You all set? >> All right, mic's on everybody. All right, welcome everybody uh to this planning board meeting Wednesday, March 18th. Uh first item on our agenda is a roll call. We have Ashley Casease. We've got Lisa Buck, myself, Phil Ruck, we've got Doug Macintosh, we've got Michael Castello, we've got John Beckett and Christa Schwinser on the end. Uh, next up is acceptance of the agenda. Can I get a motion, please? >> So moved. >> Very good. Second. >> I second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor? All right. Next up, uh, approval of the minutes of September 17, 2025 and January 21st, 2026 planning board meetings. We do not have a quorum to approve the meeting minutes from the 17th, is at that meeting. Bob Bayer, John Quinn, who's no longer with us, uh, John Beckett, Ashley, Jud, and Jud were there, but we don't have enough people. So, we're going to push that off till next month. So, we do have planning board minutes for Wednesday, January 21st, 2026. Uh, can I get a motion, please? >> So moved. >> Have a second. Any edits, comments? >> Nothing. >> Can I ask a quick favor? Who seconded the minutes? John. >> Perfect. Thanks, >> John. Getting nice. Nice. All right. Uh, all those in favor? All right. Moving on. We have in new business. We have two uh site plan reviews. Uh, first up is a major site plan review application of the University of Maine authorized agent Dewan King Incorporated for the redevelopment of the Dunn and Corbett parking lots off Long Road and the expansion of the Wells parking lot uh off of Mson Road located at 168 College Amap 11, lot 77 in the university zoning district. Do I have We do. We have a university representative. Uh could you explain the project things. Good evening. green button. >> Green button. >> All right. Thank you. >> Good evening. My name is Jeff Laso. I am a senior civil engineer with De Boy and King Consulting Engineers from our Bangor office. And this evening I'm representing the University of Maine for the North Campus parking improvements project and site plan approval. The university has had many moving parts in the last couple years. There are several significant infrastructure projects that they have entertained. Many of those gone before the board. The plan you're looking at includes some of those projects. the Morse basketball arena that the board is surely aware of was approved last month. The Alond Arena project, the sports projects, the new track, the new soccer field, uh the Furland engineer center is part of those improvements. Future improvements to Boardman Hall are part of those improvements. This part of campus has undergone a a transformation in terms of how the university is using it and improving and investing in their new features. like is to consider that the parking lot project tonight doesn't involve a structure, but it involves an important infrastructure piece that could be the final thread that will tie this all together that holistically the university had to look at all the different service of new features that had to be served. And yes, the new Morse Arena took out what was then called the North Gym parking lot and was a loss of parking. This project is intended to replace that parking. It's intended to provide pedestrian and vehicle safety improvements. It's intended to bring the university forward into the future with a traffic uh circulation pattern that will support all these new uses. The plan before you a little bit larger for you. I'm also going to zoom SCO here. There we go. Uh for orientation here is College Avenue along this side. Here's the Alphant Arena. The new arena by others is the more arena that I referred to. The the football stadium is just beyond that. Here's the memorial gym and the fieldhouse. We have Corbett Hall. Oh, sorry. Corbett Hall, Dunh Hall, Wells Conference Center. And then wrong road comes up by Alfont presently comes along like this wraps around the fieldhouse in the gym comes down swings by Hart Hall and goes past the mall and this is Mson Road here. Mson is one of the oldest roads on campus that runs along in between Hancock Hall and Wells. The project before you involves two parking lot projects. One on the left is an expansion to be accurate of the Wells parking lot and I'll show you a detailed plan of that. That is an addition of approximately 120 parking spaces from its present size of 105. The other parking lot is what's known as the Dunning Forbit lot in this area here. And if you're familiar with that lot, you may notice already the orientation of the parking is east west. The present orientation is north south. And so just out of the gate from a geometry standpoint, the east west orientation is going to show an important safety and also add additional parking by being more efficient than the layout that was there. Um, just briefly personal note, my family moved to Orno 1978 and at that time that parking lot