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PIM Egg Hunt shell-shocking success

Thousands of residents, their children, public officials and one Easter Bunny came out on Saturday for theParkway in Motion Easter Egg Hunt.

PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Parkway in Motion(PIM) group may have startedout small as a group of friendsjust trying to keep the spirit ofthe neighborhood alive.

Years later, they’re bringingthat sense of community out inthousands of others with eventsthroughout the year, and on Sun-day that community spirit blazedat the West Roxbury EducationComplex where thousands gath-ered for the seventh-annual PIMEaster Egg Hunt.

PIM Founder Ryan Masonsaid they first started the eventin 2012 with only about 1,000eggs and the thought that localkids would enjoy the day.

“We saw a void and we

thought it would be a good wayof getting everyone together,” hesaid. “It follows our mission ofsupporting the kids in WestRoxbury, Hyde Park andRoslindale. It was a good setting,and we started out with 1,000eggs. When we saw the registra-tion shoot up in the first year, Ispent the week before going toevery CVS in the area gettingcandy and eggs.”

Mason said they put downmore than 20,000 eggs for thehunt this year.

“They go really fast, and allthe money for the eggs and the daygets donated from people who livein the community or people whohad grown up in the Parkway andhave moved out,” he said. “It’s ex-tremely rewarding, especiallyhaving a child of my own who par-

ticipates, it just shows thestrength of our community. Somany people show up, come outand pull in the same directionyou know?”

Residents Sonia and JerryMee also attended the event.

“We came out to support thecommunity event, and it’s a greatone,” said Sonia. “We’ve donea lot of other events PIM does.”

Jerry said it’s as much a partof the fabric of the Parkway thananything else PIM does.

“It’s associated with the over-all community too, you know,like soccer, baseball, football,softball, there’s always stuffaround here to do for the com-munity,” Jerry said.

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Developer walks awayfrom five-story

apartment building

US Marine Recruitremains found in Canton

In a move that surprised ev-eryone along WashingtonStreet, City Realty put 3371 –3375 Washington St. up forsale in mid-March.

City Realty (CRM) listedthe property on Craigslist for$2.9 million. After acquiringthe three buildings in February

City Life Rally at El Embajador last November protesting the allegedeviction of this 28-year old restaurant by City Life.

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2016 for $2.3 million, it fileda Project Notification Formwith the BPDA on March 3,2017 for two, five-story, 40-unit apartment buildings.

It withdrew the PNF in Au-gust 2017. The chief reasongiven for both actions was theguidelines of Plan JP/Rox.

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George Wright Golf clubhouserenovation plan presented

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Since November, the fam-ily of Joseph Brancato hasbeen working with police andthe community to help locatethe missing U.S. Marine Corpsrecruit.

Last Wednesday, his re-mains were found along Route95 South in Canton right be-fore the 95/93 split. Brancato,21, was reported missing inthe Mendelssohn Street areaof Roslindale on Nov. 18. Hewas reportedly living with ex-Marine Gunnery Sgt. FrankLipka, who has now beennamed as a person of interestin the case.

The Office of Norfolk Dis-trict Attorney MichaelMorrissey confirmed the re-covery of remains and statedthat an autopsy was per-formed on Thursday, but nocause of death has been de-termined as of the date of pub-lication. According to the DA,a person who stopped to helpa local motorist on 95 spottedthe remains in the woods off

the highway.Lipka was the sole recruiter

at the Roslindale office whereBrancato was processed.Lipka is also currently undermilitary custody in South Caro-lina for unrelated charges ofassaulting a local pizza deliv-ery driver “by means of a fire-arm” in September 2017 andwas arrested January for driv-ing under the influence of al-cohol and leaving the scene ofproperty damage.

The missing U.S. Marine

Joseph Brancato

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An extensive overhaul of the interior of the clubhouse at George WrightGolf Course is part of the renovation study commissioned by the Bos-ton Parks Department. COURTESY PHOTO

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On March 14, a communitymeeting was held at the HydePark Branch of the Boston Pub-lic Library regarding the ongo-ing renovation plans for theclubhouse, its surroundinggrounds, and the parking lot ofGeorge Wright Golf Course.

The meeting was hosted byMaureen Anderson, SeniorProject Manager with the Cityof Boston’s Public FacilitiesDepartment. It was split intotwo segments: a presentation ofthe project study with a sug-gested recommendation mov-ing forward, and questions andanswers.

Project architect PeterHobson of Myer & Myer ledthe audience through an exten-

sive synopsis of the three stagesof the study, which began abouta year ago with an analysis ofthe clubhouse area’s existingconditions and continued in the

second half of 2017 with PhaseII.

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1225 Centre reduced to six condosJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The proposed project at1225 Centre St. has reduced itsoutput from eight units to sixunits, but the project will stillhave to go before the BostonZoning Board of Appeals forseveral zoning violations.

And many residents areglad of that. Last week, anabutters meeting was held bythe developer, Gary Martell,and his partner John Sullivan.About 16 residents came tovoice their concerns with theproject, most notably the ver-nal pool behind the site. Theteam has brought on environ-mental attorney Paul Feldmanto help ease the tensions onthat issue.

“It’s north of the propertybeing developed, it’s an impor-tant wetland resource,” hesaid. “We care about them, wewant to make sure they don’tget disturbed in any way. Itwon’t on this property becausethe vernal pool is what we callup-gradient, in that the waterruns up (north). Any activityhere is not going to impact thevernal pool, and that’s very,very important.”

Resident Tony LaCassesaid he took issue with this as-sessment of the site.

“This was called by BostonParks Department one of threemost important sites in thecity,” LaCasse said. “I knowthat site exceptionally well, I’vebeen cleaning it for years andI take exception because thereis grading that goes back downinto the vernal pool I’d behappy to show you.”

LaCasse said there wasalso a trench that ran downfrom the site towards the ver-

nal pool, and that stormwaterrunoff could get in. ArchitectJoe Vizela of Vizela Designsaid they have an infiltrationsystem designed as well thatwould put all wastewater run-off back into the ground, filteredand clean, and into a culvertthat runs into the Arnold Arbo-retum.

