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First Amendment to the 2010 -2020 Institutional Master Plan

Task Force/Community Meeting April 5, 2017

Meeting Agenda

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• STATUS OF IMP PROJECTS
• GOALS OF 2010-2020 IMP
• FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE 2010-2020 IMP AMENDMENT –

MPA BUILDING

• PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS
• PATHWAYS TO CAREERS IN THE TRADES
• MPA BUILDING DESIGN
• STATUS OF PUBLIC PROCESS
• QUESTIONS/COMMENTS

Project Team

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• Fort Point Associates, Inc.
• Gilbane Building Company
• Goodwin Procter LLP
• STV/DPM
• Edward M. King & Associates
• Leers Weinzapfel Associates
• BVH Integrated Services
• RSE Associates, Inc.
• Accentech
• Accentech
• Atelier Ten
• Feldman Land Surveyors
• Ground, Inc.
• Howe Engineers
• LAM Partners
• McPhail Associates, LLC
• Nitsch Engineering
• Page/SST
• VHB

Progress on the Institutional Master Plan

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Goals of the 2010-2020 IMP

The following seven strategic objectives were identified as the goals for the 2010-2020 IMP:

• Increase Student Housing
• Update Academic Facilities
• Strengthen Wentworth’s Core Campus and Student Life Programs
• Improve Campus Edges
• Enhance Pedestrian Connections
• Promote Responsible Student Behavior
• Achieve New Levels of Sustainability

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IMP Amendment

The 45,000 square foot Center for Engineering and Technology is now the 69,000 square foot MpA Building:

• First amendment to the Wentworth IMP
• Requires 2-step review with Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA)
• IMPNF review and comment period is concurrent with EPNF
• Following IMPNF review, IMP Amendment is submitted
• Following 60-day comment period, IMP Amendment is approved by BPDA
• Zoning Commission hearing on the IMP Amendment
• Mayor’s signature and BPDA Agreements to follow

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Benefits in the Public Realm

• Preserve the academic campus setting with a uniquely

designed building, enriching the character of the surrounding neighborhood;

• Support the City’s goals for a sustainable future with a

goal of LEED Silver level certifiable status;

• Uphold Wentworth’s commitment to implementing the

Boston Residents Jobs Policy;

• Continue to meet community benefits obligations

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Community Benefits

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Center for Community & Learning Partnerships

(the Center)

553 Huntington Ave

• The Center’s mission is to facilitate

and strengthen partnerships that yield transformative educational experiences while creating mutually beneficial, extraordinary community outcomes.

• We foster long-standing

partnerships that promote reciprocal benefits to the Boston community as well as our students, staff and faculty.

Community Engagement

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• 2015-2016 Snapshot:
• VITA(Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program):
• 6 students volunteered
• 111.5 hours at ABCD Parker Hill/Fenway
• Prepared 89 tax returns
• $256,649 returned to the community
• Community Work Study:
• Students: 77
• Hours: 3,484.1
• Amount of Federal Work Study funds paid to

support students working in the surrounding community: $61,627.20

• # of Community Partners: 16

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College Access: Boston Pipeline

• 2015-2016 Snapshot:
• RAMP: 27 Boston students served, including 5 high

school females

• Dual Enrollment: 42 students from neighboring Boston

Public Schools enrolled

• SAT Prep: 195 students served in partnerships with

Fenway High School and Edward M Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (EMK)

• 269 Boston students accepted to Wentworth in Fall

2016

• First year retention 89% for RAMP students vs 84%
• verall Wentworth students.

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• HERE House, 40 Calumet St, Mission Hill (2015-ongoing)
• Frawley-Delle Apartments, Delle Avenue, Mission Hill

(2016)

• Huntington YMCA, 316 Huntington Ave, Fenway (2014)
• Thomas Menino YMCA, 1137 River St, Hyde Park (2015-
• ngoing)
• Brookview House, Inc, both Roxbury and Dorchester

locations (2013-ongoing)

• Church of St Augustine and St Martin/St Stephens Youth

Programs, 31 E. Lenox St, Lower Roxbury/South End (2016-

• ngoing)
• Mission Hill Health Movement, 1534 Tremont St, Mission

Hill (2012-2013)

• Tobin Community Center Garden, 1481 Tremont St,

Mission Hill (2013-ongoing)

Co+build: Community Building Project

Pathways To Careers In The Trades

The Dearborn STEM 6-12 SUCCESS

Danielle Skilling, Community Affairs Specialist Gilbane Building Company

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Pathways To Careers In The Trades

• Walk-on Applicants / Work Ready
• Existing Union Members/Experienced Tradespeople
• Work Readiness Preparations & Assistance
• Recent graduates & those seeing employment/training in the trades
• Connections with pre-apprentice and other paths to the trades
• Partnership / Career Conversations Panels With Boston

High Schools

• Early conversations/Q&A sessions/Build Excitement about the future

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Project Site

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Evolution of Engineering Education

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• Spaces that Promote:
• Collaboration
• Innovation
• Interdisciplinary Activities

MpA Building - Project Summary

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• Supports Transition from Engineering

Technology Programs to Engineering and Innovation by Providing more Collaboration Space and State-of-the-Art Equipment

• Uses will include:
• Laboratories
• Office Space
• Ground Floor Showcase
• Accelerate and EPIC Programs with

Maker, Collaborative, and Ideation Space

• Campus Gathering and Presentation

Space

Site Plan

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Elevation Views

Perspective View from Parker Street

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Perspective View from the Quad

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Construction Management

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• Construction Management Plan in Process
• Wentworth contact: Lula Dayton, Technical

Assistant for Planning & Construction

• Meeting to introduce Construction Management

Plan to the community (to be scheduled)

Projected Schedule

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Task Date

Task Force Meeting December 12, 2016 File PNF/IMPNF January 13, 2017 Task Force/Community Meeting

• n PNF/IMPNF and

BPDA Scoping Session January 24, 2017 BCDC Submittal January 31, 2017 BCDC Meeting February 7, 2017 30 Day Comment Period on the PNF/IMPNF Ends February 15, 2017 BPDA Issue Scoping Determination

• n IMPNF

February 27, 2017 File IMP Amendment March 3, 2017 Task Force/Community Meeting

• n IMP Amendment

April 5, 2017 60 Day Comment Period on IMP Amendment ends May 4, 2017 Public Hearing/BPDA vote on PNF and IMP Amendment May 11, 2017 Zoning Commission Hearing on IMP Amendment June 6, 2017 Start Construction Summer 2017 Opening of Building January 2019

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QUESTIONS/COMMENTS