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Roslindale Library celebrates renovation No word to HPNA fromISD on 11 Dana Ave – yet

Partnership, friendship and soul highlight Boston Night Out festivities

About 100 residents came out on Saturday to celebrate the history of the Roslindale Branch of the BostonPublic Library before it is renovated.

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JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Friends of theRoslindale Branch of the Bos-ton Public Library hosted a partyon Saturday to celebrate therenovation of the library and theretirement of long-time librarianPaula Wiktorowicz.

It was announced that theoriginal closing date of Septem-

ber to start prepping for theplanned renovation and con-struction period has been pushedback to Oct. 18.

“We found out yesterdaythey’re delaying the closure fora month,” said Friends MemberLaura Gang. “They said the con-struction firm couldn’t start un-til November, and it would takea month to do the prep work.”

The work is slated to take 18

months to two years, accordingto the Branch. Friends of theRoslindale Library Talia Whytesaid the party went very well andthey are happy to see residentssupport the library. About 100residents came through the li-brary during the party.“We’re selling a lot of tickets,”said Whyte during the last hour

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The Hyde Park Neighborhood Association is waiting for word backfrom the city on a controversial project.

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MarMarMarMarMary Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen GambonStaff Reporter

The Hyde Park Neighbor-hood Association (HPNA) meton Thursday, August 1 so the35 people in attendance couldget an update on the ongoing11 Dana Ave. “as of right” zon-ing dispute for a proposed 24-unit development. Their presi-dent, Jim Kirker, took severalsteps to negotiate a meetingwith the Inspectional Services

Department (ISD), as wassuggested by representativesof the Boston Planning andDevelopment.

This dispute, which hasbeen going on since the pro-posal was first presented inJanuary, involves the site atthe part of Dana Ave. close tothe commuter rail tracks. Theproposed 24-unit develop-ment would be a four-story,

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Hundreds came out all overthe City of Boston on Mondayand Tuesday for the 35th An-nual National Night Out Cel-ebration.

The event started decadesago as part of an effort calledTake Back the Night, in whichcommunity members were en-couraged to come out and meeteach other and work together toreduce crime in the city.

Boston Mayor Martin J.Walsh highlighted a team ofelected officials who spoke atthe ceremony at each location.Dignitaries included BostonPolice Commissioner WilliamGross, Suffolk County DistrictAttorney Rachel Rollins, StateSen. Mike Rush, Boston CityCouncilors At-Large AnnissaEssaibi-George and MichaelFlaherty. In Hyde Park andRoslindale, District 5 CityCouncilor Tim McCarthy andDistrict 6 City Councilor MattO’Malley also attended.

“I want to thank all thepeople who keep this neighbor-hood safe,” Walsh said. “Wecame here tonight to say thankyou – thank you to all thepeople that are being recog-nized, thank you to the commu-nity groups, thank you to ourpolice officers, thank you to ourpublic safety officials. We haveto do this together. We can’t doit alone.”

Walsh said at several of theevents that this night is a cel-

ebration of Boston’s law en-forcement and the city’s com-munities.

“If you look across the Cityof Boston, homicides are down22 percent, shootings are up,and that’s the one number wehave in the city that is up, 12percent,” he said. “That’s upafter five years of decline, andwe can’t celebrate declines ifwe don’t keep it going so we’regoing to be working with ourpolice departments to bring ourshootings down. The total forviolent crime in the city is downby 9 percent however. Propertycrime down by 9 percent, ma-jor crime down by 9 percent,arrests down by 6 percent, andto date, the BPD have taken 462(people) off the streets of Bos-ton since January. They’vedone some amazing work in ourcommunity.”

In Allston Brighton, bothDave Hill of the AbundantGrace Church and the BrightonMarine Health Center werehonored as the volunteer andorganization of the year, respec-tively. Hill works out of thechurch but has been volunteer-ing with his wife and membersof the church for the last twoyears to reopen the Youth Cen-ter at the Faneuil Gardens Pub-lic Housing Complex.

“A couple of years ago, wenoticed that the Youth Centerhad been closed,” he said. “Forlike two years. They used tohave a youth worker that wasthere and so we inquired andthey said they weren’t fundingthe youth worker anymore. Soone of the young women in mychurch, Steph Chambers, said‘Dave this is wrong. We needto get the Youth Center openagain.’”

Hill said he spoke to severalcommunity organizations to tryto get funding for the position,

but several members of thechurch said they wanted to doit themselves.

“So, for the past two yearson Tuesdays from 4 p.m. to 7p.m., we run the youth center,”he said. “The kids come in, theydo homework, they play games,there are computers for them,we have a story with a messageevery week, it’s great. The ten-ant organization is really happyand they appreciate our effort.We’ve had people faithfullycome in there every week forthe past two years.”

Brighton Marine HealthCenter President and CEOMichael Dwyer said that lately,the center has been funding cer-tain things like the landscapingat the D-14 District Police Sta-tion, Oak Square and has beenhosting community meetingsfor Brighton. He said they wantto get out and be visible in thecommunity.

“Sometimes it’s easy just towrite the check, it’s easy andinnocuous, but we would liketo get more involved in thecommunity, as we have beenover the years in helping withcommunity events,” he said.“It’s such a great community,and D-14 has been really goodto us. We’ve had a longstandinghigh-risk population on cam-pus, and they know how to re-spond appropriately to near-cri-sis or to de-escalate any crisisperhaps at our SubstanceAbuse Treatment Center orwhen we bring in some for-merly homeless veterans. Thatwill bring another layer of com-munity outreach.”

In Hyde Park, State Rep.Angelo Scaccia addressed thecrowd first, stressing the impor-tance of community involve-ment in ensuring an environ-

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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh met with residents and other officials be-fore each event and spoke with as many as time allowed.

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STATEMENT FROMROXBURY PREP ONZONING BOARD OFAPPEALS

To the Editor:“Over 50 supporters of

Roxbury Prep’s high schoolproject in Roslindale attendedthe Zoning Board of Appealshearing at City Hall on July 30.At the start of the hearing,Chairwoman of the Board ofAppeals Christine Araujo in-formed the public that onlyfive members of the boardwere able to attend the hear-ing. Typically a seven-memberboard, the reduced attendancemeant that every member ofthe board would need to votein favor of a project in orderfor it to pass. Following advicefrom counsel and at the requestof the Boston Planning andDevelopment Agency (BPDA)and the Mayor’s Office ofNeighborhood Services, theproponent agreed to defer itszoning hearing and was givena new hearing date of Oct. 8,2019.

