Bridport Planning Commission

Meeting Agenda

Date: April 23, 2024

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location:  Bridport Town Office

1.    Call to Order

2.    Town Plan – interim/phase 1

1.    ACRPC update (Renee/Drexel)

2.    How do we want to identify this work on town plan – interim, phase 1, or other?

3.    Proposed schedule (Renee)

4.    Tracking edits (Renee)

5.    Proposed edits (all)

6.    Next meeting date

3.    Public Comments

4.    Adjourn

Renée Brodeur, Secretary

TOWN OF BRIDPORT PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The Bridport Zoning Board of Adjustments will hold a public hearing on April 17th at 7pm in the Bridport Town Office, at 82 Crown Point Road, on each and to consider each of the following application(s): 1. At 7:00 PM on Application (#24-10) by Al Wilkinson and Anna Wilkinson are requesting a Variance to build a 36’X24’ 2car garage within 50’ of property lines. Tax ID# 06-057 owned by Al Wilkinson and Anna Wilkinson. The property is located 1978 Lake Street Bridport, VT 05734 Plans and additional information regarding any such application may be viewed at said Town Office or by calling (802) 758-2483, Ext. 2. Participation in the Bridport Zoning Board of Adjustments proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal on any decision of it on an application.

Dinah Bain (chair) Cindy Myrick (secretary) Michael Wojciechowski Zoning Administrator

The Town Office will be closed from 9:25 am - 1:00pm for training

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Bridport Planning Commission

Meeting Agenda

Date: April 9, 2024

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location:  Bridport Town Office

1.    Call to Order

2.    Secretary’s Report

1.    Review minutes of March 12, 2024 meeting

3.    Hearings for Subdivision Applications: Plans and additional information regarding any of the following applications may be viewed at Bridport Town Hall or by calling (802)758-2483, Ext 2. Participation in the Planning Commission proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal on any decision of an application.

1.    None warned

4.    New Business

1.    Preliminary subdivision discussion – none requested

2.    BPC member updates (Adam) – Andrew yes/no (Andrew)? new member? SB approval?

5.    ACRPC Rep updates (Andrew, Ed, Mike(alt))

1.    Renee approved as alternate?

6.    Old Business

1.    Status of past Subdivision Applications and Dates (Adam)

2.    Zoning/subdivision regulations update (Sharron, Mike)

3.    Town Plan update (Renee)

1.    Town Plan conversion to Google doc

2.    ACRPC updates on funding – MTAP, ACRPC small grant, Municipal Grant.

3.    Katie meeting 4/2/24

4.    Subcommittee Renee, Drexel, ????

4.    VCRD CV update (Adam, Renee)

1.    Community dinner/forum – May 7

7.    Public Comments

8.    Adjourn

Renée Brodeur, Secretary

Bridport Selectboard Meeting

Monday,  April 8, 2024

Town Office  6:00 pm

AGENDA

Call to Order:

Public Comment:

Secretary’s Report: Approve minutes of the March 11, 2024 meeting.

Treasurer’s Report: Approve bills to be paid.

DPW Operation & Finance:

      Annual Financial Plan Town Highways   

      Revision of Road Culvert Policy

      Signing of Grants

      New Truck Body Update

New Business:

     Maple Broadband Update

     Sign LEMP agreement

     Listers- Certificate of No Appeal or Suit Pending

     Listers Compensation & Duties

     Use of the Pavilion

     Hearse House Painting

     Hall Painting and Roof Drainage

     Personnel

Old Business:

     Mowing Contract

     Town Appointments

     Community Visit Program

     Requests for Social Services

     ARPA

     Office & Hall Roof

Other Business:

Executive Session:

Adjourn:

The Town Office will closed for the eclipse.

