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PlanningBoard | 2017-01-23 | 11 | President Köster opened the public hearing. Tony Daysog said the financial report is an excellent report that lays out paths for achieving the social ends desired for the neighborhood. He said the board should push the envelope in getting higher workforce housing numbers. Mike Ruddy said his company is interested in building in this neighborhood. Doug Biggs said the process is very important for the Collaborating Partners. He said it is time to move forward with the plan. He said the conditions at the site are inhumane and would not be allowed anywhere else. He said the cap means that they need to focus on delivering on the promise to build this housing for their formerly homeless residents. President Köster closed the public hearing. Board Member Knox White said that the sea level rise issue is addressed. He said that we need to look at other options for cost savings besides waiving the workforce housing requirements if necessary. He said he would like the NACTO guidelines for street widths to be included in the plan. He said he would be supportive of adding zero net energy requirements to the plan. Board Member Curtis said the plan was good. Board Member Zuppan said she would like the new information regarding butterflies to be included in the plan. She said she would like to promote visitability in the plan. She said she would like to support wider sidewalks to make sure there is extra room for widening the streets if necessary. She said we need to be consistent in protecting our working waterfront and preventing privatization of the waterfront. She asked to please not use the unattractive street markings. She suggested adding lighting guidelines for the streetlights. Board Member Mitchell said making the workforce housing affordable by design was a good compromise. He said he would like to see solar included in the plan. He said he would like to emphasize preserving existing trees as much as possible. Board Member Burton said that the impending Universal Design ordinance would address the visitability issue. He offered several text edit suggestions for the plan. Staff Member Thomas said he is hearing that most of the board supports waiting for the state building requirements to take effect in 2020 requiring all residential construction meet net zero energy requirements. He said he likes that rule because it does not dictate how it happens. Approved Minutes Page 11 of 15 Planning Board Meeting January 23, 2017 | PlanningBoard/2017-01-23.pdf |