was east west and some well-intentioned facilities person made it north south and sometime in the 80s. So we're turning that way. For clarity, the project is located on tax map 11, lot 77. We are in the university district and we're here this evening because the two projects are within 500 ft of the boundary of the campus and therefore it's it's uh governed under site location. Again, the goal of the project was to replace parking that was lost by the other projects. And I'd like to share with you this is the Wells lot. The shading that you see is meant to be uh proportional. The light shading is the existing Wells lot with an entrance off of Mson here and here. The darker shading here and here represent parking additions. So please folks, there's nothing special about this. We're going to extend the lots to the north. We're going to add another bay towards College Avenue. The geometry of the lot stays the same. Generally, the lot meets the town standards for drive aisles, parking spaces, and other geometry and such. Uh the project also meets the green space requirement. There are judged islands here, here, here, and around the parking lot itself. And also trees, nine trees along the outboard side here represented by those green circles. That's all part of meeting the requirements of the ordinance for the parking section 18-135. The lot will be lit. There are street lights there. That is the dark circle with the square light fixture on it. The project's been designed to meet the phototric requirements of the town. These are dark sky cut off fixtures. And I also like to mention that regardless of whether within 500 ft or not, the campus has a dark sky policy and uses cutoff fixtures throughout the campus for roads and parking and for safety. Another element of the project that's worth mentioning, this is a grading plan. These are the contours that reflect where the grading parking lot is. Now the heavier lines here represent a fill slope going down to meet existing grade and these existing dash lines or existing contours through here. Uh because we have added another what I call the bay which is this 60 ft double loaded parking on both sides. We're extending out towards College Avenue. In order to meet grade, we are sloping down at a slope of 4 to one, which proportionally is about where my hand is. See here? It may sound steep, but the existing slope is around four to six to one at the moment. What we've done is recognize there's a area here that's actually steeper and scalloped in and we're providing this 4 to1 side slope when steeper slopes could be provided to level this out and provide the fact that when we're done the contours will be more consistent and level. The bank will all be one slope roughly visually from an impact than it is presently. Orbit lot has the same uh visual. We have a dark area that represents what is lawn now rather large esplanade that runs through the middle of the lot and the lighter gray represents the pavement areas. Now, collectively by turning the parking east west, and that's left to right or right to left, we're going to improve the number of spaces, but also significantly improve the safety for the the lot. You may be aware that this long road section here presently has the north gym lot over here that had parking that backs out into Long Road in order to leave. And there are also one, two, three, four, five entrances to these two lots. We call them curb cuts in the business that enter that way. It's a busy busy area that the university has grappled with for years to try to improve the safety. Think we found a solution finally with the Morse arena being constructed here. There will be a curbed roadway for Long Road getting relocated and then an esplanoba between that and the parking lot so that this parking lot will now only be entered from Long Road on this side or Mson Road on this side. Those are the existing entrances into the parking lot. By doing that, we've now closed the lot. So that is one entity. You enter the lot and vehicles only move within the lot and can only move out through the other way. This will improve uh pedestrian safety through the long road area significantly. There are students who are moving through here to go to Alond to Morse. The satellite parking you may be aware is back behind Alond. There's plenty of commuters who are walking through there. When we have peak events at the uh fieldhouse and the gym, there's many people all walking through this area. If the north gym lot is gone, this parking lot will replace that and represent a safer situation for people coming and going. The ordinance 18-35 for parking dictates that parking in Orno should be safe and improve and consider pedestrian. The university is very pleased they've got this opportunity to finally resolve an area that's always been a challenge to do that. This is um this is more modest. This is about a 32 space