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residents' long-standing road petition deferred without resolution
Plymouth Select Board on 4/21 deferred Shallop Pond Estates residents' petition for road acceptance despite 40+ years of town commitments and strain from nearby 40B development. Board cited need for new DPW policy covering... https://meetingwatch.org/ma/plymouth/select-board/2026-04-21/ #MeetingWatch #PlymouthMA
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housing reorganization and safe harbor strategy adopted
Board approved creating an Affordable Housing and Community Development Division inside Planning & Development, plus a 10% affordable housing target at 80% AMI for state safe harbor. All votes unanimous. https://meetingwatch.org/ma/plymouth/select-board/2026-04-21/ #MeetingWatch #PlymouthMA
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conservation commission structure left unchanged for now
Extended debate on Conservation Commission independence from Planning & Development over enforcement gaps and staffing. Board settled on regular meetings with town manager instead of structural change until next budget cycle. https://meetingwatch.org/ma/plymouth/select-board/2026-04-21/ #MeetingWatch #PlymouthMA
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On 4/21, Plymouth Select Board heard Shallop Pond Estates residents describe 40 years of unfulfilled town promises on road acceptance, plus added wear from adjacent Sawmill Village 40B project. No HOA can maintain the roads. #MeetingWatch #PlymouthMA
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Board members expressed sympathy but declined to act, citing risks of setting precedent for 133+ miles of similar unaccepted roads and title/financial questions. DPW will present a formal policy in late spring.
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Mr. Cohan and others wanted to reserve a fall town meeting article now; others insisted on waiting for complete data. Petition returns before warrant closes in August. https://meetingwatch.org/ma/plymouth/select-board/2026-04-21/
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At the April 21 Select Board meeting, residents of Shallop Pond Estates asked the town to accept their roads under the 2012 Special Act after decades of broken commitments and new pressure from the Sawmill Village 40B project. The board acknowledged the history but deferred any decision or fall town meeting article until DPW delivers a town-wide road acceptance policy and cost inventory later this spring. The same meeting created a new Affordable Housing and Community Development Division and adopted a formal strategy to reach 10% affordable units at 80% AMI for census safe harbor. Both passed unanimously. Separately, the board discussed but did not change the Conservation Commission's placement under Planning & Development, opting instead for regular meetings with the town manager to address staffing and enforcement shortfalls. https://meetingwatch.org/ma/plymouth/select-board/2026-04-21/ #MeetingWatch #PlymouthMA