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Home My Public Portal AboutPlanning Board -- 2009-03-25 MinutesOx{o a9, 2 3 ~ ~3 ~ s~ D ~ ~~ ~~` y Date Approved: April 22, 2009; All Aye; vote 5-0-0 Brewster Planning Board 2198 Main Street Brewster, Massachusetts 02631-1898 (~08) 8~,3~Q1 e~ct, 133 SAX `('5b8)=$'96=$08~`'r-i TOWN OF BREWSTER MINUTES OF PLANNING BOARD REGULAR MEETING Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 7:00 P.M. Brewster Town Office Building Chairman Robert Bugle convened the Planning Board meeting at 7:00 pm in the Brewster Town Office Building with members Taylor, Pierce, McMullen, Tubman and Barnard. Chairman Bugle opened the hearing March, 2009 by reading the first agenda item. He also informed the public that he is an abutter to the Eddy School and as a Brewster citizen wanted to be informed. Because tonight's discussion was just an informal with no decision required he would be sitting in. INFORMAL DISCUSSION with Charles Sumner and Greg Levasseur regarding: Facilities Utilization Plan: The Town of Brewster is currently considering a Long Range Facilities Utilization Plan to consolidate town services and reduce long term expenses. Present: Charlie Sumner and Greg Levasseur Levasseur: Provided an overview of the facilities plan. He noted that this was an opportunity for the Town and one that a Town isn't often given. Also, he mentioned that they have not presented it to the School Committee and in order for the plan to proceed they will need to have the School Committee's approval. The Plan does accommodate the school's requirements for 6 rooms for early intervention and the class sizes will remain in the high teens to low twenties. Further, Mr. Levasseur pointed out that the town has spent over $4 million in renovations to Stony Brook. McMullen: Questioned if any traffic studies had been prepared yet? And wondered the status of the secondary access and if that cost had been accounted for? Levasseur: Noted that the plan is still in the preliminary plan and that they will get traffic counts if they receive the School committee's approval. Also, the secondary access will be discussed later. He noted that a secondary access was an attractive solution but they didn't have all the answers. Sumner: Noted that the Board of Selectman recognized that they would need to amend the COPD Permit. Pierce: Questioned whether the Eddy school would be large enough to accommodate: the Town Hall employees, council on aging and the recreation department. Levasseur: Noted that overall, everyone will have more space at Eddy and it should work. He also highlighted the process: 1. School committee needs to approve 2. Charter school needs to sign a purchase and sale 3. The Town needs to hire an architect for the remodeling of the present Town Hall and Stony Brook 4. Modify the Eddy School for the Town's new requirements 5. Need to be able to get the Charter School into the Town Hall for the Fall 2011 Planning Board Meeting Page 1 of 3 3-25-09 Taylor: Asked what price would the Town be able to sell the Natural Resource Building for? Also she wanted to check the zoning on the building. Barnard: The Historic Museum is under the control of the Board of Selectmen. Based on this plan, it appears that the building will be empty. It was noted that the Board of Selectmen had discussed tearing down the building in 1985. Tubman: Discussed the Chamber of Commerce and the Historic Committee being relocated together over at the Council on Aging building. She thought this would be a very cooperative relationship and a good fit for the town. Bugle: Opened the floor to the public. No comments. Mr. Bugle thanked Mr. Sumner and Mr. Levasseur for coming before the Planning Board to discuss this matter. Chairman Bugle then opened the legal hearing by reading the legal advertisements and making the applicant and parties in interest aware of their rights to appeal as required under Chapter 40A, Section 17. He stated that during the hearing any member of the Board or interested party could direct questions through the Chairman to a speaker relating to the proposal. PUBLIC LEGAL HEARING FOR PLANNING BOARD - ESTABLISH A SAND 8 GRAVEL SPECIAL PERMIT FEE. The Planning Board proposes to establish a $100 special permit fee for a Sand & Gravel application. Bugle: Opened the floor to the Board. McMullen: thought the fee was reasonable. Pierce: agreed with the McMullen. Barnand: wanted to make sure that if a consultant was required the additional cost would be covered by the applicant. It was noted that this would be the same as the Wind Turbine process. Bugle: Opened the floor to the Public. Kuzzman: Wanted to make sure the Board was covering their costs. McMullen: Stated that this was going to be the starting point that the Board felt comfortable with implementing. The Board has not heard this type of application before but should the fee need to be revised the Board would increase/decrease. McMullen motioned to approve the $100 sand & gravel application fee. Seconded by Pierce. Roll Call Vote: Robert Bugle Aye John McMullen Aye Elizabeth Taylor Aye Marjorie Pierce Aye Amber Tubman Aye Robert Barnard Aye Other Business: 1. Review Minutes: January 28, 2009 and February 11, 2009 -January 28: Pierce motioned to approve the minutes as written. Seconded by Tubman. All Aye. - February 11: Pierce motioned to approve with modifications. Seconded by Barnard. All Aye. 2. DCPC update from Sue Leven - Ms. Leven informed the Board that the 90 day extension was scheduled to go to the Cape Cod Commission on April 2"d and would therefore expire in early July. - Ms. Leven also noted that she was drafting a Conservation Subdivision Regulation which would be another way to protect Brewster's water. The draft should be ready in the next few weeks. Ms. Leven also mentioned that she was working with the Nancy Ice and Victor Staley on other possible articles. 3. Review counsel's comments regarding proposed zoning articles. - Essentially the comments were typographical changes. The Board was in favor of the suggestions. 4. Review/approve Summaries for proposed Zoning Articles. - A brief discussion occurred and minor changes were made. Tubman motioned to approve the 2 Planning Board Meeting Page 2 of 3 3-25-09 summaries with modifications to the Home Occupation. Seconded by Taylor. All Aye. 5. Appoint a new representative to the Water Quality Review Committee -Pierce motioned to appoint Robert Barnard to the Committee. Seconded by McMullen. All Aye. -Tubman motioned to appoint Elizabeth Taylor as the alternate. Seconded by Pierce. All Aye. 6. Proposed Planning Board Agenda for Fall 2009 Town Meeting - In-Law Apartment: The Board agreed that they did not want to see this feature deleted from the bylaw. However, the question arose how to address. Ms. Leven said she would draft a possible solution for the Board to review. - Table of Uses: Allowing Greenhouses in RM Zone -somehow or other it was deleted from the use Table and this needs to be fixed. - Communication Towers Rules & Regulations - needs to be revisited. Ms. Taylor thought there was a draft that had already been worked on but was not final. -Subdivision Rules and Regulations -need to review and determine the latest version, hold a public hearing and submit the version to the Town Clerk to update the Code Book. -Woodwaste - a brief discussion occurred. It was determined that the BOH may be the best department to address this. Sue and Bob Bugle would discuss with the Nancy Ice. 7. Any other business that may come before this Board. - Crosby Lane discussion - an informal discussion would be held on the gcn - Road bylaw - a letter had been dropped off this afternoon. It was agreed to discuss this issue at the next meeting. McMullen: Motioned to adjourn. Seconded by Tubman. All Aye. Respectfully submitted, ~'/ Marjorie Pierce/Clerk J nne ci/Administrative Clerk ~ -~ ~ ~ t~ G~ ~ I~'~,j °1 Planning Board Meeting Page 3 of 3 3-25-09