Zoning Commission Hearing

Nov 20, 2024

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Contact Name:
Jeffrey Hampton
Contact Email Address:
[email protected]
Type:
Zoning Commission
Location:
Virtual Meeting
Contact Phone:
617.918.4308

Description:

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The Boston Zoning Commission typically meets on the first Wednesday (and third, when applicable) of each month to rule on proposed amendments to the Boston Zoning Code. The Commission also votes on Institutional Master Plans and Planned Development Areas in accordance with Article 80. Anyone may petition the Zoning Commission to adopt a zoning change. Following community engagement, Planning Department staff bring zoning change recommendations to the BPDA Board of Directors for approval and then petition the Zoning Commission. Once the Zoning Commission adopts a zoning amendment, it is sent to the Mayor for approval and then is codified in the Zoning Code.

Zoning Commission hearings are conducted virtually through Zoom. The public can participate in hearings by registering for and attending Zoom meetings and verbally offering public comment. The public can also send written comments by email to [email protected] or by post to 1 City Hall Square, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02201

Agenda

9:00 AM	2024-2034 Wentworth Institute of Technology Institutional Master Plan (“IMP”) Said Wentworth IMP describes the proposed institutional projects that Wentworth aims to complete over the next decade to realize strategic goals in both academic and community development. The Wentworth IMP includes six (6) proposed institutional projects totaling approximately 916,000 square feet, including the creation and improvement of four (4) significant open spaces. These proposed institutional projects include the following institutional uses: academic, student housing, student life, open space, parking, and accessory and support spaces.
9:15 AM	Map Amendment Application No. 786 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Institutional Master Plan (“IMP”) Map Amendment Application No. 787 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Institutional Master Plan (“IMP”) Both proposed map amendments would amend “Map 1, Boston Proper.” Map Amendment Application No. 786 would delete the existing “IMP” designation as established by Map Amendment No. 421, and amended by Map Amendment 492, and add a new “IMP” designation indicating an Institutional Master Plan overlay district showing the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Institutional Master Plan Area. Map Amendment Application No. 787 would delete the existing “IMP” designation from the parcel known as One Joslin Place as established by Map Amendment No. 421 and add a new “IMP” designation indicating an Institutional Master Plan overlay showing the Beth Israel Deaconess Institutional Master Plan Area. Said IMPs address a growing need for inpatient cancer care capacity, Dana-Farber and BIDMC are jointly proposing one institutional project at 1 Joslin Place (the “Proposed Project”), which will provide cutting-edge cancer research and world class cancer care in a dedicated inpatient adult cancer hospital with state-of-the-art design, layout and equipment. The Proposed IMP focuses on one Proposed Institutional Project: a 14-story building measuring approximately 450,000 square feet of Gross Floor Area that contains approximately 300 beds and 20 observation beds, along with the clinical support spaces, above and below-grade connectors and parking. The Proposed Project will also include an approximately 10,000 sf enabling project within Dana-Farber’s Dana and Mayer Building; in support of sustainability, Dana-Farber plans to improve the energy performance of the Dana Building through the addition of a high energy efficient façade system to replace the existing 1970’s window system. It is anticipated that this project will install a new curtain wall system over the existing structure already in place, thereby increasing the overall GFA of the Dana Building by approximately 10,000 sf of GFA.
9:30 AM	Map Amendment Application No. 788 Franciscan Hospital for Children Institutional Master Plan (“IMP”) Said map amendment would amend “Map 7A/7B/7C/7D, Allston Brighton Neighborhood District,” by creating a new Institutional Master Plan Area within which the proposed IMP will apply, encompassing contiguous Assessing Parcel Nos. 2101272000 (80-30 Warren Street) and 2101271000 (100-98 Warren Street) (together, the “Proposed Project Site”). Said proposed IMP seeks to modernize its campus to better meet the current needs of patients and families, involving the construction of a new, approximately 235,000 square foot Clinical Building for both behavioral health and medical services (the “Proposed Project”). The Proposed Project will contain all the clinical services and programs currently in six existing buildings, which will be demolished to accommodate a more comprehensive and cohesive healing landscape for patients, families, and staff, and an improved public realm. Two existing buildings will remain, including the Kennedy Day School.
9:45 AM	Map Amendment Application No. 789 *Parcel 35 “U” Overlay District Map 6A/6B/6C, Roxbury Neighborhood District** Said amendment would amend “Map 6A/6B/6C, Roxbury Neighborhood District,” by adding the designation “U*,” indicating an Urban Renewal overlay district to the area of land known as Parcel 35 in the South End Urban Renewal Area.