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Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 6:00 pm until 11:45 pm
Online Only - See Details Below
A meeting of the Planning Board

Planning Board Meeting
Wednesday, April 5 · 6:00 – 11:30pm
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Meeting of Planning Board

Members: (Quorum)

• Remote: Sara Wik, Member, at 6:00 PM
• Remote: Robert Slowinski, Chair, at 6:00 PM
• Remote: Loren Feinstein, Secretary, at 6:00 PM
• Remote: Gregory Olchowski, Member, at 6:00 PM
• Remote: Marybeth Chichester, Member, at 6:00 PM
• Remote: David Greenberg, Member, at 6:10 PM

Also Present:

• Haynes Turkle member of the Colrain Solar Committee

See original Agenda Final Minutes

Meeting opened: 6:05 PM

Meeting closed: 7:26 PM

0. Meeting Preliminaries

   • Meeting Opened / Attendance Taken (see above).

   • Minutes Approved: Wed, Feb 1 - Planning Board Meeting

   • Minutes Approved: Wed, Mar 8 - Planning Board Meeting

1. New Business

   • 6:00PM: Solar Committee Visit

     General Discussion...
     Haynes Turkle presented findings from the Solar Committee regarding an update and amendment to the existing solar bylaw. This was a preliminary presentation to lead up to a follow up presentation to be scheduled at a future date for a final presentation including UMass survey data and recommendations.

     1. Solar_Comm-_SECTION_15_LARGE-SCALE_GROUND-MOUNTED_SOLAR-PHOTOVOLTAIC.pdf - Notes on Current Bylaw from Solar Committee
     2. model-solar-zoning_-_current_12_2014.pdf - MA Model Solar Zoning

2. Old Business

   • 6:30PM: Flood Plain Bylaw Update - Review new information from FEMA

     General Discussion...
     FEMA responded that no Flood Plain Administrator Backup position is necessary, so the updated flood plain bylaw is ready for submission to Town Counsel for review.

   • 6:45 PM: Review of Town Counsel Redline of Short Term Rentals Bylaw Draft

     General Discussion...
     Greg expressed a concern for the section 3e about the need for license plate numbers on the STR permit document. More research as to what the reasoning behind it is to be undertaken.
     
     It is the intention to adopt the recommendations from Town Counsel on the proposed bylaw and permit application and to accept all changes in the future.

     MOTION, moved by David Greenberg, seconded by Loren Feinstein: To accept and adopt Town Counsel recommended edits to the proposed STR bylaw as written.

     Pass: Aye: David Greenberg, Sara Wik, Gregory Olchowski, Marybeth Chichester, Robert Slowinski, Loren Feinstein.

   • 7:00PM: Master Plan Steering Committee Response Follow-up

     General Discussion...
     There has been no response as yet to the Master Plan Steering Committee memo that was sent to the other involved town boards and administrators.

   • 7:15PM: Planning Board Procedural Rules and Regulations

     General Discussion...
     The PB intends to seek towns with similar needs that have existing rules and regulations documents, and we can look to adopt a similar set, revised as needed.

3. Meeting Wrap-up

   • Next Meetings:
     1. Wed, May 3, at 6:00 PM "Planning Board Meeting" -- Online Only - See Details Below
     2. Wed, May 10, at 6:00 PM "Planning Board Meeting" -- Online Only - See Details Below
     3. Wed, Jun 7, at 6:00 PM "Planning Board Public Hearing" -- Online Only - See Details Below
     4. Wed, Jul 12, at 6:00 PM "Planning Board Meeting" -- Online Only - See Details Below
     5. Wed, Sep 13, at 6:00 PM "Planning Board meeting" -- Online Only - See Details Below

The listing of matters is those reasonably anticipated by the Chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.

Minutes prepared by PB Sect.

Minutes approved on Wednesday, Jun 7, 2023

Posted to: Planning Board on 2023-04-03 12:40:33 (updated 2023-04-03 12:40:58).

[Last touched by PlanningChair]