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Public Facilities Commission Meeting (DND)

The presenter is the Department of Neighborhood Development.

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: Neriliz Llenas, Project Manager, Real Estate Management and Sales Division
     
    Conveyance to We Grow Microgreens, LLC: Vacant land located at seven (7) unnumbered parcels on Manila Avenue, Hyde Park, Massachusetts.
     
    Purchase Price: $700
     
    Ward:  18
    Parcel Numbers: 12628000, 12629000, 12630000, 12631000, 12632000, 12633000, and 12634000
    Square Feet:  35,190 (total)
    Future Use: Urban Farm
    Estimated Total Development Cost:  $583,938
    Assessed Value Fiscal Year 2018:  $190,300 (total)
    Appraised Value May 20, 2017:  $98,000 (total)
    DND Program:  REMS – Grass Roots
    RFP Issuance Date:  September 11, 2017
     
    That having duly advertised its intent to sell to We Grow Microgreens, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company, with an address of 10 Weld Street, Roslindale, MA 02131, the vacant land located at:
     
    Unnumbered parcel on Manila Avenue, Ward: 18, Parcel: 12628000, Square Feet: 4,975
     
    Unnumbered parcel on Manila Avenue, Ward: 18, Parcel: 12629000, Square Feet: 4,925
     
    Unnumbered parcel on Manila Avenue, Ward: 18, Parcel: 12630000, Square Feet: 5,500
     
    Unnumbered parcel on Manila Avenue, Ward: 18, Parcel: 12631000, Square Feet: 4,500
     
    Unnumbered parcel on Manila Avenue, Ward: 18, Parcel: 12632000, Square Feet: 4,800
     
    Unnumbered parcel on Manila Avenue, Ward: 18, Parcel: 12633000, Square Feet: 5,740
     
    Unnumbered parcel on Manila Avenue, Ward: 18, Parcel: 12634000, Square Feet: 4,750
     
    in the Hyde Park District of the City of Boston containing approximately 35,190 total square feet of land, for two consecutive weeks (April 2, 2018 and April 9, 2018) in accordance with the provisions of St. 1909, c.486, § 31B (as appearing in St. 1966, c.642, § 12), the Public Facilities Commission, pursuant to its vote of March 14, 2018 and subsequent approval by the Mayor, does hereby vote to sell the aforementioned properties to We Grow Microgreens, LLC; and
     
    FURTHER VOTED: the Director be, and hereby is, authorized to deliver an instrument conveying said property to We Grow Microgreens, LLC, in consideration of Seven Hundred Dollars ($700).
     
     
  2. VOTE 2: Winnie Zhang, Project Manager, Real Estate Management and Sales Division
     
    Conveyance to Carlos Castillo: Land with building thereon located at 11 Hesston Terrace, Dorchester, Massachusetts.
     
    Purchase Price: $100,000
     
    Ward: 13
    Parcel Number:  01504000
    Square Feet:  2,891
    Future Use: Rehabilitation - Housing
    Estimated Total Development Cost:  $505,650
    Assessed Value Fiscal Year 2018:  $632,000
    Appraised Value June 15, 2018:  $570,000
    DND Program:  REMS – Building Sales
    RFP Issuance Date:  July 23, 2018
     
    That having duly advertised its intent to sell to Carlos Castillo, an individual, with an address of 2371 Washington Street, Roxbury, MA 02119, the land with building thereon located at 11 Hesston Terrace, (Ward: 13, Parcel: 01504000) in the Dorchester District of the City of Boston containing approximately 2,891 square feet of land, for two consecutive weeks (November 12, 2018 and November 19, 2018) in accordance with the provisions of St. 1909, c.486, § 31B (as appearing in St. 1966, c.642, § 12), the Public Facilities Commission, pursuant to its vote of October 24, 2018 and subsequent approval by the Mayor, does hereby vote to sell the aforementioned property to Carlos Castillo; and
     
    FURTHER VOTED: the Director be, and hereby is, authorized to deliver an instrument conveying said property to Carlos Castillo, in consideration of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000).
     
     
  3. VOTE 3: Winnie Zhang, Project Manager, Real Estate Management and Sales Division
     
    Transfer of the care, custody, management and control from the Boston Conservation Commission (BCC) to the Department of Neighborhood Development (DND): Vacant land located at an unnumbered parcel on Centre Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts.
     
    Property Transfer
     
    Ward: 09
    Parcel Number: 03470000
    Square Feet: 6,033
    Future Use: Landscaped Space
    Assessed Value Fiscal Year 2018:  $171,700
    DND Program: GrassRoots
     
    Subject to the approval of the Mayor under the provisions of St. 1909, c. 486, § 31A (as appearing in St. 1966, c. 642, § 12), vacant land located at an unnumbered parcel on Centre Street (Ward 09, Parcel Number 03470000) consisting of approximately 6,033 square feet, in the Roxbury District of the City of Boston and, further, be and the same hereby is, transferred from the care, custody, management and control of the Boston Conservation Commission to the care, custody, management and control of the Department of Neighborhood Development.
     
    The aforementioned transfer of land is authorized in the name and on behalf of the Commission, upon receipt of written authority from the Mayor.
     
