It was announced by the Town
Manager’s office that the TV-7 WireCast system has been updated to include the
ability to provide video and audio feed directly to Facebook Live. A test of
this update will be performed at next Tuesday’s meeting as well as Thursday
night’s Speak Out with Bill Diamond.
The Council discussed and adopted
the policy on tax increment financing districts and credit enhancement
agreements, establishing criteria and procedures.
The Windham Parks and Recreation Ad
Hoc Committee Members, Pat Moody, Beth Schidzig and Cathy Streifel as well as
Parks and Rec Director Linda Brooks reported to the council the preliminary
planning phase for the development of a community center for the town of
Windham, presented their findings and recommendations.
The report included the preliminary
needs of a community center space to include, but not limited to study space,
performing arts center, gymnasium, teen/youth hangout as well as adult/senior
lounge to name just a few.
Also reported to the Council was
the vision, mission and purpose of a community center, with the goal to shift
from a “livable to a lovable” community. Potential funding sources and
projected goals were also discussed with the Council.
One public comment for this
development of a community center was presented by Laura Morris, Director of Be
The Influence. She reiterated the importance of having a center to keep
students off the streets after school and thus preventing alcohol and drug use.
The report as given to the Council
was supported and the Ad Hoc Committee Members were thanked for their hard
work.
The Council also heard a series of
suggestions for amendments in various ordinances relating to water quality
protection in the Highland Lake watershed from the Planning Director Ben Smith,
Town Engineer John Earl and Director of Code Enforcement Chris Hanson.
The discussion was on the following changes to
ordinances that may allow the Council to lift the current moratorium on certain
development activities in the watershed. The suggestions for areas of
amendments as stated in the cover letter to the Council included:
In the Shoreland Zoning Ordinance:
Requiring new subsurface wastewater systems to meet higher design flows.
In the Surface Water Protection
Ordinance: Require two methods of erosion control (silt fence, bark mulch or
hay etc.) when soil and erosion permits are issued.
For single family homes, implement
a “point system” for various storm water control measures to ensure higher
levels of treatment than currently exist.
An advantage to this approach is potentially saving the need for every
project in the watershed to be engineered for storm water/phosphorous control.
In the Land Use Ordinance:
Require all local subdivision/site
plan projects to meet the DEP phosphorous standard, rather than giving project
designers the option of meeting the phosphorous standard or the general
standard (treatment for 95 percent impervious, 80 percent total developed
areas).
Require all local subdivision/site
plan projects to design to the DEP phosphorous TMDL requirements even if the
DEP regulations allow applicants to pay a fee in lieu of meeting the standard.
Require new private roads in the watershed to
be designed to treat storm water.
Public comments were also heard
regarding this issue, both for and against. The meeting was adjourned at 10:15
p.m.
FMI on this and previous council
meetings, go to the Town of Windham website at www.windhammaine.us <
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