PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
The Windham Planning Commission will meet at 6:30PM on Tuesday, February 11, at the Meeting House and via Zoom. The public is invited to attend.
Agenda:
I. Act on Minutes of January Meeting
II. Frendly Gathering Public Hearing
III. RV Regulations
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The Windham Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing at the Meeting House (26 Harrington Rd) at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, February 25, to hear a request from the organizers of the Friendly Gathering for a conditional use permit to hold a music festival in July on the grounds of the former Timber Ridge ski resort.
Members of the public are invited to attend the hearing in person or remotely via Zoom.
Hybrid Meeting – In-person at the School & Online via Zoom
Monday, February 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
To the Public: If you want to join us via Zoom or by phone, an invitation with the link is included at the end of the agenda. Please keep yourself muted while not speaking to minimize background noise.
Note: Action may be taken on any agenda item.
Start recording & call meeting to order
Additions/deletions and/or changes to the agenda
Updates and discussion with Eric Danner (Imerys), Will Dodge (Imerys), Sean Reese (Owner), and Bob Fisher re potential donation/nominal purchase of Trout Meadows property on White Road. Public questions and feedback are welcome and encouraged.
Announcements/reminders
Act on minutes from the January 20, 2025 Selectboard Meeting
Public Comment – Limit of 3 minutes/comment. Limited to topics that are not on the agenda. Comments should be directed to the chair with order maintained. The selectboard cannot discuss items that are not on this agenda.
Correspondence – Limit to topics that are not on the agenda. There can be no public comments or selectboard discussion of correspondence at this meeting.
Payroll/Bills: Discussion/motions to approve check warrant report(s) (Kord will sign if approved)
Staff Reports with Discussion and Possible Decisions
Grant Strategist – Cathy Fales – updates on plans for schoolhouse meetings, etc.
Auditors – updates on Town Report, Professional Audit
Meeting House – Maureen Bel – misc. updates, display board
Planning/Energy – Bill Dunkle – misc. updates and upcoming meetings
Town Clerk – Ellen McDuffie – updates on petitions for town officials
Preparations for Town Meeting
Discuss public forum of candidates for office – Ellen
Discuss logistics for the day – All
11. New Business
Subrecipient Annual Report due to Dept of Finance and Management – Kord
Update on highway data for the bi-annual FHWA-536 report due 2/14 – Kord
Decide who will write the next Selectboard Report for the WN&N – George
12. Old Business
Update on State Ethics Liaison – George
13. Adjourn meeting & stop recording.
The next Regular Selectboard Meeting is Monday, February 17, 2025 at 5:30 pm
Kord Scott is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Regular Selectboard Meeting
Time: Feb 3, 2025 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
In-person at Meeting House and online via zoom, see link below
Start recording; call meeting to order
Additions/deletions to the Agenda
Announcements/reminders – Imme’s resignation
Public Comment
Act on minutes from November 27, 2024
Treasurer’s Report – anyone want to take over as Treasurer?
Old Business
Rental Agreement – Look at Wilmington’s and Dover’s. Decide relevance.
Take another look at money available and kitchen upgrades since MERP won’t deal with this (electrical, fridge, d/w, floors?, door, lock). Propose to SB.
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Hetty “Handful” Grimke, an urban slave in early nineteenth century Charleston, yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her within the wealthy Grimke household. The Grimke’s daughter, Sarah, has known from an early age she is meant to do something large in the world, but she is hemmed in by the limits imposed on women.
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