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Brookfield planners refine master plan and maps; discuss capital-improvement planning and a hazardous intersection
Summary
At the Feb. 9 Planning Board meeting, members reviewed a consolidated master-plan draft and asked SRPC to correct a map showing a scenic-road segment on Ledford Road. The board also discussed creating a capital improvement plan, an auditor's adverse opinion tied to missing capital-asset inventory, and local concerns about a confusing Governors/109 intersection.
Planning board members spent a significant portion of the Feb. 9 meeting reviewing the draft master plan and supporting maps, discussing next steps for public circulation, and considering implementation tasks the plan recommends.
Master plan and maps
Members reviewed a consolidated draft (discussed as version 1.2/1.3) that incorporated edits from multiple reviewers. The board identified an incorrect black-and-white map attached to an email and decided to remove that map and request an updated official map from SRPC showing the scenic-road segment on Ledford Road in the correct place. The board agreed to circulate the updated draft to other town boards (zoning board, selectmen), to solicit legal review, and to schedule a public hearing where members will take comment and may vote after the hearing.
Capital improvement plan and audit
Members discussed whether the town should maintain a formal capital improvement plan (CIP). Staff said the auditors issued an adverse opinion because the town lacked a capital-asset inventory; staff reported they have compiled a spreadsheet inventory and expect auditors to remove the adverse opinion once the inventory is accepted. Board members noted the town has relatively few capital assets and said the bridge project is the primary anticipated large expenditure; other items listed in the draft were described as much smaller in scale.
Regional transportation and intersection safety
The board discussed regional transportation planning and representation on SRPC/TAC bodies, noting the value of local participation in the 10-year DOT plan. The bridge was identified as a project already on the regional list. Board members also raised safety concerns at the intersection of Governors and Route 109, describing confusing geometry and limited accident data; they agreed to request accident records from Wakefield police and to ask SRPC for a traffic count as an initial data step before pursuing DOT changes.
Next steps
The board will circulate the updated master-plan draft (version 1.3), request a corrected SRPC map, obtain legal review, and schedule a public hearing. Staff will continue work on the capital-asset inventory and report back; the board set the next regular meeting for March 16 so newly elected members can be seated.
