The newest team developing the beleaguered Brandt Point Village subdivision met informally with the Mattapoisett Planning Board on May 16 to discuss the current status of Phase 1 and the tri-party agreement pending for Phase 2.
Mark Marcus of Omega Financial Corporation, the current lender and trustee replacing Joseph Furtado, along with builder Armand Cortellesso and attorney John McGreen, came before the Planning Board, each taking a turn explaining that Phase 1 as-built plans for both Phases 1 and 2 had been prepared by McKenzie Engineering and forwarded to Field Engineering, the town’s engineer.
Ken Motta of Field Engineering, also in attendance, said that he recently received those plans and would be completing his review in the coming days. He said he would also confer with Al Loomis of McKenzie Engineering.
Marcus and his team need Phase 1 to be accepted by the Planning Board before moving forward on June 6 with the previously negotiated tri-party agreement that would allow Phase 2 homes to be constructed while giving financial surety to the town.
Cortellesso said that Phase 1 roadway work should be complete in about ten days and assured that other matters often brought to the board’s attention by Phase 1 residents would be subsequently completed.
Marcus and company will return to the Planning Board on June 6 for a public hearing that will include the tri-party contract.
Also coming before the board was Allen Decker of the Buzzards Bay Coalition regarding property off Long Plain Road that was recently accepted by Town Meeting. The applicant asked for and received a Form A subdivision of the property for conveyance purposes with two parcels going to the Mattapoisett Water and Sewer Department and one being retained by Howard Tinkham. The acquisition of the property, as explained by Decker, is for the purpose of protecting fresh water drinking wells and the Mattapoisett River Valley.
James Santos, 5 Fairview Drive, asked for approval of his driveway application that had also been reviewed and accepted by Highway Surveyor Barry Denham. The board approved the application.
The Planning Board and Denham discussed the best practices moving forward to ensure that driveway construction documentation is in line with existing bylaws.
Planning Board member John Mathieu, along with members Karen Field, Mary Crain, and acting Chairman Nathan Ketchel agreed with Denham that a form will need to be completed by his department prior to residents submitting their applications to the Planning Board. Mathieu said that by having driveway plans placed on the agenda, public discourse could take place. Approved plans will then be filed with the Building Department.
The next meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board is scheduled for June 6 at 7:00 pm in the town hall conference room.
By Marilou Newell