December 13: NOAH's Annual Dinner

May 29: Gove Street Citizens Association: Monthly Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, May 29, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Catherine Leonard-McLean Community Room  
(formerly Noddle Island Community Room) 
Logan Airport Rental Car Center

1. Welcome & Project Updates

2. Elected Officials Updates
a. Senator Joseph Boncore
b. Representative Adrian Madaro
c. City Councilor Lydia Edwards

3. Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC)
BWSC has been upgrading and/or replacing the water, sewer and drainage systems in the neighborhood. BWSC Director of Construction Irene McSweeney will discuss the next phase of construction for the coming months. 

4. Friends of the East Boston Greenway
Update on funded work in the Greenway – Kannan Thiru & Chris Marchi

5. Project Presentations
a. 25 Everett Street
A project to demolish existing structures, combine front and rear lots and erect a 4 story, 8-unit residential building.
Attorney Richard Lynds, 2nd presentation/VOTE

b. 28 – 30 Geneva Street
A proposal to demolish existing structures and to build 6 stories, 32 units, and 15 parking spaces.
Attorney Jeff Drago, 3rd Presentation/VOTE

6. Neighborhood Services 


Location: The Catherine Leonard-McLean (formerly Noddle Island) Community Room is located on the first floor of the Logan Airport Rental Car Center, situated at the end of Porter Street. Free event parking in front of the building and in the Porter Street parking lot adjacent to the building.

LOCATION - The Noddle Island Community Room located on the first floor of the Logan Airport Rental Car Center situated at the end of Porter Street. Free event parking in front of the building and in the Porter Street parking lot adjacent to the building.

JPNA Meeting: May 14

Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association 

May 14th 7pm 

Jeffries Point Yacht Club 

565 Sumner st 

Agenda- 

Police updates  A7-  Sgt. Martin , Off. Simons 

Liaison Jesus Garcia Mayors Office -  Community updates 

Senator Boncore , State Rep Madaro , City Councilor Edwards -Updates to the community . 

154 Maverick Market Place-  Update occupancy  VOTE

238 Webster st -  VOTE  .  Demolish existing structure and add 9 units with 8 parking spaces .   4th appearance  Atty Drago/Grossman 

154 Maverick Market Place-  Melissa Tyler  

No Gove Street Citizens Association Meeting on Monday! It's Christmas Day

The Gove Street Citizens Association will not be having a Monthly Meeting on Monday, December 25, Christmas Day.

Our next Monthly Meeting will be on Monday, January 22, 2018.

GSCA wishes a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. 

Gove Street Citizens Association to meet on Monday, November 27

Here's the agenda:

GSCA Executive Board Election - Any GSCA voting member may nominate themselves, or any other eligible voting member, or members, for election to any of the following Offices for a two-year term: 

Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Secretary, and Director At-Large. Nomination signup sheets will be available at this meeting for a January 22nd monthly meeting election.

There will be no monthly meeting on December 25th, Christmas Day.

Update on status of GSCA area projects.

• Suffolk Downs Project – Comprehensive planning, design & scheduling presentation. Tom O’Brien of HYM Associates.  
• 158 Cottage Street – A proposal for a325-square foot pressure treated roof deck off the back bedroom of the house. Owner Frank Murray (2nd presentation / Vote to be taken.)
• 18 Everett Street – A proposal to demolish the existing structure and erect a 9-unit residential building with 9 parking spaces. Attorney Richard Lynds (1st presentation / No vote at this time.) 
• 23 Everett Street - A proposal to change the occupancy from a one-family dwelling to a two-family dwelling. Also, renovate the building by adding a 3rd story addition.  Attorney Jeffrey Drago (1st presentation / No vote at this time.) 
• 128 Gove Street / Mt. Carmel –  A proposal to demolish the existing structures on the former Mt. Carmel Church property, with the exception of the church structure, and erect 4 multi-level buildings with 121 Units. The project will consist of fifty percent condos to 50 percent rentals. The project will also include an underground parking facility. Subject to a BPDA Project Review Process. Attorney Jeffrey Drago (1st presentation / No vote at this time.)

