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Warner Master Plan Visioning Session Comments
from participants ·
Investigate availability
of high speed internet service in different areas of town ·
Brainstorm ideas for more
protection of 2 aquifers ·
Reduce speed limit to 20
MPH on ·
Increase light
restrictions on incoming development, see if light restrictions for
existing development can be addressed ·
What was the focus of the
town audit: zoning ordinance, site plan rules and regs, subdivision regs,
other bylaws—looking for consistency. Only noticeable issue was
discrepancy between definitions of words in different documents. ·
How is Warner using
cluster housing? ·
Workforce housing o
What is it? o
What will the town do
about it? ·
Property taxes o
Recommendation that
residents attend Municipal Budget Committee monthly meetings to express
their opinions about school funding/tax issue o
Figure out a way to make
living in Warner more affordable, increasing taxes will not be
sustainable for the future What
do you want the town to be in 10 years? ·
Keep community character ·
Add community design
section to Master Plan? (design review) ·
New development should be
green (like Epping) ·
Value-added businesses,
small businesses serving the community ·
Exit 9 Charrette ·
More affordable tax
structure, address legislative process ·
Workforce housing, need
workers in the community to support the town ·
Senior recreation
opportunities as the population ages ·
Community
center—intergenerational ·
More trails made, Exit 9
trails marked Comment
Card Responses ·
Lower lighting on ·
Old fashioned lamp posts
along ·
Community Center for art,
music, sports, pool! ·
Worried about rock
blasting affecting existing wells and salt/highway runoff ·
Pay attention to
conservation plan ·
I’d like to second the
suggestion that the town have architectural review of commercial
development. Also that planning and zoning boards be able to have
outside expertise brought in at the expense of commercial developers for
evaluation of technical and economic issues. ·
Can we get input from
large property owners at Exit 9—Market Basket, ·
Need bus to ·
More bus transportation
(Dartmouth Coach) ·
Walking areas needed from ·
Master Plan to address
Legislature regarding statewide tax structure which will drive us all
out of town as we get older and poorer ·
We must discuss more
how to help increase business in downtown! Our WBA/Retailers’ group is
very proactive, and we try to get local people to visit our local
stores & businesses but still most Warner citizens get in
their cars or the Elderbus and go to big box stores in the malls or shop
on the internet (and pay more in long run!) while they could buy
it in town. We have been here over 7 years (Wingdoodle) and people still
come in and are surprised at what we have. We hire local people,
we pay local taxes. Every dollar stays in Warner that we earn in
our stores. We need the town of ·
? Re district number and
expansions ·
? Increase district ·
Forest & Farm
Resources ·
Water resources ·
Wildlife habitat ·
Scenic resources ·
Drinking water protection ·
Exemplary natural
communities ·
Future drinking water area
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