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Public Improvement Commission Hearing

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 & 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 City 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 online by Wednesday afternoon.

Discussion Topics

  1. Hearing Minutes

    HM 1At the request of the Public Improvement Commission staff, the Acceptance of the Minutes of the PIC hearing which was held on September 3, 2026.

  2. Public Hearing

    PH 1. On a petition by ARE-MA Region No. 87 Tenant LLC for the Widening & Relocation of the existing right-of-way lines of Fullerton Street (public way), Boston Proper, as well as for the acceptance of a Highway Easement, located on its southwesterly side at the side of 201 Brookline Avenue, generally northwest of Brookline Avenue.

    (NB 9/3/2026) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Widening and Relocation Plan, 201 Brookline Avenue, Fullerton Street, Boston Proper,” 1 sheet dated August 26, 2026.

    PH 2On a petition by ARE-MA Region No. 87 Tenant LLC for the acceptance of a Pedestrian Easement adjacent to Fullerton Street (public way), Boston Proper, located on its southwesterly side at the side of 201 Brookline Avenue, generally northwest of Brookline Avenue.

    (NB 9/3/2026) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Pedestrian Easement Plan, 201 Brookline Avenue, Fullerton Street, Boston Proper,” 1 sheet dated August 26, 2026.

    PH 3On a petition by ARE-MA Region No. 87 Tenant LLC for the making of Specific Repairs within Fullerton Street (public way), Boston Proper, located at the side of 201 Brookline Avenue, generally northwest of Brookline Avenue, consisting of curb relocation, sidewalk reconstruction with structural soil, as well as new and relocated pedestrian ramps, specialty pavement, street lighting infrastructure, street trees, planters, landscaping, irrigation infrastructure, and driveway curb cuts.

    (NB 9/3/2026) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Specific Repair Plan, Fullerton Street, Boston,” 2 sheets dated September 1, 2026.

    PH 4. On a petition by 545 Centre Street LLC for the making of Specific Repairs within the following public ways in West Roxbury, consisting of curb, sidewalk, and pedestrian ramp reconstruction, as well as new and relocated specialty pavement, street lighting infrastructure, driveway curb cuts, and a bus shelter:

    • Centre Street – at address no. 545, northeast of Beaufort Road;
    • Beaufort Road – northwest of Centre Street.

    (NB 9/3/2026) As shown on a set of plans entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Specific Repairs Plan, 545 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, Beaufort Road, Centre Street, Public Way,” 3 sheets dated August, 2026.

  3. New Business

    NB 1. 471 Commercial Street; Boston Proper – Specific Repairs – On a petition by the City of Boston Public Facilities Department 

    NB 290 Allandale Street; West Roxbury – Specific Repairs – On a petition by Eleonora Efstratoudakis 

    NB 38 Burney Street; Roxbury – Earth Retention License – On a petition by Dermot Doyne

    NB 480 Gardner Street; Brighton – Pedestrian Easement, Specific Repairs – On a set of petitions by SYNH LLC

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