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Resident urges Framingham Council not to reduce MBTA Communities district boundaries
Summary
Resident Donna Kilcoyne Othofer told the Framingham City Council she believes trimming the city’s commercial business (CB) district would not jeopardize conditional compliance under the MBTA Communities Act and warned council action taken on erroneous information could impose long-term financial burdens.
Donna Kilcoyne Othofer, a Framingham resident, told the City Council during public participation that she has followed the MBTA Communities Act process locally and believes reducing the size of the CB (commercial business) district would not endanger the city’s conditional compliance. "I've been following the MBTA Communities Act process in, Framingham," Othofer said, and she said her reading of the statute and recent court rulings leads her to conclude the city could adjust district boundaries without losing conditional status.
Othofer said she reviewed the act and recent amendments and deadlines and believes the city’s economic feasibility study would remain valid if the CB district…
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