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Planning Board meeting minutes
January 14th, 2010. Meeting to order: 7:10 PM
Members present: Larry Klein, Steve Rose, Steven Enoch and Bridget Krans
Public present: Wayne Burkhart (town Select Board)
- Larry will not be present for the month of February and Alan is away until April. Maggie will not be available to attend the January meetings.
- Mail Opened
- Bridget will call Barry Karson, who is interested in joining the board, to attend the next meeting.
- Special permit application received for Edward and Meryl Mandelbaum at 521 Main Road. It is a lake front property on Lake Garfield. It will be new construction all conforming with the exception of frontage. After a brief discussion the board unanimously agreed to write a favorable recommendation. Steve Rose made a motion to recommend favorably and Stephen Enoch seconded. Steve Rose will write the recommendation when Maggie returns.
- Mr. Burkhart came in to discuss ideas brought about by Alan discussing various master plan alternatives with the Board of Selectmen. Wayne wondered who the chair would be. Steve Rose suggested a co-chair between himself and Maggie. Wayne also discussed the interest of a new member. Wayne discussed that there is technical assistance available to the planning board for things such as a master plan. However a master plan takes a lot of time and funding and we all agree that this is not in our scenario. There may be a possibility with the Planning Board in the lead that we would qualify for fully funded help from Berkshire Regional Planning. They provide major input for an appropriately sized project. An example may be open space residential bylaw such as Gt. Barrington did or future land use bylaw like Peru did. Larry
wondered if there was a cap on the contribution. Wayne noted that it was competitive. The Planning Board still feels that we don’t have the time or the knowledge for this scope of a project. The board discussed if there was one Planning Board goal that the Planning Board could develop. Larry Suggested broad band, fiber optics. Wayne was not sure if there were any steps left to take from a bylaw standpoint for broadband. He suggested back lot zoning and accessory dwellings or revisiting the communications bylaw. Should places be zoned in Monterey for cell towers? Wayne gave the board the application and stated that the deadline was the next day by 5:00 PM. The board agreed to submit the application to review the existing communications bylaw and bring it into current standards. Larry will fill out the application and submit it.
- Meeting adjourned: 8:00PM.
Submitted by,
Bridget Krans
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