08/28/2008 DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE Minutes

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Minutes of Combined Meeting of Mashpee Design Review Committee and Mashpee Plan Review Committee Held Thursday, August 28,2008 Mashpee Town Hall Meeting Room 1 i Design Review Members Present: Walter Yarosh, Robert Nelson, Tom O'Hara, and Richard Stevens. Plan Review Members Present: Richard Stevens, Building Inspector Sheldon Hamblin, Deputy Fire Chief Tom Fudala, Town Planner Charlie Maintanis, Local Inspector Joel Clifford, Fire Inspector Catherine Laurent, DPW Director Glen Harrington, Health Agent Audience: Bob Wooldridge, Mashpee Americans with Disabilities Act Committee Richard Stevens called the meeting to order at 9 a.m. 470 Main Street Mashpee 130 Shoppes,Inc. Site plan Revisions Representative—Ann Sobolewski Ann Sobolewski, Bill Hulbig, Peter Sullivan, Ron Welch, and Wayne Tavares appeared. Ann Sobolewski addressed the Committee stating they made substantial changes to the Site Plan. She said they are in an unusual, unique position since they will be the first going to Historic review and the Historic Commission will have the most say on how the outside of the building will look. She advised that they hired a consultant to survey and their engineer's plans will be changed. Following items reviewed and discussed: • Porch on building 3 will remain as open porch, but they are making the design more of a farmer's porch. • They are proposing to close over the "jog-off'portion on the cinderblock building. • They haven't broken out inside—keeping as open plan. • Very possible it will be a single tenant. • They've obtained written authorization from 2 abutters of the property waiving the buffer requirement which they needed to accommodate the parking lot. Walter Yarosh asked: Why aren't you holding the 10 foot buffer that's required? Peter Sullivan said to accommodate parking. Ann Sobolewski added that by-law allows buffer can be waived/altered provided abutters approve and Planning Board approves. Walter pointed out that the reason the by-law calls for a 10 foot buffer is so property lines all don't run together. Peter Sullivan noted that on lot 2 and lot 3 they can maintain 20 foot buffer. Walter said but that would be on property you don't own. • They've allowed space to enable connecting parking lots if decided to do so in the future. • Although they will lose 3 parking spaces, they still have 1 spare left. • Handicap ramp with handrail,but Historic Commission will determine what the handrail is to look like. • Peter Sullivan said that by dropping first floor to meet code they were able to reduce the size of the ramps. Walter pointed out that code required that public entrances should be handicap accessible. Peter Sullivan said they will have to revisit the grades to be sure it works. Charlie Maintanis reminded them that 1 in 8 handicap parking,spaces have to be van accessible spaces.