Roxbury Prep is committedto building a permanent homefor its high school at 361Belgrade Ave. Its students cur-rently attend classes at twoseparate campuses and aremissing out on some of thefundamental aspects of a tra-ditional high school, like eat-ing lunch together in a cafete-ria, or upperclassmen servingas mentors to younger stu-dents.

After an exhaustive city-wide search for a building lo-cation, 361 Belgrade Ave. isthe best site for Roxbury Prep.The project has undergone ex-tensive City agency and pub-lic review with over 2,300neighbors and Boston resi-dents recorded in support. Ourdevelopment team looks for-ward to continuing to workwith the BPDA and the com-munity on this importantproject.”

Autumn GouldMcLaughlin

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REASSURED BYRESERVATION ROAD

To the Editor:Amidst an array of abstract

policies come concrete resultsthat reassure our tax dollars.Infrastructure improvementsimprove our quality of life and

make public investments tan-gible. As speculators leer fordevelopment, traffic trickles,and families find fertileground, seeing hope in HydePark’s infrastructure requires aholistic look.

The Improvements to Res-ervation Road Park illustratehow the City can enhance pub-lic space to improve the qual-ity of life in Hyde Park. By cre-ating new pathways and areasfor passive recreation and ath-letics, the project builds onHyde Park’s assets as a placewhere greenspace and city liv-ing meet. The $3.2M projectinvests over $681K into theathletic field and over $2.5Minto the skate park, publicparking, and added walkways.Improvements to the athleticfield include enhanced lightingand dedicated areas for teamsand spectators. New pathwaysplaced on the periphery of fieldas well as throughout the park,improve walkability and con-nect residents to the urban wildand Mother Brook. Waterfrontconnections will be achievedby two new overlooks, thelarger being on the south witha winding boardwalk. A resur-faced skate park will accom-modate safer transitions andvarying skill levels and bemore pedestrian friendly.Skate parks provide space thatcounters the vandalism as-cribed to skateboarding, mak-ing the project indicative of theCity’s value for inclusiverecreation. The extra lightingthroughout the park also addsto public safety.

Let’s encourage more worklike the Reservation Road im-provements in Hyde Park. Itbodes well for the City to serveits vibrant urban oasis. As theCity rebuilds a $5M Dana Av-enue Bridge for safer connec-tions, let’s not only be grateful,but encourage similar publicimprovements. Lush withgreenspace and every range ofBoston diversity, nativeBostonians and new residentscontinue to settle where citycomforts meet the Blue Hills.Hyde Park must keep benefit-ing from intersection improve-ments, park renovations, neigh-borhood signage, and policiesthat curb traffic like residentparking and better transit. So,let’s give the Cityacknowledgement where due,

and in doing so, let our knowl-edge of the capabilities urge theCity to do more.

Nathaniel ThomasBoston

WHAT DOES MATTO’MALLEY DO ANYWAY?

To the Editor:He doesn’t do anything to

help fill the storefront vacan-cies on Centre St.

He doesn’t do anythingabout the drag racing in theearly morning hours on VFWand W. Rox Pkwy, nor the ve-hicles speeding on the sidestreets.

He doesn’t advocate for thebadly needed repaving of ma-jor W. Roxbury thoroughfares(Centre, Weld) or pothole repairall over town.

He doesn’t do anything tohelp eradicate commercial ve-hicles on the Parkways or in therotaries.

He does make it more incon-venient and expensive to shopby slapping a tax on paper bagsand banning plastic ones.

I suppose the obvious an-swer is; nothing that positivelyimpacts the daily lives of work-ing W. Roxbury citizens.

R. McMurphyWest Roxbury

THANK YOUMR. GALEOTA!

To the Editor:Thank you for your recent

column in which you mentionyour grandfather ’s store:“Raffy’s”.

Having lived on Union Avesince the mid ‘50’s, I remem-ber Raffy quite well. Myfriends and I used to go in thereafter school and buy a bag ofpotato chips and a bottle ofcoke for 10 cents! He let ushang out and didn’t mind if wesat there and didn’t buy any-thing else.

Thanks for the fond memo-ries. “To our fallen soldiers…you have done your duty, tohonor you is ours.”

Cathie WilderBoston

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Recently, as reported by the Bulletin, the “Mayoron Main” trolley tour stopped at local businesses whereWalsh presented the annual Boston Main Streets An-nual Awards, which recognize outstanding businessowners in each district. Things didn’t quite go as ex-pected.

Patrons of Weider Park, better known as Dale StreetPark, on the Roslindale-Hyde Park line, questionedwhy their park is not being maintained and is the sceneof drug activity and other crimes, including discardedneedles and attacks on a nearby footbridge There werealso complaints about nearby Rowe St. in the SacredHeart neighborhood, location of a recent shooting thatpolice deemed “wasn’t random.”

As for the two attacks on the Dale Street footbridge,jurisdiction blame was quickly passed to the MBTA.

These are complaints we have heard many times be-fore. The MBTA and other state agencies have beenaccused of lackadaisical, second-tier coverage for theirmunicipal policing obligations. Unfair or not, it hasbeen a persistent accusation. These ‘out-of-their ele-ment’ policing endeavors are certainly part of the prob-lem, but not the only ones. The fact is local communi-ties have made great strides in this city, but improve-ments still must be made. Trash, including discardedneedles, and overdoses that the opioid epidemic hasso brutally deposited in open spaces once intended forchildren and neighborhood gatherings, don’t seem tobe abating.

These problems keep multiplying but viable solu-tions don’t appear to be keeping up.

All that could be changing for the better. Last montha new, diverse class of year-one recruits hit the streetsfor the BPD, and the BPD Teen Police Academy con-tinued its winning ways by gardening with the volun-teers of the Urban Farming Institute at the Sportsmen’sTennis & Enrichment Center in Mattapan.

Once again, we should have little fear that the BPDwill rise to its local challenges. As for other agencies,we sadly remain less certain.


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Resident Tracy Wu has livedin the Allston-Brighton area since2012 and has seen the neighbor-hood change a lot. She’s seen theNew Balance Headquarters setup shop and Boston Landing Tstation opened, apartment com-plexes, condos and more havepopped up in that time as well.Wu said she believes thesechanges have drawn unreason-able traffic through her neighbor-hood and has the statistics to sup-port her claims.

For two years now, Wu hasbeen in touch with the BostonTransportation Department(BTD) and other City of Bostonofficials and engineers aboutcommuters cutting through hermain road – Portsmouth Street –while navigating their way fromLincoln Street onto I-90. Shefiled a petition on May 15, 2017proposing turning PortsmouthStreet into a one-way street fromLincoln Street to Lothrop Street.

