TOWN OF MARION
PLANNING BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
July 21, 2008
MEMBERS PRESENT: Joseph Napoli, Chairman
Peter Winters, Vice-Chairman
Thomas Magauran
Julia Deane Crowley
Jay Ryder, Clerk
Patricia McArdle
Steve Gonsalves
BOARD SECRETARY: Debra Paiva
ALSO PRESENT: Eunice Manduca
Lucy Napoli
Toby Burr
Commencement – Chairman Napoli called the meeting to order at 7:25 p.m.
Discussion – Toby Burr, 309 Front Street
Mr. Burr is in the process of requesting a Special Permit from the ZBA to allow an expansion of a nonconforming structure. At the July 7 Planning Board meeting the Board agreed that a site plan review might be needed if the expansion resulted in an increase in parking. Mr. Burr said the parking will remain as it is and no additional employees will be hired. After discussion and review of the bylaw it was agreed that no site plan review will be required.
Moved by Member Magauran and seconded by Member Ryder to waive the need for a site plan review based on the fact that there is no parking impact on the site. VOTE: 7-0-0
Discussion – Master Plan Update
Vice-Chairman Winters said he has been working with Attorney Witten and Mr. Dawson to transfer the remaining consulting funds to the Master Fund update account. The Board has also been notified that they need to request that the two article accounts (computer mapping equipment, Master Plan update) be carried over into the new budget. Vice-Chairman Winters requested that the record reflect that the Board has never had to request that they be carried forward in the six years that he has been on the Board.
Moved by Member Magauran and seconded by Member Crowley to: 1. Request the continuation of the Master Plan fund. 2. Add the funds remaining in the consulting account to the Master Plan fund, if possible, or, to request that those funds be added to it by an article at Fall Town Meeting. VOTE: 7-0-0
Approval of Minutes – July 7, 2008
Moved by Member Ryder and seconded by Member Magauran to accept the July 7 minutes as written. VOTE: 6-0-1 (Chairman Napoli abstained)
Discussion – Neighborhood Overlay District
Board members discussed the public forum scheduled for July 30. Press releases were sent to the Sentinel, Wanderer, Standard-Times, and Tri-Town Observer. Letters were sent to the owners of properties in the overlay and to the immediate abutters to the overlay. A memo/invitation to the meeting was sent to the Board of Selectmen, Conservation Commission, Affordable Housing Trust, Zoning Board of Appeals, Board of Health, Finance Committee, Board of Assessors, and the Building Inspector. A notice of the meeting was also posted in Town Hall, published in the legal section of the Wanderer, and on the Town website. Links to overlay information were also placed on the home page of the website.
A Power Point presentation was reviewed, discussed, and revised. It was agreed that a sign or banner will be used to advertise the meeting.
Moved by Member Magauran and seconded by Member McArdle to have a sign or banner made for the front of the Music Hall to announce the July 30 meeting. VOTE: 7-0-0
The Board will have a workshop session on Monday, July 28, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. to further rehearse the presentation.
Moved by Member McArdle and seconded by Member Gonsalves to adjourn at 9:15 p.m. VOTE: 7-0-0
Respectfully submitted,
Jay Ryder, Clerk
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