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To:        Town Council

From:   Matt Hart, Town Manager

CC:     Town Employees

Date:    April 28, 2008

Re:       Town Manager’s Report

 

Below please find a report regarding various items of interest to the Town Council, staff and the community:

 

  • Mansfield Community Center Solar Open House:  The Town of Mansfield and the Mansfield Community Center are proud to announce the activation of our 87kW hosted solar facility.  The official “Flip the Switch” event will take place on April 29th at 1:00PM at the Community Center.  We are dedicated to the health and well being of our members and that entails providing a Center that incorporates sustainability practices.  In celebration of this momentous occasion, Mansfield residents are invited to attend and will have free access to the facility for the day, enjoy refreshments and learn more about the Center’s solar initiative. 

 

  • Earth Day 2008:  The Mansfield Clean Energy Team, Community Center and Downtown Partnership worked together to coordinate this past Saturday’s Earth Day celebration at the Community Center.  Energy was the focus of the day.  Attendees were provided the opportunity to see the variety of ways each of us can reduce our energy footprint through conservation efforts and the use of alternative energy systems.  An estimated 200+ people attended this event.  Congratulations to the planners of this fine community event!

 

  • Spring Weekend at the Community Center:  This past Saturday evening, the Community Center was open for free for EOS high school students and UConn students.  Thirty-one high school students attended, as well as UConn student volunteers.  Primary activities included a ping pong tournament, PS-2 guitar hero competition, basketball hot shot contest, pie-eating contest and a frozen t-shirt contest.  Use of the gym for general informal basketball play was the most popular activity.  Refreshments and prizes were provided by a donation from Hartford Hospital.  Staffing included eight volunteers (four from Hartford Hospital and four from the community), three Parks & Recreation Department staff, and one Mansfield Police Officer.  General consensus among participants was that they had a lot of fun; activities, contests, tournaments and prizes were great.

 

  • Separatist Road Bikeway:  The Separatist Road Bikeway has been selected as one of the American Public Works Association’s Public Works Projects of the Year for 2008.  Staff has been invited to receive a plaque recognizing this achievement at the APWA annual Awards recognition Ceremony.  The ceremony will be held in conjunction with the 2008 International Public Works Congress and Exposition in New Orleans, Louisiana and is scheduled for Monday, August 18, at 4:45 p.m. at the New Orleans Convention Center.  This award represents a significant honor for our community, and I wish to extend my congratulations to the Department of Public Works for their excellent work on this project.

 
  • Youth Services Volunteer Recognition Ceremony:  The Mansfield Youth Services Bureau will hold its first annual Volunteer Recognition Night on April 29th at 6:30PM in the Council Chambers of the Mansfield Town Hall.  The ceremony will celebrate and acknowledge the volunteers who have donated their time, energy, resources and talents to the children and families of Mansfield.

 

  • Mansfield Downtown Partnership:  The Mansfield Downtown Partnership is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of a Connecticut Main Street Center 2008 Award of Excellence.  The Partnership will be recognized for its achievements in “Community Consensus-Building” at Connecticut Main Street’s Center’s Annual Meeting in June.  Congratulations to the Partnership for this well-deserved recognition.

 

  • Connecticut State Police Awards Ceremony:  On May 12, 2008, the Connecticut State Police will present a Unit Citation to our Fire Marshal’s Office, to recognize the efforts of all of the agencies and staff involved in solving the recent investigation for arson incidents that had plagued Mansfield and surrounding towns over the past few years.  The staff and the agencies involved in this effort exhibited exemplary teamwork, which was crucial to the operation’s success.  I congratulate all involved in the investigation, and thank them for their service to the community.

 

  • Upcoming meetings:
    • Mansfield 2020 Steering Committee, April 30, 2008, 7:00 PM, Mansfield Senior Center Dining Room
    • Assisted/Independent Living Advisory Committee, 9:00 AM, May 1, 2008, Council Chambers, Audrey P. Beck Municipal Building
    • UConn Agronomy Farm Wells, May 1, 2008, 7:00 PM, Council Chambers,