##VIDEO ID:F-N8s3lYOvY## e e e e e e e e e e e e e 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 C Hall in our boardroom on the ninth floor and virtually via zoom and Boston City TV for more information and updates visit Boston plans.org the open public meeting Law requires that I notify the public that this meeting is being recorded Please be aware that an audio and visual recording of this meeting is being made and broadcast by Boston City TV which is a part of the city of Boston office of cable communication at Xfinity channel 26 RCN channel 13 and Verizon files Channel 962 it is also being live streamed at boston.gov now if there is anyone in the audience who is recording this meeting uh please kindly identify yourself now okay seeing none lastly we request your assistant in helping us reduce conversational noise streaming from the hallways if everyone would be so mindful as to move away quietly when they leave the boardroom and wait until they are farther away from the doors to continue their conversations that would be sincerely appreciated thank you okay so I will begin with a roll call of members uh Miss Bennett present Mr Shephard present Mr Ali present and the chair uh I am present okay item number one request authorization for the approval of the minutes of the December 12th 2024 board meeting a motion is in order so move second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr shephard I Mr om Ali I and the chair votes I motion passes item number two request authorization to amend the lease between e the economic development and Industrial Corporation of Boston doing business as Boston Planning and Development agency and mass robotics Inc to add Suite 301 and remove sues 502 and 50 four at 12 Channel Street within the Raymond Elfin Marine Park Dennis thank you madam chair Maru btic has been a tenant in 12 Channel Street since 2016 um they their business model is they provide workspace for Innovative Robotics and automation startup companies um the the model is very similar to that of a Wei work uh where they charge a fee for the use of the premises by the startup companies um the lease has been amended four times since 2016 to accommodate expansion and contraction within 12 Channel Street they currently currently lease 51,000 ft in four separate Suites within the building uh consisting of two con two non-contiguous Suites on the fifth floor uh one of 1,700 Square F feet and another 14,000 square ft as well as the entire second floor consisting of two two separate Suites totaling 30 I'll say 35,000 square feet brevity uh 12 Channel Street is suffering from significant vacancies with the Rec departure of east west manufacturing uh two Suites totaling 45,000 Square ft and the pending vacancy by global Protection Corporation who will be vacating three Suites totaling 68,000 Square fet staff is in the process now of aggressively marketing the building and reshuffling the deck within the building uh to make it more marketable mass robotics had previously expressed an interest in the now vacant third floor space which was vacated by East West uh manufacturing however the cost to add the entire floor to the per the leas perisis was cost prohibitive in late 2024 staff approached Mobs with a proposal to uh a lease the entire third floor and vacate the fifth floor portions to allow BPA to recapture those spaces generally speaking smaller spaces are more marketable uh than an entire floor within the building so we think our the odds are better to lease the smaller spaces and we had a tenant willing to take the third floor so it was um we need it made sense to act act on it um this puts to be mutual beneficial in that mass robotics benefits from operating efficiencies with now two contiguous floors that they will have in their entirety and the planning department can now go to market with suets that are less complicated to lease um the planning department crafted a proposal to incentivize Mass robotics to vacate the fifth floor and move to the third floor the economics of the transaction are in the memo um in the term sheet but summarized for the public record as follows masss currently PID between 20 and $26 per square foot depending on the on the Suite that they occupy we believe that in this current market and we've done significant um market analysis to this and that the market rate for Upper Floor industrial space and 12 channel is currently 17 to 19 Square dollars a foot the proposed new lease premises consists of uh two entire floors totaling 69,000 sare ft this modest increase in size was palatable to mass robotics board um in that it's a net increase of 18,000 ft not the 35,000 ft while the initial rate over the next 12 months looks comparatively low it starts at below $8 a foot it's important to point out the following uh the planning department is not contributing to the cost of the relocation within the building we're also not uh contributing to the cost to build out the space uh that from M Robotics and very importantly uh we're not paying a real estate commission there was no real estate broker involved in this trans transaction uh were there an outside broker involved the fee would have probably exceeded quar of a million dollars given the size of the third floor so we we are able to um uh to avoid that fee and the rent reverts back to the current market rate in January 2026 so after a year it's up to $19 and then it keeps going up so it's short-term pain um the pain is shortlived U but we staff forecasts a net increase of about 15% in total revenue to the agency once um over the next seven years of the existing Le of mous btic so there'll be there'll be an immediate dip in Revenue but we we'll make up for it thank you okay thank you um do we have any questions or comments from the board hearing and seeing none a motion is an order so Mo second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett hi Mr Shepard I Dr Lark I Mr Al I and the chair votes I motion passes thank you Dennis item number three request authorization to enter into a lease agreement with Boston balloon events and the confetti company LLC for use of The Suite uh 504 at 12 Channel Street in the Raymond eln marine park for a period of three years with two one-year term options commencing January 1st 2025 and ending December 31st 2027 Dennis thank you madam chair I'm pleased to report that this proposal is is a direct result of our enhanced marketing efforts um and it's also one of the spaces that mass robotics has recently vacated so we've already we've already leased one of those up uh or pending your approval of course uh Boston balloon events and confetti company reached out to the planning department after seeing 12 Channel Street advertised in a real estate search website um they've been in business since 1978 they offer event support using balloons confetti um uh cero effects and the like now we've all seen their work without realizing it uh while celebrating some of the world championship of Boston sports teams have enjoyed since 1978 all the confetti that that the Celtics wore was was from Boston balloon company um so we're proposing a three-year term for sweet 504 the 1700 foot space with two single year options uh the lease will commence in January of 2025 however the rent will will start in April um we we proposing the the free rent period to allow Boston Bloon to absorb the cost of the move uh rent will start at $20 per square foot which I think is spot on for the market um the space is it's rectangular shaped uh with open open floor plan uh but there was no air conditioning um it's in very good shape uh but no air conditioning so we think it is absolutely priced uh properly uh we believe that the transaction accurately represents the current market for 12 Channel Street and I'm asking for your approval for the lease okay thank you questions or comments from the board right hearing and seeing none a motion is in order second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett hi Mr Shephard hi Dr lsmark hi Mr omali I and the chair votes I motion passes thank you item number four request authorization to enter into a license agreement with the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority for the for the use of a portion of land on parcel Z known as Pier 10 Park and the bpda owned float system located at on the adjacent water sheet in the Raymond Elfin Marine Park to operate a fairy service for a period of one year commencing April 1st 2025 and ending March 31st 2026 with four one-year extension options Dennis thank you madam chair uh the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority or MCCA uh owns and operates the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center the lawn on the very popular lawn on d uh the Hines convention center and the Boston Common garage uh the MCCA also works to facilitate Transit improvements in sou Boston Waterfront uh they've negotiated public private Partnerships to support MCCA sponsored quote cport Ferry um they have partnered with Bas State cruise lines to provide this fantastic service in Boston Harbor several private companies have sponsored the service which provides F service every 20 minutes uh during the Peak at morning and afternoon commuting hours while passengers do pay a fee um for the service the operational costs require subsidy to stay cash flow positive in March 2024 EDC board authorized the expenditure of over $2 million to install a floating dock and gang way gangway system and waiting shelter on pier 10 within the Rayman Flynn Marine Park U specifically to in to uh incentivize passenger water transportation um availability within Boston Harbor not surprisingly MCCA approached EDC requesting um to include the edac on float into the Harbor ferry system uh we're I'm recommending today that Ed enter into a 5-year license with MCCA for for that laudable purpose uh we're proposing no fee for the first year um to help them establish the market and get up and running uh it will be for non-exclusive use they will not have exclusive use of the float um should the ferry system be as successful as we all expect MC MCCA uh starting year two will pay nominal fee of $750 per month which we'll use to offset our cost to maintain um the waiting area and the floating system Etc uh no one's going to get rich on this deal but we're helping provide a valuable reasonably priced service to visitors and residents of Boston thank you makes sense uh questions or comments from the board just brief question so it's every 20 minutes in the peak season uh how often does it run in the does do the fairies run in the non- peak season well the peak hours of of the PE I'm not positive to be honest with you I can find out no I think it's a great thing glad to anything we can do I've used it I think think it's a wonderful resource it helps you know our city so but more Curious than anything else but thank you for your work on this okay additional questions or comments hearing and seeing none a motion is an order so moveed second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr shephard I Dr lsmark I Mr Al I and the chair votes I motion passes thanks Dennis thank you all item number five request authorization to issue a request for proposals for Genentech Security Suite Management Services for five IC owned properties for a period of 3 years Lauren Madam chair members of the board the bpda is 13 million square feet of real assets span Boston's neighborhoods and are managed developed Acquired and leased by the bpda real estate department to ensure excellent fiscal and operational stewardship of this public property staff have implemented a best-in-class genitech security program currently the gench system is functioning within 12 Channel Street at the Raymond delin marine park with building security project underway which will expand its use throughout the building through this RFP staff are seeking similar services in order to connect the additional edic own locations in the raymund Del Flynn Park namely the surface parking lots lot V1 C1 and C2 and the open space and Marine infrastructure at Pier 10 the bpda seeks authorization to solicit bids pursuant to Mass General Law chapter 30b for a service provider for any engineering and consulting services for the bpda genitech Enterprise management system at multiple edic owned properties the scope of services will consist of Furnishing all necessary labor materials equipment Transportation supplies and services to manage the genx security system and the related network connections of edic owned Parcels the awarded contract will be for a term of 3 years funding for this project will be from the bpda operational budget and the cost is not expected to exceed $180,000 a year for the contract I'm happy to answer any questions okay thank you questions or comments from the board all right hearing and saying none a motion is in order so moved second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr Shepard I Dr lanmark hi Mr Al I and the chair votes I motion passes item number six request authorization issue an invitation for bids on behalf of the economic development and Industrial Corporation of Boston seeking bids for multiple contracts for General Repair and maintenance services at edic owned properties for a period of one year with two one-year extension options Lauren I'm here today to request authorization for the economic development and Industrial Corporation to advertise and issue an invitation for bids to seek authorization and act as lead jurisdiction on behalf of the Boston Planning and Development agency to advertise and issue an invitation for bids to award multiple contracts for General Repair and maintenance services for edic and BR owned properties the city of Boston's planning department as I mentioned before we have 13 million square feet of real estate uh the work on the property is conducted by our operation staff but they're supported by a variety of contractors across several specialized trades the purpose of this ifb is to Resource a pool of Maintenance vendors under an as needed contract so staff can be Strate IC proactive and respond to quickly uh quickly to Urgent needs given the range of services and the expertise being sought the bpda intends to award contracts to multiple contractors in search of each service category selected contractors will be responsible for obtaining the appropriate permits licenses and Equipment the ifb will include all applicable wage requirements and the resulting contract will be awarded to the responsible and responsive biders with the lowest total bid prices for each category of service as a result of the joint procurement the bra and the edic respectively plan to award contracts in each category of service with separate contracts for Ed edic and BR B owned properties this approach will streamline the procurement process for both staff and vendors and will'll ensure quality vendors are available to meet our needs uh we don't currently expect the aggregate annual value of this program to exceed $300,000 in the first year with the possibility to expand the program over time for a total program value not to ex exceed $1,200,000 over three years the resulting contracts will be funded through the bpda operating budget I'm happy to answer any questions any questions or comments from the board hearing and z n a motion is in order so move second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr Shephard hi Dr lanmark hi Mr Ali I and the chair votes I motion passes great item number seven request authorization to execute a contract with Vanguard Pilgrim LLC for parking Management Services at 5 edic owned parking assets and four BR owned parking Assets in the amount of $30.52 per parking space unit under management annually for a contract term of two years with three one-year extension op options Lauren thank you the BR and the edic both uh doing business at as the bpda collectively own and operate nine parking facilities across the city of Boston the city of Boston through its Transportation departments holds two Standalone facilities because it is in the collective economic and operational best interest to join efforts and because the city of Boston has parking management goals that align with the management goals of the bpda this contract will incorporate all 11 parking facilities under a single parking management agreement commencing in 2025 presently this represents a total of 4,762 parking spaces in July 2024 the edic board authorized the clerk to advertise and issue a request for proposals for parking management across all 11 properties this memor that memorandum also approved a memorandum of agreement between the parties to effectuate the collective management of the individual parking facilities under one management agreement the memorandum of agreement between the parties formalizes the terms of care and custody operational oversight financial management and planned Capital repairs with edic holding the contract and the planning department maintaining the operational management control on November 18th 2024 the edic uh issued uh the RFP on December 18th the bpda received six proposals in response to the RFP of the six proposals received all six were responsible responsive and met the quality requirements and satisfied the minimum threshold criteria the six responses prop responsive proposals were from oh on Vanguard Pilgrim LLC ABM parking management LAZ Parking limited icon parking Holdings imp Park and VPN Parking Solutions as set forth in the RFP the resulting contract is to be awarded to the responsive and responsible respondent who submits the most advantageous proposal taking into account the comparative evaluation criteria in the fee proposal all six proposals met the minimum thresholds and were evaluated based on these comparative evaluation criteria experience quality and plan of service business diversity and ownership Community engagement and local impact Innovation and syst sustainability and finally an interview after completing the evaluation of the technical proposals and assigning the ratings for each proposal the evaluation committee analyzed the fee proposals based on the evaluation criteria and review of the fee proposals Vanguard parking LLC was determined to be the most highly advantageous proposal for parking Management Services during the term of the license any property may be removed from the parking management agreement per the planning Department's real estate division strategic property dispositions therefore the resulting edic contract with Vanguard Pilgrim LLC will be based on a purse based unit annual management fee for an amount not to exceed $30.52 per space with a processing payment fee of 2.3% the agreement will be for five edic owned parking lots four BR owned parking facilities and two city of Boston owned parking facilities which may be which may be added or removed at various points over the life of the contract in the event the edic exercises the three one-year extensions the total contract term will be for five years I'm happy to answer any questions any questions or comments from the board right hearing and seeing none a motion is in order so who second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr shephard I Dr lsmark Mr Al I and the chair votes I motion passes thank you thank you item number eight request authorization to execute a contract with Brothers electrical Corp for the installation of security systems for 12 Channel Street and the 12 dry do Avenue parking garages within the Raymond Elfin marine park for a contract amount not to exceed $1,426 th000 and to further execute any change orders that may be required to complete the work as deemed necessary by the director for a total contract uh amount not to exceed 1,56 8,600 uh dollar William thank you good afternoon Madam chair members of the board uh we are requesting authorization to execute a Construction contract with Brothers electrical for the building security project in the Raymond El fln Marine Park this matter was last before you in February of last year requesting authorization to advertise the invitation for bids as a reminder there are two buildings included in this Construction contract 12 chandel Street a 9-story 1940s built uh Navy Storehouse building and and 12 dry do a five-story uh nearly 1800 space parking garage uh the construction work includes security cameras access devices and necessary electrical in order to install uh we originally bid in June of last year we only received two bids both were over budget we didn't feel good with those numbers we decided to bid it a second time uh August of last year where we had 75 uh interested parties downloading the solicitation and we received four bids on December 12th uh the lowest bid was from Brothers in the amount of $1,426 th000 uh the total contract request is for $1,568 600 that amount includes a 10% contingency the contract will be funded from the fy2 uh capital budget happy to answer any questions you might have questions or comments from the board hearing and saying none a motion is an order so move second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett hi mrf I Dr Lark I Mr Al I and the chair votes I motion passes thank you Willam item number nine Personnel secretary pimus good afternoon I have a couple of items for your consideration on the edic agenda with exact details included in the board memo we have one internship in the human resources department Abigail matley we have three employee service contracts in the finance department Anthony verani in the Urban Design department danne bremier and in the records Management Department Izzy Wagner okay any questions or comments from the board hearing and seeing none a motion is an order so moved second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr Shepard I Dr lansar I Mr omali I and the chair votes I motion passes and that was the final item I need a motion to adourn this meeting I move here in the meeting second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr Shephard hi Dr Lanark hi Mr om Al I and the chair votes I motion passes meeting adjourned second good thank you for joining the January 16th 2025 Boston Redevelopment Authority 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 on our 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 Boston plans.