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Select Board urged to adopt open-space plan; $2,500 implementation funding set at town meeting
Summary
The open-space commission asked the Select Board to adopt its plan or workshop it for review; the plan's matrix identifies priorities and town meeting allocated $2,500 toward implementation, with the commission offering to provide printed copies and meet with the board before adoption.
Representatives of the Open Space Commission presented the town'9s draft open-space plan to the Select Board on June 16 and urged the board to review and adopt it or designate time for a workshop.
The commission representative described the plan as a guidance document with an action matrix and said it would be helpful to print about 20 bound copies for public review. The plan contains many "coulds" and "shoulds" rather than mandatory requirements, the speaker said, and adoption would position the town for grant funding and stronger coordination with neighboring land trusts.
At town meeting voters set aside $2,500 for initial implementation under the commission'9s section of the budget. Board members asked staff to review the plan for operational implications and to confirm any language that might impose unreasonable expectations on town staff.
The commission will attend the board'9s July meeting to highlight priority items and answer questions; the board asked staff to circulate the plan and the implementation matrix in advance so members can prepare questions.
