opening the planning board meeting Thursday February 13 2025 it's a zoom meeting um we have an agenda and we're going to go to item
number one board business minutes of Prior meetings January 9th 2025 does anyone have any comments would anyone like to just one one thing you might want to turn the speakers off on your laptop because I
think it's echoing back through I can't imagine my speaker are on that's the whole problem I can't get the you're not getting audio from your from your we're getting a loop back from
somebody oh might be me um you know what you know what Mar it will be I'll be there in two minutes sorry guys see you in a
moment okay um I would suggest a three minute break in it anyway whatever um okay so we were at the mini minute meeting uh minute
meeting minutes yes meeting minutes do I have well no darl you had a comment no uh do I have a motion to accept the minutes from January 9th so
moved second it helps turn your audio on motion accept the minutes from 20 January 9th 2025 okay that will be a second and uh all in favor roll call
roll call Bartlett Bartlett yes Anna yes Daryl yes myself yes minutes are accepted uh Mar you have some bills you need to present to us um yes we had uh
two bills uh for the plany board got again there you go um one was U for the legal ad for the Lowel son for publishing the marijuana zoning bylaw Amendment amount is
66897 66897 and the second is to WB Mason for a new received stamp for planning turns out they're only good for about 10 years and uh mine would not stamp 2025 couldn't you just handw write it um what do you want us to do um so if
the board um would vote to approve those two bills um so 66897 for the LEL sun and $898 for WB Mason uh does anyone have any comments uh no comments forthcoming um I
how do you want to do that do we do it as a vote or yeah do it as a vote and then not just um okay I'll make a motion to approve the two bills as read 66897 and 8985
second Bartlett yes Anna yes darl yes and I'm yes um there's one uh piece of business that isn't on here that I want to bring up and that's the uh have you all had a
chance to look at the Littleton planning board annual report draft annual report I sent that to chair and vice chair okay then never mind um Marin and Cooper have prepared
a um well would you call it annual summary annual summary of our efforts um and uh there's even pictures of us on it um so can we I I had no comments about it can
we uh distributed to everyone and for comment okay um the ethics training have you all received your notices and uh done it or at least have you all received notices
okay um any member input um I have a question I don't know if it's relevant or not a while ago we approved a um industrial building on spectacle Pond Road next to the
stoneyard yes and I last when I've driven past there I've seen that the foundation is in there's a slab poured last time I looked but the building is in the in a different place and in a different orientation from the plan that I remember approving so I'm just
wondering if that um having it turned right angles and set farther back in the lot is an issue for us that's interesting I don't know what to say I know that they were delayed in their construction because
they were not allowed to connect to water because spectacle Pond had been recently paved uh they worked through that um I don't know uh that's something for the Building Commissioner so let's refer that to
him all right anything else um do we have any uh member of the public on yeah do we have any um public input not having any public input um
we'll go to uh item number two 531 King Street site plan modification this is the small white uh office building that's behind Il
Forno um it's uh been sold and will become a uh Veterinary Care uh facility and theyve applied for a what they're calling a site plan
modification um the application appears to be in order mhm yeah apparently there was some initial wobbliness and now it's fine right there was a communication issue with the permitting um representative um
but we've certainly worked through that and we have all the information that we needed um to move forward with the site plan review um there were no um substantive comments from um other departments um it was a um if you recall
the site um used to be I don't remember it was six or eight um office office condos um and it's simple change of use um no on the ground changes are proposed um and um Deb Sapienza is
available for any questions the um the you know in site plan review We mainly go over you know parking screening lighting I I do want to mention that you know this isn't a hearing I am not a director butter but I
am I mean I I'm I don't know if I'm within 300 feet but I can see the building for my property uh so I'm very familiar with it and I had the occasion to speak to my neighbor who is the director butter and um their only
concern is lighting right now there are security lights on the back of the building that are just GL ing security lights and uh that probably don't meet our current
bylaw but that was the only thing that was brought up um from the neighbor most affected and that and lighting is definitely under our s plan review you want me to comment on the
