Huntington A. The property marks the entryway to the Mission Hill neighborhood from the Longwood Medical Area. The proposed amendment enables clinic uses in space previously
designated for offices in the upper stories of the existing mixeduse building. This is consistent with the surrounding area active commercial uses on the first floor of the building and allows the proponent additional flexibility due to the due to the decline in demand for office uses since
the adoption of the PDA. I will now turn the presentation over to the proponent. Thank you. Good evening. Uh, Madame Chair, members of the board, Secretary Poeus, Director Shen, uh, Attorney Joe Hanley, McDermott, Quilty, Miller, and Hanley
here representing the proponent, uh, which is AEW, Katherine Jerome's a senior vice president and is is here with me. I am going to take you through, uh, the presentation uh, very briefly. Um and just to start um on the next slide
please is uh the agenda for our presentation uh introduce you to our team talk about the public outreach to support this this PDA amendment um and uh some of the dynamics of this site and the PDA regulatory controls and of
course what we are uh proposing to do and some of the elements that we work really closely with uh the neighborhood on as part of this uh proposal. proposal. Next slide, please. So, um I had mentioned AEW. They are the uh
owners of One Brighgam Circle. It's the second iteration of ownership. Uh and u they have been working with Howard Stein Hudson on the transportation aspects of this proposal and Shepley Bullfinch as our uh architects and of course with our
firm in uh zoning and permitting. And I introduce you to Cat and her uh colleague Vesu Shaw as well with AWS put a lot of work into this. Next slide please. Um I frontended this slide uh because it's you this this asset one
Brigham Circle really is a cherished community-based mixeduse development in Mission Hill. It probably the poster child for that in the city of Boston. And so when we thought about this PDA amendment, what we're here for tonight, uh we went first to the community, to
the stewards in the community that were really part of of One Brighgam Circle before AEW and before it was built. And that was the uh Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services as well as the Community Alliance of Mission Hill, uh District City Councelor Durkin, who I
believe was here earlier and provided support for this uh proposal. and um we thank them for a lot of time over the last year that was put in on this and I think you'll see that going forward and also the support that we've gained from both organizations. Um next slide
please. So uh the existing site overview if you go to the slide following this um here is one Brigham Circle right at uh the intersection in the heart of Brigham Circle in Mission Hill. It's the main business district, community commercial
district um at the intersection of Tremont, um Huntington A and Calumet Street, which goes up the hill. And you'll see the the main courtyard that has a lot of activation and of course the building. Um what I think is important here too and you're not seeing
is it's part of a 9.2 2 acre campus um that includes a 5.5 acre uh park named after Kevin Fitzgerald, which is also a a huge and beloved um component for open space and programming and gettogethers
in the neighborhood. And uh one Brigham Circle in partnership with the neighborhood keeps that going and it's it's part of that community-based development, not just the building and not just what's in it, but the people in the neighborhood uh who make it so special. So, uh, next slide, please,
shows you sort of before this PDA amendment and, um, what we're proposing. I guess this would be today, not just before. This is now. Um, this is a fourstory building. Uh, and on the main level, what you're looking at is the
Tremmont Street side. Um there's uh restaurant use JP Licks which is now soon to be uh Flower Bakery uh active retail and then you can see over to the left uh stop and shop. So that is a um
fullsize supermarket that is access off Calumet Street which we call or the folks in the neighborhood call it the front the neighborhood front of this building. And um when One Brighgam Circle was uh conceived in the '9s, a lot of people in this in this community
worked hard uh to to bring um a supermarket to a food desert and to bring activation. It was a blighted site. Uh NHS was a a big part of that and a partner in that development. And so, as they say, we stand on the shoulders of giants. And so, we're
really here to talk about um some future proofing that we've been working on together. So the next slide uh will tell you I guess the after this this won't be done but this is what we're proposing uh to add to the PDA and you'll see it in the salmon color right um and that is
uh right now uh AW has an existing lease with MGB Mass General Bighgam uh for offices professional offices doctor's offices that industry has been decimated um there's an exodus there's not Uh
there certainly isn't an expansion of it. That lease expires in 2028. AW does not know uh whether they will renew. What we do know is if we don't prepare uh for something, we're going to have a vacant significant amount of vacant
space that uh for a really important anchor uh in the neighborhood. And so we asked the folks in the community to work with us on um seeing about changing a use category in the PDA to allow for an
amount of clinic space and that's what you're seeing here. So uh proposing 10,000 square ft on that second level plan left uh and then 38, uh 300 and another 184. So around 67,000
square ft. Not in total. There's still office space, but uh we think that provides for some flexibility. We don't have a user yet. That's why we're in article 8. Uh this case is merely to amend the existing PDA its table of uses
to allow 67,000 square ft of clinic an accessory clinic in the space in Salmon so that it's an option for us to continue to work through the market and we don't have vacant space in the future. We do know 2028 may sound a little far off. it's only a couple years
and we do know that in uh the institutional and hospital world that uh two years is exactly how far out they plan for these things. So there is some urgency and and and that's why we're here and that's why we're so grateful for the people in the neighborhood and the groups that have have come together
and helped us uh bring this to fruition. Next slide please. So, uh, the PDA regulatory controls on the next slide, uh, will show you plan development number 52. Um, this was approved by the the BP, uh, the BRA in 2001. One
Brighgam Circle was delivered in 2003. There's been no amendment since hence where the the first amendment and as I said exhibit C to the current PDA is the table of uses uh which does not include clinic and we're looking to add that uh
just in that specific manner uh for a potential future uh use uh 348 total parking spaces that exist today and won't change. It's in a mix of surface parking which is off Calumet Street. Uh
again that access accesses the um stop and shop and some of the other uses and integrates into the neighborhood with the Kevin Fitz park uh next to it and there will be no changes uh to that or other parts. Next slide. So, I'm going
to go real quickly through this because this is a little bit conceptual. Um, but it's also something that we worked out with the community, right? Uh, there was concern or or or input and and strong guidance in the neighborhood about, okay, if we if someone does want to take
advantage of this use and if over 50,000, they have to come back for article 80b with you. uh but we want to make sure that the main concerns are thought about upfront and big components of this is how mobility works. We do
know if we add clinic it probably has a little more traffic than offices, right? Certainly vacant offices. Um, and how can we improve on that? So, we tked Howard Stein Hudson uh to look at uh really directing the the neighborhood
asked us to really direct a lot of the both foot vehicular and mobility traffic towards Tremont Street and away from the neighborhood. And so you'll see here uh concepts for ride share uh drop off and the like. Um next slide kind of brings
us a little more into some of the other issues that we addressed. Uh the existing parking uh that I to that I spoke to you about as surface parking and then two levels of underground garage parking access both on Tremont Street today and on Calat. And so it was
important for the community that uh we come up with a plan so that we could direct folks who are driving coming to the clinic would come in through Tremmont Street and out Calumet Street towards Brighgam Circle. And if you know the neighborhood, what that means is it
brings keeps the cars from going up Calumet Street and into the residential aspect of the neighborhood, which is really important. So you're seeing some of these uh provisions and concepts as to how we uh work this out together. Um and you can see in this slide in the in
the gray hash the areas on the second level and and above uh that would would have direct access from the parking garage. We'll have a layer a tray of parking that's dedicated just for clinic so that folks aren't going in the in the
building and getting lost and they know where to go. So we spent a lot of time on that together. Next slide shows you how that works on the upper levels. Um so again not everyone is going to be coming by vehicle but but but there will be right and we have accommodation and
it was also important that we don't rely on the surface lot on Calumet because that's important for uh the neighborhood and for the active uses up there like Walgreens and the stop and shop. And so this all kind of comes together and I will say that we were able to get to an
agreement with NHS and and and conditions in real detail with the community and you'll probably see that in the support letters and um should we have uh hear from them tonight as well. Um, next slide uh just shows you how this uh comes
together uh in in in the floor plates. And again, as I talked about wayfinding within the building, right? So, we know that if we're u fortunate enough to have a tenant that wants to utilize all of this clinic space, we'll be back uh to
discuss this. But this idea was to make sure we had the sense of the neighborhood concerns integrated into that framework as we hopefully proceed uh to amend the PDA in its table of use to just allow that clinic in that limited amount of space. Next slide,
please. So that brings us uh to fruition. I know you saw this big piece. Obviously uh the jobs are are created today. We aren't building yet, right? This is this is to to change that used as an opportunity and to prevent against
the vacancy. Obviously, I talked about the second piece. The community is a huge driver here. I can't I can't state enough how important uh for those of us who remember what Brigham Circle was in the '9s and what it has become through One Brighgam and and all the
neighborhood leadership. It's it's really a a fantastic um ecosystem and an opportunity for our client to be a part of. and of course sustainability and other elements that uh AI AW is very committed to. We look forward to
continuing that discussion as we hopefully have the opportunity to fill the building. So, thank you. >> Um does that complete the competition? >> All right. This is a public hearing and we are now taking public testimony. So, if you'd like to testify in person,
please step up to the podium and announce your name, affiliation, your position on the proposed project when you are called to speak. And if you are on Zoom and would like to testify, please raise your virtual hand. >> Good evening, Madame Chair, members of the board, Director Shang Miner Perez. I
am the executive director for the carpenter labor management. I'm here on behalf of thousands of union carpenters that live and work throughout the city of Boston um to speak in favor of this project. This project, if I remember correctly, was originally built by Demio
Construction, one of the best general contractors there is. Many carpenters participated in this uh building this project. So therefore, we look forward to being back there again. Thank you. >> Good evening, Madam Chair, members of the board. My name is Daniel Daly. I'm a
lifelong Boston resident and I represent uh the men and women of the Local 103 Electricians Union. Uh people travel from all over the world for worldclass healthc care right in Brigham Circle and the whole medical area and uh doing God's work truly there. So uh I stand in
support of this project and and the jobs that it will bring for members of local 103. So thank you. >> Thank you. >> Good evening madam chair, members of the board. Tom Ward, a member uh of local 7 of the Iron Workers, lifelong Boston
resident. I know the area well. I'd like to thank um the proponents for doing the work, the hard work. Um and I rise in favor. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> I'm going to take online
Pat Flity, you can unmute yourself. Pat, you need to unmute yourself. >> Whoops. Thank you. Um, thank you to the board. My name is Pat Flity and I am a resident of Caliamat Street and I am also the executive director of Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services.
Mission Hill NHS is in strong support of the proposed first amendment to the PDA number 52 at One Bergam Circle to add clinical use as an allowed use up to 66,700 square ft on the second and third floors but not on the ground floor and
excluding narcotic drug or alcohol treatment center at this location. I wanted to say that the staff and board of mission hill with housing services has met several times with the proponent um about this muchneeded modification. We have attended and participated in
several communitywide meetings and we have executed anou with the proponent as Joe indicated um to ensure that the concerns raised about the proposed amendment have been heard and the impacts will continue to be mitigated. Mission Hill NHS is a community-based
nonprofit development corporation and we ran the original multi-year participatory planning process that resulted in Mission Hills community the community's vision for one Burnham Circle and the adjacent Kevin W. Fitzgerald Park. We were actively involved in the purchase of the site from Hav University um Harvard Medical
School. We ultimately put together the development and equity partnership that included um Mission Hill on the original development and ownership team. And although One Brigham Circle was sold 15 years ago, Mission Hill NHS continues to have our office spaces here at this
location. We continue to be co-owners of um Fitzgerald Park and we continue to work really closely with AEW um who we consider the new owners of One Burnham Circle and they've been here for 15 years. Um Mission Hill NHS still sees ourselves as keepers of the community
vision. We're especially concerned that the retail component stays vibrant, our grocery store stays open, our pharmacy, our neighborhood serving retail, and we believe the proposed amendment to the PDA is critical to the long-term um viability of not only one Bergam Circle, but the entire um commercial center in
Brigham Circle. From the very early planning process, it was clear that a mixeduse including office space was necessary to serve as an economic engine for retail to be located at one Brigham Circle and to provide positive economic fallout for the surrounding commercial area on Huntington and Tremont Street.
And for years that's what happened when Bigham and Women's non-patient serving office space was here. There was a hustle and bustle of pedestrian activity to the areas area as workers, doctors, visitors crossed Brigham Circle, came here to shop, ate in our restaurants,
utilized our retail. And all of this changed in the post-pandemic world when office space emptied out. Um, that's true of the city of Boston and it's true at one Bham Circle. From our vantage point in our own offices here, we have seen the impact of empty and
underutilized office space above us, fewer pedestrians, different and less diverse shoppers, fewer people crossing back and forth. >> Pat, I'm sorry to interrupt you, but you've gone way past your two two-minute time. >> I'm I'm I apologize. I was going to get a warning and I didn't see it. Um, just
want to say that as the original developers and the keepers of the community vision, we know that this change in use is critical to the vitality of our retail center in Mission Hill and we urge you to support. >> Thank you. Chitan Green, you can unmute
yourself. >> Hello. Can you hear me? >> Yes, we can. >> Awesome. Um, good evening everyone. My name is Shiton Green. I'm a lifelong Boston resident, also a business agent with the Boston Building Trade Unions. Uh we represent thousands, tens of thousands of members who live and work
uh right here in this area. I myself, I went to the elementary school up the street, the Farragate um elementary school. Um and as a um union member, I also worked in a lot of the hospitals uh whether building or servicing right in
the area. Um we support this development. Um, as was mentioned earlier, this was built, uh, all union over 20 years ago. Um, and I can only imagine, um, you know, the workers that worked on that project, you know, working for a responsible contractor,
what those benefits were, able to buy a, you know, buy a house in the area, support their families, and it's good to see that, um, you know, developers, um, are holding that same responsibility to this day. Um, so as the building trades, we support, um, this project. We believe
it supports economic development for for not only um you know for residents but also people resident workers in the community and uh yeah for that we support we highly support this project. Uh thank you so much. >> Thank you Shitan.
