02/11/2010 DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE Minutes

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Another consideration mentioned was that if the Fish and Lobster Shop decides to add take-out service and outside seating, bathroom facilities must be made available, subject to prior approval by the Board of Health. Douglas Storrs confirmed that the area was not subject to Turtle area concerns. Glen Harrington made a motion to approve the revised plans presented by Kevin Kirrane with the following conditions: 1) the dumpster should be moved at least 25 feet from the building, covered and enclosed, and situated on a cement slab, with room made available for a recycling container as well 2) designation added on the plan as a non-turtle area 3) the parking lot shall be paved with additional spaces added 4) applicant must remedy issues with the walk-in cooler 5) applicant must go through the BOH if outside seating is made available 6) guard rail will conform to standards for handicapped, with vertical posts, not horizontal Walter Yarosh seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. 10:00 AM Douglas Storrs—Conceptual Plans for Neighborhoods of North Market Street(Phase 2) and East Steeple Street Douglas Storrs introduced himself to the Committee. Douglas Storrs stated that the conceptual plans for development of North Market Street (Phase 2) and East Steeple Street are a part of a lengthy process that started 5 years ago with the master planning of a community development agreement between the -Town of-Mashpee-and Mashpee Commons-Limited Partnership.—Mr. Storrs stated-that he has spent the last 1 '/ years having informal hearings with the Planning Board regarding the development of Phase 2, in an effort to flesh out a lot of the plan issues that relate to these two new neighborhoods. Mr. Storrs is now moving into a formal process of meeting individually with the many town boards and committees before taking the formal step of submitting the plans to the Cape Cod Commission. Mr. Storrs stated that the goal of Mashpee Commons Ltd. Is to create guidelines in the development of Phase 2 and East Steeple Street to emulate a New England flavor. Points raised by the committee members included the following: • Walter Yarosh pointed out that the Design Review/Plan Review committees are concerned with the aesthetics of the buildings, not their interior design • Tom O'Hara would like to see the Town Planning Board have some control over what will be inside the buildings • What will happen to the development if, halfway through to completion of the buildings, the project dies. • Consideration must be made for availability of.town services, i.e., fire, police, schools to support the considerable increase in the size and population of the town • Traffic issues were discussed, i.e., fire truck/ambulance accessibility through the narrow streets, and traffic flow management at thq rotary 3