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From YouTube: City Council Sub Committee of 12-1-21
Description
City of Chelsea, The following subject matter will be discussed:
A Zoning Amendment to add a requirement for adoption of a Community Impact Agreement by the City Council prior to the approval of Special Permit or a Planned Development.
A
A
Mitigation,
the
call
of
the
meeting
is
the
following
subject
matter
to
be
discussed:
a
zoning
amendment
to
add
a
requirement
for
the
adoption
of
community
impact
agreement
by
the
city
council
prior
to
the
approval
of
a
special
permit
or
planned
development
invited
to
attend.
As
the
city
manager,
members
of
the
city
council,
land
use,
permitting
director
john,
the
priest,
city,
solicitor,
cheryl
ann
watson,
the
clerk
will
call
role.
C
D
A
A
City
council
orders
that
the
determinate
I'm
sorry,
that
the
determination
efforts
be
fair
and
reasonable.
That
mitigation
for
environmental
impacts
of
the
proposed
project
be
comprehensive,
that
the
mitigation
for
social
impacts
be
appropriate
and
not
excessive
and
at
the
discretion
of
the
city
council.
The
developer
may
offer
financial
a
financial
contribution
to
be
held
in
escrow
by
the
city
to
support
chelsea's
social
programs
and
community
initiatives,
which
would
then
require
city
council
approval
for
disbursement
and
whereas
no
amount
of
mitigation
would
allow
for
the
approval
by
the
zoning
board
for
an
otherwise
unacceptable
project.
A
A
A
That
clock
would
start
and
they
would
receive
a
letter
from
the
city
manager
that
from
the
petitioner,
that
a
community
impact
agreement
is
required
and
that
the
community
impact
agreement
must
be
adopted
by
the
city
council.
Prior
to
the
zoning
board
of
appeals.
Final
approval
of
denying
of
the
proposed
project
city
manager,
digni,
would
would
negotiate
on
said
on
behalf
of
city
council,
with
developer
on
the
community
impact
agreement
for
city
council
approval,
the
city
council
would
have
would
be
able
only
to
adopt
a
deny
the
impact
plan.
A
It
cannot
amend
the
proposed
impact
agreement
as
presented
by
the
city
manager.
The
city
manager
may
also
suggest
a
waiver
of
the
said
community
impact
agreement
requirement
to
be
adopted
by
the
city
council.
If
other
project
development
cost
considerations
warrant
such
a
waiver
in
his
or
her
opinion,
the
petitioner
shall
disclose,
in
the
community
impact
agreement
all
separate
benefits
agreements
and
financial
contributions.
A
A
A
We
also
have
a
received
an
email
from
our
city
manager
and
well.
Let
me
read
in
reference
to
the
letter
communication
from
the
city
from
the
planning
board.
It
stated
that
there
was
a
legal
opinion
by
our
city
solicitor
and
a
city.
Solicitor
did
in
fact
send
the
board
and
also
to
all
us
councillors
the
legal
opinion
on
the
proposed
zoning
amendment
and
stated
that
it
is
a
legal
opinion
in
response
to
city
administrations
and
planning
boards
request
for
a
legal
opinion
to
the
proposed
zoning
amendment.
A
Creating
the
process
for
mitigation
impact
review
at
the
onset,
no
other
city
or
town
has
a
scheme
that
is
presented
before
the
city
council
and
the
planning
board,
unless
authorized
by
a
home.
Rule
petition
and
boston
follows
a
totally
different
stoning
statute
that
the
rest
of
the
cities
and
towns
in
the
commonwealth.
A
A
There
is
no
authority
to
add
an
additional
layer
beyond
those
already
established
in
the
chelsea
zoning
ordinance
under
the
provisions
of
mgl
chapter
49,
40a,
section
9..
The
charter
contains
very
strong
separation
of
powers
and
provisions
reflecting
the
city's
history
of
corruption,
mismanagement
and
eventual
receivership.
The
charter
in
section
1-3,
provides
all
legislative
powers
of
the
city.
A
While
it
is
clear
that
the
council
has
power
to
make
policy
in
the
form
of
legislative
action
is
the
city
manager
that
administers
that
policy,
while
council
has
crucial
and
fundamental
role
in
play
by
passing
exonerating
on
an
ordinance
and
there
by
establishing
the
standards
to
be
applied
by
considering
a
special
permit,
it
cannot
involve
itself
in
the
administration
of
that
policy
by
granting
denying
or
setting
conditions
on
such
a
permit.
This
authority
is
reserved
to
the
city
manager
and
his
or
hers
designees.
A
As
you
know,
an
ordinance
cannot
be
unconstitutional.
It
cannot
violate
the
provisions
of
the
u.s
constitution.
The
massachusetts
constitution
commonwealth
of
massachusetts
has
well
settled
the
mitigation
issues
by
allowing
cities
and
towns
to
adopt
linkage
ordinances
by
whereby
there's
a
specific
city
issue
that
will
require
mitigation.
A
Furthermore,
what
is
the
city?
What
is
before
the
city
council
planning
board
is
unconstitutional
because
of
the
vagueness.
The
proposed
amendment
has
been
purported
to
be
that
of
the
city
of
medford.
