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Board considers greater planning-board role in municipal capital projects review; staff warn of workload
Summary
The planning board discussed a memo on how it could engage more formally with the city's capital-improvement planning process. Consultants and staff said the Municipal Land Use Law gives the board authority to review capital programs, but doing so would be time-consuming and might duplicate existing departmental processes.
The Summit Planning Board on Feb. 24 heard a staff memo about the board's potential role in municipal capital projects planning and whether the board should play a more active role in reviewing the capital improvement program.
Joe Burgess summarized the statutory framework: under the Municipal Land Use Law, planning boards can review and comment on six-year capital improvement programs and receive capital proposals from municipal departments, including the Board of Education. Burgess noted the…
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