PLANNING BOARD
MEETING MINUTES
March 03, 2005
The meeting opened at 7:03 PM with the following members in attendance: Helmut Busack, Vice Chairman, acting Chairman for tonights meeting; Dick Gardner, member; Don Bormes, alternate, made member , sitting in for Janet Robitaille; Ralph Carter, alternate, made member, sitting in for Bill Whalen; Guy Guinta, Selectman Representative, sitting in for Peter Dascoulias and Dave Lorch, Town Planner.
February 17, 2005 Meeting Minutes:
Ralph Carter makes a motion to approve minutes as written. Don Bormes seconds the motion.
After some discussion it was decided that the minutes should reflect the following changes: Under Old Business-Cindy Merchant-requested Page # and Bk. # of the proposed boundary plan filed at the Registry of Deeds. She requested this information at the last hearing. On Jan. 20 and Feb. 3 Mr. Lepene quoted to the public and the board that the boundary plan information had been recorded, but the plan was not actually filed until after the 2/3 meeting.
Don Bormes makes a motion to accept the minutes with this change. Dick Gardner seconds the motion. Vote: 3 for and Ralph and Guy abstain. Motion passed.
Discussion: strategy for the rewriting of the Master Plan:
Dave Lorch-expressed feelings that the master plan is weak on goals and opinions of the public and is full of demographics.
Ralph Carter-feels that there should be an updated plan in place within the next year. After that we should work on a 5 yr. plan. We should review the MP section by section and update each section as needed.
Helmut Busack-explains that the MP for Sanbornton is made up by the LRPC. He feels that the Sanbornton Community Profile Report should be used to update the Master Plan.
It was the general feeling of the board that we should have 1 to 2 Public Workshop Meetings per year ( before the Joint Land Use Meeting ) to get input from the citizens , so that it can be presented to the board. Also we should go through the Master Plan section by section to see what does and does not need to be changed.
Don Bormes-feels that we should find out what the public wants in regard to the Master Plan before changes can be made. SURVEY?
Peter Thompson-feels that surveys, if sent out, should be sent 1 per registered voter and not 1 per household as have been done in the past.
The Board has decided at this point that the first section to be worked on will be List of Figures, followed by Population. This is scheduled for Aprils workshop.
Formatting of the Zoning Ordinance:
The board has decided that the wording cannot be changed, but the indexing and the numbering can.
Other Business:
Thompsons Appeal- ZBA Decision-Waiting on Town Counsel for next course of action.
Ralph Carter makes a motion to adjourn the meeting. Motion seconded by Don Bormes. Vote: Unanimous. Meeting adjourns at 8:20 PM.
Respectfully submitted by
Daureen Harding
Planning Board Secretary
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