Town of Cumberland, Maine - August 16, 2005 Planning Board Minutes

Mr. Hunt called the meeting to order as his last act as Chairman. They will be moving to New Gloucester; but before turning the Chair over to Tom Powers, the Vice-Chair, Mr. Hunt expressed his gratitude for the chance to serve this community along with the many hard working people who have dedicated their time and effort on the many boards and committees that make the Town of Cumberland the fine place that it is. It has been a great pleasure to serve with the current and past Board members. Mr. Hunt thanked the many people who support the Planning Board by attending the meetings. In his tenure of twenty years, Mr. Hunt stated it has been a pleasure to serve on the many various committees. Mr. Hunt also thanked the Planning and Town staff and also the Town Council. Mr. Hunt concluded by expressing his personal thanks to the Town of Cumberland for approaching community development projects in a constructive and respectful manner and allowing these matters to be handled by consensus, cooperation and a constructive attitude. He enjoyed working on the Cumberland Meadows and Small's Brooks projects. He has great admiration for the Town for developing open space and recreation projects; including the Twin Brook Recreation area and the efforts in West Cumberland for the multi-purpose fields. Mr. Hunt wished the Town and Board every success for future development. Tom Powers will take over and fill his position and Mark Robinson will fill the vacant position. It has been his pleasure to serve the community.

Mr. Powers stated it will be easy to fill Mr. Hunt"s chair, but it will be more difficult to fill his shoes. He will not attempt to do that; Mr. Hunt` has spent an extraordinary amount of time serving this community. It has been his pleasure to serve with him for the past dozen years. Weve all benefited from the service of Mr. Hunt; all hearings were open; anyone who would want to be heard was able to do so under his tenure. He thanked him for his years of service.

Mr. Bill Stiles, Chair of the Town Council, also extended his thanks on behalf of the Town Council and community. Mr. Hunt was presented with a chair as a token of thanks for his dedicated service to the Town of Cumberland.

C. Approval of Minutes of June 21, 2005

Ms. Howe moved to approve the minutes with minor technical corrections.

Mr. Ward seconded. VOTE: Unanimous

D. Hearings and Presentations:

F. Administrative Matters

1. Election of Board Officers

Mr. Couillard nominated Mr. Bill Ward as Vice Chair.

Mr. Richards seconded.

VOTE: 6 in favor 1 abstain (Robinson)

2. Drowne Road Parcel - Site Walk Ms. Nixon stated there will be a Council Site Walk on September 12, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. at the Drowne Road parcel regarding the proposed village center.

3. Updated Zoning Ordinances  Updated Zoning Ordinances have been placed in the notebooks.

4. Policy Process  Ms. Nixon asked the Board to consider changing the Ordinance to require Sketch Plan for minor subdivisions.

G. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 p.m.

A TRUE COPY ATTEST:

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Thomas E. Powers, Board Chair Pam Bosarge, Board Clerk

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