Public Improvement Commission Hearing
The Public Improvement Commission Hearing will be held on May 7th at 10 AM
This Thursday's Public Improvement Commission hearing is scheduled for its regular time, 10:00 AM. 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 & Technology. Members of the public who wish to participate in the hearing are strongly encouraged to do so remotely; the hearing will 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 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 registration form available here by Wednesday afternoon: https://forms.gle/11oaZDkwoVwQqvSs9
Discussion Topics
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Hearing Minutes
At the request of the Public Improvement Commission staff, the Acceptance of the Minutes of the PIC hearing which was held on April 23, 2026.
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Public Hearing
On a joint petition by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc. for the granting of an Earth Retention License for the installation of a temporary earth support system within the following public ways in Roxbury:
- Joslin Place – on its northeasterly side at address no. 1, between Brookline Avenue and Pilgrim Road;
- Brookline Avenue – on its northwesterly side at address nos. 415-435, northeast of Joslin Place;
- Pilgrim Road – on its southeasterly side, northeast of Joslin Place.
(NB 4/23/2026) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Temporary Earth Retention Plan, Brookline Avenue, Joslin Place, Pilgrim Road, 1 Joslin Place, Boston," 2 sheets dated April 29, 2026.
On a joint petition by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc. for the granting of a Private Utility License for the installation of new stormdrain infrastructure within Pilgrim Road (public way), Roxbury, located generally northeast of Joslin Place.
(NB 4/23/2026) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Utility License Plan, 1 Joslin Place, Pilgrim Road, Boston, Longwood Medical Area,” 1 sheet dated January 13, 2026.
On a joint petition by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc. for the granting of a Private Utility License for the installation of new electric infrastructure within the following public ways in Roxbury:
- Joslin Place – at address no. 1, generally between Brookline Avenue and Pilgrim Road;
- Deaconess Road – generally between Brookline Avenue and Pilgrim Road.
(NB 4/23/2026) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Utility License Plan, 1 Joslin Place, Joslin Place, Boston, Longwood Medical Area,” 1 sheet dated January 13, 2026.
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New Business
3458 Washington Street, Kenton Road; West Roxbury – Pedestrian Easement, Specific Repairs – On a set of petitions by Washington 3458 LLC
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10:00AM -
City Hall1 City Hall Square Room 801Boston, MA 02201 -
Contact:Todd Liming
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Neighborhoods:Citywide
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Posted:05/05/2026 - 8:48AM
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Resources:
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