Town of Rutland
Planning Board
Minutes 11/28/17
Location: Town Hall Annex 246 Main Street
Opened: 6:31pm
Note: This meeting was recorded for the secretary’s records.
Present: Norm Anderson, Marilyn Sidoti, Shawn Moore, Dick Williams, Tim Nahrwold
Guests: Eli Goldman, Eileen Shanahan, George Kiritsy, Esq., Peter Craine, Corrine Puliafico, Carol Martens, David Lussier, George Lussier, William Senecal, Mark Elbag, Jr., Jason Dubuis, Ralph Caloiaro
Review minutes: The board reviewed the minutes from the 11/14/17 meeting. Dick moved to accept the minutes with corrections. Shawn 2nd, all in favor. The board reviewed the 11/14/17 Thurston Hill Common Driveway Public Hearing minutes. Dick moved to accept the minutes. Tim 2nd, all in favor. The board reviewed the 11/14/17 Glenwood Common Driveway Public Hearing minutes. Shawn moved to accept the minutes. Marilyn 2nd, all in favor. The board reviewed the Lussier Mixed Use Property in Town Center District Public Hearing minutes. Tim moved to accept the minutes. Dick 2nd, all in favor.
Mail: The board received check #1146 in the amount of $2,333.50 from Blair. This brings the Bear Hill account to a $0.00 balance.
Eli Goldman – DLTA Low Impact Development (LID) Bylaw Analysis: Eli gave a LID presentation on the bylaw analysis that was done with DLTA funding. They looked at zoning bylaws and subdivision regulations to see if they were in line with LID best practices. Please see handouts for more details. Dick would like to see some of these practices implemented in the future. The board agreed.
Public Hearing – Blair Common Driveway on Thurston Hill
Opened: 7:06pm Closed: 7:29 pm See Public Hearing minutes
Dick moved to approve the common driveway on Thurston Hill servicing lots 1, 2 and 3. Tim 2nd, all in favor. The board plans to work on the notice of decision at the 12/12/17 meeting. Kiritsy will email the board the final copy of the Homeowners’ agreement for review by KP Law tomorrow.
Public Hearing Continuation – Lussier Mixed Use Property in Town Center District
Opened: 7:34pm Recessed: 7:52pm See Public Hearing Minutes
Lussier Self-Storage Facility 232 Barre Paxton Road Preliminary Discussion: Lussier brought the plans to the board for review before the public hearing. There is only one entrance into the self-storage area. This is in the village center district. There will be grindings instead of pavement. Tim said the project needs to be reviewed by Quinn Engineering. There will be video cameras and automatic lighting on site for security. A $700 check is need for the submission of this application. The applicant will submit this with the town clerk tomorrow. The applicant will be sent the bills for Quinn Engineering. The public hearing will be set for 1/9/17.
ANRS: An ANR was re-submitted by Caloiaro on the west side of Glenwood Road. The first submission was missing the owner’s signature. The new submission was complete. There are 3 new lots and 1 changed lot on the plan. The frontage was measured at the setback. Tim would have liked to see this drawn on the plans. Shawn moved to endorse the ANR. Tim 2nd, all in favor. The mylar was signed by the board. Check #891 in the amount of $500 was received from Greenstone Development Inc.
Notice of Decision Elbag Common Driveway servicing lots 2-4 Glenwood Road: Jeff had written the decision but was unable to attend the meeting. The board reviewed the decision and made a couple of edits. Marilyn motioned to approve the notice of decision with corrections. Tim 2nd, all in favor. The decision was signed by the board members. Laurie will submit the decision to the town clerk on Thursday and send out notices to the abutters.
Trees on Bear Hill: Kiritsy said that Blair will install the trees on Bear Hill as originally planned. They will not be filing a formal request to reduce this number.
Bear Hill: Tim thinks they should rip up the asphalt on the bridge, so that it can be built to Mass DOT specifications. The board is waiting to see a report from Gill Engineering on the bridge. Norm also wants a copy of the as built plans. Norm also wants to have a final review by Quinn Engineering before the road is accepted.
Brice Lemon: There is a letter from Marrone Engineering saying that the Sedona Bridge does conform to Mass DOT specifications. Gill has not submitted anything formal, but is in agreement.
Kiritsy requested a release of covenant on part of Brice Lemon. There are 3 covenants on record. He is looking for a release of the first 2 covenants. Norm said the plan he is looking does not match the plans that Kiritsy is looking at because Kiritsy’s version has an “R” on it for revised. The board went over the dates with Kiristy. There are some adjustments that need to be made. There is question as to which plan they should be looking at. Tim said that he is comfortable releasing the first 2 covenants with Kwesell’s blessing.
Tim is not happy with the Marrone Engineering letter that doesn’t reference plan dates or drawing numbers.
Norm informed Kiritsy that Blair opted for the 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 payment option for Brice Lemon. 1/3 is due at the time of application, 1/3 is due at the time of approval and 1/3 is due at bonding. At this time the board has only received the first payment. Norm agreed to accept one payment now and one at the bonding of the next phase.
Resident Carol Martens had questions about the growth in town. She was informed of the upcoming meeting on 12/7/17 at 6:30pm on the Growth Management Plan.
Shawn moved to close the meeting. Tim 2nd, all in favor.
Closed: 9:44 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Laurie Becker, Secretary
Minutes approved on 12/12/17
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