Hi Everyone!
Our next monthly Eight Streets business meeting will be this Wednesday, January 4th in the Boston Ballet 5th floor board room (corner of Warren & Clarendon streets)
6:30-7 - Neighborhood Networking. Meet your neighbors in an informal setting.
7-8:30 - Business meeting.
On the agenda this month:
7-8:30 - Business meeting.
On the agenda this month:
- Construction project at 8/10 Taylor st. 8 Taylor street is the wooden house next to Watson (Taylor) Park. 10 Taylor is the lot next to 8, currently the driveway/car park for 8 Taylor. Ramy Rizkalla, new owner of 8 Taylor, would like to construction an addition on the rear of 8 Taylor, and on the 10 Taylor property.
This
meeting will focus on two issues regarding the proposed construction.
The first is our regular neighborhood process of reviewing a
neighborhood project and voting as a neighborhood to oppose or not
oppose the project.
The second issue has to do with building on the 10 Taylor lot. That lot is currently under a BRA Land
Disposition Agreement. Under the LDA, 10 Taylor is required to be open
space for a set number of years (even though the property is physically
owned by Mr. Rizkalla). Our January meeting double as a BRA Public
meeting concerning modifying the LDA to allow construction on 10 Taylor
before the current LDA expiration. BRA representative Maria Faria will be on hand to
discuss and answer questions on BRA Particulars.
Mr.
Rizkalla has been meeting with the BRA and Landmarks over his designs.
The city has been happy with the way design is progressing, and is
generally OK with the building onto 10 Taylor property and the current
design of the addition. Mr. Rizkalla has also been meeting with
abutters to discuss the project and it’s local impact. We hope all
abutters will be attending this meeting to discuss their views on the
most recent design that will be presented at the Eight Streets meeting.
As
with all new construction in our historic neighborhood, there will be
strong opinions on all sides. I invite everyone to attend the next
meeting to participate in some constructive discussion on this potential
addition to our neighborhood!
Have a great Holiday, and see everyone in 2012
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