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Board to correct scenic‑road appendix and advance master plan chapters after outreach
Summary
Members identified errors in the subdivision appendix listing scenic roads (incorrect tax map/911 columns) and agreed to correct the appendix using the master plan table; planner outlined public outreach, a vernal pool inventory and schedule for chapter presentations in August and September.
Planning staff told the board that appendix 2 in the subdivision regulations contained incorrect map references (E911 numbers had been copied into the Nottingham tax map column). Members agreed staff would prepare corrected lists and use table 6‑1 from the master plan (transportation chapter) to reconcile the official scenic‑road descriptions and tax map numbers.
The planner also summarized community outreach for the housing and natural resources chapters: an online SurveyMonkey survey, a community workshop with breakout exercises, a subcontract with GCA to identify potential vernal pools on public lands, and a BioBlitz supported in part by a PREPA grant to fund outreach. Staff said the tentative schedule is to present the housing chapter at the August meeting and the natural resources chapter in September with a 30‑day public comment period prior to hearings.
Board members noted some scenic‑road designations in the master plan are partial (e.g., Case Road listed only for its dirt section) and discussed the need to retain descriptive references (start/stop points or narrative descriptions) rather than relying solely on a numeric table. The board asked staff to prepare corrected appendix material and set public hearing dates to formalize regulatory edits.
