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<DIV>Hi there Chris, Amazing job as always! The only
thing I see is in the participation survey is to <U>underline</U>
townoflongisland.us. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Additionally, we still need to address with the
Comp Plan committee their decision on how the new Comp Plan will address the
differing results of the Year Round Housing Corp., and Year Round Housing
Committees work and survey results.</DIV>
<DIV> As I noted earlier in the process at a Comp Plan
meeting, the Comp Plan Survey and proposed Comp Plan
revisions poses serious challenges to our future Grant writing abilities
and continued success of our Year Round Housing work. We
have moved forward, with voter support and 100% grant money to implement our
first "Affordable Housing" initiative and wish for the Comp Plan to reflect the
voter and <U>all</U> residents survey support for these important
efforts. Thank you.</DIV>
<DIV>Mark</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 1/11/2008 12:00:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
cmcduffie@earthlink.net writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Please
look over the following participation summary and make any <BR>corrections or
additions.<BR>Public Participation Summary<BR>for the Updated Town of Long
Island Comprehensive Plan<BR><BR>Existing Comprehensive Plan Approved in
1995<BR>In July of 2006 the Town of Long Island Planning Board made the
<BR>decision to revise the Town of Long Island Comprehensive Plan which is
<BR>a planning document used to guide land use policies. The original Town
<BR><BR>of Long Island Comprehensive Plan was completed in 1995, was approved
<BR>(found \u201cconsistent\u201d with the state Growth Management Act (30-A
<BR>M.R.S.A., CHAPTER 187) and the SPO \u201cRule\u201d.) and highly complemented, by
<BR>the State Planning Office and adopted by the Town of Long Island Town
<BR>Meeting in May of 1995.<BR><BR>Establishment of Comprehensive Plan
Committee to Revise Existing Plan<BR>A new Comprehensive Planning Committee of
11 volunteers was set up in <BR>the summer of 2006 by the Long Island Planning
Board to review and <BR>revise the Comprehensive Plan. The Committee included
one of our <BR>Selectmen, two Planning Board members, long time and new year
round <BR>residents and two summer residents. The Committee has met regularly,
<BR>usually twice a month, since July 2006. Meetings have been held on
<BR>Wednesday nights at 7 p.m., but were moved to 6 p.m. for a time in the
<BR>spring of 2006 when there was a concern that folks from off-island
<BR>would not be able to get a ferry back to the mainland after the later
<BR>meeting. That concern has gone away with a change in the ferry schedule
<BR>which now gives us a late boat off the island.<BR><BR>The committee was
given no budget for their work; there is no "staff" <BR>of town employees to
help; but the Selectmen agreed to pay $300 to the <BR>Greater Portland
Council of Governments for services relating to the <BR>production and
analysis of a survey and have paid printing and mailing <BR>costs for that
survey and some recurring printing expenses related to <BR>the committee\u2019s
work. This is very typical of the way many very <BR>important activities are
carried out in the Town of Long Island. In <BR>many ways these frugal habits
and extensive volunteer activity help to <BR>create the wonderful sense of
community which defines the Town of Long <BR>Island.<BR><BR>Notices of
Meetings and Agendas<BR>Notices of all meetings and agendas have been posted
both at the town <BR>hall and at the bulletin board in the ferry waiting shed.
These are the <BR>public notice locations for the town and are well read by
all who are <BR>using the ferry landing to come and go from the island.
