WILLIAMSTOWN PLANNING COMMISSION
MEETING
Date: June 13, 2007
Location: Town Hall

        Present:  Doreen-Chair, Arthur, John, Al, & Paige 

        Not Present:  Matt, Annie

        Liaison:  Stan Corneille

        Clerk:  Deborah Palmer 

        Doreen called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.   

        Continuous Items:

        Minutes: The minutes were reviewed and the motion was made by Paige and seconded by Doreen to approve the minutes as written. All in favor.

        Mail: - Act 250 Notice of Public Hearing on June 25, 2007 at 7:00 PM and Site visit on 6/24 at 3:30 PM for VT Shifter karts, LLC & Jeff and Karen Blow – Al to attend the site visit and all encouraged to make the hearing

        - Memorandum of Decision for Billtown Moonshiners Snowmobile Club Land Use Permit

        - Invitation to request from State for a Park-and-Ride Grant

        - Washington Electric ACT 250 constructing a distribution line on Flint Rd. Doreen to check further with this but felt there wasn’t anything for the Planning Commission to do on this one.

        Areas of Responsibility:

        - Beautification: Barrels are out and flowers planted. Doreen has been in touch with Master Gardeners and they will fund, design, plant and maintain Rachel’s Garden. The sidewalk would need to be in first . The Master Gardener volunteers want input from the Duff family on types of favorite flowers. However, the funds are available this year. If sidewalks are built too late in the year we may lose out on this opportunity.

        - Sidewalks: Stan reported that Dubois & King said there wasn’t enough money to complete the full length of sidewalk. $63,500 has already been spent on design and permits. There will be enough money to go from the Post Office and down to the Gardens. The State encouraged Stan to try and get another grant. It will be the end of the summer before this is started and the landowners along the way will need to give permission.

        - Doreen reported that the town is on the 2nd phase of the Sidewalks to School Project which is the final design and permitting application. Phase 3 is the actual infrastructure: Sidewalks go in from Route 64 along Brush Hill to the Elementary School.

        - Scenic Byway: Doreen presented the draft application with pictures to the Commission. The next step will be to contact retail businesses for their input.

         

        This Weeks Agenda Items: 

        • Budget: Doreen gave a brief explanation of the budget. There was a lot of discussion about the budget and the correct way to spend. The motion was made by Art to drop the line item for Kiosk and put into Miscellaneous. The motion was seconded by John and it passed by voice vote.
        • Orientation: Everyone was supposed to read over the Orientation packet and no one had.
        • Survey: The survey didn’t go out because the Selectboard didn’t approve using Town postage. Two said yes, 2 said no and one hasn’t responded. Stan will check at the meeting of the Selectmen on 6/18. Commissioners will continue to seek other ways to get the survey out so they can get input from the community.

          Ed Magee, Town Manager will be invited to attend the next meeting.

         
         
         

        FUTURE DISCUSSION: 

              Budget for 07/08 and Income/Expense for 06/07.

         

        The meeting adjourned at 9:10 PM.