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<p class="MsoNormal">Watertown contracted with David Gable and Associates to create design guidelines for us. We first did this for large commercial and mixed use projects. We then created a Zoning Amendment to make some provisions a requirement and others
remained guidelines that we would refer to in development review. We also added a design review component to our project review with a third party reviewer to make design recommendations. I think it has worked well.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Steve Magoon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Assistant Town Manager, Director, Community Development and Planning<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">149 Main Street<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Watertown, MA 02472<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office 617 972-6417<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cell 617 987-1136<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Christopher Ryan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 9, 2021 9:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ehutchings@beverlyma.gov<br>
<b>Cc:</b> massplanners@masscptc.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] Downtown Design Guidelines<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">I'll jump in too.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Particularly, I am interested in when a community adopts guidelines, do they elevate the guidlines to requirements within a special permit process?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">If you have gone with requirements over guidelines, how to you facilitate that additional control?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Chris</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">=====================================</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Christopher J. Ryan, AICP</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Director of Community and Economic Development</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Town of Harvard, MA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">13 Ayer Road</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Harvard, MA 01451</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Phone: 978.456.4100 x.323</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Email:
<a href="mailto:cryan@harvard.ma.us">cryan@harvard.ma.us</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Web:
<a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.harvard.ma.us&c=E,1,a-ANV-pNgAHo5cDsZ8sA6TWx3KztSPREm7ojTQMG9BfLgIvv73WKz5TySpviEobv9ua1VOrfVJ2nATmBizk3MUPZYiwMbbByOYLo989_&typo=1" target="_blank">
http://www.harvard.ma.us</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Emily Hutchings <<a href="mailto:ehutchings@beverlyma.gov">ehutchings@beverlyma.gov</a>> on Thursday, July 8, 2021 at 4:55 PM -0400 wrote:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:#D0D0D0">Hello All,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:#D0D0D0">Has anyone recently gone through the process of updating or developing new downtown design guidelines, and would be willing to share their
guidelines and/or RFPs, if you worked with a consultant?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:#D0D0D0">Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#1F4E79;background:#D0D0D0">Emily Hutchings, AICP</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cataneo BT",serif;color:gray;background:#D0D0D0">City of Beverly</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cataneo BT",serif;color:gray;background:#D0D0D0">Assistant Planning Director</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cataneo BT",serif;color:gray;background:#D0D0D0">978-605-2342</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:ehutchings@beverlyma.gov" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family:"Cataneo BT",serif;background:#D0D0D0">ehutchings@beverlyma.gov</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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