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Selectboard endorses letter opposing parts of Act 181 and will send it to state officials
Summary
The Concord Selectboard accepted and will mail a letter opposing proposed Tier 2/3 restrictions in Act 181, saying the town objects to added constraints on private land use; the letter will be sent to state review bodies and local legislators.
The Concord Selectboard voted April 7 to accept a letter opposing portions of Vermont’s Act 181 and to send it to state review bodies and local legislators. Denis LaMadeleine introduced the letter, which expresses concerns that proposed Tier 2 and Tier 3 designations and the "Road Rule" would place additional restrictions on property owners and their ability to develop land under existing local permitting processes.
Town Clerk Linda Blakslee, speaking during staff reports, said she had heard opposition from residents and relayed one comment: "it's their land, let them do what they want to do with it," referring to a resident (Deb Dolgin) who does not support Act 181. The board recorded consensus to accept the draft letter and mail it to the Vermont Land Use Review Board, the Northeastern Vermont Development Association/NRPC, VLCT, Senator Russ Ingalls and the town's state representatives. No vote tally was recorded for the letter aside from the board's recorded consensus to proceed.
The action is administrative — the Selectboard's acceptance directs staff to send the town's written comments to state bodies and legislators but does not itself change local land-use rules. The transcript notes the board’s stated aim of urging amendments that would remove regulatory burdens on landowners; the Selectboard did not record additional instructions to revise zoning or permitting processes at this meeting.