However,
it
is
not
the
city
of
medford's
litigation,
ordinance
for
medford
linkages,
approved
by
home
rule
amendment
adopting
linkage
fees.
A
The
proposed
has
some
sections
of
the
medford
ordinance,
not
the
whole
ordinance
massachusetts
courts
will
find.
The
proposed
amendment
contains
numerous
undefined
or
ambiguous
terms
and
is
vague
about
procedure
and
find
it
unconstitutionally
vague.
In
fact,
the
proposal
fails
to
have
any
definitions,
nor
they
explain
the
which
developments
will
be
subject
to
the
new
mitigation.
A
The
proposed
further
fails
to
state
what
purports
to
be
mitigate
vagueness
does
not
allow
a
reader
to
understand
the
process.
Zoning
provisions
are
presumed
to
be
constitutional
and
enforceable
unless
it
appears
beyond
reasonable
doubt.
They
conflict
with
the
constitutional
statute
commonwealth
versus
jeff
roscoe
versus
marlborough.
A
A
Favor,
a
preference
of
a
linkage
home
rule,
petition,
linkage,
fee
home
rule
petition,
be
introduced
and
stop
and
adopt
it.
Instead,
we'll
talk
about
that,
we've
been
reviewed.
I
think
I've
read
a
lot
tonight
so
far
and
I
don't
want
to
bore
my
colleagues
nor
go
into
overtime
over
here,
but
we
did
produce.
We
did
get
sent
a
a
linkage
fees
and,
and
basically
it
sets
up
the
parameters
and
allow
the
city,
the
city
manager,
to
describe
it
himself.
A
A
Similar
to
what
I
placed
in
our
my
proposed
ordinance
that
a
impact
advisory
group
would
be
formed
from
that
neighborhood
and
that
that
group
would
begin
to
plan
out
what
mitigation
could
be
negotiated
of
the
planned
project
and
from
their
website.
It
says
what
is
mitigation-
it's
actually
determined.
It's
stated.
Rather
it's
defined
and
conclude
physical
improvements
that
the
developer
will
provide
on
site
or
within
the
impacted
area.
A
A
The
boston
planning
department
will
provide
oversight
of
these
funds
to
ensure
that
they
are
spent
in
ways
that
are
approved
and
agreed
upon
mitigation.
Who
decides
the
benefits?
Litigation
is
creating
a
balance
determined
that
balance
mitigation
is
agreed
upon
by
the
developer,
the
boston
planning
development
agents
with
the
input
of
the
members
of
the
affected
community.
A
A
In
this
example,
the
impact
advisory
group,
the
iag,
it's
a
group
of
individuals
chosen
to
formally
examine
the
impacts
of
the
proposed
project
and
make
recommendations
on
mitigation.
It
is
comprised
of
15
members,
a
majority
of
whom
are
residents,
business
owners
or
designees
of
community
organizations
within
the
impacted
area.
A
How
are
the
these
members
appointed
the
mayor
appoints
the
members
drawing
nominations
from
the
district
councilor
state
rep
state
senator
as
well
as
recommendations
from
the
at-large
city
councils
and
the
mayors
and
the
mayor's
office
of
neighborhood
services,
the
developer?
How
does
it
get
assembled?
The
developer
submits
a
letter
of
intent,
informing
the
agency.
A
That
developer
intends
to
begin
the
article
80
process
upon
receipt
of
the
letter
to
be
the
be
the
boston
planning
department,
solicits
nominations
for
the
said
group,
the
city
still
I'm
sorry,
the
city
councilor
rep
senator,
seek
input
and
and
put
in
and
nominate
members
of
the
group
after
seven
days.
The
mayor
appoints
the
projects
group
from
the
assembled
nominations
and
recommendations.
A
A
A
A
A
Again
they
were
I'm
now
advertising
a
the
community
process
for
anyone
who
wanted
to
apply
for
use
of
those
funds
similar
to
what
we
have
here
in
the
city
of
charleston.
We
have
a
chelsea
community
fund
that
applicants
can
apply
for
and
it
encourages
individuals
or
organizations
to
apply
for
those
mitigation
funds.
A
A
A
What
would
be
the
process
first
of
all
stated
in
chapter
9
of
the
mass
general
laws
that
this
ordinance
violates,
or
the
proposed
ordinance
violates
the
massachusetts
general
law.
What
is
specifically
if
I
was
to
read
over
mass
general
law,
chapter
48,
which
section
what
am
I
looking
at
when
it
states
that
the
city
council
would
not
be
able
to
add
an
additional
step
in
the
process
of
the
local
approval.
E
So
so
it's
section
nine,
which
is
special
permits,
so
mass
general
laws
does
not
say
you
cannot
do
something.
Mass
general
laws
tells
you.
This
is
how
you
do
it
and
in
no
way
is
an
added
layer
of
approval,
part
of
section
nine
and
the
case
law
interprets
section
nine
counselor.
So
when
you
look
at
boston,
boston
has
a
different
enabling
zoning
act
that
allows
them
to
act
differently
than
the
rest
of
us.
E
A
lot
of
the
language
that
was
proposed
by
you
was
part
of
the
medford
mitigation
zoning
ordinance
which,
whereby
medford
was
trying
to
mitigate
traffic
impacts
and
a
couple
of
trash
impacts
that
were
pursuant
to
large
developments.
