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Cape commission reviewers decide Draft report being written ruYVMHu r M«nuiici rnuiu PREPPING -County Counsel Robert Troy prepares to speak to the 21st Century Task Force on the Cape Cod Commission Tuesday. Troy advisedagainst allowinggreater informal access to appointed commission members duringreviews of Developments of Regional Impact, but said public reports on the progress of such reviews were not a problem. As chair of the 21st Century Task Force on the Cape Cod Commission - he chaired the 20th century edition as well - Elliott Carr has a lot to keep track of. So it's easy to understand how he wound up advocating a change last week that was proposed by that earlier review board and adopted in 1994. "Since 1994, the commis- sioner from the town (in which aDevelopment of RegionalIm- pact is situated) has been on the (review) subcommittee," said Maggie Geist, executive director of the Association to Preserve Cape Cod. "Your recommendation was that they should be, and they have been." Perhaps there was awhiff of deja vu Tuesday as the task force wound up its debate over more than 70 ideas for fixing the Cape Cod Commission. Some, such as "taming" the staff in some manner, have been around sincethe agency's earliest days.Othershave been introduced during the past months. After reviewing the results of a straw poll, Carr focused the recommendations in two areas: the Regional Policy Plan, which the task force will recommend be based much more on resource maps so all parties can understand which areas might be developed and which protected , and DRIs, where greater participation by towns in the review process will be touted. Working with co-vice chairs Tom Evans and Wendy Northcross, Carr will create subcommittees to prepare a draft of the final report of recommendations. He expects to reconvene the full group at the end of the month. EFM Apartment request draws flak... CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:1 ~vingale makeher decision that * night,but shedeclined, citing ,what could be a temporary problem with the project's letter of site eligibility from the state. Under the accessory afford- able housing program, prop- erty owners come forward with potential living spaces not permitted as such and agree that, if approved for the program,the units willbe rented at affordable rates in perpetuity. "Thisprogram has multiple benefits ," said Ruth Weil, di- rector of the town's growth management department. "Aside from creating afford- able housing, I think it's im- proved housingstock and the quality of neighborhoods." Councilor Ann Canedy of Cummaquid, who referred Guthinger to the program, says the Centerville woman is serious about providing affordable workforce housing in the small unit. Guthinger'splansfor apool on her property fell through for financial reasons. She was allowed to occupy the pool house during renova- tions to the main house two years ago and was supposed to remove the kitchen from the pool house upon their completion. A recent visit by Building Commissioner Tom Perry revealed that this had not been done. "We don't think it's an ap- propriate project under the statute,"Lawer said,declining to comment further. The attorney also had no comment on the possibility of a challenge to the accessory program itself, based on the premise that an individual cannot qualifyunder Chapter 40B as a limited dividend or- ganization, a public entity,or a non-profit organization. Weil said the housing ap- peals court in Boston has ruled that "as long as you agree to limityour profits ,you are a limited organization." What's more, she said, "This is a pilot program that the state has approved (through the) department of housing and community development. They felt limiting rent levels to something affordable, to 80 percent of median income, qualifies (the owner) as alim- Greenery to sprout offices... CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:1 In the nation, according to Keller, "land around hospitals is the fastest-growing and most in demand. I would say that there's a good chance, if we arepatient here,that we'll have somebody who is just busting at the seams in the medical business." Keller is aware that Cape Cod Hospital has plans to move much of its outpatient operation to anewcampus on Attucks Lane over the next decade , but remains con- vincedthat medicaloffice uses will fly at The Greenery. "Everything willbe stripped from the building except the exterior walls," he said. "There'll be a new roof, new HVAC (heating, ventilation, airconditioning) ,new plumb- ing, new everything. We'llalso buy some adjacent property for expanded parking.Youcan never have enough,especially for medical office space." Keller is the former owner and current operator of the Hyannis Golf Club. His other developmentsincludethe new Merrill Lynchbuildingon 132, the Naked Oyster building on Independence Drive, and the old Taqua headquarters in Independence Park, among others. With Dan Griffin of Dan Griffin Real Estate, who bro- kered the deal for The Green- ery, Keller expects to break ground on a 148-unit Chapter 40B affordable rentalhousing developmentinIndependence Park within the month. Christy's plans ... CONTINUED FROM PAGE A.1 Cartin asked whether there was any truth to the rumor that Christy's to take over that space. The answer came from atown employee inthe audience, who confirmed that anapplication had been submitted and approved by the health division. That information,whichwas con- firmed by the Patriot yester- day,sparked amurmurinthe OVA audience. Christy's had been ru- mored for Osterville in the past, but in an interview with the Patriot last year, chain owner Christy Mihos said that the location didn't work well and was no longer under consideration. Thursday morning,build- ingcommissionerTomPerry said that a permit was filed though his office and re- quiresno board action,nor a visit to site plan review. "It's really like for like," Perry said. In Hyannis , one of the two Christy's operations on Bearse's Way recently changed hands. Signsfor an independent operator for the former location inthe Bobby Byrne'splaza went up about three weeks ago. The newer Christy's gas station across the street remains. EEE found in Marstons Mills. CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:1 The collection came from aMarstons Millsswamp,the exact location of which was not disclosed. Sakolsky said that as soon as the posi- tive report came in crews were dispatched to treat the swamp and a one-mile radius of swamps was to be treated by the end of today. This is the second Cape detection of EEE this year, whichisalsothe second ever, according to Sakolsky. A mosquito sample from Den- nis also tested positive. There have been two con- firmed human cases of EEE inMassachusetts,residents of Lakeville and Acushnet The Cape Cod Mosquito Control Project has es- chewed pesticide applica- tion for more than two decades. The preferred ap- proach is to killmosquitoes in standing pools of water before theyfly,hand-spread- ingbacteria-treated crushed corn cob infused with a natural bacteria that kills larva. Beyond this week's EEE report ,Barnstable has seen two positive mosquito sam- ples for WestNileVirus,both in the Hyannis area. 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