Friday, December 24, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Board Meeting Minutes - 12/7/2010
You can find the December 7th Board Meeting minutes at this link above. Next Board Meeting is on Tuesday, March 8th, 2011. Happy Holidays to all!
Saturday, November 20, 2010
4th Qtr Board Meeting : 12/7 @ 7:30pm
4th Quarter Board Meeting
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
@ 7:30pm :
29 Cornell Road
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Lake Stairs Approved by EIC & CLA
The board approved the plans unanimously!!!! Mike gave a great presentation, and the Candlewood Lake Authority even made a note that our request should be a model for the way all communities should request approval. Next step is for the Stairs Committee to move forward with purchasing materials, clearing the new area, and organizing a timeline. Thank you to all that participated in the process of getting to this step.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
STAIRS MEETING @ CITY HALL
NEXT LAKE STAIRS MEETING
CITY HALL - WED OCT 27th @ 7pm
25± Reynolds Road
Regulated Activity # 872
Cornell Hills Taxing District
Assessor's Lot # H08108, RA-40 Zone.
Date of Receipt: 9/22/10
Replacement staircase to Candlewood Lake.
First 65 Days: 11/26/10
Second 65 Days: 1/30/11
Gordon & Yestadt Architects
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COMMISSION
(203) 797-4525
(203) 797-4525
Saturday, October 2, 2010
CITY STAIRS MEETING 10/13 7:00PM
NOTICE
LAKE STAIRS PROJECT MEETING
Danbury City Hall
Council Chambers
Wednesday, October 13th
7:00 PM
Purpose:
Environmental Impact Commission will review and make a decision on the plans to move forward on stairs project.
Please attend to show support
for your community.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Sept 8th Stairs Meeting Minutes
The board and residents have finally completed the document gathering for the stairs project. Ellen will submit all 14 copies necessary with payment to City Hall by end of day Thursday, 9/9/2010. We will soon hear from City Hall on a date and time for the hearing to get approvals to move forward. We have also gathered the necessary bids to understand that we are well within our budget to purchase materials. All labor will be done by residents.
More details will be given at the upcoming Q3 Board Meeting next Tuesday, 9/14/2010 @ 7:30pm.
You can find the meeting minutes by clicking here.
More details will be given at the upcoming Q3 Board Meeting next Tuesday, 9/14/2010 @ 7:30pm.
You can find the meeting minutes by clicking here.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
NEXT MEETING DATES AND TIME
STAIRS MEETING
TUESDAY, SEPT 7th @ 7:30PM
*only to discuss stairs documentation and submission*
Q3 BOARD MEETING
TUESDAY, SEPT 14th @ 7:30pm
1. Old Business -
a) Stairs Update
b) Audit Personnel
c) Stair & Dock Liability Form (2010 & 2011)
2. Boat Association Update
3. New Business
TUESDAY, SEPT 7th @ 7:30PM
*only to discuss stairs documentation and submission*
Q3 BOARD MEETING
TUESDAY, SEPT 14th @ 7:30pm
1. Old Business -
a) Stairs Update
b) Audit Personnel
c) Stair & Dock Liability Form (2010 & 2011)
2. Boat Association Update
3. New Business
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
WARNING : CAR ROBBERIES & THEFT
Please be warned to keep your car and homes locked. Numerous car robberies occurred on Wednesday night in the community resulting in lost money, gift cards, GPS, phones and other personal items. The police have reported at least 20 robberies in the area over the past 2 weeks. If you notice any suspicious persons, please notify the police by calling 911 immediately. Sadly, we have learned from our mistake in trusting our community too much and have to remember there are others out there who don't have the same sense of good. Please take notice and be safe.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Board Meeting - July 7th @ 7pm
Next Meeting of the Board is to meet on Wednesday, July 7th @ 7pm at 29 Cornell Road.
Agenda : Approve and Submit Documentation, Design and Plans for lake stairs to EIC.
Agenda : Approve and Submit Documentation, Design and Plans for lake stairs to EIC.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Board Meeting Minutes - June 22nd
Minutes from Board Meeting held on June 22nd @ 7:30pm at 29 Cornell Road. Purpose was to continue and approve Stair design and documentation for permit processing.
Click Here : June 22nd Minutes
Click Here : June 22nd Minutes
Monday, June 21, 2010
COMMUNITY DAY
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!!
SATURDAY, JULY 31st @ 1pm
AT HUNTER INTERSECTION
Bring a dish to pass, your chair, your drinks!
Take the survey to the right to mark what you'll bring.
SATURDAY, JULY 31st @ 1pm
AT HUNTER INTERSECTION
Bring a dish to pass, your chair, your drinks!
