Planning Board Meeting

DURHAM PLANNING BOARD
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Town Council Chambers
7:00 p.m.
AGENDA
*Please see the notes at the end*

I.          Call to Order

II.        Roll Call and Seating of Alternates

III.       Town Planner’s Report

IV.       Reports from Board Members who serve on Other Committees

V.        Public Comments

VI.       Review of Minutes (old): 

VII.     Presentation on Fire Department.  Presentation by Corey Landry, Durham Fire Chief, on operation of Fire Department and fire issues related to the planning process.

VIII.   Public Hearing - Mill Plaza Redevelopment. 7 Mill Road.  Design Review (preliminary application).  Site plan and conditional use for the redevelopment of this 10-acre site.  The project involves demolition of the rear commercial building; construction of new mixed-use buildings;  new garage parking spaces; residential space for 330 occupants; new public spaces; and other site changes. Colonial Durham Associates, LP, property owner. Sean McCauley, agent. Joe Persechino, Tighe & Bond, engineer. Steve Cecil and Emily Innes, Harriman, site planner.  Ari Pollack, attorney.  Central Business District.  Map 5, Lot 1-1.  Recommended action:  Public hearing, discussion, and closing design review.

IX.       Public Hearing - Riverwoods Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) – Stone Quarry Drive.  Preliminary (design review) site plan and lot line adjustment application for CCRC to be located on a vacant 11.3-acre site in the northeast quadrant of the junction of Route 108 and Route 4 (one lot in from Route 108).  The 315,815 square foot building, with a 95,141 square foot footprint, will contain 150 independent living apartments, 24 assisted-living apartments, 24 memory-care units, and 24 skilled-nursing units.  The 57+/- foot-high building will range from 2 to 5 stories.  There will be 107 enclosed and 172 outside parking spaces.  The proposal includes a lot line adjustment with the adjacent lot – 8-0. Applicant - The RiverWoods Group, c/o Justine Vogel, CEO.  Property owner - Rockingham Properties, c/o Dave Garvey, partner.  Engineer – Jeff Clifford, Altus Engineering.  Landscape architect – Robbi Woodburn.  Attorney – Sharon Cuddy Somers, DT&C.  Map 11, Lot 8-1 through 8-15. Office Research District.  Recommended action:   Continue or close design review.

X.        Riverwoods CCRC –  Conversion of Barn to Market Center.  Site plan and conditional use, related to the Riverwoods CCRC (See IX., above), to convert the existing barn and a portion of the existing house on the adjacent lot to a marketing center, reconfigure parking, and make other site changes.  Conditional use for utilities, pavement, and minor structures in wetland buffer.  Applicant - The RiverWoods Group, c/o Justine Vogel, CEO.  Property owner - Rockingham Properties 1, c/o Dave Garvey, partner.  Engineer – Jeff Clifford, Altus Engineering.  Architect - Alyssa Murphy, Manypenny Murphy Architecture.  Attorney – Sharon Cuddy Somers, DT&C.  Map 11, Lot 8-0. Office Research District.  Recommended action:   Set public hearing for June 28.

XI.       Other Business:  Request for extension on completing the conditions of approval for the  Boundary Line Adjustment for 90 Bennett Road, Map 14, Lot 34-1.  Lori and Steve Lamb, property owners.

XII.     Review of Minutes (new):  None

XIII.    Adjournment                                                                                                                       

Please note:

1)      Public hearings and public comments.  The public is welcome to speak at all public hearings and during the Public Comments time. However, the Planning Board will not accept comments on agenda items that are not public hearings (except at its discretion on a case-by-case basis) nor on matters for which the public hearing has been closed.  Written or emailed comments should be sent to Michael Behrendt, Town Planner, at mbehrendt@ci.durham.nh.us or at the address above.

2)         Submission of information.  Emails and letters received from the public that pertain to current Planning Board matters (except when the public hearing has been closed) are: a) emailed to the Planning Board; b) mailed to the board members if received by the Thursday prior to the meeting, or placed on the table the evening of the meeting, if received later; and c) posted on the Town’s website.        

Any email, letter, document, or other information that is pertinent to a decision which the Planning Board is expected to make at the upcoming Wednesday meeting, must be received in the Planning Office by the prior Monday at 5:00 p.m. or the board will consider the submitted material only at its discretion (This limitation does not apply to comments made at the actual public hearing).

3)      Other information.  Files on the items above are available for review in the Planning Office from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.  Agendas marked as “Preliminary Agenda,” are subject to change.  The final agenda will be posted on the Town’s website on the Friday prior to the meeting - http://www.ci.durham.nh.us/. To see background documents related to specific agenda items, look at the agenda on the website and then click on any green highlighted items.

4)      Contacting us.  Contact the Planning Department with questions or comments about any planning-related matters.  Call (603) 868-8064 or email Michael Behrendt, above, or Karen Edwards, Administrative Assistant, at kedwards@ci.durham.nh.us

5)      Recommended actions.   Actions recommended by the staff are shown at the end of most items.  The Planning Board may or may not take these actions and may take other actions not stated.

6)      New items of business.  Unless approved by a 2/3 vote of the members present, no new item of business shown on the agenda will be taken up after 10:00 p.m.

7)      Communication aids.  Please provide the Town 48-hours notice if special communication aids are needed.

8)         Next meeting.  The next regular Planning Board meeting will be on June 28, 2017.