Budget Amendment ID: FY2013-S4-34

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Massachusetts Convention Center Authority

Messrs. Hart and McGee moved that the proposed new text be amended by adding the following section:-

Section __. Notwithstanding anything in Section 3(g) of said Chapter 152 to the contrary, in addition to the construction and development of an expansion to the hotel located in the northeast corner of the convention center development area, as defined in said Chapter 152, not more than seven additional hotels may be constructed and developed within a BCEC Hotel Zone, so called, within the city of Boston, such BCEC Hotel Zone to include the portion of the convention center finance district located south of Summer Street and east of Fort Point Channel, provided that (i) such hotels shall include not more than a total of 2700 rooms, including not more than one additional headquarters hotel, so called, with not more than 1200 rooms; and (ii) the developer or operator of each such hotel shall enter into a contract with the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority with provisions regarding the cooperative marketing, pricing and use of such hotels to encourage the use of the Boston convention and exhibition center and incorporating community input from the neighborhoods surrounding the BCEC Hotel Zone.

Section __. In accordance with Section 38N of Chapter 190 of the Acts of 1982, as amended, capital facility projects described in the report titled “Top 5 Initiative - Phase 1 Feasibility Study and Program,” dated May 16, 2012 and filed with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and the senate and house committees on ways and means, are hereby authorized. Said capital facility projects and the acquisition of lands for the purpose of said projects are facilities of the Authority and may be funded pursuant to Section 10(c)(iv) of Chapter 152 of the Acts of 1997, as amended.