lighting is that when like when do I like I'm I just don't this is new to me talking at a meeting like this so let me know when you want input from me yeah and and to introduce this is De Deb Sapienza she's representing um the Veterinary Care um Center that's looking
to locate here right nice to meet all of you nice to meet you uh I'll open it to the board uh darl do you have any comments yeah um yeah so I I looked over the the um piece there and I think the only thing I have a
question about with the change of use is since there there'll be pets uh there I understand it is for Cancer Care it's not a pet you know area but there's going to be pet waste and medical waste from the things there and I don't know where that's
addressed uh in here I don't see like where uh dumpsters are and whether there's separate dumpsters for animal waste and then I assume any medical waste would be stored inside until disposed but could you address that please um yeah so all medical ways is um
because it's chemotherapy in particular where it's stored in specially you know designed bins and that's removed by a waste a medical waste service periodically um so the medical waste should never is not going to be in
the general trash um pet waste I mean that's so we're we're an outpatient facility um you know no pets stay with us people are in and out our door most people you know about within an hour they come for their treatment and they
leave so there will be some ways but that will be you know there'll be pet Outdoors there'll be know pet pickup areas like pet was stations and we will just be you know bagging that and putting it in the in the in the trash but I don't see where DP are in
this plan say it again I don't I don't see where the the dumpster SL waste you know storage area is well the medical waste is inside yeah no the medical but the exterior waste and then if you're putting uh pet waste in the external
containers uh I don't see where those are on the plan sure I don't I don't know that they are on the plan um and I think I was going to work with our whichever I mean we're about you know six months out from probably being
on the property so I was going to work with whoever our trash company was that we were going to be um you know engaging to to remove trash where they thought a dump dumpsters would be good on the property um I I don't know
what would be easiest for them um currently we have one waste bin that's maybe about how many gallons is that like an8 gallon bin yeah maybe see at a park well it's like it's like you know a dog waste but you might see at a park and we currently are emptying that once
every like that that that about every gets we don't let it go that long but it it would probably get full in about 3 months so we don't have a lot of waste um because we truly don't have inpatient so it's minimal um but you're right there is
there's no we don't yet know where on the property the dumpster is going to go because I just I haven't engaged with that with whoever's going to be removing it yeah so my underlying concern is is and I I I
understand that it's you're not a not a day dog daycare facility or anything like that but there will be waste and I want to just make sure that that's properly addressed and in some types of containers that it you know they minimize the odors and not be Les necessarily left on site for extended
periods of time for odors because I feel that will have an impact upon the neighbors uh agreed I mean I definitely agree with you yeah we wouldn't want that either we wouldn't want that for our clients to have to be subjected to that we wouldn't want the neighbors to sub subjected to that so you know we
would work very hard yeah just make sure that that's addressed yes uh you know uh there so that we don't have an issue in the future I I darl I think that's uh an
excellent concern and uh while you know there there will be two you know part of the building will not be occupied by this they will have to have a dumpster there are just general you know there's you need a dumpster location and I think from the
point of view of ab buding residences you should work to locate the dumpster away from the residential areas which would be toward the CVS end of the property and the El Forno parking lot into the
property and we would we would have no problem you know surrounding it with I don't think you would have a problem either and I think that if you could locate that on the sight plan that would um allay our concerns um anyone else Bartlett Anna is
is is the building connected or will it be connected to the town sewer um that is something that um we understand the sewer is going through there um if that's an option we probably
would do that okay yeah with the sewer capacity I don't know if it is or not I didn't I just was asking if there's any plans to connect it right and just to let you know as a commercial site um it will be
required to connect once that um capacity well once the sewer is available on that line so that will be yeah we were we were aware of that was yeah we were that great
yeah so my only question um Deb um thank you for being here this evening is given the the business is pet related and and if there are um animals who are sick um will there be any sort of loud
