WEBVTT METADATA Video-Count: 1 Video-1: youtube.com/watch?v=GOFsSrpr8-c NOTE MEETING SECTIONS: Part 1 (Video ID: GOFsSrpr8-c): - 00:03:30: Call to Order and Roll Call of Commissioners - 00:04:22: Approval of Minutes and Ruggle Street Widening Petition - 00:05:27: Proponent Presentation: Ruggle Street Widening Project - 00:07:00: Approval and Vertical Discontinuance Petition for Ruggle Street - 00:07:51: Proponent Presentation: Subsurface Rights & Easements - 00:08:26: Approval and Widening Petition for Forsmith Street - 00:09:15: Proponent Presentation: Sidewalk Adjustment on Forsmith Street - 00:10:08: Approval of Repairs on Ruggle, Forsmith and Columbus - 00:10:57: Proponent Presentation: Construction in the Public Way - 00:20:17: Columbus Avenue Improvements: Ballards, Bikes and Pedestrians - 00:20:35: Public Comment: David Wean - Bike Path and Access - 00:33:50: End Public Comment, Continued Discussions, Approval - 00:34:43: Columbus Avenue Canopy: Projection License Approval - 00:35:18: Proponent Presentation: Canopy Design and Foundation Details - 00:37:13: Dorchester Hancock Street Repairs & Relicensing - 00:37:47: Proponent Presentation: Addition and Accessibility Improvements - 00:42:14: Hancock Street Awning and Cornice Projection License - 00:43:03: Proponent Presentation: Awning and Building Projection Relicensing - 00:44:32: Condor Street Specific Repairs and Streetscaping - 00:45:23: Proponent Presentation: Sidewalk Reconstruction and Street Trees - 00:47:20: Emory Street Widening, Repairs, and Grant Location - 00:47:36: Proponent Presentation: Street Extension, Driveway Shift, and Equipment - 00:49:40: Maverick Street Specific Repairs & Streetscaping Plans - 00:49:57: Proponent Presentation: Building Development Plans - 00:54:48: St. Botolph Street Earth Retention License & Crane Installation - 00:55:19: Proponent Presentation: Athletic Facility, Crane Structures, and Utilities Part: 1 1 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:46.400 Sir, >> thank you, Todd. Good morning. My name is Dick Gove, interimm chief of streets and chair of the public improvement commission. I call to order the public improvement commission hearing of April 9th, 2026. Mr. Lyman, can you please take a roll call? 2 00:03:46.400 --> 00:04:02.560 >> Certainly. Would the representative from the public works department please state their name for the record? >> Go. >> Property management department please do the same. >> Joseph Callahan. >> Transportation department. 3 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:18.599 >> Amy Gordon. >> Water and sewer commission. >> Denise Javlin. >> Commission for persons with disabilities. >> Patricia Mendes. >> Thank you. >> We do not have someone from ISTD today, but we do have a quorum. 4 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:38.160 Okay, start out with the hearing minutes. Uh, at the request of the public improvement commission staff, acceptance of the minutes of the PIC hearing which was held on March 26th, 2026. Do we have a motion? >> I'll make a motion to accept the minutes 5 00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:55.520 of March 26, 2026. >> The second. >> All in favor? I. >> Any oppose or abstain? Hearing none. So moved. Okay. So on to the public hearing. Public hearing agenda item number one uh on a joint petition 6 00:04:55.520 --> 00:05:10.639 by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the Boston Housing Authority for the widening and relocation of the existing right of way lines Rugles Street Public Way in Roxbury as well as for the acceptance of a highway easement located generally 7 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:27.360 southeast of Albert Street uh as shown on a plan entitled City of Boston Public Works Department Engineering Division Widen Relocation Plan. MBTA Ruggle Station, Ruggle Street in Boston, lunch, dated March 2026. We'll hand it over to 8 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:43.039 the proponent. >> Good morning. Uh I'm Melissa with AECOM and we were before you two weeks ago presenting this um to you. Michelle will start. Yeah, there you go. Thank you, Michelle. Um this is for the Regal Street project. Um the widening and 9 00:05:43.039 --> 00:06:01.039 relocation will set the the lines of Rugle Street to incorporate the um new bike path that is proposed as part of the project. Um from our meeting on two weeks ago, we've incorporated all comments from the PIC. 10 00:06:01.039 --> 00:06:25.680 Um and unless there's any questions, we feel it's ready to go forward. Any questions or comments from commission members? >> How about PIC staff and members of the 11 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:44.960 public? I will take this opportunity to remind the public if you wish to ask questions or add testimony to any particular action item, we ask that you use the raised hand function which can be found at the reactions tab at the bottom of your screen. Um, PIC staff is all set on 12 00:06:44.960 --> 00:07:00.720 this Rugles widening and relocation and I do not see any raised hands right now. So, I think we are all set on this action. >> Okay. Do we have a motion? I'll make a motion to approve a joint petition by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the Boston Housing Authority for a widening relocation of 13 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:18.160 Regal Street is written in the record by the chair. >> Second. All in favor? >> I. >> I. >> Any opposed or abstain? Hearing none. So moved. Okay. Uh public hearing agenda item number two on a petition by the NBTA for 14 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:34.960 the vertical discontinuence of a portion of Ruggle Street Public Way in Roxbury located generally southeast of Albert Street vertically below the grade of the roadway as shown on a plan entitled City of Boston Public Works Department Engineering Division vertical vertical discontinuence plan MBTA Rugle Station 15 00:07:34.960 --> 00:07:51.360 Ruggle Street Boston one sheet dated March 2026. Back to the propellant. >> Thank you. Um, as we discussed uh during the new business hearing, this um action is to exclude the subsurface areas of 16 00:07:51.360 --> 00:08:06.560 Burgle Street where the MBTA has infrastructure uh from the easement between the city of Boston and um MBTA. Um uh since our last meeting we addressed the city's comments and the 17 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:26.960 PSIC's comments and uh going forward we will have myars and a legal description um meets and bounds delivered to