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Residents urge caution on Sudbury Housing Authority Pine Lakes redevelopment; Finance Committee delays Article 46 vote
Summary
Multiple residents called on the Sudbury Finance Committee to withhold support for Article 46, the Sudbury Housing Authority's Pine Lakes redevelopment, citing rising cost estimates and questions about alternatives; the committee postponed its vote pending a presentation by the Housing Authority at a joint meeting with the Select Board.
Several Sudbury residents used the March 17 Finance Committee meeting to press the committee for more financial detail on the Sudbury Housing Authority's proposed Pine Lakes redevelopment (Article 46), urging the panel not to recommend the CPA and town funds the project until the SHA demonstrates that the chosen approach is the most fiscally responsible option.
Anne Garcia Mateen, who identified herself with an address in Pine Lakes, told the committee she and neighbors "have deep concerns about the financial implications of the Sudbury Housing Authority's proposed redevelopment project in the Pine Lakes neighborhood, Article 46." She asked the committee to ask SHA for detailed project costs and to compare that plan with alternatives, such as building fewer, larger duplexes on larger lots or preserving and renovating the four current single-family homes.
CJ Davis and Candace Obratzov, other neighborhood residents, echoed those concerns.…
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