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Germantown panel recommends MSA for Holy Hill Gateway master plan after residents urge more outreach

Village of Germantown Plan Commission · January 13, 2026
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The Plan Commission voted to recommend MSA Professional Services as the consultant for the Holy Hill Gateway District master plan, a nine-month effort budgeted at about $65,000–$90,000; residents had urged broader public engagement and called for a temporary fiscal pause until a Baird study is complete.

The Germantown Plan Commission voted Jan. 12 to recommend MSA Professional Services as the preferred consultant to prepare a master plan for the Holy Hill Gateway District, advancing a roughly nine‑month process with an estimated budget of $65,000 to $90,000.

The selection followed a public-comment period in which resident Lynn Shower Bednarves urged the commission not to proceed with the project until affected residents were contacted and involved, saying the public had been "muzzled" when the commission declined to read constituent emails aloud. "This is our money that you're dealing with," Bednarves said during the meeting’s…

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