001uh Tuesday, May 6, meeting of the Lichfield Planning Board. Would you all please stand for the pledge of allegiance? I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay. Uh roll call of members. Michael Croto, chair. Jared Okonnell, vice chair. Jesse, no alternate. Ethan Riley, member, Russell Blanchett, member, Travis Tucker, member, Steve Gan, Sleman's rep. Hey, welcome everybody. Um, and we have with us this evening Jame from NRPC and Joe McKibben, our planning board assistant. Um, we don't need I don't believe we need to appoint Well, actually, I think we do because um Jeremy is not here. So, uh, I guess I would ask our alternate, uh, Jess, do you want to take
002the voting position for, uh, Mr. Roberty, who's not here this evening? Yes. Okay. Very good. Um, first item is public input on non-aggenda items, items not on the agenda for this evening. Is there any public input on non-aggenda items this evening? Okay, seeing none, I'll close public input on non-aggenda items. And we'll go to number one. Uh Renee Thorough map 22 lot 11 Charles Bankrooft Highway to discuss the crosswalks at the proposed gas station in Albuquerque A. And I see Mr. Shabino here this evening. Welcome. Rene is supposed to be here but I don't know what happened. So anyway, we're we're doing the project together. So it's it's both of us combined. He's doing the gas station but as far as the road widening, continental paving and him are doing the same. And then we're
003building the sidewalk from Albuquerque on the um what side of the road is that? East side. East side the east side of the road up to where the gas station's going and then he'll he's bringing it across the street. So in that um the reason what took us a little bit of time and when we came I think we came like six or eight weeks ago and we had told you that we had to put the crosswalk in that it would be coming and um finally got the state tied down where we could put it. Originally they wanted us to go north beyond his site and cross the road and then come back. But nobody's going to do that. people are going to they're going to cross if they want to go to the gas
004station, they're going to cross wherever. So, they wouldn't we'd probably never use the crosswalk if it was up there. So, everybody agreed to put the crosswalk where it is. It's going to be lit so that it's safe and there'll be a blinking light like you see at the U there won't be one above head, but there'll be two on the on each side of the road. Same thing you see at a lot of the bike paths, you know, the rail trails, they'll be that same type of thing. So, that's it. Um, we're building the sidewalk. We don't have to build the sidewalk until we develop, but we're going to build the sidewalk. Continental Paving is going to build the sidewalk before we develop. We own There's only one property that we don't own, and that's
005where the rubbish company is. So, the rest of the property we own and that person is is uh is going to allow us to build the sidewalk and take a little bit of easement that we have to to do the road widening. And we're also we're doing our road widening for our future development where our shop is there that right now there's a driveway. So, we're doing all that at the same time getting one state permit for all of it right now. So, the sidewalk will be built. So if people do want to walk from Albuquerque up to go to the gas station or go to Moros Falls, they're able to do that. That's what this is all about. So that's really really And you were I know you were at the board of selectment
006meeting the other night. We went to the board of selectman because we the board of selectmen or the town manager had to sign the application. U the state won't let us do it. if the if it's in the rightway, the state wants the town to guarantee that they'll maintain it. And that's what that was all about. And there was a little bit of a hangup because they said they had to pay for it, but our regulations call for us to do it. And the state would never change their regula their document. So, we just had to go that way. It's going to get built, you know, now instead of later when we do the widening is before the gas station opens. That sidewalk will be built all the way down to Albu Albuquerque. There'll be
007a crossing that won't be lit at Albuquerque, I believe. Um the right where the sidewalk ends right now on Albuquerque, uh where the concrete is, there'll be the same thing across the street to go down. Now, unless the state or engineering thinks that we need to do a light there, then then we'd have the same thing. There's a street light there though, isn't there? On that corner. Excuse me. There's a street light there though on that corner. Yeah, there's street light. Yeah. Yeah. I was going to say it's pretty well lit. Yep. But it'll be marked. It'll it'll be all painted out and it'll be marked as a crosswalk and stuff like that. Just so you know when that when that happens. So, okay. That'll be part of the final plan that gets gets approved.
008When do you think you'll start doing the sidewalks? Excuse me. When do you think you're going to start doing the sidewalk? As soon as we do the road widening. So, we're going to do the road widening and the sidewalks at the same time. Same time. Yep.