you. >> Questions or comments from the commission members? >> How about PIC staff or members of the 18 00:08:26.960 --> 00:08:43.360 public? All set on this. >> We have a motion. >> I'll make a motion to approve a petition by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for a vertical discontinuence in Ruggle Street as read into the record by the chair. >> A second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> I. 19 00:08:43.360 --> 00:09:00.480 >> Any opposed to abstain? Hearing none. So moved. Public hearing agenda item number three on a petition by the MBTA for the widening, relocation, and extension of the existing right-of-way lines of Forsmith Street, a public way in Roxbury, as well 20 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:15.680 as for the acceptance of a highway easement located at its southernly terminus generally south of Huntington A. As shown, our planet title city Boston public works department engineering division widening and relocation plan MBTA rug station 21 00:09:15.680 --> 00:09:31.279 foresight street in Boston one sheet dated March 2026. Back to the proponent. >> Thank you. Um again this portion of foresight street um is there's a small part part of the sidewalk uh that is 22 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:50.519 part of the regular station project. We are asking to bring this into the city layout. Um, all items have been addressed and we feel it's ready to move forward. Questions or comments from the commission 23 00:09:53.040 --> 00:10:08.560 about PSC staff or members of the public? >> All set. >> We have a motion. I'll make a motion to approve a petition by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for the widening relocation and extension of For Straight Street as read into record by the chair. 24 00:10:08.560 --> 00:10:23.200 >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> I. >> Any opposed or abstained? Hearing none, so moved. Over carrying agenda item number four on a joint petition by the MBTA, 25 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:39.760 Northeastern University, and the Boston Housing Authority for making of specific repairs within the following public ways in Roxbury. Ruggle Street generally southeast of Albert Street foresight street and its southernly terminus generally south of Huntington A. 26 00:10:39.760 --> 00:10:57.600 Columbus Avenue generally northwest of Tremont Street as shown on a set of of plans entitled City of Boston Public Works Department Engineering Division. Specific repairs plan MBTA Rugle Station, Ruggle Street, Fort Scythe in Columbus A, Boston, Six Sheets dated 27 00:10:57.600 --> 00:11:13.920 March 2026. Back to the proponent. As we discussed uh two weeks ago, this these uh plans and these locations display the construction that we are doing in the public way. Um for more 28 00:11:13.920 --> 00:11:30.640 detailed overview, uh I'll turn it over to Roger. >> Uh thanks, Tamosa. The uh the upper left corner of the the drawing on the screen, we're putting in a new bike path. We're 29 00:11:30.640 --> 00:11:45.519 adjusting the sidewalk. associated with that. We're putting in a planter on just to the right of the bike path um and the whole area will be resurfaced 30 00:11:45.519 --> 00:12:03.600 um to accept an exit only off of the orange line platform in that general area. Uh the crosswalks and uh pavement markings will be addressed as well. Uh moving to the right for side street. Um 31 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:22.639 there's a small area of curb that has settled or been jawed uh off off alignment. We're going to readjust that that curb element and recast the uh and replace the concrete 32 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:38.480 slab in front of the entrance way of the station. Um, so there's no trips, slips, and falls with crack concrete. Um, the Columbus A entrance, is that on here as well? 33 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:53.760 Maybe you want to blow that up a little bit. Um, this is uh the area in front of the existing monumental stairs that go into uh the Rugos station. We're 34 00:12:53.760 --> 00:13:10.160 replacing those monumental stairs with a direct access ramp terrace entry from the sidewalk right into uh the lobby of the station. Um the 35 00:13:10.160 --> 00:13:25.360 stairs the the monumental stairs will be basically cut in half and the terrace uh stair configuration will be aligned with the ramping system. So this 36 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:43.120 way uh the entrance way becomes completely accessible. Uh in order to do that, uh we're disrupting the area of the sidewalk that's in gray. Uh we're replacing the sidewalk and the curb cuts 37 00:13:43.120 --> 00:14:01.360 uh across the to to cross Columbus a. Uh in addition to that, we are seeking uh we're we're we're putting in two foundations for columns that support a canopy over the top of this ramp structure as 38 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:17.680 well as the terrace stairs. Uh the reason for the uh foundation work being in the city or in the sidewalk is because we're avoiding major utilities that would uh 39 00:14:17.680 --> 00:14:33.839 arguably be a better location for the the foundations. However, uh the size and the magnitude of these uh what is it the 13 KV and a a solar system, 40 00:14:33.839 --> 00:14:50.720 it prohibits it just it's not cost effective to put them there. So, we're avoiding the we're avoiding the uh the risk of dealing with those utilities and we're placing columns in the sidewalk and using that as a separation 41 00:14:50.720 --> 00:15:07.040 with the bike paths and the and the pedestrians walking and so forth. So, it it it's a it's a betterment in my eyes uh to the configurations out there. That's all that's that's basically what 42 00:15:07.040 --> 00:15:25.839 we're doing >> and we've um discussed comments and coordination with uh a number of city departments and this week we received comments from BTV Signals. So we're in the process of um addressing their 43 00:15:25.839 --> 00:15:48.160 comments as well. Any questions or comments from members of the commission? >> Uh, can you explain the surface mounted ballards on your plan? >> Sure. If you go back to um Columbus 44 00:15:48.160 --> 00:16:05.680 Avenue entrance, New York in in this day and age where um it's it's concerning how how much vandalism gets done and and people doing 45 00:16:05.680 --> 00:16:20.720 things that we really don't want them to. Um the the ramp itself is I want to say 10 to 12 ft wide uh big enough wide