10/03/2001 PLANNING BOARD Minutes

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Mas pee Planning Board October 3rd, 2001 Minutes Members Present: Beverly lane, Martine Meijering, Dennis Bal arini, Steve Dolan, Dick Terry Also Present: Tom Fudala; Town Planner, Charlie Rowley,ley, Consulting Engineer II ind hime Modification f Special Permit Comments-on revised proposal presented by Ed Taipaie. Discussion began with whether or not the garages were included in the original building calculations. Ed Taipal held that the garages were amenities to the units. He said that if they were included in the square footage, then he would be limited as to how many units they could build. It was determined that the original proposal had fewer garages. His proposal included more garages to be added on, with more square footage required. He said that adding more garages would not be-de rimental to the community. Torn Fudala explained how decks and porches are calculated differently than garages. Mr. Bornstein insisted that the Planning Board told him to add porches because the residents granted it. Torn Fudala said the Planning Board never ordered this. Mr. Bornstein went on to say that'he had taken great pains to eliminate parking spaces t stay within the borders of square footage. He reminded the Planning Board that he was asking for less than 5,000 more square feet to accommodate the garages. Dennis said he did not want to allow for-any more impervious space to avoid having the project get too big. Beverly referred back to Condition #11 in which she understood that garages were included.in the square footage. she wanted to know why Mr. Bornstein wanted more space now. Torn Fudala'said that Nor. Bornstein did, in fact, let go of a few units. Mr. Bornstein noted the total project square footage of Phase lll. Tom Fudala noted that it was a merely a proposal, not actually in the special permit. Torn Quinn explained about the overall length of the garages. Discussion went on about this. Steve Dolan wanted to know how the garages seemed to disappear from the original 178,000 square foot calculations. Mr. Bornstein maintained that he bought 171 permits and now he was only building 12 units. He said he lost a lot of money on Phase l and that he would go ahead and bulldoze porches and garages-of existing units in order not to have, to sacrifice more units for future buildings. Dennis said that Mr. Bornstein was well aware he was going to lose units. - F Tory Fudala said that he wanted Mr. Bornstein to provide the Planning Board with actual calculations from the engineer, for reviewi. Mr. Bornstein agreed to provide this for the next meeting. Torn Fudala said that they will tonne back to conditions 11 and 15 once they see the calculations.