Town of Otisfield
Planning Board Meeting Minutes
June 19, 2012
1. Call to Order: The regular meeting was called to order at 7:02 PM.
2. Attendance: Members present were, Chair- Stan Brett, Vice Chair - Dan Peaco, Recording Secretary - Karen Turino, Herb Olsen, Beth Damon & Alternate - David McVety. (Absent -Alternate - Rick Jackson)
Richard St. John – Code Enforcement Officer *Absent
Tanya Taft – Secretary
3. Announcement of Quorum: Board had a quorum
4. Approve Secretary’s Report:
A. Regular Meeting Minutes from May 15, 2012 *Motion to accept minutes w/ edit on (sp) *steam should be stream on item 12: B, also adding the words “ by CEO “to item 12:D. DP/DM – Unanimous.
5. Discussion & Comments from public:
A. None.
6. Residence - Based Business Applications:
A. None.
7. Shoreland Zoning Applications:
A. None.
8. Site Plan Applications:
A. None.
9. Subdivision Application:
A. None.
10. Miscellaneous:
A. None.
11. Upcoming Dates:
A. Planning Board Meeting July 17, 2012 at 7:00 PM.
12. Discussion & comments from Code Enforcement Officer:
A.
13. Discussion & comments from Board:
A. Telecommunications Wireless Checklist & Application: SB asked the PB members if they want to workshop this item tonight or wait until after the cell tower has gone through the litigation process. KT: Would prefer not to do it tonight in session, but will look at it independently. BD: Agrees. Herb Olsen: Agrees. DP: Does not feel it will matter one way or the other, so will go w/ the consensus of the Board. DM: Would prefer to wait until after the litigation process or after it’s no longer a topic of huge discussion. *Tabled until an upcoming workshop.
B. Finding of Fact (F.O.F.) Template: Stan brought up doing a F.O.F. workshop. With the Cell Tower application the board went line by line through the Ordinance and did a F.O.F., but because it was not done on paper and how some felt it should have been done procedurely all members agree that it would be better to have some help/input on this. RM has offered to help the board w/ this and is available if and when they choose to ask for it. PB members agree that this would be a valuable training. SB: Agrees that this ordinance was spelled out and the board went line by line through it, but that the F.O.F was not in the procedural format. KT: We went line by line and we can do it procedurally, but we did it with the knowledge that we knew we did it line by line. DP: After
hearing the Friends of Scribner’s remarks, I am not sure if they realize we went by the Town Ordinance line by line. They were not at any meetings to understand the time and effort that went into this tower application. Minutes are not a reflection of a meeting.
14. Pending Applications:
A. None.
15. Adjournment: With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:25 PM. HO/DP – Unanimous.
Respectfully submitted,
Tanya Taft
Recording Secretary
Approved by: Stan Brett, Chair
Otisfield Planning Board
Approved on: July 17, 2012
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