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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFerry Lane o 0-le sau. V&U&ot w� 1540 SULLIVAN AVENUE • SOUTH WINDSOR. CONN. 06074 R•co AREA CODE 203/644-2511 February 6, 1992 Mrs . Debra Diane MacDonald Burnham 1909 Main Street South Windsor, CT 06074 Re: Ferry Lane Culvert Replacement Dear Mrs . Burnham: We have tried several times to reach you by telephone to discuss a project that the Town of South Windsor is proposing to undertake. The Town is proposing to replace the existing pipes under Ferry Road, located approximately 1, 000 feet from Main Street. These pipes have deteriorated and need to be replaced before a problem occurs . In order to proceed with this work, the Town will need to obtain an easement from you, the land owner. We have enclosed two ( 2) copies of our standard easement forms for you to execute. Please execute both copies of the easement and return them to me for final execution. I will forward one copy to you once the easement has been fully executed. The plan attached to the easement document as Exhibit A shows the extent of the proposed work. If you wish, we can meet with you to discuss the proposed work in detail. We anticipate that the construction will take place this summer and the duration of activities should take less than one (1) week. If you have any questions, would like additional information, or wish to make an appointment to discuss this project, please call me at 644-2511, Ext. 245 . Very truly yours, J r7E ' Iazz t a P.E. T neer JCl/jsv cc: Michael J. Gantick, Director of Public Works A. . Bowen Davies, Deputy Town Engineer John McCahill, Zoning/Wetlands Enforcement Officer i 404114 $f�< NDSOR y 1540 SULLIVAN AVENUE SOUT AREA CODEi203/6442511N 06074 SOR•CO��� February 6 , 1992 Mrs . Carol R. Birden 1892 Main Street South Windsor, CT 06074 Re: Ferry Lane Culvert Replacement Dear Mrs . Birden: to replace the storm The Town of South Windsor is propory Road, located approximately drainage existing pipes under Ferry 1,000 feet from Main Street. These pipes have deteriorated and need to be replaced before a problem occurs . As I indicated in our conversation, in order to proceed with this work the Town will need to obtain an easement from you, the land owner of our standard easement . We have enclosed two ( 2) copies forms for you to execute. Please return both to once me for final the easement execution. I will return one Ianorigattachedinal to yto the easement has been fully executed. The p osed work. document. as Exhibit A shows the extent of the prop we can meet with you to discuss the proposed work in If you wish, lace this detail . We anticipate thofta the ivitiesrshould take less than one summer and the duration (1) week. questions, would like additional information, or If you have any q project, please call wish to make an appointment to discuss this me at 644-2511, Ext. 245 . ;To truly yours , y C. Iaz e , P .E. En nest JCl/jsv cc: Michael J. Gantick, Director of Public Works A. Bowen Davies , Deputy Town Engineer John McCahill, Zoning/Wetlands Enforcement Officer �SOwN S�r,� U 1540 SULLIVAN AVENUE SOUTH WINDSOR. CONN. 06074 ��dsoR.CO AREA CODE 203/644-2511 February 10, 1992 Mr. Robert E. Raymond 311 E. Morse Boulevard #2-2 Winter Park, Florida 32729 Re: Ferry Lane Culvert Replacement Dear Mr. Raymond: We have tried several times to reach you by telephone to discuss a project that the Town of South Windsor is proposing to undertake. The Town is proposing to replace the existing pipes under Ferry Road, located approximately 1, 000 feet from Main Street. These pipes have deteriorated and need to be replaced before a problem occurs . In order to proceed with this work, the Town will need to obtain an easement from you, the land owner. We have enclosed two ( 2) copies of our standard easement forms for you to execute. Please execute both copies of the easement and return them to me for final execution. I will forward one copy to you once the easement has been fully executed. The plan attached to the easement document as Exhibit A shows the extent of the proposed work. If you wish, we can meet with you to discuss the proposed work in detail . We anticipate that the construction will take place this summer and the duration of activities should take less than one ( 1 ) week. If you have any questions, would like additional information, or wish to make an appointment to discuss this project, please call me at 644-2511, Ext. 245 . Very truly yours, e-r y C Iazze P. E. jE gi eer JCl/jsv Enclosures cc: Michael J. Gantick, Director of Public Works A. Bowen Davies, Deputy Town Engineer John McCahill, Zoning/Wetlands Enforcement Officer 61 -cam- ATLANTIC ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC. engineers geologists January 7, 1992 scientists Mr. Michael Gantick Director of Public Works Town of South Windsor 1540 Sullivan Avenue South Windsor, Connecticut 06074 RE: EPRI Pole Study Atlantic Project No.: 1309-02-100 Dear Mr. Gantick: Northeast Utilities has given us permission and provided assistance in conducting a study for the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in Palo Alto, California. The research being conducted deals primarily with utility poles. Part of the study includes retrieval of soil samples from around utility poles. We have identified a pole on Ferry Road in South Windsor for potential use in this study. It is approximately 900 feet west of the intersection of Main Street and Ferry Road. It is CL&P pole #25982. Retrieval of samples will take place with a small hand auger and come from depths no greater than ten feet. This will be the third pole in a nationwide study of over 200 poles. The study is expected to take more than two years to complete. I have already placed a request with the Connecticut "Call-Before-You-Dig" service for inspection of possible underground utilities. I expect clearance by the morning of Friday, January 10, 1992. My contact at Northeast Utilities is Rick White. He is an engineer with Construction, Test and Maintenance. His number is 665-6616. I am awaiting a bit of information from him regarding the pole. Assuming clearance from "Call-Before-You-Dig" and appropriate information from Mr. White,we will begin our work on the morning of January 13, 1992. I expect that we will finish the following morning. Please call me if you have any questions or concerns. Sincerely, ATLANTIC ENVIRONMENTAL Y ,�► E0 ra SERVICES, INC. R�cE`u `...