You can go look at the sites!

On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 3:46 PM Robert Ahlert <[email protected]> wrote:

> Those photos are misleading.  When you show one individual building or
> part of the building, it doesn't give the full picture of the density on
> the site.  The site plans do a much better job.  Obviously we don't have
> those yet so I'm trying to help folks understand what 15 units / acre built
> on only buildable land will look like (at 3 stories it will be dense and
> there will be a lot of them).  It will look much more like Oriole Landing
> and Cold Brook than it will to the current Lincoln Woods.
>
> I understand that this is a full Master planning exercise but shouldn't we
> pay for something similar to that (a Master plan) before we hand-over all
> decision making authority to the Planning board and Developers?
>
> Rob
>
> On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 3:30 PM Margaret Olson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I once again refer you to the photos in the Housing Choice Working Groups
>> presentation: HCWG Slide Deck
>> <https://www.lincolntown.org/DocumentCenter/View/85116/2023-SOTT-HCA-Slide-Deck-wtih-Notes?bidId=>
>> This illustrates the developments we currently have in town with a variety
>> of densities on a variety of topologies.
>>
>> The problem with looking at any photo or plan labeled "x units per acre"
>> is that you have to dig into the records, regulations, and zoning maps to
>> understand how that calculation was made and what exactly it means. The
>> advantage of looking at the six examples the HCWG supplied is that it's six
>> very different developments on very different lots but the calculations
>> were all done the same way. So you can compare apples to apples.
>>
>> Margaret
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 3:04 PM Sara Mattes <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you, Margaret.
>>> So, that development is 5units more per acre than what we might have on
>>> Lewis St. and Codman Rd?
>>> And could those additional units be reflected in the height?
>>> What would the 15 units/acres look like on Codman Rd. and Lewis St,
>>> given our height restrictions?
>>> An illustration/mapping of build out would help…ion additional to pics
>>> of Lincoln Woods, etc.
>>> A picture’s worth  a thousand words, and right now, those pictures are
>>> pretty scary!
>>> Sara
>>> ------
>>> Sara Mattes
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 9, 2023, at 2:58 PM, Margaret Olson <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> From the project narrative (
>>> https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cdn.sudbury.ma.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/326/2020/05/Cold-Brook-Crossing-Site-Plan-Narrative-March-11-2020.pdf?version=dd2e49a8d33cbe913460c6b7d51236c4
>>> ):
>>>
>>> Of the 26 acres:
>>> 9.9 acres are in conservation
>>> 3.1 acres are part of the Sudbury Water District and will remain so
>>>
>>> That leaves 13 acres. 274 units/13 acres = 21 units per acre.
>>>
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