MEETING DATE: Monday, November 27, 2017 

TIME: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

LOCATION - The Noddle Island Community Room located on the first floor of the Logan Airport Rental Car Center situated at the end of Porter Street. Free event parking in front of the building and in the Porter Street parking lot adjacent to the building.

August 28: Gove Street Citizens Association meets

The Gove Street Citizens Association monthly meeting agenda for August 28, 2017:
Update on current status of GSCA area projects.

• 287 -293 Maverick St. (Pickle Factory)- A proposal to demolish an existing vacant industrial building and erect a 5 story (with set-back) mixed-use development of 37 multifamily residential units and café/restaurant at ground level with 31 on-site parking spaces. This project is subject to a BPDA Article 80E-2 small project review. - Attorney Richard Lynds (3rd presentation / Vote to be taken.)
•  67 Lubec Street – A revised proposal to erect a 4-floor, 6 residential condo unit building with 6 parking spaces in the rear of the building. - Attorney Jeffrey Drago, Developer Thomas Falcucci. (2nd presentation / Vote to be taken.) 
•  90-94 Cottage Street – A proposal to erect a 4-floor, 7-unit condo ownership building with one handicapped unit and 6 on-site parking spaces. Owner Marc Savatsky (2nd presentation / Vote to be taken) 

MEETING DATE: Monday, August 28, 2017
  
TIME: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

LOCATION - The Noddle Island Community Room located on the first floor of the Logan Airport Rental Car Center situated at the end of Porter Street. Free event parking in front of the building and in the Porter Street parking lot adjacent to the building.

July 24: Gove Street Citizens Association to meet

The Gove Street Citizens Association monthly meeting agenda:

• Update on current status of GSCA area projects.
• Legislative Update – Senator Joseph Boncore and Representative Adrian Madaro.
• 90-94 Cottage Street – A preliminary presentation to erect a 4-floor, 7 unit condo ownership building with one handicapped unit and 6 on-site parking spaces. Owner Marc Savatsky (No vote to be taken) 
• 67 Lubec Street – A proposal to erect a 4-floor, 7 residential condo unit building with 6 parking spaces in the rear of the building. - Attorney Jeffrey Drago, Developer Thomas Falcucci. (1st presentation / No vote to be taken.) 
• 287 -293 Maverick St. (Pickle Factory)- A proposal to demolish an existing vacant industrial building and erect a 5 story (with setback) mixed-use development of 37 multifamily residential units and café/restaurant at ground level with 31 on-site parking spaces. This project is subject to a BPDA Article 80E-2 small project review. - Attorney Richard Lynds (2nd presentation / No vote to be taken.)

MEETING DATE: Monday, July 24, 2017  

TIME: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

LOCATION - The Noddle Island Community Room located on the first floor of the Logan Airport Rental Car Center situated at the end of Porter Street. Free event parking in front of the building and in the Porter Street parking lot adjacent to the building. 

May 22: Gove Street Citizens Association to meet

The Gove Street Citizens Association monthly meeting agenda:

* Update on current status of GSCA area projects.

* Climate Ready East Boston Overview – Climate Presentations Program Manager Mia Goldwasser

* 287 -293 Maverick St. (Pickle Factory)- A proposal to demolish an existing vacant industrial building and erect a 5 story (with setback) mixed-use development of 37 multifamily residential units and café/restaurant at ground level with 31 on-site parking spaces. This project is subject to a BPDA Article 80E-2 small project review. - Attorney Richard Lynds (1st presentation / No vote.)

MEETING DATE: Monday, May 22, 2017

TIME: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

LOCATION - The Noddle Island Community Room located on the first floor of the Logan Airport Rental Car Center situated at the end of Porter Street, just a 4-minute walk from the Embassy Suites Hotel.

DRIVING – Free event parking in front of the building and in the Porter Street parking lot adjacent to the building.

April 27: Friends of the East Boston Greenway with the East Boston Greenway Council

Meeting Notice

Thursday, Apr. 27, 2017
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Anna DeFronzo Center
395 Maverick Street, East Boston
Near the corner of Jeffries Street

AGENDA

1.  Introductions
2.  Greenway Safety and Security Update  Boston Police Dept. District A-7 Community Services Sergeant Martin and Officer Simons

3.  Greenway Flooding
Update from Robert Rottenbucher, City of Boston, Parks Dept. Chief  Engineer
Update from Kannan:  Flooding Exacerbation (Editorial note: Rottenbucher, will give a brief presentations about the flooding on the Greenway causes and solutions.)

