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The Zoning Board of Appeals is current running an open public hearing regarding the proposal to build 224 units in two apartment buildings under a 40B comprehensive permit. However, the site is the exact spot of the Rolling Green Golf Course. Andover Patch wanted to know how readers thought about this change so we asked them. Here is what they said.
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This week's You Ask...Patch Answers addresses the potential impact of a 224-unit apartment complex at the Rolling Green golf course.
How Will the 40B Affect Schools in the Proposed Plan at Rolling Green? The developer proposing the 40B project at the Rolling Green Golf course has recently changed the project from what was originally proposed last year. It now includes 224 rental units between two buildings, varying between one, two and three bedroom apartments. A total of 25 percent of the units will be deemed affordable and will cost less based on 80 percent of the annual median income of the area. Using rough figures from existing condo and apartment complexes, a consultant with the project estimated that this will eventually add 45 new students to the Andover Public Schools system. The overall increase in educational costs for the town was estimated at $515,000 per …
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1:15 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
They used a conservative estimate that included not just salaries and benefits, but administrative and maintenance costs as well as others that can be associated with the addition of new students. They came at a cost of $12,700 per student, then subtracted the average amount each child receives from state education aid, which is $1,250, and finally came at $11,450 per pupil cost annually. more ›
andover resident
4:15 pm on Sunday, May 20, 2012
the apt complex would be a disaster..we are already over burdened tax wise with the other new apt complexes..is the builder going o pay the taxes for all those kids to go attend the andover schools??what we need is elderly/over 55 housing why doesn't the builder build to suit that need?? more ›