Ms. Glass expressed during the meeting this past week that the Selects had received 100+ resident requests to include additional options to the vote. Clearly, there is a strong resident outcry to present a range of options beyond C and D1-D3. This is why the Selects have agreed to add an Option E. Are we suggesting resident opinions be suppressed?
It is absolutely not true that the E options will lead to no development. The E options present a range. What is true is that Options C and D1-D3 exchange our town center to developers with a measly 10% affordable units in perpetuity. Additionally, C and D1-D3 options all include the Mall area, allowing Civico to effectively by-pass our town meeting process. The RLF has indicated that they intend to shrink the commercial space at the Mall, the very businesses we are supposed to want to help. Shouldn’t we allow residents to weigh in on what they think about that? At the time of the December 2nd meeting, the public will have no idea of the details of any proposed Site approval zoning for the Mall that will be put forth as part of the HCA Mall submission. Without any details, it is essential that the HCA working group allows the town to vote on maintaining compliance with the HCA and redevelop the Mall outside of the HCA. > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > *From:* Rebecca Blanchfield <rsaga...@gmail.com> > *To:* "lincoln@lincolntalk.org" <lincoln@lincolntalk.org> > *Sent:* Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 06:45:45 AM EST > *Subject:* [LincolnTalk] November 21st meeting - question > > In response to the Selects’ post about the December 2nd Special Town > Meeting, I’d like to pose a follow up question. To quote Andy Wang, “all > the ‘E’ alternatives provided by the Lincoln Residents for Housing > Alternatives are set up so that the majority of the land that is re-zoned > are on existing multi-family areas and unlikely to be developed…So in that > case, whatever 10% 15%, 25% of 0 is still 0.” > > My understanding is the HCAWG was tasked with putting forth options in > both the letter and spirit of the law. While I believe the voices of those > who are opposed to the spirit of HCA should indeed be represented, that > opportunity will come at the March Town Meeting. I am concerned that adding > an E option to the December 2nd ballot puts us at risk of rendering the > March vote moot. In essence, there could be a potential “no housing” vs. > “no housing” vote on the March ballot, suppressing the voices of those who > believe in the spirit of the law. > > My question is this: what will the decision process be at the November > 21st meeting? Will the HCAWG exclusively decide whether to include a > potential option E, or was this working group created with an advisory > capacity only? If not, will it be a majority of the Selects who make this > decision? > > Thank you to the Selects, Planning Board, and HCAWG for all your patience > and hard work! > Rebecca Blanchfield > > -- > 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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