10-19-2016 MINUTES

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TOWN OF CANTON 
PLANNING BOARD MEETII��TC 
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER n(g9 2o6 
CANTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 
TRUSTEE'S MEETING ROOM 
786 WASHINGTON STREET 
6:30 P.M. 
MINUTES 
Present: Jeremy J. Comeau, Chairman 
Thomas Scully, Vice Chairman 
Michael Mitcheroney, Clerk 
Robert E. Panico 
Also Present: Daren Lawlor, Planning Board Administrative Assistant 
Laura Smead, Town Planner 
Chairman Jeremy J. Comeau called to order the Planning Board meeting of 
October 19, 2016, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. and tonight is a Planning Board Workshop. 
First Item on the Agenda - PLANS FOR TRANSITION: 
Next Item on the Agenda: Discussion on Potential Shared Consultant — The Board 
discussed the Consultant and whether it should be staffed out. Mr. Houston has been working 
with the Planning Board for over twenty (20) years. The Conservation Commission is make 
demands and the Applicants are paying a lot of money for different consultants. Should we be 
accepting bids for a new consultant that can review for all three Boards: Planning, 
Conservation, and Zoning? 
Next Item on the Agenda: Discuss potential new peer -reviewer (RFP, etc.) — Mr. Houston 
knows the background of what the Planning Board has been working on for a very long time. 
We will talk with the other Boards about what is the logical solution to this. 
Next Item on the Agenda: Discuss recommended order of permitting 
(Conservation/Planning/Zoning). 
Mr. Comeau read a letter into the record dated September 21, 2o16 from Don MacAdam, Vice 
Chairman of the Conservation Commission regarding Permitting Working Group: "If the Town 
were to more fully operate within the existing municipal finance laws and utilize the Uniform 
Procurement Act (M.G.L. Chapter 3oB) I believe applicants with projects which require permits 
from multiple Town Boards would realize a more streamlined review timeline and a cost savings 
on peer engineering reviews.