Wellfleet Planning Board
Minutes of Meeting on Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Senior Center Conference Room, 7:00 p.m.
Present: Theodore Franklin, Barbara E. Gray, Olga Kahn, Eric Larsen, Gerald Parent, Alfred Pickard, Janet Reinhart
Acting Chair Janet Reinhart called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and reopened the public hearing.
Carroll Hearing (cont.)
Modification to Subdivision, Martha Carroll, 25 Richman Lane, (Map 21, Parcel 30)
Chester Lay of Slade Associates reviewed his August 2, 2011 letter1 requesting the final release of the covenant for Martha Carroll’s subdivision modification.
Parent moved to approve and sign the release of covenant. Kahn seconded, and the motion carried 6-0-1.
Reinhart closed the hearing and opened the regular meeting at 7:05 p.m., welcoming Eric Larsen to the Planning Board.
Conservation Designation of Map 30, Parcel 68
Other Town Boards had made their recommendations to Planning Board for the designation of Map 30, Parcel 68 on Old County Rd. as Conservation land. Peterson read the two reports by other Town boards concerning the designation of the property. Gerald Parent requested that in the future all comments from the boards be included in advance in the meeting packets.
Dennis O’Connell of the Wellfleet Conservation Trust, Jan Plaue and Bob Hubby of Open Space were present to discuss the property. The parcel of land would become an 8-acre conservation area in conjunction with the Clover property which is being bought by the Conservation Trust. O’Connell distributed a map of the area2 and explained the Conservation Trust’s role in purchasing the land through a LAND grant and how the Conservation Restriction (CR) would work. Parent discussed protection of the Town-owned land under the power lines which abuts the property.
Gray moved to recommend to the Town Administrator that Map 30, Parcel 68 be designated as under the care and custody of the Conservation Commission. Kahn seconded.
Parent moved to amend the motion by adding wording that other Town boards had considered the designation according to Town policy. Picard seconded the motion to amend. The amendment motion carried 6-0-1.
Gray moved that, after the consideration of all the Town Boards according to Town policy, Planning Board recommend to the Town Administrator that Map 30, Parcel 68 be designated as under the care and custody of the Conservation Commission. Kahn seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Minutes of 6/15/11
Parent moved to approve the minutes of June 15, 2011. Gray seconded, and the motion carried 6-0.
Election of Officers
Reinhart opened the nominations for Chair of the Planning Board.
Kahn nominated Reinhart as Chair of the Planning Board. Pickard nominated Parent as Chair. Reinhart received 4 votes, and Parent received 2. Janet Reinhart was elected Chair.
Franklin nominated Parent as Vice-Chair of the Planning Board. Parent received 5 votes with one vote in opposition and one abstention.
Gray moved to make the vote for Vice-Chair unanimous. Kahn seconded, and the motion carried 6-0-1. Parent was unanimously elected Vice-Chair.
Franklin nominated Kahn as Clerk. Pickard nominated Larsen. Larsen declined. Kahn received 7 votes and was unanimously elected Clerk.
Appointment of Representatives to Community Preservation Committee (CPC) & Housing Partnership
Franklin moved to retain Reinhart as representative to the Community Preservation Committee and the Housing Partnership Committee. Kahn seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Signatures for Registry
Planning Board members signed signature authentication documents3 for the Registry of Deeds and Land Court.
Disposition of Town-Owned Land
Planning Board will be considering the recommendations of other Town Boards regarding the disposition of several parcels of Town-owned properties to be considered for sale at Special Town Meeting. The list of properties as of July 25, 20114 was distributed for PB consideration. Pickard requested the language for the conservation restrictions that are to be included in some of the properties.
Discussion of Stormwater Run-off
Olga Kahn, Barbara Gray and Gerald Parent had attended the Conservation Committee’s July 10, 2011 meeting regarding stormwater run-off. Gray and Parent summarized the discussion at that meeting on General Town Bylaws dealing with run-off, storm drains and enforcement. The Board also discussed Town drainage systems on various roads, the possibility of Site Plan Review criteria, and an option for setting conditions through the ZBA.
Priorities Update
PB examined the updated list of priorities from June 15, 2011.4 Kahn said she was willing to review new wind turbine technology. The Board discussed the priority for house size/lot coverage bylaws but decided this needed to be an agenda item at another meeting. Pickard reported on activity on acquisition of the “Landing Strip” property. Cluster development and the C2 District revision need updating also. Designated PB members will specialize in different items on the priority list and report to the whole Board at future meetings.
Agenda for Next Meeting
Agenda set for the September 7, 2011 meeting includes: wind turbine technology, house size/lot coverage, and an update on the “Landing Strip.”
Adjournment
Franklin moved to adjourn. Parent seconded, and the motion carried 7-0. The meeting was adjourned at 9:05 p.m.
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Mary Rogers, Committee Secretary Janet Reinhart, Chair
Planning Board approved these minutes at the meeting held 9/7/11.
Public Record Material from Planning Board meeting of 8/10/2011
1.) Letter from Slade Associates dated 8/2/11 – in permanent file for DSD #11-03
2.) Portion of Map 30, depicting Parcel 68 and surrounding lots
3.) Signature letters for the Registry – in PB “Signatures” file
4.) Memo dated 7/25/11 regarding Disposition of Town-owned land
5.) List of priorities from June 15, 2011
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