Mansfield Historic District Commission

                                    Minutes, Meeting Dec.9, 2008

Members Present:  I. Atwood, A. Bacon, G. Bruhn, J. McGarry, D. Spencer

Others Present:  Charles Dainton, Dainton Electric and Dr. Gary Bent,  97 Mansfield Hollow Road

The meeting convened at 8:00 p.m.

The minutes from the September meeting were approved.  The October meeting was cancelled due to bad weather and there was no November meeting as the Town Hall was closed for Veterans Day.

Dr. Gary Bent outlined for the Commission his plan to redirect wires from the back of his house to the front due to an unsafe service head.  After discussion, D. Spencer proposed that the unsafe situation was in part due to the power line hanging directly over Dr. Bent’s house.  It was D. Spencer’s opinion that the problem should be rectified by CL&P as soon as possible, and he agreed to write a letter to support this position.

It was agreed that if the power connection were redirected to the side of the house, it would be a much better solution and that Dr. Bent would not need to come back to the Commission for approval.

J. McGarry presented to the Commission materials he received while attending a State Historic Preservation Commission Meeting in March in Jewett City.  He also referred the Commission to the website resource.

The meeting adjourned at 9:05p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Gail Bruhn

Chairman