TOWN
OF
PLANNING
BOARD
Minutes of a meeting of the Planning Board
held on
PRESENT:
WAYNE
BRADLEY, CLERK
PAUL
LAUENSTEIN
PETER
O’CAIN, ASST. TOWN ENGINEER
Business Transacted:
I.
Meeting
called to order. The Minutes of the
January 25, 2006, meeting were reviewed and accepted with corrections.
II.
Mr. O’Cain explained that the applicant
wanted to slightly shift the subdivision road within the right of way to bypass
a utility pole and a large tree that were in the way. Mr. Cohen asked if the Board shouldn’t have a
plan to review before making such a decision.
Ms. Maniscalco agreed, adding that the Board needed to know how far the
road will be moving. Mr. O’Cain said
that he would advise the applicant to prepare a plan showing the change and
come before the Board.
III.
SIMPSON COMMENTS
The Board reviewed Mr. O’Cain’s
prepared comments and will prepare its own comments to be sent to the Selectmen
by email.
IV.
HUNTER’S RIDGE
The Board endorsed the revised subdivision
plans that were prepared in response to the settlement agreement.
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Administrative
Assistant
V.
OTHER BUSINESS
---Mr. Cohen reported that he had attended
the CPA meeting. Approximately $600,000
per year will be coming to the Town that can be used to buy land for three
purposes: historical preservation,
affordable housing and open space. Each
category has to use a minimum of 10% of that amount. The CPA committee wants to make a presentation
to the Town seeking suggestions for using this money. They have asked that the Planning Board offer
some suggestions of how the money could be used.
---Ms. Maniscalco said that she would get
in touch with the MAPC and former Board member Thomas Houston to see if they
can come in for the next meeting as potential candidates as a planning
consultant.
---Mr. Lauenstein explained that the water
banking by-law may be a possibility again.
There is proposed legislation to allow Town’s to implement a water
banking program. Some towns on the North
Shore are being required to do water banking.
Meanwhile, we have been told we can’t have such a by-law, but other
towns are being required to water bank.
The only stipulation is that if you require a developer to pay a fee, it
has to somehow benefit the developer and not the entire community,
otherwise it is considered a tax.
VI.
There
being no further business before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at