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 Boston City TV which is a part of the city of Boston office of cable communication at Xfinity channel 26 RCN channel 13 and Verizon files Channel 962 it's also being live streamed at boston.gov uh and now I ask if there's anyone in the audience who's recording this meeting to please identify yourself now okay seeing none um lastly we request your assistance in helping reduce conversational noise streaming in from the hallway so if everyone would be mindful just to move away quietly when they leave the boardroom and wait till their further away from the doors to continue their conversation that would be sincerely appreciated thank you okay um item number one request authorization for the approval of the minutes of the December 12th 2024 board meeting a motion is in order so move second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr Shepard I Dr Lark hi Mr Al hi and the chair votes I motion passes item number two request authorization to extend the tenative designation status of tenants tenants Development Corporation for the development of parcel 22A in the Southend urban renewal area project number Mass r- 56 located at 151 Lennox Street in Roxbury for a period of 6 months until July 31st 2025 benj thank you madam chair members of the board I'm requesting an additional six-month extension to the to the tenative designation for tenants Development Corporation also known as TDC for the Redevelopment of parcel 22A located at 151 Lennox Street in the South End the board originally awarded TDC tenative design designation in June 2018 as and has extended the designation since the original vote to allow the developer to continue in their work towards helping us improve this part of our City TDC had proposed to develop a community center including office space for its headquarters have been working towards this goal in early 2024 after continued conversations with staff and significant analysis it was determined that the prior proposed project was not financially achievable given current market conditions TDC is now finalizing a proposal that includes a 100% residential use including 38 new homes for seniors TDC expects to use the six-month extension to refine the design development program with planning department staff further refine the financial model and have discussions with city of Boston mayor's office of Housing and Massachusetts executive office of Housing and livable communities as well as Mass housing TDC also expects to use their extension to initiate the article 80 process TDC has already submitted an intake form for the process to receive an executive order certificate for streamlining the approval of affordable housing this tenative designation extension will allow TDC to make significant progress on this project and provide a clear path to developing 151 lenx Street into a Community Asset we expect to be back before you in six months to provide an update on the project stat status thank you and I'm happy to answer any questions okay thank you questions or comments from the board hearing and seeing none a motion is in order so Moote second we'll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr shephard I Dr Lark hi Mr Al I and the chair votes I motion passes thank you Benjamin uh oh no you again okay was just like I was like you can go stay request authorization to extend the tenative designation uh status of the hym uh Investment Group LLC and my city at peace LLC as the redeveloper of parcel P3 in the Campus High School urban renewal area project number Mass R-1 129 in the Roxbury neighborhood for a period of 6 months until July 31st 2025 benam thank you madam chair members of the board uh the bpda board tely designated the hym Investment Group LLC and my city at peace LLC to be redeveloper of parcel P P3 in the Campus High School urban renewal area in the rockberry neighborhood in January 2023 their status was extended until now these entities proposed proposes a development that includes approximately 466 housing units 300 of eight which are planned to be income restricted these units will be for families with incomes at or below 30 to 100% Ami area Medan income 282 units are proposed to be rental and 184 for home ownership the project also proposes to include approximately 695,000 Square ft of life science space 47,000 sare ft of retail space 31,000 Square ft for embrace Boston and 43,000 of open space Additionally the project proposes to to deliver 10,000 square feet of rent-free lab training space for Lab Central ignite during the requested six-month extension the Redevelopment team is hoping to complete the following steps provide an updated project schedule including but not limited to the following aspects permitting financing design the proposed phasing of the building construction provide an updated site plan that provides a clear achievable plan for site access this plan should consider the expected changes to Treemont street that that were presented to the development team by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and city of Boston in 2024 and file a project notification form as part of the article 80 process therefore staff recommends extending their tened designation for six months thank you 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 move second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr shephard I Dr lsmark I Mr Al I and the chair votes I motion passes thank you thank you okay item number four request authorization to extend the tentic designation status of Powerhouse CNY LLC to facilitate the long-term lease of building 108 in the Charlestown neighbor yard for a period of 6 months until July 31st 2025 un good afternoon and thank you madam chair and members of the board I am here to request approval to extend the tentative designation of Powerhouse CNY LLC for the Redevelopment and long-term lease of ground uh long-term ground lease of building 108 in the Charleston Navy Yard building 108 was a vacant building of approximately 32,000 Square ft that was pre that previously served as the central power plant of the Charleston Navy Yard the abatement and demolition of the former building was substantially completed in Spring of 2023 um in October 2020 the planning department received two proposals in response to the Redevelopment RFP for this site The Proposal submitted by Powerhouse CNY LLC was determined to be the most highly advantageous for its ability to execute the project presented its design and development program and its diversity and inclusion plan as well as its Financial offer for the Redevelopment proposal um by Powerhouse CNY uh this consists of 97,000 square feet of building um with approximately 84,000 uh square feet of rentable square feet of laps and R&D space uh 1,700 rsf of Cafe space and 39 below grade parking spaces on February 11th 2021 the board approved the tenative designation of Powerhouse for the Redevelopment of building 108 most recently the board approved two six-month extensions for the developers tenative designation status in January and July of 2024 since being GR granted the last extension uh the development team continued to make diligent progress including finalizing the Project's design review with the bpda and MHC and coordinating with neighboring owners and stakeholders on Transformer locations and preparing for additional Community engagement during the next uh tenative designation extension period the PowerHouse CNY will finalize negotiation with the long-term ground lease continue to pursue permanent financing uh with prospective tenants and continue the article 80 design review and Community process as needed uh therefore planning department real estate staff recommend extending the ten ofation status for six months thank you and I'm happy to answer any questions thank you Yun any questions or comments from the board hearing and seeing none a motion is in order so move second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett hi Mr shephard I Dr lansar hi Mr Ali I and the chair votes I motion passes item number five request authorization to extend a tenative design a status of the Ducker Company Limited and enter into lease negotiations with the redeveloper to facilitate the long-term lease and Redevelopment of parcel 5 located at 142 Shaman Avenue in the South ID renewal area project number Mass r- 56 in the South and neighborhood of Boston for a period of 12 months until January 31st 2026 thank you again Madam chair and members of the board 142 shamut Avenue is a site of approximately 8500t F feet of land located in the south end it is currently a vacant site uh located between the recently completed Lucas condominium project at 136 shamet Avenue with the objective to create open screen space for the community the bpda released two rfps for the Redevelopment of the site uh in November first in November 2019 and second in February 2020 um neither of which did not yield satisfactory responses so in order to further prioritize the diversity and inclusion uh during the selection process the ppda reissued the RFP in November 2020 with a strengthened and clarified Dei evaluation Criterion in January 2021 the bpda received one proposal from the drer Company Limited uh who is also the proponent for the Redevelopment at the abing um 1033 1055 Washington Street also known as a former Verizon building their proposal responded to the strong neighborhood support for Park public open space at the site after through analysis and evaluation bpda staff recommended that the board award tenative designation status to the Jer company which was authorized in the in the board meeting on January 18th 2024 since receiving tenative designation Jer company has continued to advance the park design and negotiate with the bpda regarding the terms of the ground lease during this first tenative designation extension the proponent aims to finalize negotiations of the ground lease secure necessary Financial commitments and complete uh the community process and park design reviews to be awarded final designation the proponent must have the building permits ready for issuance um the terms and conditions of the ground lease fully negotiated and have all necessary financing and design approvals required for the project to proceed to construction uh at this time I would like to recommend extending the tenative desens status of Jer Company Limited for the Redevelopment of 142 Shaman Avenue thank you I'm happy answer answer any questions okay thank you questions or comments from the board hearing and saying none a motion is in order so moved second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr shephard I Dr lansar I Mr om Al I and the chair votes I motion passes thank you y thank you very much item number six request authorization to amend the construction services contract with JC canisto LLC and increase the contract amount by 278,00 $749 for fire pump replacement at the China trade China Trade building located at to Boon Street William thank you again uh we are requesting authorization to amend the Construction contract with canastraro at the China Trade building for the fire pump replacement I was here only last month requesting a similar uh amendment that first amendment brought the total contract value to $787,500 and that was to include the complete repiping of the fire pump assembly when we disassembled the fire pump it became apparent that we needed to also replace the underground uh water service lines that feed the fire pump the scaling is significant and we're concerned that if we don't replace those lines we'll damage everything that we just did uh this second and final Amendment request will increase the contract $ 36,3 2161 the total contract authorization will be for 1,938 $61 and I'm confident this is the last time I'll be before you on this matter happy to answer any questions great thank you um uh questions or comments from the board hearing and seeing none a motion is in order so move second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr Shephard hi Dr Lark hi Mr Al hi and the chair of VES I motion passes item number seven request authorization to issue a request for qualifications for the historic envelope preservation and stabilization project at the chain Forge building 105 in the Charlestown Navy Yard William all right thank you again I'm excited for this one it's a new matter before you we're requesting authorization to issue a design request for qualifications for building 105 in the Charlestown Navy Yard uh this is a building built by the US Navy in 1900 it's the former chain Forge where the Navy built a majority of the chain for military purposes here in Boston uh it was constructed in 1900 became vacant in 1970 it's a 60,000 ft building along along first a between 9th and 13th streets portions of the roof structure and exterior masonry are in poor condition uh this RFQ seeks a building designer building engineer that can do a complete evaluation uh inspection and most importantly provide us with some repair Concepts that will stabilize and preserve the building uh our estimate for the work is $270,000 for the design that will also result in a good cost estimate for whatever work they determine needs to be done uh we will be issuing the request for qualification subject to Massachusetts general laws chapter 7 C I hope to be back in the spring with an award recommendation and as in aside as you know our disposition team has already engaged the community in the Redevelopment of this building so we view this work as critical to stabilize and preserve the structure happy to answer any questions makes sense uh questions or comments from the board hearing and seeing none a motion is in order so move second we call for a vote Miss Bennett Mr shephard I Dr lsmark I Mr omali I and the chair votes I motion passes right item number eight request authorization to issue a request for proposals for a service provider for jentech Security Suite for four BR owned properties for a period of one year with two one-year extension options Lauren Madam chair members of the board uh this is the same uh janitech system uh from the edrc vote and in this case I'm extending it to uh fton Street Sergeant Warf China trade and also to 290 Tremont Street I'm happy to go through the rest of the details again if you like um no uh any questions or comments no okay um motion is in order I'll move second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr shephard I Dr lanmark I Mr Al I and the chair votes I motion passes item number nine request authorization to issue an invitation for bids on behalf of the Boston Redevelopment Authority seeking bids for multiple contracts for General Repair and maintenance services at B owned properties for a period of one year with two one-year extension one year oneyear term extension options Lauren Madam chair members of the board this is also the same uh uh commitment that I brought to you earlier uh in this case it is for assignments on BR property okay great any additional questions or comments okay hearing and seeing n a motion is in order so second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr shephard I Dr Lanark I Mr om Al I and the chair votes I motion passes thanks Lauren thanks everyone cheers item number 10 request authorization and petition to the zoning commission to adopt a map amendment to zoning map 7B 7D 6A 6B 6C to delineate Barry's corner cc-1 and Everett tord cc-1 subdistricts as intended by mapa Amendment application number 748 to the zoning commission Ted good afternoon Madam chair secretary pemus members of the board director Shen I'm Ted schwarzburg assistant deputy director for planning review I'm covering this item for one of my staff members who's about to begin her maternity leave any minute right now uh the Amendments before you correct a clerical error made in 20202 when adopting the zoning amendments to implement the Western Avenue Corridor rezoning study the propos OS amendments make no substantive changes next slide please this slide shows the existing zoning map 7B 7D on the left and the proposed map on the right as you can see this is the zoning map for the Alon neighborhood delineating zoning districts overlays and PDA designated areas next slide please the proposed amendments affect a small area of the map South of Western AV and west west of Everett Street due to a map symbology error the existing map lacks delineation between the Everett Telford Community commercial one subdistrict and the bar's Corner Community commercial one subdistrict the proposed amendments will correct this mistake by adding the subdistrict boundaries as intended by the bpda board and Zoning commission when they originally reviewed and improved this map in 2022 thank you and I'm happy to answer any questions thank you questions or comments from the board right hearing and saying none a motion is in order so move second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr shephard I Dr Lanark I Mr Al I and the chair votes I motion passes thank you item number 11 request authorization to issue a certification of approval pursuant to article 80e small project review of the zoning code for the proposed construction of 25 residential rental units including four IDP units and 30 bicycle parking spaces located at 23 through 25 North Beacon Street and to enter into an affordable rental housing agreement and restrictions and to enter into a community benefit agreement and finally to take all related actions Scott thank you madam chair members of the board director shenon and secretary bimus my name is Scott Greenhall and I'm a project manager with development review the proposed project before you is an article 80 small project located at 23 to 25 North Beacon Street in Austin the proposed project comprises the demolition of an existing three-story residential building and construction of a new six-story building containing 25 rental residential units including four IDP units the project will feature zero motor vehicle parking spaces 24 interior bicycle parking spaces will be provided for residents the proponent filed a small project review application or spr on August 14th 2024 a public meeting was appropriately advertised and held on September 16th the comment per period ended September 27th I will now turn it over to Elana hes to cover the planning context before the development team begins their presentation thank you uh good evening Madame chair secretary pimus all right thanks much shorter than Scott uh members of the board and director Shen my name is Elana hes and I'm covering for Michelle y as the planning review team planner assigned to this project next slide please the proposed project at 2325 North Beacon Street is located in the ston Brighton neighborhood District within a three family 3 f4000 subdistrict this portion of North Beacon Street is located within the Union Square commercial node where it contains a mix of residential commercial and mixed use buildings in regards to Transportation this area is well serviced as it is accessible to the Boston Landing Commuter Rail station the MBTA Alon Street Green Line station and multiple MBTA bus lines including the 57 64 66 and 501 bus routes the proposed project Falls within the boundaries of the Alon Brighton needs assessment which was approved and adopted by the bpda board in January 2024 as this project is proposing a Transit oriented multif family residential building with four units of income restricted housing this is consistent with the need for accessible and affordable housing in the Alon Brighton needs of assessment uh next slide please zoning relief is recommended for this proposed project as the proposed use mix is consistent with the goals of the Alon Brighton needs assessment as well as the local context for a neighborhood mixed use residential and Commercial node this project will also bring many public realm improvements to the area such as upgrading sidewalks and streetscape at North Beacon Street to meet complete streets guidelines and adding an additional Street tree to North Beacon Street thank you and I will turn over to the development team to present the project in more detail good afternoon Madam chair members of the board director Shen secretary pimus my name is Johanna Schneider I am legal counsel on behalf of the project proponent Alpha management I'm here with Tim Laurer of Embark the project architect Jay Walsh our community relations consultant and the owner's representative Robert Allen is available on zoom we're really excited to be before you this afternoon with a proposal to red velop an underutilized site in Alon by replacing an aging three-story multif family structure with a new 25 unit building that will really fill in a missing tooth on North Beacon Street which has undergone a massive transformation over the last several years this is an ideal site for a residential development of this scale in that it is a short walk to the MBTA Green Line several bus lines and the MBTA Commuter Rail it is also proximate to Union Square a major neighborhood commercial area the project seeks to leverage its location by providing zero on-site parking while focusing on sidewalk and streetscape improvements along the Project's Frontage to enhance The Pedestrian and cyclist experience mindful of feedback that we've received from the community the site plan has also been designed to ensure that loading short-term deliveries pickups and drop offs can take place within the site rather than creating congestion and safety issues on North Beacon Street the project will also support the city's goals of promoting the develop velopment of both market rate and affordable housing bringing 25 new rental units in a mix of ones twos and threes four of the units will be IDP units and one of the IDP units will be a three-bedroom unit in order to create a family Housing Opportunity the project also incorporates key sustainability goals the building will be all electric we have also deliberately cited the building and developed a robust tree Protection Program to ensure the continued viability of existing mature trees on the site and we've also developed a planting plan to increase vegetation on the site and to add a new Street Tree on North Beacon Street I do want to acknowledge the important role that councelor Braden and her staff have played in this project at her suggestion we've created an interior trash storage location to ensure more efficient trash management and to reduce the risk of illegal third party illegal dumping at the site as well as rodent issues in response to concerns that the counselor has raised about trash management across alpas portfol folio in olston Brighton we've taken a very aggressive approach to investigating and clearing outstanding violations Alpha has hired a third-party consultant who spent 25 years working in code enforcement in the city that consultant has done an audit across the portfolio and is working with the owner to clear outstanding violations 95% of which are trash related the consultant is also working with Alpha to develop a series of best practices to be implemented at all of its properties some of those best practices include bringing trash inside wherever possible installing a closed lid on dumpsters monitoring non-resident dumping through surveillance and other deterrance measures as the audit has revealed that many of the violations involved trash from properties not owned by Alpha part of the consultant scope is also an ongoing monitoring role to ensure efficient implementation of these measures the last thing I'll say about this project before handing it off to our architect to walk through the proposal that's actually in front of you is that many of the units that Alpha owns and operates in the city including the existing building at the site are older stock we think that on this site in particular going forward having a new building will eliminate many of the maintenance challenges inherent in operating older buildings that are approaching obsolescence like the one that we are seeking to replace here this project represents a significant investment by this owner and they look forward to building and operating a new modern and I think beautiful building with much needed rental housing in a prime location