Planning Board - Regular Meeting

[clears throat] Um, good evening. Um, my name is Tracy Keller. I'm the vice chair of the Mount Desert Island um, Mount Dert Planning Board. And, um, I'm going to call this meeting to order. Um, this is terrible, but I think that if I apologize, but could everyone go around and introduce themselves? Hi, I'm Al Kimberly. I'm Meredith Randolph. I'm a alternate. Yep. Daniel Burke, also alternate. And I'd like to Are you going to

Oh, uh, no. You could go ahead and make a motion. I'd like to make a motion to have uh Daniel be voting member tonight. All those in favor? You have to second. Second. Okay. I will second that. Okay. Now, all those in favor? I I Okay, I like to Oh, hold on. I should have done me that I You had just do that with only two voting members. if they're both alternates and need to be voted on, we only have two voting members to do that.

So, what we're going to do is just uh conduct this meeting and allow a forum that's present through the alternates um approve um the decision and then it will be signed by those who participated as regular members um tonight and those who aren't available tonight could sign it tomorrow morning or sometime by the end of the week. since this is an extension of the previous meeting. Yeah, this is just for purposes of taking comments on the draft decision. Um, and if you're all good with it, um, all you need to do is take the ultimate motion that's on page 11. Okay. And I have extra copies of the decision if you'd like to have it handy to you. So,

we need to vote to have Tracy acting as the chair. Yes, that's a good idea. And as a continuing meeting, that means Meredith is still on as Okay, great. Right. Right. So I can make a motion. That's a good point. To make Tracy chair, I second that. All those in favor? I I I um [clears throat] it would it be appropriate uh at this time since it's a continuation of a meeting to approve the minutes from the last we had minutes. I don't have them with us, but they were from the 18th and they have been really they have been dispersed to the board for review. Sure. If the board's ready to act on them,

I'll make a motion to approve the minutes of uh November 18th. I second that motion. All those in favor? I I down to your colleagues. [clears throat] I got to give you a new page. Um I noticed one other May I just ask for clarification? Did we decide did we vote to make Dan a voting member for the meeting? Yes. Yes. Voted on like for the motion and second the but we determined that that wasn't necessary, right? Because we're doing an extension of the last meeting.

I I think it's fine either way. Um, I think if you've already made the motion and you've voted him on as a regular member, you don't have the chair tonight and in order to have um a full group sitting, that's fine to have him serve as a regular member. Um, well, then I'd need to be voted in as well. You were It was a continued meeting and you were already You weren't Oh, right. You weren't voting last time. Okay, that's where I'm confused. Yep. Forgot about that one. No worries. You're good. Okay. I'm going to send you Seth the decision one more time. And on page 11, we're going to spell Mr. Kimy's first name correctly.

A L E N. So again, we need seven copies maybe. Yep. I'll just send you an updated.

There you are. Better to mention it sooner than later. No, that was great. I caught it once before, but for some reason it didn't stick. So, normally [clears throat] I don't care, but Well, it's good to have it right. We don't want any follow-ups. It's not like ordering coffee. [laughter] If you have a name, it's worth getting it right. Is it Nen or A? Len. And then half the world spells my last name with a B. Oh yeah, but I not part of the

the tissue empire. I missed that one. Should have it now. Seth, we go. So I think what's good to do is um just open the meeting. It's really not a public hearing because you've closed the public hearing. Okay. and then ask if there are any comments on the draft decision. [clears throat] Then from me, uh just just go ahead and and and say I'd like to declare this this meeting open and ask the board members if they have comments. Okay. I'd like to declare this meeting open. And does anybody have any comments?

None here. I [clears throat] thought it was a good pretty good synopsis. [clears throat] So, we'll give you corrected pages 11 for the proper spelling of Allen's name. Um, Tracy had noticed that I somehow created a conflation of the conjunctive and with the next word. So, it's actually says and it should say and has. is now approved. So, um, we'll [clears throat] pick up on that. Thank you for your good eyes, Tracy. And what page was that? That's on page 11 of 11. Oh, still.

Yep. And uh Tracy, when it comes time to um conclude that all members present have had the opportunity to provide their comments, um you're going to want to look at page 11. Okay.

