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North Andover
Master Plan Advisory Committee
Meeting Minutes — December 14, 2017
Present: Scott Hammond, Norma Lochmann, Christina Minicucci, Diane O'Connor,
Erin Stevens, David Stroh, Gary Sidell
Absent: Tom Zahoruiko, John Watters
Staff: Jean Enright, Eric Kfoury
Consultants: Eric Halvorsen (RKG)
• The meeting was called to order at 7:06 p.m. by Gary Sidell
Agenda Items:
1. Approval of Meeting Minutes:
a. Agreement to modify 10/19 notes by removing names from the lawn sign location
notes.
b. Ms. Minicucci moved to accept the minutes as amended. Mr. Sidell seconded the
motion, which was unanimously approved.
2. RKG Associates Review of Public Forums, Summary of Results, discuss an approach to
the vision statement, and begin discussing ideas/approach for Phase 2 of the Master
Plan
a. Committee discusses what worked/needs improvement from public forum:
i. Rapid report out was positive
ii. Sign-in was messy when large groups showed up at once
iii. Should clarify why we needed to collect the attendee's information
iv. Should have a pre-printed sticker for returning public attendees
v. Could have used the larger area of space for the number of attendees
vi. Feedback on refreshments was positive
b. Summary of Results dissemination
i. Committee discussed ways to disseminate Summary of Results to town
committees and the public including the following recommendations:
1. Email to Planning Board and Board of Selectmen prior to public
(Ms. Enright)
2. Email directly to attendees from Public Forum who provided their
emails (Mr. Kfroury to talk to IT)
c. Vision statement
i. Committee reviewed draft Vision statement
NA MPAC Minutes 2 of 2 December 14, 2017
ii. Committee agreed to establish sub-committee to develop Vision
statement
iii. Group will meet on January 4th to start Vision statement
d. RKG review next steps of Master Plan
i. Develop Goals and Recommendations on key topics
ii. Focus on key topics that tie to Master Plan Sections, for example:
1. Downtown revitalization
2. Open Space
3. Water Protection
4. Alternate Housing models
5. Mapping2oning for redevelopment
iii. Create case studies that can be replicated
iv. Prioritize the more difficult options to establish goals first
3. Public Comment: The floor was opened for public comment, none was offered.
Ms. Minicucci made the motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Ms. Lochmann. The
motion passed unanimously. Meeting was adjourned at 8:34 p.m.
Next meeting: January 4th, 2018 (Vision Statement)
Next regularly occurring meeting: January 18th, 2018
Meeting handouts:
• October 19th Draft Meeting notes
• Summary of Results
• Vision Statement
Meeting Minutes 12-14-2017-Final