enough to accommodate a vehicle driving 46 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:37.759 up that ramp uh into the lobby of the station. So we've aligned uh a few balllets um in alignment with the columns uh as a line of separation. So this way 47 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:53.759 uh a vehicle can't build up speed and come the wrong direction of Columbus A and go up that ramp. Uh yes, they can they can be ender up there, but it's uh it's it's not something that where they 48 00:16:53.759 --> 00:17:10.640 can go uh full head of steam 50 60 mph up the ramp. So that's that's why they're there. Um and we've tried to align them. So um they're in alignment with the columns. So this 49 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:25.679 way they serve a function of protection with the ramp and that they try not to uh be be in the way of bikers and and so forth that are coming using the bike 50 00:17:25.679 --> 00:17:44.720 path adjacent to it. Yeah, I think it's just right. Like the plants say surface mounted and then the details say crash rated and those two things don't seem in alignment with me. >> These are down here. These are crash rated ballards. The surface mounted are 51 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:59.840 along >> at the at the street up here. Those are surface mounted. I >> that's a plat post or a ballard. >> Yeah. Yeah. I apologize. There's there's two different locations where we put ballards. And these are surface mounted due to the bridge structure. 52 00:17:59.840 --> 00:18:27.120 >> Right. Yeah. We we couldn't we couldn't make those uh crash. The only way we can do that is to extend the planter or something and then it blocks the entrance. not the well not the entrance but the 53 00:18:27.120 --> 00:18:49.600 exit from Orange Line. >> Uh and then you have some right to ride parking. Uh you're just going to need to make sure that those signs are BTD standard and not uh special. We have right we have signs but um just 54 00:18:49.600 --> 00:19:11.120 make sure they're conforming with BT sign standards. >> Okay. Any other questions or comments from commission members? >> Yes. One quick question. If you could, this is Patricia. If we could go back to the ballards that we were just looking 55 00:19:11.120 --> 00:19:27.799 to surface mounted, could you confirm that those are um there's still a flush surface for pedestrians? pedestrians that are walking from the right to the left, >> right? 56 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:44.640 Yes. Yes, it is. It should be flush. >> That's correct. >> There should be there should be no rumble strip or any roughening surface at all. It's just uh uh a pass through. >> Okay, 57 00:19:44.640 --> 00:20:17.840 great. Thank you. Any other questions or comments from commission members? I will note that we'll seek a probably alternative treatment for those surface mounted ballers, but that won't hold up the uh hearing today. Any questions or 58 00:20:17.840 --> 00:20:35.039 comments from PIC staff or members of the public? Um, I do see one raised hand, but before we get to uh David Wean, I just want uh was hoping that the project team can confirm um that the MBT it'll be the MBTA specifically that will be signing a 59 00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:56.080 maintenance agreement for some of these improvements um such as the ballards, the canopy columns um and some other things um or will it be some other entity set in the LMI? It should be the MTA. >> Okay. 60 00:20:56.080 --> 00:21:13.280 >> Fantastic. Um, that was the only question I had. Uh, David Wean, I see you have your hand raised. Please unmute yourself and go ahead. >> Sure. Thank you very much uh for entertaining my comments and questions. Um the first slide that we're looking at 61 00:21:13.280 --> 00:21:30.400 right now is depicting what was described as a bike path alongside Rugles Street. Um I know it's been discussed for many many years that uh Rugles Street needs a good bike would be provide a good bike connection between 62 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:47.679 the Emerald Necklace and the Southwest Corridor and this looks like it's uh part of that vision. I just wanted to make sure I understood correctly that this is merely a couple of hundred feet and it's not part of something that's uh 63 00:21:47.679 --> 00:22:03.039 being planned or approved to actually connect the corridor and the emerald necklace and this is in place with uh anticipation of future improvements or changes to Rogal Street. Is that correct? 64 00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:18.720 >> That is my my understanding correct. This is this is this this improvement that you see is within the footprint of the overall project for the improvements of Ruggle Station. It's not the bike the bike path 65 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:33.200 was included within that footprint. It's not uh a bike path project if you will to to take it anywhere else. So what what this means is it looks like it's a a perhaps a welldesigned 66 00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:50.720 202 piece of bike infrastructure that you'll you'll be merging back into the the current horror of Rebel Street. Um I just wanted to make sure I understood that. And more importantly, uh, I'm on the, um, a member of the Southwest 67 00:22:50.720 --> 00:23:06.240 Carter Park Alliance, which was formerly the park management, uh, advisory committee. Um, and we're very interested, of course, in the Southwest Carter Park, and in particular in the bike path and pedestrian path that uh, 68 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:22.400 connects Forest Hills to Back Bay. It's a four or five mile, as everybody's aware, four or five mile um, connection there. And can we flip to um slide number three, please? 