Town of Corinth
Planning Commission
Meeting Minutes 2007
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Town
of Corinth
Planning Commission
November 6, 2007
Kevin Kinerson, , Virginia Barlow, Joan Brainerd, Allen Locke, Holly Waterman
The meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm.
1. Annexation. Kevin has discussed the change that Christopher Preston wants to make to his property on Route 25. Chris accepts that what he wishes to do is an annexation, not a lot line adjustment and will file the appropriate form.
2. Kevin has completed the paperwork for the Vance Family subdivision that was approved on October 16.
3. Schedule of Fees. The cost of filing has gone up and Kevin made a motion that the fee be raised from $10.00 to $15.00 for exempt subdivisions. Allen seconded; all voted in favor.
4. Minutes. Minutes of the two October meetings were circulated, but no paper copies were on hand so we decided to leave them to next time.
5. Mail. Wastewater permit for Dick and Diane Kerr has been approved.
Two Rivers sent us notice that their area designation criteria have been approved. Notices of various seminars and meetings have been received.
6. Kevin will circulate the zoning rules that were in effect in Corinth for two years in the 1970s that Joan has unearthed.
7. Survey. Ginny will collect ideas for questions for the survey we intend to send to voters and landowners in town about how to go about implementing the town plan. Allen asked where is development a problem?
The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 pm.
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Town
of Corinth
Planning Commission
October 16, 2007
Kevin Kinerson, , Virginia Barlow, Joan Brainerd, Allen Locke, Dave Wieland-Alter
Guests: Alfred Dilley, Donald Grady, James Vance, Jr., and David Vance
Hearing on the Subdivision of the John Vance Farm. The Vance family has filled out both parts of the application for the subdivision of their property on Brook Road (Parcel ID #02900473). Donald Grady took the oath on behalf of the family. Kevin read through their completed application.
Kevin made a motion to adjourn the hearing. Ginny seconded. The planning commission has to make a decision to approve or disapprove the subdivision within 45 days. Donald Grady, on behalf of the family, has to have a mylar filed at the town clerk’s office within 90 days of the approval letter. Notification of approval or disapproval should be sent to the Bertha Vance Dilley Trust, c/o Alfred Dilley, P.O. Box 265, Lyndon Center, VT 05850.
The hearing was adjourned at 7:25 p.m.
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Regular Planning Commission meeting began at 7:40 pm.
1. Kevin made a motion to deliberate on the Vance subdivision. Dave seconded. All voted in favor. After a short discussion, Kevin made a motion to approve the subdivision. Allen seconded. All voted in favor. Kevin will write up the approval.
2. Minutes. The minutes of the October 2 meeting have not yet been received. Ginny is in arrears.
3. Mail. We have been notified that an application was received for a wastewater permit from Richard and Diane Kerr for a residence on a 100-acre parcel on Heath Road.
A wastewater application has been received from Ryan Dodge and has been approved.
Announcement of a seminar for town officials on new septic rules. There are five meetings around the state. One is on October 29 from 4 to 6 pm in Berlin at the town offices.
4. Town Plan approval. Two Rivers, the regional planning commission, reviewed and approved our town plan on September 21. Kevin wondered when the effective date is of our town plan and will ask Sally.
5. Application for a lot line adjustment from Christopher Preston. His property on Route 25, parcel ID 0771740, is 28.6 acres he wants to move 1.12 acres of wetland and meadows from the farm lot to the smaller sub-parcel. The sub-parcel was created as an exempt subdivision some time ago.
Kevin made a motion to approve the application as an annexation, not
as a boundary line adjustment. Kevin will notify Chris about this and ask him
to sign the correct form. Ginny seconded the motion. All voted in favor.
6. Misc. Note that beginning in November we will just have one
meeting per month until April.
7. Implementing the Town Plan. We will all think of questions to put on the survey to be mailed to landowners and voters, concentrating on subdivision procedures and regulations. There was agreement that the questions should be as specific as possible, for example: “Should development be prohibited on slopes exceeding [a certain] percent,” or “Should there be setback requirements?”
8. Planning Commission Summary for the Town Report. We should all review Kevin’s annual summary for the town report, which is due on November 1. He has sent a draft to all PC members.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 pm.
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Town of Corinth
Planning Commission
October 2, 2007
Kevin Kinerson, , Virginia Barlow, Joan Brainerd, Allen Locke
The meeting was called to order at 7:12 pm.
1. Subdivisions. Kevin has received a call about 160 acres belonging to Richard and Vicky-Lynn Palmer on Eastman Lane. Allen has received a call from Bill Zwenke about a possible subdivision.
