Links
Riparian Buffers Working Group page on the Connecticut General Assembly Website
Environment Committee YouTube Channel – Working group meeting can be viewed live on this page and previous meeting recordings can be viewed as well.
Proposed schedule
Oct 10
Oct 22
Nov 5
Nov 21
Dec 3 (will likely be moved to 1:00 pm)
Dec 10 (or 17)
10:00 a.m. – 12 noon
Room 2B
Working Group Members
Co-Chairs: Rep. Mary Mushinsky and Rep. Mark Anderson
Legislators: Rep. Mike Demicco, Rep. Doug Dubitsky
Agencies and Organizations Represented:
- DEEP – Brian Thompson, Director, Long Island Sound Programs
- DOT – Philip Mainiero, Director of Legislative Affairs
- OPM – Martin Heft, Undersecretary, Intergovernmental Policy and Planning; Chair, CT Water Planning Council
- Homebuilders – Jim Perras, CT Homebuilders Association
- Water & Climate Advocates – Rivers Alliance (Alicea Charamut), Save the Sound (Bill Lucey), Farmington River Watershed Association (Aimee Petras), Park Watershed (Mary Pelletier)
- Cold Water Anglers – Bill Hyatt, Fisheries Advisory Council
- Municipal Inland Wetlands – Alan Siniscalchi (CAIWC), Frank DeFelice (Durham IWC), Peter Bassermann, (Chair, Branford IWC)
- Planning – John Guszkowski, CT Chapter of the American Planning Association
- Councils of Governments – Francis Pickering/Charles Vidich, Western CT COG
- Water Utilities – William Henley (Regional Water Authority), Betsy Gara (CT Water Works Association)
- Marine Trades – Bob Petzold, CT Marine Trades Association
- Agriculture & Landscape – Matt Fitzpatrick, CT Landscape and Nursery Association / CT Farm Bureau, Joe Geremia, Owner, Geremia Farms and Greenhouses
- Forestry – Joan Nichol, Certified Forester
- Realtors – Steven Miller, President, CT Realtors Association
- Conservation Districts – Denise Savageau, CT Council of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Meeting Summaries
The following summaries were prepared by Rivers Alliance and are not official minutes of the Working Group