The petition states “Ports-mouth Street is a narrow residen-tial street, total 20ft-10in widefrom curb to curb. With one sideresident parking, the travel laneis about 13ft, not wide enoughfor two-way traffic” and that formany years residents “have ex-perienced high volume trafficcausing congestion during rushhours, high-speed traffic duringoff peak hours, noise, vibration,and air pollution.”

Traffic counts were collectedin March and May of 2018. Thedata shows approximately 3,000vehicles a day drive eastbound onWaverly Street or southbound onPortsmouth Street. Wu’s petitionreceived the 34 signatures or 95percent of household signatures

required to have the petition re-viewed by BTD but she says itwas difficult receiving informa-tion from the City.

“After repeated public infor-mation release inquiries to BTDfor more than a year with yield-ing no fruit, we filed [a] FOIArequest. Finally we receivedthem on July 9, 2019,” Wu said.

Back in 2017, WarrenO’Reilly was the Mayor’s Officeof Neighborhood Services con-tact for Allston-Brighton. OnMay 15, 2017 Wu emailedO’Reilly and copied District 9City Councilor Mark Ciommoand his Chief of Staff at the time,Tim Goodin, the petition with anote about growing concerns inhe neighborhood.

“Portsmouth Street is notwide enough for two-way traf-fic,” she said. “Commuters useit as a shortcut to I-90. We havebeen experiencing heavy volumeand fast speed traffic causingcongestion, noise and air pollu-tion for many years,” Wu wrote.

In one message Litthcut saidthat there were “technical con-cerns” and that they’d need to“examine the negative impactthat could occur with other streetsin the neighborhood” but thatWu’s request was at the top ofher list. Later, when Litthcut toldWu that engineers might be look-ing into the idea of changing thedirection of the street instead ofturning it into a one-way, Wu re-jected the idea.

“Changing the direction is[against] our will and the petitionthat we filed. About 90-95% ofthe traffic is southbound. We arewilling to sacrifice the inconve-nience for safety and a better liv-ing environment by making thestreet one-way northbound,” Wureplied in an email. “This peti-tion wouldn’t exist if it’s one-waysouthbound because the trafficwon’t get reduced to a meaning-ful level, speed will increase, and

we still experience inconve-nience. We basically shoot [our-selves] [in] the foot. [We’re]strongly against the one-waysouthbound idea. The idea is notacceptable. It doesn’t achieve thepurpose of safety improvementand [a] better living environment.It’s humiliation to our petitionand against our will.”

In an August 2, 2017 emailfrom Litthcut to O’Reilly,Litthcut said that Wu’s petitiondidn’t adequately take into ac-count the ramifications for neigh-boring streets. “So looking at thisrequest only 14 households of 19have signed this petition with nosignatures from abutting streetswho will most likely pick up thistraffic, hardly a majority of theimpacted streets,” Litthcut wrote.“Additionally, by making this aone way as proposed, streets suchas South Waverly, Litchfield andAntwerp will be negatively im-pacted. This is not recommendedunless ONS garners more sup-port in the community by allstreets effected andon [Portsmouth] Street itself.”

After Wu and her colleaguesmet with CommissionerFiandaca on September 21, 2017she wrote to BTD Senior TrafficEngineer Carl McKenzie and thetwo went back and forth at lengthabout the benefits and negativesof proposed solutions. In a Sep-tember 25, 2017 email Wu rec-ommended making Dual Streeta one-way westbound fromLitchfield Street to SouthWaverley Street and makingSouth Waverley Street a one-waynorthbound from Lincoln Streetto Lawrence Street. McKenzieresponded by saying that chang-ing traffic directions would be noeasy task. The Mayor’s Office ofNeighborhood Services wouldhave to be involved in the pro-cess and certain intersections like

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Housing starts delayed but not stopped in Jamaica PlainRicharRicharRicharRicharRichard Heathd Heathd Heathd Heathd Heath

Staff Reporter

On May 15, 2019, City Re-alty presented plans to the JPZoning Committee for a changeof occupancy from a two to athree-unit home at 11 MintonSt. Dave Baron is the long-timechair of the zoning committee.

“Not many particular com-plaints except it was City Re-alty,” he said.

After listening to a long listof allegations of displacementby City Realty, the committeevoted to deny the request.

Scott Shear of the BrooksideNeighborhood Association wasconflicted but militant.

“This is the type of housingneeded in Brookside,” he said.“But displacement of low-in-come tenants; it’s escalated dra-matically.”

He told City Realty what toexpect.

“You need to work on com-munity values,” he said. “Weneed to fight you on the otherparcels that you own.”

So it goes. For five yearsCity Realty has met neighbor-hood resistance along theGreen-Washington-EglestonSquare corridor. It has becomethe bête noir of Jamaica Plain.

And it’s not been subtle.Alex Ponte Capellon is an

organizer with City Life/VidaUrbana, which has directed theopposition since 2014.

“City Realty is the mosthated developer in the area,” hetold a BPDA meeting on Oct25,2018. “We are demandingthat City Realty stop displace-ment.”

Aside from colorful copyand raucous meetings, this resis-tance hasn’t accomplishedmuch.

Allegations of displacementand rent increases in City Re-alty-owned housing have neverbeen verified.

In five years, City Realty(CRM) has proposed 12 hous-ing developments ranging insize from 40 units to four andall but two have been built ,un-der construction or approved;and those two don’t have zon-ing board dates yet.

The most recent is the $5.2million, 23-unit residences at197-201 Washington St. ap-proved by the zoning board ofappeals on July 9.

CRM broke that propertyinto two parcels and, agreeingto City Life’s request, is in theprocess of selling the 3371Washington St. building toJPNDC.

The largest, at 3193 Wash-ington St., the old Jackson Glassbuilding –renamed The Tempo-is a $13million, 40-unit condo-minium building now well un-der construction.

This was the target of pro-longed opposition by City Lifeand ESNA in 2016. It is the

scope and aggressive develop-ment time table together with thetrend of buying duplex houses,some in disrepair, and convert-ing them into three or four unitrental properties that seems toalarm City Life, ESNA and theJP Neighborhood Council.

They claim CRM is skirtingthe city’s affordable require-ments with its widening portfo-lio of converting duplexes intothree or four units.

For five years since CRMacquired the 3152-3160 Wash-ington Street storefronts at asidewalk foreclosure action for$715,000 opposition has fo-cused on CRM’s other proper-ties

City Life and JPNDC led thisfight in April 2014 (ESNA hadnot yet been revived) by linkingthis acquisition, which theyclaimed displaced Latino mer-chants, with CRM’s plannedseven-unit residential building at38 Hyde Park Ave.

