The Stanford Master Plan committee heard from a confused and often discontented public Monday at the Stanford Town Hall at a hearing that was advertised as an informational meeting and an opportunity for further public input on the draft master plan. The meeting hall was filled to overflowing by 7:30.
After a briefing by Gary Lovett, chairman of the master plan committee, in which he reviewed the goals, the methodology, the findings and the main recommendations of the draft master plan, the floor was opened for questions. Supervisor Stern asked that the questions be addressed to the committee so the committee could explain what was in the plan and why. Both she and Lovett explained that the plan could be changed and revised in light of comments.
Lovett had gone over the three areas the plan addressed: natural resources, land use and infrastructure. The natural resources base had been assessed by Hudsonia whose maps and inventories were the basis of recommendations to protect certain areas of wetlands and forests. Lovett said there were two forest blocks of over 1,000 acres that were valuable resources.
