Select Board discusses barn-easement scoring ranges and conservative calculation method
Apr 9, 2026
At its April 9 workshop the Select Board reviewed the easement scoring framework (scenic quality, public access, historic importance, condition) and agreed to use the low end of ranges for a conservative overall percentage when categories span ranges.
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The Select Board reviewed the mechanics of its barn-easement scoring framework, clarifying that each scoring category represents a range of values rather than a single point. Assessing Clerk Gretchen Rae told the Board the options span roughly 25% to 75% per category; Select Board Member Bonnie Tucker asked whether the five categories would "just add up to one," prompting Chair Tyler Ward to explain that "each thing that we put a check mark next to have a range within it. That's the difference."
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