1/12/2006 BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE Minutes

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this situation had happened. The shots staffing of the planning Depmtment had been six months or over. She said that she found it vei y discouraging that whatever resources required to do it were not available. She added that now the Town was in the budget process. She said that it was important to say there was a 5-year cycle in the Comprehensive flan and that it had gathered dust on a shelf. The Chafiinan said without the resources, the new conmiittee was not going to happen. He added that Ms. ares' recommendation to the Board of Selectmen was to provide the appropriate resources, resources being staff and money, FIs. coney said. As did Ms. Kane. ids. Kane said she was making it clear that this new conmiittee would be done with current staffing. The Chairman continued saying that now was the time that there were changes in staffing, and that it was a process that would continue through 2007. The Cbairman stated that there had been prowess *n various areas-not near enough that was acceptable and that was the reason the Committee was formed. To try and shut to get this process back on trach. He added there would be a more fonnal discussion at the next Boned of Selectmen meeting and more various options. Reports from each Board/Chairman regarding DCPC objectives Ms. Kane had compiled a Hist of zoningicy-laws to evaluate whether amendments/changes to them would result in increased protection of the Town's water resources. The suggested action items were&awn from the Manning Board's proposed D PC non 'nation fern, dated August 3101", 005 and Town Planner F. Thomas pudala's memo to the Board of Selectmen dated June 23, 2005. Ibis. Kane read aloud from action items 3x4,5,6, '}8, from the document she had compiled. For each action item, there were comments by members of the Committee. The members of the Committee discussed the various items amongst themselves,, The Chairman said that he appreciated updates from the planning Board. The Chah-man asked if there were any other-items or updates that other Committee members would life to share. Mf. biller said that the Conservation Commission was working on ACPC regulations and was trying to incorporate a biornap, was also concerned with a sewer system, and these would cone up for review mid discussion. Apparently,he said,there are several regulations, which will be discussed on the meeting of the Conservation Mission on Janual y 19, 2006 at 6-.5 5 p.m. Ms. Dane asked if the Conservation Commission had any recommendations that they could present to the Committee. Ir. Miller said it was a good question, but he did not have an answer, but he would see if he could get one. The Chainnan asked if any other members of the Committee had an update that they would life to snare. Glenn Santos said that, basically, on the recommendation of the Health Agent, Glen Harrington. Yarmouth had completed another study and what they found at the southern end of the town was that even if every Douse went to a denitrifying system, it still it would not meet the state m and ated low level of T DL. f r. Santos added that as far as getting into the escrow, the Committee needed to have more of a clear-cut direction. In ten years,he said, e were going to have severs and sewage in the Town, and the Committee needed a bine line implementing this road, He thought it was beyond the Board of Health, he thought it would come from town meetings, selectmen and a bunch of other committees in town, can come up with that game plan. The Chairman then spoke and said that he would encourage each Committee member to confine items on this discussion, and that at each meeting individuals would update Coininiftee,members.