The Boston Zoning Board of Appeal held a virtual hearing on May 19, 2026, starting at 9:30 a.m. (with a brief break at 11:30 a.m.) to consider a consent calendar, extensions, subcommittee recommendations, and 14 appeal cases. The board, consisting of Chair Madam Chair, Mr. Valencia, Ms. Turner, Ms. Barraza, Ms. Penado, Mr. Collins, and Mr. Stembridge (who made motions), approved nearly all items, often with provisos for design review or community commitments. The meeting was conducted remotely via Zoom under the updated open meeting law.
Boston zoning board appeal hearing for May 19, 2026 is now in session. This hearing is being conducted in accordance with the applicable provisions of the open meeting law, including the updated provisions enacted by the legislature this year. The new law allows the board to continue its practice of holding virtual hearings through June 2027. This hearing of the board is being held remotely via the Zoom webinar event platform and is also being live streamed. In order to ensure this hearing of the board is open to the public, members of the public may access this hearing through telephone and video conferencing. The information for connecting to this hearing is listed on today's hearing agenda, which is posted on the public notices page of the city's website, Austin.gov. Members of the public will enter the virtual hearing as attendees, which means you will not see yourself on the screen and you will be muted throughout unless administratively unmuted when asked to comment. Board members, applicants, and their attorneys or representatives participate in this hearing as panelists, and they will appear alongside the presentation materials when speaking. Panelists are strongly encouraged to keep video on while presenting to the board. As with our in-person meetings, comments and support will be followed by comments in opposition. The order of comments is as follows. Elected officials, representatives of elected officials, and members of the public. If you wish to comment on an appeal, please click the raise hand button along the bottom of your screen in the Zoom webinar platform. Click it again, and your hand should go down. When the host sees your hand, you will receive a request to unmute yourself. Select yes, and you should be able to talk. If you are connected to the hearing by telephone, please press star nine to raise and lower your hand. You must press star six to unmute yourself after you receive the request from the host. Those called upon to comment will be asked to state their name and address first and then to provide their comment. In the interest of time and to ensure that you have enough time to do so. Do not raise your hand before the relevant address is called or the meeting hosts will not know to call on you at the appropriate time. Good morning. Mr. Valencia. Ms. Turner. Good morning, Madam Chair. Present. Good morning, Ms. Barbraza. Good morning, Madam Chair. Present. Good morning, Ms. Panada. Good morning, Madam Chair. Present. Good morning, Mr. Collins. Morning, Madam Chair, present. Good morning. I'll turn it over to Mr. Stembridge. Thank you, Madam Chair. Good morning to the rest of the board members. We'll begin today's hearing for the approval of a hearing that's scheduled for 9 30 a.m. These hearing minutes are from April 16th. April 28th, and May 5th of this year. I'll make the motion on the proof. May I have a second? Second.