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Danbury Environmental Impact Commission tables three regulated-activity applications, discusses shoreline violation
Summary
At its June 11 meeting, the Danbury Environmental Impact Commission voted to table three regulated-activity applications at the applicants' requests, reviewed a new shoreline 'Pago' violation reported near a lake, heard a working-group update on draft regulations that referenced Danbury wording, and approved planting a memorial tree for former chair Bernie Gallo.
The Danbury Environmental Impact Commission met on Wednesday, June 11, and voted to table three regulated-activity applications that had been continued at the petitioners' requests. The commission also discussed a newly recorded shoreline violation described in the transcript as a "Pago claim," reviewed progress by a working group revising draft regulations, and approved planting a tree to honor former commission chair Bernie Gallo.
The commission began with roll call and then approved the minutes from its May 28 meeting by voice vote after a motion and second were recorded. The body announced its next meeting will be held June 25.
Votes at a glance: all tabling motions approved by voice vote (exact tallies not specified in the transcript). - Regulated activity 1241128, Great Plain Road — Motion to table at petitioner’s request (moved by Mark Masood; second recorded). Outcome: tabled. - Regulated activity 123615, A Mountainville Road — Motion to table at applicant’s request (moved by a committee member). Outcome: tabled. - Regulated activity 12375, referenced in the transcript as Terry/Terrawala Wyler Lake Road — Motion to table at petitioner’s request (moved and seconded). Outcome: tabled. (Transcript contains inconsistent spellings of this road name.)
The commission noted there were no administrative approvals to process at this meeting. On administrative violations, a commissioner described a new "Pago claim" as "right on the water" with material "sloughing down towards the lake," and said the matter had been entered into the office record. No formal enforcement vote or next-step timeline for that violation was recorded in the transcript.
On regulatory drafting, a working-group member reported the group had met to compare the preamble and first sections of the standard regulations with a model regulation. The speaker said the group identified wording and definition differences, and in several places "the Danbury wording seems to be better." The group plans to meet again the following Monday at "04:00" in the clinic office to review two more sections; the transcript does not specify whether that meeting time is a.m. or p.m.
Finally, the commission approved a motion to plant a tree next week in honor of Bernie Gallo, described in the meeting as a former chair of the commission and a long-time public servant from Danbury.
The meeting closed after routine procedural matters. The next scheduled meeting was announced for June 25.
