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Colrain, MA 01340
413-624-3454
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Planning Board Meeting

Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 6:00 pm until 11:45 pm
Outside Town Hall - 55 Main Road
A meeting of the Planning Board

Meeting of Planning Board

Members: (Quorum)

  • Present: Sara Wik, Member, at 6:00 PM
  • Present: Robert Slowinski, Chair, at 6:00 PM
  • Present: Loren Feinstein, Secretary, at 6:00 PM
  • Present: Gregory Olchowski, Member, at 6:00 PM
  • Present: Marybeth Chichester, Member, at 6:00 PM

Also Present:

  • Alice Wozniak of Colrain Assessor's Office.
  • Colrain ZBA members.
  • Mr. Parisi of Parisi Law Associates PC.
  • Jack Golden of Lyden

See original Agenda Final Minutes

Meeting opened: 6:20 PM

Meeting closed: 7:28 PM

  1. Meeting Preliminaries

    • Meeting Opened / Attendance Taken (see above).

    • Minutes Approved: Wed, Sep 2 - Planning Board Meeting

  2. Public Hearing - Vertex Tower Assets, LLC.

    • 6:00PM: Special Permit-Planning Board - Vertex Tower Assets, LLC Application

      MOTION, moved by Robert Slowinski, seconded by Loren Feinstein: To continue this discussion and vote until the planning meeting at 6pm on December 2nd, 2020.

      Pass: Aye: Marybeth Chichester, Robert Slowinski, Gregory Olchowski, Sara Wik, Loren Feinstein.

      1. request_for_continuance_pb_rev_0.pdf - Request for Continuance from original scheduled hearing.
      2. Colrain_ZAP_complete.pdf - Application Packet
  3. New Business

    • 6:30PM: ADU - Accessory Dwelling Unit - Presentation/Discussion - From Regional Planning Board brought to us by Marybeth.

      MOTION, moved by Robert Slowinski, seconded by Loren Feinstein: To table the presentation and discussion on the ADU to the next Planning Board meeting on November 4th, 2020.

      Pass: Aye: Marybeth Chichester, Robert Slowinski, Gregory Olchowski, Sara Wik, Loren Feinstein.

      1. ADUs_Presentation_09-24-20.ppt - Powerpoint
      2. Greenfields_ADU_Ordinance.pdf - Greenfield ADU Information
    • 7:20: ANR Sandra and Stanley Skura - ANR for review for the property owned by Sandra and Stanley Skura.

      General Discussion...
      Approval was deemed not to be required, so the ANR was approved.

  4. Meeting Wrap-up

    • Next Meetings:
      1. Wed, Dec 2, at 6:00 PM "Planning Board Meeting" -- Outside Town Hall - 55 Main Road
      2. Wed, Jan 6, at 6:00 PM "Planning Board Meeting" -- Outside Town Hall - 55 Main Road
      3. Wed, Feb 3, at 6:00 PM "Planning Board Meeting" -- Outside Town Hall - 55 Main Road
      4. Wed, Mar 3, at 6:00 PM "Planning Board Meeting" -- Outside Town Hall - 55 Main Road
      5. Wed, May 5, at 6:00 PM "Planning Board Meeting " -- Outside Town Hall - 55 Main Road

The listing of matters is those reasonably anticipated by the Chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.

Minutes prepared by Planning Board Secretary

Minutes approved on Wednesday, Dec 2, 2020

Posted to: Planning Board.

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Colrain, MA 01340
413-624-3454
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