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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 Katrina,</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 think most responses so far are to the group so you see what I see so far. I'll pass along anything I get "just to me".</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;">Citizen driven zoning review, to me anyway, is problematic. Planning, sure....zoning, ahh not so much. Being a partner is the process is certainly necessary but just the specialized terms and acronyms tend to lead to glazed eyes and drooling. Good to see you have at least some funds for a consultant and while $50k is certainly not enough for a comprehensive project, it might be enough for a review of an early draft, particularly since you had a legal review already.</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;">On the limitations on innovation due to capacity, I hear you. Hope you make continued progress.</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</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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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><b>Katrina O'leary <<a href="mailto:katrina.oleary@middletonma.gov">katrina.oleary@middletonma.gov</a>> on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 8:30 AM -0400 wrote:</b></font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;">Chris,</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;">I’m in a similar position right now. However, we had a citizen petition that outlined a process of appointing a zoning bylaw review committee (with a specific make-up of residents) to perform a “review” of our zoning bylaws back in 2018. Because the petition wording was flawed, it has taken awhile to put the bylaw review committee together and for them to perform the actions specified in the petition. Almost everyone agreed the citizen petition language was flawed to begin with, so this committee was reluctant to really go deep with their review. They ended up asking our Town Counsel do a “zoning audit” of our bylaw to point out the areas that could be improved and also list the items that should be included. Once this is completed, that will take care of the items you have
listed under “a”: </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><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></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"> </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;">Once the audit is completed, the Town will most likely direct their existing “Bylaw Review Committee” to undertake a comprehensive zoning bylaw review. This is a committee appointed by the Board of Selectmen and includes 5 residents and the Town Clerk and Building Commissioner as ex-officio members (the last time they were called into action was before Middleton had a Town Planner – but I think it’s more important to have the Building Commissioner there because he will be the one enforcing whatever they decide upon). At some point, the Planning Board and I will be asked to review whatever they come up. At this point I hope they hire a consultant to guide them through the process. We do have $50K set aside for this, but I’m sure it will cost more than that. </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"> </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;">As for adding innovative zoning tools – I’m hopeful some will be considered but the size of the staff enforcing and administering our zoning bylaw is small and we need to keep it manageable. I have also run into problems at Town Meeting when trying to introduce more complex zoning tools (a zoning amendment that would limit irregular lot shapes) and the residents didn’t want it because they couldn’t understand it. </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"> </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;">I’ll be interested to see what kind of feedback you receive on your questions.</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"> </font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#244061" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#244061;"><b>Katrina O'Leary, AICP </b></font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Cambria" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"><b>Middleton Town Planner</b></font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Cambria" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;">195 North Main Street Middleton, MA 01949 PH: (978)777-8917</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="-2" color="#244061" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:8pt;color:#244061;"><i>When responding, please be aware that the Massachusetts Secretary of State has determined that most email is public record and, therefore, cannot be kept confidential.</i></font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"> </font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"><b>From:</b> MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org">massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org</a>><b>On Behalf Of </b>Christopher Ryan</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 29, 2021 3:17 PM</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a></font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"><b>Subject:</b> [Massplanners] Zoning Bylaw Rewrite?</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"> </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Hi all</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"> </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><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></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"> </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><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></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"> </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><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></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"> </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><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></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"> </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><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></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"> </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><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></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"> </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><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></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"> </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><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></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"> </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><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></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"> </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><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></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Calibri" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:#000000;"> </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Century Gothic;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Thanks a ton in advance...</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><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></span></div>
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