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Board of Appeals Minutes - September 5, 1990 3. Mr. Mills asked Ms. Barnet to discuss the impact of the affordable housing on the local school system. Ms. Barnet estimated that 20 potential new students would be added to the school system. Of the 23 homes sold, 60% or 14 will be sold to Mashpee residents whose children may already be in the school system. She said studies of other projects indicated that 1/3 are often sold to single people. She estimated that there would be less than one new child into the school system per house. Mr. Mills concluded with the statement that they are committed to the 23 -lot proposal and willing to listen to the concerns of the Board and the neighbors and hope the Board will be responsive to their requests for variances, particularly with respect to the road covenant. Mr. Friel asked if there was any possibility of the plume from Otis moving toward this site. Mr. Mills replied that the plume is not moving in that direction at the present time. Mr. Friel asked if they would connect to Town Water when it was available. Mr. DeMartino replied that they would go with wells and if the home owner wanted Town Water they would be assessed a betterment tax. Michael Forde, President of the John's Pond Estates Association., stated that they feel the plan is a total overuse of the site. He • said they had many questions on the H.O.P. program: 1. people buying under the H.O.P. program cannot sell the house on the open market for five years. The Cape Clearing House will sell the property at a limited profit. He questioned the number of students buying the properties. 2. he questioned number of children in the project and said Mashpee will be paying education costs for many years. 3. costs to the Town should be figured for 10 - 20 years. 4. he reviewed lots about 400' from water and said the water quality in the area is questionable and questioned why wells would be driven when Town Water was being installed. 5. he suggested that affordable housing should be spread into other areas and prevent a "project" 6. he said the Association was concerned about kettleholes and dump sites on the property Gene Arnold of the John's Pond AssociatiDnsaid that he understood from the presentation that the developers wanted a release from the road covenant. If this was done the purchasersof the affordable housing would be subject to a road betterment cost of approximately $5,000 if the Town • took over the roads.