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Public Facilities Commission Meeting (PFD)

The presenter is the Public Facilities Department.

You can also watch the meeting on Boston City TV at Comcast channel 24, RCN channel 13, and on boston.gov/boston-city-tv.

Discussion Topics

  1. VOTE 1: Jim McGaffigan, Sr. Project Manager
     
    Correction to the vote of November 13, 2019: Regarding a contract with Hill International (New England), Inc., to provide owner project manager (OPM) services for the feasibility study and schematic design phase associated with the William E. Carter School project located at 396 Northampton Street, South End.
     
    Correction to the Corporate Name
     
    That the vote of this Commission at its meeting of November 13, 2019 regarding a contract with Hill International (New England), Inc., to provide owner project manager (OPM) services for the feasibility study and schematic design phase associated with the William E. Carter School project;
     
    be, and hereby is, corrected as follows:
     
    By deleting the following words: “(New England).”
     
    The vote to award the OPM services contract for the feasibility study and schematic design phase associated with the William E. Carter School project now provides as follows:
     
    Contract to Hill International, Inc.: To provide owner project manager (OPM) services for the feasibility study and schematic design phase associated with the William E. Carter School project located at 396 Northampton Street, South End.
     
    Contract Price: $387,295
     
    That the Director be, and hereby is, authorized to request from the Mayor, in the name and on behalf of the Commission, written authority to award a contract, pursuant to a publicly advertised request for services under M.G.L. c. 149, section 44½(c) with advertisements appearing in the Boston Globe and City Record on July 1, 2019 and Central Register on July 3, 2019, to Hill International, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, with a local office at 75 Second Avenue, Suite 300, Needham, MA 02494. Under the terms of this contract, Hill International, Inc. will provide owner project manager (OPM) services for the feasibility study and schematic design phase associated with the William E. Carter School project located at 396 Northampton Street, South End. The term of this contract shall be 753 days from the date of contract execution, which occurred on October 8, 2019 and shall expire on October 30, 2021, at a cost not to exceed $387,295, including $27,000 for additional services.
     
    The Director is, also, authorized to execute such contract, in the name and on behalf of the Commission, upon receipt of said written authority from the Mayor.
     
     
  2. VOTE 2: Jim McGaffigan, Sr. Project Manager
     
    Contract to Perkins & Will Architects, Inc.: To provide design services for the feasibility study and schematic design phase associated with the William E. Carter School project located at 396 Northampton Street, South End.
     
    Contract Price: $1,212,000
     
    That the Director be, and hereby is, authorized to request from the Mayor, in the name and on behalf of the Commission, written authority to award a contract, pursuant to a publicly advertised request for services under M.G.L. c.7C, sections 44-57 with advertisements appearing in the City Record on November 11, 2019 and the Boston Globe and Central Register on November 13, 2019, to Perkins & Will Architects, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with a local office at 225 Franklin Street, Suite 1100 Boston, MA 02110. Under the terms of this contract, Perkins & Will Architects, Inc. will provide design services for the feasibility study and schematic design phase associated with the William E. Carter School project located at 396 Northampton Street, South End. The term of this contract shall be 90 weeks from the date of execution at a cost not to exceed $1,212,000, including $247,000 for additional services.
     
    The Director is, also, authorized to execute such contract, in the name and on behalf of the Commission, upon receipt of said written authority from the Mayor.
     
     
  3. VOTE 3: Jim McGaffigan, Sr. Project Manager
     
    Amendment to the vote of December 12, 2018: Regarding a contract with Utile, Inc. to provide architectural design and construction administration services associated with the Dudley Branch Library Renovations project located at 149 Dudley Street (formerly 65 Warren Street), Roxbury.
     
    Time Extension and Increase of $120,000
     
    That the vote of this Commission at its meeting of May 19, 2016, as amended by PFD’s Director under delegations of authority on July 5, 2017 and November 13, 2017, and, thereafter, amended by votes on March 14, 2018 and December 12, 2018 regarding a contract with Utile, Inc., to provide architectural design and construction administration services associated with the Dudley Branch Library Renovations project located at 65 Warren Street, Boston, MA;
     
    be, and hereby is, amended as follows:
     
    By deleting following figure and words: “65 Warren Street, Boston” and substituting in place thereof the following figure and words: “149 Dudley Street, Roxbury”
     
    And, also, by deleting the following words and figures: “June 23, 2020, at a cost not to exceed $1,370,430, including $60,000 for additional services” and substituting in place thereof the following words and figures: “September 23, 2020, at a cost not to exceed $1,490,430, including $120,000 for additional services.”
     
    The Director is, also, authorized to execute such contract amendment, in the name and on behalf of the Commission, upon receipt of said written authority from the Mayor.
     
     
  4. VOTE 4: Patricia M. Lyons, Director
     
    CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY
     
    By this writing, signed by a majority of its members and filed with the Secretary, the City of Boston Public Facilities Commission, upon written recommendation of the Mayor of Boston, does hereby vote:
     
    VOTED: “Subject to the approval of the Mayor, that in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2 and 3(ii)(v) of Chapter 642 of the Acts of 1966, the Public Facilities Commission does hereby authorize and direct the following named individuals, in the name and on behalf of the Commission, to execute and deliver such documents, instruments and certificates as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by such named individuals relating to the Public Facilities Commission’s approved acquisition or conveyance of real property or to the discharge, satisfaction, subordination or termination of instruments of record which have been recorded with the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds or filed for registration with the Suffolk Registry District of the Land Court. Deeds or Orders of Taking to be recorded with the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds or to be filed for registration with the Suffolk Registry District of the Land Court shall be accompanied by a separate vote of this Commission specifically authorizing such conveyance or acquisition. Said named individuals are further authorized and directed to execute and deliver Grant Agreements involving the City of Boston, Public Facilities Department, in the name and on behalf of the Commission as they may deem necessary or appropriate.”
     
    Patrick I. Brophy, Chief of Operations
    Office of Mayor Martin J. Walsh
     
    Patricia M. Lyons, Director
    Public Facilities Department
     
    Brian P. McLaughlin, Chief of Staff
    Public Facilities Department
     
    FURTHER VOTED:  That this authorization is effective immediately and shall remain in effect until such time as it is expressly rescinded, in whole or in part, by a vote of this Commission.
     
    FURTHER VOTED:  The taking of the foregoing vote and the naming of the above individuals, when approved by the Mayor of Boston, shall serve to expressly rescind that certain Certificate of Authority dated August 20, 2015 recorded on September 15, 2015, with the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds in Book 55059 at Page 286, and filed with the Suffolk Registry District of the Land Court as Document Number 00848066.
     
     
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