 So we're going to call the meeting to order. The Colchester Planning Commission is 702. First order, well first I want to welcome Wendy Quichlil. Thank you for joining our board, our new member. Thank you. We definitely appreciate it. Glad to be here. All right, so we're going to get off with agenda considerations reserved for changes to the agenda items and order, no changes. All right, nothing. Okay, so the first thing we're going to do is a public hearing for our supplement 44. I'll need a motion for that. I move to open the public hearing on supplement 44, the Colchester Development Regulations. Second. Decussion, all in favor? Aye. All right. So on this portion of the agenda, if we have anybody wants to speak, now's the time to come. You address us. It won't be an interaction like we did before. It's if you have any concerns or compliments or whatever for this part of our supplement. Now's the time. Come on up, please state your full name. Rick Davy from East Lakeshore Drive. And a couple of things, probably all of you have seen my letter that I sent. So our concerns is about the height on LS4 and that we've addressed it on LS3. And first of all, I want to say that LS and huge support of LS3 and LS4. And a lot of work has gone into this and I think it's awesome. My only concern is the height on LS4. 40 foot structures do enable three story buildings. And I look at each Lakeshore Drive as a corridor, a scenic corridor. And if we start allowing three story structures on the opposite side of the road from the lake, I think it's gonna be something we're gonna regret in the future. So I don't think there's anything you're gonna do at this time. But if you don't, I hope that we can address it as soon as possible after the fact. And look at all the different heights that we have from LS1 to LS2 to LS3 to LS4 and all the different heights. From a 20 foot to a 40 foot in those three four zones. And I think that all of them should be addressed. I'm surprised that nobody in LS1 has brought up a 20 foot height on that side of the lake. So I just wanted to speak out to that. The other piece was that in table A2 LS4, I think you left out 35 foot flat in that table because it was brought up in a prior meeting and it was approved by the board. So there's a couple other little things that I've brought up for her to you. They're small compared to that one. So I hope that that can at least be addressed in this meeting. Any other public comment tonight? No. All right, very good. We can close the meeting, we can close the open portion. I move to close the public hearing on supplement 44 by the Colchester Development Regulations. Second? Second. All in favor? Aye. All right. So now we grow right into, where am I? So now we discuss. Do we, any changes, considerations? We're happy with what we've done. Ready to move forward. Yes, Kathy. I know a draft has raised about the table A2 for LS4 and 35 feet and there were a couple others that I don't think were included in your letter from Mr. David that they were to me and I do want to update those. There are a couple of reference checks with numbers. Those numbers when we added in other sections got adjusted. So we might say per 3.05, it should say per 3.06 for example. So if it's okay, I just want to walk you through those. You see those. There's nothing substantive. It's just correcting the references. And then substantive would be the table A2 for LS3 and 4. So I do have a draft here. The first one is in 4.05, see them. You'll be able to, if you choose to take a vote on 5, it should say 3.06, is that correct? You said F, that's E. 4.06, 4.03, 4.06, C1. There is here, we can read you a list and I can update them later so you don't have to watch. All of them are purely about the references. So there is then 3.07, C2. Also references 4.05, should reference 3.07. E of that category should also reference 3.06 and 3.07. I do want to show you where we are with table A2. Mr. Davie was talking about lives right here. We reference for LS4 a pitched roof height. We don't reference a flat roof. That should say per your previous discussion, 35 feet, previous discussion. That's in line with the others and I can scroll up and show you where there are 40 foot rich heights. All of the others say 35 foot flat. So it would be very consistent. Yep, that's all you got. That's the discussion. Okay. I will go back and make those other edits. Everybody else? No. Okay. Everybody else good? Yes, sir. Oh, good. Serita? Yep. All right. We need a motion. Okay. I move to submit the supplement 44, the cold chester development regulations to the cold chester select board. I'll second the motion. All right. Discussion. All in favor. All right. All right. Motion passes. Very good. All right. Too much. It went so fast after so much work. Seems so simple. And it really wasn't. Okay. Let's continue on. Commissioned comments and questions from the public, not related to anything on the agenda. All good? All right. So now we're moving on to an energy report from Renee Marshall, deputy town manager. They did. I'm