Saturday, January 23

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Jan 22, 2010 12:00 am

Saturday, January 23

Opening day for SCAN Annual Color in January Show & Sale, 10 amâ4 pm, Lexington Gardens, 32 Church Hill Road, free nonjuried show of works by members of The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown, watercolor landscape demo by Patricia Barkman at 12:30, opening reception 2â4 pm, show on view daily until January 31; 203-261-4495.

Open House, 10 amânoon, The Housatonic Valley Waldorf School, 40 Dodgingtown Road, parents and children invited for tours of grade school campus; 203-364-1113.

Haitian Dinner & Reggae Band Night, 6â10 pm, Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street, $10, $30/family, live music by The Skanktones, refreshments, proceeds to benefit Rotary Haitian Fund; 203-426-9024.

Sunday, January 24

SCAN Color in January Show & Sale continues, 10 amâ4 pm, Lexington Gardens, free, oil still life demo by Janice Papayani at 12:30, see January 23 listing for additional details.

Monday, January 25

Commission on Aging, 5 pm, Multipurpose Center, 14 Riverside Road

Newtown Youth & Family Services (NYFS), 6:30 pm, NYFS office, 17 Church Hill Road.

Board of Fire Commissioners, 7 pm, Dodgingtown Firehouse, 55 Dodgingtown Road (Route 302).

Board of Finance, 7:30 pm, Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Tuesday, January 26

H1N1 vaccinations, 4â6 pm, Newtown High School cafeteria, 12 Berkshire Road, free, no restrictions, administered by Newtown Health District.

Conservation Commission, 6 pm, Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Public Building & Site Commission, 7 pm, Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane.

Board of Education, 7:30 pm, Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road, budget proposal presentation for the 2010-11 fiscal year.

Wednesday, January 27

Housatonic Area Regional Transit (HART), board of directors, 4 pm, HART office, 62 Federal Road, Danbury.

Inland Wetlands Commission, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Republican Town Committee, 7:30 pm, Multipurpose Center, 14 Riverside Road.

Tick-Borne Disease Action Committee, 8 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Thursday, January 28

Cultural Arts Commission, 7 pm, Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Board of Education, 2010-11 fiscal year budget session, 7:30 pm, Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

13, curtain 7:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, $15â$21, full production of musical by students of Sabrinaâs Encore Productions; 203-304-1235.

Friday, January 29

13, curtain 8 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, $15â$21, full production of musical by students of Sabrinaâs Encore Productions; 203-304-1235.

Saturday, January 30

SCAN Color in January Show & Sale continues, 10 amâ4 pm, Lexington Gardens, 32 Church Hill Road, free, nonjuried show of works by members of The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown continues until January 31, pastel demo by Alain Picard at 12:30; 203-261-4495.

The Jungle Book, curtain 2 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, $8â$10, full production by students of Sabrinaâs Encore Productions; 203-304-1235.

Smokey Joeâs CafÃ©, curtain 8 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, $15â$23.50, full production by students of Sabrinaâs Encore Productions; 203-304-1235.

Sunday, January 31

Final day SCAN Color in January Show & Sale, 10 amâ4 pm, Lexington Gardens, free, acrylic portrait demo by Beverly Branch at 12:30, see January 30 for additional show info.

Annie Junior, curtain 2 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, $10â$15, full production by students of Sabrinaâs Encore Productions; 203-304-1235.

Smokey Joeâs CafÃ©, curtain 7:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, $15â$23.50, full production by students of Sabrinaâs Encore Productions; 203-304-1235.

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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.

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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.

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