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Hampton MPIC finalizes 2026 implementation steps, plans July 13 presentation to Select Board
Summary
The Master Plan Implementation Committee approved a multi-step workflow for 2026 priorities, recruited volunteers to present to the Select Board on July 13, and agreed to public-engagement activities including tabling at summer farmers—markets.
The Master Plan Implementation Committee (MPIC) of the Town of Hampton finalized a workflow for advancing its 2026 implementation priorities and scheduled a presentation to the Select Board on July 13, the committee said at its June 24 meeting.
MPIC Chair Ryan Pope led discussion of a multi-step process in which MPIC refines and approves a list of priorities, the Chair presents that list to the Planning Board for approval, and the Select Board and Town Manager then consider and act on proposals or request additional information. Town Planner Jason Bachand said he, Pope, Select Board representative Don Bliss and Vice Chair John Tirrell met with Office Manager Andrea Novotney to draft the timeline that Novotney circulated to the committee.
Why it matters: the steps are intended to create a consistent annual path for MPIC recommendations to move from committee-level planning into formal review by the Planning Board and, if advanced, to the Select Board for possible implementation or ballot placement.
Committee members volunteered to help with the July 13 Select Board presentation: Don Bliss, Patrick Sheridan, Molly St. Jeanne, Tony Ciolfi and Rayann Dionne. The group expects about 15 minutes for its presentation and discussed outreach options to engage residents, including tabling at the Library—farmers—market this summer and participation at Chamber or Rotary events.
The committee added a follow-up step to the timeline requiring MPIC be updated after the Select Board—meeting. Next procedural steps assigned at the meeting included scheduling a subcommittee meeting, updating the project flow map, and issuing a doodle poll to identify volunteers for tabling events.
Votes at the meeting were procedural: the committee unanimously approved the minutes from May 27, 2026 (motion by Don Bliss; second by John Tirrell) and later voted unanimously to adopt a revised meeting schedule to meet in July, September and November with additional meetings called as needed (motion by Don Bliss; second by John Tirrell). The meeting adjourned at 8:12 p.m. (motion by Molly St. Jeanne; second by Rayann Dionne).
