PLANNING BOARD
May 26, 2009
MINUTES
Present: Howard Sandler, Craig Nightingale, Michael Cole, Debbie Abbott, Don Andersen, Leslie-Ann Morse, Peter McDonald, Tom Johnson-Alternate.
Members Absent: Richard Morello-Alternate
Staff Present: Sarah Raposa-Town Planner
Meeting was relocated to the Timothy Smith Room. Signs were placed in the foyer of Town Hall.
Chairman opened the meeting at 4:00 p.m. and asked for public comments.
Town Planner, Sarah Raposa, asked for reactions regarding the postponement of the Planning Board's Zoning Amendment Articles at Town meeting. Mike Cole commented that the Board should expect to see a few applications for wind turbines. Tom Johnson suggested the Board scope out qualified consultants for the third-party consultant list. The Board discussed Nauset Regional High School's wind turbine, the recent Cape Codder article and the Town Planner's meeting with Principal Tom Conrad and Fred Fenlon. The Planning Board discussed the rezoning article and decided to try the rezoning again in two (2) years.
Planning Law Update
Town Planner, Sarah Raposa, handed out a packet of land use related court cases from 2008 for discussion. Also discussed were memos from Kopelman and Paige. The Board also discussed White v. Amour, 16 LCR 748 (2008) where the judge ruled that the Town of Weston's site plan requirement could not be avoided by developing in phases.
Other Updates
Town Planner, Sarah Raposa, updated the Planning Board on the Land Use Partnership Act (LUPA) and Community Planning Act (CPA-2) that were being heard in Boston earlier in the day. Also updated were the status of the Goose Hummock fuel station and the possible improvements to Canal Road as part of the development in Orleans at the old Friendly's Restaurant.
Local Comprehensive Plan
A discussion of the Local Comprehensive Plan (LCP) took place. Chairman Leslie-Ann Morse read each action item from the 2002 LCP and the Planning Board discussed the progress and/or relevance and priority of each item and suggested new items for inclusion. The Board will continue the discussion at the next Work Session.
Work Sessions
Work sessions will be scheduled for the fourth Tuesday of each month, from 4-6 pm in the small meeting room (6/23/09, 7/28/09, 8/25/09, and 9/22/09). The Board will reassess the schedule in September.
Adjournment
A MOTION to adjourn was made by Peter McDonald and Seconded by Debbie Abbott.
The Vote: 7-0. In Favor: Andersen, Abbott, Cole, Morse, Nightingale, McDonald, Sandler.
Opposed: None.
Motion Passed.
Meeting adjourned at 6:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Craig Nightingale, Clerk
Eastham Planning Board
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