2009 Event Calendar   
 Jan      Feb      Mar      Apr      May      June      July      Aug      Sept      Oct      Nov      Dec

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February 22

Calendar-setting Get-together

 

 

 

We'll set the Kenyon Social calendar over soup and wine.

Sunday 5 - 7 PM
RSVP:  Victoria

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April 18

Progressive Dinner

  

Flyer 
See pics!

6:00 p.m. appetizer - Toni's at 96
        
7:15 p.m. dinner - Victoria's at 70
         
8:30 p.m. dessert - Sue & Mik's 
                              at 41

Bring an entrée to serve 8. 
RSVP to Victoria by April 15  

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April 25
-Sept.

Garden Walks

 

Bring your coffee - meet on my porch.

Usually starts at Carolyn's on Sat.

Dates: Sat: 
9:00-10:30

Garden Walks Page
Tree Care Advice  

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June 26 

Buying at the West End Farmer's Market

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July 

Movie Night

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August 

5:00 - 6:30 PM

Brass Concert 
and
Ice Cream Social

 

Download poster 

Meg performs with the Bristol Brass and Wind Ensemble 

On the Seminary lawn
77 Sherman St.
5:00 - 6:30 pm

BYO: chairs, picnics, blankets.
Donations to benefit WECA.
To help, contact Carol

See 2006 Photos

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August

Patio Party

RSVP:  Gretchen

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November 15

High Tea
and Conversation

3-5 p.m. 

Includes coffee, tea, 
traditional tea sandwiches and sweets.

RSVP: Carolyn

Photo from Red Carnation Hotels

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December 

Holiday Cookie Swap 

 

 

 

Need a host!

Get Cookie Recipes

See 2008 pics.

 

4:00-6:00  PM 
Participants bring 2-4 dozen homemade cookies, packaged in groups of 4 cookies, and return with the same number of assorted holiday cookies to enjoy or give as gifts.  Swap happens at 6 PM.  

Everyone's invited to the social gathering, but no cookie, no swappie!!!

RSVP: 

Sac Foodies.  See their cookie recipes.

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Kenyon Issues

City Services: 311  or   311@Hartford.gov
 Officer James Elliott  424-2034 ,  911

Use of 44 Kenyon     Lot at 31 Kenyon      Activity at 52 Kenyon      Status of 62 Kenyon
Farmington Ave      Traffic Calming     Student Parking      Magnet High School at HCW    
Accessory Dwelling Unit      Hartford City Plan 2020

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1265 Asylum- 
Hfd College for Women Property

Latest Update

  Status:

  The University of Hartford
  intends to dispose of its
  property donated by the
  former Hartford College for
  Women  at 1265 Asylum
  (bounded by Elizabeth St.
  and Girard homes). CREC
  has proposed a magnet
  high school.  
  
  The CREC school would be a
  magnet school for the medical
  professions and teacher prep
  for 400 students, and an early
  childhood ed center for 120 +.
  New 3 story building, two
  historic buildings kept,
  Currently, state funds are
  unavailable.

  Prior Timeframe:
  2010 - State Approval
  2012 - Fall opening after
             renovations &
             construction

  WECA:
      WECA Notice - 5/20/09

      * WECA Zoning Meeting
         5/27/09, 7 PM, at HCW

      Meeting Notes- 6-29-09

  Resources:

      WECA Zoning Committee:
      Chair: John Gale 
      To Receive WECA Notices 
      

      CREC:
       Magnet School for Medical
       Professions and Teacher
       Preparation

       Capital Region
       Education Council

       CREC Magnet Schools  

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Traffic Calming

Oct 08 - speed tables installed.

Pre Bumps:    
      57% speeding
Post Bumps:  
      15% speeding
Nearly 75% 
       drop in speeding.

Speed limit is 25 MPH.

See celebration pics

  Block Consensus Items:

Speed Tables 

Bump-out at Farmington

Enforcement

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Alternate Side Parking 

  Updates:  

   10/27/08 - 
   Speed tables installed    
   on Kenyon  !!  
   Celebration scheduled  
   forFri. 11/7 
   see pics

   8/15/08-
   Kevin Burnham says we 
   are on track for per-
   manent speed tables for 
   October, 2008.

   6/5/08 - 
   Give feedback to city 
   on look of materials 
   used for3rd block 
   bumps for new speed 
   tables here:
   Contact: 
   jorgie54@comcast.net 

   6/3/08 - 
   Temps put back in - two
   months after promised. 
   Permanent ones to be
   installed this Sept.  
   Material  will  look like the
   brown bumps on the third
   block, but be table-shaped.

  2/12/08 -
   Farm. Ave. streetscape
   work (inclu. bump-out) 
   delayed to 2009 or 
   beyond due to water
   main work.

  1/8/08 -
  City formally commits to 
  permanent speed table 
  installation in 2008.
  Temps were in place from    
  July-Nov '07 and are due   
  back  in April '08.

