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Minutes of 10/8/2015

October 14th, 2015

Carroll Planning Board
Meeting Minutes

October 8, 2015





“These minutes of the Town of Carroll Planning Board have been recorded by its Secretary. Though believed to be accurate and correct they are subject to additions,
deletions and corrections by the Planning Board at its next meeting when the Board votes its final approval of the minutes. They are being made available at this time to conform to the requirements of New Hampshire RSAS 90-A: 2.

Members Present: Chairperson Donna Foster, Mike Hogan, Vice-Chair, Ken Mills thru Skype, Brian Mycko, Richard Krapf, Bonnie Moroney, Selectman’s Representative and Karen Saffian

Members of the Public: Evan Karpf, recording,

Minutes taken by: Rena Vecchio, Secretary

Pledge of Allegiance


The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. Chairperson Donna Foster opened the meeting asking the board members if they had a chance to go over the minutes of September 3, 2015. There were several additions and corrections:
• First page, under Members Present:
1. Change Brian Mykco to Brian Mycko
2. Add Michael Hogan
• Third page, last sentence, change sentence “This would not be a tower built for the future.” to “This would be a tower built for use in the future.”

Bonnie Moroney made a motion to: accept the minutes as corrected. Richard Krapf seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

Chairperson Foster told the board she had received an email from Attorney John Springer asking for a continuance till the November meeting as they are still trying to work with the FAA. Karen Saffian asked if they were looking for a waiver from the FAA. Ken Mills, skyping into the meeting told her no. They wanted to look at the whole picture, airport, terrain, at the different boards, etc., to see what else could be done. The Chair stated the “shot clock” has stopped.

Bonnie Moroney made a motion to: grant the continuance to Bay Communication II, LLC/NEWN (Northeast Wireless Network)/AT&T Telecommunications Tower till the November 2015 meeting. Brian Mycko seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

The Chair had given the board the August 27th Field Report from Horizons Engineering for the Hunt LLC property to read. She said that Evan Karpf had asked for copies of the contract between Horizons and Hunt Properties LLC and any reports. He has already picked up a copy of the contract and a copy of the report will be ready for the normal cost of $1.00 a page.

Karen Saffian requested clarification as to the meaning of the last sentence in the report, “Dave indicated that he was a selectman and that he would deliver our July 2014 proposal to the board for their approval on Monday night.” The board asked the Chair to have Horizons clarify the last sentence of the report. Chairperson Foster said she would do so. The Chair believes she knew the reason why that sentence was there but she would look into it.

Peter Gagne/Northern Extremes Snowmobile Rentals was to come before the board this month. Peter had his snowmobile rental business set up at the Irving Station in Bretton Woods. He was to come before the before the board because his business had grown and was expanding, The board wanted him to come forth to show the growth and what he was doing that would be safe for the public and the addition of another building that was not allowed in the past approval. The Irving Station closed down unexpectedly a week ago which left Peter no place for his business. He is talking to Irving and the Ski Area to find a place to set up. He picked up an applications for a Special Exception, because the rental business is not an allowed use in Bretton Woods, zoned Residential 2. He also picked up a Site Plan Review for the PLBD. He is planning ahead in case he has a spot for the business and he can then proceed.

The secretary brought to the Chair the issue of the Land Use Account and the Treasurer. Normally when an application is filled out, fees are collected and dispersed accordingly to the correct line items. The town had two ads in the Democrat for the balloon test and the change of date for the PLBD because of the balloon test and getting the results of that test. The money was not collected from the applicant because there was no way to do so and know the cost of the ads. The secretary has notified the applicant and they will happily pay the fees once a copy of the bill is sent. At this point the bill has not come into the office.

Next the PLBD discussed the Budget:
• The town is looking into GIS Mapping. It is a mapping of the town which shows tax maps, setbacks, abutter lists, flood plains, etc. If the town decides to purchase this the cost will be split between the Selectmen, PLBD and ZBA. The split cost will be approximately $1900.00 for each board.
• Secretarial line, is over budget again this year. Budget is for $4000.00 for 2015. The Board discussed raising the amount. No decisions were made and they will continue to discuss this.

Chair Foster had copies of the New Hampshire Municipal Association 74th Annual Conference being held in Manchester, November 19th-20th. She told the board if they were interested, they would have to register by October 23rd, or pay a higher fee. They are to contact Maryclare and she will register you.

On October 17th, the Select Board, Planning Board and Zoning Board will meet to go over the Zoning Ordinances, Subdivision Regulations and Site Plan Review. The meeting will be held at the Fire Station and is open to the public although there will not be any public input allowed. Bonnie Moroney, Selectman Representative, asked the secretary to post this meeting in two places.

Donna Foster told the board that one of the reasons the boards are doing this is because someone had come to her and she thought they needed a Site Plan Review. The applicant disagreed and she looked into it. The way the ordinances were written led her to believe the applicant was correct. Later she found out thru Town Counsel that a Site Plan should have been required.

Bonnie Moroney made a motion to: adjourn the meeting. Brian Mycko seconded and the motion passed unanimously. The meeting ended at 8:00 PM.