improvement. Um but it uh it'll by closing the curb cuts improvement. This lot is essentially the same as it will be for grading. There are catch basins uh a line of them along this area here and generally the grades of the parking lot are not being altered by more than a foot. We're going to improve the grading and make sure we have positive drainage but by and large there's not a lot of earth work for this lot. Uh the project collectively meets zoning. I'd like to return back to the wells lot quickly. This dash line represents a 50ft front setback line. Uh we meet that setback. The closest structure is beta theta pi and there's no change to that setback for this project. No structures involved. We also meet the green space calculations for both projects for both parking lots, excuse me. Uh we also meet the fometrics and we also have trees. I want to step back to the Don Corbett lot. This there are several existing trees along Mson Road. A few trees over here along Long Road. This green box in this area is intended to be several street trees, at least nine to meet the requirements of the trees. This is a moving target. That area presently will be long road relocated to build the Morse Arena. That's an approximately a two-year time span. And so that area will become an esplanade down the road. Have those street trees. At the moment, we have an interim condition due to the Morsina project. uh we would cons ask the board to consider a condition of approval to return to the board and demonstrate that the trees were installed at a certain date when that's a permanent condition. In a brief summary, the project represents no impacts to the use or the population of the campus. The project represents no change in the traffic on College Avenue. The vehicles that are in the lots are already on on the roadway. Uh there's no impacts to private land owners. There are none within 300 feet. I think it's actually close to 1,000 ft is the closest property owner. Uh there's no change in utilities. The parking lots will be owned in entirety by the University of Maine and will be the responsibility office of facilities management. All the infrastructure, all the features will all be owned, maintained and operated. There is no alteration or change to town infrastructure or any impact to town rightaways. The project is uh meeting storm water requirements through a amendment to the D slow permit for the the university development hack permit. I mentioned other projects the Morse arena project specifically the storm water management plan for that project. So, wait a second. We have a space for you. >> You didn't mind doing the general project. I'm fine. Okay. I think she's moving forward. >> Thank you, Jeff. >> May I start again, please, on the storm water? >> Please do. the uh the storm water management for this project was incorporated into previous storm uh applications for SLOA specifically for the Morse arena such that the features that are being built for the arena created credits to account for this project. Uh, case in point, I drove by the site tonight and there is a large gravel wetland under construction next to what was theta kai, that large feature. There is an amendment before the DP for the new impervious area for this project using those credits. That application does include the erosion control notes, details, and design that are in this application and they're all designed to D standards and we look forward to that approval as part of that package. The project is scheduled to begin sometime after commencement and is meant to be a summer project or what the facilities folks refer to as a summer slama >> uh to be completed by August and uh there is there is no tomorrow. It needs to be done completely. Um the project cost the was bid last week. This is public information. Um the Sergeant Corporation has a bid of approximately $2.3 million that includes other work that is not contained in this application that's outside the site plan application. But it's another sign of the of the seriousness of the project and also the intention of the university to put resources towards addressing these situations. In summary, I trust the board uh sees the need and the opportunity for reinvestment from the infrastructure at the university. Uh that completes my uh prepared uh comments for this evening. Uh we are ready to stand uh stand ready to answer any questions you might have. I want to thank the board for your time and your attention. Thank you very much. >> Thank you, Jeff. EJ, do you have anything to add to that? >> Uh no additions. Uh Jeff, thanks for hitting all the the important highlights and we appreciate your presentation and thank you. >> All right, I do have uh several questions just for anybody that's out there watching. We will open this up for public hearing, but uh limiting questions from the board to get get going. So, I'm going to jump on the uh the