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10-5.1   Established; Members; Terms; Qualifications.
   (A)   There shall be a Board within the Administrative Services Department to be called the Institutional Expansion Board.
   (B)   The Board shall have nine members, each appointed by the Mayor, as hereinafter provided. Six shall be appointed from a list of not less than 12 persons determined eligible by the Boston City Council to represent areas of the city especially impacted by institutional uses. To the extent the Boston City Council shall determine practical, each such shall be a president or nominee of civic associations of such neighborhoods. Two shall be appointed from a list of not less than four residents of such neighborhoods determined eligible by the City Council; and one shall be an Officer of a tax-exempt institution having an Office in the city. All members shall be residents of the city and no member, or member’s immediate family, shall be an employee of the city or a public institution, except for the institutional representative. Those persons who are appointed by virtue of being an Officer of a civic association as described above need not hold such Office for the duration of their appointment to the Board. As any vacancy occurs it shall be filled in like manner as the original appointment. In those cases where the Boston City Council shall determine eligibility, it shall find eligible not less than two persons for each vacancy to be filled. During the first three years of the effectiveness of this Section, civic associations in the following neighborhoods shall be among those represented on the Board: Alston-Brighton, Audubon Circle, Back Bay-Beacon Hill, Chinatown, Dorchester, Fenway and Mission Hill.
(Ord. 1983 c. 12; Ord. 1984 c. 3; CBC 1985 10-5.1)
10-5.2   Powers and Duties.
   The Board shall have the following powers:
   (A)   To investigate expansion by public institutions and the effect of such expansion on the city’s neighborhoods and the supply of decent, affordable housing in the city;
   (B)   To publish reports and conduct hearings on expansion of public institutions;
   (C)   To advise other City Boards and Departments with respect to expansion by public institutions; and
   (D)   To make recommendations for preventing expansion by public institutions which results in the removal of decent, affordable housing from the city’s housing market or which adversely affects a neighborhood of the city.
(Ord. 1983 c. 12; CBC 1985 10-5.2)
10-5.3   Application Notice to be Sent to the Board.
   The Board of Appeal, the Public Improvement Commission, the Zoning Commission, the Inspectional Services Department and the Boston Redevelopment Authority shall give prompt notice to the Board of each application of a public institution for a permit, license or other public approval.
(Ord. 1983 c. 12; CBC 1985 10-5.3)
10-5.4   Terms of Members.
   The terms of the members of the Board shall be as follows: For those persons who are initially appointed to the Board following enactment of this Section:
   (A)   Those six persons who are appointed from a list of not less than 12 determined eligible by the City Council, three years; and
   (B)   The remaining three persons, two years.
(Ord. 1983 c. 12; CBC 1985 10-5.4)
10-5.5   Election of Chair; Expenses of Members.
   The Board, annually in May, shall elect one of its members as Chair and another as Vice-Chair. The Board shall also elect a Secretary, who need not be a member of the Board. The members of the Board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The Board shall cause to be made a detailed record of its proceedings, which record shall include the vote of each member participating in its decisions, and the absence of a member or a member’s failure to vote. The Board shall not be subject to the supervision or control of the Director of Administrative Services.
(Ord. 1983 c. 12; CBC 1985 10-5.5)
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