The question of whether or not the signs should be allowed has been placed on the agenda for the Selectboard meeting for Monday, August 5. The meeting starts at 7:30 at Town Hall. I have no idea what will happen, but it should be interesting. If nothing else, it is an opportunity to demonstrate to the town leaders the depth of the opposition to the CRC proposal, so hopefully many neighbors and project opponents will attend.
Here is the email that I sent to the Selectboard requesting to be on the agenda:
Dear Selectboard Members –
Per Catheryn Hembree’s email to me dated May 15, and several subsequent follow up emails, we are requesting permission from the Selectboard to place signs in the right of way. The signs read “Protect our Residential Neighborhood” and are intended to encourage people to become more informed about the development proposals and the current situation on Greensboro Rd.
These signs have actually been around town for about two months now. We did not request permission when Catheryn originally wrote to me about the issue because we believed that we were complying with her request – removing all the signs from the town rights of way, and displaying them on private property only.
We still believe that they are actually all currently on private property, and despite several requests from us, no one on the town staff has identified any specific signs that they believe are in a town right of way. But, we have received confusing and sometimes contradictory information about exactly where the signs can and can’t be. To hopefully clarify the situation, we have decided to take the step of requesting this permission from the Selectboard as Catheryn suggested originally. We would like permission to display the signs until September 30, 2019.
To help bring you up to speed on how we got to this point, we have attached copies of all the email communications back and forth on the issue between Catheryn Hembree, Rob Houseman, Julia Griffin, and us. The emails are presented in chronological order so as you read through you will hopefully get a complete picture.
Thank you for your consideration of this request. We would very much welcome the opportunity to discuss the issues further and would appreciate being placed on an upcoming agenda.
For background on the issue, you can read my previous post on the issue here: https://greensbororoad.org/2019/07/29/so-about-those-signs/