FINAL VERSION AS
AMENDED AND APPROVED ON April 14, 2003. Attest: _________
Town of Charlotte
Board of Selectmen
Minutes
Monday, March 24, 2003
7:00 PM, Charlotte Town Hall
Eleanor Russell
Paul Arthaud
OTHERS: Daniel
Senecal-Albrecht (selectboard assistant)
Stephen
C. Brooks
John
Hammer
Hugh
Lewis, Sr.
Tricia
Coleman
Peter
Coleman
Mel Hawley
Sylvia Sprigg
Walter Gates
Robert Mack
Eric Van Vlandren
Chris Davis
Dick St. George
Dave Schermerhorn
Tom Heilmann
Nancy Salem
N. & J. Gates
Dick Weed
Jocelyn Bolick (clerk)
The meeting was
called to order at 7:00 pm.
The items on the
agenda were as follows;
Adjustments to Agenda
/ Approve minutes of February 24th and March 10th /
Public Discussion / Senior Center Discussion of Building and Water Issues –
Wally Gates / Approve Amended Harassment Policy / Legal Issues / Fire and
Rescue / Finish Selectboard Priorities & Workplan / Thompson’s Point
Indirect Discharge Permit Approval / Extend Hugh Lewis, Sr. Term as Constable
to State Required 2 Years / Selectboard Updates / Sign Bills and Warrants /
Adjournment
Adjustments to Agenda
·
Selectboard Updates -
Paul Arthaud with Rec Path Update
·
Mel Hawley’s letter
·
Selectboard Updates -
Jennifer Cole with Thompson’s Point and Ag Lease Committee
Motion made by
Eleanor Russell, seconded by Jennifer Cole:
“To approve the
selectboard meeting minutes with corrections for February 24th”
Vote: 3 in favor, 1 abstention (Paul Arthaud,
absent from Feb. 24 meeting).
Delete reference on
page 3 “of the selectboard and others”
concerning Peter Coleman taking pictures.
Correct reference on
page 3 from “should object to the floating trail easement” to “should object to
removing the floating trail easement”.
Correct reference on
page 4 from “can’t touch because of the way …” to “can’t touch because of this
encumberance”.
Correct reference on
page 4 from “to discuss the agricultural leases” to “to the committee to
address the agricultural leases”.
Correct reference on
page 5 from “Eleanor Russell agreed, but feels” to “Eleanor Russell feels”.
Correct reference on
page 6 from “for 43 sales” to “for the year 2002, there were 43 sales”.
Correct reference on
page 6 from “$1,000,00” to “$1,000,000”.
Correct reference on page 6 from “are used at Nordic Farm” to “are used at Phase 1 of the Trevor and Melissa Mack Trail”.
Motion made by Eleanor
Russell, seconded by Jennifer Cole:
“To approve the selectboard meeting minutes
with corrections for March 10th”
Vote: all in favor.
Correct reference on
page 3 from “HAVE to be done this year” to “are being done this year (either by
the selectboard or other entities)”.
Add on page 4 after
both motions “Vote: all in favor”.
Correct reference on
page 7 from “subcommittees of the planning commission” to “subcommittees of the
selectboard”.
Correct reference on
page 8 from “Link Road” to “Lake Road”.
Correct reference on
page 8 from “cracks in lots of the other words” to “cracks in lots of the other
roads”.
Correct reference on
page 9 from “One lane bridge” to “Bostwick Road has a one lane bridge”. Add (after this corrected sentence) “There
was some discussion on this issue.”.
Correct reference on
page 9 from “$34000 had a fair amount” to “$34000 is a fair amount”.
Correct reference on
page 9 from “you can grants” to “you can get grants”.
Correct reference on
page 10 from “put it on the school board” to “put it on the ballot”.
Correct reference on
page 11 from “money until you do not have it” to “money until you do have it”.
·
Mel Hawley wrote a
letter about the floating easement on the Greenwood America property. He would like the selectboard to decide by
August 1st whether or not to exercise the option on the
easement. Paul Arthaud said we will
need to incur a cost to do the research (engineering, etc.) to make a trail
that we won’t even use. Since this is
not a trail that is in any of the town plans, Paul feels he would let this one
go at this point.
Charles
Russell felt that tonight was not the night to make that decision, but it will
be put on a future agenda.
Eleanor
Russell said we don’t have a master plan, so we don’t know if that trail will
fit or not. Perhaps in the time given
we’ll get more information to guide us.
