12/1/2006 PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE MINUTES Minutes

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impacts on our bays. Most such stormwater measures will require fairly significant land areas for nitrogen Mitigation, very little of which appears to be provided on the dev ioperfs current site plan. Because of the nitrogen issue, the developer should be required to adopt strict measures to deal with nitrogen impacts from stormwater runoff and fertilization, including use of nitrogen-reducing stormwater facilities such as bioret radon areas, grassed scales or gravel v ed ands, and use of organic fertilizers. Because the residential development and its panting areas are also located within-the'recharge area of a permitted public grater supply well, all stormwater should be directed to solid catch basins to allow evaporation of volatile organics as well as containment of any fuel or hazardous material ills } p prior to overflow to the nitrogen-reducing facilities noted above. All roof runoff should be directed onto lawn areas or to the paring lot drainage system and not directly to any subsurface leaching facil ity. FISCAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES IMPACTS No fiscal impact analysis has been done for the project. Based on previous studies done for other residential projects, the pr jecf's residential component is likely to have a negative fiscal impact on the Torn. This may be compensated for to some extent by the commercial industrial component. The preliminary architectural plans for the proposed buildings are generally quite attractive and except for the 3 story height (zoning limits height to 2 1 stories in most of the torn, with certain special provisions for a third story through transfer of development rights) are consistent with muldfamily construction permitted in other parts of the town. SUMMARY The site, although not end rely consistent with the Town"s adopted plans.:'and zoning, appears workable for the proposed use, particularly given the town's demon strat d need for apartment housing and the disinterest shown, to date, by most other 40B developers in providing rental housing. The combination with industrial.and commercial development presents some challenges in teras of site design and buff n'ng of residences, but is not unprecedented in the torn and may provide the economic basis for feasibility of the project. Many of the details of the slt plan require more careful planning and review to deal with issues such as public safety, stormwater management, parking, interrelation of the buildings and buffering from the industrial area and adjacent sand pit. Water quality impacts will be of primary concern, requiring the highest levels of wastewater treatment and stormwater management to minimize nitrogen loading to our bags.