So
mitigation
is
not
illegal.
It's
the
process
of
how
we
do
it.
As
you
know,
we've
been
doing,
the
city
manager
has
negotiated
mitigation
for
years
on
several
large
projects.
Here
we
did
discuss
whether
or
not
the
district
councilors
meeting
and
discussing
and
setting
up
different
subcommittees,
but
you
have
to
understand.
The
former
government
in
boston
is
different.
E
E
All
the
mitigation
always
has
provided
feedback
from
city
councilors
and
district
councillors
and
staff,
and
even
non-profits
in
in
the
city
of
chelsea.
So
when
you
ask
me
specifically,
does
it
say?
No,
you
cannot.
What
it
says
is.
This
is
the
process
nowhere
in
this
granting
of
a
special
permit
process
on
the
48
section
9.
Does
it
allow
you
to
add
another
layer
of
review?
As
you
know,
we
always
as
a
zoning
amendment.
E
E
So
when
you
want
to
mitigate
you
say
specifically
what
you
were
mitigating
in
your
home
petition
and
which
I
think
the
example
the
city
manager
gave
you.
There
were
other
examples.
Online
medford's
was
way
back
in
the
80s
before
they
even
adopted
their
mitigation
fees
mitigation
ordinance.
So
there's
a
lot
out
there
that
we
can
do.
I
don't
think
the
city
manager
or
the
city
administration
is
against
mitigation
efforts
on
behalf
of
developers
when
we
did
our
tod
district
and
by
garish
we
asked
for
mitigation
about
the
open
space
over
there.
E
The
salt
pile
mitigated
helped
us
with
highland
park.
Over
the
years,
there's
been
several
different
mitigation
efforts,
whether
they
were
approved
by
the
city
council
or
not,
they've,
always
been
before
you.
Even
the
memorandum
of
agreements
have
always
been
before
you
for
your
comment
and
and
suggested
changes
for
ins,
for
example
the
host
agreements.
We
always
send
them
to
you.
I
get
some
feedback
back.
We
negotiate
mitigation
efforts
for
retail
establishments,
but
we
are
authorized
under
the
statute
to
do
so
under
the
cannabis
control.
A
A
C
A
A
A
There
is
no
said,
no
said
requirement
on
a
local
level,
so
you
know
I
have
to
disclose
on
a
campaign
finance
report.
Everything
that
I
ever
get
donated.
You
know
any
donation
I
receive
is
is
is:
is
a
public
record?
I'm
just
saying.
I
think
that
it'd
be
fair
to
have
the
same
sort
of
thing
going
on
when
we're
hearing
from
quote
unquote
supporters
of
any
project,
because
it
would
be
fair.
A
A
You
know
I
understand
the
powers
and
and
of
the
city
manager
in
dictating
or
rather
negotiating
on
the
behalf,
my
zoning.
My
zoning
proposal
stipulates
that
person-
whoever
may
be
now
10
years
from
now,
would
always
be
the
the
point
person
on
negotiating.
It
would
be
the
city
manager,
but
I
think
that
at
the
end
of
the
day,
final
approval
should
come
to
the
city
council
of
said
mitigation
process
right
now.
There
is
no
process
in
place.
For
that
to
happen,
it
happened
for
the
tobin
bridge
with
massdot.
A
It
happened
as
you
stipulate
it
comes
with
to
us
with
when
a
person
comes
for
a
licensee
license
for
marijuana,
but
we
do
not
get
that
mitigation
package
so
to
speak
and
in
no
way
shape
or
form.
Is
it
an
approval
or
in
the
city
manager?
Right
now
does
not
need
the
approval
of
the
city
council.
For
said
pr
for
the
for
said
mitigation
package,
because.
A
Are
not
a
one-day
day-to-day
operation,
those
community
benefits
and
that
project
is
longer
than
a
could
a
project,
and
the
mitigation
could
last
last
a
lot
longer
than
the
sitting
manager
who
actually
approves
the
mitigation.
So
I
don't
see
that
as
day-to-day
operations,
when
we
talk
about
a
mitigation
process
and
approval
of
a
project,
so.
A
I
would
like
to
see
this
body
just
like
in
accepting
four
chairs
or
a
500
gift
card
from
a
lovely
woman
who
wants
to
you
know
continue
the
chelsea
eats
program.
I'd
say
we
should
be
also
the
ones
that
stipulate
in
you
know
to
basically
give
some
sort
of
green
light
to
a
project
if
there's
a
mitigation
process
in
place.
A
E
E
A
Then
that's
fine,
because
again
last
night
I
was
at
the
par.
I
was
at
the
planning
board
and
is
not
a
case
that
happened
last
night
that
we
heard
that
it
was
going
to
get
approved
within
those
90
days.
122
warren
is
now
going
to
be
up
there,
the
third
time
in
front
of
the
planning
board.
It's
taken
three
trips,
the
first
time
there
were
objections
they
told
and
the
the
principal
of
the
petitioner
wasn't
there.
