DHCD OK’s Medfield Meadows

Posted on October 26, 2018 | Comments Off on DHCD OK’s Medfield Meadows

The following letter was received by the Board of Selectmen today, wherein Department of Housing and Community Development approved the John Kelly 40B at the corner of Dale Street and Route 27.  –

Commonwealth of Massachusetts DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Charles D. Baker, Governor + Karyn E. Polito, Lt. Governor + Janelle L. Chan, Undersecretary October 19, 2018 Mr. Michael Marcucci Chair, Board of Selectman Town of Medfield 459 Main Street Medfield, Massachusetts 02052 Mr. John P. Kelly Medfield Meadows, LLC 18 Forest Street Sherborn, Massachusetts 01770 RE: Medfield Meadows, Medfield, Massachusetts REeEIVEO OCT 2 fl l0 1B MEDFIELD SELECTMEN Determination of Project Eligibility under the Local Initiative Program (LIP) Dear Messrs. Marcucci and Kelly: I am pleased to inform you that your application for project eligibility under the Local Initiative Program (LIP) for the proposed Medfield Meadows project has been approved. This approval is based on your application that sets forth a plan for the development of 36 residential units: 12 homeownership units and 24 rental units. The proposed sales prices and rents of the LIP units are generally consistent with the standards for affordable housing to be included in a community's Chapter 408 affordable housing stock. As part of the review process, Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) staff has performed an on-site inspection of the proposed project sites. DHCD has made the following findings: 1. The proposed project appears generally eligible under the requirements of the Local Initiative Program, subject to final program review and approval; 2. The site of the proposed project is generally appropriate for residential development; 3. The conceptual plan is generally appropriate for the site on which the project is located; 4. . The proposed project appears financially feasible in the context of the Medfield housing market; I 00 Cambridge Street, Suite 300 Boston, Massachusetts 02 11 4 www.mass.gov/dhcd 617.573.1100 Page 2 Medfield Meadows - Medfield, MA 5. The initial proforma for the project appears financially feasible and consistent with cost examination and limitations on profits and distributions on the basis of estimated development costs; 6. The project sponsor and the development team meet the general eligibility standards of the Local Initiative Program; 7. The project sponsor has an executed Purchase and Sale agreement for the site. The proposed project must comply with all state and local codes not specifically exempted by a comprehensive permit. Please provide us with a copy of the comprehensive permit as soon as it is issued. The DHCD legal office will review the comprehensive permit and other project documentation. Additional information may be requested as is deemed necessary. Following the issuance of the comprehensive permit, the specifics of this project must be formalized in a regulatory agreement signed by the municipality, the project developer, and DHCD prior to starting construction. As stated in the application, the Medfield Meadows project will consist of 36 units, 9 of which will be affordable: 12 homeownership units, three of which will be affordable and eligible for inclusion on the Town's subsidized housing inventory; and 24 rental units, six of which will be affordable and all of which will be eligible for inclusion on the subsidized housing inventory. The affordable units will be marketed, rented and sold to eligible households whose annual income may not exceed 80% of area median income, adjusted for household size, as determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The conditions that must be met prior to final DHCD approval include: 1 . A final affirmative fair marketing and lottery plan with related forms shall be submitted that reflects LIP requirements including consistency with the Comprehensive Permit Guidelines, Section Ill, Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plans; 2. Any changes to the application it has just reviewed and approved, including but not limited to alternations in unit mix, sales price, rents, development team, unit design, site plan and financial pro forma reflecting land value, must be approved by DHCD; 3. The project must be organized and operated so as not to violate the state antidiscrimination statute (M.G.L. c1518) or the Federal Fair Housing statute I ~ i t ! Page 3 Medfield Meadows - Medfield, MA (42 U.S.C. s.3601 et seq.). No restriction on occupancy may be imposed on the affordable unit (other than those created by state or local health and safety laws regulating the number of occupants in dwelling units); and 4. The Town shall submit to DHCD the finalized details of the comprehensive permit. The Department expects that the development team will work closely with the public safety officials of the Town to address concerns relative to access for emergency vehicles fo all buildings on the property. As the Medfield Meadows project nears completion of construction, DHCD staff may visit the site to ensure that the development meets program guidelines. When the units have received Certificates of Occupancy, the developer must submit to both DHCD and the Medfield Board of Selectmen a project cost examination for the comprehensive permit project. This letter shall expire two years from this date or on October 17, 2020 unless a comprehensive permit has been issued. We congratulate the Town of Medfield and Medfield Meadows LLC on your efforts to work together to increase the Town's supply of affordable housing. If you have any questions as you proceed with the project, please call Alana Murphy at 617-573-1301. Catheri e Racer Associat Director cc: Sarah Raposa, AICP, Town Planner Michael Sullivan, Town Administrator Stephen Nolan, Zoning Board of Appeals Office of the Chief Counsel, DHCD Enc. RESPONSIBILITY FOR COST CERTIFICATION: By your signature below, Medfield Meadows, acknowledges and accepts this approval letter, including the obligation under law to provide the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Town of Medfield with a project cost examination .. Signature: ___________ _ Name (print): __________ _ Date: ---~--~------~ Upon receipt, please make copy of this letter and return a signed copy to Division of Housing Development, Department of Housing and Community Development, 100 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114 ATTN: Local Initiative Program Medfield Meadows, ·Medfield, Massachusetts LOCAL INITIATIVE PROGRAM-COMPREHENSIVE PERMIT Sponsor: Medfield Meadows, LLC 18 Forest Street Sherborn, MA 01770 Project Addresses: 41 Dale Street Medfield, MA 02052 This project will provide ownership opportunities according to the following breakdown: Utility #of #of #of Gross Allowance Type of Unit Maximum Sales Units Bdrms Baths SF (Rental) Price/Rent Condo Fee (HO) Market Units 3 1 1 750. $2, 100 (rental) 13 2 1 900 N/A $2,520 2 3 1.5 1,300 $2,990 Market Units 1 2 2.5 1,600 TBD $528,000 (ownership) 8 3 2.5 1,800 TBD $594,000 LIP Units 2 1 1 750 $153.00 $1,089 (net) (rental) 3 2 1 900 $226.00 $1,265 (net) 1 3 1.5 1,300 $286.00 $1,436 (net) LIP Units 1 2 2.5 1,600 TBD $191,500 (ownership) 2 3 2.5 1,800 TBD $210,900 Total Units 3620181019-DHCD-ltr from_Page_220181019-DHCD-ltr from_Page_320181019-DHCD-ltr from_Page_4

