Newport Planning Minutes

NEWPORT CITY PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES*DECEMBER 6, 2011*

MEMBERS PRESENT: Charles Elliott, Clark Curtis, Rosemary Rowe.

MEMBERS ABSENT: Gerry Coulombe, Ruth Sproull

OTHER PRESENT: ZA, Paul Dreher, Anne Chiasello

7:20p.m. Chairman Charles Elliott called the meeting to order. Rosemary Rowe made a motion to accept the minutes of the November 1, 2011 minutes as written. This was seconded by Clark Curtis. APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS DECISION.

7:25p.m. REVISE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION BYLAWS & RULES OF PROCEDURE: At the suggestion of the Newport City Council, Article 6.0 regarding Act 250 Hearing Related Rules has been removed from the Rules of Procedure. Chairman Charles Elliott will sign an amended Rules of Procedure. In the Historic Preservation Bylaw C. (a majority of) as related to members as been removed. Chairman Charles Elliott will sign the updated Historic Preservation Commission Bylaw.

7:35p.m. REVIEW/CONSIDER COMPLETE STREETS DOCUMENTS: This project has been put on hold to allow more time for planning. This project will be included in the rewrite of the City Plan.

A district heating facility will also be addressed in a rewrite of the City Plan.

8:00p.m. OTHER BUSINESS: ZA Paul Dreher reported that a developer had requested a permit to construct a parking lot on Main Street. Form Base Code Zoning prohibits parking lots on Main Street as Main Street is designated for high volume retail. The next meeting of the Newport City Planning Commission has been scheduled for January 3, 2012.

ZA, Paul Dreher handed out proposed plans for Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center Project.

8:30p.m. Rosemary Rowe made a motion to adjourn. This was seconded by Clark Curtis. APPROVED BY A UNANIMOUSDECISION.

Minutes taken, transcribed and submitted by Rosemary Rowe.

NEWPORT CITY PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES*OCTOBER 18, 2011

MEMBERS PRESENT: Charles Elliott, Clark Curtis, Ruth Sproull, Rosemary Rowe.

MEMBERS ABSENT: Gerry Coulombe

OTHERS PRESENT: ZA,Paul Dreher.

7:00p.m. Chairman Charles Elliott called the meeting to order. Clark Curtis made a motion to approve the minutes of the September 13, 2011 meeting. This was seconded by Ruth Sproull. APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS DECISION.

7:20p.m. FINALIZE CLG HISTORIC COMMISSION BYLAW: ZA, Paul Dreher reported that this document is now finished and will be recorded in the Office of the City Clerk.

7:25p.m. REVIEW BYLAW CHANGES: This review has been completed and will now go to the City Council for their approval.

Rosemary Rowe made a motion to adopt the Rules of Procedure for the Historic Preservation Commission. This was seconded by Ruth Sproull. APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS DECISION.

7:40p.m. DISCUSS 10/28/11 VERMONT PLANNERS ASSOC. CONFERENCE: The Vermont Department, Housing And Community Development will hold their annual meeting and reception at the Gateway. The session will run from 9:30am until 3:00p.m. with a half hour lunch break at noon. The topic will be “Complete Streets Workshop”. The featured speakers are Dan Burden, Executive Director of the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute and Gary Toth, Director, Transportation Initiative with the Project for Public Spaces.

ZA, Paul Dreher handed out a proposed complete street map for the City of Newport for the commission’s review. At the November 1st meeting a vote will be taken on whether or not this map should be recommended to the City Council.

8:20p.m. OTHER BUSINESS: ZA, Paul Dreher reported that the community garden and the play area for children on Summer Street was a success and plans are for expansion next year.

Clark Curtis asked about the city payments to the commission members and will follow this up with the City Clerk’s office.

ZA, Paul Dreher handed out information on designing the roadway describing the requirements for roadway width.

8:45p.m. Rosemary Rowe made a motion to adjourn. This was seconded by Ruth Sproull. APPROVED BY UANIMOUS DECISION.

Minutes taken, transcribed and submitted by Rosemary Rowe.

NEWPORT CITY PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES* SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

MEMBERS PRESENT: Charles Elliott, Clark Curtis, Ruth Sproull, Gerry Coulombe, Rosemary Rowe.

OTHERS PRESENT: ZA, Paul Dreher, Cindy Henning.

7:00p.m. Chairman Charles Elliott called the meeting to order. Clark Curtis made a motion to approve the minutes of the August 16, 2011 with the noted changes. This was seconded by Gerry Coulombe. APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS DECISION.

7:10p.m. FINALIZE CLG HISTORIC COMMISSION BYLAW: ZA, Paul Dreher handed out the following documents: CLG Process for Certification, Application for Certified Local Government Program, Model CLG Certification Application Checklist.

7:30p.m. REVIEW DRAFT OF HISTORIC COMMISSION RULES OF PROCEDURE:

In 1.2 first sentence, Paul will change preservation Commission to HPC.

Under Article VI Paul will make the following change: Any criterion affecting the City of Newport’s Plan and the Planning Commission as it concerns the HPC should be the blanket statement used at that time.

At the beginning of the last sentence change the PC to HPC.

8:00p.m. Review Zoning Map Changes: Corrections will be made to the Zoning Map to ensure that it complies with the Zoning Bylaws.

8:45p.m. OTHER BUSINESS: ZA, Paul Dreher reported that the Vermont Planners Association will hold it’s annual conference this fall at the Gateway.

Clark Curtis noted that the Planning Commission had not been notified of the meeting with RUDAT held at the Gateway recently. Paul will notify Newport Renaissance Corp. to include the Planning Commission members in all emails from N.R.C. in an effort to keep the members up to date.

ZA, Paul Drher reported that Newport would have been awarded the Municipal Planning Grant for Walkability. However the application lacked a letter of support from City Officials.

The next meeting is scheduled for October 4, 2011.

9:00p.m. Ruth Sproull made a motion to adjourn. This was seconded by Clark. APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS DECISION.

Minutes taken, transcribed and submitted by Rosemary Rowe

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