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Where do you go with a good idea?

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How are you informed about planning issues?

How are you connected to government?Do you think your idea will be received?

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There goes the neighborhood

Urban Renewal: The End of the West End

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Dudley Neighbors Inc. land trust Villa Victoria & Iquilinos Boricuas en Accion

Post-Urban Renewal: Singular Successes

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How are you informed about planning issues?

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How do we interact with City Hall?

Unclear Information

Flows

Unclear DecisionProcess? ?

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Allston

Brighton

CharlestownEast

Boston

Roxbury

SouthBoston

NorthEnd

SouthEnd

JamaicaPlain

West RoxburyRoslindale

MattapanDorchester

Mission

Hill

Fenway

BeaconHill

Relationship to Neighborhoods

Neighborhood Location Location of Neighborhood Coordinators

CAMBRIDGE

WATERTOWN

NEWTONBROOKLINE

MattapanRoslindale

SouthEnd

Roxbury

SouthBoston

MissionHill

JamaicaPlain

West Roxbury

Dorchester

Brighton

CharlestownEast

Boston

BeaconHill

BackBayFenway

Kenmore

Allston Downtown

NorthEnd

WestEnd

BayVillage

Chinatown

MidDorchester

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The Neighborhood Coordinators and liaisons facilitatethe delivery of services in collaboration with citydepartments and serve as a primary contact for constituents to communicate with the Mayor's Office

Lauren Smyth

81,000

Jack Kelly16,000

Average

36,000

= 1,000 people

17 Coordinators29 Neighborhoods650,000 People

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Roxbury Strategic Master Plan Oversight Committee MeetingOctober 4, 2010

Arrangement Engagement

Committee Business

PresentationsPublic Comments

Attendance

Developers

Community MembersGovʼt Representatives

Committee Members

Me

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Ferdinandʼs Furniture BuildingA history of promises

Gatewayto Roxbury

Dudley SquareBus Terminal

Washington St.

DudleySquare

CityHall

2.5 Miles

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A Building of Questions without Answers

What is this building?

Why is it abandoned?

Who is in charge here?

Where is that office building?

Why canʼt I use the sidewalk?

How can this be redeveloped?What was planned in the past?

Why hasnʼt anything been buil

Where can I suggest something

Is this even a priority?

When are decisions being mad

Where are these meetings?

Can we tear this thing down?

?

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1896: Constructed

Recent History

1975: Abandoned

2004 - Gov. Mitt Romney ends commonwealth commitment tobuilding a government office building on site, a plan thatdated back to Gov. Bill Weld. In response, Mayor ThomasMenino vows to seize site for the City of Boston, includingthe building as part of the Dudley Square redevelopment.

2006 - Eminent domain closes for $6.5M, and the site becomescity property.

2008 - Roxbury residents and Mayor Menino hold a ceremonialgroundbreaking for the office building. In order to preparethe site for construction, the lot is cleared of all other buildings.

2008 - An international architecture competition begins for thissite, but as the financial crisis deepens, the City asksthe architects to reduce the buildingʼs size, then cancelsthe competition.

2004 - Mayor Menino proposes a new 1200-employee city officehere, putting the Boston Redevelopment Authority incharge of planning the investment.

2008 - Mayor Menino plans “greenest government officebuilding in America,” a seven-story complex that includesshops, offices, and public space worth $80M.

Name:

Parcel ID:

Address:

Property Type:

Lot Size (sqft):

Owner (01/01/10):

FERDINAND’S FURNITURE STORE0903139000

2262 WASHINGTON ST, Boston, MA, 02119

Exempt

13827

BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 2000 2010

Boston (avg.)

Ferdinand’s

Assessed Value

$8 Million

35% vacancy

140 jobs

3 years

4,000 people

Five Points

1. The building is contaminated with asbestos an

extensive renovation that engineers estimate w

representing 38% of the Cityʼs budget for Roxbu

2. The market for office space is weak rightBoston, especially in Roxbury where there is:

compared to 28% in the rest of Boston.

3. Any renovation of this building would benefit economy, as the BRA estimates:

could be created here. Not all would necessarRoxbury residents.

4. Even with the City owning this building, anywould take time to be built. If the City started tothe site could take:

to develop. Economic conditions may or may nimproved.

5. A development the size of the 2008 plan wouin, by bus and car:

each day, worsening traffic but helping business

The City of BostonOffice of the Mayor What Is Going On Here?

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Mayor Menino

How could this building make Dudley Square a better place?

What would you like to see here?

Are there more important issues in your neighborhood?

Yo Menino!Yo Menino! Tell the mayor how you feel.

Calls: 617 - 635 - 3485

Texts: 617 - 962 - 7553

cityofboston.gov/ymp

#DudleyBlueStore

dudleyblue@

cityofboston.gov

Fridays 11am - 3pm

Shelburne Com. Ctr.

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The City of BostonOffice of the Mayor So, Whatʼs Next?

