All right, the floor is yours, sir. >> Okay, good morning. Um, so we're hosting the uh public improvement commission hearing for the city of Boston on January 29th, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Um,
Todd, can I hand it over to you for introduction of the meeting meeting minutes? >> Certainly. >> Um, would the representative from the public works department please state their name for the record?
Nick Goof, >> Property Management Department. Please do the same. >> Joseph Callahan, uh, Water and Sewer Commission. >> Denise, one, >> Disabilities Commission. >> There will be.
>> Um, I don't believe we have anybody from ISD. No. And we do not have anybody from BTD today. Um, but we do have a quorum. Oh, all yours, sir. Uh, Mr. Chairman, you're muted if you're
trying to introduce the hearing minutes. Do we lose them? Uhoh. Oh, he chair got kicked off. So, everybody, please just bear with us for one minute. He's signing back on. apologize for the delay everybody.
his computer is forcing him to reboot. So, um, please sit tight. Again, I apologize for the delay and the inconvenience. Um, we will be getting back to the hearing as soon as possible. me. Okay.
>> Yes. >> All right. Sorry for the delay. We had some technical issues here. >> No, that's all right. It's all situated. >> So, uh, back to the first agenda item, uh, hearing minutes. Um uh at the request of the public
improvement commission staff acceptance of the meeting minutes from January 15th, 2026. >> I I make a motion to accept the minutes of the pick hearing on January 15, 2026.
>> Second. In >> favor? I. >> Any opposed or abstain? hearing none. So moved. Okay. Uh next item on the agenda is a utility pole hearing uh on a petition by
Eversource Energy for a utility pole installation to install three new private utility poles within uh Lamontine Street and West Roxbury to be located on both sides generally between Boilson Street and Hover Street.
>> Okay. Hello. Can you hear me? Loud and clear. >> Yes. Yes. >> Loud and clear. Yes. >> Oh, okay. Thank you. Hello everyone. My name is Chanel Grant with Eversource Energy and we're we we're looking for
permission to relocate three poles at three locations that are current on private property. We would like to move them and install them in the sidewalk. And that's on um Matine Street.
And we have Oilston Street, Llamatine Street. The first two poles are on Lamontine Street and the third poll is at the intersection of um Oilston and Lamontine Street. Oh, I'm sorry. Do I need you again?
>> Do you want to see the plan? >> Yes. If you could share the plan, Chanel, for the record, that'd be great. Okay, >> one second. Where is it? Down here. Okay. Share. One second. Here it is. Okay.
Zoom in a little bit. So, yes, here's the first poll which is on private property, which is on the sidewalk. And then here's the second one. And then here's the third one.
Yes. >> Okay. Any questions or comments from the commission? Um, can I ask um how what the clear width on the sidewalk is being left um after the installation of poles?
>> Let's see. Um >> 5' 4 in. >> And 5' 1 in. And this one is 5.4 in. >> Great. Thank you. Okay.
Any other questions or comments from the commission about PAC staff and the members of the public? Um, I will remind the public if you wish to ask questions or add testimony to any particular action, we ask that you please use the raised hand function
which can be found at the reactions tab at the bottom of your screen. I do not see uh any raised hands currently. Chris, do we have anybody in the hearing room who wishes to speak or are they just um spectating? >> No, just spectating.
>> Great. Um I don't have any questions on this, so I think we're all set on this one. Chief, >> thanks Todd. >> We have a motion. I move to approve a petition by Eversource Energy for a utility pole installation
uh in the area of Lamontine Street as read into the record by the chair. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I opposed or abstained hearing none. So moved.
>> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> All right. So moving on to the public hearing. Um uh on a petition by NSAR electric businesses ever source energy for a
grant of location to install uh electric cathotic anodes uh and associate infrastructure within Hawkins Street public way in Boston Harbor located at address number 29 uh generally southwest Boker Street. uh as shown on a set of
plans entitled city of Boston works department engineering division grant of location plan two- uh substation 2 29 Hawkins street uh cathotic protection
four sheets dated December 2025 canon please introduce yourself uh >> playing your detention >> okay Um my name is Samantha Ramos. I am the project manager for Eversource um
for this anode bed. Um we are seeking approval for a grant of location um within the street of Hopkins right along where the parking um spaces currently lie. I can share my screen and show
y'all where we've chosen. Um, this area was determined as the most feasible based on some survey work, ground penetrating radar, uh, test pits and vacuum excavation. Uh, this is
currently the only feasible location for overcurren protection to be installed for line 25516 517 coming from the Mystic Bulk power station. Uh, this project is necessary to maintain uh, infrastructure integrity to the power
grid. Um and again we will have the anodess installed along the parking and then return the parking space, street and sidewalks back to previous condition or better. >> Any any questions or comments from the commission?
