Marlow Planning Board -- April 8, 2008 Unapproved minutes of meeting

Present: 

Joe Feuer (Chairman), Bob Allen, Lyle Handy, Sr., Bonnie Hazelton, and Michael Puschaver

The meeting was called to order at 7:06. The minutes from March 12, 2008 were read and unanimously approved as typed.

Communications Directed to the Board:

None

Reports from Committees/Officials:

• Mr. Allen reiterated that the Selectmen would like to work with the Marlow Planning Board in developing the amendments to the zoning ordinances -- which would (1) increase the building permit fee or allow the Selectmen to determine the fee, and (2) change the requirement for a building permit, from a dollar amount to a square footage amount.

• Mr. Allen reported that the Selectmen intend to appoint a new building inspector, who will also be encouraged to become a member of the Planning Board.

Unfinished Business:

None

Other Business:

• Mr. Feuer presented information regarding other town’s building permit fees and requirements. He gathered information from towns similar in size to Marlow:

• Gilsum - Permit costs are based on square footage (15cents/sq ft for residential, 30 cents/sq ft for commercial

• Sullivan - No building inspector / Permits cost $25, and no permit is required for any project under 700 square feet

• Acworth - No building inspector / Permits cost $20

• Langdon - Building inspector is paid $1,000/year / Permit costs are based on what is being built (i.e. 1-story home $125, 2-story home $175, porch or deck $25, etc.)

• Misha Golfman from Kroka Expeditions was present to discuss what Kroka had accomplished this past year and what they hoped to do in the year ahead. He invited the Planning Board to attend the open house on June 8. And he discussed plans to put in an access road in this spring (he has met with appropriate state officials) and build a permanent structure for a faculty home on the property. His ultimate goal is to provide permanent housing for other faculty members who want to live on “campus” year-round. The Planning Board offered the options of either presenting the plan to the Zoning Board of Adjustment or subdividing the property 

• Linda Fuerderer was present on behalf of the Marlow Conservation Commission in order to obtain the Planning Board’s support in applying for a grant of up to $20,000 from the Dept. of Housing and Conservation. The Grant, if funded, would allow Marlow’s Conservation Commission to develop a Natural Resource Inventory. Since the same inventory could be used in updating Marlow’s Master Plan and since the Commission has already received support from the Historical Society, the Selectmen, Southwest Regional Planning Commission, UNH, and others, the Marlow Planning Board voted unanimously to support them in their efforts to obtain the grant. Mr. Feuer was given the go ahead to put that support in writing.

• Mr. Handy requested a Voluntary Lot Merger Form on behalf of Linda Trudelle who wishes to merge two abutting properties into one.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:10 p.m.

The next regular meeting of the Marlow Planning Board will be on Tuesday, May 13, at 7:00 p.m.

Submitted by 
Bonnie Hazelton