12:36:11	 From  Simon French : From Newton Comprehensive Plan (City should use as guidance in LandUse decision making)
In 2002, we had 31,700 units. The comprehensive plan talks about increasing to 35,200 - 36,200
12:36:26	 From  Simon French : Residential Implementing Actions 
a. Predominantly Single-Family Areas
Maintain the dominance of single-family homes in such areas, including careful management of accessory uses such as home occupations and accessory dwellings.
Development within those areas should be limited to that which is consistent with the existing fabric and is supportable by local infrastructure and the environment, achieved through creative management approaches, rather than bluntly overregulating “to be safe.” 
The current capacity allows single-family areas to grow from about 17,500 housing units to not more than 18,300 housing units. That is consistent with Plan intentions, and should on balance be maintained, neither allowing substantial net increases through rezoning, “loosening” rules, 40B development, or other public actions, nor imposing substantial net decreases through rezoning, public land acquisition, or other public actions.
12:37:20	 From  Simon French : b. Mixed Single And Two-Family Areas 
The present projected capacity of such areas to grow from about 10,900 housing units to not more than 12,700 housing units is consistent with Plan intentions, and should be maintained over time through the balancing of the impacts of public actions such as rezoning and land transactions
12:37:40	 From  Carolyn Gabbay : If the points advocating for comprehensively redesigning zoning rather than addressing specific issues on an incremental basis, why is Newton such a desirable community "as is" and the rela estate market demand red hot?
12:37:48	 From  Jennifer Caira : Which of the Zoning Redesign goals feel most important to you? And why? (Remember, we’re planning for the next 50 years and beyond!)  

For context, here are the 3 goals that the Zoning & Planning Committee straw-voted in:

(a) Housing: A zoning code more responsive to a demand for housing that serves a range of incomes and promotes sustainable community development patterns

(b) Sustainability: Environmental stewardship, fiscal strength and meeting community needs

(c) Context: Preserve and protect what we like in our neighborhoods. Encourage new development to fit in the context of our neighborhoods and villages