>> Uh Mr. Ramos, have you notified the commander of the the area A police station that um with the details of this plan? >> Uh yes, sir. We have begun conversations with the A1 police captain um with one
of our community relations uh gentlemen. So that is an ongoing discussion to make sure that they are fully apprised all of the letters are um of the situation uh construction duration and temporary traffic management. Uh that that's
great. I I know they use that area for parking. So so um that that's that's great that you're communicating. Thank you. >> Yes, sir. >> Any other questions or comments from the commission? >> Okay. How about PIC staff or members of
the public? >> I believe we are all set on this. >> Okay. Do I hear a motion? >> I move to approve a petition by Instar Electric Company, DBA, Eversource Energy, for granted location on Hawkins
Street as further read to the record by the chair. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I opposed. >> Hearing none. So moved. Thank you. >> Thank you all so much.
Public hearing agenda item number two on a petition uh by GVW Incorporated uh for the making of specific repairs within Bennington Street, a public way in West Boston, located on its northwesterly side at
addresses number 1188 to 1194 and 1200 to 1208 generally northeast of Austin Avenue. Polmo Street consisting of curb and sidewalk reconstruction with structural soil as well as new and relocated street lighting infrastructure, street trees,
landscaping, bike racks, and driveway curb cuts as shown on a set of plans entitled City of Boston Public Works Department Engineering Division specific repairs plans 1200 uh Bennington Street, East Boston, three sheets dated September 23rd,
2025. and the proponent please introduce yourselves and share your ask of the commission. >> Thank you and good morning Mr. Chairman and three members of the commission. For the record, my name is Richard Linds. I'm the attorney of the business address of 245 Summer Street East Boss on behalf
of the petitioner GBW Inc. Uh with me is George Watandorf who's the owner of GBW. Uh as well as Brendan Collins, our project manager and Craig Marshonda who's our civil engineer. Um, I will bring up the civil plan uh and let Craig
uh jump right in to address any comments or questions. By way of brief overview before Craig jumps on, uh, this involves the construction of a new two-building multif family uh, dwelling containing a total of 40 residential units in Heights section of East Boston. This project has
been through the article 80 review process and has received all necessary relief from the board of appeal um and is pending building permit uh once this portion of the process is finalized. Uh I know that during new business the question was raised as to the uh
maintenance of any landscaping that is an owner obligation. Uh I have provided a draft LMI to uh PIC legal uh and we're uh not aware of any additional comments uh from PIC or legal with that matter. Uh at this point I'll turn it over to
Craig to address uh the plan quickly and then answer any questions that the commission may have. >> Uh thank you. Good morning. Craig Marshand of Marshonda and Associates. Um the so the plan here is is what you saw uh two weeks ago at the previous
meeting. We did make a a few revisions um at the request of the commission. Uh the first one is kind of toward the the left end of the plan, the westerly side. There was a question about how much clearance there was on the sidewalk behind the utility pole. Uh we tweaked
the area a little bit and and confirmed we'll have a minimum of 5 ft of clearance behind the pole. Uh the second revision we made was somebody made a comment about a a lip at the bridge abutman that was a bit of a problem on
the sidewalk. So we regraded the area to blend into the concrete at the bridge abutment um by altering the sidewalk and some of the curving would have to be reset in that area to give greater reveal uh in order to accommodate the
sidewalk regrading. But as proposed now, that will allow a um smoother traverse from the sidewalk uh onto the bridge abutment. Um much better than what is out there today. Other than that, the plan is unchanged
from what we showed you two weeks ago. >> Thank you, Craig. Um yeah, Mr. Mr. Chairman, just to quite believe Sarah had raised that question even though that was not part of the original comments from disabilities. We had uh went ahead and made that adjustment based upon that request from Sarah uh
two weeks ago. >> Great. Appreciate that. Any questions or comments from uh the commission? >> I just want to thank the team for incorporating those um two elements into the plan. We realized the requests were
fairly last minute. So, um, we're thrilled that you were able to incorporate them, um, into this project. Thank you. >> Happy to do it. >> Any other questions or comments from the commission? How about PIC staff or members of the
public? >> All set on this. >> Thanks, Todd. Okay. Do you have a motion? I move to approve a petition by GBW Incorporated for the making of specific repairs
within Bennington Street as further read into the record by the chair. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed or abstained? >> Hearing none. So moved. Thank you.
>> Thank you very much. Have a good day. >> Thank you. Okay. Public hearing agenda item number three uh on a petition by 726 East 8th Street LLC for the acceptance of a pedestrian ease easement adjacent to
East 2nd Street of Public Way in South Boston located on southerntherly side at the side of 27 Farragut Road west of Farragut Road as shown on a plan entitled City of Boston Public Works Department Engineering Division Pedestrian Eastman Plan Farragate Road
2nd Street public way south Boston one sheet dated October 6th 2025 for the proponent. Uh please introduce yourself and chair request of the commission. >> Yes. Good morning, commissioner, um chairman, commissioners, and staff. My name is George Morancey. I'm an attorney
with the business address at 350 West Broadway in South Boston. I represent uh the petitioner here, uh Damen Kley joins me, as well as our project engineer, Len Bard. This relates to a approved 21 unit
residential building at 27 Farragate Road, the corner of East Second Street. The pedestrian easement here in question is a strip running approximately 100 ft easterly to westerly along uh East
Second Street. Uh it is 1 foot in width for a total area of 100 square ft and its purpose is to slightly widen the uh sidewalk on the east second street side of the project. Okay.