69 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:39.360 Great. Um I'm a little unclear on how people who are riding bikes or walking through that area as part of the path are going to connect uh from Ruggle 70 00:23:39.360 --> 00:23:54.720 Street to uh the path after it crosses Melnia Cass. Um, I see this uh these uh pillars that are going to hold up the canopy. And I think on another slide that I saw independently, I'm not sure whether it's 71 00:23:54.720 --> 00:24:11.120 part of this presentation, it looked to me as though the sidewalk area um below looking at this picture below the um the end of the canopy is very very narrow. And I'm trying to understand how people 72 00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:26.880 who are for example riding bikes where already it's a tight uh a tight space with all the pedestrians coming in and out of the station. Uh how they're going to traverse this um uh this this area. And 73 00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:43.120 it looks to me as though it's a it's a major narrowing of the the space that people share while they're walking and cycling through there. And and maybe I'm just not good at reading reading these things. I'll I'll admit that. Uh is is 74 00:24:43.120 --> 00:25:01.039 that correct? How far is it between the curb? I see the um the uh tactile strip there above the number 24 plus O. Um, how far is it between the curb there and the um uh the the pillars that hold up 75 00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:19.760 the canopy and the crash proof ballards that that I agree are a really good idea for a ramp like that. Well, the dimensions are being put on the drawing it read live as we're speaking. >> Oh, okay. 76 00:25:19.760 --> 00:25:36.720 Um, one's 9 ft, the other one's 11 foot. Um, it's if you zoom back out a little bit. Uh, the the bike path the bike path is on the far left. >> Uh, actually, currently it's um it's 77 00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:53.520 actually posted to be on the right hand side there. >> No, it's it's Oh, yeah. the far the far left far left the drawing that's associated with being replaced and and improved because it's being the construction activity is disrupting it 78 00:25:53.520 --> 00:26:09.840 in that in that area. Yep. >> And we're replacing as uh as it is today. And as it is today, it continues directly into the Columbus A the street. There's a curb cut right 79 00:26:09.840 --> 00:26:27.760 there. And as you move down, there you go. Right there. So, the intent is the bike path is is supposed to go into the street at that point. And there is there's a number of bike paths that go to the right. One's along the sidewalk 80 00:26:27.760 --> 00:26:42.960 and one one's along the you can see the the arrow there uh in adjacent to the sidewalk across the street and then there's a there's a bike path uh adjacent to or in front of the 81 00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:58.720 parking garage. But the intent of this is to keep things exactly the same. We're not realigning the bike path. We're just simply repairing the sidewalk that we're disrupting through construction, like I said, of the 82 00:26:58.720 --> 00:27:14.960 demolition of those monumental stairs. And there was flag poles out there. And then there's access to reconstruct. >> So, and this is this is the the impacted area, I guess. Current currently the um 83 00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:32.960 the bike path and the um the pedestrian part of the of the southwest corridor park are um do not go on to Columbus Avenue at that point. Uh there is uh after Melia Cass, 84 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:49.120 the city of course has protected bike lanes on either side and uh the park also has a path along the northeastern edge uh the edge belowing northeastern university. Um but in this area the the 85 00:27:49.120 --> 00:28:05.520 path is really hugging the parking garage. Um, and I I'm looking at the the lower right hand corner of the the um uh it looks as though there's a striped bike lane planned for Col that part of 86 00:28:05.520 --> 00:28:21.039 Columbus Avenue because I it doesn't exist now. That part of Columbus Avenue is just a whole bunch of potholes for to to jar the shuttle buses. Um, currently, um, many cyclists use it because it's 87 00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:36.799 already pretty tight with pedestrians on the concrete, uh, marked cycle path. But the where it's on the lower right where there's a looks like there's a a stencil of a of a bicycle and an 88 00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:54.000 arrow. Is that part of the planned changes? Cuz it doesn't exist right now. >> No. No, it's not part of the changes. >> Okay. Is is resurfacing uh that part of Columbus Avenue part of the changes? >> Not not part of this project. No. 89 00:28:54.000 --> 00:29:10.799 >> Okay. So then basically it feels like that whole area is going to be narrowed up and made you know people riding bikes through there. It's a really good idea for people to slow down and we hope they do and narrowing it will have that 90 00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:25.840 potentially have that effect for for people who aren't negligent. But um I'm guessing that this current design as uh as I'm understanding it here, narrowing it down to that 9 and 1/2 ft between the 91 00:29:25.840 --> 00:29:43.600 um curb line and the uh pillars is going to make the um uh make it, you know, increase conflicts and make it more uncomfortable for everybody who is traveling through or across that area. 92 00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:59.840 uh particularly if something is not done on Columbus Avenue to siphon off some of the faster uh cycle traffic. Many cyclists use it now, but it's uh it's not it's not great the the road surface there. It's terrible and there are no 93 00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:16.799 there are no cycle markings uh uh in in contrast to what's shown on the um uh on this uh diagram. And uh to the extent that I don't obviously we don't want to I'm not suggesting we hold up this project and I 94 00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:33.919 guess I should have been making these comments two weeks ago. Um but um you know I'll urge public works and and BTD to recognize that this is a problem being created and um and increased uh by 95 00:30:33.919 --> 00:30:52.080 this project and and prioritizing some way of um adjusting adjusting stuff that's outside the scope of this project to compensate for um for what's being done here. Yeah, Misha, the the flag 96 00:30:52.080 --> 00:31:07.919 poles that you just highlighted are not there anymore. That's a good thing. >> They're being taken out. >> Yeah, that's a trade-off. The sidewalk will be >> free and clear of those poles. Uh but we're putting in others to support the 97 00:31:07.919 --> 00:31:24.000 canopy. I grant you that. But the the flag poles themselves uh won't be there. That's that's a positive because those those are uh fond as I am of flags and flag poles right they >> and I just highlighted these items in 98 00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:41.600 orange because this is an