Town meeting Nov. 12 to vote on land transfer for Undermountan housing project

SALISBURY — There will be a town meeting Tuesday, Nov. 12 (hybrid) at 7 p.m.

The most significant item on the agenda is to vote on turning over the town-owned property on Undermountain Road slated for two affordable housing homes to the Salisbury Housing Trust, along with an easement “in favor of the Town for maintenance and access to the western portion of the property.”

Also on the agenda: Change an existing ordinance to reflect that the cost of hooking up a property to the town’s sewer system is $5000; Transfer from the town’s undesignated surplus up to $200,000 to fund (a) additional remediation costs at the town’s former Transfer Station, (b) funding for Twin Lakes Association for control of invasive species, and (c) the purchase of two sidewalk tractors; “To act upon the proposed grant by the town to James H. Cohan and Jane S. Cohan of an easement over an area lying contiguous to the easterly boundary of lands of James H. Cohan and Jane S. Cohan located at 331 Housatonic River Road for the purposes of maintaining, repairing and replacing a stone retaining wall, fill and plantings and other improvements”; and to authorize the town to enter into an agreement with the State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) for a grant to the Town in the amount of up to $50,000 for the purpose of funding the town’s Railroad Street Multi Modal Pathway and Design project.