TOPSHAM

The Board of Selectmen will consider approving several policies and plans this evening as part of the Community Development Block Grant application that gained approval at the May 16 town meeting.

The board’s meeting will start at 7 p.m. in the municipal building at 100 Main St.

At the May 16 town meeting, voters approved a $300,000 Community Development Block Grant application on behalf of the Topsham Housing Authority to purchase two multi-family buildings in town for workforce housing. The town would incur no cost related to the project.

Town Manager Cornell Knight wrote in a description of the agenda item about the grant application that, as part of the grant contract with the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development, the town must adopt several policies and plans.

Deborah Johnson, director of DEDC’s Office of Community Development, wrote in a June 13 letter to Knight that a review team evaluated the application for the project and “is pleased to inform you that … $300,000 has been reserved for this project.”

Selectmen also will consider signing a fair housing resolution, as well as the standards of conduct and the equal employment opportunity employment statement for the grant.

The board also will consider action on an “ADA Section 504 Certification,” which is a self-evaluation of town buildings and programs, for the CDBG grant.

During tonight’s meeting, the board will consider a number of annual appointments: Brian Stockdale as the fire warden; Mike Labbe as civil emergency director; Dennis Cox as road commissioner; Tom Lister as the codes, health and electrical officer; Robert Williams as the alternate codes, health and electrical officer; Kyle Rosenberg as tree warden; and Louis Levesque as the sealer of weights and measures.

Selectmen also are scheduled to consider making several continuing appointments to boards and committees: William Thompson to the Finance Committee; Paul Rossignol as a sewer district trustee; and both Beth Clark and Thomas Sawyer to the Board of Assessment Review.

As directed by the town’s 2005 comprehensive plan and recommended by the Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee, selectmen in March unanimously voted to create a Route 196 Corridor Study Committee to look at the Route 196 corridor and define a vision for the future of the corridor from the Center Park Drive area to the Lisbon town line.

The committee will investigate existing land uses, future land uses, highway access and assess landscaping and aesthetic issues, along with community wishes. The resulting plan will be offered to the community as an amendment to the comprehensive plan and will serve as the basis for future amendments to Topsham’s land use codes.

On the docket for appointment to the new Route 196 Corridor Study Committee, which has up to nine slots, are Wayne Zazeski, Anthony Delgaudio, Matthew Young, David Giroux, Bruce Stahl and Alan Houston.

During tonight’s meeting, selectmen will consider adopting a workplace injury management policy that puts into writing the town’s past practice and is consistent with the union contract.