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City of Groton, Connecticut municipal meeting: Committee of the Whole - October 25, 2021. Click the link below to view the agenda.
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C
So
so
you
know
there's
ways
to
do
this
right
and
there's
ways
to
do
this
wrong.
Okay
and-
and
one
way
to
do
it
wrong
is
like
my
mom
would
say
to
who
said
it
to
me.
She
said
you
know,
never
show
your
sweetheart,
the
dress,
you're
gonna,
wear
on
a
hanger,
fair
enough
right
right.
You
know
right,
so
I
will
say
to
you
that
I
feel
good
about
it.
I
feel
really
good
about.
Can
you
see
the
joy
of
those
photos
right?
C
E
Okay
good
evening,
everyone-
one
thing
I
did
want
to
add
just
to
maria's
presentation-
is
just
to
give
a
shout
out
to
dan
boges
and
the
communications
team.
Here
at
the
city
of
groton,
we
have
representatives
from
all
of
our
departments
that
work
really
well
together
to
put
together
the
content
for
the
newsletter,
and
so
without
them
we
wouldn't
get
the
bi-weekly
stuff.
So
I
just
really
want
to
give
all
of
the
members
a
shout
out
from
that
team
just
to
move
forward
a
little
bit,
let's
see
so
today.
E
Obviously
our
department
on
planet
economic
development.
We
wanted
to
talk
to
you
guys
about
the
welcome
to
the
city
gateway
initiative,
as
well
as
the
strategic
communications
stephanie
graced
us
for
their
presence
on
that,
and
so
leslie
will
join
me
for
the
welcome
to
the
city
gateway
initiative
discussion.
E
So
back
in
2019,
we
started
this
work
with
bl
companies.
They
assessed
both
the
bridge
street
gateway,
as
well
as
the
clans
b,
sharp
gateway.
That
work
was
done
under
an
older
regime
of
the
city
of
groton.
We
since
then,
have
a
new
planner.
We
have
a
new
public
works
director,
police
chief,
that's
standing
behind
sitting
behind
me,
so
there
have
been
a
few
thought
process
like
changes
to
the
designs
that
we
were
first
discussing
with
bl.
E
So
this
is
gonna
kind
of
expand
from
that
discussion
there
in
2020,
the
plan
and
economic
development
department
applied
for
the
active
transportation
grant
and
was
awarded
it.
So
we
were
awarded
in-kind
services
and
the
amount
of
in
the
value
of
42
500
from
street
plans.
So
they
would
be
joining
us
to
further
the
discussion
of
what
we
can
do
at
the
bridge
street
intersection
we'd
be
looking
at
I-95
bridge
street
north
street,
looking
at
the
intersection
of
spicer
and
also
at
the
broad
street.
F
Sure,
thank
you.
One
of
the
things
I
I'm
hoping
that
you
notice
right
away
is
that
the
image
on
the
right
has
a
lot
less
gray.
It
shows
a
lot
less
asphalt,
which
does
a
number
of
things.
The
original
image
was
done,
based
upon
everything
was
based
upon
the
automobile.
It
wasn't
based
upon
the
fact
that
there
is
a
bridge,
a
pathway
that
comes
along
the
bridge.
People
come
and
ride
their
bikes.
They
walk
from
new
london
over
the
bridge.
F
F
People
tend
to
go
downhill
if
they're,
walking
or
biking
from
there,
if,
just
by
instinct,
it's
also
a
right-hand
turn,
which
is
also
the
instinctive
direction
that
most
people
go.
It's
how
retail
stores
are
set
up,
and
so
looking
at
how
to,
in
both
images,
you'll
see
that
there
is
an
attempt
to
tighten
up
this
corner
right
here
and
one
of
the
reasons
for
doing
that
is
number
one.
F
It
gives
you
more
space
to
make
it
look
beautiful
and
to
actually
celebrate
that
intersection,
but
the
other
thing
that
it
does
is
when
you
tighten
an
intersection,
you
make
it
much
more
walkable,
because
you
don't
it
doesn't.
Take
you
as
long
to
get
across
the
street
and
right
now
trying
to
walk
across
the
street
at
just
pick
bridge
street
at
this
intersection
trying
to
walk
across
that
intersection
right
now.
The
way
that
it
is
the
light
doesn't
last
long
enough
and
that's
for
most
people
who
are
able-bodied.
F
The
light
just
doesn't
last
long
enough,
it's
also
very
confusing
right
now,
when
you
get
off
the
the
sort
of
frontage
road
that
takes
you
to
the
right,
you
might
take
that
because
you
know
that
it's
there
or
you
might
take
it
because
it
seems
like
the
right
thing
to
do
or
you
might
get
to
the
light
and
decide.
Oh,
I
need
to
go
right.
F
And
that
one
bulbs
back
out
and
comes
back
in
it
creates
a
funneling
condition.
So
there
are
lots
of
reasons
why
the
existing
and,
in
my
opinion,
and
the
opinion
of
several
other
department
heads
why
this
is
actually
not
the
best
solution
for
what
we're
looking
for
and
what
we're
looking
for
is
accommodating
cars,
but
also
accommodating
human
beings
who
are
walking
or
biking
or
wheeling
a
stroller
or
walking
with
a
cane.
F
I
have
to
check
myself
every
time
because,
where
the
parking
is
for
pride
center,
thank
you
where
that
parking
is.
It
feels
like
another
lane,
those
the
parking
isn't
well
striped.
I
am.
I
would
be
surprised
if
no
one
has
gone
over
the
curb
with
the
little
grass
strip
that
differentiates
it
on
a
map,
but
doesn't
really
work
in
real
life.
It's
a
it's,
a
quick
stop
and
a
and
a
detour
which
is
dang
also
a
dangerous
condition.
