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Senators hear that LERB review and layered process have narrowed Tier 1b eligible areas under Act 181
Summary
Municipal and RPC witnesses told joint Senate committees that the staged review process—RPC mapping then LERB review—has reduced the area eligible for Tier 1b benefits, and they urged clearer definitions and an administrative amendment path to respond to changing local conditions.
Samantha Sheehan, municipal policy and advocacy specialist for the Vermont League of Cities and Towns, told members of the Senate Committees on Natural Resources & Energy and on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs that the multi-step process to create Tier 1b areas has, in practice, narrowed which places will qualify.
“For the record, I'm Samantha Sheehan, the municipal policy and advocacy specialist for the Vermont League of Cities and Towns,” Sheehan said. She outlined a sequence in which regional planning commissions map future land‑use areas, those maps go to LERB for…
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