>> Martin Bindborn you can unmute yourself. >> Thank you for the opportunity to speak. My name is Martin Bindborn. I'm the president of the community alliance of Mission Hill, the local civic association of Mission Hill residents. Our group has met twice with the
applicants for one Brickham circle to discuss a proposal to add new healthcare clinical space in the existing building as presented. Like we came up with a number of stipulations that have been mentioned before including precluded uses for
addiction treatment, security measures, parking and traffic and uh the garage management. And in the end we voted in strong support of the proposal with no opposing vote. Thank you for your consideration.
>> Thank you. Is there anybody else who would like to testify this project either on Zoom or here in the boardroom? Madam chair, this concludes the public hearing. >> Okay. Thank you. We'll now move on to uh board. Um members, uh do you have any any questions or comments
>> through the chair? Uh for me, uh one Brigham is like the gateway to Mission Hill. Um my second job as a young apprentice was actually constructing this with Deio. >> So it definitely means a lot to me. but
how quick times changes because if I'm not mistaken, maybe six years ago, they renovated the office spaces on the second and third floor as well. But I'm glad to see that, you know, the proponents are going to try to put this to use and get this out on the market
and keep this vibrant area going. It cannot be empty spaces at one Brigham. So, I appreciate your efforts. >> Thank you. the uh current businesses will continue to function while uh this is uh in
process. >> Yes, that's correct. >> All the retail Yeah. >> Can you move up to the microphone, please? >> Yes, that's correct. All of the existing retail spaces will continue operating as is. >> This discussion is more just for the existing office space on floors 2,
three, and four. >> So, stop and shop will not be disturbed. >> Correct. I shop there >> and hopefully we'll have more customers. >> Yeah, I would just echo I think many of us have have an affinity for for one
Brigham Circle and I didn't realize that uh Flower was coming into JP Lick. So that's good news for the neighborhood and bad news for my diet. Um but nevertheless, this is great and thank you Joe and your team to always engage with the community. that's a very very special part of our city uh between Mission Maine and Mission Park and just
some wonderful neighbors who literally live across the street or next to it. Um to be able to uh have access to what I'm sure will be highquality healthcare and a health clinic is just wonderful. So I know that engagement will continue as as things get built out. Um there isn't a
tenant yet, you said, but obviously conversations are happening. I would venture a guess there may be some partnership with one of the area hospitals. So, I would just say in some capacity, I'm not looking to put you on the spot, but um with some of the garage parking they have, perhaps there could be a good opportunity for uh staff to
have some dedicated spots or something because obviously there will be a lot more parking than just with office space. So, >> yeah, hope that happens. >> Great. Any additional questions or comments? All right. Hearing and seeing none, a motion is in order. >> So moved. Second. >> All those in favor?
>> I >> opposed. The eyes have it. Motion passes. Thank you very much. Congratulations. >> Okay, next item. Um, >> Madam Chair, I will have to recuse myself. >> Okay, that's great. Fine.
>> Okay. This is a public hearing before the Boston Redevelopment Authority doing business as a Boston Planning and Development Agency being held in conformance with articles 88-2 and 80D-5 of the Boston Zoning Code to issue an adequacy determination pursuant to article 80D of the Boston Zoning Code
approving the first amendment to the Wentworth Institute of Technology 2024 through 2023 institutional master plan. uh and to petition the Boston Zoning Commission for the approval of the proposed first amendment and the associated map amendment and issue a preliminary adequacy determination
waving the requirements of further reviewing connection with the draft impact report for the Pike Residence Hall project filed by Wentworth Institute of Technology on November 1st, 2025 and take all related actions. This hearing was duly advertised on January
27th, 2026. This is a BPDA hearing on a proposed petition by the agency. Staff members will first present their case and are subject to questioning by members of the agency. Thereafter, anyone who wishes to testify about the proposed project will be afforded an opportunity and we are taking support and opposition at the
same time. If you're planning to testify via Zoom, please take time now to verify that your computer microphone is active and click on the hand icon on your Zoom control panel. This will signify to the staff that you would like to speak. When your virtual hand is raised, it will be blue.
If you're calling into the meeting and would like to testify, please dial star9 to raise your hand. When I call for all testimony, staff will announce your name and allow you to talk. You must unmute your microphone and your webcam will not be active. If you're planning to testify in person in the boardroom, please line up behind the podium after the
presentation is concluded and we will call on you. In an effort to accommodate all who would like to speak about this proposal, each person will be given up to two minutes to comment. BPDA staff will indicate when 30 seconds remain and at that time please kindly conclude your remarks so that the hearing may continue and others may be heard.
Finally, the proponents are allowed a period of 5 to 10 minutes for a rebuttal if they desire. The open public meeting law requires that we ask if there is anyone in the audience who is recording this meeting. If you are recording this meeting, please identify yourself now. Okay, seeing none. Uh and also please
note that no demonstrations of approval or disapproval from members of the public are permitted to during the meeting. So Nick, you can now begin a presentation. >> Uh thank you and good evening madam chair, members of the board, Secretary of Pearlis. I'm here before you to present the first amendment to Wetworth
Institute of Technologies 2024 to 2034 institutional master plan and the project sorry and the first project within the IMP the Pike Residence Hall. The first amendment to Wentworth's IMP represents a significant enhancement to the vision approved last year. The
amendment proposes strategic changes to three of the proposed institutional projects outlined in the 2024 IMP, namely the Pike Residence Hall, the West Quad Academic Building, now the West Quad Residence Hall, and the Huntington Dorm, now the Huntington Academic
Building. These adjustments will add approximately 1,822 net new student housing beds to Wentworth's permanent onampus housing inventory, an increase of approximately 500 beds compared to the original 2024
IMP. This significant expansion will enable Wentworth to house approximately 75 to 85% of its students on campus at the end of the 10-year imp cycle, up from approximately 55% today. This IMP will also allow Wentworth to provide
significantly more beds on campus sooner than anticipated in the original IMP, giving Wentworth the ability to house students on campus while building new housing or renovating existing housing. Uh improving public realm, creating a residential cluster in the center of
campus and the opportunity to build a signature academic building on Huntington Avenue. The Pike Residence Hall before you for approval tonight represents the first project to move forward under this IMP. Replacing a surface parking lot and eliminating approximately 181 parking
spaces, the new dorm will provide 972 student beds, unlocking additional development potential for Wentworth and eventually housing the entire firstear class. The dorm will also provide new ground floor amenities including dining facilities, student life facilities,
student uh and a new signature courtyard that will be programmed to showcase student work on campus. The proposed project includes significant upgrades to existing public realm as well as new pedestrian connectivity. The People's Pike, an important east west pedestrian
connection uh that connects Wentworth campus to Mass Art, Huntington A, and Parker Street will be improved with the project, making it more active, accessible, and welcoming throughout all four seasons. The Pike residence hall will also create a new north south pedestrian corridor, a 20 to 36 foot
wide pedestrian pathway connecting Ruggle Street to the Pike, greatly enhancing connectivity for both Wentworth community and the broader neighborhood. Wentworth will also be providing significant upgra uh significant dollars towards the upgrade and design of Rugle Street, which will
include a new bus shelter and improved connection improved pedestrian experience on Ruggle Street. Uh, this work will total approximately a million dollars. The first amendment to Wentworth's institutional master plan and Pike Residence Hall represents a bold vision
for the future, one that prioritizes student success, environmental sustainability, and neighborhood connectivity by housing more students on campus, and reducing pressure on Boston's rental housing market, eliminating parking, and investing in public transit, and creating new open spaces and pedestrian connections.
Before I turn to Alana HS from planning and the Wentworth team, I want to mention that this project also represents a success for the new review project process. Utilizing our new tools, the review staff were able to deliver timely feedback reviewing the project in just six months, allowing
Wentworth to begin construction this year. Thank you. And Alana will now take you through the planning context. >> Thanks, Nick. Uh, good evening, Chair Roass, uh, Director Shen, Secretary Pimis, members of the board. My name is Elana Hayes, and I'm the planner assigned to this project. Um, as Nick
mentioned, this IMP makes changes to three of the six approved uh, PIPs and seeks article ADB approval for one of the amended projects. Um, we'll stay on this slide. Uh, the proposed IMP amendment continues to align with
existing city-wide planning initiatives. Other changes to the IMP through the amendment include the continued development of an open space framework, a strong civic identity, and an inclusive campus. The Wentworth campus forms an important connection between the Emerald Necklace Park System and the
Southwest Corridor. The proposed front lawn from the approved IMP and the redesign of the Pike in this amendment work towards the goal of connecting the Emerald Necklace to other systems as outlined in the city's 2023 to 2029 open space and recreation plan. Changes to
the Pike Residence Hall uh also better support the Avenue of the Arts design guidelines for Huntington Avenue through setbacks from the public realm. Changes to the PIPs, including the iterations on the Pike residence hall, resulted in an increase in sunlight hours to the open
spaces on campus and less than two hours maximum shadow per day on the opposite sidewalk. Key goals of those design guidelines. Uh the IMP continues to align with other citywide plans such as housing a changing city Boston 2030 through the amendment which nets by
netting an additional approximately 500 student beds as Nick also mentioned compared to the approved IMP. Uh tying into the goal of creating 16,000 new undergraduate dorm beds for Boston colleges and universities by 2030. Projects completed under this IMP,
including the Pike Residence Hall, will continue to undergo postboard design review at the planning department, during which process staff will continue to address wind mitigation, programming, and planting of open space for year-round use, and transportation elements. Thank you, and I will turn it over to the development team to present
in more detail. >> Good evening. Thank you, uh, Madame Chair, members of the board. Um, we're so happy to be here. I want to start uh my name is Matt Ruber. I am the SVP for finance and administration at Wentworth. Uh I just want to start by thanking um our community partners, particularly our
Wentworth task force uh for their input um and continued partnership uh as we work to improve both Wentworth and our and the community that we are proud to be a part of. Uh I want to sp send a special thank you to the city planning staff um and other members of um city
staff given the time frame that we were under and the effort that we made to work together. It was a real collaborative approach and I think as Nick mentioned u a demonstration of what article 80 modernization and real partnership amongst institutions and the city can provide. We're super excited to
provide um some additional information about our institutional master plan amendment as well as the uh the new dorm project. Um the new project will unlock uh and the new IMP will unlock enormous opportunities for Wentworth including the addition of 972 beds uh in roughly
two years. Um which will allow us to house our first year class. Our our students um retain and persist better when they live on campus. we can create additional amenities for us and for the community including the changes to open realm uh public realm and open space. Um
and so I would just like to say thank you to everyone and I will turn it over to Matt Pierce who is our design lead for the project. >> Great. >> Thank you Matt. >> Good evening members of the board. I wanted to first start echoing um some of Matt's comments. I think we had a really fruitful collaboration both with
planning staff and with the civic design commission uh which both together I think brought really diverse perspectives to bear on the project and uh their different expertise uh to get us to a result that I think allows this project both these projects to reach their greatest potential as
contributions to the urban fabric of the city. So um the we'll first start off with the IMP amendment and then move on to the large project review. Um the area indicated in the blue outline on the plan on the screen is the uh limitation of the amendment to the master plan
which affects uh as Nick explained about three buildings within the larger campus master plan. Next slide. On the left hand side is the uh plan for from 2024. Right hand side the proposed IMP amendment. Uh and as Nick described
on the uh left-hand side on the 2024 plan slide, that building on Huntington Avenue at that time was seen as a uh residential building. Uh and the academic building was to the right on the quad and the Pike Residence Hall to the south. And the maj one of the major
changes uh with the IMP amendment is the switch to uh an academic use on Huntington Avenue which provides Wentworth uh a great presence on the Avenue of the Arts and think is very appropriate to the way that the other important institutions both educational and in the arts uh also engage with the
avenue. Um that also triggered a change to the landscape design and looking back at the all the uh uh recorded meetings from the uh process reviewing the 2024 IMP there were some parts of the landscape design that still merited further improvements. So we feel like
we're in reconfiguring these two buildings and also the larger footprint of the new Pike residence hall were able to also address some of those um uh some of those reservations about the landscape design and really improve that through this process as well. Next slide. In the 2024 master plan, there was a
landscape framework that was established that um established four different types of outdoor spaces that were part of a a pallet of landscape within the Wentworth campus and that framework still holds true in the amendment to the IP. The parts that are affected by the amendment
are shown in blue on the left where it says recharge. And that was a place where there was at in the 2024 one larger open space is sort of connected to the pike but then wrapped around the north side of the pike residence hall and that has been broken into two um uh spaces for recharge and for relaxation
that are now both connected to the pedestrian pike and get great solar access as well. Next slide. Uh this is a section uh cutting through that pike looking to the north and it really shows how uh we've organized and with a lot of work together with the
planning staff uh and the BCDC the organization of this ensemble of buildings on the skyline and also the uh kind of cadence of alternating open space building open space building in a way that's going to create a really uh really exciting pedestrian experience along this important pedestrian
connector and as I mentioned on either side of the Pike residence hall taking what was once uh an open space that wrapped around to the north side of the building was largely in shade. Turning that into two spaces that connect directly to the pedestrian pike, bring activity to the pike and also get get
great solar access as well. Next, uh this is a ground floor plan of the amendment to the IP. In purple are shown spaces on the ground floor that are academic uses. The orange spaces are student commons or student lounge spaces, social spaces on the ground floor that will really activate the
landscape. and the salmon colored space is the dining on the ground floor which will be open to the broader uh academic community. And I think um two really uh important aspects on this uh macro scale plan to point out was again the work on really activating the pike figuring out
how the best to interface between those new open spaces in the pike and also between the building and the pike to create a nice zone to u to transition from the space of sort of the thoroughfare the movement the walking portion of the pike to creating these transition zones for people to hang out activate the entrance to the building.
uh and also the improvement to the north south connection between Ruggle Street and the Pike um which is much more clear now than I think what was uh shown in the 2024 IMP and really successfully uh orchestrates the um interaction between pedestrians in a real pedestrian first
environment and u manages the interactions with vehicles greatly reduces the number of cars that are on the surface of the site and also that were entering the site. The 2024 IMP had an underground garage with a capacity of I believe 180 cars. Now there are 17 surface parking spaces. So where we're
bringing pedestrians through the site, there's a great reduction in the amount of vehicular traffic and then a lot of coordination in minimizing the amount of loading area and really sequestering that off uh so that it doesn't interfere with the uh enjoyment of the open space to the south and also to the pedestrian movements between Rugles and the Pike.
