[Massplanners] An eloquent career summary for a post middle aged bureaucrat

[Ken Buckland]

two points:
First I will give that person a pass on the punctuation and grammar given
that they were punching out a long and 'data-driven' missive with only
their thumbs on an Apple product. That requires some learned technique!
Second, [having been one myself], what do you expect from a developer?
Especially when now they can apparently run for the highest elected office
in the nation with impunity.

Don't let them get to you, TBott. But if they do, you could always come
next door [still in cranberry land] to work.You would be appreciated there.

On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 11:27 AM Thomas Bott via MassPlanners <
massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:

> From the school of archy and mehitabel Three Archy poems by Don Marquis
> <https://ianchadwick.com/blog/three-archy-poems-by-don-marquis/> I
> received this insightful reply from a local developer who opted: instead of
> increasing the screening to a neighboring property  ≈ to 10 *Thuja
> standishii × plicata *decided to sell one of their required affordable
> rentals, post lottery, as a market rate condo.
>
>  Their missive with an artful economy of punctuation summarizes my career
> here in the Commonwealth.
>
>  I hope that this ray of sunshine helps to brighten what, from the
> planner’s office window, looks like a dreary and more marginal than good
> Friday.
>
>  On Mar 28, 2024, at 12:42 PM, Thomas Bott <thomas.bott at carverma.gov>
> wrote:
>  Dear XXXXX:
> As you wrote in your previous email: in my experience in multiple towns;
> as a practicing planner in Massachusetts for over 25 years; as a Board
> Member to both professional planning organizations in the Commonwealth; as
> a regular presenter at conferences and trainings for planners, planning
> boards and ZBAs; I *have never seen* anyone just decide after they sold
> all their market rate units just to disregard the conditions that allowed
> them to build and then sell the affordable units as the market rate….
>
> *Aforementioned artful reply pasted below in its entirety unadulterated by
> numerous [sic] notations*:
>
> first off Tom nobody’s sold all three units. There is one unit sold that
> had occupancy that was sold after me and you couldn’t come to an agreement
> on closing out the subdivision believe you wanted some trees that weren’t
> on the plan and you said that was a sticking point, so i went to Plan B
> doing what we originally thought we were going to do find an offsite spot
> for the affordable. Meanwhile, I’m sitting on the other two condos that the
> people could be living in over the ego of a town planner who thinks he has
> the final say from  what I’ve seen can’t even run the board. None of them
> agree with you. You don’t agree with them. Nothing gets done, so I’m
> sitting on two units instead of three till we get it resolved, and I will
> get it resolved somehow more than willing to give carver three rentals of
> eqaul value  I was willing to put  money in escrow but after my dealings
> with cava and you, I know it’s like a game to you so once again, I’m not
> asking your opinion I want to know what the town wants to do where we are
> now  about the affordable units and thank you for the résumé I’m sure you
> keep it handy. qualified as you are. i’ve included the Building department
> on this email. We will be finishing the punchlist on the subdivision to
> turn it over as soon as we can  get something done. That works for the
> town, and myself or we can just leave the condos sitting there instead of
> having a family living in them with the need for housing. Seems like we
> should try to figure something out if buying the town of cava out of the
> affordable units is an option forward this to the town manager, and if
> something like that works, I can write the town a check or give the board
> information who i should deal with ill take it from there
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> TBott
> Please note that I too have no standing in the punctuation community.
>
>
> Thomas Bott Town Planner CranberryLand USA
>
> Practicing Planning in the Commonwealth since the last Millennium
> *#TownPlannerSilverJubilee*
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