05/14/2014 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

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MASHPEE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MAY 14, 2014 MINUTES Mr. Furbush stated that the Board consulted with Town Counsel. He is naturally concerned because he represents the Town of Mashpee, wanting the "T's" crossed and the "I's" dotted". It appears that in fact it looks complete. He turned the discussion over to Richard Morgan, Building Commissioner who is the real decision maker. Mr. Morgan stated he unfortunately was not invited to the meeting, so he has not seen the site and will review prior to making his final assessment. Ms. Danner stated she was dependent upon Charles Rowley's final report as the Board's engineer and is stated in the Comprehensive Permit. She thought the fifth building was inspected and was waiting for the final certificate of occupancy. She asked Mr. Morgan if he will perform another inspection even if it was already done. Mr. Morgan was not notified of the status or extent of Charlie Maintanis' review, and asked Mr. Maintanis to bold onto finalizing the fifth building. Mr. Morgan stated he will check to see if the building inspection was performed and will go to the site himself He asked Ms. Danner if hydro -seeding was performed. He said he did not want the weather to destroy and wash away the hydro -seeding, and will not want to release anything if not satisfactory. He would not want people to start leasing the homes without lawns. Mr. Rowley stated the landscape contractor that work for Valle Construction and Housing • Assistance Corporation are responsible to make sure the lawn grows. If any erosion happens, they are responsible to repair it and the grass will have to sustain on its own. 9 Mr. Furbush re uested a copy -of the written contract. Mr. Morgan stated that he needs to ask for a bond to make sure this has been accomplished. Mr. Rowley said this was one issue he hoped was resolved and why he inspected the site. He took photographs of the site and would be helpful to the Board: Everything was there with exception of the grass growing, which will take a month to six weeks. He stated he performed a comprehensive walk-through the morning of Wednesday, May 14th and past Friday and paving was completed. He is comfortable knowing the landscape contractor is responsible for completing the work. He stated as part of the project is slightly different than a normal project with a private developer doing a sub -division, or a site plan with conditions and posting security. In this particular case, the Housing Assistance Corporation gets its funding through the State. They submit a requisition, and if the State approves it, then they receive the payment. So until an inspector looks at the site, they do not release any funding. The contract package between the Corporation and State, is assuring that everything will comply, such as planting of trees, shrubs, and all the bio -retention landscape around each building is secured to get the funding. He's not sure what the retainage is with the State but it is substantial. 3