Planning Board Minutes

PB Minutes of 5-1-25

May 1st, 2025

Town of Carroll Planning Board
Meeting Minutes
May 1, 2025
5:00 PM
“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 RSA 91-A:2.”
Planning Board Members Present: Vice Chair Austin Alvarez, Paula Murphy, Selectboard Rep. Brian Mycko, Don Jones
Public Present: N/A
Minutes Taken By: Steffanie Apostle
Item #1: Call Meeting to Order
Meeting was called to order at 5:00pm
Item #2: Pledge of Allegiance
Item #3: Attendance/Quorum
Quorum was made
Item #4: Approval of Minutes (3/6/25 & 4/3/25)
Both sets of meeting minutes (3/6/25 & 4/3/25) were tabled until the June 5, 2025 meeting as there was not a quorum for the minute approval because the members present at this meeting were not the same members present at the March & April meetings
Members present for this meeting had a discussion about the minutes but they could not approve them.
MARCH 6, 2025 MINUTES - COMMENTS
• Austin Alvarez had a question about the Minutes on page 7 where Steffanie Apostle had put 20’ of coverage and then in the next line put 2’ of coverage
o Steffanie Apostle said that was a typo and it should say 2’ not 20’
• Austin Alvarez had a question on page 8 where it says the Planning Board wanted it; that was a question not a statement
o Steffanie Apostle to go back and add a question mark to clarify it was a question not a statement
• Austin Alvarez had a question about Andy Sullivan saying they would add signage that anything over 2,500 CC’s can’t drive on it. 2,500 CC’s is an engine size not a weight
o Steffanie to put the weight limit in parenthesis.
• Paula Murphy has a question on the progress of the items discussed
o Brian Mycko said that Alex Foti, Steffanie Apostle, Meg Basnar, Scott Sonia and himself went to Echo Lake to look at the project. Brian Mycko said they had put a lot of dirt and rock over the water main and that can’t stay. They have raised that up so much its going to flood the yard next to it. Brian Mycko agreed with Kevin Leonard & Scott Sonia that a permanent structure was needed
• Steffanie Apostle said the area as a whole was smaller than what she thought
• Brian Mycko said he was shocked when he drove in there because the duplexes were on top of each other
• Paula Murphy asked if there were more than 3 of them set up
o Steffanie Apostle said only 3 have been constructed
o Brian Mycko said there were only 3 up, but 2 of them have their front doors face each other

APRIL 3, 2025 MINUTES – COMMENTS

• Austin Alvarez had a question on page 13. Steffanie Apostle has written Scott Sonia wanted HTPE to wetlands; what is HTPE
o Brian Mycko said it was a type of pipe, maybe it is double wide?
o Austin Alvarez said when he did things of this nature the pipe sizes were schedule 40,80 or 120
o Steffanie Apostle said it should have been HDPE and that was a piping system used for municipalities for water application
• Austin Alvarez had a question on page 19 in the last paragraph where it says; Alex Foti said we have a list that is Kevin Leonard’s letter
o Steffanie Apostle said that Paula Murphy had asked Alex Foti if Steffanie Apostle should put together a list to send to Echo Lake and Alex Foti said we have the list in Kevin Leonard’s letter
• Austin Alvarez asked if Kevin Leonard had a checklist to go through
o Steffanie Apostle said he did and he provides his list in his technical reviews and he does milestone inspections

Item #5: General Conversation about Echo Lake

Paula murphy said there are a lot of issues that were talked about at the last meeting that she wants to know the status on

Brian Mycko said that last he heard they had not moved forward with any work

Steffanie Apostle said she had reached out to them with a list of stuff the Planning Board wanted and asked if they knew what meeting they would be attending and had not heard back

Paula Murphy asked if they sent a mylar

Steffanie Apostle said they had sent some info over to Kevin Leonard that she had forwarded them. They have not brought in a mylar to be signed yet

Paula Murphy asked if the mylar should accompany the plan it corresponds to as this piece mail they are doing does not work

Steffanie Apostle said she told Echo Lake the Planning Board wanted 1 package that included everything including what had been done in the past, what the plans where moving forward and what had already been approved

Brian Mycko said the Planning Board needed a final plan with the Mylar

Austin Alvarez said they have told that to Echo Lake many times

Brian Mycko said we will keep kicking it back until they have what we want

Paula Murphy said they want an as-built and they want their Certificate of Occupancy. Does their plan have to specify their intent of can it stay “market driven”

Brian Mycko said he always thought it was supposed to be the exact plan

Paula Murphy asked if this becomes an HOA and someone buys the whole building with both units, is there anything to stop the owner from selling the other half

Brian Mycko said that would depend on how many titles for the property they have because you can’t subdivide a house, it is against the rules

Austin Alvarez said the HOA would need to state that

Brian Mycko said there is nothing to stop them from leasing it

Steffanie Apostle said we also need the amended legal documents that had been recorded years ago that needed to be updated. Those need to be reviewed by our legal team

Paula Murphy mentioned how some lots will need to be 3-bedroom homes because of the wetlands

Austin Alvarez said their septic design will define how big or little the houses have to be

Steffanie Apostle said she was going to change subject really quick because talking about how little the home can be reminded her that Brenda Garneau will be going to the Zoning Board this month for condos on Little River Road

Brian Mycko said he just wanted to make the Planning Board aware that there was something going on at the Selectboard level with building permits and they will be changing it so any new build will need to go to the Water Commissioner for approval on new water hook ups. The Town’s ISO rating is low because we do not have the water capacity or a tanker truck so we do not have the ability to fight fires like we used to. The Selectboard is looking at different options such as additional storage tanks to help address the issue

Austin Alvarez said that may be something that is put in the Master Plan

Paula Murphy said they were addressing it in the Master Plan as it is a big issue

Item #6: Misc. Discussion

• Austin Alvarez went back to the minutes where Alex Foti had asked Steffanie Apostle to pull together the Warrant Articles, they started last year so they could do them this year
o Steffanie Apostle said she did not have them this meeting she will have them for the next meeting
o Brian Mycko suggested talking about one warrant article per meeting so it is not one big long meeting

• Austin Alvarez said that further down the page it said to discuss election results. Austin Alvarez said he thought they should table the election results until more Board members were there as he was not comfortable doing it with such a small Board present. Austin Alvarez brought up reviewing and signing the Rules & Procedures that need to be done yearly after elections
o Brian Mycko said that until Alex Foti is back, they should table the elections and the Rules & Procedures because we didn’t have enough people present

• Austin Alvarez asked Paula Murphy what she meant at the last meeting when she was talking abut Dave Scalley
o Paula Murphy said her proposal was to ask if there was some way that Dave SCALLEY THE Building Inspector could post some business hours so people know when he would be around and can come ask him questions, the Board could come in and ask questions also if they wanted. Paula Murphy also asked if Dave Scalley could submit a report of building permits that show who, what, where and when.
o Brian Mycko said the Selectboard me this week and discusses a running report of the status on building permits so they can be tracked a little better. Brian Mycko also said that Dave Scalley can be reached by phone at any time
o Paula Murphy said it was not convenient to have to call him


Item #7: New/Other Business

Cut-Off Dates:

Brian Mycko suggested a cut-off date as the week prior to any meeting to have all of the stuff in that is needed for the meeting.

Austin Alvarez said they are supposed to have their stuff in 21 days prior to the meeting so the Board has time to review everything

Master Planning:

Austin Alvarez spoke to the Planning Board about the next 2 Master Planning meetings. One is on 5/21/25 and the other is on 6/18/25. Austin Alvarez encouraged the Planning Board to be there for these last 2 meetings