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Public Information Meeting
February 29, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Big Picture Theater, 48 Carroll Road |
For nearly two years, the Waitsfield Planning Commission Wastewater Committee has been evaluating both the needs and the options for decentralized wastewater systems in our community, with the goal of addressing emerging environmental issues, land-use restrictions, and aging septic systems within Waitsfield Village and Irasville.
This process started more than 18 months after voters turned down a centralized wastewater proposal in the spring of 2008, but a few of the realities from that project have carried over into the current conversation.
Specifically, the Town remains burdened with significant debt from the work done on the failed centralized wastewater project ($672,000) which must be repaid starting in 2013; there are still pockets of critical wastewater needs throughout the area; and a vast majority of surveyed residents and landowners (90%+) are dissatisfied with current wastewater options.
To directly address these issues, the wastewater committee has worked with local, state and federal officials to craft a creative financing program, the first phase of which will be on the Town Meeting Day ballot.
To be known as the Waitsfield Community Wastewater Loan Program, this voluntary program for local property owners would provide 20-year fixed-rate low-interest loans for shared wastewater projects that meet specific Town criteria. The program would use the resulting loan payments to leverage the existing State and Federal grant of $906,000 the town received for the failed centralized project monies to pay down the debt from the Town's failed centralizedthat project.
The Waitsfield Community Wastewater Loan Program would be purely voluntary, and would simply provide an alternative funding option for those with specific wastewater needs in the town center. At the same time, loan repayments coupled with available State and Federal funding would provide funds to pay off existing wastewater debt without burdening local taxpayers.
The plan and the Town Meeting Day ballot article will be discussed during a public meeting on February 29 at 7:00pm in the Big Picture Theater.
Funding Sources
2012 Waitsfield Community Wastewater Loan Program
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WARNING
FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
MARCH 6, 2012
The legal voters of the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Waitsfield Elementary School in the Town of Waitsfield on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 between the hours of seven o'clock in the forenoon (7:00 a.m.), at which time the polls will open, and seven o'clock in the afternoon (7:00 p.m.), at which time the polls will close, to vote by Australian ballot upon the following Article of business:
ARTICLE
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Will the Town of Waitsfield borrow from the Vermont State Revolving Fund an amount up to $250,000 for the purpose of funding loans for the construction, repair, replacement or expansion of privately-owned on-site wastewater systems, with said loans to be repaid by the individuals or associations receiving funds therefor pursuant to agreements approved by the Town and Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. Said loans would be secured in full faith and credit of the Town by the bonding authority.
The legal
voters of the Town of Waitsfield are further notified that voter
qualification, registration and absentee voting relative to said
special meeting shall be as provided in Chapters 43, 51 and 55 of Title
17, Vermont Statutes Annotated.
The legal voters of the Town of Waitsfield are further notified that an informational meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at seven o'clock in the afternoon (7:00 p.m.) at the Big Picture Theater, 48 Carroll Road, in the Town of Waitsfield, for the purpose of explaining the proposed improvements and the financing thereof.
Adopted and approved at a regular meeting of the Selectboard of the Town of Waitsfield duly called, noticed, and held on January 30, 2012. Received for record and recorded in the records of the Town of Waitsfield on the 2nd day of February, 2012.
Waitsfield
Selectboard:
Kate Williams, Chair
Charles Hosford, V. Chair
Paul Hartshorn
William Parker
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Links
(Documents and
outside links will open in a separate window)
Publications
Assessment
of Decentralized Wastewater Options: A Survey of Needs, Capacity
and Solutions for Historic Waitsfield Village and Irasville,
Vermont, January 25, 2011 - Full document (107
pgs, 8,500 KB )  .
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Cover
& Contents (3 pages, 167 KB) |
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Executive
Summary (2 pgs, 148 KB) |
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1.
Introduction (2 pgs, 166 KB) |
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2.
Study Area Description (6 pgs, 179
KB) |
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3.
Historic and Current Wastewater Treatment (9
pgs, 436 KB) |
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4.
Needs Assessment (7 pgs, 161 KB) |
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5.
Discussion of Wastewater Management Options (8
pgs, 193 KB) |
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6.
Recommendations (1 pg, 153 KB) |
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7.
References (2 pgs, 162 KB) |
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FIGURES |
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Figure
1. Location Map (1
pg, 2,694 KB) |
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2. Property Owner Survey Responses (1
pg, 29,367 KB) |
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3. Environmental Sensitivities (1
pg, 31,631 KB) |
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4. Current Water and Wastewater Infrastructure (1
pg, 1,371 KB) |
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5. Water Connection Status (1
pg, 29,238 KB) |
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6. Future Wastewater Treatment Options (1
pg, 1,234 KB) |
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7. Wastewater Capacity Needs (1
pg, 28,243 KB) |
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TABLES |
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Table
1. Summary of Survey I Responses (4
pgs, 63 KB) |
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Table
2. Summary of Survey II Responses (5
pgs, 65 KB) |
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Table
3. Study Area Description (8
pgs, 70 KB) |
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Table
4. Summary of Soil Characteristics Related to Onsite
Wastewater Treatment(1
pg, 60 KB) |
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Table
5. Summary of Permit Information (10
pgs, 96 KB) |
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Table
6. Summary of Needs Assessment Results, Waitsfield
Village (1
pg, 50 KB) |
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Table
7. Summary of Needs Assessment Results, Irasville (1
pg, 52 KB) |
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Table
8. Summary of Needs Assessment Results (1
pg, 50 KB) |
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APPENDICES |
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Appendix
A. Waitsfield Planning Commission Wastewater Committee
Members (1
pg, 129 KB) |
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Appendix
B. Valley Reporter Articles and Letters (3
pgs, 1,887 KB) |
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Appendix
C. Onsite Wastewater Systems - Technologies, Components,
Maintenance (4
pgs, 149 KB) |
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Appendix
D. VT Regulations for Soil-Based Wastewater Treatment
Systems (4
pgs, 152 KB) |
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Appendix
E. Further Reading, Responsible Management Entities (15
pgs, 2,182 KB) |
Contact
Valerie J. Capels, Town Administrator
Waitsfield Town Office
9 Bridge Street
Waitsfield, VT 05673
Phone: (802) 496-2218
Fax: (802) 496-9284
E-mail: 
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February 23, 2012
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