The Blackstone/Franklin Square Neighborhood Association General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 at 7:00 p.m., D4 Police Station, 2nd Floor Community Room, 650 Harrison Avenue.

AGENDA

Join us for our next general business meeting. Bring your friends and neighbors, and participate in the discussion. Our agenda will include the following:

7:00 p.m. Welcome and announcements (BFSNA board).

7:10 p.m. Record keeping (Matt Mues): Treasurer's Report.

7:15 p.m. Public Safety update (BPD and Jonathan Alves).

7:20 p.m. Introducing the Alexandra-Ball Neighborhood Association. The "Alexandra-Ball Neighborhood Association" is a brand-new organization formed to advocate for residents living on the other side of Mass Ave. from us, in the area bounded by Harrison and Shawmut avenues and over to Ball Street (next to Jim Rice Field) and the vicinity of the Boston Water & Sewer Commission building). ABNA representatives will talk about concerns and issues in that part of the neighborhood and we'll discuss shared priorities.
7:35 p.m. Update from the City on "Mass/Cass 2.0" (Chief Marty Martinez). City of Boston Health & Human Services Chief Marty Martinez will be back to discuss progress to date on the City's "Mass/Cass 2.0" initiative to address the challenges of homelessness and addiction in the South End, including heightened services for people afflicted and better mitigation of public safety and quality of life impacts on residents. As always, questions and comments will be welcome.
Note: The City of Boston's Mass/Cass Task Force (an advisory group to the City, representing services providers, institutional stakeholders and residents in the South End/Newmarket and environs) had its first session in December and will meet monthly going forward. BFSNA has a seat on this panel and members and residents should let us know of any questions or concerns they'd like raised there.
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