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...public has no power over the BRA,” he said, referring to the fact that organization is not composed of elected officials. “When you have a planning department in the city then there has to be a public process...
...Harvard Allston Task Force member Ray Mellone said that taking away some of the power of the BRA would be “a betrayal of [residents’] interests...
...been around for a long time and I’ve seen people take shots at the BRA,” Mellone, the head of a committee of residents appointed by the mayor to work with the BRA, said. “In the place of it, they would create a planning committee that would never get anything done because it’s so torn apart by political in-fighting...
Deputy Press Secretary for the BRA Jess Shumaker said that her organization has already spent years coordinating Boston’s vision for the area with Harvard...
...It’s more important to remember that we have a huge amount of planning already invested into this process,” she said referring to the four years that the University, along with the BRA and residents, put into the North Allston Neighborhood Strategic Plan. “We’ve said all along that, yes, our instance is unique, but it actually provides for better services to the city and to split us up would not make sense for the city and would not benefit the city...