Stephen
Brooks asked when the option will run out.
Mel Hawley said there is no time pressure. Charles Russell said we should know by August 1st
whether or not we think it’s reasonable to build a trail through that
land.
Paul
Arthaud agreed with Eleanor Russell that the trails committee should go forward
and look at this option. Charles
Russell said we will look at it within the next 1 ½ months. There is no formal trail committee right
now; it is ad hoc. They are working on
a mission statement. Eleanor Russell
feels the selectboard has an obligation to give a timely answer.
Mel
Hawley said he appreciates the board setting the trail easement on the
property. Since it is a floating trail
easement (not in a fixed location), it is a true encumberance on the
property. It is not a floating easement
on the Creamery Property, but it does affect the property between Lake Road and
the Creamery Property. It is difficult
to design around something when you don’t know where it is exactly.
Peter
Coleman wanted to know if a floating easement is determined between the selectboard and the owner of the land. It is not dictated by the selectboard, is
it? The selectboard feels they will
have an engineer take a look at it by August 1st to see if it’s
practical to build a trail. There are a
lot of issues with these trails – that’s why the selectboard feels it is wise
to form a committee to deal with these topics.
· Stephen Brooks wanted to direct attention to tomorrow night’s conservation commission meeting. One of their issues is to approve the letterhead for the conservation commission. Stephen felt that the conservation commission should be using the town letterhead. His objection is that it’s a terrible precedent – if it’s okay for one commission to do it, then it’s okay for every commission to fashion their own letterhead. Also, liability-wise, issues should go to the selectboard first.
· Peter Coleman asked when the February selectboard meeting minutes will go onto the website. Discussion ensued about whether to put a draft version of the selectboard meeting minutes on the website. The selectboard felt they should be approved first, but it was decided that a draft (unapproved) version will be put up on the website as soon as it is received (within 5 days).
· Peter Coleman is ranting and raving for Jimmy Dickerson (who couldn’t come to rant and rave in person). He has observed people riding on ATV’s and snowmobiles all over town property and the Old Lantern property and the town property up by Barber Hill Road. He had mentioned it to the selectboard less than a year ago. Charles Russell said he hadn’t heard any more complaints and had heard it had died down. Stephen Brooks asked what the problem was – Peter said it was a liability problem if something happened on town land. Is posting the land something that will help the situation? Charles Russell said it all comes down to the enforcement of the rules. Could VAST help out? Making a trail through there might help solve the problem. Peter recommends that this be an agenda item in a couple more meetings so we can discuss it more thoroughly.
Senior Center Discussion of Building and Water Issues – Wally Gates
Walter
Gates wanted to talk about water and building issues with the Senior
Center. Back in December, a routine
water test required by the state showed coliform. Although it is not dangerous, it shows that potentially dangerous
bacteria is getting into the well. If
that occurs, other things can be getting in there too.
Since
that December test, they chlorinated the well, fixed the well casing at the
top, put in a new pump after it failed, and made an internal plumbing
change. After each fix, they tested the
well again, and each time the test failed.
But, after the last plumbing change, they got a set of clean tests. Next they have to work with the state to
fulfill the exact procedures they require to lift the boiled water ban
(currently it is still in effect). They
are optimistic they have the situation in hand. If they don’t, the next courses of action are quite expensive –
either a chlorination system or an ultraviolet system with a chlorination
backup system.
Building
issues – the Senior Center has tried to get the contractor (Summit
Construction) to come back and take care of a number of open items. They have never received “as-built”
drawings. They are important since the
building is never exactly built the way the architect has envisioned it. There are mistakes that have been made that
everyone agrees can remain that way;
there are times when someone thinks of a better way of doing
something. The contractor is supposed
to record all the changes and give a set of prints that shows exactly how the
building was built. As an example, the
Senior Center wanted to put in a handicap ramp, but they did not know where the
electrical lines in the parking lot were built, so they had to hire Dig Safe to
come in and find the lines.
Charles
Russell said Peter Nelson (the supervisor with Summit Construction) said he
will return Charles’ call when he has time and they will go to Montpelier and
go through the prints together.
