2016.10.24 Council Agenda Item 13

Ten years have passed since adoption of the 2006 Greening of Falmouth plan. The Land Management & Acquisition Committee (LMAC) prepared a Ten-Year Progress Report, 2006-2016, that documents the implementation accomplishments of the plan. LMAC notes in the report that, while the community has made a great deal of progress in protecting and managing open space, the next decade will offer additional opportunities and challenges.To meet seize these opportunities and meet the challenges, LMAC recommends creating a new open space plan that will guide this work in the coming decade.

The Council has included in its draft 2016-17 Work Plan, dated July 19, 2016,  a high priority action item to develop a Greening of Falmouth version 2.0 plan. The Long Range Planning Advisory Committee (LPAC) has completed its current assignments and expressed interest in working on an updated open space plan as a complement to its work on growth areas and infill development. The leadership of LMAC and LPAC met on October 18 with Councilor Hemphill and Town staff to discuss a collaborative approach to this assignment. The recommendation is for LPAC to take the lead on the open space plan update effort with input from LMAC, Conservation Commission, Falmouth Land Trust, and other interested parties. LMAC, in addition to supporting the open space plan update effort, will continue with its traditional role assigned by the Council.

A resolution has been prepared that outlines the need for an updated open space plan and assigns this task to LPAC as the lead party with input from other committee and community members.

Attachments:

• Resolution
• Ten-Year Progress Report, 2006-2016, prepared by Land Management & Acquisition Committee (LMAC), September 2016
• 2006 Greening of Falmouth Plan