Smart Growth Committee
Minutes, December 3, 2008
7:00 pm
Meeting attendees:
Mark Amado
Larry Gould
Terry Gould
Eve Kummell
Howard Levin
Kevin Rocke
Public attendee:
Don Farrier
In review of the previous minutes, we have found that it is difficult to get details into correct order and we have agreed to try and record the meetings for clarification purposes.
Mr. Farrier began by asking questions about the Master Plan. What is it? Why do we need it? How does it affect (me)? Discussion about the perception of the master plan followed. He followed up with inquiries about the V-1 district and how it was laid out and the considerations about smaller “business” lots.
It is agreed by all that the town of Otis districts are too broad in some ways and too limiting in others. Additional districting should be explored for “smarter” development of land in the town.
Howard brought the BRPC Notice of Available Technical Assistance information for us to review. He will do a follow up for application, which needs to be in by January 2nd. We may fall into more than one category and may be able to get assistance for the work we would like to hire Attorney Partyka to assist us with, ie: redistricting and by-laws.
We discussed finding out if Ed would be willing to do the “clean-up” of the by-laws first and perhaps the re-districting work later as the grant funding would perhaps be available.
The next meeting is scheduled for January 28th, 2009.
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