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Zoning advisory committee members and trustees clash over draft code timing and canceled meetings
Summary
Members of the village’s Zoning Advisory Committee (ZAC) told trustees the committee has been sidelined: meetings were canceled, a public draft release was delayed and the committee chair spoke publicly without committee consensus. Trustees said they want a clear record of committee views before adopting zoning changes.
Members of Ballston Spa’s volunteer Zoning Advisory Committee told trustees during public comment that the committee’s work remains unfinished and that its chair spoke for the group without committee approval.
Marilyn Stevenson, who said she has handled publicity for the ZAC, told trustees the consultant had not cleared the committee’s work and that the committee’s final tasks in its scope of work remained incomplete. “The statement is false, misleading, self serving,” Stevenson said of an earlier minute that reported the consultant had told the ZAC their obligation was complete. She asked trustees to retract that portion of the minutes and press the committee’s work forward.
Several ZAC members and other residents echoed that…
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