This summer, I put in 105 days of continuous “civic service”

 to report discrepancies, inaccuracies, and missing documents 

in a local subdivision application. 

 As fall approached, I took a couple of days of vacation, 

purchased a new supply of #2 lead and 8.5” x 11” note pads. 

I’m back in the fray for the final count down.  

November 18, 2011 is the date to watch. 

Public Hearing ends. Deliberation begins.
       
        The public hearing on the proposed Cherenzia development on Greenhaven and Mary Hall roads ended just after mid-night on September 14. Ten hours of public comment on September 12 and September 14 preceeded the fall of the gavel to close the public comment period. 

       Both meetings were long and contentious. Attorney Mark Kepple, formally represented only a small group of Loop neighbors.  Informally, however, he gave great weight to the opposition voices of many.  

       More then 150 people attended the public hearing on Monday. Seventy-five hardy souls returned for the meeting on Wednesday. By the end of the public comment period, the signature count on petitions opposing the development reached 740.  Visitors to the lovetheloop website between June 15 and September 14 exceeded 2,600. 

             The decision to issue Cherenzia a special use permit to build 68-units of attached housing is in the hands of five Planning and Zoning Commissioners.  These men must decide within sixty-five days, a time period established under Connecticut State statutes. A commission decision will be made by November 18, 2011.