Attendees: Michael Castiglione, Jeff Collins, David Menzies,
Laura Ricci, Ed Sanders, Conor Wenk
Absent: None
Guests: None
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Open the Meeting
The meeting began at 5:35 pm.
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Adopting the Agenda
David made a motion to adopt the
Agenda, Ed seconded. Motion passed.
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Approve Minutes from 3/9/20
Jeff made a motion to approve the
minutes, David seconded. Motion passed.
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We discussed meeting times and agreed to meet at
6:30 PM in the future. Our meetings will continue on the second and forth
Monday of each month.
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We discussed Zoom as our meeting place.
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Ashley noted that the town paid for Zoom for a
year, so Zoom is available to us through February, 2021, or so. Committee
members prefer Zoom for now. We will plan to Zoom at least through September,
2020, and will likely Zoom beyond that.
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Ashley also noted that our Zoom meetings are
recorded and will send Laura utube links.
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Jeff will see how to get his copy of the audio
from our March 9, 2020 meeting with Gerry Washington and Gabor Funk to Laura to
add to the ZRC records.
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Item 12 Telecommunications: We discussed David
and Ed’s work on the Telecommunications Zoning revision language. Fiber optic
cabling and not 5G is what is needed in Woodstock. David was able to reference
8 ordinances. Ed has been pulling current Woodstock Zoning Law language. Their
goal is language that discourages antennas and 5G, and encourages expanded
coverage and non-5G options. They are working on a proposal for revised zoning
language, expecting to bring their proposal to a Zoning Revision Committee
meeting in August, acknowledging that legal review will be needed.
Additional Telecommunications
thoughts and questions:
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How to bring Internet to more of Woodstock? We
want Woodstock to be friendly to remote workers, plus want safety for remote
Woodstock residents.
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Is the town buying back its poles? If we own the
poles can we use them for Internet?
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Is there a chance of burying cables? Can we run
them through the sewers?
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Does the town own its own tower? Can we bargain
with the tower owner? May be a public utility question more than a zoning
question.
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Should we be making fiber / copper wire
conversions?
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Information on Item 3 Natural Resources is
needed before we can address Item 1 Hamlet Area, which includes a review of the
Planning
Board's draft Neighborhood Commercial (NC)/Light Industrial (LI) changes. Ed
will invite Ken to attend a July ZRC meeting.
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Conor recommended that the next steps for Item
4 Scenic Overlay would be to invite David Laks to a ZRC meeting to present
Drone ideas. Then Conor will write up proposed zoning law changes, review them
with Ed, and then review them with the ZRC.
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Regarding Item 5, Jeff noted that a cost of
solar energy to Woodstock would be the loss of trees, and a cost of wind energy
to Woodstock would be the visual impact.
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Topics for our next meeting – 6/22/20
Kirk
Ritchey plans to join our 6/22/20 meeting to discuss Housing. Laura will be
sure Susan Goldman is also invited.
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Future meeting plans:
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July: Invite Ken Panza as a Subject Matter
Expert on Item 3 Natural Resources.
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July: Invite David Laks to discuss Drone
Photography for Item 4 Scenic Overlay.
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August: Discuss Ed and David’s proposed
Telecommunications Zoning changes.
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TBD: For Item 1 Hamlet Area, work session to
review the Planning Board’s proposed Neighborhood Commercial (NC) / Light
Industrial (LI) changes to the zoning law. Please reference the proposed law
that Laura sent on Feb 10, 2020. Please
let Laura know if you would like hard copies of this document.
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Further review the Zoning Revision Committee
Action Plan document to continue determining next steps for remaining items.
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Adjourn
Conor made a motion to adjourn the
meeting. Michael seconded. Motion passed. The meeting adjourned at approximately
6:30 pm.
