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Grand Isle Buildings Steering Committee February 14, 2008 7:00PM
Attendees: Deb Perry - NWRP Carolyn McCray - Library Linda Effel - ZAO and Administration Bob Thompson - Planning Bill Baron - Fire Department Brian Martin - Chair AnnaMarie DeMars - Asst. to Chair
Meeting Minutes: Deb Perry from NWRP will assist the Committee in constructing the formal Needs Assessment report. We went over a proposed outline of what should be included in the report. Deb will make templates to plug into the outline; all departments will fill out a template. A discussion ensued as to how long this project will take. The fiscal year ends in June and Brian hopes we can get this report to the Selectboard by May. Brian will ask the different department heads to fill the templates in as most of the information should already be available. He will also try to write recommendations. Deb will draft an introduction and resources section. Linda has maps that can be included. We can put the property sales of town owned property in resources. The committee will give department heads two weeks to return the templates - March 6th is the target date. We will send them on to Deb to “pretty “up. We will send the project priorities to Deb as well. The next meeting will be the forth Tuesday of March, the 27th. Brian could talk at town meeting about the Building Committee if needed.
We will edit the report, make any changes, and do a second draft for April. We need to decide how many copies we need. The Select board will decide to distribute it or put it on the town website. Brian will put a note out to the committee members about the change of the next meeting date. He will also keep in touch with Deb. We will table the minutes of the last meeting until the next meeting Bob motions to adjourn at 8:30, Carolyn seconds. The meeting is adjourned.
Grand Isle Buildings Steering Committee Jan. 10, 2008 7:10PM Start
Attendees: Carolyn McCray - Library Bob Thompson - Planning Mark Rowen-DRB Brian Martin - Chair Linda Effel - Administration Ron Bushway - Selectboard AnnaMarie DeMars - Minutes
This is our first meeting since Nov. 8th due to the holidays and inclement weather. It was discussed that Henry’s subdivision is almost finished and when a subdivision for the transfer of the land to the town takes place, then Act 250 will kick in. Linda moved the minutes of Nov. 8th be accepted as written; Ron seconds, and the motion carried. We were not awarded the Municipal Planning Grant because a number of towns had applied for state funds and had priority because they were doing town plans and/or significant zoning changes. It was discussed and decided it would be beneficial for our town, in the future, if we had someone who was trained to seek out, apply for, and administer grants. We are hoping to use some of the hours that the Planning Commission has contracted with NWRP to help this committee where it is appropriate and makes sense. The committee has already done a review of the acreage for the proposed land transfer from Henry & Judy Richardson and found that we could use most of the acreage. The committee has already done a number of the things we would need in order to write a formal Needs Assessment. Brian suggests that the Steering Committee make the Need Assessment into a report and present it to the Selectboard and then the Steering Committee ,as it is now, should disband because we would have accomplished what we set out to do. Some or all of the committee members could chose to stay on and work with the next committee, one that would specifically help with development of a new Municipal Center. We would also try to encourage new people to join the new committee. Brian and Linda both agreed to stay on. Attendance has been dwindling a bit and we feel people have probably just been busy.
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