Electrifying News from Mass Poetry

Given the discussion around a Mixed Business Innovation District for Franklin, it was timely to see how a similar mixed business use in Boston is developing.

View this email in your browser https://mailchi.mp/e79251110b53/the-mass-poetry-festival-bordello-beckons-348845?e=97cf13d93c Dear poets, bibliophiles, friends, colleagues, and Mass Poetry champions, We just learned this truly stunning news, after hoping and waiting for months…   The City of Boston has selected GrubStreet to open a narrative arts center in Boston's Seaport District with Mass Poetry as a key partner and an anchor tenant! Thank you to so many of you for backing this dream of a long-term home for Mass Poetry. Thousands of you signed our petition. Countless others placed calls and wrote letters of support. It worked! Spearheaded by GrubStreet, the new narrative arts center will be a long-term home for writing and reading in Boston. It will come to life at 50 Liberty on Fan Pier. GrubStreet will oversee and operate 13,000 square-feet of cultural space featuring a literary stage, classrooms for writing workshops, podcast studio, and a bookstore and a café. And Mass Poetry will bring the poetry - from renowned poets featured on the literary stage to expanded workshop offerings and site-specific poetry installations such as Raining Poetry and more. "It's our collective vision to lift up all voices and ensure that artistic education is available to everyone – especially those who have been marginalized," said Eve Bridburg, GrubStreet's executive director, about making the narrative arts center a home for all. "Mass Poetry couldn't be more excited to partner with GrubStreet, a pioneering organization that has transformed Boston's literary scene," added Michael Ansara, Mass Poetry's co-founder. As sawdust begins to fly, Mass Poetry will be launching a strategic planning process, so we can dream together with our partners and backers about what having a long-term home in Boston's Seaport will mean for us. We will also be placing the Spring 2019 Massachusetts Poetry Festival on hold, as we do so. But don't worry; the festival will be back, bigger and better than ever! Lastly, we would like to offer our own thanks to the Calderwood Foundation for supporting the creation of Boston's first narrative arts center with a $2,000,000 pledge to GrubStreet. Thank you for backing Mass Poetry's work at every turn. We look forward to showing you our new home soon. And congratulations again to GrubStreet and to all writers and readers in Boston as we move forward together on this exciting collaboration! With pride and excitement, Daniel Johnson, Executive Director, Mass Poetry Nicco Mele, Board Chair, Mass Poetry If you love the work we do to support poets and spread the power of poetry to students, T riders, and more, please consider supporting us with a recurring monthly donation. Donate Now Copyright © *2017* *Mass Poetry*, All rights reserved.

