I do not watch that much television-maybe two or three hours a week at the most-but I did tune in this past Tuesday to the Town Council meeting to see ONCE AGAIN-the PARTISAN vote to allow the granting of an easement to Brodach Builders on the end of the cul de sac on Buckland Drive.
This easement for $10, would allow Brodach to enter a few feet of town owned property to hook into the sewer ear if and when the builder decides to construct this Richmond Glen aka Serenity Ranch age restricted housing off of Wiese Road.
The Buckland Drive easement would allow for an emergency vehicles ONLY gate to be constructed, and a small access road, similar to what is situated at Quarry Village off of Peck Lane to be constructed.
As is the case with Quarry Village-this “emergency vehicles only” access road WOULD NOT BE A THROUGH ROAD.
The access road at Quarry Village is NOT ACCESSIBLE TO ANY TRAFFIC-although when the development was first opened in the mid to late eighties-YOU COULD ACCESS QUARRY VILLAGE FROM THAT ROAD OFF OF PECK LANE.
A few years later-it was gated and shut off from through traffic-hopefully this will not happen at the end of Buckland Drive-the road SHOULD BE GATED RIGHT FROM THE GET GO SO ONLY EMERGENCY VEHICLES CAN ENTER!!
I think Richmond Glen will be an asset to the town-BUT I hope the concerns of the residents of Buckland Drive WILL NOT BE COMPROMISED AND I WILL SEE TO IT THAT THEIR RIGHTS AND PRIVACY WILL BE PROTECTED!!
So, for those of you who are not sure what an easement is:
I don’t see anything in any description of an easement about charging an inordinate amount of money in the granting of the easement-it is not a money making deal-it is to allow someone to access your property-otherwise it would be trespassing.
In fact-it is STILL legal to charge $1 for an easement!!! That is called “consideration” in contract law-that is what makes the agreement legal.
BUT THE UNITED STATES DID PAY THE COUNTRY OF PANAMA HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE RIGHT TO USE THE CANAL THAT THEY (THE U.S. ENDED UP BUILDING AFTER THE FRENCH GAVE UP THE PROJECT.
So, in all fairness to the Republicans-the town COULD have asked Brodach for fair market value of the little strip of land-I am sure it was worth more than $10!!
IN OTHER NEWS:
I guess that man that wrote the letter to the local paper about the gouging out of Cheshire Park and the dumping of the creosote telephone polls had an effect on the Town Government.
Well, of course, I know MY PHOTOS on the blog also helped bring attention to the matter-Now apparently, the town will be getting rid of the stinky ILLEGAL creosote telephone poles and planting pachysandra in its place.
I guess the town will use low risk inmates from Cheshire Correctional Institute to complete the project.
GOOD OUTCOME AND OF COURSE -another good story IGNORED by the local paper!!
I mean, DAMN, the letter appears in their paper and they do not even BOTHER to follow up with photos and a story??? COME ON!!
I did turn off the television after the Richmond Glen vote-and about an hour later-I received a call from a friend who told me she thought the Town Council violated FOI regulations when they added an “emergency” item to the agenda.
Then she claimed the T.C. was going into executive session to discuss the legal situation with Dalton Enterprises.
Here is the Connecticut Freedom of Information regulations on this issue:
Section 1-225(c), G.S., provides in relevant:
the agenda of the regular meetings of every public agency . . . shall be available to the public and shall be filed, not less than twenty-four hours before the meetings to which they refer, in such agency’s regular office or place of business . . . Upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of a public agency present and voting, any subsequent business not included in such filed agendas may be considered and acted upon at such meetings.
