##VIDEO ID:OIvvMe9W1Xw## e e e e e e e e e e good morning uh good morning welcome to the public facilities commission before us today is the mayor's office of housing TT will you take over morning again this meeting is being recorded broadcast live call would you please conduct the Roll Call of the meeting participants thank you TT participants please unmute your device and confirm your presence when I call your name beginning roll call with the commission Larry mle commissioner present Donald Wright commissioner present TT Lee legal adviser pres Katherine Pendleton itical clerk present next with the May office of housing Sheila Dylan Chief and director presid Teresa Chilla program manager Gro Boston present Chris Rooney Senior Housing Development officer NHD pres I'll read for the record the remainder of the individuals who are in attendance but will not need but will not be presenting in today's meeting attendees do not need to immute your device when I call your name Antonio Le senior development officer NHD Sarah PLO Special Assistant to the director shaie Fletcher assistant director girl Boston James mcdna senior staff attorney Lauren Forbes assistant cor counsel Martina buus administrative assistant and this concludes roll call thank you off counc for today vote number one is being presented by Teresa sta program manager with the Bro Boston division of8 this is a request for conveyance to Urban Edge housing Corporation for vacant land at located at unnumbered parcel in Amory Street in Roxbury the purchase price is recommended at $100 Teresa if you please present vote number one thank you Titi and good morning Commissioners I'm here requesting PFC approval for the conveyance to Urban Edge housing Corporation Hereafter referred to as Urban Edge for the parcel identified in the vote package in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston this matter was last before you in June of 2024 when PFC voted to approve the time extension of the tenative developer designation of urban Edge to refresh the commission's memory moh conducted a public process that led to that vote and this subsequent request moh held a community meeting in March of 2019 to discuss with community members the development of this parcel as open space support by the community was strong a request for proposals was issued on July 29 2019 and advertised in the State Central register the Boston Herald and the City record one development team applied to the RFP and was determined to meet the eligibility criteria PFC approved the tenative developer designation of urban Edge housing corporation on January 18th 2020 and the designation was advertised in the city record on October 14th and 21st of 2024 since their initial designation Urban Edge has finalized the site design and development budget its Community input phased their design into two phases to allow for initial site improvements while fund fundraising continues for phase two completed fundraising for phase one of the project including a $150,000 Award of Grassroots funding and it made substantial progress on the the construction of an affordable housing project adjacent to the parcel this parcel is currently licensed by a subsidiary of urban Edge and was used for construction staging um for the Housing Development until very recently progress on the Housing Development has progressed to the point that the parcel is no longer required for staging and the construction team is removing materials from the site to prepare for the Open Spaces construction the vote package includes a comprehensive memo about the project and this PFC vote request I've also provided four slides related to the vote request which are displayed on the screen the first is an aerial map of the parcel the second is a satellite view of the parcel the third is the design for phase one of the project which includes the planting of new shade trees and the addition of public benches and the fourth slide is the proposed design for phase two of the site which includes additional shade trees hardscaping with permanent borders for planting areas and flexible seaing areas in addition to the permanent benches this project has the support of local residents and Neighbors in summary if PFC approves the vote request it will result in the following public benefits will preserve approximately 3,138 Square ft of land as protected open space after over 14 years in moh's inventory will create Community Gathering space and it will increase the tree canopy with the addition of new shaped trees I'm here to answer any questions you may have thank you uh no questions great project no uh no questions exciting to see uh this phase of the project uh motion to approve uh second all in favor I all vote number one is I approved vote number two is also being presented by Teresa Shila this is a request for tentative developer designation intent to sell to Boston food Force Coalition Incorporation for vacant land located at 116 norell street an unnumbered parcel noral Street 89 Radcliff Street and an unnumbered parcel rad Street Dorchester the purchase price is recommended $400 Teresa if you please present vote number two thank you Titi I'm here requesting PFC approval for the tenative developer designation of Boston Food Forest Coalition Inc Hereafter referred to as bffc for the parcels identified in the boote package in the in the Dorchester section of Boston moh conducted a public process that resulted in this vote request M held a community meeting in July of 2023 to discuss with community members the preservation of these Parcels as open space for Community use support by the community and neighbors was strong a request for proposals was issued on June 4th 