Agree with need for modest refining. Need to maintain character of Lincoln that brought us here. Also need at least 15% affordable. Would not rush to make changes esp in rezoning. Let’s see how challenges to HCA work out. Maureen
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 19, 2023, at 3:22 PM, Bijoy Misra <misra.bi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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 >>>> -- >>>> 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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