F
It's
also
that
much
further
from
the
other
side,
so
we're
looking
at
a
bunch
of
things,
including
more
on
street
parking,
which
we
know
slows
traffic
down,
we
know
makes
pedestrians
feel
safer.
We
know
it
makes
bicyclists
feel
safer.
It's
not
at
the
expense
of
other
parking
in
the
area,
it's
additional
parking
so
that,
as
these
businesses
grow
and
as
we
get
more
businesses
in
that
area,
there
is
enough
parking
without
having
to
make
it
be
by
keeping
it
part
of
the
road
and
having
it
do
more
than
one
thing.
F
The
parking
does
more
than
just
the
parking
it
makes
it
a
calmer,
narrower
sense
of
entry.
You
feel
like
you're,
coming
to
a
place,
so
we're
starting
to
look
at
this
in
in
a
different
direction.
Also,
the
titan
when
I
sketch
this
out
this
is
bl's
interpretation
of
my
sketch
for
them.
I
would
actually
make
all
of
these
even
a
little
bit
tighter
the
tighter
a
radius
you
have
to
make
when
you're
driving
the
slower
you
have
to
go.
F
I
just
read
an
article
today
where
somebody
was
told
to
cut
back
about
it
said
30
feet
of
overgrowth
on
a
street.
I
can't
remember
I'll.
I
can
find
it
and
get
it
to
anybody
who
really
wants
this,
but
they
cut
it
back
and
all
of
a
sudden
traffic
was
going
much
faster
and
there
were
starting
to
be
accidents
because
in
fact
people
could
see
actually
not
being
able
to
see
is
what
kept
it
safer.
It's
not
the
case
everywhere.
F
You
have
to
look
at
these
things
and
calibrate
them
for
each
location,
but
that's
what
we're
doing
and
that's
what
we're
doing,
not
just
here
with
this
project,
but
that's
what
we're
doing
all
the
way
down
thames
street
we're
looking
at
each
intersection,
we're
calibrating
the
changes
that
we
think
would
be
helpful
for
each
intersection
for
each
area
and
doing
that
as
we
look
elsewhere.
It's
it's
a
little
like
what
maria
mentioned
was.
You
know
you,
you
start
the
base
of
your
your
pyramid
and
you
you
build
from
there.
G
G
G
G
Down
people
so
yeah,
so
no
well
mike.
I
I
originally
asked
that
question
is
because,
because
there's
things
you
know
we
like
to
do
things,
but
then
there's
other
reasons
on
why
there
are
things
are
so
I
I
would
say
or
I'd
ask
one:
did
we
talk
to
the
department
of
transportation
because
of
just
looking
at
this?
I
I
would.
E
Yes,
so
we
did
talk
to
the
department
of
transportation.
They
have
gave
kind
of
like
their
green
light
on
the
first
initial
concept
plan,
but
with
this
next
phase
of
through
this
active
transportation
grant,
we
want
to
go
back
to
them
kind
of
look
at
these
plans
a
little
bit
further
and
see.
Are
there
different
ways
that
we
can
tighten
up?
Are
there
some
other
elements
that
we
could.
A
G
We
compare
it
yeah,
okay,
yeah
so
based
off
this.
In
with
and-
and
I
know
this
just
kind
of
hits
home
to
me,
because
I
live
right
down
there
on
thame
street
right
and
when
I
saw
this
like
taking
out
that
that
little
ramp
thing
that
goes
directly
onto
thame
street.
They
just
reminded
me
when
I
come
home
from
work
or,
if
I
or
going
to
work
right,
there's
already
a
backup
of
traffic
of
people
going
to
eb
that
lead
on
to
the
ramp.
G
So
if
we
take
that
out
right
all
everybody
that
lives
over
there
and
everybody
that
uses
that
as
far
as
like,
because
there's
also
military
people
that
they
instead
of
going
to
route
12,
they
go
around
and
they
bank
off
right
to
continue
on
it's
very,
very
busy.
If
we
don't
have
that
that
backs
up
traffic
all
the
way
onto
the
ramp.
So
there's
more
things
that
you
have
to
think
about
other
than
you
know.
G
F
When
you
have
a
light
that
changes
more
often,
you
get
more
cycles
say
within
an
hour,
okay,
which
moves
more
people
through
and
if
you're,
looking
at
it.
If
you're
looking
at
the
sex
intersection
purely
from
the
perspective
of
an
automobile,
then
leave
it
as
it
is.
But
that's
not
what
people
have
said
that
they
want.
G
But
who
listen?
Who,
though,
because
I
I
I
I'm
not
going
to
argue
I'm
just
saying-
I
lived
there-
that
this
would
impact
me
and
my
anybody
who
lives
in
that
section.
The
business
owners
right
there
that
impacts
everybody
over
there,
so
in
and
I'm
just
like
when
I
go
come
off
that
ramp
and
there's
car
after
car
after
car.
G
If
everybody
going
to
eb
I'm
glad,
I
can
take
that
immediately
right,
because
or
else
I'm
stuck
in
traffic
now
you
know
so
I
I
think
I
I
I
think-
or
I
would
ask
as
a
council
member
to
to
maybe
look
back
at
the
history
and
kind
of
even
figure
out
why
they
even
have
that
there.
You
know
that
that
that
couldn't
have
been
20
30
40
years
ago.
That
may
not
have
been
there.
They
could
have
put
that
there,
so
it
made
it
easier
to
get
the
dame
streak.
G
E
G
A
E
G
F
G
D
H
G
Well,
my
initial
question
was
because
I
was
listening
and
I
listened
to
people
talk
and
I
was
asking
if
she,
if
they
talk
to
the
department
of
transportation,
because
right
now
I
see
that
there's
a
problem.
I
see
it
I'm
out
there.
I
see
it.
Those
are
the
state
ramps.
