WILLIAMSTOWN PLANNING COMMISSION
MEETING
Date: March 14, 2007
Location: Town Hall ( 7:00 - 9:00)

Present Members:  John, Doreen, Arthur, Al, Annie, Matt

Members not present:  Paige

Guests:   Stan  Corneille

CONTINUOUS ITEMS:       

1. Minutes were reviewed and not approved. John agreed to redraft them for the next meeting. 

2. Mail:

Waste Water permits and applications: WW-5-4147 Edward and Doris Martin, WW-5-3473-1 Raymond and Pamela Corriveau, and WW-5-4162 Norwood and Tammie Southworth

Act 250 applications:

One application was reviewed (Jeff and Karen Blow).  Decision was made to welcome the project into Williamstown, but add the following: we did have some concerns about the proposal. Our greatest concern was increased unacceptable noise levels. Others concerns included: the limited storage capacity of human waste (one portable toilet), managing a safe and efficient flow of traffic along our roads, and Schedule F, the Certification of the Service and Notice of Application was not signed nor dated by the applicant and we wanted to ensure that the statutory party list was properly distributed .

We also received a letter from Pike Industries, Inc. updating us on a previous Act 250 application on their extraction and reclamation process at the Williamstown Quarry site (overall crushing totals from June 2006 to November 2006 is 68,232. They plan to move onto cell #1 in the spring of 2007. 

Other: Completed Building Condition Assessment (grant), Public Notice for Chelsea Town Plan March 27 and the Town Plan (Chelsea’s relationship activities to its neighbors is outdated and notes Williamstown’s plan’s adoption date of 1998), Notice of public hearing for the Town of Barre on March 14th.

Recreation Tails Grant application was received by the Division of Forest and Parks.      

THIS WEEKS AGENDA ITEMS:  

3. Ed Magee provided Commissioners with an overview of current Town ordinances and policies.  General discussion.     To reduce Act 250 paperwork Ed will place the second copy of the Act 250 applications into the Planning Commission mail box. He will start a log of all applications for tracking.
4. Review of available materials: green books, the Secretary of State “A Book of Opinions.”