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Land Bank engages longtime policy adviser, authorizes staff to draft funding statement
Summary
The commission voted to let staff work with an advisory group and adviser Tom McShane on a public statement about a funding process and long-range objectives and added a recurring long-range-objectives agenda item to future meetings.
The Land Bank Commission voted July 22 to authorize staff to draft a public statement describing a planned funding process and long-range objectives, and to add a standing agenda item on long-range objectives going forward.
Staff told commissioners they had engaged Tom McShane — described as an adviser with long experience supporting the Land Bank and state energy and environmental offices — to join an advisory group that will assist in planning. The commission approved staff moving forward to draft a public statement about the funding process, with the statement to be reviewed and signed by the commission before release.
Commissioners said they supported the initiative and asked staff to keep the process timely and to solicit community feedback; one commissioner asked that the effort move quickly. The commission recorded a voice vote in favor of allowing staff to prepare the public statement and set the long-range-objectives item to appear on future agendas for updates from the advisory group.
Ending: staff will return to the commission with a draft public statement for review and approval and will report periodic updates on long-range planning at future meetings.