Did
we
talk
to
the
connecticut
department
of
transportation
because
there's
a
backup-
and
I'm
I'm
looking
at
this-
and
I
don't
see
that
this
helps
the
backup
it
helps
the
pedestrians,
but
it
doesn't
help
the
backup.
So
my
initial
question
was:
did
we
talk
to
them?
F
G
F
G
G
I
So
I
think,
because
I'm
on
my
computer,
I
might
be
able
to
see
this
a
little
better
than
some
of
the
counselors
there,
but
it
looks
like
if
I'm
looking
at
it
right
when
you
come
off
the
highway.
So
when
you
come
off
the
highway
right
now,
it's
two
lanes.
You
can
turn
right
into
that
leak
area
or
you
can
go
straight,
which
turns
into
another
two
lanes
of
a
left-hand
lane
and
straight
lane,
and
what
the
proposal
is
is
to
change
it
to
when
you
come
off
the
ramp.
E
F
E
So
when
considering
the
excess
property
that
on
the
city
is
looking
at
as
well
as
getting
the
feedback
from
the
new
directors,
we
would
like
to
go
back
and
look
at
this
intersection.
So
this
right
portion
is
a
version
of
this,
but
with
some
edits
from
department
heads
not
saying
that
this
is
exactly.
E
I
Thank
you
so
considering
what
council
carter
said,
because
I
agree
that
if
there's
not
a
dedicated
right-turn
lane
you're
going
to
get
those
periods
where
there's
a
lot
of
backup-
and
I
mean
obviously
before
we
end
up
doing
any
changes,
there's
probably
going
to
be
more
approvals
that
have
to
be
done.
But
the
other
thing.
I
Once
we
have
a
more
solid
presentation
of
what
we
want
to
do.
Can
we
extend
an
invitation
to
the
businesses
on
that
corner?
Or
you
know,
I
know
it's
early
in
the
process,
but
give
them
an
opportunity
to
give
us
feedback
as
well,
because
they
might
have
some
good
ideas
of
what
you
know
would
work
for
their
customers.
That
might
help
us
as
well.
E
Absolutely
so
biggest
takeaways
from
our
latest
discussion
is.
We
would
definitely
look
to
see
what
implications
this
designs
will
have
on
any
backup
to
I-95,
and
we
will
also
do
definitely
do
business
outreach
to
the
businesses
within
the
area
to
make
sure
we
get
their
own
comments
back
as
well
kristin.
I
believe
you
had
a
question
counselor.
J
E
This
originated
from
our
planet
conservation
and
development.
We
just
in
the
plant
plcd
it
talks
about
doing
improvements
to
both
of
our
gateways,
there's
beautification
purposes,
pedestrian
bicycle,
and
so
we
kind
of
lumped
all
of
the
reasons
into
this.
Welcome
to
the
city
initiative
and
looked
at
the
different
gateways
for
what
potentially
can
be
done.
There.
J
J
You
know
like
it
was
more
like,
if
I'm
sure,
if
you
had
more
response
from
people
who
were
going
to
eb
they'd,
say:
oh
no,
don't
get
rid
of
that
that
lane
you
know,
but
if
you
have
more
people
who
are
more
interested
in
businesses,
they're
going
to
have
a
difference
of
opinion.
So
statistically
did
you
look
at
who
was
actually
responding
and
what
their
focus
was.
Where
were
they
actually
coming
from?
Are
they
working
here?
Do
they
live
here?
Are
they
you
know?
Are
they
the
walkers
across
the
bridge?
I
mean?
E
E
Do
you
drive
through
walk
through
a
bike
through
it?
What
is
your
experience
there
now?
I
would
admit
we
definitely
would
like
to
do
more
community
engagement
to
get
more
feedback
for
that,
and
I
definitely
feel
like
with
this
next
wave
of
consultants
and
and
the
next
stem
of
this
effort,
that
we
would
definitely
do
that.
We
do
have
sorry.
Yes,
I
will
go
into
a
little
bit
more
details
in
a
moment,
but
am
I
answering
your
question?
Yes,.
J
So
I
just
wanted
to
say
reflect
off
of
that
and
also
what
councilor
carter
was
saying.
So
two
things
is
like
I've
been
lived
and
grant
many
many
years
so
back
way
way
back.
You
didn't
have
a
right
turn
lane
and
I
mean,
and
there
was
no
light
and
I
actually
was
involved
in
an
accident
there.
Somebody
actually
hit
me
and
actually-
and
my
mom
actually
went
off
the
road
there.
J
A
J
When
he's
talking
about
backup,
I
can
actually
see
it
and
with
me
if
I
have
children
on
that
bus
and
there's
a
backup,
that's
a
huge
concern
for
me,
because
let
me
tell
you
when
I
mean
just
even
in
the
smaller
tighter
road,
you
still
have
people
coming.
So
if
you
really
don't
have
a
way
to
get
out
of
the
way,
it's
really
a
high
risk.
I
think.
K
It's
quite
a
challenge.
I
I
commend
you
for
going
back
and
looking
at
previous
design.
I
commend
you
for
trying
to
it's
a
monumental
task
to
merge
vehicle
traffic
and
foot
and
two-wheel
traffic
and
beautification.
So
I
commend
you
for
doing
that.
I
I
have
to
tell
you
also
what
I
don't
mean
to
sound
like
a
broken
record,
but
someone
that
does
come
off
95
there.
K
I
I
truly
commend
you
for
taking
the
time
to
figure
this
out.
It
is,
in
my
opinion,
one
of
the
major
gateways
to
the
city
and
making
that
thing
work
for
everyone
look
beautiful
and
represent
us,
along
with
the
branding.
That's
going
on,
it's
pretty
much
key
to
the
future
economics
status
of
the
city.
So
thank
you
very
much.
E
And
I
did
have
a
question
because
we're
talking
about
backup,
but
if
you
guys
can
answer
it
now
or
email
me
the
times
that
you
guys
notice
these
backups
happening.