noise that could perhaps disrupt the business next door um because we don't know what the business next door is and and whether or not compatibility of businesses um is there so that the ab budding business is is not going to is
not going to have their business impacted sure um no you know so you mean the business that's actually in the building with us or like our renter or do you mean like like the CVS and Al Forno like which businesses no well you
you you refer on the plan to adjacent tenants right okay um so no I mean you know dog sometimes I think our dogs um you know we're in an office building right now in Acton where we
have certainly neighbors um I think they could speak to the fact that we're very quiet our clients are very mindful this the nature of the clients we have they're very mindful of their pets um we minimize
stress when pets are with us we don't leave them in cages we a lot of them are older patients they're dealing with cancer um they're I mean they're sick in the sense they have cancer but they're not ailing like they're not they just are coming in
for chemotherapy treatments um so it's not a you think of a veterinary hospital I think you think of a lot of barking a lot of commotion and that's kind of not what we are I mean we're very it's a very kind of a calm environment a very settled environment I will also say our
patients have to be very very still for their treatments so some of the more excitable dogs come in on sedative so many of our patients might be sedated also so it's not a very loud Veterinary
business yeah you know we where we are currently right now we have a financial planner right across the hall from us and we have a great relationship with him and I I think um if you if you wanted you know if you if you're worried about us you know kind of being
disruptive to neighboring businesses I'm sure he would be happy to weigh in and help support the fact that we're very mindful pretty quiet um that's not to say that an occasionally a dog doesn't you know bark
or make some noise but it's not nothing ongoing and nothing disruptive all right thank you for your response so Deb I I want to reiterate the um you know the neighbor concern
about this security lights that are on the back of the building yeah thank you um I want to get back my partner actually not the issue of having lights it's that they're not night sky lighting which directs the light onto the ground
instead of into the neighbors yeah so thank you um those aren't I mean they're on our building I just noticed those the other night and I mentioned my partner who's actually sitting next to me it's Aaron romantic he's right next to me um I just mentioned them to him those are
um we didn't install those of course no they're they're from the existent you know they've always they oh yeah and I just I just actually noticed them I mean meaning like I didn't know they were there even um I was just there the other night and I did notice them and I just mentioned to Aaron I'm like wow those
lights are kind of bright I'm sure the people who live right behind it I don't know if those those if that new building behind us occupied yet they said I'm sure that they're not going to enjoy those lights so those lights can move change I I don't I I don't think you need to move them I think you just need
to change them to night sky um comp compliant lighting and it's it it's not a big issue but it should be possibly part you know with when you're doing a scope of work in the existing building just change those out and that and we'll
make that a condition um do we do we want to make the dumpster location a condition also or um yes okay uh I from what you said I'm satisfied about the noise um and I think
it would we'd be more careful if you were a boarding facility but you're not um so any other questions from the board and or any um
attendee on Zoom uh so so Jeff with what you just said there you know I think we ought to make the approve you know you mentioned about the lights in the and the dumpster I think we should make it explicit about the usage is as the Cancer Care Center
without boarding or Doggy Daycare uh because those would constitute to me a change of a significant change of use which may have additional parameters that we would want to specify that's fine now Deb what are your hours of operation
typically um currently our hours are 5:30 to excuse me 8:30 to 5:30 Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday um closed on Wednesdays those are our current hours um probably would be open on Wednesdays
once we moved but it's basic basic office hours yeah yeah no overnight care no like you said there's no boarding no overnight we don't have over night patience okay
um okay so I think um Marin how do you suggest we dispose of this uh can I get a motion that the planning board approve the site plan for 531 King
Street uh in accordance with the reference plan and with the aforementioned conditions yeah the conditions for um the security lighting the dumpster location um the and the use and the
