Public Improvement Commission - Regular Meeting

Good morning.

Good morning, welcome, good afternoon. Welcome to this meeting of the Public Facilities Commission. Before us today is the Public Facilities Department, TT.

Good afternoon, Commissioners. This meeting is being recorded and broadcast live. Before I get started, I will ask Colleen Daly, the PFC Secretary, to take a roll call of the meeting participants. Colleen, if you would please conduct the roll call.

Thank you, TT. Please unmute your device and confirm your presence when I call your name. Beginning roll call with the Commission, Larry Momoli, Commissioner.

Present.

Donald Wright, Commissioner. Present. TT Lee, legal advisor. Present. Violeta Panayotova, paralegal.

Present.

And with PFD, Carlton Jones, Director. Present. Scott Dupree, Senior Project Manager. Present. Wayne McKenzie, Project Manager II. Present. And with the Boston Fire Department, Patrick Lee, Facilities Director, Fire Department.

Good afternoon, President.

Thank you. And this concludes roll call. Thank you.

Thank you, Colleen. The first order of business before you this morning concerns draft meeting minutes from May 20th, 2026 for the Mayor's Office of Housing. Is there a motion to take a vote via roll call for the MOH meeting minutes?

Motion to take a vote via roll call.

Commissioners, when I call your name, please note you vote for the record. Commissioner Momoli? Yes. Commissioner Wright? Yes. Thank you.

Thank you. The meeting minutes for May 20th, 2026 for MOH are hereby approved. For the Public Facilities Department, we have Director Carlton Jones. PFD has two votes on the agenda for today. I will read the vote on the agenda followed by a presentation by the named individual respectively. At the conclusion of the vote presentation, the Commission may make a motion to take a vote via roll call. If such a motion is approved, Colleen Daly, the PSC Secretary, will conduct a roll call for each Commissioner's vote for the record. Vote number one is being being co-presented by Scott Dupree, Senior Project Manager, and Patrick Lee for the Facilities Director of Boston Fire Department. This is a request for a grant of easement to establish a pedestrian easement made on behalf of the Boston Fire Department to the Public Improvements Commission located at 44 Winter Street in Dorchester. Scott and Patrick, would you please present your vote request?

Good afternoon, Commissioners. As mentioned, my name is Scott Dupree and I am here today with Pat Lee from BFD to request the Commission's approval for a pedestrian easement located at 44 Winter Street, Dorchester. The Public Facilities Department managed the design and construction of the project and worked with the Boston Fire Department to timely deliver a new fire station for Engine 17, Ladder 7, and District 7. As part of the design, the project needed a pedestrian easement for part of the land adjacent to the building. which was granted by the Public Improvement Commission at a hearing held November 17th, 2022. The Civil Engineering Project, Van Ness, Angan, and Russell and Inc. BHB produced plans showing the area of easement and associated documents required by the PSC. The easement was needed since the sidewalk adjacent to the building was widening due to the design of the building. After the completion of the hearing, the project commenced and was completed in September of 2021. The second phase of the project is now starting. The grant of the easement was not closed, which is required by a PFC vote, which is what we are presenting today. While the grantor is the Boston Fire Department, we are co-presenting this today. If I may direct your attention to the PowerPoint slide for the project. In slide number one. This shows you the completed facade of the building on the Winter Street side, which is where Engine 17 and Ladder 7 are located, and they both respond from, as you can see from the building. And then slide two, this shows the plan in the area of the easement covers, which is the extension of the sidewalk that runs along Paris Street. It's roughly about, I want to say, 334 square feet. It runs down almost the entire length because the building pushes it. But we needed that because it kind of took over and Public Works had to take over the sidewalk. In conclusion, I'm seeking Public Facilities Commission's approval to approve the pedestrian easement and I'm here to answer any questions that you guys may have. Thank you.

First, congratulations on a great fire station. And second, this is housekeeping. I have no questions. Commissioner?

Yeah, no questions. Great result for that project. It looks great sitting there. It's definitely a pleasure to see. So congratulations, Scott and team, on that. No further questions. Motion to approve. We have a roll call.

