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- Diagnosis and treatment of fear-based housing disorders of municipal
select boards, review boards, school boards, planners, and neighbors=
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- Symptoms and primary diagnoses:
- Intestinal Fortitude Blockages, evidenced by a lack of leadership on
housing issues and associated evidence of baddis attitudis towards
planners, developers requesting support for housing
- Planorexia Nervosa, characterized by a refusal to properly fund and
encourage local planning; usually leads directly to plan degenerati=
on
and mononucleosis of the zoning map.
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- Possible Treatments:
- If they aren’t committed to housing diversity and supply...
- Facts-based education on population and demographic trends can help.=
- Facts-based education on COMMUTING and JOB patterns really works!
- Possible Underlying Causes:
- Fear of leading.
- Fear of voters.
- Fear of change.
- Fear of cost.
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- Symptoms and Primary Diagnoses
- - Seelake (pronounce “see-lee-ak”) Disease, in which the
ability to see new housing from Lake Champlain is grounds for denying
the entire project.
- - DRB-specific attention deficit and chronic fatigue disorders,
evidenced by long, unfocused meetings leading to glassy eyes and high
board turnover.
- - Nonspecific Information Overeating Disorder (NIOD), Repeated reque=
sts
for “more information” from applicants without clear sen=
se
of purpose, often aggravating cases of decision avoidance disorder.<=
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- Possible Diagnoses:
- Fear of responsibility
- Fear of heights
- Fear of neighbors
- Fear of projects
- Fear of zoning
- Possible Treatments:
- TRAIN your review board on how to focus, close hearings, and make
decisions!
- LEARN to use the phrase “I really think everyone will benefit =
if
the board can wrap up discussion on this point.”
- Write a generous, as-of-right height allowance for housing that takes
away discretion.
- Notify, notify, notify, and notify again.
- Help prep the presenters on how to address community hot-buttons
- Prep the media on how things really are (take two bullets and call m=
e in
the morning)
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- Primary Symptoms and Diagnoses
- Periodic panic attacks, evidenced by statements to media or parents
regarding “uncontrolled growth” and “special servi=
ces
costs.”
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- Possible Diagnoses:
- Fear of enrollment.
- Fear of lack of enrollment.
- Fear of crowding.
- Fear of lack of crowding.
- Fear of the UNKNOWN
- Fear of the bus drivers.
- Possible Treatments:
- Make ‘em a map!
- Make ‘em another map!
- Make ‘em a chart!
- Make ‘em another chart!
- Call Bill Smith, talk, and make ‘em another chart!
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- Primary Diagnoses and Symptoms
- Hyperbolic Queeche Lakes Syndrome, in which all built forms are
perceived as ugly and undesirable.
- Canine Condemnation Syndrome, in which anything built where one̵=
7;s
dog has been or could be walked is perceived as permanently protected
open space.
- Muchauses Syndrome by Proxy, in which nearby housing development bec=
omes
a surrogate for one’s
generalized frustration with modern life.
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- Possible Diagnoses:
- Fear of CHANGE
- Fear of the UNKNOWN
- Fear of LOSS OF VALUE
- Fear of IGNORANCE
- Fear of ENGAGEMENT
- Fear of SOUNDING STUPID at a PUBLIC MEETING
- Possible Treatments:
- Before the review meeting, provide an overview of your plan and local
demographics
- If necessary, before (a) above, provide an overview of what a plan,
zoning bylaw, and review board are.
- Provide lighter, more fun opportunities for involvement and DIRECT t=
he
ENERGY
- Notify, notify, notify, notify again.
- LISTEN. If you canR=
17;t,
leave the room.
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- Primary Symptoms and Diagnoses
- Medical School Regret Syndrome: If I’d gone to med school inst=
ead,
I’d be working long hours for much more money. Instead, I’m dealing =
with
greedy developers and wacky neighbors and I can’t find a house=
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- Possible Diagnoses:
- Fear of wealth
- Fear of prevarication
- Fear of the bad or ugly
- Fear of the public
- Possible Treatments:
- One cup of coffee
- Policy of trust but verify.
- Send plans to other planner/designer for second look.
- Wear kevlar, keep smiling.
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