the floor is yours, Amy. All right. I will call to order the Public Improvement Commission hearing of August 28th, 2025. Uh Todd, will you take a roll call? Certainly. The representative from the transportation department, please state
their name for the record. Amy Gordon, property management department, please do the same thing. Joseph Callahan, Inspectional Services Department. Ryan Roland, Water and Sewer Commission,
Peter Salvatore, Commission for Persons with Disabilities, okay, we do not have someone from public works today, but we do have a quorum. Great. Uh at the request of the public improvement commission staff, I'll entertain a motion of the acceptance of
the minutes of the PIC hearing held on August 14th, 2025. I move to approve the minutes of the uh to accept the minutes of the pick hearing held on August 14, 2025. All in favor? I
opposed. Great. Uh, utility pole hearing number one on a petition by Verizon for utility pole installation to relocate one private utility pole within public alley number 418, Boston proper to be located at the rear of 275 to 277 Beacon Street,
generally between Darker Street and Exit Center Street. Yes. Good morning, Commission. Uh, Ross Bilu, uh, sharing my screen here representing Verizon. Um, we're looking to relocate this pole. Verizon was approached by the customer at 273 Beacon
Street uh to relocate the existing pole 19 uh 19 also 19 ft uh towards the west to alleviate some you know parking issues they have pulling into their current spot. Uh so again this is a customer-driven
request. Is the pole still within in front of the same property? Uh, it's moving to uh, you know, it's moving down a couple spots, you know, in front of 275 to 277.
Um, you know, we haven't heard any re we haven't re uh heard anything back from those customers. So, um, but they have been notified. They have been notified. Yes. Okay. questions or comments from commission members?
PIC staff or public? We have some uh members of the public that would like to give testimony. Yep. I will take this opportunity to remind the public if you wish to ask questions or add testimony, please use the raised hand function um which can be found at the reactions tab at the bottom
of your screen. We do have one person uh who has appeared in person um in 801, Ashley and Chris. Please go ahead and ask them to introduce themselves and um add their testimony. Good morning and good morning and thank
you for having um so this is Thomas on behalf of 285 on Beacon Street uh from Lighthouse Realy Management. So the the owners at Sorry about that. So the owners at 285 Beacon Street also have a uh utility
pole that is located behind them and their questions or comments are not in objection to the one being placed behind 275 Beacon, but will the one at 285 Beacon is there plans to have that removed as part of this as part of this plans? Um just with having two poles um
in sight of the property, there are concerns about uh how this entrench on on their property at 285 Beacon Street. Uh sure. To my knowledge, there is no plan to relocate another pole. We're only looking to relocate uh 19. So no
other polls should be affected in this area. Okay. Right. And are there any uh plans to are there any plans to relocate that or would they have to submit a separate plan um on behalf of on behalf the half 285 to Verizon? Sorry, Ross.
Nope, no problem. Uh yeah, they'd have to submit another request to relocate that poll. Thank you, Ross. Sure. Um, how long is it going to take you to move over these wires? I mean, our engineer seems to think it
could take 6 months up to a year. Uh, there are multiple parties attached and, you know, we we kind of know how that goes here. It takes a little while for other companies to, you know, go through our internal process of being notified and and getting their crews out to dispatch and relocate the wires to the
the new pole. Gotcha. And but to the point of the person who asked about another request to Verizon, like the quicker you join these two, the more uh efficiency of time you probably will get on their end um if that request goes in.
Well, possibly, but you know, I don't think the two requests will ever be related. Um it'll have to be two separate requests. Yes. No, I'm just saying that if people are out there moving their wires, you might get some um efficiency of them doing both simultaneously, but we'll
see. Um, any other questions by staff or the public? So, we have another um member of the public here in 801 who'd like to give testimony. Um, she's coming right up. Hello, my name is Victoria Pella and I
am here representing 273 Beacon Street. Um, we submitted the request for the removal of the post. Um the the reason being for that request is that the parking spot is unusable and
there is a building right across from the three spots that belong to 273 which impedes any maneuvering of any car into any of the spots. And the post happens
to be right beside unit 3 spot which now interferes with being able to maneuver to the right and the building maneuver really anywhere else. So, the only way to park on that spot is by having a tiny
smart car or no neighbors being parked beside us and being able to access their spots to get onto that last spot that abotss the pole. Okay. Um, any other additional comments
or questions? All right. Um, I will entertain a motion on a p uh utility pole installation number one. I move to approve a petition by Verizon for a utility pole relocation in public
alley number 418 as further read to the record by the chair. Second. All in favor? I opposed. Great. Uh, on the public hearings, uh, on a petition by the city of Boston
public facilities department for the making of specific repairs within Dry Dog Gap, South Boston located at address number 34 generally north of Black Falcon Act consisting of curve realignment, sidewalk, and roadway reconstruction, as well as new and relocated pedestrian, ranch, storm drain, infrastructure planners, landscaping, and driveway curb cuts. New
business 8:14 2025 is shown on a set of plans titled city of Boston public works department engineering division specific repairs plan EMS port station 34 dry do a Boston two sheets dated August 7th 2025 will the petitioner state their name and
tell us what you got Scott do you want me to Sure. Father. Okay. Thanks. I'm here with Scott Dri from the Boston Public Facilities Department representing um the owner and the developer for the
EMS station at 34 Dry Do. We previously presented on the 14th the plans for public improvements in the future uh dry do a right ofway. Um, we've had no plan changes since our previous presentation.