Any questions from the commission hearing? None. How about PIC or members of the public? >> All set on the easement. >> Okay, we have a motion. I move to approve a petition by 726 East
8th Street LLC for the acceptance of a pedestrian easement adjacent to East Second Street as further read into the record by the chair. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed or abstained?
Hearing none, so moved. Thank you. Okay. Public hearing item number four uh on a petition um by 726 East 8th Street LLC for the making of specific repairs within the following public ways in South Boston consisting of current realignment sidewalk reconstruction with
structural soil as well as new and relocated pedestrian ramps specialty pavement street lighting infrastructure street trees landscaping green storm water infrastructure bike racks and driveway curb cuts uh at Farragate Road address number 127 generally south of
East Second Street and East Second Street west of Farragate Road as shown on a plan entitled City of Boston Public Works Department Engineering Division Specific Repair Plan Farragate Road, East Second Street, South Boston, one sheet dated January 27, 2026.
Back to the prop. >> George, if you're trying to present, you are muted. >> Yes. Can you hear me now? >> There we go. Perfect. >> Sorry about that. Again, for the record, George Morancey, business address of 350 West Burrow in South Boston, the project
attorney. With me is uh the petitioner Damen McCarthy and our project engineer Lynn Bard. Uh this matter was presented as a new business matter two weeks ago. After the new business hearing, we did get uh an email from uh the uh from the
ramps team from Sarah Leong uh with uh specifically three questions or comments. We were asked to assess the feasibility of a raised crosswalk across sorry across East 2nd Street. uh we were asked to assess the feasibility of
adding some additional uh plantings to the curb bump out here, the curb extension occurring at the corner of East Second Street and Farragut Road. Uh we were also asked to have our engineer take a look at the uh at the ramps, the pedestrian ramps to ensure compliance.
Um there was an email response but I just reiterate with respect to uh first uh the request to assess the feasibility of a raised crosswalk. We did assess this option but do not believe it is necessary or desirable at this location.
Uh from an engineering standpoint, uh project engineer Len Bard reported that installing a raised crosswalk here would require uh of course a raised strip with very careful attention uh to grading to ensure proper drainage flow down to Farragut Road since there are no drains
on either side of East Second Street at this intersection. Our engineer additionally reported that because the area is relatively flat and the closest curve is on a a downfall side some 75 ft past the intersection uh on the easterly
side of Farragut Road. This is not in his professional opinion an optimal engineering uh condition or or conditions for a raised crosswalk opposite um here where East Second Street ends across Farragut Road. there
was no curbing uh no curbing no drainage uh because there's an access road there providing uh vehicular uh access for maintenance vehicles for Marine Park. Um also there's a practical consideration which is that East Second Street doesn't continue as I say beyond this
intersection with Fargate Road. Uh as part of this project and the specific repairs that we committed to, we'll be installing a new stop sign at this intersection from the easterly approach on East Second Street towards Farragut Road. Since raised crosswalks primarily
function as traffic counting measures on busy roadways and East Second Street is a normal width uh city side street was which is actually being reduced in width by the um by the curb extension. Uh and because it doesn't continue past this
intersection, uh we believe strongly that current and and and anticipated traffic conditions would not warrant um a raised curb here. With respect to adding additional landscaping within that bumpout area, uh my client would of
course follow any instructions we may receive today uh during this hearing, but we would know space is already um highly constrained. The landscape currently accommodates um or the bumpout currently accommodates a relocated
mailbox with a federally required secured pad. A pendant pole light per the street lighting division's requirements. uh the new stop sign um and an accessible pedestrian ramp with a tactile pad which may be growing in size
based on the comments uh that we've been discussing in emails which I will let lend fired address. So even after relocating the mailback mailbox close at Farag Road in response to various um agency requirements, it's been a little bit of a moving target during this
fairly lengthy process. uh we still managed to provide an approximate 4x6 ft planting area within that limited space and we really don't see a good way to expand that area given the other requirements with respect to uh the u the pedestrian
u uh accessible pedestrian uh ramps and the pads. Uh I would like to turn that over to Len Buffard to address uh from an engineering perspective. I think that there is probably something there that needs to be adjusted on his part, but I
will leave that to him and to Sarah and maybe they could have a conversation and see if that could be worked out. Glenn, can you can you hear me? >> Yes. >> Okay. Just making sure. Okay. Glenn Buffard, um, civil environmental
consultants. Um, in regards to the handicap ramps, um, I adjusted the grading to show the nearest 100th because, um, you're chunking to 10th. The rounding screwed up the slope because it was only to the 10th. Um right now all
the sidewalk uh handicap ramps are um designed to uh be an 8.3% max which is the max allowed ramp for handicap ramps. It's a 1 and 12 slope. Uh we double checked they all
they all go uh like that. And uh when during the construction, we will reverify all um elevations to make sure everything works right. Um other than that, I don't know. >> And you may not have seen the most
recent email and maybe Sarah can. >> Yeah, I just I I just got back and we >> Yeah, I understand that. So, uh, I I had I had been um um emailing with you as Logan and and I also thought the issue was the ramp slope, but it it's the it's
the size of the uh of the pad. Is that correct, Sarah? The landing. >> Um, I believe that is the issue, but um I would defer back to Yasm mean's email um since that conversation has been um between um the project team um and the
ramp team. Um, I did want to note also that typically um we like to have a um 7.5 max design slope um to allow for construction um error in the field. Um
so I just I did want to note that um in reference to um the max um slope that these ramps have been designed to. Um I also quickly wanted to go back to um the raised crossing just to make sure that
um I understand the constraints um happening in the site. Um are you saying that the um drainage is not feasible or would require more investigation and
that is why the team decided not to go forward with the raised crossing. L could you help that? Sorry. >> Yeah. With with the raised crossing, what it would do is because it kind of slopes downhill towards that intersection going down east third uh
east third east second, it goes towards Farragut and um if I remember correctly and it goes uh downhill from East Third towards East Second. If we put the raised crosswalk, it would create a ponding area at the raised crosswalk
where it started to go up. And since there's no current infrastructure there to take that drainage, it would create a ponding issue uh which would require new new facilities to be installed. >> Great. Thank you for that clarification.
