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December 2008
SELECTBOARDMINUTES OF MEETINGDECEMBER 9, 2008 MEMBERS PRESENT: Jim Talley, Chairperson; Bill Smith, Tim Pudvar, Robert Roesler, Jane McKnight. ADMINISTRATION: Paul Bohne, Town Manager; Peter Frankenburg, Financial Officer. OTHERS PRESENT: Dorothea Penar, Chris Cole, Fred Schmidt, John Giebink, Dennis Barton, Craig Smith, Charlie Brush; Danielle Frawley (Shelburne News). 6:00 p.m.: Executive Session – Personnel and Real Estate Matters 1. CALL TO ORDER (regular meeting) Mr. Talley, Chairperson, called the regular meeting to order at 7:25 p.m. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Amendment:
Meeting Change:
3. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION None. 4. DISCUSSION OF CCTA OPERATIONS AND INITIATIVES WITH CHRIS COLE, FRED SCHMIDT AND DENNIS BARTON Chris Cole, CCTA General Manager, Fred Schmidt and Dennis Barton, Shelburne representatives on the CCTA Board, presented the proposed CCTA budget. Chris Cole stated there is a 2.6% increase in CCTA expenses that translates to an increase of 1.38% or $1,006 in assessment to Shelburne for bus service. Ridership has increased over the same period from last year. CCTA is proposing contracted management services for GMTA (non-profit transportation service) and discussing the creation of a five county regional transit authority. A merged regional service could take two years to implement. The regionalized transportation service would include 23 towns in the GMTA service area and seven member towns in CCTA. Regional funding via a voter approved taxing authority or a designated legislative state funding source is also being explored. Ms. McKnight spoke in support of a regional model, but expressed concern that local control may be lost if there is an automatic dunning via a regional tax. Mr. Cole explained diversity of funding is good thing and for local services it is good to have local dialogue to retain local taxation. There was discussion of the potential for the federal economic stimulus package to eliminate the local match requirement. There is concern that Vermont counties are not meaningful entities politically. 5. CONSIDER WAIVER OF PENALTY REQUESTED BY PAUL POTTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $224.00 FOR LATE PAYMENT OF TAXES Mr. Talley recused himself. Mr. Roesler assumed the duties of Chairman. The letter from Paul Potter, dated 12/01/2008, regarding a waiver for late payment of property taxes was read. MOTION by Mr. Smith, seconded by Ms. McKnight, to waive the penalty requested by Paul Potter, 94 Boulder Hill Road, in the amount of $224.00 for late payment of taxes. VOTE: 0 ayes, 4 nays (Roesler, Smith, McKnight, Pudvar); motion did not carry. Mr. Talley resumed the duties of Chairman. 6. CONSIDER WAIVER OF PENALTY REQUESTED BY NANCY HOLDEN IN THE AMOUNT OF $77.20 FOR LATE PAYMENT OF TAXES MOTION by Mr. Roesler, seconded by Mr. Smith, to waive the penalty requested by Nancy Holden, 209 Marsett Road, in the amount of $77.20 for late payment of taxes. VOTE: 0 ayes, 5 nays (Tally, Roesler, Smith, McKnight, Pudvar); motion did not carry. 7. CONSIDER WAIVER OF PENALTY REQUESTED BY JAY FLICKINGER IN THE AMOUNT OF $148.12 FOR LATE PAYMENT OF TAXES MOTION by Mr. Smith, seconded by Mr. Roesler, to waive the penalty requested by Jay Flickinger in the amount of $148.12 for late payment of taxes. VOTE: 1 aye (Mr. Pudvar), 4 nays (Talley, Roesler, Smith, McKnight); motion did not carry. 8. CONSIDER DEVELOPMENT AND APPROVAL OF DRAFT LANGUAGE FOR ARTICLES XIII-XV, XVIII AND XX OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE SHELBURNE ZONING BYLAWS Mr. Talley reported the Planning Commission responded to the Selectboard feedback/comments on the amended articles in the Shelburne Zoning Bylaws which will be brought to a public hearing. The Board reviewed the following articles:
ACTION: The Selectboard will send the Giebink letter to the Planning Commission for consideration with Selectboard comments/feedback. ACTION: Section 1550 - add wording stating the Shelburne DRB will be guided by the Secretary of Interior Standards “as applicable”. MOTION by Mr. Roesler, seconded by Mr. Smith, to send the Green Mountain Development Group’s memo to the Planning Commission for immediate consideration as a basis to review Article XV and to be certain that the Village Design Overlay District applies clearly to new construction as it does to other types of construction (the sense of the Selectboard is that conceptually what is written in the memo makes sense and is consistent with the Town Plan). DISCUSSION: Mr. Smith suggested the motion include comments made earlier concerning scale and Secretary of the Interior Standards as guidelines for historic preservation. Mr. Roesler concurred (see bulleted item on Article XV above). VOTE: unanimous (5-0); motion carried. 9. CONSIDER WHETHER TO ASK THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO HOLD A HEARING ON THE ZONING MAP OF THE VILLAGE DESIGN REVIEW OVERLAY DISTRICT Mr. Roesler recused himself. Mr. Talley briefly reviewed the proposal is to expand the north boundary of the Village Design Review Overlay District to include the Thomas property. MOTION by Mr. Smith, seconded by Ms. McKnight, that the Selectboard request the Planning Commission to hold a public hearing on the proposed amendment of the zoning map showing the Village Design Review Overlay District to include the Thomas property. VOTE: unanimous (4-0); motion carried. Mr. Roesler rejoined the Board. 10. CONSIDER APPROVING REQUEST FOR SEWER ALLOCATION BY GARY KRASOFSKI FOR 670 BAY ROAD MOTION by Mr. Smith, seconded by Mr. Pudvar to grant the sewer allocation request for 210 gpd to Gary Krasofski for 670 Bay Road. VOTE: unanimous (5-0); motion carried. 11. CONSIDER APPROVING MINUTES OF 11/25/2008 MOTION by Mr. Roesler, seconded by Mr. Pudvar, to approve the minutes of 11/25/2008 as written. VOTE: 4 ayes, 1 abstention (Ms. McKnight); motion carried. 12. MANAGER’S REPORT
13. MEMBER CONCERNS Ms. McKnight asked that department heads come prepared with complete one-time only budget presentations to be done with a time limit. 14. EXECUTIVE SESSION None. 15. ADJOURNMENT MOTION by Mr. Roesler, seconded by Mr. Smith, to adjourn the meeting. VOTE: unanimous (5-0); motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 9:02 p.m. RScty: KFurr Accepted by, For the Shelburne Selectboard
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