Nicole- you can’t age restrict the rezoned area. Doing so is against the HCA.
On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 3:22 PM Nicole Kaplan <[email protected]> wrote: > I was wondering the same thing. Or maybe make all of the units 55+? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 19, 2023, at 11:48 AM, Michael Dembowski <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > And taxes to offset additional services > > On Oct 19, 2023, at 11:32 AM, Linda McMillan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Could we require the developer to build condos rather than rental units in > Option C? Or any option for that matter. Don't we want more owner-occupied > housing for young families, for seniors down- sizing, and to expand our > diversity? Must all 625 units be rental? > > On Thu, Oct 19, 2023, 5:34 AM Robert Ahlert <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all - >> >> I don't think anyone is arguing whether or not to comply but rather HOW >> we comply. >> >> Option C has some flaws ... >> >> 1. Affordable Housing - it allows parcels like Lincoln Woods to be >> converted to 3A "HCA" zoning which means they can be redeveloped with >> mostly (90%) market rate housing which as you can see from Oriole Landing, >> is very expensive for a middle income resident >> 2. Traffic - 635 units of residents (e.g 1200 people) in one area will >> likely have 1000+ cars and while a couple of their trips per month might be >> walking, most of them will not. We will 'likely' have a mess of cars in S. >> Lincoln, not just at rush hour, but all day and on weekends. Maybe that is >> the 'lively' town center people are envisioning, but not me. >> 3. Visual Appeal - we can have Planning Guidelines all day long but in >> the end, we are talking about big buildings and a lot of them all in one >> area. Think in your mind as you read this about 21 Oriole Landing >> buildings all in S. Lincoln. This is realistic because 635 has to be the >> modeled gross density (per the 3A downloadable model) which accounts for >> wetlands, septic, and parking). I have a visual "Lego" site plan for this >> should anyone want to see how this could very realistically be laid out. >> 4. Pace - Lincoln will be attractive to developers and they know the only >> thing that has stopped them in the past is 2/3 vote at Town meeting. That >> will be gone once the "HCA Zoning" is enacted. These parcels will be very >> attractive and as much as we are told this will take decades, i just don't >> believe it. We need to be prepared for a lot of development in the next 5 >> to 10 years with Option C. >> 5. Environment - this is where my understanding gets a little fuzzy but >> by putting wetlands into HCA zoning using the State maps with 50' buffer, >> we may even get more density that we are expecting because the State DEP >> can trump our local conservation laws if we try to block a developer from >> building in wetlands that were promised in HCA zoning. >> >> I think the HCAWG got pressed for time in August/September and felt they >> needed to submit something for review to the State which they have done, >> fine, no problem. >> >> Now they are considering new options. But which options? We will be >> sending in 10 alternatives to the HCAWG team today to get feedback before >> D1 and D2 get fully baked. We hope they will be given time for >> consideration before the *Oct 24 Planning board meeting* (next week!). >> Why the rush? >> >> Hopefully together, we can come up with a better solution. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Rob >> >> On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 8:06 PM Ken Hurd <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello LincolnTalkers, >>> >>> I do not wish to rub salt in anybody’s wounds, and I certainly >>> understand the anxiety around the possibility of change, but I’d like to >>> remind everyone why the Housing Choice Act was enacted, not in the first >>> place, but as a last resort. >>> >>> In many of Boston’s surrounding suburbs, there have been decades of >>> resistance to providing more housing using techniques such as local zoning >>> restrictions, concerns about traffic counts, burgeoning school populations, >>> declining property values, and increased taxes to support additional >>> services, etc. And now, I hear the argument that we won’t have enough >>> affordable housing if we allow any new development. >>> >>> In full disclosure, when the Housing Choice Act first appeared, I was >>> not a fan because it was such a blunt instrument. 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Affordable housing is one way to help the >>> housing crisis, but it's a supply and demand problem, so increasing the >>> supply will help buyers/renters on the demand side. >>> >>> >>>> There isn’t just a housing crisis. There is an AFFORDABLE housing >>>> crisis. That missing word is important when you’re going to use diversity >>>> and equity to describe it. >>>> >>>> >>> Yes, but they are interrelated. 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