LURC Staff Administrative Record: Plum Creek Concept Plan Proposal for the Moosehead Lake Region (Page 51 of 51)
Plum Creek Concept Plan Proposal for the Moosehead Lake Region (GOAT Tracking #39574 and #40884) – Updated 12/05/2008
Index of the Administrative Record for Zoning Petition ZP 707
[2008 Content] [Filings by Intervenors and Interested Persons] [Review Agencies] [Tier 2]
This index of the administrative record contains a LURC staff summary of all application materials submitted by the petitioner; materials submitted by Intervenors and Interested Persons; review agency comments; final analysis from LURC staff; Freedom of Information Act requests; written correspondence between LURC, government agencies, and/or the petitioner; and other information received from the petitioner. The index does not include public comments (which are available for public viewing in a separate file), non-substantive correspondence, news articles, documents associated with contracting services, or working drafts of memos or analyses. Highlighted items are available in electronic format only.
This index is updated periodically by LURC staff, as time allows. The index is believed to be complete as of its most recent update and is made available to the public for its convenience. Given the volume of materials, LURC cannot guarantee its accuracy.
All materials listed in this index are available for public inspection at LURC's Augusta office (18 Elkins Lane, Harlow Building - 4th floor, Augusta, Maine). If you wish to view any of these materials, please contact LURC's main office in Augusta (call 207-287-2631 or e-mail ) for an appointment.
Project Box 1
2003 Content
12/01/2003 - P Pre-application meeting notes.
12/01/2004- P News articles and editorials.
Unknown Inventory and Ranking of the Key Resources of the Northern Forest Lands of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine (received from Brian Kent, Plum Creek).
Unknown Maine Natural Areas Program field surveys on Plum Creek lands in Maine, dated December 2001 (received from ??).
06/11/2001 Memorandum regarding access needs on Plum Creek land (Paul Johnson, IFW to Ralph Knoll, BPL).
07/10/2003 Letter regarding request for comments on Moosehead Project Comprehensive Land Management Plan/CLMP-Supplement (Fred Todd, LURC to Frank Dunlap, FPL).
10/30/2003 Analysis: Shoreland residential development baseline data – superseded (Fred Todd, LURC).
11/14/2003 Preliminary outline of concept plan proposal (Plum Creek).
11/18/2003 Sources of information for natural resource inventory (Aga Pinette, LURC).
11/19/2003 Data for LURC permits for all townships within LURC jurisdiction – electronic file only: “2003-11-19 LURCPermitsByTown.xls” (Aga Pinette, LURC).
11/25/2003 Lakes in Plum Creek ownership (Plum Creek).
12/02/2003 Overview of Plum Creek northern tier ownership (Aga Pinette, LURC)
12/08/2003 Preliminary draft of concept plan proposal (Jeff Selser, Plum Creek).
2004 Content
01/14/2004 Analysis: Fee acquisition priorities for Plum Creek Ownership (Ralph Knoll, BPL).
01/17/2004 FOIA request and related materials (Jym St. Pierre).
02/19/2004 List of existing camps within the plan area (Plum Creek).
06/01/2004 Analysis: Shoreland residential development baseline data – superseded (Fred Todd, LURC).
09/16/2004 Data for LURC permits for all townships within LURC jurisdiction, Nov 2003 – Sept 2004 – electronic file only: “2004-09-16 LURCPermitsByTown_1103-0904.xls” (Aga Pinette, LURC).
09/20/2004 Analysis: Development baseline summary - superseded (Fred Todd, LURC).
10/26/2004 First Roach Pond lot sales by buyer’s state of residence (Luke Muzzy, Plum Creek).
10/27/2004 Report: “Greenville at the Crossroads” dated 03/17/2002 (John Simko, Greenville Town Manager).
11/05/2004 Talking points: Improvements to draft Plum Creek concept plan for their gateway lands (LURC/DOC staff meeting – DOC staff).
11/17/2004 Talking points: Evaluating the balance criterion for lake concept plans (LURC/Plum Creek meeting – Aga Pinette).
11/19/2004 Analysis: Development baseline summary (Fred Todd, LURC).
12/06/2004 Proposed revised development baseline summary and data (Alison Truesdale, Plum Creek).