and with that I'll turn it over to Tim Laurer to walk through the project but I'm happy to answer any questions when the presentation has concluded thank you Johanna uh good evening uh Tim ler architect with Embark uh if you could Advance the slide uh you can go one more please uh so kind as was touched upon uh the site here kind of highlighted in the blue um is a great location in a kind of mix use um area with a lot of um extensive commercial activity and access to both uh the MBTA green line and the commuter rail um as well as kind of ongoing uh development both residential and Commercial um in the Austin Yards Austin Landing area as well as along Cambridge and North Beacon streets so we kind of we see this project as a continuation of that development uh to continue to add more density uh and more housing options to this kind of lively neighborhood so you go to the next slide uh a little more detail kind of on that U Mobility options um in addition to the commun rail and the green line both being um within a half mile uh uh kind of 5-minute walk from the site we also have numerous uh uh bus stops on different bus lines both along uh North Beacon and cam streets as well as an existing blue Blake station right in Union Square directly adjacent to the site and a second one up near uh Boston Landing uh in addition to the kind of existing and proposed um extension of the of the protected bike lane Network kind of throughout um the neighborhood the next slide please this is just an aerial the site from the south um highlighted in blue as the site itself um kind of as was noted the the the existing property on the site is um not really in scale with the rest of the context given the ongoing development adjacent to it uh so we see this as a great chance to infill the site uh and create that greater density go the next slide please uh so here's just some photos along North Beacon um that Center one there you can see kind of straight on the site there's an existing Street tree that we will be proposing protecting and uh protecting as well well as uh proposing a second uh Street tree adjacent to it if you the next slide uh this is another aerial from the other side kind of looking South here um kind of two things to highlight one is the change in typology from the kind of more denser larger buildings along North Beacon to the slightly smaller residential scale to the rear of the site which is also uh a pretty significant grade change below the site uh the second is kind at the rear of the site there's an existing kind of growth of pretty mature uh tall trees uh we're proposing to protect and preserve all of those um and using those to kind of maintain the buffer between our building and the existing neighbors to the rear if you go to the next slide uh and here's just some um photos along the top from the rear of the site and along the side there on the right you can kind of get a sense of where those existing trees are um in relationship to the existing building uh the site the rear of the site's currently being used um as parking uh so we'll be removing that kind of Hardscape um and creating a more healthy growing condition for those trees um with kind of a lawn area and some ground cover uh next slide please uh so here's just an existing survey showing kind of the trees there at the re are highlighted where they exist and where they'll be preserved um as well as that tree tree to the front uh you can see the where the existing building is kind of Justified to the west and uh south of the site uh and with a small um front yard setback uh will largely be maintaining that sighting um there's an existing driveway on the right side of the site here to to the east um and because the uh neighboring building to our East has uh kind of a mirror driveway condition by preserving kind of that relationship we're able to maintain as much of a buffer between our building and the building to the east as possible so go to the next site uh slide please um because the site's um thin and like narrow and deep uh we are proposing a single loaded Corridor um so we have a um single kind of stair and elevator core that we're just find to the page left here um to the west of the site um in maintaining that kind of large buffer uh uh for all the residential units to the to the east um along the front we are kind of oh sorry you go back one along the front we're creating a modal setback with our our neighbor at one Everett uh directly to the West um and then at the rear you can see we're holding kind of a pretty significant uh setback to create a shared lawn area for building residents um and to kind of keep away from those trees and then we're um preserving and kind slightly reducing the existing curb cut um you you'll notice right at the center of the site uh kind of beneath the building we do have a turnaround area for vehicles um so while we Have No Parking On Site we will be providing an area for um anyone visiting on in vehicle whether it's an Uber um food delivery uh or Amazon drop off to be able to uh completely turn around on site so they're not backing onto North Beacon Street or parking at the curb and blocking access to the bike lane uh so I'll kind of wrap up here if you if you uh next slide please so here's just a quick cross-section of the front there uh we have the existing in the proposed Street tree um a pretty generous uh pedestrian pathway and then a small um kind of Hardscape and uh landscaped uh patio area for building residents if you go to the next slide and here's a section through the rear of the site uh where we have about a 10 feet of grade change between us and the neighbors um where the all those existing trees kind of exist on that sloped area in the last 10t of the site uh we'll be staying away from that cleaning it up a little bit adding some kind of healthier ground cover and then we have another 23 ft there uh where we'll proposing a lawn space for kind of shared resident activity uh if you go to the next slide so here on the left is the elevation from North Beacon Street and on the right is the uh East Elevation um kind of along the driveway so we have two primary building materials um the one on the bottom is this uh kind of tan light colored uh masonry where at the front we have we're picking up kind of the four story datm of North Beacon Street and then it kind of steps down in the rear and then we have this dark fiber smint that kind of intersects with that um and contrast it and then where we kind of carve into it we'll have uh these um wood accent tones uh to kind of warm up the the pallet a little bit and if you go to the next slide uh here's just a rendering from North Beacon um you can see there's kind of some folds and cans in the facade the idea of that is to provide as much um light and view from the South toward uh North be stre as possible while also avoiding kind of Windows that look directly toward the adjacent building uh and then if you go to the next slide here here's just another view um from Union Square uh you can kind of see we're we're kind of infilling we're continuing that that street wall um picking up that four story data and kind of matching material wise that kind of earthy tone brick and then the next slide here's just one final view from the other direction looking East um we're same idea we're kind of infilling that street wall um setting back at the upper two levels and then at that corner there you can see we have a series of stacked balconies that further kind of erode that that corner um and then with that that's uh our presentation okay thank you very much uh we'll move on to board questioning uh questions or comments from the board just a brief comment just wanted to thank you again for your commitment on all electric uh the preservation of trees I think that speaks volumes uh we appreciate that uh certainly uh urge the developers to opt up to 100% renewable through Community Choice aggregation but I think you were going to hear a uh of repeated ref train for me over the next several years just it really is going to be up to cities and towns and developers like yourself to really set these aggressive climate goals uh absent leadership from Washington so grateful for our mayor and grateful for uh those in the building and business Community who are heating the call um I appreciate the explanation on the um outstanding ISD and the and the record with this portfolio this owner portfolio what what do you expect the timing to be for resolution of those outstanding issues so there were discussions with ISD um throughout November and December um which coincided with the audit that our consultant has done um the portfolio is 29 properties um so there's a lot going on um there were as of December 151 violations as I said 95% of them were trash related 17 of them have already been cleared 27 have been dismissed for a lack of evidence and the remainder have been challenged in housing court because we don't believe that there's sufficient evidence to tie us to the violations thank you additional questions or comments um I too appreciate the uh kind of advanced explanation of uh addressing councelor breeden's concerns um I appreciate that there's also going to be some sort of ongoing monitoring control um that uh you know prevents things from getting out of control we're adding 30 another another building into the portfolio so um you know I think we're hoping and trusting that uh you know we' figured out whatever trash waste situations you've got going on that that that isn't repeated there um and the expectation is is to um for all Developers to maintain their properties and um and so and we are very committed to doing so thank you uh okay no further questions or comments a motion is in order vote second we call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr shephard I Dr lsmark I Mr om Al I and the chair votes I motion passes thank you very much congratulations okay item number 12 request authorization to enter into an affordable housing an affordable rental housing agreement and restriction in Connect with the notice of project alteration submitted to the bpda on November 20 in November of 2024 for the proposed development of 176 Lincoln Street and to enter into a First Amendment to that certain cooperation agreement by and between the bpda and the proponent executed as of December 21st 2023 if required and to take all related actions Sarah thank you madam chair members of the board director Shen and secretary polyus uh the proponent has asked that um the board toer a consideration of this item at this time okay item number 13 thank you thank you request authorization to issue a certification of approval pursuant to article 80e small project review of the zoning code for the proposed construction of 59 residential rental units including eight IDP units 10 car parking spaces 71 bicycle parking spaces and approximately 2,211 Square ft of commercial space located at 1 101 through 109 Boston Street and to execute an affordable rental housing agreement and restriction and enter into a community benefit agreement to take all related actions Tyler good evening and thank you madam chair members of the board secretary pimus and director Shen my name is Tyler Ross I'm a senior project manager in the development review division The Proposal before you is in article 80 small project at 101 Boston Street in Dorchester the proposed project consists of a new six-story mixed use building the six-story building will contain 59 rental units just over 2200 ft of ground floor retail space 8 IDP units at 133% of the project the project will also deliver 10 off street parking spaces and 59 bike spaces for residents the ppda held a public meeting for this project on October 28th 2024 which was well attended and advertised in the local newspaper I will now turn it over to Alana from our planning division to discuss the planning context before Joe and Beth from the development team began the presentation lastly I want to say thank you to the members of the public elected officials and City agencies who help review the proposed 101 Boston Street project thank you thanks Tyler uh good evening chair roas secretary pimus members of the board and director Shen my name is Elana hes and I'm the planner assigned to this project next slide please the proposed project is located in the Dorchester neighborhood District within a community commercial subdistrict pursuant to article 65 of the zoning code the project site is located within the coastal flood resilience overlay District which requires new construction to meet resilient design standards these standards include elevating the ground floor of the building above base flood elevation for the year 2070 and limiting the uses that can be located below the design flood elevation the design proposal CES the ground floor at 21.5 ft Boston City Base in alignment with the sea frad requirements next slide please there are no recent local planning initiatives for the site at 101 Boston Street the proposed development is located outside the boundaries of the study area for the planned South Boston Dorchester Avenue study area um for which the southern Edge is located approximately one4 Mile North of the site the proposed project is located the Nexus of several neighborhood contexts across Boston Street to the east the neighborhood is predominated by the traditional three-story buildings that comprise much of the the three family residential fabric of the Dorchester neighborhood the area west of the site is anchored by South Bas Center a retail and residential district established in phases over the preceding decades the most recent phase of South Bas Center board approved in 2016 established a network of public streets and mixed use building typologies on the Eastern edge of the shopping center while Industrial and Commercial uses predominate the adjacent area developments including the Jan KY Way Extension project board approved in 2021 will connect streets and residential fabric of recent phases of South Bay with the existing neighborhood east of Boston Street staff review of 101 Boston Street align the use form and public Realm of the proposed project to ensure a meaningful contribution to the ongoing Evolution and integration of this former Industrial Area into the fabric of Dorchester next slide please given the limited planning initiatives geographically tied to the proposed development site as well as the existing poor sidewalk conditions plan s planning context for this site was driven by necessary streetscape improvements according to the urban Forest plan as well as the Boston complete streets guidelines resulting in proposed Street trees along widen sidewalks with landscape Furnishing zones uh next slide please per the Precedence set by the evolving neighborhood fabric the street Network surrounding this proposed project and the community commercial subdistrict within the Dorchester neighborhood um which has come to represent areas predominated by mixed use multif family residential developments at height above existing zoning regulations therefore zoning relief is suggested for the exceedences related to F and height of this proposed development project after board approval and Zoning Board of appeal approval of the conditional use permit the proposed project will continue uh sorry Zoning Board of appeal approval ignore that last conditional use moment um the proposed project will continue design review at the Boston planning department um thank you and I will turn it over to the development team to present in more detail thank you elani thank you Tyler uh good evening Madame chair members of the board secretary uh pimus and uh director Shen attorney Joe Hanley I have the pleasure of representing the proponent which is uh Cobalt development uh who are with us tonight lad Thorne and Charles Steelman uh we're also working with merge Architects Beth Whitaker and her team who will take you through the presentation in just a moment I'd like to just uh I'm going to take you through a brief overview and Orient you to the site a little bit if you can go to uh the next slide or actually I'm sorry if you go back um just briefly uh from the housing standpoint I'm sorry next slide um 59 units of uh new residential mul multif family housing eight of which are onsite uh IDP affordable units um we are also a development without displacement uh in unless you are concerned about uh asphalt parking lots that aren't being used in the midst of a housing crisis so we're very excited uh to be here with a project that uh enjoys uh community support and has been um fashioned and developed through a very productive process uh with your staff and I want to thank Casey Hines and uh the folks at Urban Design uh for helping us uh through this process uh jobs construction Rel but also uh local uh neighborhood serving restaurant uh employment uh from a community standpoint we are uh very PL proud to be investing in the public realm at this location to make way for the much needed uh residential use and also to activate Boston Street uh with this small neighborhood serving uh Cafe use on the ground floor of the building from a sustainability standpoint point we're also proud that we are an all El electric passive house certified uh development and as you'll see in the in the uh context photos there are Zero Street trees along what is a deficient public realm now and we are adding 11 New Street tree canopy trees to help to cool the uh heat island effect here at this location next slide please so uh the site just to bring you in Broad context you'll see it's within a uh walk shed of the Andrew Square subway station also in proximity to the New Market a commun rail station along uh right in front of our site is a couple popular and and pretty well um utilized uh bus lines for the MBTA and we're also in walking distance to South Bay next slide please um just to bring you closer up this is a corner lot so uh it is a subdivision from The Fortress Self Storage uh business which has a very large parking lot uh that is underutilized so we have subdivided this into about 13,500 square fet at the intersection of Frontage Road and Boston Street and again you will see here from the walk shed uh the F minute walk 7 minute walk to the train uh and all of the amenities and the close walk of course to South Bay which has been revitalized with new uh Services next slide please so as we look at the context I go through this really quickly you can see in the upper right third one over from the right uh the asphalt and peria surface uh that that we are uh subdividing into in in in order to create uh the development and Revitalize the site and you'll see along uh the other photos that deficient inaccessible uh public realm and sidewalks all of which will be uh improved and upgraded as part of this transformational development so next slide I would like to I believe just take you closer up here you'll see uh in the upper left in the middle this is the Marriott hotel that exists uh in the upper right you're going to see Fortress Self Storage which has been here for decades uh and uh across the street to the south and east we start to see a little more of a residential context so we're very mindful of all of these um metaphors as look at an appropriate scale and development program and also uh new open space and the like in order to uh improve the area for the future so with that I will hand it off to uh Beth Whitaker to take you through the plans thank you thanks Joe good evening everyone haven't been here in person in years this fun all right really excited to be here I'll try to go fast because I think there's not a lot of time left for us um so so our the upper right image I know there's a lot to see here you can see where the street curves that's our site at that corner that curvy part is Frontage Road which will make sense in a minute so next slide so just quickly um our thoughts about massing uh we have a big Podium that is zero lot line on three sides um except for the uh curved side plan left um a frontage road where we're pulling it back to actually create the complete streets um dimensions of a tree uh several trees along the sidewalk with the 4 foot and then a 5 foot wide sidewalk so all of our sidewalks around our building we are improving from what they are now which is there aren't any really un Frontage it's just kind of a messy groundscape um and then you'll see how the building tucks in on uh the right of that axon which is a second floor walk out Terrace that's a common space and then a common roof deck on the top the massing we thought of is this Podium which would be of a different brick color which you'll see in a minute in the renderings and then the top five floors which are the residential units um would be of a lighter tone the ground floor is basically indoor parking our lobby the bike storage room and at the corner of Frontage um and Boston street is that uh sweet little restaurant space which is only going to be like 2200 square feet so it has you know I think a Charming scale um just those diagrams on the right I won't spend the time on them too much but the idea was like okay podium five-story box how do we break up the massing how do we make it beautiful so we shifted it around have this Sawtooth effect on on the um South uh west side and the Northeast side pull the building back to provide more of a private Terrace off of that second floor and then really hold the corner with the building massing next slide site plan um I can't read any of that hopefully you can but basically plan North is our Cur curb cut which is right where an existing curb cut is that we've um dimensioned to fit um for our parking and door parking garage also to create through the process with the BR an indoor uh loading situation for trash Etc so we're able to get trucks in um dumpster trucks and get the trash in and out from within the building footprint um and that's the plan north um plan West is Frontage Road where we've WI the sidewalk created some of our 11 Street trees right um and then just backup house entries along that street because it's not very pedestrian and friendly and then put all of our entries to the restaurant the lobby and the bike space along Boston Street also along Boston Street plan South is an existing bus stop that we are improving um by tucking it back a little bit from the curb we have an active curb cut um which provides safe um you know pickup and drop off um and then of course the entry to the lobby next slide on the left is an elevation from Frontage just showing the concept of the building which is the podium with five stories above we have two different size windows okay I can do two minutes two different size windows and balconies so we're hoping for you know kind of a playful composition not too busy but efficient um about half the units have private balconies uh and of course the whole building has the common roof deck and the Terrace off the second floor um and that of course you know helps us with the massing and we have a little bit of material change with those carve outs um Etc the section on the right just shows the relationship um between the double loaded Corridor and those units and of course the podium space the bottom left in yellow is that restaurant retail space uh next slide this