Comprehensive Planning Committee
Minutes of January 15, 2009 Meeting
Members present: Stan Tetenman, Joan Spitzform, Jim Porter, Patricia Nash, and Rosemary Roy
Stan called the meeting to order at 7:08 p.m. We began by approving the letter to the Town of Poland for their report. We passed the letter on to Rosemary.
Jim brought up discussion on the Maine State Planning Board Letter to the committee. He has questions on the Maine Forest Service Section of the Plan. He didn’t remember the State Planning Office regulations being part of our plan, and feels that we need to go through each item and check with the enacted plan.
Stan felt that we needed to first review the Plan’s Implementation Actions and Responsibilities November 2008 that was supplied by John Maloney.
We then reviewed each page placing priorities on each page that we felt other committees needed to act on in the short term. Wording on some sections were questioned. Stan pointed out that this document is just suggestions for each department to consider and that the items questioned do not have to be enacted as written.
Rosemary will have Town Manager, Dana Lee, send a letter to the other departments and committees as shown in the report. They will include the strategies we pointed out, with a request to either attend our meetings, or report back to us in writing their comments/suggestions. Rosemary will also include the complete report in their correspondence to the various Chairs of the committees.
Attached you will find a listing of the priorities that we felt were short term.
The next meeting will be May 14th, unless other circumstances arise to necessitate an earlier meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:45p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Joan Spitzform, Secretary
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Comprehensive Plan Committee Responsibilities
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Item #3. Assess the need to designate new areas for industrial type land uses
Items #4. Assess the need and feasibility of developing a local impact fee for road improvements necessitated by development.
Item #8. Publicize availability of Right to Farm, Farm and Open Space, and Tree Growth Tax Laws, and State forest practice regulations, by including mailing with tax bills and by developing/acquiring resource materials for posting on the Town’s Website.
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Item #4 Change wording to read identify any archaeological sites in Town
Planning Board Responsibilities
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Item #1 Amend the CLUC to require that prior to the issuance of a conversion permit, any unstable site conditions creating erosion and sedimentation are corrected.
Item #2 Place all significant inlet streams to great ponds in stream protection districts under shore land zoning.
Item #3 Review existing standards in the CLUC relating to ground water protection and propose needed amendments.
Item #7 Include provisions in the CLUC to discourage or prohibit filling and other activities that would degrade or destroy wetlands. Designate the CEO with responsibility for administration.
Item #8 Amend the CLUC to require applicants to obtain permits required under the Natural Resource Protection Act prior to the issuance of any local permit.
Item #10 Amend the CLUC to add provisions, requiring that on slopes in excess of 20%, developers and subsequent owners retain trees and other natural vegetation to stabilize hillsides, reduce erosion, siltation and nutrient run-off.
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Item #5 Amend the CLUC to include provisions that lots created on backland to be used for agriculture, forestry, or open space not be required to construct roads to meet road frontage requirements.
Item #6 Amend the CLUC to require that developers of non-residential uses demonstrate the availability of adequate water supplies for fire-fighting purposes.
Item #8 Amend the CLUC to provide for commercial development that is compatible with each of the village locations.
Item #11 Amend the CLUC to include a requirement for an open space buffer of 250 feet adjacent to moderate to high value wetland areas.
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Item #3 Amend the CLUC to include specific exterior structural design, landscaping, lighting and advertising features standard for commercial structures.
Item #4 Amend the CLUC to require that structures erected for franchise businesses comply with Town enacted design criteria.
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Item #5 Review the CLUC and amend as necessary to provide for compact mixed use village type development in the TIF Village District.
Item #6 Amend standards in the CLUC to amend the density requirements below that which is required for single family homes for development that will serve the elderly/disabled.
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Item #2 In Rural Residential District and Farm and Forest District, require that developers submit two subdivision plans at the sketch plan stage: a conventional subdivision plan, showing the parcel cut up into lots, and a clustered/open space plan, showing houses clustered on one part of the property, with the remaining property preserved as open space. The net residential unit density should not exceed that allowed for traditional single family developments. Authorize the Planning Board to require the type of subdivision that would be consistent with the policies contained in the Comprehensive Plan and that significant agricultural land, forestland, and stream corridors be preserved as open space.
Code Enforcement Officer Responsibilities
We have decided to hold this section open for discussion until the new Code Enforcement Officer has been hired.
We did discuss the following:
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Item #8 Continue to administer and enforce the provision in the CLUC requiring the developer to provide a 100-foot buffer strip between new residential developments and active farmland.
Conservation Commission Responsibilities
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Item #3 Establish an open space fund, to be administered by the Selectmen with input from the Conservation Commission, that would be funded by donations, grants and at the discretion of the Town, town timber sales and tax penalties from the sale, or change of use or status of land which is currently tax exempt or subject to reduces taxation (such as land subject to the Tree Growth Tax.)
Economic Development Committee Responsibilities
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Item #1 Designate areas for primarily industrial and commercial uses in locations that have the physical characteristics suited for such uses, are served or can be served by transportation system, including rail, that have the capacity to serve such uses, and with consideration given to the location of residential areas and sand and gravel aquifers.
Item #2 Assess the need to designate new areas for industrial type land uses.
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Selectmen, Town Manager and Department Heads Responsibilities
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Item #1 Place conservation easements on town owned land under active forest management. (Selectmen)
Item #3 This is a duplicate entry.
Item #4 Identify and post those roads or portions thereof that should have non-residential through traffic prohibited. (Selectmen)
Item #6 Develop and annually update a 5-year capital improvements program for financing the replacement and expansion of public facilities and services. (Selectmen, Town Manager and Budget Committee)
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Item #5 Include funds in the capital improvement plan for the maintenance and improvement of indoor and outdoor recreational facilities. (Recreation Department)
Item #9 Seek improvements to Route 26 (Selectmen and Town Manager)
Item #10 Assess dangerous conditions, safety issues, and traffic routing and make recommendations to the Town and State for corrective measures. (Road Commissioner, Road Foreman and Police Department)
Other Groups and Organizations
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No priorities set at this time.
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