existing um row of ballards and this is an existing row of flag poles. So the condition is pretty similar to what we're doing in the final, just slightly different location of where the ballards current. >> You're suggesting it's it's no worse 99 00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:59.360 than uh than it currently is if you take into account the ballards and the flag poles. I'll buy that. I'll buy that. I I I' I'd love to see it getting better rather than worse, but um uh it's a I guess >> and the the other thing that we're 100 00:31:59.360 --> 00:32:16.480 concerned with too is um you have wheelchairs and baby carriages coming down the ramp as opposed to people walking down the stairs. Uh it's it's a little different dynamic coming off the ramp. >> So that actually creates more conflict 101 00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:30.320 and >> Well, yeah, but you want You want to have you want to have uh you you want to direct the bikes to the bottom side of the balllets in the columns that we have as opposed to having them them cross 102 00:32:30.320 --> 00:32:45.679 adjacent to the the bottom of the ramp. >> I think I think that that's true. widening the sidewalk there um or providing a facility that actually go that actually is bikable and goes down 103 00:32:45.679 --> 00:33:00.960 Columbus Avenue to the traffic light uh at Melnia Cass would be a a plus uh an improvement and would further pull the the bike traffic um away from the end of the ramp where the baby carriages and 104 00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:17.360 and wheelchairs are coming down. Um, but u that's just a comment. If it can't get incorporated into this plan, then at least um doing something for that portion of Columbus Avenue, at least resurfacing it, but uh resurfacing it 105 00:33:17.360 --> 00:33:32.240 and and properly striping and separating uh cycle traffic as has been done, you know, throughout the next several blocks of Columbus Avenue heading east, uh already is um would be a real would be a 106 00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:50.799 real positive. And uh I I hope I hope that the BTT BTD and uh public works can kind of take that in as a a very useful thing to do and sooner rather than later. 107 00:33:50.799 --> 00:34:09.000 And thank you. >> Thank you for your comments, David. Any other members of the public? >> I do not see any raised hands. Any other questions or comments from commission members? 108 00:34:11.839 --> 00:34:27.679 Okay, hearing none. Do we have a motion? I'll make a motion to approve a joint petition by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Northeastern University, and the Boston Housing Authority for the making of specific repairs in Ruggle Street, Foresight Street, and Columbus Aven read into the record by the chair. >> Second. 109 00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:43.200 >> All in favor? I. >> Any opposed or abstain? hearing none. So moved. Okay. Public hearing agenda item number five on a petition by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for the granting of a project projection license 110 00:34:43.200 --> 00:34:58.480 for the installation of a canopy over portions of the sidewalk within Columbus a public way in Roxbury located on its northwesterly side generally northwest of Tremont Street as shown on a set of plans entitled City of Boston Public Works Department engineering division 111 00:34:58.480 --> 00:35:18.800 license plan MBTA Rugle Station Columbus Avenue in Boston two sheets dated March 2026 Six. Back to the proponent. Um, you want me to? >> Yeah. You want to take this one? >> Sure. Uh, as as stated earlier, 112 00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:34.800 uh, Michelle, can you blow up the plan? Zoom in on the plan again. Um, you can see the bottom of the ramp up there and the the line of bullets and the column location that's within the sidewalk. Uh 113 00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:53.359 so the cross-section A is what you're what you're going to look at as we go down to the detail uh go down on the sheet now. So that's just what's happening. Um the bottom of the ramp is to your right. Uh and we're providing uh 114 00:35:53.359 --> 00:36:12.240 a column support for the end of the the canopy that goes from here probably almost 200 ft to the entry of the um uh reso station um is the next sheet 115 00:36:12.240 --> 00:36:27.200 blesser and the foundation is is that's detailed in that fashion. Um it will stick up. There'll be a concrete concrete will stick up. Uh you 116 00:36:27.200 --> 00:36:55.599 can't see I think it's 1T8 um off the off the finished surface and then the column will bear on top of that. Questions or comments from the commission? All PIC staff and members of the public. 117 00:36:55.599 --> 00:37:13.359 >> We are all set on this. >> We have a motion. >> Make a motion to approve a petition by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for the granular production license within Columbus right >> second. All in favor? I I >> Any opposed or abstain? 118 00:37:13.359 --> 00:37:30.640 Hearing none. So move. Thank you. Okay. Public hearing agenda item number six uh on a petition by Hancock Street Realy Trust for the making of specific repairs within the following public ways of Dorchester Hancock Street at 119 00:37:30.640 --> 00:37:47.200 addresses number 77 through 83 generally northwest of Troll Street and Troll Street southwest of Hancock Street as shown on a set of plans entitled City of Boston Public Works Department engineering division specific repair plan 81 Hancock and Charles Street 120 00:37:47.200 --> 00:38:02.720 Doorchester Three sheets dated March 20th, 2026. We'll hand it over to the proponent. >> Hi, good morning. This Pier Vanco, uh, architect on the project. Can you hear me? Okay. Loud and clear. >> Okay. Excellent. Um, so the subject 121 00:38:02.720 --> 00:38:20.079 property is currently a singlestory uh, shopping plaza containing a liquor store, had a pizza shop, and a laundry. Uh we are proposing three stories of housing above that that um would include a series of improvements to the public 122 00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:37.760 realm um that we believe would drastically improve current conditions um really making this corner a wonderful place here at the corner of Handcal and Troll Street. This is more or less the existing condition as explained two weeks ago. Um 123 00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:57.440 minus the change. Uh this is an updated photo here