Public Improvement Commission Hearings
There will be Public Improvement Commission Hearings on April 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 participating in this hearing primarily from remote locations. Hearing participants will be digitally connected in real time courtesy of the City’s Department of Innovation & 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
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Hearing Minutes
HM 1. At the request of the Public Improvement Commission staff, the Acceptance of the Minutes of the PIC hearing held on April 11, 2024.
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Public Hearing
PH 1. On a joint petition by the City of Boston Public Works Department and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for the Discontinuance of any and all rights to travel the public may have had within the entirety of Jones Avenue Footway (public way), Dorchester, located between Ballou Avenue and Norfolk Street.
(NB 4/11/2024) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Discontinuance Plan, Jones Avenue Pedestrian Bridge, Dorchester Neighborhood,” 3 sheets dated September, 2023.
PH 2. On a petition by HP Trax Realty LLC for the making of Specific Repairs within the following public ways in Hyde Park, consisting of curb realignment, roadway and sidewalk reconstruction with structural soil, as well as new and relocated pedestrian ramps, specialty pavement, street lighting infrastructure, street trees, green stormwater infrastructure, stormdrain infrastructure, bike racks, hydrants, driveway curb cuts, and a raised crosswalk:
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River Street – on its southerly side at address no. 1318, generally west of Business Street;
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Business Street – south of River Street.
(NB 4/11/2024) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Specific Repair Plan, River Street & Business Street, 1318 River Street, Hyde Park,” 4 sheets dated February 8, 2024.
PH 3. On a petition by Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University for the making of Specific Repairs within the following public ways in West Roxbury, consisting of curb and sidewalk reconstruction, as well as new and relocated pedestrian ramps, specialty pavement, street lighting infrastructure, landscaping, stormdrain infrastructure, and bollards:
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Bussey Street – generally at Walter Street and South Street;
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Walter Street – generally at Bussey Street;
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South Street – generally at Bussey Street.
(NB 4/11/2024) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Specific Repairs Plan, 125 Arborway, Walter Street and Bussey Street, Bussey Street and South Street, Jamaica Plain,” 4 sheets dated April, 2024.
PH 4. On a petition by Marathon Fiber Networks LLC for a Grant of Location with lead company status and no participants to install new telecommunication conduit with City shadow within the following public ways in Boston Proper:
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Bedford Street – between Chauncy Street and Kingston Street;
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Chauncy Street – generally at the side of 1 Summer Street, northeast of Bedford Street.
(NB 4/11/2024) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Grant of Location Plan, 1 Summer St Project, Chauncy St - Bedford St, Boston,” 3 sheets dated April 4, 2024.
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New Business
NB 1. 47-55 La Grange Street, Tamworth Street; Boston Proper – Pedestrian Easement, Specific Repairs – On a set of petitions by FPG LaGrange Owner One LLC
NB 2. 190 Dudley Street; Roxbury – Specific Repairs – On a petition by Rina Enterprises Inc.
NB 3. 125 Tremont Street; Boston Proper – Vertical Discontinuances, Specific Repairs – On a set of petitions by Holocaust Legacy Foundation