MINUTES
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
1st Floor Conference Room
Town Hall, 302 Main Street
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chairman, Robert McIntyre, called the regular meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
II. ROLL CALL
Members Present
Robert McIntyre, Chairman
Janis Esty, Regular Member
Robert Missel, Regular Member
Kenneth Soudan, Alternate Member (seated for Salvatore Aresco)
Members Absent
Salvatore Aresco, Regular Member
Donald Ranaudo, Regular Member
Marilyn Milliken, Alternate Member
Staff Present
Christine Nelson, Town Planner
III. REGULAR BUSINESS
A. Minutes
MOTION to approve the minutes of March 4, 2009 as written; MADE by K. Soudan; SECONDED by J. Esty; VOTED IN FAVOR: R. McIntyre, J. Esty, R. Missel, K. Soudan. OPPOSED: none; ABSTAINED: none.; APPROVED: 4-0-0.
B. Correspondence
C. Nelson gave background information on correspondence received from Mrs. Rankin and Attorney Childress regarding conveyance of open space. The Commission’s consulting attorney agrees that the proposed procedure to convey at the time of conditional approval is correct.
C. Committee, Representative & Staff Reports
IV. OLD BUSINESS
V. NEW BUSINESS
VI. WORKSHOP
A. Draft Road Regulations & Amendments to Subdivision Regulations
Final review of modifications to the Town Code, modifications to the Subdivision Regulations, draft “Regulations for Public Improvements” and modifications to the Driveway Ordinance.
C. Nelson met, during the week, with consulting civil engineer Geoffrey Jacoboson, consulting attorney Mark Branse, and town attorney Michael Cronin, to finalize the associated ordinances and clarify definitions between the Road and the Subdivision Regulations. Attorney Cronin will transmit the ordinances to the Board of Selectmen, and the Planning Commission can schedule a hearing for adoption with an effective date to coincide with a Town Meeting to approve corresponding changes to the ordinances.
B. “Residential Development” section of the Plan
The Commission began to examine the tools existing and available to the town to encourage a variety of housing types. C. Nelson suggested a simple, “who, what, where, why, when, how” approach to assimilating the background information distributed over the past several months into the update.
C. Nelson will make arrangements for the Commission to meet with the consulting appraiser, Dean Amadon, at the next meeting to discuss the status of the Town’s demographics and how the market is meeting those needs.
VII. ADJOURNMENT
The Chairman adjourned the meeting at 9:15 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Kathleen Noyes for Christine Nelson
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