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Meeting Minutes March 28, 2018
Call to order at 6:34 PM
Members Present: Peter Pescatore, Tom Callahan, Katie Holden, Eric Eisenhower,
Richard Karoff, Administrative Support: Jennifer McCarthy
The chair asked for a motion to approve the minutes from the 2/7/18 meeting.
Tom moved and Katie 2nd, Approved 3-0-2
The committee discussed the 2009 OSRP Action Plan accomplishments but there
were a small number of data elements missing from the document and it was
decided that Peter & Tom would work to acquire information from the Assessor's
Office, The Shell Fish Warden and the Town Manager for review at the next meeting.
The committee began to discuss the Goals and objectives for the 2018 Plan and
agreed that each objective be voted on individually and to work to create an
effective list. The chair proposed that the continuation of the OSRC as a standing
committee be a first objective. A discussion ensued relative to the committee's
ability to form a quorum, having only 5 participating members, and the likelihood
that the remaining members would not be interested in trying to continue once
Lisey moves out of town. The implied assumption being that we would not likely get
additional members from Recreation, Planning or At-large Citizens. Peter asked the
existing members to bring forward any candidates that they may know and he will
take up the problem with the Town manager. Katie recommended that we review
the OSRP Goals as presented by the Town of Concord.
Tom presented a lengthy historical perspective of the town's approach to planning
in general with recommendations for reorganization of planning efforts and policies
to replace the existing narrative in Section 8.0.
The committee agreed that the narrative should be condensed and focused on
moving forward. Peter will rewrite the Broad Goals narrative for review at the next
meeting.
Since there were many possible objectives from all the members it was agreed that a
comprehensive list of all the recommended objectives be created and reviewed at
the next meeting. Committee members will individually work on specific objectives
for the next meeting.
The next meeting date was set for Wednesday, April 04, 2018 at 6:30 PM with Eric,
Tom, Katie, Richard and Peter indicating that they will be able to attend.
A motion to adjourn was made by Eric and 2nd by Richard. The vote was 5-0 to
approve at 8:20 PM
Respectfully submitted,
Peter Pescatore