Fort Point Neighborhood Association

The 399 Congress Street Meeting previously scheduled for April 23rd has been canceled.

Title: Fort Point Channel Landmark District Commission’s April 11, 2013 public hearing
Location: BOSTON CITY HALL, PIEMONTE ROOM – 5TH FLOOR
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Description: Subject of the hearing will be applications for Certificates of Design Approval on the agenda below, reviews of architectural violations, and such businesses as may come before the commission, in accordance with Chapter 772 of the Acts of 1975, as amended. Applications are available for public inspection during normal business hours at the office of the Environment Department. Sign language interpreters are available upon request.
Please ensure that all electronic devices are silenced prior to entering the hearing room.
After 5:30 p.m., enter and exit City Hall at the Dock Square entrance on Congress Street (across from Faneuil Hall).
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE APPLICANT ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND
FORT POINT CHANNEL LANDMARK DISTRICT COMMISSION
David Berarducci, Susan Goganian, John Karoff, Yanni Tsipis, Michele Yeeles
Alternate: B.K. Boley

5:30 PM REVIEW OF ARCHITECTURAL VIOLATIONS
347 Congress Street: Installation of signage without prior review or approval. This is the third such unauthorized installation since September 2011.

APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
5:50 PM
Application: 13.342 FPC 55 Thompson Place
Applicant: Watermark Seaport LLC c/o Skanska USA Commercial Development, Inc., owner, represented by Zeina Grinnell: Review of details of landscape plans. (Continuation from February 2103 hearing.)

6:15 PM
Application: 13.847 FPC 316-322 Summer Street
Applicant: John Cappellano, property owner; Marc Cooperstein, lessee’s representative: Install security lighting, cameras, emergency phones and signage.

6:35 PM
Application: 13.765 FPC 5 Channel Center
Applicant: Eli Long, project manager: Proposal to repair fire escapes, prompted by a Boston Fire Department/Inspectional Services Department requirement that the property owner either repair or remove the fire escapes in order to qualify for a Certificate of Occupancy. (Continuation from March 2013 hearing.)
PROJECTED ADJOURNMENT: 6:50 P.M.
Date posted: April 1, 2013
cc: Mayor, Inspectional Services Department, City Clerk, Boston Redevelopment Authority, Applicants,
District City Councilors, Neighborhood Services, Property Owners, Law Department, Abutters (from most recent tax list)
For additional information, please contact Fort Point Channel Landmark District Commission staff at 617-635-3850 or walter.maros@cityofboston.gov
Start Time: 5:30 p.m.
Date: April 11, 2013

Title: BRA Community Meeting re: Midway Studios ground floor
Location: Midway Studios, 15 Channel Center Street, ground floor
Description: In April 2012 a public meeting was held to address concerns of neighborhood residents about the tenant of the lower floors of the Midway Studios Building. Since then, the former tenant was relocated. The building owner has been seeking an alternative and working with an advisory group to consider options resulting from a tenant search process. The building owner would like to provide an update to the neighborhood about current plans to tenant the spaces and requested that the BRA schedule this meeting with the community.The meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 16th at 6:30pm at Midway Studios. The public is welcome to come hear a presentation by the building owner and the selected tenant about next steps.

Start Time: 6:30 p.m.
Date: April 16, 2013

Title: Community Driven Branding
Location: Boston Children’s Museum, 308 Congress Street
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Description: Please join the Friends of Fort Point Channel for a conversation about street banners in Fort Point and the Fort Point Channel. Meet with neighbors and share ideas.
Start Time: 6:30 p.m.
Date: April 29, 2013

Title: Public Scoping Session for the South Station Expansion Project
Location: One South Station, 2nd Floor, Boston
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Description: The Environmental Notification Form (ENF) for the South Station Expansion project is now available for public review and comment. MassDOT submitted the ENF to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Office on March 15. In the ENF, MassDOT outlines the potential environmental consequences of expanding South Station, as well as our preliminary understandings of the transportation and other benefits that we can anticipate from the project.

MassDOT is looking for your comments and feedback on the Environmental Notification Form. Please join them at a Public Scoping Session where you can ask questions, provide comments, and describe your vision for the future of South Station.

Prior to the Public Scoping Session, you can read the ENF on the project website. The document is also available for review at the State Transportation Library and at the Massachusetts State Library. Copies are also available upon request. Our latest Project Fact Sheet summarizes the ENF as well.
Time: 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Date: April 1, 2013

Title: “Ming Tsai Cafe” Community Meeting
Location: Made in Fort Point, 12 Farnsworth Street
Description: Chef/Owner of Blue Ginger is planning to open a new establishment in Fort Point
At the Corner of A and Melcher Street

Come meet the Proprietor,
And hear his plan for this
exciting addition to the
Fort Point Neighborhood

Monday July 23rd
6:00 PM
MADE in FORT POINT
12 Farnsworth Street