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Rutland Development and Industrial Commission
Meeting Minutes –10/13/15
Community Hall Annex
Meeting opened at 6:35AM. Attending: Mike Sullivan, Doug Briggs, Tom Dufault, Michele Van Reet
Visitors: Mr. Dick Williams
- Review minutes – None to review
- Flo- Design status – Everything is cleaned out, but there is gravel still on the ground. Mike emailed them and told them it needs to be loamed and seeded. Asked Gary (DPW) if he could do it and he said yes. Mike will ask them to pay $500 for the town to do it.
- Roadway status – Tom has not been able to follow-up, he will call him.
- HPDD review Board responses – we are all set. Do we have responses that everyone is on board? Michele will follow up to make sure that they are sworn in. Michele will also make a list of the board members.
- Walking Trails, recreation discussions invite to future meeting MAP – Mike hasn’t had a chance to follow-up. Tom will check to see if he has a parcel map.
- Barton –
- Notice from Kevin Quinn asking for a copy of the reuse plan prepared by DCAM. There are 3 documents: The master plan, the Act of 2000, and the reuse plan (20 page document). Tom and Mike will see what they have between them for documentation.
- Mike received a note from Rebecca Tuttle in the Rutland Assessor’s office. Temporary borrowing is coming due on November 4, 2015. She was asking if we will have funds available from Barton to pay for this note. We will not have funds available until at least Math 2016.
- Barton has determined that their business is doing very well and they are considering building a larger facility from now. They want to double the size of the building, which would also double the parking lot. There are concerns that the property is not large enough to accommodate the larger facility due to wetlands constraints. They want to extend the Purchase & Sale (P&S) agreement while they determine the configuration with the larger facility, to ensure it will work with the wetlands constraints . They may need a portion of Lot 1 to accommodate parking for the larger building on Lot 2. Mike is looking at the possibility of having him build the larger building with larger parking lot on Lot 1 instead of Lot 2 to encourage them to use only 1 lot. While they do this, we
need to consider an extension of the P&S agreement. We discussed several scenarios for how the building and parking lot could fit on either lot with the wetlands constraints. Doug Briggs made a motion, Tom Dufault seconded to extend the P&S to on or about December 15, 2015 with Mike encouraging them to use alternative layouts to maximize the use of the lots. Unanimously approved.
Old business
- Dick Williams reported that it appears that the old walking trail is clearly marked and it could easily be restored with a little work.
New business
- Barton requested that any requests from the town come through the RDIC. There was an issue because Peter Letsky contacted Barton on behalf of the Rutland Business Association (RBA) to request that they come to speak at an RBA meeting. At first, Barton agreed but then determined it wouldn’t be appropriate at this time. The RBA was concerned that Barton backing out of speaking at the meeting indicated that they were backing out of the project. Mike assured them that the project is moving forward but that it’s not the appropriate time in the process to speak about the project.
Adjourn
- We will cancel the meeting scheduled for10/15/15.
- Next meeting: Tuesday, 10/27/2015 at 6:30AM at Community Hall Annex.
- Briggs motioned to adjourn. Dufault seconded. Unanimously adjourned at 7:28AM.
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