Meriden: Cat story. A custody issue to be determined by a court. I thought the general impression was that no one could really be said to “own” a cat, yet here we are having the humane society having to spend its limited resources trying to terminate “parental” (?) “Catnerity” (?) rights to a couple of dozen felines. Very ironic.
Region: I understand and support the purpose of the environmental justice law, but I suspect it will merely result in the further delay, which is now almost indefinite, of construction of facilities which need to be built but which nobody wants. Is this a use that would fit a Brownfields project? And if so, perhaps we should stop worrying about cleaning Brownfields so thoroughly.
Wallingford: Electrical generation. Costs continue to rise, but Electric Division is thinking of joining a CMEEC project which would construct a number of small generators to reduce peak load costs. A good thing to consider, and proactive instead of passive.
Southington: Chaperones and nurses for Middle School dances to be eliminated, not only to avoid the nepotism, as per recent controversy, but also to save costs. So tell me, why is the town running dances for middle schoolers? Why is it even or has it ever been thought necessary to have a nurse?
Meriden: hearing over the future use of the Cathole Mountain land. I hope there is a lot said about this project before it is adopted.
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...did you ever go to school dances? Southington always had them. You must have chaperones.
As to the Meriden Plan of Conservation and Development Steering Committee's view that 150 of the 300 donated acres atop Cathole Mountain should be marked for future development, I find it short-sighted and fraught with problems. As Phil Ashton stated in his recent editorial, the steep grades, thin soils, lack of access, rights of way constraints, vagueness in ridgeline protection planning and the expensive work involved in blasting through trap-rock makes developing the donated land a foolhardy proposition. In addition, the 36 acre power plant footprint will likely be developed in the future and produce additional tax revenue. Isn't that enough development on one of Meriden's famed Hanging Hills? The 300 acres of donated land should be used as an open space buffer around the power plant. The forest will be needed to absorb particulate matter spewing from future smokestacks.
If combined with the 500 contiguous acres of donated land that the Town of Berlin intends to keep as open space, a regional park of 800 acres could be established. That would offset somewhat the marring of the viewscape by the the power plant already in place on Cathole Mountain. Meriden's planner's need to think out of the box and listen to logic. Do they want another trap-rock quarry? Maybe that's really the game-plan. Leveling the mountain for trap-rock would produce revenue, but how much of Meriden's soul do they want to sell?
Keep the 300 acres as open space and do what's right.
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