CHILMARK PLANNING BOARD
Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, January 9, 2012 @ 4:30 PM
Present: Janet Weidner, chair, Cathy Thompson, Dan Greenbaum, Mitchell Posin, John Flender, Todd Christy, Administrative Assistant
Public: Liz Gude, Remy Tumin, Joan Malkin, Ann Greer
Waiver of Notice to Town of Aquinnah:
The Town of Aquinnah held a public hearing regarding proposed zoning changes and failed to notify the Town of Chilmark. This requires the Planning Board to sign a letter waiving the notice requirement. There was a motion made to waive the notice. The motion was seconded and approved all ayes.
Large House Zoning:
Janet Weidner, Planning Board, Chair opened the discussion with a brief summary of the meeting from January 4th. (Many of the topics discussed were in the minutes from that meeting January 4, 2012)~There was continued discussion regarding how best to assess what approach to take in regards to Large House zoning. Some concerns regarding the impacts of large houses are: energy; pollution in the ponds (nitrogen loading) aesthetic; Lighting; scale of the neighborhood. The Board members will take on certain tasks to investigate regarding topics related to large houses. We will review at our next meeting.
Planning Board Member Terms: Election:
Todd will have terms at next meeting.
Email:
There was some concern that the emails sent to the Planning Board were made public without written notice that they may be public record. The Planning Board Admin should have a footer saying legally that all emails should not be considered confidential and are public record. Todd will include in his footer.
Minutes:
Motion was made to pass minutes from December 12, 2011 as presented. Seconded and approved all ayes.
Motion was made to approve the minutes from January 4, 2012 as amended. Motion was seconded and approved 4 aye, John Flender abstained.
Con Com and ZBA Updates:
The Board would like to go back to receiving updates from the Conservation Commission and the ZBA as a way of keeping up with the other board’s agendas. Todd will include those in the future.
With no more business to discuss, Ms. Weidner adjourned the meeting at 3:15 pm.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Todd Christy, Administrative Assistant.
APPROVED 6/11/2012
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