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Resilience Planning and Design hired to update Bristol Master Plan Chapter V; GIS and climate data to be added
Summary
Consultants Zak Brohinsky and Chrystal Kidd will update the Master Plan's Natural Resources chapter, incorporating GIS mapping, climate resilience data and community surveys; Resilience will return March 4 with a mid-project report and aims to finish by July.
The Bristol Conservation Commission met with Resilience Planning and Design representatives Zak Brohinsky and Chrystal Kidd on Jan. 7 as part of a contract to update Chapter V (Natural Resources) of the town Master Plan.
Brohinsky and Kidd described their roles and said the update will draw on the 2003 Natural Resources Chapter, the 2025 Land Use chapter, NLRA watershed plans and best management practices, a 2018 natural resource survey, the 2023 community survey, Bristol zoning and subdivision regulations, Pemi River Corridor materials, the LWQSG final report, PRLAC documentation, and Army Corps documents. Ms. Kidd said she will assemble an Existing Conditions Summary using those sources and will incorporate GIS mapping and data.
Commission discussion produced a list of priorities for the revised chapter: accounting for demographic and land-value changes and housing affordability pressures; documenting increased local recreational use of natural resources; emphasizing that growth preserve the natural resources that attract residents; expanding watershed collaborations with organizations such as NLRA; updating PRLAC membership and land-use data; maintenance of parks, trails, beaches, and Pemi Path development; exploring potential conservation land purchases using Land Use Change Tax (LUCT) funds; and prioritizing protection of features such as Breck-Plankey Spring.
The consultants and Commission agreed Resilience will return on March 4 with a mid-project report that will include a summary document combined with GIS data; the timetable targets a July completion of the Chapter V update. Commissioners supported adding climate-resilience data to the chapter to inform zoning and resource-protection choices related to steep slopes, wetlands, and storm and drought impacts to Newfound Lake.
The Commission thanked the consultants for their presentation and outlined follow-up items for the mid-project report.
