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Minutes, September 23, 1985 page 3 -------------- ADMINISTRATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS COMPREHENSIVE PERMIT 203. Katandin Woods, Wood Street: Appointment with BIDC: Arthur Ullian, William Kasper and Charles Tseckares, architect, for BIDC presented their plans for the construction of multi -family housing on the corner of Wood Street and Hartwell Avenue under the Comprehensive Permit process. They will be financing this through MFHA but the federal program, called the Ullman Bill allows a tax exemption if 20% of the units are for low-income. Mrs. Flemings asked if they have plans to use state 707 money in the proposal. Mr. Ullian replied they did not plan to, but they could. Mrs. Smith said that the Town needs family rental housing and that is what they are looking for in this development. She hoped that the Town could work in partnership with the developer. The Board wants the housing to remain in the rental stock of the town as long as possible. Per the Teller Program, the lock - in period for units remaining rental is 14-15 years. Then the units must first be offered for sale to the tenants; then, to the local Housing Authority at a 10% discount. Mrs. Klauminzer felt that the number of units appropriate for families was too low. The present plans show approximately 60% 2 bedroom and 40% one bedroom with three 3 bedroom units. The Housing Needs Advisory Committee would like to see ' more units for families. She suggested decreasing the number of one bedroom units and increasing the number of three bedroom units. Mr. Ullian requested some concrete numbers of what the Town wants in a bedroom mix. Mr. Tseckares presented the plans for site development and buildings. He said that the fact that the site is in a transition area from commercial to residen- tial development produced the concept of using larger residential structures to reflect the commercial development nearby. Joyce Miller, chairman of the Conservation Commission, asked how many units were now being planned. The answer was 138 units which will allow for a 50 foot buffer around all the wetlands. Mr. Ullian reported that the BSC will do the traffic study. He felt that the increase in traffic will be less with residential development than if the site had been developed commercially, and that the "reverse" commute generated by the residential development will have less impact on the already heavy.traffic in the area. Mrs. Flemings questioned the design of such large buildings for the steep slopes that exist on the site. Mr. Ullian answered that in order to protect the wet- lands as required by law, and still get the density they need to be financially feasible, they must build on the slopes and cut the treed area since that is all that is left. Mrs. Klauminzer wondered if smaller buildings and more of them might cause less havoc to the site. Mrs. Smith agreed that the design concept of using the land as a transition between commercial and residential use was good, but that the bulk of the build- ings was too great, and that too much of the land and trees had to be disturbed to accomplish this. She hoped they could do better, although she realized that