is a view from Boston Street um Frontage is the corner off in the distance uh this is the backs side of that Park to the right is the Fortress parking lot just to orient you to the left are those triple Deckers that start with that fabric on the left side to the right is South Bay um again looking at a dark brick for the podium a lighter brick for the upper five floors a lot of vegetation on that second floor Terrace which is not a big expansive deck it is actually designed with offshoots um Landscape Architects that are amazing to create all these little small Nooks so that's more of an intim kind of quiet outdoor space and the roof deck is more open some of our street trees next slide this is a view of that restaurant Corner um at Frontage in Boston we didn't do this typical storefront we tried to create a real seill that will have a planner in it um yep uh and you know more of a pronouncement of those columns that come down that would be wrapped in masonry next slide and just a view from front Frontage um with the building Podium taking on that form of the curved Street which I think is quite nice but those are back of house egress right so the parking is on the left coming off of Frontage and on the right side where you start to see garage doors that's our vault our Transformer um and then to the right is where it opens up with glass for the restaurant next slide and one more view fortress on my left the second floor Podium and then you know same building with the balconies above thank you thank you madam chair that concludes our presentation great thank you um perfect timing uh questions or comments from the board well I'll reiterate what I just said uh is and appreciate the commitment to sustainability passive house stand is huge that should be the absolute minimum I think you mentioned a quarter of parking spaces or EV uh will be have EV charges available how many spaces does that represent do you know so there are 10 there 10 total spaces we didn't overpark this two and a but there also be EV ready as well as perfect no that's great no thank you Joe and honestly it's it's a great sustainability play but I think it's enormously attractive to potential residents uh to have that amenity as well so it's a win-win all around so despite the fact that I'll have to wait longer for a table at 224 Boston Street I am happy to support this uh support this project thank you uh additional questions or comments all right hearing and seeing none a motion is in order so moved second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr shephard I Dr Lark I Mr Ali I and the chair votes I motion passes thank you very much congratulations beautiful building you I appreciate it all right we're going to move on to item number 14 just give a second walk out okay item number 14 request authorization to issue a certification of approval pursuant to article 80e small project review of the zoning code for the proposed construction of 36 residential rental units including eight IDP units approximately 745 ft of commercial space seven car parking spaces and 37 bicycle parking spaces located at 3458 Washington Street and execute an affordable rental housing agreement and restriction and enter into a community benefit contribution agreement and to take all related actions Tyler good evening thank you madam chair members of the board secretary pimus director Shin my name is Tyler Ross a senior project manager in the development review division The Proposal before you is an article 80 small project at 3458 Washington Street in Jamaica plane the proposed project consists cons of a new five-story mix use building the five-story building will contain 36 rental units just over 7 750 square feet of ground floor retail space 8 IDP units at 22% of the project and the project will also deliver seven off street parking spaces one shared motor vehicle for residents at the building and 38 bike parking spaces for residents furthermore the bpda held two public meetings for this project one in April 2024 and another in January 7th 2025 both were well attended and advertised in the local newspaper I'll now turn it over to Jason from our planning division to discuss the planning context before George and Philip from the development team begin the presentation lastly I want to say thank you to the members of the public elected officials and City agencies who help review The Proposal thank you good evening Madam chair secretary Bemus members of the board and director Shen my name is Jason McDonald and I'm a planner on the planning team covering for my colleague El wise who decided it wouldn't be best to accidentally go into labor in front of the board um the proposed uh we can do the next slide please um the proposed project at 3458 Washington Street is located in Jamaica plane between the Orange Line in the west uh and Franklin Park to the east the project is across Washington Street from English high and Associated turf fields is a half a mile from both the Forest Hills and Green Street Street stops at the Orange Line as shown here there's a significant development activity along this stretch of Washington just north of the proposed project is thir uh sorry 3430 to 3440 Washington Street which proposes two buildings up to six stories in height with 256 units this project is currently under review um and to the South the proposed project is the doy's cafe project which is currently under construction with buildings up to four stories in height 20 residential units and a new grocery Market uh and bar and restaurant on the ground floor next slide please the proposed development is located within plan JP rocks adopted in 2017 by the bpda board to increase market rate and affordable housing choices and protect against displacement in the neighborhood just east of the orange line from Jackson Square to Forest Hill stations in particular the plan recommends uh encouraging Auto oriented commercial and Industrial land to be redeveloped the plan also recommends utilizing a density bonus mechanism to allow for additional affordable housing units the zoning code was not up update sorry updated to reflect plan JP brck since the plan's adoption the city has adopted a new approach to affordable housing with city-wide inclusionary zoning which requires market rate housing developments with seven or more units to support the creation of incom restricted housing at a rate of 17 to 20% of total units although the plan was not codified and Zoning it provides use dimensional and design guidance for the proposed site and the local industrial zoning subdistrict next slide please the chart Compares some key facts about the proposed project to adopted Planning and Zoning the proposed was designed to closely adhere to the plan in terms of use along the top row reading left to right the project is mixed uh mixed use with multif family and retail on the ground floor the Zoning for the site is still local industrial which forbids residential however the proposed use are consistent with those recommended by the plan in addition the project includes eight income restricted units there are no zoning requirements for affordability since this project filed before inclusionary zoning went into effect the inclusionary development policy requires 133% affordable affordability for five units or five units BAS based on the proposed F or density of this project the plan recommends 22% affordability or eight units in terms of Dimensions along the middle row reading left to right the proposed project exceeds the height and F requirements of the zoning but meets the yard and open space requirements and the project is fully consistent with the dimensional recommendations of the plan the project will widen the sidewalks along Kenton and Washington pending public Improvement commission review construct a raised crosswalk across Kenton and close curb Cuts along Washington all of which which is consistent to the city's plans and policies I'll now pass over to the proponents thank you uh good evening everybody I'm Philip SEMA the architect uh for the project our our well okay uh well we can go on this well yeah so the the project team is Boston Pinnacle Properties and I'm joined by John Bey as a member of the team and of course with George Mory here as a legal council uh next slide please uh so as we mentioned this will be 36 new residential units uh with a ground floor um commercial space that's roughly about 800 square F feet uh eight income restricted units uh with varying ranges of Ami um so we believe it's going to create 50 temporary jobs during construction um and of course new retail job opportunities for that ground floor space um the site right now is fully paved underutilized so we think it's a great um change of use for that um and the project will meet lead standards it will have um a shared electric vehicle all the spots will be uh provided with EV charging on the ground floor as well and then of course it's going to be the specialized stretch energy code of Boston uh next slide please so uh what you're seeing is our site right in the middle with the Red Dot um if you look to the left these are very kind of similar properties local industrial that are also slated um for uh improvements of the site um but we are really focused right there on the corner of Washington and Kenton Road uh you can go to the next slide so where we're at in the process we did the small project review application in April we've had two public meetings and today's January 16th so we're right here next slide please um these are axons of the site if you look at the top left um that really kind of gives the primary view of the building so that's where the corner on the ground floor retail will be located the residential entrance to the building is right in the middle um between kind of what you're seeing as the two bays of brick uh so that's a Primary Residential entrance which is on Washington uh as you go around the corner onto Kenton Road uh that's where we have the entry for the parking area but really from I know it's kind of hard to see on this view but we have a a primary um facade material of a dark masonry brick on the ground floor on Kenton in Washington above that we transition to a red colored brick um an iron spot brick and then on the floor above on the fifth floor we're showing a board and batten siding that goes around the side if you look at those two lower axons you notice there's a transition of materials and as we get towards the residential neighborhoods we start introducing residential materials so clapboard siding kind of that's painted um some more traditional Bays that's what you're seeing on the rear elevation so if you go on the next slide please uh this is the architectural site plan uh we are on Washington introducing three new Street trees um short-term bike parking a drop off zone for Ubers and you know lifts and and grocery deliver delivery as well as a daylighting zone at the corner um It's actually kind of a tight intersection at at Kenton and Washington and a lot of kind of community concerns were raised about this uh so making sure that people have that visibility we we've also champ for the building to allow for more visibility at that retail entry um a fully accessible crosswalk is being proposed as well on Kenton introducing uh two new Street trees and then on Kenton Road you can kind of see where we're pulling into the property we have seven spots one of those spots is going to be a shared electric vehicle for um the individuals in the building there's also a shared electric bike cargo bike that is kind of down in that bottom corner we're also doing a lot of coordination of the Landscaping with the butters so the direct butter on Kenton we basically work with our landscape architect to decide exactly what that's going to look like because we do have a um a privacy wall for the parking area so um we're looking at it as an opportunity and so are they and then uh for the meeting point they have a really beautiful landscape yard as well so we're kind of working with them in similar plantings and size and scale um so that's the architecture we have a Transformer Vault uh as well on Kenton Road that will be pav over next slide please sorry not paved but uh pavers so and then we've done extensive kind of view studies uh there was concerns about the size of the penthouse any mechanical units uh mechanical units are all high performance mini split units that will be on the roof that will not be visible from any um across the street in Washington or from any of the Butters and we will be providing mechanical screening for the units as well uh next slide please uh so this is the landscape plan um what you can see in purple is permeable pavers um and those images of that material on the top left there as well as how that's going to look at the Transformer Vault that we have uh you can more clearly see some of those Street trees that are coming in and so it's really a mix of of the permeable pavers along that planting zone as well uh so there's a good amount of of permeability that's being introduce the site that's not there now and then in the bottom right hand corner um you're seeing the architectural CMU that's going to be used for that privacy wall um for the parking area so that neighbors aren't seeing that next slide please Shadow study so this it's kind of a diamond shape and it's really hard to see but uh that bottom diamond is is kind of playing South so uh basically what's happening is a lot of the Shadows are occurring on the public right away so they're happening on the roads they're happening on the sidewalks and they're not um really impacting the abing properties um I mean in December they are but you know March April June July uh it's really kind of advantageous that it's not happening on those properties next slide please so these are elevations of the property we worked really hard to kind of bring down the scale to something more uh of of a neighborhood feel so on Washington which is the upper view we have um kind of feelings of two bays I was talking about that residential entrance that's right in the middle of the pro uh property to kind of break it up and the commercial uh space is on the left with that chamford side and then the bottom elevation is on Kenton so again we're kind of introducing some more commercial windows on that side uh where that commercial space is we also have the entry to the parking area you'll notice the door is um pretty high that's to really allow trucks to get in there uh to deal with trash and recycling so we we we left a significantly High ground floor for that space which is great for the retail area as well allows a lot of flexibility on what can be in there next SL please and then again as we get to the rear uh we're introducing more of those residential materials uh more kind of standard Bays uh typical windows and again you're seeing a lot of those balconies um that every unit on the second floor up has its own balcony um which is a great amenity and then towards the side on on that the top elevation is looking uh sharing the sidey with the community point and um there's a good mix of facade materials there be it the brick on the ground floor some of that uh clapboard siding uh towards the residential side and then the brick that is right on the corner of Washington that we're seeing if you go to the next slide so this is how the site looks right now um pretty Barren if you go to the next slide this is um I think the clearest view of what we're proposing to do and activate the streetcape and um make a really beautiful building I think that's it okay thank you very much um before we move to board questionings I know um I think we have councelor Weber who is on the line who wanted to make some comments uh councelor Weber the floor is yours yeah thank thank you uh I I apologize to the board if I if I knew you're meeting in person I uh I would have been there in person I promise next time you meet in person I'll I'll be there I just uh brief ly uh I I support the project for a few reasons number one uh the developer you know uh responded to concerns of director butters on Kenton made some changes and uh the director Butters informed our office that they support the project uh this uh the the project goes above uh even IDP requirements for affordability at 22% of the units uh you know which I I think is very important and uh just lastly uh you know meets the requirements that you know aren't real requirements but it meets the the criteria of plan JP rocks uh which uh you know a lot of folks in JP uh support and and want codified um so you know I I I am I just uh I'm looking forward to votes I think by the Sony Brook neighborhood association and the JP neighborhood Council before goes before the zoning commission but you know I still support uh the this project uh uh you know is being voted on today by the board thank you very much thank you councelor rber uh we can now move on to board questioning questions or comments from the board I have a comment um first of all I'd like to thank your team and um you guys have been very busy I think the last three meetings um we have seen you do presentations with the office to condo conversions and things of that nature um as far as as this project goes there's been a lot of development on Washington Street and just look what could happen when you take down a set of train tracks that were above ground and now you know you have a beautiful Washington Street developing so glad to see it thank you I'd echo my colleague sentiments and um also my uh successor counselor Weber is someone with the scars from the JP rocks uh debate um proud proudly earned scars plan and I appreciate uh this team living up to the the letter and spirit of what we set forth it's it's a solid project and on the fact that there is so much support it's not always easy to get things um build community support particularly uh in uh in JP and you've done it well so it's a great project thank you um yeah and I do want to comment on that on that kind of about support and and things I appreciate that uh I think by landscape coordination I mean I think that says a lot right of uh of how you are engaging with your um with your abs um so that uh I don't know that little detail uh I think is is really meaningful um at least it was when I heard it so um okay anything else also just loving all the drop off zones that I'm seeing uh throughout the projects tonight um because that is the world we live in people and things get dropped off and so it's it's nice to see that coming off of the main streets because it just gets really dangerous and you know people just stopping the car and blah blah blah so any other questions comments hearing none a motion is in order so moved second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr shephard I Dr lsmark I Mr Al I and the chair votes I motion passes congratulations good luck great project so we'll get them a second to clear the room plus I need to go to chair okay item number 15 so this board action for 80 through 100 Smith Street project in Mission Hill was scheduled to be heard on um November 14th 2024 uh at that meeting I moved that the board table uh the proposed action for further consideration and at this time I move to take from the table the proposed action for consideration do I have a second second okay roll call for a vote Miss Bennet I Mr shephard I Dr lsmark I Mr Al I and the chair votes I motion passes so that has been removed from the table and I'll read number 15 request authorization to issue a determination waving further review pursuant to article 8-6 at the Boston zoning code in connection with the notice of project change for the 80 through 100 Smith Street uh project for the proposed construction of 218 residential rental units including 33 IDP units 8 7 car parking spaces and 262 bicycle parking spaces and execute an affordable rental housing agreement and restriction and a cooperation agreement and to take all related actions uh ebony thank you good evening and thank you madam chair members of the board Madame secretary director Shen my name is Ebony D roza and I'm a senior project manager in the development review Department we are here before you today to discuss the proposed 80 to 100 Smith Street notice of project change project I thank you for your time today as you know after a full presentation by staff and the proponent at the November board the item was tabled since being tabled the proponent met with councelor Durkin former councelor Kenzie Bach the iag and Miss willly Pearl from the mission main task force in early December that discussion centered around additional requests for mitigation and project commitments from the group after much collaboration between the proponent and group over the last month the following commitments have been made the proponent will make a one-time contribution in the amount in the amount of $200,000 to the mission main task force for rental relief and program related expenses they will make a one-time contribution in the amount of $75,000 to the city's fund for Parks they will make a one-time contribution in the amount of $775,000 to the stabilizing home ownership in Mission Hill pilot program for home home buyer assistance in Mission Hill they will create four speed bumps along Smith Street they will offer the community use of the proposed projects outdoor Courtyard space from May to October for seasonal weekend activities activities by Mission Hill organizations and the proponent has committed to taking proactive steps to make sure the 37 IDP units are equally accessible to voucher holder candidates who participate in the affordable housing lotteries for these for these units sorry as well as forego any credit screening for these applicants applicants thank you for your time and consideration there will not be a presentation this evening but the development team and I would be happy to take any questions that you may have okay any questions or comments just appreciate the team's um work over the past couple of months and the community's work as well as the staff um to to get to this point appreciate it thank you um just want to double you know uh double on that um Mission Hill is a very important neighborhood to uh to the city and so the actions taken uh uh are meaningful uh and important um so I'm glad that they occurred if there are no questions or comments the motion is in order so move second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr Shepard I Dr lsmark hi Mr Al I and the chair votes I motion passes thank you thank you thank you chers congratulations okay item number 16 request authorization issue a scoping determination waving further review pursuant to article ADB large project review of the zoning code in connection with the project notification form submitted on October 6 2023 for the proposed construction of 185 residential rental units including 15 eight IDP units and 32 IDP home ownership units 60 car parking spaces 27 Bic bicycle parking spaces 1,594 Square ft of retail space approximately 35,600 ft² of residential rental and daycare space located at 175 rugle Street also known as Drexel Village uh and execute a cooperation agreement execute a uh development regulatory agreement to govern the entirety of the project site and to take all