tree planting that you mentioned as you showed uh in the weld lot. I think nine trees on the edge of that lot. I don't have any plans showing those trees. So, first off, I think you probably get this question from Christa as well, but we'll we'll need to know what you intend to plant. And I I didn't see where they were to be located because that that drawing shows them, but then I'm looking at the grading plan. And it probably be helpful just to to make sure. I mean, you you do have like a a little bit of a burm, a little bit of wider area, but it it's not in the plan set I'm looking at. So, this is new. >> Mr. Chair, I can fill in those details. The slope has a 5ft shoulders to the parking lot that the trees will be installed on. That was deliberate to provide that that buffer. >> Okay. >> The parking lot presently has a 5-ft shoulder. We matched that shoulder when we moved it over. There are four or five trees that will be displaced by the addition. We're going to plant new ones. They'll be inch and a half caliper per the ordinance requirements. The university typically puts in deciduous. Um we're not put they're not putting in coniferous these days. They're concerned about sightelines for safety and we can confirm with a a subsequent applica uh submission what those are. The university also does its own plantings. The ground shop does that those plantings. >> Yep. >> Yeah. Typical part of our submission. But yeah, that helps. Uh just going to grab another two. So if we can switch over to uh the other lot done in Corbett. Yeah. So, just looking at this and and thinking back to the Morse project and really like the discussion about pedestrian safety. Uh, but I I had a couple questions and this is the first time because that drawing shows the future esplenade. I think that's the green dash line. >> It it does, Mr. chair, but I need to explain that I I do not have the final design for Morse Arena for Long Road. That the picture shown there is essentially where it is now. When the road is put back, it's going to be further away, further toward closer to Morsena by a few feet than it is right now. So, this image is meant to show that the esplanade will be in this area through here. >> Okay. And I we've estimated that it'll be approximately 18 to 20 feet wide. >> Yeah. >> So, um if you walk if you now pull up Long Road and look at the M on the fieldhouse as you're approaching there, all that busyiness, so to speak, you'll be in a dedicated roadway, right? >> Looking at the fieldhouse and then have a there'll be a sidewalk and sidewalk on the left to the Morse arena. But on the right, the espanol will be 18 to 20 feet. Those trees will be in that espanade along with other hardcape features that have not been designed yet. benches, a sidewalk for sure, and other other items that the university may add in there. >> Okay. So, along those lines, because we we hadn't seen the esplanade, there wasn't a mention of that that drawing. That green box isn't on our drawings, but >> I'm looking at the the crosswalk. So, right now, I'm just looking at a I don't know if that's a crosswalk to to nowhere on the north side. It just ends. So, I was wondering whether cuz I recall that there was a sidewalk along the Morse Arena cuz they were trying to direct pedestrian traffic to the other side when we reviewed that project before. But I was wondering whether the intent for that, you know, significant crosswalk across the lot was going to connect with Morris Arena and then, you know, again, showing that crosswalk like going across Long Road and and over to that. So, I just I was just thinking about what are people going to do when they're walking across that lot. Is there a sidewalk along the edge of this lot on the the south side of Long Road? Uh you just mentioned the esplenade. So that kind of answers my question that there's not going to be a sidewalk there if there's going to be an esplenade, but you're going to want to get people to the other side of the the street to where the sidewalk is. >> Mr. Chair, the answer to your question is yes. >> All right. Good. I may have left out that the present >> pedestrian corridor through the Dunc lot is being maintained. We're going to dial back the size of the espanod uh the grass areas that espionade. >> Yeah. >> But by turning it east west, we have a corridor right through here that connects the the quad between Dun and Corbett. And again, this isn't our application. It's a different project, but the Morse arenas over here. And the sidewalk will go across Long Road and be close to the front door of Mors. It's not quite lined up with it, but it's still >> It just showed it deadended, but I was assuming that they were going to connect with the other project and have a designated crosswalk there. I >> There will be >> I just wondered what >> AD accessible with all the with the ramps and the detectable strips. Uh there will