Committee on Planning, Development and Transportation hearing on Dockets #0195, 0247, 0363-0365, 0689, 0859-0860, 0910

Docket #0195 – Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) in the form of a 2019 Transportation Planning Grant awarded by Massachusetts Gaming Commission to be administered by the Boston Transportation Department. The purpose of the grant is to fund a portion of the design cost under the Tetra Tech contact for the Sullivan Square/Rutherford Avenue project.

Docket #0247 – Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Four Hundred Six Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Nine Dollars ($406,299.00) in the form of a grant awarded by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, pursuant to the federal Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). The purpose of the grant is to fund the preliminary and final design of Boylston Street between Ipswich Street and Brookline Avenue in Boston. Docket #0363 – Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, in an amount not to exceed Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00) for the design and engineering services related to the North Washington Street Bridge project

Docket #0364 – Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant from NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy, in an amount not to exceed Three Million Eight Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($3,860,000.00) for costs related to construction of the North Washington Street Bridge.

Docket #0365 – Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant from the Boston Gas Company d/b/a National Grid, in an amount not to exceed Two Million Eight Hundred Ninety Thousand Dollars ($2,890,000.00) for costs related to construction of the North Washington Street Bridge

Docket #0689 – Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant from the Boston Planning and Development Agency in the amount not to exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) to pay for the cost related to the 100% design (PSE) of the intersection improvements project at Heath Street and South Huntington Avenue in Jamaica Plain.

Docket #0859 – Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Dollars ($295,000.00) in the form of a 2020 Transportation Construction Grant, awarded by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, to be administered by the Boston Transportation Department. The purpose of the grant is to fund the Cambridge Street and Maffa Way portions of the Lost Village Project in the Charlestown neighborhood

Docket #0860 – Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) in the form of a 2020 Transportation Planning grant, awarded by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, to be administered by the Boston Transportation Department. The purpose of the grant is to fund a portion of the design cost under the Tetra Tech contract for the Sullivan Square/ Rutherford Avenue project.

Docket #0910 – Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in the amount not to exceed Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00) for cost related to the construction and implementation of dedicated bus lanes and similar bus priority measures in various locations within the City of Boston.

These matters are sponsored by the Mayor and were referred to the Committee on Planning, Development and Transportation on (#0195 - 1/15/20), (#0247 - 1/29/20), (#0363-#0365 - 2/12/20), (#0689 – 5/13/20), (#0859-#0860 - 7/29/20), (#0910 – 8/19/20).

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Attendance:

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Public Testimony

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• Committee Liaison: Juan Lopez
• Mail Address: Boston City Council, One City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA  02201
• Fax Number: (617) 635-4203 – Attn: Dockets 0195, 0247, 0363-0365, 0689, 0859-0860, 0910