{"id":412,"date":"2009-05-15T21:22:04","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T17:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=412"},"modified":"2009-05-15T21:22:04","modified_gmt":"2009-05-15T17:22:04","slug":"north-pointe-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=412","title":{"rendered":"North Pointe debate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear fellow Hanoverians:<\/p>\n

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Did you notice the full-page ad in the Hanover Mariner this
\nweek as placed by “511 Washington Street LLC” – also known as
\nthe developers of North Pointe?  If you subscribe to the Mariner, it was
\ncertainly hard to miss.  I received e-mails and phone calls as a result of
\nthe ad and went looking for more information to share with you as a result.<\/p>\n

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North Pointe was originally developed under the provisions
\nof 40B as an over 55 rental unit complex of 74 units.  Nineteen out of 74
\nof those units, or 25%, were deemed “affordable”, thereby counting all
\n74 units toward the town’s goal of 10% affordable housing.  According
\nto the North Pointe Office, it opened for business in 2005 and currently 47 out
\nof 74 of those units are rented, including all 19 of the affordable units. 
\nThe “market rate” apartments are renting for $1375 (including heat
\nand hot water) for a one bedroom apartment and $1675 (including heat and hot water)
\nfor a two bedroom apartment.<\/p>\n

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The developer has previously come to the Hanover Zoning
\nBoard of Appeals over two issues and with two different requests, both purportedly
\nin an effort to fill the units:  One to convert all the rental units into
\ncondominiums for purchase, and the other to remove the over 55 age
\nrestriction.  The ZBA turned down both requests, but the developer has
\npursued and won the most recent appeal of the age restriction removal request. 
\nRight now, today, people under the age of 55 can move into North Pointe.  The
\ntown has appealed this decision of the Land Court to the Massachusetts Appeals
\nCourt.<\/p>\n

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Last Wednesday’s ad in the Mariner suggested that
\ntaxpayers should question the most recent town appeal by asking “is this
\nhow I want my tax dollars spent”?  Interested readers of “Around
\nTown on the Web” have asked “(do we really) want these apartments flooding with children that we have not planned on
\nand really draining our town resources”?  I personally wonder why
\nthe units have not filled?<\/span><\/p>\n

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It’s an intriguing
\ndebate.  Here’s the North Pointe website for your further information: 
\nhttp:\/\/www.northpoi nte-hanover.com\/index.htm<\/span>
\n.  Where do you stand?<\/span><\/p>\n

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For "Around Town on the Web",<\/p>\n

Cathy H-B<\/p>\n

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