Take the survey to the right to mark what you'll bring.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Stairs Phased Approach
Below is the link to view the Stairs Phased Approach that was discussed at the June 8th Board Meeting.
Mike Frisbie led the discussion on the phases and the outstanding work was divided among the board members to complete before regroup on June 22nd.
Read the phases here.
Mike Frisbie led the discussion on the phases and the outstanding work was divided among the board members to complete before regroup on June 22nd.
Read the phases here.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
June 8th Board Meeting Minutes
Use the Link above to read and review the Meeting Minutes from June 8th, 2010. Please also reference the Minutes Archive page to view past minutes.
SUMMER QUARTERLY MEETING
Tuesday nights quarterly meeting was held as planned. 10 persons were in attendance, including the 5 board members at 29 Cornell Road. Meeting minutes will be finalized within 7 days and distributed. Stay tuned for upcoming updates and notices on upcoming business.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
NEXT MEETING : TUESDAY, JUNE 8th 7:30pm
REMINDER : MARK YOUR CALENDAR
NEXT COMMUNITY MEETING
TUESDAY, JUNE 8th @ 7:30pm
29 CORNELL ROAD
NEXT COMMUNITY MEETING
TUESDAY, JUNE 8th @ 7:30pm
29 CORNELL ROAD
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Thank You
Thank you for attending the 2010 Cornell Hills Tax District Annual Meeting. Please take a moment to save this email address to your contacts.Email the Board anytime with questions, issues or items you'd like to bring to our attention and we will add it to our agenda for our next community meeting. You will receive automatic email updates in the future when our blog website is updated. Again, if you have any community information that you would like to share, or that could possibly be added to the Community Board by the mailboxes, please let us know.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
ANNUAL MEETING - TIME CHANGE to 7:30PM
TIME CHANGED to 7:30PM
FISH & GAME BUILDING
in front of PAL BUILDING
FISH & GAME BUILDING
in front of PAL BUILDING
Saturday, May 1, 2010
ANNUAL MEETING MAY 11th @ 7pm
Please come to the Cornell Hills Association Annual Community Meeting on May 11th @ 7.
Agenda: Vote on board members, boat slip and stair update, approve yearly budget.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Stair Access Cleanup
Join us on Saturday @ 9am to help clean up the stairs that give us access to the boat docks and lake.
Bring your rakes, wheelborrows, shovels, etc. Appreciate any help!
Bring your rakes, wheelborrows, shovels, etc. Appreciate any help!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Boat & Stairs Meeting - March 23, 2010
Meeting was called to order @ 7:45pm by President Joe Licari at his residence @ 29 Cornell Road. In attendance were 9 residents, including the President Joe Licari, VP Georgette Burns, Treasurer Ellen Blasi, Secretary Tom Rizzotti, and Boat Committee members George Mica, Mike Frisbee, Joan Thierault, and residents Nate Bradley & Matt Cuomo.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Dock Progress - The Lake Authority (LA) & Poets Landing (PL) are trying to remove Cornell Hills Association (CHA) lake rights due to the community not having evidence that connects our property directly to the lake. PL owns the strip of land below the 440 line which is allowed to be flooded by the lake based on property agreements between PL and the LA. CHA has always believed that we had rights to have our stairs to the landing to the 8 boat slips that has been in the water in previous years. The stairs are no longer in question and we can move forward with building them as City Hall states they are part of landscaping and are truly on our property. Only the docks are now in question.
2. Stair Assessment Review - Georgette wanted to remind everyone of the decision in the last CHA meeting in which it was voted and passed that if progress in building the stairs wasn't made by January 2010 that a refund should be made to the community to ensure trust and honesty among the decisions made in public forums. Ellen made a motion to send out a letter to all residents to inform them of the past actions of the board and boat committee in working with the Town, LA and PL to continue moving forward with the building of the stairs and landing. This initiative is still separate of the decision of whether boat docks will be present or not. All residents will be asked to answer a follow up vote that with known progress provided in the letter would you continue to vote for the building of the stairs. Majority count will prove decision of refund. The motion was passed with a return date of April 12. Votes to be counted on April 12th at the next Board Meeting.
3. Continued Progress - Mike Frisbee has continued to work with the city to understand what is approved. He has the plans to start construction but hadn't moved forward based on Joe Licari's request based on the issues we are having with LA and PL. To speed this process up, it has been requested by the LA that CHA to find any evidence proving the boat slips existed. Pictures, documents, boat registrations, deeds, letters from residents, etc are helpful. Please send any form of documentation to Mike Frisbee 21 Cornell Road. Hopes are to build a chronological timeline of when stairs, landing, boat slips were first built using references of oldest residents, pictures, and documentation. SAVE OUR DOCK RIGHTS. Board to canvas community and issue letter requesting any helpful documentation or pictures by 4/15. We would like to present our current findings before CHA at our next Community Meeting in May.
