That's the point! We rezone as we like and we put our own zoning rules. On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 10:51 AM Sara Mattes <samat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That is why if we rezone OUTSIDE of the HCA, going through our normal > channels, we can have 15%… or more. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 19, 2023, at 4:47 PM, Margaret Olson <s...@margaretolson.com> wrote: > > > The proposed HCA zoning includes a 10% affordable units requirement. Our > existing zoning has a 15% affordable requirement; the town was not able to > prove that this is economically feasible. The HCA does permit us to have > 10% without an economic feasibility study and we will have a 10% affordable > requirement in the zoning. > > On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 10:38 AM Barbara Peskin <bpeski...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Dear Lincoln, >> >> I'm sorry I don't know how to reply to a thread on Lincoln Talk directly - >> but I wanted to reply to the one that started as you see below. >> >> It is misleading to say being against Option C is being against new >> development. None of the people I have talked to dislike Option C because >> they don't want any new development. In fact they all support reasonable >> development. The Option C rezoning proposal is not reasonable for Lincoln. >> >> I hope all of us considering Option C first explore the Lincoln Station area >> to see the variety of multi-family zoning that exists there now. Go check >> out the Flying Nun apartments, Lincoln Woods, Ryan Estates and more. This >> housing came through 2/3 votes at Town Meeting over many years. You won't >> see the same level of housing in Carlisle, Weston or other similar towns >> that also provide home to wildlife and let people live in and around nature. >> >> Solution: Eighty five -100 units could be added at Lincoln Mall with a >> separate proposal from RLF at Town Meeting. In this climate, a modest >> proposal of 85-100 units would most certainly pass by 2/3 vote. More than >> likely RLF would have 15% of the units be affordable. >> >> Option C is not that modest proposal. With Option C we would be rezoning the >> small section of Codman Rd between 117 and Lincoln Rd to allow 180 units of >> housing instead of 11. With Option C HCAWG proposed rezoning to allow an >> estimated 454 additional housing units and estimated 900 cars. Under HCA >> rezoning guidelines there can be no affordability requirements. Add to the >> picture multiple new traffic lights, cars going down Tower Rd via Waze, and >> buildings and nightlights impacting the wildlife corridor. Rezoning to meet >> HCA state level guidelines needs to be very thoughtful, and Lincoln can do >> better than Option C, if it chooses. >> >> Housing advocates, who also care about Lincoln's wildlife corridors, >> affordable housing and aren't blind to all the housing we already have in >> the Lincoln Station area, can vote against Option C and still have pride in >> themselves and Lincoln. Lincoln's leaders can propose an HCA rezoning option >> focused on the Commons that wants to expand anyway. RLF can propose 85-100 >> units at the Mall. We do not need to completely change Lincoln for us, the >> new residents and our wildlife if we rezone and add housing thoughtfully. >> >> >> *I am replying to the post that started this way* >> >> *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.* >> >> >> -- >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Barbara Peskin >> >> *My Moments in Nature Photo Gallery: barbarapeskin.com >> <http://barbarapeskin.com>* >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. >> Browse the archives at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> >> -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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