Town
of
Peacham / PO
Box 244
/ Peacham,
VT 05862
NOTICE
OF HEARINGS and SITE VISITS
May
19, 2016
To
all Persons owning land or interested in lands along:
Taylor
Road (TH#18),
Legal
Trail #1 (runs between Taylor Rd. & Old County Rd.)
Mill
Terrace (TH#82)
and
the Peacham Planning Commission, and the Public:
At
a regular meeting on 5/4/16 the Peacham Selectboard initiated the
19 V.S.A. §708 process to:
- Discontinue Taylor Road (TH#18)
- Discontinue Legal Trail #1 (running from Taylor Rd to Old County Rd.)
- Reclassify a portion of Mill Terrace (TH#82) to a Legal Trail; the proposed portion for reclassification runs from the Peacham-Barnet Road northerly to a point 25 feet past the northerly bridge abutment.
The
Selectboard appointed the date of Wednesday,
July 6, 2016
for site visits and hearings pursuant to 19 V.S.A. §709,
beginning at 5:00
pm
and continuing in the following order at the following approximate
times (each directly following the previous site visit):
5:00
PM to examine Mill Terrace
(TH#82) at or near the bridge at the intersection with the
Peacham-Barnet Road, and begin the hearing to receive testimony. The
hearing will then be temporarily adjourned and reconvene later the
same evening at the Peacham Town Hall.
5:30
PM to examine Taylor Road
(TH#18)
a short road that runs between the Peacham-Danville Road and the
start of Legal Trail #1, and begin the hearing to receive testimony.
The hearing will then be temporarily adjourned and reconvene later
the same evening at the Peacham Town Hall.
5:45
PM to examine Legal Trail #1
beginning at the southeastern end of Taylor Road (the legal trail
runs to and from Taylor Road and the Old County Road), and begin the
hearing to receive testimony. The hearing will then be temporarily
adjourned and reconvene directly afterward at the historic Ewell
Mills site, then possibly the intersection with Old County Road upon
request, and then the Peacham Town Hall.
6:30
PM
to
examine the historic Ewell Mills 3-acre site
located along the Peacham Hollow Brook on the southeast side of the
Peacham-Danville Road (located between Taylor Road and the East
Peacham Road, across from Ewell Mill Road) and continue to receive
testimony. It is proposed the Town acquire this site by gift, after
it is landscaped for historic preservation and recreational use
including parking, picnicking, walking, swimming, fishing including
an ADA-compliant ramp access to the brook. The hearing will then be
temporarily adjourned and reconvene later the same evening at the
Peacham Town Hall.
7:30
PM (or directly following all the site visits)
to reconvene the aforesaid hearings at the Peacham Town Hall meeting
room or gym for the final portion of the hearings.
Written
testimony may
also be submitted to the Selectboard, Peacham Town Clerk’s Office,
PO Box 244, Peacham, VT, 05862 (or delivered by hand to the Town
Office at 79 Church Street) which must be received
no later than 8:30 pm July 6, 2016
to be considered.
19
V.S.A. §711 requires the Selectboard to issue a decision no later
than 60 days after the inspection and hearing.