� otso e Z bn`vI° nvironmental Scientist Da^' JZ:clh P.O. BOX 297 188 NORWICH AVENUE COLCHESTER,CONNECTICUT 06415 (203)537-0751 FAX(203)537-6347 ` TC. 'iti'' UT SOUTH NVINDS 11 TOWN HALL SOUTH WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT 06074 j-„►f 1 June 11, 1968 )EPARTNIENT OF Mr. Terry V. Sprenkel Town Manager Town Hall So. Windsor, Conn. Dear Terry: This is in reply to your letter of .May 31, 1968 in reference to public road6 and private rights of way running west from Main Street to the Connecticut River. I spent a full day on the land records in East Windsor (including those in the State Library) and have also done some research in the South Windsor land records. In addition, I have talked with lawyers in the State Highway Department, and with various citizens of thextown who have done research on this problem, including Mrs. Hildreth Raymond, Mr. Joseph Vibert, Mrs. B.O. Pelton, and .Ir. Harry Odlum. Without attempting to relate in detail all of the source material on which I am relying, I will say that I am satisfied that the following are town roads from Main Street to the River: 1. The road at E. Windsor Hill, now known as Sperry Road. 2. The road at Station 31, now known as Vibert Road. 3. The road just North of Mr. Carney's house, commonly referred to as Strong Road. Map #33 in Drawer 3 of South Windsor Land Records shows that in 1803, Sperry and Strong existed as town roads. All three roads are shown as town roads on maps contained in an Atlas pub— lished in 1869, which is on file in the Windsor Town Clerk's office,' entitled "Atlas of Hartford City and County, prepared by actual survey by Baker and Tilden." Mr. Terry V. Sprenkel 2. June 11, 1968 The above three roads are also shown in a second Atlas (Circa 1900-1910) on file in the Windsor Town Clerk's office, entitled "Atlas of Hartford County and parts of New Haven, Middlesex and Litchfield Counties." In the maze of old land records of the Town of Windsor, I was unable to locate the survey and grant of Sperry Road, but as this has been an improved town road for many years and for at least two centuries has been essential as a connector between Main Street and the ferry from Windsor, I think it safe to assume it is a public town road. The original surveys and grants of Strong Road and Vibert Road are filed in the Windsor land records at the State Library, Volume 7, pages 139 and 140 and in the East Windsor land records at Volume 12, page 244. The only other road west of Main Street which may, in whole or in part, be a *town road is- the one at Station 31, known as King Street. The 1.869 Atlas referred to above shows this as a short road running west from Main Street as far as a house on said King Street located only a short distance from Main Street. Presumably the house on the old map is the one that was in recent years located just west of Mr. Odlum's house and which, I understand, has burned in recent years. On the other hand, the other Atlas (the one of 1900-1910) .referred to above shows this road as running from Main Street all the way to the river. The fact that King Street is shown on these old Atlases does not establish, as a matter of law, that it is or ever :�aas a town road. But it does, perhaps, give the adjacent property owners some "basis in history for claiming that the town should not now raise technical objections to recognizing the road as a town road, and that if there are any flaws in its legal status as a town road, these flaws should now be corrected by action of the Town Council. From the forgoing observations, I offer the following recommendations: 1. The Town Council should start from the premise that there are at present only three- legally established town roads west of Main Street, and that each of the three roads runs from Main Street to the river. These roads are Sperry Road, Strong Road and Vibert Road. 2. The town should take the necessary action to lay out and acquire King Street as a public town road from Main Street to the river pursuant to Section 13a-61 of the General Statutes. Some will probably argue that this is now a town road, but unless they can produce deeds to the town or a vote at a town meeting accepting the road, I believe the Council should proceed on the basis that this is not now a town road but should be one. Mr. Terry V. Sprenkel 3. June 11, 1968 3. Newberry Road, and possibly other similar paths west of Main Street, could, if desired, be established as town roads from Main Street, some specified distance west toward the river, all in accordance with the above section 13a-61. 4. After having established which, if any, roads other than Sperry, Strong and Vibert are to be town roads hereafter, and after having taken the necessary steps to- lay out and establish the same as town roads, a map should be prepared of all roads west of Main Street, and the Town Council should then, by ordinance, declare that the same constitute all of the town roads west of Main Street. 5. Finally, by ordinance, the town should regulate the use of these town roads, establish means of notifying the public of such regulations and provide punishment for violations. It may, for example, be decided that some or all of these roads should be closed, except to abutting property owners one hour after sunset each day. Possibly the Town Council will want to appoint a committee of Main Street residents to study and report back to the Council on this problem. The committee might, for example, be asked to make recommendations as to whether or not Strong Road should be retained, in whole or in part, as a town road; whether or not King Street should be established, in whole or in part, as a town road; whether or not Newberry Rogd or other similar ways should be established�in whole or in part, as town roads. In addition, the committee might be asked to make recommendations as to control and use of each of the town roads. In any case, I would think that steps to control the dust problem on Strong Road near Main Street should be taken without dalay. Yours truly, L � Daniel P. Cavanaugh DPC:nf cc: Mayor Fitts