<div dir="ltr">two points:<div>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!<div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>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.</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 11:27 AM Thomas Bott via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners@masscptc.org</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><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><div><p>From the school
of archy and mehitabel <a href="https://ianchadwick.com/blog/three-archy-poems-by-don-marquis/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(51,143,233);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Three Archy poems
by Don Marquis</span></a> I received
this insightful reply from a local developer who opted: instead of increasing
the screening to a neighboring property ≈ to 10 <i><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">Thuja standishii × plicata </span></i><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">decided to sell one of their required affordable
rentals, post lottery, as a market rate condo.</span></p>
<p><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">Their
missive with an artful economy of punctuation summarizes my career here in the Commonwealth.</span></p>
<p><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34)">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.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34)"> </span>On Mar 28, 2024, at 12:42 PM,
Thomas Bott <<a href="mailto:thomas.bott@carverma.gov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thomas.bott@carverma.gov</a>>
wrote:</p>
<div><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"></span> Dear XXXXX:</div><div>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 <u>have never seen</u> 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….</div>
<div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Aforementioned artful
reply pasted below in its entirety unadulterated by numerous [sic] notations</b>:</div></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>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</div></div></div></div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><div><p>Sent from my iPhone</p></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><div><p><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
</div></div></div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><div>
<div>TBott</div><div>Please note that I too
have no standing in the punctuation community.</div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:"new times",serif;font-size:16px"><div style="font-size:16px;font-family:serif">Thomas Bott Town Planner <font color="#9d1811">CranberryLand USA</font></div><div style="font-size:16px;font-family:serif"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_165866806005753643m_7975732741129084073ydpfb687fb8yiv6753380931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519652102965_53159" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font id="m_165866806005753643m_7975732741129084073ydpfb687fb8yiv6753380931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519652102965_53160" color="#4c76a2" style="font-size:16px;font-family:serif;font-style:italic;background-color:inherit">Practicing Planning in the Commonwealth since the last Millennium </font><font color="#808080" style="background-color:inherit" size="2"><i>#TownPlannerSilverJubilee<br></i></font></span></div></div></div></div></div>-- <br>
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