Tony,Please note the that the comment period for 5 Washington St ends March 9 per the BPDA website. IAG and community meetings are after the date listed in the notes.
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To shed some light here: fyi, all - the initial short deadlines for public comment on major projects in Allston and Brighton that Tony puts into the community notes he circulates are dates that the Boston Planning and Development Agency provides not just out of whim, but rather these dates are specifically set by the governing law, Article 80 of the Boston Zoning Code. For example, one of the early documents that a developer files is the Project Notification Form. Section 80B-5-3(b) of the Zoning Code specifically provides that
“Public comments, including the comments of public agencies, shall be transmitted in writing to the Boston Redevelopment Authority within thirty (30) days after publication of notice of the PNF [Project Notification Form.]”
30 days? A ridiculously short time to provide comments on most projects, for sure, when meetings haven’t even been held. But this deadline is written right into the Zoning Code. Now the deadlines can be extended, and typically are, but it would be cavalier – and I would say risky – for Tony to withhold information from us about BPDA-announced deadlines that are specifically based on the Zoning Code. If he holds back such information, he would simply be using his own assumption—and hope -- that a particular deadline would be extended. But that’s not guaranteed, because these deadlines are right in the Code and they aren’t meaningless. Deadlines written into the code can be used against the public if we aren’t paying attention to them.
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On 2/14/18, 10:37 PM, "'Marcia Armstrong' via Cleveland Circle Community" <cleveland-circle-community@googlegroups.com> wrote:Tony,Please note the that the comment period for 5 Washington St ends March 9 per the BPDA website. IAG and community meetings are after the date listed in the notes.Marcia – thanks for posting this correction! When I saw those wrong dates (not just for 5 Washington) listed in the Update today, I could not help but think, “Oh no! Not again. Why disseminate wrong info? Just so others have to take time to correct it?” (I’m frustrated, because it’s not the first time.)Tony, I know you’re a very busy and do this as a volunteer, so I’m asking you as nicely as I can, please stop posting stuff that is misleading. Your updates/newsletters are extremely valuable, and everyone is grateful to you for them — but they ought to be accurate, as well as user-friendly.It would be best if the information was listed/grouped by specific categories, such as “Development Matters” (so all BPDA news and meeting notices could be grouped together), “Community Groups & Civic Life”, “Library News & Cultural Events”, “Youth & Family”, “Sports”, “Special Events” etc.Since everyone has limited time, most people are not interested in absolutely everything that is happening in the neighborhood. It would be helpful to have the notes/updates arranged in a way that allows the readers to easily skip the categories they have little or no interest in. I hope you agree.Thanks for listening.Eva
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