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01-19-11 Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes
A Regular Meeting of the EAST HARTFORD REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY was held in the Second Floor Conference Room, 740 Main Street, East Hartford, Connecticut on Wednesday, January 19, 2011.

  • CALL TO ORDER
  • The meeting was called to order at 6:05 p.m by acting-Chairperson McCreery
  • ROLL CALL
Present:

Ellen McCreery, Vice-Chair;
Gerry Maine;
Tony Matta;
John Ryan

Absent:

Robin Pearson, Chairperson

Others in Attendance:

John Choquette, Development Director


  • BILLS LIST
  • $100 – Clerk
MOTION  by Mr. Maine, seconded by Mr. Ryan to approve the bills list
       APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY

  • APPROVAL OF MINUTES
  • December 1, 2010
MOTION  by Mr. Ryan, seconded by Mr. Matta to approve the minutes
       APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY

  • NEW BUSINESS
  • Subway restaurant, 1210 Main Street – signage request
  • Kapil Taneja, owner, proposed removing the two existing signs and replacing them with 3 new signs, including an additional location on Main Street closer to the corner of Main and Burnside Ave.  The three proposed signs would have a total square footage less than the existing two.
  • Mr. Choquette informed the Agency that Chairperson Pearson did have a chance to review the plans and had no objections.
MOTION  by Mr. Matta, seconded by Mr. Maine to approve and recommend to the East Hartford Planning and Zoning Commission, the proposed signage change for Subway restaurant located at 1210 Main Street, East Hartford as presented by Kapil Tanej, owner.
APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY

  • Review and approval of the Agency budget for FY 2011-2012
  • No changes were made from the current budget of $2,500.
MOTION  by Mr. Maine, seconded by Mr. Ryan to approve the proposed budget for FY 2011-2012.
APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY

  • OLD BUSINESS
  • Agency status report regarding Rafael Zeligzon/pending claim settlement
  • Mr. Zeligzon has turned over a check to the Agency and a release was executed signed by both Mr. Zeligzon and Attorney Chadwick, Agency & Town representative.  The bank’s portion is still unpaid, but when all is settled, the Agency will have received a little over $30,000.
  • 550 Burnside Avenue
  • Mr. Choquette suggested that when the next RFP is submitted, that it include potential site renderings in the hopes to elicit more interest.
  • 590 Burnside Avenue - Daley Court (New Samaritan Corp.) Progress Report
  • Mr. Choquette is waiting to hear from New Samaritan and will have something to report at the next meeting.
  • ADJOURNMENT
  • MOTION by Mr. Maine, seconded by Mr. Ryan
APPROVED at 6:50 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,


Jeffrey A. Currey
Clerk

cc:     Town Clerk
               Mayor
        Development Department