“The same family hasowned the property for 100years, it has been a gas stationand a quarry, among otherthings, and in 2008 they de-cided to clean it up, and anymore contaminates we mayfind there will be taken out,”said John Sullivan.

LaCasse said he also hadproblems with the actual designof the site.

“That thing will stick outlike a sore thumb as folks comedown the Centre Street Park-way,” he said. “This soundslike it belongs in the South End,not Jamaica Plain or WestRoxbury.”

Feldman also said therewould be no impact to the in-termittent stream that runsnear the property. Martell saidthat the property used to be a

gas station for a number ofyears and that though therewas contaminated soil therefrom the station, the formerproperty owner cleaned it upin 2008 to governmental stan-dards. Resident Joe Covertsaid he wasn’t so sure aboutthe cleanup itself.

“It may interest you to knowthat the owners of 1245 Cen-tre St. looked into whether theyshould buy this property a longtime ago and discovered thelevels of contamination at theproperty and the ground wa-ter,” he said. “But in doing so,they also found how contami-nated their own groundwaterwas, the contamination hadgone underneath into that cul-vert and contributed to 1245Centre having to be cleanedand mitigated as well.”

The project itself is designedas an L-Shaped building withsix units. The variances for thesite include front yard setback,rear yard setback, side yard set-back, lot size, height, numberof units and excessive floor-to-area ratio.

Residents were mainly concerned about potential damage stormwaterrunoff could have on the adjacent wetlands near the proposed site.


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Editorial

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

1st class send-off for a 2nd responderWhenever a first responder

dies on duty, the funeral and thewakes are well orchestrated.

There is a lot of tradition andsymbolism in the ceremonies,and the surviving families arevery well compensated for lifewithout their loved ones.

Recently, a second responderperished on the job. DanielCoady Jr. was a tow-truck opera-tor for Coady’s Towing inLawrence. He responded for theState Police about a disabled caron Interstate 495. The 41-year-old father of two was no rookieoperator; he had been a lifelongemployee of Coady’s Towing inLawrence.

A Lawrence woman hadcrashed her Pontiac into an un-occupied BMW in the break-down lane which then veeredinto the wrecker to hit Coadystanding outside his truck. Shewas charged with a slew of of-fenses: vehicular homicide,drunken driving, speeding, andother offenses in connection withthe crash. She was arraigned atTufts Medical Center, where sheherself was recovering.

As stated above, the families

of traditional first responders areextremely well compensatedwhen their loved ones die onduty. There’s even a case a num-ber of years ago in which a statetrooper, on his way home from apaid detail, rammed into a bridgeabutment; his family was givena huge compensation package asif he had died on duty.

Daniel Coady’s family prob-ably will be given no such pack-age. But they will remember thehuge turnout by his colleagues

before and after his funeral massat St. Michael’s Church in hishometown of North Andover,where 380 tow truck operatorsshowed up with their wreckersin the North Andover Mall,through which the funeral cor-tege drove.

The funeral casket, carried ona sparkling Coady tow truck,passed by tow trucks with theiryellow lights flashing and under-neath American flags attached tothe cranes of the largest trucks.

Many of these attendees pay-ing respectful tribute were not onthe clock; they were giving uptheir own time/commission topay their respects to one of theirown. They had come from allover the Commonwealth andother parts of New England toshow their solidarity with one oftheir own.

Driving a tow truck may notbe as dangerous as working on afishing boat (usually accordedthe dubious distinction of beingthe most dangerous career), butthe Statewide Towing Associa-tion estimates a tow truck drivernationwide is killed every sixdays.

FNHA discusses signage,zoning, music at meeting

FNHAFNHAFNHAFNHAFNHAContinued on page 14

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

More than 20 people at-tended the Fairmount HillNeighborhood Association’s(FHNA) meeting last Tuesday,March 28, at the Boston Po-lice Academy to discuss re-placing the antiquated signmarking Fairmount Hill since1973.

They also announced put-ting out requests to Bostonrockers The DropkickMurphys to help them cel-ebrate their anticipatedachievement by “shipping offto Boston” to perform theirsong “Fairmount Hill” whenthey get it.

“Interestingly enough, ourneighbor came across an oldpicture of our original sign dedi-cation in 1973,” said FNHAzoning committee co-chair JoeSmith. “This is back when itwas placed there by the MDC(Metropolitan District Commis-sion), before it became theDCR (Department of Conser-vation and Recreation.) RitaWalsh, our current chair, is rightthere in front.”

Walsh showed a letter fromthe MDC she had authenticat-ing the picture, which showedher, Rep. Angelo Scaccia andMDC representative M. IlyasBhatti.

Smith added that he con-tacted Lisa Consalvo from

Rep. Angelo Scaccia’s officeearlier that day for an update.

“She said she was optimis-tic that it would happen,” saidSmith. “We are hoping that itwill happen sometime duringthe HP 150 celebration.”

Smith said he reached outto a special guest to TheDropkick Murphys to attendthe ceremony once it happens.The group is famous for itsBoston-inspired songs, espe-cially “Shipping off to Boston,”featured in the film, “The De-parted.” The song they wouldbe asked to play is called“Fairmount Hill.”

“I can’t believe there is asong about our neighborhood,”said FHNA co-chair Gretchen

VanNess.Smith said he reached out

to the band earlier but hadn’treceived a response.

“I heard from someone whois good friends with a memberof the Dropkick Murphys,”Smith said. “So now we arehoping that as he (the bandmember) looks back, he willhave good memories and theywill come back to celebrateHyde Park’s history.”

“The DCR has to reject thesign first,” said FHNA mem-ber Scott Kriscenski. “It setsa precedent for other neighbor-hoods. But this is a historic

When government officials cannot find the budgetary meansto fund a pet project, the costs are often handed down to consum-ers. The sales pitch for a new funding plan is often somethingalong the lines of: “It will only cost you the equivalent of a cup ofcoffee a day.”

