Planning Board Meeting Minutes January 24th 2008
Meeting to order: 7:06 P.M.
Meeting adjourned: 8:15 P.M.
Members Present: Cindy Hoogs, co-chair; Maggie Leonard and Alan Soloman
Public Present: Michael Storch
· Yearly Town Report- Maggie completed the yearly town report and submitted it to Melissa Noe as requested.
· Planning Board Vacancies- Michael Storch came to the meeting to learn more about the process of the planning board and what it means to hold a seat on the board. Mr. Storch expressed his interest so it was decided by the board that Brian and Alan would go to the Selectman meeting to represent the board and ask for their approval to have Michael Storch fill one of the vacancies.
· Mail- Miscellaneous solicitations were received as well as a notice from the finance committee.
· Budget request- the finance committee requested an outline of the Planning Board budget. The Planning board agreed to break it down as follows: $1500 for salary, $250.00 for operating expenses, $3,000 for contracted services (regional planning). The total request: $4, 750.00
· Common Driveway Bylaw- The board discussed and agreed upon various revisions to the common driveway bylaw. Maggie will make the revisions and send them to town council.
· Previous Meeting Minutes- Minutes reviewed but not approved as of yet due to the lack of a quorum.
· Master plan- Alan spoke with Melissa Provencher of Berkshire Regional Planning. One major question still unanswered is how to involve the community in the process. Alan was able to reference a community action plan from 2000/2001. The plan holds a great deal of information that could be implemented and built upon to make a current master plan for the town.
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