Boston Redevelopment Authority d/b/a Boston Planning & Development Agency

1.         Request authorization for the approval of the Minutes of the October 14, 2021 Meeting.

2.         Request authorization to schedule a Public Hearing on December 16, 2021 at 5:30 p.m., or at such a time and date deemed appropriate by the Director, to consider the to consider the proposed Boston University Fenway Campus 2021 Institutional Master Plan. 

3.         Request authorization to schedule a Public Hearing on December 16, 2021 at 5:40 p.m., or at such a time and date deemed appropriate by the Director, to consider the Herb Chambers Companies – Honda of Boston Dealership project located in Dorchester as a Development Impact Project.

4.         Request authorization to schedule a Public Hearing on December 16, 2021 at 5:50 p.m., or at such a time and date deemed appropriate by the Director, to consider the proposed project at 2164 Washington Street, Nubian Square in Roxbury (a/k/a Blair Lot) as a Development Impact Project.

5.         Board of Appeal

6.         Request authorization to adopt a text amendment to the Zoning Code with respect to off-street parking requirements for affordable housing.

7.         Request authorization to adopt a map amendment to the Dorchester Neighborhood District with respect to changes to, and from, Open Space Subdistrict. 

8.         Request authorization to advertise and issue a Request for Qualifications for house doctor architectural and engineering services on an “as needed” basis for BRA-owned properties. 

9.         Request authorization to advertise and issue a Request for Proposals from qualified respondents for waterfront activation at Shipyard Park in the Charlestown Navy Yard. 

10.       Request authorization to advertise and issue an Invitation for Bids for General Repair and Maintenance Services at BRA-owned properties for one year, with 2 one year options

11.       Request authorization to enter into a contract with Casablanca Services, Inc. for landscaping & maintenance services at BRA-owned properties in the Downtown Waterfront, in an amount not to exceed $160,000.00 per year.

12.       Request authorization to enter into an Agreement for a Donation of five Whitaker Wind Sculptures, previously part of a public art exhibit of Leopold Gallery LLC’s Wind on Water installation that had been on display at the Charlestown Navy Yard.

13.       Request authorization to award Tentative Designation status to Drexel Village LLC as Developer of the Crescent Parcel in the Nubian Square area of Roxbury for the construction of 206 rental units and 11 homeownership units, including 153 affordable units, 31,000 square feet of community space for the social service agencies currently located on the Crescent Parcel and a parish space for the St. Katharine Drexel church; and to take all related actions. 

14.       Request authorization to issue a Certificate of Completion for the new residential building located at 50 Hood Park Drive (formerly known as 480 Rutherford Avenue) as described in the Third Amendment to Master Plan for Planned Development Area No. 51, Hood Business Park and the Second Amended and Restated Development Plan for 480 Rutherford Avenue within Planned Development Area No. 51, Hood Park. 

15.       Request authorization to issue a Certificate of Completion for the successful completion of the new bicycle storage, retail, and service building located at 6 Stack Street as described in the First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Master Plan for Planned Development Area No. 51, Hood Business Park and the Development Plan for 6 Stack Street within Planned Development Area No. 51, Hood Park.

Midtown Cultural District

16.       Request authorization to waive further review of the Institutional Master Plan Notification Form for the Renewal of the Emerson College Institutional Master Plan and approve the renewal of the Emerson College Institutional Master Plan pursuant to Section 80D-5.2(e), Section 80D-6, Section 80D-8 of the Boston Zoning Code; and to issue an Adequacy Determination approving the IMPNF for Renewal pursuant to Section 80D-5.4 of the Code; and to take all related actions. 

Dorchester

17.       Request authorization to issue a Certification of Approval in accordance with Article 80E, Small Project Review of the Zoning Code to approve the construction of 26 residential rental units, including 4 IDP units, 2,204 square feet of ground floor retail space, 38 bicycle spaces located at 1813 Dorchester Avenue; to recommend approval to the Board of Appeal for the necessary zoning relief subject to BPDA design review; and to take all related actions. 

Allston

18.       Request authorization to issue a Determination pursuant to Section 80A-6 of the Boston Zoning Code in connection with the Notice of Project Change for the 449 Cambridge Street project to remove the compact living units component; to reduce the number of units from 166 to 152, including the reduction of IDP units from 28 to 26; and to take all related actions. 

19.       Request authorization to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the City of Boston, acting by the Mayor’s Office of Resilience and Racial Equity (“MORRE”), to transfer $36,250.00 to MORRE in support of the creation of the Dialog to Action program.

20.       Request authorization to enter into a grant agreement with the Builders of Color, Inc. (“BCC”) to disburse $45,000.00 to the BCC in connection with the creation and support of a Builders of Color Core Fellowship and a Real Estate Diversity & Inclusion Fellowship.

21.       Personnel

22.       Contractual

23.       Director’s Update