be a sidewalk on the north right uh the south side along road. So on this parking lot side, there will be a sidewalk on the north side of the esplanade. south side of the road. >> There will be >> there will be >> curbed the road will be curved with granite. There will be no sidewalk along this side of the parking lot. There's no need for it. No one will be making that move. >> Yeah, cuz that's what I was wondering because I remembered that there was the curb from the the last project, but students are going to want to walk along that road and it none of the plans we have showed a sidewalk, but that's the intent. >> Very much so. Yes. >> Okay. Yeah, that that that will be a p that will be the primary pedestrian corridor. Keep using that word. East west a long long road and allow students to walk on a curb sidewalk on both sides of the road out of traffic, >> right? >> 24 foot wide. That's how wide the you know >> day from what it is. But I remember the Morris project showed the designated sidewalk. You did not have one here. So you gave me well gave us the right answer. So, all right. Uh, just one more and then I'll turn it over while I'm on a roll. Uh, back to Wells. Sorry. So, you're removing that existing parking lot that used to be for the French Canadian Center. And I'm just trying to remember, are you going to replace the curb? Is there a curb on that section along road? This >> There's no entrance there. >> No entrance there. Um uh the the that is where the entrance used to be, but that parking lot, it was a small 10p person staff parking lot. It's very a legacy parking lot. It's been there a very long time. Um will has already been substantially removed and that curb will be closed um by the by the ground shop is planning on putting curb there and closing that off. There is sidewalk >> pavement, but I was assuming they >> Yeah, there there is a sidewalk coming up Long Road on both sides of the road. again, granite curb, mutuminous walk to pro provide the the the pedestrian safety and corridor there. So, um that's another one of the safety improvements is we got one less curb cut onto Long Road at that point. Um the only entrances on the left outside the plan once again, not in the not in this application, but the the road collectively has fewer entrances and more pedestrian ways than present. All right. Thank you. That's all I have. Anybody else? >> I got a question. >> Please, miss. >> Okay. So, um I walk my dog over there every day. So, while you're doing all the construction, is there going to be a place for me to walk with safely with my dog? >> The uh where do you walk along Mson Road? May I ask in return? Have some more information? >> Sometimes, but usually I'm headed toward the bike path. So, >> okay, >> the the sidewalk on Mson Road, which runs here. >> Mhm. >> That is on your drawing right there. That sidewalk is not in scope. So, that will be open and you'll be able to put walk on that side of Mson or on the other side. There's sidewalks on both sides, >> but getting to the bike path through that area is going to be tricky. the bike path or is that >> the bike path is sort of behind all the the the field the new field stuff. >> I suppose I can go from this parking lot. I >> yeah, you can you can get there. >> But you'll be able to continue along Long Road, which long road is is is being maintained during the construction. Like as I said, >> be able to go to the fieldhouse and go around the Morris Serena site and enter. They used to call it Blackberry Way, they might call it Alphon Way now, and then get back to the bike path to to Oldtown. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> Thank you. My dog thanks you, too. >> And it's very important to keep keep that open. I it just reminded me because I did notice there were no sidewalks on the plan for Wells lot, but you just said there's sidewalks on both side. Your project isn't going to interfere with existing pedestrians way. So I just >> no change the MSON road proposed by the project except the modification of the entrances to the lot. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Other questions? Uh just curious since he mentioned who the contractor would be to do the construction on the lot. Uh if you want to recluse me from this uh my son works for Sergeant. He's an engineer for them. >> We've had that come up several times because obviously Sergeant does all the work around here and so far >> I if you think you can be unbiased >> I don't have a problem with it. Do other people have any issue with that? just wanted to put it. >> Yeah. No, I thank you. I appreciate that. Uh, all right. I'm going to open it up the public. Are there any folks in the audience that want to come up? Uh, EJ, Mitch, anybody online? >> Anybody online? >> We have one people on one person online, but um, no questions. >> No questions. All right. Uh yeah, any other comments? I I