It is a farcical defense. Those “cups of coffee” coming out ofyour wallet quickly multiply into something far more burdensomeon a family budget.

We, begrudgingly, applaud the fact that Mayor Marty Walsh’slatest infrastructure plan arrived with nary a trace of coffee cupmetaphors.

This week, Walsh announced plans for new protected bikelanes and pedestrian paths, redesigned intersections, and trafficsignal advancements. Funding some of it is Boston’s favoritemoney-making mechanisms this side of Girl Scout Cookies and“Cheers” t-shirts: parking tickets.

As part of an annual $5 million allocation, Walsh and his GoBoston 2030 think tank have identified 58 projects they deemworthy of action.

“Getting from point A to point B should be safe, affordable,and reliable,” Walsh said.

In a statement, the Mayor’s office added: “Altering the City’scurrent parking fines will encourage better compliance with ex-isting City laws and bring Boston’s fines in line with some peerU.S. cities.”

For example, it says, the fine for double parking in Boston iscurrently $30 for Zone B and $45 for Zone A and is recommendedto be increased to $55 and $75 respectively. By comparison, thedouble-parking fine is already significantly higher in San Fran-cisco at $110, New York City at $115, and Chicago at $100.

“The City of Boston has not raised parking ticket fines in 10years,” the statement says. “The expected new revenue from themodified parking fees will be invested back into city streets.”

Among the projects the City is hoping that extra ticket rev-enue will fund are: new dedicated bus lanes, a direct public trans-portation connection between Mattapan and the Longwood Medi-cal Area; a $2 million increase in investment for roadway resur-facing and sidewalk repairs; $150,000 for stormwater interven-tions roadways to better manage high precipitation events; hiringnew traffic signal mechanics to keep signals working as designed;nearly doubling the City’s investment in building out a better pe-destrian network; and an additional $300,000 for a “the strategicbike network program, raising the annual investment to $1.2 mil-lion for building out high quality bike infrastructure in Boston.”

There are plenty more goodies in the package, but we willspare you the minutiae.

For the most part, these all sound like worthy, perhaps evennecessary, improvements.

We must confess, however, having some agita over the plan totap ticket revenues as a revenue source. All total, the city willupdate the fines for 11 of the City’s 36 parking violations, “focus-ing on those which residents raise most frequently: non-compli-ance with parking regulations, congestion and cleanliness,” thecity says. “The updated parking fine structure is expected to pro-duce positive outcomes by influencing driver behavior and reduc-ing congestion in high traffic areas.”

The city’s pipe dream is that more expensive fines will in-crease parking compliance and pull vehicles of congested streets.

There is little defense of hydrant blocking and sneaking intoloading zones. Funding so many good projects on the dime ofscofflaws is, in concept, totally reasonable.

Our fear, perhaps an irrational one, is of overzealous teamsof ticket writers. Many of the city’s “meter maids” do a finejob. Others, however, are vultures and the new scheme plays tothem.

City policy, for example, meant that, just a few days ago,many residents were hit with $150 fines for parking on the streetduring a declared “snow emergency,” despite the fact that barelya few flakes fell from the badly predicted “blizzard.”

Also, claiming that tickets will reduce congestion is an infuri-ating angle. Many of us, due to age and health, cannot just hopon a bike. Nor can the working men and women of the region beasked to endure the Hell that is the MBTA. If you want to get towork on time, avoid the perpetually broken transit system.

It may sound cool to be anti-car, but it is shot-sighted and insen-sitive thinking. We fear that, with so much money at stake, ticketswill rain down on the city in a way unlike what we’ve seen before.

CorrectionCorrectionCorrectionCorrectionCorrectionIn last week’s Bulletin story regarding the Jason Roberts

Challenger League Opening Day, organizer and Founder BillHubbard’s name was incorrectly stated in the beginning of thearticle to be Higgins. Also, Jason Roberts was said to havebeen mentally impaired, when this was not the case.



recruit came to Roslindale two months prior to his Marine examto train with Lipka for the upcoming entrance exam. He re-portedly lived with Lipka for those two months after report-edly failing the exam on his first time through.

Brancato’s family never gave up the search for their miss-ing marine recruit during his disappearance. Brancato’s aunttold the Bulletin in January that being a marine was Brancato’sdream. Brancato’s family first noticed his absence duringThanksgiving, but due to family tensions at the time, did notthink his absence was remarkable.

Brancato’s likeness was flyered throughout the neighbor-hood and the city, and Brancato’s family said he trained exten-sively at the Turtle Pond Parkway and had told his family omi-nously before that if he ever went missing, to start looking there.The Boston Police along with the Navy NCIS team searchedthe area of Turtle Pond Parkway extensively and also the StonyBrook Park with no results.

According to Brancato’s obituary, he spent much of his timefishing, skiing and riding dirt bikes. He was scheduled to reportto Parris Island for basic training once he passed the Marine’sexam. His family has asked that in lieu of flowers, donations inhis name can be made to the National Center for Missing andExploited Children Attn. Development Charles B. Wang Inter-national Children’s Building, 699 Prince St. Alexandria, Va.

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Council hearing to look into stray voltage electrocuting dogsJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Last week, District 2 CityCouncilor Edward Flynncalled for a hearing to discusswith utility companies, stake-holders and residents the elec-trical grid at Castle Island af-ter an earlier incident in whichstray voltage almost killed adog being walked there.

Flynn reported the incidentafter it was reported to him onMarch 23, and said the bolt ofelectricity was from an im-

properly-connected electricalcable. Flynn also reported onan earlier incident when astray bolt actually killed a dogon Southampton Street.

“I have since met with thedog owner and talked aboutthis issue, but at that time ithad come to my attention thatthere were several incidentssimilar in nature to this tragicincident that occurred over adecade ago in the City of Bos-ton, such as two dogs thatwere electrocuted inChinatown in 2005 and a dog

in Charlestown in 2006,” hesaid. “More recently, otherdogs have been shocked byvoltage in the city. There weretwo dogs shocked this pastChristmas at a manhole at theAdams Street Bridge. Fortu-nately, they survived.”