Progress has <BR>been regularly reported in articles in the LongIslander, a
bi-monthly <BR>island newsletter published by the Long Island Civic
Association. This <BR>newsletter is received by most, but not all, island
residents and <BR>property owners and is widely read.<BR><BR>Public is
Welcome<BR>Anyone interested in the future of the Town of Long Island has been
<BR>encouraged to attend the meetings of the Comprehensive Planning
<BR>Committee. Guests were allowed to speak at meetings and present
their <BR>views on any items being discussed. Copies of meeting agendas were
<BR>posted on the town and library web sites. Anyone unable to attend a
<BR>scheduled meeting and wishing to comment on any meeting agenda item has
<BR>been encouraged to send comments via U.S. mail to<BR>
<BR>
Planning Board Secretary<BR>
Comprehensive Planning Committee<BR>
Town of Long Island<BR> PO Box
263<BR> Long Island ME
04050<BR><BR> or via e-mail to
planningboard.secretary@townoflongisland.us <BR>Attendance at
meetings has not been high, but early on there were <BR>members of the public
who came to ask questions to find out what the <BR>committee was doing and
share their concerns. This has \u201cpetered out\u201d as <BR>the committee\u2019s work has
continued, and particularly as we have <BR>proceeded with the drafting process
we have not had non-committee <BR>members attending. However, during the
drafting process committee <BR>members have approached community members who
have known interests in <BR>specific areas being worked on for their opinions
and input. We are <BR>such a small community with so many who volunteer their
time for <BR>community efforts that their areas of interest are quite well
known, <BR>and we take advantage of their talents and
expertise.<BR>.<BR>Minutes and Drafts Posted on the Town Website<BR>The
Comprehensive Planning Committee minutes and notes are available on <BR>the
Town web site: townoflongisland.us where drafts of sections of the <BR>new
plan have been posted as they were developed. The committee has <BR>welcomed
comments from the public.<BR><BR>Survey Sent to All Residents and Property
Owners<BR>The committee produced a survey based on the original 1995
<BR>comprehensive plan survey but with additions to reflect the attitudes
<BR>and needs relating to some current issues. New questions addressed
<BR>multi-family housing and affordable housing and whether and where such
<BR>development might be located on Long Island. Caroline Paras, the
<BR>Economic and Community Planner with the Greater Portland Council of
<BR>Governments offered consultation of the development of the survey.
<BR>After being reviewed and approved by both the Selectmen and the
<BR>Planning Board, the survey was mailed to all residents and property
<BR>owners of the Town of Long Island, one survey per household. The packet
<BR>included a cover letter, the survey, a stamped return envelope and the
<BR>mailing envelope. The cover letter made a note to the effect that if
<BR>there are separate opinions within a household about a given question
<BR>these opinions were to be noted on the original survey. We did not
<BR>accept photo copies of surveys, only originals. The surveys were
<BR>returned to Town Hall.<BR><BR>As expected, the rate of response to the
Comprehensive Plan 2006 Survey <BR>was outstanding. Of the 420 surveys sent to
Long Island households, 247 <BR>were returned. - that\u2019s 59% of the total, very
impressive when 20% is <BR>considered by the the Council of Governments to be
an excellent return <BR>rate. Caroline Paras of COG did the statistical
analysis of the survey <BR>responses. Those survey responses were reported to
the Long Island <BR>community in detail in the October 2006 issue of the
LongIslander. The <BR>results of the survey were compared with the 1994-95
responses to <BR>determine how the community\u2019s opinions may have changed.
