4/5/2016 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

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MASHPEE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS APRIL 5, 2016 MINUTES 2) -Vote yes or no on scheduling and re -opening the hearing for 91 Edgewater Rd for the next available date. This includes filing all public notices. Board Member Scott Goldstein made a motion that the Board vote yes to instruct Mary Ann, Zoning Board Secretary to hold off on writing the decision by Wednesday's deadline (416116). Mr. Pittsley, seconded. Chairman Furbush, voted not to write the decision, Mr. Blaisdell, voted not to write the decision, Mr. Pittsley, voted not to write the decision, Mr. Goldstein, voted not to write the decision, and Mr. Gould voted not to write the decision. The Board voted 5-0, not to have Mary Ann Romero write the Decision. Board Member Scott Goldstein made a motion that the Board vote yes to scheduling and re -opening the hearing for 91 Edgewater Rd. for next available date. This includes filing all public notices. Mr. Pittsley seconded, Mr. Blaisdell, voted yes to scheduling and re- opening the hearing, Mr. Furbush, voted yes to scheduling and re -opening the hearing, Scott, voted yes to scheduling and re -opening the hearing, Mr. Gould, voted yes to scheduling and re -opening the hearing. The Board voted 5-0, to reschedule and re -open the hearing for May 11, 2016. OTHER BUSINESS Chairman Furbush wanted to discuss an email sent to Zoning Board Secretary, Mary Ann Romero by Jason Streebel, Town Assessor dated 31412016, under the direction of the "Risk Assessment Team" consisting of the Town Accountant, the Tax Collector and Finance Director stating that the method of collecting the abutter list fees has to be directly from the Assessing Department. Currently, the abutter list is issued by the Assessors Department and is given to Mary Ann to mail out the public hearing notices. Chairman Furbush suggested that a process should be followed in order for the public hearing notices to be mailed out in a timely fashion. He would like the following phrase to be added to the ZBA application form; "Payment for the abutter list must be submitted 15 days prior to the hearing date or the hearing shall be rescheduled." Mike Mendoza said that applicants typically file their requests on the due date. The question would then be; "are all fees required to be paid prior to the hearing?" Mr. Bonvie brought up the fact that other communities require the applicants' process their own hearing notices via certified/return receipt mail. He made a motion that a recommendation be made to the appropriate people that the Assessors who create the abutter lists collect the appropriate fees at the time of handing over the abutter lists to the applicant. The application should then be given to Mary Ann, Zoning Board Secretary with the certified abutter list prior to filing the application so that the public hearing notices can be mailed out in a timely fashion. Mr. Blaisdell seconded, Mr. Furbush, yes, Mr. Goldstein, yes, Mr. Gould, yes, and Mr. Pittsley, yes. All were in favor that the ZBA applicant is required to request the abutter list and also pay the Assessors prior to them handing in their application to the Zoning Board of Appeals. 3