[Massplanners] Some MBTA Communities Questions

[Christopher Ryan]

Hi all

This post is primarily for MBTA Adjacent communities but I welcome input from any MBTA community or other interested party. No doubt most impacted communities are busily pulling together formal comments for the March 31 deadline. So my first question relates to that:

Q: What specific issues or criteria is your community focusing on related to your comments and how are you phrasing your comments? Are you proposing any alternatives or modifications?

Next, I assume particularly for smaller communities with little capacity that you may be interested in taking advantage of the assistance that may be available. So...

Q: What kind of technical assistance are you thinking about now? Is it one of the options suggested in outreach materials such as MHP, RPA's, etc. or are you thinking about something else?

Related to public engagement...I know this can be a double edged sword.

Q: How to you envision engaging the public during this process? Do you want them to "drive the bus", "keep them informed", or something in between?

Finally, we're interested in whether communities are (1) interested in "just getting something done" and either living with that or using it for breathing room to later develop something more complex and thoughtful, or (2) right up front looking to be creative and engaging in the development of something that would truly be "great planning"...so

Q: What kind of solution or solutions do you think you will proceed with? Will you try to integrate this into other initiatives or develop something from scratch? Are you considering mixed-use? Will you try to develop a complementary inclusionary housing bylaw? What is your approach?

I know there is a lot to unpack here. We'd welcome responses on just one of these areas in depth.  We'd also love to hear from communities who may want to work collaboratively on any issue in this area.

Thanks in advance...

Chris R.

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Christopher J. Ryan, AICP
Director of Community and Economic Development
Town of Harvard
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