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3 waste, no time to plan. R. Dubin: Let' s have our townspeople give a statement. The fi.rstissue we should try to discuss is opinions on the optimun size for a lot is. I think this is what the article is about. I think everyone agrees we shouldn' t jump into anything. The first thing to look at is the idea of 402000 sq. ft minimum lot , a reasonable one. That ' s the first thing to discuss and see how it ties with the zoning planning in general. Town Planner: I agree what Mr. Lozano said that what we have in mind for the town of Mashpee, specifically on the question of acre zoning. We do have information from Cape Cod Economic .-,, Development Program. They have recommended an average of 1 unit per 40,000 - 60,000 sq. ft. and when we look at what we have in Mashpee now, we got 55 to 5600 units and 11-12 ,000 developable acres. We've already got 1 unit per 2 acres which means if we want the average 1 unit per acre when we end up in develoing i--iashpee, since we already developed the 5600 acres on � and J lots. We' re apt to go to 2 - 3 acre lots if we want to average it so that the mathemetics is certainly in favor of minimum lots. As far as timing goes, I didn' t bring ,. ) article up for acre zoning, I would have waited longer. I want to emphasize Goals and Priorities Cmtte , the main avenue we should be taking now is establishing goals for the town and developing a master plan out of that. kir. Lozano mentioned time, which alot of people think we don' t have. We could have waited another 10 years torn this acre zoning, the master plan. Alot of people seem tothink it ' s already too late. Ideally, we may want to spend the next 2 years planning, trying to develop a master plan. At some point , we' d like to take some action. At theiate the town is growing and getting thse numbers about where we can -et acnes available to develop we have to take action. Of course , what ' s happened , alot of the acres that have been brought into the planning board in the form of preii.:iinary subdivision plans. That we' re ending up with is a situation to do good pi anning and retroactive on soi:e of this : lanning where it ,i1ay be subdivided on paper but ho pefully :::ay be able to do oii:ething else .,�tit_n. it, and el 1 a o u r a;,,e e eye to the 'Ly-_Des of :measures =r. Loza:io suggested. in terif_s of concentrating aeveloijiaient here and there. There ' s no di.sagree:.lent , the question of aevc ol,ient is :.ore advanta- geousto t he to:,rn to the for::; of evelo, .gent anc, the environm :Tient of the ij ecpiein the town, that the stateu subdivision no ,.latter :vhat the acres are. . . out a-ain, the suburbanization questioin Is 1 unit per 1 acre and causing suburban sprach in ash1�ee. Tile alternative that ;��e had ana are loin-- by now is