If you are the sort to attend the Selectboard meeting in person at the Municipal Center or watch it from home on BCTV, at Tuesday's meeting you will find out more about the design for our new Waste Water Treatment Plant upgrade, the formation of a Town Charter Commission to review and suggest changes, the new zoning for District #7 (the proposed "Place for Trucks To Stop" district), bidding on the Boyd Lot, further discussion of Robert's Rules for Small Assemblies, and more.
The agenda and notes are below:
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BRATTLEBORO SELECTBOARD
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2007, 6:15PM
AGENDA
1. Convene Meeting
2. Confirm meeting officially warned
3. CHAIR’S REMARKS
4. MANAGER’S COMMENTS
5. SELECTBOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS
6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Board of Water & Sewer Commissioners
7. Recess to Water & Sewer Commissioners
A. Waste Water Treatment Plant Upgrade - DuBois and King will present the final product of the initial design
B. Other Business
C. Adjourn
8. INTERNAL BUSINESS
A. Charter Commission – Discuss Representation of Commission.
B. Roberts Rules for Small Assemblies – Continued Discussion
C. Public Hearing – Proposed Amendments to Zoning Ordinance Establishing a new zoning district in the new North End (District #7)
D. Boyd Lot – Authorize Invitation to Bid
9. OLD/OTHER BUSINESS
10. NEW BUSINESS
11. CORRESPONDENCE
A. VELCO, Re: Southern Loop Transmission Upgrade Project update, 8/24/07
12. MEETINGS
Development Review Board
Wednesday, September 5, 7pm
Selectboard Meeting Room
Human Service Committee
Thursday, September 6, 5:30-6:30pm
Hanna Cosman Room
Brattleboro Selectboard
Monday, September 10, 8:30am
Selectboard Meeting Room
Planning Commission
Monday, September 10, 6pm
Selectboard Meeting Room
13. ADJOURNMENT
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The following will summarize those items on the Agenda for the Tuesday, September 4, 2007 Selectboard Meeting.
7A. Waste Water Treatment Plant Upgrade - DuBois and King will present the final preliminary engineering report. As the Board is aware, DuBois and King Engineering was hired almost three years ago to produce the initial design for the Waste Water Treatment Plant Upgrade. The last comprehensive review and upgrade of the plant occurred in 1984. Last week the Board received the comprehensive document for their review. Steven Mackenzie, Senior Vice-President of DuBois and King will be at the meeting to further explain the document and take any questions from the Board and public. The next step of this process is to request proposals for a firm to do the final engineering design. The crafting of the RFP has begun. At this time no action is required of the Board.
Requested Action: None
8A. Charter Commission – Discuss Representation of Commission. This item was tabled from the August 21st meeting. Boardmembers are asked to discuss how they would like to see the Commission represented. Information on prior Charter Commissions and letters from interested citizens were included in your packet for review.
Requested Action:
8B. Robert’s Rules for Small Assemblies. The Board will continue its discussion of changing the current Rules of Conduct. Currently, the Rules specify that Robert’s Rules of Order will be utilized when procedures are not set forth in the Rules of Conduct. As discussed at previous meetings, Robert’s Rules for Small Assemblies are not nearly as formal as Robert’s Rules. Currently, the Board utilizes a “hybrid” of Robert’s Rules and Roberts Rules for Small Assemblies. For instance the Rules of Conduct do not “set forth” that the Chair can vote and that persons wishing to speak do not need to stand. But the Board operates in this manner and does not follow Robert’s Rules. As stated earlier, it would be staff’s recommendation that if the Board chooses to utilize Robert’s Rules for Small Assemblies, that the Rules of Conduct be changed to include the requirement of formal motions and seconds to those motions. If the Board chooses to stay with Robert’s Rules of Order, it should add the stipulation that the Chair has a vote. More information was included in your packet of August 21 – and remains on the Town website under supporting documents for August 21.
Requested Action:
8C. Public Hearing – Proposed Amendments to Zoning Ordinance Establishing a new zoning district in the new North End (District #7). On April 3, the Board held a public hearing on the proposed North End district #7. At that meeting the Board voted to send the zoning ordinance back to the Planning Commission. Since April additional meetings and hearings have been held and many changes incorporated into the district.
District 7 is an 18-acre area that is located on the northwesterly end of the Putney Road Master Plan study just south of the roundabout. The plan is that this area will be “low density commercial” with no residences. The most debated aspect of District 7 has been the allowance of automobile service stations providing no more than 8 spaces to park tractor-trailers. The Board will hold a public hearing and then vote on the ordinance. Board members may wish to bring with them the zoning definition sheets that were included in the August 21st packets.
Requested Action: To adopt the Proposed Amendments to the Brattleboro Zoning Ordinance establishing the North End District Seven zoning district as well as amendments incidental to establishing this district.
8D. Boyd Lot – Authorize Invitation to Bid. At March Representation Town Meeting this year, approval was given for the sale of the “Boyd Wood Lot” off Halladay Brook Road in West Brattleboro. The Invitation to Bid on that 15+/- acre property is before the Board for authorization. The invitation asks for bids to be submitted no later than 2pm on October 19, 2007.
Requested Action: To authorize the Invitation to Bid on the Boyd Lot as presented with sealed bids to be received until 2pm on October 19, 2007.