07/15/2009 PLANNING BOARD Minutes

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Town of Mashpee Planning Board Nfinutes of Meeting July 15, 2009 The Town of Ilahpee.'Planning Board fleeting was called to order in Conference Room 1, Mashpee Town Hall, 16 Great beck Road North, Mashpee, M sad husetts at :00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15, 2009. The Chairman, Thomas O'Hara, presided. Planning Board Members present: Dennis Bal arini, Vice-Chairman; John Cotton, Associate Member; Jaynes Leonard; Joseph Mullin, Clerk; Thomas O'Hara, Chairman; -and Mary waygan. Also present: F. Thomas Fudala,Town Clerk; Thomas Mayo, GIS Coordinator; and Charles Rowley, Consulting Engineer. A.quorum being present the Chairman called the Planning Board Meeting to order and addressed the first order of business. Approval of Minutes April 1, 2009 MOUON Dennis Balzarinmi made a.Motion to approve the Minutes of April 1, 009 as submitted; which Notion was duly seconded by Mary Waygan and so voted unanimously. Discussion Regional Policy Plan Vision lap The Chairman reported that he,.has discussed this matter with representatives from the'Town of Sandwich, explaining Mashpee concerns with traffic mitigation/loss of second and third floor mined use buildings. He mentioned the Echo Road and Industrial Parr areas and some of the difficulties-involved with development clue to the fact that they exist within a resource area and must comply with certain conditions. In the event a Vision Map is adopted, there will be more issues to be addressed. He suggested that perhaps these areas should be designated a " t,her" until such time as sortie of these issues of concern have been resolved and to relieve the property owners of further hardships. He also recognized than the Mashpee Commons project is a major concern for the Town, especially the National Heritage a issues at the'Trout Pond parcel. 1