Where can I find the agenda before a meeting?

As well as viewing the agenda by clicking on the PDF or HTML shown below copies of the agenda are available at the fourth floor front counter at City Hall, One Manchester Boulevard. Agendas are ready by 4:30 p.m. on Friday before a regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting. After hours, the agenda can be viewed online, in the window box in front of City Hall, on the bulletin board at the Main Library and on City Hall entryway doors. Supplemental documents relating to specific agenda items are available for viewing by request at the Planning Division Office. You can also e-mail your request to the Webmaster.

Can I get the agenda/minutes mailed to my home/business?

Yes, you can subscribe to agendas and minutes in January of each year. The annual subscription for agendas is  the cost of postage and the City requests that you provide your own envelopes and postage.  If you would like to subscribe to the agenda/minutes, contact the Planning Division office at One Manchester Boulevard. Agendas are mailed on the Friday before a meeting, and you will receive it on Monday or Tuesday (depending on postal service).

You may subscribe to the agenda at any time by e-mail – just send us your name and e-mail address to register. Your subscription will begin immediately and you will receive it on the Friday before the Regular Council meeting. Agendas sent by e-mail are free. Minutes are not e-mailed, but can be obtained by contacting the Commission secretary.

Can I contact the Commissioners prior to a meeting? 

Although the Planning Commission members prefer to communicate with the public during the regularly scheduled meetings, you may also leave messages or information for the Commission at the Planning Counter, One Manchester Boulevard.  The items will be delivered to the Commission on Friday before a regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting.

What are some of the duties of the Planning Commission?

• Develop community and specific plans as may be necessary or desirable. It may or, if so directed by the City Council, General Plan Amendments and Updates and drafts of such regulations, programs and legislation as may in its judgment be required for the implementation of the general plan, it may recommend such plans and measures to the City Council for adoption;

• Investigate and make recommendations to the City Council upon reasonable and practical means for putting into effect the General Plan or part thereof, in order that it will serve as a pattern and guide for the orderly physical growth and development of the City;

• Endeavor to promote public interest in and understanding of the General Plan and Zoning laws and regulations relating to it; and

• Consult with and advise public officials and agencies, public utility companies, civic, educational, professional and other organizations and citizens generally within relation to carrying out the General Plan, zoning codes and other land use matters.