What was said

Planning Board, September 24, 2018

the recording · 0:18 long, about 2,210 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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The town published an agenda for this meeting. No minutes have been published; the recording is the only record, and what follows is a guide to it.

The short version

  1. ▶ 3:09The Planning Board agreed that the director would contact the regional planning commission about grant funding to update the master plan; the vote was not audible.
  2. ▶ 13:40The board moved to support the sign bylaw article for the spring warrant, but the outcome of the vote was not audible in the recording.
  3. ▶ 2:24The director wanted a grant so the master plan update would not fall on the town budget, mostly taxes.
  4. ▶ 15:07The board decided to put marijuana cultivation bylaw discussion at the head of the October 22 agenda.
  5. ▶ 5:58The director reported on a no-parking sign and Flat Hill basin maintenance, and the open space app was kept minimal to avoid paid cloud storage.

Why it matters — our reading

  • A grant, if awarded, could pay for the master plan update instead of the town budget, mostly taxes; the sign bylaw and marijuana cultivation bylaws are items residents may be asked to vote on at Town Meeting or attend hearings for.

Watch next

  • October 22 Planning Board agenda, with marijuana cultivation discussion placed first.
  • Whether the regional planning commission has grant money for the master plan update, and the Town Meeting vote on the sign bylaw article.

grantsplanning and zoningpublic commenttown meetingwarrant article

Present: chair (chair). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 3:09Reach out to the regional planning commission and seek grant money for updating the master plan.not audible
  2. ▶ 13:40Support the sign bylaw article for the warrant.not audible

And 1 procedural: adjourn. (▶ 18:20).

The money

  1. ▶ 2:24Master plan update grant

    The director wanted to seek a grant like a neighbouring town's so the update would not burden the town budget.

  2. ▶ 5:58Open space app cloud storage

    Expanding the app would need paid cloud storage, so they are keeping it minimal.

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 2:47Director to contact the regional planning commission about grant funding for updating the master plan.
  • ▶ 15:07Marijuana cultivation discussion to be placed at the head of the October 22 agenda.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

The town has not published minutes for this meeting.

Heard in the recording

  • ▶ 6:18sign bylaw amendment languagewarrant article

State law asks minutes to list the documents and exhibits used at a meeting (M.G.L. c.30A §22(a)). Names from the recording are the caption model’s hearing; the two sides are matched by name, by script, so a document named two different ways can be missed. A place to look, not a finding.

Public comment

  1. ▶ 17:13Announced a public forum on substance use and the teenage brain, November 1st at the high school.
  2. ▶ 17:56Said they attended a meeting about the open space survey app and found it useful.

Where the time went

Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.

The whole meeting, in order

  1. ▶ 0:00Committee reportsinformational · 1:44 long · planning and zoning
  2. ▶ 1:44Master plan update grantvoted · 2:32 long · planning and zoning, grants
  3. ▶ 4:16Open space meeting and stewardship appinformational · 2:02 long · planning and zoning
  4. ▶ 6:18Warrant articles: sign bylaw, definitions, section 8.3, moratoriumdiscussed · 3:22 long · warrant article, planning and zoning
  5. ▶ 9:40Director items: no-parking sign, Flat Hill basininformational · 2:35 long · planning and zoning
  6. ▶ 12:15Vote on sign bylaw supportmotion made, outcome not audible · 2:31 long · warrant article
  7. ▶ 14:46Upcoming agendas and marijuana cultivation bylawsinformational · 2:07 long · planning and zoning
  8. ▶ 16:53Public commentinformational · 1:43 long · public comment
  9. ▶ 18:36Adjournmentvoted · 0:14 long

What the captions could not carry

  • Vote counts were not stated; outcomes of the votes are not clear in the captions.
  • Speakers are not identified.

Reports this meeting suggests

Our reading of the discussion: questions where numbers were in play and a page laying them out would have helped. Every meeting’s suggestions are merged into one register.

  • ▶ 2:04Master plan fundingCould a grant pay for updating the town master plan?

These are ours, and they are not the record

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