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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Hi all</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">I need to be thinking about how we're going to approach the long overdue comprehensive rewrite of our zoning bylaws and had a few questions for the water cooler.</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">First, those who have addressed a dated and flawed bylaw, what has your approach been?</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:36px;text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><i>a) Did you conduct a complete rewrite? What were the components? Structure and organization, legal review, adding user-friendly elements?</i></font></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:36px;text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><i>b) If not comprehensive, what were the elements and issues that you focused on?</i></font></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:36px;text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><i>c) Did you introduce innovative methodologies and types? Form-based? Hybrid? Any elements of performance zoning?</i></font></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:36px;text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><i>d) How did you fund it and what was the cost?</i></font></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:36px;text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><i>e) What type of consulting team did you use? Multidisciplinary? Did you do some of it in-house?</i></font></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:36px;text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><i>f) Did you have a committee? How was it composed?</i></font></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:36px;text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><i>g) What was the biggest challenge?</i></font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">So, if you have recently done work on your bylaw, let me know what you did...or even if you are preparing for it or thinking about it.</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Thanks a ton in advance...</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Chris R.</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Christopher J. Ryan, AICP</font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Director of Community and Economic Development</font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Town of Harvard, MA</font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">13 Ayer Road</font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Harvard, MA 01451</font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Phone: 978.456.4100 x.323</font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Email: <a href="mailto:cryan@harvard.ma.us">cryan@harvard.ma.us</a></font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Web: <a href="http://www.harvard.ma.us" target="_blank">http://www.harvard.ma.us</a></font></div>
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