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Mashpee Planning Board Minutes of Meeting June 1, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. Waquoit Meeting Room, Mashpee Tow Hall Planning Board Members Present: Chairman Mary Waygan, Dennis Balzarini, Joe Cummings, David Weeden Also: Tom Fudala-Town Planner, Charles Rowley -Consultant Engineer Absent: David Kooharian, Robert (Rob) Hansen CALL TO ORDER The Town of Mashpee Planning Board meeting was opened with a quorum in the Waquoit Meeting Room at Mashpee Town Hall by Chairman Waygan, at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 1, 2016. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. APPROVAL OF MINUTES—May 18, 2016 MOTION: Mr. Baizarini made a motion to approve as presented for the meeting of May 18"'. Mr. Cummings seconded the motion. All voted unanimously. SPECIAL PERMIT Review status of Ockway Highlands (BCDM) Special Permit Mathew Haney, manager at BCDM, was present to update the Board on the Ockway Highlands project. Mr. Haney reported that they had initiated road construction in February with an inventory of trees to be cut or saved. On March 4 and 5 benchmarks were placed for the road and the access road was cleared to reach the old foundation near DeGrasse Road. Debris removal occurred around the old foundation in the road layout on March 30 and on April 13 subsoil foundation was added in the area of the old home. Mr. Haney stated that the Special Permit required initiation of the construction of the proposed roadways by May 7, which he felt had been addressed with the work completed and that the Permit had not expired. Mr. Haney noted that financing issues addressed in January/February of 2016 delayed the work from beginning sooner. Mr. Haney stated that stump removal would begin next week and solid fill and additional grading would we addressed before installing the drainage. Mr. Haney added that the affordable unit was required to be handed over in three years, according to the permit, and therefore indicated that it would be available in less than a year. Mr. Rowley confirmed that trees had been cut at the furthest part of Blue Castle. Mr. Rowley indicated that it was difficult to determine the extent of clearing without seeing all of the limits of staking. Mr. Rowley stated that the drainage area to the west of the connecting road had not been cleared at all, and it was unclear whether it had been cleared to the necessary width all the way through to DeGrasse Road. The Chair inquired whether the right process was being followed and Mr. Rowley responded that work could not proceed without cutting the trees to clear the land. Without reexamining the plan, Mr. Rowley could not confirm the extent of clearing on Blue Castle Drive adding that only the upper portion had been cleared due to the