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Planning board finds four ordinances consistent with Frenchtown master plan and reviews age‑friendly grant updates
Summary
The board found ordinances 9‑49, 9‑50, 9‑51 and 9‑52 not inconsistent with the master plan; it also discussed a State Human Services grant modification to encumber funds for an age‑friendly action plan and heard town project updates including Safe Routes to School.
The Frenchtown Planning Board unanimously found four recently introduced ordinances — numbered 9‑49, 9‑50, 9‑51 and 9‑52 — not inconsistent with the borough master plan, a routine step before council action. The board’s planning professional advised the ordinances implement housing‑plan elements, and members moved and voted to make the consistency finding.
Separately, the board discussed an age‑friendly action plan and a State Department of Human Services grant modification that must be encumbered by June 30. Staff reported the modification would allow some early actions to be funded — including neighborhood outreach and a civic newsletter — and recommended the borough encumber funds now so work can proceed; board members discussed assigning staff and preparing scopes for purchase orders.
Council and staff updates included progress on a Safe Routes to School grant that will enable street resurfacing work (7th through 12th Streets) and downtown TAP planning, a mayor’s town‑hall event scheduled for Saturday at the legion, and a forthcoming environmental commission chair appointment. The board then approved vouchers and adjourned.
