TOWN OF RUTLAND
PLANNING
COMMISSION MEETING
JULY 1, 2010
MINUTES:
The meeting opened at 7:00
P.M.
Howard Burgess, Dick Hoenes,
Raymond Leonard, William Matteson, Jerry Stearns, Tom Turner and Charles Vajda.
Review of the June 17, 2010 Minutes
There were several changes
to the minutes as follows: Byways are
certified every five years, insert the word "as" before scenic
on Page 2, specify that Mr. Turner said the Chairman should sign the letter
written by Mr. Ruggerio, the deeds of
the property owners of Amanda Place state that the road will not be taken over
by the Town and Business Route 4 will also be included in the proposed Byway.
Mr. Leonard motioned to
accept the minutes with these changes and Mr. Burgess seconded the motion. All were in approval with the exception of
Mr. Hoenes who abstained since he did not attend the June 17th meeting.
Amanda Place
Prior to this meeting, the
Commission had reviewed the 2009 letter that the Commission sent to the Select
Board last year regarding reasons the Town should not take over Amanda Place as
a Town road. There was a lengthy
discussion on the history of the original subdivision. The Planning Commission originally approved
the subdivision with the condition that the Town would not take over the road
until it was brought up to specs. The contractor had originally written the
proper specs in his plan but never followed through. The deeds for all property owners on Amanda Place state that the
Town will not take over the road without it being brought up to specifications.
Mr. Zingale made up a list
of other private roads in the Town that had three or more homes on them and the
list numbered twenty-nine. Mr. Burgess
said he felt if the Select Board votes to take over Amanda Place then all these
other twenty-nine roads would have a case to ask for the same. He also added that there is still a question
as to what is underneath the road and said he doesn't feel there has been
enough research to determine this. Mr.
Matteson said that if Amanda Place is taken over by the Town by vote of the
Select Board, then this would undermine the authority of the Planning
Commission and the written subdivision rules.
He said this would also not be fair to those people who were compliant
with the rules. Mr. Turner said that if the residents of Amanda Place want the
Town to take over the road then they should go back to the developer and have
the developer fix the road as originally planned.
Mr. Stearns suggested that
Mr. Matteson send the original letter to the Select Board along with a cover
letter including the information on the other twenty-nine private roads and
stating that the Planning Commission is still against the Town taking over the
road. Mr. Hoenes made a motion to this affect and Mr. Stearns seconded the
motion. All were in approval. Mr. Matteson asked that Mr. Zingale double
check with Mr. Flory on his stance on the subject. Mr. Matteson stated that he
had talked to Mr. McKane and he is against the Town taking over the road.
Miscellaneous
Mr. Matteson received a copy
of the Chittenden Town Plan.
Mr. Turner asked if the
Commission ever received a letter of acceptance of the Rutland Town Plan from
the Rutland Regional Planning Commission as requested of Mr. Nicholson at the
April 27th Select Board meeting. Mr.
Zingale will check on this.
The Planning Commission
received correspondence on the amendment to the Chase Green Mountain Act 250
permit regarding changes to the traffic flow and a letter from the RRPC stating
approval of the Thomas subdivision. A
letter was also received on the State's initiative of Challenge for Change.
Mr. Burgess asked if the
issue of the Planning Commission members getting paid to attend classes has
been resolved. Mr. Matteson said that
he will bring this up at the next Select Board meeting.
Mr. Leonard motioned to end
the meeting. Mr. Hoenes seconded the
motion. All were in approval. The
meeting ended at 7:42 P.M.
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William Matteson, Chairman Date
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