Minutes of Meeting
First session of Planning Board for Wednesday Sept. 13,
2006 took place at 5:30 P.M. and was held at the property of Allen Bouthillier.
RE:
To review
Those attending site visit were: Chairman Fred Emerson, Vice Chairman Steve Young, Joe Hoey, Claude Reed, Aurore Hood, John Brooks, Les Hilton. Town Manger Edward Samson, Selectmen Leo Enos, Sr. and Engineer Richard Morneau.
Discussion
was held – the pond is less than 2 acres. It is smaller than originally
planned. It is about 16 feet deep in the middle. The road to this lot will come off of
Others attending at Town Hall: Durwood White, Doug Blanchette, Sandra Willey, Jon Landroche, Dean Walts, Colin Sutherland, Tim Savage and Wesley Arita.
A motion
was called for to accept the minutes of the August 8, 2006 meeting.
A motion was made by Les Hilton and seconded by Aurore Hood to accept the minutes as written. A vote was called for and the motion carried.
Discussion continued regarding the site visit to the Bouthillier lot. It was asked if anyone needed to recuse themselves from the discussion. Fred Emerson, Aurore Hood and Joe Hoey recused themselves at 6:05 P.M. and Steve Young chaired the meeting at 6:05 P.M. John Brooks was appointed a voting member for the discussion.
A motion was made by Les Hilton and seconded by Claude Reed to accept site as inspected with reclamation and driveway done according to RSA 155 E 5 requirements. A vote was called for and the motion carried.
John Brooks asked if all of the necessary paperwork was in place. The answer was that as far as we know it is.
Aurore
Hood, as a member of the public, asked about the driveway. Edward Samson said that the driveway for Lots
1 & 2 will be shared, it will come off of
David Rexford joined the meeting at 6:15 P.M.
Becky
Newton asked about 3rd
Noting that there was no further discussion concerning the site visit, Chairman Emerson took over the meeting and Aurore Hood and Joe Hoey returned to the Board, all at 6:20 P.M.
Public Hearings:
Minor or Technical Subdivision:
Case #675 – Durwood and Roxanne White—Applicant
requesting a minor subdivision to create one new lot in agricultural zoning
district. (Tax Map R22
Chairman Emerson asked who was there to present the case. Mr. White said that he was waiting for his Surveyor Colin Sutherland. Fred Emerson said that we would need to have original plans to accept. Edward Samson stated that the meeting was posted for 6:30 P.M. and there was still time. Mr. Sutherland arrived.
Aurore
Hood recused herself from the Board at 6:30 P.M.
Discussion
on the plan presented – there will be a ROW in writing for the lots being
subdivided. The frontage for the back
lot is along the Class XI portion of
It was asked if there were any abutters that wanted to speak. Wesley Arita is an abutter but he did not have anything to say.
It was asked if there were any members of the public who wished to speak. Aurore Hood, as a member of the public, said that the Class 6 road starts at the end of the property and 3 people needed to sign the ROW agreement.
At 6:35 P.M. Ann Dubreuil came into the meeting.
Edward Samson said that there is a sign on the road stating that this is a non-maintained road for the general public to see.
Noting that there was no further discussion regarding the issue a vote was called for to accept the application as complete.
A
motion was made by John Brooks and seconded by Claude Reed to accept the
application as complete. A vote was
called for and the motion carried.
A vote was
then called for to accept the case for final approval.
A motion was made by Claude Reed and seconded by Les Hilton to accept the plan for final approval with the condition that the landowners sign a road waiver due to it being a Class 6 Road. A vote was called for and the motion carried.
Dean Walts an abutter arrived at 6:40 P.M. after everything had been done.
#676 BTG Property #4 LLC – First Student – The applicant requests to construct a 160’ x 40’ addition to gravel parking for an additional 8 buses. (Tax Map R4 lot 11)
Doug
Blanchette and Sandra Willey from First Student presented the case. They have gone over what they want to do with
the Environmental and State Agencies. What they would like to do is to make is safer
for turning the buses around. Fred
Emerson said that the Town would need to mark the sewer lines. Doug Blanchette said that the Town had been
there on Sept. 12, 2006 and that the line goes over near the formerly Fogg
property. Becky Newton said that she did
not want the buses parking over the manholes. Mr. Blanchette said that they
wouldn’t as they have put up stakes showing where they are. There was a letter from abutter Arthur Couture of C&I Investment
Associates in
At this time Chairman Emerson asked if there were any abutters who wished to speak to the issue. Jon Landroche read a letter that he had and showed some pictures of the water when it rises in back of his house. (A copy of the letter is attached to the minutes.) It was asked if there were any other abutters, there were none.