related actions Nick good evening and thank you madam chair members of the board secretary pimus and director Shen I'm here before you this evening to present Drexel village located at 175 Ruggles in Roxbury in January 2021 after an extensive Community process through the plan Nubian planning effort and through five Community meetings held for the RFP Parcels over 13 months the bpda released an RFP for the Redevelopment of the RFP Parcels the development objectives of the RFP reflected plan Nubian Square planning principles which include Economic Development sustainable and resilient development development without displacement and diversity and inclusion in the development team in response to community requests the rfp's Urban Design guidelines emphasize preserving trees providing open space that serves as a gateway to Nubian Square enhancing the public realm and ensuring convenient connections through the project site to community amenities such as transit in April 2021 the bpda received three proposals in response to the RFP following a robust public evaluation process including the convening of a project Review Committee made up of community residents and stakeholders on October 4th 2021 the PRC presented its recommendations to the proponent uh sorry its recommendation of the proponent to the Roxbury strategic master plan oversight committee as the developer of the project site based on its evaluation and taking into account the recommendations of the RSM po the selection committee determined that the proposal submitted by the proponent was the most highly advantageous and ultimately voted to recommend that the bpda award tenative designation to the proponent the proponent was awarded T tenative designated status for the project site on November 18th 2021 pursuant to a bpda board vote Drexel Village represents an accumulation of a number of public and private Parcels located on Roxbury and and Tremont streets in Roxbury sorry Ruggles and Tremont Street in Roxbury the site is currently home to both the Katherine Drexel church and an ABCD Child Care Facility The Drexel Village proposal includes three new residential buildings with ground floor commercial space a new child care facility and playground for ABCD and the renovation and Rehabilitation of the Katherine Drexel church between three buildings the project will create 217 total new units some of which will be rental and some of which will be home ownership ranging from Studios to three bedrooms 85% of the new units will be made affordable providing a total of 190 new affordable units at the project site Additionally the project will be providing significant new open space new bike facilities on Tremont Street pedestrian upgrades throughout the site new public art and will be preserving significant existing Street trees throughout the site before I have the Drexel Village team take you through the project Jason McDonald from our planning compliance team will take you through the plan and context thank you good evening ma Madam chair secretary bimus uh members of the board and director Shen my name is Jason McDonald I'm a planner and planning review team and once again I'm coming from my colleague elwise um oh sorry next slide please uh the proposed project is at the corner of Melania cast and tront Street um serving as a gateway to the rockberry neighborhood the project connects rockberry to Turon Street and the orange line and as shown here contributes to a stretch of Redevelopment activity on publicly owned land uh the wer Choice housing is directly uh to the South and just uh south of wooder is the significant tront Crossing development on parcel P3 uh next slide please the proposed project is within the planning boundaries of the Roxberry strategic master plan adopted in 2004 and plan Nubian Square adopted in 2019 and responds to the bpda request for proposals or rfps uh for the Crescent parcel which prefer which refers to the crescent-shaped set of parcels AB budding the intersection um the Roxbury strategic master plan um identifies Melia cast Boulevard from Tremont Street to Massachusetts Avenue as a cross town Corridor that provides great potential for economic development with numerous parcels that could be redeveloped the Strategic master plan establishes a few principles for the corridor uh including making Malia cast more inviting for the pedestrians in order to help reduce the perception of a divide between upper and lower Lo Roxberry plan Nubian Square was intended to revisit the rockberry Strategic master plan and provide guidance for the disposition of publicly owned vacant land in Nubian Square including the Crescent parcel the site of the propos uh the proposed project specifically the plan recommends providing new housing at a range of income levels including uh including deeply affordable units and Home Ownership opportunities the plan also establishes an Urban Design framework and notes that the site of the proposed project has the potential to become a major mixed use Transit oriented Hub that is a dynamic Gateway with strong pedestrian connections from rugo station to Newan Square next slide please the RFP of the pr uh the sorry the RFP of the Crescent parcel built off of these two plans and closely informed the proposed project in response to community requests the rfp's Urban Design guidelines emphasize preserving trees providing open space that serves as a gateway to new Bean Square enhancing the public realm and uring convenient connections through the site to community amenities such as Transit this chart compare some key facts about the proposed project to adopt Planning and Zoning in terms of zoning the proposed project is within the rockbury neighborhood multifam residential MFR subdistrict and an urban renewal over area overlay District or U District the U District supersedes the base zoning uh the company and development regulatory agreements will effectuate use and dimensional controls for the site in terms of planning and policy the proposed project was carefully designed uh to advance the goals of the RFP as previously described including providing affordable housing at a mix of income levels preserving the existing trees on site and providing open space and public connections through the site to traymont um I'll now turn over to development team thank you great thank you very much good afternoon Madam chair members of the board and director Shen I'm Bill Grogan president of the planning office for urban Affairs and we're excited to be here this afternoon to share with you our vision for Drexel Village the planning office and jge development have come together to really create a new Gateway for newbi square in collaboration with our Key Community partner St Katherine Drexel Parish Drexel Village will leverage both the development of the Crescent parcel and the adjacent Arch diois and property to create a transformative and empowering development since our tenative designation in in 2021 we spent the last three plus years working hard to improve the various programmatic elements of the project and and refine our original design and through a collaborative relationship with the city's planning department Urban Design Team and bcdc we're excited about the development plan that will be brought before you tonight as we all know we're in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis and the need for a broad range of affordable housing options is greater than ever and Drexel Village is a direct response to those needs we developed 2117 housing units across three buildings and we've increased the number of income restricted units so 85% of the units or nearly 160 will be income restricted from 30% to 100% Ami with over 75% of those affordable below 80% of Ami and we've also tripled the number of affordable home ownership units that we'll be providing so 32 units a mix of one two and three-bedroom units will be affordable at 80% and 100% Ami but Drexel Village really is more than just Housing Development it's a community oriented development that will contain multigenerational open space Community commercial retail space affordable child care public realm Street Scapes and renovated space for St cathine Drexel Parish next slide please Drexel Village will also make significant investments in the Nubian Square Community uh we'll be assisting uh residents in a number of creative ways to create wealth first through the home ownership affordable home ownership units that I mentioned second we've initiated targeted asset and wealth building uh Financial education programs at a number of the properties that the planning office owns and controls and we'll be bringing that program to Drexel Village we'll also be setting aside funds to support local job training programs Community organizations and the integration of community- Based Services into the larger development and finally we'll be committing funds to support the and subsidize the commercial space and activate the community and park space at Drexel village now I'd like to turn it over to our partner Jonathan Garland to walk through the plans in some more detail thank you Bill um good afternoon uh Madame chair uh members of the board secretary pimus director Shen glad to be with you tonight I'm Jonathan Garland president of jge development working alongside bill and the planning office and I'm also representing jge design as far as the uh art uh design architectures involved and we've been working alongside T the architectural team who's the architect of record on the project next slide so the site uh is really a complex Confluence of a series of different neighborhoods and communities coming together it's located in the red but you can see directly adjacent the northeastern Community lower rockberry uh steps away from the south end Roxbury proper Mission Hill uh Wentworth Community there's really a lot going on at this meloc cast tront intersection next slide uh the the site plan is also equally Dynamic uh we are proposing three separate and distinct buildings I'll start with the red building which we're calling the B1 it is the tallest of the three it's a 13 story 139 unit uh Residential Building all a mix of rental apartments with a very active ground floor a commercial Community commercial space a cafe that can spill out to the corner of Ruggles and Tremont and as well as uh a through Lobby space and bike parking uh looking to the right hand side along Melia cast we're bounding that with the blue building which is a six-story residential building and that would also hold the 32 affordable home ownership units within the building as well as access to the below grade parking uh from rer Circle and then finally to the purple which is a linkage between the Parish Center the St Katherine Drexel Parish that's running along ruggle Street and then to the left along Rainer circle is a affordable child care at the base of the building with ABCD as the operator and 18 uh residential units above that in the center of the plan as Bill mentioned we're envisioning a multi-generational very culturally connected public open space with a series of day and nighttime events and seasonal events to really become not a destination but a place that's really informal and active in a hub of green space for the larger Community next slide uh this is an aerial view uh on this slide where you can see the scale and the massing of the B1 building which is taller it will contribute to the larger high spine along the Tremont commercial Corridor and then B2 and B3 help to negotiate that middle uh sort of middle scale uh and smaller scale building uh block along uh Rainer Circle and down ruggle street next slide as I was mentioning about the the Myriad of uses with the open space these are just a couple of thoughts uh but working very closely with the planning department and the bcdc we were really able to Envision and unpack H how multigenerational open space works we have space for the elderly we have space for the youngest with enclosed tot lots and we have space for Middle Ages with exploration trails and we're also looking to preserve a large amount of existing trees so as we preserve those trees we're looking to meander different Pathways and create uh almost like walks uh through the site next slide these are a couple of the vignettes of the landscape this is a view taken from ruggle Street looking into the site to the right hand side we're looking to um uh look at the wall as a more of a transparent edge of the side of the parish and to the left you're sort of walking underneath the B1 building and getting this great public invitation to the open space next slide this is a view uh as I was mentioning part of the trail as we look to preserve the roots of the existing trees so this is a very creative idea of building a boardwalk that lifts up higher than the roots of the mature trees and creates a really fun accessible pathway through the site and is a very welcome public invitation to the site next slide this is a rendering one of our first renderings showing the scale and size of B1 uh the materiality here is twofold there's a red brick body of the building uh uh jux deposed with more of a lighter tone almost like Lim skin Limestone color uh brick and metal on the uh on the reverse side looking into the park and then a very active ground floor retail space next slide uh more of an elevational view of the same uh building the B1 building taken from Tremont Street and really working hard to ground the building and establish a pedestrian scale uh at the public realm and also a host of New Street trees along Tremont Street next slide this is a glimpse of the B2 building uh it's taken from Melania cast Boulevard with tront to the far right hand side of the page uh looking at a nice uh sort of spatial grid with the window openings and a a balanced pallet between warm tones and and cool tones as far as the lighter tone brick and the warm tone of the the wood paneling inside the window zones next slide this is uh the uh open space side or the courtyard side of B1 so it does have a very different look on purpose sort of contrasting the red brick that you see from Tremont as you get to this side of the building where we expect to have a good amount of sunlight we we really wanted a lighter facade and something that felt universally um acceptable given that this is a public open space next slide this is another shot as you're in that open space looking on the left side uh the inside core of the B2 building and to the right of that with the slightly darker tone as the inside core of the B3 building next slide and then moving around to rer uh Circle which is the street running sort of left on the page in Ruggles so this is at the corner of Rainer in Ruggles we are very excited about the ability to restore and preserve the existing church that's on the site and that will go through a comprehensive renovation and then to the right of it is the B3 at the base will be the affordable child care and at the top will be the 18 residential units next slide and then uh finally this is a view taken from the intersection of Melia Cass in Tremont Street and both with the preservation of the trees and the scale of the building we think this is a very welcome uh public invitation to the open space into to the site next slide and I believe that concludes our presentation thank you open for questions okay thank you very much uh questions or comments from the board what's your projected completion date sure we're actually uh just in the funding round with the city of Boston through the mayor's office of housing uh we anticipate going in through additional funding through the state uh probably about this about uh next fall uh so we'd be looking at probably about uh probably about 18 uh 2 four months probably before we get all of our financing in the position to start construction okay additional questions or comments just appreciate the project I think it looks great and uh the degree of affordability is phenomenal thank you and through the chair um it is a wonderful project wonderful looking project I think it can connect three different neighborhoods all together from the Whittier to the I think that's the Madison on the circle side that's right complex yep exactly um beautiful what do you think the first building which one would go up first what do you so we'd be looking at the B1 building which is building along Treon Street uh which is a 13 13 story building that would be the first one and then the and then looking to then build B2 and and B3 in the renovation of the church to follow that thank you I just say again uh it is a beautiful project with a commitment to affordability those two Notions ought not be in conflict with one another and you you folks are proving that that's not the case it looks great I can't wait to see it uh well done yeah um I echo my fellow board members um it you know strs me that it it's called Drexel Village and I appreciate that you are um you know creating that Village in intentionally um we always worry right with really tall buildings and density right can you still have community um and uh you know the intentionality of how of one just what's going to be on the site but also um being mindful of all the different you know generations and the needs and kind of building that Community with it I'm just again super happy and and excited for you know this public land for public good um this is this is what we wanted to see back in 2021 when we know put it all out there um so uh yeah yeah I think that's that's it so if there no other further questions or comments uh motion is in order my office looks out on this site so uh I I can barely wait for you to get this completed oh you didn't have the microphone on but that's okay yeah he so moved second okay roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr shephard I Dr lanmark I Mr om Al I and the chair votes I motion passes congratulations good luck thank you very much thank you okay oh it's 5:30 oh okay we're gonna take a five minute break before we come back and uh start the public hearings e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e 101 Treemont Street project this hearing was duly advertised on December 24th 2024 in the Boston Herald this is a bpda hearing on a proposed petition by the agency staff members will first present their case and are subject to questioning by members of the agency thereafter anyone who wishes to testify about the proposed project will be afforded an opportunity we are taking support and opposition at the same time time so if you're planning to testify via Zoom uh 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're calling into the meeting I would like to testify please dial Star N9 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 are 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 upda 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 so desire and we have Scott to begin the presentation thank you madam chair members of the board director Shen and secretary bimus my name is Scott Greenhall and I am a project manager in development review The Proposal before you is an amendment to the suffk university 2020 institutional master plan to add the 101 Tremont Street proposed project which involves a conversion of the existing approximately 88,2 ft office building into approximately 67,0 ft of student housing with a second floor amenity SP space four various Student Activities and a student lounge the proposed project adds up to 280 undergraduate student housing beds the ground floor level consists of 8,938 sare Ft of publicly accessible retail and restaurant space which will remain the suffk university 2020 imp was approved by the bpda board on May 14th 2020 adopted by the zoning Commission on June 10th 2020 and approved by the mayor on June 19th 2020 20 with an effective date of junee 19th 2020 on August TW on August 15th 2024 suffix submitted the institutional master plan notification form and the project notification form on October 23rd suffix submitted the proposed imp Amendment suffk presented the prop proposed project to the suffk task force and public in Joint Task Force and public meetings held on September 17th and November 19th 2024 the comment period for this proposed imp amendment ended December 27th 2024 I will now turn it over to Ford Delio to cover the planning context before the suffk University team begins their presentation thank you thank you Scott uh next slide please next slide please well all right um do you think you could do it without the slides I can present without my slides just when it comes to the proponent uh they'll definitely need their slides all right uh good evening chair roas secretary pus members of the board and director Shen my name is for Delio and I'm the planning reviewer signed to this project launched in October 2023 the downtown residential conversion incentive pilot program the downtown conversion program aims to support the adap reuse of commercial Office Buildings into residential use the pilot program was informed by both one the city of Boston's October 2022 downtown revitalization report which analyzed and made recommendations for downtown economic revitalization as well as number two the plan downtown planning process which recommended downtown office conversion program as a key strategy for achieving the plan goals while this project is not utilizing the tax credit offered by the pilot program the proposed project helps to further the goals outlined in the plan and helps to reinforce the residential growth of downtown the proposed project in responding imp Amendment also furthers the goals of Boston Housing strategy 2025 which notes the city will work with Boston's many colleges and universities throughout their institutional master plan process to reduce the number of students living in off-campus housing uh thank you and I will now turn over to the presentation uh to the proponent team to present in more detail thank you good evening U Cher roas members of the board director Shen it's uh great to be here uh this evening and to thank you uh for cing out some space for us to to talk about a project that we're very excited about we think it's one of those projects that dub Tails nicely uh with our students and their needs in the city and its agenda so it's always nice when you land in that sweet spot on a project and we think this does that um let me uh just say we have with us tonight uh uh Beth Wilson chunter from uh nbbj Chelsea Sadler from VHB Michael Rooney from VHB and Jim Green from Ruben Rudman they will talk a little bit about the building itself in the specifics in a minute or two um I wanted to just uh next slide next slide wanted to talk a little bit about how we got here and just how importantly we take the master planning process um we think it's a good process think it's a sound process it provides predictability uh for people who live in the neighborhoods and we try to follow and have followed it very um very very closely um if you look at this slide you will see suffix Uh current footprint um and if you look closely at the top of that uh the first red block at the top of the screen uh that is the one building we have remaining on Beacon Hill it's the Ridgeway building on on Cambridge Street it is our gymnasium and our fitness center um when we set