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File #: 200827    Version: 1
Type: Officer's Communication Status: Placed on File
File created: 2/11/2016 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/25/2016 Final action: 5/12/2016
Enactment date: 2/25/2016 Enactment #: 200827
Title: Planning Director submitting a preliminary memo on the financial feasibility of amendments to the inclusionary zoning requirements.
Attachments: 1. RKGMemore IZOrdinance2016-02-08

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Planning Director submitting a preliminary memo on the financial feasibility of amendments to the inclusionary zoning requirements.

 

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To the Honorable Board of Aldermen,

I am submitting to you the attached preliminary memo from RKG Associates, the consultant hired by Mass Housing Partnership under an agreement with the city to address the feasibility of changes to the inclusionary housing ordinance.  This preliminary memo addresses the financial feasibility of short-term changes to the inclusionary zoning ordinance. 

 

A more substantial report and model, to assist with the zoning overhaul, will be provided by the consultant in March.

OSPCD staff is available to meet on this topic, and looks forward to continued discussions on improving the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance.

Respectfully submitted,

George Proakis

Director of Planning