agree the pedestrian safety aspect of that having uh been on UMain campus forever, this is a enormous improvement. So looking forward to that. I just not quite sure on conditions if we're thinking ahead again adding I think we probably would want something of a spec on planting or for the final drawing whatever you're submitting is going to show those trees and locations because I as I said our submission packet does not have any of that. >> We would welcome the opportunity to provide that as a condition of approval. Thank you. How would that language work though? Like because it'd be submitted post project like when when would you know? >> I can provide a detail and submit that within a week of >> Got it. Okay. >> You said you weren't sure where it was going to be and what you were going to plant based on the Morse arena. >> I uh at standing here I cannot speak to what species of the tree would be planted. I would refer with the ground shop has a standard but I can v vet that and provide a detail for an inch and a half caliper tree with group bob the standard for the town. >> Yeah I mean because whatever drawings that were submitted we just didn't have that. So whatever the final drawing is that's uh filed with the town has everything on it best you can be attached to the building permit issuance. Is that what you would do? That sounds right. >> I mean, that's a long ways away. Well, not that long ago, actually. >> He's doing it in the summer. Just need to make sure everything is uh as it's proposed on the plan. So, all right. What else? The waiver request. So, we talked about not applicable. I just wanted to confirm when I reviewed that that we're not entertaining waiver requests this evening. Several things don't apply. >> That's correct. >> As usually happens with the university, but just making sure that we didn't have to act on them. >> Correct. >> All right. Anybody else that has a question online in the audience? Nobody. Close the public hearing. Uh, last call for comments from the board. All right. I do think we're ready for a motion. I just want to make sure too on the standard conditions typically we we require that preconstruction meeting. I think I saw that in there. >> Yes, it's on there. Yeah. >> Good. All right. Think we're good. Anybody want it? >> You'll just have to help me with the uh addition for the building permit. I move to approve the site plan application of the University of Maine authorized agent Dubo B and King dated February 12th of 2026 to complete the proposed north campus parking improvements to be located over two existing parking lots as well as the expansion of a third parking lot. The approximate total project is 146,000 square ft with a physical address of the Dun Corbett and Wells parking lots on a portion of the tax back map 11 lot 77 project location shown on the aerial image below in our documents for the findings of fact dated March 18th of 2026 and subject to the conditions standard conditions that we have listed within The addition uh when the building permit is issued, it will contain um what was it? PL >> planting plan. >> A planting plan >> that goes along with the vegetation expected for the parking lot surrounding areas. >> Sounds good. >> That work? Yep. >> That works. >> Yeah. Thank you. Very good. We have a second. Second. All those in favor. All right. Next up, we have another public hearing. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Appreciate it. Uh we have another public hearing this evening. This is a minor site plan review application of 354 FS real estate LLC uh by Joyce Lynn to establish a homeay 2 short-term rental within the existing structure at 35 forest a tax math 27-2 lot 30 in the MDR zoning district. We have an applicant if you could come up and tell us a little bit about what you propose. Good evening members of the board. My name is the Joyce Lane representing 354 FS Rare Estate LLC. We are here regarding our application to convert the exacting twobedroom apartment at 35 Forest Avenue into a home state too. I'd like to brief briefly explain not just what we were proposing but why we believe this is good for the neighborhood and for oro um Orono is a university town and university town needing every graduation every homecoming every parents weekend families are looking for a place to stay near campers. Right now, most of them drive to Bangor. We see a opportunity to offer a small quiet well-maintained al alternative right here within walking distance of human that keeps wiser dollars in our community and generated margin tax revenue for the town. What we are proposing is simple. A chance of use for a exacting twobedroom unit. No construction, no change to the building or the site. Maximum two guest at a time. We are not aiding a hotel. We are offer offering a home. The exive rear look the same. The impact is less than a typical rental tenant. The property will