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September 8, 2004 Meeting; Minutes
Members present: Dick Howard (RH), Jonathan Barnes GB), Neil Sullivan (NS), Susan
Del\/Iatteo (SD), Janet Allen GA), George Katsoufis (GK), Jack Russell Glk), Pete Smargon
(PS), Will Finch (WF), John Sasso QS).
Staff: Chris Reilly (CR)
The meeting was opened at 7:00 PM.
There were three main objectives for tonight's meeting. The first was to present and inforin
the committee about four potential zoning changes that will be presented at Monday's (Sept
13) CPDC meeting. The most important of those (related to MPAC work) is the proposed
zoning change applicable to "Carriage houses". The second objective was to define a
working schedule for the rest of this year for the MPAC.
DH presented a proposal for dates and general topics. A final schedule can be found at the
end of this document.
In an effort to help organize and streamline the remaining work of the MPAC, the third
objective of tonight's meeting was to propose a process for addressing the task of
completing each of the five major areas within an updated Master Plan (MP). The following
process is what was agreed upon:
(1) Define the goals and objectives
(2) Identify specific recommendations applicable to meeting those goals and objectives
a. Select recommendations from the 2004 Community Development (CD) plan
that are applicable
b. Edit any of the 2004 recommendations to make them consistent with the
community's perspective
C. Incorporate any of the 1992 Master Plan recommendations that are still
viable
(3) Obtain additional data or input from necessary sources (e.g. the 2004 CD plan did
not include a section on transportation, and the 1992 MP may be sorely outdated in
this area)
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(4) Group recommendations into related categories (most likely this `will requite review
of prior work and brainstorming new concepts and ideas)
(5) Establish criteria for prioritization of recommendations (e.g., impact of
implementing a specific recommendation should have quantifiable costs and benefits
to the community)
(6) Prioritize the recommendations in each grouping
(7) Provide information to support implementation of specific (priority A for example)
recommendations to include responsible organization, department, or other group,
or if necessary need for creation of a "group" to work on the issue
To take full advantage of this process, it will be necessary to perform some initial up-front
work in each area. These efforts will help to facilitate discussion and move quickly beyond
steps (1), (2) and (3). To that end, the committee also identified "leaders" for each of the
five areas (Character/ Identity, Housing, Economic Development, Natural Resources, and
Transportation) and is asking those leaders to take a first pass at completing steps (1)-(3) and
presenting their draft work to the coiminittee at the meetings dedicated to that specific topic
area (see 1VI13AC schedule and team leader assignments below).
Note that we understand this process may not necessarily be complete, and it does not
address the need for future public input or reporting to the selectman. However those items
were discussed and will be incorporated into the overall process.
Sched ]i
MPAC Meeting Schedule September - December 2004
Day
Date
Topic
Team Leaders
Wednesday
Sept 8
Process, Zoning
Issues, Schedule
Monday
Sept 20
Character and
Identity
JB, JS
Monday
Oct 18
Housin
GK, RH, JA
Tuesda
Nov 9
Housing
GK, RH, JA
Tuesday
Nov 23
Economic
Development
PS/ii?
Monday
Dec 6
Natural Resources
SD, WF
Monday
Dec 20
Transportation
NS, GK, SM
Meeting Locations TBD, Start time 7:00 PM
Note: none of these meetings conflict with any of
The meeting was adjourned.
the CPDC meetings or fall town meeting
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