<div dir="ltr">I would like to thank everyone who took the time to help with "selling" ADU's.  So far, I have the Planning Board supporting the zoning amendment by a vote of 4-0-1.  And our Advisory Committee (almost like a finance committee but even more broad, reviews, reports and votes on all town meeting articles) voted 7-1 to support.  These are HUGE!  Your input was instrumental in me convincing them.<div><br></div><div>Town Meeting is 11/15.  I'll keep you all posted.  </div><div><br>Thank you again.<br><br>~Paige Duncan, Planning Director for the Town of Foxborough</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 8:48 AM Paige <<a href="mailto:paigeplanner@gmail.com">paigeplanner@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Good morning all,<div><br></div><div>Here in Foxborough we are going to be voting on whether to expand the current inlaw apartment bylaw to allow non-relatives to rent an ADU.  Sounds simple, right?  NOT!  Folks insist this is creating multi-family housing in a single family district.</div><div><br></div><div>We have been engaged in a conversation on housing for 2+ years now and I know we will get push back on this effort.  I'm not sure we will get the required 2/3 vote (since we allow over 900 SF for our ADUs we don't qualify for the majority vote).</div><div><br></div><div>Does anyone have any outreach, PR or data that I could use at the public hearing tomorrow night to inform residents on why allowing attached ADUs to be rented to non-relatives would be wise for Foxborough?  </div><div><br></div><div>Any case studies on how many ADUs were created once a similar provision was adopted in another town?  </div><div><br></div><div>I think the "selling" of housing solutions is the hardest part of all of this.  Folks are so resistant, at least out here in the suburbs.  Any information or handouts or anything to make residents less afraid of this change would be greatly appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you.</div><div><br></div><div>Paige Duncan, AICP</div><div>Planning Director for the Town of Foxborough, MA</div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">

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</span></span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">Paige E. Duncan, AICP,
Planning Director</span></span><span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
</span></span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">Foxborough Town Hall, 40 
South Street</span></span><span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <br>
</span></span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">Foxborough,
Massachusetts 02035</span></span><span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <br>
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</span></span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">Paige E. Duncan, AICP,
Planning Director</span></span><span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
</span></span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">Foxborough Town Hall, 40 
South Street</span></span><span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <br>
</span></span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">Foxborough,
Massachusetts 02035</span></span><span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <br>
</span></span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">Ph: 508-543-1250</span></span></font></p><p><font size="1"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif""></span></span><span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
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