4/24/1985 PLANNING BOARD Minutes

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Toffin of fflng pee P. 01 Box 1108 MASHPEE, MA 02649 PJNA-HMINIG BOARD MINUTES a 4/24/85 P- 5 D,Ir . Plarsters : What percent of our industrial land is developed? Mr . Donnelly: I don't have that figure . Per 1,,11arsters : It 's awfully low. Mix. Donnelly: I agree . PJr . Marsters : T think that 's much. more appropriate than comparing us with Barnstable . Mir. -Donnelly: 1 don't think so . i think from a planning standpoint you've got to consider where you are today and where you 're going to be 20 years from now and you-1,re seeing your population growth and your residential development take off radically that will be followed by commercial and industrial developi-iient . I believe that you're seeing industrial subdivisions forming today. T believe that you're seeing additional building going on in industrial and cof-imercial property today that you didn't see 5 or 10 years ago . And I 'I' r m telling you from a, planner's p T standpoint , that 's going to continue to happen as you popu- lation base increases , commercial and industrial growth is going to occur to serve that populat-ion. Nla.rsters, -. I will tell you from the planner's viewpoint that we will not be -I-Jie same as Barnstable . That Barnstable is a natural business hub and will have more industrial and commercial than we ' ll have . And it 's only natural that they have a larger percentage for that land and T think we have taken into consideration the issues that you brought up and we have a plan for them, and I think that we have adequate indus- trial land -to be honest with you to handle our future needss . PIr. Donnelly. The fi,,)-ure that I auoted was 3% on the average for Barn- stable county. The town of' Barnstable has definitely more land than that . I ®m not suggesting -that you should try to become the employment center of the Cape . Mr . Pii'arsters : Nor would we be the average . We 'd be below the average . Because we 're not an industrial center. MIr . Donnelly. If this property is rezoned , you will still be below the average , In summation .I feel as I stated that there is a need for additional industrial land in PlIash.pee . That 'this location is appropriate for industrial uses in that i don't believe given the site , the soils , vegetation, that kind of thing, that -there won't, be any ad-verse environ- mental impacts , Are -there any other questions I can. . . _klr. Jonas : I would just like to make a comment . You say it 's good location for industrial 'because it 's close -to another industrial area .