MEETING MINUTES OF THE

BURNS COMMITTEE

November 17, 2003

Town Hall 7:00 PM

 

Members in attendance:

Dana Farley (Village Resident), Chair                             John Owen (Affordable Housing Committee)

Al Moraska (Planning Commission)                                Moe Harvey (Citizen at large)   

 

Members absent:      

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

Charles Russell (Selectboard)                                         Jesse Bradley (Recreation Committee)

 

Others present:

Steve Libby

Dean Bloch, Town Planner

                                   

The meeting convened at 7:00 PM.

 

Minutes

The minutes from October 15 were not approved because of lack of a quorum.

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Survey

There was discussion regarding the survey.

 

Resignation

Dana said that Bill has resigned from the Committee.  There was discussion about the need to replace him with someone from the Economic Development Committee.

 

Planning Process

There was discussion about inviting Brian Shupe and Peter Morris to the next meeting.  At this point Dick LeBoeuf entered.  Dana explained the process to Dick, and how the Committee hopes to include Dick.  Dick said that he has been talking with Sarah Carpenter (Cathedral Square), and a person from Wright and Morrissey and a person who used to be with Freeman French Freeman.  There was discussion about inviting them to a Committee meeting.

 

Dana asked Dean to clarify whether an RFP is needed.

 

At this point Steve Libby entered.  Steve described his understanding of the project/process, and also described a project he was involved with in Shoreham that had some similarities.  A few of his comments:

C         Sometimes charrettes are too broad

C         Process may be affected by technical realities (eg: septic, wetland, etc.)

C         Technical evaluation may need higher budget ($12,000 = 120 hours, which may not be enough)

C         In Shoreham, they created Implementation Strategies for each option

C         Need to explain “design statement” in RFP.

C         Perhaps create separate design statements for neighborhoods and for the Burns property.

 

Next Meeting

The next meeting was scheduled for Wednesday December 10th at 7:00 PM.  Brian Shupe and Peter Morris are to be invited, and the RFP for septic evaluation is to be reviewed. 

 

 

 

Action items:

C         Dean will invite Brian Shupe and Peter Morris to the next meeting, and send each a copy of the Planning Process (and possibly MOU).

C         Dean will determine if there is a town policy regarding when RFPs are necessary

C         Dean will draft RFP for septic evaluation and circulate

 

The meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Dean Bloch