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9 <br /> Board of Selectmen <br /> Minutes <br /> June 21, 2021 <br /> Enclosure: (continued) <br /> TO THE SELECTMEN AND TOWN MANAGER: <br /> I want to thank the Board of Selectmen and the Town Manager for their interest and support on this matter. <br /> Development Agreement is a powerful tool for a developer and a municipality to realize their shared vision,and to <br /> reduce risk and uncertainty to the benefit to all participating parties. The scale of this proposal is large,and there <br /> are many technical topics to consider.And I support the use of in-house experts (provided they have the time and <br /> capacity)and independent consultants as well;to address the following: <br /> 1. Accessibility/ADA consultant, especially considering our aging population and the innovative shared <br /> and reduced parking being proposed by the applicant <br /> 2. Economic specialist to review and interpret the forthcoming Fiscal Impact Study to help the Town <br /> determine the tax burden or tax benefit from the development, review the project proforma to ensure the <br /> financial feasibility of the development,and to conduct a commercial market study so that we know that <br /> our community can absorb the proposed commercial space. <br /> 3. Engineers and experts to review or prepare impact studies such as an environmental impact study, <br /> infrastructure impact study,comparative zoning build-out analysis comparing the new proposed zoning to <br /> the existing zoning, a traffic and transportation impact study,and a utility impact study, and further,to <br /> recommend how best to mitigate these impacts <br /> We should agree that no party has the authority to dictate who we use as technical experts. <br /> Lastly, if the Town does not have the capacity(staff time or expertise)to review this application in house,that the <br /> town should secure the technical experts needed. I imaging this will pose a significant cost to the Town,and the <br /> applicant should provide funding to the town to hire the necessary technical experts to review the application and <br /> assist the Town in negotiations. <br /> Comments made by Mary Waygan June 21, 2021 <br />