<div dir="auto"><div>That's fantastic! I used to also work in Watertown. I'd be curious what they're using it for.</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Andrea Adams<br>Retired Land Use Planner<br>118 Green Street<br>Woburn, MA 01801<br>508-332-8070</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 27, 2025, 2:57\u202fPM Scott, Sarah via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Cambridge and Watertown both have linkage fees as well. I tried to send links, but the admin said the size was too big. Googling should get you there!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard McCarthy via MassPlanners<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 26, 2025 2:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kerrie Easterday <<a href="mailto:keasterday@dighton-ma.gov" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">keasterday@dighton-ma.gov</a>><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Massplanners] Development Impact Fee<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1f497d">Outside of Cape Cod Commission communities and Boston the rest of us can\u2019t assess impact fees. Now I\u2019m not saying communities are doing linkage when someone is looking
for zoning or regulation relief. Impact fees are apart zoning reform efforts. </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1f497d">Maybe a community could file a home rule petition that could be an approach I hadn\u2019t thought of.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>ruralplanningassociates--- via MassPlanners<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 26, 2025 1:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Ryan, Christopher' <<a href="mailto:cryan@belmont-ma.gov" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">cryan@belmont-ma.gov</a>>; 'Kerrie Easterday' <<a href="mailto:keasterday@dighton-ma.gov" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">keasterday@dighton-ma.gov</a>><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] [EXTERNAL] Development Impact Fee</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Other than the Cape Cod Commission (and its towns), Medford is the only other town in MA with impact fees that I know of. However, Medford got it by home rule petition, so applicable only to them.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] [EXTERNAL] Development Impact Fee</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I thought that only the Cape Cod Commission in MA was allowed to enact those\u2026</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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