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Approved 4/16/08 <br />Al Terry stated that he is not opposed to any economic development. I like the <br />controlled growth that we have by using that. But you made a comment that <br />might could go in the EDD manual as a policy that states if there is something of <br />this magnitude that there is an automatic bicycle area, an automatic bus pull off <br />and bus shelter and not something that is requested, it is something that the <br />developer is required to do. My second point is there are 13 surfaced parking lots <br />and 2 structured parking lots and that’s double the buildings and that does not <br />sound like we are promoting public transit. Craig stated they are asking for a <br />reduced amount of parking. You can ask for bus shelters and pull offs. Al stated <br />these should be automatic requirements not requests. <br /> <br />Sam Lasris asked if the board wanted to continue this discussion. Alice Gordon <br />stated that you need to make sure there is a consensus of the board. Sam Lasris <br />I think we should call for comments via email from the board members to Karen, <br />Nancy and myself. Alice Gordon stated that you want to have a chance to make <br />formal comments. Nancy Cole Baker stated that someone need to attend the <br />meeting to say that we would like a chance to make formal comments. Craig <br />Benedict suggested that the board gather what information you want researched <br />as soon as possible. <br /> <br /> <br />VI. Draft Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element <br /> <br />Sam Lasris stated that on March 5th there is a joint meeting at the Exchange Club <br />at 7:30 with the Planning Board to discuss the transportation element of the <br />comprehensive plan. We have an April 14th deadline for comments on the <br />objectives. <br /> <br />Nancy Cole Baker reviewed the objective comments that were compiled from the <br />last meeting. After the last meeting I thought we were a little unhappy with the <br />results so far. A comment made me think about you can’t have a transportation <br />plan without talking about destinations. I put together some of the objectives that <br />talk about a transportation system as being a network of nodes and edges. <br />Nodes being the places you go, where you live and stay for a while and the <br />edges are the connectors are the routes you take from one place to another. The <br />transportation plan should be the whole system not just the connectors. We need <br />to focus on this being a complete system. The third thing is the traffic and how <br />things connect from one node to the other. I have objectives for the nodes and <br />connectors, and qualities you want your system to have. Lastly, how the system <br />relates to other systems. <br /> <br />Jan Grossman stated that we meet and decide on what we want and the <br />consultants keep formalizing and we end up with this. We stated that we want <br />true action words. <br /> <br />Sam Lasris stated the Planning Board boiled it down to an overarching goal and <br />you can fold the rest into that plan. Nancy Cole Baker asked has the Planning