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09/04/08 PLBD Minutes

September 12th, 2008

Town of Carroll Planning Board
Minutes
September 4, 2008


“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 91-A:2.”

Members of the Board present: Chairman John Birknes, Bonnie Moroney, Charlie Cohn, Donna Foster, Connie Oliver
Member of the Public present: Bruce Seymourian, Greg Robinson, Bill Rines, Erik McMurray, Sean Doll, Chris Ellms, Karen Pappalardo, John Walker, Don Bouchard

Minutes taken by Rena Vecchio, Secretary

Pledge of Allegiance

Meeting called to order at 7:00 PM

Chairman Birknes declared there was a quorum and opened the meeting with the review of the minutes from August 7, 2008. Bonnie Moroney made a Motion to: accept the minutes as written. Connie Oliver seconded, and the motion passed unanimously.

Correspondence was then reviewed. The New Hampshire Land Surveyors Association sent a letter to all Planning Boards, Building Inspectors, Zoning Boards, and Code Enforcement officers to reemphasize the law that states “only licensed land surveyors or the Superior and Supreme Courts of New Hampshire can determine boundary lines.” Without the signature and seal of a Licensed Land Surveyor the public will have no certainty of their boundaries or that their plans would show the appropriate dimensional information. Attached you will find the letter.

John Birknes wanted to remind everyone also of the Local Government Centers 67th Annual Conference, November 12th thru the 14th. The Conference will cover Finance, Governance, Health and Safety, Land Use and Environment, and Schools and Technologies. The Chair would like as many members as possible to go this year. Land Use and Environment would be of particular interest to all board members. More information will be coming.

First on the agenda is Greg Robinson, owner of the KOA Campground on Rte 115.Mr. Robinson is before the Board for Site Plan consultation. He had been before the ZBA on July 10th with an Application for a Special Exception to extend his existing campground onto an abutting piece of property, Map 202, Lot 23, that he had also purchased. At that meeting, his Application was accepted. On August 14th, the ZBA held a Public Hearing for the Special Exception. The board approved the Special Exception with conditions. One of those conditions was to go before the Planning Board for a Site Plan Review. Mr. Robinson was here tonight for guidance on what the board was looking for.
He briefly went over his plans with a drawing from his KOA engineer showing the position of the 8 prefabricated cabins and the 6 to 9 RV sites. The approval and conditions of the ZBA were handed to the Chair by the secretary, so he could review them. The following guidelines were given to Mr. Robinson:
1. The Planning Board wants to see a plan of the existing KOA Campground
2. The Planning Board wants a recordable plan by a surveyor for the new area that would show the 6 cabins and 9 RV sites
3. The Planning Board wants shown the egress and ingress of the new campground
4. The right of way must be shown in the plan
5. The new plan will show the vegetative buffer that surrounds the 2 acres to be used for the new campground
6. The septic plan accepted by the state needs to be shown also
At 7:25 the Site Plan consultation ended.

Bruce Seymourian and Don Bouchard, from Horizons Engineering, came to address two problems that Mr. Seymourian was having. First, at the December 6, 2007 Planning
Board meeting, it was requested by Tim Grant that a copy of the load capacity rating for the bridge/culvert on Ariana Lane be given to the board for Town records. The work was done by NGC Structural, LLC, Consulting Structural Engineering from Dover, NH and a copy will be in the office.

On November 14, 2007, the Planning Board requested the revised plans for Ariana Lane. Bill Rines has looked at the plans and approves of the them. Mr. Birknes said that before any water pipes were to be a covered up, they were to be checked by Mr. Rines. Some of the problems that were to be addressed were:
1. The water main extended to far
2. The DES needed to okay the water crossing
3. The water pipe needed to extend out to the cul de sac
4. The cover of the pipes needed to be correct to prevent freezing
The boring of the trenches is being done by Trench Technologies of South Burlington, Vermont and will begin on Tuesday, September 9th.

Chairman Birknes said he would entertain a Motion to accept the plans that have been looked at and approved by Bill Rines, with the condition that Bill Rines will be there to look at the work before it will be covered. Donna Foster moved the motion. Bonnie Moroney seconded, and the motion passed unanimously. The plans do not need to be recorded, but will be signed and dated to show they were approved.

Next on the agenda was the Bretton Woods Canopy Zip-Line Site Plan Review. Chairman Birknes started with an email he received from Paul Mueller, President of Mountain View (Rosebrook Club). Mr. Mueller had concerns of where the Zip-Line was going. Karen Pappalardo was at the meeting for the same reason. She owns property in the Mountain View area and wanted to make sure no one was going to be zipping over her deck. Chris Ellms, Ski Are Director, was quick to assure her that none of the zip-lines would be that close to the homes. This is also a low impact, fun, eco-adventure. He proceeded to show Mrs. Pappalardo the route of the zip-line in her area. Also there will be next to no noise for the zip-lines, as they will be coated. They are trying to get the Audubon stamp and that will require a quiet trip. Chris Ellms at this point offered to take the Board out to where the Zip-Line will be and to give them a partial tour. It is expected to take place around October 1st. A call to the secretary will finalize the date.

At this point the plans were shown and explained to the Board. On the plan, one Landing Tower exceeds 33 feet in height. The Tower is planned to be 42 feet and would be in the Village Overlay District. Erik McMurray requested the Boards consideration on its approval. It was brought to everyones attention that this would require a Public Hearing and the date was set for the next meeting, October 2, 2008.

Chairman Birknes said he would entertain a Motion to accept the Canopy Zip-Line Plan as presented, with the exception of the building height proposed structure as the termination point, which awaits the approval height of 42 feet which has not been advertised. Charlie Cohn moved the motion. Bonnie Moroney seconded, and the motion passed unanimously.

There being no further business the meeting ended at 8:30. Donna Foster moved the Motion to: close the meeting. Bonnie Moroney seconded, and the motion passed unanimously.