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TOWN OF EAST HADDAM NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING

The Electors and citizens of the Town of East Haddam, Connecticut qualified to vote in Town Meeting are hereby warned and notified that a Special Town Meeting will be held in the Town Meeting Hall on Town Street in the said Town of East Haddam at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 for the following purposes, to wit:

Item 1: To consider and act upon the recommendation of the Board of Finance and the Board of Selectmen that the ordinance entitled “Tax Relief for the Elderly and Disabled in the Town of East Haddam”, adopted February 3, 2009, is hereby amended to be effective for the Grand List years of 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 and that the requirement for applications for benefits be changed from “filed annually” to “filed biennially”. Copies of said ordinance are on file in the Town Clerk‟s Office during regular business hours.

Item 2: To consider and act upon the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Selectmen to accept the following resolution:

RESOLVED, that the Town Meeting authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept the following certain conveyances, to wit:

1. A certain Conservation Easement and Restriction granted by CLARK GATES, LLC acting herein by its sole Member, Robert Casner to the TOWN OF EAST HADDAM, affecting certain property described on a certain map entitled “Subdivision Plan „Homestead‟ Subdivision Bogel Road East Haddam, Connecticut Scale 1” = 100‟ Date 01-03-2006 Revised through 08-11-2006” prepared by Richard F. Mihok, P.E. 18 Laurel Lane, Marlborough, CT 06447, said map #3994 being on file in the Land Records of Town of East Haddam, and that the First Selectman is hereby authorized to execute into such Conservation Easement and Restriction on behalf of the Town.

2. A certain Drainage and Maintenance Easement granted by CLARK GATES, LLC acting herein by its sole Member, Robert Casner to the TOWN OF EAST HADDAM, as shown on the survey map referenced herein.

3. A certain Turning Easement granted by CLARK GATES, LLC acting herein by its sole Member, Robert Casner to the TOWN OF EAST HADDAM, as shown on the survey map referenced herein. Said map being on file with the Town Clerk of the Town of East Haddam.

Item 3: To consider and act upon the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Selectmen to accept the following resolution:

RESOLVED, that the Town Meeting authorize the First Selectman to accept a Quitclaim deed from the Rotary Club of East Haddam, Inc. of a certain parcel of land known as Edgar D. Williams Memorial Park containing approximately three and one-half (3 1⁄2) acres as shown on the Town of East Haddam Assessor‟s Map 17-L079 and more particularly described in said Quitclaim deed subject to the condition that the property remain named in recognition of Edgar D. Williams, Sr. The proposed deed for this conveyance is available at the Office of the Town Clerk of the Town of East Haddam for public inspection.

Item 4: To consider and act upon the recommendation of the Board of Selectmen and Board of Finance to accept a grant in the amount of $3,830.00 from the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection, entitled “Connecticut Lawn Equipment Exchange Fund”, for the purpose of improving local airquality by replacement of lawn and grounds maintenance equipment; said grant requiring grantee match of 20% (revenue account 701-410155 and expense account 750-574202).

Item 5: To consider and act upon the recommendation of the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Finance to accept a grant in the amount of $26,625 from the State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation, entitled “FY 2011 Comprehensive DUI Enforcement Program”.

Item 6: To consider and act upon the recommendation of the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Finance to adopt the following resolution:

RESOLVED, that a grant in the amount of $3,500 is hereby accepted from the State of Connecticut, State Library, for the purpose of historic document preservation and appropriated to Fund 14 - Historic Document Preservation Fund; and that Mark B. Walter, First Selectman, is empowered to execute and deliver in the name and on behalf of this municipality, a contract with the Connecticut State Library for an Historic Document Preservation Grant.

Item 7: To consider and act upon the recommendation of the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Finance to accept a gift in the amount of $10,000 from Consumers Union of United Sates, Inc. for the lighting project in front of the Town Hall and Grange Hall properties (revenue account 79-431510-G1201 and expense account 79-541750-G1201).

Dated at East Haddam, Connecticut this 26th day of July, 2011.

_________________________________ Mark B. Walter, First Selectman

_________________________________ Emmett J. Lyman, III, Selectman

_________________________________ Peter T. Govert, Selectman