Public Improvement Commission Hearing
The Public Improvement Commission will hold a hearing on September 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 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 online registration form available 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 which was held on September 11, 2025.
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Public Hearing Continued
PHC 1. On a petition by NSTAR Electric Co. (d/b/a Eversource Energy) for a Grant of Location to install an electric transformer vault and associated infrastructure within Whitby Street (public way), East Boston, located at address no. 16 generally northwest of Ford Street.
(NB 8/14/2025; PH 8/28/2025; PHC 9/11/2025) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Grant of Location Plan, Plan of Transformer MH for PIC, 16 Whitby Street, East Boston,” 1 sheet dated August, 2025.
PHC 2. On a petition by LH CD Sprague Owner LLC for the making of Specific Repairs within Sprague Street (public way), Hyde Park, located on its southeasterly side at address nos. 36-40, generally across from Sprague Place, consisting of curb realignment, roadway and sidewalk reconstruction, as well as new and relocated pedestrian ramps, street lighting infrastructure, stormdrain infrastructure, and hydrants.
(NB 8/28/2025; PH 9/11/2025) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Specific Repairs Plan, 36-40 Sprague Street, Hyde Park,” 2 sheets dated September 6, 2025.
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Public Hearing
PH 1. On a joint petition by GUGV II 212 Stuart Property Owning LLC and the Boston Redevelopment Authority (d/b/a the City of Boston Planning Department) for the Discontinuance of any and all rights to travel the public may have had within segments of Stuart Street (public way), Boston Proper, located on its southerly side at address no. 212, east of Church Street.
(NB 8/14/2025) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Discontinuance Plan, Stuart Street, 212 Stuart Street, Boston Proper,” 1 sheet dated July 9, 2025 (Revised August 29, 2025).
PH 2. On a set of petitions by GUGV II 212 Stuart Property Owning LLC for the Discontinuance of any and all rights to travel the public may have had within segments of the following public ways in Boston Proper:
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Stuart Street – on its southerly side at address no. 212, generally east of Church Street;
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Shawmut Street – on its northerly side generally between Church Street and Cocoanut Grove Lane.
(NB 8/14/2025) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Discontinuance Plan, Stuart Street, Shawmut Street, 212 Stuart Street, Boston Proper,” 2 sheets dated July 9, 2025 (Revised August 29, 2025).
PH 3. On a set of petitions by GUGV II 212 Stuart Property Owning LLC for the granting of Projection Licenses for the installation of balcony railings and a canopy over portions of the sidewalks within the following public ways in Boston Proper:
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Stuart Street – on its southerly side at address no. 212, generally east of Church Street;
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Shawmut Street – on its northerly side generally between Church Street and Cocoanut Grove Lane.
(NB 8/14/2025) As shown on two plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Railing License Plan, Shawmut Street, 212 Stuart Street, Boston Proper,” 1 sheet dated July 9, 2025 (Revised August 29, 2025); as well as “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Canopy License, Stuart Street, 212 Stuart Street, Public Way, Boston,” 1 sheet dated July 9, 2025.
PH 4. On a set of petitions by Dinosaur Milk LLC for the making of Specific Repairs within Arch Street (public way), Boston Proper, located on its westerly side at the side of 31 Milk Street generally between Hawley Place and Milk Street, consisting of curb, roadway, sidewalk, and areaway reconstruction.
(NB 9/11/2025) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Specific Repairs Plan, 31 Milk Street, Boston, Public Way, Downtown,” 3 sheets dated August, 2025.
PH 5. On a petition by Verizon New England Inc. for a Grant of Location with lead company status and no participants to install new telecommunication infrastructure with City shadow conduit within the following public ways in Dorchester:
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Bird Street – between Columbia Road and Cedar Place/Monadnock Street;
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Columbia Road – at Bird Street;
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Cedar Place – west of Bird Street/Monadnock Street.
(NB 9/11/2025) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Grant of Location Plan, Verizon, Bird St at Columbia Rd, Proposed Conduit Installation,” 2 sheets dated August, 2025.
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New Business
NB 1. Pilgrim Road @ 334 Riverway, 415-435 & 440 Brookline Avenue, Joslin Place; Roxbury – Pedestrian Easement, Specific Repairs, Vertical Discontinuances – On a set of joint petitions by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc., and Joslin Diabetes Center Inc.
NB 2. 4200 Washington Street, Basile Street; West Roxbury – Pedestrian Easement, Specific Repairs – On a set of petitions by 4200 Washington LLC
NB 3. 363 E Street, Bolton Street; South Boston – Pedestrian Easement, Specific Repairs – On a set of petitions by 363 E Street LLC
NB 4. 1615-1617 Tremont Street, Wigglesworth Street; Roxbury – Specific Repairs, Earth Retention License – On a set of petitions by Lubavitch of Cambridge Inc.