Board of Selectmen Meeting

October 28, 2020

Notice & Agenda

REVISION #1 10-27-2020

Addition of Executive Session

Notice is hereby given that the Westport Board of Selectmen, Traffic Authority and Water Pollution Control Authority will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 9:00 AM. Pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order No. 7B, there is no physical location for this meeting. It will be held electronically, live streamed on www.westportct.gov, and broadcast on Westport’s Optimum Government Access Channel 79 and Frontier Channel 6020.  Emails to the Board of Selectmen prior to the meeting may be sent to selectman@westportct.gov. Comments to be read during the public comment portion of the meeting may be emailed to BOScomments@westportct.gov. Best efforts will be made to read public comments if they are received during the public comment period, include your name and are brief; no longer than 3 minutes. Agenda to include but not be limited to the following items and subject to revision:

1. To take such action as the meeting may determine to approve the Minutes of the Board of Selectmen’s public meeting of October 14, 2020 and the Water Pollution Control Authority’s public meeting of October 14, 2020.

    

2. To take such action as the meeting may determine in accordance with the Policy For Gifts to the Town and upon the request of the Human Services Director, to approve the acceptance of an anonymous donation in the amount $20,000.00 to the Department of Human Services - Families in Need Escrow Fund.

    

3. To take such action as the meeting may determine, upon the request of the Parks and Recreation Director, to approve a lease agreement with DLL Public Finance and Club Car, LLC for the lease of 50 Club Car golf carts and 1 Carryall 500 for use at Longshore Golf Course.

    

4. To take such action as the meeting may determine to approve the Information Sharing Access Agreement (ISAA) between the Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS/FEMA) Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA) and the Town of Westport to enable FEMA to share information with Westport to review policy and/or claims information for floodplain management activities.

    

    

   Items 5-7 received after Westport News publication deadline

5. Acting in its capacity as the Local Traffic Authority, to take such action as the meeting may determine to approve the creation of two new crosswalks at the intersection of Elm Street and Main Street, in accordance with approval granted by the Joint HDC /ARB Village District Overlay Committee and in accordance with the Downtown Master Plan.

    

6. Acting in its capacity as the Local Traffic Authority, to take such action as the meeting may determine to move the existing crosswalk located at the base of the Town Hall exit drive on Myrtle Avenue, southerly to a location roughly centered on Town Hall.

    

7. Acting in its capacity as the Local Traffic Authority, to take such action that the meeting may determine to request from the Connecticut Department of Transportation, Division of Traffic Engineering a modification to the traffic light at the intersection of Bridge Street, Greens Farms Road, and Compo Road South to create a left turn cycle from both the Northbound and Southbound directions onto Bridge Street and Greens Farms Road respectively. 

    

8. Acting in its capacity as the Water Pollution Control Authority, to approve the sanitary sewer connection for property located at 4 Maplegrove Avenue, contingent upon compliance with the WPCA Collection System Supervisor’s letter of October 19, 2020.

    

9. Acting in its capacity as the Water Pollution Control Authority, to approve the sanitary sewer connection for property located at 260 Riverside Avenue, contingent upon compliance with the WPCA Collection System Supervisor’s letter of October 20, 2020.

REVISION #1 10-27-2020

It is anticipated that the Board of Selectmen will vote to enter into Executive Session immediately following adjournment of its regular meeting to discuss Election Day preparation and security.

James S. Marpe, First Selectman

October 27, 2020

Backup Material #1