Please find information below regarding the nomination process for the JP Centre South Transportation and Streetscape Action Plan Citizen Advisory Committee. Nominations are due March 6th! Have a great week! - Colleen


Colleen Keller
JP Neighborhood Coordinator
Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services
City Hall, Room 708
Office: 617-635-4855
Fax: 617-635-3498
colleen.keller@cityofboston.gov


Dear Community Member:



The Mayor’s Office/Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) is seeking nominations

from residents, business owners, community organizations, professionals, and

institutional organizations for the Jamaica Plain Centre and South Street Corridor

Transportation and Streetscape Action Plan. The Action Plan focuses on the 2 miles

along the Centre and South Street Corridor, between Jackson Square and Forest Hills.

The Citizen Advisory Committee will be responsible for assisting the City with

prioritizing and developing an action plan for improvements along this corridor.

The Mayor’s Office, Boston Transportation Department (BTD) and the BRA are especially

interested in encouraging diversity within the Advisory Committee, recognizing the

variety of neighborhood organizations along the corridor.



Nominees must commit to:

• Attend all CAC working sessions and public meetings, held monthly for 2-3 hours.

• Communicate to the organization they represent.

• Collaborate with major stakeholders, including other public agencies



Nominations must include the following:

• Name of the individual

• Address

• Email address if possible

• Affiliation to Neighborhood Organization or Institution

• Statement of how you would best represent the neighborhood’s interests.



All CAC public meetings and working sessions will be open to the public. Meetings

will be led by BRA & BTD staff. The nominations will then be presented to the Mayor,

who will make the final determination on the CAC members.



WRITEN NOMINATIONS SHOULD BE SENT BY

5:00 PM ON MARCH 6, 2009 TO :

MAIL: Ines Palmarin, Senior Planner II

ATTN : JP Centre and South Street Corridor

Transportation and Streetscape Action Plan

Boston Redevelopment Authority

One City Hall Square, 9th Floor

Boston, MA 02201

EMAIL: I nes.Palmarin.BRA@cityofboston.gov

fax: 617.367.6087