Planning Board

CITY OF LACONIA PLANNING BOARD 6:30 PM City Hall - Conference Room 200A Accepted January 8, 2019 12/4/2018 - Minutes 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair P. Brunette called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm. 2. ROLL CALL K. Graham called the roll with the following members present: Brett Beliveau, Sarah Jenna, Jay Forester, Dave Broughton, Charlie St. Clair, David. Bownes, Gail Denio, Mike DellaVecchia, Claudia Marchesseault, Edwin Bones and Chair Peter Brunette Absent: William Contardo 3. RECORDING SECRETARY Kalena Graham 4. STAFF IN ATTENDANCE Planning Director Dean Trefethen and Assistant Director Rob Mora 5. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS 5.I. Acceptance of November 14 minutes The minutes were sent out November 20 and no revisions were received. With no objections, Chair P. Brunette stated the minutes were accepted as submitted on a motion made by D. Broughton, E. Bones second. All voted in favor. 6. PRESENTATIONS 7. EXTENSIONS 8. CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARINGS, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE VOTE Note: The purpose of this agenda section is for the Board to continue the Public Hearing for the applicant and the public to provide input. The Board may also deliberate the application, decide and conduct a final vote at this time. 9. PUBLIC HEARINGS, POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION AND VOTE Note: The purpose of this agenda section is for the Board to have a presentation from the applicant and open a Public Hearing for the public to provide input. The Board may also deliberate the application, decide and conduct a final vote at this time. 9.I. PL2018-0103CUP(wetland); Eastman Shore North (new 911: 201 Eastman); Proposal to build a 50’ x 60’ barn with 6’ wide gravel path Applicant: Steve Smith representing the Jenks explained the proposal. The applicant was before board for a boundary line adjustment about a year ago. The original plan to put the road through the wetlands didn't pan out. The applicant will be building a path to enter the property off Eastman Shore. There are intermittent drainage areas toward the north. Most of the property in the upland with little land area to build the barn. Wetlands are manmade ditches to get the water to drain off the prop. There are three wetland crossing and wetland impact of 690 sq ft. Originally, the proposed path was 8 ft that the state suggested that be changed to 6 ft so no vehicles could use it. S. Smith is ok with the conditions but questions why there is site security needed and he is not aware of any security posted on a residential development. Therefor no construction cost estimate has been done because that wasn't common practice. Planning Director D. Trefethen will look into that and stated it may not be necessary. The applicant stayed away from the wetland but disturbing the manmade wetlands. The current access is  intermittent drainage areas toward the north. Most of the property in the upland with little land area to build the barn. Wetlands are manmade ditches to get the water to drain off the prop. There are three wetland crossing and wetland impact of 690 sq ft. Originally, the proposed path was 8 ft that the state suggested that be changed to 6 ft so no vehicles could use it. S. Smith is ok with the conditions but questions why there is site security needed and he is not aware of any security posted on a residential development. Therefor no construction cost estimate has been done because that wasn't common practice. Planning Director D. Trefethen will look into that and stated it may not be necessary. The applicant stayed away from the wetland but disturbing the manmade wetlands. The current access is off Eastman Road will be paved. The applicant plans to put in a bathroom in the barn, but it will be private septic with leech field. Chair P. Brunette opened the public hearing at 6:45 pm. With no one to speak for or against the application, the public hearing closed at 6:45 pm. Staff review: Staff recommends approval with conditions. Planning Director D. Trefethen read the staff review. Staff agrees with S. Smith that there is very little land left that is not wetland or buffer and is difficult to do anything on the lot. He also agreed with the applicant regarding the site security and suggested striking that on the motion, if the application is approved. He noted the permits needed. Motion to approve the conditional use permit application with the dates and conditions as stated in the staff review, but amending condition 1b to n/a made by D. Broughton, D. Bownes seconded. All voted in favor. 10. APPLICATION ACCEPTANCE Note: The purpose of this agenda section is to publicize that a Planning Board application has been submitted AND for the Planning Board to determine if the application is complete enough to begin the review process. PUBLIC INPUT IS NOT TAKEN AT THIS TIME. If the application is accepted the Planning Board will schedule a Public Hearing at which time the application will be heard and public comments will be accepted. Information about applications can be obtained on the city’s web site or by calling the Planning office. 10.I. PL2018-0104SP; 435 Union Ave Presidential Cottages & Woodside Pavilion Taylor Home; Proposal to add 6 single family units and a pavilion Motion to accept the application as complete and schedule the public hearing for January 8, 2019 made by G. Denio, E. Bones seconded. All voted in favor. 11. NEW BUSINESS 11.I. Capital Improvement Committee (CIP) recommendations to Planning Board Chair P. Brunette gave the board a presentation of the committee's results. He explained the process of the CIP committee. Mike Foote, of 222 Rollercoaster Rd spoke. He had served on CIP for some time. He feels it’s good for folks to get a sense of what the city wants to work on in the future and future possible projects. He feels it’s a good way to learn how the city functions. Chair P. Brunette agrees with M. Foote. He announced the members of the committee and gave kudos to Public Works Director Wesley Anderson for explaining the process of the road construction with enthusiasm. D. Bownes explained the past processes of the past 3-4 years is to fund the general maintenance of the city, then look to maintenance and repair on the roads then special projects with bonding, like Court Street. C. St. Clair suggested that when construction was going on, there was a big sign saying to bypass downtown and the businesses were hurt by traffic bypassing them. He hopes that nest spring, when construction starts again, the construction workers are encouraged to work longer hours to get it done faster. Motion to recommend the CIP committee's rankings to City Council made by D. Bownes, C. St. Clair seconded. All voted in favor. 12. OLD BUSINESS C. St. Clair asked if the Langley Cove folks did any work on the project and Planning Director D. Trefethen  Motion to recommend the CIP committee's rankings to City Council made by D. Bownes, C. St. Clair seconded. All voted in favor. 12. OLD BUSINESS C. St. Clair asked if the Langley Cove folks did any work on the project and Planning Director D. Trefethen said no, but did the work at Paugus Woods that needed to be done. 13. PLANNING DEPT REPORT Planning Director D. Trefethen reminded the board about the Christmas lunch on Dec 14. He also noted that the Concom is still looking for liaison. 14. LIAISON REPORTS D. Bownes explained the show of hands with a motions vs the "aye". He feels it better to raise hands so people know how the board voted as individuals. 15. OTHER BUSINESS D. Broughton asked about the bridge at the Weirs and if was going to have major impacts on the business and was told yes. The construction is supposed to only be 5-6 weeks and end before Memorial Day Weekend. The bridge will be fully closed. 16. ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn made by D. Broughton, G. Denio seconded. All voted in favor. The meeting adjourned at 7:16 pm. Respectfully, K. Graham