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At of 11:59 AM today (11/15/2010), the Taylor Cove continued hearing was still on the Cons Comm agenda for Tuesday, November 16, at 8:15 PM. The time allotted is 15 minutes.
It appears that no one from the neighborhood was aware of the previous sessions, although abutters were allegedly notified.
A conservation agent for Andover stressed that it is very important for interested parties to attend this session.
The stated purpose of the continued hearing is “commencing the engineering peer review as revised in two phases; staff to draft a proposal for the environmental peer review; and verification on the status of Victoria Place Subdivision (DEP File #090-0792) by DEP that the Permit Extension Act applies.”
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
March 30, 2010
7:00 PM
CD&P Conference Room, 1st Floor, Town Offices, 36 Bartlet Street, Andover
7:00 Continued Deliberation of Taylor Cove (40B)
3803 – 0 + 86 River Street, 15R Charlotte Drive
An article by Brian Messenger about the proposed Taylor Cove development was posted on the Eagle-Tribune on January 8, 2010:
ANDOVER — Some Ballardvale residents fear a proposed 32-unit development off River Street will destroy a rustic section of their neighborhood and make traffic problems in the south of town even worse.
The proposed development, named Taylor Cove, has skirted certain local zoning guidelines under state law Chapter 40B, which governs affordable housing projects.
“It’s pretty shocking,” said Frances Wheeler of nearby 4 Hillcrest Road. “It will basically be 10 acres of devastation that’s only being considered because it’s a 40B.”
[To read the rest of the article, go to: http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_007232700.html.]
Attend January 5 Hearing and Protect Our Neighborhood
Ballardvale resident Kathy Romig took this photo out her kitchen window on New Year’s Day 2010.
These woods are part of the 10 acres that the Taylor Cove developer wants to bulldoze in order to build the 32 condominiums, garages, parking spaces, and road.
Please come to the continued hearing on Tuesday, January 5, 2010, at 7 p.m. in The Hall, 2nd floor, Memorial Hall Library, Elm, Square, Andover.
It may be the last hearing before the ZBA renders its decision.
Zoning Administrative Secretary Barbara Burke has announced that the next session of the continued hearing on Taylor Cove will be Tuesday, January 5, 2010, at 7 p.m. in The Hall, 2nd floor, Memorial Hall Library, Elm, Square, Andover.
Please attend if you can. At the last hearing, both the ZBA chairman and the town counsel urged Charlotte Drive residents to seek private legal counsel to protect their titles. A ZBA board member commented that the Taylor Cove plan might well be the least site-sensitive plan he’d ever been called upon to review. And there are many other issues.
Please, if you can, come to the meeting to protect our immediate neighborhood, Ballardvale, and all of Andover from this inappropriate, precedent-setting proposal.
November 18, 2009, ZBA Hearing
Because the continued hearings on Taylor Cove at regular ZBA meetings kept starting late, running late, and then running out of time, the ZBA chairman decided to have a special meeting DEVOTED ONLY TO TAYLOR COVE. The meeting will begin at 7:00 PM on November 18 in the 3rd-floor conference room in the town offices.
To make sure that all neighborhood and citizen concerns are addressed, the chairman suggested that residents send Zoning Administrative Secretary Barbara Burke (bburke@andoverma.gov) a list of their key concerns about the proposed development.
Please email the concerns as soon as possible so that the board has a chance to review them prior to the meeting.
This hearing COULD BE THE LAST on the Taylor Cove proposal, so please seriously consider what part you can play to ameliorate the project before it becomes a reality and, for Charlotte Circle residents, to protect the legal standing of your property titles.
Please click on the link below, to hear the complete audio of the ZBA meeting on Oct 1.
The three towns are hosting “Listening Sessions” in each town to seek community input on the development of the Form-Based Code and to discuss goals and objectives that will set the regulatory framework for future development for approximately 700 acres of land in the Tri-Town area.
–October 6, from 6-9pm, Andover Public Safety Building, 32 North Main St.
–October 7, from 6-9pm, Wilmington Town Hall, 122 Glen Road Room 9
–October 8, from 6-9pm, Tewksbury Town Hall Auditorium
For more information on this project, visit http://www.vhb.com/tri-townfbc/
On Wednesday evening, several ZBA members, the developer, the developer’s engineer, and, unfortunately, just a handful of neighbors showed up for the walkthrough.
Speaking for myself, even though I was already familiar with the plans, it was still shocking to have pointed out on site the drastic amount of topographic change planned and the height and proximity to existing houses of the proposed buildings.
For some reason, two ZBA members did not show up at the walk-through, so another visit will be necessary.
One board member reiterated the chairman’s point from the September 3 ZBA hearing that residents of Charlotte Drive Extension should strongly consider hiring legal assistance to protect their titles should the Taylor Cove project move ahead as proposed.
There is only so much a few neighbors can do here. There is a stronger voice in numbers. I am sure Fyj will follow up with a synopsis of the discussion with the ZBA members.
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