These survey <BR>comparisons were printed in the LongIslander December 2006
issue.<BR><BR>Public Meeting with Representative from the State Planning
Office<BR>Ruta Dzenis, AICP, Senior Planner with the State Planning Office
Land <BR>Use Team, met with community members at a public meeting on Saturday,
<BR>March 24, 2007. This meeting had been publicized with posters on the
<BR>island, and 20 people attended. Ms Dzenis gave a power point
<BR>presentation and explained the State Planning Office\u2019s role in the
<BR>Comprehensive Planning process and answered questions from the
<BR>audience.<BR><BR>Public Meeting with Steve Walker from Beginning with
Habitat Program<BR>There was a public meeting featuring a Beginning with
Habitat <BR>presentation by Steve Walker of the Maine Department of Inland
<BR>Fisheries and Wildlife on Saturday, June 16, 2007 at the Community
<BR>Center. Walker gave a power point presentation describing the Beginning
<BR>with Habitat Program and reviewed his materials specific to the
<BR>critical natural areas on Long Island. This meeting was publicized by
<BR>posters on the island and an announcement in the LongIslander
<BR>newsletter. There were 23 people in attendance.<BR><BR>Notice of Public
Hearing - to be described<BR>Public Hearing - to be described<BR><BR>Curt,
this is the draft in a form you can use for the
website.<BR>Thanks,<BR>Chris<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 1/11/2008 12:00:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
cmcduffie@earthlink.net writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Please
look over the following participation summary and make any <BR>corrections or
additions.<BR>Public Participation Summary<BR>for the Updated Town of Long
Island Comprehensive Plan<BR><BR>Existing Comprehensive Plan Approved in
1995<BR>In July of 2006 the Town of Long Island Planning Board made the
<BR>decision to revise the Town of Long Island Comprehensive Plan which is
<BR>a planning document used to guide land use policies. The original Town
<BR><BR>of Long Island Comprehensive Plan was completed in 1995, was approved
<BR>(found \u201cconsistent\u201d with the state Growth Management Act (30-A
<BR>M.R.S.A., CHAPTER 187) and the SPO \u201cRule\u201d.) and highly complemented, by
<BR>the State Planning Office and adopted by the Town of Long Island Town
<BR>Meeting in May of 1995.<BR><BR>Establishment of Comprehensive Plan
Committee to Revise Existing Plan<BR>A new Comprehensive Planning Committee of
11 volunteers was set up in <BR>the summer of 2006 by the Long Island Planning
Board to review and <BR>revise the Comprehensive Plan. The Committee included
one of our <BR>Selectmen, two Planning Board members, long time and new year
round <BR>residents and two summer residents. The Committee has met regularly,
<BR>usually twice a month, since July 2006. Meetings have been held on
<BR>Wednesday nights at 7 p.m., but were moved to 6 p.m. for a time in the
<BR>spring of 2006 when there was a concern that folks from off-island
<BR>would not be able to get a ferry back to the mainland after the later
<BR>meeting. That concern has gone away with a change in the ferry schedule
<BR>which now gives us a late boat off the island.<BR><BR>The committee was
given no budget for their work; there is no "staff" <BR>of town employees to
help; but the Selectmen agreed to pay $300 to the <BR>Greater Portland
Council of Governments for services relating to the <BR>production and
analysis of a survey and have paid printing and mailing <BR>costs for that
survey and some recurring printing expenses related to <BR>the committee\u2019s
work. This is very typical of the way many very <BR>important activities are
carried out in the Town of Long Island. In <BR>many ways these frugal habits
and extensive volunteer activity help to <BR>create the wonderful sense of
community which defines the Town of Long <BR>Island.<BR><BR>Notices of
Meetings and Agendas<BR>Notices of all meetings and agendas have been posted
both at the town <BR>hall and at the bulletin board in the ferry waiting shed.
These are the <BR>public notice locations for the town and are well read by
all who are <BR>using the ferry landing to come and go from the island.
