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Town of Colrain
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Colrain, MA 01340
413-624-3454
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Planning Board Meeting

Wednesday, August 5, 2020, 6:00 pm until 11:45 pm
Outside Town Hall - 55 Main Road
A meeting of the Planning Board

Meeting of Planning Board

Members: (Quorum)

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

Also Present:

  • Bill Pastuszek and Ellen Smith of Fort Lucas Rd.
  • Susanne Hale of 273 Shelburne Line Rd.
  • Alice Wozniak of Colrain Assessor's Office and ZBA

See original Agenda Final Minutes

Meeting opened: 6:10 PM

Meeting closed: 7:02 PM

  1. Meeting Preliminaries

    • Meeting Opened / Attendance Taken (see above).

    • Minutes Approved: Thu, Jun 11 - Planning Board meeting

  2. Public Hearing - Vertex Tower Assets, LLC.

    • 6:00PM: Special Permit-Planning Board - Vertex Tower Assets, LLC Application

      General Discussion...
      Continuance requested by applicant. Re-consideration of this matter will take place on October 7th, 2020 at 6:00PM.

      MOTION, moved by Robert Slowinski, seconded by Loren Feinstein: To accept the requested continuance and reconvene on this matter on October 7th, 2020 at 6:00PM.

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

      All parties should be subject to the same timeline going forward from the new date (Oct 7th) as was intended from the original meeting on Aug. 5th.
      Re-advertisement of the legal notices will be requested at the applicants expense.

      1. Colrain_ZAP_complete.pdf - Complete Application Packet
      2. Vertex-King_PB_legal_ad.pdf - Legal Ad
  3. New Business

    • 6:30PM: ANR 29 Ft Lucas Rd - Bill Pastuszek

      General Discussion...
      Request was described. No road frontage changes and no other concerns were raised. Primarily this is to include the existing well in the Denison property that uses the well. Approval wan not required, so the ANR passed.

      1. PLANNING_BOARD_APPLICATION_6-8-20.pdf - ANR Application
      2. PLAN_2009.pdf - 2009 Plan
      3. PLAN_DEC_19_Pastuszek_Fort_Lucas_Rd-_Colrain.pdf - 2019 Plan
      4. Pastuszek_Fort_Lucas_Rd-_Colrain_Parcel_B__remaining.pdf - 2020 Plan
      5. Pastuszek_description_Fort_Lucas_Rd-_Colrain.docx - Description
    • 6:45PM: Town of Colrain- Town Center Intersection Project - Mylar needs to be signed. See minutes from June meeting for reference.

    • 7:00PM: Lena Jillson-93 New County Rd. ANR

      General Discussion...
      Approval was not required, so the ANR passed.

      1. 93NewCountyRdFinal.pdf - ANR Map
  4. Meeting Wrap-up

    • Next Meetings:
      1. Wed, Sep 2, at 6:00 PM "Planning Board Meeting" -- Outside Town Hall - 55 Main Road
      2. Wed, Oct 7, at 6:00 PM "Planning Board Meeting" -- Outside Town Hall - 55 Main Road
      3. Wed, Dec 2, at 6:00 PM "Planning Board Meeting" -- Outside Town Hall - 55 Main Road
      4. Wed, Jan 6, at 6:00 PM "Planning Board Meeting" -- Outside Town Hall - 55 Main Road
      5. Wed, Feb 3, at 6:00 PM "Planning Board Meeting" -- Outside Town Hall - 55 Main Road

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 Planning Board Secretary

Minutes approved on Wednesday, Sep 2, 2020

Posted to: Planning Board.

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