February 18, 2004
Town Hall 6:00 PM
Dana Farley (Village Resident), Chair Moe Harvey (Citizen at large)
Jessie
Bradley (Recreation Committee) John
Owen (Affordable Housing Committee)
Charles
Russell (Selectboard) Jack
Clemmons (Economic Development Committee)
Members absent:
Dee
Pierce (Conservation Commission)
Al
Moraska (Planning Commission)
One
seat vacant
Others
present:
Nancy
Sabin
Dean
Bloch, Town Planner
The meeting convened at 6:00 PM.
The minutes from January 14th were
approved.
Dean indicated that the Purchase and Sales Contract
for Lot 3 of the Charlotte Land Trust subdivision (signed by James Dickerson)
indicates that septic capacity on the Lantern Visions lot can be used by the
Town. He is going to ask the Town
Attorney to draft a pledge agreement as provided for in the contract.
There was discussion about issuing a Request For
Proposals (RFP) for the Planner/Facilitator/Designer. It was decided that an RFP would be issued. Dana and Dean will work on it and distribute
it.
Dana and Dean will also finalize and distribute the
septic RFP, and include topographic surveying and wetland delineation.
There
will be a Kick-off meeting for Neighborhood Districts at the next meeting. Dana put an article in the Charlotte News.
The
meeting will include an explanation of “design statements,” designation of
neighborhoods districts, choosing neighborhood leader, and developing a mailing
list. An invitational letter will be
distributed.
There
was discussion about the best way to divide the village, eg: into quadrants
(NW, NE, SW, SE) or along roads (north Greenbush, east Ferry, south Greenbush,
west Ferry). No decision was reached.
Jack
described the meeting that he organized.
There was a good turnout. Some
of the neighbors had not met each other previously, so this was a good
opportunity to get acquainted.
Some
people said they don’t want things to change.
Jack said that , even so, you still need to plan. There was discussion about how much things
have changed since he first moved to Charlotte, when the north part of
Greenbush Road consisted of seven farms.
There
was discussion of the following issues:
open land, new housing, cluster/sprawl, affordable housing, water and
sewer capacity, the use of water by Horsford’s Nursery, the pond near Nancy
Sabin’s property, traffic, sidewalk/pedestrian paths, alternate routes/roads.
The
meeting was a good chance to give people a chance to discuss the issues
affecting their neighborhood. This will
be followed up with the formal “Kick-off” meeting at the Town Hall.
Rezoning
of Burns Property
The
potential for rezoning the Burns property was discussed, since currently some
of the parcel (to the west) is in the Rural District, and the portion of the
east is in the Commercial District.
This was discussed with Brian Shupe at the last meeting. He had said that he felt that rezoning would
need to be done concurrently with or following an amendment to the Town
Plan. This hasn’t been discussed by the
Planning Commission.
Composition
of Committee
It
was discussed that the representative from the Conservation Commission (Dee
Pierce) has not been attending, and that one of the representatives from the
Planning Commission (Jim Donovan) has resigned. The Conservation Commission is currently looking for new members,
so it was felt that the replacement of Dee should wait until the new members
are on board. With regard to replacing
Jim, the Selectboard has advertised for another “at-large” member instead of
Planning Commissioner. They received
two responses: Chris McGee and Karen
Frost. Jane Michaud has expressed
interest, but has not submitted a letter.
Next Meeting
The next meeting was scheduled for Wednesday
March 10th at 7:00 PM.
The agenda is the kick-off meeting for the creation of neighborhood
planning districts.
Action items:
C
Dean
and Dana to refine Request for Proposals (RFPs) for septic analysis/wetland
delineation/topographic survey and for facilitator/planner/designer and
distribute.
C
Plan
Neighborhood Kick-off Meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 7:30 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Dean Bloch