Progress has <BR>been regularly reported in articles in the LongIslander, a
bi-monthly <BR>island newsletter published by the Long Island Civic
Association. This <BR>newsletter is received by most, but not all, island
residents and <BR>property owners and is widely read.<BR><BR>Public is
Welcome<BR>Anyone interested in the future of the Town of Long Island has been
<BR>encouraged to attend the meetings of the Comprehensive Planning
<BR>Committee. Guests were allowed to speak at meetings and present
their <BR>views on any items being discussed. Copies of meeting agendas were
<BR>posted on the town and library web sites. Anyone unable to attend a
<BR>scheduled meeting and wishing to comment on any meeting agenda item has
<BR>been encouraged to send comments via U.S. mail to<BR>
<BR>
Planning Board Secretary<BR>
Comprehensive Planning Committee<BR>
Town of Long Island<BR> PO Box
263<BR> Long Island ME
04050<BR><BR> or via e-mail to
planningboard.secretary@townoflongisland.us <BR>Attendance at
meetings has not been high, but early on there were <BR>members of the public
who came to ask questions to find out what the <BR>committee was doing and
share their concerns. This has \u201cpetered out\u201d as <BR>the committee\u2019s work has
continued, and particularly as we have <BR>proceeded with the drafting process
we have not had non-committee <BR>members attending. However, during the
drafting process committee <BR>members have approached community members who
have known interests in <BR>specific areas being worked on for their opinions
and input. We are <BR>such a small community with so many who volunteer their
time for <BR>community efforts that their areas of interest are quite well
known, <BR>and we take advantage of their talents and
expertise.<BR>.<BR>Minutes and Drafts Posted on the Town Website<BR>The
Comprehensive Planning Committee minutes and notes are available on <BR>the
Town web site: townoflongisland.us where drafts of sections of the <BR>new
plan have been posted as they were developed. The committee has <BR>welcomed
comments from the public.<BR><BR>Survey Sent to All Residents and Property
Owners<BR>The committee produced a survey based on the original 1995
<BR>comprehensive plan survey but with additions to reflect the attitudes
<BR>and needs relating to some current issues. New questions addressed
<BR>multi-family housing and affordable housing and whether and where such
<BR>development might be located on Long Island. Caroline Paras, the
<BR>Economic and Community Planner with the Greater Portland Council of
<BR>Governments offered consultation of the development of the survey.
<BR>After being reviewed and approved by both the Selectmen and the
<BR>Planning Board, the survey was mailed to all residents and property
<BR>owners of the Town of Long Island, one survey per household. The packet
<BR>included a cover letter, the survey, a stamped return envelope and the
<BR>mailing envelope. The cover letter made a note to the effect that if
<BR>there are separate opinions within a household about a given question
<BR>these opinions were to be noted on the original survey. We did not
<BR>accept photo copies of surveys, only originals. The surveys were
<BR>returned to Town Hall.<BR><BR>As expected, the rate of response to the
Comprehensive Plan 2006 Survey <BR>was outstanding. Of the 420 surveys sent to
Long Island households, 247 <BR>were returned. - that\u2019s 59% of the total, very
impressive when 20% is <BR>considered by the the Council of Governments to be
an excellent return <BR>rate. Caroline Paras of COG did the statistical
analysis of the survey <BR>responses. Those survey responses were reported to
the Long Island <BR>community in detail in the October 2006 issue of the
LongIslander. The <BR>results of the survey were compared with the 1994-95
responses to <BR>determine how the community\u2019s opinions may have changed.
These survey <BR>comparisons were printed in the LongIslander December 2006
issue.<BR><BR>Public Meeting with Representative from the State Planning
Office<BR>Ruta Dzenis, AICP, Senior Planner with the State Planning Office
Land <BR>Use Team, met with community members at a public meeting on Saturday,
<BR>March 24, 2007. This meeting had been publicized with posters on the
<BR>island, and 20 people attended. Ms Dzenis gave a power point
<BR>presentation and explained the State Planning Office\u2019s role in the
<BR>Comprehensive Planning process and answered questions from the
<BR>audience.<BR><BR>Public Meeting with Steve Walker from Beginning with
Habitat Program<BR>There was a public meeting featuring a Beginning with
Habitat <BR>presentation by Steve Walker of the Maine Department of Inland
<BR>Fisheries and Wildlife on Saturday, June 16, 2007 at the Community
<BR>Center. Walker gave a power point presentation describing the Beginning
<BR>with Habitat Program and reviewed his materials specific to the
<BR>critical natural areas on Long Island. This meeting was publicized by
<BR>posters on the island and an announcement in the LongIslander
<BR>newsletter. There were 23 people in attendance.<BR><BR>Notice of Public
Hearing - to be described<BR>Public Hearing - to be described<BR><BR>Curt,
this is the draft in a form you can use for the
website.<BR>Thanks,<BR>Chris<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Start the year off right. <A title="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489" href="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489" target="_blank">Easy ways to stay in shape</A> in the new year. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>