Maine Association of Planners Board Meeting

11/07/03

Minutes

Attending: Matt Nazar, David Galbraith, Richard Roedner, Jim Fisher, Noel Musson, Hugh Cox, Fred Marshall, Maureen O'Meara.

August Minutes - accepted

October Minutes tabled – need to review these

I. Recap of MMA Annual Conference

Stop

·        Scheduling snafu - should not be held at the same time as similar topics

·        Way in which points were being made – confrontation rather than dialogue.

Start

·        Explore collaboration with MCDA at MMA

·        Look for other groups with whom we can cosponsor

·        Contact Ed Tobin - Call and ask him to provide a column for our newsletter

·        Shared responsibility - more than one person makes the arrangements

·        Have a meeting with MMA in August to coordinate the event

·        Negotiate prices for attendees

·        Be sure that our speakers get in!

·        Promotion - is cost an issue?  How else can we communicate to members?

·        Encourage towns to send their planners.

·        stronger moderator role during discussion

Maureen - should there be a note in the next newsletter?  Maureen is willing to include the article as being "from the editor on professional courtesy" 

Future Topics for meetings and workshops

• Impacts of new shoreland zoning requirements on downtown development.  Possible collaboration with MCDA 
• General development zones - e.g. car tents, patios and other things are now classified as structures.  Rich Baker at DEP is a good contact at DEP about these policies.
• Professional conduct (note: Steve Petchaconis (sp?) gave a presentation at one annual meeting on group process.)
• Comprehensive planning

II. Recap of NNECAPA

Two awards for Maine Planners

·        Plan of the Year

·        Project

NNECAPA Directors

·        Donna Larson, president

·        Tad Redway

·        Bob Hamblen - secretary

Evan Richert presented a concept for a scientific study on density - hoping for grant support

·        Maureen - will be MAP/Maine Represented

Vermont

·        Vermont State NNECAPA Director in charge

·        Maine representatives can help with planning the presentations

III. MAP Annual meeting -

Freeport - looks pretty good

Topics-

·        Lessons from Canada - regionalism

·        Comprehensive Planning

·        Downtown Development

Can these ideas be put into a fourth week in February workshop?

Possible collaborators and Board members who will contact them:

·        CPAC - Noel

·        Grow Smart Maine - Hugh and Noel

·        Grow Smart Maine – Hughe Cox

·        Land Use Consultants - Tom Emery -  ?

·        Landscape Architects - Noel will call Amy Seagull -Partner at DeWan Associates and on the Board for Landscape Architects

·        Maine Real Estate Developers Association ?

·        MCDA – Jim Fisher

·        Michelle Gagnon - Canada – Jim Fisher

·        Realtors MEREDA – Maureen O’Meara

·        Town Managers Association – Richard Roedner

Location

·        Highlands in Topsham? Rich will check.

·        Bath - Jim Upham

Awards Committee

·        Ann Krieg will lead this group. 

·        Need to find a few additional members.

Stone House - June 4th

·        Noel will contact Donna Larson and Jack Kartez - to arranged this

IV. Membership - 75 members plus 9

·        Kathy Fuller – raised the issue of membership renewals – same old problem of when do you pay and when do you have to pay again. 

V. Newsletter

·        Strategic Plan - new plan will be in the newsletter

·        Matt will send an article about membership and the new fiscal year

·        Legislative and Policy Committee - Jim will ask Ann what is going on.

·        next deadline - January 24th

VI. Amicus Brief

·        looking for someone to write the brief.  Jensen Baird may file a brief.  Noel can talk with a lawyer who works with Jensen Baird.

·        Maureen has a document on the Dunston Corner decision and will email it to Rich for follow up.

·        Noel - MAP may need to have a discussion about basic principles.  May need to look at our strategic plan and other documents.  MAP should be bold, but cannot do so when we don't have a shared vision.

VII. Announcements

·        Hugh Cox- Lecture series on "Changing Maine" at USM Muskie School

·        Jim will link MAP Web site to this.

Meeting adjourned at 12:30 PM