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�o Y TOWN OF MASHPEE BOARD CHAIRMEN'S MEETING Tuesday, July 27, 2004 Chairperson Attendees: Joyce Mason, Town Administrator Sheldon Hamblin, Deputy Fire Chief John Cahalane, Board of Selectmen Eric Smith, Town Planning Board Wayne Taylor, Open Space Jamie Regan, Zoning Board Beverly Kane, Planning Board Debbie Battle, Housing Authority Dennis Balzarini, Planning Board Absent: Lee Gurney, Planning Board Cape Cod Commission Glenn Harrington, Board of Health Water Department Chairman John Cahalane called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM. He stated that the agenda for the meeting was simple but far reaching: a discussion among the Town leaders as to what can be done to create and implement a Smart Growth Plan for the Town of Mashpee. The traffic problem, which is fallout from over development and the resulting exploding population, is the main concern. John then invited all chairpersons or their designees to give their views on these issues. Beverly Kane, Planning Board. Beverly stated that she had become increasingly frustrated after a recent follow-up meeting from six months ago,with Cape Cod Commission representatives and the Board of Selectmen. Her frustration comes from what she feels is a lack of direction toward establishing a strategy for the Town of Mashpee to address the continuing development and resulting traffic problems. Before this committee begins to discuss various strategy options to resolve these problems, she recommended the following actions: - A"time out", or moratorium, from 12 to 18 months, to thoroughly research the problems in order to come up with a realistic resolution - Have the Town, either through the CCC or a local zoning bylaw, establish a District of Critical Planning Concern (DCPC)for all or part of Mashpee to prohibit additional traffic impact from any further adjacent developments Dennis Balzarini, Planning Board. Dennis felt that no matter what action might be taken at the rotary, the feed-in traffic from Rt. 28 and Rt. 151 would continue to create a serious traffic problem. We need to be talking to, and working with surrounding towns, i.e., Falmouth, Sandwich, and Barnstable about the issue, from which a large share of the problem traffic emanates. Lee Gurney, Planning Board. Lee agreed with Dennis that the problem goes beyond the rotary. 'She agreed with the idea of a"time out" to establish the root of the problem, define our goals, and determine what our options are. Sheldon Hamblin,Fire Dept. Sheldon stated that he has no immediate answers. Statistics on the number of emergency calls to the Fire Dept. show an increase of from 700 in 1980 to 2700 in 2004. The growth in residential and commercial development is exceeding the department's capability to handle the load of providing necessary services. Glenn Harrington, Board of Health. The Board's immediate goal is to try to promote more individual onsite sewage treatment systems. Joyce Mason. Joyce stated that it is her task to try to balance the need for new growth and revenue with meeting the needs for infrastructure and town services. She must work with developers to make sure they recognize this need as well. Joyce further stated that she is aware of the increasing demands on the services of the fire and police departments, as well as the Town Hall staff. John Cahalane, Board of Selectmen. John stated that he would be in favor of the idea of a mortorium, but cautioned that there would need to be a definite plan of action for such a period. He does not want the situation to arise where all activity stops and no concrete progress is made for a 12 month period. I