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After lengthy negotiations with Roxbury Tenants of Harvard (RTH), Harvard's recognized bargaining unit for the community, to provide housing in exchange for the building of the power plant, the University went ahead with plans to get Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) approval for the project. MASCO needed this approval so it could take advantage of a state law which aids developers of "blighted" land in urban renewal areas. This law makes the developer eligible for tax-exempt building if the applicant can prove to the BRA board that the land is blighted and will be benefited by renewal. In return...
...BRA called the hearing to determine whether Mission Park Associates--the developing entity comprised of the Roxbury Tenants of Harvard and two private developers--should be granted a permit that allows for tax exempt construction...
Although construction could begin on the project in a matter of months if the BRA grants approval to the project soon, a major obstacle to the housing project's authorization may be a planned $50-million Medical Area Service Corporation Power plant that Harvard is sponsoring a few blocks from the housing project...
After the meeting Robert Kenney, director of the BRA, said he is "not satisfied at this point that it (the housing) is contingent on the power plant...
...draft environmental impact study on the planned power plant's neighborhood released recently by the BRA said the power plant will have minimal impact on the area and will save the institutions involved about $1.9 million a year over what they would have to pay to Boston Edison for supplying the power if the plant is not built...