Ms. Killam called the meeting to order at 7:39pm.

Correspondence

Incoming

City of Haverhill Legal Notice for hearings: 3/8, 3/9, 3/22/15.

Planning Board Budget printout dated 2/28/05.

Outgoing

Thomas Hodgson dated 2/24/05 re: Subdivision approval, Coventry Road, Map 14, Lot 84-2

 

The minutes of February 2, 2005 were reviewed and the following corrections were made:

Page 3, Workshop Discussion - first paragraph, last sentence to read 'Frannie Graves, Ted Stewart and John Miller will work on the Master Plan Committee and Paul DiMaggio and Harold Morse will work on the Buildout Study'.

Page 4, first paragraph, last sentence to read 'Mr. DiMaggio discussed the scenic vista and noted that the Board should consider working on instituting a commercial scenic vista ordinance'.

The minutes of February 16, 2005 were reviewed and the following corrections were made:

Page 1, note that Mr. DiMaggio was present at the meeting and went home sick.

Page 5, first sentence, correct spelling, 'Maureen Claire'.

The Workshop Discussion was opened at 8:16pm

Master Plan Chapters to be updated.

Mr. Miller reported that he would be meeting with the new Master Plan Committee on Wednesday evenings alternating with the Planning Board. The first meeting is scheduled for March 23, 2005. The meeting will be a review of the membership and to draft some correspondence to the departments to start the input process. There are nine members already on the committee. Mr. Miller stated that they are looking for two more members to bring the total to 10 or 11. They are looking for more volunteers and Ms. Killam appealed to the listening audience for these volunteers.

Mr. Miller explained the reason for the Master Plan and what the goals are. Mr. Miller asked how the update process of the Master Plan could be made easier, ie: small chapters, etc. The Capital Improvement Plan comes from the Master Plan and will have to be updated. State law mandates both. Mr. Miller will call the Rockingham Planning Commission to try to obtain an electronic version to put on the town's website. The last Master Plan update was done in 1998. Mr. DiMaggio expressed interest in the survey portion of the Master Plan to get the view of the people and what they expect from the town.

Regulations and Use Book typo corrections.

Ms. Killam asked the Board to check for typographical errors and make a note of them to make sure that, when the book gets reprinted, the errors are corrected.

The meeting was closed at 8:30pm.

Next scheduled Planning Board Public Hearing meeting March 16, 2005.

APPROVED________________________Respectfully submitted,

Carol Kater