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April 25, 2007
Hot topics
Last night, I attended the P & Z meeting because both affordable housing and flooding, two hot topics in town, were on the agenda. During the general meeting, P & Z's affordable housing subcommittee members Peter Bigelow and David Kenny told the commission that they are taking a “30,000 foot look at the town”, encompassing all aspects, to figure out how P&Z can best address the affordable housing issue. They will have a more formal presentation for the commission in six to eight weeks.
Additionally, P & Z discussed the recent flooding. Several P & Z members have met with an EPC committee to discuss how to address flooding. One interesting problem that came up is the town does not know how deep the storm drains are. Hence, they cannot calculate storm pipe flows and the system’s capacity to handle storm water. EPC and P & Z will continue to meet to work on the problem, keeping in mind the two big issues: "time is of the essence" and "who's going to pay for it".
Posted by EmilyW at April 25, 2007 05:42 PM