Minutes 9/25/18
This meeting was recorded for the secretary’s records.
Location: Town Hall Annex 246 Main Street
Open: 6:32pm
Present: Norm Anderson (chair), Dick Williams, Tim Nahrwold, Shawn Moore, David George (town planner)
Remote: Marilyn Sodoti by phone starting at 6:52pm
Guests: Jeff Stillings (BOS), Bob Reed (Temp TA), Debbie Ludovico, Clea Blair, Jr., Jonathan Ludovico
Site Walks for Solar Projects: The site walk was canceled due to inclement weather. After discussion, the board decided to reschedule the site walk for 10/22/18 at 4pm. Laurie will post the site walks in case a quorum is present.
Minutes: The board reviewed the minutes from the 9/11/18 meeting. It was noted that Laurie ordered the Land Use book for Dave. There was free shipping. Tim questioned if the letters to Clea regarding Bear Hill and Brice Lemon (reference 9/11/18 meeting minutes) were sent out. Dave confirmed they were sent. Dick moved to accept the minutes. Tim 2nd. Norm, Dick and Tim voted favorably. Shawn abstained.
Correspondence: The board received several public hearing notices from neighboring towns. None were of particular interest to the board. The board received invoices from Quinn Engineering from Bear Hill, Brice Lemon, and the 5 Solar Projects.
ANRS: None
Public Hearing – ZPT Energy Solar Project 0 Campbell Street Continuation
Open: 7:22pm
Present: Norm Anderson (chair), Dick Williams, Tim Nahrwold, Shawn Moore, David George (town planner)
Remote: Marilyn Sodoti by phone due to recent surgery
Guests: Debbie Ludovico, Jeff Stillings, Bob Reed, Jonathan Ludovico
The applicant requested a continuance by email.
Shawn made a motion to continue the hearing on 10/9/18 at 7:05pm. Tim 2nd. Shawn Moore, aye. Tim Narwold, aye. Norm Anderson, aye. Dick Williams, abstain. Marilyn Sidoti, aye.
Public hearing recessed: 7:25pm
Public Hearing – ZPT Energy Solar Project 309 East County Road Continuation
Open: 7:25pm
Present: Norm Anderson (chair), Dick Williams, Tim Nahrwold, Shawn Moore, David George (town planner)
Remote: Marilyn Sodoti by phone due to recent surgery
Guests: Clea Blair, Jr., Jeff Stillings, Bob Reed
The applicant requested a continuance by email.
Shawn made a motion to continue the hearing on 10/9/18 at 7:10pm. Tim 2nd, all in favor. Shawn Moore, aye. Tim Narwold, aye. Norm Anderson, aye. Dick Williams, abstain. Marilyn Sidoti, aye.
Public hearing recessed: 7:26pm
Bear Hill: Clea has requested Bear Hill Street acceptance for the upcoming Special Town Meeting anticipated to be on November 19th. The board reviewed the latest Quinn report dated 9/25/18. The board discussed the following items from the report:
2) Mike Marone was the structural design engineer for the bridge. Clea said that Marone sent a letter to Carl Hultgren at Quinn saying that the bridge was built according to his plan. Clea stated that Gill Engineering reviewed the bridge and Clea believes all the items on their list have been addressed. Dick would like a letter from Gary stated that he is satisfied with the bridge’s construction. Norm has an email from Gill to DPW stating that they have no further issues with the bridge. The bridge is structurally sound according to Gill.
Norm stated that he needs to see a Quinn report where each line item has the word resolved after it before he will recommend the road for acceptance.
3) Quinn suggests that the board hold surety. Norm agrees. Norm stated also that the 4 bulleted items need to be satisfied.
4) This is just a labeling issue that Julian will take care of.
6) There was some back and forth discussion as to whether or not this item is resolved. The Quinn report is not clear as to whether all of the items have been resolved or just one item.
7) This just needs to be fixed on the plan.
8) Clea saw the bound being cemented. He needs to clarify with Carl.
11) Norm said this is a DPW issue.
15) & 17) Need to go through Gary (DPW)
21) Clea said that all the catch basins have been repaired.
29) Clea believes the bound is there. He will verify.
37) The board wants Gary’s blessing on this.
40) Clea said there are no laterals for E1’s. They are private. Tim requested that the fact that the E1’s are private be put on the plans so there is no question in the future. It is the homeowner’s responsibility to repair anything up to the point where it ties into the town sewer line.
43) This just needs to be added to the plan.
49) Tim wants to know if it is a safety issue. If it just esthetics, he would let this one slide.
50) The trees were planted by the resident and not by the builder in the easement. The board believes this is a Building Inspector issue and not Blair’s concern.
51), 55) and 57) Clea believes this is finished. He will verify.
60) Clea said this has not been done yet.
71) Clea said it is a sewer manhole. It might be mislabeled on the drawings.
76) Clea believes this has been resolved.
78) Clea is going to fix this this week.
80) Clea said he has repaired this. Clea said Gary is ok with this. Tim wants this in writing.
82) Clea said he meets code. It agrees it is steep but he meets ADA compliance.
83) Still needs to be done.
85) Clea would like to just cut in the driveway. The board defers to the building inspector on this issue.
87) Needs to be fixed.
Noble Hill: The board requested an up-to-date full set of plans from Clea. He said he would provide them. There was question as to whether the town has dropbox. We will look into this for the future. For now a stick is fine to submit the plans.
Invoices: Clea was given copies of the 2 latest invoices for Bear Hill and Brice Lemon. Clea said that he does not owe the 1/3 payment because those subdivisions were set up before that policy was in place. Norm said he would like $10,000.00 put into the account to cover past bills and expected upcoming bills.
Brice Lemon: In the section of road that the board wanted Clea to either move the wall that was in the wrong spot or put in granite berms, Gary (DPW) wants Clea to put in guardrails. There was conversation about putting pressure treated wood there instead because it would look nicer. Dick and Tim would be ok with this, but it needs to go through Gary. Clea will talk to Gary about this further.
Marijuana Bylaw Hearing and Informational Meeting: The proposed bylaws are out for review with KP Law. Shawn noted that he cannot vote on anything for this hearing as it is a conflict of interest for him. The board decided on October 23rd at 7pm for the public hearing at the Rutland Public Library Basement. There was conversation on an informational meeting. Some members felt that the Public Hearing would be informational and that it was redundant to meet twice. Marilyn thought the informational meeting might be good to go over the various licenses. Norm felt this could be covered at the hearing. Marilyn was in agreement with this as long as all the information is presented to the voters. The board feels KP Law should be at the public hearing. Ron Barron, from CMRPC, was willing to
come out to assist as well.
Shawn motioned to close the meeting. Dick 2nd, all in favor.
Close: 9:20pm
Respectfully submitted,
Laurie Becker, Secretary
Minutes Approved on 10/9/18
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