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Public Improvement Commission

The Public Improvement Commission will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 13, in Room 801 in Boston City Hall.

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 continue to 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 continue to 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. Agenda
    Hearing Minutes

    At the request of the Public Improvement Commission staff, the Acceptance of the Minutes of the PIC hearing held on May 23, 2024.

    Public Hearing

    On a petition by Cambridge Network Solutions for the Rental of City Shadow to install new telecommunication fiber in existing conduit within the following public ways in Brighton:

    Western Avenue – between Everett Street and Telford Street;

    Everett Street – south of Western Avenue.

    (NB 5/23/2024) As shown on a plan entitled “City of Boston Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Grant of Location Plan, Proposed Conduit Lease Plan, Western Avenue from Telford Street to Everett Street, Brighton,” 1 sheet dated May 3, 2024.

    New Business

    North Beacon Street, Vineland Street; Brighton – Specific Repairs – On a joint petition by the City of Boston Transportation Department and the City of Boston Public Works Department

    Winship Street, Peaceable Street; Brighton – Specific Repairs – On a joint petition by the City of Boston Transportation Department and the City of Boston Public Works Department 

    Harrison Avenue, East Berkeley Street, Traveler Street, William E. Mullins Way, Herald Street; Boston Proper – Specific Repairs – On a joint petition by the City of Boston Transportation Department and the City of Boston Public Works Department 

    Brookline Avenue, Newbury Street; Boston Proper – Grant of Location – On a petition by TC Systems Inc.

    80 East Berkeley Street, Washington Street, Shawmut Avenue; Boston Proper – Earth Retention License – On a petition by Druker 80 EB LLC

    Weymouth Avenue; West Roxbury – Abandonment, Widening/Relocation/Extension – On a set of joint petitions by Turtle Dreams LLC and the Weymouth Avenue abutters 

    10 Walnut Street; Boston Proper – Specific Repairs – On a petition by Ten Walnut Condominium Association

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