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Planning Board Meeting Minutes 6-22-2023

Meeting date: 
Thursday, June 22, 2023

Minutes of the Planning Board Meeting

Minutes of the meeting 6/22/23

Meeting Date: Thursday June 22, 2023

Meeting Opened at 7:08pm

Planning Board members present remotely: Tom Sawyer, Laura Mensi, Chip Allen, Mort Salomon, Roger Tryon

Planning Board members absent: Lauren Berhman, Margy Abbott

Also Present: Seth Jenkins

Also present remotely: Laurie McArthur (SB secretary)

Call to Order 7:08pm

Agenda:

  1. Master Plan draft work

Seth provided an update on the Master Plan draft work.  He will gather all the comments made by the Planning Board and implement those into the document prior to sharing this with the Town.  Seth began working on a presentation in order to share the survey results and data with the Town.  Seth provided the option of presenting the results or having the Planning Board present the results.  Tom offered to share the results during the presentation.  The Planning Board discussed options for presenting the Master Plan Survey.  Tom said that he would be open to posting the Master Plan at the same time as the forum, and the Planning Board members agreed.  Mort suggested posting the executive summary prior to the presentation.  The Planning Board members agreed to have the forum on Thursday August 10th, 2023, from 7:00 to 8:00 pm at the Library.  There will be an online component available as well.  

Tom inquired about edits that warranted discussion.  Seth discussed comments that Margy had regarding the appendix.  He reported that all comments will be added to the document.  Tom discussed restructuring the table to ensure that it would be easier to read.  Seth reviewed the items in the table and the Planning Board discussed the rationale behind some of the items.  The Planning Board discussed Community Preservation project ideas and Tom recommended a disclaimer that highlighted the benefits of becoming a CPA community.  Mort clarified that not everything would be able to be funded by CPA funding and this should be made known to the individuals of the Town.  

Roger discussed the idea of Real Estate Tax relief.  Seth discussed applying for an Appalachian trail community status.  The Planning Board discussed what steps would need to be taken should they want to apply for this.  

Tom requested that the Planning Board members review the chart and prioritize the items.  Tom suggested that the order be driven by the survey.  He suggested looking at cost to help determine priority.  The Planning Board discussed how to come to a number regarding the priority level.  Laura suggested a notation outlining the rating system.  

  1. Board Items

There are no Board items to discuss this evening.  

  1. Correspondence

There were no correspondence items this evening.  

  1. Approval of Minutes

The minutes will be approved during the next meeting.  

The next meeting will be held July 13th.  

The Planning Board meeting adjourned at 8:45pm.  The Planning Board unanimously agreed to adjourn the meeting.