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AGENDA
PLANNING BOARD
Tuesday, January 7, 1997
6:30 p.m. Town Barn
ITEM #1: Consideration of additions to the agenda.
ITEM #2: Comments from the Chair.
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ITEM #3: Approval of December 3 minutes.
ITEM #4: Discussion of work program projects through June 1998.
ITEM #5: Continued discussion of amendments to the Subdivision Regulations. Vote required
to send to January 28 public hearing.
ITEM #6: Adjourn.
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MINUTES
PLANNING BOARD
January 7, 1997
PRESENT: John Taylor (chair), Richard Bradford, Joel Brinkley, Jack Hughes, Louise Long, Pip Merrick,
Chris Quinn, George Sagar, Quanda Turner
PUBLIC: Margaret Hauth
Taylor called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM.
ITEM #2: Sagar reported that the Board of Adjustment did not meet. Hauth reported that the Parks and
Rec. Board is finishing up the detailed report to be presented to the Town Board after the public
hearing.
ITEM #3: Bradford moved to approve the December 3 minutes. Merrick seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous.
ITEM #4: Hauth asked members to consider projects for the upcoming year. She noted each department
submits an 18 month work program to the Town Board, and its time to begin compiling that plan.
The members discussed some projects and agreed to discuss the plan in more detail at a later
meeting.
ITEM #5: Hauth highlighted some of the most recent changes to the subdivision regulations draft. She
added that she feels there are too many changes in later sections to handle the entire revision at
one hearing. She said Section 3 and the first 3 subsections of Section 4 are ready for hearing, if
the members concur. She asked the members to review the wording added to Section 3.5.f
regarding utility plans and the members agreed the wording is acceptable. She said the members
had previously discussed referring all appeals and variance requests to the Board of Adjustment.
She asked if that change is still desirable and the members agreed it is. Brinkley asked about the
reference to magnetic north and Hauth said she would change it if it is not specified in State
Statute. Taylor asked if there are any problems with only moving part of the amendments
forward. Hauth said she did not foresee any, but would check the remaining sections to make
sure cross references were correct. She noted that she received a number of comments from a
local engineer who designs subdivisions. She went over the comments and the members agreed
to incorporate many of them. The suggestion to ,increase the bond amount to 125% was
discussed and agreed to. Bradford noted that the suggestion to have the town accept easements
before the Final Plat is recorded may not be in the town's interest. He noted that there are some
cases where the town will not want to accept maintenance responsibility for those easements.
After discussion, the members agreed to not include that suggestion.
MOTION: Hughes moved to send the discussed amendments to public hearing. Sagar seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous.
Taylor adjourned the meeting at 7:53PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Margaret A. Hauth, Secretary