Remarks by Priscilla Rojas
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Okay. All right. Any questions or comments from the board? We'll definitely want to welcome our new intern and, you know, new contractor consultants that are working with us. And to, again, thank Emily for all your contributions here at the city and the research department. You guys just churn out these, like, analysis and reports that and make them really available. And I just really appreciate that, too. So I just want to say that. And any further questions or comments? Did I already make a motion? No.
Opposed? The ayes have it. Motion passes. Thanks, Teresa. And finally, I need a motion to adjourn the EDIC meeting.
All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. EDIC meeting adjourned. Okay, we're going to start the next portion of the meeting. Thank you for joining the September 17, 2026 Boston Redevelopment Authority board meeting. At this time, the Boston Planning and Development Agency is hosting public meetings in a hybrid setting for the health, safety, and accessibility of Boston residents. Hybrid means that our board meetings are conducted in person at City Hall in our boardroom on the ninth floor and virtually via Zoom and Boston City TV at the same time. For more information and updates,…
Okay, any questions or comments from the Board? Hearing and seeing none, a motion is in order.
All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it, motion passes. Thanks, Ben.
And great progress on that project. I'm excited. Item number three, request authorization to convey parcel number 0202822010, located at the corner of Mount Vernon Street and Loney Way in the Charleston neighborhood, also known as Charleston Peace Park. to the City of Boston Parks and Recreation Department. Stephanie.
Excellent. Thank you. Any questions or comments from the board? All right. Hearing and seeing none, a motion is in order.
All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Motion passes. Thanks, Stephanie. Item number four, request authorization to issue a request for proposals to hire a licensed design consultant. to provide landscape and engineering design services resulting in construction documents for the Shipyard Park Landscape and Infrastructure Repairs Project in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts.
Thank you. Any questions or comments from the board? Hearing and seeing none, a motion is in order.
All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Motion passes. Thank you, Tyler. Item number five, request authorization to issue an invitation for bids for the construction of the China Trade Center roof replacement located at 2 Boylston Street. Tyler.
Thank you. Questions or comments from the board? I'm just going to, so with a roof, are there opportunities to like, I'm getting into Matt, your zone here. I thought you were going to ask the question, but yes, opportunities to get it, you know, ready for solar ready or just, you know, replacing it in a way that is like forward looking. So that way it's, you know, ready if we wanted to do something like that, or I don't even know what the roof looks like if you can't.
Just something to think about when we're going through all these, like I just saw a roof and I thought, Matt always wants to throw some stuff up on a roof, so I thought I'd ask. All right, no, but it's good stuff.
Okay, any further questions or comments? Hearing and seeing none, a motion is in order.
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All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Motion passes. Item number seven, informational update on our one-year progress of A Place to Thrive, an anti-displacement action plan for Boston. outlining targeted policies, programs, and resources city departments committed to advance on a two-year implementation timeline to mitigate residential, small business, and cultural displacement.
Great, thank you. Questions or comments?
Additional questions or comments. Well, this is informational update. Go ahead. Please. Yeah. Kate, the floor is yours. Sorry, I can't see this.
Great. Just a couple of questions. So I think it's great. This is more just on the process of the Planning and Advisory Council. I love that it's there, that it's in place. But I'm just curious, right? Like who, from an ownership and roles and responsibilities structure, like how do you manage that? And I just love, love, love this, you know, this annual report, right? of the pilot. It shows great transparency and accountability of what we're, you know, of what we're doing, all the things that we're doing, and gives us the kind of the working definition so that we can have kind of these…
All right. Oh, last thing. I hope I'll be seeing some more, like, Instagram reels and stories and stuff about this with the peas and all of that. Like, I want to just also commend everybody on their social media, like, pages. And those little videos to kind of explain some of these definitions to explain those concepts I think are just really great. So, you know.
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I'm happy to entertain any of your questions okay questions or comments from the board I think it's just an excellent an excellent catch right or just an excellent illustration of how our processes our internal processes work to identify right to stay on those milestones and stick to the what we contractually agreed agreed upon and then you know if not then we yeah I mean me and to talk about it and do one of these so that you can figure it out. But again, I'm, I guess I'm really like process and control focused today, but just want to highlight that that's that working and, and it's not at…
Yeah, good stuff. All right any other questions or comments hearing and seeing none emotion is an order. So move 2nd, all those in favor. Opposed the eyes habit motion passes. Thanks, Aaron item. Number 9, request authorization to issue a certification of approval pursuant to article 80 E, small project review of the zoning code for the proposed construction of 42 residential rental units, including 7 units, 24 car parking spaces and 44 bicycle spaces located at 697 Cambridge street. and to execute a community benefits agreement and to take all related actions. Dan.
Thank you. Thank you. Questions or comments from the board? Can you go back to, I think at the beginning you said something about the Brazilian Women's Group and like the, so can you, I just didn't hear the sentence and I couldn't find anything.
Yeah, yeah. Just want to highlight that it's a major concern of mine as well. This organization provides some really vital services to you. large and targeted populations, not only here in the Boston area, but across Massachusetts. So, you know, I don't know if that gets codified in anything in any way. But I just kind of want to make sure that there is like a follow up and that happens. And if not, like that, that would be something I'd want to know about.
Yeah, perfect. And thank you for doing that. And we just came off of the displacement, you know, anti-displacement, and that's for our organizations and for people. And so this is that working in that. But yes, please.