These are requirements from the state. There are over 40 items. The current Plan does not come close to meeting them, which leads to the question, Why? The short answer is the powers that be on the state level seemingly only care about construction and zoning. 8 of 10 executive items on the proposed Plan center around construction, so they’re very happy. 

This is the Plan from the vendor. I have 223 (!) comments but welcome you to do the same. While the vendor does a professional job, they are reporting to the wrong people. For instance, the critical Education section is only one page long and has just a clinical description of how many schools we have. There’s no planning at all. Major topics: the environment, sustainable energy, water, and other vital sections only have a cursory mention, if anything at all. Neighborhood after neighborhood have zoning changes to accommodate big buildings. Perhaps most alarming, the maps are wrong. The neighborhoods, open space, flood zone maps and more are dated or simply made up to support high-density housing. Here’s a news flash: ALL of Route 1 is in a Flood zone. All the proposed new construction: the Porsche dealership, Unquowa Road, Circle Inn, buildings around the 3rd RR station – are in flood zones. When Sandy II hits and a gazillion gallons of water surge up Mill River and Ash Creek, we are looking at catastrophe. Fairfield is in the first wave of climate change, literally, yet the Plan virtually ignores it. 

To show you what REAL planning looks like, I found (after a year of looking!) the plans from 1947, 1948, 1960, 1976 & 1979. It is my belief that we are within our rights to update these previously approved plans. The dirty story is they were buried in 2000 so the State could write a new plan around the 3rd RR station. That station is the mustard seed for alot of our current problems. Once they had their foot in the door with the revised plan, they’ve gone crazy for the past 25 years.

 At the-voice.com/Fairfield I built a site with an outline to get the ball rolling on a plan we can own and get behind. I did this totally altruistically to help save the town we all love. This is just the start as Fairfield is literally 50 years of catching up to do. There is a optional link where you can participate in the unofficial ranked choice poll for First selectment in Fairfield, where I am a third candidate to give you an option.