Walter
Gates said the warranty period on the building expires in April, so if things
are not fixed by that time, the contractors might claim that the warranty is
up. However, they have been unable to
get that resolved. Other items include
a telephone line that was installed using an interior box and wiring on the
exterior which has caused problems with the alarm system and the phone
service. Also, the backsplash in the
kitchen came off – right now it is clamped down to be glued, but someone needs
to caulk it. Summit Construction said
they will get around to it. There are
water stains from the drip edge, the great room door doesn’t have the right
sill so there’s a draft, there is a crack in the french door, there are no box
keys for the silent alarm, and the existing problems we spoke about earlier
with the well. The Senior Center is
here to ask for help, they can’t seem to get it done. The list has 10 items, but the contractor just says that they’ll
take care of it. The contract is with
the town and Summit, not with the Senior Center and Summit. The suggestion from the Senior Center is
either to get Summit to get it done before the warranty or get the town
attorney to get them to extend the warranty period.
Paul
Arthaud said that they withheld payment for a period of time because of the
punch list. If Summit does not come
through and fix these things, the selectboard will be looking for legal
documents that state the final punch list.
The town will be looking for whom to pursue.
Stephen
Brooks wanted to know if the selectboard is taking any action based on this
discussion. Charles Russell said he and
Dan Senecal-Albrecht will call Summit Construction tomorrow and talk to them
and see if it can all be resolved by April or get the warranty extended. Summit Construction has been paid their last
money.
Tricia
Coleman said she wrote to the selectboard in June of last year exactly what
should be included in the punch list.
Eleanor Russell circulated to the selectboard a copy of the policy that has been approved by the town counsel regarding harassment. Eleanor said the changes made by legal counsel (Tim Huestis) was to change wording so it fits the legal model. For example “illegal” was changed to “unlawful”. He also wanted to insure it was in compliance with state and federal regulations regarding sexual harassment. It is fairly straightforward.
Paul Arthaud wanted to know if a political campaign that distributed material that arguably showed hostility toward an individual would violate the harassment policy. Eleanor Russell said the keywords are “protected under the law” such as on the basis of race, sex, religion, etc. This is the wording that is considered proper by the state and town counsel. Paul wanted to know if you write about someone in town office - is that considered harassment? Eleanor said it had to show hostility based on race, sex, religion, etc.
Peter Coleman wanted to know if that includes accusing someone of diminished mental capacity. The answer is no.
The workplace should be free of harassment for any employee or citizen.
Paul Arthaud still has a problem with the wording of the document. Paul feels that there is material that is distributed from time to time that shows hostility towards the individual. Eleanor said you can get angry with a person because of their hair color, but not because of anything protected under the law.
Motion
made by Eleanor Russell, seconded by Jennifer Cole:
“To approve the harassment policy”.
Vote: all in favor.
Legal Issues
·
Mathieu Motors –
Appeal. Tom Mansfield granted them a
permit to sell cars at Mt. Philo Motors.
It was appealed with the zoning board who overturned Tom’s ruling. It went to the environmental board and the
town lost. The selectboard needs to
decide if they are going to appeal that decision. Joe McLean said the town could appeal it to the Vermont Supreme
Court but he didn’t feel it would be successful.
Eleanor
Russell said the bottom line is – the issue was whether that commercial property
was used to sell previously owned cars continuously over time from Lacasse to
Lavalette. The decision stated there
was always at least one car for sale there at all times. There doesn’t seem to be any strong legal
basis to appeal. Joe McLean felt it
would be $3,000-$5,000 to go to the Supreme Court without much chance of
winning it. The town has spent
approximately $7600 in legal fees on this already.
Sylvia
Sprigg said it was discontinued as a commercial property. It is setting a bad precedent for the town
that a discontinued commercial property is still allowed to be resumed as a
commercial property. The selectboard
doesn’t feel happy about this decision, but it is a lost cause. Sylvia feels we need to inform our zoning
administrator to look into the facts and figures from the beginning.
·
WIZN – Party Status
for ACT250 and Environmental Board Cases?
Do we want Stitzels’ office to get party status so we know what is going
on with the court cases. Robert Mack said
he thinks we should just have the attorney that the selectboard has on the case
review the documents. Charles Russell
said right now we don’t get notified about what is going on.
Paul
Arthaud asked what are the costs associated with being involved? It’s standard documents, should not be a
huge expense.
·
Magill/Fournier –
Pursue or Waive Condition Requiring Buried Utilities. Dan Senecal-Albrechtcompiled the documents. Lance Fournier subdivided his property in
2000. He was supposed to bury his
cable, but he didn’t and then sold his property. Magill put in an addendum when
he purchased the property from Fournier forcing Fournier to bury the lines to
comply with the town. Magill is now
trying to clear up his title. He got a
certificate of compliance from Tom Mansfield saying everything was okay (but it
wasn’t).