If
you
guys
can
share
that
information
with
me
and
then
all
the
community
members,
if
you
guys
have
feedback
or
anything
that
you
guys
would
like
to
share
in
regards
to
this
presentation
or
just
a
discussion
about
the
intersection.
Please
feel
free
to
email
me
at
patrick
c,
at
city
of
grant
and
ct.gov
with
any
of
your
feedback.
L
K
E
F
To
restaurant
design
that
works
for
everybody
well,
that
is
clearly
safe.
That
incorporates
all
the
things
we
can
incorporate.
If
I
mean
another
thing
we
haven't
mentioned,
is
the
possibility
of
there's
space
down
there
that
if
we,
if
we
end
up
with
the
state
land
that
there's
also
an
ms4
component
of
putting
a
rain
garden
in
down
there,
there's
you
know
one
of
the
ways.
F
D
D
M
D
L
Good
evening
everyone
I'm
here
tonight
I
have
reviewed,
I
know
the
mayor
and
you
guy
and
the
council.
You
guys,
sat
and
put
some
goals
together
and
a
lot
of
them
as
I've
reviewed
them
had
a
lot
to
do
with
the
youth
in
the
community
of
which
my
department
kind
of,
has
a
handle
on
or
touches
so
back
in
2013
april,
there
was
a
youth
advisory
board
that
was
established
through
the
mayor
and
council.
It
kind
of
petered
out.
L
It
was
a
13-member
committee,
I'd
like
to
see
it
brought
back,
but
at
a
level
of
seven
members
within
the
community
to
see
what
we
can
do
about
tackling
some
of
the
goals
that
were
set
forth
are
looking
at
so
that
we
can
maybe
address
some
of
the
some
of
the
goals
that
the
council
has
for
the
youth
of
our
community.
So
I
come
today
today
to
see
if
we
can
first
revise
the
initial
resolution,
I
guess
from
2013,
because
it
was
a
13
person
committee
and
then
and
reestablish
it.
D
G
Sorry,
miss
just
missed
it,
and
I
don't
even
know
if
you
said
it.
I
I
know
prior
to
kovid
like
prior
to
all
the
stuff
like
we
had
talks
within
all
of
this,
and
there
were
different
things
that
we
wanted
to
bring
it
forward
right,
and
I
think
we
tightened
the
numbers
of
the
committee
right.
Two.
Yes,
but
then
we're
also
talking
about
working
with
the
middle
school
and
just
getting
designated
participants
each
year
and
linking
up
with
the
the
teachers
and
having
it
more
yeah.
J
D
L
Yes,
I'd
like
to
see
it
seven,
our
biggest,
why
it
failed.
Well,
I
didn't
fail,
but
why
it
solely
disappeared?
Is
we
had
a
committee
of
13?
So
you
have
to
have
seven
at
least
at
a
meeting,
and
we
were
getting
to
where
we
had
four
people
showing
up,
and
you
know-
and
it
was
so
we
couldn't
get
anything
done.
We
did
accomplish
quite
a
bit.
We
had
you
know
the
babysitting
class
for
the
youth
came
out
of
that.
L
The
other
side
of
the
goal
of
the
committee
was
at
one
point,
to
look
to
see,
what's
already
existing
within
the
community
and
help
them
advertise
and
or
help
them
facilitate
what
their
objective
is
of
their
of
their
group,
so
that
it's
not
falling
totally
on
the
shoulders
of
the
parks
and
recreation
department
like
working
with
the
bill,
memorial,
library
and
doing
stuff
with
them
and
or
or
steps
or
other
agencies
that
we
don't
know,
may
be
doing
things
for
that
age
group.
This.
D
Is
also
consistent
with
one
with
the
council
plans,
council
goals,
but
also
with
where
we're
trying
to
move
the
city
with
a
community
service
officer
and
also
with
the
tutoring
in
our
areas
here
for
kids
that
need
the
tutoring.
So
it's
all
about
going
back
into
the
community,
helping
the
kids
out
and
finding
programming
for
them
and
those
kind
of
things
counselors
sheffield.
M
Yeah
mary
does
now:
how
would
this
integrate
with
the
town
since
the
middle
school
is
now
in
the
town
and
there's
not
a
city
middle
school?
If
we're
dealing
with
middle
school
kids
not
exclusively
because
we
also
have
high
school
kids
here
in
the
city,
but
does
the
town
have
a
youth
advisory
board,
or
would
it
be
just
with
us
with
the
city.
M
L
L
M
D
And
that's
one
of
the
things
we
want
to
try
to
do
is
is
good
teachers
and
other
people
that
work
with
kids,
and
that
way
you
have
the
experts
on
the
board,
and
then
you
get
the
kids.
My
focus
is
city
kids,
if
we
can
obviously
right.
So
if
a
town
has
a
program,
that's
great,
but
I
want
to
focus
on
the
city.
D
Kids
and
we've
talked
about
that
here
amongst
ourselves
about
trying
to
get
our
get
the
programming
up
for
the
kids,
get
the
kids
more
involved,
get
them
involved
in
school,
get
them
involved
in
activities.
One
of
the
things
that
counselor
carter
talked
about
was,
if
you
can
do
the
whole
thing
that
way,
you
got
the
education
and
the
athletics
all
together
and
that
counselor
became.
L
E
B
K
K
D
To
address
your
issue,
I'm
not
ready
to
start
a
commission
yep,
don't
want
to
do
that.
Yet
we
need
to
get
this
that
we
need
to
get
it
reconstituted.
Get
it
started
you.
The
council
is
the
legislative
body
so
before
we
go
off
and
create
this
conglomeration
for
like
a
better
term,
my
term,
not
yours,
that
would
not
be
reportable
to
anybody.
Basically,
they
would
be
in
charge.
