The East Mountain Neighborhood Association
Meeting Minutes
Attendees: 46
The meeting began at 7:05 PM
with the Pledge of Allegiance.led by Mike Ptak, president
Mike thanked all in attendance and presented the guest speaker for the evening: Water Dept. Superintendent, Don Carver.
Mr. Carver spoke about the
history of the local reservoirs, the East Mountain Reservoir being one of the
earlier reservoirs used by the city.
Waterbury tapped into the Wigwam
Dam in the 1890’s. There are 3 active
reservoirs in the Naugatuck system and 2 in the Shepaug system. The city is under Federal guidelines and is
regulated and inspected by the Federal system.
The city has 7,000 acres in Litchfield County and 7 billion gallon
storage capacity.
Water must be filtered if it
is surface water, which in Waterbury was begun in 1987 by a private maintenance
company. Two full time chemists are
employed for checks and balances. Under
the EPA, 24 sample sights are checked to unsure safety.
Sometimes the water is slightly
more chlorine positive than at others. 108,000 people in the city and a total
of 270,000 customers ( Watertown buys all its water from Waterbury and Wolcott
and Middlebury buy some ) use 16,000,000 gallons per day.
There are 65 employees in
several depts.
The Peach Orchard Road tank,
which holds 50,000 gallons of water is to be replaced. There are 3 mains from Wigwam to Waterbury.
Some mains are in good shape; others are not, since the East has the oldest
pipes, which keeps employees always on the move. There is a 10 year plan to replace some of the pipes.
A leak or break in a service
line is the responsibility of the resident to repair.
Many questions and answers
followed the presentation and handouts were offered, i.e. water conservation kits.
TheTreasurer’s
report was presented byTreasurer, Jean Guisto.
The May balance was $7,130.07, with $500 set aside for the
scholarship
$3, 650.37 for the
development fund, $2,979.70 cash on hand.
$12,277.78 was donated by members to defray expenses incurred in hiring
the Attorney and the Engineer. Your generosity is very much appreciated.
The
Secretary’s report is presented in hard copy for review and is
posted on the website.
Fire
Dept. report:
Mike Farrell announced a
blood drive to take place on Saturday at Waterville Fire house form 9:15AM to
1:45 PM. Mike mentioned the WFD website
and the Waterbury blog which has pictures available. Mike asks that anyone who wishes batteries for their smoke
detector or a new detector,
please ask. Mike mentioned that John
Keane is a player on one of the Little League teams. John is here with his Dad this evening.
Police
report:
Community Officer Joe Padua
reports that night patrols are being made at Hamilton Park. Traffic seat belt enforcement is being
stepped up. A male, wearing fatigues
has been taking pictures of the Generali School. He drives a green car.
Joe asks that anyone with information or to report further please
call. Cars are still being stolen; a
favorite is the Honda. The Community Officer’s
phone number is 574-6962
Park
update:
The sprinklers are
working. The final plans are back and
ready for bids. There should be
additions of a gazebo, spray pool, flag and basketball court. The fields will have to be reseeded. Graffiti has already been a problem. The drain that wasn’t working apparently is
now. Those who walk their dogs in the
park must pick up after them
The
East Mountain AA has a picnic scheduled on June 2nd at the
Rotella School.
Mike reports that a letter
about the condo developer’s disregard for zoning and planning regulations was
sent to the mayor and a response was printed in the newspaper with a retort in
our disfavor. Mike has drawn up a
letter for the members to voluntarily sign to be sent to the mayor in response
to the newspaper article. Members can self-mail or return to Mike to
deliver. The next public hearing is to
be held on June 5th at Wendell Cross School at 5:30 PM
Flowers: Volunteers are needed to help with the planting of the
flower flag. Please come to the
reservoir dam at 9 AM on Saturday. A signup sheet is passed.
Pancake
breakfast: meetings
will be called in July and August, to
formalize plans for the breakfast. A
sheet for volunteers was passed.
Flags: the flags are soon to be placed. If anyone wishes to buy a flag, please see
Bob Perigard. Please report problems with flags, i.e. if tangled, missing, etc.
The Scholarship will be presented at the June 20th
barbecue. A sign up sheet is available
for those who will be bringing appetizers, sides and desserts. It will begin at
6PM on Wednesday, June 20th.
Nancy Ptak has 30 ducks left
to sell for the duck race and she announces that the brick sales are going well.
New
Business
Trash bags remain on East Mt. Rd., waiting for the refuse Dept. to
pick them up
Frank Depaulo suggested the
use of the Mattatuck site for use as a new fire station in lieu of a funeral
home, because of the burden that would be caused by condo development.
If the development is a condo
development city hydrants would be required; but if cluster development private
hydrants would be needed. John Keane
stated that not much can be done about the subdivision.
Thanks are extended to the
men who do all the work on East Mountain.
Ned Mencio suggested all the
parking spaces at the park be designated handicapped and for park
business. They are not adequate for
regular parking since there are so few.
Tony Loechner made a motion
to adjourn, which was seconded by Bob Mc Govern. The meeting adjourned at 8:15 PM
Respectfully submitted,
Patricia Mencio