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Cheshire council gives informal endorsement to draft POCD, schedules Feb. 9 public hearing
Summary
The Town of Cheshire Town Council signaled support for the Planning & Zoning Commission'draft Plan of Conservation & Development in an 8'to'1 informal straw poll and encouraged public comment ahead of a Feb. 9 public hearing; the draft must be adopted by July 1, 2026, to preserve eligibility for discretionary state funds.
The Town of Cheshire Town Council on Jan. 27 gave informal support to the Planning & Zoning Commission'draft Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD), taking an 8'to'1 thumbs-up straw poll that the commission said will serve as the council's advisory recommendation heading into a Feb. 9 public hearing.
Planner Mike Glidden, who presented the draft with consultants from the Taiki team, told the council the POCD is an advisory 10-year roadmap that the town must update under Connecticut law and that failing to adopt a plan by July 1, 2026, would make Cheshire "not eligible for discretionary funding," a consequence Glidden said the town should avoid. "If we don't adopt it, the town is not eligible for discretionary funding," he said.
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