AGENDA

LFICD Board

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

5:30 PM

Zoom Virtual Meeting

1.      Call to order

2.      Introduce Ann Stavish, new board member from Weybridge

3.      Approve March, 2024, minutes

4.      Treasurer’s Report

5.      Field coordinator report, internship update

6.      Discussion on instituting a mosquito dunk distribution program

7.      Aerial permit update (Craig)

8.      Insurance update (Dinah)

9.      Larviciding Public Announcement needs to go out

10.  2024 Field coordinator contract-executive session?

11.  Adjourn, Next meeting: May 7, 2024, 5:30 pm, Zoom Virtual Meeting

To join the April 2, 2024 Zoom meeting, use the following Zoom link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82832160244?pwd=AaMTJYDqhIyjwaYRKgSjlB2LoaVpa7

Bridport Zoning Board of Adjustment

Agenda for Meeting to be held on March 20, 2024

 at 7:00 PM at the Bridport Town Offices

·       Call to order

·       Approval of the Meeting Minutes for the meeting held on:

o   February 21, 2024

·       Public Comment

·         New Business:   

-  At 7:00 PM on Application (#24-07) by Jennifer Lowe requesting a Variance to build a 10’ wide attached wrap around deck. Deck does not meet minimum setback of 100’ from centerline of East Street. Located at 2574 East Street Bridport, VT 05734

·       Other business

·         Adjournment

March Book - American Wifw by Curtis Sittenfield

Location: Bridport Highway Garage- 284 Short Street

Bridport Planning Commission

Meeting Agenda

Date: March 12, 2024

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location:  Bridport Town Office

1.    Call to Order

2.    Secretary’s Report

1.    Review minutes of February 12, 2023 meeting

3.    Hearings for Subdivision Applications: Plans and additional information regarding any of the following applications may be viewed at Bridport Town Hall or by calling (802)758-2483, Ext 2. Participation in the Planning Commission proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal on any decision of an application.

1.    None
 

4.    New Business

1.    Preliminary subdivision discussion – none requested

2.    BPC terms expiring: Sharron, Steve, Andrew

3.    ACRPC Rep terms expiring: Andrew, Ed, Steve

4.    ACRPC update

1.    Monthly Newsletter: sign up at https://acrpc.org/newsletters/

2.    VCLN Workshop (Zoom): Friday March 15 - Community Trusts and Your Town; register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMof-ugrD4rG9cfqbewCCz45PI2StV8kWhM#/registration

5.    Old Business

1.    Status of past Subdivision Applications and Dates (Adam)

2.    VCRD Community Visit update (Renee)

3.    Town Plan 2025 (Renee, Drexel)

1.    Review ACRPC meeting; amend Jan 23 meeting notes

2.    Subcommittee for Town Plan?

4.    Zoning/subdivision regulations (Sharron, Steve)

5.    Town website updates (Steve)

6.    Contact list (Renee)

6.    Public Comments

7.    Adjourn

Renée Brodeur, Secretary

Bridport Selectboard Meeting

Monday,  March 11, 2024

Town Office  6:00 pm

AGENDA

Call to Order:

Public Comment:

Secretary’s Report: Approve minutes of the February 12, 2024 meeting.

Treasurer’s Report: Approve bills to be paid.

DPW Operation & Finance:

     FEMA Bids- opening bids

New Business:

     Dean DeGray

     VLCT PACIF Workers Compensation Audit-Non-Employee Work Agreement    

     MTAP approval for requesting funds

Old Business:

     Town Appointments

     Community Visit Program

     Requests for Social Services

     ARPA

     Office & Hall Roof

Other Business:

Executive Session:

Adjourn:

Voting begins at 7 am

Town Meeting will begin at 10:30 am

Rabies Clinic from 10-12 at the Town Office. $20.00 per animal, cash or check

Bridport Zoning Board of Adjustment

Agenda for Meeting to be held on February 21, 2024

 at 7:00 PM at the Bridport Town Offices

·       Call to order

·       Approval of the Meeting Minutes for the meetings held on:

o   October 18, 2023

o   December 20, 2023

·       Public Comment

·       New Business:  

