Town of Sharon Planning Board

Meeting Minutes of 4/28/10

Amended and Approved on 5/12/10

Meeting was held at the Sharon Community Center

Planning Board Attendees

Paul Lauenstein, Chair	Susan Price, Vice Chair
Eli Hauser	Amanda Sloan
David Milowe, Clerk - absent	Peter O’Cain, Town Engineer - absent

Attendees

None

Chair Report

The meeting was called to order at 7:40 PM by Chair Paul Lauenstein and the Chair’s Report was read. The Board discussed the final invoice from Land Strategies Group, LLC in the amount of $2,753.60 for work performed as related to P.O. Square rezoning and renderings. Ms. Price moved to pay Land Strategies, $2,000 of the invoiced amount because they had performed the majority of the requested work. Mr. Hauser seconded the motion and the Board voted 4-0-0 in favor. A balance of $753.60 remains.

Meeting Minutes

Ms. Price moved to approve the meeting minutes of 3/24/10 as amended. Ms. Sloan seconded the motion. The Board voted 4-0-0 in favor.

Ms. Price moved to approve the meeting minutes of 4/14/10 as amended. Mr. Hauser seconded the motion. The Board voted 3-0-1 in favor. Ms. Sloan abstained from voting because she was not present for the 4/14/10 meeting.

Form A

None

Sacred Heart Property

The Board discussed the property and its potential uses as well as Attorney Gelerman’s response to previous asked questions. Attorney Gelerman had stated that the property could be used as a business for profit and that any RFP chosen would need a site plan review which would control indoor/outdoor recreational uses such as paintball etc. The Town owns the land. There are checks and balances within the review process to protect the Town’s interests.

Paul Lauenstein said he supports making use of the site of the abandoned Sacred Heart building for a community swimming pool, but he expressed concern that the proposed zoning change was too vague with respect to the proposed uses, opening the door to unintended consequences. He also expressed concern that the proposal included four separate parcels of land, rather than just the parcel with the Sacred Heart building, the purported objective of the rezoning.

Susan Price moved to recommend approval of the zoning change article to Town Meeting. Mr. Milowe seconded the motion. The Board voted to support the zoning change article 3-0-1 (Paul Lauenstein abstained).

Housing Production Plan

Jennifer Raitt, Chief Housing Planner at MAPC will speak to the Board on 6/2/10. Via an email, she had reported to the Board that the HPP expires at the end of the year. There are currently no funds available to help the Town with this project. As the plan needs to be updated, she could be hired to assist.

Next meeting dates

5/12, 6/2, 6/16

Adjournment

Ms. Price moved to adjourn the Planning Board meeting at 8:30 PM. Ms. Sloan seconded the motion and the Board voted 4-0-0 in favor.