Flynn said he talked to theowner from the Castle Islandincident with State Rep. NickCollins and is reaching out tothe Massachusetts Depart-ment of Conservation andRecreation and steps theywere taking to address public

safety in the area. He said asthey were going over the areaof the incident, one thing stuckout in his mind.

“Being out there that day,I couldn’t help but think of therecent flooding that has alsotaken place in January andMarch of this year,” he said.“I remember seeing the videosof the Sugar Bowl out therebeing flooded and underwater,I have never seen that before.It made me wonder if thereshould be any system or pro-tocol in place to check on ourinfrastructure in the vicinityof flooding following thesestorms.”

Flynn said he has also beenspeaking with Public Worksmembers and one thing he hasgleaned from those discussionsis that the old wiring infrastruc-ture of the city can becomesaturated with water that hasbeen combined with road saltthat will corrode electrical sys-tems.

“It is my hope that this hear-ing will allow us to speak morein depth with the relevant Cityof Boston departments, includ-ing Public Works, Transporta-

tion, perhaps our partners instate government and at DCR,the utility companies about thecauses of these incidents andthe infrastructure involved andwhether a study of old infra-structure in the city is feasible,”he said. “We may also want tobrainstorm about what short-term and long-term steps maybe taken to help reduce thelikelihood of events like thisfrom occurring in the future.”

District 5 City CouncilMatt O’Malley said the coun-cil has had success in reign-ing in utility companies in thepast regarding natural gasleaks, and said similar ordi-nances could be used to de-crease loose voltage.

“It’s really incumbent on(utility companies) to makesure that the infrastructureis safe, this can be avoided,it will cost something butwith proper insulation wecan avoid it and unfortu-nately this has become nota frequent occurrence, butan occurrence that takesplace severa l months oryears and it can be devastat-ing,” he said.



Elks host annual Easter Dinner

Every Easter and Thanksgiv-ing for the past 45 years, the Bos-ton Elks 10 have hosted a dinnerfor seniors.

About 80 residents and 40 vol-unteers came out on Sunday for acomplete volunteer-cooked mealat the Elks. Organizer Andy Schellsaid it’s an amazing time and heloves doing both events everyyear.

“I’ve been doing this for thepast eight years, and it’s reallygood what we’re doing,” he said.“Some of these people don’t havefamilies, so it’s really good thatwe get to help them out duringthese times.”

Schell said originally, he wasasked by the Elks to help out andhe just said yes. He said he didn’trealize that he’d want to continuedoing it for almost a decade.

“I’ve got a good crew ofpeople, plenty of help and they’reall very good,” he said. “You see,all I do is put out fires today, 90percent of what I do is before theevent.”

Elks Exacted Ruler RichieDeSalvo said he technically incharge of the lodge, at least fornow.

“I’ll be done in three weeks,this is my last big show we do forthe seniors,” he said. “We alwaystry to support the seniors in theneighborhood.”

DeSalvo said the Elks just saw

a need in the community duringsome of these holiday months andfelt they could help.

“This time of year, you don’tsee too many folks or organiza-tions even delivering meals,” hesaid. “Meals on Wheels doesn’tdeliver today, and most of theseseniors wouldn’t have a meal atall, so we feel if we can try to getthem here and give them a mealthey can enjoy themselves.”

Resident and volunteer KarenIngram said the Elks work withher organization, the NamKnights American Veteran andLaw Enforcement MotorcycleClub, and she came out to helpduring the holiday.

“I just like to serve people,”she said. “I came here to help andI come out most years. I’m outhere from Wilmington and I thinkit’s just a fabulous idea, I think it’s

a great thing for the elderly and Idefinitely have fun.”

Residents Peggy Atchison,Eva Price and Francis James saidthey have been coming out to havea good meal and get some danc-ing in.

“This entire table, well we callourselves the Ballroom DanceTable,” said Price laughing.

“I’ve been dancing here sinceit opened,” said Atchison. “It’sbeen terrific and everybody is ter-rific.”

Residents James and HelenMcCloskey said they come outevery year. They said they get tosee old friends they can’t alwayssee.

“We try to make it every yearif we can,” said James. “It’s great,we always have fun. Not only this,but the Thanksgiving Dinner andthe Christmas Dinner as well.”

On Sunday, more than 100 people came out for the annual Easter Din-ner hosted by the Boston Elks.


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Community on board for Chambers' Jag/Range Rover dealershipJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Herb Chambers himselfcame down to the BrightonMarine Health Center on Mon-day to talk with the communityregarding a proposal for a newHerb Chambers Jaguar andRange Rover dealership onCommonwealth Avenue.

The new dealership wouldgo in at 1186-1190 and 1192-1198 Commonwealth Ave.(currently the site of his Hondaand Infiniti dealerships) andwould completely level the cur-rent structures for a new build-ing.

The new building would be57,000 square feet on threefloors at a height of 59.5 feet.Architect Mark Regent of Re-gent Associates said they wouldalso be pulling back the street-facing facade by three feet toallow for a three-foot bed ofplanters to help green the space.

Chambers himself said hebought the property 30 yearsago as a Honda dealership andexpanded it in that time. Re-sponding to the concerns ofresidents, he said he has noplans to sell to a developer ifbusiness was lagging or if hewas made an offer in the nextfew years.

“I can’t tell you what willhappen in 20 years, but in fiveyears we’re still going to be

selling Range Rovers and Jag-uars,” he said. “We’re in thebusiness for the long haul, I’veowned that property for 30years.”

Don Wiest of Dain Torpy, adevelopment attorney repre-senting Chambers, said the rea-soning behind the change wasthat the Honda dealership wastoo successful. There were toomany people coming in for ser-vice and sales, causing moretraffic in the area.

“This will actually reducethe traffic, we think, by about50 percent,” he said.

He added that the maincause of any traffic for an autodealership is service and main-tenance, which because of thehigh-end nature of both newproducts they will be selling,will mean that traffic is ex-pected to go down. RangeRover and Jaguars are very ex-pensive, and he said the salesvolume and therefore servicerates would go down.

