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Planning board recommends Taunton housing production plan to City Council, urges funded build‑out study
Summary
At its May 1 meeting the Taunton Planning Board voted to forward the city's housing production plan to the City Council with a positive recommendation and asked the council to appropriate funding for a separate build‑out and infrastructure study addressing school impacts, facilities and a more detailed housing mix.
At its May 1 meeting the Taunton Planning Board voted to recommend the city's housing production plan to the City Council while asking the council to fund a follow‑up build‑out and facilities study.
The plan itself lays out steps the city could take to meet a state 40B benchmark (commonly framed as a 10% affordable housing threshold). Jay Patikas, Executive Director of the Office of Economic and Community Development, told the board, “I would ask the board to vote on it as it was submitted and approve it tonight so we can move it forward.”
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