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-2- C R C Meeting July 6, 1982 Richard Spaulding and John Duffy made a presentation of their plans for the Colonial Garage site They plan to demolish the present building, constructing in its place a building with approximately the same footprint but with two sotries The first floor will contain retail space (approx 13,000 sq fto usable space) and an arcade The second floor will be for office space (13,700 sq ft ) There will be 30 parking spaces in the rear; a plaza in the front 30% of the property will be landscaped; 70% paved or built upon Mr Spaulding will appear before the Historic District Commission on the 14th Given Town approvals are made construction could start in October If there are any delays it will probably start next April He will keep the Committee informed The Commit- tee will share with the developers the results of the economic analysis/consumer sur- veys once the analyses are completed MAPC economic analysis is not ready as yet Should be available within 10 days The consumer survey is about done -- the open ended questions are being coded now Bob Sacco reported for the Parking Garage Sub-committee that they had checked into possible sources of funding None seem to be available except for the CARD program Without such outside funding a municipal garage would have to charge between $4-6 per day for a space which the Committee did not think was feasible Mr Sacco will send along our parking program to a consultant in Cambridge wiht whom he has been talking to get his analysis Laura Nichols was appointed chairman of the land use sub-committee Jack Powell is chairman of the urban design-beautification sub-committee The meeting adjourned at approximately 2 00 P.M Jacquie Smith