MBTA Communities ACT Documents

RELATED DOCUMENTS FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 17, 2024

• December 17, 2024 , MBTA Proposal Ordinance City Council
• December 17, 2024, MBTA Proposal Maps
• MBTA Legal Ad 12.17.24

Planning Board, submission to the Council amendments to the Framingham Zoning Ordinance regarding the addition of MBTA Overlay Districts as required by MGL Chapter 40 A Section 3a of the Zoning Act Related Documents: 

• MBTA Second Option 11.14.2024 Ordinance City Council
• MBTA Second Option 11.14.2024 Maps City Council
• 2024-09-24_Framingham Maps City Council
• MBTA Draft 9.24.24. City Council
• 10.23.24 Planning Board Report, Recommendation with Maps
• Waverly Zoning
• MBTA Communities Act FAQs
• MBTA Zoning - Public Meeting Legal Ad
• Economic Development Plan TEAMMA
• Number of Grants the City of Framingham has received since 2020
• Economic Development Strategic Plan
• Villages at Nobscot and Saxonville

MBTA PRESENTATIONS:

• MBTA Presentation Planning & Zoning Board joint meeting, March 14, 2024
  
• MBTA Communities Housing Law Urban Design Study Northeastern presentation to Planning Board meeting April 25, 2024
• MBTA Presentation - Zoning by Design - 06/11/2024
• MBTA Presentation - Initial Testfits + Updates - 06/27/2024 
• MBTA Presentation - Zoning by Design - 08/22/2024
• MBTA Presentation - Zoning by Design - 8/29/2024 
• DRAFT MBTA Zoning Description - 8/29/2024 
• MBTA Presentation - Zoning by Design - 09/19/2024 
• Draft MBTA Zoning Description -  09/19/2024 

For information on the fiscal impacts on new housing, see these links:

• MAPC: “An Update on Housing Production's Effect on Public School Enrollment” (2024): https://www.mapc.org/learn/research-analysis/enrollment/
• UMass Donahue/CHAPA: “The Fiscal Impact of Mixed-Income Housing Developments on Massachusetts Municipalities” (2008)  https://donahue.umass.edu/documents/UMDI_FiscalImpact.pdf
• UMass Dartmouth/MHP: “The Fiscal Impact of New Housing Production in Massachusetts” (2019)  https://donahue.umass.edu/documents/MB_072919_low-re.pdf
• MHP's Housing 2024 Housing Institute included a session on Housing for Families.  Doug Howgate, for the MassTaxpayers Foundation, was one of the speakers, and  provided great information on fiscal impacts of housing in general.