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Meeting of Leicester Planning Commission

 

Agenda for Tuesday, March 25, at the Town Office at 6:00 p.m.

 

Call to Order

Roll Call

Approve Previous Minutes

Review of Town Plan Components

Plan next Steps, next meeting date

Adjourn

 

Leicester Planning Commission Meeting Minutes (unapproved)

Tuesday, March 25, 2025   6:05 p.m. Town Office

Present: Members Jay Michael, Donna Swinington (Chair); Diane Benware (Selectboard Chair), Lyndsay D'Avignon (Alternate)

Meeting called to order by Chair Donna Swinington, followed by roll call. Introductions were made.

Final review of the Municipal Planning Grant (MPG) application commenced.  Present individuals reviewed updated responses and noted the following:

Jay had spoken to the Fern Lake / Lake Dunmore Association (FLLDA).  A letter of support for the town will be written and hand-delivered by Thursday, March 27, 2025, to be included in MPG Application.

In regards to community efforts, Donna mentioned including Leicester’s active Brookside Cemetery Committee as an example to demonstrate the town’s interests in preserving its history.

Jay brought the question of the budget outline, which had not been provided.  Diane stated that a revised budget of $20,500.00 had been created for the purposes of the application and that the Selectboard had already agreed to be responsible for the required 10%, to be included in the town budget for FY26.  The Planning Commission (PC) agreed that the budget development requires clarity and will look to ACRPC for more details at the next meeting.

Emphasis on face-to-face community outreach needed to be included in section 5 of the MPG application.

With corrections made, present PC members approved the submission of the MPG application.

March 11, 2025 Meeting Minutes were read.  Jay motioned to approve, Diane seconded, board approved.

NEXT STEPS:

Diane will meet with Rebecca from ACRPC to make final corrections.

Members will continue to read/review the current plan and make notes, write down questions and suggestions.

Next meeting date proposals will be offered to ACRPC. A representative will attend to share more information with the board about ACT 181, ACT 171 and the budget development.  Two dates in April (Wednesday 4/9/25 or Tuesday 4/15/25) and two in May (Tuesday 5/13/25 or Thursday 5/22/25) have been proposed.

NEXT MEETING: TBD

Meeting adjourned at 7:06 PM, motioned by Jay, seconded by Lyndsay, board approved.

Respectfully submitted,

Lyndsay D’Avignon, Planning Commission Alternate