No plan changes. We've heard from Dolores and Sarah that the the plan changes that you see on the plan were acceptable to both of their departments. We finally uh got a response from Landmarks. They were having some issues with their portal, but they had no
comments. Um, and Green Infrastructure had no comments as well. Great. Uh, questions or comments by commission members? PIC staff or public? I think we're all set on this. All right. I'll entertain a motion on
public hearing item number one. I move to approve a petition by the city of Austin public facilities department for specific repairs within dry dock avenue as further read to the record by the chair. All in favor?
I opposed. Great. Public hearing item number two on a petition by 12 Post Office Square LLC for the making of specific repairs within Haw Street Public Way Boston proper located at side of 12 Post Office Square and 10 Liberty Square generally
between Conger Street and Kilby Street consisting of curb and sidewalk reconstruction as well as new and relocated pedestrian ramp storm water recharge infrastructure and raised crosswalks. New business 814 2025 is shown in a set of plans entitled city of Boston public works department engineering division specific repair
plan street public way 12 post office square and 10 Liberty Square Boston two sheets dated July 24th 2025 good morning and thank you Madison Blanchard with Howard Hudson the civil engineer of record for the project just a quick overview the site's 2 acres they
um there are two office buildings on site today two sixtory adjoining office buildings sites It's funded by H Street to the north, Kilby Street to the east, Water Street to the south, and Congress Street to the west. The project is part of the downtown residential conversion incentive pilot program and involves
converting that office space to residential space. The project will provide 70 units and retain the basement and ground floor level retail and commercial uses. The project proposes specific repairs within Haw Street only. And as you mentioned, these include the
installation of recharge wells to achieve the BWSC infiltration requirements as well as the installation of race crossings at Kilby Street and Haw Street and the Hod Street and Congress Street intersections to improve pedestrian accessibility. There have
been no changes since the project was presented at the August 14th new business hearing. Questions or comments by commission members? PIC staff or public. All set on this one. I'll entertainate a motion on public
hearing item number two. I move to approve a petition by 12 Post Office Square LLC for specific repairs within Haw Street as further read into the record by the chair. All in favor? I
opposed. Great. Public hearing item number three on a petition by Atlantic Oliver to 346D Street LLC for the acceptance of pedestrian easement adjacent to West First Street Public Way South Boston located on its northeasternly side of
346 D Street between C Street and D Street in business 814 2025 is shown on a plan entitled City of Boston Public Works Department Engineering Division Pedestrian Ement Plan D Street West Street C Street South Boston one sheet dated August 6 2025
Thank you. Uh Tim Hayes from Bowler Engineering um civil engineer on the project. I have with me today representatives from the applicant Oliver Street Capital uh as well as uh Howard Stein Hudson the traffic engineer. Um share my screen here.
Is everyone seeing my um presentation here? Yes. Thank you. All right. Uh so go through briefly um as we have on the 14th hearing uh the project is located uh down by C Street,
D Street, West, and New Cipher Street. Uh the proposal here uh for the pedestrian easement is for the reason that we have um kind of uh deficient sidewalks on West First Street as well as some
traffic control infrastructure on D Street. So to formalize the pedestrian easement um we've provided um additional spaces in the rideway in those two areas. no changes to um the proposal
from a uh the 14th uh essentially as I showed here, we have easements along West first and the traffic control equipment here in order to provide the adequate complete streets um uh space we need. Any questions from the commission?
Nothing from commission members. PSC staff republic. We are all set with the easement. Okay. I will entertain a motion on public hearing item number three. I move to approve a petition by Atlantic
Oliver 2 346D Street LLC for the acceptance of a pedestrian easement adjacent to West First Street as further read into the record by the chair. All in favor? I I opposed.
Great. Uh, public hearing item number four on a petition by Atlantic Oliver to 346D Street LLC for the making of specific repairs within the following public ways in South Boston consisting of curb roadway and sidewalk reconstruction as well as new and relocated pedestrian ramp street lighting infrastructure. Bike bike racks and driveway curb cuts. D Street at
address number 346 generally between West First Street and Cipher Street. West First Street between C Street and D Street. C Street generally between West First Street and Cipher Street. New business 814 2025 is shown on a set of plans entitled City of Boston Public Works Department Engineering Division Pacific Repairs Plan D Street, West First Street, C Street, South Boston.