4.  Youth Conservation Corps
    Linton Harrington, The Trustees

5.  New Business / Old Business
Laura Jasinski and Vidya Tikku, The Trustees:  Waterfront Initiative Connection
    E-mail update from Massport
CALENDAR OF MEETINGS
All meetings on 4th Thurs at 6:30 PM

Upcoming meetings: 2017:    Apr, 27, May 25, June 22, July 27, Aug. 24, Sept. 28, Oct. 26, Nov. 16 (note change), Dec. TBD  

 

Jan. 23: Gov Street Citizens Association Monthly Meeting

The Gove Street Citizens Association monthly meeting agenda:

• Update on current status of GSCA area projects.
• Is ‘Imagine Boston 2030’ climate ready? / New South Boston zoning proposals – Open Discussion
• 114 Orleans St. (Rick’s Auto) - Proposal to erect a six-story, with setback, residential building, with 28 market-rate condominiums and 15 parking spaces located on the ground floor. (Article 80 Small Project Review Process) – Attorney Jeffrey Drago (3rd Presentation with project changes/ No vote to be taken)

MEETING DATE: Monday, January 23, 2017

TIME: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

LOCATION - The Noddle Island Community Room located on the first floor of the Logan Airport Rental Car Center situated at the end of Porter Street, just a 4-minute walk from the Embassy Suites Hotel.        

DRIVING – Free event parking in front of the building and in the Porter Street parking lot adjacent to the building.

January 18: Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association P&Z Agenda

Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association P & Z Agenda
Wednesday January 18, 2017 
at 7 p.m. 


Jeffries Point Yacht Club
565 Sumner street   

Agenda -

296-298 Marginal street - New development , multi unit . Att: Diane Modica

254-256 Everett street - New development ,  multi unit .   Atty Richard Lynds

Gove Street Citizens Association monthly meeting: August 29

The Gove Street Citizens Association monthly meeting agenda:

• Update on current status of GSCA area projects.
• 161 Cottage St. – Proposal to renovate the existing building, build a new addition at the rear of the building with new handicap access, and change occupancy from 8 to 9 residential units (Penthouse). – Attorney Richard Lynds (3rd Appearance / Vote to be taken)
• 46 Geneva St. – Proposal to erect a 3 story, 3-family residential building, with a roof deck and head house. – Attorney Jeffrey Drago (3rd Appearance / Vote to be taken)
• 157 Cottage St. – Proposal to increase living space by combining 1st floor with basement. – Brian Scagliola (2nd Appearance / No vote to be taken)
• 10-16 Everett St. (Ani’s Auto Body) – Proposal to erect a five-story, residential building, with 20 market-rate condominium and 18-20 parking spaces, located on the ground floor. (Article 80 Small Project Review Process) – Attorney Jeffrey Drago (2nd Appearance / No vote to be taken)

MEETING DATE: Monday, August 29, 2016 
TIME: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
LOCATION - The Noddle Island Community Room located on the first floor of the Logan Airport Rental Car Center situated at the end of Porter Street, just a 4-minute walk from the Embassy Suites Hotel.          DRIVING – Free event parking in front of the building and in the Porter Street parking lot adjacent to the building.

May 31: Gove St. Citizens Association meets; Agenda

GOVE STREET CITIZENS ASSOCIATION
The Gove Street Citizens Association monthly meeting agenda:

EDUCATION / PRESENTATION
* Update on current status of GSCA area projects.
* 175 Gove St. - Proposal for a 9 Condo Unit Residential Dwelling with 7 interior parking spaces. (3rd Appearance / Vote to be taken) – Attorney Jeffrey Drago
* Presentation by opponents of a proposed Eversource Electric substation on Eagle Street in East Boston. – Attorney Donato Berardi
* Presentation by City of Boston sponsored Renew Boston program designed to help tenants and homeowners save money by saving energy.  – Kit Carroll

MEETING DATE: Tuesday, May 31, 2016

TIME: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

LOCATION - The Noddle Island Community Room located on the first floor of the Logan Rental Car Center at 15 Transportation Way.                                                                                        
DRIVING – Free event parking available in front of the building and in the Porter Street parking lot adjacent to the building.                                                                                                            

WALKING - Situated at the end of Porter Street, just a 4-minute walk from the Embassy Suites Hotel.

