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November 13,2018 Special Town Meeting#1(2018-1),cont... ....,.. E:dNCdRG,HIfuHWAY AR JNYgOE:ROOdNNF,CrcVR RO f2 RU Ff RO "I'll, A RO r m RO RO F Rd CO OfNi�ENL Ik9�;� fi Ro Ro Rr7,;�brS 'QN HO %Fos Rd q° Figure 1-Estimate ..,.. E:dNCdRG,HIfuHWAY AR JNYgOE:ROOdNNF,CrcVR a T m /F 4+Ve OfJ4G)l"NAVif NUE �S 'QN OJ X�� Fos d /F Figure 2-Proposed 7:43 p.m. Jill Hai,member,Board of Selectmen,recused herself from discussion and voting. 7:43 p.m. The Moderator recognized Ted Tye,founding partner of National Development,the proponent requesting a zoning change at 55 and 56 Watertown Street.Mr.Tye outlined the senior housing project,situated on 17 acres of land owned by the Belmont Country Club.He stated the proposed development would include 116 independent living residences,48 memory care residences and 40 assisted living units.Twenty-one of the units would be affordable.Mr.Tye stated that undisturbed land surrounding the development would be permanently preserved through conservation restrictions.He presented plans of the two facilities,"Waterstone"and`Bridges"and stated that due to topography,he believed the visual impact of the multi-story buildings would be mitigated.He stated that the closest residence to the development was 750' away.The development,he noted, would generate$785,000 in taxes annually,but would cost the Town$400,000 in public safety costs. He stated that if Special Town Meeting did not pass the rezoning,the project"would not move forward",indicating there would be no opportunity to bring the proposal back to the 2019 Annual Town Meeting. 8:02 p.m. The Moderator noted an omission on the second paragraph of the motion;a"3."Had been left off the last word of the sentence. 8:02 p.m. Ginna Johnson,Chair,Planning Board,delivered the Planning Board's oral Report. The Board had previously prepared and distributed a written Report,which it did not present.Ms. Johnson noted that while the vote in the written report had been(3-2)in favor of the rezoning,the Board had reconsidered their vote,and had voted just before the opening session of Special Town Meeting to withdraw support.The final vote of the Board she reported was(l-4). She stated that there were many good features of the plan,but the Board felt it should not go forward in its current form. 8:04 p.m. Charles Hornig,member,Planning Board,reviewed the Preliminary Site Development and Use Plan(PSDUP)and the site planning process.He referenced the public hearings that had been held and the Memorandum of Understanding(MOU)signed by the Town,National Development and the Belmont Country Club. 8:08 P.M. Ms.Johnson stated that five goals of the Board had not been met by the developer relating to affordable housing,senior housing,economic diversity,resource protection and quality design/protection of the Town's character.