Checking PB and Select meetings and reading minutes and mailings informs us that all the D options are also compliant.
Option E is also compliant-the state model is publicly available so that anyone can review and use it. You simply plug in publicly available numbers. Yes, it takes work, and being savvy with numbers, but lord knows, we have more than a few such talented popes in Lincoln. And, some of them have applied themselves to this model. Not to worry, disconnection of N. Lewis Street is made up in other parts of Option E. And, it is only the north side of Lewis St. As for dates, the date for compliance is Dec. 2024, unless we inlcude the mall. Voting for Option E will provide us compliance AND the opportunity to take more time to better understand plans for the mall, and to advocate for more affordable housing there. See you Saturday! ------ Sara Mattes > On Nov 28, 2023, at 3:42 PM, DJCP <djcp0...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Nothing you have written contradicts the facts that there are no published > minutes or agenda items even for others to pour over in minute detail with > our copious free time. > > Second, option E is not compliant. The only compliant option is C as that is > the only option submitted to the state that has been approved. > > In fact, the lack of continuity on Lewis St is a big red flag and may get > rejected. Not having minutes or notes from the development of the option > means there is no concurrent evident to show the state that there was no > racist or discriminatory or self serving intent in crafting that option. > > > > On Tue, Nov 28, 2023, 2:56 PM Lynne Smith <ly...@smith.net > <mailto:ly...@smith.net>> wrote: >> I am writing in response to recent comments on Lincoln Talk, one of which >> accused the Lincoln Residents for Housing Alternatives (LRHA) of being a >> “special interest group, which has had secret meetings to develop…options >> with no public notifications of meetings or publication of minutes”. >> >> This group of residents sprang up organically from individuals using Lincoln >> Talk, our only open-ended Town-wide communication platform. They did not >> have the advantage of being appointed as committee members by the Selects. >> Instead, they attended meetings, read distributed information, and looked up >> relevant Massachusetts’ law. Their ideas grew during back-and-forth >> discussions on Lincoln Talk. There is no open meeting law to restrict >> residents from talking together. To characterize these discussions as >> ‘secret meetings’ is offensive to me. >> >> These individuals, without a hierarchy of leaders but with similar ideas and >> meeting mostly on line, created a web site >> <https://sites.google.com/view/lincoln-hca-info/home> with fact-based >> information regarding the Housing Choice Act and a fifth option, now called >> Option E. While I have not contributed to the website, I have taken a strong >> interest in the analysis presented there. To my knowledge, there is no >> ‘special interest’ that unites the group other than basing their opinions on >> data and analysis and showing where that leads. >> >> And that leads me to Option E, which is entirely compliant with HCA rezoning >> rules. Its main difference compared to Options C and D, is that it excludes >> the Lincoln Mall from HCA development. It excludes the Mall because many of >> us, listed as supporters >> <https://sites.google.com/view/lincoln-hca-info/who-are-we> on the LRHA >> website, believe it is the most likely to be developed and we want it to be >> developed subject to Town approvals: we want more affordability and better >> control of the layout and design than a ‘by right’ developer might give us. >> >> As a 20-year member of the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust and a supporter >> of the RLF, I want to see the Mall filled with wonderful condos, one of >> which I might buy when we are ready to downsize! I do not criticize the Town >> staff, the RLF, and the appointed Working Group members. They have done a >> great job getting us to this point. But everyone has their own lens for >> Lincoln’s response to the housing crisis. Let’s not criticize those >> residents who have invested their time and volunteered their skills to >> create alternatives. We will all meet on December 2nd to make the best >> choice we know how to make for Lincoln’s future. See you there! >> >> Lynne Smith >> 5 Tabor Hill Road >> Lincoln, MA 01773 >> cell: 781-258-1175 >> ly...@smith.net <mailto:ly...@smith.net> >> >> >> >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org >> <mailto: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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