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JANET JOAKIM PHOTO
A BLAZING GOOD TIME - It was a hot time on Craigville Beach
Saturday nightas the Centerville Civic Association lituptheevening
with the traditional bonfire ending to Old Home Week. One problem
this year was a lack of scrap wood from construction projects. Not
to worry, Shelpey Wood Products donated some fresh timbers to
keep the flames alight. One estimate put the crowd gathered to
bask in the glow at 2,000. This photo is courtesy of Centerville
town councilor Janet Joakim and we thank her for it. Our trusty
photographer/editor arrived with equipment and children intow for
an evening out,only to find a pile of charred remains on a deserted
beach. Right time,wrong day.
By Patriot Staff
TJI@barnstablepatnot.com
Welike random questions,
but even more than that , we
like that people think we'll
have the answers.This week,
the e-mailinbox brought the
following: "I am trying to lo-
cate the mailing address for
the Oysterville Yacht Club
... hoping you may have the
address handy..."Well,that's
kind of a toughie, since it
doesn't really exist.Makingit
tougher was the fact that the
query came from a college
admissions office , raising
the distinct possibility that
someone was padding their
extra-curricular credits with
a fictitious job at fictitious
club. While the OYC sports
a burgee , bumper stickers,
evenaWeb site (oyc.org), it's
really just abunch of friends
who don't mind poking fun
at themselves and their
official non-affiliation. Not
to worry,though.The ques-
tioner understood the hoax,
but liked the concept , asthe
annual "dues" to belong to
the club is a $20 check to
the Cam Neely Foundation
for Cancer. She considered
emulating the club with her
friends, perhaps with their
long-standing, though ap-
parently ill-advised, Good
Harbor Beach Bikini Club...
CORRECTION: Last week's
story on the Cape Cod Com-
missionconfused the pre-ap-
plication and pre-approval
periods. Pat Butler wasrefer-
ring to the former when he
said the time spent in that
particular process was often
overlooked.... Like to play a
little round ball? How about
coaching it? The Barnstable
Youth Travel Basketball
organization is looking for
coaches for the upcoming
season for its boys and girls
teams. The season runs Oc-
tober - March. If you have
prior coaching experience
withyoungstersinthe grades
4 to 8 and are interested in
coaching,please contact Da-
vid Lawton at 508-428-9072 ,
evenings....
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A vf aw 14*" ZBA to hear WB housing plan next week
Town officials
working
with HAC on
affordable units
By Edward F.Maroney
emaroney@barnstablepatriot.com
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
BANKINGONAFFORDABLEHOUSING- Celebratinga$15,000 donation
from theTDBanknorth Charitable Foundation toward pre-development '
costs for two affordable housing efforts in West Barnstable are, left '
to right, Rick Presbrey, executive director of Housing Assistance
Corporation; Hilary Greene, HAC's resource development director;
Gisele Gauthier, HAC's development director; and G. Richard Weir of
TD Banknorth.
The zoning board of ap-
peals will take up two West
Barnstable affordable housing
developments at 8p.m. during
its Aug. 23 meeting.
Housing Assistance Cor-
poration , responding to a
request for proposals from
the town, wants to build 12
one-bedroom unitsfor ages55
and up off Meetinghouse Way
(Route 149) on the Lombard
property and 28 two- and
three-bedroom townhouses
off Route 132near the YMCA.
HAC is seekingacomprehen-
sive permitunder state Chap-
ter 40B from the board.
The appealwasscheduled to
be heard last Aug. 9, but was
continued without discussion
to next week.
Staff reports from the plan-
ning division on the projects,
which are knownjointly as the
West Barnstable Community
Projects, indicate that there
are more issues to be resolved
at the 132 site than the one on
MeetinghouseWay.Majoritems
cited regarding the former are
the "limited usable portion of
the site given the proposed
density,the topography of the
site, (and) the location of the
site with respect to Fire De-
partment's response time."
The report notes that the
town attorney'soffice islook-
ing into whether the utility
easement on the property
could be abandoned , thus
increasing the usable space.
Also, according to the report,
HAC is reconsidering the du-
plex structures given the fire
department's recommenda-
tion for sprinklers.
TheMeetinghouseWaybuild-
ing will be served by a private
well.Thereportstatesthat "the
exact location, quantity and
qualityofthewellwaterwillstill
need to befully apprised.How-
ever, the applicant's engineer
is confident and has assured
the SitePlan Review Commit-
tee that an on-site well will be
possible,providepotablewater
in quantities and be sufficient
for the use."
Affordable housing district back to council
Sept. 7 hearing
planned for
AHOD proposal
By David Still II
dstill@barnstablepatriot.com
The previously-defeated
Affordable Housing Overlay
District (AHOD) is back be-
fore the town council and set
for a Sept. 7 public hearing.
The AHOD is intended as a
localalternativefor developers
to create mixedaffordable and
market-rate developments.
Speedand dennedparameters,
as well as a density bonus on
the number of allowed hous-
ing units, are the incentives
for developers to choose the
proposed localprocessinstead
ofusingthestate'sChapter40B
process, can be lengthy, costly
and often adversanal.
It is also an opportunity
for the town to have more
control over the size and scale
of projects.
The AHOD wasdefeated by
one vote last December. The
8-4 favorable vote failed to
carrythe necessarytwo-thirds
majority needed for zoning
changes.
Among the sticking points
was a requirement that at
least 40 percent of the units
in AHOD developments be
designated as affordable ,
which some on the council
considered too high.
As the proposal went down
to defeat last year, planning
board members suggested
that the town simply try
the 40 percent affordability
requirement , arguing that if
that percentage didn't work it
could always be changed.
The proposal to be brought
back retains the 40 percent
requirement , but includes
a mandatory 18-month re-
view/sunset provision to see
if the program is working as
anticipated or if adjustments
are warranted.
The AHOD was adapted
from the Public Initiative
Affordable Housing District
(PIAHD), whichresulted from
an arbitrated settlement be-
tween the town and developer
Jacques Morin.
The PIAHD was targeted
to deal with Morin's multiple
high-density projects in the
Castlewood area of Hyannis,
but the planning techniques
employed - maintaining lot
size and housing density
consistent with existing de-
velopment -are central to the
AHOD proposal .
The AHOD concept is not
tied to any one area of town,
but would be available to
be applied to residential ar-
eas across town. Developers
would identify a parcel, draft
a concept plan and apply
to the town council to have
the AHOD provisions ap-
plied. Gainingthe designation
wouldbe step one,withamore
comprehensive review of the
proposal's specifics to follow
through a planning board
governed process.
TheCape Cod Commission's
30-unit threshold for Develop-
ment of Regional Impact
review of new subdivisions
effectively limits the AHOD
to developments of 29 units
or less. It's expected that any
affordable development that
exceeds 30 units would come
under a Chapter 40 B applica-
tion,asthat process isexempt
from commission review.
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