Planning Board Meeting Minutes 08162016

The following minutes are a summary of the Planning Board meeting of August 16, 2016. Interested parties may request an audio recording of the meeting from the Board Secretary for a fee.

Call to Order & Statement of Compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act: Mr. Joel called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. The following members were present: Mayor Knudsen, Councilman Voigt, Mr. Torielli, Mr. Reilly, Ms. Patire, Ms. Altano, Mr. Joel, and Ms. McWilliams. Also present were: Blais Brancheau, Village Planner; Christopher Rutishauser, Village Engineer; and Board Secretary Michael Cafarelli. Mr. Thurston and Mr. Scheibner were not present.

Public Comments on Topics not Pending Before the Board – No one came forward.

Committee/Commission/Professional Updates for Non Agenda Topics; Correspondence Received by the Board – Board Members discussed the status of Traffic Consultants who respond to the RFQ. Ms. Knudsen recommended John Jahr from Petry Traffic, Mr. Voigt seconded the recommendation. The Board voted to hire Petry Traffic with a back-up Traffic Consultant to be considered at the September 6, 2016 Planning Board meeting.

Riverside Manor, Minor Site Plan and Variance Application, 74 Oak Street, Block 2009, Lot 6 – The application was carried to September 6, 2016.

Referral of Ordinance 3540 and 3541 from Council − Mr. Brancheau discussed the two letters he distributed to the Board that set forth the role of the Planning Board. He discussed the role of the Planning Board and the purpose of his letters. Mr. Brancheau said one was procedural and the other relates to Temporary signs. He said the Planning Board could make changes to the letters. Mr. Brancheau said any changes to the regulations for Temporary signs could be put in separate sections. He said he did not see a need to grandfather Temporary signs.

Ms. Knudsen said the Council plans to revisit the sign ordinance and discussed whether a Temporary sign should be for ten or twenty days. Mr. Brancheau said twenty days was a safe period and that he was not sure if ten days is safe from a legal perspective. Board members voted to submit the letter to the Council and adopt the letters as written.

Board members discussed the need to hire a Board Attorney or hire an attorney Pro Temp until an attorney is found, the need to have a Special Meeting to hire an attorney, and the Board cannot go into Closed Session without a Board attorney. Mr. Reilly said there was no need to hire an attorney as the Ms. Price is the Board attorney.

Approval of Minutes: The minutes for July 15, 2016 were approved as written.

Adjournment - The meeting adjourned at 8:38 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

                                                                                                Michael Cafarelli

                                                                                                Board Secretary

Date approved: August 1, 2017