Legal Notice
Town of Pomfret
The Town of Pomfret adopted the following ordinance at the Annual Town Meeting of May 10, 2023: “Ordinance Amending Fees Payable Under State Building Code”. Said ordinance shall become effective fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper having a general circulation in the Town of Pomfret or July 1, 2023.
ORDINANCE AMENDING
FEES PAYABLE UNDER
STATE BUILDING CODE
Be it resolved by the Town of Pomfret that the schedule of fees payable under the State Basic Building Code, adopted by the Town of Pomfret at Town Meeting, on September 17, 1970, and last amended at a Special Town Meeting of April 5, 2005, be repealed and the following substituted therefore:
1.  The fee for building permits for new construction, alteration, or reconstruction of buildings in the Town of Pomfret shall be $25.00 for the first $1,000 (or a part thereof) and $12.00 for each additional $1,000 (or part thereof).
The applicant shall be required to furnish the Building Inspector with estimates of cost of any proposed construction, alteration, or reconstruction. The Building Inspector may in his discretion require documentation of costs (including material, labor, or both) of construction after completion of permitted work and shall be entitled to access additional fees based on construction costs so documented. Said documentation may be required as a condition precedent to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
2.  The fee for demolition of any building shall be $25.00 irrespective of the size of the building to be demolished.
Dated at Pomfret, Connecticut this 20th day of May 1971.  Effective Date: June 10, 1971
Amended at Special Town Meeting:  July 20, 1988.  Effective Date:  August 11, 1988.
Amended at Special Town Meeting:  September 17, 2003.  Effective Date: October 11, 2003.
Amended at Special Town Meeting:  April 5, 2005.  Effective Date:  April 30, 2005.
Amended at Annual Town Meeting:  May 10, 2023.  Effective Date:  July 1, 2023

Dated at Pomfret, Connecticut
this 15th day of May 2023
Cheryl A. Grist,
Town Clerk

‘May 17, 2023

Legal Notice
Town of Pomfret
The Town of Pomfret adopted “Amendment to Flood Plain Management Ordinance 60.3(D)” at the Annual Town Meeting held May 10, 2023. The ordinance shall become effective June 1, 2023, or fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper having a general circulation in the Town of Pomfret.
In Summary:  The Flood Plain Management Ordinance 60.3(D), amended at a Special Town Meeting of September 17, 2003, was further amended to approve revisions to meet or exceed the minimum federal standards of 44 CFR 60.3 as provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as required for the Town of Pomfret to remain eligible to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program.  A copy of the adopted “Amendment to Flood PLAIN Management Ordinance 60.3 (D)” is on file in the Pomfret Town Clerk’s Office, 5 Haven Road, Pomfret Center, CT 06259.
This document is prepared for the benefit of the public, solely for purposes of information, summarization, and explanation. This document does not represent the intent of the legislative body of the Town of Pomfret for any purpose.

Dated at Pomfret, Connecticut
This 15th day of May 2023
Cheryl A. Grist,
Town Clerk   
May 17, 2023

.
 

caption:

Rotarians Marc Archambault, right, and Bob Fournier take the top piece off the Putnam Rotary Club's 25-year old time capsule. For the club's 100th anniversary, a new time capsule will be buried. More on pg. 4.  Linda Lemmon photo.

captions, page 4:

Clockwise from top left:
It was very deep down
Marc Archambault secures a chain around the capsule.
Time capsule label
The cover before it was removed
Straps intertwined around tractor teeth helped.
Getting started with a pry bar
Time capsule, topside.

By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
As part of the celebration of the Putnam Rotary Club’s 100th anniversary, the club’s time capsule was dug up from its home in the flagpole garden in Rotary Park May 10.
The time capsule was interred 25 years ago, in celebration of the club’s 75th anniversary. Then an engraved concrete “cap” was placed over it.
The plan is to open the “freed” concrete time capsule and have club members look over the contents at an upcoming meeting. Few in the club remember what as placed there 25 years ago.
Some of the items may go to the Aspinock Historical Society of Putnam for display; items may be displayed at the club’s 100th anniversary Gala June 3; some of the old items may go into the new time capsule and, of course, new items will be placed in the new one.
The removal required shovels, pry bars, straps and chains, and finally, a small tractor. It took Rotarians Bob Fournier, Marc Archambault and Tracie Lombardy, more than an hour.
It wasn’t easy: the cap piece had more than a foot of concrete and concrete debris attached to the underside. And there was some serious digging to get to the time capsule (in an urn vault).  
Archambault remarked to Fournier, “I’m so glad you brought that tractor.”
When the dirt crust was removed from the capsule there were no markings or plaques on it. It wasn’t until the crew was putting the soil back into the empty hole that they found the plated aluminum capsule plaque in the dirt pile. The goldish plaque says: "Putnam Rotary Club /75th Anniversary/ Encased Aug. 8, 1998"

.
 

Local trails get a boost
Five local Recreation Trail Programs are part of the $9 million state grant list recently announced.
The grants go toward, planning, building, expending and improving a total of 50 multi-use trails across the state.
Local programs on the list include:
— Putnam – $175,000 - Air Line Trail Connection and Improvements Project – Planning/Design, Construction, Maintenance, Publications, Outreach
— Thompson - $457,500 – STILL More Than Just a Train Wreck – Construction, Amenities
— Wyndham Land Trust - $24,000, Parking for Bull Hill Preserve – Planning/Design, Construction, Outreach.
— East Hampton - $404,800 – Air Line Trail Cap Phase 4 – Planning/Design Construction
— Plainfield - $10,000 – Kate Downing Road Open Space – Planning/Design.
The program is administered by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP). Funding for this grant round was allocated by the State Bond Commission in July 2022. Governor Ned Lamont is chairman of the commission. The Connecticut Greenways Council assisted DEEP with the competitive grant selection process. Funding for program administration of 5%, pursuant to state statutes, is also included in the grants. DEEP anticipates most of the awarded projects being completed by 2026.
DEEP has seen demand for outdoor recreation increase dramatically since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. Annual visits to locations in the Connecticut State Parks and Forests system reached an estimated 17 million in 2022 — a 75 percent increase from pre-pandemic visitation levels of between 9 and 10 million in 2019.
“These projects are timely and will improve our state’s connectivity and accessibility to open space, which benefits our residents and visitors physically and mentally, enhances our state’s outdoor economy, and makes our state such an attractive place to live,” DEEP Commissioner Kate Dykes said. “Investing in projects that support sustainable commuting opportunities, that reduce pollution from transportation, and provide safe, enjoyable alternatives to car travel are the type of projects we’d love to see in more communities across the state. My thanks to Governor Lamont and the State Bond Commission for supporting these important investments in our state-wide trail systems.”
A total of 28 of the awarded projects are within or serve Connecticut’s distressed municipalities and environmental justice communities, improving equitable access to outdoor recreation. Many of the awarded projects are bicycle paths that can support both commuting and recreation, including Naugatuck Greenway Projects in Naugatuck, Ansonia, Thomaston, Waterbury, and the Greenwich-Stamford multi-use path, among others. The grant money can be allocated for a wide variety of purposes, including planning, design, land acquisition, construction, construction administration, and publications for bikeways, walkways, and greenways, as well as for equipment and trail amenities, such as parking lots, toilet buildings, signs, and benches.

.