The
selectboard has to decide whether to force Magill (the current landowner) to
bury his lines. Tom worked with him and
tried to work out a settlement. They
came to within $2000 but could not agree on a figure. Does the selectboard care enough about this to go after Magill or
do we forget the whole thing and acknowledge that Tom should not have given
them a certificate of compliance. Tom
made a mistake, but Magill has a certificate in hand. What does it cost to town to pursue this? Stephen Brooks felt if he is in violation of
his permit, then he’s in violation of his permit!
Eleanor
Russell excused herself from the discussion since she can see the wires from
her property.
Mr.
Fournier is the ultimate offending party. He agreed to bury the lines and did not do it. In the purchase and sale agreement, it says
that the seller is responsible for burial of the existing electrical service to
comply with the state of Vermont.
Stephen
Brooks said someone wants special treatment, that’s what this all amounts
to. Sylvia Sprigg said Mr. Fournier
already got special treatment on his questionable septic system. It may be a different owner, but it’s the
same piece of property. Robert Mack
said it was only one corner of the replacement area that did not meet
requirements. Sylvia Sprigg feels it is
a terrible precedent to hand out a waiver after the fact (Paul Arthaud agreed).
The
selectboard feels that they should send Mr. Magill a letter telling him to bury
the lines. That’s the first step. Stephen Brooks said the zoning administrator
should send him a letter, it doesn’t have anything to do with the selectboard.
Fire and Rescue
·
Approve Necessity
Resolution for Fire Truck Bonding and Warning for the Vote. The selectboard has the paperwork from the
previous bond vote in 1998 when the ambulance was bought. The CVU bond vote will be May 27th. When do we have to have a vote so we can get
a bond for this year? We’d like to get
it on May 27th with the CVU bond vote. June 15th is the drop dead date when everything must
be in. Most of the paperwork can be
done ahead of time, Eric Van Vlandren of CVFRS does not want to miss that
window.
Dan
Senecal-Albrecht spoke to someone from the Vermont Bond Bank, he prefers to email
the application forms. Verbally, May 20th
sounded okay to the representative from the bond bank. We can’t approve the necessity resolution
tonight, but we will on April 14th.
If it must be done before April 14th, the selectboard will
call a special meeting. We can’t say
the fire truck bond vote is May 27th because we haven’t confirmed
that with the bond bank yet.
Eleanor
Russell thought there would be a committee to look at the governance
issue. Eric Van Vlandren said they are currently
rewriting their by-laws and before the vote they would pass them by the
selectboard as well as with CVFRS’ attorney and a HR consultant. CVFRS is exploring a more formal
relationship with the town.
Dave
Schermerhorn said back in the 60’s there was a fire commission established
which was a liaison between the town government and the fire department. He believes it still exists. It was a three person commission that included
the fire chief, a member of the selectboard, and another elected official.
Eleanor
Russell feels there are a variety of ways that haven’t been considered
concerning the towns’ relationship with the fire department. Dan has contacted various towns to see how
they are currently handling the relationship between the town and the fire
department.
The
selectboard will let CVFRS know what they find out about the bond vote.
John
Hammer asked when will the barn burn occur?
Dick St. George said issues had come up, and it has not yet been
rescheduled. They will put it in the
paper.
Stephen
Brooks asked if it would be fair to say that the Lanes gave WIZN some of their
property rights, and WIZN gave CVFRS some of their property rights. The arrangement is that the Lanes entered
into a lease arrangement with WIZN, there is a sub-lease arrangement between
WIZN and CVFRS, and there is a bill of sale for the physical structure of the
tower to CVFRS. The lease by the Lanes
to WIZN has been extended to the year 2031.
The Lanes extended the lease in November of 2001.
Stephen
Brooks asked if the income from Verizon and the ongoing legal fees associated
with the tower are a wash for CVFRS.
The answer is probably – give or take a year. Stephen Brooks wanted to know if it would make sense for CVFRS to
give or sell the tower for $1. They would
get out of the liability of owning the tower.
Tom Heilmann said there are a lot of reasons why they may or may not
want to do that. Once they got the
district environmental permit in June of 2000, WIZN started a move to get off
the tower. Hopefully that would stop or
minimize all these cases. Most other
communities do get some form of revenue because of their towers to offset
operating expenses.