 

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Only A Few Days Left to Register for the 2018 Angel Run

Posted on October 26, 2018 | Comments Off on Only A Few Days Left to Register for the 2018 Angel Run
Only a few days left to register – don’t miss out!
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STM this Monday 7:30PM

Posted on October 26, 2018 | Comments Off on STM this Monday 7:30PM

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This alert from the Town of Medfield website –

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October 26, 2018 9:39 AM

Reminder Special Town Meeting on Monday, Oct 29, 2018 7:30 PM

Reminder there is a Special Town meeting on Monday, October 29, 2018, at 7:30 PM. The meeting will take place in the High School Gymnasium. Please visit the Special Town Meeting page to review the eleven articles and related information.

Special Town Meeting cannot begin until there is a quorum of 250 registered voters.

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Office space/conference room to share/rent

Posted on October 25, 2018 | Comments Off on Office space/conference room to share/rent

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66 North Street Office Space/Conference Room to Share/Rent

My wife, attorney Deb Bero, is looking to share or sublet part of her four room office at 66 North Street, Medfield (next to post office). First floor has a reception area and a conference room, and there are two separate offices on the second floor. She is open to exclusive or shared use of either the conference room or either second floor office (one huge and one average size), with or without access to the first floor conference room.  Price varies depending on amount of use and exclusiveness – starting at $350/month for office without conference room access.  Conference room can also be rented on a per use basis.  Deb Bero can be reached at 508-269-9364.

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BoS meets on 10/29 before STM

Posted on October 25, 2018 | Comments Off on BoS meets on 10/29 before STM

The special town meeting (STM) is on Monday, October 29 at 7:30 PM at the Medfield High School gym.

The Board of Selectmen will hold a meeting just before the STM, including an executive session to try to work out the terms of employment for Kristine Trierweiler, the new town administrator.

Board of Selectmen Board or Committee PLACE OF MEETING DAY, DATE, AND TIME Medfield High School library Monday October 29, 2018 6:00PM AGENDA (Subject to change) 6:00 PM Declare meeting open 6:00 PM Vote to go into Executive Session: Exemption #2 to conduct negotiations with nonunion personnel: discussion and possible vote on compensation and other terms and conditions of an employment agreement to be offered to new Town Administrator Kristine Trierweiler Return to open session Discuss Special Town Meeting Articles, BOS position on same and any other business related to Special Town Meeting

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Medfield Rail Trail now a MFi initiative

Posted on October 23, 2018 | Comments Off on Medfield Rail Trail now a MFi initiative

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Medfield Rail Trail now a Medfield Foundation initiative

Friends of Medfield Rail Trail becomes a MFi initiative

The Friends of the Medfield Rail Trail (FMRT) announced that they will be joining forces with the Medfield Foundation (MFi) to become MFi’s newest initiative!  Established in 2001, MFi has enabled grass roots initiatives like the FMRT to raise private money for the benefit of all of Medfield.