Um and I actually it started at the very bottom of page 10. And you can see [snorts] that what you've done is you've already taken the motion on the open space requirement. And so now it's time to weave that back into the final decision. [clears throat] And that starts on the top of page 11. So okay, just giving you bigger bearings with the fin. So it's the it's the final motion portion,

I guess. So yep. I think you could actually take the um very last paragraph just before the date and just ask somebody to make that in the form of the motion. This last paragraph. Yeah. Says with the issuance of the You can read that and make that a motion. You ready for that?

Yeah. Uh, I would like to make a motion with the assurance of this decision and findings of the Mount Desert Planning Board approving the final plat plan. The planning board's written decision with findings. now constitutes the final decision of the town in this matter and therefore the 30-day appeal time starts from this written decision of the board as of this date of December 3rd, 2025.

It will be will it be today or will it have to be tomorrow? I need a copy of that. It'll it'll be today because the the actions taken at a regular meeting of the planning board and [snorts] then members come in and sign when they're available. I'll second [clears throat] that. All those in favor? I I

and then the second and final motion would be that um be in this form. I move that the board adopt the um 11page written decision um including our decision on open space requirements under section 5.16.2 friend three and you could track that likely by just using the very bottom paragraph of page 10. You would need to say I state at the outset when you two want to do that.

So what was their request? So, the request is to just make a motion using in part the bottom paragraph on page 10 of 11 that the board um that that you move that the board adopt the 11-page written decision including the board's decision on open space. And just use that last line on the bottom of page 10. Um including the board's decision on open space under section 5.16.23A. 23A. Uh, I make a motion. Oh, boy. That was a lot. Um, [laughter] that's fine. We can we can do it together.

I make a motion that the board uh adopt the motion of uh the final final motion of uh the meeting of December 3rd. Uh as stated at the outset uh of the board decision on findings, the board's uh December 13th, 2023 decision uh that approved the project standing as in in all respects except the open space finding under section 5.16.23A.

Yep. And and then just if you could add to that motion as a as a friendly suggestion and for another person, a board member specifically to add as a friendly amendment to addend the following. Um and having adopted u the finding is to open space. This written decision constitutes our final decision. Somebody just say what he said. What he just said? Okay. Don't move. There you go. So, that's the that's the collective motion. And I think what I want to do is slow down and just make sure that Heidi's got it. Yep. Because she as the best keeper of the text [clears throat] of the board.

I really don't. I have what you had said, Attorney Hamilton. The board adopt the 11page written decision including the board's decision on the open space for section 51623 of the subdivision ordinance. Uh, and then how and but that is not what Meredith said. But Meredith might elect to substitute what you just said because I think it's actually more clear. Um, and just just use the final words. Um, there's four or five of them here as its final decision as Okay. Uh, I said and I said having a finding on open space. This is our final decision.

No. Was the Can you read back what you just read a moment ago? Okay. Uh the board uh moves that the board adopt the 11-page written decision including the board's decision on the open space section I'm sorry open space per section 51623 of the subdivision ordinance as its final decision as its final decision. Period. Don't need anything more. So if Meredith wants that read back as her motion, that would be the way to do that. Heidi's very good at this. No, I I make a mo or I I would like to adopt that as a better grasp of English than I have. [laughter] Me, too. Are we ready for a second? Second. All those in favor?

I I told my better half it wouldn't take long. He said, "Yeah, sure."

I thank everyone for their patience with the remand process and I think you [clears throat] did really well. My pleasure. It was It was a very exciting time. [laughter] Ready for a motion to do we have sign to sign it first? Yes. So Seth has printed other copies of page 12, page 11, sorry. [clears throat] Oh, they're right here. Sorry. Yeah, let's just use one

and then um if you could just sign where indicated. Attorney Burke, I apologize to you. I I had you as an alternate, so I didn't have you as a signatory decision. I I feel like you participated as fully as every member did. So, thank you for your participation as well. I was here in the audience for the the big 4 and a half hour one where we brought in the cops. You work for that one? Right. I wasn't a voting member of that until now. I remember whispering in Kim's ear, get the constable.

Dan and Bill will sign. Um, so Kim, can we leave this with you so that when Bill and Ann can sign Yeah. and get their signatures? Excellent. Then you could probably take the motion to adjurnn. I would like to make a motion to adjurnn. I second it. All those in favor? I we