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Date Posted: Fri. Nov 17, 2006 9:13 pm
Author: confused
Subject: Re: Regional #7 Land Deal
In reply to: Dan Jerram 's message, "Regional #7 Land Deal" on Fri. Nov 17, 2006 10:18 am

I agree with all the above comments. Mr. Jerram I am not sure why we are even talking about this, since when does a school board buy property? Put aside the contamintion, that once uncovered could be a HUGE Pandora's Box, but how can you justify to the taxpayers of New Hartford, for us to pony up our money to buy land in another town? Our tax dollars should be used in New Hartford not Barkhamsted. I am sure Barkhamsted is all for this, having some suckers ready to buy contaminated land, but please Dan, don't let us be those suckers. And from what I am hearing in town, this has no chance in passing, so please put your energies into keeping the school in great shape and fiscally sound.

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[> [> Re: Regional #7 Land Deal -- Dan Jerram,, Sat. Nov 18, 2006 2:54 pm [1]

My posting of the previous article was not mean't as an advertisement/promotion of this land deal. I simply wanted to keep our New Hartford voters, parents, and taxpayers alike aware of whats happening on this important issue.

I appreciate all of your feedback and will take those comments to the full Board at our next meeting.

For those of you who have not followed the entirety of this situation, I was on the Board when the concept of purchasing "some" of this land was originally debated. I supported researching the possibility of buying some of this land along the eastern border of the school (in the location of the old R7 sign and the rock) to expand the districts parking lot (what I consider our most pressing need). I actually met with the owner personally, several times.

When I left the R#7 BOE in December 2005, the negotiations had ended, and I thought this deal was dead because his price was too high.

When I returned to the Board a couple of months ago (through a special election to fill Jean LeFave's vacated seat), it's common knowledge that the BOE in my absence had reached an agreement to buy all of the land for $1,100,000.

Since returning to the BOE, I have tried to let common sense prevail...a task that continues to this day.

The BOE expended money on an inital site review (called a Phase I)....which indicated the site has some levels of contamination. The Board requested that the owner fund a study to quantify what is actually on the site. The owner declined.

The article is somewhat misleading in that while the BOE Chair (Thomson) indicates that the BOE needs more information to proceed with this proposal, it implies that the BOE will fund the study (roughly $15,000). This is not the case! At the BOE's prior meeting the BOE agreed that it would provide no more funding...period.

Thanks again for the thoughts and I'll continue to keep you informed on this issue as new information becomes available.

Dan

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