I
have
an
issue
with
that
and
that
not
them
not
being
accountable
to
us
or
reportable
to
us.
D
So
you
know
all
that.
If
we
decide
to
go
in
that
direction,
we
need
to
look
at
that
and
evaluate
it
find
out
one
can
we
do
it?
Are
we
equipped
to
do
it?
But
I
think
this
is
a
good
start.
This
has
worked
in
the
past
you're
right.
It
is
a
much
lower
level,
but-
and
sometimes
we
have
challenges
because
we
are
the
city
and
we're
not
as
large
as
some
other
organizations.
For
example,
we
don't
have
a
social
services
sector.
Here
we
rely
on
social
services
out
of
the
town.
K
So
that
that
brings
up
two
points,
then
is:
if
we
can
remember
commissions,
we
know
what
commissions
are,
I
mean
commissions,
don't
hold
the
the
total
authority
for
making
things
happen.
They
make
recommendations
to
us
all
that
kind
of
wonderful
stuff.
But
then
again,
is
there
an
opportunity
here
to
spark
a
relationship
with
the
town
ysb
because
they
probably
have
city
kids
that
they're
serving
and
could
that
be
a
stepping
stone
for
us
to
capture
some
of
those
kids?
So
I
so
I
thank
mary.
I
thank
the
mayor.
K
I
I
just
wanted
to
comment
so
on
a
couple
of
things.
I
think
that
I
would
like
to
see
if
we
could
get
people
on
this
board
that
do
cross
those
lines.
So
if
we
could
get
a
teacher
from
the
middle
school,
maybe
or
any
staff
from
the
middle
school,
it
doesn't
have
to
be
teacher,
maybe
one
from
the
high
school.
I
Probably
if
there's
someone
on
that
board
who
could
tell
mary
hey
this
thing
we're
doing
at
the
middle
school,
we
could
connect
it
and
you
know,
make
those
connections
if
we
have
the
right
people
on
the
board.
So
that's
kind
of
what
I
kind
of
envisioned
for
it
to
be
is
almost
like
a
help
mate
for
mary
to
make
those
connections
for
our
youth,
because
that
that
is
kind
of
she
does
that
in
the
summer,
with
all
the
perks
rec
program.
I
She
does
a
lot
of
stuff
with
the
kids,
and
I
think
that
having
those
connections
through
the
whole
year
will
be
a
more
seamless
service
to
our
youth
and
we'll
get
more
of
them
involved
because
we're
we're
doing
it
that
way.
So
I
think
I
don't
know
if
we
need
that
in
the
requirements,
if
we
need
to
pick
out
the
particular
people
or
who
is
going
to
be
reaching
out
to
get
these
board
members.
I
But
I
do
think
that
we
need
to
look
at
having
you
know
a
student
or
two
on
their
parents
and
teachers
like
definitely
have
a
variety
of
people
on
that
board
would
be
really
helpful
to
make
it
a
success,
because
the
last
thing
we
want
to
do
is
start
this
board
and
then
have
it,
be.
You
know
a
bunch
of
people
who
are
all
have
similar
points
of
view
and
we
kind
of
pigeonholed
into
doing
certain
things.
D
That's
a
good
idea.
Also.
This
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
work
with
the
superintendent's
office
and
the
board
of
ed
and
the
education
system.
The
city
hasn't
done
that
in
a
while
right,
so
it'll
be
a
be
a
good
idea
and-
and
we
are
going
in
that
direction
through
a
tutorial
program
that
we're
going
to
be
setting
up
as
well.
So
this
fits
nicely
with
that.
G
We
should
have
a
relationship
with
the
police
which
they
already
have
a
program
with.
You
know
fire
structural
business
et
cetera,
and-
and
I
think
if
it's
you
know
it,
I
think
that's
why
there
also
is
a
youth
services,
department
or
borough
and
not
just
parks
and
rec,
there's
a
reason
why
they're
separated
because
we
can
encompass
so
many
more
things,
just
as
just
in
parks
and
rec.
I
think
we
kind
of
think:
okay,
that's
going
to
parks
and
rec,
because
it's
you
know
the
youth,
but
it
should
have
everything
involved.
G
D
K
D
L
They
were
kind
of
over
getting
too
old
for
some
of
our
programs,
but
they
weren't
quite
old
enough
to
go
to
work
yet
or
to
do
anything
like
this.
So
that
was
the
age
group
that
we
focused
on
and
did
a
survey
and
came
up
with
questions,
and
once
we
got
things
going,
we
kind
of
stopped
meeting
we
kind
of
went
to
every
other
month
or
when
and
then
it
got
to
when
we
couldn't
get
a
quorum,
so
we
kind
of
met
whenever
it
we
actually
had.
Seven
people
show
up
of
the
13.,
so.
J
J
N
Thank
you
mayor,
good
evening.
What
we're
looking
to
do
here
is
obviously
one
of
the
main
responsibilities
of
municipalities
keep
our
citizens
and
visitors
safe.
Part
of
that
is
to
include
natural
disasters
in
hospital
prevention
or
safety
during
nuclear
incidences.
So
we
do
a
lot
of
exercises.
We
do
a
lot
of
planning.
We
do
a
lot
of
things
to
make
sure
that
if
something
happens,
our
residents
are
safe
and
we
know
what
to
do
to
make
them
safe.
N
N
We
need
to
allow
the
mayor
to
be
involved
in
applying
for
these
grants.
We
have
to
accept
the
ability
responsibility
to
get
the
gants
and
get
the
paperwork
that
is
needed
to
get
the
money
for
these
grants.
So
we're
looking
to
do
is
again
reapply
re-establish
the
authority
of
the
mayor
and
the
city
of
groton
to
interact
with
homeland
security
and
obtain
these
grants.
N
Yes,
sir,
what
I
understand
we
have
to
apply
for
these
every
year,
every
year,
okay,
sure
and
we
get.
