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New Canaan committee advances site studies, plans outreach and anticipates Riverwood conversions for moratorium
Summary
The committee heard a subcommittee update on Amenta Emma site plans for three parking-lot sites, agreed to preserve existing parking in designs, planned public outreach (survey and Jan. 26 library preview) and heard housing-authority estimates that converting Riverwood units to meet moratorium targets would cost roughly $6—$8 million.
The New Canaan Affordable Housing Committee on Dec. 8 advanced planning steps for three candidate sites and discussed outreach, parking protections and the town—s strategy to secure a future moratorium.
Krista Nielsen, lead of the project subcommittee, said consultants Amenta Emma completed site walks and will return with two schematic site plans for each of the three parking-lot parcels under study. "They've done their homework," she said, and the subcommittee will meet in January to review preliminary proposals before any public rollout.
Nielsen proposed a combined outreach approach: an online survey presenting…
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