4. Reserve Funding - discussion opened to create and maintain a funding reserve to enable the community to continue updates to fixing issues without continually requesting residents for large assessments. Instead, take smaller allotments of money each month or quarter to build the reserve.
PRO - reserve fund will allow community to make repairs or enhancements with money already aside and waiting for approved vote. CON - residents may not be able to afford the extra charges on top of current assessments already being paid
Current example community is facing is the repair of the road and water leakages.
5. Water Issues - Since the City has denied CHA the update of water and sewer, discussion was opened on any ideas of how to pursue a fix. Constant repairs with constant assessments seemed to be a band-aid to the proble. Motion is made and passed to request independent bids from local contractors to understand the cost of updating and/or replacing the entire water system in the community. This will include the pavement of the entire road(s) when work is completed. Community believes that the city may not have found the best deal for the city sewer and water project we were proposed in 2009. Bids to be gathered over the next 4-6 weeks to be reviewed by next Board meeting or Community Meeting in May.
Meeting adjorned @ 8:50pm.
NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, APRIL 12th @ 7:30pm.
PLEASE WATCH FOR POSTINGS.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Dock Progress - The Lake Authority (LA) & Poets Landing (PL) are trying to remove Cornell Hills Association (CHA) lake rights due to the community not having evidence that connects our property directly to the lake. PL owns the strip of land below the 440 line which is allowed to be flooded by the lake based on property agreements between PL and the LA. CHA has always believed that we had rights to have our stairs to the landing to the 8 boat slips that has been in the water in previous years. The stairs are no longer in question and we can move forward with building them as City Hall states they are part of landscaping and are truly on our property. Only the docks are now in question.
2. Stair Assessment Review - Georgette wanted to remind everyone of the decision in the last CHA meeting in which it was voted and passed that if progress in building the stairs wasn't made by January 2010 that a refund should be made to the community to ensure trust and honesty among the decisions made in public forums. Ellen made a motion to send out a letter to all residents to inform them of the past actions of the board and boat committee in working with the Town, LA and PL to continue moving forward with the building of the stairs and landing. This initiative is still separate of the decision of whether boat docks will be present or not. All residents will be asked to answer a follow up vote that with known progress provided in the letter would you continue to vote for the building of the stairs. Majority count will prove decision of refund. The motion was passed with a return date of April 12. Votes to be counted on April 12th at the next Board Meeting.
3. Continued Progress - Mike Frisbee has continued to work with the city to understand what is approved. He has the plans to start construction but hadn't moved forward based on Joe Licari's request based on the issues we are having with LA and PL. To speed this process up, it has been requested by the LA that CHA to find any evidence proving the boat slips existed. Pictures, documents, boat registrations, deeds, letters from residents, etc are helpful. Please send any form of documentation to Mike Frisbee 21 Cornell Road. Hopes are to build a chronological timeline of when stairs, landing, boat slips were first built using references of oldest residents, pictures, and documentation. SAVE OUR DOCK RIGHTS. Board to canvas community and issue letter requesting any helpful documentation or pictures by 4/15. We would like to present our current findings before CHA at our next Community Meeting in May.
4. Reserve Funding - discussion opened to create and maintain a funding reserve to enable the community to continue updates to fixing issues without continually requesting residents for large assessments. Instead, take smaller allotments of money each month or quarter to build the reserve.
PRO - reserve fund will allow community to make repairs or enhancements with money already aside and waiting for approved vote. CON - residents may not be able to afford the extra charges on top of current assessments already being paid
Current example community is facing is the repair of the road and water leakages.
5. Water Issues - Since the City has denied CHA the update of water and sewer, discussion was opened on any ideas of how to pursue a fix. Constant repairs with constant assessments seemed to be a band-aid to the proble. Motion is made and passed to request independent bids from local contractors to understand the cost of updating and/or replacing the entire water system in the community. This will include the pavement of the entire road(s) when work is completed. Community believes that the city may not have found the best deal for the city sewer and water project we were proposed in 2009. Bids to be gathered over the next 4-6 weeks to be reviewed by next Board meeting or Community Meeting in May.
Meeting adjorned @ 8:50pm.
NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, APRIL 12th @ 7:30pm.
PLEASE WATCH FOR POSTINGS.
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