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PRECINCT 11
HANK FARNHAM
The town council has considered the proposed Afford-
able Housing Overlay District (AHOD) zoning ordinance
several times recently and it was on our agenda again last
night. The Planning Board has made a few changes as a
result of several negotiating sessions with councilors, but
I don't think they are enough to have the ordinance pass
the council by 2/3 majority. Some of my council colleagues
are passionate about creating affordable housing and I
am supportive too, so let me explain my opposition to the
current proposal:
Over the last decade the town has toughened up zoning
and increased minimum lot size to help protect neighbor-
hood character and our groundwater supply. While I sup-
port the concept of an AHOD and creation of affordable
housing, I don't support it on a blanket basis throughout
the entire town - in any location that might be available.
I suggested that the proposed ordinance be structured to
follow "predetermined zoning intensification maps." but
the Planning Board, Housing Committee and others have
resisted that concept astoo difficult and costly.I should add
that the 21st Century Task Force (of which I'm a member)
reviewingthe Cape Cod Commission has, as amajor focus,
development drivenby predetermined intensificationzones
- commercial and residential, laid out on GIS maps. That
concept also includes development reduction in sensitive
areas where land preservation is more critical.
I am a believer in smart growth planning; hence my re-
luctance to allowunbridled density on the local level where
it could cause environmental and community character
damage. If, as some of my colleagues suggest, the alterna-
tive threat of a 40B project looms, let it. I don't think any
conventional developer is ready to commit to substantial
new development financingunder current real estate condi-
tions. They certainly are not going to do so with aminimum
40 percent affordable component unless they get maximum
density to maketheproject work for them.Hence,it appears
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Old Village Store to reopen in
West Barnstable
The OldVillageStoreinWestBarnstable, closed for sev-
eralweeksbecause of aplumbingproblem,was to reopen
at 7 a.m.today,owner Mike Rogers reported Wednesday.
He said he had gotten approval to open from the town
health department based on plumbing work performed
at the site since it was closed.
Rogersalsosaidnegotiations were continuingwithTown
Manager John Klimm,alsoLombard land trusteebyvirtue
of his municipal office, on a long-term lease that would
allow more work to be done on the building in order to
reopen the restaurant portion at some future date.
PG
pgauvin@barnstablepatriot.com
Artists become part of village life
Show continues
today, tomorrow
Sunday
By Paul Gauvin
pgauvin@barnstablepatriot.com
PAUL GAUVIN PHOTOS
LIFEAS ART -Artists and model became part of a West Barnstable autumnal scene last week on the lawn
of the Old Selectmen's Building on Meetinghouse Way.
ARTISTAND MODEL-Maria Watson transfers her perception of model
Marylou McCusker to canvas.
It
definitely was not a
dark and stormy night.
It was, instead, a be-
calmed autumnal morn
bright of color and gentle
of air.
It was the kind of morn-
ing last week that begged
humanity's awareness of
Mother Nature's gift of
seasons. Thus it was, on a
sloping hillock overlooking
Meetinghouse Wayin West
Barnstable, that the artists
became one with a bucolic
moment - but painted quite
something else.
There were six or seven of
them, seated or standing in
front of their myriad easels,
palette by their side, brush
in hand, some wearing caps,
one shielded by umbrella,
studying the subject, then
dashing and dabbing a few
strokes of color on canvas to
convey interpretation of life.
They formed a semi-circle
around an ancient tree with
brooding branches, under
which a robust model, legs
crossed, skirt hiked teasing-
ly to display contour of leg
for art's sake, sat motionless
in the shade, resting chin on
thumb, forefinger on cheek.
Nearby was a small table
upon which were open boxes
of doughnuts and muffins
-a reminder that art eats
- and, below that, a small
bucket with bottles of liquid
refreshment for the taking.
Art also drinks.
The sun had scaled the
tree line across the street
shedding full light on the
scene that was partly in
view of passing drivers from
the byway 'neath the hillock.
But life is a rush, and while
motorists perhaps catching
a fleeting glance may have
asked themselves "wonder
what's going on?" -they
moved along. Duty calls, or
perhaps the small sign was a
tad too inconspicuous. "Art
Show Today."
The occasion was the
first group show at the Old
Selectmen's Building of a
school called "Life in West
Barnstable Painters." a
"loosely disorganized group
of friends and painters
who meet to paint through
winter," mostly at the marsh
view home and studio of
West Barnstable resident
Jean Carbonell, she said.
There are some 20 paint-
ers in the group, with a core
of about nine, Carbonell
said. The group thought it
was a good idea to paint
on the lawn of the build-
ing where the art show was
and is being held in hopes it
would attract.
While the show opened
Sept. 26, it continues today
and tomorrow from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. and Sunday from
noon to 4 p.m.
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