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December 7, 2011 Meeting Minutes

Meeting: 
December 7, 2011 Work Session
Approved: 
December 21, 2011 Planning Board Regular Session
Status: 
Final

TOWN OF WILTON
PLANNING BOARD MEETING
MINUTES
Approved 12/21/11
 
 
DATE:           December 7, 2011
TIME:            7:30 P.M.
PLACE:         Wilton Town Hall Courtroom
PRESENT:    Wilton Planning Board Members: Chairman Walter Zuber, Vice Chairman Alec MacMartin, Neil Faiman, John Shepardson, Alternate Sue Egan, Board of Selectmen Representative Steve McDonough, NRPC Representative Kerrie Diers, and Recording Secretary Heather Loewy Nichols.
 
The agenda was amended as follows:
1.)                Other Business
2.)                Adjournment
 
Chairman Zuber opened the meeting at 7:30 and appointed Sue Egan to the Board as a voting member in place of Matt Fish.
 
1.       Other Business
 
-           Nashua Regional Planning Commission
Kerrie Diers, Executive Director of NRPC, explained that the Board’s usual NRPC representative Steve Wagner was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease nine or ten years ago and recently it has become increasingly difficult for him to drive to meetings. She explained that he is currently on short term disability but for insurance benefit reasons he will not be coming back to NRPC. She explained that Camille Pattison has been with NRPC as long as Mr. Wagner and will be filling in for him for a few months while NRPC hires a new planner to work with Wilton.  
 
In response to a question from Mr. McDonough, Ms. Diers explained that Mr. Wagner is still available to NRPC for bringing the new planner up to date on Wilton’s needs. She also noted that NRPC is monitoring Mr. Wagner’s email so they can respond to any requests from applicants that he receives.  
 
In response to a question from Mr. MacMartin, Ms. Diers stated that historically NRPC has had office hours in Wilton once or twice a month but noted that applicants will contact NRPC even if they are not in Wilton and often they do not want to wait for the office hours. She stated that the Board could reinstate Wilton office hours if they wanted.
 
In response to a question from Mr. MacMartin, Ms. Diers submitted a “Menu of Master Plan Chapters” with price points for the Board to review. She noted that the Visioning chapter the Wilton needs to update will cost between $3,000 and $8,000 depending on what tasks the Board wants to have NRPC complete and what tasks the Board Members or volunteers wish to take on.
 
-          Impact Fees
Mr. Zuber read an email from Ms. Tuomala stating that she has forwarded the information to Mr. Mayberry that he requested.
 
-          Expedited Site Plan
The Board had not reviewed the information submitted at the last meeting and asked that this item be moved to the next work session.
 
-          Storm Water
Mr. Zuber read an email from Ms. Tuomala stating that she has spoken with the Town Engineer, has made the changes to the proposed Storm Water Regulations that he requested, and she has sent the revision back to him for review. Mr. Zuber requested that the latest revision be posted to the Planning Board website.
 
-          Sign Applications
The Board discussed the sign application process and Mr. MacMartin agreed to discuss with Town Counsel whether the Board of Selectmen need to be involved in the process. Mr. McDonough agreed to speak to the Board of Selectmen as to whether they want to be involved in the process.
 
-          Excavation, Tax Issues
The Board asked that this item be placed on the next work session agenda in order to revise the current excavation permit renewal process.
 
2.       Adjournment
A MOTION was made by Mr. Shepardson and SECONDED by Mr. MacMartin to adjourn the meeting.
Voting: 6 ayes; motion carried unanimously.
 
Chairman Zuber declared the meeting adjourned at 8:55 p.m.
 
Respectfully Submitted,
Heather Loewy Nichols
Recording Secretary
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