Planning Board Meeting

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Wednesday, September 11, 2019, 6:00 pm until 12:30 pm
Highway Garage-9 Jacksonville Rd.
A meeting of the Planning Board

Meeting of Planning Board

Members: (Quorum)

• Absent: Betsy Corner, Member
• Absent: Sara Wik, Member
• Present: Jonathan Lagreze, Vice Chair, at 6:00 PM
• Present: Robert Slowinski, Chair, at 6:00 PM
• Present: Loren Feinstein, Secretary, at 6:00 PM
• Present: Don Kahn, Member, at 6:00 PM

Also Present:

• Peggy Sloan FRCOG. Gregory Olchowski pending Planning Board member.

See original Agenda Final Minutes

Meeting opened: 6:07 PM

Meeting closed: 8:17 PM

0. Meeting Preliminaries

   • Meeting Opened / Attendance Taken (see above).

   • No minutes to approve.

2. Old Business

   • 6:00PM: Visit from Peggy Sloan

     General Discussion...
     Discussed current state of marijuana zoning bylaw and proposed adding a section to the use table to address marijuana cafes and social establishments.
     Generally sought to simplify and allow any marijuana establishments and agriculture by Special Permit.
     Discussed setting a new public hearing for the Zoning Bylaw recodification for November 6th at 6pm at Colrain Central School.
     Decided to postpone setting the Marijuana Zoning Bylaw public hearing date until the planning board is totally clear on it's final proposed format at the planning board meeting on October 2nd.

   • 6:30: Vote on Path to Move Forward

     MOTION, moved by Jonathan Lagreze, seconded by Don Kahn: To send the zoning bylaw recodification and supporting documents to the select board for them obtain advice from town counsel on the adequacy of the documentation for the presentation at a public hearing and then to be able to act upon its content at a town meeting.

     Pass: Aye: Jonathan Lagreze, Robert Slowinski, Loren Feinstein, Don Kahn. Not Present: Betsy Corner, Sara Wik.

     MOTION, moved by Jonathan Lagreze, seconded by Don Kahn: To request that the planning board be included on the select board's communications with town counsel on topics pertaining to the planning board's actions.

     Pass: Aye: Jonathan Lagreze, Robert Slowinski, Loren Feinstein, Don Kahn. Not Present: Betsy Corner, Sara Wik.

   • 8:11: Approve Meeting Minutes From June 5th

     MOTION, moved by Jonathan Lagreze, seconded by Robert Slowinski: To postpone approval of minutes from the previous planning board meeting on June 3rd to the next planning board meeting.

     Pass: Aye: Jonathan Lagreze, Robert Slowinski, Loren Feinstein, Don Kahn. Not Present: Betsy Corner, Sara Wik.

2. New Business

   • ANR-Tim Rice

     General Discussion...
     Reviewed and confirmed that the ANR meets the required criteria for the requested subdivision.

   • 8:01: Western Mass Municipal Conference

     General Discussion...
     Johnathan presented the invitation to attend this municipal training conference and suggested we attempt to have representatives from the planning board attend.

     MOTION, moved by Jonathan Lagreze, seconded by Loren Feinstein: To encourage members of the planning board to attend this educational conference and that the $35 fee be covered by the planning board's training and education budget.

     Pass: Aye: Jonathan Lagreze, Robert Slowinski, Loren Feinstein, Don Kahn. Not Present: Betsy Corner, Sara Wik.

3. Meeting Wrap-up

   • Next Meetings:
     1. Wed, Oct 2, at 6:00 PM "Planning Board Meeting" -- CANCELLED -- Highway Garage-9 Jacksonville Rd.
     2. Wed, Oct 16, at 6:00 PM "Planning Board Meeting" -- Highway Garage-9 Jacksonville Rd.
     3. Wed, Nov 6, at 5:00 PM "Public Hearing- Rec. Marijuana and Bylaw Recodification" -- Highway Garage-9 Jacksonville Rd.
     4. Wed, Nov 6, at 6:00 PM "Planning Board Meeting" -- Highway Garage-9 Jacksonville Rd.
     5. Wed, Dec 4, at 6:00 PM "Planning Board Meeting" -- Highway Garage-9 Jacksonville Rd.

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 approved on Wednesday, Dec 4, 2019