Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - 01/02/1968BOARD OF SELECTMEN MEETING JANUARY 2, 1968 The South Burlington Board of Selectmen held a regular meeting at the Town Office Building, 555 Dorset Street, South Burlington, Vermont on Tuesday, January 2, 1968 at 7:30 P.M. Mr. D'Acuti, Chairman, called the meeting to order. MEMBERS PRESENT Mr. D'Acuti, Chairman; Mr. Robert K. Ashley, Mr. Frederick G. Blais and Mr. Stephen M. Whittlesey. MEMBERS ABSENT Augustus T. Stannard OTHERS PRESENT Henry LeClair, Town Manager; Edgar Myers, Free Press Reporter and Mrs. William Guilford. SECOND READING OF SHELBURNE ROAD ORDINANCE The second reading of a proposed ordinance for a zone change on Shelburne Road was unanimously passed by the Selectmen. The Ordinance reads as follows: AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND "THE SOUTH BURLINGTON ZONING ORDINANCE BY CREATION OF AN ADDITIONAL AREA OF BUSINESS DISTRICT A." The Selectmen of South Burlington hereby ordain: Section 1. The South Burlington Zoning Ordinance adopted February 28, 1964, and the official zoning map adopted in connection therewith is hereby amended by changing the land use of the following described land from Business District B to Business District A. A strip of land on the west side of Shelburne Road having a uniform depth of three hundred (300) feet bounded on the north by the south side line of Queen City Park Road and on the south by the northerly boundary of the Allenwood property. Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 2, 1968 SOUTH BURLINGTON BOARD OF SELECTMEN ACCEPTANCE OF DESLAURIERS LAND The Board unanimously accepted and signed the deed to the new Town Buildings site. They also signed the original and a copy of an agreement between Mr. DesLauriers and the town. TOWN OFFICE BUILDING - CHOOSING AN ARCHITECT The Board discussed the probability of selecting an architect for preliminary planning for town buildings, and decided to set up appointments for the same at the January 9, 1968 meeting. The local architects to be invited to attend by the Town Manager are: J. Henderson Barr, Architect; Calcagni, Frazier and Zajchowski, and Julian Goodrich. SNOW PLOW PURCHASE The Board discussed plowing problems, considered a lease purchase program from Timberland Machine Incorporated and decided on an outright purchase of a SW-48 Bombardier Sidewalk Plow with a V blade and a straight blade for $5970.00, to be paid for from the Equipment account. OTHER BUSINESS Chairman D'Acuti informed Board members that the Dorset Street Shopping Center plan seems to have fallen through and also discussed briefly the advantages of having a non-profit development group for commercial development purposes formed. The Board discussed the Carrols Restaurant sign and instructed the Manager to inform the Zoning Board by letter that the Carrol request which was tabled contains more than the 20 square feet, and feel that if the Zoning Board does not agree with the sign provisions they should recommend new sign ordinances. The Selectmen also asked the Zoning Board members to refer to page 15. section 7.10, paragraph 2 of the Zoning Ordinance and give due consideration to the article. The Board went into Executive Session at 8:30 P.M. for the purpose of discussing the Manager's proposed Selectmen's budget. APPROVED Published by ClerkBase ©2019 by Clerkbase. No Claim to Original Government Works.