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Work Session Minutes Members
Present: Barbara
Annis, Rick Davies, David Hartman Members
Excused: Paul
Violette, Peter Wyman, and Ed Mical Members
Absent: None Members
Arriving Late: Dan Watts Alternates
Present: Aedan
Sherman Alternates
Arriving Late: None Alternates
Excused: J.D. Colcord Alternates
Absent: None OPEN
MEETING AT The Roll call was taken at 7:00 PM. Barbara Annis
opened the meeting. Barbara Annis elevated Aedan Sherman to a voting
member. Dan Watts arrived late. 1.
PROPOSED SUBDIVISION REGULATION CHANGES A. OPEN
MEETING ON PROPOSED SUBDIVISION REGULATION Barbara Annis opened the discussion on the proposed
Subdivision Regulations. Rick Davies asked if there was a list of major
changes that would be read. Barbara Annis said there was no list. The
proposed changes had been posted on the Town’s Website as well as in
the Town Offices. B.
OPEN PUBLIC HEARING Barbara
Annis opened the Public Hearing. There was no Public present. The Public
Hearing was closed. C.
CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING Barbara
Annis asked if there were any further comments or discussions from the
Board. Rick
Davies made a MOTION to APPROVE
the Revised Subdivision Regulations of the Town of The
Revised Subdivision Regulations was signed and adopted on 2. MASTER
A.
IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER Vanessa Goold finished going through the
recommendations in the Implementation Chapter with the Board. Barbara Annis said she would like to see the Board
of Selectmen meet with the Planning Board, Zoning Board of Adjustment
and Conservation Commission to discuss their plans. David Hartman said that would be a good idea and
may be something they can do in the future. Vanessa Goold said she would work on completing the
Implementation Chapter with the Board’s input from tonight. Vanessa
Goold will return 3. BALLOT
VERBIAGE FOR 2011 PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENTS The Board agreed that a question mark should be at
the end of each Article. Rick Davies suggested adding the following verbiage
to clarify it is a condensed version of the Article. The following
Zoning Ordinance Amendments are condensed versions of the full zoning
changes that are being proposed and recommended by the Warner Planning
Board. The complete version is available at the Planning Board Office,
the Selectmen’s Office and will be available at the polls on Town
Election Day, David Hartman asked why Amendment #1 is Article #2.
He said he thought that was confusing. The Board looked at the RSA and
it states that the election of the officials is Article 1. Rick Davies made a MOTION
to APPROVE the language of
the condensed version for the ballot with the insertion of appropriate
language prior to the first Zoning Amendment acceptable to the Town
Clerk similar to the proposed verbiage (above) with the addition of
question marks. David Hartman seconded the MOTION
and all were in favor. The secretary will check with the Town Clerk
regarding the proposed verbiage Rick Davies suggested. 4.
COMMUNICATIONS Barbara Annis said she attended a meeting at the
State level regarding Condition of Subdivision approvals requiring the
installation of automatic fire suppression sprinklers . The sprinkler
system would be required in areas where emergency vehicles could not get
them easily or if a body of water is not close by. Barbara Annis said that the Commerce Committee of
the Legislature is opposed to it because they feel the Town should
decide not the State where it is only for Subdivisions. Representative Merrill opposed it because he could
see it would be a problem with seasonal camps which could infringe on
peoples rights. There was an attorney present that felt it was
premature. Representative Flanagan from The Home Builders support it. The Fire Marshall
agreed. Barbara Annis said there was discussion and a
disagreement on how much the system would cost. If a tank is required it
will raise the cost of the project. Barbara Annis said she had heard something that she
was not aware of. There is now a moratorium mandating new houses to have
sprinkler systems. She said she did not know how long that has been in
affect Barbara Annis said it would be at the Planning
Board’s discretion if this type of fire suppression system would be
part of a Condition of Approval for a new Subdivision that is scattered
and premature for lack of adequate fire protection. Barbara Annis the Rick Davies stated as one of two town
representatives to the Central New Hampshire Regional Planning
Commission he attended the Full Commission Meeting on David Hartman said the Board of Selectmen applied
to Department of Environmental Services for a grant to examine the 4.
SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS A. BOARD OF
SELECTMEN David Hartman said the Town Warrant is complete
less any petition articles that may come in. David Hartman briefly discussed the Articles adding
to the Capital Reserve Funds (CRF): Police Department CRF-$16,000 Highway Road Construction CRF-$225,000 Highway Equipment CRF- $50,000 Property Revaluation CRF- $15,000 Fire Department Equipment CRF- $30,000 Transfer Station Acquisition/Improvement CRF-
$10,000 Bridge Replacement/Maintenance CRF- $50,000 Establish a CRF for Transfer Station Equipment
Fund- $13,000 Establish Expendable Trust for the purchase of
Radios and Pagers for The Public Works Department and
Fire Department. Non-lapsing fund for Parks and Recreation to
purchase a new mower- $6,000 with matching funding The Selectmen are still in the process of writing
an easement negotiation with Danny and Noreen Fifield for a substantial
amount of their land in exchange for the old abandoned easement. The
land was needed to move the road back from the River. B. A discussion was held regarding the proposed Site
Plan Review Regulations. Barbara Annis explained the subcommittee was
trying to make it easy to read to prevent any confusion. She also said
the idea was to make it easier for new businesses to come to Warner. Barbara Annis stated that the subcommittee spelled
out the definition of Change of Use as well as giving some examples,
Multi Use Building is now included, there is a section on
pre-application reviews, a Waiver of Site Plan Review Application was
created, time frames have been added, a new Regional Impact Section was
added as well as the addition of a Compliance Section. Barbara Annis said the subcommittee wanted to get
the portion of the Site Plan Review done that deals with Change of Use
and then finish the rest later. At this time there is no regulation for
a Waiver of Site Plan Review. The idea was to make it so everyone will
not have to go before the Board and send out notices if they are not
creating any impact on the Town and are still within the Zoning
Regulations for that particular District. Barbara Annis stated the checklist could not be
revised until the Board has agreed to any changes being made. Once the
changes are approved the checklist will be updated to reflect any
changes. David Hartman stated he did not realize the
subcommittee was re-writing the current Site Plan Review. He said he
would need a little more time to compare the two documents before giving
his input. Rick Davies gave a handout of some suggestions he
had. He stated there were only a couple of major changes he suggested
the others were mainly small changes such as capitalizations,
punctuation, etc. One of the major changes he suggested was to
include the waiver section in the current document with the proposed
waiver information. He also suggested moving the Change of Use examples
to another section of the proposed document. Rick Davies stated that the reason for needing a
Site Plan Review is not in the proposed document; therefore, they may
want to add that information from the current document into the proposed
document. Barbara Annis said Rick Davies was correct the information is
not in the proposed document and it should be inserted. A brief discussion was held on the different types
of Change of Use and what would need a Site Plan Review and what could
use the Waiver of Site Plan Review Application. Barbara Annis asked if the Board would like for the
subcommittee to continue working on the proposed Site Plan Regulations
or to just tweak the current Site Plan Review Regulations. David Hartman said he would like to review the
information he received tonight before making that decision. Since the full Board was not present the Board
agreed to take home the information and compare the documents and have
further discussions at the meeting on 5. PUBLIC
COMMENTS There was no Public present 6.
ADJOURN David Hartman made a MOTION
to ADJOURN. Rick Davies
seconded the MOTION and all
were in favor. The meeting adjourned at |