Three sheets dated August 6th, 2025. Thank you again, Tim Hayes from Bowler U Engineering. Uh for the specific repairs, we heard a few comments from the commission last time around. Um I'll start with the the simpler comment. Um
we have the um request to clarify the uh two reciprocal ramps that we are being reconstructing. Um those are the ramps across the street from D props on D Street and West First. So we've added um some clarity to the drawings here to indicate those will be fully
reconstructed um out of concrete. Uh and additionally there is a small lip on the other reciprocal ramp. Otherwise it is compliant. we will need to be shimming some pavement there in order to uh make that compliant as well. Um and then separately there was a comment in
regards to the D street access um and the uh curb cut along D Street. Uh we have with us today Hudson um I think Ian McKinnon uh is here to to speak to the the comments that we received uh in the last hearing.
if you're able to jump on here. Yeah, I'd be happy to. Um, so good morning, chair and commissioners. I McKinnon from Howard Stein Hudson here, traffic engineer for the project. Um, I I just wanted to address and comment on the the circulation comments that we had last time on curb cuts specifically on D
Street. Um, I think we can all appreciate the the short block here, the queuing that exists here, um, and the concern about vehicles entering and exiting here, trying to navigate D Street. Um, and so what we'd like to talk about a little bit more was, um,
how we might navigate D Street. Um, you know, it really is intentioned and I know and I know we I wanted to mention that the project spent considerable time talking with the neighborhood and the public about this. Um and so what we what we proposed and what we really looked at was when and where people are
coming from, where service calls um are coming out to because this is a service facility uh for the future tenant. And what we've what we've um arrived at was approximately 85% of the vehicles that come to this site are are likely going to be from regional routes which will
use the Hall Road to Cipher Street um and take a right into the site. And the intention is to also take a right out at Sea Street on one of those curve cuts on the left side of the screen that you see here in front of you. So virtually all traffic is going to be a right in and right out. Um because that's closest
to almost all the destinations for where staff and service calls. Um what's really driving the need for this D street access is uh infrequent truck um access. And so this facility serves as a um a service uh facility for utility
poles. and those come on longer trucks that need to be able to pull through this site. These are long WB50 equivalent trucks that um will come again by a Cipher Street and exit out of Sea Street. So we expect again a right in right out. Um unfortunately given
their length, they're not very easily maneuverable on a site like this. And so the goal is to really to have that pull across the site scenario um so that we don't have to reverse off any public streets or have to enter the neighborhood or or West Street at all. So that's sort of what's driving a
little bit of this. Those deliveries are like I said infrequent. We've been told every other every other two weeks or so um it would be very early morning and there's the potential that we could schedule these deliveries as well so that there isn't any storage issues or blocking. Um we have run autoturn for
this. We're happy to share some of this. Um, these maneuvers do not cross the double yellow center line. Um, and so what the tenant does also intend to do is to use some range boosters to control the gates here. Uh, that would also allow for virtually no waiting time. Um,
because the site is fully secure, there's gates on on all all three curb cuts. Though, um, I also wanted to mention this facility has two shifts. Um, one starting between 6:00 and 7:00 in the morning um, ending around 3:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon. So really the activity of this uh facility does not
coincide with the street peaks which are typical your commuting hours um between like 7 and 8 4 and 5. There is also a night shift but that again is overnight um and wouldn't have any feedback here. So um based on sort of the community feedback and frankly the nature of where the site is um most of all the
destinations are to the west to the north and south and so we really don't foresee a large need to use the intersection of D street uh west west service which is uh sort of what's driving this access. So um we also um are doing a a post study uh a pre and
post study and we'd be happy to share any of that traffic data uh related to that as well. So, um Tom, anything else you wanted to add? Uh just the the pre and the post um traffic data um part of the DBA process. We had agreed to share that with the
neighborhood. Um during the BPDA process for the change of location, we were asked to go and meet with community leaders, which we did. Um and they were accepting of our pre and post traffic study. But I I think you've hit
everything else, Ian. And as Ian says, we'll we'll share that data with the city also. Yeah, perfect. I mean, like I think that we have a right resolution solution here. I think that the only modifications would be potentially notes on a plan, maybe a sign or something
like that. Um I think that though we will be asking you guys to continue just because the chief was a part of this conversation and right like we would like him to be a part of the resolution. Um but I he's been gone this week. That's the I think our our only issue. So, um I think that uh we'll let you
know what if any plan modifications we need. You can send your whatever info you've got over uh and right anticipate us having a public hearing on September 11th. Does that work? Thank you.
Perfect. Thank you. Uh and we can do the projection license, right? like I don't think that that has any connection to that. So, it's just the specific repairs that we have uh lingering. Thank you.
All right. Uh any questions or comments by commission members? PIC staff or public? No, we're all set with continuing this to the 11th. All right. I'll entertain a motion to continue public hearing item number four
to September 11th. I I move to uh um continue public hearing number four petition by Atlantic all over to 346 D Street for specific repairs in the area
of D Street, West First Street, and C Street to move it till the September 11th uh public improvement correction commission hearing. All in favor? I I opposed.
Great. Uh public hearing item number five on a petition by Atlantic Oliver to 346 D Street LLC for the grant of a projection license for the installation of a canopy over the portion of the sidewalk within D Street Public Way South Boston located on its northwesterly side at number 346 generally between West First Street and
Cipher Street. New business 814 2025 is shown on a plan entitled city of Boston public works department engineering division projection plan 346 D Street South Boston one sheet dated August 6, 2025. Thank you again Tim Hayes from Bowler Engineering. Um the uh one comment we
heard last time was to ensure that we have notes here indicating that the canopy would drain back to the building as well as be heat traced. Um that was already part of design. So we've added those notes as well to this plan. Um and and I think Todd that was your power but for reference it's down here in the uh
below detail essentially otherwise this plan remains unchanged from the 14th when we presented previously uh happy to answer any questions from the commission others commission members questions you staff are public
I will entertain a motion on public hearing item number five I move to approve a petition by Atlantic Oliver 2 346 D Street LLC for the granting of a projection license on D Street as further read to the record by the chair.
