8/10/2006 BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE Minutes

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1 Town of Mashpee---- . Blue Ribbon Comprehensive Committee MM*Utes-,of Meeting August-1 0�.20o6. The Town of Mashpee Blue ribbon Committee was celled to order in Mashpee Town Hall, 16 Great Neck load NoMashpe6,Massachusetts at 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, August 10, ooh. The Chauman,DOR Myers,presided.. Blue Ribbon Cottee Members present: Chairman Ikon Myers; Chuckie Green, Vice hair;Zella lizenberry#Lee Gurney;Beverly Kane and Ted Theis. . Absent this evening were Douglas Storrs, Clerk;John Miller and Glenn Santos. Also Present at the meeting were F. Thomas Fudala, Town Planner;lid Baker, a Mashpee citizen and.carnes F. Moroney, a Mashpee citizen. A quorurn being present,the ha an called the meeting to order. Approval of mutes Approval for minutes of the Ju�e15, 2006 meeting and the July 20, 2006 m"etings were. withheld until received and reviewed by Board members. Lrquiries The Chan said that he had sent inquiries to the Superintendent of Schools, Ann Bradshaw aid-said he had an-invitation for her to Borne to the August 24,1006.-rneeting}- regarding the secondary schoof.programs. He also:stated that the Charles Rowley report would be presented.at:the=-upco ing_ Board of Selectmen meeting on August 21, 2006. - ommui ations Public Comments Ed Baker, a Mashpee resident,expressed interest on wind turbines and electrical user saying that curing a plume containment meeting he had attended, there was a presentation at Mass, Maritime Academy regarding wind p ower'. .r r - The Chairman read the leaflet regarding wind-turbine towel's given to him by Mr. Baker. Old Busmen Reports from each Board/ orinmsion regarding DCPC:recommendations - Beverly Kane said she had passed to the Board of Selectmen three zoning articles. She said that the articles were a request for development of by-laws, which.included-the cluster development by-lags;the updated storm water managerrrent by-jaws and-the water giality.rip 4 by-laws. She said she wanted to make sure that the Town s y-laws were up to date with the latest scientific data. She asked the Cottee members to look therm over and to favorably recommend them to the A B o ard.of Selectmen,'' The Vice Chair had a question about the cluster zoning by-law. Thi Town Planner said that open space had been set aside thi tty years ago and that it was impossible for the lots to be grandfathered. He said that those people who grand,fathered were-not treated-equally;with-those,who did;cluster dir'isions last.year:( 005),.although open.space was set . . aside. The Vice Chair asked if it world b .b r to,sell tights t growth,gentejs to art s tb t end instead of extending grandfathering. The Town Planner said that what was needed was people.willing to buy development rights. a said a viable alternative was needed:..- :. The Chairman-sked about how many lots were available. The Town Planner said that it was not more than.20 or 30-lots. The Vice-Chairman.said that a small-lot was brought b6f6re'-the Zoning Board of Appeals and the tot was granted to build on and that he.did-not see why there should be grandfathering if the Z.B.A. approved it. He added that what was being done now was not.correct.