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PlanningBoard | 2020-03-23 | 2 | Ms. Armstrong commended the thoroughness of the presentation and thanked everyone for making this meeting happen during these extreme circumstances. Board Member Teague asked City Planning Counsel Celena Chen a clarifying question about waiver criteria under the Density Bonus law. Staff Counsel Chen explained the waiver criteria and what is required to deny a request for concessions. Board Member Teague asked Counsel Chen to clarify that a waiver is granted for anything that could preclude the number of units under the bonus for affordable housing. Counsel Chen clarified that was the case. Board Member Teague asked about laws related to building within 100 feet of the shoreline. Director Thomas said the BCDC has jurisdiction over the 100 feet band, you can build but BCDC has design review approval. What is allowed or disallowed in that 100 feet can vary drastically from project to project. Board Member Teague then asked about how the HOA fees will be distributed to units that are deeded to be affordable. Director Thomas answered that the City does not get involved with how an HOA organizes itself. The City can only say that 21 of these units can only be leased or sold to families in a certain income range. Board Member Teague asked if the Transportation Demand Management (TDM) cost was also calculated into that. Director Thomas said that is a different situation if the City wants something included in the HOA, something the City wants them to cover should be added to the resolution. Past projects have had that, but as of right now he did not see the affordable mentioned in the condition of approval. All units must be given a transit pass. Board Member Teague asked if there were past projects where the transit passes were not assessed on affordable units. Director Thomas clarified the project needs to fund the transit passes for all the units. The funding comes out of the TDM fee from the whole project for everyone. He could not recall how it was funded in past projects. Board Member Teague wanted to make sure that families that are part of the affordable housing do not get stuck with high fees. Director Thomas said there is a limit to what they can pay, fees don't get added on top later. The rest is subsidized by the rest of the project. They are not added on after the fact to affordable housing. Approved Planning Board Minutes Page 2 of 7 March 23, 2020 | PlanningBoard/2020-03-23.pdf |