A
So
he
came
back
last
night
to
try
to
answer
the
questions
that
his
appointees
couldn't
answer
and
despite
him
being
there,
there
were
still
other
things
that
the
board
members
were
asking
for
and
said:
oh,
you
didn't
provide
the
parking
plan
or
what's
the
permissible,
you
know
ground
that
you're
going
to
have
for
ground
water
and
he
still
has
to
come
back.
That's.
A
So
there
it
is
it's
90
days
or
extended
again.
That
was
one
example.
There
were
three
or
four
other
examples
of
where
this
90-day
clock
is
not
realistic
and
it
can't
be
used
as
the
true
because,
again,
I've
seen
example
as
a
person
who
attends
those
planning
board
meetings
on
a
regular
basis,
time
and
time
again.
A
That
is
not
the
actual
case,
and
if,
if
john
du
priest
stated
that,
if
the
requirement
is
put
into
the
books,
just
whether
it's
a
parking
plan
or
a
traffic
study,
if
it's
in
the
books
that
a
community
mitigation
plan
or
impact
agreement
is
a
condition
of
the
actual
paperwork
that
has
to
be
part
of
the
package,
then
it
won't
that
90
days
will
not
apply,
because
the
petitioner
knows
that
as
long
as
he
doesn't,
if
he
doesn't
have
that
requirement
within
the
90
days.
It's
on
him.
A
E
C
E
A
E
Part
of
the
condition
on
the
special
permit,
john
usually
tells
them.
You
should
get
a
special
permit
before
the
a
traffic
study
done
before
the
hearing.
You
can
do
a
traffic
study
quickly,
most
of
them
actually,
if
they're,
if
they're
smart,
they
show
up
with
a
traffic
plan
all
the
marijuana
retail
places.
No
he's
going
to
ask
for
a
traffic
plan
most
do
that.
So
there
are
things
that
they
get
done,
but
if
they
don't
have
it
done
it's
subject
to
things
based
on
the
condition
of
the
special
permit
once
it
is
issued.
A
E
So
you
have
asked
me
this
before
I've
been
trying
to
create
it,
because
I
have
a
charter
and
I
have
a
state
law
and
then
I
have
an
ordinance
that
doesn't
make
definitions
so,
for
example,
your
ordinance
does
not
say
what
size
of
the
development
your
ordinance
does
not
say
what
is
being
mitigated.
You
just
can't
say
to
a
developer,
come
in
and
mitigate,
we
don't
have
the
authority
and
you
will
never
have
the
authority
to
say
that
needs
to
be
home
ownership,
that's
against
the
law,
to
require
that
as
part
of
mitigation.
E
There
are
things
that
you
have
to
understand.
What
you're
mitigating
are
you
mitigating
traffic?
We
already
do
that
in
chelsea
right
we
tried
to
with
the
traffic
plan.
Are
you
mitigating
the
the
the
increase
of
the
inflow
and
outflow
into
our
pipes
into
the
water
system?
The
sewers?
You
know
our
sewer
lines.
Are
you
mitigating
the
environmental
impact
that
this
particular
project
may
have?
So
there
are
other
things
that
you
look
at
and
you
have
to
be
specific.
E
You
have
to
define
what
you're,
mitigating
otherwise
you're
just
creating
a
fee
and
a
free
for
all
for
11
people,
including
the
nonprofits,
to
ask
a
developer.
I
need
cash
or
I
need
this.
So
that's
why
you
define
it
as
as
the
example
that
the
city
manager
submitted
to
you,
you
know
we
have
increased
trash
pickup.
When
we
have
residential
developments,
we
have
increased
traffic
and
commercial
and
truck
traffic,
which
adds
to
the
environment.
There's
so
many
things
that
a
different
development
could
do
to
a
small
city
like
chelsea.
I
agree
with
you.
E
A
I
particularly
asked
the
city
manager
I
had
in
a
private
conversation
what
the
sizes
were
going
to
be,
and
I
expected
his
planning
board
to
make
a
recommendation
and
said:
look
tom,
I'm
not
looking
to
have
the
city
council
review.
Every
single
special
permit
is
going
to
be
a
size
limit
and
I
sip
and
I
stated
5
000
square
feet
total,
whether
it
be
residential
or
commercial.
Anything
above
15,
000
square
feet
makes
sense
that
you
know.
A
We
don't
want
to
touch
anything
under
that,
and
I
also
stated
that
any
planned
development,
because
at
that
point
it's
large
enough
that
it
would
require
the
mitigation.
But
I
expected
that
to
be
inserted
as
part
of
the
recommendation
from
the
planning
board,
but
we
didn't
get
there.
Instead,
we
were
told
it's
illegal
so,
but
that
was
the
point,
and
I
see
the
language
similar
language
that
I
was
going
to
expect
as
a
final
product
of
proposed
ordinance,
similar
to
what
tom
has,
in
his
suggested
home
rule
petition
that
he
has
here.
A
D
D
That
is
unethical,
I'm
sorry
that
is
wrong
and
it
should
not
ever
go
on,
and
if
there
is
an
official
mitigation
process
that
needs
to
be
set
up
to
prevent
unelected
people
from
various
organizations
that
have
financial,
you
know
incentives
to
do
things
I
mean
this
is
this
is
the
worst
of
government
in
its
process,
and
this
needs
to
be
changed.
This
goes
on
all
the
time
and
sometimes
with
or
without
you
know,
maybe
it's
a
wink
and
a
nod.