City Life flooded the JPZoning Committee on Sept 17,2014 demanding that it oppose38 Hyde Park Ave. until CRMresolves alleged displacementissues of the 3152-3160 Wash-ington merchants.

The dust settled. Two busi-nesses at 3152 Washington wereevicted in September and No-vember of 2017; Pin Bochincherestaurant because of six monthsrent non-payment and AnabelColor, on the heels of a federal

warrant for gambling and drugdistribution.

Thirty-Eight Hyde Park Av-enue was completed and leasedout in 2018 and sold in June2019 for $4.5 million.

Opposition has now shiftedto two rental properties CRMowns at 26 School St. and 435Walnut Ave. where City Life al-leges that unfair lawsuits andrental increases take place.

This came to a head on Jan.16, 2019 when the JP ZoningCommittee refused to even hearCRM's plans for a change of oc-cupancy at 95-97 Walnut Parkfrom a two to a four unit build-ing.

Originally not opposed tothis change, on Jan. 13 ESNAcame back in flat out opposition.

“City Realty does not have agood track record as developerand landlord in the ESNA neigh-borhood,” ESNA said in a sub-mitted statement.

On May 1, 2019 the JP zon-ing committee voted unani-mously to approve 197-201Green St. The zoning board ofappeals was scheduled to hearthe project on May 7.

But CRM had two provisosto honor regarding the leases at26 School St. and 435 WalnutAve., and when it failed to re-spond by the deadline, StateRep. Liz Malia asked that theZBA oppose the project.

At the morning of the hear-ing, City Life members were out

in force with day glow t-shirts,cardboard signs and HelenMatthews ready to film.

CRM asked for a deferralbecause of “unresolved issues”according to its attorney JeffDrago.

City Life organizers werestunned.

“They didn’t even tell us,”said Lisa Thompson, a City Lifesupporter.

The third zoning board ofappeals date for 197-201 GreenSt. was July 9.

On that morning six CityLife organizers led by GeorgeLee circled CRM project man-ager Josh Fetterman and CRMattorney Matt Eckel in the cor-ridor.

Lee held up a sheaf of emailshe said were from CarolynRoyce of ESNA demanding thatCRM drop its alleged lawsuitsagainst its tenants and give five-year leases to existing tenants.Joined in this chorus were HelenMatthews and Lisa Thompsonwho said they would not support197-201 Green St. without thisagreement.

Fetterman said he would calland get confirmation.

Lee testified to the appealsboard that his group had a hall-way conversation with CRM.

“I’d love to give our supportbut we want our conditions inwriting,” he said with

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Around the Neighborhood IAG hesitant on SpragueStreet development

Around 10 residents andcommunity members from theReadville area attended the Im-pact Advisory Group (IAG)meeting on Aug. 5. LanceCampbell, the Senior ProjectManager of the BPDA, JordanWarshaw of the OMB SpragueLLC, and community membersdiscussed mitigation and com-munity benefits for the 36-70Sprague Street proposedproject in the Readville neigh-borhood of Hyde Park.

Warshaw spent the begin-ning of the IAG meeting sum-marizing the new, decreasedproposal. As of March 2019,the developers scaled the pro-posed project down to 247 unitson about four acres of propertyon 36-40 Sprague Street.

“The development of theProject will generate significantpublic benefits for the sur-rounding neighborhoods andthe City of Boston as a whole,both during construction and onan ongoing basis upon itscompletion,” explainedWarshaw. He also stated thepublic benefits the projectwould provide, including muchneeded housing for the middleclass in the city of Boston, aconnection to the ReadvilleCommuter Rail Station, signifi-cant tax revenues for the city,environmentally friendly build-ings, and heavy landscapingthat will beautify the site.

The proposed project alsoincludes a shared workspace forpeople who work from home,sort of like a mini WeWorkbuilding. It will be a two-storyglass building that will includea coffee shop and bar. The de-velopers hope this amenity willdraw the “work from home”crowd to the area.

The proposal no longer in-cludes the Sprague Pond, whichis located on property owned byGioioso and Sons (the 2.5 acresthe developers are no longerlooking to acquire for redevel-opment).

“Will you no longer becleaning the pond since you donot own the site anymore?”Questioned one meeting at-

Residents were happy about the reduction of the housing proposal slatedfor 36-70 Sprague Street.

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tendee.Warshaw explained that the

pond will stay “as is” since theyare no longer acquiring thatparcel of land. Many commu-nity members felt that the beau-tification of the Sprague Pondwas one of the few benefits theproject provided for local resi-dents.

The developers also plan oncreating wide sidewalks aroundthe housing. Many Readvilleresidents noted that sidewalksin the area tend to beunshoveled during the winter,especially from Horn St. to Fa-ther Hart Bridge.

One Readville resident sug-gested funding for a new lad-der truck for the fire depart-ment, since the proposed resi-dential buildings would beranging from five to eight sto-ries. Residents are also con-cerned about a potential in-crease in fires due to more den-sity in the area.

Another Readville residentsuggested the developers pre-vent further densification of thearea by purchasing another par-cel of land in the neighborhood(such as the 2.5 acre Gioiososite) and converting it into openspace for the community.

All of the units will be rent-als, there will be no ownership.One community member askedabout the cost of renting theunits. Warshaw said that hecould not give an exact price atthis time, but the pricing wouldbe “significantly below rentprices downtown”. He statedthat a one bedroom apartmentwould be around $1500 - $1700a month.

“Local seniors can’t affordthat type of rent,” noted oneReadville resident.

A few community membersasked if there would be afford-able housing specifically forseniors, since there are manyseniors in the area. Campbellexplained that the designatedaffordable housing units will bea lottery for low-income resi-dents in Boston, and that thepolicy could not be tweaked.Many meeting attendees weredisappointed that Readville

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mixed-use residential buildingwith a 300-foot commercialspace for an office or similaruse on the ground floor. Park-ing of one space per unit, amajor point of contention, wasproposed on the ground floor.

The crux of the debate cen-tered around the building beingcontained in a separate Neigh-borhood Shopping District 2(NS-2) from the one delineatedin the zoning code. HPNAmembers contend that 11 DanaAve. is in a separate NS-2 fromthe two Hyde Park ones out-lined in the zoning code:Cleary/ Logan Square beingone and the second being RiverSt. and Wood Ave. at the Shopsat Riverwood.

