On Sat, Nov 18, 2023 at 3:46 PM Karla Gravis <[email protected]> wrote:
> Utile and the HCAWG would not submit proposals that don’t satisfy the > letter of the law. Options D have been blessed by both parties. Options E > offer a combination of approved parcels already existing in Options C and > Ds. > > Options D and E are compliant with the letter of the law. All of those > options have 100% of their units > *“located not more than 0.5 miles from a commuter rail station**, subway > station, ferry terminal or bus station**.”* > Utile and HCAWG submit proposals that will satisfy the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities guidelines, not what the actual law states. Regarding 'bus station', that is very narrowly defined as *“Bus station” means a location with a passenger platform and other fixed infrastructure serving as a point of embarkation for the MBTA Silver Line.* A bus stop for a low capacity bus line does not come close to qualifying as a Bus Station under this law. MBTA communities are at the mercy of a few bureaucrats in EOHLC that have dreamed up guidelines that have little to do with the Legislature enacted. Let us be honest in this discussion. We are not trying to meet the Letter of the Law, but rather satisfying an overreaching executive office. Don Seltzer
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