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Milford inland-wetlands staff report: May 7 meeting canceled for hurricane workshop; MS4 report filed
Summary
Agency staff told commissioners on April 2 that the May 7 meeting is canceled so members can attend a hurricane awareness workshop; staff also reported the municipal stormwater MS4 report was submitted, project updates and upcoming training opportunities.
At the April 2 meeting staff reported scheduling changes, training opportunities and project updates for the Milford Inland Wetlands Agency.
Mary Rose, agency staff, said the May 7 meeting is canceled so commissioners and citizens can attend a hurricane awareness workshop hosted by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Jonathan Law High School; the workshop is scheduled from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Staff provided a registration link in meeting notes and said attendance without registration appeared possible but organizers asked for a head count.
Rose also reported additional training opportunities, including a Saturday in-person CLEAR training at the Middlesex Extension Center and other programs related to floodplain/hazard mitigation. She said the municipal stormwater sewer system (MS4) report was submitted to DEP earlier in the week and that staff hopes to meet with the ISO representative soon to finalize a CRS program grade and possibly increase citizen discounts.
On local projects, staff noted items in active review: 8 Willem Court, Wheelers Farms Road 523 (pending an easement), Subway at 305 (preparing to start plantings), and 34 Pearl Street (erosion-control issue corrected). Rose said several pre-application meetings are scheduled and that applicants were informed about scheduling delays because of the canceled meeting.
Staff and commissioners also discussed a website transition that temporarily produced 404 errors for some pages, including the commissioner synopsis page; staff and IT will continue debugging and updating links.
Why this matters: The cancellation shifts agency business and sets near-term training and public education opportunities; the MS4 submission is a regulatory milestone for municipal stormwater obligations.
No formal action was required for the staff report items; commissioners noted attendance intent for the workshop and training options.
