VPC Minutes

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009

7 p.m. Daniels Room, Library

 

Howard Mansfield, Mike Fallon, John Jordan, Mary Covington, Dennis Rossiter, David Drasba, Jim Gamble, Tom Pisaturo

 

 

1. Review of Selectboard meeting, Jan. 5, 5:30 p.m.

VPC met w/selectboard and board was very favorable toward proposed warrant article. The VPC simply has to to make its case to the public.

Assurance to town is that if we do not get the 2/3 match, we will not proceed.

 

 

2. Prep for budget advisory committee, Wed., Jan. 7, 6:30 p.m.

Will be meeting at town offices. Howard, Mike, Dennis, Dave, Mary & Tom will attend. VPC will present case as it did for the selectboard. Warrant article has to be for full amount ($63,000) but cash outlay from town will only be $21 K.

Previous meeting in July provided budget committee with some background. This meeting will walk through proposal and then Q&A.

Howard will email proposal to Barbara and ask that it be forwarded to the committee in advance.

 

 

3. January calendar & deadlines to consider:

            -- Warrant articles due: Jan. 19

-- Happenings deadline: Jan. 22 – Need to have summary article (request a box); also send to Ledger Transcript.

-- March Happenings: Full one-pager as insert.

            -- Annual Report due: Jan. 23

            -- Special Public Informational Meeting: Potential dates – Tuesday, 2/3 or Wednesday, 2/4 – Before Public Hearing. Mary will put up public notices.

            -- Public Budget Hearing: Feb 9 Tentative date

            -- Other groups/meetings? We will determine this after the Feb. 9 meeting.

                        Dennis: should have outreach to common commission & Historic District Commission. We should go to their meetings. Dave will arrange with HDC; Howard will contact Jarvis re: the Common Commission.

 

 

4. Further comments on VPC One-Pager case

Dennis: public’s involvement in reviewing plans. Suggest two-stages – public presentation, welcoming input, then follow-up.

Mike: Need to clearly present what we’re doing, what it costs, why and most important, why now.

Dave: clarifying exactly where the work will take place. Scope of work. Essentially the Historic District, but the specific solutions are to be determined by this process.

 

 

5. Annual Report – Howard: Due Jan. 23. Will be a mix of our case and other things covered from the year: Wires. Drainage work – substantial progress. Solicited responses from a number of engineering firms for construction designs and received three responses.

 

 

6. Federal Infrastructure Bank letter to Senator-elect Shaheen – Mary

            Requesting funding from the national economic stimulus program.

 

 

7. Meetinghouse lighting – John & David

            Current thinking is to place light on flagpole. Still have to work out details.

 

 

8. Registering survey – selectboard is going to move forward with this.

 

 

9. New Business

            None

 

Next meeting: Wed. Jan. 28., 7:00 PM @ Library, Daniels Room

 

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