AGENDA REQUEST
GENERAL DISCUSSION ITEM
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Public Hearing Legal Notice:
The transfer/conveyance to Avalonia Land Conservancy the following:
(1) 334 Colonel Ledyard Highway (Vol. 604 Pg 763) 29,752 +/-SF
(2) 538R Colonel Ledyard Highway ( Vol. 99 Pg 139) 3.32 +/- Acres
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Background:
Planning & Zoning June 29, 2023 Meeting:
The Ledyard Planning & Zoning Commission, at its June 29, 2023 meeting, voted unanimously to forward a FAVORABLE REPORT in accordance with C.G.S. Section 8.24 to the Town Council for a MOTION to transfer two (2) town-owned properties located at 334 Colonel Ledyard Highway (Vol.604 Pg 763 29,752 +/- SF) and 538R Colonel Ledyard Highway (Vol. 99 Pg 139 3.32 +/- Acres) to the Avalonia Land Conservancy to remain open to the public for passive recreation and to be protected in perpetuity under the Conservancy's care. (see attached)
Additional Background:
These two parcels would provide access to the Founders Preserve (approximate 96.52 +/- acres) property, which the townspeople approved to convey to Avalonia at the October 28, 2020 Special Town Meeting.
334 Colonel Ledyard Highway: Has been a blighted property for many years. The last time the town placed a Blight Lien (4th blight lien) on the property owner offered the town the deed in lieu of foreclosure, because he did not want to pay the lien.
After acquiring the property the town obtained a Demolition Permit for the condemned house. The structure had 36 inches of asbestos in the roofing mastic which has been removed and the town has obtained a Permit to Abandon the Well from Ledge Light Health District, which would involve filling the well with gravel.
Once the structure has been removed from the property the town would convey 29,752 +/- strip of land to Avalonia Land Conservancy; which would provide frontage and suitable public access to the open space Founders Preserve (approximate 96.52 +/- acres) property.
Avalonia Land Conservancy planned to gravel t...
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