01/16/2019 PLANNING BOARD Minutes

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Mashpee Planning Board Minutes of Meeting January 16, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. Waquoit Meeting Room,Mashpee Town Hall Present: Joe Cummings, Dennis Balzarini, David Weeden,Robert(Rob)Hansen (Alt.) Also: Evan Lehrer-Town Planner; Charles Rowley-Consulting Engineer Absent: Chairman Mary Waygan,David Kooharian 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 Vice Chair Cummings at 6:04 p.m. on Wednesday, January 16, 2019. The Vice Chair stated that the meeting was being videographed and recorded and asked that speakers approach the podium and state their name, address and comment. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. APPROVAL OF MINUTES—December 19, 2018 and January 2,2019 The minutes will be placed on hold until the return of Chairman Waygan. MOTION: Mr. Balzarini made a motion to move the minutes to the next meeting. Mr. Weeden seconded the motion. All voted unanimously. PRESENTATION Leslie Richardson, Chief Economic Development Officer & Heather Harper, Chief of Staff, Cape Cod Commission-Hardcopies of the presentation were distributed to Board members. Ms. Harper referenced the Housing Institute program, created to address the challenges of developing a housing supply on Cape Cad, The Cape Cod Commission was invited to present the relationship between economic development and housing at this year's Housing Institute. Ms. Richardson stated that the economy was a partnership between the public and private sector. The private sector provided the goods and services, employing workers, while the government established the framework. Economic development typically worked with specific businesses while the Commission developed economic foundations, ensuring that it had the appropriate infrastructure on the Cape and the appropriate regulatory scheme to encourage economic diversity and ensure that partners had the necessary information available and workforce training. The Cape had 215,000 residents year round with 162,000 housing units and 96,000 people employed. Little land was available to be developed with 79% of parcels already developed. Mashpee year round residents numbered 14,054 with 10,033 housing units. Regional output has changed over the years, with some slowdowns during recession, but now heading back toward the peaks similar to 2003 and 2004. Value and output was generated in retail, tourism and healthcare. Emerging industries are increasing at a faster rate, such as in technology. Employment,jobs, wages and gross regional product 1