out to do our Master planning we had a couple of core planning principles one was to try to move off of residential Beacon Hill uh and move into a downtown spine of a campus um another was to uh provide housing for our students because that fits nicely uh with the city's agenda we've been able to do that uh next slide and how we did that was to develop a core or a cluster concept of planning with its main objective being predictability for people who live in enal so there are projected areas of expansion that you can quickly uh ascertain by looking at this if you look closely at it there are three AC three uh clusters growth potential growth clusters and one academic cluster shown on this slide uh there's also a cluster we've added to East Boston because uh we have uh athletic fields uh in East Boston um what it has done for us is to produce two excellent projects one the one we talk about tonight uh at 101 tment and also the conversion of the ases uh hotel to a dormatory which we did in 2020 the very first uh uh project that this board voted on uh virtually uh so we have that little bit of Conner of history of b as the first one um next slide uh looking at this you can see that we the results of our working to produce additional student housing um has come up with uh a series of projects and their beds uh if you look at it closely should be one second there it is you will see um Smith Hall in 1996 443 bed BS you will see Mahal at 10 Somerset in 2003 352 beds you'll see the 10 West residence hall uh came online in 2008 with 266 beds the modern theater residence hall which is above the modern theater uh in the Theater District uh which came on in 2010 with 184 beds uh one Court Street which I referred to earlier the Ames Hotel uh 273 beds in 2020 and tonight uh this would add to around 280 beds uh to our total count we have set in our master plan a goal of housing 50% of our undergrad students with the 101 Tran Street project we will be we'll jump from 34% to 40% which means we're we're getting there we're on our way uh and that is our goal to to house 40% uh of our of our student body next slide there are a number Community benefits that we think come with this project obviously it's going to bring some Vitality some energy and some life to an area that could use it right now and and and we're happy about that suffk University believes in Boston we've always shown that we've we've done projects we've pioneered we've gone into areas and we've shown that we believe in a city this is another example of that it really does in addition to being a good location for our students in our University it truly does I think contribute to the area and provide that light and that vitality and that energy uh and to have it be a vibrant and engaging neighborhood uh it will provide a $75,000 contribution for expanding the blue bikes network uh we will be updating sidewalks uh and ramps adjacent to the project site continue our longstanding uh commitment to benefits up over 8088 million annually next Ben next slide thep Amendment as 101 Tron Street to the list of suffk universities owner lease properties and establishes an imp overlay area for the proposed District uh it helps us as I mentioned to expand our student housing a strong sense of Campus which our students need and use um we have a campus that as you know stretches along an urban spine uh we're one of the probably the only University in the city that doesn't own a lawn M more uh we we have we have nothing but sidewalks and streets uh but it's important for our students to be able to have a sense of community when they are living at suffk University the location of this project fits that perfectly uh it couldn't be a better location for a project for us to house students in this location because it is really situated centrally among our academic cluster and among our our other residents Halls so they have that interaction with other residence halls and other students um as I mentioned earlier uh and as shown here we have the goal of 50% uh and this gets us to 40% so we're happy with that jump uh next slide I'm going to turn it over now uh to Mary Beth uh Wilson sh from uh Beth I'm sorry wi from nbbj to talk about a few specifics of the building and the project itself thank you John um thank you all uh for this opportunity uh so 101 traymont Street uh is a historic building from 1899 it's in a historic district um it uh was originally called The Paddock building and was uh it originated as an office building and so uh this is located as John was saying along that suffk University spine and it's right in the center of that academic cluster uh so that overlap is a is a perfect location for this building to occur it's uh right across the street from The Granary uh burial ground and other um notable landmarks within the city as well um next slide please um these are just a few facts about the building um it is um current as I mentioned before it was originally designed as an office building and so with this is a conversion of use uh change of use from from that office component into the resident student residential so uh we're looking to house up to 280 beds um it's 11 stories and um I won't go through every single one of those numbers that you're seeing but I think the main thing to take from this is um the the tenant retail space on the ground floor uh will remain uh and then basically everything that was above which was office uh will be converted to that student housing um on the second floor there will be a student amenity space to help support and create Community as John was mentioning uh within the building itself next slide please sorry one more thing we are not adding any grow square footage to the building so it's all remaining as is on that ground floor um so as I mentioned uh that tenant retail space uh will remain and that's primarily um the majority of the use within the building on this floor uh the lobby is existing but we will be renovating that uh for use and access to the floors above uh the main changes on this floor uh have to do with the stairs the egress stairs from above and below to provide access out of the building um we will be replacing all of the existing sidewalks surrounding the building uh within this project as well as upgrading um accessibility ramps at the crosswalks um within this as well uh there are we also will be sorry we will be providing um short-term bike parking um at the adjacent site which is a suffk university building 120 traymont uh Sergeant Hall next slide please um within this building uh this is just um an overview of those programs that I just mentioned so the tenant floor on the ground floor um and then below is more building support spaces within the basement second floor student amenity space and then student housing above that next slide please and these are the conceptual renderings which look very similar to the existing uh photographs that we showed uh the intention is not to change it is to um upgrade in terms of the windows to provide and meet the energy uh code and better performance for the building um and then signage along the canopy uh that says suffk University and banner side similar to many of the the buildings that suffk has next slide please um in terms of sustainability and resiliency uh the building is um securely at uh lead silver with 53 points um we are exploring uh opportunities to potentially hit lead gold so we're looking at that um actively uh the project is it has excellent um carbon emission intensity that we're predicting and um we are moving to an all electric uh mechanical system for uh space and uh domestic hot water heating the um we're also within that uh lead gold Pursuit we are looking at uh purchasing renewable energy credits to offset a portion of the energy use of the building as well um in terms of climate change resiliency uh the project um is located outside of the coastal uh flood resiliency overlay District um but we also just to help with that resiliency we are moving all of the new mechanical equipment to the roof and then also we're replacing the mo the new roof membrane with um um a solar uh sorry s s of 085 uh which will help reduce that Urban heat um Island accumulation as it's a black roof currently um I think one of the most at least I love this part about it is it's 60 over 60% of the existing building will be uh reused and that includes structural um the foundations the The Columns and a much of the solid building envelope and next Slide John you want to um I wanted to um to underscore the fact that we are um keeping the first floor uh ground floor retail uh Beacon Hill PB um we think it's a almost an iconic location uh that is important to keep an integral part of the uh of the project we um have enjoyed a lot of support for this project we as we've talked about it um all of the elected officials representing the area uh Senator Lilia Edwards uh City councilor Ed Flynn and representative Aaron michowitz have issued uh letters of support uh we have support from the uh Holocaust Museum which are our buts on the other side of the building and the hotel AKA uh which are directed but is on on on the other side ability um so it's it's been readily accepted uh by those who presented it to um we as an institution feel that uh we're accomplishing something by doing something for our students but also helping to further the city's agenda by taking that pressure off of the rental market uh the more we can take students off of neighborhoods like Beacon Hill and Northend and East Boston and into our housing uh the more we free up units uh for the workforce families and others so we think that's what this contributes to so we would hope you would lend fa consideration to it okay thank you very much um great presentation so it's a public hearing so we'll go to public testimony first uh if you you can if you're in the room you can line up against the podium uh and then we will also take online comment if there are any um please thank good evening Madame chair members of the board uh director Shang Madame secretary Mina perz representing the Carpenters Union on behalf of hundreds of our Boston residents what we want to go and record and support and at the same time I take a second to thank uh suff University our members have joined of job opportunities for many years at your at your campuses so thank you good evening uh Madam Secretary Bemus Madam chair roas director Shen and ppda board members my name is Michael Burns I'm a representative of the Sheet Metal Workers Local 17 here in Boston as always thank you to Scott and the bpda team for all your hard work and facilitating these very important Community meetings and hearing the voices of all the stakeholders involved I want to thank Mr ncci as well and the suffk team for partnering with the Boston Building Trades unions and the trades men and women here in Boston as we like to say with the other four-year degree or sometimes five depending on the trade through our apprentiship training programs these programs provide a pathway to the middle class for young men and women in the Boston metropolitan area that may not be going on to colleges and universities these jobs provide our members with good wages health insurance and a Secure Retirement and they're able to raise their families and hopefully stay in the neighborhoods that they grew up in on behalf of my membership I rise tonight to support this project thank you for your time good evening hi director Madam chair members of the board my name is Tom Ward I'm with the Iron Workers Union in Boston from the Charlestown section of Boston um I'd like to ask Council Nui thank you uh do you have a preferred general contractor question do you have a preferred general contractor we can't I just asked yeah he said no so um I rise in favor of it and uh thank you for your work on this project thanks so I'm going to take comments from folks online Joanne Barber you can unmute yourself Joan you just need to unmute [Music] yourself thank you um just a quick question uh I'm just wondering uh in terms of all of the uh uh workaround pilot where suffix stands with their pilot payments for the city okay thank thank you we'll we'll take that um we'll take that into the the board questioning um so um do you have any other comments no thank you okay we'll ask Jesse pvis you can unmute yourself hi there my name is Jesse pervis oh we heard you at first Jessie there you go are you back oh can you can you hear me now yeah yeah yeah okay great so hi my name is Jesse pervis I'm the director of policy for Boston city council president ruy lisan uh our office would like to go on record and support of this project um the councelor thinks it's a great project and we are excited to support it thank you thank you Jesse ChatOn green you can unmute yourself hello everyone um my name is ChatON green um special thank you to board members um Madame chair secretary Bemus um my name is ChatON green I'm a lifelong Boston resident uh also business agent with the Boston building trade unions we represent over 35,000 members tens of thousands of members and families who live and work here uh right here in the city um I believe this is a great project and a great project is one that also helps uplift communities um I second a lot what uh fellow fellow uh brother Mike burn said from Local 17 about just really um a great project really lends down a letter a ladder to the middle class um with intention on safety you know making sure that is a top priority through Investments through training um registered apprenticeship programs aot people literally direct access into the middle class and you know look looking forward to a future to living and staying in the city where um they grew up at and also Healthcare and retirement benefits right the whole package this is what it takes to raise a family and Boston and I believe um this project uh hits all those marks so uh I speak in support of this project here today thank you thank you chitan is there anybody else who would like to testify about this project either in the boardroom or on the zoom Madam chair this concludes the public hearing portion of this item okay thank you we'll now move on to um to board questioning let's go ahead and kick off with the first uh question about the uh the pilot pilot status yeah yeah sh University ironically had made the very first pilot payment in the city of Boston back in 1978 uh uh we have we have um kept pace we do a voluntary 3% increase each year we add that to our previous total we're currently at about 80% of the requested amount uh which make puts us in the top one or two of universities our size with a similar footprint so we're pretty proud of our contributions okay I think they're important yeah yeah yeah and in addition to the contributions your students make um to to the city all of that's taken into consideration um do we have any other board questions or comments um yeah I just want to say um you you know you you have uh you talked about reaching the sweet spot right of uh uh and I think we've seen that a lot uh tonight and I think that's when kind of our plans uh come to fruition and and we see developments going up against them so um it's really um motivating and exciting to see suff continuing to um to be committed to uh student housing um I went to a school in the city not this city back in Chicago but it's a it's a very unique uh way to learn um and so I just really love that uh you know that suffk and suffk students are there are here in the middle and like in in in the middle of all of it um it it's just a really great uh learning ground and and uh um just very complimentary of your uh your University um so with that uh a motion is an order perfect project so move second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr shephard I Dr lsmark I and the chair votes I motion passes thank you congratulations cheers okay we'll give them a second to exit okay we're going to move on to the second public hearing this is a public hearing before the Boston Redevelopment Authority doing business as the Boston Planning and Development agency being held in conformance with articles Ada a-2 and AD C-5 of the Boston zoning code to consider the proposed development plan for plan Development Area number 155 250 Everett Street in Brighton and 250 Everett Street project this hearing was dually advertised on December 31st 2024 in the Boston Herald this is a bpda hearing on a proposed petition by the agency staff members will first present their case and are subject to questioning by members of the agency thereafter anyone who wishes to testify about the proposed project will be afforded an opportunity we are taking support and opposition at the same time so if you're planning to testify via Zoom please take time now to verify that your computer microphone is active uh click on the hand icon on your Zoom control panel and this will signal to the staff that you would like to speak when your hand is raised it will 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 are planning to testify in person in the boardroom please line up behind the podium uh 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 conclude your remarks so 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 so desire and we have step to begin the presentation Stephen good evening thank you madam chair members of the board Madame secretary Paul Heth and director Shen my name is Steven Harvey and I'm a senior project manager at the city of Boston planning department thank you for your time today uh the proposal I bring before you for consideration is the proposed development plan for plan Development Area PDA number 155 and proposed large project at 250 everage Street located at 250 ever streat in Brighton the proposed project filed a letter of intent Loi on May 8th 2023 and filed a project notification form PNF on January 5th 2024 The Proposal calls for the demolition of the existing building and the construction of a new multif family Residential Building the new residential building proposal is approximately six stories in height containing approximately 26,250 Square ft of GL for area the Residential Building will have approximately 240 residential units with below grade parking for up to 120 vehicles spaces The Proposal also includes an enclosed bicycle storage area with approximately 240 bicycle parking spaces for residents and employees of The Proposal as well as approximately 48 publicly accessible short-term bicycle parking spaces pursuant to section 80 B- 5.3 of the code I hosted an impact Advisory Group iag meetings for the proposal on January 23rd 2024 and on November 19th 2024 I also host did public meetings for the proposal on January 30th 2024 and November 21st 2024 if approved by the board this proposal will gain article 80c and article 80b approval which would allow the proponent to begin construction of the over overall proposal after receiving approval from the bossing zoning commission the the public Improvement commission and completing design review with that said I will shortly turn it over to the 250 everage street team led by Tim Al alander of mil Creek residential Tim will showcase The Proposal in full however before that occurs my planning col colleague Ford Delio will present the planning context for the proposal once the entire presentation is complete Tim Alexander Patrick o' Conor the project attorney and I will take any questions from the board thank you once again for your time this evening thank you Stephen uh next slide please good evening Madam chair secretary lus members of the board and director Shen my name is for Delio and I am presenting for Lois the senior Planner on the planning review team assigned to this project the proposed project at 250 Everett Street is located in Alon just south of Western Avenue on the west side of Everett Street it is located centrally within a large block that includes Star Market and significant surface parking Smith playground and the Charles River Parkway are within a 5-minute walk and Boston Landing station is within half a mile uh next slide please the proposed project is squarely within the boundaries of the Western Avenue Corone Corridor resoning study known as Wacker Z adopted by the bpda board two years ago in October 2022 you can see the Wacker Z study area outlined here with the proposed project outlined and lightly shaded in red specifically relevant to 250 Everett the study recommends use and dimensional standards in terms of use this area was envisioned for residential use as well as ground floor retail were appropriate especially in the Redevelopment of existing commercial uses in terms of Dimensions the 250 ever parcel stles two two sub areas of the study the berries Corner sub area seen in the light red and darker orange colors is envisioned as a higher density node with the commercial within commercial development a small portion of the northern edge of the project is within the berri's corner sub area the recommended Max height there here is 125 ft then in the everit Telford sub area shown here in yellow which most of the proposed project is located the recommended Max height is 65 ft the recommended Max lot coverage is 60% in both sub areas the study also envisions an expanded Street Network to introduce a finer network of streets and blocks with special attention given to eastwest connections on either side of Ord Street the image on the right is copied from the study showing the potential new Street network with East West and north south Connections in the super Block in which the proposed project is located next slide please this chart Compares some key facts about the proposed project to adopted Planning and Zoning specifically in this area pdas are allowed when the advanced planning goals including provision of affordable housing creation of New Street connections and new open Spates the proposed project is a PDA in terms of use reading left to right along the top row the project is multif family residential consistent with zoning and planning in terms of Dimension reading left to right in row two The Proposal was carefully designed to be consistent with zoning as well as the recommended dimensions in Wacker Z This is complicated by the fact that the proposed project is bisected into by the zoning sub juristic and planning areas but this was carefully considered during the article 80 review process so that project the Project's Dimensions reflect a blend of the recommended dimensions for both sub areas for example the proposed height is consistent with a lower density sub area the proposed f is less than the max F of the lower sub density sub area in terms of Transportation the project is consistent with Wacker Z and Boston Transportation Department's bike parking guidelines and importantly the project provides significant public benefits again carefully crafted based on the wackers Z recommendations and you need constraints for the site um thank you and I will now turn it over to the uh project team to present in more detail thank you good evening um thank you madam chair members of the board secretary pimus and director Shen my name is Tim Alexander with mil Creek residential um on behalf of mil Creek and the proponent team um I have a few slides just to further describe the project and the process we've