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October 25, 2017 DRB minutes

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Town of South Hero

Development Review Board

October 25th, 2017 Meeting Minutes

 

Members

Present:   Maxham, Tim (Chair); Brightwell, Jim; Brown, Ross; Corbin, Sherry; Hayward, Nate; Hunt, Gareth; Patterson, Doug (Co-Chair)

Absent:   Kilcoyne, Lisa

Members of Public Attending: Warren Steadman, Joe Danis

 

Business Meeting

  • Maxham called the meeting to order at 7:07 p.m.

Agenda

  • Agenda was reordered to place a review of the previous session’s minutes prior to the Steadman Hearing.

Approval of Minutes

  • The minutes of the meeting of 11 October 11 2017 were discussed.
  • Hayward moved to accept the minutes of 11 October.  G. Hunt seconded.  Motion was approved by acclamation.

Hearing  18-20-FL08 Final Plat Review 2-Lot Subdivision 85 Featherbed Lane (Warren Steadman)

  1. Maxham closed the business meeting and opened the hearing at 7:12 p.m.

The warning as published in the Islander was read by D. Patterson.

The oath was administered by T. Maxham to Warren Steadman and Joe Danis.

Meeting was opened to the public.

 

  1. Maxham said that the Board requires the following for the Final Plat review per minutes of the October 25, 2017:
  2. Change the scale of the plat to 1 inch = 100 feet, rather than 1 inch = 150 feet.
  3. A request for waiver from showing a 400-ft. scale on the detailed vicinity map.
  4. Identify existing easements (if they exist) for the power line at the southwest area of the proposed lot, the water main and line, and Featherbed Lane.
  5. Need easement from power vault on the west side of the road to the proposed home on the east side.

 

  1. Maxham said that the DRB received requests for waivers from applicants dated October 16th for items #1 and #2 above.  S. Corbin moved to accept the waiver requests and R. Brown second.  Motion passed by acclamation.

Regarding item #3, J. Danis said that he had submitted corrections on behalf of the applicant identifying easements for the Paradise Bay Association for the water line, and for the Featherbed Lane Association for the road.  T. Maxham identified that the DRB had received a waiver requested from the applicant dated October 19th for the requirement to show the location of the underground easement from the power vault on the west side of the road to the house on the east side of the road.

  1. Corbin said that the Board needs to know that there will be an easement for power, not necessarily where it will be located.  W. Steadman said there is a primary line into the vault, and he warrants that he will provide an easement to the subdivision to take power from that transformer.  S. Corbin said that given that we have a commitment from the current landowner, Steadman, to provide an easement (as documented in these minutes) there is no requirement to show the location of the easement on the plat. 
  2. Corbin indicated that applicant does not need a waiver granted since he is on record that he will provide the easement, and at any rate VEC will only issue the easement once service is applied for, and that easement will then be recorded.  S. Corbin said that the original requirement (above) was to provide an easement, not show the location of the easement, and the requirement stating location (above) is in error.

Joe Danis brought 2 copies of the final plat ready to be signed.  Plats were provided for inspection by the Board.  One copy will remain with the town to be recorded.

  1. Corbin made a motion to close the hearing.  G. Hunt seconded.  Motion was approved by acclamation and the hearing was closed at 7:32 p.m.

 

Resumption of Business Meeting

Tim Maxham re-opened the Business Meeting at 7:33 p.m.

Public Input

There was no public input. 

Administrative Report

Upcoming Hearings.  Two hearings are scheduled for November 8th (1) Site Plan for Ross Brown (2) Revision of Site Plan for Camp Takumta.  Jim Brightwell will be away November 8th; Bob Krebs (alternate) will attend.

Pay Rate for Clerk.  The Select Board requested a recommendation for pay rate for the clerk that was requested by the DRB.  General discussion amongst the Board is that the Board will identify the total duties of the clerk, compare the duties with that of the clerk for the Select Board, and recommend a pay rate accordingly.  The consensus is that the pay should be by the hour rather than by the meeting, and that duties involved supporting the entire business process of the DRB and not just taking minutes.

Motion to Adjourn

  1. Hunt made a motion to close the business meeting and enter into Deliberative Session for Steadman.  D. Patterson seconded the motion. The motion was approved by acclamation.  The business meeting was closed 7:52 p.m.  

 

Respectfully Submitted:

Jim Brightwell

 

Signed: ___________________________________ Date: ____________________

  For the Development Review Board

 

 

These minutes are unofficial until approved at the next regularly-scheduled Development Review Board meeting. All motions were unanimous unless otherwise indicated.

 

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