Tom
Heilmann said he will continue his efforts to have issues that threaten the
tower either dropped or moved off to the side.
If the opposition has objections that are directed to other users, they
can air them out in a forum that doesn’t directly affect CVFRS. He has been perplexed about why the issue is
the tower and not the users that are causing the problem. A lot depends on the way the environmental
board is going to structure and manage this case.
Eleanor
Russell asked if there is any value if the town counsel participates as a party
to this? Tom Heilmann said there might
be some weight with the environmental board.
Charles
Russell asked where Mt. Philo fits into this.
Eric Van Vlandren said they are looking at this in conjunction with the
Ferrisburg Fire Department. No
enlargement of the tower is necessary, but they would need to put a generator
and some other transmission equipment up there, and enlarge the structure,
etc. They want to confirm there are no
dead spots in the community if they move to the tower up there. CVFRS wants to develop another option. If they move to Mt. Philo, they want to make
sure that a change in management of the other players involved would not move
CVFRS off the tower. Charles asked if
they were actively pursuing it and is there a timeframe in mind. Eric Van Vlandren said they are pursuing it
but looking at the physical aspects first.
Stephen
Brooks said Governor Jim Douglas is drawn to problems with bureaucratic
intransigence. Someone should call him
and describe the history of not being able to move this forward. Stephen wanted to know if it would be helpful
if the Charlotte selectboard and planning commission would draw up a brief
letter of support for CVFRS or to district environmental so that Tom Heilmann
could put it in his files for future use.
Tom said if we were dealing with a blank slate, it would be great. But there are a lot of intricacies and
complications involved with this case.
Stephen
Brooks asked about maintaining a long term cash flow from the tower. Tom Heilmann said the goal of the tower is
to gain the potential income raised to offset operating expenses. Users have a $25,000-$30,000 payment every
year.
Tricia
Coleman asked how much was spent already on legal fees with the tower. CVFRS said most of the income from Verizon
has gone directly to legal fees on this issue.
Robert Mack said a ball park figure was $25,000 from the town on legal
fees on this issue.
·
Update on Harriet
Barrows Will. Tom Heilmann gave Eleanor Russell a report on the will a few days
ago which she passed on to the selectboard – it was very helpful on keeping the
board up-to-date on the situation.
Tom
Heilmann asked that the information in the report, while available to anyone in
the town, be kept in context and not have information pulled out in bits and
pieces. When you look at the language
of the bequest, it is clear that it is a net income only bequest. The beneficiary has no power to invade the
principal of the trust. There may be
some softening of that, Tom is working on that right now. Also, the trustee can be directed on how to
make investments of the money by the trust.
Eleanor
Russell wondered about the timeframe.
Tom said they were going to move as quickly as they can. He feels they will start receiving the
income on a quarterly basis very soon, but the end result may take a little
while.
Paul
Arthaud felt that the public should be aware that a trust yielding $30,000 to
$50,000 a year could yield around $7,500 quarterly for CVFRS – which is not
enough to fund equipment for CVFRS.
Stephen
Brooks said the trust was created years before Harriet Barrows’ death, so the
trust would not be subject to probate.
Eric
Van Vlandren said whatever money received from the will would go to the benefit
of the community – whether to buy things from the capital fund list, move
something forward on the capital fund list, whether to defray costs elsewhere,
etc. Eric feels the most prudent thing
is to go forward with the bond issue since the money from the trust may not be
available for another year. Eric said
they will definitely lay out some scenarios on how the money will be spent, as
well as continue a commitment to work with the selectboard.
Harriet
Barrows died at the end of 2001, but Tom Heilmann got the first official
notification in January of 2003 that a trust was set up for CVFRS. Stephen Brooks said those who needed to
consent during probate consented, so if there was any contention it was prior
to that with the trust. Basically,
there will be more information to come.
Nancy
Sabin wanted to know why we’re wasting time talking about the trust – too many
unknowns in it right now. Isn’t the
issue on a re-vote because the town of Charlotte has counsel that doesn’t know
what it’s talking about. Counsel told
the selectboard how to proceed with asking the townfolk for money for the
firetruck.
CVFRS
has reserved page 2 of the Charlotte News (due to Peter Coleman’s generosity)
explaining a lot of these facts so that people can stop listening to the rumor
mill and stop speculating – actually deal with some facts! Hopefully the taxpayers can find a way to
vote yes because it is still in the best interest of the community.