All in favor? I opposed. Not great. Uh public hearing item number six on a petition by NSR electric company DBA out of source energy for a brand of location to install electric transformer vault and associated
infrastructure within Whitby Street Public Way East Boston located at address number 16 generally northwest of Ford Street. New business 8:14 2025 is shown on a plan entitled city of Boston public works department engineering division granted location plan of transformer manhole for PIC16 Whitby
Street East Boston one sheet dated August 2025. Hi, good morning. It's Katie Flary from Eversource Electric. So, we are requesting to install conduit from pole 22804 in one new manhole with a transformer in the sidewalk to the private property and the work is
necessary to supply electric service to new construction at 16 Whitby Street. I do have a plan that I'm going to share. You see the plan? Yes. So, here's the pole. Um, how front of 16
would be the conduit would come over here to the new manhole where the transformer would go and then conduit to the private property to provide electric service to 16 would be. Uh, okay. Great. Um I will note that I think that we are going to be asking you
to continue this action as we have a variety of outstanding uh agreements, documents, plans and stuff that um we're waiting on. Um but we can continue any further comments or questions uh related to this item if there are any by
commission members. PIC staff Amy. Oh, excuse me. that um I did speak to my supervisor Kelly yesterday. I know that if it's miler plans that you're waiting on, they have been ordered by our contractor who does um for that's for different jobs I
believe. I'm not sure. And we also have some outstanding agreements. I think it's just like we're right like this is the um we're we're throwing it out there. Uh we'll we'll find two weeks to have a conversation about uh where those things are. Um
Okay. Understood. Can you guys Can you guys hear me? I am now. Go ahead. Okay. Hi. So, hi. This is Kelly Korea at Eversource. Um, I did convey back to the city. So, like Katie said, the my plans have been ordered. I've reached out to
our contractor to get an ETA. Obviously, we don't do them in house, so I can't control their time. The other agreements we're waiting for were agreements that we'll be dealing with Chong Woo on. And I actually was in contact. did reach back out to me. So, we are
work um like I know the process. I didn't realize we have those agreements. Oops, sorry. I didn't realize we had those agreements that we had to do, but I know that now and Chong did reach out. So, I'm in contact with him. So, if we could just like knowing that we're
moving forward with that and we've been in touch with the city, can we just move forward as opposed to continuing? Uh, I think that we'd like to continue this one for two weeks and then right like we can have right our our chair isn't typically here and um right Chun's
not here to speak to this. So I I I'm confident we can get resolution within two weeks but I think that we have a critical mass of outstanding documents at this point. Understood. Any other comments or questions? All right. I will entertain a motion to
continue public hearing item number six to September 11th. Nothing. Okay. We need the applicant. Okay. And um the glass. Go ahead. I move to uh continue public hearing
agenda item six. uh a petition for a grant of location on Whippy Street till the next pick hearing on September 11th, 2025. All in favor? I see on September 11th.
Thank you. Public hearing item number seven on a petition by Verizon New England Inc. for a grant of location with lead company status and no participants to install new telecom telecommunication infrastructure with the city shadow conduit within Englewood Avenue public Brighton located general between Chiswick Road and Southerntherland Road.
New business 814 2025 is shown on a plan entitled City of Boston Public Works Engineering Division Brand location plan Verizon 97 to 122 Anglewood Avenue proposed conduit installation one sheet dated July 2025. Good morning once again, Commission Ross
Beru representing Verizon New England. Um, you know, again, I presented this a couple weeks back. Um, again, just a quick wrap-up. We're looking to extend conduit with city shadow from our existing manhole located at the corner of Chiswick Road to Englewood and
Anglewood A, approximately 294 ft to a future shared handhold to be replaced by Crown Castle. Uh again, this is to extend fiber services along this area. I don't believe there was any questions or concerns at the last uh
at the new business hearing. So, um I don't have any further than that. Questions or comments by commission members, PIC staff or public? We're good on this one. I'll entertain a motion on public hearing item number seven.
I move to approve a petition by Verizon New England for a grant of location on Englewood Avenue as further read into the record by the chair. All in favor? I opposed. Great.
