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Boston Parks And Recreation Commission

The Boston Parks and Recreation Commission will hold a remote public hearing on Monday, January 27, 2025, beginning at 10 a.m.

Join the online meeting

The public can offer testimony.

Discussion Topics

  1. Introductions
  2. Dedications
    1. Vote to approve the naming of the tennis courts at Lee Hunt Playground in Mattapan in honor of Albert “Bootsie” Lewis.
  3. Acquisitions
    1. A vote to accept for park purposes, a gift of real property, inclusive of trees and structures standing upon and affixed thereto in accordance with a deed of a parcel of land at 23 Hopkins Street in Mattapan (a/k/a “Steven P. Odom Serenity Garden”), consisting of 6008 square feet (0.13 acre) of open land identified in the records of the Assessing Department as Parcel 1702190010, and bounded and described according to a plan of survey titled Plan of Land, Unnumbered Hopkins Street, Boston Mass. and made by Horsley Witten Group, 90 Route 6A, Sandwich, MA 02563, Daniel W. Mackenzie PLS (MA#47187), date of certification August 30, 2021 recorded at Suffolk County Registry of Deeds on October 9, 2024 under Book 70680 Page 79, and to have the Commissioner of the Parks and Recreation Department enter into all contracts, agreements, or documents and execute any and all instruments as may be necessary.
    2. A vote to accept for park purposes, the care, custody, management and control of the property located at Talbot Avenue in Dorchester identified in the records of the Assessing Department as Ward 17 Parcel 1704781300 as shown on the plan entitled Parcel Consolidation Plan, Codman Square, Codman Commons, Boston (Dorchester), MA, September 2016 recorded at the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds on November 15, 2016 under Book 2016 Page 512.
  4. Design Review
    1. Vote to approve 184 Cowper Street in East Boston, adjacent to Constitution Beach Park in East Boston which is under the jurisdiction of the MA Department of Conservation and Recreation.
  5. Other Business
    1. Presentation of comment letters submitted by BPRD during Article 80 and MEPA reviews in 2024.
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