Planning Board Meeting

DURHAM PLANNING BOARD
Meeting and Workshop
Wednesday, November 8, 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.        Approval of Agenda

IV.       Public Hearing - Riverwoods Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) – Stone Quarry Drive.  Site plan, lot line adjustment, and conditional use 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 project will contain 150 independent-living apartments, 24 assisted-living apartments, 24 memory-care units, and  24 skilled-nursing units.  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.  Architect – AG Architecture (Milwaukee).  Attorney – Sharon Cuddy Somers, DT&C.  Map 11, Lots 8-1 through 8-15.   Office Research District  Recommended action:   Continue review and public hearing to November 29.  THIS APPLICATION WILL BE POSTPONED PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST

WORKSHOP

V.        Future Land Use Chapter.  The Durham Land Use Committee, working with Strafford Regional Planning Commission (SRPC), has developed a draft Future Land Use Chapter of the Master Plan.  The draft will be presented to the Planning Board by SRPC’s James Burdin, Regional Economic Development Planner, and Cynthia Copeland, Executive Director.  The Planning Board adopted ten other chapters of the Master Plan in 2015.  Recommended action:  Make any appropriate changes and set public hearing for November 29.

VI.       Other Business:

VII.      Adjournment                                                                                                                       

Please note:

1)         Workshop meeting.  The Planning Board does not take public comments nor review development applications at workshops.  Please note, however, that the board decided to Riverwoods due to particular time constraints.

2)         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.  To see background documents related to specific agenda items, look at the agenda on the website and then click on any green highlighted items.

3)         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                                                       

4)         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.

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

6)         Next meeting.  The next regular Planning Board meeting will be on November 29, 2017.