April 4, 2002
FINAL MINUTES OF PUBLIC MEETING
Board
members present: Don Kraemer, Will Phillips, Colleen Martin, Nat Chamberlin,
Silas
Little (at 8:30 p.m.)
Call
to order by Don Kraemer at 7:33 p.m.
Motion
made by W. Phillips, seconded by C. Martin to accept minutes of 2/7/02 with one
change on page 3, line 6, change “He believed that” to “S. Little believed
that”. Voted affirmative.
Regular Business
7:40
p.m. Note: ZBA wanted it noted that
Debra Harling failed to assign case numbers to the 5 applications received from
Richard Messina and reviewed at the March 19th meeting to the ZBA assigned A,
B, C, D, E to these cases.
Board
reviewed mail and letters received from Richard Messina. Discussion followed on proper procedures for
response to letters received by Richard Messina.
Case
312A: Motion by W. Phillips, seconded
by C. Martin to reject an Appeal from Administrative Decision because
statements made by Debra Harling are not proper subject matter for an Appeal of
Administrative Decision to the ZBA.
Voted affirmative. Mr. Messina
asked for a refund of money. D. Kraemer
said no money had been accepted.
Case
312B: Motion by W. Phillips, seconded
by C. Martin to reject an Appeal from Administrative Decision on the basis it
was not proper subject matter for an Appeal of Administrative Decision. Voted affirmative. ZBA did not accept any money.
Case
312C: Richard Messina said he brought
abutters labels to the Board. Debra Harling attached labels to the wrong
case. Richard Messina agreed to allow
ZBA to move labels from Case D to Case C.
W. Phillips suggested the Board keep close watch to meet deadlines in a
timely fashion. He suggested a short
meeting just to accept applications two weeks prior to regular ZBA
meeting. Discussion followed. If all requirements are met, fees paid,
abutters list provided, and check list completed perhaps Debra Harling could
accept applications. ZBA felt this may
not work. Motion made by S. Little,
seconded by C. Martin to accept Case 312C.
Voted affirmative. Hearing
scheduled for 5/2/02 at 8:30 p.m.
Case
312D: D. Kraemer read previous decision
from 3/19/02 minutes. Motion by W.
Phillips, seconded by S. Little to reject on the basis that it was not proper
subject matter for an Appeal of Administrative Decision. Voted affirmative.
Case
312E: Motion by W. Phillips, seconded
by C. Martin to accept Case 312E. Voted
affirmative. Hearing scheduled for
5/2/02 at 7:30 p.m.
Board
reviewed letters from Mr. Messina dated 3/22/02 and 3/23/02. Discussion followed. C. Martin apologized that the ZBA was not
aware that abutters labels had been submitted to them. S. Little said all appeals must be exhausted
before a decision is final. He said the
Selectmen have an appeal in process. S.
Little said no site plan review can be approved until a final decision is
rendered by the Judge. Mr. Messina
agreed to this.
ZBA
reviewed a letter dated 2/26/02 from Mr. Messina for an Appeal of the 2/7/02
decision. W. Phillips reviewed the
events of the 2/7/02 hearing (see 2/7/02 minutes). Motion made by W. Phillips to deny request for re-hearing. Seconded by S. Little. Voted unanimous affirmative.
Discussion
followed on combining notices for ease of handling and saving postage for
5/2/02 hearings. Mr. Messina agreed.
ZBA
discussed application from the Lukas Foundation for a Special Exception. Motion by D. Kraemer, seconded by C. Martin
to accept application. Voted
affirmative. Hearing scheduled for
5/2/02 at 8:45 p.m.
ZBA reviewed forms being used for submission
to the Board and suggested changes needed to the forms. W. Phillips will check
his computer for the last draft, contact Debra Harling to verify versions she
has, make changes and present new layout to ZBA at a future meeting. He will also present rules previously voted
on to the Board.
Motion
made by W. Phillips, seconded by S. Little to adjourn meeting. Adjourned 9:10
p.m.
Minutes
submitted by Sherry Fiske