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Minutes for the Meeting of November 19, 2008 Page 5 Town desires are not as well understood as the State mandated affordable housing requirements are. Ms. Manz said she was interested in the public benefit development and was also interested in a playing field as another possible public benefit since the site was flat. Ms. McCall-Taylor said the public benefit development had been rewritten to only allow affordable housing as the public benefit. Mr. Galaitsis said the lot was sizeable and had flexibility. Saving the Victory Garden with a site sensitive development would be an amenity to the Town. The balanced housing development was an option but, at an increased density, he would like to see 10% of the units affordable with or without the bonus square footage to maintain or improve the Town’s percentage of 40B-affordable units. The development should have neutral impacts on town finances and, preferably, not have only large homes. Instead he favors around 11 homes for families and around 11 very small units with one or two bedrooms, suitable for empty-nesters and young professionals. Mr. Hornig was concerned about the circulation on site; the intersection was already complex and adding two more intersections could be an issue. Other options to consider would be to integrate the school drive and traffic circle with site access, add a bicycle path to the school and pedestrian access to conservation land. There would be a preference for diversification of housing types. Mr. Canale said to reduce the entry onto Hancock Street to one outlet and the other for emergency access to Hancock or School Road. Going forward seek out the sidewalk committee for input. Mr. Henry presented some figures at 20, 32 & 40 units that were as follows: 1. The 20 units would have an average size of 3,800 square feet; 5 small units, 5 moderate units and 10 units at 4,800 square feet; 2. The 32 units would have an average size of 2,500 square feet; 8 small units, 8 moderate units and 16 units at 1,850 square feet; and 3. The 40 units would have an average size of 2,000 square feet; 10 small units, 10 moderate units and 20 units at 860 square feet. A balanced housing development would most likely settle at 32 units and public benefit housing at 40 or more units. Mr. Canale said if this site was further from the school it would be considered appropriate for a balanced housing development, but the additional cars would be a problem since they were located close to the