Chambers said Jaguar actu-ally came to him for a new flag-ship store in Boston, rivalingthose in New York and SanFrancisco.

“Really, there are so manycustomers coming there nowand so much inventory and somany people working therewe’ve just outgrown the spot,”he said. “We’ve been fortunateenough to have a Range Rover

Jaguar dealership in Sudburyand I bought that 10 years agoand we did so well with that inservice and so forth they saidhow about a downtown Bostonlocation.”

Chambers said the main rea-son people would be against adealership in their neighbor-hood has been nixed in the de-sign of this location.

“First of all, people like tohave an auto dealership,” hesaid. “I get it and I know thatand the main thing they don’tlike is the sea of cars outside,lots and lots of inventory outthere. That’s why we chose tobuild the building to keep theinventory inside. It keeps itlooking very clean and modernlooking. It’s much more pleas-ant.”

Regent said the main dis-play area facing the streetwould have offices, pre-ownedstock, a cafe and a TV waitingarea. The second floor wouldbe a waiting area for servicevehicles, either waiting to beserved or waiting to be pickedup. He said the third floorwould be dedicated to inven-tory storage.

One resident asked aboutthe fuel storage permits Cham-bers would have to buy again,and Weist said they are alreadyaccounting for that.

“You get a fuel storage per-mit from the City of Boston

because each car’s gas tank isa fuel storage device and to parkthem so close together you haveto submit a plan to the City ofBoston,” he said, adding thatthe plan would have to be re-viewed by the city’s relevant of-fices.

Regent added that the sprin-kler system would have to bemore concentrated than a nor-mal building for the same rea-son and that carbon monoxidedetectors would have to be in-stalled as well for the safety ofthe staff. A separate exhaustsystem would also be installed.

Regent said they have notpriced the development yet, butsaid a good ballpark numberwould be $25 million for thewhole tear-down and build.Development attorney PaulLosordo said they are now innegotiations for new locationsfor the Honda and Infinitidealerships, respectively, andsaid though the negotiationsdon’t allow them to say exactlywhere, he said the Honda deal-ership location they are look-ing at is three miles awaywhereas the Infiniti is five milesaway.

Resident Eva Webster saidshe felt the push back of thebuilding by three feet could belonger, and since any highbushes or trees would get in theway of the showroom was nothappy with any lack of screen-

ing.“I just want to make sure

that this building doesn’t feeltoo overwhelming for what is aresidential boulevard,” shesaid. “A three-foot wide areawith low-grade shrubs justdoesn’t cut it. I mentioned thatthe building sticks out toomuch, whatever is there rightnow was built too close and notlined up with the natural edgeof the building next to it. Thereare issues of design here whichI think need to be fixed becauseotherwise I feel like it’s reallyoverwhelming, and I think youneed to push it back anotherthree or four feet and make sureyou have some airy trees infront of it. I don’t think youhave enough greenery. Thatlittle strip of shrubbery there isfrankly a joke.”

Wiest said they did look atpushing the building back a bitfurther, but said it would inter-fere with the required opera-tions of the facility. Regent saidthat that single building to theeast of the site Webster wastalking about was actually ananomaly and built that way toaccommodate the basementdwellings there.

The development team willbe going before the AllstonCivic Improvement Associationmeeting on April 18 for a rec-ommendation from that body.


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Gerald J. Of West Roxburyand Mashnee Island, Cape Cod,March 28, 2018. Beloved hus-band of the late Ruth A. (Tice)Buchanan. Loving father ofKaren Buchanan of Dedhamand Danny O’Neill, KerriBuchanan of West Roxbury,and Scott Buchanan and hiswife Tracy of Pembroke. De-voted grandfather of Madyson,Emily, and Danielle. Brother ofAlice Synnott of Roslindale,Robert Buchanan of Plymouthand the late William, Edmund,Eugene and MaureenBuchanan. Funeral was fromthe William J. Gormley FuneralHome 2055 Centre St. WESTROXBURY. A Funeral Masswas in Holy Name Church. In-terment was Private. 40-yearmember of the MA Air NationalGuard. For directions andg u e s t b o o kwww.gormleyfuneral.com Wil-liam J. Gormley Funeral Ser-vice 617-323-8600

GRADONEArthur B. Longtime resident

of West Roxbury, formerly ofBrookline, passed away onMarch 20, 2018. Beloved hus-band of Sarah (Keane) Gradonefor 65 years. Devoted father ofPatricia Hadge and her husbandDonald of Canton, and MaryFrances Gradone and Arlene C.Gradone, both of WestRoxbury. Loving grandfather ofKara Hadge of Brookline andMatthew Hadge of Cambridge.World War II Army Air ForceVeteran stationed in Guam. A

private family funeral servicewas held in the P.E. Murray-F.J.Higgins, George F. Doherty &Sons Funeral Home, on Mon-day, March 26. Interment fol-lowed at St. Joseph Cemetery,West Roxbury. For onlineg u e s t b o o kpemurrayfuneral.com P.E.Murray - F.J. Higgins GeorgeF. Doherty & Sons WestRoxbury 617-325-2000

MOOREMarion C. (Greeley) Of

Hyde Park, March 28. Belovedwife of the late James J. Moore.Loving mother of DonaldMoore and his wife Christineof Florida, Daryl Moore and hiswife Kristin of North Carolina,Carol and Donna Moore ofHyde Park, and Barbara Enosand her husband Joel of E.Falmouth. Dear sister of Rob-ert Greeley of Norwood, Tho-mas Greeley and his wife Annaof Dedham, John Greeley andhis wife Lorraine of Hyde Park,Janet Repetto and her husbandJoseph of Billerica, and CarolBelger of New Hampshire.Also survived by eight grand-children and many nieces andnephews. Visiting hours was atthe Folsom Funeral Home, 87Milton St., DEDHAM. Rela-tives and friends will gatheredat the funeral home followed bya mass of Christian burial at St.Mary’s Church, 420 High St.,Dedham. Interment was pri-vate. In lieu of flowers, dona-tions to Mass Special Olym-pics, 512 Forest St.,Marlborough, MA 01752would be appreciated. For di-rections, obituary and to signguestbook, please visit thewebsite. Folsom Funeral Home

