3/10/1998 MASHPEE COMMONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE Minutes

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that the committee would be in agreement with the concepts of moving the Commercial Center forward, that the Town Planner and Selectman l arsters would represent the Article, , and that it would be well received by the Selectmen. Selectman Marsters recognized Mr. Baker, who stated for the Record: ni would like to express my concern about moving forward with any development changes at this point in tine. . .at the spring Town Meeting. We were suppose to have informational meetings with the people. Maybe they will happen someday, but they didn' t happen, because we were suppose to have the results of these analyses in February to spend some time looking at the thing and what the impacts were. And in my humble opinion, there is not enough time to end up getting the review information out to the Townspeople so they can make an intelligent Grote o anything. And I would humbly suggest that the Board of Selectmen have a responsibility to the taxpayers and voters of this Town from being presented with a zoning change where there has not been sufficient inaudible of the impacts . I know the Water District is impacted by these changes. I haven' t been able t find any evidence that the water District has been consulted, or that the Water District on their own has attempted to determine what the .impact is . To make changes to allow this activity to go forward should go before a State review kind of activity. With this short amount of time, I think it would be totally unfair to the taxpayers. Thank-you. " Mr. Chace responded by stating the Conunercial Center Bylaw deals primarily with dimensional issues relating to the development of existing -1 spaces . No use changes are being requested. The changes being proposed., with the assistance of the Town Planner, help to produce the type of development that currently exists at lashpee commons. If the changes are delayed, the commercial districts in Mashpee wi