I
don't
know
because
it's
not
transparent
good
government
is
transparent.
D
Okay,
so
let
me
tell
the
public
out
there
if
for
whoever's
watching
this
is
an
issue,
our
governmental
process
should
be
completely
transparent
and
we
can't
have
non-profits
making
side
deals
with
this
and
that
they
were
not
elected.
I'm
sorry,
I
know
they
do
a
lot
of
good
in
this
community,
but
that
kind
of
power
was
never
meant
for
any
other
organization
other
than
this
body
right
here,
which
is
the
point
I
think
that
my
colleague
was
trying
to
originally
make.
D
So
I
agree
with
you:
we
need
to
change
the
charter
and
I
will
I
will
become
more
vocal
as
time
goes
on,
about
making
necessary
changes
to
the
charter
and
going
out
and
trying
to
sell
it
to
the
public
so
that
we
can.
We
can
fix
some
of
these
problems.
I
mean
this
is
a
real
problem.
I'm
sorry
you
know,
and
and
of
course
you
know-
I'm
just
a
member
of
the
planning
board.
You
know
before
things
like
this
come
up
and
you
know
what
who's
going
to
listen
to
me.
D
You
know
and
and
and
if
I
would
tell
somebody
they
go-
that
that
that's
that
can't
be
right.
That
can't
be
right.
Well,
guess
what
it
is
right.
So
I
want
everybody.
That's
watching
this
to
understand
that
something
does
need
to
be
done
here
and-
and
we
would
those
of
us
who
want
to
see
things
change
for
the
better
change
to
be
more
constructive
to
to
actually
get
mitigation
that
helps
chelsea
and
doesn't
enrich
other
entities
that
that
really,
you
know,
have
nothing
to
do
with
the
process.
D
You
know
I
I
just
I
I
I
think
it's
wrong
and
it
needs
to
change
so
that
if
we
need
to
change
the
charter
to
do
it
great
if
we
need
to
send
a
home
rule
petition
to
the
legislature
great,
I
I
agree
with
you.
We
can't
just
do
things
willy-nilly.
We
have
to
follow
the
law
and
that's
and
that
that's
what
I'm
trying
to
do
here.
D
I
I
agree
with
you
that
we
can't
you
know
we
have
to
follow
the
the
prescribed
procedures,
but
I'll
also
tell
my
colleague
that
I'll
support
any
effort
to
go
forward
in
changing
these
things,
so
that
we
can
see
what's
going
on
and
approve
what
goes
on.
I
think
in
the
beginning
of
you
know,
when
the
charter
was
developed,
we
needed
this
type
of
government.
D
B
I
know
the
city
manager.
I
have
had
some
very
good
conversations
about
that
and
I
I
happen
to
look
at
the
charlestown
neighborhood
migration
award
and
first
charlestown
girls,
softball
team
x,
amount
of
dollars,
charlestown
lacrosse
and
learning
center
x
amount
of
dollars.
Charlestown
little
league
x
amount
of
dollars,
charlestown
soccer
x,
amount
of
dollars,
charlestown
youth
football
sharing,
so
much
money,
charlestown
youth
hockey
skating
to
success.
B
B
We
keep
shutting
out
other
groups
that
may
be
more
deserving
and
need
more
help
than
these.
Other
agencies
are
doing
and
supplementing
their
staff
and
payroll
and
stuff
in
order
for
them
to
survive.
When
we,
we
have
a
community
out
there
that
there
are
plenty
other
needs
that
we
could
address
through
some
of
the
monies
coming
in
through
linkage.
A
I
think
that
that
opens
the
door
for
us
to
talk
now
to
the
city
manager,
because
he
touched
upon
council
robinson,
touched
upon
the
proposal
by
the
city
manager
and
we've
read
it
the
three
of
us
here
so
before
we
begin
to
ask
some
questions
or
debate
its
merits:
city
manager,
I'll.
Let
you
a
talk
about
the
your
proposal,
what
it's?
What
what
is
involved
and
why
you
think
it's
superior
to.
Maybe
the
proposal
that
I
had
originally
stepped
forward.
F
Okay,
thank
you,
mr
president,
so
one
I'm
telling
you
I
think
I
can
accomplish
all
of
your
goals
within
the
construct
that
I've
provided
you
I'm
not
saying
that.
Necessarily
the
exact
terms
of
what
I've
done
are
what
you
should
ultimately
adopt,
but
the
construct
that
I
provided
gives
you
the
opportunity
to
accomplish
everything
you
want
to
do,
and
I'm
going
to
explain
that
in
a
second.
I
just
preliminary
want
to
say
whether
it's
my
proposal
or
your
original
proposal.
F
I
do
think
that
if
we
are
codifying
a
financial
payment,
that's
going
to
be
required
of
developers.
I
think
it's
crystal
clear
that
the
only
way
you
can
do
that
is
through
a
home
rule
petition.
You
simply.
We
don't
have
the
independent
authority
as
a
municipality
to
make
developers
pay
us
money,
and
if
we
want
this
to
really
work,
it
has
to
be
codified
via
a
home
rule
petition.