General hours of operation right no no further than um 8:00 am to what 7:30 p.m 5: PM uh where do you I don't think we need to specify it um I mean we do have
a noise by law that specifies hours so if there's a complaint it would go under that um can I hear a second a second Daryl pardon did Daryl move Daryl move well can I hear a
motion darl will you Mo move yes I move the motion as uh as stated I'll second it all right let second uh Bartlett yes Anna yes darl yes and I'm a
yes uh Deb I'm more or less a neighbor of yours and I wish you luck oh thank you nice nice to meet all of you welcome to our town you very much thank you excited to be there okay the next item is the um
proposed zoning bylaw amendment to further restrict adult use marijuana cultivation and clarify by Odor Control requirements that was very what so Donna Brewer Town Council is is joining us as
panelist now okay so the wrinkle uh there's always a wrinkle with this issue well yes there was a wrinkle and there was a snow cancellation of a public hearing right so we are we will we will we're going forward with the
public hearing next month well if the board so votes schedu so we're here to discuss tonight whether to to bring this forward to a further public hearing that modifies um the
uh the proposed bylaw based on the concerns of the municipal law um review I guess that was what it would be um so I I don't know if you guys have had a
chance but I looked at the uh proposed bylaw it is blessedly brief uh compared to the last one we did so we done really most of the hard work in terms of bylaw um
revision do I have any uh well so let's have let's promote our counsel to give a little presentation hi hi Donna uh little presentation about uh in general which I think we're all familiar
with but specifically what the latest wrinkle was so good evening everybody it's nice to join you uh yeah I have good news about the little wrinkle so the little wrinkle was whether we could prohibit micro
businesses from being cultivators we'd allow micro businesses but that would be a a condition is that they could not be cultivators and at the first pass the municipal law unit of the Attorney General's office that reviews and approves or disapproves bylaws was
uncertain whether that was consistent with um with the general laws and I'm happy to report that on further consideration within their office they believe that it would be permitted so if that is a change that you would like to
adopt in the bylaws uh the mlu the municipal law unit will support that change so then we would be uh promoting the original draft bylaw
versus the changed one so yes so as I understand it you still want to do some prohibition yes so there still would be need to there would need to be a ballot question yes but you would not need to have on
the ballot a question about prohibiting uh cultivation among micro businesses so yes it would be the original one not the amended one okay um board
uh let's uh have comments Bartlett do you have any comments um not on the BW no I just have a question about the map but that we can deal with that later Anna I no I I kind of figured that's
what the issue was um and so knowing that the alternate version is not the one we're going to use then we're good darl yeah I I I think I lost part of the conversation there what you know I'm I'm
good with what was in the thing here about the draft which was the thing there the The Twist we don't have text that talks about the twist yeah right in terms of well we did we did have a
posted draft bylaw that addressed the twist that was prepared after the first draft bylaw is that correct and so we are now going to promote the first the original dra which is full prohibit right yeah okay that's
that because I didn't see anything that had a draft that had the that other change that you're referencing in it um okay anyway I I'm I'm I'm more on board with the way we had it for the the
whole prohibition uh piece there and not not going down the twist or turn path or whatever there I think it makes it a little bit more complicated than than it needs to be I I I read the two draft articles they they read pretty simply
and and uh cons you know concise uh there and I I think that's our best chance of moving forward if we can move forward with this um I do want to mention the town
council's letter which wants us to wrap this up at the next meeting essentially March 29th was the deadline um right the last
um potential for the select board to vote to on a ballot question is their meeting of March 24 20 and so the planning board's public hearing on March 133 um could make that
happen so okay we'll have an agenda item March 13 I think we're all up to speed and uh we'll then work with the Selectmen to get a ballot question it
it'll be up to them um so I agree on timing um the one thing that I was going to mention is can we have a backup plan for example if there's another winter storm on March 13th that delays us um
Can the meeting automatically be moved to zoom the same day just because of weather circumstances um just as a backup yes there there is a way that we can post for remote if
necessary so let's do that for the March 13th meeting yeah but then we would have to also include that in the public hearing notice which have we well that's what I mean so when we do the public hearing notice let's mention that yeah