     
  4. VOTE 4: Christopher Rooney, Development Officer, Real Estate Management and Sales Division
     
    Amendment to the vote of December 13, 2017 to extend the Tentative Designation and Intent to Sell period from 12 to 24 months to a nominee comprised of principals of Castle Rock Properties, Inc.: Vacant land located at two (2) unnumbered parcels on Violet Street, 523 Norfolk Street, 36 Goodale Road, 11 Hosmer Street, Unnumbered parcel on Hosmer Street and 9 Leston Street, Mattapan, Massachusetts.
     
    Time Extension
     
    1) TD – 12/13/2017 through 12/13/2018 = 12 months
    2) TD extension for an additional 12 months 12/13/2018 through 12/13/2019 = 24 months
        TD total time is 24 months
     
    Ward:  14
    Parcel Numbers: 00567000, 00566000
    Ward:  18
    Parcel Numbers:  04152000, 04961000, 04131000, 04132000 and 03949000
    Square Feet:  34,577 (total)
    Future Use: New Construction - Housing
    Estimated Total Development Cost:  $3,925,335
    Assessed Value Fiscal Year 2018:  $320,500 (total)
    Appraised Value June 20, 2016 and February 10, 2017:  $535,000 (total)
    DND Program:  Neighborhood Homes Initiative
    RFP Issuance Date:  July 10, 2017
     
    That the vote of this Commission at its meeting on December 13, 2017 regarding the tentative designation and intent to sell the vacant land located at:
     
    Unnumbered parcel on Violet Street, Ward: 18, Parcel: 00567000, Square Feet: 5,175
     
    Unnumbered parcel on Violet Street, Ward: 18, Parcel: 00566000, Square Feet: 5,320
     
    523 Norfolk Street, Ward: 14, Parcel: 04152000, Square Feet: 9,324
     
    36 Goodale Road, Ward: 14, Parcel: 04961000, Square Feet: 4,092
     
    11 Hosmer Street, Ward: 14, Parcel: 04131000, Square Feet: 5,010
     
    Unnumbered parcel on Hosmer Street, Ward: 14, Parcel: 04132000, Square Feet: 620
     
    9 Leston Street, Ward: 14, Parcel: 03949000, Square Feet: 5,036
     
    in the Mattapan District of the City of Boston containing approximately 34,577 total square feet of land, to a nominee comprised of principals[1] of Castle Rock Properties, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, with an address of 77 Pond Avenue, No. 1508, Brookline, MA 02445;
     
    be, and hereby is amended as follows:
     
    By deleting the figure and word: “12 months” and substituting in place thereof the following figure and word: “24 months” wherever such may appear.
     
     
    [1] The nominee is to be a newly formed entity. DND shall not bring a future vote for conveyance of the property before the PFC without evidence of the nominee being registered and in good standing with the Massachusetts Secretary of State and, also, providing a complete and current property affidavit (i.e. LOOPS form) for the nominee.
     
     
  5. VOTE 5: Kelly Shay, Housing Development Officer, Neighborhood Housing Development Division
     
    Tentative Developer Designation and Intent to Sell to a nominee comprised of principals of Caribbean Integration Community Development, Inc. and Planning Office of Urban Affairs, Inc.: Vacant land located at 150 River Street, Mattapan, Massachusetts.
     
    Purchase Price: $100
     
    Ward:  18
    Parcel Number: 00041000
    Square Feet:  42,120
    Future Use:  New Construction – Housing
    Estimated Total Development Cost: $10,988,646
    Assessed Value Fiscal Year 2018:  $591,200
    Appraised Value November 26, 2018:  $337,000
    DND Program:  Neighborhood Housing
    RFP Issuance Date:  February 26, 2018
     
    That, having duly advertised a Request for Proposals to develop said property, a nominee comprised of principals[1] of Caribbean Integration Community Development, Inc., Massachusetts non-profit corporation with an address of 1601 Blue Hill Avenue, Mattapan, MA 02126, and Planning Office of Urban Affairs, Inc., a Massachusetts non-profit corporation with addresses of 84 State Street, Suite 600, Boston, MA 02109 be tentatively designated as developers of the vacant land located at 150 River Street, (Ward: 18, Parcel: 00041000) in the Mattapan District of the City of Boston containing approximately 42,120 square feet for the period of 24 months from the date of the vote subject to such terms, conditions and restrictions as the Director deems appropriate for proper development of this parcel; and
     
    FURTHER VOTED: Subject to the approval of the Mayor under St. 1909, c.486, § 31B (as appearing in St. 1966, c.642, § 12) that it is the intent of this Commission to sell the aforementioned property to a nominee comprised of principals of Caribbean Integration Community Development, Inc. and Planning Office of Urban Affairs, Inc.;
     
    AND, FURTHER, VOTED: That the Director be, and hereby is, authorized to advertise the intent of this Commission to sell the above described property in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 642 of the Acts of 1966 and the applicable statutory terms of M.G.L. c.30B, section 16.
     
    [1] The nominee is to be a newly formed entity. DND shall not bring a future vote for conveyance of the property before the PFC without evidence of the nominee being registered and in good standing with the Massachusetts Secretary of State and, also, providing a complete and current property affidavit (i.e. LOOPS form) for the nominee.
     
     
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