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Board of Selectmen Record of Vote 09/17/2018
TOWN OF OLD LYME
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
AGENDA WITH RECORD OF VOTES


The Board of Selectman held a Regular Meeting at 4:00 pm September 17, 2018 in the Meeting Hall of the Old Lyme Memorial Town Hall. First Selectman Bonnie Reemsnyder, Selectwoman Mary Jo Nosal and Selectman Chris Kerr were present.

  • Approval of Minutes:
20 August 2018 -Regular Meeting Minutes
A motion was made by Selectwoman Nosal, seconded by Selectman Kerr, to approve the minutes of the August 20, 2018 regular meeting as amended. Motion passed.
4 September 2018 -Regular Meeting Minutes
A motion was made by Selectman Kerr, seconded by Selectwoman Nosal, to approve the September 4, 2018 regular meeting minutes. Motion passed.
2.Communication:  
3.  Appointments:
Doris Johnson (R) -   Lyme Senior Center – 3year term exp. July 2021
A motion was made by Selectwoman Nosal, seconded by Selectman Kerr, to appoint Doris Johnson to the Lyme Senior Center Board. Motion passed.
Howard Margules (D) - Halls Road Improvements Committee
A motion was made by Selectman Kerr, seconded by Selectwoman Nosal, to appoint Howard Margules to the Halls Road Improvements Committee. Motion passed.
David Evers (R) - Board of Assessments Appeals, alt.
A motion was made by Selectwoman Nosal, seconded by Selectman Kerr, to appoint David Evers to the Board of Assessments Appeals as an alternate. Motion passed.
Brendan McKeever (D) – Park & Rec commission – 3year term exp. July 2020
First Selectman Reemsnyder will follow- up on this appointment and  report back at the next meeting.
4.   Old Business:
  • Haines Park Bathrooms – Committee
  • Sanitation/Recycling RFP – Update
  • Historic Survey Cte. Update
  • Pump Station Lease & Solar Lease Hearing
  • School Resource Officer for Region 18 – Update
  • Special Town Meeting Schedule
  • Approval of Lease of Town Parking lot for Pump Station
  • Approval of Lease of Landfill for solar farm
First Selectman Reemsnyder read the” Warning of Town of Old Lyme Special Town Meeting”:
The Board of Selectman of the Town of Old Lyme hereby gives warning that a Special Town Meeting will be held on September 24, 2018 at 7:30 PM in the Auditorium in the Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School, 53 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, Connecticut, to consider and act upon the following:

  • A Proposed Lease of a portion of the Town-owned property at 72 Portland Avenue, Old Lyme, CT, including access rights to the Leased Area, to the Miami Beach Association, the Old Lyme Shores Beach Association, and the Old Colony Beach Association, and to each of their respective Water Pollution Control Authorities (the “Tenants”), for an initial term of forty years from its Commencement Date, for the purpose of the construction, operation, and maintenance of a sanitary sewage pump station, underground piping, and related facilities by the Tenants. Proposed Lease Terms and a Map showing the proposed lease area is available through the WPCA page of the Town website (www.oldlyme-ct.gov), and available for review in the Town Clerk’s or Selectman’s Offices of Old Lyme Memorial Town Hall.
  • A Resolution:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN MEETING OF THE TOWN OF OLD LYME that the First Selectman, on terms and conditions deemed by the Board of Selectmen to be commercially reasonable and in the best interests of the Town, and subject to the approval of the Town Attorney as to legality and form, is authorized to negotiate and enter into a memorandum of agreement and subsequent lease for an initial term of up to twenty-five years with a solar energy generation firm legally qualified to produce and distribute solar energy in the State of Connecticut for the purpose of allowing the tenant to install, own and operate solar photovoltaic generation equipment (“Solar Facilities”) on some or all of the capped portion of the former landfill on the Town-owned property at 109 Four Mile River Road in Old Lyme, CT,  together with and for the term of the lease: (i) an easement over, across and through Town Property outside the leased area as reasonably necessary to allow the tenant, its employees, invitees, agents, contractors and subcontractors to access the leased property and the Solar Facilities by vehicle, foot or otherwise, in such location(s) as shall be reasonably determined by mutual written agreement of the Board of Selectmen and the tenant; and (ii) an easement on Town Property outside the leased area, as reasonably necessary for the sole purpose of servicing the Solar Facilities, to build, maintain, upgrade, install and relocate electrical lines, conduits, and disconnects running to and from the Solar Facilities and other eequipment and communication facilities, including without limitation utility meters and switches, transformers, inverters, disconnects, reclosers, poles and switchboards, all of which shall be reasonably needed to operate the Solar Facilities, and all of which shall be located where reasonably determined by mutual written agreement of the Board Selectmen and the tenant; and (iii) the right, license and privilege to use, as reasonably necessary, up to fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet of Town Property outside the leased area  as a temporary workspace for the placement and storage of equipment and materials during the construction and the removal of the Solar Facilities, the specific location of such temporary workspace to be agreed upon by mutual consent of the Selectmen and the tenant prior to construction of the Solar Facilities.

Dated at Old Lyme, Connecticut this 17th day of September 2018.

TOWN OF OLD LYME
BOARD OF SELECTMEN

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Bonnie A. Reemsnyder, First Selectwoman

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Chris Kerr, Selectman

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Mary Jo Nosal, Selectwoman

 
A motion was made by Selectwoman Nosal, seconded by Selectman Kerr, to approve the CALL of the Town Meeting. Motion passed.


5.   New Business:
  • Recommendation from Harbor Mgmt. on Lt. River RFP
A motion was made by Selectman Kerr, seconded by Selectwoman Nosal, to accept the recommendation made by the Harbor Management Chairman. Motion passed.

6.   Public Comment:

7.   Other Business:

8.   Executive Session: None

9.   Adjournment:
A motion was made by Selectwoman Nosal, seconded by Selectman Kerr, to adjourn at 5:52 pm. Motion passed.
Respectfully submitted,
Patti Broedlin