05/22/2008 DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE Minutes

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Willowbend Country Club Simons Road/Fin Me Oot Section Applicant—Matt Eddy Matt Eddy, Jack McElhinney, and David Wood appeared. Jack McEthinney began by stating that this is the continued hearing on their proposal for 62 units at Willowbend. He said at the last hearing there were a couple of specific questions and comments; and they have addressed the 2 major issues—namely, they brought the 3.- story elevation plans today; and they've relocated Simons Road, Matt Eddy then took the floor to go over the proposal: • They met with Tom Fudala and came up with an alternative to legally relocate Simons Road behind the units. • Speed bumps will be installed on the relocated Simons Road. • They met with the Fire Department and walked through some of their concerns regarding access to the building and access into the units. • They expanded Simons Road and relocated it behind the buildings and that allowed them to meet the needs of Willowbend and meet requirements and desires of the town. • Widened entrances on 3-story buildings to enable ladder truck and engines to be side-by-side. • No vegetation larger than 20 feet in height at full maturity to be in front of any of the units to allow Fire Department to get their ladder truck in front and extend ladder to building if necessary. • They've added 2 fire hydrants that are not shown on these plans but will appear on final plans. They want to show proposal to all the boards for review, get comments, and then prepare final plans. • They are going to the Board of Selectmen for approval to relocate Simons Road. • They are going to Planning Board on June 4 for modification of the Special Permit. • They expect the development project will be done in three potential phases, depending on the market. 3-story buildings • 45 feet in height at rear building peak; main ridge is 41'-6" in height. Width is about 62 feet. • All wood frame. • 6 units per each 3-story building. 2 Units per floor. • First floor each unit is 2,010 square feet; second and third floor each unit is 2,040 square feet. Sheldon asked Richard Stevens: If using sprinkler system for fire protection, do they have to use a 13 or 13R? Richard Stevens said he would check on this. • Has elevator. Has basement. ' • Enclosed outside stairwell at back of the unit. • They are going to the ZBA for height variance. Existing villas are approximately 35 feet high. Walter Yarash said there is no problem with the Height from Design Review standpoint. Conclusion: Matt Eddy and Jack McElhinney thanked this Committee and said good comments came out of this Committee. Matt said yesterday he provided Tom Fudala with copies of these revisions. Walter Yarosh said he would get a copy from Tom to be stamped on behalf of Design Review. 2