Minutes
of the Sweden Planning Board Meeting at the Meeting House
Thursday
December 20, 2007
*Due to snow, the December 13, 2007 meeting was postponed until December 20, 2007
1. Chairperson Grace Keef called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.
PRESENT: Planning Board chairperson Grace Keef. Planning Board members: Julie McQueen, Ron Kiesman (7:05) Rob Slattery (7:15); CEO: Eric Gulbrandsen
ABSENT: Alternate John P. Smith, Alternate Gayle Bartlett, Wolfgang Duve
2. No Visitors
3. Minutes for both the November 10 and December 20, 2007 meetings will be read at the next meeting.
4. CEO Report. Eric read the CEO report for November 2007. Ron motioned to accept the CEO report and Julie seconded the motion. The CEO’s report was approved unanimously.
5. Communication and bills.
· Correspondence Received (by date):
None
· Correspondence Sent (by date):
Letter dated November 16, 2007 to the Selectmen explaining the requirements for notification of landowners and their part in the process. Attachments:
– Sample letter to be sent by the Selectmen via registered mail to 30 landowners.
– Sample “certification” statement to be filed by the Selectmen to the Town Clerk
– List of affected properties provided by LEA.
– Names, addresses and affected properties to be used by Selectmen in sending out the notification letters.
6.
Old Business:
·
Janet Mahannah updated the
tables of proposed changes to both the Zoning Ordinance (dated Oct.14, 2006) and
the Subdivision Regulations (dated July 13, 2006) with changes since the
November 10, meeting.
·
Zoning Ordinance:
–
Reviewed one last change
in accordance with letter from the DEP dated Sept. 11, 2007 to Section IX.C.5.
·
Subdivision Regulations:
–
Review several minor
changes (punctuation and changing the order of things for consistency.
–
Review changes made to
Article XI regarding roads in accordance with the latest standards and
requirements.
–
Review of FEMA Flood Plain
Map (Preliminary dated 11-20-2007) against Town of Sweden’s proposed updated
zoning map.
–
Will need to complete at
some point: Formulation of building permit fees and develop a Town
of Sweden Fee Schedule.
–
Application for
Subdivision: should add a place for the date on the Application.
·
The Board agreed to accept
the current revisions with amendments for the proposed Public the Hearing.
7. New Business:
· The letters of notification to Landowners were not sent out by the Selectmen until December 14, 2007, so the Board will postpone the vote to hold a Public Hearing on the Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations until the next meeting on Thursday January 10, 2008. Should the vote pass, the Board will hold the Public Hearing on Thursday January 31, 2008 with a weather date of Thursday February 7, 2008.
– The changes will be made available at the Town Office (and on the website) as soon as possible after completion.
– After the Public Hearing, a request will be made of the Selectmen to hold a vote on the Ordinance at an open town meeting.
8. Announcements:
The
next Planning Board meeting will be held at 7:00 PM at the
Town
Meeting House on Thursday January 10, 2008.
A motion was made by to adjourn the meeting, seconded, voted on, and unanimously accepted.
Adjourned at