January 2020 – Updated 1/6/20

Public Service Committee: Tuesday, January 7 at 7:00 pm at Curtis Hall 20 South Street.   On the agenda will be:  1).  A request of Jamaica Mi Hungry LLC, doing business as “Jamaica Mi Hungry” at 225 Centre Street in Roxbury for a 7-Day Common Victualler Beer & Wine License, and an entertainment license for three (3) TVs, with Ernie Campbell as manager; 2).  A presentation on Soofa Signs, electronic bulletin boards proposed for the business district;  3).  A brief presentation on the proposed Columbus Avenue bus lane that will run from Walnut Avenue to Jackson Square.

Zoning Committee:  Wednesday, January 8 at 7:00 pm at Farnsworth House, 90 South Street.  The agenda for that meeting will include:  1). 98 Forbes Street (confirm occupancy as a single-family residence and add a two-story (approximately 150 square foot) addition); 2).  91 Green Street (construct an addition on the rear of the existing house to create an additional dwelling unit and a garage); 3). 11 Halifax Street #2 (interior and exterior renovation of attic with installation of dormers and new exterior windows).  

Education Ad Hoc Committee: Wednesday, January 8 at 7:00 pm at JP Licks, 659 Centre St.   On the agenda will be the request of the committee to continue as a committee of the Neighborhood Council.

Outreach Committee:  Monday, January 13 at 6:00 pm at JP Licks, 659 Centre St.  

Environment, Parks & Energy Committee:  Monday, January 13 at 8:30 pm at JP Licks, 659 Centre St.  On the agenda will be a discussion on the vision plan for the Shattuck Campus Redevelopment at Franklin Park and discussing concerns and thoughts.

Housing & Development Committee: Tuesday, January 21 at 7:00 pm.  On the agenda will be:  TBA.

Zoning Committee:  Wednesday, January 22 at 7:00 pm at Farnsworth House, 90 South Street.  On the agenda will be:  1).  35 Brookley Road/10 Stonley Road (demolish existing structure to erect a new 46 unit residential development); 2). 91 Green Street (construct an addition on the rear of the existing house to create an additional dwelling unit and a garage).  

Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council:  Tuesday, January 28, 2018 at 7:00 pm, at Farnsworth House, 90 South Street.  On the agenda will be updates and recommendations from the committees.

Public Service Committee: Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 7:00 pm at Curtis Hall, 20 South Street.  On the agenda will be a request of City Feed and Supply, Inc., doing business as “City Feed and Supply” at 672 Centre Street in Jamaica Plain for a transfer of their Beer & Wine Package Store License to Equal Exchange, Inc., doing business as “City Feed and Supply” at the same location.

Zoning Committee:  Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 7:00 pm at Farnsworth House, 90 South Street.  The agenda will include: 1595-1599 Columbus Avenue (Urban Edge seeks to construct a new residential building with approximately 65 affordable units and 4000 square feet of retail ground-floor space); the return of 12 Rock Hill Road (combine three existing lots into one 10,138 square foot lot and erect a new, four-story building with fourteen (14) residential units and twenty-six (26) off-street parking spaces); and the return of 62-64 Boynton Street (raze existing garage and construct a new three-story building with two residential units and 4 off-street parking spaces). 

Outreach Committee: Monday, Dec. 9 at 6:30 at JP Licks, 659 Centre Street. 

Parks + Committee: Monday, Dec. 9 at 8:30 at JP Licks, 659 Centre Street.  On the agenda will be a follow up on the Oct. 24 meeting.

Education Committee:  Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019 at 7:00 pm at JP Licks, 659 Centre Street. The agenda: will include a follow-up on the Superintendent’s community meeting.

Housing & Development Committee: (PLEASE NOTE DATE AND LOCATION) Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 6:30 pm at the Egleston YMCA, 3134 Washington Street. On the agenda will be an Article 80 project, 3326 Washington Street. The proposed project calls for the construction of a five (5)-story, mixed-income building with 47 rental units, including 11 affordable units, some units meeting Boston’s Compact Living Pilot program, and 0 parking

Zoning Committee:  Wednesday, Dec. 18 at 7:00 pm at Farnsworth House, 90 South Street.  On the agenda will be 79 Moss Hill Road, (add second story to existing single-family residence on existing footprint) and 91 Green Street (construct an addition on the rear of the existing house to create an additional dwelling unit and a garage).  

Executive Committee:  Thursday, Dec. 12 at 7:00 pm at JP Licks, 659 Centre Street.

Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (DUE TO HOLIDAY THE MEETING WILL BE HELD ON THE 3^rd TUESDAY) Tuesday, Dec. 17 at 7:00 pm, at Farnsworth House90 South Street.  On the agenda will be reports and updates from the committees.