Approved Meeting Minutes
Town of Bradford
Planning Board
September 11, 2018 7:00 PM
Meeting called to order by Claire James at 7:04PM
• Roll Call
Claire James, Vice Chair Carol Meise
Tom Dunne Carol Troy
Doug Troy, Alternate seated Marlene Freyler, Alternated seated
o Steve Chase, Garrett Bauer; Alternates absent
o Pam Bruss, Chair, absent
o Jim Bibbo, Selectmen’s Rep, absent
• To Do:
1. Review & Consideration of August 28th minutes.
Motion: Doug Troy motioned to approve
Second: Carol Troy
Decision: vote 6-0 in favor
• Appearances:
1. Tracey Quigley appeared to discuss a sign permit application submitted for the Village Café, which will be located with the Sweet Beet at 11 West Main Street, Map 6/Lot 104. Claire read the application into record.
Motion: Carol Meise motioned to approve the permit
Second: Carol Troy
Decision: 6-0 in favor
It was noted that the Sign Permit Application needs administrative changes to the form replacing the Building Inspector signoff with Planning Board signoff as the Selectmen’s designee.
• New Business:
1. The Board reviewed a request for Nominee’s to participate on the Warner River Advisory Committee. Carol Meise and Marlene Freyler volunteered and will be nominated.
2. The Board reviewed a Land Use survey request from the NH Office of Strategic Initiatives. Claire will provide a response to the request.
3. Carol Meise and Carol Troy will plan to attend the Economic and Community Development Workshop sponsored by the Sullivan County Board of Commissioners.
• Planning Board Communications:
1. Claire provided a Master Plan:
a. Meeting scheduled this week with Parks & Rec. and the Town Administrator to review the Community Facilities chapter.
b. Targeting a meeting the last week of September to review the Historical Resources chapter with the Historical Society and Center Meeting House organization.
c. Housing Chapter will be done by Regional Planning.
d. Existing & Future Land Use, Implementation and Community Vision chapters are pending and completion is planned by the end of Oct.
2. The Planning Board asked the Selectmen to contact Barry Wheeler for a written update stating his intent with the gravel pit. Jim Bibbo was tasked with contacting Barry. Claire asked that the Board come to a resolution concerning the status of Barry Wheeler’s pit at the next Planning Board meeting.
3. The Board discussed the Capital Improvement Committee who will be meeting on September 12th. The initial agenda focus will be to assign members to work with specific Department Heads on establishing their CIP demands for review as part of the budget process.
4. The Board discussed a Site Walk for Map 3/Lot 1, previously known as Autocraft. The property owner had contacted the Board regarding the need for a site walk and the Board felt the need had been outlined sufficiently at a previous meeting and would continue. The Site Walk is planned for September 22nd at 3:00pm.
5. The Board also discussed a Dealer and Repair License Application submitted to the State by Gobin and Son’s Trucking, LLC. Claire will follow up to determine if the applicant would need a Site Plan Review or whether the use of the lot has not changed since originally approved.
6. The next Planning Board meeting will be September 25th, 2018.
Motion: Carol Meise motioned to adjourn the meeting at 7:45 PM
Second: Doug Troy
Decision: 6-0 in favor
Meeting adjourned
Minutes submitted by Laurie Colburn