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gone out of our way not to invite planning commissioners, town council members or lawyers who might find themselves later co-opted on one side or another.”

Mr. Thomasson also noted that the group’s function is entirely advisory, and that their recommendations, if any, are not binding on Mr. O’Connell and Mr. Lynch. He described their duty as “fact-finding, a conduit for concerns, problems and recommendations made by members of the community.”

The input thus gathered from the community, Mr. Thomasson continued, will be formed into a report which will be presented to Mr. O’Connell and Mr. Lynch. “At that point, obviously, it is up to them to do with it what they choose.”

The committee’s charge, he added, is to contact everyone possible “of all persuasions within the

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