John - “Gross” is the term applied to the formula applied for calculating the # of units allowing them to be averaged across the entire subdistrict.
Rob A On Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 7:47 PM John Mendelson <johntmendel...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had the good fortune of attending the tour of Lincoln Woods put on by > FOMA yesterday after taking part in the State of the Town Meeting on > Saturday. See: > > https://www.fomalincoln.org/outreach > > This densely built, multi-family development is anything but "gross." In > fact, I think it is quite the opposite and in many ways, represents the > best of Lincoln in terms of its ideals, collaborative problem solving, and > honoring the town's history of supporting modern, human scale dwellings. > > Perhaps we should continue to trust the many volunteers who've put so much > time in coming up with a terrific solution to both comply with the Housing > Choice Act and to honor our history and values rather than to fearmonger > with words and images that don't represent the good work and intentions of > many residents. > > John > > > > On Mon, Oct 2, 2023, 7:14 PM Sara Mattes <samat...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> OK-can someone do that for the proposed area in S.Lincoln? >> The example offered by Robert Albert was alarming, and certainly NOT >> something I would like to see. >> Had I had such a visual at SoTT, I would voted for “None of the Above”, >> but would have indicated I would support a map that shrank the size of the >> S.Lincoln district to focus on the Mall, and maybe Lewis Street, and then >> include the Lincoln North + Battle Road Farm to make up the difference. >> >> Perhaps such modeling as seen in the post could better educate the likes >> of me as to what S.Lincoln might look like under each scenario? >> >> I know the assertion is that this will take decades to build out, and >> that is my concern. >> >> I want to leave Lincoln the wonderful, small town I fell in love with >> over 45 years ago. >> Yes, there have been and will be changes, but the density and intensity >> suggested is not what I would like to visit on future generations. >> >> >> >> >> ------ >> Sara Mattes >> >> >> >> >> On Oct 2, 2023, at 9:49 AM, Don Seltzer <timon...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> There is an excellent online tool called Residensity which provides an >> interactive map for viewing actual residential density for towns, >> neighborhoods, and individual parcels. >> https://residensity.mhp.net/ >> >> Don Seltzer >> >> On Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 8:27 AM Robert Ahlert <robahl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi all - >>> >>> As we start to think about what this build out is going to look like, it >>> is useful to look at a couple articles that help visualize it. Also, I >>> learned that density can be spread across a district or sub-district, only >>> the average needs to be 15 units. But with the 36' high maximum in town, >>> it will be interesting to see what the designs are. >>> >>> >>> https://mrsc.org/stay-informed/mrsc-insight/april-2017/visualizing-compatible-density >>> >>> Scroll down in the above and you will get to some ideas about 15 units >>> per acre. Given some plots have wetlands, some will have to be higher and >>> others lower to make it average out. >>> >>> This assumes each property owner in the district/sub districts sells-out >>> at the same time. If they don't, i guess each developer will come up with >>> their own design? >>> >>> <image.png> >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> -- >>> *Robert Ahlert* | *781.738.1069* | robahl...@gmail.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. >> >> -- > 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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