PLANNING BOARD MINUTES 6.14.16
TOWN OF BRADFORD
PLANNING BOARD
May 24, 2016
Meeting called to order by Claire James, Vice Chair, at 7:00PM.
Members Present
Claire James, Vice Chair; Carol Troy; Mark Keith; Garret Bauer; Sonny Harris, Selectmen’s Rep; Pam Bruss; Michael James , Alternate
Members Absent
Erich Caron, Chair; Steve Chase, Alternate; Miriam D’Angona; Suzzanne Simano, Alternate
Review and Consideration of Minutes
Motion to approve minutes for May 24, 2016 the following corrections;
Master Plan: costing the board a total of $226 adding $281.00
Public Hearing for Map 3-89:
Public hearing was opened at 7:04pm.
The Board was not aware that a completed application needs to be submitted to the board 21 days before a decision can be made.
Property owners presented a site plan application and maps for firewood processing business. Mike Seraikas, a wetland Specialist, walked the Board through the plans. Logs will be delivered to the property and processed there, then the processed wood will be delivered to the customer, there will be no retail on the property. There will be no permanent structures and the equipment that is on the property will be able to be loaded onto a truck and removed off property in case of flooding. Property owner informed the Board that there will be no more trees removed from the property.
Abutter Vern Clow spoke and expressed that he did not feel the Board was enforcing the town ordinances and also expressed that the property owners were taking advantage of the Town by not following the regulations. He stated that he just wants to make sure that all the ordinances are being followed and that they will be appropriately enforced.
Philip Hastings, lawyer hired by the property owner, helped explain the site plan to the board.
Action on Public Hearing:
- Lynn Gross needs to pay the needed fees; she plans on going into the Town Office tomorrow as that is the day the Planning Board secretary has office hours.
- Secretary needs to send application and notification of Site Walk to all the Town Department Heads .
- Site walk will be held on 6.28.16 at 6:00pm prior to the Planning Board and continuation of Public Hearing
- The Board would like to have hours of operation stated on the site plan.
Motion to extend Public Hearing to 6.28.16 at 7:00pm: Vote 5-0 in favor, 1 abstention
Master Plan:
Claire James got in touch with Sam Durphy and he informed Claire that there are currently 89 online surveys that have been submitted, and 53 have been sent in via mail. The deadline is June 30, 2016. Accounting error was noted and will be corrected for Master Plan budget.
Other Business:
- Revisit Doug Troy becoming an alternate. Motion to appoint Doug Troy as alternate. Vote was unanimous
- Jordan Troy sign permit: Claire James emailed Jordan Dunn outlining the steps that need to be taken to get an approval for a sign permit. Claire will send the email to the board secretary so that it can be added to the file.
- Peter Isham: Peter informed the Board that his bank, Sugar River, sent a letter of credit to the Town Office and he wanted to know the status of this letter. Board secretary will follow up with town Administrator to see if she has received the letter.
The next Planning Board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday June 28, 2016 at 7:00pm at BACC.
Meeting adjourned at 8:03PM
Minutes submitted by Molly Hopkins.