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Select Board dissolves MCI advisory board and moves to form master planning committee; Wendy Holt named board representative

Concord Select Board · April 8, 2026

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Summary

After extensive discussion about scope, membership and schedule, the board voted to dissolve the MCI advisory board and to form a seven‑member Master Plan Committee to work with a hired consultant on zoning and the site plan; Select Board member Wendy Holt was appointed as the board’s representative.

The Select Board on April 6 voted to dissolve the town’s existing MCI Advisory Board and set in motion formation of a Master Plan Committee charged with producing a zoning package and site recommendations to accompany the master planning consultant’s work.

Chair/Moderator (speaker 2) introduced a revised committee charge and said the consultant kickoff is scheduled for late April/May; the proposed committee will be time‑limited and focused on the MCI site, including coordination on transportation inputs and the town's memorandum of agreement with the state. Board members debated the committee’s duties, membership size (discussion settled toward seven members), the balance of technical skills (housing, commercial/real‑estate, public works, planning/zoning, public engagement), and how land‑use working‑group outputs will feed into the new committee’s work.

After discussion, the board selected Wendy Holt to serve as the Select Board representative on the Master Plan Committee; the board then voted to dissolve the MCI Advisory Board and to direct staff to circulate a cleaned version of the committee charge and to accept nominations for citizen members, aiming to appoint a committee quickly to meet the consultant’s project schedule. Board members stressed a need for clear duties, regular updates to the Select Board, and attention to public outreach and commercial development alongside housing goals.

The motion to dissolve the existing advisory board passed by voice vote; the Select Board directed staff to return a revised charge and proposed membership slate for formal appointment.