18-Year-Old Appointed to Planning Commission
Megan Lavalley may be the youngest planning commissioner ever, appointed to serve in Manchester, Vermont beginning Oct. 22nd.
18 year old Manchester student Megan Lavalley has worked with the Planning Commission since 2007, serving as a high youth representative to the board.
The Manchester Journal asked Megan why she decided to serve on the Planning Commission in the first place:
""It just sounded really interesting," she said. "It sounded like one of the boards where you could make the most influence and leave your mark the most because it's rules about footprint and building sizes and stuff that will stay here in the town for, you know, a hundred years. I thought it was a good place to learn a lot and kind of contribute a lot at the same time.""
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Youth and Local Government
Michigan's one-year experiment in allowing people under-18 to be appointed as full Planning Commission members may be coming to an abrupt end - not because of any problems but rather because the state senator who wrote the law to broaden opportunities for "non-electors" to serve says she never intended to allow the under-18 crowd to participate!
Direct link to the article: http://www.buildingplace.net/archives/1086.
Berkeley did it younger first...
I hate raining on others' parades. Berkeley City Council memebers have had several high school age appointments (full voting rights) on both their Zoning Adjustments Board AND their Planning Commission over the years. Most recently, there was a 15 year old voting member on the Zoning Adjustments Board this year.
Mark Rhoades
former City Planning Manager
City of Berkeley, CA
Younger in Berkeley cont...
By the way, I didn't say I thought it was a good idea for teenagers to actually be voting on the important issues of land use and development for any community. I am sure there are some exceptional youngsters out there, I'm just saying...
Mark Rhoades