really anticipating space. So tonight's presentation is going to be sort of a culmination of the work so far to date since the select board adopted the policy in 2019, energy policy. And so we're gonna, in this presentation, I'm gonna kind of review some of the work that has been done in 2019, 2020, 2021. So as I mentioned, as defined in the select board policies, the planning commission also acts as the energy committee. Since the policy was put into place, implementation of energy efforts has been assigned to the town manager's office. In addition to having access to the entire town staff, the town manager and the deputy town manager are the staff to the energy committee for the purpose of implementing these types of energy projects. So again, as I said, we're gonna be reviewing some of the work that's already been done today. And there has been a significant amount of work towards those energy efforts. In 2019, LED street light replacement that reduced the street lighting bill by 72,400 or approximately 54%. The HVAC equipment at the Burnham Memorial Library was replaced with much more efficient system. And then we've constructed two 150 kilowatt hour solar power arrays. So we have one at Roosevelt and Puffin Patch. The equipment for both of those sites are at least for a period of 15 years. And at 15, yeah. And so after that time, the town will own them outright. And the typical life expectancy for solar arrays is 25 years. So those, the remaining years will return us over $900,000 back to the town of Colchester after, and that's after the lease payments and the other expenses. The creation of the energy store card created a path to preferred siding and sizing for alternative energy generation in all areas of town. And in 2020, rescue and library buildings, they were replaced several appliances in lighting for more efficient energy efficient models. And the cooling system in the town hall server room was replaced with a high efficiency cooling system. Additional non-LED streetlights were replaced in the northern region of town. And the lighting at the fuel island at the garage was converted to LED as well. We installed solar powered flashing pedestrian beacons, both at Blakely and Thomas Drive, Blakely Road and Williams Road and West Lake Shore Drive by the boat access. Parks and recreation replaced two mowers with a single mower that was more efficient, has a more efficient engine. And Colchester police purchased semi-permanent speed signs that are charged by solar photovoltaics and an upgraded multifunction speed cart and traffic information sign that is also solar powered. Brings us to 2021. Again, rescue building, we added additional insulation to the attic for more efficient heating and cooling. We purchased a Nissan Leaf on an EV charger for use by town staff. And the parks and recreation installed motion sensor lighting in all of the bathrooms at airport park and at the side park. Colchester police purchased two semi-permanent speed signs charged by the solar photovoltaics and completed a full cleaning of their HVAC system. And the fire department has developed FY22 improvements to increase energy efficiency at center station, including a new roof and LED lighting there as well. Our efforts now are focused on that third solar site. So currently we're at about 60% to 60, 60 to 66% of our total energy that's consumed by the town. And this third site would bring us to that 100%. Currently we're finding the replacement solar site for the one we previously discussed that we were looking at at Hercules Drive. So we're in permitting process for a site that's off of Versier Drive. And the select word approved 32,000 for permitting cost for that. So this project, like I said, if constructive would bring us to that, closer to that 100% provision of municipal services. Our two current solar farms generate solar energy credits which are used to offset the electric bills from the Green Mountain Power. Those credits expire if you're unused for 24 months. So we've put into place a tracking system to be sure that those credits are used as intended. The select word transferred 558,000 to the Capital Equipment and Facilities Fund for the use of this next permitted solar farm. And this allows us to pay the full cost, the capital cost of that, and without having to do the lease. And so it better positions ourselves. The Community Recreation Center, it's currently developing that Community Recreation Center to produce electricity equivalent to that's consumed in the center, as well as the three fire stations of the town's and the town's expanded sewer system. And raise the bar on the generation capacity needed to meet that goal of 100% to meet all of those expanding needs. So likely it's a very substantial solar component to the proposed project and investigating whether it makes sense to include geothermal heat and air conditioning in the center as well. We talked about the car charging station that we have for the town vehicle that's used for town staff. We're planning to put in car charging stations for the public at