Town of Mansfield

Four Corners Sewer Planning Advisory Committee

Minutes of the Meeting – May 27, 2009

Present: Nesbitt (chair), Girard, Plante, Ferrigno, Schaefer, Rawn, Hart, Hultgren

The meeting was called to order at 7:05 PM by chair Nesbitt.

The minutes of the May 5, 2009 meeting were approved on a motion by Plante/Girard.

A few preliminary discussion items took place:

· Hart said that in checking on HB 6087, there might now be a rider on it that may complicate its passage. He will check with Denise Merrill on this.

· Hultgren circulated a progress memo from the Assistant Town Engineer summarizing the work that has been done recently on the concept design for sewers. He said that better elevation data was being gathered now so that costs of additional piping to add other areas to the service area could be accurately evaluated.

Arrangements for the June 9^th public information meeting were discussed. Press releases and invitation letters have been sent out and Nesbitt will forward a letter about the project to the Chronicle and Journal Inquirer. Regulators and other interested agencies have been invited. The meeting is noted on the Town’s website, CATV announcement board and it will be sent out via the Town’s email notification software.

The presentation for the meeting was reviewed and edited. An additional slide will be added using the Chronicle’s “Ghost Town” headline from earlier this spring.

Hart outlined how he thought the Town’s web page could be modified to include both the 4 corners project and the downtown project under an economic development section. He will work with Gene and the staff to set this up in the next week or so. It was suggested that there be an email address or click box in the 4 corners section to ask questions or request additional information. Hultgren handed out 7 installments about the project that could be rotated onto the website every few weeks so that the information is fresh. The first installment will just have the public information notice, gene’s add and the current FAQ sheet. The technical information about the project can remain within the Engineering sections of the Town’s web page, perhaps with a link from the economic development section.

Future meetings and topics were discussed. The next meeting after the June 8^th public presentation was scheduled for June 16^th at which the committee will review the public meeting. Then either at that meeting or at a next meeting a discussion of zoning and development issues will take place among committee members.

Finally, a discussion of timing, bonding and referendum strategies was held. No firm dates were set, as there are still many pieces of the project that still have to be put in place.

The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:45 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Lon Hultgren

Director of Public Works

cc: Committee members, file