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Opponents of the Taylor Cove 40B condo development attended the April 4 Conservation Commission meeting wherein the developer asked that his Order of Operations for Victoria Place be extended so that he could instead build Taylor Cove on the site—the five-house Victoria Place plan having been shot down by the Planning Board a number of years ago.

After the meeting, the opponents reported that the Commission had seemed set to deny the request when the developer’s team acted surprised, saying that, since they hadn’t moved the road an inch (which some theorize accounts for the awkward placement of the Taylor Cove condo buildings), the original permit should still apply. “Acted” being the operative word, as the ZBA members had clearly stated during their deliberations, attended by the developer, that they believed the Cons Comm would recognize that Taylor Cove was vastly different from Victoria Place and therefore deny the extension.

The developer asked for a continuation to provide time to seek legal counsel, and it was granted. Tonight the hearing continues. The meeting opens at 7:45, and there are five items to be heard ahead of Victoria Place/Taylor Cove. Each agenda item is limited to 15 minutes maximum, so our agenda item might not come up until 9:00, but there’s no way to know for sure, and some items are expected to take less than 15 minutes. To play it safe, opponents should arrive around 8:15.

Andover’s Town Counsel, Tom Urbelis, has stressed that it is important for opponents to attend the Cons Comm hearings, so please come to this critical meeting and be prepared to share your concerns about what the construction of 32 townhouse condominiums with garages and associated visitor parking, built on land sloping down to Shawsheen River tributary, with an outdated out-of-compliance drainage-basin plan, might do to the environment and our Andover neighborhood.

Meeting Details:

ANDOVER CONSERVATION COMMISSION
April 13, 2010 @ 7:45 P.M.
36 Bartlet Street
1st Floor Conference Room