been undertaking um the site aerial and context slide um is helpful as it shows the unique context uh the immediate context of where 250 Everett sits within alustin Brighton um you can see uh the it's it's east west on this slide but the north south ribbon of commercial and light industrial that connects Western Avenue uh and the Mass Pike but the site also sits obviously uh approximate to uh single family and and low density residential neighborhood to the East and so with this U with this context and fortunately as as Ford just described the Western Avenue Corridor study in zoning um contemplated this transition and and created appropriate density Building height and other planning metrics um for the site and what so mil Creek first became uh involved in the site in 2021 it was very important to us that you know that the Wacker Z we followed the Wacker Z zoning or planning and then obviously zoning as adopted um because it created a well-reasoned road map for redevelopment of the site on the next slide I can talk a bit about existing conditions um the map on the or the area on the lower left has three points where the photos are taken um this is a 1.8 Acre Site currently home to a three-story commercial building that was constructed in the early 1980s um and that building is surrounded primarily by surface parking to serve the building the immediate neighbor to the South is the mcnamer house which is a senior affordable housing community that's been a fixture in the neighborhood for many decades and to the west and the north is a commercial development that um step and Ford referenced which is anchored by the star market and its surface parking but also has several other restaurant and retail uses uh photo a on the north on the uh upper left is taken from the northwest corner of the Star Market looking east across their parking towards 250 Everett a photo B is taken from Western AV looking South towards 250 Everett and photo C is taken from Everett Street itself looking directly into the site and the three-story building that's currently on the site U moving to to the next slide which is the the site plan we're obviously proposing a residential Redevelopment of the site in in accordance with Wacker z uh and this plan really illustrates two things of course the building footprint and the orientation of the project but also the landscape plan so there are a few key key takeaways here one on the orientation of the project towards Everett Street really recognizing the context of the existing neighborhood and residential neighborhood to the east our design creates openings and breaks in the massing with three Courtyards that face Everett Street another attribute that's a little bit less obvious but is uh in accordance as well with the wackers Z zoning is that our plan anticipates the potential for future development either on on both the North and the west side of our site which is plan uh plan right and plan north um and what we've done is uh in in coordination with planning staff set aside buffer and setback on both of those sides of the project that could accommodate complete streets specifically sidewalks and Street trees on our site that will help to uh create a full complete Street profile if uh uh future Redevelopment should occur offsite to the north and to the west of our site um most importantly I want to point out the Southern Open Space um which is on the left side of the page um this is nearly a quarter acre uh in size it's uh been a iterative design with both planning staff and bcdc input uh really to create uh both connections to mcnamer house to the South um East West connections between the neighborhood east of Everett Street and the existing Star Market Commercial um commercial center um and it also creates active and passive uses on site so it's both a connection but also a place for people to gather and uh was something that was very important to um to us and to our coordinator effort with planning staff but one more piece on that is it's a little hard to see on the screen but there are a certain amount of trees on the very left side of the screen that are shaded a little differently more a darker green and that's the area of intended tree save so um there's existing tree canopy on the southern edge of the site and there are approximately 13 trees that will work to preserve during construction that will maintain that canopy and really be a great start for that new open space u moving along to uh just a quick uh detail on building floor plans uh we're showing various floor plans on this on this Slide the ground floor and the upper left the second floor on the lower left a typical floor of the six-story building uh on the upper right and then the top floor is on the lower right uh the blue areas are showing residential square footage uh the reddish colors are showing common areas and amenity spaces um these areas are intentionally oriented towards the southern end of the project and the open space that we just talked about uh floor plans will be a mix of Studio One Two and three-bedroom units but uh we also propose an ample number of two and three-bedroom units recognizing the need in this part of Alon Brighton for larger family-size units not shown on this slide is uh the fact that we have one level of below grade parking um much time was spent with planning staff to a locate the parking in the first place but also locate and create the most efficient vehicle loading and service plan so you can see the loading and service comes directly off of Everett Street in one location U towards the left side of the floor plans um we want the goal was to create uh loading and service with obviously the least visual impact but more importantly you know minimize the actual impact on Everett Street and the neighborhood for Resident uh entry and exit and movein and trash and Etc uh moving on to the next slide which shows a couple of elev in a cross-section um our Collective goal on the facade and the architecture was to create first a cohesive design drawing from the existing neighborhood um it's second to build a hierarchy for the look and feel of the building uh both through various moves and massing as well as use of different materiality and color so through several productive sessions with planning staff and bcdc as well we are able to First Define the architectural language of the project and then refine that pallet and the materiality that would be used uh so a couple quick things on the on the elevations you can see the first floor which is represented uh with a warm dark masonry treatment across the uh across the four sides of the project the middle floors also have a warm but more natural color a high quality materiality that is also intentionally interrupted uh with balconies and other stepb backs to break up the massing and finally the top floor has a third treatment in certain key areas a step back even further to provide more Contour in the massing uh the last two slides show better this design language um so the next slide is a perspective rendering from the middle part of uh of the project and it shows the main entry off of uh the center Courtyard um the main residential entrance is oriented uh intentionally on the outside corner of this Courtyard and there's a two-level masonry and glazing um facade to signify this main entry sequence the street scape design and the three Courtyards that face Everett also went through significant coordination with staff and bcdc uh a lot of focus was on clearly defining the public realm uh and also appropriately delineated between that public realm and the private spaces so for example the courtyard that's seen uh on the screen right now is is the main entry Courtyard Central to the project and is largely a public space um there is a another Courtyard further to the north that that is uh quiet passive more for Resident entry in use and that's a private space the last slide I have is just another view and perspective rendering this time from the southern Edge looking ac across Everett Street and into the plann open space this image gives a better sense of the size and scale of the space um we're really excited about it and the fact that it's large enough to incorporate multiple outdoor rooms um but also pedestrian Pathways and the connect we talked I I mentioned earlier uh we're really intending to create Connections in the neighborhood but also a place to gather with this open space um so with that I can um pause for questions and public comment thank you very much thank you uh we'll go to um comments in the room if you have a comment you can please thank you Madame chair board members uh Mina Perez uh through numerous uh meetings at the neighborhood we were able to communicate with the developer as well as as many members of the community and I want to thank the developer for accommodating uh the changes that they wanted uh and because of that the Carpenters you in full support of this project thank you is there anybody on Zoom who would like to testify about this project please raise your virtual hand Jane male you can unmute yourself thank you uh this is Jane male and I am the vice president of the board of directors of mam mamara house the a butter property of 80 80 um lowincome um elderly housing um one one we are in support of this project but we wholeheartedly emphasize while you are building which is probably two year going to be two years um you really have to put a very definite mitigation plan for rats um it it it is we are overrun because of the development in our area in Alon Brighton and um to the residents to the East and to the west and to the South um it's nothing what everything people talk about so I'd like to see you making a real big commitment it just cost us about $15,000 to uh purchase and have installed uh com trash compactors for the first time uh because of this issue and the residents are really freaked out so that's a comment I have one to remember this is a huge project and Everett Street is the um sort of prominade from the other end of all all the way to the best benefit we have which is the uh River the access to the Charles River and um so that has got to be kept open and and you possibly participating in funding to activities that happen at the river and around the neighborhood would be expected thank you thank you Jane would anybody else like to testify about this project either in the boardroom or on Zoom Madam chair this concludes the public hearing portion of this item okay great thank you um we can now move on to board questions or comments any questions or comments from the board um I do have one question uh and it's coming from um some of the comments that we received and in um several of them they're referring to some like a party deck that they're concerned about um I didn't know what what what the party deck is all about sure thanks Madam chair um if we could there's on the slide with the floor plans um I think what they're referring to is on the top floor the sixth floor we have a small rooftop amenity um it's really roughly a th000 square fet um so I I know there are different term term terms used for a rooftop amenity so it's certainly not intended to be a party space um but further uh given the given the location and actually the views back into the city of Boston it's meant to be similar to many multif family communities to have a little space on the rooftop okay thank yeah yeah no I just needed some context um any other questions or comments yeah through the chair um when do you expect or anticipate shovels in the ground for this project if approved here and approv through zoning that's a that's a great question I appreciate the question um yeah we're at a point where receiving these approvals would actually be obviously be a big milestone um the actual drawings for the project would still need to be completed financing for the project to be achieved um uh Our Hope and our goal is that sometime prior to the end of the year we'd be able to break ground again there are many factors that play into that but that would be our best case scenario thank you okay thank you any additional questions or comments hearing and seeing none a motion is in order so moved second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr Shepard I Dr Lark I Mr Al I and the chair votes I motion passes congratulations good luck okay that concludes the public hearings and we'll go back to item number 16 17 17 yes I'll be uh refusing Madam chair okay okay is thing I asked great item number 17 request authorization to issue an article 80 B- 2.5 waiver for large project review for the orchard Garden Apartments located at 25 Ambrose Street to convert 282 public housing units to A rad section 18 blend and to take all related actions Camille good evening Madam chair thank you members of the board director Shan and secretary Paul hemus my name is Camille plat and I'm a project manager for the proposed article lady large project review waiver before you tonight for the orchard Gardens Redevelopment in the rockbury neighborhood the project includes the rehabilitation of 288 units with the majority of those being income restricted the project team had a pre pre-filing meeting with the planing Department to determine the waving of article 0 review on October 4th of 2024 in which all members from the plan Department agreed to move forward with the waiver of large project review thank you for your time we have the Madison Park Development Corporation and Trinity Financial with us this evening to present the project in further detail and to answer any questions you may have I will now turn over to Jason McDonald to discuss the planning context thank you good evening Madam chair secretary Bemus members of the board and director Shen my name is Jason McDonald I'm a planner and planning review team and I'm here to actually present my project that I'm reviewing this time um given this project is seeking in article 80 waiver it should be noted that the provided conditions to receive one of the Endeavors focus on preserving or constructing affordable housing the conditions me the proposed is for the rehabilitation extension or creation of affordable housing units does not cause an unfavorable impact to the community and will increase the availability or quality of affordable housing upon review the project meets this criteria while also fulfilling the goals of the Roxberry strategic master plan and plan Nubian outlined to keep existing affordable housing while sustaining its quality I will now turn over to the Madison Park Development Corporation to present thank you hi good evening members of the board my name is in am broi SAA and I'm the vice president of real estate at Madison Park Development Corporation I'm joined by U members of the team Jonathan bramer with trainy financial we've been Partners alongside trainy Financial uh the orchard Gardens tenant association and the Boston Housing Authority um since the last Rehabilitation of this property in 1997 uh and I'll hand it over to our attorney to describe the request thank you um members of the board Madam chair director Shen secretary my name is Carla chaffy from Nixon PE um and I'm here just to represent the development team and discuss the project waiver we're very excited to bring forth um this Rel relatively new provision of the code article 8-5 um as we'll demonstrate here the uh this project really takes all the boxes not only the criteria under the codee but also um the intent behind this this provision of the code which was passed to allow flexibility for the Redevelopment of BHA properties um you'll see the scattered site which will be ground leased by BHA I'd just like to point out that we're preserving 331 units 288 of which will be income restricted um and as I mentioned the criteria here in the code are are clearly met this project will rehabilitate and create new affordable housing um we're actually increasing the number of income restricted units um from what is existing there today there'll be no significant in um act impact um based on the factors you consider in large project review uh we're not changing the number of units we're not increasing the size of the building so um concerns with traffic or other impacts are are very low and um this is increasing the availability and quality of affordable housing in Boston so um I said I would be brief and I'll pass it off to the development team um you can go to the next slide next sorry keep going keep going let's get to one of the whole site it's there somewhere there we go um as you can see it this is across multiple blocks uh across many different building typologies um the details are provided in the slide deck um but to not spend too much time on the details the basic typology is that there are tow houses um old typical Boston Housing Authority buildings that underwent serious renovation in 1997 and also the old deborn school which used um historic tax credits in the prior renovation and um houses dozens of units today um from here I will pass it over to um our team member Orin richen to highlight the sustainability goals that will be achieved here yeah um so could we flip back like three I think yeah right there so um good evening all uh my name is Laurin richin I'm the project manager at Madison Park um one of the major components of this project is a um Greening of the the um apartments and uh crucially across all of the units um so kind of averaged out we will achieve a 50% reduction in CO2 emissions um this is achieved primarily through um new facade and updates of the current um MEP systems we can go to the next slide um okay yeah so very briefly you can see that the scope of renov ations does not impact anything outside the lot lines um and the increase in affordable housing is as we noted we're not creating units we're just re um distinguishing them as affordable um so it's purely a um like a administrative thing um we plan to provide facade upgrades revitalization of common spaces and um increasing visibility to some of the units um interior upgrades and include um general modernization of the flooring kitchens and baths as we said the last one was um over 20 years ago so these systems and apartments are in need of a freshening up uh can we go to the next one please uh resident engagement and feedback so as part of the rad process we held two formal meetings um received feedback and have put together a feasibility study incorporating that feedback um um in addition the resident Association is part of the ownership of this project so they're highly engaged in um every aspect and are kept up to date um in quarterly meetings uh and as part of our ongoing process and as part of the rap process we will continue to meet and speak with residents to take their concerns into consideration can we go to the next slide I think we're on the site so we'll go to one more um all right we can kind of just flip through these pretty quick so we just wanted to give you an idea the site is technically kind of broken up um a little bit and this just kind of gives you a sense of where the blocks are so as we said there's Town Homes these the town homes can we go to the next one I still I flip it once more um so these are the like 1950s brick buildings um and then you can see C is the school building um which is historic and we will be taking that in to consideration during the renovations can we go to the this one again just more of the site uh I think the next one is a context slide so this is the current state of um the town homes essentially uh these are uh elevations uh drawn and taken from historical um plans can we go to the next slide we'll show you a conceptual rendering of the exterior um you know the facade on most of the buildings will be some sort of Hardy Board channeling um and so it's not entirely speced out obviously at this point in the project but we wanted to give you an idea of what could um be we go to the next one oh okay we're at the end thank you okay that conclude your presentation yes all right um let's move on to um questions or comments from the board any just want to mention and highlight the sustainability move it's great it's terrific to see I've said this before and I will say it because it's worth repeating there is this false choice between uh striving for more affordability and making sure that we meet and exceed sustainability goals and we cannot pit those two against one another so that's that's well done and we need to make sure um particularly in in 2025 uh that we never lose sight of that so I appreciate that effort yeah so this site has uh conducted a solar study and it's a great place to put out a lot of panels and you can see on the sustainability column there we've actually already been awarded funding um from three agencies and we're working through the diligence process with lean right now so it's over 20 million funding through the chair uh for the existing townhouse is is that Hardy Board plank already applied on the exterior no okay so we'll replace it's a reskinning of the buildings okay yeah and um I didn't see Windows as well or Windows will be considered as well as a facade yes yeah right thank you okay additional questions or comments hearing and seeing none a motion is in order so moved second we'll call for a vote Mr shephard I Dr Lark I Mr Ali I and the chair votes I motion passes thank you so much good luck thank you have a nice evening okay get tap back in here while we read item number 18 all right item number 18 request authorization issue an adequacy determination pursuant to article 88- 6.2 of the zoning code in connection with the notice of project change for the proposed construction of 117 fully affordable rental units approximately 22,35 sare ft of commercial and residential community space uh 20 car parking space es and 118 bicycle parking spaces located at 50 heral Street um and to issue a partial certification of compliance and enter into an affordable rental housing agreement and restriction and execute an amended an amendment to the cooperation agreement for the proposed project and finally to execute an amended or new land disposition agreement if needed and to take all related actions Nick thank you madam chair members of the board secretary secretary pimus and director Shen I'm here before you this evening to present the notice project change for 50 Herald Street in the south end part of the shamut Washington PDA the project site located on the corner of Harrison AV in Washington Street is currently occupied by the cart grocery store the project proposes to build 117 units of all affordable rental housing a new grocery store and new ground floor retail space additionally as contemplated by the PDA the project will provide parts of a new eastwest and north south connections through the PDA site along with improved pedestrian realm along Harrison AV and Washington Street the development team has worked closely with our Urban Design staff in designing these new through site connections to ensure that they are both safe and pleasant for all parties Additionally the development team has recognized the importance of the camart to the local Chinatown Community as they conduct their process for finding a new tenant for the grocery space they've been actively working with neighborhood and Industry connections to