Meetings are held on the last Monday of each month except for Holidays.

January 21: BRA Meeting on 202 Maverick Street Development

Boston Redevelopment Authority Community Meeting:
Maverick Shipyard Apartments at 202 Maverick Street

The proposed project at 202 Maverick Street is a 22,700 gross square foot, 3 story-plus penthouse structure with 23 residential units and 20 parking spaces on 8,050 square feet of land.
   
Date: Thursday, January 21, 2016  Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: Logan Rental Car Center, 1st floor, Noddle Island Community Room, 15 Transportation Way, East Boston, MA 02128 DRIVING: Free event parking available in front of the building and in the Porter Street parking lot adjacent to the  building. WALKING: Situated at the end of Porter Street, just a 4-minute walk from the Embassy Suites Hotel.

After the MGC vote: Community group offers five guiding principles for development of Suffolk Downs

Former Secretary of Transportation and Local Urban Development Experts Announce New Vision for Future Planning of the Suffolk Downs Site

Community group offers five guiding principles for development
(BOSTON, Mass., September 17, 2014) -- Led by former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Jim Aloisi, a largely East Boston-based group of urban planners, architects, public infrastructure experts, and representatives of various community groups propose an alternative vision to a casino at Suffolk Downs.

This group, formed after the November 5, 2013, election in which East Boston voters rejected a casino at Suffolk Downs, has been working toward offering a new vision for the development of the 161 acre site. The group is releasing this document in light of Sterling Suffolk LLC's decision Tuesday to close track operations next year.

The group’s two-page vision statement, titled “Overarching Principles For Development in East Boston,” outlines five principles by which all future significant development proposals in East Boston – and Suffolk Downs in particular – should be measured. The principles, including job creation, community inclusion and a transparent process, environmental impact, transit-oriented development, and economic feasibility, present a framework to ensure that this critical and unique site is developed in a way that enhances quality of life, job creation and return on investment for all residents of Boston and surrounding communities.

“Although Suffolk Downs is privately owned, it is supported by a highway and transit system owned and operated by the state and paid for by the taxpayers of Massachusetts,” said Aloisi, a native of East Boston. “It is only fair and just that any major development on its grounds be thoroughly vetted by local citizenry and surrounding communities. We hope these principles, which express a positive and forward-looking vision for the future of this site and community, will be embraced by a broad spectrum of state and local decision makers.”

As many real estate and other investment experts contend, the Suffolk Downs site offers a wealth of development possibilities beyond a casino. For example, Banker and Tradesman recently noted that "At a time when home and condo prices are soaring out of reach for middle class families in Boston, Suffolk's 110 or so Boston acres are a huge potential asset, ground zero for the Hub's next big mixed-use neighborhood of shops and homes." (1)

Desirable factors such as quick access to downtown Boston, Logan Airport and the emerging Innovation District in South Boston via the Blue Line and soon the Silver Line, as well as a shared economic center for the communities of East Boston, Revere and Winthrop make Suffolk Downs an exceptional candidate for a mix of housing and commercial development opportunities, according to the group. Also, the adjacent Belle Isle Marsh provides abundant green space and offers potential connections to the East Boston Greenway.

A full version of the  “Overarching Principles For Development in East Boston” can be found athttps://sites.google.com/site/eastboston2020/.  For more information, please contact MailFilterGateway has detected a possible fraud attempt from "mail.google.com" claiming to be east.boston.visioning@gmail.com.

