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Minutes for the Meeting of April 14, 2004 2 Ms. Martha Doo of 26 Cary Avenue asked about the alignment of the roadway with the drives across the street. She did not want it to be aligned with her driveway and was concerned about cars parking on the street, as it was already difficult getting out of her driveway because of telephone poles. Mr. Cataldo was asked who owned the adjacent lot at 39 Cary Avenue and he replied that he did but that it would be of no benefit to him to add it to the subdivision. It is a pie- shaped lot with 137' of frontage. The existing house will be torn down and replaced. Mr. Harden asked about the wooded area to the rear. Mr. Dryden said there were very few significant trees, it was mostly young trees. Mr. Davies said that the house was located too close to the large maple for the tree to survive. Mr. Kastorf said that he was interested in affordable units and using accessory apartments. He said he could support a hammerhead but wanted the open space massed and taken a step further, maybe attaching units. He said his guess was that this was a three house conventional subdivision, not 5 and suggested looking at two sets of two and a single. Mr. Cataldo said he was reluctant to attach units and cited the Summer Street development that had four units on 1.4 acres. Mr. Galaitsis said two and two would be better and that he should give attachment a more serious look. Mr. Harden indicated that he was not sure about the fifth house. He felt probably three could be done as of right and that 5 houses of this size was pushing the cluster. Mr. Kastorf said if there were to be rental units they must be affordable and included in the 3,800 square feet. Mr. Galaitsis said if it looks like a basement, it's not an apartment, and if it's two stories, it should look like two stories. Mr. Cataldo said he would return with another sketch incorporating some of the comments. ARTICLES FOR 2004 TOWN MEETING * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** Article 13 —Metropolitan State Hospital Redevelo ment — The Board briefly discussed DCAM's response to the school -aged children guaranty. DCAM was willing to drop the credit to them if the number of school -aged children dropped below 91 and have the five -year period start at 75% occupancy but was not willing to do away with tying the guarantee to the total school enrollment. The Board members agreed that this was not a problem as it could still be their recommendation and they stood by the vote of the day before recommending the project to Town Meeting. On a motion duly made and seconded, the Board voted unanimously to -oum at 7:55 p.m. /,' John L. Davies, Clerk