Greenfield Planning Board Meeting Minutes
August 14, 2006
Start of Meeting
The meeting opened at 7:05pm in the 2nd floor meeting room of the Town Offices with members Carrara, O’Connell, Fletcher, Halper, Morris, Rainier, and Borden in attendance. Alternate Steere was also in attendance.
Meeting Minutes from the July 24th Meeting
Minutes were read and accepted with no changes.
Mail:
Letter from the Francestown Land Trust- re: Boundary Plan of Land of Thomas Lorden
Letter from Rhonda Cilley- re: Mathewson subdivision
Application for a special exception- re: Mathewson
Approval for subdivision from the NH Department of Environmental Services- re: O’Donnell subdivision
Selectmen meeting minutes for July 20th, July 27th, and August 3rd \
Updated list of building permits from Peter Hopkins
News Brief from Granite State Designers & Installers Association
Letter from the Office of Energy & Planning- re: FEMA maps
Public Notice from the Zoning Board of Appeals- re: Landmark’s Public Hearing on August 22nd
Letter from Attorney John Cronin- re: Mangini minor subdivision
Notice of Public Hearing from the Henniker Planning Board- re: cell towers
Letter from Carol Ogilvie- re: Landmark’s Open Space application
Letter from Troy Wright- re: driveway location on Hall Way
Application for a major subdivision from York River LLC on Old Bennington Road
Bill from Upton & Hatfield LLP- $495
Bill from the Monadnock Ledger- $35
Miscellaneous
Peter Hopkins was present to discuss:
Common driveway on Hall Way
The Board will send a letter to all parties involved asking them to appear at a meeting to try to resolve the issues.
Septic system permits
Test pits are dug for every lot of a subdivision in order to make a soil profile and determine if the lot is buildable.
Temporary signage
There currently are no town regulations regarding temporary signage. This is a problem that needs to be addressed. Peter Hopkins will look into what other area towns do to regulate this.
Deliberation on the proposed O’Donnell major subdivision- Holden Road
Deliberation started at 8pm. The board reviewed the deficiency list from the July 24th meeting. All deficiencies have been addressed.
All building within 100’ of the subdivision are now shown on the plat.
Driveway locations have been changed and frontage on Holden Road has been increased to comply with zoning ordinances.
Member Halper made a motion approve the application for a major subdivision on Holden Road. The motion was seconded and the vote was unanimous. Deliberations closed at 8:20pm.
Application for a Special Exception from Mathewson
The Board forwarded the meeting minutes from July 24th in which there concerns were addressed to the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Landmark Planning Appeal to the Zoning Board of Appeals
Chairman Carrara and Vice Chairman Halper met with Attorney John Teague regarding why the Board did not accept Landmark’s application. The Board received a letter from Rolf Goodwin of McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton Professional Association. Attorney Teague will respond to the letter.
The Board’s decision to not accept the application from Landmark is fully detailed in the meeting minutes from July 7th and the letter sent by Chairman Carrara.
Capital Improvement Plan
Member Halper reviewed the schedule for what has been accomplished and what still needs to be done. The Board discussed the requests from the various town departments in detail. Chairman Carrara will send a letter inviting all department heads as well as the general public to the meeting on August 28th to discuss all capital requests in detail.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:25pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Dawn DeCosta-Gallo
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