2024 and advertised in the State Central register the Boston Herald and the record one development team applied to the RFP and was determined to meet the eligibility criteria based on community feedback andoh review of the application against the RFP evaluation criteria we recommend the designation of Boston Food Forest Coalition bffc has strong experience developing Food Forest parks and Open Spaces in Boston and has community support for their proposal quisition of these Parcels will enable bffc to develop a community open space with edible plantings the vote package includes a comprehensive memo about the project and this PFC vote request I've also provided four slides related to the vote request which will be displayed shortly the first slide is an aerial map of the parcels the second slide is a satellite view of the parcels the third slide is a street view of the parcels from Norwell Street in the fourth slide is the preliminary design for the open space it includes an accessible pathway between Norwell and Radcliff streets raised garden beds for Community use seating areas and the preservation of mature trees on the site as well as the planting of new trees in summary if PFC approves the vote request it will result in the following public benefits the proposed development will permanently preserve this open space and create food production opportunities in a neighborhood with high food insecurity in addition the city will avoid approximately 3,3 $354 in annual maintenance costs and return the property to productive use after more than 20 years in our inventory I'm here to answer any questions that you may have thank you no questions commissioner no no questions excited I've seen this possible before so it's exciting and the neighbors's really going to appreciate this thank you motion to approve second all in favor I I approved vote number three is being presented by Chris booney Senior Housing Development officer with the Neighborhood Housing Development Division of moh this is a request for Amendment to the tentative developer designation vote of July 19 2023 to extend the tentative designation intend to sell period from 16 months to 28 months to odj D Dev LLC for 11 vacant land Parcels located on Parker and Terrace streets in Jamaica plane Chris if you please present vote number three thank you TT good morning Commissioners uh I'm here requesting for an extension thetive developer designation odj LLC identified the book package in the hill neighborh conducted an extensive process to result in this V PFC approved the tenative development dation of J Dev LLC on July 19th 2023 moh is requesting an extension to allow the developer to complete the pre-development process including zoning permitting and financing at is Seeking a 12-month extension however the goal is to return to PFC for conveyance vote to start construction by the since tenative developer designation the project has accomplished the follow engaged the city of Bost par Department as long-term owner of the open space executed a memor of better standing on development and po development responsibilities among the mayor's office of housing the trustees to reservation with recation Department djc development team submitted funding application to the mayor's office submitted an open space funding application to the community conservation committee the development team submitted a project loation for review to the planning department had meeting with the community on 11824 team submitted a building per application to ISD uh the reason for this time is for the project still requires article 80 appr Zing approvals and multiple funding improv the additional time will allow obj LLC continue refining the project design development budget to secure entitlements receive funding commitment package includes a comprehensive me project also provide handouts related to this phone request which are displayed on the screen um first is a the next are street views of the current site both P Street and terce Street uh following that is the proposed site plan and finally uh renderings of both the Terrace Street View and the Park Street in summary if PFC approves the vote request it will result in the following of benefits new construction 44 affordable home ownership units commercial Spates open Spates and urban Gardens 22 of the home ownerships will be sold to eligible households earning up to 100% Ami and 22 of the owners ship will be sold to eligible household up to 80% a the affordable units will be deed restricted for made affordable for at least 50 years project will will Revitalize the LEP Parcels underutilized bacing land in the neighborhood the project is expected to create thousands of construction app will generate jobs among the Building Trades also the sale of these 11 fil also be expected to BU long Financial benefits to the City by removing its process from attend the will be able to Future costs and liabilities associated with maintain these properties the city will also stand to same annual operational cost such as maintenance noow removal Etc sale in addition by returning these properties to the tax RS and City Rel thousands of annual tax I'm here to answer any question may have uh no questions uh looks like a very good project uh commissioner no more more so comment I just want to commend Chief Chris and the team on working on this I know you guys have been at this uh for quite some time so continued success thank you motion to approve uh second all in favor thank you number three fire proof this concludes the agenda for moh for today's meeting is there a motion to adjourn this meeting motion to adjourn uh second all in favor I take care folks thank you thank you e