-         At 7:05 PM on Application #23-47 by Jay Nadeau requesting a Variance to build a 10’ X 12’ outbuilding within 50’ of property lines. Tax ID# 06-002 owned by Jay Nadeau. The property is located 147 Stone Ln (PVT) Bridport, VT 05734

-         At ~7:20 PM on Application #24-03 by Beth Whitaker requesting a Variance to build an 8’ X 12’ outbuilding within 50’ of property lines. Tax ID# 08-040.7 owned by Beth Whitaker. The property is located 1099 Orchard Drive Bridport, VT 05734

·       Other business

·         Adjournment

TOWN OF BRIDPORT PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The Bridport Zoning Board of Adjustments will hold a public hearing on February 21st at 7pm in the Bridport Town Office, at 82 Crown Point Road, on each and to consider each of the following application(s):

1.  At 7:00 PM on Application (#23-47) by Jay Nadeau requesting a Variance to build a 10’ X 12’ out-building within 50’ of property lines. Tax ID# 06- 002 owned by Jay Nadeau. The property is located 147 Stone Ln. (PVT), Bridport, VT 05734

2.   At 7:15 PM on Application (#24-03) by Beth Whitaker requesting a Variance to build an 8’ X 12’ out-building within 50’ of property lines. Tax ID# 08-040.7 owned by Beth Whitaker. The property is located 1099 Orchard Drive, Bridport, VT 05734

Plans and additional information regarding any such application may be viewed at said Town Office or by calling (802) 758-2483, Ext. 2. Participation in the Bridport Zoning Board of Adjustments proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal on any decision of it on an application.

Dinah Bain, Chair Cindy Myrick, Secretary

Michael Wojciechowski, Zoning Administrator

Closed for Presidents Day

February Book - The Ride of Her Life by Elizabeth Letts

Location: Bridport Highway Garage- 284 Short Street

Bridport Planning Commission

Meeting Agenda

Date: February 13, 2024

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location:  Bridport Town Office

1.    Call to Order

2.    Secretary’s Report

1.    Review minutes of January 9, 2024 regular meeting and
January 23, 2024 special meeting.

3.    Hearings for Subdivision Applications: Plans and additional information regarding any of the following applications may be viewed at Bridport Town Hall or by calling (802)758-2483, Ext 2. Participation in the Planning Commission proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal on any decision of an application.

1.    Application #23-46 was warned for and presented at 6:15pm.

4.    New Business

1.    Preliminary subdivision discussion – none requested

2.    BPC meeting minutes – draft and approval process (Renee)

3.    BPC member contact information (Renee)

4.    Status of ZA (Adam)

5.    Old Business

1.    Status of past Subdivision Applications/Hearings (Adam)

2.    VCRD CV update (Renee/Drexel)

3.    Zoning/subdivision regulations subcommittee update (Sharron/Steve)

4.    Town Plan 2025 – MTAP update (Drexel), establishing
a subcommittee (Adam)

6.    Public Comments

7.    Adjourn

Renée Brodeur, Secretar

TOWN OF BRIDPORT PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The Bridport Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, in the Town Office at 82 Crown Point Road, on each and to consider each of the following application:

At 6:15 PM on Application (#23-46) by Mr. John Cannon for a 2-lot subdivision of parcel ID# 04-026 owned by Mr. John Cannon. The property is located at 1526 Forrest Rd., Bridport, VT, 05734

Plans and additional information regarding any such application may be viewed at said Town Office or by calling (802) 758-2483, Ext. 2. Participation in the Planning Commission’s proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal on any decision of it on an application.

Adam Broughton, Planning Commission Chair Renée Brodeur, Planning Commission Secretary Michael Wojciechowski, Zoning Administrator

Bridport Selectboard Meeting

Monday,  February 12, 2024

Town Office  6:00 pm

AGENDA

Call to Order:

Public Comment:

Secretary’s Report: Approve minutes of the January 8 & 30, 2024 meetings.

Treasurer’s Report: Approve bills to be paid.

