Rockport to talk about RES, and consider appointing five citizens to new Village Improvement Plan Task Force
ROCKPORT — At the Monday evening, July 11, meeting of the Rockport Select Board, five citizens who have volunteered to serve on a new Village-focused task force are expected to be named to effort. Included in the work is helping to advise the town as the Maine Dept. of Transportation plans possible replacement of the Goose River Bridge at the head of Rockport Harbor.
But first, the Select Board will meet with the RES Development Task For and the Economic Development Committee at 5 p.m. for a workshop. That will take place in the Geoffrey C. Parker Meeting Room. Watch it here.
At 6 p.m., the board will enter its full regularly scheduled meeting, which will be streamed at vimeo.com/rockportmaine
The following citizens have stepped forward and offered to serve on the new task force:
- ➢ Douglas Cole
- ➢ Michelle Gallant
- ➢ Denise Munger
- ➢ Mary Jane Young
- ➢ Clare Tully
The Task Force responsibility is to establish a plan that integrates needs throughout the village including parking, utility burial, pedestrian and bike improvements, and other items of critical importance to the vitality of Rockport Village, according to Town Manager Jon Duke.
“Simultaneously, this group will serve as the Bridge Advisory Committee and assist in the improvements to the Goose River Bridge which Maine DOT plans to undertake in the near future,” he wrote, in a memo to the board.
“When the Board discussed this Task Force in May, it was suggested the committee should be no larger than 9 people and staff for this committee should include the Public Works Director, the Planning and Community Development Director and potentially the Police Chief and Town Manager,” wrote Duke. “If three staff members are chosen, and all of those who applied to participate are chosen, that would put the total membership on the committee at eight.”
The agenda also includes:
Consideration of:
1) Community Resilience Partnership Resolution – Bill Bow
2) Town Manager Contract Amendment
3) Use of Road Construction Reserve for Annual Maintenance Paving
4) Legislative Update – LD 290 – Kerry Leichtman
