[Massplanners] Legal Advertisements for Planning Board and ZBA Hearings

Wed Mar 23 15:47:41 EDT 2022

We could go the route of British Columbia, with giant SIGNS posted on
subject parcels!
Notice of Development Sign Requirements
<https://www.rdos.bc.ca/assets/PLANNING/Forms/Brochure-SiteNotice.pdf>

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On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 12:43 PM Lynne D. Sweet via MassPlanners <
massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:

> This is such a timely and important discussion which is why I love this
> group….and I am going to take it one more direction.
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> The current guidelines for housing lotteries not only require print
> advertising, but local print advertising. And as noted, community
> newspapers is pulling out in many locations.
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> It is a large cost burden for small developments to pay for print
> advertising when most potential rents/owners learn of the opportunity
> through social media.
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> I hope some of the state agencies are watching this thread and some
> flexibility can be built into these guidelines.
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> Lynne
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> Lynne D. Sweet
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> *From:* MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces at masscptc.org> *On Behalf Of *Valerie
> Massard via MassPlanners
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 23, 2022 12:30 PM
> *To:* 'Rick Collins' <rickcollins77 at gmail.com>; John Charbonneau <
> jcharbonneau at stoughton-ma.gov>
> *Cc:* Massachusetts Planners <massplanners at masscptc.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Massplanners] Legal Advertisements for Planning Board and
> ZBA Hearings
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> Great point - This was just announced in our area too – no more print for
> most of the local newspapers, at all – they are going digital and merging
> about a dozen or more papers that were once local for the south shore
> region.  Almost no local reporting is happening at this time, regrettably –
> only certain topics of interest.
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> Sincerely,
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> *Valerie Massard*, *AICP, CFM*
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> Town Planner, Kingston, MA
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> *From:* MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces at masscptc.org> *On Behalf Of *Rick
> Collins via MassPlanners
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 23, 2022 11:26 AM
> *To:* John Charbonneau <jcharbonneau at stoughton-ma.gov>
> *Cc:* Massachusetts Planners <massplanners at masscptc.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Massplanners] Legal Advertisements for Planning Board and
> ZBA Hearings
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> Is the requirement still print newspaper only?
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> There is a growing number of digital only outlets, such as the Bedford
> Citizen. Are they able to take legal ads?
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> On Wed, Mar 23, 2022, 11:14 AM John Charbonneau via MassPlanners <
> massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:
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> It is ridiculous to ask an applicant to pay upwards of $200-300 simply for
> a legal ad that runs twice!  Luckily the Patriot-Ledger agreed to allow
> Stoughton to continue to pay the previous rate for a period of 1 year, but
> it will come to an end soon enough.
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> *John M. Charbonneau*
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> Town Planner
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> Stoughton, MA 02072
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> On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 11:06 AM Matthew Benoit via MassPlanners <
> massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:
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> One major issue we all have for the Worcester T&G; even though billing for
> us has been OK, people can’t even view the legal ad online without paying
> for a membership.
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> Matthew C. Benoit, Notary Public
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> Director of Community Development
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> Town of Douglas
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> 29 Depot Street
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> Douglas, MA 01516
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> *From:* MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces at masscptc.org> *On Behalf Of *Joseph
> Laydon via MassPlanners
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 23, 2022 10:56 AM
> *To:* Kristina Johnson <kjohnson at townofhudson.org>;
> massplanners at masscptc.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Massplanners] Legal Advertisements for Planning Board and
> ZBA Hearings
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> Kristina,
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> You forgot one important point; these consolidated media entities can’t
> figure out billing.  So not only are the costs high, but we are constantly
> calling to straighten out billing issues.
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> We may be at a tipping point where planners and towns start asking our
> legislatures to remove the newspaper requirements and to rely on posting on
> town websites.  Even moving from planning to administration, I continue to
> be frustrated by the changing costs and billing errors.
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> Joe
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> Joseph Laydon
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> Town of Littleton
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> Assistant Town Administrator
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> 37 Shattuck Street
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> Littleton, MA 01460
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> *From:* MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces at masscptc.org> *On Behalf Of *Kristina
> Johnson via MassPlanners
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 23, 2022 10:44 AM
> *To:* massplanners at masscptc.org
> *Subject:* [Massplanners] Legal Advertisements for Planning Board and ZBA
> Hearings
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> Hello Friends and Colleagues,
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> I am curious to know if any of you are having an issue with legal
> advertisements, as many local and regional newspapers either being
> consolidated by large corporate media entities,  have a completely online
> presence, or have changed their billing policies. Both in Hudson and in
> Framingham (where I serve on the PB), the regional newspaper, the MetroWest
> Daily News is requiring “pre-payment” for all legal advertisements instead
> of the traditional third-party billing method.  Thankfully in Hudson we
> have another newspaper that publishes locally, although their deadlines
> completely changed our submission deadlines for PB ZBA, as they only
> publish once a week.  In Framingham, the only other local newspaper is 100%
> online,  so Framingham will most likely have to raise fees for application
> filings to cover the pre-payment in order to ensure the provisions of 40A
> Section 11 are met. I should note that legal advertisements are not cheap!
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> What a headache!  Anyone else facing this issue?
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> Best,
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> Kristina
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> *Kristina Johnson, AICP*
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> Director of Planning & Community Development
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> Town of Hudson,  MA
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> President, Mass. Association of Planning Directors
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> Tel: 978-562-2989
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> Cell:  857-939-3427
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> Email: kjohnson at townofhudson.org
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