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                                                                                                                                        November 2002 

 

                    Sea To The Green      

    An Update of the East Avenue Neighborhood Association ______________________________________________________________________

Last meeting: EANA Events Committee will meet on Monday, October 7 at 7 PM at 52 First Street.  Regular monthly EANA meeting will be on Sunday, October 27 at 3 PM at 20 Raymond Terrace

Attendees: Oct 7: Laurel Lindstrom, Tony Rossi, Rich Brousseau, Lazaro Tovar.  Oct 27: Laurel Lindstrom (President), Tony Rossi (Raymond Terrace), Chuck Breu (Raymond Terrace), Shelley Hunihan (Raymond Terrace)

Actions update since September 22 meeting

bullet'Sea To The Green' EANA Autumn newsletter finished on September 23
bulletLimited distribution of Autumn newsletter started on Sept. 25
bulletCity Scan of the area of the Green, coordinated by EANA, was conducted on Sept. 26. Marija Bryant of Morgan Avenue assisted EANA president (Laurel Lindstrom) and the City Scan Coordinator (Laurel Anderson) with the scan.
bulletEANA members participated in annual Raymond Terrace Block Party that took place on Saturday, September 28.  Good food and good conversation with neighbors. Once again a successful event.
bulletMayor's Neighborhood Preservation Committee monthly meeting took place on October 2 at 10:00 AM at City Hall.  EANA president provided an update of City Scan activities conducted by EANA.
bulletOwner of 89B Strawberry Hill Avenue received a 'cease and desist' from the City's Zoning Department. The owner has filed an appeal. EANA is following.
bulletZoning Board of Appeals has public hearing scheduled Nov. 7 at 7:30 PM re 89B Strawberry Hill Avenue.
bulletEANA president in attendance at Planning Commission meeting on Oct. 8 when it discussed issue of resubmitting the East Avenue Village District designation possibility to public hearing again.  The vote decided that the Commission would start the process over and allow public hearings to be scheduled so that the newly appointed commission members could hear the information and make a decision re approving the designation.  There will be 2 public hearings.  The first one is tentatively scheduled for Nov. 12
bulletRe-scan by City Scan of First St. done on Oct. 9 to document progress made by the city. EANA involved in re-scan activity. Reporter and photographer from the Advocate present.
bulletAdvocate article appeared on front page of Sunday edition on Oct. 13 discussing City Scan and profiling the rescan on First Street that was initiated by EANA
bulletEast Avenue Village District public hearing is on Oct. 29 at 7:30 PM at City Hall in Room A300
bulletZBA public hearing on 89B Strawberry Hill Avenue has been rescheduled to Nov. 21 at 7:30 PM at City Hall
bulletEANA participated in the very successful Pumpkin Festival on Sunday, Oct. 20 on the Norwalk Green organized by the Police Athletic League. EANA was responsible for the pumpkin decorating event and contest. EANA members Laurel Lindstrom and Josephine Martuccio worked hard and had a fun time at the festival

Key items discussed at October 7 meeting

bulletPlanning for a holiday event brought out many good ideas from those attending. Assignments accepted by committee members to follow-up on specific information needed.

Key items discussed at October 27 meeting

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1.  Village District public hearing Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 7:30 PM at City Hall

2.  City Scan

     a) Pleasant St. area on Wednesday, Oct 30 from 10 AM to 12 Noon

     b) Andrews Field/ NHS area

3.  ‘State of the Harbor’ annual meeting Wed, Oct 30 at 7:30 PM at City Hall

4.  Zoning items update

     a) 195 East Avenue construction

     b)  Cars for sale on East Ave. at Olmstead

     c)  Norden Place zoning change requested by owner to allow educational facilities.  Recent article in Hour

     d) 89B Strawberry Hill Ave. Public Hearing Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 PM at City Hall

     e) Others?

5.  East Norwalk library update

     a)  Status of request for EANA to hold meetings/events at library

     b)  Renovations and grant money.  Recent article in Advocate

6.  Rent-A-Cop issue

7.  Motorcycles in East Norwalk

8.  Speed Bump update

9.  EANA participation in Police Activities League (PAL) 1st Annual Pumpkin Festival on Oct. 20

10. EANA Holiday Event update

11. Advocates for Calm Traffic (ACT) and EANA

12. Norwalk Tree Alliance (NTA)/Clean & Green

13. 501C3?

14. Newsletter update

15. Other: Vehicles, reckless drivers on Rte 7

Next meeting:  Sunday, November 24 at 3:30 PM at 20 Raymond Terrace

Contact numbers:

Phone: 855-7668                                                                                     

E-mail: SeaToTheGreen@cs.com                         

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