Wallingford
Recreation Development Committee Minutes*
*These are
unofficial Minutes subject to the approval at the next regular meeting.
September 9, 2009
Present:
Carol Macleod, Joshua Gilman,
Ralph Nimtz,
Debbie
Scranton, and Tom Phillips
Ralph reviewed two parking lot schematics that he had drawn
up. The plans respectively contained
either 76 spaces or 40 spaces. The
Committee was unanimously in favor of
the
40-space plan. It was felt that it
was more aesthetically pleasing, offered
the
possibility for expansion if required and could be more easily gated off for
security reasons. The 40-space
parking lot would have a one-way entrance from
the
northern end. Josh was given a copy of each plan for
the
Board of Selectmen.
Removal of
the
berm in front and to
the
south of
the
new bridge was discussed. The
committee was in agreement that an opening to
the
pit going in a diagonal fashion that would make an opening of about 12 feet
might be preferable to taking down
the
berm from Phillips property to
the
now-existing opening to
the
pit. The new proposed berm removal
should be considerably easier and still offer adequate entrance to
the
pit area. It would also preserve an
interesting geologic structure on
the
back side of
the
berm. We will await instructions
from
the
Board of Selectman regarding
their choice as to who will remove
the
berm. The committee is
hopeful that some of
the overburden can be used to fill in
around
the
excavated areas near
the
well head. The committee is not
averse to giving removed gravel from
the
berm in lieu of payment.
Carol Macleod
was elected chairperson for
the
Pit Reclamation Committee.
Future discussions of the
Committee will focus on coming up with a more concrete plan for
the
Pit. This may include discussion of
the
slope abutting
the
Phillips property which is in need of Act 250 reclamation, potential grants
available and information on grant writing.
Chris Williams has offered to shoot topographic maps of
the
Pit. Tom Phillips will pursue this
request.
The meeting was adjourned at
7:45pm
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