okay correct uh thank you Donna sure no problem appreciate all your efforts um the next just um bothe to schedule the publication okay so we need to vote to schedule the public hearing for March
13th um do I have a motion move second second Bartlett yes Anna yes darl yes and I'm a yes so we'll
have that uh on do we have a time to think we can do yet I'm not sure yet okay um informal discussion blood Paine bylaw and map
update so we have a current draft of a bylaw um we do have a timeline that we would like to push this forward um we do have a lot of GIS
information which I've been s of accessing and wow uh I have a very powerful Graphics uh card and it still takes a while to load
um anyway so on the draft that we have um been are we are working with we have comments could you tell me who were the commenters okay um
so Jenny Merill tell Council Jenny Merl um asked a lot of the questions the responses were from Nadia Madden um atcr the flood plane specialist and then I added a few um comments and notes um
mine show up as the Mt okay um because I I was just curious they were yeah some of them were legalistic some of them were deep knowledge of FEMA you know Lauren history um
my inclination is to um these two commenters are much more uh knowledgeable about the issues than I am but do we have any other
comments yeah I had one I forward it to Marin there was a couple I think I'm trying to I thought I had open for the meeting tonight and I'm now fering to find that bylaw uh there there was a couple of couple of places in the text that said
the town will uh like issue orders or or something like that it was page nine such whatever in the in the email I sent there I don't think it should be the town we should specify which either board committee appointed official or whoever is the one that would do the
notif findings and notifications there uh because I don't think that town is an entity that uh it basically says anybody in town government could issue a against apparently some things the town can do and some things only FEMA
can do and but it should be it should be either the is it the planning board is it the bill board of appeals I think they spe or the board of appeals it should be specific not just the town right and and I I really appreciate that
comment because we should be more clear in the draft about um the things that the blood plane administrator can do and then those things that the Zoning for appeals can do and the followup that is
needed in both of those cases yes and then one one other question would be is since um some authorities are given to the zoning board of appeals are they reviewing the bylaw also to ensure that there's compatibility with what they feel is within their scope or concerns
about their scope um I'll I'll send it to the chair and vice chair um but it's not dissimilar from their duties now under the current bylaw it me it might just be a courtesy to to have them confirm that they they're aware of these
you know authorities being granted to them yeah thank you that that was all I had for comments yeah you're talking I think it's a lot of this is on page six and and the comment is 90% of flood plane regulations are in the State Building
Code so they recommend designating The Building Commissioner as the flood plane administrator I concur um and then there were comments about whether to make uh permits in the flood plane a
special permit or just part of the building permit um [Music] I okay I I would say that in our town I think it could be just part of a building permit we do not have Coastal
Waters we don't have um floodways um but that's my take on it so right now the way it's set up is it is an application on form to to the
Building Commissioner okay and if it meets all of the regulations outlined in the bylaw the requirements outlined in the bylaw like no impact to flood elevations Etc then um blood plan
administrator or Building Commissioner can issue that approval if however they're looking for a variance from the requirements from the regulations then they would have to apply to the zoning board of appeals and it outlines those conditions under which
the zoning board of appeals could issue a special permit there's also a section that FEMA asked to have in there that if um there's an appeal to the State Building Code um flood plane regulations
that that application has to go to um the State Building Code um right Authority so so the process would be if you are building applying for a permit or building in
a FEMA regulated area um for the most part so for the most part The Building Commissioner would deal with it and then it's only if the owner if it's denied in the owner request a variance then it would
go um the zba zba only at that point okay wow the way that you just explained it is how it should be written yeah and I I don't think it quite tells that story very well yet it's like a so but darl
the point about uh roping in the zba on this is a good one and in general I would say they're looking for work they're a little miffed that they don't have a lot of things
