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Joint—March 8, 2018 Page 1 of 2 Joint Meeting Board of Selectmen and Planning Board March 8, 2018 A Joint Meeting of the Board of Selectmen and the Planning Board was held on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 7:05 p.m. the Samuel Hadley Public Services Building Cafeteria, 201 Bedford Street. Present for the Board of Selectmen (BOS): Ms. Barry, Chair; Mr. Pato; Ms. Ciccolo; Mr. Lucente; and Ms. Hai as well as Mr. Valente, Town Manager; and Ms. Katzenback, Executive Clerk. Present for the Planning Board (PB) were Mr. Canale, Chair; Mr. Creech; Ms. Corcoran- Ronchetti; Mr. Hornig; Ms. Johnson as well as Mr. Henry, Planning Director and Ms. Kowalski, Assistant Town Manager for Development. Also present: Ms. Zammuto, Economic Development Coordinator; David Gamble, Gamble and Associates; and Pam McKinney, Byrne McKinney & Associates, Inc. Hartwell Avenue Zoning Initiative Mr. Gamble presented his recommendation to incorporate the following seven principles in the planning of the Hartwell Avenue Zoning Initiative: • Capitalize on the natural environment towards health and recreation • Diversify transportation alternatives • Establish a new interface between Hartwell Avenue and buildings with streetscape enhancements and lighting • Nurture a neighborhood by diversifying land uses • Foster pedestrian scaled gathering spaces and mid-block connections new development • Anticipate diminished need for parking areas and capitalize on underutilized land for new development • Establish sustainable buildings and performative landscape Ms. McKinney presented key feasibility requirements from the commercial and residential development studies. She provided an analysis of the potential long range market opportunities based on a full redevelopment build-out of the Hartwell Avenue initiative assuming zoning changes are made to enable the following redevelopment/transformation: • Total GSF of Vision build-out=3.2M SF(30%office;45% lab; 15%residential;5% lodging; 5% retail/rest/rec/svc) • Market feasible FAR target= .50 to 1.0 FAR • Market feasible building heights = 5 to 6 stories for commercial and 4 to 5 stories for residential (plus a ground floor with lobby and amenity space) • Market feasible floor plates = 25,000 to 50,000 SF for commercial and 20,000 to 30,000 SF for residential • Market feasible parking ratios = 3.0 spaces/1,000 SF for commercial and 1.0 space/BR for residential