Planning Board Public Meeting Minutes 11/09/2015
The following minutes are a summary of the Planning Board meeting of November 9, 2015. 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: Chairman Nalbantian called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. The following members were present: Ms. Bigos, Mr. Nalbantian, Mr. Reilly, Ms. Altano, Mr. Joel, Mr. Abdalla, and Ms. Dockray. Also present were: Gail Price, Esq., Board Attorney; Christopher Rutishauser, Village Engineer; Blais Brancheau, Village Planner; and Yendi Anderson, Acting Secretary. Mayor Aronsohn, Councilwoman Knudsen, Mr. Thurston, and Board Secretary Michael Cafarelli were not present.
Executive Session – 6:38 p.m. The Board went into executive session to discuss pending and threatened litigation.
Open Public Session – 10:05 p.m. The Board concluded the executive session and reopened the meeting to the public.
Public Comments on Topics not Pending Before the Board – No one came forward.
Correspondence received by the Board – Yendi Anderson reported there was none.
Discussion of the housing element of the Master Plan – Mr. Brancheau reminded the Board about the pending deadline of December 8th set by the court for the Village to adopt a housing plan. He said the court issued an order that the Village submit a summary of its estimated housing obligation and the specific actions proposed by the Village to address the obligation by November 19. He provided the Board with an overview of the process before the court and he said that there are details in the housing plan summary that need to be resolved.
Mr. Brancheau said the Council will need to review the summary and decide whether or not they agree with the Planning Board's draft of the summary, as the Council is the agency responsible for filing the housing plan summary with the court and that the Planning Board's role is to advise the Council concerning the summary.
He asked the Board to authorize him to work on refining the options, gather additional information to finalize any options, and discuss options with the Village attorney so he can present them to the Village Council so the Village can file the plan by the November 19th deadline.
Mr. Joel motioned to authorize Mr. Brancheau to move forward with his recommendations. The motioned was seconded by Ms. Bigos and all approved.
Approval of Minutes – The minutes from March 18, 2014 were adopted as drafted.
The meeting adjourned at 10:14 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Michael Cafarelli
Board Secretary
Date approved: 12/1/15
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