MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING of THE CORNWALL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HELD ON Tuesday November 14, 2006.

A Regular Meeting of the Cornwall Planning and Zoning Commission was held at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, November 14, 2006, in the Cornwall Town Hall. Present were: commission members Lynn Cheney, David Colbert, Chris Hopkins, Anne Kosciusko, Richard Lynn, Patrick Hare, Emilie Pryor James LaPorta and Land Use Administrator Karl Nilsen and Land Use Clerk Tara O’Neill.

Anne Kosciusko opened the meeting at 7:30 p.m. Chris Hopkins joined the meeting at 7:40 p.m.

A motion was made to add parcel maps and the latest update on the Cornwall Survey to the agenda.

OLD BUSINESS

RFQ Discussion- Annie presented a ranking form for the two R-F-Q Applicants. A general discussion of the pro’s and cons for each applicant took place. The discussion included the idea of getting feedback from the town’s commissions and volunteer groups regarding the formation of the master plan and the role that each commission or group would wish to take. There was a discussion regarding the schedule for the interview for the RFQ Applicants. A date of the first or second Saturday in December was decided. It was stated that a notice for a special meeting be posted at least 24 hours ahead of the meeting date. Annie will e-mail the applicants of the possible dates for the interview. A list of questions will be finalized by the next November P & Z Meeting. A motion was passed and seconded for December 9 as the preferred date for the interview with December 2 as a back-up date. The vote was unanimous.

Signage Violations

Karl Nilsen handed out photos that were taken of existing signage violations and asked the commission to review the photos and advise as to what course of action they wished to take. He then explained the various types of enforcement methods and a discussion continued on preferred types of correspondence. Rick asked about the possibility of requesting that the Conn Dept of Transportation deal with the removal of the sandwich signs that are in the state right- of- way. Annie said she would draft a nice explanation letter and e-mail the letter to everyone. A motion was passed to send such a letter.

Cornwall Build out Maps

Rick updated the commission on the map development and mentioned the bill from HVA. Smaller sized maps would be copied for commission members and the larger maps would be laminated.

Cornwall Land Use Survey

Emilie gave an update on the Land Use Survey and stated that 31 surveys had been returned. She stated that there appeared to be consensus on the following items as high priority items:

Ridgelines, Cream Hill Roads, open space plans and better access to farm produce trails and maps.

Zoning Regulations Document

A motion was passed and seconded to add this item to the agenda. The vote was unanimous. There was a brief discussion and a motion was passed and seconded that the document would be printed up when proofreading is finished. The vote was unanimous.

COMMUNICATIONS

correspondence

Annie read a letter from Mr. Hummel to the commission.

Karl Nilsen announced his resignation of his position.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned at 9:05 p.m.

Tara O’Neill, Land Use Clerk