No time to do this tonight. Eleanor Russell would like the selectboard to look at the list and send comments back to Eleanor. It may not be a perfect result and it needs to be revisited after you have had time to think about it.
Thompson’s Point Indirect Discharge Permit Approval
Dan Senecal-Albrecht handed out a copy of the indirect discharge permit. There are no issues to worry about, the plant is working fine at about half capacity. There is a $100 fee plus about $378 based upon usage of 6,000 gallons.
The permit is for 20,000 gallons per day, it is currently using about 9,000 gallons.
Motion made by
Eleanor Russell, seconded by Jennifer Cole:
“The
selectboard authorizes Charles Russell to sign an application for an indirect
discharge permit for the waste water system at Thompson’s Point”.
Vote: all in favor.
Extend Hugh Lewis, Sr., Term as Constable to State Required
2 Years
Eleanor Russell made motion, seconded by Paul Arthaud:
“To have Hugh Lewis, Sr., appointed as town constable for 2 years”.
Vote: all in favor.
Selectboard Updates
·
Appointments to Town
Commissions. The seats that are up are
Linda Hamilton on Conservation, as well as an existing open seat on the
Conservation Commission; Planning (Jeff
McDonald, Dave Brown); Recreation (Steven Moore and Richard Bernstein); Health Officer; Tree warden. We also need
to advertise for a second constable. We
can put an open letter to the Charlotte News asking for letters from people
interested in the positions. The open
letter will state that people should be aware that incumbents may be sending in
letters also.
·
Trail Committee. Dan Senecal-Albrecht said they met last
Thursday and made a 3rd draft of the goals and objectives of the
trail committee. It is being edited by
Dan and will be sent to the various parties involved. Dan will take over the staffing responsibilities.
·
Burnt Rock By-Law
Review. Eleanor Russell and Jennifer
Cole met with the Planning Commission last week. It was a good meeting, lots of input from townspeople and
interested parties. The planning
commission shared their outline for the process. They are going to rent a school bus and interested parties can
take a tour.
·
Rec Committee Update.
Paul Arthaud said they are ready to go to bid.
He got the new purpose and need description isolating it and connecting
it to nothing. They are pending a storm
water discharge permit. It is a path to
nowhere, and the bid documents will be coming in April.
·
Eleanor Russell made
a motion, Paul Arthaud seconded:
Vote: all in favor.
·
Larry Lavalette is
incapacitated and cannot run the flea market this year. The selectboard has decided it’s not their
issue and will do nothing at this time.
·
Thompson’s Point and
Ag Lease Committee. Jennifer Cole said
they met last Wednesday to put in their final comments. Dick Greene will come to the next meeting
and explain their recommendations. The
recommendations are that the lease will continue with Aurora Farms for 5
years. The Pony Club has one more year
in their lease and they’ll finish cleaning up the boundaries. The rest of the land will not be used for
pasture. The Sportsmens Club Alliance
is agreeable with not having a lease.
Robert
Mack wanted to know why they are not going out to bid on this land? Paul Arthaud agreed with Robert – but these
are just recommendations at this point.
It is up to the selectboard to decide whom to lease to, but the two
groups that were interested were Aurora Farms and Charlotte Sportsmens
Alliance. The selectboard actually has
to put it out to bid though.
Jennifer
said one of the recommendations of the committee was that a procedure needs to
be set up to review the leases.
Robert
Mack said the people on Thompson’s Point only lease one part of the
property. They don’t have the right to
run all over the place. Robert said
that committee is well represented with those people. Jennifer said that the public should have access to town
land. Robert said he’s concerned with
the combination of land (both crop and pasture).
Paul
Arthaud said he’d be interested in maximizing the revenue on the property for
the benefit of the town. Jennifer said
the committee felt the small size available for farmland was small enough and
so broken up (by the waste water system, etc.) that it was not valuable for
farming. Robert Mack felt that the
bidding process would tell you that.
He feels that if someone wants to be a hobby farmer, it would be
valuable to them.
Charles
Russell said to wait for the report that shows the recommendations of the
committee.
Sign Bills and Warrants
“To authorize Charles Russell to sign the appropriate documents CCC515 and CCC517 for Skip Sheldon”.
Vote: all in favor.
Adjournment
Next
meeting on Monday, April 14th, at 7 PM.
Meeting adjourned at 10:25 PM.