Cavendish Update 8/16/24: SB Mtg/News/Events
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8/16/24
1. Cavendish Select Board Meeting 8/12/24
2. Cavendish Related News
3. Events Calendar
1. CAVENDISH SELECT BOARD MTG 8/12/24: The video of Monday night’s Select Board (SB) meeting is now available at the Okemo Valley Website. Minutes from the SB meeting are posted to the town’s website.
Approved by the Select Board
• Letter supporting Steve Green applying for funding to establish affordable housing at 2588 Route 103, the former site of Smokin’ Bowls. He is working with Windham/Windsor Housing Trust and Springfield Supportive Housing to create 6-8 one bedroom units. Given the location, the property will need to conform to the town’s hazardous flood mitigation regs. This project is still in the beginning stages with many details still undecided.
• One day liquor license to Singleton’s for an upcoming event
• Town manager Rick Chambers will send a letter to the property owner of 1323 Main St (Route 131) inquiring about plans for a building that is viewed as dangerous. The letter will include a copy of the town’s “dangerous building ordinance.”
• Chambers to send a letter to the property owner regarding the need to stop blocking the right of way to the Proctor Cemetery, located off route 131 in Proctorsville.
Discussed
• Culvert Study: Dartmouth Students presented information about the culvert survey and cleaning project they have been doing in Cavendish since May. Their handouts- Executive Guide to Cavendish Drainage Site Surveying and Culvert Blockage Map are included in PDF format. The Executive Summary provides access to the survey and findings. Note that a webpage is being planned to help Cavendish property owners in checking and reporting culverts.
• Dangerous Building: Located at 236 and 246 Depot Street, the property owners responded to the letter sent to them by Chambers. There appears to be some work taking place. The building needs to be removed by Sept. 15.
• Flood Resilience Study: The town is applying for funding as FEMA will not be covering this project cost for the town. The cost is about $140,000.
• FEMA: Reimbursement has been slow but it’s getting there.
• Road Behind Murdock’s: In mid-September, the road will be marked out.
• Paving: There was a cost overrun of $15,000 on Twenty Mile Stream as the road needed a new base. Edging is still needed on Whitesville Rd.
• Federal Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (DR 4720): The town is preparing a grant for the $90 million available to VT municipalities to implement hazardous mitigation measures to harden infrastructure against future flood losses and for voluntary buyouts of homes in floodplains. This grant requires no match from the town. The pre application forms are due by Aug. 30.
2. CAVENDISH RELATED NEWS
• Water Testing Results: Water quality results for bacteria levels are again looking nice at all our swimming holes on the Black River - 20' Hole was skipped this week, but the rest all came in looking nice from Wednesday morning's sample. Thank you to all our supporters and volunteers! Just two more weeks of sampling for the season. As always you can check out the results here, for info on swimming holes around the CT River watershed.
• Belle McKnight: Belle S. McKnight of Proctorsville, Vermont, passed away peacefully at Springfield Hospital on Wednesday, August 7 at the age of 89.
• Ludlow Dental Moving to Chester: Effective Sept. 3, all patients of Ludlow Dental Center will be seen at Chester Dental Center, at 55 Route 11 West. The trial period of combined operations from June-November 2023 demonstrated that merging services allows for streamlined operations, cost savings and improved delivery of dental care, according to North Star Health, which says it will maintain the same capacity to serve dental patients, ensuring that appointment availability and services will not be reduced. Chester Telegraph
• No surprises in primary races for state Senate, House: Primary election results, while predictable in many cases, set the ballot for state and local races in the Tuesday Nov. 5 election, which will include a much-contested presidential contest. In the race for three Senate seats representing Windsor County, Democrats tapped incumbents Rebecca White of Harford (4,226 votes) and Alison Clarkson of Woodstock (4,123) as well as newcomer Joe Major of Hartford (3,268) to face Republicans Jack Williams of Weathersfield (1,341), Andrea Murray, also of Weathersfield (1,336) and Jonathan Gleason of Ludlow (1,135.) Not making the cut were newcomer Democratic candidates Marc Nemeth of Royalton and Justin Tuthill of Pomfret. Major had been favored by both Clarkson and White. Also, Republican newscomer Robert Ruhlin of Cavendish failed to make the primary cut. The Windsor-2 House district (Cavendish and Weathersfield) will see a race between Democrat Mark Yuengling of Perkinsville who picked up 219 primary votes and V.L. Coffin of Cavendish who took 236 votes in the Republican primary. Chester Telegraph
• The Fillebrown family of Baltimore and Cavendish
• Vt. regulator says health insurance rate hike highlights need for fundamental reform: Health insurance rates are on the rise for thousands of Vermonters after state regulators earlier this week approved a rate hike for the state’s two major carriers. Officials say the double-digit increase should be a wake-up call for fundamental reforms in the health care system. WCAX
3. EVENTS
AUGUST 17 (SATURDAY): Singleton’s Car-BBQ, Antique car show, 11-3 rain or shine. 356 Main St. Proctorsville.
AUGUST 28 (WEDNESDAY): 1st Day of School
SEPTEMBER 2 (MONDAY): Labor Day. Town Office Closed
SEPTEMBER 14 (SATURDAY): Vermont Golden Honey Festival at the Golden Stage Inn. 10-4 FMI: Honey Festival Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/VTgoldenhoneyfestival/
