FY 2006 Highlights
Since the adoption of a
revised False Fire Alarm
ordinance in 2003, false
alarms chargeable under the
ordinance have been reduced by
45%.
More than three dozen
properties have been inspected
and have had completed
pre-plans provided to the Fire
Department as a result of a
coordinated property
inspection and pre-plan
development program. This
program involves the Fire
Marshal’s office and the
Volunteer Fire Department.
New State-mandated building
codes and changes to Building
Fire Life Safety Codes were
implemented.
Residential developments at
Griswold Village and
Ballymeade are completed. New
construction has begun
including Rivertown Village
(60 units), Wyndemere (55
units), Walden Woods Country
Walk (180 units), First Town
Square condominiums (50
units), Woods View (17 units),
as well as several other
single family houses
throughout town.
Design
Services provided design and
construction contract
administration and inspection
services for projects valued
at more than $830,000.
Projects included the
Reconstruction of Elm Street,
traffic signal installations
at two locations and
construction of a left turn
lane on Day Hill Road.
Designs completed by town
staff included the
reconstruction of Lang Road,
improvements to the Town
Green, and drainage repair
behind 781 Kennedy Road.
Design Services administered
design contracts for
reconstruction of Pleasant
Street, replacement of
culverts at both Rainbow Road
and White Rock Drive and the
reconstruction of Batchelder
Road causeway. The second
annual report of the
Stormwater Management Plan was
prepared and submitted to the
Department of Environmental
Protection. The town received
funding approval for the
construction of 4 bus stop
shelters throughout town. The
storm water outfall plans and
inventory of the town’s
drainage system was completed
and the inventory and
condition assessment of
pavements, sidewalks, and
drainage systems continued.
Engineering design reviews
were conducted for the
shopping center near Exit 38,
the Walgreen major
distribution center, the ING
office building, a large
residential subdivision, and
numerous other facilities.
In calendar year 2005, the
Planning and Zoning Commission
approved plans for more than
1.8 million square feet (SF)
of new commercial and
industrial space. These
projects include:
-
1.16 million SF of flex
industrial buildings in
Griffin Land’s New
EnglandTradeport located
on Route 20 just south of
Bradley International
Airport
-
MotoTown USA, a
200,000 SF, indoor motocross
track at 1001 Day Hill Road
-
92-room Hawthorne Suites
hotel and 160,000 SF office
tower on Corporate Drive
-
Price Chopper
supermarket and retail
development on Poquonock
Avenue at I-91 exit 38
-
105,000 SF high-bay document
storage building for Iron
Mountain on Kennedy Road
Also
during 2005, Genworth
Financial, formerly GE
Financial Services, and The
Hartford each established
new operations in the former
Aetna building at 175 Addison
Road.
For 2006,
the town is looking forward to
the completion of many of the
projects approved during
2005. In addition, we
anticipate completion of the
following key projects:
-
50 unit First Town Square
condominium development in
Windsor Center
-
Savings Bank Life
Insurance of Connecticut
(SBLI) headquarters
relocation to 200 Day Hill
Road
-
Northeast Utilities
165,000 SF customer service
and data center at 1985 Blue
Hills Extension
-
New Target Store and
expanded retail and
restaurant openings in
October on Kennedy Road at
I-91 exit 39
-
DataMail production
and distribution facility at
880 Marshall Phelps Road.
|
Performance Measures
|
FY 2005 Actual |
FY 2006 Target |
FY 2006 Estimate |
FY 2007 Target |
|
No. of Participants in
community/neighborhood
project meetings |
20 |
25 |
100 |
55 |
|
Total value of
construction projects
awarded |
$445,000 |
$1,908,000 |
$850,000 |
$3,400,000 |
|
Value of change orders as
a % of original contract
|
8.5% |
7% |
2.3% |
7% |
|
Visits to existing
businesses by Economic
Development staff |
23 |
25 |
27 |
25 |
|
Prospective business
contacts made |
20 |
25 |
19 |
25 |
|
Square feet of property
redeveloped/reused |
0 |
80,000 |
16,000 |
64,000 |
|
No. of inquiries generated
through Economic
Development website |
24 |
50 |
22 |
40 |
|
Avg. no. of days from
submittal of fire
protection plans to
initial Fire Marshal
Office (FMO) response |
20 |
15 |
15 |
10 |
|
Avg. no. of new buildings
inspected by FMO
-New construction
-Existing |
1640
500
1140 |
2000
500
1500 |
1490
550
940 |
1600
700
900 |
|
No. of participants in
Fire Dept. and FMO public
education programs
-Adult
-Youth
-Industry |
500
3000
300 |
600
3300
300 |
680
3300
300 |
600
3,300
300 |
|
No. of false fire alarms |
140 |
200 |
230 |
150 |
|
No. of structure fires |
12 |
10 |
16 |
10 |
|
Lives lost to fire |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Avg. no. of days from
submittal of plans to
initial Building Official
comments
-Residential
-Non-residential |
15
20 |
15
20 |
5
10 |
5
10 |
|
Total construction value
of permits issued |
69,700,000 |
150,000,00000 |
150,000,000 |
100,000,000 |
|
No. of zoning
inspection/cases |
204 |
200 |
200 |
200 |
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