Members involved in thedetermination process pre-sented a map at a special HPNAmeeting on June 24 with BryanGlascock, the Deputy Directorof Regulatory Planning andZoning at the BPDA, andMichael Christopher, theBPDA deputy director of devel-opment review, outlining theseparate NS-2 district. How-ever, Glascock said it had neverbeen codified in Hyde Park’szoning code, Article 69.

This third NS-2 districtwould require two parkingspaces, making the project sub-ject to variances and thereforenot “as of right.” There wereother issues that the groupcalled into question, such as the

11 Dana Ave. continued from page 1requirement for affordablehousing. At the special meeting,Glascock said that professionalplans examiners at ISD wouldbe the best people to explain tothe HPNA why the project wasdeemed “as of right.”

HPNA president Jim Kirkertold the group that District CityCouncil candidate JustinMurad contacted ChrisBroderick at ISD on behalf ofthe HPNA seeking an answer.

“I wanted to thank Justin,”Kirker said. “He did get a re-ply, but it was the same sort ofa general kind of thing on howas of right was determined.”

In response, Kirker wrote areply letter on behalf of theHPNA to Chris Broderick,Cheryl Odom and DavidJohnson at ISD’s Building De-partment. A portion of the let-ter, which he read, stated:

“We have been trying forquite some time now to havesomebody attend one of ourmeetings that was either in-volved in the decision to give11 Dana Avenue as of right sta-tus, or, at the very least, is ableto explain to us how this deci-sion came to be… The Mayorhimself, who attended one ofour meetings, said that if mis-takes were made with the deci-sion, they would be corrected,”it continued. “I am making aformal request that somebodyfrom your office with specificknowledge of 11 Dana Avenue

attend one of our meetings toexplain this specific decision,and sooner rather than later.”

In response, Kirker said hedid get an email fromBroderick, saying that he couldnot be of help because he wasnot a building inspector.

Kirker also called Johnson.“He suggested that some of

us go down to the office andread the paperwork there,”Kirker said. “I said that is notwhat we were looking for.”

A community meetingwould allow the opportunity toask questions, Kirker noted,adding that he received no fur-ther response from Johnson.

Bryan Flynn, the Hyde Parkliaison for the Mayor’s Officeof Neighborhood Services, toldthe group that he did bring theissue to the Mayor’s attentionon the day of the meeting.

“Also, I did have a meetinginternally with Bryan Glascockon this, just as kind of a brieffollow-up to the last meetingthat was held here,” he said.“He apologized for the lack ofresponses.

“I always try to be as re-sponsive as I can,” Flynn con-tinued. “They did tell me that,tentatively, they would try tocome out and talk to you at theend of August. I don’t want tosay that it’s solidified, becauseit hasn’t been. I said to them,essentially I am a buffer. I wantto make sure that you get the

accurate responses that you de-serve.”

In other news, ThadineBrown, Director of CommunityRelations for the City’s Com-munity Preservation Depart-ment, explained the uses ofCPA funding and the applica-tion process. A more extensivepresentation on CPA fundingwas held on Tuesday, Aug. 6,after press time.

“Anyone can apply to ourstaff, and then the applicationsare submitted to our nine-mem-ber committee,” Brown said.The committee is comprised offive members appointed byWalsh and four Boston resi-dents selected by the CityCouncil.

During the last round,Brown said the departmentfunded $34 million in projects,with $18 million going to af-fordable housing, $8 mil goingto historic preservation, and $8mil going to parks and openspaces. They received 135 eli-gibility forms, narrowed downthe process to 85 applications,and funded 56 applications.

Determination is based oncommunity impact and priority,with each neighborhood gettingtwo or three projects. For HydePark, it meant the historic SDAChurch on River Street gettinga new roof; the YMCA gettingopen space in the back, and theHyde Park Library’s open spacebehind the building.

Residents asked why therewas no Hyde Park representa-tion on the committee. Brown

replied that, when the applica-tion process comes up again,residents can apply. For moreinformation, go to boston.gov/cpa.

Also, the group unani-mously approved a proposal forlocal restaurant Las DeliciasColombianas, located at 1231River St., to obtain a beer andwine alcohol license. The li-cense could not be approvedlast time because a quorumwasn’t present.

Attorney Albert J. Moscone,Jr., an associate at D’AmbrosioBrown LLP in Boston, said thatthe restaurant is a family-basedbusiness that would like toserve alcohol with late lunchesand dinners.

“This is a family-ownedbusiness, and they are seekingthe license in response to de-mand from the patrons,” hesaid. “Their target audience isthe late lunch-early dinnercrowd.”

Craig Martin asked whetherthe license stayed with the ap-plicant, or whether it went intoa pool.

“The license we are seekingis the one through special leg-islation, and it would be tai-lored to fit the business,”Moscone said. “If the businessceases to exist, it would go backto the City.”

Kirker will write a letter onbehalf of the HPNA in supportof the license application. Flynnsaid he would present it andspeak at the Licensing Board infavor of the request.


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passed on July 30th, at the ageof 95. Beloved husband of JuneM. (Samuels). Devoted fatherof Carol Rhoads of Georgia,Mike Robinson of Georgia andKathie From and her husbandPatrick of Virginia. Cherishedbrother of Arthur and his wifeBlanche of Franklin, MaryPadula of Bridgewater, Johnand his wife Elaine of Franklinand the late Francis, William,Caroline, Sarah, Cecelia, Dor-othy, Theresa and Jessica. Lov-ing “GrandPa” of six grandchil-dren, five great-grandchildrenand many loving nieces, neph-ews, in-laws and friends. Visit-ing Hours will be held Sundayevening from 4-7 at the Carroll-Thomas Funeral Home, 22 Oak

St., HYDE PARK. Relativesand friends invited. A Mass ofChristian Burial was celebratedMonday, August 5th. St.Gerard’s Church, Canton. Inter-ment at Fairview Cemetery,Hyde Park. Al was a late WWIINavy Veteran. For guestbook,please visitthomasfuneralhomes.com

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merly of Roslindale, passedaway peacefully on July 29,2019. Beloved husband of Janet(Valanzola). Loving father ofAnthony and his wife Laurenof Milford, Joseph “Joey” andhis companion Thomas Myersof Provincetown and the lateRobert S. Casto. Cherished sonof Constance and the lateVincent A. Casto. Dear lovingbrother of David of WestRoxbury and Paul and his wifeJackie of Walpole. Also sur-vived by 3 special and lovinggrandchildren; Anthony, Jr.,Ariella and Juliana and BriannaBrady and her daughter Lyzelle,as well as many in-laws, nieces,nephews and friends. A FuneralMass was held on Thursday,August 1st in Sacred HeartChurch, Roslindale. In lieu offlowers, donations in Robert’smemory may be made to theDana Farber Cancer Institute,44 Binney St., Boston, MA02215. Interment St. MichaelCemetery, Roslindale, MA.Guestbook atwww.josephrussofuneralhome.com