MORALESCarlos E. Carlos Enrique

Morales, 78, long time residentof West Roxbury, Mass., passedin peace on Thursday, March29, 2018, at home with his fam-ily by his side. Carlos was bornin the Andes town of Timotesin Venezuela, to Octavio Mo-rales and Ana Perez de Morales.As a young man, he competedas a boxer, a platform diver, abody builder, and a martial art-ist. After a long career in theVenezuelan oil industry(PDVSA) and as a universityeducator (Unversidad SimonBolivar), Carlos retired andmoved to the Boston area to becloser to his kids and grandkids.After a brief retirement, hejoined Brigham and Women’sHospital, where he workedalongside his wife for 17 yearson the Nurse’s Health Study.Carlos will be remembered byfamily and friends as a lovinghusband, supporting father andgrandfather, and as a bocce balltournament champion. Carlos is

survived by his wife, Mercedes,with whom he shared 51 yearof marriage, his son Carlos, hiswife Sandra, his son Tanus, andhis wife Carmen. He is also sur-vived by eight grandchildren:Anna, Dimitri, Zavier, Olivia,Zoe, Alexandra, Izan, and Elisa.He is further survived by hissiblings Orlando, Jesus, andLeida, along with many neph-ews and nieces. Carlos will begreatly missed by all. Serviceswill be held at 10 a.m. on Thurs-day, April 5, 2018 at SaintTheresa of Avila Church, WestRoxbury. In lieu of flowers,please consider making a dona-tion to the American CancerSociety (http://www.cancer.org) or the BethIsrael Deaconess Medical Cen-ter, Cancer Center Fund (https://www.bidmc.org/give). KfouryKeefe Funeral Home WestRoxbury 617-325-3600

MUNGERMary (Pagliarulo) Of

Roslindale, March 27, 2018.Beloved wife of the late Rob-ert W. Munger. Sister of ConnieKilleen, Judith DeMatteo, Rob-ert and Daniel Pagliarulo, andthe late Domenic, Guy, Anna,Nick, Anthony, Michael, Lucy,and Joseph Pagliarulo. Sister-in-law of Joan, TammyPagliarulo, Anthony Festa, andMartin DeMatteo. Also sur-vived by many nieces and neph-ews. Funeral was from the Wil-liam J. Gormley Funeral Home,2055 Centre Street, WESTROXBURY. A Funeral Masswas in Holy Name Church. In-terment was at Forest HillsCemetery, Boston. In lieu offlowers, donations may bemade in her memory to St.Benedict Elementary School, 2Pleasant Street, South Natick,MA 01760. For directions andg u e s t b o o kwww.gormleyfuneral.com Wil-liam J. Gormley Funeral Ser-vice 617-323-8600

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March 30, age 75. Son of thelate Pasquale and TeresaOcchiolini. Father of TeresaOcchiolini & her husbandUmberto Boscolo of Belmontand Paula Stour of Everett.Cherished brother of IdaDiGiorgio and her husband Bobof North Reading. Grandfatherof five grandchildren and alsosurvived by many nieces, neph-ews, in-laws and friends. AMass of Christian Burial was atMost Precious Blood Church,Hyde Park. Interment was atFairview Cemetery, HydePark. Anthony was a longtimeemployee of the U.S. RailroadRetirement Board.

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From this, a handful of sug-gested renovation options forthe clubhouse, which was com-pleted in 1938 and has had verylittle in the way of updates doneto it since then, were drafted forreview.

Phase III began with thenew year and, over January andFebruary, a recommended op-tion was put together and pre-sented to the group at the Li-brary. Prior to this public meet-ing, there had been two com-munity advisory meetings – oneduring each of the first twophases.

The recommended optionsought to address the majorgoals and objectives estab-lished in Phase I: better connec-tions between the parking lotand the course, increased acces-sibility, clubhouse climate con-trol, the improvement of pub-lic services, and the addition ofinterior features for year roundactivities and community func-tions.

Some highlights of the ex-terior repairs include increasingthe number of parking spots to192, with accessible parkingcloser to the building and anaccessible ramp at the frontentrance.

Lighting will also be in-creased through the clubhousegrounds and parking lot, whilecart paths and site circulationwill also be improved.

Additionally, the derelict

caddy shack at the edge of theparking lot will be rehabilitatedand used as a bag drop off andthe two tennis courts by theright side of the first fairwaywill be removed.

Inside the clubhouse, themain hall to the left of the en-trance will be converted to arestaurant/bar with an encloseddining room next door to it.

Speaking of this during thequestion and answer session,Anderson left open the optionof switching the two areas out,but explained the rationale forthe layout choice.

“One of the thoughts that wehad was that if you did put thebar in the main hall, during theday it shows some activation,”Anderson said. “Sometimes,when you go into the buildingand the main hall, no one’s us-ing it. It just seems dead.”

Other major proposedchanges would involve convert-ing the greatly underused 2,000square foot men’s locker roomto a function room seating 130and a prep kitchen next to it;there would also be a patioloosely parallel to the first fair-way. On the other side of thebuilding, the women’s lockerroom would be changed over toa full service kitchen.

The major change to theclubhouse basement would beits new capacity to store all 77golf carts in it in the area un-derneath the new function room

and patio. Kitchen, function, andgolf bag storage would also bemore efficiently allocated.

The second floor would beused primarily as office space,with a conference room as well.The renovation would entail theoverhaul of all of the clubhousesystems, including heating,ventilation, and air condition-ing (HVAC), plumbing, the in-stallation of a fire alarm andsprinkler system and a new el-evator, and the piping of natu-ral gas from West Street to thebuilding.

According to Parks Depart-ment Director of Administra-tion and Finance DennisRoache, the estimated cost ofthis project would be about $15million.

As the entire annual ParksDepartment capital budget isabout $20 million, the club-house renovation would likelybe phased section by sectionrather than all at once.

