EDC meeting 2/2/09 8:00pm
Bob Nicodemus
Walter Byron
Greg Mirliss – left at 9pm.
Mark Nelson
Lori Scholl
Meeting opened with all committee members present.
- Mr.Nicodemus spoke with David Lutes from the CC and gave him a brief EDCpresentation on 1/22. Mr. Lutes receptive but stated the CC will not bereceptive to any changes to Town Pond and storm water treatment for businessdevelopment. Butch Vito to go to CC to find out what it is they will look for in the terms of information. DPW to make presentation to ZB and CC. B1expansion heading in the right direction. One more study needs to be done but looking for funding.
Mr.Nicodemus also said Norfolk’s Infrastructure projects have all been submittedto the Mass Governors’ office.
- Mr. Byron reviewed EDC Town Meeting doc, additional changes were agreed to. A new draftwill be sent out.
-Mr. Mirliss asked if meeting minutes for all land use boards were posted to theNorfolk website. Mr. Nelson further asked if a by law could be implemented. Ms Scholl to inquire about the posting of meeting notes and their timeliness.Since most boards meet once a month, minutes are a month behind due to theprocess of minute agreement by the boards and committees.
- 43D Funding – Town Administrator is waiting for Mass Developmentto release funds. Mr. Nicodemus stated the funds might be released by spring.
Mr. Byron discussed the review of the Permit ExpeditingProcess and make sure all boards are represented in the guide. He also revieweda reference for Best Practice Model for Stream Lined Local Permitting on astate website Mass.gov/mpro. It assists in developing a guide for bestpractices for processing 43D projects.
Mr. Nelson sent a note to the MBC (Mass Biotechnology Council) requesting information concerning the marketing of property to the Biotech community. He received a response from Peter Abair, Director of Economic Development for the MBC, briefly describing their search for Bio-ready Communities through a campaign providing municipalities with a guide to better position themselves as biotech destinations. Mr. Nelson asked what the status was on the Caritas property on 1A. Mr. Nicodemus brought Nr Nelson up to date on the history and current status of the property to include zoning, property contamination, water and wastewater possibilities. Mr. Nelson asked what the process of changing the zoning status of the Southwood property to better position it as a Bio-ready site. Mr. Nicodemus explained town process for zoning
changes. Mr. Nicodemus further explained that the Town Administrator and the Building Commissioner are in contact with the owners of Southwood. Mr. Nelson stated he would discuss further with MBC.
- Preparation of Town Meeting
For town meeting warrant to expand B1 district to include 43D development and expandcommittee to 7 members. Need to be prepared to start development process.
-Agendas –Ms Scholl asked if agendas should be posted to website? All agreed it would notbe necessary since the minutes are posted. Must have posting approval from PBand BoS.
New Business
Mr.Nelson had asked if it would be possible to post available sites for development on the web? Ms Scholl and Mr. Byron described a State website that we could possibly add properties ready for development.
Adjourned 9:30pm
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