the center station and the town hall. The town hall charger would be completed in the next 12 months approximately and is independent on the supply chain issues that we've encountered and the professional installation. The estimated cost of those chargers is approximately $16,000. We plan to use town funds as the budget allows to purchase the car chargers that will charge users for the electricity that's actually used. And this is a picture of our Nissan Leaf and our current charger that's out in the back of town hall. That is it. Thank you. Let me know if you have questions. All right. Let's have a couple of questions. I'm just wondering the tiles. Do you know how long they're warranty before and if it's a full guarantee? So like I said, they're about a 25 year lifespan. And they're covered in terms of insurance. Yes, yes. And then who's responsible for monitoring the cells to make sure they're all working? So we do have assistive agents is our, they're monitoring that clinically and then we also have staff that is reviewing that information. The only question I had and I'm just wondering again where our role is as the energy community. I mean, in terms of providing input recommendations or just hearing getting updated. Right. And I think it's fantastic when you, and it's like we're doing in terms of solar energy. I think that's it. And I'm just wondering about thermal energy and transportation around municipal buildings for tightening up the, because I feel like there's so much money now available to tighten up these buildings. And I'm wondering if that's kind of in, pretty soon in the future. So we can access these grants and tighten up like, I mean, I mean, I may be way off, but municipal buildings and then start against which are the vehicles for electric. And those are ongoing assessments that we do currently and looking at our town buildings, municipal buildings and finding other ways to provide energy efficiency and making changes in improvements. We also are always exploring the different technology that's available and want to make sure that we're balancing the needs and the goals that we have but within the fiscal constraints that we also have. Yeah. Again, it's just that this federal money now and water state money and I know for certain incomes, it's 13,000 dollars for an electric vehicle and I assume you're looking at grants, of possible grants in terms of having weatherization done on the municipal building. Yes, we do explore those options. In fact, we utilize grant funding when we got the electric car charger that is out back of town hall. Great. Thank you. You're welcome. Anybody else? Thank you very much. You're welcome. I just, I don't know if I can use my hand. Yeah, we'll go right ahead. No, no, no, I was saying with you. Just turn. All right. Number seven, we have an informational, that's from Kathy. Yeah. All right. So Renee was just talking to you about the third facility that we are seeking to permit. Part of that permit process requires petitioning for a certificate of public good. That has been filed. That was included in your package. It's also available in our office if anybody wants to see it directly. It's a very thick packet and it is available there, but it is, there's no action needed by the board unless you wish to submit comments. It's part of that certificate of public good, public hearing, but since it is a town application, I can't imagine you would have any additional comments to add, but it is a right afforded to you as the planning commission. Permit. All good? Can I just say? Absolutely. I was just curious, I noticed that a lot of towns were notified of that. And so I'm just curious for process purposes, do they have input with someone, their town manager, something have input into that process? Yeah, so not necessarily into our process, but they would submit comments at it on behalf of the, as part of the public good process. And there's directions in there on how to do that. We will receive those as well for other communities and even private ones that are seeking this. So you've seen these as informational packets for everything from any sort of solar and private building, public building. We go through the same processes in this alley that you would if you were Shaw's, trying to put those panels on the roof, for example. And that allows you to, anything that isn't that weird, follows that process. Thank you, I just. And so we notify all the letters and it goes to the chairs of the planning commission and to the chairs of their select board or council. They have been shepherding this. Perfect, perfect. A lot of work. Yeah. All good? Yeah. All good. All right, we need a motion for the minutes. Go ahead. After you. Go ahead. I've been doing it all night. Go ahead. I'll make a motion to approve the minutes from the last meeting. I'll second. All right. Discussion? All in favor? Aye. Aye. Motion passes. So we're gonna hear adjourn before we adjourn. I heard Mr. Schecht. This will be your last meeting and I wanna thank you publicly for all your years of service. Absolutely