Danville Planning Board Meeting 5/14/09
Members Present: Barry Hantman-chairman, Chip Current, Bill Hadley, Tara Burkhart, Dave Knight, Joe Luna-Selectman’s rep.
Others Present: Dylan Smith-RPC, Janet Denison-clerk
The meeting began at 7:40 and was televised.
There was a discussion of appointing Dave a voting member for tonight’s meeting. Dave explained that he could only be a voting member for an absent member, not for an open position.
I.Minutes:
The minutes of the April 23, 2009 meeting were reviewed. Chip moved and Bill seconded a motion to accept the minutes of April 23rd 2009 as written. The motion passed.
There was a discussion of the Board members receiving the draft minutes via email. Bill moved and Tara seconded a motion to distribute draft minutes through electronic format. The motion passed.
Barry explained that the Board members should not respond to the electronic draft minutes. All comments will be brought to the regularly scheduled meetings.
II.Correspondence:
Central NH Regional Planning Commission: workshops on April 13.
Central NH Regional Planning Commission: Capital improvement plan workshop on May 13.
A copy of Dave Knight’s appointment slip to be a PB alternate
Appledore Engineering: dated April 3, 2009. Informational flyer about their services.
2009 Local Officials Workshops, a Survey of Municipal Law in NH. Workshops on May 19, June 4, 6, 11, and 13.
Supply Lines With the Source: Spring 2009 issue
An updated budget sheet
III.Discussion of Master Plan with Dylan Smith-RPC:
Housing Chapter
Barry mentioned a few of his comments about the latest draft to the Housing section of the Master Plan. He deleted a paragraph under Prior Housing Needs as it did not appear applicable to Danville. He also inserted wording that Danville believes it is in compliance with workforce housing regulations. He also inserted wording that there should be a periodic evaluation to ensure that Danville continues to be in compliance with state law regarding workforce housing. These edits were given to Dylan for incorporation into another draft.
Dylan explained that Danville could be providing its fair share of affordable housing. He updated several tables and the corresponding text. There was a discussion of obtaining more updated information from RPC, especially the population estimate which could be obtained from the OEP as well as the current housing prices.
The table titled Area Housing Stock could also include modular housing. Dylan added more housing information in a different table than was previously shown.
Joe expressed his opinion that this draft was overly verbose. He said that he didn’t think most residents would care about most of this additional information. The Board and Dylan discussed adding references to other documents. Dylan explained that he intentional put a lot of information into this draft and that some of it could be edited.
There was a discussion about designating a specific zone in the town for multi-family housing. Barry explained that in order to show compliance with RSAs, multi-family units need to be allowed in a majority of districts in town.
Dave explained that he did not want the Master Plan to become the Zoning Ordinance. He said he sees the MP as the “vision transfer piece.” Dylan explained that the Master Plan provides the “tools and bones” for future needs of the town. The recommendations are broad considerations and may not be implemented for years.
The text inserted as the definition of workforce housing was discussed and whether or not a more brief definition would be better suited to the MP. Barry suggested reviewing the document to see what would be better as a summary rather than having expounded details. Joe expressed his opinion that the document should be easy to understand as well as informative. Citing other documents, such as court cases and RSAs, the MP should serve as an introduction to other resources.
Dylan said he will further edit the Housing chapter draft and forward copies to the Board members.
Dave mentioned that the tone of the document seems impersonal, as if it is written by an outsider lecturing Danville about what to do.
CTAP Grant:
There was a question about a grant application that was given to Glenn Greenwood in order to do a build-out analysis. It was decided that the best way to clarify this was to talk to Glenn, which Barry said he will do.
IV.Resigning Caleb Corners documents
The Notice of Voluntary Merger and sheet 4 of the Caleb Corners plans were resigned, per the request of the Registry of Deeds. The complete and correct documents will be recorded at the Registry.
V.Keys
The keys to the cabinets in the PB closet need to be found. Russ will be contacted to see if he has a set of these keys.
VI.Summer Meetings
It was agreed that the PB will meet on the second Thursday only during June, July, and August.
At 8:37pm Tara moved and Bill seconded a motion to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously.
Respectfully,
Janet S. Denison, clerk
Our next regular meeting is on Thursday, May 28th, at 7:30 p.m.
Agenda:
7:30 Meeting called to order
7:45 Minor Lot Line Adjustment for Map 2, Lot 72 & 72-1, property owned by Chris Stafford
8:15 Dylan Smith-RPC: Master Plan review
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