MEETING MINUTES OF THE

BURNS COMMITTEE

December 10, 2003

Town Hall 7:00 PM

 

Members in attendance:

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

Al Moraska (Planning Commission)                                Jesse Bradley (Recreation Committee)  

Charles Russell (Selectboard)

 

Members absent:      

Dee Pierce (Conservation Commission)                          Moe Harvey (Citizen at large)   

                                               

Others present:

Peter Morris

Dean Bloch, Town Planner

                                   

The meeting convened at 7:00 PM.

 

Minutes

The minutes from October 15 and November 19 were approved.

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Members

Al had talked with Jack Clemmons, with regard to replacing Bill Lockwood.  Jack was interested.  The Selectboard will act to appoint him at its next meeting.

 

Dean said that Jim Donovan felt he needed to resign from the Committee because of time constraints, however Jim had indicated that he could share the seat with Robin Pierce of the Planning Commission.  There was discussion about whether this would create difficulties in terms of determining whether the committee has a quorum, etc.  There was discussion about the possibility of replacing Jim with another citizen-at-large or a village resident.  Charles will discuss it with the Selectboard.

 

There was discussion about Dee’s attendance.  Dean will call her to see if there is someone else from the Conservation Commission who would be interested.

 

Discussion with Peter Morris

Peter introduced himself.  He indicated that he had read Nick Wates’ book, as well as the West Charlotte Village Plan, the Planning Process (created by the Committee), and the survey results, and he had looked at soil maps of the area, and the displays for the Burns property at Town Hall.

 

Peter said he understands the need to keep options open during the planning process.  Charles stressed that the Vermont Land Trust wanted the planning process to be inclusive, unique and original.  Jessie said that the process doesn’t need to create a final plan.  Dana said that this is one of the first Vermont Land Trust and Preservation Trust projects to bring people into the process, rather than focusing primarily on the land.

 

There was discussion about how the village population is changing.  Dana stressed that she feels the village should remain for the local population rather than second home-owners.

 

Peter discussed other projects he has been involved with.  He also said that he may not be the “facilitator”, but that he could team with somebody who could be.  He also mentioned a web site for Project for Public Spaces.

 

Next Meeting

The next meeting was scheduled for Wednesday January 14th at 7:00 PM. 

 

Action items:

C         Dean will invite Brian Shupe to the next meeting.

C         Dean will contact Dee Pierce about attendance.

C         Charles will propose that the Selectboard appoint Jack Clemmons

C         Dean will contact the Charlotte News to advertise for another member

C         A pre-bid meeting for the septic RFP will be held on December 29th.

 

The meeting adjourned at 9:00 PM.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Dean Bloch