BOSTON: After more than three hours of presentations and testimony, the Parks and Recreation Board decided to send the message that the amount and quality of open space planned for The Grove at Shoal Creek Planned Unit Development is not to their satisfaction.
There was a lot of confusion during the meeting, starting with the fact that the process of having the parks board review a PUD is virtually unprecedented. However, Council Member Leslie Pool had requested that the board review the open space and community amenities components of the application and decide whether they meet superior standards for parkland, which led to another point of confusion…..