2. Minutes. Kevin made a motion to approve the minutes of the September 18 meeting. Allen seconded. All voted in favor.
3. Town Plan. We discussed various ways to proceed with regard to implementing the town plan.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:35
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August 21, 2007
Kevin Kinerson, Holly Waterman, David Wieland-Alter, Virginia Barlow
The meeting was called to order at 7:20 pm.
1. We filled out evaluation forms for the VLCT training program. Holly will forward these to VLCT.
2. Town planning grant. We discussed the municipal planning grant application and approved Kevin’s approach and list of tasks to be accomplished. He will send this to Sally Mansur and discuss the cost of the various parts. If we approve the final application at our September 4 meeting, Kevin can present it to the selectboard at their September 9 meeting and it can be submitted in time to meet the September 28 deadline.
3. Minutes. Kevin made a motion to approve the minutes of our August 7 meeting with one correction (Brady corrected to Grady); Dave seconded, and all voted in favor. Ginny will e-mail planning commission minutes to Joyce Mckeeman, the assistant to the selectboard, once they have been approved. Kevin thinks it isn’t necessary to keep the paper file of minutes up to date any longer.
4. Mail. Two Rivers has been paid their annual dues by the town. Application for a wastewater permit has been received from Robert, William, and Richard Green for a 15-acre lot on Maplewood Road. A wastewater permit has been granted to Robert Lavoy on Village Road in East Corinth. Todd and Alice Mower wastewater application has been approved.
Kevin mentioned that property owners are obligated by the state to file these permits with the town but there is no enforcement of this. The town clerk would like the selectboard to enforce the state requirements that permits be filed.
5. Misc. Ginny will invite Peter Gregory from Two Rivers to come to whatever meeting fits his schedule.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:10 pm.
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Town of Corinth
Planning Commission
August 8, 2007
Kevin Kinerson, Allen Locke, Holly
Waterman, Joan Brainerd, David Wieland-Alter, Virginia Barlow
Guest: Donald Grady
The meeting was called to order at 7:03 pm.
1. Non-exempt subdivision. Donald Brady is applying for a non-exempt subdivision for land of which he is a part owner. The 140-acre property was previously subdivided in 2003 by the Estate of James D. Vance, Sr., at which time six acres were transferred to Burton Covey. At the present time, the 12 owners of the remaining 134 acres wish to subdivide the parcel into two pieces. One part of the property, of 54.84 acres (mapped as 14.37+ 14.23 + 18.17 + 8.07 acres), will be retained by James Vance, Jr. and the other family members plan to sell the remaining 88.18 acres (mapped as 46.96 + 14.25 + 26.97 acres) as one piece. (Note that the total acreage appears to be mapped as 143.02, and the grand list acreage is listed as 134.)
Kevin asked Donald Grady to fill out the application, with the property ID numbers, the names and addresses of all the abutters, plus the missing book and page numbers for a couple of the parcels, and he explained the application process.
It should be feasible to have a hearing at our second meeting in September if Donald gets the names of the abutters to us by our next meeting on August 21. His phone number, in case any more information is missing, is 802 748 2756.
One of the owners died three weeks ago and that share of the estate is now in the hands of the executor. There are four heirs of that estate.
2. Review of the VLCT Training Session. We discussed the recent presentation by Stephanie Smith from the Vermont League of Cities and Towns. It was a very interesting and useful session.
3. Planning Grant. Kevin has received a proposal for a grant application from Sally Mansur at TRORC. Allen believes it is very important to get the plan into peoples’ hands and get them to think about it. Holly suggested a series of potluck suppers as a way to get people engaged.
Dave suggested using the West Fairlee strategy – a very good looking plan with color and lots of photographs – that is distributed to everyone. Can funds for this be incorporated into our next grant application? General agreement that everyone in town should get a copy, including a feedback form.
A wide-ranging discussion followed: Have incentives, as opposed to regulation, worked in other towns? Allen: We should understand just what the threat is and which places are the most vulnerable.
A GIS analysis might not be useful at this stage and could be taken out of the proposal, while adding funds for communicating with townspeople, with copies of the plan as part of that outreach. The deadline for municipal planning grant applications is September 30 so we need to finalize this at our August 21 meeting in order to get selectboard approval at their September meeting, which is on the second Monday of the month.
Kevin will revise the grant proposal and circulate it to all of us and we will finalize it at our next meeting.
4. Minutes. Ginny admitted to not having done the two things she said she would do at the last meeting (talk to Peter Gregory about the Bradford situation and find an overview of PC activities for the town website).Kevin a motion to approve the minutes, Allen seconded, and all voted in favor.
5. Mail. People can email lwilson@trorc.org for a hard copy of the TRORC 2007 Regional Plan.
Todd Mower has applied for a septic permit for a house on Taplin Hill at the corner of Hayward Road.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 pm.
[Approved on 8/21/07]