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Select Board finalizes warrant language; Minnetonka Land Trust purchase, ADU rules and BESS notices discussed
Summary
The Select Board voted to publish the town meeting warrant and discussed Article 28 (authorization to purchase Minnetonka Land Trust parcel), removal of a conservation restriction request pending trail design, and Article 31 (accessory dwelling unit provisions and state preemption).
The Town of Hampden Select Board on April 7 voted to close and publish the town meeting warrant and discussed several substantive warrant items, including an authorization to purchase a parcel from Minnetonka Land Trust, related conservation and trail funding articles, and proposed accessory dwelling unit (ADU) zoning language that board members said could be preempted by state law.
On Article 28 and Minnetonka Land Trust: board members said town meeting had previously appropriated $110,000 of Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds toward the property’s purchase price and transaction costs, but that appropriation did not itself authorize the town to complete the purchase.…
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