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Town of Minutes of Work Session Members
Present: Barbara
Annis, Paul Violette, David Hartman, Hank Duhamel, Ed Mical, Dan Watts,
Rick Davies Members
Excused: None Members
Absent:
None Members Late:
None Alternates Present:
Harold French Alternates Excused:
Robert Ricard Alternates Absent:
None Alternates Late:
None Presiding:
Barbara Annis Recording:
Jean Lightfoot Open Meeting at Roll Call Ms. Annis called the meeting to order at Ms. Annis said the following letter was
received from Mike McChesney and it is reproduced below: “Town
of “Warner
Planning Board “ “Warner,
NH 03278-0265 “ “Dear
Warner Planning Board, “We
are writing you to notify you of a business change that we are planning
at “We
do not see any real change of use on the swop [sic] of businesses as
Woodsum was open most of the week and weekend and Kearsarge Market will
only be open Sat. and Sun. 9-3. We
also know we have more than plenty of onsite parking to accommodate the
use as we have only begun to use a very small fraction of our parking
lot. “I
would also like to note that the Market will be an excellent opportunity
for the local producers as well as the community since it will be a one
stop shop for many locally made goods.
We have introduced the idea around town to a broad spectrum of
people and the enthusiasm has been unanimous. “Thank
you for your time and consideration. “Sincerely, “Michael
& Gatia McChesney /s/” Ms. Annis said that she told Mr. McChesney
that if the Board has a problem with this idea, then they would call him
in for the December meeting. She
added that she personally sees no difference in having little booths in
a room and having a room that you hire out.
However, she said, if the Board wants, he can be called in.
She said he’s hoping to get it started and open for Christmas
sales. Mr. Violette said
this would be like an indoor farmers market and he would think someone
would be there everyday to supervise so no one would walk away with
anything. Mr. French asked
what they do there now. Ms.
Annis said there is a massage person and he had an art gallery.
She said they are moving to Ms. Annis said that the Board members all
received a copy of the article from the Farm Bureau magazine related to
the State Building Code and barns. She
said that there is a workshop coming up on Impact Fees in Ms. Annis said there are no applications
for the December meeting and asked what the members would like to do at
that meeting. She added that
it cannot be cancelled because it is in the Planning Board rules that
there will be regular meetings held on the first Monday of each month,
unless otherwise posted. She
said that by law the Board must meet once a month.
There was a short discussion.
Ms. Annis said that the Building Code and Ordinance Committee has
enough to do that they can meet on December 1.
She said that there also must be a public hearing in December.
Mr. Violette said that the Master Plan Committee would probably
not meet because there is the Visioning Session on December 8th,
so they could join the Building Code and Ordinance Committee on December
1. Ms. Annis said that she and Mr. Duhamel
attended the NHMA annual meeting. She
said it was good and she brought some booklets back to share with anyone
who is interested. She said
that one of the court updates is an Ms. Annis said if the Building Code
discussion is finished early enough tonight, some other potential items
may be considered to add to the Zoning Ordinance since the full Board
must approve the wording and then the Public Hearing will be held on
December 15. She said that
one of the things she would like to consider is workforce housing.
She said that these appear to be for 5 or more units and she
read: “Although the
municipality must allow some multi-family housing, defined as a building
containing 5 or more units. . .” She
said that our Zoning Ordinance describes less than 5 units, so that may
be addressed. Mr. French
asked what constitutes workforce housing.
Ms. Wason said housing that is for sale or rent to a household of
4 making 120% of the median income.
Ms. Annis said it must be available.
Mr. French said those primarily are built where water and sewer
are available. Ms. Annis
said that right now a multi-family is not allowed in the R-1 district
where there is water and sewer. Mr.
French agreed and said that is where it’s needed.
Ms. Annis said that because of this, the Zoning Ordinance related
to this may be reviewed tonight after the Building Code.
Ms. Annis asked Mr. Duhamel if he had
anything to add about the meeting in Mr. Mical said that the Capital
Improvements Program presentation to the Budget Committee is scheduled
for Thursday night at Mr. Mical said that the Hazard Mitigation
Plan has been conditionally approved by FEMA and at the next meeting of
the Board of Selectmen, a public hearing will be held to accept it.
He said there were no changes by FEMA and it was accepted as it
was presented. Ms. Annis said that NH OEP has said that
there are still some corrections to the Flood Plain Ordinance due to an
error in what they sent to the town for correction last year.
These will be added. Mr. Hartman said that there will be a
single stream recycling presentation tomorrow evening at Ms. Annis said she had attended the court
cases and updates and potential legislation sessions.
She said she was very disappointed in the Highway Safety session.
She said he was finished about 45 minutes before he was supposed
to be through, the acoustics were bad and she did not get how to apply
for and how to qualify for
the highway safety. Ms.
Wason said there are no rules yet on how to get HSIP money.
There was some discussion about roundabouts and dangerous
intersections around the state. There was no further business.
The meeting was adjourned at
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