On the message and order, referred on August 5, 2026, Docket #1514, to declare surplus City-owned property currently under the management of the Mayor’s Office of Housing and transfer the care, custody, control and management thereof to the Public Facilities Commission. The Property comprises two (2) unnumbered parcels located at Melnea Cass Boulevard in the Roxbury District (Ward 09, Parcel #02225000, 02240000). The surplus vote will allow the City to later transfer the land to the Boston Planning and Development Agency (“BPDA”) pursuant to a 2002 Memorandum of Agreement between the City, BPDA, and MassDOT, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.

Committee

Committee on Planning, Development and Transportation

Introduced

August 3, 2026

On agenda

August 26, 2026

Passed

August 26, 2026

Where it was heard

City Council Aug 26, 2026 The report was accepted; the order was passed.

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