Public Facilities Commission Meeting (PFD)
The presenter is the Public Facilities Department.
ATTENDANCE
On March 29, 2023, Governor Healy approved an extension to remote and hybrid meeting options for public bodies established under Former Governor Baker's Executive Order of March 12, 2020 Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law through March 31, 2025. The Public Facilities Commission (PFC) will continue to conduct its meetings virtually. This enables the PFC to conduct its usual business while adhering to public health recommendations and ensuring public access to its deliberations through adequate, alternative means.
You can watch these virtual meetings on Boston City TV at Xfinity channel 26, RCN channel 13, Fios channel 962, and livestreaming on our website. If you have any questions for public participation pertaining to this public notice, please email PFC@boston.gov.
These practices in effect since May 11, 2020, will remain in effect until further notice. Updates to these practices will be posted as appropriate.
Discussion Topics
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VOTE 1: Tom Kazmouski, Senior Project Manager
Request for approval to utilize M.G.L. c.149A Construction Management at Risk delivery method for the North End Community Center project: Authority to enter into a construction management at risk contract with a competitively procured and qualified construction management at risk firm.WHEREAS, the Public Facilities Department seeks approval from its governing body, the Public Facilities Commission, to submit an application to the Office of the Inspector General requesting a notice to proceed utilizing the procurement procedures of M.G.L. c.149A, sections 1-11, a construction management at risk delivery method for the North End Community Center project located at 471 Commercial Street in the North End district of the City of Boston; andWHEREAS, the Public Facilities Department has requested authority from its governing body, the Public Facilities Commission, to enter into a construction management at risk contract with a competitively procured and qualified construction management at risk firm if granted a notice to proceed by the Office of the Inspector General for this Project; andWHEREAS, the White Stadium Renovations project has an estimated construction value of approximately Sixty-Five Million Dollars ($65,000,000); andWHEREAS, the Public Facilities Department has determined that the use of construction management at risk services is appropriate for the proposed project and has stated such in writing;NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT VOTED: The Public Facilities Commission authorizes the Director of the Public Facilities Department to submit a notice to proceed application to the Office of the Inspector General for approval to use the construction management at risk procurement procedures of M.G.L. c.149A, sections 1-11 and, if approved, to act on said authority and in compliance with the provisions of M.G.L. c.149A, sections 5-7, to procure a construction management at risk firm through the two-phase selection process and award and execute a contract with a qualified construction management at risk firm with appropriated funds as confirmed by the City’s Office of Budget Management.