A new partner in the massive 35-75 Morrissey Boulevard redevelopment project told the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association on Monday night that he will honor a pledge by a previous investor to donate $750,000 over the next three years to the civic group.

Andrew Flynn, of Boston-based Copper Mill, attended Monday evening’s civic group meeting and confirmed that his firm plans to convey the funds to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester (BGCD), which has agreed to act as a fiscal agent for the gift.

The association voted last year to accept the unprecedented donation from the Center Court development firm, which is no longer involved in the project. The group’s leaders say they intend to use the funds, in part, for programming and planning initiatives in its part of Dorchester.

Flynn’s company filed a Letter of Intent with the Boston Planning Department on Dec. 20 on the proposal, which includes the construction of several new buildings on parcels between the existing Southline property (former Boston Globe headquarters) and the JFK-UMass MBTA station. The buildings – a mix of residential and commercial units – would be built out over the next decade.

Last week, Flynn told The Reporter that the first phase will target 75 Morrissey Blvd. – formerly the Channel 56 TV station property – with a 750-unit residential unit layout. Subsequent phases would play out at 55 Morrissey Blvd. (currently Beasley Media), and 35 Morrissey Blvd., the present home of the Star supermarket. He said he hopes to keep the Star Market somewhere within the development.

At Monday’s meeting, Flynn spoke to about 75 people gathered inside the BGCD’s McLaughlin Youth Center and viewers online.

“We’re here tonight for an introduction and it will be the first of many ongoing dialogues and conversations to come,” he said. “First and foremost, I don’t have any big fancy plans yet to show you because they haven’t been developed yet.

“We need to earn your trust and understanding and we’re not entitled to it,” he added. “The development industry has earned a poor reputation for years and deservedly so. There’s been too many projects that were shoved down the community’s throat, that were menaces during construction, and then the developer finishes and hops back on a plane to New York. That’s not how we do things.”

Flynn noted his personal connections to the neighborhood. Both of his grandmothers, he said, grew up in Dorchester, and he attended BC High and spent a great deal of time in Savin Hill as a student and now as an adult visiting friends or eating at Lambert’s or McKenna’s Café.

“I don’t say these things to boost my bona fides or act like I know something,” he said. “It’s because these really are my favorite places.”

Bob Scannell, the CEO and president of BGCD, attended the meeting to meet Flynn. Don Walsh, a longtime civic leader who chairs the civic group’s Benefits Committee, said attorneys representing the three parties would begin work soon to out the details of the contribution. Any final agreement would need approval of the City of Boston, he said.

“We’re really happy they are moving forward with it,” said Walsh. “It’s more than spending the money but spending it wisely for the community’s benefit and for our benefit. What is good for us is going to be good for them.”

Flynn told civic members that the development team intends to adhere to a Master Plan developed and approved by the Boston Planning Dept. (formerly the BPDA) in 2023.

“There was a ton of thought put into it,” he said. “We hold that in high regard and intend to comply with the Master Plan.”

He noted that as a developer he acknowledges that there is a housing crisis, and that density is necessary, but he doesn’t believe the established residential neighborhoods are the place for density. That’s what was attractive about the Morrissey Boulevard site, he said.

“We want to be responsible,” he said. “You can’t put a mid-rise or high-rise building in this part of the neighborhood. I think 75 Morrissey Boulevard is the right place for that density, but it’s not all on this area of the Columbia-Savin Hill neighborhood to alleviate the city’s housing crisis…It’s about doing it in the right way and not putting the density square in the middle of the neighborhood.”

Walsh noted that there is no timeline as to when the donation will be made. The association is determined to start its own planning effort for the Glover’s Corner area on the edge of their group’s catchment area, where there are some 20 acres of underutilized land.

After two-year city-led planning effort made some headway on planning for the area, the city abandoned the effort last year. The association has discussed using some of the $750,000 to pay a consultant to lead its effort.

“It’s all coming together,” said Walsh. “I invite all of the civic association members and individuals to think about the best way to use $750,000 for the greatest benefit for the community.”