The Select Board unanimously authorized agreements and a state letter supporting NOVO Riverside Commons, including the applicant’s request for Final Approval.
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The votes allow the Town Manager to sign the housing project’s regulatory, use, and monitoring agreements and formally communicate the board’s continued support. The board also heard a new Concord housing strategy proposal but the minutes record a request for feedback, not adoption of the strategy. Separately, the board approved expanding the Hugh Cargill Trust Committee to up to six members; the committee reported distributing $15,000 to $18,000 per month in resident assistance.
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Unanimously authorized the Town Manager to execute the Local Initiative Program Regulatory and Use Agreement for NOVO Riverside Commons.
Unanimously authorized a letter to the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities reporting the board’s vote and continued support for NOVO Riverside Commons, including the applicant’s request for Final Approval.
Unanimously authorized the Town Manager to execute a monitoring agreement for NOVO Riverside Commons.
Unanimously approved a revised Hugh Cargill Committee charge allowing up to six members and approved Elizabeth Paley’s appointment to the committee.
Unanimously approved the 2027 Annual Town Meeting schedule, moving the Tri-Board Capital Planning Forum to January 11 and adding a Town Meeting Warrant Preview Meeting on January 9.
Unanimously approved a revised grant of easement for Saddle Lane and Harness Road.
Unanimously approved a conflict-of-interest disclosure related to the MCI Concord Master Plan Committee and the Affordable Housing Trust.
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