coming their way although this particular issue you know it yeah I'm looking at more as is just a uh you know a professional courtesy since we're referencing tasking for them sure assignments you know the
professional courtesy is to to get the No it's it's a good point there and I suspect that the two comment the two the towns I was referring to in in section D and D1 it's probably needs to be just I think we're referring to the zba uh in that case
would be the one that would be the town representative on that uh piece cuz since it's under the whole under the zba section but I don't know that so tonight we want to
um vote to bring this forward to a hearing next meeting do I have a motion well before we do that I do have a couple question sure so in in reading this there are a couple of of items so
for example under the definition uh number four which is functionally dependent use a use which cannot perform its intended purpose unless it's located or carried out in close proximity to water the term includes only docking facilities Port
facilities I'm just looking at this for brevity and thinking if we don't really have water like that should we even include it so that's just a question um yep um and we asked that question or similar question of the
um DCR of the flood planed um representative and she said that these are all FEMA definitions and they should stay as is in in the proposed bylaw I mean it covers several pages of The Proposal proposed bylaw but she
recommended that it stay in as as is thank you so then the second one that I have is actually one requesting to be defined the ter ter water course is sprinkled throughout the document the
the draft bylaw but the term water course isn't defined it's use so often I'm just wondering if we can add a definition about that so uh Marin you you have notes um you can prepare a
clean document and uh can we bring this forward can we vote to bring this forward can I have a motion to bring this forward to our March 13th hearing we move second thank you uh Bartlett yes
Anna yes darl yes and I'm yes okay um okay next um informal discussion accessory dwelling unit bylaw update we want to I'd love to give I'd love to get
your uh take on the survey that was done and then we need to plan a a timeline for hearings and bringing it for and when and if well we it's not an if but
when we bring it forward so uh does anyone have comments on the survey um I I think um my general comment is I want to separate the discussion about the Adu aspects from
the um short-term rental because I got the impression that there's not a lot we don't have a lot of short term rental so do we need to spend a lot of effort on it right now until maybe perhaps wait till it becomes more of an issue but I
have it separated from the Adu piece because adus are addressing meant to address our long-term housing issues not short-term rentals so you know when we talk about I want to talk about limitations on those but I'm not necessarily based on the survey it
doesn't seem that short-term rentals are a burning issue in the town my interpretation I I was sort of surprised at the response the number of responses uh I don't I think it did
indicate it's not a burning issue I think you are correct that it's not necessary to be part of the Adu um you know and talking about it with various people
we we do have short-term rentals in town appar apparently in a modest amount um and but from a bylaw point of view they're not allowed we have no provision for them in our
bylaws so in the future it may be and and it may not be us it may just be uh you know General Town bylaw uh that needs to be
um you know addressed I agree with you darl it doesn't need to be part of the Adu the reason why it's linked is because it's perceived that short-term rentals remove housing from the use by
you know families and in some communities it's been pretty devastating but as we've seen from the short-term rental you know the survey and uh you know the way things are working now it's not now a
pressing issue um so that said um let's talk about the pushing forward on an Adu byon Marin can I get a
um a deter or your opinion on whether this is a Maytown meeting or a fall town meeting um thank you for asking um at the moment we're still waiting for um the state's model bylaw they don't have one yet um we know that there are
portions of our accessory apartment bylaw um small portions that are we can't enforce because it's um units would be by right instead of requiring a special permit um but that's not a hard work around to deal with on on the short
term um I would recommend that since we don't have a draft ready to go now that we have take the time to have a thoughtful discussion and do this for next year okay we we're we're not uh
compelled by the state to done and I would view that if the state can't give give us guidance I don't know how they could enforce it okay um you know um right um hlc has has noted that the state is not going to
be doing any enforcement um the enforcement piece is on our end um zoning enforcement side of it um so we can continue to enforce our current zoning regarding adus without State
interference until well without H having to require a special permit it's by right not by special permit okay but what about the owner occupy um you can't enforce that okay so in