Right. Thank you very much. Thank you. Uh public hearing number eight on a petition by National Grid for a grant of location to install one gas regulator station and associated infrastructure within the following public ways in Westbury. Walwware Street generally north of Washington Street Beach Street Washington Street generally
at Walworth Street Beach Street. New business 814 2025 is shown in a set of plans entitled City of Boston Public Works Department Engineering Division Grand Vocation Plans Waller Street at Washington Street. Gas Regulator Station Rosenale 5 sheets dated August 11th, 2025. Good morning commission members. Peter
Nagel from National Grid being joined by uh the project engineer for this uh Shamuo. Um no uh proposal changes since the new business hearing on uh August 14th. Uh
we're looking to replace an existing station at the corner of Beach and Washington that serves roughly 6,000 customers. Uh we during the initial process, we looked to
move the uh facility off of the public rights away uh at several locations in the area and all of those attempts were unsuccessful. uh replacing it in kind on the sidewalk
there would uh present some uh additional problems in terms of access and such as it is a narrower location. So working with pig staff you have a um
the location on Walworth um that would uh replace the existing facility. Um, it's a inter intermediate to low pressure and again it will serve roughly
uh 6,000 customers in the area. Questions or comments by commission members? Yes, staff or public all set on this. Thanks. I'll entertain a motion on public hearing number eight. I move to approve a petition by National Grate for a grant
of location on Walworth in Washington Street as further added to the record by the chair. Favor. I I Okay. Um on to new business. Uh new business.
Oh, thanks. Uh, new business item number one, 36 to 40 Sprag Street, High Park, specific repairs on a petition by LHC Sprag Owner LLC. Thank you, Commission. Uh, Tim Hayes once again with Bowler Engineering. I'm joined today by uh the applicant,
Commonwealth Development Partners. Uh, the project here at 3640 Sprag Street is currently under construction. Um the location of this project is uh in H High Park is off of Sprag Street uh bound by
um the MTA lines here as well as um the um Spring Pond to the south. Um, as far as the project itself, it's uh generally uh 255 units in two buildings uh kind of
outlined in red here over a one-story podium of parking approximately 250 units. Uh Spring Street is to the north here on the page. Uh there is a is a former rideway um that is now a private way that um serves a couple of the
butters here as well as the project. Um, from a design perspective, the buildings are generally lower than Sprag Street. This street is kind of on a hill that goes up to the bridge that crosses over the MBTA tracks, uh, the OT bridge. Uh, so kind of in section, you know, Spring
Street's on the left here. And you'll see that there's a um kind of stepping into the hill there. There was a separate PIC um easement um months ago that was um uh reconfigured uh for the slope along um Sprag Street. And in
front of you today, we're talking about the specific repairs here. Uh, one thing about the building is that there is a bridge connection um that comes out to the public right away in order to um have folks from the project, the residents be able to kind of walk to the
sidewalk system and then down to the MBTA station across uh the road here. Um, as far as specific repair goes, uh, what we're proposing is to widen the sidewalk along Spread Street uh, in conjunction with our PDA approval. Um
specifically we're looking for 7 and 1/2t sidewalks in order to accommodate the you know various obstructions that we'll have in the sidewalks that those are hydrants and we've worked with lighting as well to um add new lighting to the frontage here. Uh we will be
installing the the bases and the conduits and the hand holes um in our discussions lighting and then they will be installing the fixtures and the poles themselves. Um, the blue I'm showing is the extent of new concrete sidewalk. What that does, it provides 5 foot clear behind any of
those obstructions. The constraint we're working with here is the fact that there's a there's a a wall that holds back the slope and eventually the bridge um right along the property line. So, this would be bumping that curve line a few feet out into Sprag Street, which has a pretty generous um width to it.
Today I'll flip over to kind of an aerial here that I think better shows that what is happening um with the uh sorry about that with the with uh the change in width to Spring Street. So, we've been proposing
about a, you know, max of about three 3 and 1/2t bump out. Um, that would leave or at least 13 foot for the uh lane along um Sprag Street that the um uh
eastbound lane. Um but the um the parking you see here is actually not not legal parking. Um there's not a parking lane there today. So I think we leave a generous enough uh lane width there uh with this the yellow center line as it is. Um and then you know I guess to to
to kind of further clarify that that widening of the uh sidewalk here would would then um feather back into the existing sidewalk with as you hit the uh the uh junction with the the bridge
here. Uh so we be widing basically all along the front edge, new curb uh ramps on either end of our new uh driveway and then tying back into existing sidewalk system, you know, further plan left here. Uh and then the bridge location for connection to the building is
generally in this location over here. See, and other than that, I have nothing else to present. Happy to answer any questions or comments from the commission. Uh you noted that there is parking but
it's not legal. Um what is there? I don't think there's any signs out there to suggest otherwise. I my understanding is that there's been some contractor parking over the last you know few months while this thing has been under construction. Um, we're happy
to, you know, I guess install the parking signs that should be there that um yeah, if if the regulation if that you're going for is no parking, then we need to know parking uh signage up there. Certainly. Amy, can I jump in? This is Jeff Quinn.