Next, uh, if we zoom in, uh, you can see the ground floor, the the pink areas inside of the building are those student spaces with the dining on the lefthand side, the student commons on the right hand side. And we worked really closely again with staff and the BCDC to uh, create a
strong relationship between those interior uses and those interior activities and the uh, outdoor spaces, the landscape spaces that they are the backdrop for. So there's a courtyard on the lefthand side between the Pike Residence Hall and the Mass Art Treehouse. There will be a very flexible
uh open space. It has a a pvious permeable uh stone surface that is very flexible for furniture layout for that uh supporting outdoor dining in conjunction with the uh the dining hall. Also is a place that people are passing through as well uh from Huntington Avenue through to the Pike. Uh then on
the right hand side a complimentary courtyard with a lawn adjacent to the Pike. And both of those spaces were really studied carefully in terms of the environmental conditions and the shadows that will be cast by the buildings to position the tree canopies to the north end of those spaces where there will be more shadow from the buildings and then pulling back the tree canopy at the
southside where you get more solar access and again really creating a a zone of interaction along uh between the pike and and the pike residence hall and those courtyards. Next. Next slide. There we go. Uh, and this is the same
plan in uh, phase one uh, at the time of the completion of the Pike residence hall before the Huntington uh, Huntington uh, academic building comes online and the quad residence hall. So same courtyard to the left that is the um part of phase one and that north south connection importantly too uh will
be part of that first phase and is basically designed to uh create a great pedestrian connection both in this first phase with those existing buildings to the right and in the future phases when there's an open space a courtyard to the right and also the uh quad residence hall. Next,
uh looking at the massing of the buildings, uh this was something that also we looked at quite carefully and uh discovered the relationship is pretty consistent throughout um throughout the length of Huntington Avenue where that diagonal cuts through uh against the grid of the neighborhoods. And uh
generally what happens is the buildings that are uh set back from Huntington Avenue fall into that city grid to the neighborhood grid which is what we have uh done with these buildings which all essentially uh are long uh linear buildings that are parallel with the Mass Art treehouse and you get the sort of alternating building and open space
but also they kind of slide back and forth north and south relative to one another uh to create a really lively skyline. We worked uh quite a bit also with planning staff on the heights of the Pike Residence Hall which has two wings to sort of break down the scale of the building and accentuating the different uh heights between those to
create some hierarchy on the skyline. And finally, the Huntington Avenue um academic building, the upper tower will align with the neighborhood grid and the Mass Art treehouse, while the base uh the lower uh 80 ft of the building will align with Huntington Avenue and reinforce uh the street edge in a way
that's consistent with the Avenue of the Arts guidelines. Next, uh, two views looking um, both east and west on Huntington Avenue. And you can see where the Pike Residence Hall becomes parallel with the face of the Mass Arc Treehouse. And on the right
hand side, uh, looking looking south, um, the the variation in height of that Pike Residence Hall that creates a little negative space on the skyline and some hierarchy between the future academic building and the residence hall. next and views from the south uh looking to
the north from Ward Street. The view on the right hand side I think really illustrates well that that relationship between the parallel towers with Massart uh treehouse on the lefth hand side, the academic building in the center and then the two layered uh Pike residence hall to the right next.
So that concludes the uh amendment to the IMP and now we'll move on to the uh large project review for the Pike Residence Hall. Excuse me. and a few highlights. Uh I think some uh others have mentioned a few of these. Uh 972 student beds in this building which is
up from 400 in the original IMP. And that really the goal the reason for that was a goal of housing the entire first year class in one uh kind of foundational experience. So they all get the same experience that relationship building that will help them uh make connections that uh help with their student success without their academic
throughout their academic career at Wentworth. Um that Pike residence hall includes a campus dining on the ground floor open to the larger academic community, an admission center, student lounges on all floors, including the ground floor, all floors of the building in the top floor, uh ground floor
bicycle room, uh a st substantial reduction in the number of parking spaces, uh reduction of 181 spaces on site. And along with that, a reduction in imperous surface between the new building obviously being pvious, but the courtyard space being uh a pvious surface. And finally, uh the
improvements to the inc um uh pedestrian connections both along the pike and between Rugles and the Pike. Next, uh we have a few u ground level views walking around the public realm around the building. And this is a a view from that courtyard on the hand side between the treehouse would be off the screen to
your left. Uh and in the foreground here or the building in the foreground, that's the two-story dining pavilion. Uh it's very transparent. The entry is off of this courtyard to really activate bring people through the courtyard and activate that space. Um uh and there's a sort of a worn base to the building in
the curtain wall mullions that weaves its way up through the pre-cast concrete facade as you move up through the building. Then this is where we also have that um pvious stone surface that's very flexible and allows for flexibility in arrangement of seating and also uh I think as Matt mentioned or Nick
mentioned earlier uh a place for displaying student uh student work within the courtyard. Next, as we move around to the Pike, the dining is on the lefthand side. The uh student ground floor comments is on the right hand side. And this is where we really spend a lot of time trying to
calibrate the right relationship between the uh frontage of the building on the Pike and the kind of thoroughare of where people are walking on the pike, which is such an active space uh and created this interstitial zone. So, it's really the front porch of the residence hall where people can stop and engage,
see see their friends, uh coming by, and that can become a really active edge. uh along this pike next and looking back towards Huntington Avenue uh again with that interstitial zone between the kind of walking zone on the lefthand side, the planted and bench
seating zone in the center and then that two-story student commons to the right. Next, if we swing around to this is the future uh east open space, the east courtyard. This is where the twotory uh pavilion for the student commons on the ground floor is very transparent. Looks out
onto that space. has the second floor admission space that also looks out. So it' be a great reciprocal relationship between the interior activity of the space and the future courtyard and lawn. Next then uh in this view looking north towards Ruggle Street. This is that uh
pedestrian connection that we think is very clear and and really pedestrian focused and prioritizes the pedestrian experience. Uh minimum 20 feet wide. On the lefth hand side you see the activation of the uh student commons uh through the glass. Next,
uh the overall plan uh similar to what was in the or same as what was in the IMP again accentuating in in this first phase where those existing buildings remain. We do still have that north south connection in the first phase between Rebels and the Pike. Next,
and zooming in on the relationship between those interior spaces and the landscape in the first phase before the future uh uh West Quad residential building next. And then the materiality that um of the campus that informed the design of the
uh residence hall, some of the uh more neutral tones of the more modern buildings combined with the warmth of some of the historic buildings on the campus. Next, that weave together to create this combination of a very textural and finely crafted facade that we think is representative of the unique culture of
Wentworth in making and construction uh and an emblematic uh identity for them on the skyline. Next, uh, a view looking uh, west on Huntington Avenue. Sweeney Field is to your left. Massard is in the center. Next,
and finally, looking back towards Huntington Avenue from the Pike. Next, so in summary, a few of the major benefits of both the IMP amendment and the and the uh, Pike residence hall. Again, the creation of nearly one uh nearly 10,000 student beds, which will
free up capacity uh, residential capacity within the neighborhood. um the contribution to student su excuse me the contribution to student success with this holistic first year experience for all the students. Uh the shift in location of the academic building to
Huntington Avenue creating that great uh um uh academic presence on the Avenue of the Arts and uh the improvement to those south facing open spaces connecting to the Pike and activating it. And finally, the uh improvement of the connectivity of the public realm both within the
campus and as it reaches out to the colleges of the Fenway and beyond. And that concludes our presentation. Great. >> Thank you. >> Um as this is a public hearing, we're now going to take this is a public hearing, we are now going to take public testimony. So if
you'd like to testify in person, please step up to the podium and announce your name, affiliation, and your position on the proposed project. Um and if you are on Zoom and would like to testify, please uh raise your virtual hand now. So, >> thank you madam chair, members of the
board, uh director shame minor Perez, executive director for the carpenters labor management program. Once again, uh thank you for all the hard work you do in helping moving the uh development in the city forward. Um, it is with great pleasure I'm really representing
thousands of my members and dozens of general contractors and subcontractors that built the city of Boston uh to support this great institution. Our members have joined work opportunities at Wworth and thank you
for hiring responsible employers all the time. But also we participate in continuing education programs where many of our members have obtained their bachelors. Several of them their masters and uh way worth has joined to be a true
partnership of the community. Um because of that we are here with pleasure to support this uh project and I will take a minute to say thanks to the um office of mayor Woo for allowing the uh community to be part of the process.
Thank you. Good evening, Madam Chair, members of the board. My name is Daniel Dailyaly, lifelong Boston resident. Um, I just want to say, um, the the young minds that are getting nourished at Wentworth Institute, a wonderful place, will go on to, uh, shape and design and build the
city of Boston's future. So, um to uh reflect what minor said, uh my local union 103 has a partnership with Wentworth Institute uh that gives um young electricians and old electricians pathways to get um electrical
engineering degrees uh at a very affordable price. They've been a great partner with the city of Boston for my whole lifetime. So, I strongly support this project and um and appreciate this process. Thank you. Madam Chair, members of the board, Tom
Ward, uh, lifelong Boston resident. Um, I obtained a welding degree a long time ago at Wentworth. They've always built everything good down there. Good means union and, um, good union jobs, support a family, pay a mortgage, pay your
taxes. Um, I'd like to thank the group and, uh, I rise in favor. Thank you. Tommy, you can unmute yourself. >> Thank you. Uh, members of the board, Madame Chair and Secretary Pyus. Uh, my
name is Tom Yardley. Uh, I'm vice president of area planning and development for Longwood Collective. We're a nonprofit representing 22 members uh, in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, including the proponent. Um, thanks for the presentation. We're
here to express our strong support for uh the project under the institutional master plan amendment. Um this includes the Pike Residence Hall which as has been explained will allow firstear class to be accommodated on campus and relieve
pressure on neighborhood housing by reducing student housing demand off campus. Um we note that under the amended IMP these changes are relatively minor. Uh the proposed plan is very transformational to the to the campus and uh I think it will be a great
addition to the neighborhood. Um the replacement of the previously proposed student residence hall with the Huntington academic building will create a presence on Huntington Avenue and help enlighten the street level. Uh I think that's a very good move. Um the elimination of the underground parking
will reduce conflicts with this heavily pedestrianized area uh especially on Ruggle Street which is a heavily traveled gateway into Longwood. Uh and restricting vehicles to right turn only helps mitigate uh some of the congestion challenges that that can happen in the
neighborhood. Um we urge the board to approve the project as currently proposed. Uh since the earlier draft of the IMP was filed um some time ago, the development climate has become very challenging. Despite these difficulties, um we congrat congratulate city planning
staff and Wentworth and its team to finding a path forward uh that meets the IMP goals and mitigates impacts to local housing. Uh Wentworth is a long trusted partner and neighbor to Mission Hill residents uh providing scholarships uh
merit-based aid and and running the Boston Pipeline Careers Initiative amongst many other uh great neighborhood sort of contributions. Um so thank you for the opportunity to comment and uh we're excited to see this project move forward.
>> Thank you Pat. You can unmute yourself. >> Thank you. My name is Pat Flareity and I'm a resident of Mission Hill and I'm the executive director of Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services. I have represented Mission Hill NHS on the Wentworth Task Force for many years now and we would like to go on record in
strong support of the IMP amendment and the pipe dorm project. The IMP amendment really um demonstrates the commitment of Wentworth um to the city of Boston and the Mission Hill community um of its
commitment to onampus housing and moving students out of our residential family housing. We commend Wentworth for modifying the IMP to put forth as its first project such a large onampus student housing development, replacing a
400 bed dorm with a 972 bed dorm core to its campus. This is very important to the Mission Hill community and hopefully at some point we will be taking back housing for families again on Mission Hill. We truly appreciate Wentworth's
partnership with the Mission Hill neighborhood and its willingness to take time to listen to its abutters to understand its neighbor neighbors concerns and needs and to go back to the drawing board when necessary. It's a true iterative process with the community and Mission Hill NHS would
like to urge you to support the Wentworth institutional master plan amendment and the 96 uh 972 bed pipe dorm project. Thank you for your consideration. >> Thank you, Pat. Shitan Green, you can unmute yourself.
