LIVERMORE – The Comprehensive Plan Committee is scheduled to review a proposal Thursday addressing land use and proposed strategies to guide growth but preserve the rural character of the town.

The committee plans to have a new proposal ready for voter consideration in June, select board administrative assistant Kurt Schaub said Wednesday.

Members are completing work on the proposal and expect to have it ready for public review by early April so that residents will have 30 days to consider it before a public hearing in early May, Schaub said.

The meeting is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 20, at the town office.

The committee will review the land-use section, which the State Planning Office says must be a part of any comprehensive plan.

The plan needs to outline growth areas, conservation areas and agricultural areas, among others. It then must include strategies for managing further development in those areas, Schaub said.

Whether those strategies are ultimately adopted is a matter for future consideration, as the Comprehensive Plan does not have the force of an ordinance, he said.

Some committee members were concerned that the land-use portion is a precursor to zoning, Schaub said, but that is not the case.

This does not have the power of an ordinance, he said, it is only a guideline for future growth.

“The whole point of this is people have identified certain qualities of Livermore they want to preserve,” Schaub said. “People would like to preserve Livermore’s rural character. What the plan attempts to do is identify ways to see rural character maintained while allowing for growth.”