Members of the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association were told by two senior leaders at a meeting on Monday night that they had been “approached by a local developer with an offer for $750,000 to us” that the association would fully control.

If the arrangement comes to pass, the leaders said, the money would be donated by Centre Court LLC, which has proposed a multi-year, phased redevelopment of parcels along Morrissey between the MBTA station and what is currently an empty TV studio at 75 Morrissey Blvd.

Don Walsh and David Butler, who co-chair the Columbia-Savin Hill Community Benefits Committee, briefed about 60 people on the matter during a hybrid virtual and in-person meeting that was held inside the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester’s McLaughlin Youth Center.

Walsh said that a more in-depth discussion about the matter would be held at the committee’s meeting on Wed., Oct. 18, at 7 p.m. in the Savin Hill Yacht Club, after which association members would be asked to vote on the committee’s recommendation at a general meeting on Nov. 6.

Both men described Monday’s discussion as preliminary to a decision to accept the money if it is formally offered and decide what to do with it.

“This is a first draft,” said Walsh. “Consider it done in pencil.”

In a statement to the Reporter on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Center Court team said: “The owners of 35-75 Morrissey Boulevard have made a commitment to the CSHCA to develop a community benefits package and will continue its discussions with them regarding this benefit and how to best ensure it can make a meaningful difference to the community and people of Dorchester.”

The donation would be made outside of the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) mitigation program, Walsh said.

Walsh and Butler launched their Benefits sub-committee several years ago in anticipation of the new wave of development along the Morrissey corridor and on Columbia Point, which could eventually bring 10,000 new housing units, and 7 million square feet of commercial space, by Walsh’s count. “After going through all of this,” Walsh said, they we contacted by Centre Court with the offer.

He and Butler said that their current proposal calls for a three-year plan for the use of the money, beginning with an outlay of $300,000 in the first year. They propose hiring an executive director for the association, which is currently an all-volunteer operation. The idea would be to have full-time representation for the neighborhood on projects like the Morrissey Boulevard and Kosciusko Circle reconfigurations. That person would also champion infrastructure investments, beautification efforts, pedestrian walkways, and public spaces.

“This is a good time to be able to present our own list of priorities,” said Butler. “I don’t think any of us wants to see six lanes of roadway heading downtown so everyone from outside going downtown can use Morrissey and bypass the expressway.”

Other parts of the draft plan include spending $100,000 on a consultant to come up with neighborhood preferences for a potential 20-acre development on Freeport Street, Dorchester Avenue, and Bay Street. They also are thinking about giving Columbia-Savin Hill Civic committees $20,000 per year for programming and moving to increase community contributions.

Finally, they want to rename the civic group the Dorchester Bay Civic to broaden their catchment area to include Uphams Corner to South Bay, the Mary Ellen McCormack Housing Development, and Columbia Point to Freeport Street.

“We are looking for ideas now,” said Walsh. “We would like to end the year with the civic association having a real good handle on how to spend the $750,000.”