>> Hey, good evening. Thank you, members of the board, Madame Chair. Um, appreciate the facilitation of these um, highly important meetings and for community voice and worker voices to just be heard. Um, I'm a lifelong Boston resident, agent with the building
trades, and we represent tens of thousands of of members and their families who live and work um, right here in the area. I think it's important that when we talk about uh economic development that we mention apprenticeships, right? Um apprenticeships ensure that you know um
especially union apprentichips ensure that workers have a voice on the job but also have access to um training. Um they also have access to um health care and retirement benefits, right? And as a young worker, sometimes you may not know
these opportunities exist to you, but um with responsible um partners and contractors um such as Wentworth, um the community can benefit hugely um hugely to the development that's going on. um
as well as you know not everyone is going to be a college student although there are still opportunities for workers to still um have pathways into into colleges like Wentworth but um we just need good opportunities good
opportunities that give you the confidence to think about um you know buying a house raising a family things of that nature so um we we are in full support of this um project the IMP amendment as well as a large project review and uh we just look forward to
the continued um great work that's going to happen um through through this partnership. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. Sitan, >> is there anybody either on Zoom or in the boardroom who would like to testify about this project?
>> Madam Chair, this concludes the public hearing. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh we'll now move on to uh board members. Uh any questions or comments from the board? >> Uh through the chair. I'll be brief. Um, quick question for the height. How how tall is the building? Stories or feet,
whatever. >> Remember, if you call, what's the exact height in the end? >> Or how many stories? >> 202t. >> 202. Okay. 18 19 stories. Well, 18. Uh, it's that's good. Um, I think the Pike
building, it's a beautiful building. Um, and you know, I've definitely heard from you and I've heard from people speaking that uh the Mission Hill Fenway area, it's great to see some relief, you know, on so families have an opportunity to stay or come back to the Mission Hill
area. Um, I love what all the colleges are doing in the area, getting the students into dorms. So, um, I appreciate, um, your thoughtfulness in the construction as well. Uh, responsible contractors is always my plight. So, thank you very much. That's
all I have. >> Okay. Additional questions or comments? >> Madam Chair, just briefly, um, first of all, congratulations, uh, to Wentworth on what seems like a really thoughtful process. Um, it's great to see when the
proponent goals and the community's goals and the city's goals all all are the same. And um so just appreciation appreciation for all of the extra dorm beds. That's a
significant uh addition to the inventory not only at Wentworth but throughout the city. Um and I just you know my experience is Wentworth does a really nice job with the community and so they they should be
commended for that. Thank you. >> Thank you. Additional questions or comments? Um I too don't want to be repetitive but just echo um the uh the gratitude for prioritizing um the housing first and
that connector first um as being um you know your priorities and this this IMP we really uh really appreciate that and um yes when when all of our goals are aligned it's uh you know it's it's really great and again appreciate your partnership with organizations like our
union groups and and other um initiatives. that you have with the with residents of Boston. Um, uh, just, you know, really appreciate that. So, >> through the chair, one, I have to say, too, I grew up in the area and I still when I'm mostly coming back to Mission
Hill, it's usually something that Wentworth is holding. Um, last time I was there, not that long ago, was a youth build graduation. >> Oh, yeah. >> And, uh, you guys do a ton of things for the neighborhood as everyone said. So, I just want to make sure I said that and I'll please continue doing what you guys
are doing. >> Okay. >> All right. If there are no other questions or comments, I believe a motion is in order. >> So moved. Second. >> Okay. All those in favor? >> I >> opposed. The eyes have it. Motion passes. Um, congratulations. Uh, good
luck and thank you. >> Okay, we'll let people clear out. And that was the final item. uh on the >> agenda
>> before the director's remarks. So >> all right, thanks everyone. Okay, Director Shan, the floor is yours. >> Uh, members of the board, um, I want to start my report by just saying how excited we are here. Um, we are how
excited we are about the launching of the planning academy that you got um, a uh, presentation on. We're hoping that this uh program is not only going to be educational, but also a fun and interactive learning experience for our residents so that they can become more
involved and and informed in our planning and zoning processes and then become effective advocates for what they want to see in their neighborhoods. Um the application is of course live and you heard today that we have more than
60 applicants already for a cohort of about 25 and we um are looking forward I for to identifying the first cohort and establishing this as a way of supporting our residents and gaining the tools,
knowledge and confidence to have a voice in planning the future of our city. I have to recognize in particular uh Diana Fernandez um and her team and Caroline in actually really working through the curriculum. Um actually eight meetings
to try to do a um introduction to planning and development is really a great challenge. Um we just had the very successful public hearing on Wentworth tonight um to advance the amendment to the institutional institutional master
plan. Uh the amendment includes a larger re-imagined residence hall that will deliver uh 572 rooms more than the original master plan. So it will deliver just under a thousand new rooms in a single building.
More beds that were originally envisioned. Um and this of course will further alleviate some of the burden on of students on existing housing stock in the Fenway and Mission Hill area and um reduce the number of students from
Wentworth living off campus. As part of the amendment, Wentworth has also uh agreed to improve the current uh east west pedestrian uh path known as the people's pike. um and um and connecting
it to other Longwood institutions uh in the area. Um there was also a new north south connector connecting Ruggle Streets to the Pike uh that will strengthen access to public transportation on Ruggle Streets and the
uh Rugle Station. Um this by the way uh I think it was sort of mentioned but is really the first institutional master plan that underwent the modernized article ADC process and uh it was
actually I think the shortest institutional master plan amendment that we have uh we've done in a while uh and um a a showcase of the success the success that we've been having in sort of streamlining our processes Um
the board approved two certificates of completion uh tonight. The first project is parcel 12 which is the air rights development at the back bay right at the intersection of Bson Street and Newbury Street and Massav. Some people think of
it as the car guru uh building. Um, in addition to the beautiful air rights plaza, uh, that was, I think, some of the most, uh, dynamic lighting, uh, for the Christmas season, it, um, this project delivered $4.2 million of
linkage funding towards affordable housing and, uh, just over $800,000 in linkage funding to job training. Um, in addition to some of the public realm improvements, there were series of monetary contributions
uh made $75,000 to supporting planning, design, permitting, construction, and or maintenance needs for the improvements to Charles Gate Park, $75,000 to the Boston Parks and Recreation Department's fund for parks for programming and
improvements to Symphony Park, $50,000 to the Boston Street Improvement Fund, fund for maintenance, improvements, and beautifification efforts along Bolson Street and $20,000 to the Commonwealth Avenue Mall Committee for costs
associated with lighting of statues on the Commonwealth uh Avenue Mall. Um the second project is the building A in Austin Yards near Boston Landing over in um Brighton. the creation. This project
uh created um the uh Austin Community Green. Uh it contributed $40,000 to the parks department. Um it's also making annual contributions to support a neighborhood shuttle that will um travel to different parts of the neighborhood
in collaboration with the Austin Brighton Transportation Management Association. Um and then there's actually the project contributed $1.25 $25 million to support um people actually looking to buy homes in the
Austin Brighton area. Uh I'm going to end my report by just providing a short summary of the approved projects tonight. There were two new uh development projects that were approved um totaling 33,000 uh 33 new residential
units which were all income restricted. Um, of course, I'm we've already described the the the large uh 972 dorm beds that's part of the Pike Residence Hall. Um, these projects will amount to 270,000
square ft of development that will represent uh approximately $260 million of private investment. um uh when constructed uh during construction it will create 250 construction jobs and uh that will also
generate 125 indirect jobs um as part of the project. Um that concludes my report for tonight and thank you again. >> Okay, thank you. And uh finally I need a motion to adjourn this meeting. >> I move that we adjourn our meeting.
>> I second that motion. >> All those in favor? I >> opposed. The eyes have it. Uh meeting is adjourned. Thank you very much everyone and we'll see you next month. >> Thank you. Part: 2
Put this on. Good afternoon. My name is Priscilla Roas and I am the chair of the BPDA board. Thank you for joining the February 12th, 2026 Economic Development and Industrial Corporation of Boston annual board meeting. At this time, the Boston Planning and Development Agency is hosting public meetings in a hybrid
setting for the health, safety, and accessibility of Boston residents. Hybrid means that our board meetings are conducted in person at city hall, in our boardroom, on the 9th floor, and virtually via Zoom, and on Boston CityTV. For more information and updates, please visit bostonplans.org.
The open public meeting law requires that I notify the public that this meeting is being recorded. Please be aware that an audio and visual recording of this meeting is being made and broadcast by the Boston by Boston City TV, which is a part of the City of Boston Office of Cable Communication at Exfinity channel 26, RCN channel 13, and
Verizon Files channel 962. It's also being livereamed at boston.gov/cable. If there is anyone in the audience who's recording this meeting, I ask that you please identify yourself now. Okay, seeing none, um we are going to um
start the meeting with uh a roll call. Miss Bennett >> here. >> Mr. Shepard >> present. >> Mr. Omali >> here. >> Dr. Lansmark >> present. >> And the chair is present. Um so the BPDA board as it's our annual meeting will now hold the uh election of
officers. May I have a nomination for the chair of the board? I nominate my esteemed colleague Priscilla Rojas to be chair of the board. >> And I gladly second.
>> Okay. Thank you. Um do I have to do the uh individual roll roll call or just say I'll just roll >> a roll call for a vote. Okay. Roll call for a vote. Uh Miss Bennett. >> Hi. >> Dr. Lansmark. >> I. >> Mr. Omali. >> I. >> Mr. Shepard. >> I.
>> And the motion passes. Um, thank you. >> May I ask for a nomination for the vice chair of the board? Actually, I'm just going to take that. Uh, I Priscilla Roas, uh, nominate Raheem Shepard as vice chair. >> And I second that nomination.
>> Okay. Roll call for a vote. Miss Bennett, >> I, >> Dr. Lansmark, >> I, >> Mr. Ali, >> I. >> And the chair votes I. Motion passes. Congratulations, Mr. Vice Chair. >> Okay. I um now may I have an a nomination for the treasurer of the board.
>> Madam chair, I nominate the incomparable and financially responsible Kate Bennett uh to remain treasurer of the BPDA board. >> You know, I second that nomination. Uh let's take a roll call. Uh Dr. Lansmark >> I. >> Mr. Ali, >> I. >> Mr. Sheepard >> I.
>> And the chair votes I. Motion passes. Um congratulations Kate for meeting our treasurer. We thank you. Okay. >> Thank you. It's always a fun one. Item number two, request authorization for the approval of the minutes of the January 15, 2026 board meeting. A motion is in order.
>> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I opposed. >> The eyes have it. >> Motion passes. Item number three, request authorization to issue an invitation for bids for the construction of the mail and bike room improvements project at 12 Channel Street within the
Raymond Elflin Marine Park. Sandra, >> thank you. Good afternoon, Madam Chair, members of the board, Director Shen, Secretary Poyus. My name is Tandra Korea. I'm a program manager with the capital construction team, and I am excited to make my first appearance before you here today. We are requesting
authorization to advertise and issue an invitation for bids pursuant to Mass General Laws Chapter 149 to procure a general contractor for the 12 channel mail and bike room project in the Raymond Elf Flynn Flynn Marine Park. This is the first time that this matter's uh been brought before you.
12th channel is a ninestory mostly tenant occupied building. This project seeks to fit out a muchneeded proper mail room with parcel lockers uh for small deliveries. It also seeks to create a dedicated code compliant bike storage room with adjacent lockers um
and showers to accommodate a growing number of very courageous work uh group of workers that bike um to the um building on a yearly basis. The bid package has been prepared by architectural firm Studio NA and will be advertised following the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts requirement under Mass General Law Chapter 149. After being brought before the board for approval, the construction contract will be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. The work is estimated to cost between5 and $700,000
and it is included in fiscal year 26 capital budget. We anticipate returning to the board with a uh award recommendation in April. Therefore, we are requesting that the clerk be authorized to advertise and issue an invitation for bid on this project. Okay. >> Thank you. >> All right. Thank you. Uh any questions
or comments from the board? >> Okay. Uh hearing and seeing none, a motion is in order. >> So moved. Second. >> All those in favor? Opposed? >> Um the eyes have it. Motion passes. Um great first presentation. Welcome.
Item number four, request authorization to issue a request for proposals for a licensed design consultant to provide assessment and design services for the 72 in drain line on Fid Kennedy Avenue and the inflow and infiltration issues
for the line servicing parcel W located at the Raymond Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park. Tyler. >> Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the board, Director Shen, Secretary. Uh, for those of you who have not had the chance to formally introduce myself, my name is Tyler Marshall. I am a project coordinator with the capital
construction team. I'm excited to make my first appearance here today. We are requesting authorization to advertise and issue a request for proposal pursuant to Mass General Law chapters 30 to 39M. We're looking to procure a qualified
civil engineer for our storm drain improvement project located in the Raymond L. Fland Marine Park. This is the first time this matter has been brought before you. After the recent storm drain improvements inspection and assessment in the marine park, we're looking to have repairs in two specific
locations. The first being the 72 inch storm drain pipe located at the west end of Fid Kennedy and second to address the inflow and infiltration near parcel am at the uh leader bank pavilion. We're moving forward with the first phase of
this storm drain improvements while also working with the city of Boston to identify other issues re um system at sorry to identify other improvements needed following the review of the assessment. The FY26 capital budget has a
includes a sufficient allocation for this work. We anticipate returning to the board with an award recommendation in April. Therefore, we are requesting that the clerk be authorized to advertise and issue or request proposals for this project. Thank you. If there are any questions, I'd be happy to answer them at this time. >> Okay. Thank you. Any questions or
comments from the board? All right. Hearing and seeing none, a motion is in order. >> So move. Second. >> All those in favor? I >> opposed. The eyes have it. Uh motion passes. Um thank you Tyler and uh great presentation. Welcome.