12:41:57	 From  Julia Malakie : I don’t know anyone who says renters don’t keep up their property!
12:42:16	 From  Craig Edsall : Is there any proposed planning to reduce the number of MA registered vehicles per single family lot? Somewhere possibly in a former Mayor's email I noticed some discussion on this topic. Would specifically, and for example, single family homeowners who already have 3 or 4 legally MA registered vehicles on their properties (and who already have proper surfaced parking and open space requirements currently met).   
12:44:39	 From  Margaret : Excellent perspective Carolyn.
12:45:13	 From  Andreae Downs   to   Jennifer Caira(Privately) : I would love to know which goals  Carolyn objects to
12:46:22	 From  Julia Malakie : Context most important to me as well. And in addition, preserving existing buildings is better for environment than teardowns and new builds. https://living-future.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/The_Greenest_Building.pdf  And better for affordability, because we know what happens with teardowns. New units are each more expensive than the SF or older 2Fam they replace.
12:46:41	 From  Jennifer Caira : What do you hope that Zoning Redesign accomplishes?
12:46:44	 From  Margaret : Excellent points Clive.  Agree with you!
12:46:52	 From  Carolyn Gabbay : Kudos to Clive Martin for grounding the process in developer economic Return on Investment reality
12:48:23	 From  Craig Edsall : It would seem unfair to reduce parking on homeowners who already have proper parking on their property in place per current zoning. Would these homeowners be expected to get rid of a 3rd or 4th vehicle that household members (teenagers, etc.) use. It would seem wrong to force people to remove cars if there is a plan to do so in this example. I must pick up my child for a dentist appointment at this time and must leave the meeting at this time unfortunately, but I wanted to raise this question and express opinion nonetheless. 
12:51:34	 From  Julia Malakie : No one has yet defined “attainable.”
12:53:47	 From  Karen Bray : Changing to multifamily is not going to drastically change the context of our neighborhoods. It is not going to happen overnight and many many house will not become multifamily. Those that do become Multifamily will not change their footprints as many Mac Mansions do now.
12:56:04	 From  Margaret : Thank you Julia on your context comment! :-)
12:56:05	 From  Jen @The Pup Academy   to   Jennifer Caira(Privately) : I missed the start as my kids needed to be settled in after in-person school. What is the main thrust of the proposal?
12:56:59	 From  Julia Malakie : FYI for members of the public. Those 3 goals were sprung on the Zoning & Planning Committee without them having been given the language ahead of time, or the item being included on any agenda, wordsmithed on the fly, and voted on in the same meeting. Then afterwards, Planning memos and references by chair Crossley kept changing “keep what we like” to “development consistent with approved plans.” Lisle Baker and Pam Wright had to keep correcting them, to have them stick to the language that was voted on.
12:57:15	 From  Carolyn Gabbay : The house currently for sale at 228 Chapel Street is appears to be a good example of the type of small lot, rear lot housing that would likely result from this proposed ordinance.  It is for sale at $900K, below the current $1M average price in Newton, but still far from the articulated goal of "affordability".  Also, it is 3 stories and thus not physically accessible to any seniors who want to downsize.     
12:58:36	 From  Jennifer Caira : What concerns you about Zoning Redesign?
12:59:52	 From  Kathy Cade   to   Jennifer Caira(Privately) : Kudos for you in response to the last speaker.  This is a challenging exercise and you are handling it with grace
13:00:11	 From  Margaret : Agree with Clive!
13:00:21	 From  Shari Goldin   to   Jennifer Caira(Privately) : I’m unable to raise my hand…
13:01:07	 From  Jennifer Caira   to   Kathy Cade(Privately) : Thank you!
13:01:19	 From  Julia Malakie : Good reminder. “Residence Districts” does not include the Village Districts. Where will those lines be drawn? No new maps have been released since April.
13:04:50	 From  Carolyn Gabbay : Agree with Jen on the ROI reality of developers' intentions.
13:05:17	 From  Carolyn Gabbay : The proliferation of $1.4-1.8M townhouse duet condos will be the upshot.
13:06:17	 From  Carolyn Gabbay : Jennifer - these houses are not that big
13:07:18	 From  Simon French : The planning dept have recently introduced the term “Attainable House”. What price point is attainable?
13:07:34	 From  Julia Malakie : Pam Wright’s analysis of what could be built under latest draft of zoning, compared to what was built recently after teardowns where 2Fam was allowed. It would not reduce incentive for teardowns. https://web.northeastern.edu/rasala/newton_zoning_docs/pdf/2020-09-14_Wright_C_Comments_Deep_Analysis.pdf
13:11:21	 From  Carolyn Gabbay : The introduction to today's discussion was an example of how advocacy for the redesign proposal is being implanted in the information presentations.  I would like more neutral information distribution and more quanitifcation of impacts.  
13:12:19	 From  Margaret : Totally agree with Shari and John - literally everyone should be contacted about this.
13:13:44	 From  Carolyn Gabbay : Shari is correct - developers and their legal counsel (a very specific small group of lawyers in town) drive the process.  Trio is an unfortunate example of the outcome.  The internal courtyard design (advocated by the consultants the City hires) is virtually Stalinist.  There is ZERO green at the site..
13:15:34	 From  Margaret : Fantastic idea Julia!!!  Very tangible way of understanding impact using a widget is a clear way to get people to understand!
13:15:56	 From  Carolyn Gabbay : Julia - I LOVE the idea of letting property owners know in a very simple way what would happen to their house and neighboring houses rather than maps that are hard for lawymen to understand
13:16:20	 From  Julia Malakie : IN the meantime, here’s Richard Rasala’s compilation of Zoning Docs. https://web.northeastern.edu/rasala/newton_zoning_docs/?fbclid=IwAR1mi7so3Nul1GBTu7MURzjzXIqQa97v2Di9IHYEmM0Gf44fSo-CTySPxZI
13:17:21	 From  Julia Malakie : It’s probably a shorter link.
13:19:28	 From  Lara Kritzer : https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001JdpTMeML5NJJRN91OZKcvcBpV5zJjWHYa7PtTKTmHTU5eJUuNAik5jBdUs0q8S9Wd7kZIqqwBAaF5F_tsnUTZtsMuiQgMtzTB8Ic2B-xfGGpwbvHINekICnsKhSW5u2kodWJs1hdnVyRwKwEEIBoaN1ng0_7437c
13:20:54	 From  Stephanie Karger   to   Jennifer Caira(Privately) : Breakout session was too short; I know we can continue on our own by contacting planning directly, but there is a "development pattern" when brainstorming with a group that is broken when discussion is shut off in the middle.
13:20:56	 From  Lara Kritzer : The above link connects to sign up page for the Mayor's newsletter  
13:21:15	 From  Jennifer Caira : www.newtonma.gov/zoningredesign