>> That was the main concern. Yeah, it would create it would create a ponding issue. >> All right. I appreciate that clarification. Thank you. >> And Sarah, this is George. Uh so looking at Yasm mean's email today and bringing this to your attention. Len Len um
Rasmine said that a 4x4 landing is required when a change in direction is necessary. So is that something you could accommodate? >> Uh I should be up to Hold on. I'm trying to open up the drawing in my computer so I can just like run some numbers.
>> It's on screen. >> Yeah, you're I want to >> Of course I opened up too many. Uh, we should be able to accommodate a 4x4 easily. >> Yeah, we have enough room. It sticks to
the It's 4T um past the dotted landing area after the ramp. There wouldn't be any issues at the main intersection where
we're doing doing building the building. Uh there's plenty of room on the Farragut side, the far side that we could do a 444 there. The only issue might would probably be the intersection at East Second and Farragate, the other the upper corner one. I have to I have
to double check that. But I can we can rotate the we can make it work. I we just have to rotate the um the the ramp positioning. uh go towards the upper left hand corner.
>> I think with that we can do um have this conversation offline um on the final >> um configuration of this ramp. >> Yeah. So that that that'd be the only ramp that we would have a minor issue on because it's not quite
it's about 4 ft from there to to the corner. I just want to double check and we would be at that we'd be have to put a full a landing area in there just kind of tight because of the intersection with the corner there. But we can make it work.
>> I think I think with a um contingent on a final per branch team review um our um commission is satisfied. Thank you. Any other questions from commissioners
>> about uh PC staff and members of the public? Uh I will just uh I would like to recognize uh Brian Ronin uh who has joined us during this presentation for um on behalf of ISD. Uh so Brian is with us now. Um and I will just mention it
sounds like and Sarah, correct me if I'm wrong, but any approval vote uh on this action would be contingent on uh coordinating the final design of all the ped ramps with the disabilities commission and public parks accessibility teams. Correct.
>> Thank you. Great. Other than that, all set, chief. >> Okay, we have a motion. I move I move to approve a petition by 726 East 8th Street, LLC for the making
of specific repairs within the area of Farragut Road and East Second Street. uh contingent on approval uh by the city of Austin officials uh regarding the um the ramps.
>> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I >> I any post or abstain? >> Hearing none. So moved. Thank you. >> Thank you everyone. Okay. Okay. Agenda item number five on a
joint petition by Magazine Street B LLC, Allertton Property LLC, Kemble Street LLC, and Harbor Realy LLC for the abandonment of any and all rights to travel the public way may have had within a portion of Farnum Street, a
private way open to public travel uh in Roxbury between Magazine Street to a point approximately 615 ft northwest of uh as shown on on a plan inside of City Boston public works department engineering division abandonment plan
Fum Street private way open to public travel in Roxbury district one sheet dated January 9th 2026 the proponent please introduce yourself and proceed with the request of the commission >> good morning uh chief go members of the
staff of the public improvement commissions appreciate your time and congratulations on managing the last week's storm and good luck with this week's u my name is Pat Rophy. I serve as the vice president of state and local government affairs at Suffach. Uh I'm joined this morning by my colleagues
from Suffach uh Suffach Design and High Point Engineering. As you know, Suffach's been a a strong proud member of the uh uh New Market District for the last 40 years. We employ about 500 people on our headquarters in Allen Street and we're encouraged by the
recent investments between Clifford Park and and uh Roxbury Park. Um, this project was heard at new business two weeks ago and we're just going to continue with um the the four actions in front of you today. This represents a major investment in our headquarters in
New Market. This project was approved by the Boston Planning Department um uh in their December meeting. It's a estimated $30 million renovation of 100 Magazine Street, which will transform our warehouse space into office space that
will house our technology innovation, research, and project product development teams. When complete, we'll be the epicenter of artificial intelligence in the built world. Um John Fish, our CEO, is very proud to call Roxbury home and we're very excited
about the recent investments and um we are encouraged by um the uh increase in in in police activity and in in in safety that's been going on around here. Um this project will improve pedestrian
safety and public realm conditions, especially around Magazine and Kembell streets. Um it'll enhance climate resilience through increased landscaping. And our presentation today will detail all the actions in front of you. Um but we'll also we're very proud of the um installation of almost 48 new
canopy trees along the perimeter of our campus. Um we're also in um uh installing some dark sky com dark sky compliant lighting. um a lot of new additional security cameras in and around our campus and on public way and
um we're increasing sidewalk widths to make it a better pedestrian experience up and down um Magazine Street and around the campus. Um obviously this is uh this design and this uh entitlement and this approval by uh and your
consideration for approval of this uh commission um has been years of of of conversations with the um new market business Improvement District but recently with the Boston Planning Department and Transportation and the Boston Police. We've listened very carefully to our friends and neighbors