Item number five, uh personnel Mike. Uh, thank you, Madam Chair. Members of the board, Madame Secretary and Director Shen, uh, we have three items for your consideration on the EDIC agenda with the exact details included in the board memos. We have three contracts in the
administration division, Samantha Vidal, and the director's office, Jacqueline Martinez and Natalie Wood. That's it. And I'll answer any questions you have. >> Okay. Thank you. Any questions or comments from the board? Hearing and seeing none. A motion is in order. >> So moved. >> Second.
>> All those in favor? I >> I >> opposed. The eyes have it. Motion passes. Thanks, Mike. >> Okay. And now I need a motion to adjourn the EDIC meeting. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor? I opposed. The eyes
have it. Um EDIC meeting is adjourned. Okay, let's move on to the next part. Thank you for joining the February 12th, 2026 Boston Redevelopment Authority annual board meeting. At this time, the Boston Planning and Development Agency is hosting public meetings in a hybrid
setting for the health, safety, and accessibility of Boston residents. Hybrid means that our board meetings are conducted in person at city hall, in our boardroom on the 9th floor, and virtually via Zoom and Boston City TV at the same time. For more information and updates, visit bostonplans.org.
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channel 962. It is also being livereamed at boston.gov/cable. Now, if there's anyone in the audience who's recording the meeting, I ask that you please uh kindly identify yourself now. Okay, seeing none. And also please note that demonstrations of approval or disapproval from members of the public
are not permitted during the meeting. Um, okay, let's start with the roll call. Miss Bennett, >> present. >> Mr. Shepard, >> present. >> Mr. Omali >> here. >> Dr. Lansmark, >> present. >> And the chair is present. >> Okay. So, uh, we will now hold the
election for officers for the BPDA board. Uh, may I have a nomination for the chair board? I would nominate my esteemed colleague Priscilla Rojas >> and I happily second. >> Okay, let's see what happens. Let's take
a roll call. Um, Miss Bennett >> I, >> Dr. Lansmark, >> I. >> Mr. Ali, >> I. >> Mr. Shepard, >> I. >> Okay, nomination is approved. I gladly accept. >> Very good. Congratulations. >> Thank you. Thank you. Um, may I have now have a nomination for vice chair? But
I'm just going to go ahead and do it. So, I nominate uh Raheem Shepard as the vice chair. >> I proudly second that nomination, Madam Chair. >> All right, let's take a roll call. Miss Bennett, >> I. >> Dr. Lansmark, >> I. >> Mr. Omali, >> I.
>> And the chair votes I. Motion passes. Congratulations, Mr. Vice Chair. Um, and now may I have a nomination for the treasurer of the board. In the spirit of consistency, Madam Chair, I proudly uh nominate the uh indubitable
and financially responsible Kate Bennett to remain as treasurer of the barba BPDA board. >> I too that nomination. Let's take a roll call. M. Dr. Lansmark. >> I. >> Mr. Omali. Hi. >> Mr. Shepard. >> Hi. >> And the chair votes I. Motion passes. Uh
congratulations, Miss Bennett. Thank you for serving as our treasurer. >> Thank you, >> Madam Chair. We have councelor Durkin here. >> And we do have counselor Durkin here. So, we are going to uh allow you to take the floor and give um give your testimony. >> Thank you so much, Chair Rojas. And
congratulations to both your and Vice Chair Shepard's re-election. Um uh Director Shen um and members of the board. Um I have three uh three items I'd like to comment on. Uh first being Wentworth's IMP amendment. I would like
to speak in support of this. Um I this uh the key feature of the amendment is the Pike residence hall uh which will include approximately 964 bed 964 student beds enough to accommodate the entire first year class by consolidating the first year student housing on
campus. Wentworth will enhance its student experience foster a strong sense of community and rel pressure on Boston's overburdened rental market. Wentworth is a great partner with my office. Um I do I I know that these you know as a city councelor I need to you
know separate potentially uh what we're talking about here at the board from pilot agreements but I am the chair of the new um committee on pilot and I want to make sure um in the future that um you know that there's conversations additionally that need to happen with Wentworth regarding pilot. Uh but I'm
excited about this proposal. I want to thank Joanna Senna um who uh works with my team daily. Um, and I also want to thank them for taking public safety seriously. They've recently hired someone that we work with uh directly on their campus police. That was an issue
um with their IMP last time and uh they've resolved it since. So, wanted to report that back to the board. Um, the second I'd like to speak on is 154 Terrace Street. I'd like to be registered in non-oposition. Um, they are changing uh it's a notice of project change. They're changing 66 home
ownership units um to 65 rental units. Um I generally would be in support of such a change. Um but I just want to acknowledge that the proponent did not reach out to our office and we didn't have a direct conversation with them. So would just like uh for um the planning
department to acknowledge um the role that district counselors play and just want to make sure that anyone proposing such a change uh reach out to my office if they would like my support on projects. So I'd like to be registered and non-opposition on that one. on one Bergam Circle. Um I would like to be
registered in support. Um they're doing a PDA amendment um to permit clinic use. Um generally this was very supported in the neighborhood. There's a number of operational items um that should continue to be coordinated mostly with city departments around signal timing at
Kell Street, left turn access and traffic flow. Um, I'm going to continue that dialogue with appropriate offices um and want to ensure that residents voices in that process um remain um center of mind and just want to thank the board for um letting me go out of
order and for all the work that you do day in and day out to promote economic vibrancy in our neighborhoods. >> Thank you, councelor. Um all right. Um, we're going to go with item number two, request authorization for the approval of the minutes of the January
15, 2026 board meeting. A motion is in order. >> So moved. Second. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> The opposed. The eyes have it. Motion passes. Item number three, request authorization. >> Madam Chair, I'm just recusing on this one, just so you know. >> Thank you, Miss Bennett. Uh number three, request authorization
to consent and approve uh the assignment and assumption of the existing ground lease agreement between the Boston Redevelopment Authority doing business as the Boston Planning and Development Agency as landlord and Tropical Melnia Holdings LLC as tenant to the intended
tenant tenant to the intended tenant. um Tropical Foods Real Estate Holdings LLC as tenant to terminate the existing sub lease between Tropical Melnia Holdings LLC as landlord and Tropical Phase 2 LLC
as tenant. Consent and approve the assignment of the sub the sub subleasase between Tropical Phase 2 LLC as Lesor and Tropical Foods International, Inc. to Tropical Foods Real Estate Holdings LLC and to execute the first amendment
to the construction operation reciprocal easement and restriction agreement by and among Tropical Melnia Holdings LLC, Madison Williams LLC and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the BPDA. Scott.
>> Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the board. Parcel 10 is located in Roxberry near Nubian Square adjacent to Mel Melna Cass Boulevard and Washington Street. The parcel 10 master developer completed building A in 2015 which houses the tropical food supermarket, a
locallyowned grocery anchor providing culturally specific foods and produce to the community. Parcel 10 North is adjacent to the rest of Parcel 10 which includes some area that has been planned to be re redeveloped into a mixeduse building which came before you for an extension late last year. Tropical Foods
has been in dispute with the other parties involved in parcel 10 regarding alleged impacts and regarding the developments on the site. There has been progress regarding this lawsuit and that a new buyer is interested in creating an employeeowned organization to take over which is what
has led us to come before you today. The BPDA and Madison Tropical Market LLC, now Tropical Mela Holdings LLC, executed the ground lease in 2013. Tropical Phase 2 LLC is both the sole member of Tropical Mela Holdings and a
subtenant under an existing sub lease. Tropical Foods International Incorporated operates the supermarket under a sub sub lease. Tropical Mela Holdings, Madison Williams LLC, which is an affiliate of Madison Park CDC, MASDOT, and BPDA are parties to the
construction operation reciprocal easement and restriction agreement or Korea governing shared parking and related operational matters for parcel 10 and 21 Washington Street. To assist in an anticipated transfer of interest in the grocery store and settlement of
the ongoing litigation, the following is recommended to occur which will be subject to the closing of the new transaction in conjunction with the settlement discussed above. The board is asked to approve assignment and assumption of the ground lease from the existing tenant to Tropical Foods Real Estate Holdings LLC. Termination of
the existing sub lease and approval and consent to the assignment of the sub subleasase between Tropical Foods Real Estate Holdings LLC and Tropical Foods International Incorporated. Tropical Foods International Incorporated. The sub subtenant will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Tropical Foods Holding
Company, a corporation that will be 100% owned by a newly formed employee stock ownership trust. This will mean that the employees of Tropical Foods International Incorporated will be the beneficial owners of the company. The proposed employee stock ownership plan or ESOP
transition of Tropical Foods International Incorporated and Tropical Foods Holding Company will be financed and facilitated by Apis and Heritage Capital Partners, a private investment fund designed to create employee ownership opportunities throughout the US for low to moderate income workers.
The board has also asked to approve the requested first amendment to the Korea with updates to shared parking and operational understandings. As part of the transaction, Tropical Melana Holdings will settle pending litigation involving Madison Park Development Corporation and other parties, including the BPDA. These transactions maintain
continuity of the Tropical Food Supermarket, preserving a key neighborhood food resource, and supporting local small business operations and partnerships established since 2015 while allowing an employeeowned entity to operate the grocery store. Thank you. And I'm happy to answer any questions.
>> Thank you. Any questions or comments from the board? Uh hearing and seeing none, a motion is in order. >> So moved. Second. >> All those in favor? I opposed. >> The eyes have it. Motion passes. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Item number four, request authorization
to extend the final designation status of Nubian Ascend Partners LLC as redeveloper of the Blair lot in the Nubian Square area of Roxbury for a period of 6 months until August 31st, 2026. Yun. Thanks, Madam Chair and members of the board. The Blair lot is a
BPDA owned site consisting of approximately 87,879 square feet of underutilized land between Washington Street, Harrison A, Palmer Street, and US Street. Uh the parcel was subject of an intensive community planning process through plan
Nubian Square and through subsequent sight sight specific community meetings. The disposition RFP for this site was released on November 20th, 2019. After the responses deadline in February 2020 and following several public meetings and committee feedback through a project
review committee, Nubian Sense was tenatively designated for redevelopment of the site at the December 2020 BBDA board meeting. Uh the proponent pro proposes to create approximately 389,280 um gross square feet of mixeduse
development including affordable housing, parking garage, a lab training and office building and a combined cultural hall and marketplace and culinary center. The proponent was awarded final designation status for the project in March 2023 and an extension
for their final designation in August 2024 and 2025. During the past extension period, the proponent continued to seek additional sources of funding and advanced conver conversations with potential tenants. Most recently, the team has revisited
the approach um to the project's master plan and phasing um to reflect the current market and funding conditions that are impacting many of the project's program components, mainly the lab training uh and office component. Um during this final destination extension,
the proponent intends to refine their master plan and schedule um in close coordination with the BPDA staff and advance a site remediation plan to utilize a project's mass works grants. Um this development is envisioned to be executed in phase construction uh with
separate ground leases for each building. So for Nubian Asense Partners LLC to maintain their destination status and receive ground leases for each site component, they're required to have the financing acquired, the ground lees fully negotiated and ready for execution
and to be ready for construction commencement by the dates that are in the board memo. With that being said, I would like to request that the board authorize the final destination extension for a period of six months to Nubian Partners LLC for the redevelopment of the Blair Lab. Thank
you. Happy to answer any questions. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh any questions or comments from the board? Right. Hearing and seeing none, a motion is in order. >> So moved. Second. >> All those in favor? >> I >> opposed. The eyes have it. Motion passes. Thank you.
>> Thank you. But item number five, request authorization to extend tenative designation status to the Duker Company Limited and enter into a lease negotiations with the redeveloper to facilitate the long-term lease and redevelopment of the BPDA owned parcel 5
site located at 142 Shaman Avenue in the south end urban renewal area. Project number mass r- 56 in the south neighborhood of Boston for a period of 12 months until February 2027. Y. >> Thank you again, Madam Chair and members
of the board. 142 Shamat A is a site of approximately 85,000 square feet located in the South End uh neighborhood. It is currently a vacant site adjacent to the recently completed Lucas condominium project at 136 Shaman Avenue. So with
the objective to create um open space for open green space for the community, the BPDA released a disposition RFP for the site uh in November 2020 after previous efforts in 2019 and 2020 which did not yield satisfactory responses.
In January 2021, the PPDA received one proposal from the Juker company, uh, who is also the proponent of redevelopment at the budding 1033 1055 Washington Street, also known as the former Verizon building. Their proposal responded to
the strong neighborhood support for a park-like public's open space at this site. After thorough analysis and evaluation, BPDA staff recommended that the board award tenative designation status to the Duker company which was authorized uh in the board meeting on January 18th, 2024. So since that time,
Juker Company has continued to advance the park design and negotiations with the BPDA regarding the terms of the extended ground lease uh sorry terms of the ground lease. Um the proponent has been granted one tenative destination extension last year. Uh also similar to
blur a lot given the current um market conditions impacting the proponents office and lab development which is really driving the project timeline the team is requesting additional time to finalize those negotiations um of the ground lease secure add necessary funding commitments and complete the
community process uh and park design reviews. So um these conditions must be met before the team can be awarded final destination status and con proceed to construction. So at this time I would like to recommend extending the designation status of Duker Company
Limited for the redevelopment of 142 Shaw Avenue. >> Thank you. Uh questions or comments from the board? All right. Hearing and seeing none. A motion is in order. >> So moved. Second. >> All those in favor? I >> opposed. >> The eyes have it. Uh motion passes.
Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Item number six, request authorization to award tenative designation to the Boston Food Forest Coalition for the sale of 82 Mascot Street as a part of a joint RFP issued by the mayor's office of housing for open space in conjunction
with the property at 301, 303, 305, and 307 Norfolk Street uh owned by the city of Boston until February 28th, 2027. Scott. >> Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the board. I'm here to recommend that tenative designation status be granted
to Boston Food Forest Coalition or BFC for the sale and redevelopment of 82 Mascot Street as part of a joint RFP issued by the Mayor's Office of Housing or Mo for open space along with four MO and City of Boston owned parcels at 301,
303, 305, and 307 Norfolk Street in the Dorchester neighborhood. 82 mascot consists of approximately 4,321 square feet of vacant land and is approximately 131 feet to the west along Norfol Street of the Mo parcels. It's in September
2025, MO issued an RFP for open space on 82 Mascot Mo's Norfol sites. The objectives of the RFP emphasize community gathering space with edible plantings, beautifification of and other improvements to the sites, programming for all ages, a comprehensive
maintenance plan, and tree preservation and management. Mo and the BPDA received one proposal in response to the RFP, and BFC's proposal was evaluated as highly advantageous. Next slide, please. At 82 Mascot Street, BFC proposes an
accessible open community space and food forest. The property will be an area where people in the community can gather outdoors, take in tranquil views among native plants and trees, and harvest and share food freely. Next slide, please.
And here you can see BFC's proposal for the Norfolk Street site, which also includes edible plants and a gathering space. Next slide. As a result of a comprehensive RFP process and evaluation, I'm here to recommend that BFC be tenatively
designated as the developer of 82 Mascot Street. Thank you. And I'm happy to answer any questions. >> Okay. Thank you. Any questions or comments from the board? Okay. Hearing and seeing none, motion is in order. >> So move. Second. >> All those in favor? I
>> I >> opposed. The eyes have it. Motion passes. Thank you, Scott. Item number seven, request authorization to extend the tenative designation status of and enter into lease negotiations with Powerhouse CNY LLC for
the long-term lease and redevelopment of building 108 property in the Charlestown Navyyard on a portion of NY-1 in the Charletown Urban Renewal Area project number Mass R-55 for a period of six months until August 31st, 2026. Scott.
Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the board. We are requesting board approval to extend the tenative designation of Powerhouse CNY LLC for the development and long-term lease of building 108 in the Charles Navyyard. Building 108 was a vacant building of approximately 32,000
square ft that previously served as a central power plant of the Charles Navyyard. The abatement and demolition of the former building was substantially completed in spring 2023. On February 11th, 2021, the board approved the tenative designation of Powerhouse CNY
for the redevelopment of building 108. The BPDA has extended the tenative designation status of P of Powerhouse CNY LLC since then. For the redevelopment, Powerhouse CNY has proposed a 97,000t building with approximately 84,000 ft of lab and R&D
space, 1,700 ft of cafe space, and 39 below grade parking spaces. Since the last tenative designation extension, powerhouse CNY LLC received BPDA board approval on September 18th, 2025 for the article 80 large project. During the
next tenative designation extension period, Powerhouse CNY will continue to pursue permanent financing and prospective tenants, continue design review with staff, and negotiate the terms and conditions of the long-term ground lease. Therefore, planning department staff recommend extending the
tenative designation status. Thank you. And I'm happy to answer any questions. >> Okay. Thank you. Any questions or comments from the board? >> All right. Hearing and seeing none, a motion is in order. >> So moved. Second. >> All those in favor? >> I opposed. The eyes have it. Motion passes. Thank you, Scott.
>> Item number eight, request authorization to issue an invitation for bids pursuant to MGLC 149 for the installation of building security systems for the China Trade Center located at two Boilston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. William. Thank you, Madam Chair. Members of the board, good afternoon. Uh, here to
request authorization to advertise a construction invitation for bids for the China Trade Building Security Project. This matter was last before you October of 2023. As a reminder, in the sixstory building, we're seeking to install access control devices, uh, security cameras, especially around the
perimeter, as well as all of the, uh, entrances to the building and the stairwells. The bid package was designed by our architect of record, CHA. Uh the matter would be brought back before you once we have the lowest bidder. Uh and I think we would be able to do that in April. We have an estimate of about a
million dollars which is properly allocated in the current fiscal year 26 capital budget. So with that, we're requesting authorization to issue this invitation for construction bids. Happy to answer any questions you may have. >> Okay. Thank you. Any questions or comments from the board? Hearing and seeing none. A motion is in order.
>> So moved. Second. >> All those in favor? I >> I >> opposed. The eyes have it. Motion passes. Thanks very much. >> Item number nine, request authorization to advertise and issue an invitation for bids for landscaping and maintenance services at bar owned properties in the
downtown waterfront. Chris. >> Good afternoon, Madam Chair, members of the board, Madam Secretary, Director Shen. I'm before you today to ask permission to issue an invitation for bids entitled Downtown Waterfront Landscaping and Maintenance, which generally includes Barra owned
properties in the central warf and Longwarf areas of the city of Boston. They're considered the downtown waterfront properties. The scope of services online in the IFB will generally consist of furnishing all necessary labor, materials, equipment, transportation, supplies, and services for landscape and hardscape maintenance
of the downtown waterfront properties. The IFB will be publicly advertised pursuant to Mass Journal Laws Chapter 30, including advertising with local newspapers, the BPDA's website, the state combi system, the state goods and services bulletin, and through other channels as appropriate, including
affirmative marketing to small, local, and diverse businesses. The IFB will include all applicable wage requirements, and the resulting contract will be awarded to the most responsible and eligible bidder with the lowest total bid price. The cost is not expected to exceed $150,000 per year.
I'm happy to answer any questions. >> Thank you. Questions or comments from the board? Hearing and seeing none. A motion is in order. >> So moved. Second. >> All those in favor? >> I >> opposed. The eyes have it. Motion passes. Thanks, Chris.
>> Okay. Item number 10. Um, this is a anformational update about the planning academy. So, so good. Yeah, thank you. Good afternoon, Chair Roas, board members, director Shun, Secretary
Pyus. My name is Caroline Feliche Smith. I'm senior urban designer with the planning department, and I am here to present planning academy. Slide. So, planning academy will be an eight session program for Boston residents to dig deeply into
planning, design, and development in our city. Slide. It is born from the design vision initiative. So it's part of the implementation process for that project slide. And we've just begun outreach this week.
So applications are live until March 9th. Um so you might see these around town. Hopefully a few folks in the room have gotten emails about it. Slide. So why should you join planning academy for residents? It's a great opportunity to meet others who are interested in
building a better, stronger Boston that's home for everyone. It's also a chance to dig deeply into planning department processes, the tools we use, and how planning and development works in the city so that people can advocate for their communities um with more power. Slide.
The sessions will be taught uh using kind of three core components. So, we will teach fundamentals through Boston case studies that are fairly contemporary, not shying away from tricky subjects and the complexity of them. We will do a lot of hands-on learning. So, as people are building
their knowledge around tools, they can put it straight into action because knowledge and action go together to make power. And then we will also involve guest speakers from within our department and from external um in particular affordable housing developers and people from the private sector.
slide. So, these are just some examples of the kinds of materials we're making. Slide. We'll just roll through them. So, we have case study materials. We have general information to build awareness about city hall um in totality. Slide.
And then kind of fun games to play to get people's kind of hands in the dirt on the topics. Slide please. So, this is pretty small text, but a brief overview. The first three sessions will be an intro to planning, a way of level setting across the cohort. We will
talk about kind of planning 101, roles and responsibilities across the public, private, and civic sectors. We will dig into the role of values, opportunities, and constraints in our processes, the history of Boston, the way that history shapes our present, and a bit about visioning for the future in urban
design. We then have four deep dive sessions, two that go pretty technically into zoning. So, we kind of start people off with the basics, rolling through our processes, how zoning has changed, um where community can have impact, how to even read the code, and then into
contemporary initiatives like zoning reform and neighborhood housing. Weeks six and seven go deeply into development. So we'll talk about municipal finance, how it relates to development, article 80 processes and speak with the a local developer to talk about economic constraints that are that
folks are facing and building affordable housing builds on that knowledge. So we'll we'll dig into the tools we have available to build affordably, the initiatives and innovations we are making in the city towards those ends and we will speak very candidly and openly with a guest speaker on the topic. And then week eight is a
celebration. So throughout the weeks we will be also doing some skill building for local advocates. So power mapping, theory of change, these sorts of things. And this will be their chance to present that project to the community, to city officials, to staff here. And we have an opportunity to put it up in the
Levventhal for a long period of time um at BPL to present it as kind of current Boston and what our communities are up to. Slide. So our sessions are broken into smaller chunks. They're about two and a half hours. This is a long period of time. So, we're trying to break it up into
discussion periods, activities, and breaks. Slide. And in general, we are looking for people from kind of can just say the diversity in every way you can cross it. Um, we are looking for folks from all over Boston, broad geographic
diversity, background, experiences, tenure in Boston. So, longtime residents, folks new. Uh we are holding two youth seats for people 16 to 24 and we are providing free child care dinner and transit passes so that everyone can join. Uh slide please. So we'll have 25
people in the first cohort. It will be meeting at Roxbury Community College for the first seven sessions 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays April 29th to June 17th. Um and this is our kind of timeline of where we're at. So we've just started outreach. We will be doing applicant
selection between March 9th and April 3rd and then the academy runs um late April to mid June. Thank you. Happy to answer any questions. You >> um yeah what is the expected size of the group of participants that you're
looking >> 25? Okay. >> And have you had any applicants yet or just this is just the >> a lot? >> Yeah, I think we're up to about 65 and we're a few days in. >> Okay, great. It's always the risk you you know that you can't. So that's great to know. Will there be a stipen
provided? I know child care, dinner, anything for the >> No stipend at least for this pilot. Um but obviously providing free child care, transit. >> Yeah, transit pass is great. Sounds fantastic. I wish you well. Look forward to hearing the some of the results. >> Thank you.
>> How are you uh going to evaluate the uh outcomes? Yeah. So we're working with a great consultant team consult reclaim moxbury and Rosa Heredo and they're helping us specifically um on the evaluation part. So they will be there at all the sessions doing exit
interviews um testing kind of learning objectives and we are doing a lot of uh tracking and metric analysis to en ensure we're kind of meeting our own objectives and the expectations of the people who have taken the course. >> Okay. Um well, this is just
anformational report, so we're not voting on it, but um we thank you for your presentation and wish you um the best of luck in um in getting this. We can't hear We can't wait to hear how it goes. >> Great. Thank you. >> All right. Thanks, Caroline. >> Okay. Item number 11, request
authorization to issue a certificate of completion for the successful completion of construction of the parcel 12 project located in the Back Bay neighborhood pursuant to section C.6 six of the corporation agreement buying between BPDA and SNAP-12
Property LLC dated December 26. Oh no, December December 26th, 2019. Um certificate of completion. So no presentation. A motion is in order. >> So moved. Second. >> All those in favor? >> I opposed. The eyes have it. Motion
passes. Item number 12. request authorization to issue a certificate of completion for the successful completion of construction of the Alustin Yards building A project located in the Alustin neighborhood pursuant to section C.6 of the cooperation agreement by and
between the BPDA and Alustin Yards phase A LLC dated August 23rd 2021. It's a certificate of completion and no presentation. A motion is in order. >> So moved. Second. >> All those in favor? I >> opposed. >> The eyes have it. Motion passes. Item
number 13, request authorization to approve the transfer of the of the 1734 through 1740 Washington Street property parcel SE-72 in the South End urban renewal project area from 1734 Washington Street Limited Partnership to
the Pine Street in Incorporated and to approve the Pine Street Inn's assumption of two promisary notes issued to the BP the BRA by the original owner and amend the interest rate and maturity 30 day of such promisary notes and to sign one of the promisary notes to the mayor's
office of housing. Amita, >> thank you. Good evening, Madam Chair, members of the board, director Shen, and madam secretary. The item before you request authorization related to the property located at 1734 to 7040 Washington Street within the south end
urban renewal project area. By way of background, the property was originally conveyed through a land disposition agreement in 1988 and included 31 single room occupancy units and one manager's unit with affordability restrictions at 50 and 80% of the area median income.
After the compliance period for the LIHTC credit program ended, the tax credit investor exited the partnership. The current request allows Pine Street in to consolidate ownership, strengthen long-term financial stability, and maintain the property as permanently
affordable housing. Extending the maturity dates and reducing the interest rate supports preservation goals and aligns with our commitment to long-term affordability. Sorry. Assigning the neighborhood housing trust note to the mayor's office of housing will actually streamline ongoing oversight and unify the public
financing under a coordinated preservation strategy. staff recommend approval of the requested authorizations. Thank you. And I'm happy to answer any questions. >> Okay. Thank you. Any questions or comments from the board? Hearing and seeing none, a motion is in order. >> So moved. Second.
>> All those in favor? >> I >> I >> opposed. The eyes have it. Motion passes. Thanks, Amina. Item number 14 requests authorization to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the mayor's office of economic opportunity and inclusion for transfer
of $250,000 in mitigation funds from PDA 146 35 through 75 Morsy Boulevard for the use in the commercial acquisition assistance program. Aaron, >> thank you madam chair, members of the board, director Chen and secretary.