  12/28/07 -
  Post-bump data received 
  from city (see 'Data', right)

  10/9/07 -  
  Mayor committed to   
  permanent speed tables, if   
  the budget allows.   more

  8/2/07 - 
  traffic counter installed for 
  two weeks

  7/30/07 - 
  Temporary speed tables 
  installed -
  Immediate difference 
  noticed!

  4/10/07 - 
  Mayor promises permanent 
  speed tables next spring, 
  2008.

  Resources:

  Complaints: 
  Lt. Long  527-6300

  Improvements:  
  Kevin Burnham, 
  city traffic engineer
  522-4888 x6536

  Data:
  Pre-Bump Speeds:  
  57 % speeding
  125 over 40 mph
                          (12 over 50 mph, 4 > 55)
                          (1 between 76 - 999 mph)
    Speed Counts Kenyon1: sum 12/7/06
    Dir 1= South,  Dir 2= North


  Post Bump Speeds:  
  15% speeding
  6 (wk 1), 0 (wk 2) over 40 mph
                            (0 over 50 MPH)
    Speed Counts Kenyon1: sum  8/2/07
    Speed Counts Kenyon1: sum  8/14/07

  Traffic:
     ~ 1,300 vehicles/ day
    Traffic Counts: Girard-Kenyon
     2000-2006 (additional data above)

  Contacts:
  WECA sector reps:   
  -Dorothy Buckley 
   delliottlovett@yahoo.com 
 
  WECA Public Safety Chair:
  Jore Johnson,  232-1455
  jorgie54@comcast.net

  Hfd Traffic Calming Plan 
  7/05, West End - pg 62. 

  Speed Count Qs: 
  Tony Servidone  
  522-4888  x6545

WECA Calming Priorities

Proposed Girard 1 way

Photo courtesy of Hartford Advocate
Adam Bulger Photo

 Article in Hfd Advocate 9/07
 

Student Parking

Not implemented

  Status:

  Not Implemented. 

  Law School Proposal:
  One way traffic on Girard's
  second block to
  accommodate angle parking
  for several extra cars.

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Status:

4/08:
City inspects and accepts owner's statement.  Contact WECA, City if status changes.

3/6/08:
Owner states daughter lives at 44 with two legal tenants.

5/21/07:
Zoning letter of violation sent 

  City Resources:

  Zoning File No. 4929
  3-1-1 Case # 15504

  Code Inspector Alvin Estrada
  757-9216

  Code Supervisor: 
  Andrea Lopez   757-9215

  City zoning assistant: 
  Courtney Dunston 
  757-9241     
  cdunstan@hartford.gov 

 Planning & Zoning     
  Zoning Board of Appeals

  311@Hartford.gov
  

  Housing Resources:

  WECA Zoning Chair:
  John Gale 
  232-9019 
  jgale@lawlordsofhartford.com 

  WECA Housing Chairs: 
  Ed Karban, 525-7446  
  ekarb@aol.com.
  Sonia Ayala, 233-2980  
  soniaa0924@aol.com. 

  62 Ad   Ad #2

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  Status:

  9/08 - Lot sodded, 2008.
  8/08 - Letter from WECA
            sector rep
  
  Weeded in fall of 2007.

   Resources:

  Environmental Health Division 
  Assistant Director of Health
  Michael Pascucilla
  547-1426 x-7008

Photo of 31 Kenyon: 10/16/07

  Status:

  No activity.

  Present revision to WECA
  Zoning.
  Tues. March 13, 2007

  WECA Notice 1
  WECA Recommend 2-02

  Notes on Proposal 3/13/07:
  7 units, prefab vinyl
  $150,000, 2 BR, 1.5 BA
  No site plan.
  1 car garage + 1 space in front

  Developer/owner:
  Evan L. Berman
  evan@brodergroup.com
  43 No. Main Street
  West Hartford, CT  06107
  860-313-1300 x 304
  860-306-6543 (cell)

Descriptions
 

Facing Kenyon

Facing back of Kinko's
4 of 7 units

Photos by Victoria

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  Status:
  Pending Case Detail-10/3/08

  11/19/08- court date, 10 AM 
                101 Lafayette St.

  10/3/08- In custody, 
                awaiting plea
                 
  9/7/08- Bernard Lill-Chylinski
  arrested for firearm discharge,
  reckless endangerment and
  felony carry/sell dangerous
  weapon.
  

   Resources:
   Judicial Branch Home Page
  
   Pending Case Detail-10/3/08   

   Docket #:
   District   type, year         #       suffix
   H14H-CR08-0624786-S

   Search by Docket #

   Courant article

    Represented by : P. McLaughlin 

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  Status:

  11/14/08- City reinstates
                   license.

  9/18/08- Cease and desist
                order issued - that
                the property be 
                converted back to
                single family.  

  post 2006- failure to renew
         boarding house license.

