Surplus city-owned parcels on Melnea Cass Boulevard transferred to Public Facilities Commission

The Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation, to which was referred on August 5, 2026, Docket #1514, Message and order 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, submits a report recommending that the Order ought to pass.