Langdon Planning Board

Meeting Minutes (Unapproved)

June 20, 2017

Call to Order. By Chairman at 7:15p.m.

Members present: Chairman Robert ”Chops” Polcari, Vice-Chairman Pat Breslend, Ex-officio Selectman Lu Beam, and Alternate Helen Koss acting as Secretary Pro Tem.

Also in attendance: Donna Caron and Melony Dion

Meeting Minutes.

Minutes of the May 30, 2017 meeting were approved as read. Chops commented that the record should show that a meeting that was scheduled for May 16, 2017 was not held due to a lack of a quorum. Helen will notify Jess of this fact.

Correspondence. There was no correspondence.

Announcements and News.

Helen suggested that the Board hire a recorder to take minutes at Board meetings. Lu commented that there were funds in the budget to cover this expense. Chops will follow up on this.

Southwest Regional Planning’s most recent news release mentioned that USDA grant applications were being accepted from rural towns to help low-income residents make improvements to their homes in certain situations such as access for disabled individuals. Lu will check this out.

Old Business

Donna Caron Lot Line Adjustment

Donna Caron appeared before the Board to follow up on her Mellish Road lot line adjustment proposal. After discussion about what material that the Board would need from Ms. Caron, a motion was put before Board members.

Motion. Lu/Helen2nd. The Town of Langdon Planning board approves the lot line transfer as presented by Donna L. Caron dated June 20, 2017. This approval is conditioned on the preparation of a plat to be presented to the Planning Board for signing and final approval. The motion passed unanimously.

The motion will be put on Town of Langdon letterhead and Ms. Caron will pick it up at the Selectmen’s office. She will bring the plat and at least one copy to the next Board meeting for signature.

Alison Chickering Subdivision Proposal

Ms. Chickering did not appear at the meeting, but provided a survey of her land on Mellish Road showing the proposed division of her property into two parcels. The parcel that will be a new lot is 12 acres with a 300’ frontage on Mellish. The remaining parcel will consist of 53 acres which has existing frontage on Mellish Road.

After examination of the survey and discussion among Board members, Chops suggested that he would check that the surveyor, Thomas Lyman, is on the list of State-approved surveyors. Once that is established, he will contact Mr. Lyman requesting the following changes/additions to the survey:

That lot line and frontage measurements be included on the map/plat consistent with the

scale shown on the map

That set-back lines be shown on the new parcel to ensure that the new lot is buildable.

That the survey/plat include the following statement from The Town of Langdon subdivision

regulations:

The Subdivision Regulations of the Town of Langdon, N.H. are a part of this plat and approval of

this plat is contingent on completion of all the requirements of said subdivision Regulations

excepting only any variances or modifications made in writing by the Board and attached hereto

together with the following information.

Chops will review other regulations that relate to subdivision requirements.

Survey and Master Plan

Following up on the tabulation of the survey questions, Lu noted that there are seven questions left to be summarized and the responses need to be pared down. Lu will do the summaries and have them ready for the next meeting. He noted that the summary of survey responses will likely run to 30 plus pages and brought up the question of how the information will be presented at a public hearing. This question will be re-visited at future Board meetings.

Meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Helen Koss, Secretary Pro Tem