Framingham Selectmen Endorse Downtown TIF Deals, Sanction Portuguese Club Over Alcohol Violations
Framingham selectmen unanimously backed two amended downtown Tax Increment Financing agreements and accepted a negotiated alcohol-violation settlement at their February 28 meeting.
FRAMINGHAM -- February 28, 2017, Framingham selectmen unanimously backed two amended downtown Tax Increment Financing agreements and accepted a negotiated alcohol-violation settlement at their February 28 meeting. Community and Economic Development Director Arthur Robert told the board that TIF agreements for a 197-unit project at 75 Concord Street and a 270-unit project at 266 Waverly Street had been revised to include specific bedroom-mix commitments, with hard caps of five three-bedroom units at Concord Street and 27 at Waverly, after the Standing Committee on Ways and Means flagged the gap. Both agreements proceeded to Special Winter Town Meeting the same evening. The board also voted 5-0 to accept a disposition agreement with the Portuguese Recreation Club at 67 South Street, imposing a 14-day all-alcohol license suspension, permanent hour rollbacks, and a $300 investigation reimbursement after investigators found the club served non-members at events in October, November, and December 2016 in violation of Massachusetts General Law Chapter 138, Section 12. Selectman Jason Smith warned the club on the record: "This can never, ever come back in front of this board."
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