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Community development rolls out voter-education materials ahead of March zoning amendments
Summary
Town staff said they have posted a landing page and four key documents about the March 10 zoning warrant articles, produced fact sheets and posters, and are releasing short videos and social posts; members cautioned materials must avoid electioneering and clarified an ADU amendment does not fully resolve state compliance.
Kyle Fennell, Milford’s director of community development, presented the Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC) with a voter-education plan for zoning warrant articles that will appear on the town ballot on March 10.
Fennell said the town created a single landing page that links four documents: the 2026 zoning articles with amendment language, excerpts showing how the ordinance would change, one-page fact sheets written in plain language, and the full ordinance for readers who want the legal text. "So what we've done is, we created a threefold strategy," he said, describing a combination of website materials, printed posters and laminated displays for town hall and the library, and short videos produced with Grand Town Media.
Why it matters: committee members said clear, factual outreach is needed because past ballot campaigns generated misunderstandings. Fennell emphasized that the materials are based on the warrant language and have been reviewed to avoid electioneering: "Everything, again, directs the voter to the town," he said, noting each item includes a QR code linking back to the community development office for questions.
The presentation also included a planned video rollout: four short topic clips and one longer compilation to run on public access channels and social media, plus printed posters with QR codes to place at high-traffic town locations.
On the ADU (accessory dwelling unit) amendment, committee members pressed for precise language. A member cautioned that Amendment 2 should not be described as fully bringing the town into state compliance. "As long as any of our voter education or our videos doesn't say that amendment 2 is completely putting us in compliance because that's actually an untrue statement," the member said. Fennell said all materials are drawn from the warrant text and the "topical discussion" explanatory copy was worded to avoid legal conclusions.
There was no vote or formal endorsement: the chair confirmed the meeting lacked an in-person quorum, so EDAC could not take official action on a statement of support.
Next steps: Fennell will post and maintain the landing page and deliver materials to the library and town hall; the videos with Grand Town Media are slated for release in the coming weeks, and staff asked members to share the fact sheets and QR materials within their networks.