fantastic for a lot of effort in. And you know, we're all how to reach all of us. So when you wanna complain and call her out of us, you know, drop us an email anytime. I didn't know you were going to, wasn't I? I didn't know either. And we could have done something to celebrate. Oh, we will. Oh, we will. Oh, we will, okay. Not to celebrate your meeting, but to celebrate your contribution. Yeah. And I have someone that's gonna reach out to Kathy Ann to join the commission. Pam Driver, she's been a resident in town for quite a while. Smart lady and I think she'd be a welcome addition. Perfect. We'll be full board again. That'd be nice. Yeah, I was gonna say. Yeah, I'll be outdated here. I'll be numbered. All right. Yes. Before you adjourn. Yes. Just to confirm your meeting schedule going forward, we talked about it the last meeting, but at that point it was still unknown as to whether or not this would be a continuation of the public hearing. Not a continuation of the public hearing at this stage. So you talked about probably not having any meetings in October or you wish for this to go through select board process. Is that still your wish? So you would have an October, I think I posted them on there, but I think it's October 2nd. Third. Fourth? No. Just keep going. No, no, no. October 4th and 18th would be your regularly scheduled meeting. October 25th is my hope as the date for the select board hearing. So the way that the process would work with the Supplement 44, we will deliver it to them at their next meeting. That is not a warned public hearing, that's just delivery. That would take place next week, hopefully. I'm listening. So hopefully that'll be on that agenda. They would then have to warn it. Our goal is to ink for October 25th as the select, the first, if there are more, select board public hearing. And hopefully no rich has said that he will attend. Be great if at least one other member could attend as well. Put your own meetings for October. We haven't really talked about what you'd like to add to them. Still wouldn't mind just jumping over to November. I'm good with that. They will make sure we're good, yeah. I know we were also watching to make sure nothing else came in in terms of new requests for amendments. I haven't received any. It's funny, we had like six, I think, in the queue going into the spring, but I haven't heard a single one since the last time that you guys reviewed requests for amendments to the development regulations. So I don't have any that I would be bringing to you for that purpose. Okay. Things you could do if you chose to have a meeting in October would be to review those that you did kick from September or from the spring. You could also do that in November. I haven't reached out to any of those applicants just yet. They were ready, I think, that you decided to push off until after the supplement, so that is a potential item you wished. Can I just say something? Yeah, what do you think? Just a clarifying question. I believe we also kicked kind of down the road the question from seven corners about the design of the building, and I would hate to hold them up another construction season, and I'm wondering if we would have enough time. So I think that was broadly, I think the list of construction season, no matter what, that was broadly looking, reexamining the form-based code that exists in separate corners. That's gonna be processed, I think. I think you're looking at potentially a six to nine month review of that. You did identify that that's the next topic you would like to look at, but if you did that in the spring, you may have different ideas now. So you'll probably want to have a meeting where we just talk about anything else that you might want to do next. Yeah, I'm good with the November, but the whole package together. I'm meeting entirely up to you. I will be prepared for something that you'd like to meet in October. I hate to put Wendy out for a whole month here, and it's too meeting. I know, I'm gonna get into a routine. But yeah, I would just soon wait to select where does the thing after all of this, and everybody else is on board. Yeah, I agree, that's fine. So on November 4th, we'll have a discussion. What's next? Sound good? Yeah? All right. November, yeah. Oh, is that right? Six, I don't know. First, I don't know. Where am I? Yeah, yeah, yeah, November 1st. There you go. First. What are the other dates in November? So you'd be the first in the 50? Yep. Is it five, two, three months? Yep. Okay. Well, there's new Thanksgiving, so we're full of great things. Yeah, so it does avoid Thanksgiving. Can't have any questions. Yeah? We'll be able to have two if you wish to. Sure. Which thing? Before your journey. Yep. Absolutely. So as your former chair, thank you for all your service. I'd be remiss if I didn't say anything. Love, having love, working with you. But I miss you, don't be a stranger. I won't, it's been a pleasure. All right, we're all good. I'll make a motion to adjourn. I'll second that. All in favor? Aye. Thank you. Very good. Thank you.