10/20/2004 PLANNING BOARD Minutes

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Ms. Kerrigan informed the Board that -options have been explord with the Mashpee Post Office, finding no other preferable solution. Dennis Bal arini reminded Ms . Kerrigan that some very appropriate and acceptable plans had been presented to the Board, and to which the Board was in agreement. He asked about one specific option involving relocation to where the maintenance building is located. Ms. Kerrigan responded, `That option is really not the greatest option because that also is very bad access. That is one of the worst visibility points in the entire development . , Dennis Balar.ini suggested the present location i considered to be convenient by the residents; however, the Board considers it to be extremely unsafe . He clearly expressed his position to vote against this proposal . The Chairman quoted from a letter received from Mr. O'Malley, Trustee chair an, dated October 12, 2004, addressed to the Mashpee- Plann,ing Beard: '"In the event the Planning Board does not agree with the current location with improvements, I request that this matter be further continued by the Board to another date. " The Chairman then recognized Stuart Bornstein, who deferred to Tom Quinn. Mr. Quinn stated, "It probably isn' t exactly accurate to say that there is absolutely no other option. But, we have pent...What we did is we started out at Windchime looping at a few different locations, and you are- well aware of the locations we looked at . There is absolutely no where that the post office can be placed with any parting anywhere it' s not at the front entrance. It needs to be at the front entrance. " He stated the Developer has explored every inch of the area located near the tennis courts and are unable t figure out how to make it work. He then. made references to. the plan before the Board, noting the location of the buffer area and Planning Board reluctance to approve removal of any trees . 3