I represent Commonwealth Development and I'm part of uh the ownership uh group of uh LHC. Uh yeah, we've uh Boston Police uh has said they were going to go ahead and put uh when we're finished with the sidewalk, they were going to add in uh
no parking uh signage uh for that area. So that should be in in process already. And just to add to what Tim said so far is uh streets like Michael Sinatra and those guys for the lighting. So, we added the lighting uh for the request
and then we also added the additional and why the reason why the sidewalk's going out is to have the clear five foot, you know, ADA uh path all the way. So, we're we're bumping out the sidewalk and curb to meet those uh requirements. So, I think we're hitting all the
requirements from all the agencies. And uh I just wanted to say and I know we're working with Ben Sun uh and uh Julia Campbell. Ben Ben has been out, but we were expecting anou from them because we're working with them on uh
fixing some repairs in the street and then also looking to have them uh you know repave the street. So, uh, we're just waiting for theou on that. But we, uh, we'd really like to get the sidewalk work and the curb work done, uh, as soon
as possible, uh, just so that we can be ready to repave the street and fix the street as needed. And, uh, you know, so I guess I'm just, uh, if we can keep this moving and, get an approval on PIC or, you know, on on this process while
theou is being, uh, completed. I guess Jeremy Barsley is the attorney who's working on theou, but like I said, Ben's son's been out for a while and our contractor metric is dealing with them directly. I just wanted to state all
that to kind of, you know, that it's critical that we get this sidewalk work done, you know, uh for you guys. Yeah, I think no objection there. Uh there is an outstanding that I believe that the chief will desire prior to your
public hearing, but we have two weeks for that one. Um so we can wrap up any lingering coordination um there. Uh you mentioned signage being provided by BPD, which is not a thing that would happen.
So um I think that we'll want to understand the signage component of the no parking signs here uh and where they come from because they will not come from the Okay. Maybe it was streets. I know that the Boston police uh spoke with our contractor on site and said they were going to start post they were going to
have installed uh have signs installed that says no parking and we just haven't seen them yet. So uh you know I'm not exactly sure where the signs come from, but I know that's what was uh they come from BTD. Um right like I'll demystify that for you.
I don't believe that we're uh about to do this. Right. Like I think that we need some level of coordination of the parking signage and uh how and where it will appear. I think that also to the tune of pulling out the curb line, no objection, but we're talking about
repaving and other things here. If you could provide a p dimensioned kind of lane and pavement marking thing, I know we have a weird buffer or a right shoulder on one side uh just to figure out where this double yellow should probably uh land in its final condition.
So, if we could get a payment marking plan or sign and payment marking plan, that would be even better um to just show what the final condition will be out here. Yeah, we can we can provide both those things. Thank you, Amy. Great. Uh and yeah, like I said, uh I know that there was a outstanding, but
um hopefully we can wrap that up uh in the next two weeks. Um are there additional comments or questions by commission members? Yes. Um thank you so much to the team. um for this presentation as well as
incorporating our feedback um about the widest side effect of the no parking signs in the future. Um I think this will be a great benefit for both residents and visitors um as well as customers um traveling through
um the station. Um I believe that um our commission as well as the streets um program we still do have questions about um the ramp that um intersect the um
driveway or formally street. Um due to some of the dramatic grading here, um we had a few comments about um some areas being flat in order to make the ramps compliant because the detectable warning
um is so far away from um the crosswalk um and they should be in closer proximity. Um, so we're happy to um send our comments back to you um sometime this week, but since we got back sometimes last last week, so we
apologize um for not getting those comments to you prior to this hearing. Um, but we also did want to ask if it was possible to have this um intersection designed as a driveway um since it is essentially functioning as
one. um and wanted to get the team's take on um whether or not that would be feasible due to um some of the greeting here. And yeah, thanks Sarah. We'll definitely um take on account your the comments on the ramps and we can work with you guys
on that on the driveway component. We did look at that previously. Um so what is happening on formerly uh Horn Street here is that the grades drop off pretty dramatically um quickly. So they're they're in the seven 8% coming down this you know driveway already. Um so to to
to add a um an eight print and then add another half a foot to that I think um is kind of exacerbating that situation. Um so we we we kind of took a look at that and with the abuters that we have to to hit we didn't want their property either. So um to to be able to provide
their access they have some parking off of this private way. Um, so we thought it was, you know, because of those reasons to keep it a kind of more of a traditional, I guess call street opening, um, to not further exasperate
that that that grading issue. Appreciate that response and happy to recycle that um with my team on that. Thank you, Sarah. Uh, additional comments by commission
members, KIC staff or public. We're all set on this. Um, I know we had some um tough conversations regarding the accessibility along the site. Um, we there was a lot of back and forth uh between the city staff and the project.
So, I appreciate their time and efforts uh getting to this place. Great. Um, so hopefully we can finalize uh the driveway details with Sarah and theou by your public hearing and we'll see you in two weeks. Thank you.
