TOPSHAM — A public meeting at Topsham Public Library drew about 60 people and helped guide the town staff as it updates its 2005 Comprehensive Plan.

The Comprehensive Plan Committee first met in November 2016 to review the document – last updated in 2011 – and hired Maine Design Workshop as a two-year planning consultant for $87,000 last spring. The plan update is on schedule for a town meeting vote in May 2019.

The committee is reviewing the feedback, Town Planner Rod Melanson said Tuesday. Most comments were “extremely positive,” he added.

“Right now we’re refining the plan based on the public input,” he said.

Staff last month presented a “big ideas document,” which stemmed from an earlier public input series in October 2017. Safer streets and the establishment of a bicycle and pedestrian committee were among more popular sentiments, along with greater access to nature and open space, Melanson said.

A roundabout at Routes 196 and 201 did not garner much favor, nor did a parking garage at Topsham Fair Mall.

A park in the Lower Village, long sought by residents, was “definitely a resounding positive redevelopment scheme,” Melanson said. “… That’s still something that we’re working on.”

The draft is available at topshamaine.com/compplan. A website link to a version people can commented on is planned.

The Comprehensive Plan Committee meets at 6 p.m. the second Monday of each month, and the fourth Monday needed. Meetings are public and take place at the Municipal Building, 100 Main St.