Sunday, January 9

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Jan 03, 2000 12:00 am

Sunday, January 9

Photography Exhibit, 2-5 pm, C.H. Booth Library lower meeting room, 25 Main Street, free, NHS senior Amanda Cruz will present 22 black and white images from her senior mentorship course; 426-4533.

Monday, January 10

Housatonic Valley Economic Development Partnership, noon, HVEDP office, Old Brookfield Town Hall, Routes 25 and 133, Brookfield Center.

American Red Cross Blood Drive, 1:30-6:45 pm, Trinity Church undercroft, 36 Main Street, free, appointments can be made in advance; 800/448-3543.

Tuesday, January 11

Board of Education, 7:30 pm, school board conference room, Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street.

Parks and Recreation Commission, 7:30 pm, town offices, Canaan House, Fairfield Hills.

Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers, 7:30 pm, Mary Haley Room, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

Newtown Newcomers Club meeting, 9:30 am, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free, all new residents, new and expectant parents, those with lifestyle change, recently married and/or engaged couples invited, refreshments, information on local activities, etc; 364-0812.

Sandy Hook School Band and Orchestra Concert, 7:30 pm, Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road, snow date January 12; 426-7646.

Wednesday, January 12

Conservation Commission, 7:30 pm, town land use office, Canaan House, Fairfield Hills.

Middle Gate Chorus Concert, 7:30 pm, Middle Gate School, 7 Cold Spring Road, snow date January 13; 426-7646.

Town & Country Garden Club meeting, 7:30 pm, Multi-Purpose Building, Riverside Road, Sandy Hook, free (non-members welcome), guest speakers from Newtown Forest Association, president Wes Gillingham and Doug Rogers; 426-3469.

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) meeting, 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free (non-members welcome), guest speaker Melody Asbury will offer demonstration on painting an animal in a landscape using oil; 426-6654.

Thursday, January 13

Board of Education, 7:30 pm, discussion with parents and high school staff members on the high school budget for the 2000-2001 fiscal year, Newtown High School, Berkshire Road.

Head OâMeadow Band and Orchestra Concert, 7:30 pm, Head OâMeadow School, 94 Boggs Hill Road, snow date January 20; 426-7646.

Friday, January 14

Penguin City at The Garage, doors open 7 pm, performance begins 7:30, Church Hill Road, middle school jazz quartet will perform at Newtownâs teen center.

SCAN Color in January Art Show and Sale opens, 8:30 am-6 pm, Lexington Gardens, 32 Church Hill Road, free, presentation by members of Society of Creative Arts of Newtown will continue through January 23, artist demonstrations each Saturday and Sunday at 12:30; 426-5063.

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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.

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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