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Resident urges officials to reassess police training facility site near Bates Trail homes
Summary
Business owner Jessica DePaul told the town hall that the new Fairview police training facility is being built directly in front of a neighbor’s home on Bates Trail and that residents were not given a chance to influence the location because zoning was already set; she urged officials to inspect the site and review the process, noting construction had already begun.
Jessica DePaul, who said she runs a business in Fairview, told the town hall she sold a friend his first home in 2021 and that he recently discovered the police training facility is being built near his house on Bates Trail. "I'm definitely super concerned about the location we chose," she said, pointing to single-lane Bates Trail, nearby Danbury and Lisbon streets, houses on three sides of the site and an inactive railroad track on the fourth side.
DePaul told officials residents had limited input because the parcel had community-facility zoning, and said she worried the board moved quickly on the location; she urged council members to visit the site in person. The Moderator and other participants said they would look into past discussions about horizontal development assistance from the National Guard and whether that agreement had been pursued or dropped; one speaker recalled the National Guard had been discussed as a potential partner for the dirt work in 2021 but that records or follow-up were not immediately available.
No formal action or vote was recorded at the town hall; residents asked staff and officials to check zoning and the project record and to report back on whether the National Guard arrangement or other cost-saving options had been pursued.
