Officials weigh delaying $93M school vote

From Manchester-by-the-Sea News

• Select Board approves affordable housing plan. Manchester-by-the-Sea's Select Board took up a revised regional housing plan needed to keep the town's 40B protections intact, as a scaled-back 245-unit Gordon College apartment proposal drew fresh questions about its school-cost assumptions.Manchester-by-the-Sea News
• Boards weigh delaying $93M Essex school vote. Manchester-by-the-Sea's Select Board and Finance Committee worried aloud that residents don't grasp the scale of the Essex Elementary School project, with the Finance Committee chair admitting she has 'no clue,' as the town faces adding roughly $90 million in debt within a year.Manchester-by-the-Sea News
• Planning Board trims fall town meeting zoning list. Manchester-by-the-Sea's Planning Board narrowed what it will bring to the November 16 Town Meeting to a sign bylaw rewrite and an accessory dwelling unit setback fix, tabling clean energy siting and fence height rules for later as the chair pushed to keep the warrant light.Manchester-by-the-Sea News
• Select Board sets Nov. 16 special town meeting. Manchester-by-the-Sea's Select Board locked in a November 16 special town meeting and December 10 special election, as the state eased the town's drought restrictions and a resident pressed officials on whether the long-studied Ocean Street traffic pilot amounts to real action.Manchester-by-the-Sea News
• Commission orders peer review of Pine Street wetlands. Manchester-by-the-Sea's Conservation Commission dug into a wetlands dispute over a 136-unit apartment proposal on Gordon College land off Pine Street, after a Beverly resident challenged the developer's vernal pool count, and pressed a Harbors Point condo attorney for a timeline on unpermitted paving.Manchester-by-the-Sea News

Coming up

• Sat, Sep 26, 8:30 a.m.: Winthrop Field Committee meeting cancelled. The Winthrop Field Committee's Sept. 26 meeting has been cancelled, according to the town's online calendar. No new date has been posted.Town of Manchester-by-the-Sea
• Mon, Sep 28, 6:30 p.m.: Planning Board meets Monday on Zoom. Manchester-by-the-Sea's Planning Board meets Sept. 28 at 6:30 p.m., available via Zoom or in person at Town Hall.Town of Manchester-by-the-Sea
• Mon, Sep 28, 7:00 p.m.: Coastal Stream Team meets via Zoom. The town's Coastal Stream Team holds its regular meeting Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. on the Zoom platform.Town of Manchester-by-the-Sea
• Tue, Sep 29, 6:30 p.m.: Bike and Pedestrian Committee meets Tuesday. Manchester-by-the-Sea's Bike & Pedestrian Committee meets Sept. 29 at 6:30 p.m., via Zoom or in person at Town Hall.Town of Manchester-by-the-Sea

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