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Committee discusses March ballot timing, five‑year permit windows and next meeting on May 21
Summary
Members discussed aiming for a March ballot and heard that state permits can be valid for five years (with automatic extensions), making phased work possible; the committee set a May 21 follow‑up meeting and a one‑month RFQ drafting target.
The committee discussed whether site and permitting work could align with a March ballot. Christian Smith told the group that state permits, including any AOT or wetlands approvals, are typically good for five years and now commonly have a five‑year extension, giving the town flexibility to phase construction and design work.
Chair John Hayden and others agreed the committee should proceed with survey and preliminary engineering to inform any ballot question and set a near‑term schedule. Members tentatively scheduled a follow‑up meeting for May 21 to review RFQ drafts and examples, and several members volunteered to help draft the RFQ within the month.
No formal decision to place the project on a specific ballot date was recorded at the meeting; members discussed March as a planning target but acknowledged permitting lead times could affect that timeline.
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