Commissioners, please cast your vote for the record. Commissioner Momoli?

Yes.

Commissioner Wright?

Yes.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Vote number one is hereby approved. Well, number 2 is being presented by Wayne McKenzie project manager for this concerns with 2022 projects for 4 BPS schools. Located at the Burke high school, Dorchester, English high school in Jamaica plane, the Haley pilot school in the Henderson upper school in Dorchester. This is a request for amendment to the vote of January 31st, 2024 for the contract of NB5 Consultants Incorporated to provide owner project manager services specifically for the English High School only. This request is for a time extension to the contract's expiration date through December 31st, 2026, and an increase of $337,500 to the contract amount. I just want to reiterate that this amendment will affect the PFC vote from January 31st, 2024, but with respect to the time extension and amount, it is specifically for English high school only out of the group of four schools we just mentioned. Wayne, if you will please present vote number two, please.

So, Wayne, you're on mute.

Thank you, TT, Carly. Good afternoon, Commissioners. I'm here to request an amendment to the OPM contract for NB5 Inc. for the window and door replacement project at English High School. The Public Facilities Commission, excuse me, the Public Facilities Department, PFD, is managing the OPM construction administration site representation services for the window and door replacement project at English High School, which is located at 144 McBride Street in Boston. NB5 Inc. is the OPM construction administrator and site representation for the project. They are providing those services. This is a third request to the Public Facilities Commission to amend the OPM contract with NV5 Inc. The amendment is for additional money for an increased construction administration and site representation services in addition to a time extension to December 31st of 2026. This request is specifically for the door and window replacement project in English High School, which needed to be extended over two summers. The original intent was to have all of the work completed over the summer of 2025. However, the curtain wall windows could not be manufactured in time to start and complete the work prior to school opening. Therefore, the decision was made to break out the project into two phases and have the Burton Wall windows installed over the summer of 2026, causing the need for the additional monies and site representation. The funds requested are approved by the Office of Budget Management. And if I may direct your attention to the power slides. THE FIRST SLIDE DEPICTS A VIEW OF THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL AND THE SIDE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE SCHOOL. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SECOND SLIDE. DISPLAYS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE SCHOOL AND THE THIRD SIDE SHOWS THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL. SO THE WINDOWS ARE MOSTLY INSTALLED AND THEY'RE LOOKING GREAT. WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS. IN CONCLUSION, I'M SEEKING PFD'S APPROVAL TO AMEND THE OPM CONTRACT WITHIN V5 CONSULTANTS noted in the memorandum with the vote request. I welcome the opportunity to answer any questions you may have and thank you for your time and consideration.

No questions, good project. Thank you. No questions, good project. Great. Motion to approve via roll call.

Commissioner Momoli? Yes. Commissioner Wright? Yes. Thank you.

Thank you all.

Vote number two is hereby approved. This concludes PFD's agenda for today's meeting. Is there a motion to adjourn this portion of the meeting?

Motion to adjourn. Second. All in favor? Aye.

Thank you, everyone.

Thank you.

Good morning. I mean, sorry, good afternoon.

Welcome to the Public Facilities Commission meeting. Before us today is the Mayor's Office of Housing. PT.

Thank you, Commissioner Romoli. Good afternoon again. This meeting is being recorded and broadcast live. I will ask Colleen to take a roll call of the meeting participants. Colleen. Thank you.

The participants, please unmute your device and confirm your presence when I call your name. Beginning roll call with the commission. Larry Momoli, commissioner. Present. Donald Wright, commissioner. Present. TT Lee, legal advisor. Present. Violetta Paniatova, paralegal.

Present.

Next, with the mayor's office of housing, Paola Pelletier-Ozana, director of operations. Present. JO BAKER, SENIOR DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, NHD.

Present.

I'll read for the record for the remainder of the individuals who are in attendance but will not be presenting in today's meeting. Attendees, you don't need to unmute your device when I call your name. Lauren Forbes, Assistant Corp. Counsel. Lily Bullitt, Assistant Corp. Counsel. Lily Ibarra, Director of Legal Services. Juliana Mishkin, Paralegal. Ben Daly, Administration and Finance Operations Manager. And this concludes roll call. Thank you.

