TOWN OF EATON

PLANNING BOARD

October 17, 2007

The Planning Board held their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at the Evans Memorial Building. Present were; Paul Savchick, Nancy Malvesta, Lee Stack, Adam Nelson and Dennis Sullivan. The meeting was called to order by Paul Savchick at 7:00 p.m.

The minutes for the meeting of September 19^th were accepted as corrected.

Lee Stack said he had attended a seminar addressing the Verizon/FairPoint Communications deal. Verizon had made in clear they were not interested in expanding broadband access. One of their engineers noted, however, that there was a switch box at the corner of Crystal Lake with another small box at Purity Spring from which it may be able to provide DSL access to much of the Town. A letter had been sent to the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission seeking a commitment from FairPoint to address the situation.

A letter will be put out with the tax bill to ascertain the extent of interest in broadband access for those who do not already have it.

Lee Stack said the fire pond project had been finished and the pond was filling up. Several building permits had been issued including three for new houses.

The Town qualifies for a grant for vital records preservation through the Town Clerk’s Office. There has been a discussion about what constitutes a "vital" record.

Paul Savchick said the two new bridges for the Willis Bean Rd had been installed. He had a series of photographs recording the event. The commercial picking of blueberries on Foss Mt is done for the year and signs came down on Tuesday. On October 27^th, Marnie Cobbs is organizing a clean up and brush cutting day on Foss Mt CORRESPONDENCE

Correspondence distributed included recent summaries of court cases from the Local Government Center Town and City journal. There was also a report on the New Hampshire affordable housing and conservation program.

Bylaws and Rules of Procedures

Nancy Malvesta lead the discussion on revising the bylaws and made the case for separating bylaws from the rules of procedure. There was an extensive discussion on what should be included where. The revised versions will be discussed at the next meeting.

The meeting adjourned at 9:05 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

David V. Maudsley