of the handicap. Um accessibility improvements have already been made to that corner and those would be protected in this process of construction. Quick overview showing how essentially a 124 00:38:57.440 --> 00:39:13.040 vertical addition built on top of the existing building. In this improvement, we are raising curb lines slightly. We're going to be able to uh make the entrances to each of the businesses and all the major entrances to the building 125 00:39:13.040 --> 00:39:29.200 handicap accessible. Right now, they they do not meet cross slope. Uh they greatly exceed allowable cross slopes. Um the sidewalks are broken and jaunted going down uh Troll Street. There's all 126 00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:44.560 of these sidewalks would be fixed and and repaired in this process. So we have uh two actions here. Uh one is that we are relicensing existing awnings that currently um go over into 127 00:39:44.560 --> 00:40:02.000 the public realm. They they have a change relationship to the sidewalk that is fractional. Uh it's not large. And then we have a projection up around 55 ft that hangs over the edge of the sidewalk by about 2 ft. And that is this 128 00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:25.760 element up here. So that's really the two reasons that we're here. So with that, I explained it fairly thoroughly a few weeks back. Happy to take any questions. Thank you. Any questions or comments from commission members of our PAC staff or members of the 129 00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:44.880 public? Uh Peter, would you just uh do you mind mentioning the uh street trees and landscaping that you're installing along I believe Hancock Street? >> Absolutely. Uh so we Yeah, absolutely. Uh one of that's it's one of the best 130 00:40:44.880 --> 00:40:59.599 aspects of this. I think that we have a very um well it's it's not a very pleasant uh street pedestrian experience. And so in this we're actually changing a little bit. We're we're replacing a lot of the concrete. We're replacing all of the 131 00:40:59.599 --> 00:41:15.839 concrete rather to our plan north property line. We have an existing street tree, very very nice large green ash there that we are proposing rather that we are protecting. South of that we are proposing two red 132 00:41:15.839 --> 00:41:32.880 oaks that are introduced. So right here there would be a mulch bed 8 ft long and then um down here at the plan south it actually is nice. it hits the building at more or less a third point. So between those two trees, we're graining the public realm significantly. As well, 133 00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:58.480 we have a very nice uh change in material where we're switching over to um permeable pavers there. It should just create a much warmer, richer public environment. Any other questions or comments? Todd, 134 00:41:58.480 --> 00:42:14.160 you good? All set. Thank you. >> We have a motion. I >> make a motion to approve a petition by Hancock Street Realy Trust for the making of specific repairs within Hancock Street and Troll Street and writes record by the chair. Second. >> All in favor? I >> I. 135 00:42:14.160 --> 00:42:33.040 >> Any opposed to abstain? >> Hearing none. So moved. >> Thank you. All right. Public agenda item number seven on a petition by Hancock Street Realy Trust for the granting of a projection license for the installation of building cornises over portions of the sidewalk within Hancock Street at 136 00:42:33.040 --> 00:42:48.480 Public Way in Dorchester located on southwesterly side at addresses number 77 to 83 northwest of Troll Street. As shown, our plan entitled City of Boston Public Works Department engineering division projection license plan 81 Hancock Street, Charles Street, 137 00:42:48.480 --> 00:43:03.200 Doorchester, one sheet dated February 9th, 2026. Back to the proponent. Excellent. Thank you. Peter Ganco again, architect on the project. Yes. So, the projection that uh license that we are needing here are for the existing 138 00:43:03.200 --> 00:43:19.359 awnings that currently exist on the building. They are remaining in place with no change. as we are raising this curve line and we're changing the relationship fractionally to them uh we were uh we were asked I think very 139 00:43:19.359 --> 00:43:35.119 wisely to go ahead and and relic license those as they are uh it was verified by our accessibility commission that they will have uh s uh sufficient height over the public realm that there is no danger to them hanging into the public realm 140 00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:50.240 and that they uh they would not pose a a uh any hazard and certainly not beyond what they currently um their current relationship. Uh secondarily, we have a portion of the building 55 ft in the air 141 00:43:50.240 --> 00:44:06.000 that is hanging over around 2 and 1/2 ft um over the property line and calling a pertinence, but it is uh greatly divorced from the public realm in terms of being um uh realized, but still nonetheless we need to get it 142 00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:32.079 licensed. So those are the uh two matters that we need um your approval on. Questions or comments from the commission PIC staff and members of the public? >> All set. 143 00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:49.200 >> Thank you Todd. Do we have a motion? Make a motion to approve a petition by Hancock Street Realy Trust for the grand projection license in Hancock Street as the work by the chair. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I I any opposed to abstain? 144 00:44:49.200 --> 00:45:07.760 Hearing none. So moved. Thank you. >> Excellent. Thank you so much. Last agenda item for the public hearing uh on a petition by Condor Street Investment LLC for the making of specific repairs within Condor Street Public Way in East Boston located 145 00:45:07.760 --> 00:45:23.520 generally at addresses number 98 to 100 west of Brook Street. Uh as shown on a set of plants entitled City of Boston Public Works Department Engineering Division specific repairs 98 to 100 Condor Street, Boston two sheets dated March 18, 2026. 146 00:45:23.520 --> 00:45:40.240 hand it over to the proponent. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman and three of the members of the commission. For the record, Richard Lind address, 245 Summer Street, East Boston. I'm going to turn it over to Rick Salvo with Engineering Alliance to go over the plan. >> Uh thank you, Commissioner Go, members 147 00:45:40.240 --> 00:45:54.800 of the commission. Uh for the record, Rick Salvo with Engineering Alliance office at 194 Central Street in Sus Mass. Uh this project consists of uh reconstruction of the existing sidewalk in front of 98 to 100 uh Condor Street. 