HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-02-01 Master Plan Advisory Committee Minutes Approved February 15,2018
Minutes February 1st,2018 Master Plan Advisory Committee
Attendance
• Present: John Watters, Christina Minicucci, Norma Lochman, Erin Stevens, Gary Sidell
• Staff: Eric Kfoury,Jean Enright
• Absent: Diane O'Connor,Scott Hammond, David Stroh
Christina opened meeting at 7:15PM
Agenda:
Meeting minutes: Motion made by G. Sidell to approve the minutes for Dec 14th and January 19th
accepted as amended. The motion was seconded by J. Watters. The vote was unanimous, 5-0, in
favor.
Public Forum and Flyer:
o Public Forum High School on March 15th has been scheduled
o Changes to flyer: adding different language to flyer for 2nd forum showing how this forum is
new and exciting.We need to show how we are providing a progress update, language
options include
■ Draft vision and goals presented
■ What is our new vision, this is what we found
■ "North Andover: Share your vision"
■ "We heard you in November, come see the progress we've made"
o Christina asks to craft an email to go out to people who went to first forum; Christina will give
first try creating the email
o Comments for the Planning Board regarding vision statement, goals, and strategies must be
received within 2 weeks of the Feb. 20 Planning Board meeting
o March 1 st-vision goals need to be posted to Town's website
o Ideas and updates will be provided to RKG for updates to the master plan public forum flyer-
suggestions to be given to Jean and Eric to send to RKG by end of next week February 9th --
remind people this is the last public forum
o Reminder was given that we must order stickers for signs to modify the date, it was agreed
that signs should go out soon but only a couple weeks before the forum as people have
meeting/sign fatigue this time of year
o Eric K will follow up on email list from the first public forum
o Committee Members need to reach out to contacts and invite people for the forum
o Diane, as contact for St. Michaels, should reach out about informing people of second public
forum
o Police sign needed week before, needs a follow up.
o The committee needs to provide the draft vision statement and comments to create an article
for Zoe at the Tribune
o Consultants have looked at downtown area and are looking into our"deeper dives", draft
should be available soon
o Eric Halverson reached out to Christina about housing
Note: Christina only available until 7:40 on February 15th
No public comment was provided.
John motioned to close the meeting, this was seconded by Norma. Meeting adjourned 7:57PM