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Public Improvement Commission Hearings

There will be Public Improvement Commission hearings on May 25 at 10 a.m.

This Thursday's Public Improvement Commission hearing is scheduled for its regular time, 10 a.m.  Project teams and Commission members will be primarily participating in this hearing from remote locations. Hearing participants will be digitally connected in real time courtesy of the City’s Department of Innovation and Technology. Members of the public who wish to participate in the hearing are strongly encouraged to do so remotely; the hearing will continue to be televised and may also be streamed live online via Boston TV. Those members of the public who are unable or choose not to participate remotely should report to City Hall room 801 at the time of the hearing. Written testimony for all agenda items will continue to be accepted via email; written testimony should be directed to PIC@boston.gov

All project team members who intend to join their project's presentation, as well as any City staff representatives or members of the public who wish to participate remotely, should complete the registration form available online by Wednesday afternoon.

Discussion Topics

  1. Hearing Minutes

    HM 1.  At the request of the Public Improvement Commission staff, the Acceptance of the Minutes of the PIC hearing held on May 11, 2023

  2. Public Hearing

    PH 1.  On a petition by The Herb Chambers Companies for the making of Specific Repairs within the following public ways in Dorchester, consisting of curb realignment, sidewalk reconstruction, as well as new and relocated pedestrian ramps, specialty pavement, street lighting infrastructure, street trees, landscaping, green stormwater infrastructure, stormdrain infrastructure, and driveway curb cuts:

    • Victory Road – at the side of 720 Morrissey Boulevard, generally between Freeport Street and Morrissey Boulevard;

    • Freeport Street – generally south of Victory Road.

    (NB 5/11/2023) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Specific Repairs Plan, Freeport Street, Victory Road, 720 Morrissey Boulevard, Public Way, Boston,” 5 sheets dated May 4, 2023.

  3. New Business

    NB 1.  980 Harrison Avenue; Boston Proper – Specific Repairs – On a petition by Boston Water and Sewer Commission

    NB 2.  49-63 Hudson Street, Tyler Street; Boston Proper – Pedestrian Easements, Specific Repairs – On a set of petitions by the City of Boston Public Facilities Department

    NB 3.  New Cypher Street, A Street, C Street, D Street, E Street, Richards Street, Medallion Avenue, Fargo Street, Summer Street; South Boston – Widening/Relocation/Extensions, Specific Repairs – On a set of petitions by the Massachusetts Port Authority

    NB 4.  10 Stonley Road, Brookley Road, Stedman Street; West Roxbury – Widening/Relocation, Pedestrian Easements, Specific Repairs – On a set of petitions by Stonley Brookley LLC

    NB 5.  775 Huntington Avenue, St. Albans Road; Roxbury – Specific Repairs, Projection License – On a set of petitions by Roxbury Tenants of Harvard Association Inc.

    NB 6.  1 Post Office Square, Pearl Street, Milk Street, Oliver Street, Kilby Street; Boston Proper – Pedestrian Easement, Specific Repairs – On a set of petitions by One Post Office Square LLC

  4. Administrative Matters

    AM 1.  Upon nomination by the PIC representative of the Public Works Department, appoint Transportation Department Commissioner Nicholas Gove and/or his designee Amy Cording as the Vice Chair of the Public Improvement Commission

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