12/06/2004 Data for LURC permits within the region and new residential construction (Alison Truesdale, Plum Creek).
12/07/2004 Maine Census 2000 population data – electronic file only “2004-12-07 MEcensus2000.xls” (Fred Todd, LURC).
12/09/2004 Draft of proposed M-FM zoning framework and comparison of uses allowed within existing M-GN subdistrict and proposed M-FM zone (Jeff Selser, Plum Creek).
12/09/2004 Memorandum regarding use of restrictive zoning to accomplish long-term conservation (Jeff Selser, Plum Creek to Catherine Carroll, LURC).
12/13/2004 Press release: Plum Creek announces timberland purchase and comprehensive resource plan for its lands in Maine’s Greenville and Rockwood areas (Jim Lehner, Plum Creek).
12/16/2004 Analysis: Net present value sketch (Henry Whittemore, MFS).
12/20/2004 Northeast resort research (Brian Kent, Plum Creek).
12/22/2004 Letter from Rick Holly of Plum Creek to Governor Baldacci (cc: Catherine Carroll, LURC).
12/27/2004 Proposed Table of Contents for Plum Creek concept plan with LURC comments (Aga Pinette, LURC).
12/30/2004 Data for additional water bodies acquired by Plum Creek (Luke Muzzy, Plum Creek).
2005 Content
01/06/2005 Memorandum regarding LURC’s economic assessment needs (Aga Pinette, LURC to Tom Walker, Industrial Economics Inc).
01/06/2005 Fermata slideshow presentation and background information on resorts (Dan Lewis, DECD).
01/07/2005 Topographic maps of proposed development areas (Luke Muzzy, Plum Creek).
01/24/2005 Memorandum on restrictive zoning and long-term conservation (Amy Mills, AG to Catherine Carroll, LURC).
01/28/2005 Analysis: Location of residential development (Aga Pinette, LURC).
02/14/2005 Analysis: Location of residential development – summary map and baseline data (Aga Pinette, LURC).
02/14/2005 Summary of proposal changes made in response to LURC and stakeholder feedback (Brian Kent, Plum Creek).
02/15/2005 Draft proposal summary (Brian Kent, Plum Creek).
02/16/2005 Letter regarding update on progress with application materials (Mike Yeager, Plum Creek to Catherine Carroll, LURC).
02/18/2005 Analysis: Development Baseline Evaluation – also available in electronic file “2005-02-18 PC_baseline_Feb2005_FWT.xls” (Fred Todd, LURC).
02/23/2005 Talking points: Buildout analysis, location of development, evaluating balance, issues of significant concern (LURC/Plum Creek meeting – Aga Pinette).
03/03/2005 Letter regarding response to LURC’s economic assessment needs (Tom Walker, Industrial Economics Inc. to Aga Pinette, LURC).
03/10/2005 Proposed buildout analysis (Luke Muzzy, Plum Creek).
03/16/2005 Draft summary of process for LURC’s review of Plum Creek’s proposal (Aga Pinette, LURC).
03/21/2005 List of townships with Plum Creek ownership (Luke Muzzy, Plum Creek).
03/24/2005 Memorandum on restrictive zoning and long-term conservation (Jeff Selser, Plum Creek to Catherine Carroll, LURC).
03/28/2005 Draft summary of process for LURC’s review of Plum Creek’s proposal and Draft Notice of Filing (Aga Pinette, LURC).
04/05/2005 Application materials submitted by Plum Creek (received 04/05/2005):
§ Letter from James K. Lehner, Plum Creek, to Catherine Carroll, LURC.
§ Petition for Rezoning and associated exhibits.
§ Concept Plan draft entitled “Resource Plan for Plum Creek’s Gateway Lands in the Moosehead Lake Region”.
§ Electronic CD of “Resource Plan” ver. 04/05/2005 in Adobe PDF format.
§ Electronic CD of “Resource Plan” ver. 04/05/2005 in MS Word format.
04/06/2005 Memorandum to interested parties regarding receipt of petition for rezoning to implement a concept plan in the Moosehead Lake region (Aga Pinette, LURC).
04/06/2005 General information sheet posted with application materials at public viewing sites – superseded by 04/27/2006 version (Aga Pinette, LURC).
