Residents press Select Board over town-plan conservation changes and infrastructure costs
Residents at Bakersfield's Select Board meeting urged caution on a draft town plan that expands conservation and slope restrictions, warning it could limit farm succession and raise taxpayer costs for infrastructure matches; the planning commission said it is collecting comments and may finalize the plan later this year.
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Residents packed the public-comment portion of the Town of Bakersfield Select Board meeting on Sept. 27 to challenge proposed town-plan changes that would expand conservation designations and impose steeper slope restrictions. A longtime resident (speaker 9) told the board the changes ‘‘mirror exactly what the land use for Duborf was trying to accomplish’’ and warned that growing conservation areas east of Route 108 could limit farm viability and second‑house build opportunities.
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