Salisbury Planning Board Minutes

Public Hearings and Regular Meeting

Wednesday, January 26, 2005

 

7:00 p.m.

 

 

Members Present:  Larry Cuddire (LC), Don Egan (DE), Robert Straubel (RS), and Harold Congdon (HC)

 

Also Present:  Assistant Planner, Katrina O’Leary (KO), and Secretary, Pat Banfield

 

Vice-Chairman  (LC) opens Planning Board meeting at 7:13 p.m.  Stating that the chairman had left a message at Town Hall earlier in the day, Wednesday, 1-26-05 to cancel the meeting.  Since nobody on the board had been notified, Board did not cancel the meeting earlier.  However, the Board will listen to new business that is on the agenda and at 7:30 p.m. make a motion to continue all the Public Hearings.

 

New Business:

 

Preliminary SPR –1-8 Merrill St. Twin Light R/E Holdings  (application not yet filed) John Connolly, Attorney for Twin Light R/E Holdings present to have informal discussion, looking for direction from Planning Board on how to proceed.

 

LC recommends applicant file an amended SPR to include lighting schematic for proposed additional vehicle storage area.

 

HC motions to waive sending amended site plan to Town's Engineering consultant.

 

LC Seconds

 

Vote on motion(s) 4-0 unanimously affirmed

 

DE motions to require applicant to provide board with plans for water reduction use.

 

No Second – motion failed

7:30 PM Public Hearings:

 

  1. Public Hearing - Form C Subdivision – 34 Forest Rd., M. Wolpert
  2. Public Hearing - SPR – 15 Central Ave. Dan & Jane Kinsella
  3. Cont. Public Hearing -SPR – TOAD LLC, F. Culver, A. Bardeen
  4. Cont. Public Hearing - Modify of Subdivision – Couillard
  5. Cont. Public Hearing – SPR – Arash, 147 Bridge Road

 

HC motions to postpone all Public Hearings schedule for Wednesday, January 26, 2005, until the next Planning Board meeting scheduled for February 9, 2005.

 

DE Seconds

 

Vote on motion 3-1 (BS) opposed

Motion passes

 

New Business cont.:

 

  1. Preliminary SPR – 25 Fanaras Dr. - T. H. Glennon

Brian Knowles of Apple Engineering was present and suggested that the Planning Board have the Town Engineer, Joe Serwatka, review the site plans before the public hearing to expedite the process.

 

BS motions that applicant  provide $500 in escrow to Town of Salisbury before site plan is sent to Town Engineer for review.

 

DE Seconds

 

Vote on motion 3-1 (HC) opposed

Motion passes

 

 

Other Business:

 

a.      Palis Drive – M. Palis – Ferry Road, L.L.C.

 

HC motions to invoke bond ($30,000) being held by the Town of Salisbury and move to resolve the unacceptable condition of Ferry Road, L.L.C.  Further to request Don Levesque, Director of Public Works, to go forward, get prices, timeframe and schedule to resolve this problem.

 

DE Seconds

Discussion by board

 

Vote on motion(s) 4-0 unanimously affirmed

Motion passes

 

Planning Board Signature(s)

 

 

Members sign the Deluca Definitive Subdivision Certificate of Approval.

 

LC motions to approve and sign the 1-12-04 minutes

BS Seconds

 

Vote on motion(s) 4-0 unanimously affirmed

 

Executive Session:

 

LC made a motion for the board to go into Executive Session to discuss a personal issue.  Don Egan, Larry Cuddire, Bob Straubel, Harold Congdon, Assistant Planner Katrina O’leary and Pat Banfield were in attendance for the Executive Session.

 

Vote on motion 4-0 unanimously affirmed

 

 

Adjournment

 

Motion by LC to adjourn, BS seconds

Vote on motion: Unanimously affirmative. Motion passes 

 

Meeting is adjourned at 8:00 p.m.

 

 

 

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