Minutes
Design Review Board - Minutes - May 4, 2026
May 4, 2026
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Page 1 of 2 Design Review Board1 Regular Meeting2 May 4, 2026 – 5:30 P.M.3 Simsbury Town Hall – Main Meeting Room4 933 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, CT 060705 6 MINUTES7 8 I. CALL TO ORDER – Chair Lang called the meeting to order at 5:30 P.M.9 10 Present: Chair, Elaine Lang; Vice Chair, Polly Rice; Board Members: Joleen Bendict11 and Andrew Tarpill; Alternate Board Members: Kristin DuBois and Thomas Mach;12 and Code Compliance Officer, Joseph Hollis.13 14 Absent: Board Members: William Clegg and Anca Dragulski.15 16 Seating of Alternates: Commissioner DuBois and Commissioner Mach were both17 appointed as regular members for tonight’s meeting.18 19 II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES20 21 April 6, 2026 Regular Meeting22 23 Commissioner DuBois amended her name to read, “Kristin DuBois”.24 25 MOTION: Vice Chair Rice made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Tarpill, to26 approve the Minutes of the April 6, 2026, Regular Meeting, as amended. Commissioner27 Benedict abstained. The motion carried unanimously (5-0-1).28 29 III. NEW BUSINESS30 31 Zoning Compliance Review of the Town of Simsbury, Owner; for a sign permit to32 reface one existing freestanding sign for Simsbury Public Schools: The New Path33 Program at 2 Farms Village Road (Assessor’s Map Block Lot F11 148 019) Simsbury,34 Zone PO.35 36 Katie Krasula, Director of Pupil Services at the Board of Education, provided an37 overview of the proposed sign.38 Page 2 of 2 39 MOTION: Commissioner Tarpill made a motion, seconded by Commissioner40 Benedict, that the Design Review Board submits a positive referral for the Zoning41 Compliance Review of the Town of Simsbury, Owner; for a sign permit to reface one42 existing freestanding sign for Simsbury Public Schools: The New Path Program at 243 Farms Village Road (Assessor’s Map Block Lot F11 148 019) Simsbury, Zone PO, as44 submitted.45 46 The application shall be developed in accordance to the plan set stamped received by47 the Planning Department on 4/27/26.48 49 The Board authorizes Staff to approve minor modifications to the approved plans.50 51 The motion carried unanimously (6-0-0).52 53 IV. ADJOURNMENT54 55 MOTION: Commissioner Tarpill made a motion, seconded by Vice Chair Rice, for56 the meeting to be adjourned. The motion carried unanimously (6-0-0).57 58 Chair Lang adjourned the meeting at 5:35 P.M.59 60 Respectfully submitted,61 62 Amanda Blaze63 Commission Clerk64