HANCOCK VILLAGE PLANNING COMMITTEE

Meeting Minutes

May 27, 2009

 

 

Location: Hancock Town Library

VPC Members in Attendance: Tom Pisaturo, Mary Covington, David Drasba, Mike Fallon,
Dennis Rossiter, Kurt Grassett

For the Selectboard: John Jordan

Public Attending: Nahida Sherman, Steve Fillebrown, Richard Wagner

 

 

1)    Tom Pisaturo submitted corrections to the 5/20/2009 minutes, as follows:

a.     “IRA” should be corrected to read: “ARRA”

b.     The budget number of $600,000 for Main Street improvements is for construction only and does not include design costs.

c.     Public attendees omitted: Dan LaPlante, Jeff Wilder.

d.     The minutes were then approved as amended.

2)    David Drasba presented an updated plan from Meridian Land Services (MLS) which included modifications stemming from the first public meeting, as well as discussions at Village Planning committee meetings.

a.     David explained that MLS has not designed parking spaces because they lack definition of areas available along Main St. such as paved, unpaved, legal, and illegal.

b.     VPC members asked David to request of MLS that they provide the number of parking spaces retained, created, and/or lost in the plan.

3)    The meeting discussion then turned to planning for the June 4^th public meeting which is the second public meeting of three meetings planned.

4)    It was agreed by the members present that Laurie Bryan would be asked to continue in her role as meeting moderator.

5)    On the following page is the first draft of the meeting agenda: as discussed by the members

THE NEXT MEETING OF THE VILLAGE PLANNING COMMITTEE WILL BE HELD ON: Wednesday, June 3 at 7 PM at the Hancock Town Library

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Meeting Agenda

Village Planning Committee Open Meeting

Thursday, June 4, 2009

 

 

1)    INTRODUCTION/RE-CAP                                                                10 Minutes

a.     Laurie will introduce members of VPC and Meridian Land Services and review protocol for the meeting and do a run-down of the agenda and remind people that they can find all the information regarding the project on the town web site.
(I suggest Laurie acknowledge Nahida Sherman here for her work on the web site - as she’s doing a great job)

b.     Howard Mansfield will do a brief re-cap of the prior public meeting, mentioning that the format for this evening’s presentations will follow the same format focusing on:

                                               i.     Walkways

                                             ii.     Pedestrian Crossings

                                            iii.     Parking

                                            iv.     Traffic Control

                                             v.     Edge of Pavement

                                            vi.     Drainage

c.     David and Kurt will review meetings with other stakeholders:

                                               i.     SHPO, NH/DOT, Historical Society, Common Commission

2)    MERIDIAN LAND SERVICES                                                           20 Minutes

(Audience will be reminded that we will present the plan modifications first in their entirety, then open up the meeting to Q&A – with the exception of the section on parking – see below)

a.     Walkways

b.     Pedestrian Crossings

c.     Parking

                                               i.     At this point, Kurt will talk about parking solutions and remedies

d.     Traffic Control

e.     Edge of Pavement

f.      Drainage

3)    Q&A                                                                                                   30 Minutes

a.     Attendees will be encouraged to ask questions and participate in a dialogue about the plans.

Note: Jim Gamble will post discussion points on flip chart sheets around the room. Dennis will bring flip charts, blue tape and magic markers. MLS will post blow ups of the plans for attendees to get a close up view. David will look in to the feasibility of projecting the plans.

 

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