Just to be clear: the Oriole Landing affordable units are protected in perpetuity; the change of ownership is immaterial to the status of those units.
On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 2:27 PM Karla Gravis <karlagra...@gmail.com> wrote: > If we wanted to allow a developer to build mixed-use (commercial + > residential) in the mall area, we can always do so through town meeting. We > do not need to wait for HCA. > > However, because Civico has said they do not want to go through town > meeting again (slide 34 of the SOTT deck linked below), the HCAWG wants to > rezone the mall area through HCA, even though the acreage does *not* > count towards our compliance requirement. Rezoning through HCA also means > that we lose the ability to vote on actual plans/blueprints. > > I am not against redeveloping the mall area. However, let's not reduce our > residents' input by bending to the will of a developer. Let's remember we > gave Civico a $1M no-interest loan for the 15 affordable apartments in > Oriole Landing, and they turned around and sold the building for $32M. Like > someone else has said on this thread, it is indeed troubling. > > Link to deck: > > https://www.lincolntown.org/DocumentCenter/View/85116/2023-SOTT-HCA-Slide-Deck-wtih-Notes?bidId= > > > >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: Margaret Olson <s...@margaretolson.com> >> Date: Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 11:40 >> Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] the Rural land foundation and the Housing >> Choice Act >> To: Deborah Howe <deborahh...@mac.com> >> CC: <Lincoln@lincolntalk.org> >> >> >> By law all property has a "by-right" use. In the case of the Mall the >> base zoning is B-1, so the current by-right use is retail, businesses, and >> professional offices. >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 9:41 AM Deborah Howe via Lincoln < >> lincoln@lincolntalk.org> wrote: >> >>> Speaking as a concerned citizen: >>> >>> The inclusion of by-right Mall development in the HCA, and resulting >>> need for septic upgrades funded by state grants sounds like a case of “If >>> we had some ham we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.” >>> >>> And Colleen, I agree with you that the Mall sale should be decoupled >>> from the HCA. That area is one of the most visible elements of Lincoln’s >>> “institutional spine”, and the decisions about how it is developed >>> shouldn’t be sold off without a 2/3 Town meeting vote. This land is not >>> just an RLF asset; given its location and presence in the South Lincoln >>> streetscape it is a Town asset. >>> >>> Deb Howe >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >> >> >>> -- >>> 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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