Selectboard Minutes
Regular Meeting of September 24, 2018
South Hero Town Hall, Monday 7:00 PM
Board Members Present: Skip Brown (also Board Secretary), David Carter, Anne Zolotas, Sharon Roy
Board Members Not Present: Jonathan Shaw
Others Present: Janet Yates, Town Clerk & Martha Taylor-Varney Admin. Assistant/ZA
1. Called to Order:
-The meeting was called to order by Acting Chairman Anne Zolotas at 7:00 pm.
2. Adjustment to Agenda:
-Add: Discuss garbage proposal from Gauthier Carting to the Agenda
3. Minutes:
-David Carter made a motion to accept the minutes of the meeting of September 10, 2018 as written. The motion was seconded, all in attendance so voted and the motion carried.
4. Public input:
A. Nancy Elwess of the GMAA was present to discuss the Green Mountain Marathon that will be held on October 14, 2018. David Carter made a motion was made to allow the marathon to be run as in the past. South St. to be closed from approximately 8:30 for about 15 minutes from Folsom to West Shore Rd. and the use of the Folsom Parking lot may be used with the understanding that the fire lane to the dry hydrant will be kept clear for the entire race time. The Grand Isle Sheriff will monitor the street closing. The motion was seconded, all in attendance so voted and the motion carried.
B. Cathie Merrihew and Kevin Donovan of Shadowland were present to ask the Board to add to a future agenda a discussion of the “dump” area off of Railroad Street. The Board is aware of this issue and the State has been involved in the cleanup. To date, several junk cars were removed and the numbers of remaining junk cars are allowed to be on private property. It will be discussed at a future meeting in case the conditions have changed.
5. New Business:
A. None at this meeting.
6. Administrative Assistant Report:
A. A written report was submitted. A hard copy with discussion points can be seen in Town Hall filed with these minutes or on www.southherovt.org.
7. Old and Ongoing Business:
A. Town Clerk, Janet Yates, has received a Certificate of Project Completion for the Emergency Services Building from the Bond Bank. David Carter made a motion to have the Board member in attendance sign the Certificate of Completion and to allow the Chairman to Sign it when he returns. The motion was seconded, all in attendance so voted and the motion carried.
B. There was a Summary Judgment hearing at the Grand Isle County courthouse regarding the Arnold Zlotoff tax appeal for his exotic car garage on Landon Rd. Judge Mello has ruled in favor of Zlotoff that his garage permitted as private car storage is allowed to be classified as storage for an unpermitted museum area on a separate property. Janet will call attorney Andy McIlwaine and ask him to send the stipulated facts to the Board as well as to come to future meeting to discuss next steps.
C. Gauthier Carting sent the Board a proposal for a price increase of the sticker program for $11.45 for one 30 gallon garbage bag and 30 gallons of mixed recycling. Note that recycling carries specific instructions. Recycling must be in blue bins, that no plastic bags are allowed and that any contaminated recycling will not be taken. The Board will ask Bill Rowe from NWSWD and a representative from Gauthier to come to future meeting to explain the new rules.
8. Announcements and Communications:
A. Island Craft Shop sent a letter outlining some discussion points for a possible lease on the former Rescue Building.
9. Other Business:
A. Sharon Roy made a motion to sign orders 19-06 and pay the bills associated with this order. The motion was seconded, all in attendance so voted and the motion carried.
10. Adjournment:
-Skip Brown made a motion to adjourn 7:58 pm. The motion was seconded, all in attendance so voted and the motion carried.
Respectfully submitted, Approved by,
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Graham Brown Anne Zolotas, Acting Chair at this meeting
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Administrative Officer’s Report to Selectboard September 24, 2018
Discussion Items:
- There was an article in VLCT News this month about a ‘pop-up art exhibit held at the end of July at the old Sandbar Hotel. The Town had not been notified ahead of time and I basically found out rom this article. Even though this was a limited-time event, our Regulations require that there be a conditional use and site plan review by the DRB, in addition to a required site plan review by VTrans since the access was located on US RT 2 (and a very busy and dangerous section, at that). I asked VLCT for guidance on how a town can/should regulate these types of events since they are becoming more frequent.
- No response yet to the ad for an Animal Control Officer here in South Hero.
- VLCT Fall Zoning and Planning Forum will be October 17, 2018 at Lake Morey Resort. I plan to attend. Sessions include Local Regulations of Working Farms, Roles and Responsibilities of the Zoning Administrator, and a discussion on signs. Planning Commissioners and DRB members are also encouraged to attend.
- I need additional time to bring the SB a proposal for a Zoning Assistant.
–Planning Commission: The next meeting is October 3. The 10/17 meeting has been cancelled due to the Planning/Zoning meeting in Fairlee that day.
-Development Review Board: There is one hearing this Wednesday and 2 on October 10. The hearing schedule has not slowed down.
Respectfully submitted,
Martha Taylor-Varney, ZA and Asst. to the Selectboard