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Residents came out to the Feb. 18 Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) meeting to show support or concerns during the final part of public hearing on an application allowing restaurant sales of beer and wine closer to schools and other sensitive areas. The PZC reconvenes March 3 to continue its review of the application.Pam Johnson/The Sound

Town Manager Mike Paulhus shares a weekly report which updates citizens and town leaders on the latest goings-on in North Branford. The report shares upcoming Town Council and Planning and Zoning meetings where agenda items could tee up discussions which could impact a new business, Pacielo's Apizza; as well as updates on hiring for two town positions and news of the state's flood zone re-mapping, which could affect some residents and businesses.

In addition to ongoing efforts to hire a Purchasing Secretary (four candidates were interviewed Feb. 25), Paulhus announces Staff Accountant Barbara Felie will retire in May and the town is set to begin advertising to fill the position, with a closing date of March 11. Click on the related file to learn more and to see the full Weekly Report, released Feb. 29.

Some other highlights from this week's report include news of Flood Map Revisions, with pending changes to local maps which could mean an increase, decrease or no change to property owners living in watershed areas. Learn much more about the maps – and how to give input on what's being done – at this Zip06 story: http://www.zip06.com/news/20160226/property-owners-check-newly-mapped-fema-flood-zones

The Town Council meets Tues. March 1, 7 p.m. in Town Council chambers with a revised agenda which now includes a review and discussion of a Regional Dispatch Center feasiblity study. The Council will also pick up unfinished busines relating to an easement request concerning town property abutting a new business, Pacileo's Apizza & Pasta Resturant, at 285 Foxon Road. Click on the related file to see the revised agenda distributed Feb. 29.

Planning and Zoning meets Thurs. March 3, 7 p.m. in Town Council chambers, where one topic will be the continuing discussion on the Zoning Department's application to allow retail sales of beer and wine for on-site restaurant consumption (no bars) closer than 500 feet to schools and other sensitive areas. Read Zip06's most recent coverage of the PZC's progress on the matter, including much discussion about the impact of the application on Pacileo's Apizza & Pasta Restaurant near Jerome Harrison Elementary School, at this link http://www.zip06.com/news/20160219/-byob-vs-beer-wine-restaurant-sales-closer-to-nb-schools