By Andrew Bates, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Telegraph-Journal The Town of Saint Andrews is preparing to give its proposed municipal plan a public debut next week. For the last year, planners with the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission and town staff have been working on a new municipal plan. On Aug. 18, the plan is set for a public presentation, as required by provincial legislation, at a special council meeting, followed by a 30-day comment period, according to an online notice. “We’re kind of using it to kick off the more extensive consultation on both the municipal plan and the zoning bylaw that will come with it,” senior planner Xander Gopen told Brunswick News last week. A municipal plan includes policy statements on land use, environmental conservation, transportation, municipal services,…