All right. Thank you. Uh, new business item number two 101 Tremont Street, Bronfield Street, Bosworth Street, Boston proper. Specific repairs private utility license projection license on a set of petitions by Suffach University. Yes. Uh, good morning members of the
commission and members of the public and staff. Um, my name is Elisa Ryaga. I'm with VHB. We're the engineer of recorder for the project. I'm joined by Suffach University and I'm joined by NBBJ who's the architect of the project and I will
now hand it off to Sopak University to Lauren Campo. Good morning. Quick introduction. John. Hi, this is John Nucci and I'm senior vice president for external affairs uh at Suffach University. It's great to be with you this morning. I want to thank
you uh for giving us the time to be on the agenda. Um I see a lot of familiar faces here today. Quickly, I am joined by the COO, new COO of Suffach University, Boris Latchic. uh and also by uh Lauren uh Campbell Casper who is
the new associate vice president for legislative and government affairs. Uh and I'll talk for a second about one departure and that would be me. Uh I I am uh retiring as I announced 3 months
ago or so and uh this is actually my last day on the job uh because my my retirement takes place uh over the week take becomes effective I should say over the weekend. Um so I want to thank you for all the assistance and support you've given me and the university over
the years and uh if you have to spend a last day with somebody I spend it with you all. So thank you for that. Um this the university and its team has been moving through the city on approvals for about the last year and a
half. Uh we have been through BPDA, we've been through zoning commission, we've been through a number of community me and I must say that there has been nothing but enthusiastic support for this project all the way through. Um I think that's because it's a win-win for
both the city of Boston and for the university. uh and it it it really gets at two major initiatives and priorities for the city and the university. Um one is to relieve the pressure of the private h of the students on the private
housing market in Boston and free up uh housing for families and others uh who need it so badly in this city right now. uh to convert vacant office buildings into residential. What this project does uh is also one and really to to take
this project and hold it up as an example of what a university can do to an area, what a residence hall can do to an area. We believe it's going to bring light. It's going to bring spending power. It's going to bring safety. It's going to bring activity. And that's a major plus again for the university who
was locate which is located in that area and also for the city of Boston who holds those as uh important initiatives. Um we are ready to start. We're eager to go. Uh with that I'm going to turn it over to back over to Alisa uh Ariaja
from BHB for her presentation. So thank you very much. Thank you John. Um so today we have three different actions for this project. We have specific repair plan, utility license and projection license.
Can everyone see my screen? Um okay so we will start with specific repair. Um so this project is located in the downtown neighborhood of Boston. Um
it is bound by Bosworth Street to the north. There's an existing building to the east, Bronfield to the south, and Trion Street um to the west. The building footprint will remain the same. That's being maintained and all the
conversion work is going to be internal to the building. Um, the building also sits over a basement and there are areaways underneath the sidewalk that are used for mechanical
and electric space. Um, so in terms of improvements, we will be reconstructing the concrete sidewalks all along um, Trimmont, Bosworth, and Brontenfield Street. and we have regraded the area to make sure
everything is ADA accessible. Um there is only one area where we could not meet accessibility which was uh this location over here where we have an existing electric bolt. Um so we did go through
the MAB process to get a variance for that and we have coordinated that with the disabilities commission. Um, besides that, we are uh proposing new vertical granite curb all along this area and
we're also proposing a curb bumpout on Bronfield Street. Um, and that will help improve uh accessibility in that area. We are also um based on coordination with BTD, we
are moving commercial parking zone from the south of Bramfield Street to the north of Bramfield Street. Um and we're also proposing a new race crossing on Bosworth and Tremont
intersection. Um that has also been coordinated with DTD and this has all been approved under the TAPA and CMP. Um one other major improvement that we have is the expansion of the existing
areaway on Bramfield Street. Um it's a few inches up to the curb and we are doing this because the building is installing two new transformers in the basement to meet the new electric demand. And as part of
the safety and access requirements for Eversource, we are expanding the area way by a little bit um to meet their safety requirements. And we are adding some areaway access panels on the Bronfield Street sidewalk
and some vents. Um, and we are also reconstructing all of the ADA ramps in the area and all of their corresponding um ramps in
over here on Tramant and on Bramfield and on Bosworth Street. Um, so that is it for layout improvements. And for utility improvements, we are adding two injection wells on Bossworth Street to
meet the BWC infiltration requirement. And I we I get this question a lot. This project is not in the GCOT area. Um, in addition to that, we are adding three new um, light poles based on
coordination with the city lighting department and we're relocating two other light poles. And yes, so that is it for utilities. Um, do we want to do questions now or do we want to wait until the end?
Okay. Yeah, let's finish your presentation and we'll we'll go through all the questions. Okay. Um, so that is it for specific repairs. Um, now we are going to go through the utility license plan. Um so the
university is proposing a new uh telecom connection that goes from 120 Tmont which is also owned by Suffach University and it will go across Bronfield Street all the way to the new to 110 to 101 Tmont Street. Um that will
be a four 4 in conduit dock do uh dock bank and it's a two it's a 2x two configuration as you can see below and based on coordination with PIC we are adding two new plaques that say utility
private utility crossing. Um, and now I will hand it off to Jeff Bana from MBBJ who will go through the projection license action. Hi everyone. Good morning. My name is
Jeff Ba from MBBJ. I'm hoping this is a just a very quick process for me. Um, these this building is a pretty existing building. It's an old building and it has a a few projections over the property line and we are the university would like to formalize those projections with the city as it's never
been formalized previously. There's an existing canopy along Tmont Street um that runs to the along the face of the building. Again, it's been there existing and the structure is integral the canopy structure is integral to the building. So, it's been there the entire time. Additionally, there are uh
cornises up higher that project over the property line as well. And those are again part of the existing building structure and the existing building layout and just has not been formalized with the city previously. No changes. We have no changes to the exterior except for new windows but any
of the canopies, cornises or the brick itself is remaining as is. Okay. Thank you Jeff. So that is it for our presentation. Um, let us know if there are any questions or comments.