maintain to a higher standard because our business depends on it. We take the board's concerns seriously. We will enforce a STNCT to gas maximum. Observe quiet hours. Provide a local property manager's contact to our neighbors. Maintain safety equipment exceeding code requirements and register for all state and local tax. We welcome annual review and accounting aility. We are asking for our approval. Um we asking for your approval. Sorry. Because we believe we can be a model operator for how homeays should work in Orurono. This is a low impact use that improves property maintains journalist tax revenue supports or no's role as a university and respect respect the residential character of the forest avenue. We are happy to answer any question and accept the reasonable condition. Thank you, dear. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Uh before we open up the public hearing and EJ, do you have anything to add to that? >> Uh no additions. >> All right. Uh this is a pretty simple one. Uh I don't know that have we had a home stay too yet? I don't >> I thought we had one. >> Yeah, maybe it was meeting. I couldn't recall one, but either way, that's good. Uh so any questions from the board for the applicant? There's absolutely no changes, no construction, no no signage, no anything. All right. Uh I have none. So I'm going to open up the public hearing. Do we have any comments online? >> No online comments >> with a designated audience. >> Anybody online? >> All right. Any >> I guess I'll close the public hearing. Any questions uh from the board? I I really have nothing. >> It's straightforward. >> Yeah, this is one of those ones that you almost wish could be handled just by town staff uh rather than coming to the board, but that's how it's written in our ordinance. So, oh well. Uh I think I'm Oh, before we get going, I do want to ask so in the standard conditions number two and three on page three of the review. I just wanted to make sure that this was still relevant prior to the start of the project. Number two, uh prior to the start of the project, applicant is required to obtain a building permit. And then there's also mention of a building permit in number three. Is that applicable or is it do they need to register or do whatever they need to do for home stays because I I just didn't know that any building permit would be issued. >> We won't issue a permit but they need to come into our office to do the registration and we want to just have an opportunity to put eyes on the on the on the facility once they're done once it changes. I didn't know that it was appropriate to reference a building permit if they're not pulling a building permit. That was my question. >> Do we have like though if it's just >> private occupancy like >> Yeah. >> What would the verbiage be? >> Well, that's what I was wondering. So, >> could it be like building review or project review? Change it. >> Yeah. Because you need to get in the registration because the home state 2 that's a change, right? So, Okay. So maybe we >> prior to the start of occupancy, the applicant is required to obtain required to register with with the town >> change of use. Uh yeah, register the I guess it's the buildings change the >> register the unit >> properties change of use or whatever something like that. And prior to occupancy, the applicant or contractor shall schedule an inspection with the code enforcement officer. Right. We don't need fire department, do we? Or do you want both? >> We'll have both. >> Yeah, >> that should be fine. I just saw building permit when it said there was no building, no construction, so I didn't know that they'd be getting. >> Yeah. random. I just happened to read that, but either way. All right. Uh, I think we're ready for a motion. >> You just wanted I'll do this one, I guess. Uh, I move to approve the site plan application of 354 FS real estate LLC dated February 12th, 2026 to change the use of the property from an existing two-bedroom residential rental to a short-term rental homeay with the physical address being 35 Forest Avenue, tax map 27-20, lot 30 and per the findings of fact dated March 18, 2026 and the subject to the following conditions. Do I need to read the conditions since we changed them or are we good? Uh I think you need to mention the change >> just two and three. We're gonna >> Y >> uh standard condition one is asis. Number two is going to change to prior to occupancy the applicant must register the unit with the town. And item number three prior to occupancy occupancy the applicant or andor lead contractor shall schedule an inspection with the code enforcement officer and the Orno fire department. >> Nice work. Got a motion. Can I get a second? >> Second. >> Very good. Any further discussion? All those in favor? >> Congrats. >> Yeah. >> All right. I think now that Bob's here this evening, I think why don't we jump back to the