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Roxbury, on August 3, 2019,Beloved husband of the lateVictoria (Eddington) and de-voted father of RebeccaStethem and her husbandDavid, Rosanne Lane and herhusband Joseph, and KristyPaszak and her partner JohnDauphinais. Cherished grand-father of Christopher, Tyler,Justin, Ava Jean, Jenna Mae,Allison and Jayden. Devotedbrother of Carol Cowles andher husband David and Pat Iyer.Loving nephew of AdelineMuzyka and her late husbandFred. Also survived by manynieces, nephews, and cousins.Relatives and friends are kindlyinvited to attend Visiting Hourson Wednesday, August 7, 2019in the William J. Gormley Fu-neral Home, 2055 Centre St.,WEST ROXBURY, from 4-6pm and Thursday morning at9am followed by a RequiemService in the funeral home at10am. Interment St. JosephCemetery. In lieu of flowers,donations in Michael’s memorymay be made to St. AndrewUkrainian Orthodox Church, 24Orchard Hill Rd., JamaicaPlain, MA 02130. Fordirection’s and guestbookwww.gormleyfuneral.com

RYANRichard “Dickie” Age 86, of

Hyde Park, died on July 30,2019 with his loving family byhis side. He was the belovedhusband of Nancy, the lovingson of the late Charles & Helen(O’Day) Ryan. Devoted fatherof Richard Ryan of Hyde Park,Michael Ryan and his wifeCarolyn of Henderson Nevada,Marie Ryan of Quincy, &Charles Ryan of Braintree.Cherished grandpa of Jamie,Jessica, Jenna, Shauna, Wyatt,Matthew, Waylon, and Joseph.Great-grandpa of Will. Dickwas happily married to the loveof his life Nancy for 62 years.Dick was a wonderful Dad tohis kids and the best grandpato his grandchildren. He lovedbeing with his family & friends.He especially loved eating din-ner at his daughter Marie’shouse. He loved horse racingand was a great pool player inhis younger days. He was amember of the Sunset BocceClub in Readville. Dick was anelectrician for the MBTA, heretired in 1995. He was a proudmember of the IBEW Local103. Since his retirement heenjoyed spending winters inBoynton Beach, Florida, witha great group of family &friends. We were so fortunateto be blessed with such a won-derful man! We will miss himdearly! He will live in ourhearts forever! Visiting Hours:A Memorial Visitation will beheld on Friday, August 9th, at10am, followed by a MemorialMass at 11am, St. Anne’sChurch, 90 West Milton St.,Hyde Park

SHEEHANLeo G. “Uncle Leo” Born

September 9, 1951, died July26, 2019, peacefully sur-rounded by his family. He issurvived by his loving wife of42 years Karen A. (Davis)Sheehan beloved father to LeoF. Sheehan, II, his partnerDanielle Payne and theirdaughter Lexi, and James T.Sheehan his partner MeaghanLarkin. Beloved brother toNancy M. Perry of NH andAntoinette “Toni” McCluskeyand her husband J. CorbyMcCluskey and the lateLorraine Matchett. Beloveduncle to D. Scott Perry and hiswife Maria, Christopher Perryand his partner Amanda Evans,the late Timothy Perry, DanielJ. McCluskey and his wife Su-san, Matthew S. McCluskeyand his wife Christine,Jonathan Matchett and the latePaul Matchett. Jacqueline,Stephanie, Sean and Christo-pher Davis. Leo has six great-nieces and nephews, EricaMatchett Laura Matchett,Zachary Perry, Thomas

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TREVISANIAngelina (Baldini) “Lena”

Of Roslindale, passed peace-fully on August 1st at the ageof 100. Beloved wife of the lateEgisto Trevisani. Devotedmother of Maria Nelson and herhusband George of Mansfield,Francis of Quincy, and the lateJoseph. Loving “Grammy” ofMaura Nelson Clifford andMarissa Nelson O’Donnell andgreat-grandmother of MaeveClifford and Nolan Clifford.Also survived by many lovingnieces, nephews, in-laws andfriends. A Mass of ChristianBurial was held on August 7that St. Mary’s Church,Wrentham. Interment at Na-tional Cemetery, Bourne.Please, in lieu of flowers, alldonations can be made toMaples Nursing and RehabCenter Activity Fund, 90Taunton St., Wrentham 02093.For guestbook, please visit,thomasfuneralhomes.com

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Matthews and Thompsonlined up behind him.

Lee asked for a 20-minutevote delay until CRM got backwith a commitment to CityLife’s demands.

“It depends on where weare at to drop the lawsuits andextend the leases or we willwithdraw our support,” hesaid.

ZBA chair ChristineArauyo denied Lee’s request.

The ZBA voted unani-mously in favor of 197-201Green St.

On July 24 the scenariocontinued when the JP zoningcommittee took up CRM’s re-quest to convert 15 BancroftSt. from a three to a four fam-ily house. They had a zoningboard of appeals date for July30.

This upset Carolyn Royce.She wanted the zoning datechanged even though thebuilding is abandoned and thecause of neighborhood fears.

“I’m disturbed,” she said toJosh Fetterman. “We have aprocess of neighborhood dis-placement and affordability

and I ask that you defer to-night, until we meet again inSeptember. I can’t understandwhy you can’t finish the pro-cess.”

The process Royce wantedwas for CRM to sign a memo-randum of understanding byDec 2019 that required CRMto extend the lease of threetenants; the m-o-u also in-cluded demands for lease ex-tensions, tenant stabilizationon unnamed properties and“transparency about CityRealty’s property ownershipand property management.”

Zoning committee mem-bers Marie Turley and KevinMoloney agreed with Royce.

“We should defer if the m-o-u is not signed,” Moloneysaid. “This is going to comeback time after time.”

“Your life is not going tobe happy,” Moloney toldFetterman.

The JP zoning committeevoted in support 8 to 4 and thezoning board of appeals gave15 Bancroft St. a unanimousvote of approval on July 30.

WFHCG celebrates neighborhoodspirit, receives City awards

The party set out to honor residents who gave the neighborhood their all in terms of volunteering andmaking an impact on the area.

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The clouds may have threat-ened rain, but nothing could havedampened the high spirits of theWest Fairmount Hill Neighbor-hood Group (WFHNG) on Sat-urday afternoon, Aug. 3, as threeof its members received Cityresolutions for being Persons ofImpact at a ceremony at theMoynihan Playground attendedby about 30 people.

