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TOWN OF CANTON PLANNING BOARD MEETING WEDNESDAY JANUARY 18, 2012 SALAH MEETING ROOM 7:00 P.M. TOWN HALL MINUTES Present: Kristin Mirliani, Chairwoman, Jeremy Comeau, Vice Chairman, Christopher Connolly, George Jenkins Also present: Tom Houston, Professional Services Corporation Winifred Smith, Planning Board Secretary Meeting came to order at 7:10 P.M. Chairwoman Kristin Mirliani Called to order the Planning Board meeting of January 18, 2012 Ms. Mirliani – we are going to change the agenda a little bit this evening we are going to start with the “Comprehensive Land Use Reform and Partnership Act” presentation. Mr. Comeau – if I could quickly say that last Tuesday I went to the Board of Selectman meeting where I heard the presentation from MAPC. I thought it would be good for the Mr. Holden Board to have some first hand knowledge of their presentation so I invited here tonight. Eric HoldenComprehensive Land Use Reform and Partnership Act (CLURPA) – Talks about zoning reform legislation there is a bill before the legislature S1019 He says there are some formatting changes, some substantive changes and there is also a competing plan (LUPA). Mr. Holden – Thank you very much for having me, my name is Eric Holden. Tonight I am here to talk about Legislation. He refers to two handouts which list endorsements from organizations. He talks about the broad based nature of the endorsements, groups from the Planning world to groups from the Health Care field and Environmental groups, most recently I have been talking to cities and towns Planning Boards and Boards of Selectman just talking about the legislation. There is wide spread support from many communities across the Commonwealth. He says they have 38 communities from this region signed on and 55 more statewide who have signed on that really want to see something happen with zoning reform. The Bill has been a long process we have attempted to update our states zoning, master plan, planning statutes. This legislation CLURPA was introduced last session, it is currently a joint committee for municipalities 1