Planning Commission Meeting Minutes, March 16, 2021

​Town of Pittsfield Planning Commission
Minutes of March 16, 2021
 
Members Present: Sarah Gallagher, Jen Howard, Tim Carter, Micheline Bissell and Marsha Hopkins, along with AJ Ruben from Zoning.  Kimberly Gilbert from TRORC.

1. Call to Order

Meeting called to Order at 6:35pm, members participating via Zoom.

1. Agenda Modifications

None

1. Correspondence: None

1. Approval of Minutes from January 12, 2021 meeting.

Motion to approve by Jen, seconded by Tim, all in favor.

1. Public Present

Kimberly Gilbert from TRORC.  Introduction

1. Commission Appointments

Marsha Hopkins accepted appointment

1. Town Plan update, finalize draft of Land Use and Forestry Sections

Kimberly gave the Commission Tunbridge’s Land Use and Forestry section as an example.  Kimberly suggested we list all the habitat connectors. Sarah said Hedge Hog Knoll was a known location between the Green Mt. Nat’l Forest, Lower Michigan and Tozier Hill Road.  It was known for hunting. Micheline inquired as to whether it was private or town owned.  The Commission discussed various connectors in town and many were on private lands. Everyone agreed that we would not list these private corridors but generalize about corridors in the National Forest which surrounds Pittsfield.  Kimberly asked for a volunteer to write a paragraph describing the Forest corridors.  Sarah volunteered.  Kimberly asked about the status of zoning, the commission told her the town voted it down several times.  AJ made reference to the Act 250 triggers noted in the plan.  The commission went onto to review the next four sections regarding sectors in Pittsfield; Village Center, Route 100 Corridor, Flood Hazard Area and Residential.  Minor changes were made.  Kimberly said she would distribute a new working draft of this section for our April 13th meeting.
 
The structure of the meeting would be one hour for public comment and the next hour would be for the Planning Commission to review the next sections. Kimberly asked if we wanted to include other sections besides Land Use, the Commission agreed for this forum we would include Land Use only.

1. Next meeting April 13, 2021 at 6pm.

 

1. Adjournment – Meeting adjourned, motion by Tim, seconded Jen, all in favor

Respectfully Submitted,
Marsha Hopkins
Secretary
 
 
The Minutes of March 16, 2021 were duly APPROVED on April 20, 2021
 
By (s)Sarah Gallagher