Thank you, Colleen. For the Mayor's Office of Housing, we have Paula Pelletier-Azula, Director of Operations for MOH.

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Yeah, sorry.

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Sorry. Am I still frozen? Nope, you're good now. Thank you.

Okay, I'll start over for the record. For the Mayor's Office of Housing, we have Paola Pelletier-Hasuna, Director of Operations for MOH. MOH has one vote on the agenda for today. I will read the vote for the record, followed by presentation by the named individual. At the conclusion, the Commission may take a motion to take a vote via roll call, and at which point Colleen will conduct the roll call for the Commission's vote for the record. For vote number one,

Lost, I think now we lost her. You know what, if we could just. Sit tight for a second. Thank you.

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Oh, am I back? Yes. Yeah. I got kicked off for a second. I don't know why. Sorry, guys. Technical difficulties this afternoon. I will begin again with vote number one. This is going to be presented by Jill Backer, Senior Development Officer for the Neighborhood Housing Development Division. Before I read vote number one, I would like to note for the record that Commissioner Wright has provided a signed disclosure notice to dispel any appearance of conflict, and as such, will participate in this vote. This is a request for amendment to the vote of June 25th, 2025 to extend the tentative designation and intent to lease period from 84 months to 90 months to cruise the corporation for portions of vacant land located at 135 Dudley Street, 2430 and 2406 Washington Street in Roxbury. Joe, if you please present vote number one.

Thank you, TT. Thank you, members of the commission. I'm requesting PFC approval for a six month extension to the tentative developer designation of Cruise Development Corporation for the parcels identified in the vote package in the Roxbury section of Boston. The PFC voted to approve the 24-month tentative developer designation of Cruise Development on July 17, 2019, and voted to extend the designation on August 18, 2021, July 19, 2023, June 26, 2024, and June 25, 2025. Please see the enclosed project background memo submitted with the prior commission vote requests for the full process development and designation background. Since the last PFC vote, Cruise Development has made significant progress in advancing key development tasks to advance this project. For the rental and site infrastructure component of this development project, Crew's development has initiated a final phase of work with all project funders that will allow construction on the site to begin as soon as all legal documents are complete and executed. Furthermore, the team has advanced site plans and design documents and has brought these documents forward to a level of completeness that will enable permitting and the final stage of MOH design review to be completed. Cruise Development has been close and frequent contact with our team at MOH to revise and update the plans and budgets for this project. And as all the work has moved forward, Cruise Development has worked hard to keep the community updated, including multiple updates delivered to the Roxbury Strategic Master Plan Oversight Committee, which originally endorsed the developer designation of Cruise Development. I've included slides for the PFC, Thank you. The first shows a site map. The second and third slides show renderings of the proposed project. And the fourth slide shows the current street level view of the site. This extension of the tentative developer designation will allow CREWS development to finalize the documents and approvals that are needed for this first stage of construction to begin as soon as possible. If PFC approves the time extension request, MOH expects to return to the PFC for a conveyance vote request at their earliest possible point within the six month extension period for a conveyance vote request. I'm here to answer any questions you may have.

Thank you. Now it's good product to proceed. My only quick question is before the next vote, There may be a typo here, but you have the appraised value on June 10th, 2019. I would assume we'll have an updated appraisal.

Yeah, that's correct.

At the next vote.

Yeah, thanks for that question. We've ordered an updated appraisal, which should be completed in a matter of weeks, and that would be included in any conveyance vote request package. No other questions?

No, no questions.

Exciting. Just really want to get this over.

We'd love to see this conveyance vote happen before the six-month mark, but excited that we're making some headway here.

Agreed. Thank you.

Motion to approve via roll call.

Commissioners, when I call your name, please note you vote for the record. Commissioner Romoli? Yes. Commissioner Wright?

Yes.

Thank you.

Thank you, Commissioners.

Thank you. Vote number one is hereby approved. This concludes PFC's meeting. Is there a motion to adjourn this meeting?

Motion to adjourn. Second. All in favor? Aye.

Thank you, everyone.

Take care. Thanks, all.