TOWN OF OLD LYME
HALLS ROAD IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
September 6, 2018
Meeting Date: Thursday, September 6, 2018, 6:30 p.m.
Location: Old Lyme Town Hall, Mezzanine Conference Room
1. Call to order. – 6:37PM
Committee members in attendance: Sabrina Foulke, BJ Bernblum, Edie Twining, Michael Reiter, Ray Thompson.
Bonnie Reemsnyder and others from the community and local businesses in attendance.
Yale Urban Design Workshop unable to attend due to weather. BJ will work to reschedule a special session just for them.
2. Approval of minutes of August 2, 2018.
Sabrina Foulke motion to approve, Ray Thompson second, all in attendance vote in favor.
3. Discussion of Facebook page and website.
Lindsay in process of setting up a Facebook page: “Halls Road Improvements.” Bonnie says our town website is set up so we can have a page with data but not a real website with multiple pages. Committee discussed need for website and whether we would need an outside person to manage web presence and ensure data is current.
4. Lieutenant River park.
Committee discussed RFP from Old Lyme Harbor Commission to design a dock access point for public use on the Lieutenant River. RFP backed by grant that only covers dock and maybe development directly supporting the dock. Bonnie has asked public works to clear the underbrush so we can better see the surrounding land. Edie will lead effort to put together a work group to do brush clearing at the site, perhaps partnering with Old Lyme Land Trust, targeting Saturday, October 20th.
5. Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
General discussion of ideas the committee members have on ways to repurpose the academy.
6. YUDW presentation and discussion.
Not in attendance. BJ will reschedule with them prior to the October meeting.
7. Outreach to Halls Road neighbors--property owners, business owners, organizations:
when and how to engage them in a systematic way.
Economic Development Commission considering CERC (Connecticut Economic Development Center) proposal that includes a survey. Our committee will work with EDC to develop a combined plan that included the proposal previously made to us.
8. Adjournment.
Motion by Edie Twining, second by Sabrina Foulke, meeting adjourned at 7:52.
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