January 14, 2004
Town Hall 7:00 PM
Dana Farley (Village Resident), Chair Moe Harvey (Citizen at large)
Al
Moraska (Planning Commission) Jesse
Bradley (Recreation Committee)
Charles
Russell (Selectboard) Jack
Clemmons (Economic Development Committee)
Members absent:
Dee
Pierce (Conservation Commission)
John
Owen (Affordable Housing Committee)
Others
present:
Dick
LeBoeuf
Brian
Shupe
Dean
Bloch, Town Planner
The meeting convened at 7:00 PM.
The minutes from December 10th were
approved.
The Committee reviewed three septic proposals (from: Trudell Consulting Engineers; Otter Creek Engineering; and Lamoureux and Dickinson Engineering). Letters from Civil Engineering Associates and Stone Environmental were also reviewed.
In reviewing the proposals, one of the questions
discussed was whether monitoring can be done this Spring, or whether a two-step
process (ie: test pits this year and monitoring next year) would be
appropriate. Trudell and Lamoureux
& Dickinson proposed to conduct a monitoring program this Spring; Otter
Creek did not, but proposed a topographic survey and wetland delineation.
The Committee asked Dean to have Spencer Harris
review the proposals and give the Committee a written recommendation. The Committee will meet next week (on
January 21st at 5:00 PM) to review Spencer’s recommendation and to
select a consultant.
Brian provided a background of his firm, Burnt Rock,
Inc., and indicated that the firm mostly works for municipalities, but in some
cases does work for private entities.
An example is a recent project for Rock Point, which involved creating a
conservation-minded management plan.
The firm works on planning rather than on design, however they
frequently team with designers.
Brian felt that the recently completed West
Charlotte Village Plan lacked a three dimensional design component, which was
perhaps the reason why the plan wasn’t accepted. There was discussion about the incorporation of “design
statements” into the Burns Planning Process.
Dana said that the village could most likely be broken into four
neighborhoods, and that each neighborhood will look at constraints and
opportunities, and will do a written statement that provides a vision for how
the neighborhood should evolve.
Brian said that the process may need a designer more
than a planner, but one that can help people envision what is possible and also
provide graphic representations of verbal and written statements of residents,
rather than a master plan.
Dana asked Brian whether he would recommend rezoning
the Burns property ie: as Village or Commercial (which was also the next
agenda-item for the meeting). Brian
said that he would recommend it, however he felt that this might need an
amendment to the Town Plan, considering that the Planning Commission is being
very careful in its current amendment of the zoning bylaws (which Brian is
assisting with) to stay in sync with the Town Plan.
There was brief discussion about rezoning the Burns
parcel. There was no conclusion.
The Committee briefly discussed how it wants to
proceed with selecting a consultant.
The Committee asked Dean to draft an RFP for a consultant, using the
Planning Process as an outline, with a project budget of $12,000.
Next Meeting
A meeting to approve a septic consultant was
scheduled for Wednesday January 21st at 5:00 PM.
The next regular meeting was scheduled for Wednesday
February 18th at 7:00 PM.
Action items:
C
Dean
to ask Spencer Harris for written review and recommendation of septic
proposals.
C
Dean
to ask Trudell what their cost is for monitoring.
C
Dean
to draft a Request for Proposals (RFP) for facilitator/planner/designer.
Potential future agenda items:
C
Selection
of septic consultant; make recommendation to Selectboard
C
Review
Request For Proposals (RFP) for facilitator/designer/planner
C
Establish
neighborhood groups
C
Discuss
how Dick LeBoeuf’s project fits into the Burns project
C
Discuss
make-up of Committee
The meeting adjourned at 9:10 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Dean Bloch