2/12/1998 MASHPEE COMMONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE Minutes

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Town of Ma hp e e Mashpee ConunonS Advisory Co urnittee Minutes of Meeting February 12, 1998 The Mashpee Con mons Advisory Committee meeting was called to order in Conference ROOM #11 Mashpee MashTon Hall, 16 Great Neck Road forth, Mashpee Massachusetts, at 4 : 30 p.m. ori Thursday, February 12, 1998. The Chairman, Kenneth Marsters, presided. Committee Members present-, Kenneth Marsters, Selectman; Robert whri t pour, Executive secretary p.m. ) ; F. Thomas Fudal.a, Town Planner (4 : 38 p.m. ) ; Sally Bold; Stephen Br'o ato; John Ferguson; and Robert Lynch. Absent-, Antoinette Brooks; Melbourne Cr'a well; and John w hin ski, Planning Board Member. ilo present.- Robert Brai , Consultant-Office of Thomas J. Martin. Arnold Chace and Douglas las Storrs, Mashpee CommonS Ltd. Partnership. The Chairman declared a quorum to be present and called the Meeting to order. He apologized for any inconvenience postponement of the February loth meeting may have caused. He then presented ars updated Agenda and deferred to Douglas Storrs for presentation thereof. Refinement of Proposal Refinement of Flan - Unit Profiles Mr, Storrs explained the position of Ma hpee Commons Ltd. Partnership is to define a more simplified approach to their proposal in ars attempt to reflect the Committee' s desire to recommend the Flan in increments. The Jobs Fishing Road and whiting' s Road Neighborhoods have been refined to be included in the first phase of the proposal; the East Steeple street Neighborhood and the remainder to North Market street are to proceed as outlined in the Commercial Center Bylaw; and deleting plans for the Trout Pond parcel for the time being. Also, they are not planning to pursue a mixed-use aspect to the remainder of North Market Street at this time, whereby the project could proceed under existing zoning. Bast Steeple Street is to be very similar to North Market Street. Mr. Storrs commented on the aesthetic benefits of two-story buildings. He stated they have made an attempt to create balance between critical mass and the request to reduce the scope. Whiting' sRoad - Smaller lot, predominantly single-family neighborhood, eighty o plus, minus, single-family homes;