04/11/2006 Fact sheet summarizing the proposed concept plan, distributed to interested parties with CD of the 04/05/2005 version (Aga Pinette, LURC).
04/12/2005 Letter regarding correction of application materials to reflect proposal as a concept plan instead of a resource plan (Catherine Carroll, LURC to Jim Lehner, Plum Creek).
04/14/2005 Background information about the Forest Society of Maine (Alan Hutchinson, FSM)
04/15/2005 Memorandum regarding agreement on how to address the application as a Concept Plan and including a copy of the corrected title page (James K. Lehner, Plum Creek, to Fred Todd and Aga Pinette, LURC).
04/19/2005 Corrected application materials submitted by Plum Creek (received 04/19/2005):
§ Letter from James K. Lehner, Plum Creek, to Catherine Carroll, LURC.
§ Concept Plan draft entitled “Resource Plan for Plum Creek’s Gateway Lands in the Moosehead Lake Region”.
§ Electronic CD of “Resource Plan” ver. 04/15/2005 in Adobe PDF format.
04/19/2005 General information sheet posted with application materials at public viewing sites (Aga Pinette, LURC).
04/19/2005 Memorandum to interested parties regarding receipt of corrected application materials (Aga Pinette, LURC).
04/19/2005 Letter regarding clarification of LURC’s position as to whether Plum Creek should host/attend informational meetings with interested groups (Aga Pinette, LURC to Jim Lehner, Plum Creek).
04/26/2005 Memorandum to Commission regarding vision for Moosehead Region and review of Plum Creek proposal (Fred Todd, LURC).
04/27/2005 Letter and associated materials regarding conducting independent analysis of the benefits and costs of large-scale development in the Northern Forest by OSI (Peter Howell, OSI to Aga Pinette, LURC).
05/24/2005 Letter regarding restrictive zoning and long-term conservation (Jeff Selser, Plum Creek to Amy Mills, AG).
05/26/2005 Roadless areas in the Moosehead Lake region (Aga Pinette, LURC).
06/07/2005 Letter and associated materials regarding providing consulting services to LURC for the Plum Creek application review process (Douglas Ofiara, ORA to Catherine Carroll, LURC).
06/10/2005 Hand-out from Ian Burnes of the Northern Forest Alliance, dated May 10, 2005 (Steve Spencer, DOC).
06/15/2005 Letter regarding estimated $215,444 processing fee for designated extraordinary projects (Catherine Carroll, LURC to Jim Lehner, Plum Creek).
06/28/2005 Letter regarding submittal of $107,722.00, half of the estimated processing fee for designated extraordinary projects, in response to 06/15/2005 letter from LURC (Jim Lehner, Plum Creek to Catherine Carroll, LURC).
06/29/2005 Memorandum regarding meeting on June 23, 2005 (Catherine Carroll, LURC to Patrick McGowan, DOC and Severin Beliveau, Virginia Davis and Luke Muzzy, Plum Creek).
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07/22/2005 Memorandum to interested parties regarding announcement of August 2005 issues scoping sessions (Aga Pinette, LURC).
07/22/2005 Background publications distributed to the public in preparation for the August 2005 issues scoping sessions:
§ Announcement of Public Scoping Sessions (07/22/2005).
§ Additional Information about Upcoming Issues Scoping Sessions (08/04/2005).
§ An Overview of LURC’s Review and Decision-Making Process for the Plum Creek Concept Plan Proposal (08/04/2005).
§ Criteria for Approval of Concept Plans (03/18/2005).
§ Fact sheet summarizing the proposed concept plan (04/11/2005 updated August 2005).
§ Moosehead Lake Region Map (August 2005).
07/29/2005 Letter regarding preliminary identification of application deficiencies, including request for $80,280 application fee (Aga Pinette, LURC, to Jim Lehner, Plum Creek).
08/02/2005 Letter providing notification that Plum Creek has changed its principal contact to Virginia Davis (Jim Lehner, Plum Creek, to Catherine Carroll, LURC).
08/04/2005 Letter regarding correction to preliminary deficiency letter, dated 07/29/2005, related to soils information (Aga Pinette, LURC, to Jim Lehner, Plum Creek).