It was asked if there were any members of the public who wished to speak to the issue. There were none.
Chairman Emerson suggested that maybe they could look into the buffer idea. Mr. Blanchette said that he would take the suggestions and concerns back to the owner and they would see what they could do and get back to us. Les Hilton asked if the amount of gravel that they were requesting would bring it up even with the buses. Mr. Blanchette said that it pretty much would and that some water would probably pool.
Becky
Newton said that there is not usually water there in the fall, the Connecticut
River Dam was released due to excessive rain in
Aurore Hood said that maybe the little brook needs to be cleaned out between the two buildings. It was mentioned that it is run off and it is not a brook. It was asked where the brook/run off drains into – it goes to the back field. The fix that problem you would have to dig up the road. It was suggested that DOT District I be contacted to see if there is a drainage easement.
Hearing no further discussion a vote was called for to accept the application as complete.
A motion was made by John Brooks and seconded by Steve Young to accept the application as complete. A vote was called for and the motion carried.
It was asked for a motion to accept the case for final approval.
There was
some discussion as to what to do in terms of conditions to eliminate the
problem, such as mark the town sewer, no parking on the manholes, buffers
etc. Claude Reed said that maybe there
was a way to route the water from the Landroche property to the
Les Hilton said that he thought that we should table the final approval until the bus company had time to contact the state with the concerns. Fred Emerson said that we, the Board, are trying to make good decisions for the Town and the applicant.
John
Brooks and Les Hilton made the motion to move the case to continue at the next
meeting on Tuesday October 10, 2006 at
6:30 P.M.so applicant can get the necessary information for the Board . The
case was continued so there won’t be any more cost of notices to abutters. All agreed.
Public Hearing/Other Business:
Notice of public hearing pursuant to RSA 231:158 (effect of Scenic Road Designation)
Case #677 – Tim Savage = Applicant requested
to remove a portion of a stone wall on
Tim Savage showed pictures of an area that he needs to disturb. He will be cutting some small trees and the stone wall that he is taking down will be replaced upon finishing the job.
A motion was made by Aurore Hood and seconded by Les Hilton to accept the request presented. A vote was called for and the motion carried.
It was brought up that the Tri-Board meeting will be held
on September 26, 2006. Copies of the
Proposed Zoning Ordinance were given to everyone. They are to look them over and come to the
meeting with any suggestions. Edward
Samson will chair the meeting and wants everyone ready when they come.
Aurore Hood asked what was going on at the Gaynor
Farm. They are putting on a kitchen
addition. They have come in for their
building permit. It is on the same footprint
with the same setbacks.
A letter from A & D Klumb
Environmental, LLC regarding the cell tower. There is still no definite word on this.
The Town has received the Wetland Permit for the drainage piping
on the Water St. Project. The pipe will
run down the edge of the street from the top of the hill. The project will
start next year.
A Wetland Permit has been received for the Phyllis
Manville-Rexford property on Causeway St. Cleaning out ditches is the scope of
the work.
Steve Streeter has received his building permit and is
working on the building.
The Fall Planning Conference is October 28th.
Becky has a list of the classes, if anyone wants to go
the Town does have money for this.
NCC is having Environmental Planning classes – check with
Becky if you want to go.
The August and September sessions have been canceled at
the Rocks. You can check with Stacey
Doll if you were planning to go.
In the Zoning Board Minutes it was brought up about the
sale of vehicles on the Currier lot at the corner of
David Rexford felt that they should as they came to us for
campers and 4 wheelers not cars. They will be notified of such.
Noting that there was no further business to come before the
meeting a motion was called for to adjourn.
A motion was made by Leo Enos and seconded by John Brooks to adjourn. A vote was called for the motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 7:40 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Sandra E. Doolan – Clerk