Friday, January 16

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Jan 16, 2004 12:00 am

Friday, January 16

Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials, 12:30 pm, Brookfield Town Hall.

Saturday, January 17

10th Annual SCAN Color In January Show & Sale opens, 9 amâ5 pm, Lexington Gardens, 32 Church Hill Road, free, works by members of The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown will be on view during regular hours through January 25, opening reception today (2â4 pm, all welcome), artist demonstrations each Saturday and Sunday of show at 12:30 (today, oil pastel by Kevin Conklin); 746-9100, 775-2862.

Sunday, January 18

10th Annual SCAN Color In January Show & Sale continues, 9 amâ5 pm, Lexington Gardens, 32 Church Hill Road, free (see details above), also artist demonstration at 12:30 by Leslie Levy on pastel still life works; 746-9100, 775-2862.

Monday, January 19

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR, DAY

Tuesday, January 20

Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials (HVCEO), personnel committee, 10 am, HVCEO offices, Routes 25 and 133, Brookfield.

Commission on Aging, 5 pm, Multipurpose Center, Riverside Road.

Board of Education, 7:30 pm, Canaan House, Fairfield Hills.Â

Board of Selectmen, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Economic Development Commission, 7:30 pm, Multipurpose Center, Riverside Road.

Newtown Meals on Wheels, Inc Annual Meeting, 7:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library board room, 25 Main Street, open to public; 426-3643.

Wednesday, January 21

Borough Zoning Commission, 7 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Legislative Council, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Housatonic Valley Paddlers Club meeting, 7 pm, CL&P Service Center, Barnabas Road, free and open to nonmembers, discussion of 2003 events, new membership information and cards available; 203-263-3281.

Reed Intermediate School 5th & 6th Grade Band Concert, fifth graders perform at 6:15 and 7:15 pm, sixth grade at 7:45 pm, at Reed School, 3 Trades Lane (snow date January 28); 270-4880.

Thursday, January 22

CHINESE NEW YEAR

Board of Finance, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Reed Intermediate School 6th Grade Chorus & Orchestra Concert, 7:30 pm, at Reed School, 3 Trades Lane (snow date January 29); 270-4880.

Friday, January 23

10th Annual SCAN Color In January Show & Sale continues, 9 amâ5 pm, Lexington Gardens, 32 Church Hill Road, free, presentation of works by members of The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown continues through January 25, artist demonstrations Saturday and Sunday at 12:30; 746-9100, 775-2862.

Saturday, January 24

10th Annual SCAN Color In January Show & Sale continues, 9 amâ5 pm, Lexington Gardens, 32 Church Hill Road, free (see details above), also artist demonstration at 12:30 by Barbara Goodspeed using oils works; 746-9100, 775-2862.

Open House and Puppet Play at Housatonic Valley Waldorf School, 10 amânoon, 40 Dodgingtown Road, free, visit classrooms, meet teachers and learn about curriculum of nurseryâgrade 8 school, also performance of Shingebiss, based on Native American legend, by early childhood teachers; 364-1113.

Sunday, January 25

Final day 10th Annual SCAN Color In January Show & Sale, 9 amâ5 pm, Lexington Gardens, 32 Church Hill Road, free (see details above), also artist demonstration at 12:30 by Richard Ochs using watercolors; 746-9100, 775-2862.

Alliance FranÃ§aise of Northwestern CT CinÃ©mathÃ¨que, 2 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free screening of A Tale of Winter (French with subtitles) followed by discussion in French.

Please Drive Safe In 2025

More Than 50 Santas Participate In Run

Meet The Danbury Hat Tricks At C.H. Booth Library

Two Charges For Driver Who Left Scene After Vehicle Struck Dog Twice

‘Newtown's Winter Steeples,’ This Year's Holiday Cover Art

How do you propose tapping the brakes, Dave? 8-30g already trumps any local regulations- you don't have a brake pedal to push. Brookfield, Trumbull and now Ridgefield have a clear case for a moratorium based on the development (thanks to 8-30g) that has already occurred. I don't see a clear case for Newtown to request a moratorium... yet.

Backs Moratorium On Dense Development Applications

Nobody is suggesting shutting the doors on new neighbors. What neighboring towns are doing, and what we should be doing too, is to tap the brakes on all of the multi-family residential development proposals so that we can spend 6 months updating our regulations such that if you want to build dense residential housing here, XX percent of it needs to be affordable (we will never make any headway on increasing our percentage of affordable housing otherwise, short of 8-30g), and the rest needs to be done in as low an impact manner as possible. Low impact on traffic, health & safety, the environment and on the cost of town services.

Hey, there you go! Richard solved it. Thanks, that seems so easy- we'll just get rid of the 2nd amendment and the Supreme Court. Seriously, the 2nd amendment doesn't create violent criminals or mental illness. The Supreme Court doesn't create violent criminals or mental illness. The problem is not the tools, but the criminals & the mental illness. The state of Connecticut seems to be focused on the tools, like Richard, while ignoring the users of those tools.

Why Gun Violence Is Higher In The US

Ned, please familarize yourself with 8-30G, and then please share the unique flaws that may be helpful in formulating a denial An 8-30g project can be denied only on very narrow grounds – i.e., if it presents health, safety or other concerns that exceed a town’s need for affordable housing. According to the TOG website, “projects cannot be rejected for incompatibility with a Town’s Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD); density; traffic congestion; height; aesthetics; concerns of neighbors or the community; and failure to comply with local zoning regulations.” 8-30g proposals are rarely denied by planning and zoning officials because the burden of proof on appeal is on the town. Appeals are costly, but a municipality can be successful in a court case if it has sufficiently established that the concerns leading to denial are factual and substantive.

P&Z Should Reject Vessel Proposal

The town should certainly measure its performance against the statewide strategies. Unless I missed it I only know of one small cluster of homes that would meet the affordable housing program. Given the 500 or so new units being added in the last 10 years I think that 4/500 would not meet the metric to allow for a moratorium. I mean, fingers crossed for a Christmas miracle but I suspect we will see a few 8-30's sent our way in a method to avoid the Nimby mob. Thanks, Nimby mob.

Discusses Affordable Housing

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