Christian Donner, a longtime member of the FMRT said “we are raising monies for the construction and maintenance of the 1.3 mile stretch of the Bay Colony Rail Trail in Medfield, which will run from Ice House Road to the Dover line, along the former Bay Colony Railroad tracks, now owned by the MBTA.”  The MBTA will lease the railroad right of way to the town without cost for 99 years. It is hoped that the FMRT can eventually run the full seven miles from Medfield to Newton, connecting all of the towns along the way.  This fall, the Mass Department of Conservation and Recreation awarded Medfield with a $100,000 grant.  FMRT needs the generosity of Medfield citizens in order to meet its goal of raising another $100,000.00 so that construction can commence in 2019!

Tax deductible donations can be made either on-line at Medfieldfoundation.org, or checks can be mailed to MFi, Medfield Town Hall, 459 Main St, Medfield, MA 02052.  Please contact Abby Marble at (508) 359-5370 to learn more about the Medfield Foundation, or Michael Taylor at (508) 878-6599 to learn more about the Medfield Rail Trail.

MFi (www.MedfieldFoundation.org) is a volunteer-run private nonprofit, tax deductible 501(c)(3) corporation created specifically to raises private monies for public purposes in the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts.  A variety of planned giving opportunities are available on our website.

NB – photo shows rail line several years ago, before the pine trees met in the middle.

 

 

 

 

 

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Status of Rosebay

Posted on October 23, 2018 | 8 comments

Rosebay

Town Status on the Rosebay Project

I have been asked enough about the status of the Rosebay project that I thought I would share what I know.  Rosebay is the private development proposal for 45 units of senior affordable housing on Medfield Housing Authority land that is directly adjacent to Tilden Village on Pound Street.  Rosebay would be all seniors, all rental, and all affordable.  The developer is Brian McMillin of NewGate Housing LLC of Westwood, who was selected by the Medfield Housing Authority.  Brian McMillin previously worked for Gatehouse, at the time Gatehouse built The Parc in Medfield.

In general, the Board of Selectmen have been pushing to have more affordable housing, especially for seniors, so conceptually I support the Rosebay project.

The town’s active and effective Affordable Housing Trust has been meeting with the Rosebay developer and I understand that the Affordable Housing Trust has been advancing the Rosebay project as part of the town’s solution to our affordable housing needs.  I also believe that the Affordable Housing Trust even provided some monies for fees to that developer to advance the project.

The Town of Medfield is in a good spot at the moment with respect to unfriendly 40B proposals because we are currently in a safe harbor, meaning that:

  1. we have a Housing Production Plan that the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) has accepted, and
  2. we are currently building 21 SHI units per year.

I believe that we have about another year and a half of safe harbor remaining, but we also have several irons in the fire that could extend that time frame.

So as long as we remain in that safe harbor, the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Medfield can turn down any 40B that it does not like on the basis that we are in that safe harbor, and the developer cannot end run the town by appealing for state approval to the Housing Appeals Committee (HAC) at the DHCD for an approval.  The HAC routinely approves any developer’s 40B developments turned down by towns, but the HAC will not overturn a ZBA denial based on our being in a safe harbor, while we continue to be in that safe harbor.

The Board of Selectmen will soon send a letter to Department of Housing and Community Development opining about the suitability of the Rosebay project in general, and we would welcome citizen input as part of our formulation of that letter.

The project is not looking to be a Local Initiative Project (LIP), which is a town endorsed 40B.  The need for that town endorsement of a LIP gives the Board of Selectmen a high level of control over any LIP.  The Board of Selectmen therefore does not have that same high level of input and control over Rosebay that we would have if it were a LIP.

In this instance the Zoning Board of Appeals will be the main town entity that will deal with the nuts and bolts issues of the Rosebay project, and that will seek to ameliorate the proposed project and its impacts on both the neighbors and the town.  The ZBA has even greater than usual control over the Rosebay proposal, because of the fact that we are in a 40B safe harbor, and any ZBA denial should be supported by the HAC.

I am trusting the Zoning Board of Appeals to see that the details are worked out as well as they can be so as to minimize the impacts and effects of the project on the neighbors.

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Posted in Affordable housing / 40B, Buildings, Development, Downtown, Permitting, Select Board matters, Seniors, Zoning

ZBA seeks members

Posted on October 23, 2018 | Comments Off on ZBA seeks members

From Colleen Sullivan, Patch Mayor of Medfield Patch –

This post was contributed by a community member.
Medfield ZBA Vacancy - Seeking Letters of Interest ...

The following submitted by Sarah Raposa, Medfield Town Planner.

Medfield Zoning Board of Appeals Vacancy

The Town of Medfield Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) is seeking to fill a vacant Associate Member position. Anyone who may be interested should submit a letter of interest to Evelyn Clark at eclarke@medfield.net in
the Board of Selectmen’s office by August 9, 2018. For questions regarding the ZBA or this specific position please contact Sarah Raposa, Town Planner at sraposa@medfield.net.

