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G.. <br />Town0 <br />Mashpee <br />16 Great j\reck Poad dNrorth <br />It7ashpee, Massachusetts 02049 <br />MASHPEE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS <br />MARCH 28, 2012 <br />MINUTES <br />The Mashpee Zoning Board of Appeals held Public Hearings on Wednesday, March 28, <br />2012, at 7:00 p.m. (Conference Room #1) at the Mashpee Town Hall, 16 Great Neck <br />Road North. Board Members Robert G. Nelson, Jonathan D. Furbush, William A. <br />Blaisdell, James Reiffarth and Ronald S. Bonvie, and Associate Board Members Judith <br />M. Horton and John M. Dorsey were present. Building Commissioner Richard E. <br />Morgan attended the meeting. Attorney Jena C. Munoz and Engineer Charles L. Rowley <br />were in attendance as legal and engineering consultants to the Board. <br />Mr. Nelson opened the meeting at 7:00 and announced that it was being televised live. <br />PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br />NEW HEARINGS <br />Mashpee Wampanoae Tribe: Requests a Variance from Section 174-31 of the Zoning <br />By-laws to vary the building height requirements and the number of stories to allow for <br />construction of a three-story Government Center building on property located in an R-3 <br />zoning district at 483 Great Neck Road South (Map 95 Parcel 7) Mashpee, MA. <br />Sitting: Board Members Robert G. Nelson, Jonathan D. Furbush, William A. Blaisdell, <br />James Reiffarth and Ronald S. Bonvie. <br />Mr. Nelson said that due to the number of hearings scheduled for tonight's meeting, he <br />would like to put a time limit on the Petitions. He said he would allow the Tribe 90 <br />minutes to present its Petition. If the Tribe has not completed its presentation within that <br />time frame, the Board would continue the Petition until the next meeting. He said that he <br />hopes that everyone understands the time constraints. <br />Mr. Cedric Cromwell addressed the Board in his native tongue with the greeting: Good <br />evening, my friends. He thanked the Board for the opportunity to represent the tribe's <br />proposed Government Center is very important. He stated that the Tribe spends an <br />enormous amount of money on rents and leasing space. As the hub for the Tribe, the <br />Government Center will provide educational, health and cultural services. The health <br />administration and health clinic will eventually be moved inside the Center. The <br />proposed library is a first of its kind for the Tribe. Funded by the USDA as a direct <br />services loan, the USDA has also provided architects and engineers to design this world- <br />class facility. <br />In addition to Tribal Chairman Cedric Cromwell and many others, the following <br />members of the Tribe's team of experts and professionals attended the meeting: <br />