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Minutes o -- Y)e <br /> Meeting of -the <br /> GROVITH POLICY COMMITTEE <br /> DATE: Ma-Y 1 # 1976 <br /> TIMES : 30 Pome <br /> Pursuant to the Mass. Growth Policy Deirel. Act, Chra ter 8079 <br /> . �ub1`c hearing was field to discuss how the Committee should <br /> respond oquestionnaire from the Office o si .� e P1 ni o <br /> GENERAL COMMENTS <br /> The growth of Mash pee was discussed From the point of view of <br /> enviroment and from the point of view of development, with <br /> arcri do s of these in between. Everyone wc.s in agreement <br /> that la is needed i .shpee is to grow better ha sur- <br /> rounding towns. Some felt this pl-an, or oll p+ should come <br /> from the Selectmen; others felt Za plan should be formed by <br /> each deDartmentp ind .these coordlneated by the Selectmen into <br /> ENVIROMENT <br /> Concern was voiced for the queality and quanity of. wtater i <br /> Mashpee, develoment of wa.terfront property, inevitable need <br /> for w t e r sew g-e system, conservation of desirable .c re sage t <br /> development of our shellfish area s Suggestions were offered <br /> to educate children through the schools to conserve wcater rat <br /> home(along the lines of the "Don' t Li er" c m ,c)." n and use <br /> zone. by-laws to control development on the water bo-d:*L s-& <br /> In the area of a. water system, it was suggested that the Otis <br /> Task Force continuo i 'its attempts to acquire the tank a <br /> the Base and Possibly the experimental sewage treatment plant <br /> theree The Town of Fcalmou h is also trying to obtaAn these. <br /> Another thought wtas a trea,tment -olcantfor Mash wi, h the <br /> possib:*Uity as a revenue -producers, since this haws succeeded <br /> in other towns. The Conservation Commission set a. o1-i c of <br /> protecting the Mashpee Riverp acted on that policy, -ra d to- <br /> day there is a Resource Conservation & Development Program <br /> which is in the process of creating a, "green belt" along the <br /> ive <br /> ZONING <br /> I w-8.s reported that there eare almost 1,000 lots ca,pproved <br /> which have not been built upon, but could be at any t1me <br /> This wr,s- c3, concerns Feelings ranged from stopping growth <br /> by means of a. mo a,torium o 3-acre zoning to accepting the <br /> influx of people which will come. It was suggested hcat <br /> the zoning by-law be written so that growth will happen <br /> in the desired fashion as tomca,ticc ll . Chapter 808 was <br /> discussed in simple terms o <br />