If the mall is excluded from our HCA plan, why would any developer be interested in developing anything there with much more favorable HCA-compliant zones in many other neighboring cities/towns? The onerous Town Meeting process effectively discourages developers (they've told us as much). Following implementation of the HCA there will be many, many more favorable development opportunities elsewhere.
I don't believe we will get any additional affordable housing or retail investment if we opt for Plan E (assuming it gets approved by the state) - what we'll get will be scorn for tap-dancing around the intent of the law. -Bob On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 3:42 PM Sara Mattes <[email protected]> wrote: > No-many fail to see that by holding the mall out for separate > consideration-one that would include housing, more affordable housing -the > outcome would be real housing that serves a population in need…not more > luxury condos, as CIVICO is looking to build. > > Housing at the mall is a social justice issue. > The HCA rezoning will not deliver that. > > > > ------ > Sara Mattes > > > > > On Nov 28, 2023, at 11:42 AM, Lis Herbert <[email protected]> wrote: > > Respectfully, it doesn't take a video or screencast to understand that E > results in virtually no housing at all. And so if the goal is to present an > option that results in meaningful housing near usable public > transportation, any option that excludes the mall, or dumps much of the > zoning changes near Hanscom, should be a non-starter. > > The proponents of E have said as much in various town meetings, even as > recently as last week -- I'm paraphrasing but "none of this is going to be > built anyways" is the underlying premise of what they've proposed. Once you > read everything they've said through that lens, it all comes into focus. > > Lis > > On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 10:41 AM Margo Fisher-Martin < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Yes. It came from Barbara Peskin who created the slide show with maps and >> parcel lists and screencast which came directly from data on the town >> website and LRAH website (lincolnhca.org, which by the way, is not a >> private group - anyone can be added to this resident group. >> >> I think it really helped me understand how important this December 2 >> decision is to all of us and the possible impact. Many people have good >> intentions, however, the reality is that the adoption of either option C >> and D will likely not result in significant affordable housing. >> >> Respectfully, >> Margo Fisher-Martin >> 14 Giles >> >> On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 10:31 AM Scott Clary <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello Bob, >>> >>> It's clear to me this came from Barbara Peskin. Her name is the only >>> name on the email post. She certainly didn't have the intent of being >>> secretive. I reached out privately and she's quite proud of this effort. >>> It was a lot of work. >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> >>> Scott Clary >>> 617-968-5769 >>> >>> Sent from a mobile device - please excuse typos and errors >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 28, 2023, 9:50 AM Bob Kupperstein <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Who created this? There is no identifying information or disclosure >>>> attached or as part of the content. >>>> >>>> In this age of disinformation, it is irresponsible and deceptive to put >>>> forth something like this (not to mention endorsing it) without disclosing >>>> who created it and who is behind it. >>>> >>>> Respectfully, >>>> >>>> -Bob >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 6:10 AM Bijoy Misra <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Very clear. 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