December.
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Business Directory Email Listing Progam
Aherne not present to give an update.
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RT-12 Streetscape Action Plan
Mayor Allyn said that we need to be prepared to ask for some funding for some preliminary
design work for streetscape work similar to what was done in Ledyard Center - sidewalks, and
streetscape improvements like stone walls, decorative pavers, appropriate crosswalks, and
decorative lighting - because we’ll need to have a design-ready/shovel-ready project in order to
apply for STEEP Grant funding. He said that Burdick would ask the Town Council for
something in the SIP to allow for continuous levels of funding to keep the design work moving
along until it gets to the point where we have an approved design that we want to implement. He
also said that we would also need to get encroachment permits from the State DOT. Cherry
noted that the Main Street study estimated that streetscape improvements from Christy Hill Rd.
to Hurlbutt Rd. would cost about $1.5 million. Mayor Allyn suggested having the power lines
relocated underground, which he wished they had done when they did the upgrades in Ledyard
Center. Eversource estimated that it costs about $1 million per mile to do that. Cherry said that if
we do something from Kings Hwy to Chapman Lane, up Military Hwy to the Post Office and up
Winthrop Rd and up to the library, and up Hurlbutt Rd from CVS we need to show people what
we intend. The Plan of Conservation and Development calls for that area to have sidewalks. He
noted that when the Ledyard Center upgrades were designed they met the Complete Streets
guidelines, but by the time it was built it no longer met the standard which had been updated. We
should also get the owners of Riverside Mall and Fireside Brick Oven Pizza plaza on board and
make Tax Increment Financing available to them for improvements. Mayor Allyn stated that if
the apartment complex at Sweet Hill Farm is approved we should look into establishing a Tax
Increment Financing (TIF) zone for it. That would be a great way to fund the beautification work
down there. A percentage of the tax revenue from that project could be assigned to an account to
be used for the Rt. 12 beautification project.
Kartway - Blighted Property Update
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Attachments:
Vincent asked if they have been issued a blight fine yet. Mayor Allyn said they have not been
fined yet. He said that Burdick has been patient with them but that her patience may be running
out. They need to demolish the buildings but that requires air quality testing tobe done for things
like lead and asbestos, but the owners weren’t willing to do that. So they can’t get the demolition
permit until that gets done.
Mayor Allyn noted that the 528 Col Ledyard foreclosure sale finally closed. New owner has
already done a lot of clean up. They are considering demolishing the building.
Cherry asked about the Daticon building. Mayor Allyn said that there were complaints about
