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The Brookfield Town Planning Board convened for a regularly scheduled meeting to handle routine business and several land-use matters. The board unanimously appointed Jim Lowry to fill a vacancy on the planning board through the next election and approved minutes from the June 9 meeting. Members discussed recently passed state ADU legislation (referred to in the packet as bill 577) and its likely effects on local permitting, considered drafting warrant articles on signs and a dark-sky policy, reviewed the Smith gravel pit and reclamation paperwork, and continued work on the master plan update including maps, population data, and potential commercial zoning near the Wakefield line. The board set a target timeline to prepare a draft for review in August and mentioned inviting state representatives to a future meeting to discuss recent legislative changes.