We
have
been
able
to
get
financial
funds
from
them
every
year.
It's
they
call
it
short-term
nuclear
money
so
part
of
being
in
the
nuclear
plume
area.
Is
they
help
us?
These
grants
help
us
finance
everything.
D
N
So
a
vest
normally
costs
about.
One
thousand
fifteen
dollars
a
piece,
so
we
have
eight
officers
yearly.
We
trade
them
out.
We
the
way
it's
broken
down
right
now
is
we've
got
officers
every
year
need
new
bets,
so
we
put
in
a
grant
for
eight
of
them
and
we
have
been
approved
for
four
thousand
and
sixty
dollars,
which
is
a
50-50
grant.
What
this
is,
I'm
sorry
they
give
us
half
of
the
total
cost.
N
B
N
D
M
A
D
O
So
you're
all
aware
that
we
have
a
big
transmission
job
going
on.
It
actually
started
this
past
week,
they're
actually
starting
to
clear
the
right
of
way.
This
is
our
16
million
dollar
transmission
upgrade
as
part
of
the
southeast
connecticut
transmission
corridor
project,
and
so
the
first
first
thing
we're
talking
about
here
is
siemens
equipment
for
172
844,
no
sense,
and
that
is
to
purchase
circuit
breakers
as
part
of
the
ect
project.
B
M
O
D
M
A
O
So
we
we
we
did
that
based
on
an
emergency.
We
got
approval
from
the
mayor
and
a
couple
of
the
other
department
heads
like
bill
robarts.
We
talked
it
through
and
we
had
a
the
emergency
generators.
If
you
go
out
the
back
door
by
the
satellites
where
the
police
normally
park,
the
the
officer
or
the
yeah,
the
sedans,
the
non-marked
police
cars,
you
see
a
backup
generator
there.
O
D
M
D
D
H
So
does
everybody
have
the
handout
in
front
of
that,
so
we
had
a
request
to
look
at
the
capital
improvement
plan
that
was
dated
2018
to
2023
and
just
kind
of
give
an
update
as
to
where
we
are.
How
how
do
we
do
with
that
plan
have
have
we
met
our
target?
Have
we
got
these
projects
accomplished?
If
we
haven't
got
them
accomplished?
Is
there
a
reason
why
and
kind
of
what
is
the
reason
for
it?
So
the
way
that
kind
of
kick
this
around
and
you
can
see
this
is
a
finance
presentation.
H
H
So
it
pretty
much
follows
the
table
of
contents
from
the
capital
improvement
plan,
starting
off
with
the
general
government
and
each
of
the
projects
that
were
listed
for
that
first,
one
being
mother,
bailey
house
that
is
currently
with
the
real
estate
committee
for
disposition
recommendations
that'll
become
due.
So
there's
no
work
being
done
on
that
property
and
there's
and
that's
the
reason
why
so
then
we
kind
of
went
through,
like
I
said
all
of
those
and
what
was
in
the
plan
and
when
it
was
accomplished.
H
So
the
next
one
was
the
municipal
building
improvements
and
inside
that,
when
you
went
to
the
detail,
it
was
made
up
of
a
bunch
of
different
items,
which
is
the
exterior
doors,
the
hvac
units,
the
bathroom
renovations,
brick,
we're
pointing
and
the
retaining
wall
landing
repair
out
front.
So
we
just
put
the
dates
when
all
those
were
completed
just
so,
you
can
see
through
the
one
that
I
was
unaware
of
because
it
was
going
back
and
forth
was
some
brick
repointing
on
the
municipal
building.
H
D
H
So
I
mean
I
won't
go
through
each
slide,
because
the
slide
decks
at
20
slide
deck,
going
through
all
those
different
scenarios
and
then
the
next
one
I
said
it
goes
to
the
general
government,
the
municipal
building
renovations
this.
I
just
kept
it
as
a
very
global
at
that
point
in
time.
I
don't
think
we
knew
what
the
renovations
were
really
going
to
be
was
kind
of
just
a
generic.
H
We
knew
we
need
to
do
some,
but
I
wanted
to
show
you
all
the
offices
that
we
have
done
in
the
last
few
years
as
far
as
asbestos
abatement,
redoing,
carpets,
furniture
and
so
forth
with
it,
and
some
of
these
are
on
the
groton
utility
side-
that's
what
they
have
the
gu
next
to
it.
Just
so,
you
can
see
there
because
it
wouldn't
really
be
part
of
the
city
set
next
again,
the
general
government,
the
remaining
ones
there,
the
wastewater
project
set
at
that
point
in
time.
H
The
wastewater
treatment
plant
was
part
of
the
general
fund
still
so
it
was
included
in
the
city
sip.
So
what
we
did
here
was
we
just
we're.
Gonna
skip
this
slide
and
then
let
at
a
future
date
have
the
utilities
come
in
with
the
electric,
the
water
and
the
sewer
division
and
go
over
their
capital
project
plan.
So
we
figured
instead
of
diving
into
it
here.
We'll
have
a
separate
for
that.
So
there's
no,
no
information
there.
I
just
listed
out
what
was
in
the
sip
just
out,
so
it's
there
again.
H
Okay,
I
just
want
to
get
into
too
much
detail.
I
know
we're
kind
of
on
a
time
timeline,
so
I
just
trying
to
come
through
here
again
the
highway
projects
you
can
see.
Most
of
these
were
done.
There
were
two:
the
catch
basin,
cleaner,
sweeper
and
the
bottom
truck
and
plow.
Those
are
both
in
this
year's
budget
and
both
currently
being
worked
on.
The
truck,
I
believe,
has
already
come
through
council
approval,
the
sweeper
they
are
working
on
getting
pricing
on
and
kind
of
figuring
out
which
direction
they're
going
to
go
with
the
sweeper.
