The next Orient Heights Neighborhood Council meeting is Monday, July 18.
Location: Zoom
Meeting starts at 6:30 pm, but the Zoom link will open at 6:00pm to get acclimated. The meeting will be recorded.
Zoom meeting link: https://bit.ly/3tcJlhH
Passcode: OHNC
Meeting Information and Protocol
All participants will be muted upon entry and during presentations. Questions and comments to those presenting can be asked using the chat or “raise hand” feature of the Zoom platform. If there is a lull in conversation you may feel free to unmute but please be considerate of others attempting to participate at the same time. All submissions submitted via the chat will be read aloud by the OHNC host. Anyone unable to use the chat feature is welcome to email questions and comments to [email protected] and they will be passed on to the presenters.
Attendance will be taken via a Google Form and responses will only be accepted from the start of the meeting until the end. Marking your attendance ensures your voter eligibility. Voters must have attended two out of the three regularly scheduled OHNC meetings or be an abutter to the property being voted on. The sign-in form will be posted in the Zoom chat at the beginning of the meeting and throughout.
A recording of the meeting, meeting minutes, responses to any questions not answered during the meeting, and copies of the presentation slides, if available, will be provided following the meeting via Facebook and email. Meeting recordings are always available on our YouTube channel.
Voting: During the pandemic voting will take place online via a Google Form. Board members vet all votes to ensure that the individual is eligible as either an abutter to the property or an attendee of two out of the last three meetings. All responses are confidential and not accessible to anyone but board members for the purpose of confirming voter qualification. Once votes have been tallied all Google Form submissions for that vote are deleted.
Agenda
Announcements & General Presentations
Public Safety
Sergeant Joe Cintolo or Officer Tom Domenico and Officer Mosley provide an update on activity for Boston Police District A-7.
Michael Trepanier with MassDOT will discuss the Bennington Street Safety and Bicycle Improvements: https://bit.ly/3NSXPud
New Board Members Introductions and Vote
Maria Campbell – President
Jessica Maposa – Vice President
Online vote to approve new board at the end of the meeting
Development Presentations & Vote
92, 96 and 104 Waldemar Avenue – Raze existing structures and erect 3 new residential structures each with 3 units and 3 parking spaces.
Has presented to the DRC on 3 occasions
Main concern from abutters and members at the DRC meeting is number of units
Abutters and members still want locations to remain as 1F
Presentation: https://bit.ly/104Waldemar
Variances Requested: Use, IPOD, Parking, FAR, Height, Front, Side Yard
Owner: Crespo Group, [email protected]
Attorney: Drago + Toscano, LLP, [email protected]
Architect: Context
Abutter Letter of Opposition
Reduced from 15 unit to 9 unit since initial meeting
Rear yard now almost 40’
Yamina Lachmi – [email protected] for questions or concerns about this project
Abutter’s radius:
Adjournment
Old Business / New Business / General Community Updates
Have news you’d like to share? Excited about a new effort in the neighborhood? Feel free to share any comments, feedback, updates, etc. during this time.
The next OHNC Design Review Committee meeting will be held on Thursday, September 1st, 2022 at 6:00pm.
The next OHNC meeting will be held on Monday, September 19th, 2022 at 6:30pm.