and our colleagues in and around the area and we're fully um and we've fully incorporated feedback into every aspect of this design. Um I would like to make sure I I thank the the PIC staff, especially Todd Lying and everybody that works with him. You guys have been
incredibly um helpful and we appreciate your insight and advice. Um, I'd like to turn this presentation over to Matt Isle from Suffach Design who between him and Doug and and Joe at uh at at um High Point, we can answer any of the
questions that commission may have in regards to the uh repair plan abandonment projection and easements. Pat. >> Yeah. Morning everyone. Um so Pat did a pretty good job giving the highle points of what we're trying to accomplish on
this job. Just a couple more here is that you know this is an office and a warehouse building currently and it will be transitioned to a full office building. As Pat mentioned, we're installing 48 new canopy trees which will help improve um you know the
climate resiliency and um we are increasing our landscaping by over 19,000 square ft. Joe, if you want to keep going. So, this is just um a snapshot of the current building as it is today.
And if you go to the next slide, showing a rendering of the future use, it will have um an aesthetic upgrade in order to have it relate to the um kind of improving neighborhood that we have, Roxbury Prep, was just built across the street. And then we have our um main
headquarters to the right there. So, we're just trying to maintain with our um neighbors and, you know, improve the aesthetic quality of this building and, you know, hopefully that will lead to, you know, whichever buildings down the line following suit. And just another rendering of further
into the site. So, this is the warehouse portion. This was um it's a metal insulated building where there's no fenestration or any type of glass. And we would be introducing new curtain wall windows in order to bring um more sunlight into the space. And you know,
you can see more of the landscaped areas that we're bringing into the site. >> Pass over to Joe and High Point. >> Thank you, Matt. Uh for the record, Doug Hart, uh principal with High Point. So, uh this is the key plan that we
presented to the commissioners two weeks ago. I'll just speak briefly to the four colored items that are subject to the uh petitions in front of the commission today. The first uh item is the purple area that we refer to as the abandonment. That's the abandonment of
farm street. The second one is the pedestrian easement uh petition request which is shown in green along Magazine Street and Kembell Street. The third is the specific repair petition which includes sidewalk improvements along
Magazine Street and Kembell Street. And then lastly, the petition for a projection license for the facade of 100 Magazine Street that's shown in yellow for the don't show don't change yet. Um, so for the purposes of the abandonment petition, you see in purple Farnum
Street is a 40ft ride ofway that was established who knows how long ago as part of the original industrial layout of this part of of Roxbury. The uh current farm street layout doesn't lend any uh particular credence to the
existing circulation of the site regarding uh parking and and emergency access and so forth. What this plan does is reconfigures the site improvements not just within the adjacent properties
to Farnum but also Farnum Street itself by introducing parking, by introducing emergency access lanes and by also intro introducing pedestrian improvements and open space amenities to be enjoyed by
all the employees and visitors to suffer construction. So as a result, Farnum Street has really lost its uh position as a as a typical rideway that you would normally operate and maintain within the city. So therefore, the petition for abandonment of Farm
Street supports the needs of the campus prudence that we are proposing under the project that Pat and Matt had previously presented. The petition results in an abandonment of about 40 24,573 square feet and uh that's the basis for
this particular petition under this public hearing. >> Okay. Thank you. Any questions from uh commissions? >> Oh yes. Good morning. Uh my name is Denise Delin uh from the Boston Water and Sewer Commission. I just wanted to say thank you for your presentation and thank you for sending in uh the site
plan um comments uh for revision. Um I know that uh those are still being uh worked on. Um but we just wanted to for the we sent out um a letter we had asked you to uh send a draft ownership letter. Um so I got I did get a response about
that. Uh this is through through the site plan process. Um, we also wanted you to include a provision stating that no other owners or abunders are serviced by these lines. And if it is discovered that another owner or butter is serviced by these lines, Suffach will make provisions and pay all costs associated
with providing alternate service from a BWSC own facility. >> Thank you. Okay. Any other questions or comments from commission members? >> Hearing none. How about the IC staff or
members of the public? >> Uh I guess first uh Pat and High Point team, can you um confirm or respond to Denise's comments there? Yeah, I'll uh I'll respond initially.
So, we in in behalf of SUFFK, we agreed that we will work with Boston Water and Sewer if any other potential uh connections are identified within the Farnum Street layout that benefit property owners not that would not
include SuffK or the properties on which they lease property. Today, uh we've done an initial evaluation. We've presented that to BWSC. It's our opinion that there's no private services that extend within Farnum Street that
impacting properties, but we will continue to finalize that review with BWSC under the site plan review process and uh ensure that that's resolved before BWSC issues the site plan approval.
