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TOWN OF EAST HAMPTON
Brownfields Redevelopment Agency
Monday, June 28, 2010
7:30 p.m.
Town Hall Meeting Room
MINUTES
Present: Chairman Scott Bristol, Dan Wolfram, Mary Ann Dostaler, Kay Willson. Also Present: Public Works Director Keith Hayden. Absent: Vice Chairman William DeMore, Carla Sylvester, Ron Buccilli, and Judy Pogmore, Recording Secretary.
Chairman Bristol called this meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
- Adoption of Agenda/Added Agenda Items:
Dan Wolfram motioned to adopt the agenda. Mary Ann Dostaler seconded the motion. Vote unanimous. Motion passed.
- Approval of Minutes, April 26, 2010 Meeting:
Dan Wolfram made a motion to approve the minutes. Mary Ann Dostaler seconded the motion. Vote unanimous. Motion passed.
- Public Comments: None
- Staff Reports:
Mary Ann Dostaler stated, at the last town council meeting there was discussion about a legal action to take down water tower at 1 Watrous Street. Public Works Director Hayden stated the director of facilities has been instructed to prepare to contract for bid for the tank and steel structure, for safety reasons, seeing the wood top of the tower is leaning. The State has been notified and has come out and looked at the site, but no action taken at present.
- Liaison Reports: Mary Ann Dostaler stated she hasn’t heard anything about P&Z relative to affordable housing zone project (Planimetrics Study). Chairman Bristol Scott doesn’t know if it has been discussed since the Planimetrics presentation. Public Works Director Keith Hayden will contact Jim Carey as to status of that study, to see if P&Z commission is planning any action on those recommendations.
- New Business:
Dan Wolfram and Town Manager Jeff O’Keefe attended mandatory meeting in Boston in May of all grantees for the new round of grants announced back in April. This meeting entailed a class on how to properly fill out a series of forms that had to be submitted by Wednesday of this week in order to receive the grant. Dan Wolfram prepared the guide paperwork and sent it out today. The town has been awarded a new community-wide hazardous material substance assessment grant in the amount of $200,000. Forty percent of this grant will go to Epic Arts to help get them to bid specs for remedial action plan so they can shop around for their own grant money. (EPA’s goal is to have contractors on board by December.) Because the federal
government wants to rid of all cleanup grants, the Phase 1 cleanup grant for Epic Arts was tossed out. The next step will be to check RFQ from last assessment grant for any changes and resubmit it for public bid. Thirty-five percent of the grant is additional monies for whatever is needed as we go along, such as survey sites, flight aerials and pictures, etc. Money is available to take down water tower on Walnut. We also have money to cover administration of grant and professional services and $500.00 for Brownfields Redevelopment Agency supplies. Targeted date for submitting RFQ is October 1, 2010. This is a three-year grant. As a kick-off we will have a public meeting after we have consultants on board; thereby, they can participate at meeting.
- EPA Planning Grant Application:
Chairman Bristol stated the EPA planning grant for approximately $130,000. was submitted about the time of the last meeting which was held April 26, 2010. We are awaiting notification.
- Consider Setting Public Hearing/Special Meeting for Discussion of Remedial Action Plans for 13 Watrous Street and 103 Main Street in accordance with EPA and DEP Requirements:
- 13 Watrous Street Remediation to Include Fencing and Partial PCB Removal Actions (Soil removal and Off-Site Disposal at Licensed Facility), and
ii. 103 Main Street Remediation to Include Installation of Engineered Control to Limit Exposure to Contaminated Soils. Construction of Cap to Include Impermeable HDPE Membrane and Parking Lot:
As we move towards remediation of 13 Watrous, Dan Wolfram will run a public notice for a public hearing in the July 2, 2010 Rivereast, in accordance with grant and CT state statute. This will be set up at a special meeting before town council meeting on July 13, 2010. Relative to 103 Main, work still being done to finalize the remedial action plan.
- Update Regarding EPA Grants and Budgets:
Quarterly reports are due July 30th. For next meeting Dan Wolfram will have updated quarterly-end financials.
- Update on Remediation Plans/Status—13 Watrous and 103 Main Street:
- Inland/Wetlands:103 Main—Inland/Wetlands Meeting this Wednesday on this previously submitted application for a parking lot, at which point they should be voting on the approval at this meeting as no previous objections made.
ii. Planning and Zoning: 13 Watrous will need to go through Planning and Zoning for approval of fence.
- Public Comments (Pertaining to Current Agenda Items Only): None.
- Confirm Next Meeting: The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 26, 2010; at 7:30 p.m. Elections will be held then.
10. Adjournment: Mary Ann Dostaler motioned to adjourn the meeting. Kay Willson seconded the motion. Vote unanimous. Motion passed. The meeting concluded at 8:03 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Judith L. Pogmore
Recording Secretary
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