<div dir="auto">My two cents, and how Moderators I have worked with looked at it, Town Meeting cannot make any amendment that is outside the four corners of the proposal. This has meant, for these Moderators they would not accept amendments that changed any dimensional requirement whether more or less restrictive than reported out of the public hearing. The thought was, someone impacted, who could participate in a hearing (property owner) might not be able to participate in Town Meeting as they were not voters. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Dan Fortier, AICP </div><div dir="auto">Retired Planner </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 20, 2024, 11:16 AM Leeann Bradley via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Middleborough’s town meeting thrives on public input which more often than not includes floor amendments to various articles. I can only imagine the uproar that would occur
if our moderator announced that floor amendments were prohibited for just this one article. I can already envision a resounding NAY from the entire town meeting body when called for a vote. Slippery slope here…<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Leeann Bradley<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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