Minutes

Connecticut River Estuary Metropolitan Planning Organization

December 12, 2007

 

Attendance:

Chester:                       Tom Marsh                                                                                                    

Clinton:                       Willie Fritz

Deep River:                  Richard Smith

Essex:                          Phil Miller

Killingworth:                Richard Cabral

Lyme:                          Ralph Eno

Old Lyme:                   Tim Griswold

Old Saybrook:            

Westbrook:                 

CRERPA:                    Bruce Edgerton                                                                                                                

ETD:                           Doris Sanstrom, John Forbis  

CRERPA Staff:           Jean Davies, Wini Olson

DOT:                           Kasey Faraci  

 

            The meeting of the Connecticut River Estuary Metropolitan Planning Organization was called to order by Vice Chairman Dick Smith at 8:44 AM in the conference space of the Connecticut River Estuary Regional Planning Agency.

 

I.  Minutes

            Phil Miller moved that the minutes of the November 14 meeting be approved as distributed. The motion was seconded by Richard Cabral and unanimously approved.    

 

II. Federal and State Programs

  1. STIP Amendments

Jean Davies announced that there are no STIP amendments this month.           There rumors about the local status of both the Old Saybrook and Chester projects.

Jean will meet with Phil Miller on Friday about an Essex proposal.

  1. RPO Quarterly Meeting

Jean reported that she attended the RPO quarterly meeting with DOT. Most regions are on budget. CRERPA is under budget for area road projects.

C.     Jean reported that Linda is at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital for transfusions

and diagnosis.

  1. Safe Routes to School

Jean reported that Chester and Old Saybrook are interested in proceeding with the Safe Routes to School project. If anyone else is interested, they may contact either Jean or Janice Ehle- Meyer.

  1. Conn DOT procedures

Jean mentioned that Bill Peace was at the recent DEMHS discussing the onus of having each project reviewed by two different engineers. A discussion ensued. There is a question of how much of this is dictated by federal mandates. It was agreed to invite Bill Peace to share his perspective. 

  1. Regional Emergency Planning Team

Jean reported that she is now officially the chairman of the Transportation #1 RESF  (Regional Emergency Support Team). She is looking for persons with specialized transportation skill sets that would be interested in serving on the committee. She has two members from Emergency Management and SCCROG on the committee and is meeting with Hartford and Southwest’s RPO to provide an equivalent counterpart in this region.

 

III. Public Involvement

            There were no comments from the public.     

 

Willie Fritz moved that the meeting be adjourned. The motion was seconded by Richard Cabral and unanimously approved.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 9:25 AM.

 

             Respectfully submitted,

 

      Timothy C. Griswold, Secretary