What this timeline is
A committee-facing way to sequence questions, evidence, and professional work.
Illustrative decision path
What the next 10 months can contain
A project does not become easier because a committee waits. A staged decision path helps an institution learn enough at each step to decide whether the next dollar, meeting, or consultant is justified. This is an illustrative sequence, not a promise about any municipality’s review time.
01 — THE DECISION PATH
Each phase earns the next one
Months 0–1
01Decide what is worth testing
A shared problem statement, the existing uses that must continue, and the address everyone is discussing.
Months 1–2
02Establish the site facts
Zoning, height, density, parking, access, and other constraints with citations and open questions visible.
Months 2–4
03Compare early scenarios
A small set of massing, parking, phasing, and continuity options that a board can understand and challenge.
Months 4–7
04Choose a professional path
A scoped next step: which architect, planner, survey, engineer, or pre-application conversation is justified.
Months 7–10
05Prepare for the next decision
A refined brief, a clear approval path, and a committee record of assumptions, tradeoffs, and decisions.
What it is not
A guaranteed entitlement, construction, or municipal review schedule. Every site and jurisdiction changes the path.
Where Bucky fits
At the front: turning an address into cited facts and a brief your professionals can take forward.
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