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Brentwood board pauses River Run land‑use‑change tax decision, asks legal counsel and to invite developer
Summary
The Select Board voted to reconsider a prior vote on a land-use-change tax for the River Run development (36.62 acres / phase 2) after members raised valuation concerns and cited an August 2023 developer email; the board asked legal counsel for an opinion and agreed to invite the developer to discuss the matter.
The Brentwood Select Board on Dec. 30 moved to reconsider a prior decision about the land‑use‑change tax for phase 2 of the River Run development at 41A Mill Road and directed staff to obtain a legal opinion before taking final action.
Adrienne Summers, the town's contract assessor, presented an assessment for 36.62 acres of land coming out of current use with a raw-land market value of $1,500,000; she calculated a 10% land‑use‑change tax of $150,000. Board members said the developer had previously described a unit-release figure to the town, and one document…
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