Planning Board Meeting - July 22, 2022

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE VIENNA

PLANNING BOARD HELD JULY 22, 2022

At 6:30 PM Regular members Waine Whittier, Alan Williams, Tim Bickford and Creston Gaither visited the Kelley site on Flying Pond depicted on tax map 10 as lot 8-N regarding Kevin Kelley’s inquiry about tree removal.

The regular meeting convened at 7:00 PM at the Town House. The aforesaid members were present, along with Anne Eiseman. Minutes of the June 22 meeting were read and accepted.


The Eisemans would like a new Shoreland Zoning Ordinance (SZO) permit for the project at 10 Day Road on Kimball Pond which they first proposed in 2020. As the Board visited the site at that time, it was agreed to waive the usual site visit. The project remains as proposed in 2020. The Board voted 4 – 0 to issue a new permit, essentially identical to the 2020 permit, and to waive the fee because the Eisemans self-reported the situation and because Covid has delayed so many things in recent months. Alan advised the Board that the SSWD permit for the project does not expire.


Kevin Kelley’s proposal to remove the flagged trees on the aforementioned site was discussed. Section 15.P.3 of the SZO was briefly reviewed. Table 1 in the SZO indicates that if the trees are removed in a manner consistent with Sect. 15.P.3, no permit is required for the work. Waine will send Mr. Kelley an email to this effect.


A memo from Plumbing Inspector John Archard was discussed. It was agreed that in some cases Board members issuing permits may want to advise applicants that they may need an internal plumbing permit.

Stephine Hickman would like us to sign an 1190 Form for a CMP connection on land depicted on tax map 3 as lot 25. It was briefly discussed and Waine signed it and left it for Laura Church to forward.

The meeting adjourned at 8:55 PM.

 

Creston Gaither, secretary

Planning Board Meeting - August 24, 2022

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE VIENNA
PLANNING BOARD HELD AUGUST 24, 2022

The meeting convened at 7:00 PM at the Town House. Regular members present were Waine Whittier, Alan Williams, Tim Bickford and Creston Gaither. Also present were Richard Stake and Bob Nurse. Minutes of the July 27 meeting were read and accepted.


Richard Stake expressed concern about jet skis on Kimball Pond. Someone told him there are no rules on this pond. The Board advised him that State statutes regarding Great Ponds apply to Kimball Pond, but that the Planning Board has no enforcement power. He says that an access ramp into the pond has been built without a permit. He was advised that DEP controls access ramps and that the Game Warden probably has some enforcement power in this regard.


Alan said that his wife Donna Williams would like to split lot 1 in Siegler Subdivision, shown on tax Map 7 as lot 4-1, into two lots. There is no note on the subdivision plan requiring Board approval for this.

It was moved that Creston should draft a letter stating that the Board does not believe that Board approval is required for the division because more than 5 years have passed since Lot 1 was created, and the proposed lots will exceed the 2 acre minimum required for the original subdivision. The Board voted 3 – 0 in favor of this, with Alan recusing himself from the vote.

The meeting adjourned at 8:00 PM.

Creston Gaither, secretary

November 8, 2022 General Election

 

November 2022 General Election

The November General Election will be November 8, 2022 at the Community Room on Kimball Pond Rd. 

We will also have a ballot for the RSU #9. They are voting to see if we will authorize them to accept a donation from the Bjorn Foundation In an amount up to $2,500,000 to construct and equip an addition and related improvements to the Mt. Blue Middle School for career and technical education programming at the middle school level.

Public Hearing - Monday, Sept. 19, 2022 - 6:30 pm.

The Public Hearing for the Oct. 1 special town meeting will be at the Vienna Community Center on the Kimball Pond Road (Fire Station) this coming Monday, Sept. 19 at 6:30 pm.

Mark Ouellette of Axiom Technologies, as well as the Select Board and Vienna Broadband committee members will be there to answer your questions.

If you prefer to attend remotely here are the Zoom details:

Topic: Public Hearing - Broadband Project
Time: Sep 19, 2022 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Vienna Community Fiber

  • Vienna Community Fiber

 

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Special Town Meeting - Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 - 9:30 AM - Vienna Community Center

A frequent complaint of Vienna residents has been the lack of access to an affordable, quality, high-speed internet connection. This was even before the COVID pandemic which only made the problem  worse. People were unable to work from home or their children unable attend online classrooms.

We heard you and after three years of study, now have a proposed solution. The timing couldn't be better, as the Federal government is stepping up to help out under-served communities like ours.

The Select Board has scheduled a special town meeting on Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 9:30 AM at the Vienna Community Center to vote on an article authorizing them to negotiate and finalize a proposal from Axiom Technologies of Machias, Maine. In this proposal, Axiom will oversee the construction of a fiber-to-the-home network that Vienna will own. Vienna will subsequently contract with Axiom to operate the network and return a share of the revenues to the town.

Make an informed decision

There will be:

  • Informational Meeting at the Community Center on Wednesday, August 31 at 6:30
  • Public hearing on the article at the Community Center, Monday, September 19 at 6:30.

Please attend, listen, learn and share your opinion.

This will be a major project taking over two years to complete. When complete Axiom will offer monthly subscription fees less than what most people are paying now and with minimum speeds up to 20 times faster. Gigabit speeds will be possible for a higher subscription rate.

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