More Comments UntilThe Next Meeting5 9

Community Meeting:

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Differing Views on Information Structure

CITIZENSOFBOSTON

Boston PublicSchools

Human Services

NeighborhoodDevelopment

Oce of the MayorChief of Sta (1)

Corporation Counsel (1)Oce of Emergency

Preparedness (1)Chief of Policy and

Planning (1)

Boston Public Library

GraphicArtsManagement&Information Services

Registry Division

*NotIn Operating Budget

(1)Hascabinet rank.(2)The Boston PublicHealth Commission isan independent authority created in June1996.

(3)Programmatically within thiscabinet;nancially in Parks & Recreation

ORGANI ZATION OFCITYGOVERNMENT

E du ca ti on F in an ce

Boston Housing

Authority*

PublicHealth

Commission (2)PublicSafety

Mayor

Chief OperatingOcer

Housing &

NeighborhoodDevelopment

Fire

Police

CivilRights

Open Space Planning

(3)

Environmentand

Energy

Economic

Development

BostonRedevelopment

Authority/EconomicDevelopment

IndustrialCommission *

PublicWorks &

Transportation

PublicWorksProperty &

Construction

Management

Environment

Transportation

Boston ResidentsJobPolicyOce

Parks&Recreation

ConsumerAairs &Licensing

Auditing

BudgetManagement

Purchasing

Treasury

Boston Centers for

Youth &Families

Elderly Commission

Veterans'Services

Emergency Shelter

Women'sCommission

Youth Fund

PublicProperty

RetirementBoard *

Non- Mayoral

City Clerk

(appointedby City Council)

City Council(electedposition)

Finance Commission

(appointedbyGovernor)

Licensing Board(appointedbyGovernor)

Small&Local

BusinessEnterpriseOce

Arts,Tourism &SpecialEvents

Elections

InspectionalServices

Assessing

Oce of the Chief Operating Ocer

LaborRelationsHuman Resources

Intergovernmental

RelationsNeighborhoodServices

Oce of NewBostoniansOce of PublicInformation

From Governmentʼs PerspectiveResource Allocation

P r o b

l e m s S

er vi c e s

Neighborhood

From Residentsʼ PerspectiveBlack Box Delivery

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Neighborhood-based Structure

CITIZENSOFBOSTON

Boston Public

Schools

Hum an Services

Neighborhood

Developm ent

Oce of the Mayor

Chief of Sta (1)Corporation Counsel (1)

Oce of Em ergency

Preparedness (1)Chief of Policy and

Planning (1)

Boston Public LibraryGraphicArts

Managem ent&Inform ation Services

Registry Division

*NotIn Operating Budget(1)Hascabinet rank.

(2)The Boston PublicHealth Com m ission isan independent authority created in June1996.

(3)Program m atically within thiscabinet;nancially in Parks & Recreation

ORGANIZATION OFCITYGOVERNMENT

E d uc a ti o n F i na n ce

Boston Housing

Authority*

PublicHealth

Com m ission (2)PublicSafety

Mayor

Chief OperatingOcer

Housing &

NeighborhoodDevelopm ent

Fire

Police

CivilRig h t s

Open SpacePlanning

(3)

Environm entand

Energy

Econom ic

Developm ent

Boston

Redevelopm ent

Authority/Econom ic

Developm entIndustrial

Com m ission *

PublicWorks &

Transportation

PublicWorksProperty &

ConstructionManagem ent

Environm ent

Transportation

Boston Residents

JobPolicyOce

Parks&Recreation

Consum erAairs &

Licensing

Auditing

BudgetManagem ent

Purchasing

Treasury

Boston Centers for

Youth &Fam ilies

Elderly Com m ission

Veterans'Services

Em ergencyShelter

Wom en's

Com m ission

Youth Fund

PublicProperty

Retirem entBoard *

Non-Mayoral

City Clerk (appointedby City Council)

City Council(electedposition)

Finance Com m ission


Licensing Board


Sm all&Local

BusinessEnterprise

Oce

Arts,Tourism &

SpecialEvents

Elections

InspectionalServices

Assessing

Oce of the Chief Operating Ocer

LaborRelations

Hum an Resources

Intergovernm entalRelations

NeighborhoodServices

Oce of NewBostoniansOce of PublicInform ation

Move Neighborhood Coordinator New Physical Interface

Physical presence of city government in neighborhoodMutual problem-solving

Transparency across structure

From Governmentʼs Perspective

Resource Allocation

P r o b l e m s S

er vi c e s

Neighborhood

From Residentsʼ Perspective

Black Box Delivery

R

e s o ur c e s

A c c o u n t a b

i l i t y

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Neighborhood-based Structure

ProductManager

Other NeighborhoodProduct Managers

OutreachCoordinator

ServiceManager

General Public &Local Groups

City Departments N e i g h b o r h o o d s

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Grama Sabha participation strategy, India Effective leadership and decision-making ingroups on the move, I.D. Couzin, Nature (2005)

Decision-MakingOn the Ground & In the Lab

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