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Plymouth council hires Naugatuck Valley COG to prepare plan of conservation and affordable housing (Option B)
Summary
Council voted to contract with the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments to prepare a statutorily required plan of conservation and development (due this year) and an affordable housing plan (due 2028), selecting Option B (which includes a youth summit); partial funding ($45,000) is already set aside in the town budget.
The Plymouth Town Council on Sept. 2 approved contracting with the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments (NVCog) to prepare the town's plan of conservation and development (PCD) and an affordable housing plan.
Savannah Nicole Vielba, community planning director at NVCog, told the council that the PCD is required under Conn. Gen. Stat. 8-23 and that the town's affordable housing plan is required under Conn. Gen. Stat. 8-30j. Vielba presented two procurement options for the PCD: Option A (lower cost, excludes a two-day youth summit) and Option B (higher cost, includes a youth summit and community celebration). Option A was quoted at roughly $78,900; Option B at roughly $89,100; the affordable housing plan was quoted at $26,110.
The council voted to accept NVCog's proposal and chose Option B, which includes a youth summit and additional outreach. Mayor Joseph T. Kildoff told the council that the town had $45,000 set aside in last year's budget toward the PCD procurement; NVCog indicated it could bill $45,000 in the current fiscal year and the balance in the next.
Vielba said working with a regional council of governments can reduce staff burden, provide technical support (GIS, transportation and environmental expertise), and improve readiness for discretionary state funding because the PCD and housing plan document community priorities that grant reviewers often seek. She described prior work in nearby towns (Thomas, Oxford) and explained that the youth summit used in other towns engaged students in planning exercises.
Council discussion focused on engagement value and costs; a motion to contract for both plans under Option B was moved and seconded and passed by recorded council votes.