When asked about the pos-sible duration of the project,Roache estimated that it “couldbe upwards of 10 years, de-pending on the phasing plan.”

Initial work would likelyinvolve bringing in utilitiesfrom the street and redoing theparking lot.

He also anticipated that theclubhouse would need to beclosed for at least a portion ofthe work.

“A whole season, I don’t

know,” he said. “But there willbe some periods of shut down.”

The anticipated annual rev-enue of the renovated club-house was estimated at $3.2million, broken down intogreens fees, merchandise, golfsimulators, the restaurant andbar, and banquet events.

After a presentation heavyon function rooms, golf simu-lators, sight lines, and trafficcirculation, the immediate andrepeated focus during the ques-tion and answer session was onsomething seemingly moremundane: bathrooms, morespecifically the terrible condi-tion of them.

Roache referred to the reno-vation plan as the key reasonbehind this unaddressed issue.

“We didn’t know how theprogram was going to changeand if the bathrooms were go-ing to stay in the same position,so the study was to identifywhat the next program wouldbe before we started throwingbad money after good,” Roachesaid.

He did add that as theproject is phased, toilet im-provements would be looked atearly on.

The presentation’s emphasison function rooms was, in fact,brought up by an attendee, lead-ing to Roache stating that thiswas an attempt at developingmore revenue from theunderutilized spaces within thebuilding, thus giving it the op-portunity to be a year roundsite.

“The golf courses are notrun as for profits, but they’renot run to lose money either,”said Roache, who runs all of theCity’s public courses.

He did, however, clarifyhow he had envisioned thefunction room(s) were planned.

“That function space is de-signed to hold the golf tourna-ments that play there, and theneventually have your LittleLeague break up dinner or yourcommunity fund raiser,” hesaid.

At one point, Andersonclarified – as she did severaltimes throughout the meeting –that none of this design was fi-nal.

“This is a study. We’re fin-ishing up our study and whatwe do is get your input on theideas that we’re presenting to-night, and then we’re going tocomplete a report,” she said.

According to the timetableshown during the presentation,this report will be completed inApril, after which the finalizedstudy will be submitted forfunding in the City of Boston’sfive-year capital plan. Whetheror not it is approved remains tobe seen.

As of now, construction hasbegun to add an accessible toi-let room to the clubhouse, aswell as a golf simulator pilotproject. Both are scheduled forcompletion this spring.

For more information, visit:https://www.boston.gov/pub-lic-notices/39996.

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sale on March 21, The Bulle-tin contacted CRM for confir-mation; Cliff Kensington ofAcquisitions promptly re-sponded.

“The moving target of PlanJP/Rox proved too difficult tohit,” he said. “With the finaldimensional restrictions andthe harsh density restrictionsand affordable requirementsseverely inhibits any kind oflarge scale development likewe were planning.”

City Realty is selling thetwo brick buildings on Wash-ington Street which includesDe Chain Auto and ElEmbajador Restaurant. Thethird building, a wood framehouse at 197 Green St, is notpart of the sale.

“We spent a lot of time try-ing to thoughtfully plan onedevelopment,” Kenisingtonsaid. “But it became apparentthat we had to sell one of thesites. Another developer wouldbe able to propose somethingon Washington Street similarto the smaller property we willshortly be proposing on [197]Green St.”

The Craigslist ad is de-scription describes the prop-erty as “a tremendous redevel-opment opportunity for inves-tors/developers looking for thenext project.”

But there is a word of cau-tion:

“Ask about the completedJP/Rox zoning study and whattype of project would fit thespecifications to comply withthe new zoning study.”

The Craigslist ad explainedthat the property is “currentlyoccupied by a restaurant thatis a tenant at will and can bemoved out by the next owner.”

Carlos Espinoza, the SmallBusiness Coordinator for theJamaica Plain NDC wasshocked by the news.

“We were very surprised,”he said. “The best we can dois get this known in the com-munity. The owners of ElEmbajador are very dismayed.They are waiting to hearwhat’s next.”

Espinoza, Councilor MattO’Malley and KarilynCrockett of the Economic De-velopment Office have beenworking with CRM and thebusinesses over the winter.

De Chain has a leasethrough March 2019 at thesame rent but no agreementhas been reached with ElEmbajador.

This was another reason forCity Realty to sell.

“We spent over a year indiscussion with tenants at 3371Washington St.,” Kensington

said. “We reached an agree-ment with De Chain Auto;however our discussionsquickly broke off with theowners of El Embajador whenthe reiterated their intention tosign a long term affordablelease and sell the business tosomeone else. We were not in-terested in making a specialconcession at great cost to our-selves so they could turnaround and sell at an artifi-cially inflated price.”

Councilor O’Malley wassurprised too.

“I found out about it froman email,” he said.”Not fromCity Realty. It’s deeply disap-pointing. Time and again wetried to work with City Realtyto come to an agreement will-ingly. But we’ll continue towork with both businesses.”

Alex Ponte Capellan is thecommunity organizer for CityLife who led the Nov. 21march and rally in support ofthe two businesses.

“City Realty has causedmajor stress on immigrant-owned small businesses bypursuing evictions againstthem,” he said. “City Realtyshould not get a $600,000 re-ward for displacing small busi-nesses from JP/ Rox.”

In a statement to The Bul-letin, the BPDA said that any

new policy requires time toevaluate.

“The BPDA is closelymonitoring the Plan JP/Roxguidelines to ensure they areworking as intended at strik-ing a delicate balance betweenmaximizing affordable hous-ing while supporting privatedevelopment that causesneeded housing across all in-come levels.”

To the Union Avenue-Green Street neighborhood,there was a level of suspicion.

“What is the new strategyfor City Realty in JamaicaPlain?” asked one neighborwho insisted on anonymity.“What is the bigger picture?They bought the Obin Electricproperty (420-428 Amory St.)two years ago. Now I’ve heardthey broke of a parcel to sell.”

CRM bought the four lotsfor $2.75 million in May 2016.

