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• (� king for Up-to-date Economic :& .Demographic .Data <br /> WENT TY YEAag 20 Years Ago _about Barnstable,County? <br /> This Month...Keeping a Special Place Special C vtatsca.pecod i o rg <br /> The Cape Cod Commission published <br /> its first issue of this newsletter in - - <br /> September 1990. The lead story re- !( ►��� � <br /> ported on three public meetings that <br /> launched the development of the first <br /> Regional Policy Plan.Six hearing notices <br /> and 11 summaries of Commission deci- <br /> sions on Developments of Regional • °^� <br /> 47 <br /> Impact(DRIs)were also included.The ' L <br /> Commission continued to publish an a <br /> --- <br /> eight-page edition of the REPORTER ", — � <br /> every two weeks until July 2005,when <br /> sw MiEA.c_i w.fawy. ua n..�.. <br /> iuV.4.vese.mve.r uwvunnmpanme..�nw.wyr.z+ao+amgr <br /> it became a monthly publication. <br /> WATERSHED TOUR,FROM PAGE 1 Annual Analysis of Chapter 40B Projects <br /> appropriate wastewater treatment <br /> solutions for Barnstable County. Cape Cod Commission Affordable Housing Specialist Paul Ruchinskas recently updated <br /> "We want to engage citizens,helping the annual inventory/study of Comprehensive Permit(Chapter 40B)activity throughout <br /> them to understand the dynamics Barnstable County. Some of the results are given below, current through August 15, 2010: <br /> of the watershed in which they live, •Thirty-nine percent of the Cape's affordable housing units have been produced <br /> and to look past their town's bound- through the 40B process. Ae <br /> ary when considering solutions for . Fifty-seven percent of the units in the Cape's 40B developments are affordable. <br /> wastewater treatment,"says Com- . Of the units produced under 40B permits, 67 percent have been rental and 33 <br /> mission Technical Services Director percent have been ownership. <br /> Patty Daley. •The median 40B project size is 16 units; the average size is 25 units. <br /> The first six forums will take place • Sixty-four percent of the 1,596 affordable housing units added to the region's <br /> this fall,and the Commission will inventory between October 2001 and August 2010 were the result of 40B <br /> plan others to focus on the remain- developments. <br /> ing watersheds thereafter.At each • Excluding group home units that were allowed to be counted starting in 2003, <br /> forum,staff will distribute localized 81 percent of the newly added units this decade were permitted via 40B. <br /> maps and data to better acquaint • Fifty-six percent of all 40B projects in the region have been done since 2001. <br /> citizens with their watersheds,and "I hope this data helps to inform the discussion about Question 2,"said Ruchinskas, <br /> will release the Regional Wastewater referring to the November ballot initiative to repeal Chapter 40B. <br /> Management Plan. <br /> For more information on the report,the 40B process in general, <br /> Updates will be posted online,and and related affordable housing issues,contact Ruchinskas <br /> citizens can offer comments through e� <br /> (pruchinskas@capecodcommission.org)or check the web site: <br /> a blo % • <br /> g' Start at this web site:www. v wm.capecodcommission.org/housing 8 <br /> capecodcommission.org/watertour <br /> CCC REPORTER•Volume 20, Number 9 <br />