Council Committee Hears BPDA Board Confirmation, No Vote Taken

City Council 2026-08-04 1400 · Meeting of August 4, 2026

Boston council panel questions BPDA board nominee, sets up confirmation vote for next week. Committee Chair Sharon Durkan led the hearing on docket 1316, questioning a nominee introduced to the committee as Felicia Jacques though the docket itself named her "Lisa Jock." Jacques, a Boston resident since 1995 and chair of the city's Community Preservation Act committee for a decade, said that work has funded projects "nearing 100 million dollars in every neighborhood in the city." Councilor Edward M. Flynn asked whether she would vote independently of colleagues, invoking predecessor Ted Landsmark's tendency to break from consensus; Jacques said board members should maintain "open-mindedness to folks voting with what they think is important." Durkan announced during the hearing that a longtime Fenway advocate, Helen Cox, had died that morning.

No vote was taken; Durkan said confirmation is expected the following week.

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Source: the City Council 2026-08-04 1400 meeting of August 4, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.