Minutes
September
10, 2007
Attendance:
Chester: Sally Murray
Clinton:
Essex: Tom
Danyliw
Killingworth: Jere Adametz, Pat Smulders
Lyme: Frank Skwarek
Old Lyme:
Old Saybrook: Dick
Tietjen
Westbrook: Bill
Neale
Staff: Linda
Krause, J. H.
Keith Chrisman representing NICLEI.
I.
Chairman Bruce Edgerton called the meeting to
order at
II. Minutes
Chairman
Edgerton mentioned that the Agenda should refer to the August minutes. On the
first page of the minutes the reference should be to “her”, not “here”. Under Transportation, there is a partial
sentence that needs to be completed. Bill
Neale moved that the minutes be approved as amended. The motion was seconded by
Frank Skwarek and unanimously approved.
III. Correspondence
Linda distributed a chronology of recent
events at the ETD. The ETD Board of Directors has been asked to attend the
LCVSA meeting here on Wednesday, September 12.
Some Selectmen have contemplated
appointing themselves to serve and have investigated the possibility of asking
CRERPA staff to serve as interim personnel. Bill Neale asked if Linda would
appreciate authorization to serve in that capacity. Tom Danyliw stressed that
it is important to include that the CRERPA staff should not be overburdened.
Dick Tietjen asked if the minutes
had not been recorded or were simply not available. He also asked about the
missing agendas and relocation of meetings. Chairman Edgerton asked if CRERPA
will be in danger of assuming liability if it helps.
Tom
Danyliw moved that should help be requested by the
Selectmen, it could be granted temporarily at Linda’s discretion provided it
not interferes excessively with the CRERPA workload. The motion was seconded by
Bill Neale with the caution that it must be limited in time and scope. The
motion was unanimously approved.
Jere Adametz asked if Selectmen have
answered the survey that was presented last month. Linda does not know who
replied. The answers were emailed directly to OPM.
Linda announced that CRERPA
received a letter from the Westbrook Planning Commission requesting a four or five
page response to their PCD proposal by today. The request was received
September 4.
IV. Reports
A.
Treasurer
Copies of the Treasurer’s
report were circulated. The audit is not yet complete. Linda was pleased to
announce that the old copier has finally left the premises.
B. Transportation
There was no further report.
C. Referrals
Tor reported that he has referrals. One has
been previously addressed.
1. Clinton is
proposing a new definition of Assisted Housing. The new definition will conform
to statutes. He considers this an internal matter that should not affect
neighboring towns.
2. Deep River
is proposing number of “housekeeping issues”, cleaning up various sections. It
should not impact other towns.
3. Essex is
considering “The Glen at Essex” which is on the Old Saybrook town line.
The
Planning Commission has approved the division of lots. There have been two
traffic studies. Both are based on the premise that 85% of the traffic will go
to Essex and that only 15% will travel to Old Saybrook. Essex is just beginning
a federally funding study of traffic for the entire town. It is suggested that
the Zoning Commission should wait and incorporate the results of that study
into its deliberation about increasing the allowed density on this parcel. Dick
Tietjen has written a letter that is being incorporated into the Old Saybrook
reply.
Bill Neale moved that no
inter-municipal concern be found in either the Clinton or the Deep River
proposals and that the Agency support the staff comments and recommendation
that Essex wait until they have the results of the overall traffic study. The
motion was seconded by Dick Tietjen and unanimously approved.
D. Gateway
Linda reported that Tor staffed the August
meeting. Gateway still owns four parcels and has easements on four others. It
was agreed to try to transfer the
parcels to the state as intended. In the meantime, it seems wise to check the
condition of the land and trees.
Gateway still hopes to have Old Lyme and
Essex update their zoning to include all Gateway standards.
V. Old
Business
There was no old business.
VI. New Business
Linda reported that the State of Connecticut
has been in contract with TeleAtlas North America to map centerline data. TeleAtlas declared that RPOs could use the
information but may not share it since it is proprietary. An agreement has been
reached. She asked for authorization to execute a contract with (I’ll copy the
title from the contract Thursday) for license of products.
Tom Danyliw moved that the
Executive Director be authorized to execute a contract with the State of
Connecticut Department of Information Technology and/or Department of Public
Safety for the purpose of registration and/ or use of licensed products from
the Tele Atlas North America, Inc. The motion was seconded by Bill Neale and unanimously
approved.
Rob Wylie moved that the
meeting be adjourned. The motion was seconded by Bill Neale. The meeting was
adjourned at 9:16 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Bill Neale, Secretary