F
That's
the
way
us
most,
every
municipality
that
has
got
one
of
these
done,
has
done
it
and
there's
a
handful
somerville
everett
medford
that
have
done
it
and
have
effective
linkage,
and
I
agree
with
the
council
that
this
is
a
good
idea
having
a
linkage
fee,
and
so
let
me
describe
the
construct
that
I
provided
and
then
at
the
end
I'll
tell
you
why
I
prefer
it
to
what
you've
done.
So
my
contract
is
really
quite
simple.
The
ordinance
basically
has
three
components.
F
It
says:
here's
the
projects
that
are
going
to
be
subject
to
this,
and
then
you
decide
as
a
counselor
and
craft
disorders.
What's
the
threshold?
What's
the
trigger?
That's
gonna,
that's
gonna
require
a
project
to
pay
this
mitigation,
and
I've
gave
you
an
example.
I
had
some
discussions
with
the
council
president
had
some
discussion
with
planning
and
we
thought
this
made
some
sense
and
that's
the
trigger
in
section
14
460.,
but
you
can
come
up
with
anyone
as
long
as
it's
identified,
so
everyone
knows
in
advance.
F
If
I
have
a
project
like
this,
it's
going
to
be
subject
to
this
mitigation
fee
and
then
the
second
part
is
here's
the
fee.
This
is
what
you've
got
to
pay.
Everyone
is
subject
to
the
same
exact
formula:
there's
no
subjectivity
to
it.
There's
no
negotiating
with
the
with
the
city
manager,
you,
as
a
council
decide.
This
is
what
people
are
going
to
pay.
It's
transparent.
F
Everyone
in
the
world
will
know
what
the
rules
are.
Every
developer
in
the
world
will
know
what
the
rules
are.
There's
no
more
coming
to
the
city
manager
and
negotiating
a
deal
it's
when
they
walk
in.
I
say:
what's
your
project?
Okay,
here's
the
fee!
It's
right
here,
there's
no
negotiation,
it's
kind
of
like
what
we
do,
informally
with
marijuana
companies.
I
don't
negotiate
anything
with
them.
I
hand
them
the
host
community
agreement
that
everyone
else
has
signed
and
says.
Here's
the
deal
that
we've
negotiated
everyone
else.
F
It's
the
same
deal
for
everyone,
there's
no
favoritism!
There's!
No!
You
know
playing
one
off
against
another.
Everyone
signs
the
same
deal
for
the
city
on
a
marijuana
host
community
agreement
and
then
the
so
you
decide
what
the
what
the
trigger
is.
You
decide
what
the
fee
is
and
then
you
decide
how
you
are
going
to
spend
the
money.
So
you
decide
the
purpose
of
what
your
where
the
money
is
going.
F
So
I've
just
I
I
said
well,
we'll
put
some
in
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund,
which
is
governed
by
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund
board
and
will
put
some
in
a
new
revolving,
a
new
account,
not
revolving
a
linkage
fee
account
that
would
be
approved
by
the
legislature,
the
spen
expenditures
from
which
would
be
subject
to
approval
by
the
city
council.
Now
that's
the
third
piece
of
this,
so
it's
the
trigger
it's
the
fee
and
it's
where
you're
going
to
spend
the
money.
I
just
for
the
purpose
of
discussion
said
this
linkage.
F
Fee
account
will
be
spent
on
capital
projects
and
workforce
development,
but
if
you
say
we
also
should
spend
it
on
services
provided
by
chelsea
non-profit.
So
we
could
give
money
to
youth
communities
or
we
could
give
money
to
a
legal
services
group.
That's
fine.
We
just
add
that
in
the
purpose
section
and
you
decide
in
it
and
and
then
you've
just
created
the
opportunity
to
spend
money
like
that,
but
the
individual
expenditures
out
of
that
fund
would
still
remain
subject
to
individual
appropriation
by
the
city
council.
F
So
you
are
without
getting
into
this
fight
over
the
charter
and
separation
of
powers
by
creating
an
ordinance
like
this
you're
doing
exactly
what
you
want
you,
as
the
city
council,
are
now
deciding
what
the
mitigation
is
going
to
be.
You're
saying
this
is
the
fee
we're
going
to
charge
every
single
developer
that
comes
in
this?
Is
the
formula
we're
going
to
charge
everyone
now
I've
proposed
some
numbers
based
on
what
other
communities
have
sort
of
been
able
to
get
by
the
legislature.
F
So
I
kind
of
know
that
if
we
submit
to
the
legislature
these
kind
of
fees,
ten
dollars
per
thousand
for
this
250
for
that
already,
another
municipality
has
got
them
to
approve
it.
So
I
mean
you
could
make
this.
You
know
a
thousand
dollars
a
square
foot,
but
you
know
at
some
point
the
legislature's
going
to
say
that's
being
a
little
too
greedy.
F
I've
proposed
numbers
that
are
in
line
what
they
have
already
approved,
but
you
could
come
up
with
other
numbers,
there's
no
magic
to
any
of
these
pieces
of
the
construct
that
I've
proposed.
You
no
magic
to
my
threshold,
no
magic
to
the
fee,
no
magic
to
the
purpose,
but
an
ordinance.
That's
structured,
like
this
accomplishes
everything
you
want
to
accomplish
and
the
reason
I
like
my
proposal
better
than
yours
is
twofold:
one
there's
no
subjectivity
to
my
proposal.