The resolutions, presented byMaria Esdale Farrell from DistrictFive City Councilor TimMcCarthy’s office, were awardedto Nathaniel Thomas, Cathy Hornand Sherri Adams for their com-munity activism and their effortsto make Hyde Park a more wel-coming and attractive place tolive.

“I have a lot of reasons to behere today,” Esdale Farrell said.In addition to representingMcCarthy, she is hoping to be-

come the next District Five CityCouncilor, as McCarthy is notrunning for reelection.

“I am a lifelong Hyde Parkresident, almost 50 years, and Ilive in the house I grew up in,”she added, noting that five of hersix children went to the neigh-boring Roosevelt ElementarySchool. “This area is very spe-cial to me. It’s all about friends,relationships and building com-


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Library installation is movingalong, and that any book dona-tions will go towards thatproject. She said with the helpof carpentry instructor StanPhillips, local architects TimSmith and Hank Keating, stu-dents and staff at the BostonArchitectural College, and theparticipants in the BuildingPathways pre-apprentice pro-gram, they hope to have themup around autumn.

“They’re being self-installedin the businesses, and one ofthem is up, but we’re countingon some Boy Scouts to dig theholes for them,” she said. “Thegoal is to have them all in op-eration before closure.”

Gang said they are also look-ing for used small bookshelvesand bookcases, and anyone in-terested in donating should con-t a c [email protected].

Residents enjoyed steeldrumming from Justin PettySteel Drums and Pan Loco SteelBand, henna tattoos from SueMurad, balloon animals fromDebbie Pettengil and food fromthe Friends group themselves.

Renee DeKona said she andresident Donald DiRusso bothbelong to a Spanish conversa-tion group at the Roslindale Li-brary, and will now have to trekto Jamaica Plain.

“We come every week andwe love this library,” she said.“This particular library, it’sunique in its construction andit’s just beautiful. I know for therenovation they’re changing theentrance and they’ll be utilizingthe basement for storage. I’mreally excited to see it. They’regoing to improve the publicspace as well.”

DiRusso gave his opinion of

the current conditions of thepublic space.

“The acoustics in there areterrible,” he said. “I think therenovation is wonderful, it’s toobad we’re going to lose it for abit, but at least the dome is go-ing to stay.”

DiRusso said it’s a bitter-sweet thing to see the renova-tion coming, but since it’s notseen a facel ift since it was builtin the 60s, he understands. Hesaid the library is one of the mostimportant aspects of the commu-nity.

“I don’t remember who saidit, but there is a saying that goes,‘if you can read, you’ve got thelibrary and then you’ve got aneducation,’” DiRusso said. “Ilove it here.”

Resident Ray Neves said theclosure will have a big impacton his children.

“They go to school right hereat the Sumner,” he said. “I’mdefinitely going to miss it; we’reone block over and JamaicaPlain and West Roxbury arekind of a hike.”

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A model of the new library design was displayed at the entrance to letresidents know what's on the way.

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Residents Jane Rosseau andCraig Uram said they use the li-brary a lot and its closure willdefinitely have an impact onthem, but they said they under-stood the building needs work.

“We come here pretty fre-quently and we use it a lot,”Rosseau said. “We’ve beenwaiting a while for the renova-tion to make it a bit more acces-sible. We’re excited to see whatit’s going to look like.”

Uram added the party is agreat way to help educate thepublic on the upcoming closureand where to go during construc-tion.

“It’s also just a great way tobring the community together,”he said.

For a full list of answers tofrequently-asked questions(FAQ) and to readWiktorowicz’s exit interviewwith the Friends, go tofriendsofroslindalelibrary.org/august-2019-library-news-and-events//

that of Lincoln Street and Leo M.Birmingham Parkway were un-der the jurisdiction of the stateDepartment of Conservation andRecreation.

According to McKenzie’semail, the Pros of the petition in-cluded eliminating cut-throughtraffic from going down Ports-mouth Street, South WaverlyStreet, “and to a certain extent,Litchfield St. and Antwerp Street.”The Cons included limited accessto Lincoln Street, changes and de-lays for residents on LawrenceStreet and South Waverly Street,and a fear that residents would beencouraged to “‘sneak’ and godown the proposed one way streetsection of S. Waverly to get toLincoln Street which could poten-tially lead to accidents and will behard to enforce.”

Wu acknowledged, “Someresidents will have to take mod-erate detours one or two streetsover to Lincoln” but argued thatLincoln opening up to a two-waystreet would solve most issues.

Traffic Petition continued from page 6“If Lincoln opens to two-way,

the way as it was designed for itsproper functions, we may notneed many one-way streets toprotect our community. Our pro-posed one-way sections are veryshort and have least impacts,”Wu said. “Lawrence St. residentsare part of Waverley Apartmentsresidents. They can use SchoolStreet to Portsmouth Street thento Lincoln. The blockage ofthrough traffic is far more ben-eficial compared to the incon-venience. If the residents don’tlike the one-way arrangement,it can be kept as it is now.”

Wu and the city last commu-nicated in December of 2017 be-fore the dialogue went cold.BTD decided to install a raisedcrosswalk in early 2018.

Wu emailed the city back onDecember 27 saying that araised crosswalk would not beenough, but she did not receivea reply. She emailed the cityagain on January 29, 2018 to noavail.

“I feel that the BTD hardlyrespects the public,” Wu said.

Two “No Right Turn” signswere installed around Apr 1,2018 without any meeting ordiscussion with the public, ac-cording to Wu. She says thesigns were not properly in-stalled and eventually one ofthem was taken down.

The Bulletin reached out toChris Osgood, Mayor Walsh’sChief of the Streets, Transpor-tation & Sanitation and TraceyGaniatsos, the Public Informa-tion Officer for BTD for a state-ment “It’s a double standardthat when BTD does some-thing, no public meeting is re-quired,” Wu said. “When wepropose something, three meet-ings (two public meetings, onewith Commissioner) and 95percent [of] resident signaturesare not enough.”

Wu plans to continue to bein touch with the city over herneighborhood’s concerns.


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ment free from fear.“One should feel safe walk-

ing the streets of his or her com-munity and to associate withany and all,” Scaccia said. “To-day, that freedom of safety hasto be earned, and the best wayto do it is the participation ofneighborhood groups, withtheir police, working togetheras one.”

Before receiving her com-munity service award, PastorKaren Dottin Ricketts of theFamily Life Fellowship Churchand Pierce Street Neighbor-hood Watch gave a soaring ren-dition of “How Great ThouArt,” which she dedicated to E-18 community service liaisonGerri McElmoyle. The crowdsang along, while several mem-bers of the Blake Estates seniordevelopment swayed theirhands in the air.

