MERIDEN, CT — The City Council takes up resolutions Monday that would drop a 2023 plan for a senior center on Cook Avenue and pursue a $250,000 planning grant for a senior center at 22 W. Main St., and the city holds a CAPER public hearing Thursday.
Here are five things to know about life around Meriden this week:
1. Council Revisits Senior Center Site, PATH Grant
When: Monday, Oct. 19, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Room 206, City Hall, 142 E. Main St.
What to know: The City Council will consider resolutions that would vacate its 2023 recommendation to build a senior center at 116 Cook Ave. and pursue a $250,000 state Community Investment Fund planning grant for a Meriden Senior Center at 22 W. Main St., according to its agenda; the Finance Committee sent both back to the full council. The agenda also includes a Community Investment Fund grant for the PATH (Providing Access, Trails & Health) Project, additional City Hall cameras, a license agreement with N. Casertano Greenhouses and Farms and a $28,714 federal Justice Assistance Grant application. The meeting is hybrid; email comments to councilcomment@meridenct.gov until an hour before.
More information here.
2. CAPER Public Hearing
When: Thursday, Oct. 22, 4 p.m.
Where: Room 206, City Council Chambers, City Hall, 142 E. Main St.
What to know: The city holds a public hearing on its CAPER, the annual report on how it used federal community development funds, according to the city calendar.
More information here.
3. Economic Development, Housing And Zoning Committee Meets
When: Tuesday, Oct. 20, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Room 206, City Hall, 142 E. Main St.
What to know: The council's Economic Development, Housing and Zoning Committee meets Tuesday, in person and online, according to the city calendar. The agenda had not been posted as of Thursday, Oct. 15.
More information here.
4. Run The Runway 5K
When: Sunday, Oct. 25
Where: Meriden Markham Airport, 213 Evansville Ave.
What to know: The fourth annual Run the Runway 5K and Kids Fun Run takes place on the runway at Meriden Markham Airport, according to the city. Participants can walk, run or volunteer, and proceeds benefit Disabled American Veterans Chapter 6, representing veterans in Meriden and Wallingford.
More information here.
5. Hazardous Waste Day Moved To Oct. 31
When: Saturday, Oct. 31
Where: Meriden Transfer Station, Meriden
What to know: The city's free household hazardous waste disposal day, postponed from Sept. 26 because of a storm, is now Saturday, Oct. 31, at the Transfer Station, according to the city.
More information here.
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