H
The
next
page
has
a
couple
of
things:
the
first
one,
which
was
done
with
the
exception
of
the
traffic
line
painter
and
that's
just
on
hold,
based
on
trying
to
figure
out
which
way
they're
going
to
go
with
line
striping,
whether
it's
going
to
remain
in-house
or
be
outsourced,
so
they
weren't
really
sure.
So
there
wasn't
a
point
to
purchase
one
if
we
weren't
sure
on
the
direction
with
the
changes
and
then
the
asphalt
curbing
machine
was
pushed
back
to
27
and
then
the
final
truck
was
scheduled
for
fiscal
24.
H
Based
on
the
current
step,
we
go
to
the
the
roads
in
the
streets,
the
pretty
much
all
these
are
on
schedule,
with
the
exception
of
south
prospect
that
got
pushed
back
to
fiscal
year,
24
in
the
current
sip,
the
other
ones
have
been
done.
You'll
see
that
there
was
two
quantic
roads
in
this
in
the
sip.
One
of
them
was
for
a
mill,
an
overlay.
The
other
one
was
for
the
full
depth
reclamation,
which
was
contingent
on
the
lots
of
money.
We
did
receive
the
lots
of
money
and
that
is
currently
in
progress.
H
H
And
then
the
other
on
the
next
page
for
the
highway
roads
and
streets
you'll
see
the
bottom
one,
which
is
the
shorehave
seawall
drainage,
jupiter,
point
drainage
and
silicon
terrace
retaining
wall
for
sure
av
we've
done
the
engineering
and
permitting
for
that.
That's
99,
complete
there's
a
couple
of
things
are
still
out
there,
but
the
biggest
thing
with
these
three
projects,
so
the
first
shore
have.
We
have
not
done
any
there's
no
funding
for
the
bid,
admin
or
construction
at
this
point
and
that's
going
to
be
a
fairly
large
job
that
it's.
D
D
H
And
then
the
other
two
projects
are
like
the
jupiter
point:
drainage,
there's,
no
current
funding
that
they
are
working
with
this
state.
The
state
will
dredge
the
culvert,
but
I
think
I
believe
we're
responsible
for
disposing
and
that's
kind
of
a
question
so
they're
working
on
that
piece
of
it.
But
it's
not
the
whole.
The
project
same
with
silicon
terrace
retaining
wall,
there's
no
current
funding
for
that,
but
they
have
been
patching
and
making
repairs
as
needed.
H
We'll
go
to
the
the
parks
and
rec
the
first
one
was
the
cost
of
property
improvements,
which
is
now
thames
view
park.
Just
kind
of
gave
you
a
little
bit
of
history,
because
again
this
one
had
a
bunch
of
different
bullets
behind
it.
It
was
just
labeled
as
one
and
just
some
of
the
things
that
have
been
accomplished
to
that
the
biggest
thing
to
keep
in
mind.
The
dock
has
been
approved
for
with
a
ship
grant
with
a
city
match.
H
So
that's
in
the
works
that
with
an
rfp
that
will
be
going
out
in
the
near
future
and
then
the
same
with
the
lower
property.
We
did
receive
a
ship
grant
to
do
some
engineering
for
the
redesign
in
order
to
gain
access
to
the
dock
once
it's
built.
So
those
two
are
in
progress.
All
the
other
ones
have
been
completed,
the
fence
was
completed,
the
driveway
paving
the
bid
should
be
going
out
in
fiscal
22,
and
it's
just
a
timing
issue
with
that.
H
We're
actually
working
you'll,
see,
there's
one
on
the
fire
department
and
they're
going
to
be
going
out
together
for
the
fire
firehouse
paving
of
company
one
the
park
house
roof
was
complete
storage,
complete
the
pavilion
repair
and
construction.
There's
money
set
aside
to
do
that.
Nothing
has
been
done
currently
with
that,
but
there
has
been
funds
set
aside.
The
porch
was
completed
at
the
tyler
house.
H
The
washington
park
bleachers
has
not
been
completed
there.
I
know
there's
some
challenges
with
those
that
mary's
working
through
with
based
on
capacity
and
what
the
requirements
are
with
that,
so
that
there
was
some
fun
set
aside,
but
again
it's
being
reviewed
as
to
what
the
best
option
there
washington
park
lights,
have
have
just
been
completed
just
recently
and
that
was
funded
by
the
groton
utilities.
H
The
birch
plain
crayo
perch,
plain
creek
trail
extension
that
has
been
extended
through
the
brantford
manor
property,
which
was
part
of
the
agreement
with
related
when
they
purchased
the
property.
One
of
our
parts
of
the
agreement
was
for
them
to
complete
that
trail.
So
now
it
stops
at
groton
estates
and
we're
currently
in
discussion
with
the
next
phase.
To
get
through
the
the
groton
estates
section
and.
D
D
H
So
what
julia
did
was
put
a
list
together
of
how
many
of
each
they
purchased
from
the
years
from
18
to
21
and
which
the
vehicles
were
that
were
purchased
the
fire
sip,
which
is
very
similar
for
the
vehicle
replacement
fund.
What
they
did
was
they
scheduled
out
the
replacement
of
all
their
vehicles
and
when
they
needed
to
be
replaced
and
backed
into
the
number
as
to
what
needed
to
be
funded
in
a
perfect
world
in
order
to
buy
those
vehicles
outright
with
cash
when
they
came
due.
H
That
number,
I
believe,
is
around
300
000
a
year
which
we
we
couldn't
do
with
with
the
budget.
So
therefore,
I've
listed
out
how
much
we
did
put
aside
for
vehicle
reserves
over
the
last
few
years
from
18
through
22
in
the
budget.
So
we
we
have
been
trying
to
put
money
away.
