PLANNING
COMMISSION
P.O. BOX 308
Thursday, March 24,
2005
7:00 p.m. Town
Hall
I.
PUBLIC HEARING
a.
Continuation of Resubdivision Application #383: 8-Lots, Stafford and Rocky Dundee Roads,
GCS Development
The public
hearing reconvened at 7:08 pm.
Patrice Carson read the legal notice.
George Schoeber
stated that he believed he had met all of the requirements by staff. He had received the Town Engineer’s
latest correspondence and each of the items noted on it can easily be taken care
of. Commission Members were also
given a copy of Mr. Strauss’ letter for review and
comments.
Mike Tarbell has
reviewed the detention basin details with Mr. Strauss and has received his
approval. They spoke with Merv
Stauss this afternoon regarding the easement on the driveway on Lot 6. The Town Engineer has asked that the
drainage easement should not be over the driveway in order to provide a “cleaner
transaction”.
The open space
requirement has been meet. Mrs.
Carson still needs a copy of the 2 deeds for areas along the road frontages so
they can be submitted to the Town Attorney.
Mr. Schoeber
thanked the Planning Commission, Town Planner Patrice Carson and Town Engineer
Merv Strauss for their help and cooperation during the application process. He stated that it had been a pleasure to
work with the Town of Somers.
There were no
further comments by the audience and no further questions by the
Commission. A motion was made by
Brad Pellissier, seconded by Georgeanne Kuzman and unanimously voted to close
the public hearing at 7:18 pm.
II.
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Karl
Walton called the meeting to order at 7:23 pm. Members Brad Pellessier and Karl Walton,
and Alternates Greg Genlot (seated for Cliff Bordeaux), Georgeanne Kuzman
(seated for Mike Collins), were present and constituted a quorum. Town Planner Patrice Carson and Town
Engineer Mervyn Strauss were also present.
a.
Discussion/Possible Decision: Resubdivision Application #383: 8-Lots, Stafford and Rocky Dundee Roads,
GCS Development
Greg Genlot
asked if the applicant met all of the Subdivision Regulations and had satisfied
all the planning staff’s requirements.
Mrs. Carson replied “yes” to both questions.
A motion was
made by Greg Genlot, seconded by Brad Pellessier and unanimously voted to
approve GCS Land Development Corp.’s 9-lot resubdivision, application #383, in
accordance with the plans known as “Greystone Farm Estates”, Rocky Dundee Road
& Stafford Road, Somers, Connecticut”, dated: 11-29-04, 2-21-05, 3-09-05,
Revised: through 03/16/2005, 15
sheets, which is conditional on the following:
1.
The applicant has met the open space requirement by deeding 10% of the
land in the subdivision to the Town of Somers under the Town Subdivision
Regulations and State Statutes.
2.
All appropriate seals and signatures of the design professionals and Soil
Scientist for this plan shall be on the plans.
3.
The signatures of the Town Engineer and Town Sanitarian shall be on the
plans signifying their approval of the plans in accordance with Section 213-19
of the Subdivision Regulations.
4.
A bond for road, utility and site improvements in the amount of
$27,568.00 acceptable to the Planning Commission and Town Engineer and in a form
acceptable to the Town Attorney shall be filed with the Planning Office as
required by Section 213-54 prior to the commencement of any construction,
including construction of any public improvements. Applicant shall also submit a revised
copy of the bond estimate.
5.
The Inland Wetlands and Watercourses statement from Section 213-27 of the
Subdivision Regulations shall be on the plans, preferably near the Soil
Scientist’s signature, and shall be affixed to all subsequent plans for these
lots.
6.
In accordance with Section 213-46, the developer shall install
streetlighting as required and approved by the Selectmen.
7.
Amend the drainage easement on Lot #6 to remove the 40 X 30-foot tab of
land that covers the driveway and culvert area, but leaving the access at the
bar way.
8.
The drainage easement language for the 5 culverts on Rocky Dundee Road
shall be amended to read: “Drainage
easement for maintenance, repair and replacement of the culvert(s) in favor of
the Town of Somers. Each side of
the easement(s) shall be 15 feet off of and parallel to the projection of the
centerline of the existing culvert(s) onto the subject lot. The easement shall extend from the
street line to the southerly limits of the 25-foot conservation
easement.”
9.
The drainage swale detail shall be amended to show the rip rap being
placed on filter fabric over a suitable compacted
sub-base.
10.
A detail of the detention basin outlet weir shall be shown on the
plans.
11.
Two deeds shall be provided to the town as follows:
A Warrantee Deed to the Town of Somers for the small strip of property
frontage along lots 6, 7, and 8 on Stafford Road as shown on sheets 6, 7 and 7b
of 15.
A Quit Claim Deed to the Town of Somers for the strip of land between the
road pavement and the street line established by the subdivision plans running
along the entire frontage of the property on Stafford Road and Rocky Dundee
Road.
12.
A note shall be added to the plans, “The culverts under the driveways for
lots 6, 7, 8, and 9 shall be the sole responsibility of the property
owners.”
13.
The Commission waives the requirement in Section 213-22.C. of the
Subdivision Regulations which requires, where practicable lot lines to be either
at right angles or radial to street lines.
The Planning Commission finds with these
conditions the plan meets the requirements of the Somers Subdivision
Regulations.
b.
Other
Chairman Karl
Walton presented pins to members present.
He had accepted them in the members’ honor while attending the dinner for
volunteers in December.
IV. NEW
BUSINESS
a.
Other
No new business
was presented.
Discussion on
this item was deferred to the next meeting. It was noted that further information on
a Design Review Board will be needed from the Board of Selectmen before a
fruitful discussion can be started regarding the Somerville Village
District.
Mrs. Carson
stated that a lot of time had been spent working on the GCS Development
application. In addition, she is
about one-quarter of the way through the Whitaker Grant application with the
First Selectman and NCLT and it is looking very good.
There was
none.
A bill was
received for the Hesketh Traffic Engineers Report in the amount of $953.76. A motion was made by Brad Pellissier,
seconded by Greg Genlot and unanimously voted to pay the
bill.
A motion was
made by Brad Pellissier, seconded by Georgeanne Kuzman and unanimously voted to
send Mrs. Carson to the CCAPA Executive Committee Meeting on April 1,
2005.
A motion was
made by Greg Genlot, seconded by Brad Pellissier and unanimously voted to
approve the minutes of the March 3, 2005 meeting as
written.
A motion was
made by Brad Pellissier, seconded by Georgeanne Kuzman and unanimously voted to
approve the minutes of the March 10, 2005 meeting as
written.
A motion was
made by Brad Pellissier, seconded by Greg Genlot and unanimously voted to
adjourn the March 24, 2005 Planning Commission meeting at 7:48
pm.
Respectfully
submitted,
Brad Pellissier,
Secretary
Robin Timmons, Recording Secretary
MINUTES ARE NOT OFFICIAL UNTIL APPROVAL
AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING.