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Select Board directs staff to advance Wait Drive municipal housing plan; OPM to be engaged
Summary
After a detailed presentation and staff analysis, the Select Board Sept. 10 endorsed moving forward with procurement steps for a phased municipal employee housing project on town‑owned parcels on Wait Drive, directing staff to hire an owner’s project manager (OPM) and to prepare bid alternatives for Town Meeting consideration.
The Select Board on Sept. 10 endorsed staff recommendations to proceed with a phased approach to develop municipal employee housing on town‑owned parcels on Wait Drive, authorizing the housing department to hire an owner’s project manager and to procure modular construction bids ahead of Town Meeting. Municipal Housing Director Christie Ferrantello summarized 18 months of internal planning, an employee housing survey with 260 responses, and a parcel evaluation that identified three town lots on Wait Drive as the preferred site. Ferrantello said the proposed approach is to reconfigure the three parcels into five lots and to build two…
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