DPW Operation & Finance:

New Business:

     Delinquent Taxes

     Town Appointments

     Community Visit Program

     Town’s Purchasing Policy   

Old Business:

     Requests for Social Services

     ARPA

     Office & Hall Roof

     Personnel

Other Business:

Executive Session:

Adjourn:

Special Bridport Selectboard Meeting

Monday, Tuesday January 30, 2024

Town Office  6:00 pm

AGENDA

Call to Order:

Public Comment:

New Business:

Old Business:

     Final approval of budget & warning

Other Business:

Executive Session:

Adjourn:

Special Bridport Selectboard Meeting

Monday, Tuesday January 30, 2024

Town Office  6:00 pm

 AGENDA

Call to Order:

Public Comment:

New Business:

Old Business:

     Final approval of budget & warning

Other Business:

Executive Session:

Adjourn:

Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January Book - Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

Location: Bridport Highway Garage - 284 Short Street

Bridport Planning Commission

Meeting Agenda

Date: January 9, 2024

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location:  Bridport Town Office

1.    Call to Order

2.    Hearings for Subdivision Applications: Plans and additional information regarding any of the following applications may be viewed at Bridport Town Hall or by calling (802)758-2483, Ext 2. Participation in the Planning Commission proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal on any decision of an application.

1.    6:30 pm Application (#23-54) by Hunter and Ellyana Carl for a 1-lot
+/- 3 acres subdivision of parcel ID# 07-049 owned by Leo J. Connor and
Cheryl Connor. The property is located at 2710 VT RTE 22A, Bridport.

·         Mylar received by Town Clerk

2.    6:45 pm Application (#23-55) by Jeffrey and Alethea Bahnck for a boundary line adjustment of 0.75 acres ID# 06-015 owned by Jeffrey and Alethea Bahnck. The property is located at 237 Holstein Dr., Bridport.

3.    7:00 pm Application (#23-49) by Andre and Lydia Vorsteveld for a lot subdivision of parcel ID# 07-043 owned Andre and Lydia Vorsteveld. The Property is located at 1616 Middle Road, Bridport.

3.    Secretary’s Report

1.    Review minutes of December 12, 2023 meeting

2.    Town Hall Procedures
 

4.    New Business

1.    Preliminary subdivision discussion – None scheduled

2.    Review of ZA forms and procedures – (Renee/Mike)

1.    Email from Town Clerk re: new permit applications and procedure

2.    Certificate of Occupancy

3.    Planning Commission Memo

4.    Others

5.    Old Business

1.    Status of past Subdivision Applications and Dates (Mike)

2.    Semi-trailer violations status update (Renee)

3.    Town Plan update (Renee)

4.    Zoning/subdivision regulations update

6.    Public Comments

7.    Adjourn

Renée Brodeur, Secretar

Bridport Selectboard Meeting

Monday, January 8, 2024

Town Office  6:00 pm

AGENDA

Call to Order:

Public Comment:

Secretary’s Report: Approve minutes from the December 11, 2023 Selectboard Meeting.

Treasurer’s Report: Approve bills to be paid.

DPW Operations & Finance:

    Sign Certificate of Highway Mileage

New Business:

     Jerry Forbes

     Town Meeting

     Town Warning

Old Business:

     Middlebury Regional EMS Agreement

     Requests for Social Services

     Office & Hall Roof

     ARPA

     Budget FY 2024-2025

Other Business:

Executive Session:

Adjourn:

Notice of the Bridport Board of Cemetery Commissioners that a meeting thereof will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Friday, January 5, 2024, at the Bridport Masonic/Community Hall in Bridport, Vermont, for the purpose of conducting business concerning the following:

—expenses and maintenance of cemeteries, including but not limited to: mowing, trimming, gravestones, tree work, fencing, etc. including for 2023 to 2025, old and new;

—policies concerning operation of and business of the Board itself and its cemeteries, without limitation sale of lots and election of officers; and

—other business concerning the Board and its cemeteries. Its cemeteries include Bridport Central Cemetery and others.