Uh my name is Aaron Hawquist. manager for developer compliance. Also, I am joined by Filimmania Faluchi of the Office of Economic Opportunity Inclusion. She has um she oversees the commercial acquisition and assistance program. Uh we're here to request that
the board um allow us it to enter into MOA with the office of econom opportunity inclusion to facilitate the transfer of 250,000 in mitigation funds from PDA 146 3575 Moresy Boulevard to the commercial acquisition assistance
program. Um, in connection with the zoning approval for the project located at 3575 Moresy, the project proponent agreed to provide a mitigation payment in the amount $250,000 to the BPDA community benefits fund. The approved mitigation language provides
that such funds shall be used to assist independent local uh small local businesses in Dorchester with access to technical assistance, storefront improvements, neighborhood commercial, street beautifification, and affordable commercial space, including but not limited to the Dorchester Avenue
commercial corridor in the Columbia Savin Hill neighborhood of Dorchester. Consistent with this requirement, BPDA in consultation with OEOI evaluated potential uses of the funds and identified deployment through the CAP as an appropriate and aligned mechanism to
advance the stated mitigation intent. The board's approval is anticipated to apply to the allocation and transfer of the mitigation funds for use by OEOI through the CAP as memorialized in the MOA. Uh following such approval and transfer, the board approval is not
anticipated or required for individual funding commitments or dispersements made by OEOI under CAP. OEOI shall administer and deploy the funds in accordance with this program pro program guidelines sorry and the restrictions set forth herein and shall report on the
use of funds as provided in the MOA. Um OEOI and BPDA have been engaged and by saying that it's really she and I have been talking about this for a while. We've been engaged in ongoing discussions about the development of the MOA. CAP is a city of Boston initiative
administered by OEOI that supports underinvested small business owners in acquiring the commercial properties in which they operate, thereby promoting long-term affordability, commercial stability, and wealth building opportunities. Through consultation between BPDA and OEOI regarding the
appropriate use of mitigation funds, the parties determined that CAP provides a clear, compliant, and effective vehicle to fulfill the mitigation objectives associated with the 3575 Moresy Boulevard project. So with that, I'm happy to take any of your questions as
is Filamania who is here with me today. >> Thank you. Any questions or comments from the board? Just have a quick question. So, have you already identified the the people who will be using the funds or that's >> We have begun like a soft outreach. >> Sorry.
>> Oh, >> sorry. Uh we have begun like a soft outreach. So, nothing particularly um public facing. We have a website on the city of Boston.gov. Um, but other than that, we when we launch publicly, um, as we get all of our funds in order, we'll
make sure to engage with ONS, with the neighborhood business managers, and with the main streets organizations to ensure that all of the neighborhoods get equal >> kind of access to the information. We have uh an intake form that it allows
for anybody, any anybody. I mean, you don't have to be a small business. should probably be filtered out pretty quickly, but anybody to apply and then we have a whole level of kind of qualifications that they go through from there. But we have 46 businesses we've
already spoken to. Um I want to say about a handful of them are in Dorchester. One is on Dorchester A and we already have collected that business's financial information and are going through our pre pre-qualification process. So, um, some of them have
advanced forward, but not necessarily by design, just by I think demand. >> Okay, great. Thank you. Um, any other questions or comments? All right, hearing and seeing none, a motion is in order. >> So moved. Second. >> Uh, all those in favor? >> I
>> opposed. The eyes have it. Motion passes. Thanks, Aaron. >> Um, all right. Item number 15, >> Mr. No, it's >> okay. Got item number 15. Request authorization to issue a determination
waving further review pursuant to section. >> No, >> it's not. Yeah. Uh request authorization to issue a determination waving further review pursuant to section 80D institutional master plan review of the zoning code for the proposed renewal and
extension of the TUS University institutional master plan dated January 6, 2026. extend the master plan for five years until February 12th, 2031 and to take all related actions. Jason. >> Thank you and good evening, Madame
Chair, members of the board, Director Shen, and Secretary Blis. My name is Jason Frell, and I'm a project assistant in the development review division. I'm here before you to discuss the proposed renewal and five-year extension with no changes to the institutional master plan
for TUS University. During the five-year term of this extension, TUS plans to respond to the academic and institutional needs of the university, improve space utilization within existing building footprints, and man maintain facilities
to ensure ongoing commitment to high quality education. Upon expiration of this proposed extension, TUS plans to pursue a full 10-year institutional master plan. On January 6th, 2026, the proponent filed an institutional master
plan notification form for the proposed renewal and five-year extension pursuant to article ADD of the code. While not required by the code, the planning department held a public meeting for this filing at request of the public on January 26th, 2026.
The public comment period ended on February 6th, 2026, and no public comments were received. That concludes the presentation for this item, but the TUS team is available to answer any questions you may have. >> Thank you. Questions or comments from the board?
>> Um, I just wanted to get a little expansion on the continued community benefits um section here in the memo. Can you just talk a little bit through that? >> Can I continued community benefits in the memo? >> What's Do you have a copy of the memo here? >> No, I don't have the copy of the memo. Um, could you
>> I can read all all community benefits currently offered pursuant to the amended IMP will continue through the length of the renewed IMP. >> Yes. >> Just want to make sure I don't understand what that means. >> Hi, good evening. Good to see you all. I'm Nupor Manani, um, senior deputy director for development review. I'm
happy to answer that question. What typically happens with this kind of an action, the 5-year extension and renewal, is that we essentially kick the can down the road on the expiration to allow the university to keep doing um their, you know, business as usual, right? So the community benefits that
TUS committed to in the last 10 year imp many of which included working with the Chinatown community on sort of you know expanding access to their campus um working on a lot of other good neighbor agreements um that were codified will similarly be extended through the term of this extension. So we're not really
talking about anything new. It's really just a reassurance to say that those commitments while they were envisioned for 10 years do not in fact expire. They will be continuing in that same form and shape for another five >> for another five years. Okay, that makes
perfect sense. Thank you for clarifying. Okay, any other questions or comments? Hearing and seeing none, a motion is in order. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I >> opposed. The eyes have it. Uh motion passes. Uh thank you.
Item number 16, request authorization to issue a cert certification of approval pursuant to article 80 small project review of the zoning code for the proposed construction of 33 fully affordable rental units, eight car parking spaces, and 36 bicycle parking
spaces located at 190 Bowen Street aka Holland Park and to take all related actions. Camille. >> Thank you and good evening madam chair, members of the board, Secretary Paulus and director Shen. My name is Camille Platiccasta, senior project manager in the development review division of the
planning department. Here before you tonight with an article 80E small project located at 190 Bowden Street located in the Dorchester neighborhood. On September 19th of 2025, the proponent submitted an application for small project review with the planning department pursuant to article 80 of the
code. On November 3rd of 2025, the plan department hosted a virtual public meeting for the project. The public meeting was advertised in the local paper. A notice was posted on the planning department's calendar and an email notification was sent out to all subscribers of the planning department's Dorchester email update list. The
comment period was extended once and it concluded on November 17th of 2025. If you go to the next slide, please. The proposed project will be a fully affordable new construction residential project consisting of 33 units of rental housing. The unit mix includes 11
one-bedroom units, 18 two-bedroom units, and four three-bedroom units. There will be a community room for residents with an adjoining roof deck within the building proposed. The project is subject to the updated article 37 zoning and is net zero carbon compliant will be passive house and enterprise green
communities certifiable ensuring holistic sustainability and is an all efficient electric building. Staff assisted the proposed project with the best practices. If you go to the next slide, I will now turn it over to the planning division. Thank you. >> Thanks Camille. Good afternoon everyone.
My name is Arian. I'm one of the neighborhood planners for Doorchester and I'm on the zoning team. As Camille previously mentioned, um this uh proposed project is located in Doorchester and more specifically in the Bowden Geneva area of the neighborhood. This area um currently has both
residential and mixed existing uses. There are nearby amenities such as a community center and the Bowden Street corridor offering local retail and services. This site is within half a mile of basically every transit option available in our city, including nearby blue bike stations, bus lines, rapid transit, and commuter rail. Next slide,
please. This area governed by article 65 of the zoning code is zoned for three family uses and multif family uses are forbidden. There are also dimensional regulations that the proposed design does not comply with, including front and rear yard minimum depths, F and maximum height. The project exceeds the
minimum ratio required for off- streetet parking for affordable housing projects. Taking into consideration the surrounding context and the historic uh character of the neighborhood, the planning department staff helped shape the proposal to ensure that the building dimensions are contextually appropriate with
adequate open space and exposure to natural light and air for all residents. For these reasons and for alignment with transit oriented development planning and affordable housing goals, I recommend zoning relief of the dimensional and use violations of article 65 of the zoning code. After this uh project receives board approval
and subsequent zoning board uh of appeal approval of the required zoning relief, the proposed project will continue design review at the planning department. Thank you. And I'll now turn it over to the design team to talk about our project in more detail. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Aaron. Um thank you board. My
name is Megan Richard and I'm a senior urban designer here with the planning department. Um, working with the city, both our planning staff as well as our colleagues at the mayor's office of housing. Um, the project has recently made some changes that we're really excited about. Uh, the original project had an entrance that was set far back
from the street and struggled with some of the tricky grades on the site and a driveway that was underground to provide some underground parking. Uh we believe this new project is more sensitive to the site and has a stronger sight circulation pattern uh for the residents. Now the building is oriented
towards Bowden Street with its main entrance facing the street. The main entrance is accessed through a lush four court space and along the street there are four visitor bike racks um which will be installed. There are two existing street trees which will be preserved and a new street tree will be
introduced to reinforce the street streetscape. An existing curb cut will be retained and lead to a repave surface parking lot. The program includes eight uh vehicle parking spots, including one van accessible ADA spot. This allows for the most um existing tree canopy on the
site to be preserved. Next slide. Thank you. Uh one of the key changes as I mentioned was that we made was to bring the main resident residential entrance to the street to engage with Bode directly with Bowden Street which helps to activate the streetscape and
creates an opportunity to modulate the massing along Bowden Street into two bays to respond to the overall context. We will continue to work on the fenestration and materiality as we move forward through design development. Thank you. I'll turn it back to Camille.
Awesome. Well, thank you all. This concludes our presentation for this item and the Viet A team as well as their council are available to answer any questions. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. Any questions or comments from the board? >> Um, more more of a comment than a question. Obviously, great project,
affordable housing, multi-bedroom units, families will be able to stay, passive house standards, net zero carbon across the board. Love it. you just have the the the dubious distinction being the first um net0ero building we're discussing today where I saw in the
comments that they're uh assessing uh PV solar PV on the roof and whether or not that makes sense and I totally get it. It's not as easy as just throwing them on. We looked at putting them on this roof and there were some some real challenges back when I worked in a different capacity. I guess my point is so support this project proud to support
proud to vote in favor of it shortly. um when we particularly when we uh make some needed allowances on height var uh variations, I think we really need to push uh these developers to include as much on-site solar as they possibly can because that's that's usually one of the
sticking points is that there'll be trees or other buildings that survive it. So, I think this is great. Um if they can really make a good faith effort to fi try to find locations to build out some solar, it's only good for the residents of the building. It's only going to help address utility costs. And
I say that environmentalists, we need to do a better job making the case and making the connection between energy affordability and sustainability because they're almost always going in the same direction. We need to make sure that we can uh we capitalize those costs. So great project. Please do everything you can to get solar on it.
>> Okay. Any additional questions or comments? All right. Hearing seeing none, a motion is in order. >> So moved. Second. >> All those in favor? I opposed. >> The eyes have it. Motion passes. Thank you. >> Item number 17, request authorization to
enter into an affordable housing agreement in connection with the proposed creation of two IDP home ownership units located at 608 Gallivan Boulevard and to take all related actions. Andy. >> All right. Uh thank you, Madam Chair, Director Shen, Secretary Pimus, and
members of the board. I'm Andy Feldman, housing policy manager with the mayor's office of housing. Uh tonight I'm here to request your vote on an affordable housing agreement for the proposed development at 608 Gallivan Boulevard in Dorchester. This development proposes to build 12 condo units. While it didn't
trigger Article 80 due to its size, it did trigger IDP. Therefore, the vote in front of you tonight will allow the agency to enter into an agreement to dedicate two units under the IDP. Uh thank you and happy to answer any questions that you may have. >> Okay, any questions or comments from the board?
>> Hearing and seeing none, motion is in order. So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I >> I >> opposed. The eyes have it. Motion passes. Thank you, Andy. >> Um item number 18. >> I'll be recusing, Madam Chair.
>> Okay. Thank you, Miss Bennett. Item number 18, request authorization to acknowledge completion of a certain review procedures with respect to phase 4 A and phase 4B of the Mildred Haley phase 1 chapter 121A project. Adopt a
second amendment to the report and decision for the master project approving the delegation and authority of Mildred Haley 121A Corporation with respect to such phases to Mildram Haley 4A121A limited partnership and Mildred
Haley 4B121A limited partnership respectively uh and to execute one or more cooperation agreements which will include a provision requiring compliance with the Boston residents job policy regulatory agreements under section 18C of chapter 121A and to take all related
actions. John. >> Excellent. Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the board, Secretary Pis and Director Shen. My name is John Spain. I'm an attorney in the office of general counsel. Before you today is a request for authorization to approve a second amendment to the report and decision and enter into a regulatory agreement with
respect to phases 4A and 4B of the Mildred Haley phase 1 chapter 121A project. An acknowledgement of the completion of certain review procedures with respect to these phases and authorization to enter into cooperation agreements and execute any and all
documents which the director names uh deems appropriate and necessary in connection with these phases. Uh the Mildred Haley phase 1 chapter 121A projects relates to the approximately 6.9 acre portion of Mildrid C. Haley apartments
um residential development in the Jamaica plane neighborhood of Boston and was a result of uh designation by the Boston Housing Authority through two separate RFP processes. The project consists of a 1 to1 replacement of the existing public housing units as well as new units at varying stepped income
levels for a total of approximately 673 units uh with approximately 8,300 square ft of ground flare ground floor community commercial space in an approximately 6,800 square foot community center. The project was
submitted as a master plan which was anticipated to be developed into seven phases known as phase 1 A, 1B, phase 2, phase 3, phase 4, phase 5 A and phase 5B as uh as was described in the project
submission in the original chapter 121A application as further detailed in the project filing submitted by the uh community builders incorporation to the authority on September 12th, 2025 and as shown in the subdiv uh subdivision plan submitted
with the phase 4 application as defined below. Phase 4 will now be contemplated as two phases for phase 4 A and phase 4 B. To provide background, on April 15, 2021, the authority voted to adopt a
report and decision for the project. Such vote was approved by the mayor on April 24th, 2021 and the vote was approved and filed with the uh city clerk of Boston on April 29th, 2021. Uh the report and decision designated
Mel Haley 121A Corporation as the master developer for the project, but also contemplated that the applicant would delegate its authority with respect to each project component to special purpose 121A entities uh in the future. The reporting decision approved the
delegation of the applicant's authority with respect to phase 1A and 1B respectively to affiliated chapter 121A uh entities known as Mildred Haley 1A limited partnership and Mildred Haley 1B limited partnership. Currently, we're looking at the future
uh project components that were um previously contemplated for phase 4 A and 4B as the uh at the April 15th board meeting. In addition to the 121A delegation to the project, the board also voted for article 80 approval for
the project. However, required certain review procedures for future phases 2 through 5B of the project. The phase 4 A developer with respect to phase 4 A and 4B um have completed these applicable items.
On January 21st, 2026, the applicant filed with the BPDA uh an application entitled application for approval of delegation of 121A authority in supplemental filing containing entity organizational documents. The phase 4 application seeks the BPD's approval of
the delegation of the applicant's authority to develop phase 4 A of the project to the phase 4 A developer and phase 4B of the project to the phase 4B developer. Upon such delegations, the phase 4A developer and phase 4B developer will enter into their
respective 6A contracts with the city of Boston and regulatory agreements with author uh with the authority. The proposed amendment to the report and decision uh effectuates the uh requested delegation incorporated in the amendments um that are findings and
determinations to authorize the applicant's delegation of such authority to the phase 4A and 4B developer in accordance with the acts of 1960 chapter 652 section 13 as amended. In addition, the amendment adjusts certain zoning waiverss granted by the original report
and decision to reflect minor design adjustments to phase 4B and 4B specifically. Modifying item three on appendix 10 of the reporting decision to allow the building for the phase 4B um project to be approximately 84 ft in
height exceeding the maximum height limit originally contemplated in table A of article 55 in the original report decision. The general council of the BPDA has determined that the changes set forth in the phase 4 application for delegation of authority and related matters
pursuant to Massachusetts general laws chapter 121A do not collectively constitute a fundamental change in accordance with the acts of 1960 chapter 652 section 13A as amended and a public hearing is therefore not required.
It is thus the recommendation of staff to approve the phase 4 application complete copy of which is enclosed as it provides sufficient evidence for the BPDA to make the findings and determinations necessary to approve the proposed delegation of the authority and to authorize the director of the BPDA to
execute one or more cooperation agreements which will include a provision requiring compliance with the BRJP. um the regulatory agreement requirement under section 18 C of chapter 121A and any and all other documents that the
director and his sold discretion deems appropriate and necessary and upon terms and conditions determined to be in the best interest of the BPDA in connection with the project components. Thank you and I'm happy to answer any questions. >> Okay, thank you. >> Any questions or comments from the
board? >> All right, hearing and seeing none, a motion is in order. >> So moved. Second. All those in favor? >> I opposed. The eyes have it. Motion passes. Thank you, Don. Item number 19, request authorization to
issue determination pursuant to section 88-6 of the zoning code in connection with the fourth notice of project change for the proposed construction of 65 residential rental units, including eight IDP units and 24 car parking spaces located at 154 Terrace Street.
and to issue a certificate certification of compliance for phase two of the revised project upon sus successful completion of article 80b large project review and to enter into a cooperation agreement and an affordable housing affordable rental housing agreement and
restriction and to take all related actions. Stephen. >> Good afternoon. Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the board, Madam Secretary, and Director Shen. My name is Steven Harvey, and I'm a senior project manager at the planning department, and I want to thank you for your time today. The project I bring before you today is 154
Terrace Street located in Boston's Mission Hill neighborhood. This project last appeared and was approved by the board on October 14th, 2021. The former proponent, wind development, requested a height increase from six stories to seven stories. The 2021 NPC approved
approval was the third NPC approval for this residential proposal. Originally, this project was part of a much larger development that was approved by the board on January 26th, 2026 20 uh 2006. Apologies. The project
was later broken up into two phases, revised and reintroduced. Phase 1 gained board approval on July 12th, 2008 uh and completed construction on phase 1 and 2011. The proposal I bring before you today is the fourth MPC proposal for
phase 2 of the project under new ownership. The proponent Joe Federico is now requesting to reduce the building height from seven stories to six stories as well as change the unit programming from condominium to rental. The new opponent filed his NPC request on
December 9th, 2025, held a virtual public meeting for the NPC on February 3rd, 2026, and the comment period ended on February 6th, 2026. The NPC filing and virtual public meeting was advertised online and via email. With
that said, I would like to turn it over to my colleague, Al, sorry, Andrew Plum. Andrew is the assigned planner for the project. He will briefly explain the planning context for the project. Once Andrew has completed his part of the presentation, Andrew the proponent and I
will answer questions put forward by the board. Thank you once again for your time today. >> Thank you, Stephen. As Steven said, my name is Andrew Plum and the planner assigned to this project. Phase two of the revised project is located within a local
industrial subdist in the Mission Hill Neighborhood District. Historically, Terrace Street was an industrial area because of its close proximity to the Stonybrook and the Freight Railroad. Today, Terrace Street is a combination of residential, vacant land, and light industrial uses on the
boundary between the residential part of Mission Hill to the west and the rail line to the east. Next slide, please. Uh, actually, sorry, that next slide, please. Thank you. Uh the industrial zoning is inconsistent with the residential uses on Terrace
Street and has not been updated to match the evolution of the MBTA orange line or changes in the land use pattern. The project will not require zoning relief because it will not increase the degree of nonconformity previously proposed. Staff note that zoning relief is
appropriate due to the proposed project's consistency with the uses and densities found on similar lots um with local industrial zoning on this block of Terrace Street. I will now turn it back to Stephen. Thank you. >> Thank you once again for your time today
and that completes our presentation. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh any questions or comments from the board? Could you uh speak to uh any issues of parking that have uh come up particularly uh given
that Terrace Street is a uh narrow and very heavily trafficked street with already limited parking? >> Um yeah, I can speak to that. Um originally this project was approved back in 2011. So the site that is
currently being used for parking was always envisioned to hold this uh aid development. Um we um understand the need for um additional parking on the street and um working with the Boston transportation
team and our transportation team. They're envisioning um improvements on the roadway. Um the proponent has contributed um funds to the transportation department to um allow this to occur. Um hopefully in the future they would allow widening of the
street to potentially allow um more an improvement on the the industrial um the current industrial um use of the street or um setup of the street. But the the proponent has not set forth
specific plans that they uh intend to pursue on parking. >> Not for only for the >> Stephen. He's on. >> Joe Federico's on. >> Joe, if you want to go into >> um Hello everyone, I'm Joe Federico. I
am the developer for the project. Um, as far as parking, are you referring to the parking, the on-site parking? >> Uh, I'm referring to both the on-site parking and any accommodations that need to be made on Terrace Street itself,
which is a very narrow street. So, as far as the on-site parking, we are going to be pro providing 24 on-site parking spaces on a ground floor um garage accessible through park through
ter um there is no parking public parking on this side of Terrace Street. There are parking spaces on the opposite side of Terrace. So, um we are not removing any parking that's currently on
the street, but we are um adding 24 off-site parking spaces >> through the chair. >> Just to add with the parking, who currently parks in the parking lot that exists now?
>> So, sure. >> Okay, go ahead. Uh Joe. Yeah, the the current parking lot there is for the renters at 166 Terrace. Um 166 Terrace, which was phase one of this development, is made up of both condo owners and
renters. Um the condo owners have deeded parking spaces um under 166 in their enclosed garage and the exterior surface spaces are um for the renters of that building.
So um through the chair now both both developments will share the existing 24 or would it be just solely to 154 terrace? >> Those 24 parking spaces would be solely
for the 154 terrace building. >> Thank you. And um uh councelor Durkin was present uh early in the meeting and um was there any reason for not reaching out to the city councilors
uh for your area for the project change? >> There was no reason. That was a complete oversight on on my part and I take full responsibility for that. Um, and I I I apologize for not reaching out to the city councelor to notify her of this
NPC. >> Well, I'll definitely Jo will definitely meet with the um counselor before going to the ZBA for arbit arbitration so I can um definitely work with him on setting that up. I met with the
counselor and their team um on several occasions to discuss the project. >> Thank you. Thank you both. Thank you, Steve. Okay. Could >> could you also elaborate on whatever community uh engagement process was uh pursued
with the with this development? >> So, um this the MPC process that we have for this project was um what we call an expedited MPC. Um however, the counselor
requested a meeting. So because of the changes that the proponent was seeking, um they're not needing to get ZBA approval because they were approved previously. He'll just need to go to the arbiters to get approval. Um we it gives the option whether the counselor or
elected officials would like to have the meeting or not. um the count speaking with the counselor. Um she felt that because the project has such a long history that it was appropriate to to meet with the community and so um we conducted a public meeting where we
discussed the uh project with the community. Um, understandably a lot of the community members were unaware of the um that wind had sold um the property and that it was um being developed or that it was hoping to be
developed by this new developer. So um you know we communicated and tried our best to um be as polite and and listen to the concerns of the community. And in the board memo, we tried our best to reflect some of the concerns um that they have.
Um right now, the proponent doesn't necessarily um well, the proponent is working with um 1664 to continue to allow parking. The wind has um um what is it? Extended the the lease for a month and the proponent is
willing to extend that up until he is um capable of doing the construction on the site. So, um he's been working his working the best way that he can with the community on this um change that occurred. >> And um speaking of construction,
uh where will the uh staging for this uh project take place? >> Joe, would you like to take that on? >> Yes. So, this is going to be a podium style building. So, the first floor would be steel and then five levels of
wood above. Typically in on these kind of buildings, we've always used the under the under the podium as the staging. Um for lumber and for materials, uh we have like roughly 12 ft in height from the concrete slab grade
to the underside of the steel deck, which is sufficient height to get um equipment in and out of there and move um material that we keep under the building. um for storage
as far as accessibility. Also, as I'm sure you know, ISD requires a construction management plan. So, we'll do our best not to interfere or the proponent will do his best not to interfere with traffic on the street as it as you stated, it's already um a tight squeeze as it is.
I I use this street uh twice a day. It's a very narrow uh street with very high volume of traffic. Very high. Um, and uh I received some concerns from
neighbors about uh traffic and parking, particularly because of the way uh Terrace Street ends in essentially a very sharp right turn. Um that uh most vehicles take at a fairly high speed.
Um, and and I'm a little concerned about uh the provisions that the proponent here may have made to uh address what is certain to be um
major traffic congestion, particularly when Roxbury Community College changes its classes and uh students use that street very heavily. Um, and I just didn't see anything in um, what we've put forward
here that addresses the issue of traffic and parking with the addition of this many units. Hi, uh, Chair Roas, uh, members of the board, Ted Schwarzber, uh, assistant deputy director for planning review. And
uh to to follow up on on your comments about traffic and parking that uh this would require or this is under the parking ratio that's required by zoning, but uh it is consistent with BTD's uh off- streetet parking guidelines which
uh uh recommend zero to one space per unit here. And uh I certainly appreciate the point about uh the dimension of the street and I remember when I first started working as a planner here this was all industrial uses uh and and as my
colleague Andrew noted uh this slowly has changed over time and uh uh one by one for example the former pickle factory that was right next door uh now residential and uh I know I can't speak for my colleagues on the seventh floor but I know that this is on BTD's
long-term list uh to study. Uh but this is not in their immediate capital plans. And when we were reviewing it, uh our inclination was to not put more cars into the street through the development. So uh by following BTD guidelines, those
are derived from the transit and walk resources. And uh in in the course of our review, we thought that it would be detrimental uh to the street in its current state to bring more vehicles in through off- streetet parking. And by uh reducing supply of parking off street,
we would uh reduce uh demand for on street travel. So uh that was the logic that informed the the staff review uh about putting hopefully fewer cars into the neighborhood uh relative per unit uh with this new uh uh phase of the
project. Uh hopefully that helps to clarify. Thank you. >> Okay. >> You're welcome. >> Any additional questions or comments? All right. Hearing and seeing none, a motion is in order. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor? I
>> I >> opposed. >> Opposed. >> Uh and the eyes have it. Uh motion passes. Thank you, Stephen. Uh item number 22, we have contractual payments. I need a motion to pay our bills. >> I move that we pay our bills. I second
that motion. >> Okay. All those in favor? >> I >> opposed. The eyes have it. Motion passes. Please pay the bills. And we are going to um take a break. Uh so the next
uh couple items don't start until uh the public hearing at 5 uh 5:30. So we will take a break until 5:30 and uh see you back for the next uh the last couple of agenda items. Thank you. Bye.