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<p class="MsoNormal">When I was with Milton, we also used Dodson & Flinker. They did a great job!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.townofmilton.org/304/Milton-Village-Design-Guidelines">https://www.townofmilton.org/304/Milton-Village-Design-Guidelines</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">50 Evergreen Avenue, Somerville, MA 02145</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">City of Somerville Public Records Notice</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bob Mitchell via MassPlanners<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 26, 2024 1:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ryan, Christopher <cryan@belmont-ma.gov><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Mass Planners <massplanners@masscptc.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] Design Guidelines<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Chris: Amherst hired Dodson & Flinker out of Northampton to develop Design Guidelines for the downtown. This is an ongoing project. Here's the link:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://amherstma.gov/3797/2024-25-Downtown-Design-Standards">2024-25 Downtown Design Standards | Amherst, MA - Official Website (amherstma.gov)</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 2:28<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>PM Ryan, Christopher via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Has anyone recently contracted for the development of design guidelines?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are looking for two types:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Historic District design guidelines</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="m-7919760615104605529msolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Townwide architectural design guidelines</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If any of you have, can you please share your consultant, if satisfied? And if you know of firms that do this locally, any names would
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Chris</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Christopher J. Ryan, AICP</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Director of Planning & Building</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Belmont, MA 02478-0900</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Tel: 617.993.2658</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:cryan@belmont-ma.gov" target="_blank">cryan@belmont-ma.gov</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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