GROTON PLANNING BOARD

May 27, 2009

Meeting convened at 7:04 pm.

Present:   Steve Lindsey, Jenny Burnett, Chairman Steve (Slim) Spafford, Celine Richer, Deb Johnson, Russ Carruth              

Absent: Kyle Andrews, Selectboard liaison

Minutes of April 29^th read and accepted.  Russ abstained as he’d been absent from last month’s meeting.

Old business:

Road classification – Deb will take time in June to research what our town already has in place, plus, try to locate legislative authority as to who has power to classify roads.  She will seek out a suitable map of the town to begin with, looking for a free one first.  Chair will determine from AA what we have left in our budget in case a map must be purchased.

Definition of Home-based Business – tabled to next meeting

Road building requirements language in subdivision regs – discussed at length, BUT, won’t be changed yet.  Language in the whole document must be scrutinized. Board members agreed to devote, starting next month, 30 minutes each meeting to examining language and marking necessary changes.

Victoria Mountain Way aka Fletcher Mine Rd.   – Steve has spoken with owner of Lot #7 whose Title Insurance Co. is in litigation with Victoria Collins over access to Fletcher Mine Rd.  Maps and minutes of previous Planning Board meetings were perused.  Steve agreed to bring to next month’s meeting a chronology of subdivision activity on Fletcher Mine Rd. for the board’s consideration and clarification.

Upper Birch Holding Subdivision Revision – Chair reported that he’d notified an associate of Mr. March’s that the Board’s decision was to handle his proposed change to the subdivision as a Lot Line Adjustment.  A Hearing is required and only the four abutters to the changed area must be notified.

Aladdin Financial LLC – Alan Barnard not present

Fee for copies of Subdivision Regs and SPR Regs -  Chair had checked with AA and found her willing to charge a fee of $25 per document, which comes out cheaper than her price per page copying fee.  Steve moved, Celine 2^nd to give AA(Pam) permission to create and maintain a Planning Board page on the town’s website.  This will include agenda, minutes, SPR regs, Subdivision regs, Zoning Ordinance, etc.   Russ abstained with remaining board members voting in affirmative.

New business:                                                                                                                                 

John Faucher – not present

A motion to adjourn was unanimously accepted at 9:00 pm.

Sharon Nelson

Clerk