Visioning group members include:

Jim Aloisi
Lyle Bradley
Joel Bryce
Ernani Jose DeAraujo
Antonio Di Mambro
Neenah Estrella-Luna, MPH, PhD
Brian Gregory
Steve Holt
Giordana Mecagni
Sandra Nijjar
Mike Russo
Trent Sheppard
* * * *
(1) Banker and Tradesman, "Forget Gambling: Suffolk Downs Has Mixed-Use Development Potential" Sunday, November 17, 2013http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news157396.html

Metropolitan Beaches Commission Releases Report On Boston Harbor Region's Beaches -- BOSTON, June 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

(BOSTON, June 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/) -- On Tuesday June 3, 2014 the Metropolitan Beaches Commission (MBC) released its report "Waves of Change" on the Boston Harbor region's 15 public beaches in Nahant, Lynn, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy and Hull owned by the Commonwealth and managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).

"The investments we have made on these beaches strengthen our communities and the economy, improve people's lives and demonstrate that government can work," said Senator Tom McGee of Lynn, who Co-Chairs the Commission.

The report identifies a number of continuing challenges and opportunities that need to be addressed to move these beaches from good to great. These include staffing levels at the beaches, which increased after 2007, but declined in recent years to the point where the Commission believes "that the beaches will inevitably reenter a cycle of decline, undermining the progress that has been made and failing to meet public expectations, as was the case before 2007."

Co-chaired by Massachusetts State Senator Tom McGee of Lynn and
Massachusetts State Representative Carlo Basile of East Boston the
Metropolitan Beaches Commission convened on June 3, 2014 to issue
findings and recommendations to better leverage resources for the Boston
Harbor Region's Beaches. (PRNewsFoto/Metropolitan Beaches Commission)

"The Commonwealth's investments in the Boston Harbor cleanup, the Boston Harbor Islands and our region's public beaches have already resulted in dramatic improvements in the quality of life for residents in Boston and the region's coastal communities," said MBC Commissioner Paul Grogan, President and CEO of The Boston Foundation. "To protect those investments we must continue to find ways to fund the incremental changes that are necessary to further improve our beaches."

Other key challenges and opportunities identified in the report include: water quality and beach flagging, coastal resiliency and sea level rise, water transportation, improved information technology and management systems, parking and public safety, dog management and piping plover nesting areas. The Commission also called for DCR to invest additional funds to support free events and programs that are so important enhancing the public's enjoyment of the beaches.

"Local friends groups and Save the Harbor have helped jump-start free events on these beaches, but government has a responsibility to provide direct financial support of these volunteer efforts to make them sustainable,"
said David Spillane of Goody Clancy, an award winning Boston-based architecture, planning and preservation firm, who helped Save the Harbor manage the hearings and produce the report.

According to Bruce Berman of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, the non-profit who helped lead and manage the inquiry and author the report, "These beaches contribute directly to the competitiveness of our region, making our cities and beachfront communities better places to live and work. Moreover, the combined economic impact of millions of residents enjoying these beaches also makes them important economic engines for the region's waterfront neighborhoods and beachfront communities, creating new jobs and economic
opportunity."

"The region's public beaches, like Constitution Beach in East Boston, are much more than a great place to spend the day," said Representative Carlo Basile of East Boston, who Co-Chairs the Commission. "They are portals to the environment, remarkable recreational resources with the potential to improve the quality of life for all our residents."

The Commission would like to thank the nearly 1,000 people who took part in the hearings and helped to shape the findings and recommendations contained in their report. Copies of the Commission's report "Waves of Change" and the hearing minutes, public comments, the budget analysis
and other technical reports and appendices on which the report is based
are available online at www.savetheharbor.org/MBC2014.

For more information, visit www.savetheharbor.org or follow us on Twitter @MetroBeaches. 

SOURCE Metropolitan Beaches Commission; Metropolitan Beaches Commission Releases Report On Boston Harbor Region's Beaches -- BOSTON, June 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Public Meetings Scheduled to Discuss, Review Health Center Plans for Maverick Sq.

The East Boston Neighobrhood Health Center is planning to build a new facility in Maverick Square. The public process is already underway. The entire set of EBNHC-Application and Notification Documents outlining the project are available on Eastboston.com. (PDF Format).

Meeting dates are as follows  Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 6:30 pm at Maverick Landing to discuss the proposed project of East Boston Neighborhood Health Center. 

The matter is scheduled to go before the BRA Board on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. 

The matter is scheduled to go before the Zoning Board on Tuesday, March 23, 2010. 

Time and Location information for the last two meetings are forthcoming.