F
It's
objective
the
way
your
proposal
is
the
city
manager
negotiates
and
comes
to
you
and
you
decide
whether
you
like
the
deal
or
not,
but
that
opens
each
side
up
to
you
know
favoritism
I
mean
I
could
decide.
Well
I
like
this
developer,
so
I'll
give
him
a
little
better
deal
the
next
guy
that
I
don't
like
I'm
going
to
talk
it
to
them,
and
then
you
know
a
council
could
start
doing
the
same
thing.
I'm
proposing
let's
be
objective,
let's
really
be
transparent,
say:
look
at
here's!
The
deal
this
is
the
formula.
F
The
only
thing
that
differs
is
how
big
your
project
is,
the
bigger
the
project,
the
more
you
pay.
The
second
reason
I
like
mine,
better,
is
on
the
flip
side
of
it.
It
gives
clarity
to
developers,
everyone
that
comes
in
knows
the
rules
beforehand,
developers
like
nothing
more
than
certainty.
You
know
they
they,
they
want
to
know
like.
What's
the
rules
here
in
chelsea
and
if
we
say
up
front
here's
the
rule,
this
is
what
you
got
to
pay.
You
know
you
don't
like
it.
F
You
know
you
don't
do
business
with
us,
but
they
don't
walk
into
a
situation
where
they
have
no
idea
what
some
city
manager
is
going
to
try
to
extract
from
them.
So
it's
for
those
reasons
that
I
like
this
more
objective
proposal
better
and
what
I'm
saying
to
you
is
I'm
proposing
a
construct
here
that
you
can
take.
You
can
craft
and
it
will
accomplish
all
that
you
want,
and
at
the
end
of
the
day,
you
will
have
decided
what
mitigation
is
going
to
be
for
all
of
these
projects
in
the
city.
A
F
Know
I
I
can't
remember-
I
actually
did
this
this
summer
when
we
were
first
talking
about
this,
but
I
remember
going
back
to
various
home
rule
petitions,
the
everett
one,
the
medford
one,
the
somerville
one
and
for
some
reason
I
I'm
pretty
sure
these
are
in
line
with
some
of
those
home
repetitions.
But
I
can
get
you
the
copies
of
them.
We
can
look
and
if
I
made
a
mistake,
what
I
would
just
say
is
we
probably
want
to
propose
something:
that's
in
line
with
what
the
legislature
has
already
approved
for
other
communities.
F
A
No
two
projects
can
be
alike
and
let's
say
you
build
a
thirty
thousand
square
foot
housing
project
or
factory
in
a
site
that
the
site
itself
has
high
contamination
and
needs
a
lot
of
ground
remediation
versus
another
site
that
doesn't
have
the
same
issues
and
so
your
cost
of
development.
Because
of
that
you
know,
it's
on
dirty
ground
on
a
brownfield
is
costlier
and
the
linkage
fee
is
the
same.
No
matter
what.
So?
F
F
A
A
A
You
know
certificates
in
different
fields
being
able
to
send
more
students
to
college.
It
could
be
a
number
of
different
things
that
I
could
think
of
versus.
You
know
resume
preparation
or
an
eslo
class.
I
think
that
we
should,
you
know,
focus
more
on
just
teaching
people,
english
and
you
know
how
to
write
a
resume
or
tips
on
how
to
do
an
interview.
A
A
It
could
be
whether
it
be
sports
leagues,
third
party,
workforce,
training,
education,
affordable
housing,
slide
money
into
the
cpa,
slide
money
into
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund,
but
basically
establish
the
same
sort
of
community
chelsea
trust
fund
that
is
out
there,
but
within
the
confines
of
the
city
council,
because
the
other
thing
that
I
like
about
the
my
proposal
is
that
it's
flexible
and
what
may
be
mitigated
over
time.
The
needs
of
the
community
may
change,
and
one
of
the
beauties
of
the
cpa
funding
was.
A
We
couldn't
imagine
what
projects
we're
going
to
come
and
be
able
to
use
within
10
years.
Who
knows
we
never
would
have
imagined?
Would
he
use
cpa
money
to
help
people
for
rental
assistance
during
covet?
So
it's
the
ability
to
allow
some
council
and
some
city
manager
10
years
from
now
to
be
able
to
use
that
money
that
linkage
money
for
how
they
see
fit
at
that
moment,
when
the
needs
of
that
chelsea
may
be
different
than
what
we're
deciding
upon
today.
F
So
here's
my
here's
my
response.
First
and
foremost
in
this
third
part
of
the
ordinance
you
can
decide
whatever
purpose
you
want.
So
once
you
decide
what
the
farmer
is
going
to
be,
I've
divided
it
into
the
affordable,
housing,
trust
fund
and
the
linkage
fee.
You
could
say
no
here's
the
formula
and
it's
all
going
into
this
linkage
fee
fund
the
second.
So
that's
point
number
one.
You
could
certainly
do
that
you
can
eliminate
any
money
directly
going
to
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund
board
and
just
put
it
in
a
linkage
fee
fund.
F
F
Capital
projects,
social
services
provided
by
chelsea,
but
I
think
you
do
have
to
give
some
universe
around
the
purposes
it
can't
just
be
for
whatever
we
want,
or
I
don't
think.
