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RECAP PLANNING BOARD MEETING
At last night’s meeting of the Planning Board, the Planning
Board reviewed an application by LaRochelle Properties, LLC for the
construction of a commercial building at 2 Canal Street. This
meeting was open to the Public and even though it did not contain a “Public Hearing”
section, the Public was allowed to speak.
Our new Code Enforcement Officer, Dennis Douglas, had
prepared the application with all the required documentation to include all
drawings required. He had ensured
everything was complete and assembled in accordance with the Planning Board
checklist. This made the meeting flow better and as it was, it took roughly one
hour and fifteen minutes to complete the checklist.
Mr. Fern LaRochelle had spent a huge amount of time and
money preparing the documentation and the drawings. He was quizzed by the members of the Planning
Board the entire time and was upfront with all his responses. This building is going to be an asset to the
community. Mr. LaRochelle should be
commended for undertaking such an investment.
This building will be located near the corner of Route 196 and Route
125. It will be visible from both entrances to the community and will
provide a good “first impression” of Lisbon.
Chairman Don Fellows and the members of the Planning Board
were extremely thorough when reviewing this application to ensure all town
ordinances had been met. The Panel went
down the checklist, item by item. All
members of the Planning Board were professional and courtious. After the Planning Board had completed the review
of the application, I can honestly say all my questions and concerns had been
answered. This is something good for this community and everyone should
acknowledge the efforts of Mr. Fern LaRochelle.
I was particularly impressed with the meeting. There appeared to be no backdoor dealings, no
hidden agenda or anything else like that.
It was very refreshing to see
everything above board. This is
a wonderful project for the community.
Once this is completed, everyone in the community will be proud. There are no losers here.
I want also to acknowledge the fine work Dennis Douglas did
ensuring everything was complete. Also,
I want to commend the Planning Board for the excellent job they did reviewing
the application but most of all I want to thank Mr. Fern LaRochelle for
investing in our community.
2 comments:
This article reflects how I feel about the construction of the building on 2 Canal Street. It does not change my feelings about Fern LaRochelle NOT paying the Interest and Penalty on back taxes owed when the town required everyone else to pay Interest and Penalties; nor does it change the fact that Mr. LaRochelle purchased the land at 2 Canal Street at a little more than half the asking price and then as Chairman of the Town Council is pushing to have the town purchase the Worumbo Mill property by floating a million dollars bond. Utilizing his position, to place the town in the real estate business is not right and is questionable about returning a favor for a reduction in purchase price of 2 Canal Street. If one is going to expose the corruption, then they should also be willing to acknowledge the good things in this community.
Taking views from the public is also one of the things that is considered in making a planning application appeal. Whenever the authority disagrees or refuses the planning application, then there are written reasons for that. I have also made a planning application for a wall in the backyard of my home. as, the neighbors do not have any problem I make an application and the reason to make it is that I want a wall of size more than 2 meter in height. the application was accepted and I now have a wall in that area. One can make an appeal against the decision of planning commission too.
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