Local Comprehensive Plan
Implementation Committee
February
29, 2001
Caucus
Hall
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02657.
Present: Anne Howard, Mindy Baransky, Sally
Brophy, Ted Malone, and Rex Peterson
1.
Committee
Reorganization
The
Committee voted unanimously to elect Mindy as Chair, Ted as 2nd
Chair and Rex as secretary.
Mindy said that a budget with money for a recording secretary has been
approved and will be available at the start of the new fiscal year July 1. Rex agreed to serve as secretary until
that time.
2.
Warrant
Articles for Town Meeting
Sally
asked what else the LCPIC might do to support the articles being sponsored by
the Housing Partnership. Ted and
Anne suggested that the LCPIC give reports on the articles at Town Meeting,
similar to the ones the Planning Board presents of zoning articles. Anne said that the moderator would call
for the reports if she is notified ahead of time that he committee wishes to
make one.
Rex
asked if the LCPIC would make a recommendation or would our comments be limited
to whether or not the article is consistent with the LCP? Anne said that the LCPIC couldn’t
really make a recommendation unless we had an in depth discussion of the
articles. She felt it would be
better to say if the articles are consistent with the LCP. She said she would talk to the
moderator to let her know we want to give a report.
3.
LCP
Actions Matrix
Ted
said that we should get back to using the actions matrix as a working
document. Rex read aloud the memo
(dated July 14, 2000) from the Cape Cod Commission requiring completion of the
matrix within six months. Mindy
suggested distributing the matrix to the various boards and committees, and
asking them to review it and to mark which ones they will responsible for. She suggested revising the matrix to
include columns with the board names so they could simply check off the actions
they will work on, and a column for priorities. Anne said she believes 75% of the committees will review the
list and return it. The Committee
decided to wait until after ATM to distribute the matrix. Ted agreed to write and update to the
Cape Cod Commission on our Committee’s progress thus far.
4.
Zoning
By-law Revisions
Mindy
asked what changes to the Zoning By-law the Planning Board is proposing for
Town Meeting. Anne said they are
not proposing a lot of changes.
One of the major ones is to eliminate the requirement under Section 1260
for a Special Permit for outside seating and entertainment. The responsibility will be shifted from
the Zoning Board to the Licensing Board.
They are also proposing changes to the Building Scale by-law, including
giving the ZBA more flexibility to grant waivers. The Board is still working on a complete rewrite of the
Zoning By-laws. The Board has sent
a request to Town Counsel to recommend the process to follow and any of their
other clients that have done a major rewrite. Richard Olson (Planning Board member) is checking with his
former law firm in Boston on their experience with a recodification. Rex asked if they were still
considering hiring the Cape Cod Commission to do the rewrite. Anne said that the Board has been in
transition since Gordon Gaskill left.
Ted suggested a follow-up meeting with the Planning Board after Town
Meeting.
5.
Town
Meeting Warrant
Mindy
said that the Conservation Commission is still considering a Wetlands
By-law. The ConsComm decided they
need more time to review the proposed by-law, and will not put it on the
warrant for May Town Meeting. They
will more likely be ready by a Special Town Meeting in the fall.
Sally
suggested the LCPIC make a report on the Waste Water Treatment Facility. Mindy said that we should all read
through the entire warrant for our next meeting, and discuss which articles to
make a report on. Anne said that
the Warrant closes on March 2.
6.
Meeting
Schedule
The
Committee agreed to meet the first and third Tuesday of each month at 6:00
p.m., and as needed for special projects (like Town Meeting). The next meeting will be March 6.
Respectfully
submitted,
Rex
Peterson