>> Thank you. >> Great. Uh, and then my only other question, uh, probably for Pat, can you, um, speak to your coordination with the fire department, um, in regards to the aband abandonment of this private way?
>> I mean, obviously the fire department's welcome here anytime, Todd. Um, we've had a long relationship with them. Um, we're obviously um, you know, we haven't I haven't officially engaged with them on that, but there's been no
need to engage with them for any kind of service. They they're welcome here anytime. >> Okay. Can you just commit to letting them know that this is happening and they can reach out to me if they have any questions? >> 1,000%. Absolutely. >> Perfect. Thank you. That's all.
>> Thank you, Todd. Okay, unless there's any other questions from the commission. Uh, I hear a motion. I move to approve a joint petition by Magazine Street B LLC, Allatin Property
LLC, Kimell Street LLC, and Harbor Realy L LLC for the abandonment of uh Indian All rights of public travel on a portion of Farnum Street. uh as further read into the record by the chair and
contingent on um providing a butter information requested by Boston Water and Swil Commission. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I thank you.
>> Any opposed or abstained? >> Hearing none. So moved. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Agenda item number seven. Um >> six.
>> Six. Sorry. Uh on a petition by Magazine Street B LLC and Kebble Street LLC for acceptance of a pedestrian easement uh adjacent to the following public ways in Roxbury. Magazine Street on its northwesterly side at number 100
northeast of Kembell Street and Kembell Street on its northeasterly side northwest of Magazine Street. Uh as shown on a plan that's titled City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Pedestrian Eastman Plan, 90 to 90 to 92 Kembell Street, 100
Magazine Street, Roxbury District, one sheet dated January 9th, 2026. Back to the proponent. Uh Chief, thanks again. We appreciate the uh opportunity. This is obviously um easements that are suggested through uh various
conversations with a lot of the city and planning department staff um just to improve the um the access and the pedestrian experience and the width of the sidewalks. And we have no objections to it.
I can describe a little more detail uh for the commissioners. Uh as Pat had suggested, this was the result of this pedestrian easement petition is from the ongoing design coordination with Boston Planning Department and the other city
agencies. Uh the benefit of the easement is to provide an a widening of the sidewalk on Magazine Street from approximately 6 to 7 feet to 10 ft to benefit that pedestrian corridor as you walk down Magazine Street north south
and also widening Kembell Street from above 6 ft to 7 ft uh consistently throughout with minor modifications made on Kembell Street to allow for 5-ft clear uh to the pinch points that have been identified by utility poles and
street lighting and so forth. Uh so by extension that required the sidewalk encroachment onto the private property controlled by Suffach Construction and therefore the petition is made to the PIC for the granting of the easement to the city.
>> All right. Any questions or comments from commission members? Hearing none. How about the IC staff or members of the public? >> All set on the easement. >> Thank you.
>> May how about a motion? >> I move to approve a joint petition by Magazine Street B LLC and Kimell Street LLC for the acceptance of a pedestrian easement uh adjacent to Magazine Street and
Kimble Street as further read to the record by the chair. Second. >> All in favor? I >> I >> Thank you. >> Those are abstained. Hearing none. So moved. Okay. Agenda item public hearing agenda item number
seven. A petition by Magazine Street LB LLC for the making of specific repairs within the following public ways in Oxbury consisting of curb and sidewalk reconstruction as well as new and relocated pedestrian ramps, street lighting infrastructure, storm drain
infrastructure and driveway curb cuts on Magazine Street generally at addresses number 100 between Kembell Street and Allen Street. Pebbell Street northwest of Magazine Street and Allerton Street at Magazine Street as shown in the sub
plans entitled City of Boston Public Works Department Engineering Division. Specific repairs plan 100 Magazine Street, Kemell Street, and Alligen Street Public Way in Boston. Two sheets dated January 9, 2026. Back to the proponent.
