Town of Lenox
Planning Board
Minutes
December 9, 2008
Land Use Meeting Room
Members present: Acting Chair Steve Sample, SS; Kate McNulty-Vaughn, KM-V; Gary Schiff, GS; Ken Fowler, KF
Absent with notification: Joe Kellogg, JK;
Staff present: Mary Albertson, Town Planner, MA; Peggy Ammendola, Land Use Clerk, PA
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m.
Continued Discussion Flexible Development Bylaw: Continued to December 16, 2008 when Rob Hoogs of Foresight Land Services will be present.
Continued Discussion Great Estates Bylaw Revision: Originally this meeting was scheduled to meet with Tom and Suki Werman of Stonover Farm, but they were unable to attend. Ethan Berg and James Jurney Sr. were present. Mr. Berg wanted to follow up with the Board on the status of his request to amend this bylaw to add a Great Estate Inn use. The Board told Mr. Berg that they are moving forward to have a Special Town Meeting hopefully in February 2009 for the sole purpose of presenting three proposed Zoning Bylaw amendments; Great Estates, Inclusionary Zoning and Flexible Zoning. It was also noted that Philip Heller, attorney for Mr. Berg, was preparing a memorandum for the proposed Great Estates amendment.
Special Town Meeting Schedule: MA presented a schedule of potential meeting dates as a “critical-path” to a Special Town Meeting in February. MA advised the Board that on January 13, 2009 at 6:30 PM a public hearing is scheduled for the Yokun Ridge zone change request. She suggested that an informal meeting on the amendments for Special Town Meeting be held later that same night at 7:00 PM. This discussion was continued to December 16, 2008. MA noted the December 16 meeting replaces the December 23 meeting.
GS left the meeting at 6:45 pm as he had a prior commitment.
Continued Discussion Inclusionary Zoning Bylaw: MA presented to the Board for their review a new version which is a combination of both mandatory and flexible.
Minutes- November 25, 2008: Tabled until December 16, 2008 meeting.
Great Estates Bylaw Revision: Philip Heller joined the meeting at 6:50 pm. He had planned on participating in the Great Estates discussion earlier in the meeting. He had thought the discussion was scheduled to begin at 7:00 pm. He gave copies of the memorandum of his revised amendment to the Board for their review. He gave a quick overview of this revision.
KM-F made a motion to adjourn the meeting and KF seconded the motion. The Board voted 3-0 to adjourn at 7:22 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Peggy Ammendola
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