Public Hearings and Regular Meeting
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
7:00 p.m.
Members Present: Chairman Harold Congdon, Bill Selig, Ron Christ, Ed Ciaraldi, Jack Christian, and Bob Straubel.
Also Present: Town Planner Lisa Pearson, secretary Katrina O’Leary
Chairman Congdon opens the meeting at 7:00 p.m.
1. New Business
a. Approval of minutes of 5/12/04
Motion by Ed Ciaraldi
to accept the minutes of the 5/12/04 meeting.
Ron Christ seconds. Congdon,
Ciaraldi, and Christ vote in favor. No
one is opposed. Motion passes.
b. Paonessa –
Chairman Congdon explains that because the DPW director is on vacation,
the Planning Board still has not completely resolved the issues. General discussion takes place on drainage
and headlight issues.
c.
Chairman Congdon asks
Pearson if they received a letter from Joe Serwatka, the planning engineering
consultant, on the issues on
2. 7:30 PM Public
Hearings
a. Continued Cluster Development – Special Permit – DeLuca
Chairman Congdon reads a
letter from the DeLuca’s requesting to withdraw their application without
prejudice.
Motion by Selig to accept the applicant’s request
to withdraw. Christ seconds the
motion. Vote is unanimously affirmative.
b. Site Plan Review – Prowash
–
The applicant’s
engineerdescribes the proposed improvements to the Planning Board. They will be expanding the pavement, and
adding 3 vacuums and some new lighting.
The new pavement will be 30 feet away from the edge of the travel lane.
Christ does not like the
design. Straubel asks what is the main
purpose of the proposed construction.
The applicant answers that they need additional vacuums.
Nicholas Costella,
Motion by Bill Selig to accept the plan subject
to the installation and maintenance of a six-foot chain link fence with inserts
between the applicant’s property and
c. Site Plan Review – Ten’s Beach Club – 11 North End Blvd.
Ron Laffely, architect,
tells the board that his has copies of the deeds to the property. They also have an Approval Not Required Plan
for the board to endorse which will combine the two lots. The plan shows reconstruction while the
existing space remains open. They have to meet
Motion by Ciaraldi to accept the site plan as
proposed. Selig seconds the motion. Vote is unanimously affirmative.
d. H&M
– Action on opinion from Town Counsel
Pearson describes how
the town’s legal counsel, at first, misunderstood the Form C application. They now have issued their formal opinion that
the application cannot be viewed as a subdivision. Before the legal opinion was
received, the Board approved the subdivision, conditional on the Building
Inspector sending a letter to the Board in which he is of the opinion that the
subdivision is legal. Pearson tells the
Board that they can now reopen the Public Hearing and make a clean decision.
Motion by Ron Christ to reopen the Public
Hearing. Selig seconds the motion. Vote is unanimously affirmative.
3. Other
Business
a. Planning Board Signatures
b. Tom’s Discount
Ron Laffely describes a small change to their site plan, which was already approved by the Planning Board. Sherwin Williams is interested in renting one of the new spaces, so they would like to add 15 feet to the rear of the building. The board approves of the proposed changes.
4. Correspondence
Chairman Congdon reads a letter
regarding a water study. He asks that
copies of the study be made for all members.
Jack Christian asks if the board has a member to represent them at the
MVPC. Ciaraldi mentions that Mr.
Christian did a fabulous job representing them last time he was a member.
Motion by Selig to
appoint Mr. Christian as a representative to the MVPC. Ciaraldi seconds the motion. Vote is unanimously affirmative. Motion passes.
General discussion takes place on the development off Folly road.
6.
Adjournment
Motion by Ciaraldi to
adjourn. Christian seconds the
motion. Vote is unanimously
affirmative. Meeting is adjourned at
8:45 p.m.
Approved by:________________________________Date:_________________/