10/25/2007 DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE Minutes

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Minutes of Combined Meeting of Mashpee Design Review Committee and Mashpee Plan Review Committee Held Thursday, October 25, 2007 Mashpee Town Hall Meeting Room 1 Design Review Members Present: Thomas O'Hara, Walter Yarosh,Robert Nelson, Tom Jalowy, and Richard Stevens. Plan Review Members Present: Richard Stevens, Building Inspector Charlie Maintanis, Local Inspector Sheldon Hamblin, Deputy Fire Chief Drew McManus, Conservation Agent Tom Fudala, Town Planner Joel Clifford—Fire Department Meeting called to order at 9:15 a.m. PROJECT FOR REVIEW: Sovereign Bank 3 Charles Street Don Me�zathlin Don Megathlin,Matt Eddy, and Peter Glick of SMMA(Architect firm for Sovereign Bank) appeared. Peter Glick showed picture of proposed bank building. Don Megathlin addressed the Committee stating he spoke with Charlie about handicap parking and they added 2 handicap parking spaces. He said they met handicap parking requirements but have thought about eliminating one by Marshall's. He said the bank estimates having 14-16 regular parking spaces. With that, the following points were reviewed and discussed: j • Don Megathlin said they have a landscape plan but did not ask Mary LeBlanc to come since it is a straightforward plan. • Lighting—they are taking out 1 of the streetlights; all lighting has been completed. • On the site layout plan,Matt Eddy pointed out the drive-through lane and Don said they had to re- locate Verizon and NStar and are having the engineers do the relocation. • Don stated that one Planning Board member asked them to do a traffic study and they did. Three issues were addressed: The distance from Route 28 to the bank driveway is within requirements; Charles Street has adequate traffic width; and they looked at 2 Southeast banks and determined the traffic circulation is more than adequate. • Matt stated that the HVAC enclosure does not have to meet setback and is not a variance issue. • The Committee asked whether or not sidewalk near the bank parking lot could be extended so the customers wouldn't have to walk in traffic lane. The response was "yes", they could do that. Don Megathlin noted that ZBA asked for pedestrian access from old liquor store and that would tie into the walkway we're talking about. • Both Walter Yarosh and Charlie Maintanis pointed out that the handicap parking spaces do not meet the requirement of being placed close to the point of entrance they are serving. Charlie added that because of this,they still have a problem. Charlie said they've had calls on Olympia and Marshall's handicap parking. Don Megathlin will coordinate with Charlie on the handicap parking. • Tom Jalowy pointed out that since 7 Korean boxwoods on the landscape plan are on sidewalks and are very pungent, he suggested they replace these with whatever else Mary LeBlanc uses.