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February 5, 2007
Present:
Bill Lohsen, Charlie Angel, Gene Gilman, and Julie Sharon
Visitors: Joyce
Barbieri, Joan Crowley, Tom Phillips, Kim Phillips, Ann Miller, and Sandi
Switzer
B. Lohsen called the meeting to order at
7:03 p.m.
On a motion made by B. Lohsen, and
seconded by G. Gilman, the meeting was recessed immediately so the Selectboard
could join the Planning Commission at their special meeting called for the
purpose of considering whether to submit a rebuttal to the Act 250 District
Commission regarding the Town's response to Question #6 regarding Interim
Zoning. Motion carried (3-0). The
meeting was reconvened at
7:28 p.m.
The Selectboard met with the Planning Commission to explain
why the interim zoning bylaw should be inserted into the proposed bylaws in
order to allow screening and crushing at the gravel pit project.
Julie and Shari Edmands were instructed to draft a letter to the
Environmental Commission stating that the project will be granted under a zoning
permit and that permits granted under a bylaw are good for the life of the
project. The interim bylaw will not
be inserted into the proposed new zoning bylaws.
Minutes.
G. Gilman made a motion to approve the minutes of January 15th, which was
seconded by C. Angel. Motion carried
(3-0). B. Lohsen moved to approve
the January 29th minutes, which was seconded by C. Angel.
Motion carried (3-0).
Selectboard Orders.
A revised list of pay orders was submitted.
Pay orders were approved in the amount of $17,676.65 on a motion made by
B. Lohsen, and seconded by C. Angel. Motion
carried (3-0).
Deerfield Drive
Culvert.
Mark Breznick verified that the town’s culvert is 1½-2 ft. deeper than
Mr. Jenney’s culvert. Therefore,
the town will not change its culvert on
Deerfield Drive
but instead will replace the 12” culvert located in Mr. Jenney’s driveway
with a 15” culvert, sometime in the spring.
Mr. Jenney will be notified accordingly.
Swim Raft.
In Sue Duskiewicz’s absence, Julie sought approval for the Recreation
Committee to purchase a 7.5 x 9.5’ polyethylene swim raft for
Elfin
Lake
at a cost of $950. The existing
raft will be given to the boy’s camp. As
the monies are in the budget for this capital purchase, B. Lohsen made a motion
to approve this request, which was seconded by C. Angel.
Motion carried (3-0).
Green Mtn. National Forest 2007 Road
Maintenance Financial Plan. The
Selectboard reviewed the annual plan that calls for the Town to grade a portion
of the forest roads on Wallingford Pond and Ice Bed during FY 07 in return for
$1,000. Authorization was given to
Julie to sign the agreement on behalf of the town, on a motion made by B.
Lohsen, and seconded by C. Angel. Motion
carried (3-0).
Town Highway
Grants Programs & Annual Financial
Plan. No grant applications will
be submitted this year because the Town has the pending bridge grant through the
town highway structures program and there are no class 2 roads earmarked for
paving. Julie will plan to meet with
the Acting District Transportation Administrator following town meeting.
Abandonment of Structures. A
request from Fire Chief W. Allen and Zoning Administrator S. Edmands asking that
Joanne MacKenzie be served with papers advising her that she needs to remove
what remains of the building pursuant to item #3 in Article VI of the
zoning
regulations was reviewed. Ms.
MacKenzie would not sign for previous letters in the past; therefore, it will
cost $150 to serve her the “Notice of Violation” in
Massachusetts
. She will have seven days to cure
the violation or 15 days to appeal the violation.
If neither happens, then the Town asks the Court for authority to
demolish the building. Any costs
associated with the violation would become a lien on the property and would be
collected when the property is sold. Joyce
asked for a reprieve as she would like to try and contact her by phone.
B. Lohsen authorized the Z.A. to have the papers served on Ms. MacKenzie
in one week if Joyce isn’t successful in contacting Ms. MacKenzie, which was
seconded by G. Gilman. Motion
carried (3-0).
Route
140W
Bridge
. Julie
requested authorization to send out Requests for Qualifications to potential
consulting engineers for the project. The
consultant would then work with the town to create a bid package after
determining the necessary repairs needed, oversee the project to its completion,
etc. The bridge repairs must be
completed by March 2008. The
Selectboard reviewed a sample RFQ and authorized the start of this process.
Julie was instructed to write to our legislators, especially
Gail Fallar
, State Representative and Tinmouth Town Clerk, reminding them of the Town’s
need for additional grant funding to make further repairs to the bridge.
The
Route
140W
Bridge
is a major means of access for Tinmouth residents as well.
Next Meeting Date. The
Selectboard agreed to move its next meeting from February 19th, which
is a holiday, to February 26th.
Proposed Zoning Bylaws. The
Selectboard would like to invite
Mark Blucher
to a meeting to clarify what changes can be made to the proposed bylaws and its
process.
Other
Business/Announcements. 11/26
Conservation Commission minutes; Pike Quarterly report; 1/23 Recreation
Committee minutes; 1/07 VSP Advisory Board minutes; VLCT Health Trust and PACIF
Director Vacancy notices; RCWSD Price Increase notice; November & December
Sheriff Incident reports; and LMS letter to Zoning Administrator.
The Selectboard would like to receive a copy of the Z.A.’s response to
LMS. Julie announced that
Wallingford
received renewal of its “Village Center Designation” from the Agency of
Commerce & Community Development.
The meeting
adjourned at
8:05 p.m. |