08/04/2005 Press release and memorandum to interested parties announcing August 2004 public scoping sessions and providing additional details about the sessions (Aga Pinette, LURC).
08/05/2005 E-mail correspondence in response to LURC’s July 29, 2005, deficiency letter and submittal of evidence of Notice of Filing (Michael K. Mahoney, PretiFlaherty c/o Plum Creek, to Aga Pinette, LURC):
§ Various preliminary correspondence with LURC staff on 04/07/2005, regarding the draft notice of filing.
§ Plum Creek 04/07/2005 submittal of draft notice of filing for review by LURC staff.
§ LURC staff 04/07/2005 approval of draft notice, as edited.
§ Plum Creek 04/07/2005 submittal to LURC of final notice of filing.
§ Miscellaneous 04/08/2005, e-mail correspondence with LURC staff regarding additional persons to be notified by certified mail.
§ Plum Creek 04/11/2005 submittal of Notification Report to LURC listing the names of publications that published the notice of filing and persons who received notice by certified mail, and associated correspondence with LURC.
§ Plum Creek submittal of Application Certification signed by James K. Lehner, dated 04/11/2005.
08/09/2005 Letter enclosing documents as part of the application materials (James K. Lehner, Plum Creek, to Catherine Carroll, LURC):
§ Summary of Economic Impacts report.
§ Estimated Economic Impacts of Implementing the Proposed Plum Creek Rezoning Plan in the Moosehead Lake Area, by Charles S. Colgan (dated August 2005).
§ Preliminary Phosphorus Evaluation for Select Watersheds of the Concept Plan for Plum Creek’s Gateway Lands in the Moosehead Region, by DeLuca-Hoffman Associates, Inc. (dated 07/30/2005).
08/15/2005 Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife GIS biological data of the plan area (Richard Dressler, MDIFW, to Sarah Giffen, LURC).
09/02/2005 Letter informing LURC that the Forest Society of Maine is interested in being considered as the holder of conservation easements related to Plum Creek’s petition, and including a summary of FSM’s qualifications related to LURC’s conservation easement holder guidelines (Alan Hutchinson, Forest Society of Maine, to Catherine Carroll, LURC).
10/17/2005 Eastern Moosehead Region Snowmobile Trail Map, September 2005 (Karin Tilberg, DOC to Aga Pinette, LURC).
10/17/2005 100-Mile Wilderness Study: “Procedures for Evaluating the Potential Regional Economic Impacts of Conservation Lands in the 100-Mile Wilderness Region” – Final Report, August 17, 2005 (Aga Pinette).
10/31/2005 Issues scoping summary document (Aga Pinette, LURC).
10/31/2005 Memorandum to interested parties regarding availability of issues scoping summary document (Aga Pinette, LURC).
11/09/2005 E-mail correspondence confirming LURC staff meeting with local and regional economic development group representatives regarding economic development issues, scheduled for November 17, 2005 (Aga Pinette, LURC to local and regional groups).
11/09/2005 E-mail correspondence confirming LURC staff meeting with state agency representatives regarding economic development issues, scheduled for November 22, 2005 (Aga Pinette, LURC to state agencies).
11/10/2005 Slide show presentation by NRCM, presented in South Paris on November 10, 2005 (received from Diano Circo, NRCM).
11/14/2005 Letter and map identifying preliminary “working draft” ecological data (Robert Bryan, MAS to Aga Pinette, LURC).
11/16/2005 Letter regarding follow-up to 11/8/2005 meeting related to preliminary deficiencies (Aga Pinette, LURC, to Virginia Davis, Plum Creek).
11/17/2005 Agenda and sign-up sheet from LURC staff meeting with local and regional groups regarding economic development issues (Aga Pinette, LURC) and economic development-related information presented to LURC staff during the meeting:
§ Why We Are Here: Assorted Statistics of Piscataquis County (Mark Scarano, PCEDC).
§ Presentation to Commission on economic development in Piscataquis County, May 4, 2005 (Mark Scarano, PCEDC).
§ Piscataquis County historical commuting statistics (Mark Scarano, PCEDC).
§ Historical loss of population in the Moosehead Lake region (Mark Scarano, PCEDC).