“There’s a lot going on inour nation and our world, somuch that can shake us to ourcore,” she said. “Community isa very important thing, and Ijust want to say to Hyde Parkthat Hyde Park is a really, re-ally special place.”

The Pierce Street Neighbor-hood Group won the award forHyde Park’s crime watch groupof the year.

District Five City CouncilCandidate Mimi Turchinetz, aHyde Park resident and long-time community activist, talked

National Night Out continued from page 2about the importance of com-munity building in these times.

“While we mourn the lossof those in Dayton, Ohio andEl Paso, Texas, we celebrateour first responders, plus ourcommunity leaders in HydePark, Mattapan andRoslindale,” she said. “We areso lucky to live in a communitywhere we stand together forpublic safety at this importantnight – National Night Out –while building community ev-ery day.”

“Commissioner Gross is thebest police commissioner wehave ever had,” Marty Keogh, acandidate for City Councilor At-Large added after hearingGross’s speech. “He truly under-stands the communities heserves and has made some sig-nificant strides in tacklingBoston’s crime issues.

“This celebration is espe-cially important to me becauseI grew up here,” BPD Superin-tendent Nora Baston, a HydePark native said. “I used to playbasketball over there on thatbasketball court with TimMcCarthy.”

In Roslindale, District E-5Captain Therese Kozmiski pre-sented the Roslindale WestRoxbury Community ServiceAward to the Archdale CrimeWatch Group. Member SabrinaIvory accepted the award for thegroup.

“Archdale Crime Watch,along with Archdale Manage-ment, does a great job to makeArchdale a safe and friendlyplace to live,” Kozmiski said.“Gatherings like the CommunityFlashlight Walks, the ArchdaleFamily Days, Hotdog Nights,pot luck meals at the crimewatch meetings and ArchdaleBlock Parties have all served tobuild relationships between resi-dents and the BPD and reduceCrime.”

Ivory said she was honoredto receive the award and lovesworking with the department tohelp improve the community.

“I just wanted to thank E-5,it’s always a wonder workingwith them,” she said. “The Ser-geant, Councilor O’Malley, theChief, Nicole, State Rep. LizMalia, even some people fromthe Mayor’s Office. So acceptthis award right here, I really re-ally really gladly appreciate you.We really really love you guys.”

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Legals Spraguecontinued from page 8residents would not be givenpriority for affordable housing.“It is not beneficial for the ex-isting community,” remarked aReadville community member.

There was one Dedhamresident present at the meeting,who asked if this project wouldprovide “any public improve-ments for the town ofDedham”. Warshaw andCampbell stated that the pub-lic benefits/improvementswould be only for theReadville/Hyde Park area.

“When it all comes down toit, the important part of thesemeetings and this project issafety - redoing the sidewalks,traffic mitigation, fire safety,etc,” remarked Campbell. “It’sall about public safety.”

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Select Thursday nights inAugust from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.,the BCYF NeighborhoodBlock Parties will offer a vari-ety of free activities includingmusic, a cookout, activities,swimming (as indicated be-low), and resource tables frommany City of Boston depart-ments and other agencies withlots of great information toshare and giveaways.

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Fairmountcontinued from page 11munity.” Marcia Kimm, co-chair of the WFHNG, spoke about howcommunity service can be a “thankless job.”

“People don’t understand the importance of it, and they sort ofthrow it by the wayside,” she said. “But I do, and I reached out to theCouncilor’s office to make sure that these people are recognized fortheir good work.”

As if on cue, the clouds parted and the sun burst through as EsdaleFarrell pulled out the citations.

Nathaniel Thomas was honored as a Person of Impact for his workadvocating for City and state funding and partnerships to renovate theMoynihan Playground and park.

“His passion for our community and his advocacy for empower-ment is an embodiment of the WFHNG values of purpose, participa-tion, pride and partnership,” Esdale Farrell said as she proclaimedAugust 3, 2019 as “Nathaniel Thomas Day” in the City of Boston.

“I am absolutely honored by this,” Thomas said. His son, Onias,stood by him as he received the award. “It’s a great neighborhood, sowhy not care about it?”

Thomas shared his special day with Cathy Horn, who was hon-ored with “Cathy Horn Day” in the City.

“Some people take this village a little bit wider and a little bitfurther,” Esdale Farrell said of the founder of Keep Hyde Park Beau-tiful. “Her passion is consistently evident. Thank you so much formaking our neighborhood beautiful.”

Adams was honored with a City Council resolution for her workin the Boston Housing Authority’s Fairmount housing developmentand her partnership efforts with WFHNG.

“Sherri has done amazing things in that development and workingin the community,” according to Gerri McElmoyle, community ser-vice liaison for BPD Area E-18.

Although it was a time to celebrate individual heroes, the daywas also about coming together as a unique community.

Kimm stressed that one of the important goals of the organiza-tion is for neighbors to engage each other.

“The Department of Justice has proved that neighborhood groupsmake neighborhoods 60 percent safer,” Kimm said. “Real estate pro-fessionals – and I am one of them – talk about the draw of a commu-nity that is cohesive and safe as keeping property values high andattracting new, involved residents.”

“I’ve only been in the community for three years as a result ofmarrying this wonderful woman, and I absolutely love it,” WyattJackson said, adding that he is Marcia Kimm’s husband. “There wasa time when Hyde Park was off limits to me. It’s amazing that it’smuch more embracing and much more diverse. It’s very, very im-portant.”

Residents enjoyed a potluck of hot dogs, pasta salad, mint andwatermelon salad, cornbread and an assortment of chips and drinksas they listened to music, played a neighborhood trivia game andshared memories. At the end of the afternoon, the few who still hadenergy participated in a Zumba demonstration by Marisol Ortiz, whoworks at the Hyde Park YMCA and Personalized Fitness.

“This is a great event,” Ortiz said. “We don’t always have a chanceto connect with each other because we are so busy. Now we get toput the faces with the names.”

Skyela Heitz and her husband, Patrick, recently moved to VanBrunt St. from Jamaica Plain in order to buy a house.

“Of all the neighborhoods we looked at, we fell in love withHyde Park, and most importantly, we fell in love with Van BruntSt.,” she said. “Within two days, we had neighbors coming in towelcome us. We knew it was the right move for us.”

“Community involvements is so important,” Barbara Robbinsadded. “There’s a feeling of belonging here. It’s diverse and verywelcoming. I’m very glad to be here today.”


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