general the States you know regime is you know it's existing it's just not codified in our bylaw correct it's right the it's not going to end up a lot my guess is it's not going to end up a lot different the local zoning bylaw is not going to end up a lot different but
we'll need some changes to well the the the changes are big the lack of the the not owner he is a big thing and uh you know the other thing that we have um sort of preview over size which
presently our size is larger than the state in the state's minimum um so you know you say not it's all point I mean I guess I
guess if we had a model byla we could look at we could push this for but we don't so um So based off what you said it sounds like spring 2026 then what I I I think we need to be um a
little flexible in the sense that if and from my point of view this could happen if there is a flurry of applications for essentially two family homes in Littleton uh it might get
people um interest interested in you know having a solid bylaw um so that's all I I would say the flexibility I'd look for is is if the state did come out you know I would say it's we we're not realistic even if it came out tomorrow to make Springtown
meeting right if it came out soon we might be able to make fall town meeting uh you know uh type of thing there that that I would just be thinking that kind of flexibility which town meeting would we schedule it based on when the guidance that's saying let's be flexible and consider fall town meeting
if we need to um so one of the board business things that I didn't highlight was the cptc citizen training um the big uh Extravaganza at
Holy Cross in a couple weeks and they do have a uh and I was thinking of attending just for the Adu the state Adu um they're going to have a person from hlc there but if they don't have a model
bylaw by then I think it's sort of a waste of time I I'm um but I would I would encourage you all to look at you know today um uh it's very well-run maren is
apparently on the board of it um I've attended them before um and uh first of all it's pretty exciting because it's all people like us people who aren't professionals that are on Town boards and uh looking
at at you know very um basic things so so look that over um I I probably will sign up for the Adu I mean you sign up for the whole day but
and there's reimbursement if you want to be reimbursed um and actually we can um now do it the other way if you sign up you can check off this thing that says we will send a check later and just send me um your uh registration and the town
can cut a check for it um so my plug for it out at Holy Cross the food is usually pretty good um and uh the town does receive um a small discount on our um
insurance if a board is you know a lot of board members attend um training and this cptc training does qualify for that yeah yeah I mean they're clearly you know the the breakouts are some of them don't apply to us some of them are mainly for board of appeals or some you
know conservation or whatever but there are some that apply to us this year the Adu is one of those so I plan on going I just haven't done the application I haven't either but um I I I would uh you know it would be great to
see some are all of you there um item number six planning department updates maren you're on okay um so I I had written all the
updates um on the agenda cover page um for um this item um let's see running to highlight the $120,000 um housing work or not the
yes housing Grant that was awarded um the affordable housing trust is working with elder and Human Services and the um building department um to get that off the ground it's a small grant program for homeowners um to help with critical
repairs and um um aging aging Community um and um applicants households will be um income qualified um through EHS and there's process outlined and we're already um
AHS is already seeing interest in in applications very excited about that um the next round of community One-Stop grants has opened um and so I'm doing research on um if there are any Community initiatives that we've talked
about that match any of the grant programs um so that application deadline is June 4th so I get to spend quality time on that probably this spring uh we got an update official update from hlc that our subsidized
housing inventory now includes the two units at heger Homestead uh peerreview contract to select board did vote um for the new three-year peer review contract from Green
International um and budget process FY 26 budget process is underway um it looks like um we have requested funding and so far includes funding for the um existing staff levels Staffing levels
for for planning all all good um prior that brings us to the end of our agenda prior to adjournment is there are there anyone any more comments that people would like to
make and if not uh I'll entertain a motion to adjourn so moved second Bartlett yes Anna yes Daryl yes
I'm a yes and I want to extend my total apologies for my Miss on joining the zoom meeting um in the future this is really convenient for me there you go thank you for the suggestion an that
was really good