>> Yep. Uh thanks again uh again uh uh associated with the development and the renovation at 100 Magazine Street. Um a robust um landscaping plan and and uh obviously curb work and ADA and
compliance and storm water stuff. We are um very happy to um to sort of uh be one of the first folks in in the district to um develop our property in alignment with
the plan new market. Um we we anticipate that in the future there will be further developments not only on our site but with a lot of our our neighbors and colleagues in and around the district. And we certainly see um Magazine Street
as a uh major pedestrian thoroughfare going from you know the 1010 Massav area up into Nubian Square. We certainly want that to be a safe and welcoming environment. Understanding that it's a lot of snow out there today um and that we have our
challenges with some of the clientele in around the area, but we we do see that this is um this renovation is part of the revitalization. We anticipate this being a uh we want to be at the at the forefront of a a good pedestrian, good,
safe, well-lit pedestrian experience. And we have we think that this plan here uh incorporates a lot of advice and counsel that we've received from the ADA public works transportation teams and we commit to um to making that work in
every uh corner as well. >> Joe, can you zoom into >> Sure. Thank you, Pat. Um, I'm just going to zoom into the two area, the two street uhcape areas that are uh the focus of the petition. The top one here, this is the Kemble Street segment of the
petition. Uh, to the right is the intersection of Kebell Street and Magazine Street. So, the the specific repairs being requested for approval today include the widening of the sidewalk, as we discussed under the pedestrian easement petition, uh the
closure of three curb cuts that exist today that serve the old industrial buildings that have since been removed and taken away. It's the retaining of an existing curb cut that you see basically in the center of the image about 16 feet wide as well as uh sidewalk
improvements, curb improvements, and crosswalk improvements at the intersection of Kemble and Magazine. That'll likely be discussed a little bit more detail as we go through this review. You go down to Magazine Street. of the Kemell Street, Magazine Street I
just referred to was on the lefth hand side of this image had to be rotated to fit on the plan. And then what you're looking at is the uh sidewalk section along Magazine Street. As I had said in the previous testimony, a 10-ft wide
sidewalks provided basically plan left of 100 Magazine Street building. uh get provide a better pedestrian experience and to more or less fi comply with the recommendations of the new market district and complete streets protocols
initiated by the city. Uh there's a minor modification of a curb cut is reduced in fact uh that would be planned left of the 100 magazine street building. The curb cut to the right hand side of 100 magazine is essentially retained in its current condition. Uh a
little further right is a reconstruction of an accessible ramp at the corner of Magazine and Allen Street. Um at the request of the city, it was we were asked to evaluate the receiving ramp on the other side of that intersection for
its compliance with accessibility guidelines. That was completed and shared with the disability uh staff and I believe that has been resolved. So, u all in we're very proud of the fact that we're really uh improving this entire
section as Pat had alluded to earlier and uh will note that we will continue to work with staff if there's any concerns about any of the other curb cuts that are being uh considered under this application. Thank you.
>> Great. Thank you. Any questions from uh the commission? I just want to thank the team um for meeting um with us this week um to discuss um both the uh intersection at Kumble Street and some of um the
sidewalk issues um that um were on the previous plan. So we really um appreciate the team's quick turnaround especially um on the Kembell Street um intersection. Um I did get um a few minutes this morning to take a look at
it. Um and we still do have some concerns about um some of the the chopping hazards um um for the current design. Um, but I believe that um I think we can um
we can resolve some of these issues with further conversations both with the butters um as well um as with um our ADA KBMS team and the public works department. Um so we are um
we are happy to um have this as a continuing conversation. um uh have a vote contingent on further conversation about um this intersection if that's okay with the chair. >> That works.
>> Thank you, Sarah. >> Any other questions or comments from commission members? >> Todd, the AC staff. Uh, nope. Just wanted to um reiterate some of what Sarah said. I know Holoca's
accessibility team shares some of those same concerns about that ramp on the other side of uh Kemell. But as long as uh the project team commits to working with the city teams and the commission is comfortable, then I think it's appropriate to approve this action contingent on the finalizing of that
design. >> Thank you, Doug. Okay. Is there a motion? >> I move to approve a petition by Magazine Street B LLC for the making of specific repairs within Magazine
Kimble and Allatin Streets uh as further read into the record by the chair and also contingent on approval for the uh final ramp design. Second. >> Second. Sorry about that. >> All in favor?
>> I I sain >> hearing none. So moved. Thank you. >> Okay. Uh public hearing item agenda number eight.
uh on a petition by Magazine Street B LLC for granting of a project license for the installation of facade cladding over a portion of the sidewalk within Magazine Street at Public Way in Roxbury located on its northwest fluid side at number 100 generally between Kemell
Street and Allen Street as shown on a plan city of Boston Public Works Department Engineering Division projection license 100 Magazine Street, Kembell Street and Allen Street Public Way in Boston one sheet deleted January 9 2026.
Back to the proponent. >> Uh Chief, thanks again. Uh appreciate it. Um this is a very very minor almost dimminimous uh projection. It's height is is substantially higher than than necessar like there's a lot of height
there. I'm sure um Matt and and and Doug can can explain that. But very small, but we just figured if we're in front of you right now on these other ones, we wanted to make sure that we buttoned it up on that side as well. So um very small projection from the uh the facade
of of the renovation at 100 meg. Doug, thank you Pat. Um this the yellow area is the subject of the petition being heard by the commission now for a crest projection license for facade
treatment being un being undertaken as part of the 100 magazine uh renovation. Can you go to the projection plan? Thank you. So uh this plan really tells the tale. On the right hand side you can uh view the
architectural image of the projection. It's a metal panel uh attached structure structure if you will facade treatment on the building. As you can see that vertical clearance is 11t 2 in over the sidewalk. As you can see from the plan
on the image left, the the building faces essentially on the rightway line today as they as a lot of buildings are in Boston of that era. So the projection license petition is for allowing a 14-in projection to allow for that facade
treatment to be installed and it and a fasten to the building. The center image depicts the limit of the projection and its relationship to the sidewalk elevation and the maintenance of an 11T twoft clear vertical um clearance if you
will on the uh projection and that's the subject of this petition. Thank you. >> Thank you. Any questions or comments from the commission hearing? None. How about Todd? IC staff or members of the public.
>> All set on this. How about a motion? >> I move to approve a petition by Magazine Street B LLC for the granting of a projection license on Magazine Street as further read into the record by the chair.
