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71-1 Joint Meeting Board of Selectmen and Planning Board January 5, 2017 A joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen and Planning Board was held on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in Estabrook Hall of the Cary Memorial Building, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue. Board of Selectmen (BOS) S. Barry, Chairman; Mr. Kelley; Mr. Cohen; Mr. Pato Ms. Ciccolo (early departure); were present along with Mr. Valente, Town Manager (late arrival); Ms. Kowalski, Assistant Town Manager for Development; and Ms. Siebert, Recording Secretary. Also present were Planning staff, Mr. Henry, Planning Director; Mr. Kucharsky, Assistant Planning Director; and David Fields, Planner. Planning Board (PB) members Mr. Dunn; Mr. Canale, Chair; Ms. Corcoran-Ronchetti; Mr. Hornig; and Ms. Johnson. Ms. Barry called the Selectmen’s meeting to order at 7:06 p.m. and introduced the Board members. Mr. Dunn called the recessed Planning Board meeting back to order from a recess at 7:07 p.m. Ms. Barry welcomed the audience but noted there would be no public comment this evening as it was a working meeting. Ms. Barry noted that Mr. Dunn has decided not to run for re-election and has stepped down as Chair of the Planning Board. Mr. Canale is now Chair of the Planning Board. Procedure for Meeting Minutes Ms. Barry explained that the BOS Recording Secretary will be taking the minutes for the Selectmen. Draft copies of those minutes will be shared with the Planning Board for review, prior to approval by the Board of Selectmen. Anticipated Planning Board Articles for 2017 Annual Town Meeting Mr. Canale gave an overview of the five zoning bylaw articles and four general bylaw articles the Planning Board intends to bring forward at the 2017 ATM which he hopes will be ready for Town Meeting. Additionally, there are two citizen articles, one that requests zoning changes at Brookhaven. The final article that Planning will speak about at Town Meeting is the $302,000 request for funding to update the Comprehensive Plan. On January 18, 2017 there will be an open forum for the community at Battin Hall in the Cary Memorial Building at which Planning will present the articles in advance of the February public hearing. Mr. Canale added that last year, a general bylaw was approved to create neighborhood conservation districts (NCDs). The Historical Commission set up two study committees, one for the Turning Mill district and another for the Byron- Lockwood-Mass. Ave. district. On January 17, 2017, there will be a decision at a joint meeting of the Planning Board and the Historic District Commission that will decide whether a vote on the Turning Mill NCD should be taken at this Town Meeting. If so, a separate public hearing will take place for this article.