148 00:45:54.800 --> 00:46:09.920 It will include the installation of two um street trees um some bicycle racks um a new crosswalk um over to Brook Street with reciprocal ramps um on either side. We've provided 149 00:46:09.920 --> 00:46:25.680 those elevations um as was requested um and also some street lighting infrastructure um that was requested by the lighting department that we will be installing and they will be installing um the actual furniture itself. Um that's essentially the proposal. I 150 00:46:25.680 --> 00:46:47.839 assume that you got a bigger proposal two weeks ago or presentation two weeks ago. So I'm happy to answer any questions. >> Thank you. Any questions or comments from the commission? How about PIC staff or members of the public? 151 00:46:47.839 --> 00:47:03.040 >> All set with this. >> Thanks, Todd. Is there a motion? >> I'll make a motion to approve a petition by Congress Street Investment LLC for the making of specific repairs in Congress Street is read to the record by the chair. >> Second. All in favor? I. I. 152 00:47:03.040 --> 00:47:20.160 >> Any opposed to abstain? Hearing? None. So moved. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> Okay, on to new business. Uh, agenda item number one, Emory Street and Roxbury widening and relocation specific 153 00:47:20.160 --> 00:47:36.640 repairs grant location on a set of joint petitions by 25 Emory Street Apartments LLC, 250 Center Street Housing LLC in NStar Electric doing business as Eversource Energy. Over to the proponent. >> Good morning, commissioners and members 154 00:47:36.640 --> 00:47:51.599 of the public. My name is Colin Horsey. I'm a senior project engineer at Nich Engineering. Um, and I'm here on behalf of the affformentioned petitioners. Um, I will be sharing my screen now. Um, as mentioned, we have three PIC 155 00:47:51.599 --> 00:48:08.480 actions as part of this. Um, the first is the Wad relocation plan. Um, this is an extension of Amory Street. Uh, to locate yourself, Center Street is to the right of this page and the Jackson Square T stop is just off the page right here. Um these improvements were uh 156 00:48:08.480 --> 00:48:24.480 previously constructed as under a city of Boston contract. Um and we are uh extending uh a portion of the right-of-way layout um as part of Eversource improvements that were installed. Um you can see we are proposing a 108 square ft um addition to 157 00:48:24.480 --> 00:48:40.800 the uh rightway layout as part of the widing relocation plan. Um moving on to the specific repairs. Um this just shows a driveway turnaround for fire access. Um the driveway was shifted um page left um and that's why we're uh adding the wing relocation as part of that to 158 00:48:40.800 --> 00:48:56.559 include that turnaround area. Um the average source equipment is shown um around the existing rightway layout and as part of that we are also proposing a grant of location um request um with the proposed electrical equipment details. 159 00:48:56.559 --> 00:49:12.400 Uh the PM PH26640 is an Eversource owned equipment and then there is also a private transclosure that uh straddles the uh right ofway layout as well. Um I can go into further detail on any items that the commissioners member public might 160 00:49:12.400 --> 00:49:40.480 have questions on but for that I yield. >> Thank you. Any questions or comments from the commission? How about PC staff? >> I think we're all set on this. >> April 23rd. Enough time. >> Absolutely. 161 00:49:40.480 --> 00:49:57.119 >> Okay, we'll see you then. >> Thank you. >> All right, new business agenda item number two. 279 Maverick Street, East Boston. Specific repairs on a petition by 279 Maverick Street Realy LLC. Over to the proponent. >> Good morning. Uh my name is Pavlo Hunts, 162 00:49:57.119 --> 00:50:14.559 development manager for 279 Maverick Street. With me today, I have Giovanni Federa, our civil engineer, and Natalie Adams, our landscape um architect with Verdant. Um 279 Maverick Street's a 32 unit uh groundup mixeduse developments. 163 00:50:14.559 --> 00:50:31.760 Uh 32 um homeowner opportunities in East Boston. uh to walk through the specific repairs that we're going to be making at the streetscape. I'll uh turn it over to uh Javanni of Federa Engineering. >> Good morning. My name is Javani Federa with Federa Engineering. I'm just going 164 00:50:31.760 --> 00:50:48.160 to share my screen. Um the project involves as Paul said, it's a 32 unit mixeduse building on a site. This is the rendering right here uh to give you a picture of what we're proposing, but um it's currently an open 165 00:50:48.160 --> 00:51:05.839 lot. I'll show this uh street view. So, this is the site right here. Um so, it's currently an open lot. Uh the building uh front the lot frontage is approximately 120 ft over here. Um and it currently has one roughly central central curb cut uh entering into the 166 00:51:05.839 --> 00:51:23.200 site. Um, as part of the proposed improvements, we're closing the curb cut and we're going to be replacing it with a single new uh new curb cut that will be located somewhere along here. Uh, that new curb cut will be a shared um access point 167 00:51:23.200 --> 00:51:40.000 with this abundant building right here. Um, so it will help consolidate the uh vehicular access reducing conflicts along the frontage. Um, I'll show you the plan that we have here. roof. We're also proposing a new pedestrian 168 00:51:40.000 --> 00:51:56.640 crosswalk um that'll be located northwest of the corner of the property which will extend across Mavic Street um and towards the blue bike uh stations located across the street. Uh to to support accessibility, ADA compliant curb ramps will be installed at both 169 00:51:56.640 --> 00:52:12.800 ends of the crosswalk over here. Um along the project frontage, we're proposing street streetscape improvements that include a 5 foot wide concrete sidewalk and that'll be maintained continuously 170 00:52:12.800 --> 00:52:29.040 along the uh the site. We'll also include a 3-ft wide bike rack zone with uh five bike racks over here. Uh and we're also including three street pits uh that will be integrated along the frontage right here. Uh the bike rack 171 00:52:29.040 --> 00:52:44.240 areas will be constructed with permeable neighbors that help contribute toward the project's green infrastructure storm water management requirements. Um additionally we