MEETING MINUTES OF THE

BURNS COMMITTEE

October 15, 2003

Town Hall 7:00 PM

 

Members in attendance:

Dana Farley (Village Resident), Chair                 Charles Russell (Selectboard)    

Jesse Bradley (Recreation Committee)               John Owen (Affordable Housing Committee)

Al Moraska (Planning Commission)

 

Members absent:      

Jim Donovan (Planning Commission)                              Dee Pierce (Conservation Commission)             

Bill Lockwood (Economic Development Committee)       Moe Harvey (Citizen at large)   

 

Others present:

Dean Bloch, Town Planner

                                   

The meeting convened at 7:00 PM.

 

Minutes

The minutes from September 11th were approved.

 

Planning Process

Dana provided a draft of the Planning Process that she updated, incorporating the “design statement” process suggested by Nick Wates, recognizing that several steps in the process have already been accomplished, and including a few other tweaks including the timeline.

 

Dana also announced that the Vermont Land Trust has committed to support the process with $5,000.  She will contact the Preservation Trust of Vermont to determine what that organization’s support will be.

 

Dana also indicated that VLT and PTV have approved the Planning Process.  The next needed action is for the Selectboard to approve the process.  Charles will put it on the Selectboard’s next agenda (for October 27, 2003).

 

There was discussion over whether septic testing should be done at this time or later in the process.  Charles said that some septic information is known, and it probably won’t be that expensive to fill in the gaps.

 

There was discussion about undertaking another survey, possibly at Town Meeting.

 

There was discussion about asking potential facilitators what they would do during the process.

 

Action items:

C         Dana will contact PTV to find out what they will contribute to the process.

C         Dean will put the Planning Process on the Selectboard agenda for approval.

C         Dana will invite Brian Shupe and Steve Libby to the next meeting.

 

Next Meeting

The next meeting was scheduled for Wednesday November 19th at 7:00 PM.

 

The meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,

Dean Bloch