meeting minutes of uh what did I say? September 7. >> Good. >> Okay. Thank you. Oh, thank you. >> Sorry. >> I was hoping this would stick with us for a while. >> Yeah. You really want to carry on? >> I I do. I want to clean it up. Uh, so we're considering the planning board minutes for Wednesday, September 17th. Could I get a motion? >> Some moved. >> So I can >> No. >> So moved. >> So moved. Uh, can I get a second? Second. >> There we go. Uh, edits discussion on these. >> Remember the only people voting on this are Bob, John, Ashley, and Jed. No further disc. Yeah, >> that's a yes. >> All right. Got it. >> All right. Any No discussion? >> No. >> All those in favor? >> There we go. >> Put that one off the list. Now, back to the agenda. We have a town planner report. Uh we were given some fact sheets about some new uh legislation. So, EJ, you're up. >> Thank you very much. uh EJ Roach, uh town planner and economic development. Um I just wanted to to start the discussion uh about some of the changes uh being made down in Augusta. Uh particularly LD1829, LD427 and LD97. Uh each of the sheets you have is kind of a a highlevel summary about what the intent is and uh changes that were were passed and voted and uh became law. Um as a municipality uh we need to amend our ordinances to reflect some of these these new changes. So I just wanted to to start the process, get you guys thinking about it. Um the main state um housing uh let's see what's their technical term has been providing some guidance for us. Um actually the uh housing opportunity program um through the main office of community affairs um has providing been providing guidance to municipalities to help uh adopt these ordinances. Um so as we work through the process um we will engage the planning board uh town council um we did apply for a grant through their office to offset some of the the cost to uh have independent consultants or attorneys look at some of the new language that we need to adopt to uh align with some of the new laws being um passed. Uh so we did receive $15,000 uh to help offset the cost uh of that transition. Um so over the next several months included in planning board applications when we're here uh we will work towards adjusting our ordinances to allow uh in in essence uh more density in various parts of town. Um we have to and this is high level quick um quick highlights. We'll have to change some of our existing ordinances to match state law, which in theory will add to more housing in the community, make it easier to to add housing, make the costs kind of pencil out a little bit better. Um, and we'll go from from there. So, I wanted you guys to have the information so you can be thinking about it. Uh, so as we get here, you can sort of ask really good questions and be thinking about what we need to change and and when. And we have to work to adopt these by July 1st. Uh, we have a little bit of wiggle room, but that's the that's the goal. So, council adoption by July 1st. So, that means >> by the time it goes through us and >> Yeah, we're gonna we'll play the the public notice timeline >> dance as we go through it. Yeah. >> Okay. I think these are the ones that uh or the one that Isabelle was mentioning. >> Pretty impactful >> during comp plan stuff. Yep. >> Yeah. Because we were right in the thick of comp plan revisions when all this came about. And she said some of the stuff we're talking about won't even apply because the state will overrule. >> Yeah. Y here we are. >> Very good. Thank you. Any questions? >> 3J. >> All right. Uh while I have you uh here, anything for next month? >> Yes, we will have a um clustered subdivision application queued up, ready to go. Uh 76 Kelly Road. They're coming back for final approval. >> Good. >> It's been a while since >> up on the left. That one down in the right above the gravel bid. Is that No, that's main street. >> The one that's like right by the Boy Scouts. >> Um past the Northern Light. >> Yeah. >> Health Center. There's like a farmhouse. The 15 unit total there. >> Yeah. Right there in that area. If you're coming towards town, it's on the left. >> How many houses? uh 15 total, 14 new, and then the farmhouse will be renovated. >> Is that is that the road we were talking about? A road that would connect all the way to the retirement village. >> That's I think that's up a little bit. That project that we approved way back when that's died on the vine, I think. >> So, this is by the scout house, too, right? The Boy Scout facility. >> Sort of. >> Sort of. Across from the disc golf, >> correct? >> Yeah. Okay. >> Closer to the Northern Light Health Center though. >> Pass the Northern Light Health Center driveway on the left. >> Yep. >> First lot. >> Good activity in town. Nice. Uh, next up is adjournment. Can I get a motion? >> So moved. >> Any discussion? All those in favor? See you next month. Whatever vote is. Yeah, I know.