North Stonington
Economic Development Commission
40 Main Street
North Stonington, CT 06359
April 21, 2011
Minutes
Members present- Linda Pershaec, Marilyn Mackay, Bradford Currier, Peter Bogoian, Brent Woodward, Brett Mastroianni. Absent- Robert Kimball, Gladys Chase.
Meeting called to order at 7:06PM
Minutes from March17, 2011 accepted, motion made by Brent Woodward, 2nd Marilyn Mackay, and 2 abstentions.
New Business Pat Lafayette, from Lafayette Engineering discussed the two main dilemmas when building sewer lines, especially those from the Rt 2 manhole/pumping station owned by Stonington.
1 - the buy in
2 - infrastructures needed, compounded by topography.
The interactive discussion touched upon various aspects of extending sewer lines to the Rt 2 rotary. Cost estimates, types of flow, gravity or forced main, were topics for the project. A general outline for the report requested from EDC was outlined. Mr. Lafayette will come back with a draft. At that point, the EDC along with Lafayette Engineering will collaborate on the final edition that will answer the many questions posed during the meeting.
First Selectman, Nick Mullane also spoke about grant monies possibly available for the actual laying of the sewer line. Cost projects and further estimates will come from his office.
A motion was made to allocate funds of $3,500 for the consulting report on Phase I, II, and II of the sewer project from Lafayette Engineering. Motion made by Marilyn Mackay 2nd by Brett Mastroianni. Vote was unanimous.
Motion for Monies to update the website was made by Peter Bogoian, 2nd by Brent Woodward. $1,500 will be allocated to redesign the EDC website. The vote was unanimous.
N. Stonington Business Assoc.- update on map/ad hand out made by Marilyn Mackay. Looking forward to a May printing. The next project will be to redo the business directory to a user-friendlier guide.
Updates on the new zoning regulations for west end of Rt2 are being worked on by Planning and Zoning Commission.
Commercial areas are being worked on with specifics for storage, office, showroom and warehousing.
Motion to adjourn was made by Linda Pershaec, 2nd by Peter Bogoian.
Meeting adjourned at 9:20 PM
Gladys Chase Secretary
Minutes taken by Linda Pershaec
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