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Planning & Urban Development Department | 389 Congress St | Room 308 | Portland, Maine 04101 | 207-874-8683

CITY OF PORTLAND, MAINE
PUBLIC HEARING

Portland Planning Board

DATE:	6/13/2006
TIME:	7:30 PM
LOCATION:	Room 209, 2nd Floor Portland City Hall, 389 Congress Street

AGENDA

1.	ROLL CALL AND DECLARATION OF QUORUM
2.	COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS
3.	REPORT OF ATTENDANCE AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, HELD ON MAY 23RD, 2006 Workshop: Beal, Patterson, Lowry, Odokara and Tevanian present; Anton and Silk absent. Public Hearing: Beal, Patterson, Lowry, Odokara and Tevanian present; Anton and Silk absent.
4.	ANNOUNCEMENT OF DECISIONS AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, HELD ON MAY 23RD, 2006
	i Farmhouse Lane Subdivision Amendment; Vicinity of 502 Allen Avenue; John Ranson, Applicant. The Portland Planning Board voted unanimously 5-0 (Anton and Silk absent) to approve the subdivision.
	ii Old Canal Place 6-lot Subdivision; Vicinity of 1657 Westbrook Street; Second Chance Properties, Applicant. The Portland Planning Board voted unanimously 5-0 (Silk and Anton absent) to grant the waiver of Technical Standard for stormwater runoff rates; voted 4-1 (Tevanian opposed; Silk and Anton absent) to waive the sidewalk on the easterly side of Old Canal Place; voted 1-4 (Tevanian in support; Beal, Patterson, Lowry, Odokara opposed; Silk and Anton absent) thereby denying the waiver of new granite curbing along the Westbrook Street frontage; voted unanimously 5-0 (Silk and Anton absent) to grant the waiver of sidewalk along the Westbrook Street frontage; and voted unanimously 5-0 (Silk and Anton absent) to approve the subdivision subject to 7 conditions of approval.
	iii Rand Road Rezoning, Resource Protection Zone to Office Park Zone; Vicinity of Rand Road; City of Portland, Applicant. The Portland Planning Board voted unanimously 5-0 (Silk and Anton absent) to recommend the OP and RPZ rezoning to the City Council; and voted unanimously 5-0 (Silk and Anton absent) to recommend the proposed amendment to the OP text.
	iv Design Standards Review; USM Overlay Zone Campus Design Principles and Standards. The Portland Planning Board voted unanimously 5-0 (Silk and Anton absent) to adopt the USM Design Principles and Standards.
5.	NEW BUSINESS
	i Pine Tree Drive-Thru Amendment-Lowes; Vicinity of 1030 Brighton Avenue; Portland Pinetree, LLC, Applicant. The Portland Planning Board will hold a public hearing to consider a plan by Heritage Realty Limited Partnership 2 for an amendment to the Lowe's/Pinetree Shopping Center plan to allow a bank drive-through along Brighton Avenue.
6.	ADJOURNMENT NOTE: It is possible that the Board will not reach all of the items prior to adjournment. Any items not reached will be rescheduled to appear on the subsequent agenda with items appearing early on the agenda as unfinished business.