Fy92 organization

166 Pages·1991·2.1 MB·English

by  Boston Redevelopment Authority

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MEMORANDUM November 21, 1991
TO: THE BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND
STEPHEN COYLE, DIRECTOR
FROM: JOSEPH NOONAN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
SUBJECT: ORGANIZATION OF THE BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
SUMMARY: In August, 1986, the firstBRA organization plan in seventeen years was adopted
inordertoprovidemoreeffectiveoperationsinresponsetoBoston'seconomicrevitalizationand
growth pressures. This organization for fiscal year 1992 is again in response to demand for
services. In the proposed organization plan thebasic structure ofthe executive offices and the
nine operating departments remain constant. New initiatives in economic and institutional
developmentrequirethecreation oftheEconomicDevelopmentand Institutional Planningand
Developmentdepartments. Thecompletionofmanyengineeringandharborobjectivesandthe
reduced scope of the remaining objectives in these areas allow the absorption of these
responsibilitiesby other BRA programmatic departments.
InAugust, 1986,thefirstBoston RedevelopmentAuthorityorganizationplaninseventeenyears
was adopted in order to provide more effective operations in response to Boston's economic
revitalization and growth pressures. The 1986organization was based on thedemand forBRA
services. Itemphasized theBRA'shousing,harborand neighborhood planningfunctionsin the
context ofthe growth economy.
This organization for fiscal year 1992also responds to demand forBRA services along with the
changes which have occurred during the past five years. Many of the initiatives and projects
identified in themid 1980shavebeen undertaken and completed. Successful development and
disposition ofBRA parcelshasbeenparticularly effectivein reducingdemand forstaffsupport,
as has the closure of several rezoning efforts in neighborhood, downtown, and waterfront
districts. Thenumberofstaffhasbeenreducedbyapproximatelyonethirdsince1987. Changes
in the City's economic climate also create a demand for change in the BRA's organization.
In the proposed organization plan the basic structure of the executive offices and the nine
operating departments remains constant. Two departments remain policy oriented and one
continuestoprovideadministrativeserviceswhiletheotherswillprovideprogrammaticservices.
The executive, policy and administrative functions are unchanged. The programmatic
departments aremodified toreflect changes in BRA programmaticobjectivesand theeconomy.
Newinitiatives in economicand institutional developmentrequire thecreation oftheEconomic
Development and Institutional Planning and Development departments. The completion of

many engineering and harbor objectives and the reduced scope of the remaining objectives in
these areas allow the absorption of these responsibilities by other BRA programmatic
departments.
An appropriate vote follows:
VOTED: That theorganization Plan attached hereto and dated November 21, 1991 beand
hereby is approved.