8/14/2017 AFFORDABLE HOUSING Minutes

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i Affordable Housing Trust Minutes August 14, 2017 Present: Selectman O'Hara, Selectman Cotton, Selectman Sherman, Selectman Cahalane Housing Authority—Richard Halpern Finance Committee—Chris Avis Affordable Housing Committee—Allan Isbitz Town Manager Rodney C. Collins Assistant Town Manager Wayne E. Taylor Absent: Selectman Gottlieb Attendees: Affordable Housing Committee member, Walter Abbott Meeting Called to Order by Chairman O'Hara at 6:30 p.m. Mashpee Town Hall, Waquoit Meeting Room PUBLIC COMMENT—None at this time. NEW BUSINESS Affordable Housing Feasibility Study (Phase 2) at 950 Falmouth Road---Horsley Witten Grouj Members of the Affordable Housing Trust (AHT) and Affordable Housing Committee met with Brian Kuchar of the Horsley Witten Group to review the aspects of the Affordable Housing Feasibility Study (Phase 2) for Town owned land located at 950 Falmouth Road, Mashpee. The Horsley Witten Group was retained by the Town in 2015 to prepare a preliminary Feasibility Study (Phase 1) for the three Town-owned parcels comprised of 12.25 acres at the 950 Falmouth Road(Route 28) site location. Phase 2 of the project scope advances the feasibility study to include wetland flagging, site soil evaluations, hydrant flow testing and water availability assessment, conceptual wastewater sizing, conceptual stormwater management strategies and concept site plan alternatives for the proposed affordable housing development. Wayne E. Taylor, the Assistant Town Manager is the main point of contact for this objective. Based on the data collected in Phase 1, the Horsley Witten Group will identify opportunities and constraints relative to the three parcels identified as Lots A, B and C. A field assessment was conducted at the site location to review the site conditions,the potential building envelope and access road. Initial findings depict parcels A and B as the most logical sites for development. Lot C is anticipated to be reserved for nitrogen mitigation and open space as it is mapped for beneficial habitat for Eastern box turtles and potential vernal pools. Natural resources include a Red Brook which flows north and south across Lot B. The culvert may have to be reconstructed.