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f allow one travel trailer be located a minimum of 10 feet from a neighbor. Although the existing Article had been in place since 1983, only one person recently applied for the permit, despite travel trailers being present all over town. The Chair stated that the Board was interested in considering the sire of the trailer, Mr. Cummings provided a document with sizing and wording of different classes of trailers. The Chair felt that larger vehicles should still be considered by Flan Review. It was determined that wording would all smaller trailers by right but over 30 feet would be considered b Plan Review. Mr. Fudala will redraft the Article. Town Planner proposed zoning article re: �-stork�50 ft. hotel height limit-Mr, Fudala redrafted the Article to reflect the Cape Cod Commission guidelines. Board members expressed the - preference to further review the content, with a first week of July deadline. The Chair stated the benefit of guideline usage to break up rooflines to make larger buildings look smaller. Town Planner proposed zoning article re: Drive-through facilities in C-2 zoning district The Chair planned to reach out to the Chamber of Commerce for feedback. Chairman's Report on Planning DepartmentStaffing-The Chair reported that she and Mr. Weeden had attended a meeting with the Town Manager and Assistant Town Manager regarding Planning Department staffing and Mr. Fudala's planned retirement in January 2018. Maria Silva, part time Administrative Assistant (19 hours), has been hired to assist Mr. Fudala, Starting salary for a Town Planner according to the Union Contract was r 9 000. M . Fudala suggested that the salary did not appear to be Town Planner level and Ms, wa gan provided examples of current open position salaries. The Chair stated that a range of 73,000w , as set b inion ontract, would be advertised for Mashp ee's Town Planner beginning in September, There was also discussion regarding developing aMemorandum of Agreement to offer to the new hire the position of Assistant Town Planner until Mr. Fudala's retirement, to allow for overlap. The funds set aside for Assistant Town Planner would be utilized to bridge the overlap and/or pay Mr. Fudala as a consultant to the Planning Department. The Chair clarified that three Ball time positions had been. authorized b Town. meeting p but that only one fullti me and two part time positions had been funded. The Chair stated that next year she would be pushing to fund a full time Assistant Town Planner, but there was not fret a commitment from the Town Manager's office. The Chair recommended contingency plans for the transition as well as to become familiar with the financial arrangements for consultants, including Mr. Rowley. A selection committee will be identified to assist with the hiring for a new Town planner and Mr. Balarini and Mr. Cummings expressed interest. Mashpee Commons ZoningArticle-Mr. Fudala reported that he had been drafting a big Zoning Article but Mashpee Commons returned a different Article. The Board noted that Mashpee Commons did not wish to build 40B due to the cost. There was discussion that an article may be p lased on the warrant by the Board of Selectmen due to time constraints. Tony Simon has requested contact information of all of the planning Board members to have sequential discussions about the issue. The Chair felt that would not meet the requirements of Open Meeting Law. The Chair stated that it was not likely that aoning Bylaw, not worked on by the Planning Board, would pass and would took odd at Town Meeting. The Chair had been in receipt of the draft from Mr. Simon and the topic was discussed in the meeting with the Town Manager, including past interactions regarding Commons' ee Mashp plans and bylaw changes. The Chair suggested the possibility of workshop meetings with Mashpee' Commons. There was discussion regarding the changes over the years to the p 11 ashpce Commons' plan, friendly 40B and bylaw changes and components of Mr. Fudala's bylaw. The Chair will reach out to the Attorney General to know how best to handle individual meetings. The Chair added that she had seen a trend of developers pulling back from.40B, declaring the costs as prohibitive. Mr. Fudala added that there was a meeting among Mashpee Commons, the Town Manager, Assistant Town Manager, Selectman Gottlieb and Selectman O'Hara and suggested the possibility of adding two planning Board members to create a committee. Mr. Fudala noted that he had drafted an Article he felt would be well received by the planning Board and Torn Meeting. 4