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Minutes

Meeting date: 
Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Planning Board Minutes

April 7, 2020

 

Attendees: Megan Mattaliano Kiel; Jeremy Coon; Vinny Herman, Abel Olivo; Margaret MacDonnell; Eric Radloff
Non-member Attendee: R.J. Eldridge
 
  1. Review and approve previous meeting minutes
Approved with the addition of non-member attendees: David Tansey, Ann Wallas, Mike Clauser.
  1.  New business
a.   Council liaison—Introduced Council Member Eric Radloff, who will be the new Planning Board liaison
3. Old business
  1. Cheverly Day table:
Decided to table this item since the status of Cheverly Day is unclear.
  1. Planning board documents and Google group:
Margaret has sent an invitation to join the new Google group to all the Planning Board members and several have accepted.However efforts to resend the invitation through Google didn’t work.Margaret will continue to try. RJ will set up a Google Drive account for the Planning Board.
  1. Membership document
The Planning Board discussed the draft document and made recommendations.Margaret will revise the document and send around for Planning Board approval.Once members agree on the document, Margaret will send to the Town Council for their approval.Margaret will also communicate to the Town Council the Planning Board’s recommendation for a change to the statutory language regarding PB member terms; the change would make terms automatically renew rather than have to be renewed by the Council every two years.
  1. Discussion items from March meeting:
  • Columbia Park Bridge—the PB would like to understand how transportation master plan will impact changes to bridge; can we use the transportation master plan to effect positive change to the bridge.  This item can be added to a list of ongoing issues the PB can address as time permits.
  • Cheverly walkshed: Margaret will ask Joyce to share this with the PB and will send to Eric to include with the Town Council’s input to the county on the proposed zoning changes.
  • Thematic work sessions: At the next meeting, the PB will discuss priority issues, such as recommendations regarding the Cheverly Sector Plan, Columbia Park Bridge, Craftsman building, etc. The PB will request to be included in 2-3 Council work session agendas over the course of the year to discuss priority action items. Eric noted that items may be able to be added to the Council’s strategic plan.
4. Other:
Annexation of property adjacent to (and possibly including) Addison Row. This item will be added to next month’s agenda.  Eric will check whether the town atty/town administrator can provide information on state and county laws on annexation.