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Happy Election Day, Brookline! 🗳️
Thank you to everyone running - volunteering to lead our community at this moment in history is a huge responsibility. I’m grateful for the right to vote for folks I think will best uphold our values & protect us from the hate & chaos coming from the federal government
Here's the final table showing the results of all warrant articles from the fall
#BrooklineTownMeeting. Voting records are here: https://www.brooklinema.gov/DocumentCenter/View/53579/November-2024-Nights-1-3-Votes
Thanks to Moderator Neil Wishinsky for making these sorts of tables that are helpful for TMMs and the public!
Night 2 of #BrooklineTownMeeting is underway!
The Moderator kicked things off with news that a 4th edition of "Town Meeting Time", the book that outlines Town Meeting procedures (sort of like a TM version of Robert's Rules of Order), is coming soon from the Massachusetts Moderators Association.
#BrooklineTownMeeting is finally getting started after some technical delays.
Here’s a guide to the warrant articles we’re discussing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fuSH7ekOHo_PsAGsdHK0-hUe4f4KcRkv0ix1NKVMGrE/edit?usp=sharing
We’re starting with WA 3, which appropriates $160k in funding that we get from Uber/Lyft rides.
Warrant Article (WA) Guide November 2024 Annual Town Meeting Compiled by Bonnie Bastien Town Meeting Member in Precinct 5 Clickable Table of Contents: Useful Definitions 1 November 2024 - Warrant Articles 4 Useful Definitions Town Meeting (TM) - Brookline is a town, not a city. We h...
* WA 9: Allows a third unit by right in existing two-family zones (keeping all other building requirements like allowable height, floor area ratio, setbacks, etc.)
* WA 14: Allows separate ownership (e.g. condos) of multiple buildings on the same lot by applying the same setback exceptions that currently exist for rental properties
* WA 15: Updates the ADU requirements to comply with the recently-passed Affordable Homes Act
(2/3)
#BrooklineTownMeeting begins tomorrow night, with lots of proposed changes to our zoning bylaws. Here's a map showing which areas would be affected by each article.
* WA 7: Restricts building height to 2.5 stories (effectively requiring that any third story has a sloped, not flat, roof)
* WA 8: Waives the minimum lot size requirement for adding a unit to some single-family homes
(1/3)
The fall #BrooklineTownMeeting begins in one week from tonight! Here are screenshots of the agenda.
Read more in the "Combined Reports", which includes the proposed legislation ("warrant articles") including any amendments, & recommendations from town committees: https://www.brooklinema.gov/DocumentCenter/View/53319/Combined-Reports-November-2024-Special-Town-Meeting?bidId=