>> Second. All in favor. >> All in favor? >> I I >> I abstained. Hearing none. So moved. rest of the team. Thank you. >> Thank you very much.
>> Good luck. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. >> All right, that's going to end our public hearing. Um we're going to move on to new business. Uh new business item number one. Um 10 to 20 Malcolm X Boulevard in
Roxbury. Pedestrian easement specific repairs on a set of petitions by uh 10 MX owner LLC. Could the proponent please introduce yourself and um describe your project? >> Hi, good morning Mr. Chairman and
members of the commission. Uh my name is Joe Connelly, project engineer with Howard Stein Hudson. I am presenting today on behalf of the proponent TM TMX uh owner LLC. Uh I am joined by petitioner John Selvin and landscape
architect Chris Golden. Um, so the project is located at 10 Malcolm X Boulevard in Boston's Roxberry neighborhood. Uh, the property subdivision has yet to be finalized, but the area highlighted uh is set to become
a separate parcel to be known as 20 Malcolm X Boulevard. Um, the proposed site is bounded by Malcolm X Boulevard to the north. uh the remainder of the 10 Malconex Boulevard property uh to the east and south and a city of Boston
planning own parcel to the west. Uh so the portion of the property to be redeveloped currently contains an underutilized surface parking lot serving the tenants of the existing building uh that will remain at 10 Malcolm X Boulevard. Uh access to the
upper parking lots from Dudley Street is being maintained and will remain in operation throughout construction. Um in place of the lower parking, the project is proposing a six-story residential building containing 111
residential units with 1,900 square ft of retail space. um covered up at grade resident arcing is also provided within the building footprint containing 32 total spaces
with access off of Malcolm X Boulevard. Um so as part of the project we will be seeking approval for specific repair improvements and a pedestrian easement area. Uh the proposed work within Malcolm X
Boulevard rightway includes one proposed driveway curb cut and one driveway curbcut closure. Um there will be sidewalk and curb ramp reconstruction. Uh the curb ramps are located at the
corner of Malcolm X Boulevard and Yield Row. Um, we are also committing to replacing the reciprocal ramps uh to these two. Uh, if they are out of ADA compliance, we are continuing to
uh do our research on those. Um, we have received comments from the disabilities commission over the last couple weeks that we are continuing to coordinate on. Um, in addition to these improvements, there are a number of visitor bike racks
within the furnishing zone and a 15 bay bike share station proposed. Um, we are proposing to maintain all of the existing street trees within our frontage as well as proposing two new
trees and tree pits uh expanded at the request of the office of green infrastructure uh to limit the amount of imperous area shown within the rightway as possible. Um we're trying to limit uh the amount
of excavation required for these green infrastructure improvements uh to limit our impact on the existing root structure of the street trees being maintained within the rightway. Um there's also been
weeks of coordination uh to develop this pedestrian easement area uh shown on the plans. Um, we've expanded the width to approximately 6 feet to the face of the proposed building uh and extended it
along the entire frontage as the proposed subdivision line that has yet to be finalized. uh and incorporated this small piece that was part of um
the BTD capital construction project uh as part of the Nubian Square improvements um to be permanent at a later date. So, we thought we would include that while we're here in front of the commission.
Um it affords a minimum 7 and 1/2 foot wide uh clear width throughout the frontage in front of our building. There are some pinch points that uh
occur by the proposed planters but uh is still a minimum 5 foot clear width at these points. Uh we are trying to maintain these two existing trees that are currently on our private property but will be within the proposed
pedestrian easement. Um and that is why there's the jog in this planter. Um the current design is the result of uh weeks of coordination with the city. We've tried to incorporate as many of
the comments as we could. Um, but we, as I said, we are continuing to work with disabilities in particular. Um, and with that, I think I've covered all of
the improvements and pedestrian easement. Um, so I will open it up to any questions. Thank you. >> Thank you. Any questions or comments um from commissioners?
um appreciate the team's um presentation um and commitment to um working with our department um over the next couple of weeks. Um I just wanted to confirm with the team that they received um our markup um of the crosswalk and ramp
alignments um at the intersection. Oh, great. Thank you. >> Yes, I I saw that. Any other questions or comments uh from commissioners about PIC staff or members of the public?
>> No, we appreciate the team's um willingness to work with all of us. I know we've had some kind of unique and interesting uh requirements um born out of the Nubian project and some accessibility concerns and all that stuff. So they've been very very cooperative. Um so looking forward to
moving this project forward. >> Great. We hear a motion. >> Uh I'm sorry. New business. >> Yep. Don't need a motion. Just declare the public hearing in two weeks. >> Yeah. Uh does two weeks I mean I don't think there's much to change here. So
assuming two weeks is enough time, we'll see you on February 12th. >> Yep. We'll be prepared. >> Okay. Perfect. Thank you. >> Great. Thank you all. That concludes our new business.
Any other questions or comments um from commission members or PIC staff? If not, do we have a motion to adjurnn? >> I move to adjourn. >> Second. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I
>> I >> I post abstains. Hearing none. So move. Commission meeting is adjourned. Thank you. >> Thank you.