Yes,
I
don't
so
I
think
you'd
have
to
identify
like
three
or
four
particular
subjects
in
which
you're
committing
to
spend
money.
So
if
you
look
at
our
existing
community
improvement,
trust
fund
ordinance,
which
kind
of
does
this-
and
I
want
to-
I
want
to
say
something
about
that
trust
fund
in
a
minute.
F
F
It
doesn't
have
to
go
into
the
trust
fund.
It
could
just
be
you
decide
how
that
affordable,
housing
piece
is
spent,
but
that
should
be
a
purpose
and
it
should
be
a
key
purpose
and
perhaps
in
advance,
you
should
set
aside
some
specific
percentage
that
will
be
spent
on
that
purpose
alone,
that
so
you
can
accomplish
what
you
wanted
in
the
construct
that
I
have
created.
So
you
are
just
creating
an
ordinance
that,
in
a
sense,
has
three
provisions
first
provision.
This
is
when
it
applies.
Second
provision.
F
A
F
Yes,
if
they
change,
they
have
to
get
a
new
home
repetition,
yeah.
Okay,
because
the
home
we
would,
we
would
sort
of
craft
a
home
rule
petition
to
mirror
the
ordinance
that
you
want
and
then
the
process
would
be
all
right.
We
know
the
ordinance
we
want
to
implement.
Now
we
need
a
home
rule
petition
to
allow
us
to
do
that,
and
so
the
two
would
mirror
each
other
you'd
submit
the
home
rule
petition.
Once
the
home
repetition
is
approved,
you
pass
the
ordinance.
F
C
F
F
B
F
B
F
You
could
you
could
not
have
that
as
a
purpose
at
all.
In
this
particular
linkage
fee
fund,
you
would
decide
what
the
purposes
are
and
where
you
wish
to
spend
this
money.
You
would
decide
that
in
advance
and
present
it
to
the
legislature
as
part
of
the
homeroom
petition.
I've
got
you
know
three
parts,
affordable,
housing,
workforce
and
capital
projects.
You
could
have
three
different
parts,
although,
as
I
said,
I
would
advocate
strongly
that
one
large
part
ought
to
be
affordable.
Housing.
D
So
I'm
just
trying
to
digest
some
of
this,
and
I
I
I'm
trying
to
think
about
your
way.
Your
way
seems
a
little
a
little
bit
more
clear-cut,
but
then
you
know,
and
and
and
for
transparency
purposes.
I
like
that
that
piece.
However,
it
is
kind
of
a
one-size-fits-all
type
of
of
thing
which
you
lose
efficiency.
That
way,
and
so
you
know
I
you
know,
I
guess
it's
a
it's
a
trade-off.
D
F
I
mean
I
just
want
to
an
example.
I
mean
this
is
not
insignificant
money
we're
talking
about.
So
if
you
ran
the
numbers
for
let's
say:
295
eastern
that's
gonna
build
a
hundred
thousand
square
foot
industrial
property.
This
is
pretty
big
money
that
would
be
generated
by
this
fee.
I
think
close
to
a
million
dollars.
A
F
But
I
don't
know,
as
I
said,
these
per
square
foot
figures
were
consistent
with
what
some
other
communities
we
could
look
at
before
finalizing
this.
We
could
look
more
carefully
at
what
what
got
approved,
but
I
think
these
square
foot,
numbers
and
costs
were
in
line
with
what
somerville
was
and
medford
had
and
everett
had
proposed.
So
I
don't
think
they
were
out
of
line,
but
you
know
just
taking
that
example
again,
even
with
my
trigger
that
it's
everything
over
thirty
thousand
square
feet.
So
now
it's
seventy
thousand
square
feet
times
ten
dollars.
C
A
A
Was
going
to
bring
up
that?
You
are
if
you're,
if
you're
already
paying
the
city
700
000,
which
then
later
on
could
be
used
for
the
you
know,
social
services
in
the
in
the
likes
of
or
whatever
or
for
open
space,
and
it
doesn't
actually
limit
still
some
conditions
of
open
space
or
access.
For
example,
295.
A
F
Winter,
if
this
is
not
you're
talking
next
summer
before
something
like
this
gets
approved
by
the
legislature
and
they've
already,
you
know
they've
been
in
discussion
about
mitigation
they're
trying
to
do
in
terms
of
public
access,
but
you
know
I'm
just
use
that
as
an
example
that
this
this
as
proposed
generates
some
significant
money.
This
is
not
you
know,
small
potatoes,
we're
talking
about
it's
much
different
than
the
community
improvement
trust
fund,
which
is
why,
whereas
that
probably
should
have
used
the
home
rule
petition.
F
A
A
I
think
if
we
come
up
with
a
a
list
of
possible
uses
of
the
money
that
might
be
more
satisfactory
to
the
group
and
then
you
know
we
can
discuss
about
the
rate
itself
if
we
you
want
to,
if
you
want
to
just
check
those
numbers
again
yeah
and
make
sure
that
the
rate
is
not
extravagant
and
but
at
the
same
time
doesn't
shortchange
for
the
community
that
we're
looking
at
apple's
apples
with
others.
Okay,.