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Council sets up affordable-housing and master-plan subcommittee and flags June deadlines
Summary
Councilmembers appointed an ad-hoc affordable-housing and master-plan subcommittee to meet before the planning board; officials noted a June 18 DCA filing deadline and plans to use GIS overlays to support housing decisions.
Council discussed forming an affordable-housing and master-plan subcommittee that would meet prior to the planning board's June 12 meeting to review applications and draft elements. Speakers said they plan to include planning-board members and town staff and to use GIS overlays to assemble environmental, stormwater and housing data to justify any consideration of affordable-housing locations.
Councilmembers noted an upcoming June 18 deadline for Department of Community Affairs filings related to the affordable-housing trust fund and said they will prepare and submit required accounting. The committee appointment and schedule were advanced so staff could meet filing and review timelines.