Live reporting: Legislation for Action

10. LEGISLATION FOR ACTION
10a. LEGISLATION FOR ACTION	Resolution 18-73: Designate Milford Daily News (Motion to approve Resolution 18-73- Majority Vote (5)) Milford Daily News is declining with coverage. We're not getting the representation we should MDN reporter is present tonight motion to approve, seconded, passed 9-0
10b. LEGISLATION FOR ACTION	Resolution 18-75: Acceptance of Private Road Covenant with Owner-Developer of O'Brien Estates, A Two-Lot Subdivision (Motion to Approve Resolution 18-75- Majority Vote (5)) motion to waive reading, seconded, passed 9-0 motion to approve, seconded, passed 9-0
10c. LEGISLATION FOR ACTION	Zoning Bylaw Amendment 18-821: Zoning Map Changes On Or Near Plain Street, Pond Street, and Palomino Drive - 2nd Reading (Motion to adopt Zoning Bylaw Amendment 18-821- Two Thirds Majority Roll Call Vote (6)) motion to waive reading, seconded, passed 9-0 motion to amend to remove specific parcel, seconded, passed 9-0 motion to approve as amended, seconded, passed 9-0 via roll
10d. LEGISLATION FOR ACTION	Bylaw Amendment 18-825: Chapter 47, Alcoholic Beverages- 2nd Reading (Motion to adopt Bylaw Amendment 18-825 - Majority Roll Call Vote (5)) Mercer recuses himself Kelly takes Chair motion to waive reading, seconded, passed 9-0 motion to approve, seconded, passed 8-0 (Mercer recused)
10e. LEGISLATION FOR ACTION	Bylaw Amendment 18-828: Fees Bylaw Changes - 2nd Reading (Motion to adopt Bylaw Amendment 18-828 - Majority Roll Call Vote (5)) minor changes, tweaks to the fee schedule implemented a couple of years ago; based upon feedback and assessment as implemented motion to waive reading, seconded, passed 9-0 motion to approve, seconded, passed 9-0 via roll call
10f. LEGISLATION FOR ACTION	Zoning Bylaw Amendment 19-829: District Enumerated-Creation of Mixed Business Innovation Zoning District-Referral to the Planning Board ( Motion to Refer Zoning Bylaw Amendment 19-829 to the Planning Board- Majority Vote (5)) one of a series of 6 for the creation of the Mixed Business Innovation district enhance district, remove the heavy manufacturing and hazmat issues currently available in the zone today adds three new use types: craft, maker space, business incubator looking to reuse the buildings rather than to allow them to be razed and more a strip mall type building approached Kelly - would prefer to have some residential aspect for Planning Board consideration in this as well Dellorco - agrees with Kelly, does limit it Earls - good as is, we could come back and add a residential component Padula - what was objection to inclusion of residential? Taberner - Fire Chief asked to not include residential; residential in this current building is not a good idea; we can deal with it if someone comes in with it. It is allowing multiple options for the current plan; some of the adjourning owners are aligned with this, some less so but will be part of the open hearing process with the Planning Board Jones - arguing for inclusion of the residential aspect Hellen - taking the zone from what it is to a better spot, maybe it is not residential;  Nutting - if you include residential, it will come in as condos; we already have 1,000 units on the plans, we don't need more Kelly - I am not at all saying I want housing on that site, it can go via special permit; we need to create some kind of affordable housing in Franklin Padula - I think it is a good use of the property Paul DiBaggis - in general, my reaction was this is what town planners should be doing. Maybe residential aspect, not a killing point, getting more there is the way to go; there are over 100 uses and except for 2-3 of them I agree Beth Wirling, 164 Main St work is well done put forward, residential doesn't make sense; would be wonderful to have artist space but maybe not in this space Kit Brady - Cultural District Committee, this is adjacent to the Cultural District, it could help support the district as it is proposed, no need for residential; we support this proposal as a Cultural District Committee motion to waive reading, seconded, passed 9-0 motion to referral to Planning Board, seconded, passed 9-0
10g. LEGISLATION FOR ACTION	Zoning Bylaw Amendment 19-830: Use Regulations- Mixed Business Innovation Zoning District - Referral to the Planning Board (Motion to Refer Zoning Bylaw Amendment 19-830 to the Planning Board- Majority Vote (5)) Paul DiBaggis - only exception is one, quite well done, page 4 of the 11 pages; MBI - already are in the R5 district, GR5, three uses added in - don't want to see these three added to the R5 Taberner - Planning Board special permit, new uses to be added need to be added to the table; one other individual had similar concerns; in comparison to the other allowed uses, it is not a stretch for these three Hellen - R5 is a small section, we are fine with N in those propose amendment a change on p4 of 11, zoning use schedule 2.24 etc from PB to letter N for no seconded, passed 9-0 motion to waive reading, seconded, passed 9-0 motion to referral as amended to Planning Board, seconded, passed 8-1
10h. LEGISLATION FOR ACTION	Zoning Bylaw Amendment 19-831: Mixed Business Innovation Zone Dimensional Regulations - Referral to the Planning Board (Motion to Refer Zoning Bylaw Amendment 19-831 to the Planning Board - Majority Vote (5)) motion to waive reading, seconded, passed 9-0 motion to referral to Planning Board, seconded, passed 9-0
10i. LEGISLATION FOR ACTION	Zoning Bylaw Amendment 19-832: Changes to §185-20. Signs, Mixed Business Innovation Zoning District - Referral to the Planning Board ( Motion to Refer Zoning Bylaw Amendment 19-832 to the Planning Board - Majority Vote (5)) motion to waive reading, seconded, passed 9-0 motion to referral to Planning Board, seconded, passed 9-0
10j. LEGISLATION FOR ACTION	Zoning Bylaw Amendment 19-833: Zoning Map Changes from Industrial to Mixed Business Innovation on Area on or near Fisher and Hayward Streets - Referral to the Planning Board (Motion to Refer Zoning Bylaw Amendment 19-833 to the Planning Board - Majority Vote (5)) motion to waive reading, seconded, passed 9-0 motion to referral to Planning Board, seconded, passed 9-0
10k. LEGISLATION FOR ACTION	Zoning Bylaw Amendment 19-834: Changes to Sign District Overlay Map, Mixed Business Innovation Zoning District -Referral to the Planning Board (Motion to Refer Zoning Bylaw Amendment 19-834 to the Planning Board - Majority Vote (5)) motion to waive reading, seconded, passed 9-0 motion to referral to Planning Board, seconded, passed 9-0