In that same Craigslist postwas 38 Hyde Park Ave., a re-cently completed three-story,six-unit apartment buildingwith ground floor retail thatCity Realty built. The first newapartment building in ForestHills in over a century, andCRM’s first foray into JamaicaPlain, it was loudly opposed in2014 by the now defunct 5W’sNeighborhood Associationwhich successfully fought theoriginal four-story plan.

CRM is asking $4.9 millionfor the property that Craigslist

describes as “an incrediblyrare Jamaica Plain seven-unitconstruction ... for investors.Gross rent is over $300,000 ayear.” Immediately on theheels of 38 Hyde Park Avenue,CRM proposed a five-story,40-unit apartment building at3193Washington St. which,despite intense community op-position, was approved by theZoning Board in January 2017.

According to CRM thisproject is progressing anddemolition and site workshould start soon.

But a hint that the CRMstrategy is going small hasemerged in the last sevenmonths. CRM has acquiredfour small residential propertieswith which that plans to changeoccupancy from two to three-family at 140 Minden St., 65Sedgwick St. and 18-19 WalkHill St. and from three to four-family at 3147 Washington St.In the works is a three-story,four-unit building on a longvacant lot at 3247 WashingtonSt. at the corner of Cornwall St.Opposition to that is alreadybubbling. And at 21 RockyNook Terrace, a two-story for-sale house is proposed.

It has been a whirlwind fouryears for City Realty and itsJamaica Plain relationship. InAugust 2017, Kensington toldThe Bulletin that City Realty“is evaluating our options onhow to proceed.”

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FNHA continued from page 4placement of a sign in con-junction with the HP 150 cel-ebration.”

The other reason the DCRdidn’t approve of the sign, ac-cording to Kriscenski, wasthe concern over the sign’smaintenance. The FHNA haspledged since the sign’s in-stallment to perform the up-keep.

“But we see them on theNeponset Valley Parkway,”said Smith of similar signs.“We see them in WestRoxbury.”

Property zoning issueswere another hot topic. JavierPerez is proposing to put atwo-family development onLoring Place on a parcel thatis approximately 2,900 squarefeet - about half the size ofthe size of the required 5,000square feet required.

“The application is litteredwith variances,” said BryanFlynn, Hyde Park coordina-tor from the Mayor’s Officeof Neighborhood Services.“He has a lot, but he still de-serves the process.”

“It’s a Cinderella shoething,” added Smith.

A less contentious issuewas 286 Fairmount Ave. Can-dida Shepard requested tohave an addition to the rearof her property for a porch.The Inspectional ServicesDepartment denied the vari-ance. The floor area ratio is280.45 square feet.

“It is set back, even thoughit would add additional floorspace,” said VanNess.

“There have been no ob-jections from the neighbors,”added Shepard. An abuttersmeeting will be held on Friday,April 6 at 6:30 p.m.

Flynn told the group thatthere are a number of com-munity events on the horizon.

Flynn will be coordinatinga community event in con-junction with the HP 150 cel-ebration. It will be a children’sfitness event at the Hyde ParkCommunity Center, 1179River St., on April 19 duringschool vacation week.

“There will be an obstaclecourse for the kids and cross-training,” said Flynn. “I amcross-pollinating with HP 150,so I am having contests likewho can do the most freethrows in 150 seconds, whocan do the most sit-ups andpushups.”

For more information, con-tact [email protected] 617-635-4810.

The Neponset RiverCleanup will be held through-out Hyde Park, Mattapan,Dorchester and Milton andQuincy on Saturday, April 28from 9 a.m. to noon as part ofthe DCR’s Park Serve Day.The Neponset River Water-shed Association will be par-ticipating. For specific loca-tions, go towww.neponset.org/cleanup.

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said they’ve come to the event forfour years now and it’s become afamily tradition.

“It’s a fun day for the kids toget some Easter Eggs and it getstheir energy up, too,” she said.“It’s a great event, it’s so fun forthe kids. They look forward to itevery year.”

Residents Tom Udala andTyson Steinmete said they camefor their respective children, butfound they were meeting neigh-bors all over the place.

“It’s kind of nice to see somefriends you weren’t expecting tosee,” said Udala.

Egg Hunt continued from page 1“We’ve been coming here ev-

ery year for the last three or fouryears now, and we’ve got a bunchof friends that are members ofPIM and donate their time, andone of the guys who used to runthis is one of my neighbors and ithas just blown up since he did it,”he said. “He’s definitely aroundhere somewhere.”

Also coming up for PIM is theannual Parkway Cup Golf Tour-nament, which Mason said is oneof the events they do for the adultsto raise money for the kids eventsthey run each year. This year’sCup is set for June 29, and he said

they are aiming for a total of al-most 300 participants.

“All the money that gets raisedthere goes to events like the egghunt,” he said. “That’s what fundsour kids events, which are all free,like the Trick or Treat on CentreStreet, the flag football and thescholarships. All the adult eventsfund those events, which are opento every kid in the Parkway forfree.”

Each year, PIM hosts severalscholarship opportunities for stu-dents to enter for tuition-basededucation up to middle school.Mason said it’s also a way foryoung people to recognize thekinds of people who have comethrough the Parkway and made

their mark.“We did give out our Mike

Kennedy Scholarship this year atour Community Night, and thatgoes out to Parkway kids, and allMike’s friends, those he grew upwith, support that and fund it andit goes to someone who grew uphere, like Mike did,” he said.“His ideals are now reflected inour community scholarships.”

Mason said he’s seen kidscome through the programs andcome back to volunteer, furtherperpetuating the cycle of Park-way pride.

“They get a sense ofvolunteerism when they comeback and help out now,” hesaid. “We even have some of

them coaching in the eventsand organically you’ll see the14-year-old working with a 7-year-old at the Roche Centeror at other events and you seeit truly establishes relation-ships.”

The family of Paul Burnsactually donated all the eggs forlast year’s hunt in his memory,and Mason said his Parkwayspirit lived on in the event.

“Last year his family tookcare of thousands of kids andit’s pretty good,” he said. “It’sall the people and the busi-nesses who donate, they’re theones that make it happen.”

For more information, go toParkwayInMotion.org.


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