Politics & Government

Citizens Group Opposing Development to Bring Expert Witnesses to Table

CODDER 02806 of Barrington will present three expert witnesses to rebut the testimony of experts for the developer of Palmer Pointe at Sowam Nursery.

Opponents of the proposed Palmer Pointe affordable housing development in Barrington will present three expert witnesses at another special meeting of the Planning Board tonight, July 16.

The meeting begins at 7 pm in the School Committee Room of Town Hall.

CODDER 02806, a citizens group that has been fighting against the 48-unit rental complex, asked at the July 2 meeting of the Planning Board if it could rebut some of the testimony presented by expert witnesses for the developer, East Bay Community Development Corporation.

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The group’s attorney, William Harsch, asked for the consideration despite seven or eight previous sessions held on Palmer Pointe. The board agreed to continue the public hearing tonight.

CODDER’s expert witnesses are expected to include an engineer, an environmental biologist and a traffic expert. Their testimony is expected to finally end the public hearing portion of the Planning Board’s analysis of the “master plan” for the development.

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The Planning Board must complete all deliberations on the project by Aug. 22, the deadline set for the first phase of the project.


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