Master Plan committee cancels climate committee initiative
Master Plan committee approves completion of five action items, cancels three others. Southwick's three-member committee, chaired by Norm Cheever and including Select Board member Diane Gale and Planning Board member Dave Spina, voted unanimously to cancel the creation of a Climate Change
Master Plan Implementation Committee · Meeting of April 22, 2026
SOUTHWICK — Master Plan committee approves completion of five action items, cancels three others. Southwick's three-member committee, chaired by Norm Cheever and including Select Board member Diane Gale and Planning Board member Dave Spina, voted unanimously to cancel the creation of a Climate Change Preparedness Committee, private energy education outreach, and municipal energy storage initiatives per Select Board requests. The committee accepted completion of action items addressing pandemic planning, vector control education, development consideration limits, senior involvement, and ridesharing safety education.
Economic Development 2.6 (business tax incentive program) was transferred to the Board of Assessors, and Housing 3.1 was modified to separate plan production from updates.
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Source: the Master Plan Implementation Committee meeting of April 22, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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