Present: First Selectman Woody Bliss; Selectman W. Glenn Major; Selectwoman Gayle Weinstein; Assistant Town Administrator Rick Darling; Administrative Assistant Judy DeVito, Residents and member of the press.

Mr. Bliss called the meeting to order at 7:33pm

Gayle Weinstein made a motion to discuss the item and Mr. Bliss seconded. Ms. Weinstein said she would like to push the discussion off for two weeks since she did not know either one of them. She would like an opportunity to have a discussion with them and get up to speed. The item was tabled to the next meeting.

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Mr. Major asked if this was the grant that we have been receiving annually and we have been using to preserve the Town minutes. Ms. Anastasia said that there were two pieces of equipment in this grant, a printer and a vitals cabinet and the rest of the money goes towards converting some of the minutes.

Mr. Major made a motion to authorize the First Selectman to execute a Certified Resolution, Nondiscrimination Certification and Grant Contract submitted by the State of Connecticut, Connecticut State Library in connection with the $7,000 Historic Document Preservation Grant. Ms. Weinstein seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

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Mr. Major said since this is an ordinance there would have to be a public hearing and then a subsequent meeting for the Selectmen if they choose to do an ordinance. Ms. Weinstein asked why it was deferred for 14 years and the answer was because it is state statute. Ms. Weinstein said in the current Abatement and Deferral Programs that $400,000 is the state maximum for the house value threshold and she wanted to make sure there was not a threshold for this program.

Mr. Major said it would be prudent to go to Town counsel to make sure that what is being proposed does in fact meet the requirement. He said he would be like to see if you use the last ten years of tax increases and played that out ten years going forward, what the numbers would be, and what would be the amount that the Town would be deferring. Mr. Bliss said we need a review by Town attorney, and data as Mr. Major had asked for. This should be discussed at the next meeting. Then we should do a public hearing.

Margaret Wirtenberg asked if they would consult with Board of Finance before they went to public hearing with it. Mr. Bliss said that that was not the process. The Board of Selectmen reviews these things and does them through ordinances.

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Mr. Machson asked that we do a better job of publishing the meetings. Margaret Wirtenberg said that the agendas are usually on the website About Weston. There was discussion about getting it on channel 79 on the night before the meeting.

Mr. Major made a motion to approve the Board of Selectmen’s minutes of October 4, 2007 as submitted. Mr. Bliss seconded and the motion passed Mr. Major, Mr. Bliss yes, Ms. Weinstein abstained.

Mr. Major made a motion to approve the Board of Selectmen’s minutes of November 1, 2007 as submitted. Mr. Bliss seconded and the motion passed Mr. Major, Mr. Bliss yes, Ms. Weinstein abstained.

Mr. Major made a motion to add discussion regarding the Lachat property to the agenda. Ms. Weinstein seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

Mr. Major said that Steve Patton had called him before he wrote to him and asked that he meet with him yesterday, which he did. He said although the Nature Conservancy was not in a position to set out exactly what there best plans would be, Mr. Patton indicated that the Conservancy is very willing to talk with the Town along the lines of the proposal that we sent to the Conservancy, which they had earlier rejected. There are elements that had been proposed to them such as the meeting room which they are actually prepared to forego which actually brings the project into a much smaller scale. Mr. Major said the information that we received from the public meeting was actually more in accordance with what the Town is looking for.

Mr. Major said he would like to reconvene the Select Committee that the Selectmen had established and sit down with Mr. Patton and get from him specifics on what the Nature Conservancy is prepared to do. The Select Committee should create a proper narrative and make that available to the public we could then call a public hearing so those ideas can be discussed and then take forward, if appropriate.

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Mr. Major said we have had an issue with what to do with the house. The Nature Conservancy is prepared to 1. Make it into their offices 2. Make that the entrance to the gateway to the preserve. 3. Build the walking trails that need to be built from Lachat into the preserve and 4. Close off the pent road as the main access. The general consensus was in keeping with what they had discussed.

Mr. Major made a motion that the Select Lachat Advisory Committee be reestablished, have the necessary meetings with Steve Patton and then call a public meeting to discuss moving forward. Ms Weinstein seconded and the motioned passed unanimously.

At 8:23pm Mr. Major made a motion to enter into executive session. Ms. Weinstein seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

ATTENDANCE and DISCUSSION: The meeting was convened at 8:25 pm in Mr. Bliss’s office by Chairman Bliss, with members Mr. Major and Ms. Weinstein present. Also present were Assistant Town Administrator Rick Darling and School Building Committee member Don Gary. The purpose of the executive session was to discuss the Losito Claim.

At 8:47pm Mr. Bliss reopened the meeting. Mr. Major made a motion to settle the Losito Electrical Contractors litigation claim at $125,000 with regard to the School Construction Project. Mr. Bliss seconded and the motion passed Mr. Major, Mr. Bliss yes, Ms. Weinstein abstained.

Respectfully submitted

Judy M. DeVito

Administrative Assistant

Approved 12/04/07