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16 Great Neck RoadNarth <br />Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649 <br />Quinaquisset into the Willowbend Special Permit as allowed. 287 <br />dwelling units is the maximum number of dwelling units authorized <br />under the Special Permit. All units will be connected to and served <br />by the existing privately owned wastewater treatment plant which <br />serves the entire Willowbend project. <br />Attorney Jack McElhinney is present tonight representing Southworth Properties. Joining him <br />is Matthew Eddy with Baxter Nye Surveying, Troy Miller from Southworth via Zoom, and <br />Dennis Ring, the President for construction at Southworth is also present. As the Public <br />Hearing notice indicated, they are proposing 14 single family cottages on a 5 acre parcel <br />known as 275 Quinaquisset Ave. It was acquired by Southworth in 2019 and is currently home <br />to a single family 5 bedroom serviced with septic. This single piece is surrounded by the entire <br />golf course, 5 acres surrounded by 400 acres of development. It was not part of the original <br />Special Permit back in 1987. There have been discussions with the Board about including this <br />in a town -wide initiative to develop a cottage colony bylaw for small infill projects, but after <br />input that proposal was not pursued. They are seeking to proceed under section 174-29 C9, <br />which allows the Board to modify a Special Permit to annex in contiguous land, and under <br />Special Permit it does not expand available units or decrease open space. By adding 5 acres it <br />will not allow increase to the original permit limit, but they can relocate some permits onto this <br />piece which is what they are proposing. The current maximum units are fixed at 287, of which <br />274 have previously been approved by this Board and constructed, with exception to a handful <br />of lots. They would like to reallocate the remaining 13 permits to this parcel and reclaim one <br />permit from North Glen Drive which was a double lot bought by a single owner who decided to <br />install a pool, but there is a restriction that second property would never be built on. There is <br />one question regarding the original permit having a condition to require 100 ft. buffer along <br />Quinaquisset Ave. maintained in a vegetative state included as an original condition. The <br />bylaw at that time required a minimum vegetative buffer of 40 ft. The Board had discretion to <br />impose greater and did, but it has legal authority to require with this in excess of 40 feet. The <br />project will entail wetland impacts, significant mitigation efforts which will involve the retirement <br />of a 2.5 acre active cranberry bog. They are proposing to abandon any active agriculture and <br />restore natural vegetation and species to allow the whole area to re -naturalize over 2 acres, <br />thus will improve overall water quality at Shoestring Bay and Quaker Run. <br />Matt Eddy added in addition, they met with Design Review and Plan Review on February 21St <br />and received some recommendations. They will be going through Conservation and have <br />intent on filing next week. The lot is in the center of Willowbend. Existing conditions have it as <br />275 Quinaquisset Ave. It is approximately 5.06 acres with 1.5 acres of wetland. It contains <br />isolated and bordering vegetative wetlands, cranberry bogs, and Quaker Run. There are 4 <br />bogs in total. The existing dwelling is a single family house with 5 BR, septic, driveway and a <br />fair amount of ground disturbance. The larger isolated wetland is an old bog that has been <br />2 <br />