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June 20, 2005 Master Plan Advisory Committee (MPAC) Meeting
- Date: June 20, 2005
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Town Hall Conference Room
Attendees: George Katsoufis, John Sasso, Dick Howard, Virginia Adams, Jack Russell, Neil
Sullivan, Peter Smargon, Susan DeMatteo, Tim Kelley,
Agenda & Discussion
(1) Draft Activity Schedule and Meetings in July and August
Dick Howard provided the committee with a proposal for remaining MPAC activities leading up
to adoption of the plan by CPDC. We discussed the need to obtain additional public input and
feedback, at this point the objective would be to validate the priority goals and objectives as well
as get input on the document as written. We agreed to work on this survey in July and August
and have it ready to distribute in September. We also discussed potential means of administering
the survey. As part of our objective to maintain open communication with all the stakeholders,
we agreed that it was time to put together a more formal Presentation of the MP (as it currently
stands) and deliver the presentation to different groups in the town. Our goal is to complete the
Executive Summary section (at least to cover the efforts we have performed to date) and use that
as an outline for the Presentation. George K. also requested that we begin to think about the
requirement for a "web ready" document. Although the preparation of this document is not
considered difficult, we will need to identify space on a town server to put the information.
The following dates have been proposed for MPAC meetings in July and August:
• July 11th (7pm to 8pm as part of the CPDC meeting)
• July 18th
• August 1St
• August 15th
(2) Executive Summary
The Committee spent some time discussing the current Executive Summary in the draft and
agreed that additional work was required in this area. George K. and John S. took actions to
work on two aspects of the Executive Summary and have it ready for the next meeting.
Conceptually we agreed to a three part executive summary as follows:
a) The Document and Process (updated prioritized goals, vision/criteria, etc) - John S.
b) Tying it all together - George K.
c) Next Steps - TBD
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(3) Comments to Specific Chapters
The Committee entertained a number of comments to specific sections. Virginia Adams had a
number of specific comments to the Services and Facilities Chapter and she agreed to provide
copies of her mark-ups to Chris directly. The following are additional comments from the
committee:
Letter from MPAC
• Delete first two sentences of second paragraph
• In fifth paragraph, remove the words "highly qualified and" and "selflessly" from the
first sentence
Economic Development Goals, Objectives and Appendix A.
• In Objective 1C, the end of the sentence should read, "should also be investigated."
• Deleted Goal 2E
• Edits to the introductory paragraph to Goal 3 as follows: change the word "poor" to
"varied", remove the word "dalipated", and reword the last sentence to read "It
represents an opportunity for future economic development."
• Goal 4 should read "Recognize small commercial nodes in neighborhoods."
• Move the introductory paragraph for Goal 5 before the goal.
• In Appendix A, second sub-bullet of the third bullet, change the sentence to read,
"Depending upon the outcome of the I-93/95 studies, this area may become less
desirable for residential use and may have more potential for economic
development."
• In Appendix A, fourth bullet, change the end of the sentence to read, "The portion
along the street is a mixed retail development."
• In Appendix A, fifth bullet, change the sentence to read, "General Way (128
Marketplace) - Approved for mixed retail and grocery store. Implementation TBD.
(4) Chapter Priorities
Having agreed to a list of 22 odd priority objectives in the MP, the group must now define
explicit implementation/action plans for each of them. The recommendation is to have the
original chapter authors take a first cut at providing the following information for each of the
priority objectives:
a. Identification of Person, Organization, Town Committee or Staff to be assigned
responsibility for the Objective.
b. Identification of the Action Steps required to implement objective
c. Cost and/or resources required to implement
d. Time frame - including how long to complete and a recommendation for target
date
e. Other organizations or individuals to include in the process
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A listing of those chapters, the priority objectives and chapter authors can be found below:
Chapter
Priority
Goals/Objectives
Chapter Author(s)
Character and Identity
1 B 2D
John S Jonathan B
Housing
2A&2B(to combine), 1B,
5A
Janet A, -George K, Dick
H, Tim A.
Economic Development
2A, 3A, 3B
Peter S, Jack R.
Natural and Cultural Resources
lA, 2B, 3A, 7A
Susan D, Chris R.,
Vir inia A.
Open Space and Recreation
1C 2D 3C 4A 4B
Chris R.
Transportation
113, 413, 5C/613
Neil S Steve
Services and Facilities
All
John S.
Action Items
(1) Chris Reilly to reserve room for planned July and August meetings and include the
MPAC working session into the July 1 lth CPDC Agenda
(2) John S. and George K. to write up drafts of Executive Summary sections in preparation
for next meeting - 7/8/05
(3) Chris Reilly to identify town server space for a web version of the MP
(4) Chapter Authors to complete first cut of "implementation plan" for each prioritized goal.
(5) Virginia Adams to provide Chris R. with copy of her mark-ups to Services and Facilities
Chapter
(6)
Next MPAC Meeting
Monday, July 11th, 7-8pm at the CPDC meeting
Topic: Review of Executive Summary and Priority Objective Implementation Plans
All meetings are scheduled to begin at 7:34pm in the Town Hall Conference Room
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