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Minutes
In Attendance: Ed MacDonald (Chair), Lori Blier (PBM), Alice DiPaolo (PBM), Lyndon Spaulding (PBM), Paul Burgess & Randy Greenwood (Selectmen – present for beginning of meeting) – Ralph called to say he couldn’t make it.
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Lori distributed the following items to the
board: February 8 minutes and the meeting
agenda; final draft copies of all revised ordinances, the comp plan amendments
document from Carol Fuller of AVCOG, and the draft “highlights of changes made
to the ordinances” document were distributed prior to the meeting.
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The meeting was called to order at
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The minutes were read and approved as written
unanimously by the board.
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The selectmen had gone
over the fee schedule we had provided to them at the end of last year and had
added the missing fees and had a question about the subdivision fee revisions
we had made. Therefore, Randy and Paul
were on hand to discuss any problems we might have with the revised fees and
their questions on the subdivision. The
board was fine with the fee structure for the penalties that we had left for
them to determine (see final Fee document).
Randy questioned our reasoning on the specifications of the preliminary
plan/minor subdivision plan. We
explained that the minor and preliminary were basically the same – in other
words there are no second reviews of a minor subdivision as there is with a
major subdivision – so the fees for a minor and a preliminary are the
same. The selectmen determined that our
reasoning was correct and determined to leave our original language for the fee
schedule the same with their additional penalties added to the document we had
provided them. Lori will update the
document so that the selectmen can adopt it at their next meeting.
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Lori gave an update on
the fact that the State Planning Office had overviewed the changes to the
Floodplain Management document and determined we were fine with separating the
definitions provided we maintained that the historical site reference was for
listed sites only. This was not an issue
since it was only in the telecommunication s ordinance and we didn’t mind
loosening the standards for that.
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The board moved on to
the overview of the final drafts for the revised ordinances (all the ordinances
the town currently has). We went through
them all one by one and Okayed them as good to go. During this we determined that some of the
final draft ordinances Lori provided were missing a page or two. Site Plan page 1 was missing, and Definitions
Page 1 was missing for PB copies – Lori will provide for public hearing. The ordinances provided to Paul for copying
should be fine since they are not double-sided.
The shoreland zoning table of contents needs to be revised to reflect
correct numbering – Lori will correct – no need to worry about that change for
public hearing.
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The board went over
the “highlights” of the changes to the town ordinances in preparation for
having a document to pass out at the hearing and to assist us in answering
questions that may come up regarding them.
Lori’s document covered most of the changes to all ordinances except the
subdivision ordinance. We went through
the subdivision ordinance using Carol’s “Changes needed to Subdivision
Ordinance by Comp Plan” document. We
will add in the items that were actually addressed in the updated ordinance and
re-arrange them so that they fall pretty much in the order of appearance in the
ordinance. We added a couple of others
which Lori will add to her document.
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The board moved on to
the proposed comp plan changes. No one
had any problems with what Carol drafted.
Lori indicated she would forward a copy to Frank Hample at SPO to see if
this would satisfy their requirements prior to actually going through all the
motions to get the recommended amendments passed by the town. Lori indicated she had asked Carol about
getting the zoning map from AVCOG in an electronic format. She will follow up on that.
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We received a copy of the
application to DEP for Pat Cyr’s variance request to enlarge his current
working pit to 42 acres. Members gave it
a cursory overview and were unsure as to whether any action was required. Lori indicated she would go over it more
thoroughly and contact DEP to find out if there was anything further the board
was required to do regarding this matter.
After fully reviewing the document, it is a copy of the variance
application and all other background materials that was sent to DEP for their
approval. We should have no further role
at this time. DEP will need to act on
this application. Lori will still send
an email to Mr. Stebbins at DEP to ensure that their action is the last
required action in this matter.
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The next meeting will
be the March 8th public hearing.
Lori will have copies of all missing first pages for the board members
and will have copies of the “Highlights of Changes Made to Town Ordinances”
document for planning board members and for distribution to the public. Board members should try to be at the
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The meeting was
adjourned at
Respectfully submitted,
Lori Blier, WPB Secretary
Related Documents: Final Draft Ordinances, “Highlights of Ordinance Changes” document, TSI Variance Application and info packet for Pat Cyr to DEP for his working pit expansion.