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5 Mashpee Select Board Minutes January 8, 2024 APPOINTMENTS & HEARINGS DiscussionandPossible Ac tion of theDraftHousing„Production Plan: (continued) The following amendments were considered; K ng_for Housing Choice:, (Page 58) Strategy 7: Exploring zoning mechanisms for increasing options for housing choice outside of the Town's current Open space Incentive Development bylaw; Establishing conventional zoning overlay districts or form -based code overlay districts if desired in developed areas with suitable infrastructure. Remove parenthesis: (or planned infrastructure) Allowing conversion of existing single-family homes to small multifamily homes by special permit. Adding: Without the loss of any historic resources in compliance with flow neutral bylaw. Infrastructure Considerations: Water and Wastewater (Page 43 & 44) Discussion followed with respect to wastewater, funding eligibility, planning and remediation. To remain eligible for future 0% financing on eligible water pollution abatement projects, any change in wastewater flow assumptions would require an update to the Comprehensive Water Management Planning (CWMP). There is concern regarding the Housing Production Plan, its implementation and requirement to be updated and re -submitted as it relates to the phases of the CWMP wastewater project and its realization of its objective and performance. Without a review and potential amendment of the CWMP, opportunities for housing production would remain very limited. Planning...&*Collaboration: (Page 59) Strategy 19: To engage with the Sewer Commission, Board of Health and Natural Resources Department as the Town prepares for new project phases of the CWMP to confer on regulatory amendments relating to house and their potential impact on wastewater management, as well as strategies for prioritizing affordable housing with the Flow Neutral Bylaw, Strategy 19 was removed from the document. There is an urgent need to restore water quality in the Town of Mashpee. It was agreed retaining Strategy 19 is premature and a barrier as it is projected the sewering and permitting process would not be completed within the 5-year Housing Production Plan (2024-2029). Strategy 19 would thus be planned for the out -years of the Housing Production Plan.