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LURC Reform Commission

 

The LURC Reform Commission was formed through a resolution passed by the 125th Maine Legislature to make recommendations on how to carry out land use planning, zoning and permitting in the 10.4 million acres of unorganized towns and plantations of Maine.

This website is the primary source for information about the LURC Reform Commission's membership, schedule, agenda, minutes, and support staff. It also will have links to Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) materials (see left column). New materials will be added as available. The LURC Reform Commission is staffed by the Maine Department of Conservation.

 

• RESOLVE Chapter 113, LD 1534, 125th Maine State Legislature
  Resolve, To Reform the Land Use and Planning Authority in the Unorganized Territory (.pdf)

 

• LURC Reform Commission Resource Materials
  
  
• Written Comments
  
  
  

 

LURC Reform Commission Final Report

• LURC Reform Commission Final Document, with recommendations (.pdf)
• Revised Title 12, chap. 206-A (.pdf)
  
  

 

LURC Reform Commission Meeting Information:

Please note: Meetings will be work sessions for the Reform Commission. The public is welcome to attend. Public comment will be taken only at designated listening sessions. Please check below for dates and times of these designated sessions.

The first LURC Reform Commission Meeting was held:

• 9:30 a.m-2:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 22, at Husson University Center for Family Business, Bangor
  
  Sept. 22 meeting agenda (.pdf)
  
  LURC Reform Commission Consensus Statement (.pdf)
  
  Our Assignment (.pdf)
  
  Our Report (.pdf)

September 22, 2011 meeting minutes(.pdf)

Scheduled Meetings:

• 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 6, Town Offices, Solon; Public Listening Sessions, 2:30-4 p.m., 5:30-7 p.m.;
  
  Oct. 6 meeting agenda (.pdf)
  
  Revised Purpose Statement (.pdf)
  
  ME Audubon Reform Proposal (.pdf)
  
  LURC Reform Proposal (.pdf)
  
  Elizabeth Swain Reform Proposal (.pdf)
  
  Oct. 6, 2011 meeting minutes (.pdf)
  
  
  
• 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 20, Maine Department of Conservation Field Office, Ashland; Public Listening Sessions, 2:30-4 p.m. and 5:30-7 p.m.;
  
  Oct. 20, 2011 Meeting Agenda (.pdf)
  
  Commissioner Paul Underwood, Aroostook County, presentation (.pdf)
  
  Proposal - Draft - Maine Land Use Commission (.pdf)
  
  Proposal - Draft - Land Use Commission (LUC), or Unorganized Territory Planning Commission (UTPC) (.pdf)
  
  Oct. 20, 2011 Meeting Minutes (.pdf)
  
  
  
• 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 3, Washington County Community College, Calais; Public Listening Session, 2:30-4 p.m.;
  
  Nov. 3, 2011 Meeting Agenda (.pdf)
  
  Large Landowner Perspective Handout (.pdf)
  
  Nov. 3, 2011 Meeting Minutes (.pdf)
  
  
• 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 17, American Legion Hall, 218 Pritham Ave. (Rte. 15), Greenville; Public Listening Session, 2:30-4 p.m.;
  
  Nov. 17, 2011 Meeting Agenda (.pdf)
  
  Reform Proposals - Original (.pdf)
  
  Reform Proposals (.pdf)
  
  Nov. 17, 2011 Meeting Minutes (.pdf)
  
  
• 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 1, Wellman Commons, Bangor Masonic Center (former Bangor Theological Seminary), Bangor.
  
  Dec. 1, 2011 Meeting Agenda (.pdf)
  
  Draft Revised Agreements (.pdf)
  
  Revised Purpose and Scope (.pdf)
  
  MFS Memo re:LURC (.pdf)
  
  DEP Memo re:LURC (.pdf)
  

 

LURC Reform Commission Members:

-- Selected by Gov. Paul LePage, Maine Senate President Kevin Raye, and Maine House Speaker Robert Nutting

• Bill Beardsley, Maine Department of Conservation, commissioner - Chair.
• Sarah Medina, Vice Chair; to serve as a representative of the tourism or outdoor recreation industry in the Unorganized Territory (UT).
• Elbridge Cleaves, to serve as representative of a regional environmental or conservation organization.
• Judith Cooper East, to serve as the regional planner from a council of governments in a county with significant acreage in the UT.
• Christopher Gardner, to serve as a county commissioner from a county with significant acreage in the (UT).
• Durward Humphrey, to serve as a resident of the UT.
• Don Kleiner, to serve as representative of a statewide sportsmen's organization.
• Gary Lamb, to serve as a representative of a regional or local economic development organization serving an area that includes unorganized territory.
• Duane Lander, to serve as a resident of the UT.
• Hank McPherson, to serve as a representative of a small landowner in the unorganized territory engaged in the forest products industry.
• Lynda Quinn, to serve as a county commissioner from a county with significant acreage in the UT.
• Tom Rumpf, to serve as a representative of a statewide environmental or conservation organization.
• Donald White, to serve as a representative of a large landowner in the unorganized territory engaged in the forest products industry.

 

Contact Information:

Please address all correspondence to:

LURC Reform Commission
c/o Maine Department of Conservation
22 State House Station
18 Elkins Lane
Augusta, ME 04333

 

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