It's
just
not
quite
matching
with
the
sip
had
so
then
the
next
section
so
those
first
slides
there
covered
every
every
item
that
was
in
the
sip
in
that
year.
H
So
what
we,
the
mayor
had
asked
me
to
do
is
also
is
to
add
slides
of
additional
things,
that
of
capital
that
we've
accomplished
kind
of
in
those
periods.
It's
it
may
not
be
an
all-inclusive
we're
trying
to
go
through
and
figure
everything
out.
So
again,
we
just
did
it
in
the
same
format
with
the
general
government
starting
off,
we
had
the
municipal
led
lighting,
upgrade
the
building
department
purchased
another
vehicle
they
had
and
that
sip
was
just
the
assistant
builders
vehicle.
H
They
also,
we
also
purchased
the
building
officials
vehicle,
the
municipal
building
windows,
front
doors
and
front
landing
will
all
be
going
out
for
an
rfp
for
to
replace.
We
have
some
grant
money
that
we
received
and
the
redistribution
of
the
bond
funds,
so
those
are
projects
that
our
company
will
be
coming
in
the
future.
The
next
one
are
highway
projects.
The
highway
did
an
hvac
upgrade
to
the
out
in
their
break
room
in
18.
H
One
of
the
things
that
wasn't
in
the
sip
was
the
paving
of
benham
road
from
mitchell
to
rainville.
It
was
only
had
the
piece
from
eastern
point
to
rainville,
so
that's
in
here
the
thames
street
retaining
wall,
and
there
was
also
a
change
in
the
sip
along
the
way
that
included
purchasing
a
550,
mason
dump
that
was
a
purchase
of
21.
H
The
tyler
house
window
replacement,
which
is
one
completed,
19
phase
two
is
currently
being
worked
on
and
will
be
completed
in
22,
the
bathroom
renovations,
the
tyler
house,
and
then
the
two
poured
in
place
surfaces
the
one
at
the
eastern
point
and
the
two
here
at
washington
park-
and
I
was
informed
today
that
the
washington
park
is
completed
so
continue
with
parks
and
rec.
There's
a
new
vehicle
replacement
is
in
their
budget,
which
they
have
been
funding
a
reserve
for
for
replacement
in
24.,
the
press
boxes,
which
originally
was
all
three
fields.
H
I
believe
we
were
just
looking
at
field
one
and
field
three.
At
this
point.
We
did
do
an
rfp
a
year,
if
not
more
than
a
year
ago,
and
the
prices
came
in
exceeding
what
was
set
aside.
So
we're
looking
to
do
the
two
of
those
and
mary
had
budget,
so
additional
funds
for
the
that
project,
so
we're
hoping
to
get
that
rfp
out
scoreboards
are
ordered
and
waiting
for
installation
and
the
field.
Three
fencing
had
a
budget
amount
which
would
be
an
rfp
will
be
going
out
for
that.
H
H
H
M
H
Yeah,
just
a
more
it
was
more
of
an
informational
to
see
to
see
where
we
stood
when
when
that
plan
was
developed
in
2018,
it
was
like.
Now
is
a
good
time.
Okay
did
have
we
not
done
any
of
the
things
that
were
in
the
plan
or
have
we
accomplished
all
the
plans
or
have
again
just
a
kind
of
a
roadmap
just
to
show
you
where
we
work
as
a
comparison
to
that
plan?.
K
Thank
you
absolutely
perfect
gave
me
an
idea
of
what
was
planned,
what
taken
place,
what
interruptions?
What
that
this
is
absolutely
thank
you,
but
it
brings
up.
The
next
thing
is
like
this
is
so
good.
Is
this
something
that
should
be
on
the
website
somewhere
and
answer
another
time
or
not
at
all,
but
this
hits
the
spot.
I
truly
appreciate
it
because
looking
at
it
first
time,
I
didn't
know
what
was
what
coming
up
said,
that
this
really
satisfies
and
more
what
I
was
looking
for.
K
K
H
D
So
if
you,
if
you
look
at
the
special
there's,
a
special
act
that
created
a
borough
and
then
there's
a
special
act
that
created
a
city
1964.,
there's
a
section
here,
talks
about
the
town
is
responsible
for
those
monies
that
are
necessary
and
proper
for
the
repair
and
making
of
roads
in
the
city
of
groton,
which
are
town
roads.
That
one
sentence
has
gotten
us
into
all
kinds
of
debate.
Every
year
we
go
for
our
budget.
O
D
D
For
example,
when
the
road
washed
out
down
our
tv,
I
had
to
go
to
the
town
council
and
then
the
rtm
in
order
to
get
some
funding
for
that,
and
we
used
funding
that
that
we
had
left
over
from
previous
year's
money
plus
eb
money.
Eb
said
they
would
because
some
of
the
work
that
we
was
doing
we
were
doing
was
going
to
be
on
their
security
fence,
so
they
paid
for
that
and
then
the
rest
was
picked
up
by
the
town
and.
D
D
It
took
us
about
three
years.
We
had
is
that
right,
two
years,
two
years
for
sure,
so
we
had
the
rfp
process,
we
put
out
an
rfp,
we
got
responses
and
none
of
the
meta
requirements.
So
we
put
out
another
rfp.
We
had
three
respondents
and
we
just
finished
the
third
responded
and
we
were
not
able
to
get
to
an
agreement.
So
it
is
back
to
the
real
estate
committee
to
decide
what
we're
going
to
do
and
basically,
what
we're
doing
right
now
is.
D
We
are
getting
an
appraisal
of
the
property
with
there's
we're
actually
getting
two
appraisals,
one
is
with
the
restriction.
The
only
restriction
would
be
that
there
is
that
you
can't
tear
the
house
down
and
then
the
second
one
is,
the
restriction
is
one
you
can't
tear
the
house
down
and
then
two
you
gotta
maintain
the
appearance,
the
historic
appearance.