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Town of Minutes of Work Session Members
Present: Barbara
Annis, Paul Violette, David Hartman, Ed Mical, Dan Watts Members
Excused: None Members
Absent:
Hank Duhamel, George Pellettieri Members Late:
None Alternates Present:
Rick Davies (voting for Hank Duhamel) Alternates Excused:
None Alternates Absent:
Harold French, Robert Ricard Alternates Late:
None Presiding:
Barbara Annis Recording:
Jean Lightfoot Open Meeting at Roll Call Ms. Annis opened the meeting at 1.
SHARON WASON, Ms. Annis recognizes
Sharon Wason and Emily Norton from the Central New Hampshire Regional
Planning Commission who began the summary of the results of the Warner
Community Survey. Ms. Wason said there were
230 respondents which, given the number of surveys which were sent out,
would result in a statistically significant response.
She said what was clear is that there is a real division in the
town between those who think things are going very well and those who
want the town to be much more restrictive on growth and change in town.
She then began to review the survey results in detail, noting
that there is general agreement that the townspeople cherish the rural
character and the natural environment of the town.
She commented that there was overwhelming agreement on the care
of the roads in town, which is that the people are happy with the road
maintenance. She provided a
summary of the results of each question on the survey to the Board and
reported the results of each question.
In addition, there were some spreadsheets provided showing the
specific comments on some questions.
Ms. Norton said she was in the process of preparing spreadsheets
for each question where there were comments and those will be provided
to the board. After reviewing the
current survey questions, Ms. Wason then reviewed a comparison of the
answers to questions from the 1998 survey that were also asked in the
2008 survey. She said that
in general there was not a significant change in the results of the
answers to these questions. However,
she did note that one question had a significant difference between the
1998 and 2008 responses. That
was the following: “Would
you support enacting local tax benefits or zoning changes to improve the
town’s fiscal structure by encouraging local businesses on Ms. Wason concluded by
asking what the Board would like her to do with the results.
Mr. Violette said that they would like her to write a synopsis of
the results and for Ms. Norton to categorize the various comments and
prepare a summary of those for the Board.
They agreed to do that. Mr.
Hartman requested that they prepare a comparison of answers to similar
questions from other towns in the region.
Ms. Wason said she would do that.
Ms. Wason then asked
about the scheduling of the Visioning Session.
It was originally scheduled for October 20, but it was agreed to
change it to sometime after Election Day, with no specific date being
set. There was a discussion
about how to bring people out to the session, with various ideas of
publicizing it around town, as well as getting out information about the
results of the survey. Ms.
Wason said she could provide maps that have been prepare of demographics
and the Forest Society maps which could be displayed.
There was some thought about having information available on
Election Day for people to come and see it and perhaps pick up something
to take home to think about ideas for the visioning session.
Ms. Annis then asked
about the second phase of the Master Plan and asked for numbers from Ms.
Wason for the budget currently being prepared.
She asked if the contract is not concluded by the end of the
year, if it is possible to extend it.
Ms. Wason said yes. She
said she would get together with Mr. Violette on Wednesday this week to
arrive at some proposed numbers and they will communicate with Ms.
Annis. Ms. Wason and Ms.
Norton then left the meeting. 2.
COMMUNICATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS Mr. Hartman said that the
Transfer Station site has been approved for acquisition between the
State and the Town and will be concluded after the first of the year.
He also asked if the Planning Board members wanted any input on
the planned Town Bulletin Board. He
said that Warner Connects is responsible for the funding and has four
possible places in mind for it: Replace
where it is now; in front of the Town Hall on the lawn facing the
sidewalk; behind the newly planted fruit tree on the Town Hall front
lawn; or behind the other newly-planted tree on the Town Hall front
lawn. The consensus was that
the issue is one for the Selectmen and not the Planning Board. Ms. Annis noted that the
brochure for the Local Government Center Fall Meeting has come out.
There is only one hard copy, but people may see the schedule and
register online at the Ms. Annis said there is a
letter that has been received in regard to the Wagner Subdivision
approval with conditions. It
is reproduced below: “To:
The Town of Warner Planning Board “From:
James and Faye Vadnais “Reference:
Commercial Major Subdivision
Alan
& Lee Ann Wagner, Jr.
Unapproved Minutes of “Date:
“We
are concerned that condition #7 of the approval does not include any
reference to hours of work operations.
This was discussed on “Also
noted in relation to #7 is that Mr. Wagner requested one-half days be
allowed on Saturdays. Discussion
referenced no blasting but the vote reflects a full day on Saturday
without any exclusions for blasting. “This
has implications to 24 hours of rock crushing, trucking, blasting,
drilling and associated construction on 6 days of the week.
We hope that we have misinterpreted what can occur during the
construction of “Thank
you for your consideration. We
look forward to hearing from you.” Ms. Annis said that she
believes that it was an oversight in the approval with conditions to
specifically reference blasting on the time of work and not refer to all
work. Other members of the
Board agreed that the intent was that no work will be done between the
hours of Ms. Annis said that there
are only two small items on the agenda for October 6, a request for
extension of time on a site plan review and a lot line adjustment.
She asked if the Board would approve looking at potential Zoning
changes after these items have been addressed since the time is getting
late for them. It was agreed
to add that item to the agenda. Ms. Annis said that Mr.
Duhamel had resigned from his position as Chair of the CIP Committee and
that Mr. Mical had agreed to continue with the work on it.
Mr. Mical reported that the CIP draft should be nearly complete
by Tuesday and it will be sent to the Board members in their packets for
the October 6 meeting. He
said that he hopes to continue that meeting to October 20 and hold the
public hearing then. He said
that he hopes to meet with his committee within the next week. Ms. Annis asked if there
was any other business. There
was none. Mr. Hartman MOVED to
adjourn. Mr. Violette,
seconded. The motion was
PASSED unanimously. The
meeting was adjourned at
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