The Zoning Board of Appeals is an appointed board and acts as a quasi-judicial body deciding whether or not to vary from the Zoning By-Laws. The Zoning Board is empowered to act on appeals, special permits, variances, modifications and comprehensive permits, in accordance with applicable sections of Massachusetts General Laws and the Town of Medfield Zoning By-Laws.Virtually all matters which come before the Board are initiated by residents or businesses seeking relief from the Zoning By-Law. Each application is
processed in accordance with the legal requirements and timetables established under the Massachusetts Zoning Act, the ZBA Rules and Regulations and the Medfield Zoning By-Laws.

The Zoning Board of Appeals holds public hearings on applications for zoning variances, special permits and decides appeals of administrative decisions of the Building Commissioner. Hearings are generally held on
the second Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm in the Chenery Room in Town Hall, 459 Main Street.

Letters should describe your interest in the ZBA as well as any professional experience or other qualifications that will complement the Board. Additionally, please contemplate the following in your letter of interest: Land use boards such as the ZBA do not always have the kind of discretion to approve or deny a specific project that residents often think they have. It is important to recognize and avoid any conflict of interest; not to pursue special privileges, and maintain confidentiality. Are you prepared for being thought of as a villain by some and a hero by others?

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Vote, Donate and Support MFC

Posted on October 23, 2018 | 1 comment

From Susan Maritan –

MFC vote donate 2018

Vote, Donate and Support the Medfield Food Cupboard

On November 6th, Election Day, while casting your vote for the candidates and initiatives that you support, please consider bringing financial or food donations to the polls in support of the Medfield Food Cupboard.  Especially needed items for the fall and winter months are: rice, tuna, spaghetti, jelly/jam.

The polls will be open at The Center at Medfield from 6 AM until 8 PM, and donations may be dropped off any time during this window. Food Cupboard volunteers will be present throughout the day to collect donations and answer any questions you may have.

Those interested in supporting the Medfield Food Cupboard throughout the year may do so by placing unexpired, unopened, shelf-stable food in the collection bins at Shaw’s, Medfield Public Library, Pfaff Center, Senior Center, the Medfield churches, or monetary donations can be made on line at: medfieldfoodcupboard.com or mailed to: PO Box 172, Medfield, MA 02052.

 

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DHCD site visit to Rosebay site 11/6

Posted on October 22, 2018 | 2 comments

Email this afternoon from Sarah Raposa about the Department of Housing and Community Development site visit to the Tilden expansion project called Rosebay (a copy of the email appears below) –

Rosebay

The Town of Medfield has received notice (from the Developer) that DHCD is currently reviewing an application for Site Approval submitted by NewGate Housing LLC (the “Applicant”). The proposed development will consist of 45 age restricted (62+) rental units comprised of 37 one-bedroom units and 8 two-bedroom units contained within one residential building with amenities, facilities, driveways/roadways and associated infrastructure on ~2.4 acres.

 

Access to the site will be provided from Pound Street. The project will access the utility infrastructure located on Pound Street, including sanitary sewer, water, gas, electric, telephone and cable. The stormwater management system will be designed to fully comply with all the standard of the MA DEP Stormwater Management Regulations. The Applicant is proposing that all units (100%) will be identified as affordable units for the Town’s Subsidized Housing Inventory.

 

The application may be viewed on the Town’s website: HERE

 

Should DHCD deem the conceptual design appropriate for the site, the Applicant is then allowed to submit a formal comprehensive permit application to the Medfield Zoning Board of Appeals for this project.

 

As part of its review, DHCD will conduct a site visit, which Local Boards[1] may attend. The site visit for The Rosebay at Medfield has been scheduled for Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 10:00 am. Please meet at the project location (at or near 30 Pound Street).

 

A municipality has an opportunity to submit comments to the agency within 30 days.  The public may also wish to submit comments.  The deadline for comments is no later than TBD.

 

Please inform us of any issues that have been raised or are anticipated in the review of this application within 7 days of the site visit so that comments may be incorporated in to the Board of Selectmen’s municipal comment letter.

 

[1] Local Board – means any local board or official, including, but not limited to any board of survey; board of health; planning board; conservation commission; historical commission; water, sewer, or other commission or district; fire, police, traffic, or other department; building inspector or similar official or board; city council or board of selectmen.  All boards, regardless of their geographical jurisdiction or their source of authority (that is, including boards created by special acts of the legislature or by other legislative action) shall be deemed Local Boards if they perform functions usually performed by locally created boards.

 

 

Sarah Raposa, AICP

Town Planner

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Posted in Affordable housing / 40B, Seniors