06/02/2021 PLANNING BOARD Minutes

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1 (/jj�■/l/"�/■w p C .Mashyee Aannin Board 16 Great Neck Road:No'rth. 14ashyee, :Massachusetts 02649 Planning Board. Ms. Cox will not be planning to do an environmental impact statement. As part of the Development Agreement, we have mapped natural heritage and restricted areas as green space and sensitive environmental areas. Ms. Cox would like Ms. Waygan to elaborate more on what an environmental impact statement means. Ms. Waygan states including but not limited to specific plans to protect and improve all rivers with special consideration to current degraded and impaired state to these water bodies. Mr. Niedzwiecki said the design we are proposing is respectful of more sensitive areas of the site. The project will need to be updated with all MEPA(MA Environmental Policy Act) requirements. The existing status and environment quality and any potential impact would be quantified. Reports can be submitted and will comply to meet these requirements and MEPA, as it is park of their legal requirements. Cape Cod Commission will then review submission. The traffic patterns are underway. Once shared with Commission it will become a public document. It will be disseminated to the Town and all of this will be released through Development Agreement in June, over the next four weeks. Depending on the Commission's timing, they had turnover lately which has delayed some processes. Some other requirements of the Development Agreement process include storm water management plan, archeological sensitivity study of expansion area, and all of the green space will have to be defined for particular uses. There will be connections to other open space pieces in town as we want to get value in open space. There is a minimum required as part of zoning. Ms. Waygan went back to affordable housing, she liked the work on that up front. She would like to see a schedule of affordable units and out of every four, one is affordable, do not place them on the end. It is always best when it is in the zoning bylaw because then it reads by permit and the Building Commissioner will read it. She needs to know about roads and parking. Year round use of housing can be done with a deed restriction. Not asking that all units coming will be deed, but affordable is deed restricted to 80%, you could deed restrict to people who make only up to 200% of median income. It wouldn't go on subsidized inventory or have a lottery, verification of taxes that people are making so much that would guarantee the year round housing. She would suggest 10% affordable A, and 10% as median income. Ms. Waygan would like answers regarding short term rentals and air bb weekly type rentals. She is not referring to hotels, but something that was built as residential or single family detached buildings. Hot button issue as people are concerned about impacts for what's best and impacts of infrastructure and how it's mitigated. Also a question about the market analysis, there is tons done for housing, she is concerned about commercial space. Is there any market analysis to show that the area needs that amount of commercial space and if something is approved for 25 years what are the triggers to allow for additional? She doesn't want to out compete and drain economic development of surrounding areas. How does this proposal fit into the nitrogen management plan? People are already saying why would we allow for new building with new water issues while we are still trying to make up for it from 30 years ago? Mr. Niedzwiecki thinks this is one of the biggest bonuses of this development. Wastewater infrastructure financing means the longer the length of the pipe the higher the cost. The Development Agreement process looks at impacts. Wastewater is a big issue, wastewater treatment will treat at much higher level than septic systems now. One three bedroom home produces as much nitrogen as ten one bedroom apartments. As the Town builds out its own infrastructure, it may want rate payers 13