are proposing two new street lights. One located right here and one located over here at this uh 172 00:52:44.240 --> 00:53:01.760 eastern corner um that will help improve illum illumination and pedestrian safety along the uh section of Maverick Street. Um, importantly, the project does not propose to shift the curb line further into the roadway. It does not propose um 173 00:53:01.760 --> 00:53:18.160 improvements. The proposed improvements will not negatively impact the existing roadway configuration. Um existing on street park will be maintained under the proposed conditions and that help overall we believe the pro the proposed 174 00:53:18.160 --> 00:53:34.880 improvements consolidate vehicular access enhance pedestrian inactivity improve streetscape elements and provide additional lighting along the corridor and that these uh changes represent an improvement to the public rightway. Uh we're open uh to answer any questions 175 00:53:34.880 --> 00:53:51.359 that the commission may have. Thank you. >> Just just add one item quickly to uh Javanni's uh presentation. Thank you, Javanni. Uh on the street lighting, um the agreement with the street lighting division was that we will be providing the uh underground infrastructure and 176 00:53:51.359 --> 00:54:06.559 the street lighting division will be providing the above ground infrastructure similar to the uh previous project that kind of had a similar arrangement. Um and just to add, you know, Javanni's note about the street parking, we are also providing 18 off- streetet parking spaces. um in a 177 00:54:06.559 --> 00:54:32.800 garage in this building as well. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Questions or comments from the commission? >> How about PIC staff? >> Uh the PIC staff passed along a handful of um plan comments to the project team. 178 00:54:32.800 --> 00:54:48.960 Um, and I understand that they're working on addressing those comments. Um, so we'll just expect to see um updated plans prior to their new business hearing or their advertised public hearing rather uh in a few weeks. >> Yep. I think we'll uh have those buttoned up and over to you shortly. 179 00:54:48.960 --> 00:55:03.680 >> Great. Thank you. >> All right. We'll see you on April 23rd. >> Great. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Last item of new business, uh 262 St. Bolttoff Street in Roxbury Earth retention license on a joint petition by 180 00:55:03.680 --> 00:55:19.040 Northeastern University and Suffach Construction Company incororated. We'll hand it over to the um I'm Caitlyn trip with Hayen Aldridge, geotechnical engineer. I'm presenting on behalf of Northeastern and SuffK 181 00:55:19.040 --> 00:55:44.240 Construction for petition of an earth retention system. Um just trying to share this plan. So, um, this plan is for Nor Eastern University's new athletic facility on the former Matthews Arena site. Um, 182 00:55:44.240 --> 00:56:01.440 however, this plan is only related to the construction of two temporary tower cranes um that will be used for construction. Um and there are separate permitting efforts underway for the other aspects of the building sidewalks and utilities. Uh this plan pro presents 183 00:56:01.440 --> 00:56:17.359 the location of two tower crane structures in a personnel hoist that will be installed um within uh beyond the project property extending into the sidewalk and roadway along St. Pet Street. Each tower crane is founded on a 184 00:56:17.359 --> 00:56:34.720 concrete mat supported on driven piles to bedrock and there is a soldier pile and lagging supportive excavation system around the concrete mat in order to excavate to a depth of 6 ft. Uh in preparation for the steel pile and soldier pile driving uh the water line 185 00:56:34.720 --> 00:56:51.680 will be temporarily relocated outside the footprint of the tower each tower crane and as requested by national grid vibration monitoring above the water line will be conducted during pile driving and national grid will have a on-site representative 186 00:56:51.680 --> 00:57:08.079 uh following erection of the new building. The tower crane will be dismantled and the concrete mat demolished. the steel piles uh and soldier piles will be cut off six feet below public sidewalk grade and 10 feet below roadway grade uh and the deeper 187 00:57:08.079 --> 00:57:23.839 portion of the piles will remain in place uh in the water lane line will be returned to its original alignment. So that's a summary uh of this plan um and we're we'll open it to questions. 188 00:57:23.839 --> 00:57:39.760 >> Thank you. Questions or comments from commissioners? Uh can you just confirm that you've uh right met with and this is approved by Ed Hesford? >> Um the uh CMP has been approved. 189 00:57:39.760 --> 00:57:54.480 >> Yeah. No, I'm I'm talking about the the specific elements for the the crane stuff. I I believe you guys have gone through I know that the bigger CMP is a thing, but um that this piece you have discussed with him or that you will discuss in the two weeks between now and the public hearing. We have received 190 00:57:54.480 --> 00:58:13.920 feedback from BTD just we haven't specifically discussed >> Ed specifically just get in touch with him between now and the public. >> Fair enough. Thank >> any other questions or comments from commissioners? 191 00:58:13.920 --> 00:58:29.680 >> Yes, this is Patricia. Um, is this affecting the uh pedestrian path? Do do you know if the temporary pedestrian route during construction is affected? 192 00:58:29.680 --> 00:58:46.640 >> Yes, correct. Um Joe, can you speak to the pedestrian routing on St. Pat Street? >> Yes, I can. My name is Joe Mac. I'm with Suffach Construction. As part of the CMP plan for the larger project, the lanes 193 00:58:46.640 --> 00:59:02.880 on St. and tall street have been shifted over and the sidewalk on the arena side of the street has been closed for the duration of the construction. Uh this work that we're talking about now is within the construction site. So the pedestrian and vehicular traffic changes 194 00:59:02.880 --> 00:59:24.000 have already taken place. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Welcome. >> Any other questions or comments from commissioners? Todd. >> All set. 195 00:59:24.000 --> 00:59:43.920 >> April 23rd. Enough time. >> Yes. >> Great. We'll see you then. >> All right, that wraps up our agenda. Uh, do we have a motion to adjurnn? >> I'll make a motion to adjurnn. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I oppose or abstain. 196 00:59:43.920 --> 00:59:49.720 Hearing none. So, thank you everybody. >> Thank you.