Boston Public Facilities Commission Unanimously Approves 12 Votes Including School Repairs and Land Transfers

BOSTON -- March 25, 2026, Boston Public Facilities Commission approves 12 unanimous votes spanning a fire station land grab, seven housing dispositions, and school repair contracts. The commission, chaired by Catherine Craven and joined by Commissioner Donald Wright, cleared all items at its March 25 meeting, with Commissioner Larry Momoli recusing himself from two early votes. The Boston Fire Department secured a vacant parcel at 11 Ashmont Park in Dorchester, directly behind a 130-year-old firehouse at the busy Dorchester and Talbot Avenue intersection, for eventual capital replacement planning beginning in July 2026. The Mayor's Office of Housing won approval for a rescission of a stalled 2018 developer designation on 16 Roxbury parcels after rising construction costs made the project "financially infeasible," a $7.6 million Peace Institute healing center extension in Dorchester, and a $100 reissuance to Habitat for Humanity, Greater Boston for four affordable homeownership units in Jamaica Plain. The Public Facilities Department pushed through four contract amendments totaling more than $3 million for a 2024 Massachusetts School Building Authority Accelerated Repair Program covering five schools, including a $19.9 million Adams Elementary project that grew from window replacement to a full ADA accessibility upgrade, contingent on a City Council appropriation expected by April 15.