Attendees: Jeff Collins, David Menzies, Laura Ricci, Ed
Sanders, Conor Wenk
Absent: Michael Castiglione
Guests: Woodstock Housing Committee Members: Kirk Ritchey,
Susan Goldman, Urana Kinlin,
Deborah Dewan
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Open the Meeting
The meeting began at 5:35 pm.
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Adopting the Agenda
Conor made a motion to adopt the
Agenda, Jeff seconded. Motion passed.
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Approve Minutes from 6/8/20
Laura made a motion to approve the
minutes, Conor seconded. Motion passed.
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We discussed Steve Romine’s planned presentation
from lawyer Andrew Campanelli, where Andrew plans to share his view of actions
towns and municipalities can take to protect themselves from unwanted and
harmful technologies such as 5G. Conor and Laura both plan to attend. Ed has
time constraints and is unlikely to be able to attend.
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Our Woodstock Housing Committee guests Kirk
Ritchey and Susan Goldman presented their Housing findings as they relate to
Woodstock Zoning Law.
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The Housing Committee meets once a month, the
fourth Wednesday of the month, 5:00-6:30 pm.
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Kirk and Susan reviewed with us Woodstock’s housing
issues, goals, and ideas. Please reference the documents Laura sent to the
Zoning Revision Committee in a 7/13/20 email, subject: Fwd: Housing Committee
Documents / 3 attachments.
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The Zoning Revision Committee and the Housing
Committee plan to create a Subcommittee to meet to address Housing in the
Woodstock Zoning Law. Subcommittee members from the Zoning Revision Committee
are Conor Wenk, Jeff Collins and Laura Ricci. Subcommittee members from the
Housing Committee are expected to be Susan Goldman, Deborah Dewan, and Urana
Kinlin. Those names will be confirmed by the Housing Committee.
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Topics for our next meeting – 7/27/20
David
Laks plans to join our 7/27/20 meeting to discuss drones and how they may help
Woodstock Zoning Law compliance.
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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. Ed will invite Ken.
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July: Invite David Laks to discuss Drone
Photography for Item 4 Scenic Overlay. Conor will invite David.
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August: Discuss Ed and David’s proposed
Telecommunications Zoning Law changes. Ed noted there are many Zoning Law pages
related to Telecommunications and did not commit a date that he and David will
complete their proposed zoning law language.
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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. Ed seconded. Motion passed. The meeting adjourned at approximately 7:55
pm.