Great. Um, I will start with on Brockfield Street, you're shown a curve to curve width of 13.4 ft, which is below our fire department requirement. So, we would need some sort of acknowledgement from them on that front
as well as some turning analysis. uh you are putting now street lights and a traffic signal pole much further out. Um so we'll want to see the sweat path of the vehicles making that turn.
Okay. Yeah, we can send that over. If this is going to if if this is going to be a residence hall, where where would the students where's the entry for moving in uh you know new students or moving in moving out? Where would where would they do that?
What we normally do is set up cues um in areas close to the residence hall. This is what we do with other residence hall and we stagger the appointments in such a way that there's not a backup. Uh it's done by appointment by section and
it works pretty good everywhere else and and we hope it'll work as well here. And and would it be Tremont Street the the main entrance or one of the entr Tremont Street would be the main entrance. Yes. But cars have to do the drop off quick and move on off of
Bramfield. There'll be no parking on Tremont Street. Okay. Thank you. Additional questions or comments by commission members? PIC staff or public? Uh, no, I think we're all set on this.
Um, Alisa mentioned the existing areaways in all three sides in addition to these three actions. Uh, SUFFK has al also agreed to uh signing a standard license agreement for those existing areaways. Um, that won't appear on the
agenda in two weeks. Um, but it's worth mentioning here. All right. Um, will you be ready in two weeks? Yes. Okay. Uh, we'll see you in two weeks.
John, thanks for your response. Uh, new business item number three, 175 Alfred Street, Dexter Street, Charles Town, grant application on a petition by Crown Castle Fiber. Hi, good morning. My name is Sarah Phely uh from Crown Castle. Uh I also have
with me today a permitting supervisor Brandy Spisano and Mark Mcnani who is a network construction manager. Um so Crown Castle is proposing uh a grant of location um to install
1624 ft of communication conduit which I'm trying to share my screen. There you go. Um starting on um excuse me I'm sorry. Starting on Alfred
Street here and then heading towards Dexter Street. Um there are going to going to be we're proposing four man. You're presenting a plan. We're not seeing it. Oh, okay. One second. Oh,
my apologies. There it is. Can you Can you see it now? Okay, good. Um so it's starting on Alfred Street and then heading towards Dexter Street. Um we have a full um
full scope of the map here. Um I know it's kind of hard to see. Um so I'll just go through um along the way. Um but we have four proposed new manholes for Crown Castle. Um and
um this project will ultimately end at um a Crown Castle proposed handhole that will be at the intersection of Alfred Street um which is or Alfred and Dexter Street
rather um which is seen right here. Uh the total like I said footage is 1624 ft and it's starting out at an electric manhole. um uh which we do have a a breakout letter for. Um we've also
received word from all the agencies required by the pick office um with the exception of the green infrastructure uh the office of green infrastructure and the Boston landmarks commission. Um
there was um some requests uh given to us by the department of um the disabilities commission rather and we were able to make those changes and answer all the questions that they
asked. Um she did approve the revision as well. Um, and we were recently in talks with Lisa Chow at VHB. Um, there have been some talks and
comments about a possible uh shared trench. Um, but at this point in time, we we don't have anything um set on that yet. Um, so I believe that's all I have. I
can pass it over to Mark Mcnani for um some additional information in regards to the project. Um Mark, would you like to go over the project a little bit? Yeah, sure. Markani Crown Castle. Good morning. Um
so the reason for this is um we do have an existing fiber um with the same A and Z location. Uh we have a fiber that goes through the Eversource conduit, excuse me. Um and we did try to proof that uh
conduit from Eversource and it is damaged in three uh different sections along the along pathway uh which uh we also have a damaged fiber in there which we have dispatched multiple times for outages. Um so that's one of the
reasons. Uh Eversource also did indicate that the uh current substation um may be going away in the near future and they would have no um no reason to keep that conduit. Um so this is that's
another reason that we're doing this and it would keep us, you know, out of harm's way for the near future things that are going to happen in that area. All right, great. Thank you, Mark. Um, so I believe that's all we have to present the commission at this time.
Great. I will make two comments regarding coordination. Um, one that you provide your plans to Eversource uh based on their proximity um and that you are coordinating with the Trion battery storage facility.
Um I do know that we have provided I believe and Brandy can uh my supervisor can confirm have we have submitted the plans to ever source um already and uh you said the second one was the try
mount battery storage facility. Okay. Yeah. So if you can write resolve all your coordination and provide any of all that to Todd prior to public hearing. Okay. Thank you. That sounds great.
Just to clarify, Lisa Chow was the engineering consultant for the Triount um energy project. Okay. Okay. Good. So, just let's just make sure that you're continuing to work with her and that between now and the next two weeks you can confirm that the Try Mount project and your project are
not trying to get into the same space in the street. Um, a problem. Um, so just make sure that's all wrapped up. Yeah. So, there's a sharing a trench piece and then there's just that you're not going to land proposed stuff in the same location. Got it. Thank you.
Uh, additional questions or comments by commission members PS staff or public. All right. Um, other than that, we're all set. Great. All right. Thank you, Chad. See you in two weeks. Thanks. Thank you.
And that concludes the hearing. I will entertain a motion to adjurnn. I move to adjurnn. Second. Oh, hi. Hi. We made it for you, Sarah.