[Massplanners] Communities that have taken advantage of new housing choice voting thresholds

Fri Jan 14 10:33:29 EST 2022

Good Morning,

Middleborough passed our 40R Smart Growth Overlay District and Bylaw on October 4, 2021, with a vote of 90 in favor and 37 opposed.  The article passed by more than two thirds but it was stated by the moderator that only a majority vote was needed to pass.

Leeann

Leeann Bradley
Town Planner
Town Hall Annex
20 Center Street
Middleborough, MA 02346
508-946-2425 ext. 1150

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Today's Topics:

   1. Communities that have taken advantage of new housing choice
      voting thresholds? (Paige)
   2. EV Permitting Ordinance Inquiry (Felix, Alison)
   3. Sustainability and Climate Action Staffing (Christopher Ryan)

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Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:52:44 -0500
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        housing choice voting thresholds?
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I have been asked to inquire whether any communities have used the new majority rule for certain housing provisions, as now permitted under the new housing choice law.

If your community has, would you please share and let us know what type of zoning was passed and whether the margin was between 51 - 65%.

Thank you in advance.

Paige Duncan
Planning Director, Foxborough

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Paige E. Duncan, AICP, Planning Director Foxborough Town Hall, 40 South Street Foxborough, Massachusetts 02035
Ph: 508-543-1250

pduncan at foxboroughma.gov
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Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:18:51 +0000
From: "Felix, Alison" <AFelix at mapc.org>
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Subject: [Massplanners] EV Permitting Ordinance Inquiry
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Good morning MassPlanners,

MAPC is a member of a Task Force comprised of advocacy organizations, utility representatives, charging station installers, and governmental departments tasked with looking for opportunities to expedite permitting for electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The Task Force has drafted an EV Charging Station Expedited Permitting Ordinance designed to enable Massachusetts municipalities to adopt a framework to provide charging station permitting that is safe, equitable, and timely.

Please e-mail me directly if your municipality is considering adopting an EV permitting ordinance and would be interested in reviewing the draft EV Charging Station Expedited Permitting Ordinance.

Best,

Alison Felix

Alison Felix, AICP
Principal Planner &
Emerging Technologies Specialist
Metropolitan Area Planning Council
60 Temple Place, Boston, MA 02111
617-721-3181
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:23:10 +0000
From: Christopher Ryan <cryan at harvard-ma.gov>
To: Massplanners Listserv <MassPlanners at masscptc.org>
Subject: [Massplanners] Sustainability and Climate Action Staffing
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Hi all

Harvard is looking into a regionalization solution for its sustainability and climate action staffing. Can any communities that have such staffing, at any level, please share what areas of focus their S&CA staff address (e.g., MVP and climate action planning, energy, nature based solutions, land use, transportation, etc.)?

Also, if you have a job description, that would be very helpful too, but if not, just a title and department/board affiliation would be useful.

Thanks in advance and happy Friday.

Chris
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