MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING
Thursday, March 20, 2014 – 7:00 p.m.
Town Hall, 1st Floor Conference Room
302 Main Street, Old Saybrook
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Judith Preston called the regular meeting to order at 7:10pm.
II. ROLL CALL
Members Present
Judith Preston
Walter Smith
Colin Heffernan , seated at 7:20pm
Charles Wehrly
Elizabeth Steffen
Members Absent
Brendan McKeown
William Pollock
Janis Esty
Staff Present
Sandy Prisloe, Environmental Planner
Meryl Tsagronis, Recording Cler
Joseph Wren, P.E, and Robert Sorensen, property owner, were present in the audience.
III. REGULAR BUSINESS
A. Minutes – February 20, 2014 Regular Meeting
MOTION to APPROVE the Minutes of the regular meeting of February 20, 2014; MADE: by E. Steffen; SECONDED: by W. Smith; VOTING IN FAVOR: J. Preston, C. Wehrly, W. Smith, E. Steffen; OPPOSED: None; ABSTAINED: none; APPROVED: 4-0-0.
B. Correspondence
None.
- C. Committee, Representative & Staff Reports
C. Wehrly reported that WPCA is getting ready to bid the next area of Fenwood.
IV. REGULAR BUSINESS
14-001“Sorensen” Registration for Regulated Activity
430 Middlesex Turnpike (Map 52 / Lot 41-1)
Applicant: Robert C. Sorensen; Agent: ~Joseph Wren, PE
Sandy Prisloe summarized the status of the application. The question before the Aquifer Protection Agency is whether the activity at this location is a regulated activity. Prior to this meeting S. Prisloe had conferred with Kim Zapla, the Aquifer staff person at DEEP, to determine if the Applicant can register a facility beyond the 180 day period. The answer was yes, that there is a five year period after the approval date, in this case March 2011, in which a facility conducting a regulated activity may register.
Joseph Wren, PE, representing the Applicant Robert Sorensen, asked that the Agency approve registration of the existing activity. He referred to page 3 of the Applicant’s “Application to Register a Facility or to Permit Activities in an Aquifer Protection Area”, and explained that the following activities have taken place on the property before and during Mr. Sorensen’s ownership:
- oil or petroleum dispensing for the purpose of retail, wholesale or fleet use
- repair/maintenance of vehicles or internal combustion engines of vehicles
- car or truck washing (unsewered)
J. Preston asked that the first checked item on page 3 be removed from list of regulated activities:
- oil or petroleum dispensing for the purpose of retail, wholesale or fleet use
J. Wren and R. Sorensen agreed to this request. J. Wren then read into the record a portion of a letter from the Applicant’s legal counsel, Donald Tamis, dated March 12, 2014 pertaining to activity on the Sorensen property dating back to 1977, to demonstrate that mechanical repairs have been performed continuously on this property from 1977 to present.
MOTION to ACCEPT Application 14-001 “Sorensen” Registration for Regulated Activity, 430 Middlesex Turnpike (Map / Lot 41-1); Applicant: Robert C. Sorensen. Agent: Joseph Wren, PE; MADE: by E. Steffen; SECONDED: by C. Wehrly; VOTING IN FAVOR: J. Preston, C. Wehrly, W. Smith, E. Steffen, C. Heffernan; OPPOSED: None; ABSTAINED: none; APPROVED: 5-0-0.
S. Prisloe clarified that the regulated activity must be registered every five years.
V. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION to adjourn the meeting at 7:45 P.M. until the next Regularly Scheduled Meeting of the Aquifer Protection Agency scheduled for Thursday, April 17, 2014, Town Hall, 302 Main Street, 1st Floor Conference Room; MADE by E. Steffen; SECONDED by C. Heffernan; VOTED IN FAVOR: J. Preston, C. Wehrly, W. Smith, E. Steffen, C. Heffernan; OPPOSED: None; ABSTAINED: none; APPROVED: 5-0-0.
Respectfully submitted,
Meryl Tsagronis
Recording Clerk
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