Danville Vermont             

                                Minutes of Monthly Meeting

                              Danville Planning Commission

22 February 2007

Attendees:             Jim Ashley, Jeff Frampton, Alison Meaders, Kim Prior, and Mike Smith

Start:               Meeting opened at 7:45 pm

New Business:

MRI Contract & Business:  MRI agent, Christine Walker conducted a workshop on 20 Feb that was well attended. Representatives from the Historical and Conservation commissions attended along with the entire Planning Commission. All participants found the workshop sobering as well as very interesting. The workshop consisted of annotation two large photographic maps of Danville. One map was annotated with the current zoning districts and another was annotated with some hypothetical zoning districts based on the town plan. Next step was to get an idea of how the town would look in 2020 with the estimated new housing units to be built between now and 2020. Based on Danville’s current growth rate and projected numbers for Caledonia County the number of 662 new housing units was used. The participants were given 662 small stickers to represent new housing units and then placed these 662 stickers on the map according the zoning districts. Both maps were “built out” each with 662 housing units. The exercise brought home the need for clear zoning regulations as well as the need for processes for application of the zoning bylaws.    

Joint PC & DRB Training: The funding and scheduling of VLCT training as a key component of the effort to update the zoning bylaws was discussed. The need for both the PC and the DRB to be familiar with the statutory procedural requirements of administering zoning bylaws is important and a good place to start.  Alison will check with VLCT about grants and onsite training for the PC/DRB.

Town Meeting: It was decided not to have a survey for Town Meeting but to have a “newsletter” instead. The newsletter will update the town on the zoning bylaw rewrite effort, availability of the Town Plan, and other topics of note. Kim will circulate a draft.

Mike Smith announced his resignation from the PC effective 28 Feb 2007.

Action Items:

Kim: Circulate Town Meeting newsletter.

Alison: Check into VLCT training and grants.

Jim: Prepare budget report for next meeting:

Close:                         Meeting closed at 8:40 pm

Next Warned Meeting:             Thursday 22 March 2007, 7:00 pm in the Town Hall

Meeting Agenda: PC members should submit agenda items of inclusion in the agenda for the next meeting. The clerk will prepare a working agenda for the meeting.

Respectfully Submitted:

Mike Smith / 27 February 2007

Clerk / Date

cc:            Development Review Board

            Mert Leonard – Town Administrative Assistant

Planning Commission 2007 Meeting Schedule:

22 March

26 April

24 May

28 June

26 July

23 August

27 September

25 October

8 November

13 December

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