identify potential tenants who will fill the same role within the neighborhood before I turn to the development team to take you through the project for Del Veo from our planning review team will take you through the planning context I'd also like to note that we received a letter of support today from the project for councelor Flyn thank you thank you uh good evening chair Roa secretary pus members of the board and director Shen my name is Ford Delio and I am the planning reviewer assigned to this project next slide please the proposed project is located in The Economic Development Area North subd District of the Southend neighborhood zoning District the site is also located in the groundwater conservation Coastal flood resilience uh overlay district and plan Development Area number 114 overlay districts the local neighborhood plan the Harrison Albany quarter strategic plan adopted by the BR board in 2011 was sub subsequently codified into the zoning by the Boston zoning Commission in January 2012 the neighborhood plan was created to inform land use building form and public real improvements at the time the plan was created the area was characterized by large Parcels hosting primarily commercial industrial and surface parking uses the plan sought to activate this portion of the south end with a balanced mix of active commercial and residential uses the proposed project aligns with the Strategic plan goals by promoting pedestrian activity through the induction introduction of residential and active ground floor uses additionally new interstitial connections break down the large scale of the block and strengthen connections between this area downtown and the Chinatown neighborhood next slide please in its use and design the proposed project is aligned with the provisions of plan Development Area number 114 which is also derived from the Harrison Albany strategic plan of note the provision of income restricted housing furthers the goals of both Boston Housing strategy 2025 and the original overlay to ensure provision of housing to Affordable to an affordable range of incomes planning department staff work to ensure public real improvements would be consistent with Bost and complete Street guidelines the streetcape will be made more pedestrian friendly by establishing a strong Street Edge providing clear building entrances and integrating service facilities from parking and loading while maintaining vehicular access from the surrounding streets thank you and I will now turn over to the development team to present the project in more detail good evening members of the board Madam chair secretary Bemus director Shen thank you for having us uh my name is lean hanfield curtain I am the vice president of development for Beacon communities um you may be familiar with my colleagues Josh Cohen and Emily bhan who couldn't be here tonight um Beacon communities as you know is a a large scare large scale owner operator and developer of multif family um housing we are here tonight with our partner the Chinese Consolidated benevolent Association um Beacon and ccba have a long history together of developing housing in Boston um most recently at poke oi formally known as 2 Harrison currently under construction and so we are here tonight to uh revisit this project that you've heard a lot about at 50 Herald Street in the South End I'm also here with my design team who will take you through a brief presentation um as we seek final approval and finally I just want to thank uh the bpta staff for pushing us on this project for helping us um along this process and making it a better project we're excited um to bring it to fruition and I will turn it over to my architect oh to ccba First good evening uh everyone uh my name Felix Lou I'm the uh president of CCPA we uh join with me is uh my colleague uh at Chang ccba is a long profit organization representing 33 uh organization with us and our aim is to serve the uh Chinese minorities and also we were trying to build some affordable housing just as Bon just mentioned about we all most finished a building next to titon Village called b o building uh ccba acquired this uh site 1980 through an agreement with tops and the New England Medical Center we are intend to build affordable housing uh we been take take us 40 years to get to this point uh we are looking forward to increase Chinatown housing Supply allowing working family and young people to live here and preserving an Asian grosery store as a local Amity and Job Center thank you good evening thank you so much for sticking with us tonight uh I think we might be closing on the floor my name is Aaron Hodes I'm a design principal at stanch architecture and I'm here with my colleague Rick hner the project manager and uh uh Terry Kinsler from offshoots who's our Landscape designer uh next page please this is the concept of our project it is a ancient Chinese Pros written more than a thousand years ago about a fisherman pedaling upstream and discovered a secret cherry blossom uh Village Peach Blossom Village and the story um depicts this very tranquil PE village of people who ran away from chaos of time and found a home for themselves and has been extremely self-sufficient and resourceful and that story echoed with us really well when we were uh looking at the missions and visions of our client and trying to find a message that will be uh longlasting and empower the res residents who will be living in this building next page a little bit more on the side context uh you've heard that this was a previous approved PDA with three different buildings on this lot that's bonded by Washington shamut and Herod 100 shamut has been built for a couple years now and we're the second building in next page this was the previous approved PDA um envelope it was approved as a 150 ft tall eight almost eight f with 313 units the strength of this PDA plan was uh first of all providing new housing but the through block connection with the center block Oasis that The Pedestrian can access amongst the the cacophony of busy traffic and urban environment uh is something that we really echoed with and inspired by next page so this is the updated design we actually decided to lower the density quite a bit and instead of uh Market Ray we are proposing a lower density 100% affordable housing the diagram of the building on the left it's a little bit hard to see but I'll walk you through through it uh we shaped this building to hug the gentle curve of Washington Street uh and lower the height to seven stories so that there is this variation of height difference on the Block and freed up this glass wall as you're driving on the highway uh and we thought that's one of the um the strength of the updated design and in addition we we created moments on the major facade that Echo uh that signifies the major entrances so the corner at Washington and heral is the entrance to the residential and a secondary cut that's the entrance to the grocery store and commercial space and quick stats 85 ft and 117 affordable units next please the side plan here here depicts the access points in the blue arrows and you can already see that the ground floor is quite permeable and has access points around the entire uh perimeter so walking around the side in detail I'll give Terry uh the opportunity to walk along the side in terms of landscape but I'll walk you through the program on the ground floor on the bottom right corner of the building will be the residential entrance and as you enter the lobby there will be a set of glass uh partitions that takes you to a community room and as you come to the end of the community room instead of a wall it's actually another wall of glass that takes you beyond to the Courtyard that's where the uh the left to right side through block connection is happening that takes people to the Courtyard that that's hidden and right there you can already tell the experience of the residents and the visitors to decide their their uh what they're experiencing is a sense of Joyful Discovery as they enter the building seeing the layers of the spaces seeing the layers of the landscape until when they reach the the hidden uh Village the hidden space in the middle of the site and around the other uh perimeter as you come around Washington Street there's the main entrance to the grocery store which is uh below grade because we want to prioritize dedicating a full floor below grade to the grocery store um and with working really closely with the community we we heard that parking is a priority especially to support a grocery store so we moved from zero parking at the start of the design to providing 20 parking spaces behind the uh active Street front of commercial space which uh which is what you're seeing wrapping around on the Washington Street perimeter there is only one curb cut to the side that will take vehicular traffic uh into the parking garage and the loading traffic towards the back of the building and Terry do you want to jump in here sure hello everyone um I'll just going pick up where Aon kind of left off so we're in the page left side where there is going to be the vehicular access we actually um with BP's uh staff [Music] um uh help we were able to put a raised curb on the left side to create a more safe pedestrian connection um page up and down within that is also the loading um and parking access so that all cars and trucks can avoid the rais uh curb uh going in and out of the building this brings us to the top left of the page where we would have a sloped block connecting over to the existing site um or sorry existing Courtyard we are backdro in that existing Courtyard with a healthy and robust planting that would also be a buffer between the courtyard and the first floor parking um and that's going to provide a courtyard with a much more green um Edge to it there's visitor bike parking just off of the uh residential Courtyard that's really going to help activate that space um um also provide a Windbreak and then also obscure the view looking over the highway from this from this Courtyard uh wrapping around we are proposing three new Street trees along Herald as well as additional bike parking um and uh there will be a bus stop to be uh revitalized on Herold Street and then throughout this whole process we're going to keep the Silver Line Station um as is as well as preserve the three existing Street trees on Washington and uh propose one more adjacent to the 19 uh Bike blue bike station I'm going to turn it over to Ed thank you if you go to the next slide please um thank you so to occupy and run this basement commercial grocery space and also potentially the ground floor space along Washington Street we we are running a transparent fair and open RFP process to select a qualified Asian grocery operator to fulfill this um obligation we're actively soliciting uh requests for qualifications from local and Regional Asian markets seven local and eight Regional to submit proposals and cart of course is invited as one of the contenders to return thank you and to close it out we have a few renderings of the exterior uh this you've seen the facade is prod prominently brick with moments of metal and as you uh go around the Harrow Street faan next page this is where you see the entrance to the Courtyard with the brick facade in the foreground and the community room glass on the bottom right corner of the building next page as you enter the courtyard this is the line of planting that Terry mentioned with seating and activity in the next page to close it out this is a view looking back at the building on Washington Street thank you very much okay thank you so much for your presentation um okay uh questions or comments from the board well I'm a broken record but it Bears repeating all affordable with NetZero carbon well done that that is uh it's so important not only for our emissions reduction standards but you think about clean air and all the benefits that will come to make sure that we continue to build like this so uh terrific work uh well done to your team yeah what he said what they said um and also I just want to thank um thank you and your organization um you mentioned you know it's been a 40e journey and um thanks for playing the long game with us you know um and I think that just it really landed with me and inspired me and I'm just very very appreciative of all the community members and developers everybody at the agency for um yeah understanding that this is um you know one step at a time and everybody kind of takes their their lap and I uh yeah I just appreciate that with that um emotion is in order so moved second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett hi Mr Shepard hi Dr Lark hi Mr Al I and the chair votes I motion passes congratulations good luck take care that's a good one okay item number [Music] 19 okay item number 19 request authorization to enter into an affordable housing agreement for the proposed creation of two IDP home ownership units located at 370 Vermont Street also known as 419 through 421 Baker Street and to take all related actions Andy 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 tonight I'm here to request your vote on an affordable housing agreement for the proposed development at 370 Vermont Street in West Roxbury also known as 419 to 421 Baker Street uh this development proposes to build 14 condo units and while it didn't trigger article 80 due to its size the inclusionary development policy applies to the project as it's 10 or more units therefore the vote in front of you tonight will allow the agency to enter an agreement to dedicate two units under the inclusionary development policy happy to answer any questions you may have thank you okay thank you any questions or comments from the board hearing and saying none a motion is an order so moved second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett hi Mr Shephard I Dr Lark Mr Al I and the chair votes I motion passes thank you so much item number two Personnel secretary pimus I have one item for your consideration this evening in the we have one resignation in the administration department Susan Malone senior administrative services manager manager and I just would knowe in the last week we lost a total of 120 years worth of service to this agency with three retirements wellow um thank you uh thank you Susan and and thank you to um to all of the members of the agency that retired again kind of building off of that uh last comment of um of you just people committing committing them eles uh for such a long time to the betterment of of Boston and its residents and it's just um yeah it's it's super moving and I'm thankful for um for all of everyone's service um do you have any questions or comments from the board on this hearing and seeing not aemotion is in order so moveed second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett I Mr Shepard Dr Lark Mr Al I and the chair votes I motion passes item number 23 contractual I need a motion to pay the bills I move that we pay our bills I second that move okay roll call for a vote see how it turns out Miss Bennett Mr Shephard hi Dr lanmark hi Mr Al hi and the chair votes I motion passes please pay the bills and finally director's update um Chief Shen the floor is yours um happy New Year I I know this might be a little bit late to greet you but uh thank you uh for members for your service and um to summarize what we did today which is that we've uh approved six new projects 850,000 square foot of of which 67% of that uh building square footage would be residential um that will produce 577 new residential units of which 43.5% will be income restricted now you know I noticed very much that there were some projects that were completely affordable including the last one uh on heral Street um this uh amounts to $471 Million worth of uh investment and uh will create 750 construction jobs uh in the trades and um 50 and then some additional permanent jobs 50 of them direct and over 370 some that will be indirect jobs now since it's the new year I want to just um look ahead a little bit to show you what our staff have been are going to devote their time to um mostly working with the community um first of all you know that we've been working on article uh 80 modernization we're getting to the phase where the staff have been working internally uh there's been a um a set of recommendations that we've received public commentary and that the staff will be putting together a kind of recommendation to you uh on how we will implement some of these changes hopefully in the next month or two um you are all aware of the work that we've been doing on the residential housing um NE I'm sorry Neighborhood Housing zoning changes which the the the Highlight item of course is the uh adus but the adus will not only just be about uh adding additional units we will clean up the code so that actually will make normal kind of um Regular alterations that are not you know conforming to the current code much more easier for for homeowners um of course another big project that is ongoing uh is squares and streets uh in particular we're doing a lot of work in rosling Dale and that um we hope to codify the clearly scare Square zoning uh squar and stre Zoning soon um there's also a city-wide needs assessment that our planning staff will be conducting and the most most important thing is to really understand based on the growth trends of our our city what are the real needs that uh we each each of the neighborhood would have so that will actually provide the foundation and data for us to do proactive planing which is the goal and mandate that this may may have set for us for the planning department um and of course this would also be really important in terms of thinking about Equitable growth which is that what neighborhoods have the capacity to absorb the needs that we've identified um of course the other thing which is that we've been working on is uh downtown and Chinatown zoning uh we expect that uh again both of these draft zoning articles are out for public comment uh we are about to close those public comment period so I expect that in the next two board uh meetings that we'll bring the zoning in front of you um I just want to provide some a little highlight of some of the projects that we saw today I have to say that uh in my this is my third board meeting and Drexel Village which is the project right on melcast is the first project that I've seen every member make a comment and really excited about that I expect that this is hopefully a new trend that we will set um it's of course a project that is incorporating some private land as well as public Parcels which I think counts as a kind of public private partnership um it's uh 217 units of which 85% is Affordable so something a kind of achievement level in terms of um income restricted units that we would like to continue to promote it also provides a lot of local benefits including on-site daycare um and of of course the renovation of St Katherine's drexal Church which will be part of uh I think we it was told that it was going to be the third phase um and then uh 250 Everett Street which is 270 units um and is consistent with the Western Avenue Corridor uh study and resoning that we've been doing I want to end by just saying that um 101 uh 101 tremon Street by suffk University uh very uh I think it's a great project it's a a new version of the office to residential conversion I think it's going to be potentially a model for um bringing the institutions uh that desperately need housing not just dormitories but we are thinking some institutions have already raised uh a concern about uh housing for their staff and workers so we are actually actively uh working with some institution some of the smaller institutions to actually create a kind of Consortium for them to actually uh and then partner them with developers to actually do more of this kind of office to um residential conversion um I have some uh news to share um unfortunately Amy Chambers our director of planning has decided to leave and I want to take this opportunity to thank her um and I wanted to also to acknowledge that um she came to Boston just about two years ago and uh and her charge was to launch the Citywide zoning reform form and put Boston on a path of coherent modern zoning code that works for residents our development community and our staff and she has I think in the two years uh delivered incredibly dramatic change that will shape our city for years to come um she saw in that short time she also oversaw five neighborhood plans um and she delivered um the Austin and she she's already started and delivered the Austin Brighton needs assessment she's managed the development of the Adu guide book um that will continue to bear fruit um some other important um Citywide initiatives which is uh Child Care zoning a new use table my goodness you know the use table I mean I'm so glad that Amy took on the challenge um and the squares and Street zoning which she created the foundational uh districts that we are now trying to are going to apply to each of the different neighborhoods um and then of course uh adopting a new development standard through inclusionary zoning linkage and Net Zero carbon which we will go to the zoning commission um on January 29th um another thing that doesn't get the headlines is that Amy also reshaped the Planning and Zoning division to better position the work of her employees uh within the new planning department and many of you have of course have served on the board before Amy came where now the the the um the protocol of having planners actually provide the planning context was done under her leadership I'm extremely grateful to you Amy um and you did you did more in two years than I was able to do in my 13 years as planning director so um I know that you have a great future ahead of you and I want to thank you uh and acknowled all your contribution so thank you that ends my report yes well if a standing ovation was a appropriate I would do that um just on behalf of the board Amy um I hope that um what whatever you do next uh um before you do that that you uh have some rest um and not just because like oh my gosh how did you do all that stuff in two years um but rest to like reflect on all that you've done in two years and all that you've kind of been a catalyst for um and one of the things um that I think you had a really you have a really great uh ability to do is to build a team and to build a strong team and to put your team first and really like really be um invested in your team members and in their development and the opportunities that you gave them um are just amazing whether they whether they um realize it or not um you've had your hand in building some very strong professionals and um you know while we definitely um are sad to see you leave um I am confident in the department that you've built um and in the leaders that you have grown and I just hope you walk away from this experience knowing how incredible that you are and your and and we appreciate you okay so cool all right with that um I need a motion to assern this meeting so move okay second roll call for a vote Miss Bennett hi Mr Shephard hi Dr lanmark hi Mr Ali I and the chair votes I motion passes meeting adjourned thank you thank you we'll see you all next month e