The meeting of the New London Township Planning Commission opened at 7:35 p.m.Present were: Ronald Ragan, Chair; Bob Barto, Vice-Chair; Members Mary Anne Steel , Eileen Sparling & Jim Mark. Also present was Board of Supervisors Member and Comprehensive Plan Task Force Member Gerard Porter.
Minutes
Mr. Ragan asked if there were any corrections or additions to minutes for 3/11/09. Mr. Barto made a motion to approve the amended minutes and Ms. Steel seconded the motion. Ms. Sparling and Mr. Mark abstained since they were absent at the 3/11/09 meeting. The minutes were approved.
New Business
None.
Old Business
Mr. Ragan distributed the revised Comprehensive Plan questionnaire, using a map for people to indicate in which quadrant they live if they don’t want to give out their address. Mr. Ragan also expanded the questions so the residents should be able to understand them better. Placing the questionnaire on the website as an editable PDF file was discussed and Ms. Sparling suggested putting a link on the website for residents to download Adobe Acrobat. Mr. Ragan advised the Planning Commission members that they can still make changes or comments to the questionnaire, as long as they are sent to him by early next week. He advised that there is a meeting scheduled with Mr. Sweet tomorrow to discuss compiling demographic data, etc. Ms. Sparling asked if there will be a public information meeting to discuss the results of the questionnaire; Mr. Ragan advised that there will be 2 meetings – 1 preliminary and 1 at the end when the Comprehensive Plan is adopted, either at the front or back end of regular meetings. As far as timeframe is concerned, Mr. Ragan believes that it is set up for 15 months from April 1, shooting for plan completion in 12 months, then using the last 3 months to complete other necessary steps. Reviving old committees was briefly discussed; i.e., historical committee, refuse & recycling committee. Fees in lieu of would be used to improve parks, etc. if that is what the people desire. Mr. Porter observed that parks would be low on the pecking order; roads always come first. Mr. Mark expressed reluctance because of the issues of paying for park maintenance. Ms. Sparling advised she will finish the article/cover letter regarding the questionnaire and forward it to Mr. Ragan on Thursday.
Public Comments
None.
AdjournmentOn a motion made by Ms. Steel and seconded by Ms. Sparling and approved unanimously, the meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.