REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION STATEMENTS AND FEE/COST QUOTES FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION STATEMENTS AND FEE/COST

QUOTES FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY

51 Sampsons Mill “VFW Site” AFFORDABLE/WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

1.      Request

The Town of Mashpee Affordable Housing Trust (“MAHT”) seeks statements of qualification and fee/cost quotes from qualified engineering firms to provide engineering/design services required to develop an Affordable/Workforce Housing Feasibility Site Assessment for a 65 acre (+/-) Town-owned parcel of land under the care and control of the Mashpee Select Board located at 51 Sampsons Mill Road, Mashpee, MA 02649, hereinafter referred to as the ‘subject parcel.’ The subject parcel is bisected by a Commonwealth Electric Utility Easement generally running east-west through the Town. Approximately 13 of the parcel’s 65 acres are north of the Easement. The Town wishes to understand feasibility for affordable housing across the entire 65 acres.

2.      Background

At its meeting of June 26, 2023, the Mashpee Affordable Housing Trust authorized staff to procure a consultant for determining the subject site’s feasibility for development as affordable/workforce housing. Subsequent to determining the site’s feasibility, the Town may elect to consider transferring this parcel into the care and control of the Affordable Housing Trust for purposes of affordable/workforce housing development and submitting a Town Meeting authorization/appropriation article for that purpose.

51 Sampson’s Mill Road is a 65 acre (+/-) residentially zoned parcel in the Town’s R3 Zoning District. It is bounded to the east by Sampson’s Mill Road, to the west by Town-owned property along paper street Delphic Avenue and to the north by Route 28 (See attached locus). The Town’s primary interest is determining feasibility for the entire 65 acres however understands feasibility may be impacted by the electric utility easement bisecting the property. The site is generally located across from the Sea Oaks Condominiums and is in close proximity to the site of the Mashpee Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF), which is presently under construction.

In consideration of the subject parcel’s size (65 acres +/-) and advantageous location across from the WWTF site, staff recommended that this parcel be evaluated for potential transfer to the MAHT for development consistent with the Town’s housing needs as defined in the Mashpee Affordable Housing Production Plan.

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