Thetford Planning Commission Agenda (Zoom online – May 17, 2022/7:15 p.m.)
Note: The State of Vermont has recently passed Senate Bill 222 (Act 78), an act relating to authorizing temporary Open Meeting Law procedures in response to COVID-19. Selectboard, Commission and Committee meetings in the Town of Thetford may – until January 15, 2023 – be held ‘virtually’ (online-only) without requiring a designated physical locale staffed by a representative of said group(s). Members of the Commission must self-identify when the meeting convenes and be able to hear and be heard throughout the meeting. Options for remote public participation will be explicitly provided, both online and in specified physical posting locations.
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7:15
1. Meeting Called To Order 2. Public Comment 3. Review of 05/03/2022 Draft Minutes
4. Selectboard Report 5. Thetford Housing Committee Report
7:30
6. Planning Commission Charter Review – Discussion
7. Water System(s) Study Committee – Update
8. Livable Real Estate Cooperative – PC member questions (https://www.sidenote.news/a-novel-approach-to-the-housing-shortage-the-livable-real-estate-cooperative/)
9. Notice of Application for Certificate of Public Good (Public Utility Commission Case # 22-1136-NMP (https://epuc.vermont.gov/?q=node/64/167750): ‘...a 375 kW (AC) expansion to the Thetford School District’s 120 kW (AC) solar electric generation facility to [be] located along Route 113 in the Town of Thetford, Vermont’ – PC member questions
8:50
10. New Business – TRORC & Town of Thetford Monthly Assessment Meetings (Grant Funding and Statutory Considerations); Developmental Guideline(s) Checklist; TRORC Housing Bylaw Modernization Recordings (04/20 & 04/21); Scott Hesser (Twin Pines Housing) Speaking Invitation
9:00
Adjourn
David C. Forbes Chair, Thetford Planning Commission vtervuren@gmail.com (802) 333-4329