  10/25/00- Transfer of
                   ownership to LLC

  Resources:

  Roger O'Brien, 
  Hfd City Planning Director
  OBRIR001@hartford.gov

  John Mullen, Sr. Planner
  Hfd Dept. Development Services
  757-9050
  
  62 Kenyon Assessment 

  Assessment Look Up

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6/09 - Under construction

  
   
  Status:

  3/20/08:
  KFC has bought the vacant
  lot next to its current building
  to the east and plans to
  demolish the existing store
  and build a new one
  straddling the two lots. 

  To Comment:
       E-mail David Barrett
       dbarrett@hartsem.edu
  

  
   Presentation:   
   
   WECA Zoning
    Thurs., March 20, 2008,  6 PM
   KFC  makes Presentation
   NOTE:
   The meeting is at the building    
   next to Braza at the 
   Farmington Ave. Alliance,
   484 Farmington Avenue,    
   Second Floor.  
   

Click photos to enlarge

Proposed east and west views

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  Status:

   1/14/10 :
  WECA Zoning Density
  Discussion 7 PM at WECC.    
  Recommendations

   10/29/09 :
  WECA Zoning Density
  Discussion.  Notes

  10/19/09:
  Entire Density issue raised for
  discussion. Meeting Notice.

  Meetings:

  Notices-Minutes:
      12/07:
      WECA Board: off the
      table for now.  

      WECA Zoning SubCom
       Recommendations:
        Dec. 7, 2007 sent to the
       WECA Executive Com.
       without recommendation.

       WECA Zoning Reports:
       Sept 25, 2007

       WECA Notice 1 - 9/07

    

  To Comment:
       E-mail David Barrett
       dbarrett@hartsem.edu
  

  
  Resources:

  
  ADU:  Recommendation
  from Zoning SubCommittee:
  Per 12-7-07 WECA Zoning Meeting

  ADU Summary:

   Explore one, both or neither of these 
   options:  

   1- Ordinance Allowing Conversion 
       of Existing Outbuildings:
     An apartment would be allowed in  
      an existing garage or carriage
       house allowing 2 unrelated people
       or  3 related people in the ADU
       in addition to 2 roomers for R7 or 1 
       tenant allowed for single 
      owner-occupant.  
       Requires:  
       - Lot of 10,000 sq. ft. or more.
       - Owner occupant, 
       - Cert. of occupancy, special permit
       - 1 additional parking space. 
       - Apt. size 500 to 1,000 sq. ft.

  2- Ordinance Allowing ADUs 
      Within Main Residential Unit:
     An apartment would be allowed in  
       a house for 2 unrelated people
       or  3 related people in the ADU
       in addition to 2 roomers for R7 or 1 
       tenant allowed for single 
      owner-occupant.  
      Requires: 
      - Same as above, except:
      - All lots eligible.
      - CO required, but no special permit
      - Max. 1/3 of house

  Enforcement:
   Concerned residents would lodge a 
   complaint and go through the same 
   city process for zoning enforcement  

   Current Zoning Density:
   Allow for density levels to exceed 
   existing zoning requirements when 
   ADUs are created.

   See report for full details.

  Other ADU Options:

   Allow 2-3 people to occupy an  
   apartment (with kitchen).

   The apartment could be created in an:
     - Addition to house
     - Addition to garage
     - New structure with garage
     - New structure
     - Basement unit

  ADU:  Mass. Tool Kit:

   Massachusetts Toolkit - ADUs
   Mass Model Ordinance
   Case Study - North Hampton, MA

  Lyceum Lecture Flyer - 5/15/09

North Hampton, from MASS Tool Kit

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  Status:

  10/20/09:
  Public Input. Meeting Poster.

  Meetings:

s           What is a Plan of Conservation and Development?
    Thurs. Nov. 12,   6 -      7:30 p.m.,  Hfd Public Library, 500 Main St.

s           Promote Livable and Sustainable Neighborhoods
    Sat. Nov. 14,   9 - 11:30 a.m.,  YMCA, 444 Albany Ave.

s           Protect the City’s Natural and Built Environment
    Mon. Nov. 16,   6 - 8:30 p.m.,  Boathouse, Riverside Park

s           Enhance Mobility: Transit, Pedestrian and Bike Systems City-Wide
    Sat. Nov. 21,   9 - 11:30 a.m.,  Union Station, Union Place

s           Advance Downtown as the Region’s Center of Commerce, Culture and City-Living
    Tues. Dec. 1,   6 - 8:30 p.m.,  Lincoln Culinary Institute, 85 Sigourney St.

s           Promote and Encourage the Integration of Sustainable Practices 
    Tues. Dec. 8,   6 – 8:30 p.m.,   CT Science Center, 250 Columbus

  Input:

      David Barrett, 
     WECA President  
     dbarrett@hartsem.edu
 

  
  Resources:

  
  1996 Plan

  For Info:
       Stephanie Kruel, 
       Hartford City Planning,
      (860) 757-9044,
      oneplan@hartford.gov 

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