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i <br /> ` Ab <br /> boards and agencies that review new development ar e capable of <br /> insuring that such growth will not adversely affect the townis :! <br /> environmental resources. The vast majority of new residential or <br /> mixed-use developments will be reviewed and will need approval at <br /> Cape Cad Commission s ion Pp <br /> the p (CCC) level as well as at the Town level. ;- <br /> The CCC has the ability to assess impact fees which address r, : ,•;, <br /> economic and environmental issues to insure that there will be no � <br /> net negative impact , from new growth. Further, b limiting in the �. <br /> total building permits s to �y �g t g p 6o per year, a dramatic reduction from ; ,.,r <br /> past years, the Town will experience a supply <br /> � P pP yand demand � <br /> imbalance that will artificially inflate housing values and <br /> eliminate the potential for affordable housing options. <br /> Secondly, the Article I s premise is to "have time to plan '` 0Jil' <br /> effectively by studying the effects of residential growth on the <br /> Town Is character, natural resources and natural environment" . As 14 <br /> the Planning Board is acutely aware, the Town has just completed <br /> a multi-year process of crafting and endorsing a Local ° <br /> Comprehensive Plan. This plan was subsequently approved by a -A' <br /> majority of the votes in Mashpee and endorsed by the CCC. This <br /> plan studies the of fects of growth in great detail and provided a <br /> blueprint for the orderly growth of our community. New <br /> residential growth has provided job growth and an increase in tax <br /> revenue while being highly regulated hi hl re ulate and controlled by the <br /> existing growth management bylaw. This Petition Article would of <br /> create a significant economic disruption in our community by ;: 1� <br /> virtue of a dramatic reduction in housingwhile doing little,e, if t4, <br /> anything, to improve the natural environment. Improvements s to 'f <br /> p <br /> the "natural environment" are more readily achieved by placing , <br /> g an <br /> increased focus on existing developments and previously approved <br /> projects, particularly their waste s.y disposal systems. New growth <br /> impacts <br /> .. <br /> planned appropriately, can result in positive fiscal m <br /> p : <br /> while insuring that there is no negative impact upon the � , t <br /> environment. The controls are <br /> currently In place to meet the <br /> stated goals of Article 37 as submitted. I encourage the Board . <br /> to continue with the logical and sensible current planning <br /> process with the support of existingregulation and the guidance '' E <br /> of the g <br /> Local Comprehensive Plan and vote against the endorsement <br /> of this amendment. t' <br /> v The Chairman recognized Mr. Storrs, who stated he feels the <br /> concerns of the Article are valid, however he does not feel the ' <br /> ,s.TAB <br /> Article will necessarily address said concerns. He also stated � <br /> his concerns for land use/residential use, the reduction of '� <br /> building permits to 60 all beinginappropriate �.;Town planning. <br /> �f <br /> Mr. Storrs feels that had this been a valid Town concern, it ; <br /> would have been addressed within the Local Comprehensive Plan., <br /> He state p <br /> d that he feels it is inappropriate to address the issue <br /> Of growth control by means of a petition article. <br /> s f <br /> James Dorgan inquired as to how the statistics mentioned <br /> wlt�ll <br /> n the petition article had been calculated. <br /> i} <br /> f 04 <br /> 4P ,., <br />