Developers who are steering two large projects in Dorchester have signed on as advisers to Mayor Michelle Wu as she seeks to overhaul the city’s development process.

Wu on Friday announced the members of an advisory committee focused on the “Article 80” review process for development in the city.

Adopted by the city’s zoning commission in 1996, Article 80 lays out requirements for certain development projects and offers the community an opportunity to offer feedback. The process varies depending on a project’s size and complexity. Large projects are defined as new construction exceeding 50,000 square feet, or a change of use without significant new construction.

At her “State of the City” speech on Jan. 25, Wu said the advisory committee is part of a slew of reforms to planning and development as she eyes a city reaching a population of 800,000 people. The current population stands at just over 650,000 people.

The committee includes Kirk Sykes, whose Accordia Partners is overseeing the mixed-use redevelopment of the 36 acres, including the former Bayside Expo Center site and the Santander offices on Morrissey Boulevard. The $5 billion project is known as “Dorchester Bay City.”

Kairos Shen, executive director for MIT’s Center for Real Estate, is also on the committee. Shen, who advised Wu in her search last year for a chief of planning, spent 22 years at the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA).

The committee also has a member in Steve Samuels, founder and chairman of Samuels & Associates, the developer behind the $200 million “Dot Block,” a four-acre apartment project bounded by Dorchester Avenue and Hancock, Pleasant and Greenmount streets.

Other members include:
– Joseph Bonfiglio, business manager of the Massachusetts and Northern New England District Council, which represents 25,000 construction workers
– Anthony D’Isidoro, president of the Allston Civic Association
– Fernando J. Domenech, Jr., president of DHK Architects
– Colleen Fonseca, executive director of the Builders of Color Coalition and former adviser to Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza
– Beyazmin Jimenez, urban planner and director of diversity, equity, inclusion, and culture for Northeastern University’s planning and real estate department
– Matthew Kiefer, land use attorney at Goulston & Storrs

“From reforming planning and updating our zoning code, to streamlining development review and strengthening compliance, we are taking action to set Boston on a course for sustainable growth so all our communities are included in the city’s opportunities,” Wu said in a statement.
Wu has also said she plans to move staffers of the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), as the BRA is now known, into a new city planning department as she reworks the “urban renewal” powers of the BPDA.