1.  Notice of Proposed Land Transfer “Construction and Grant of Easements Agreement”

Complete Address of Property:  Sherwood Island Lane & 4 Sherwood Island Lane (SIL), Westport
 
Number of acres to be transferred: 

Number of Mary Lee Stiegler (MLS) acres subject to Temporary Construction and Permanent Easement i/f/o Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) = 19,830+/- S.F. (0.43 Ac.), shown as “Trust Easement Area No.1: 16,950 S.F.” and “Trust Easement Area No.2: 2,880 S.F.”

Number of DEEP acres subject to (post-construction) Permanent Access Easement i/f/o MLS = 51,600+/- S.F. (1.18 Acres), shown as “Sherwood Island Lane State Park Property Area No.1: 7,690+/- S.F.” and “Sherwood Island Lane State Park Property Area No.2: 43,910+/- S.F.”

Owners: DEEP owner of Sherwood Island Lane & Mary Lee Stiegler (MLS) owner of 4 Sherwood Island Lane

 

See Bridge Replacement Project Map

 

Aerial View of Sherwood Island Lane showing Bridge Location

Brief Description of Historical and Current Uses: 

SIL is owned by DEEP and provides access to rarely used (rear) portion of Sherwood Island State Park.

SIL provides access to 4 Sherwood Island Lane, owned by MLS.

The SIL bridge is failing and needs to be replaced. 

 
The property to be transferred contains the following:

	Building(s) in use		Building(s) not in use		No Structures
X	Other Features	X	Paved areas		Wooded land
	Non agricultural fields		Active agriculture	X	Ponds, streams, other water, wetlands
	Public water supply		On-site well		Water Supply Unknown
	Served by sewers		On-site septic system		Waste Disposal Unknown

Special features of the property:  Roadway, bridge, security gate & related appurtenances

The property is in the following municipal zone:

x		Zoned		Not zoned		Not known
x		Residential		Industrial		Commercial		Institutional
x		Other:	Roadway

Value of property, if known:

X	If checked, value is not known.

Type of Sale or Transfer: Construction and Grant of Easements Agreement

Cost of new bridge (est. @ $1,000,000) to be shared by DEEP & MLS ($500,000 each). New bridge to be constructed on MLS Property.

 

MLS to grant Temporary Construction Easement i/f/o DEEP for new bridge construction & post-construction wetlands restoration & monitoring.

 

MLS to grant Permanent Easement i/f/o DEEP, to pass and repass over new bridge and new portion of Sherwood Island Lane, providing access to rear portions of Sherwood Island State Park Property.

 

DEEP to grant a Permanent Easement i/f/o MLS to pass and repass over SIL, State Park Property Areas #2 & #3, providing access to 4 Sherwood Island Lane.

Proposed recipients:  MLS & DEEP (mutual exchange of easements and agreement) 

Proposed use by property recipient, if known: Temporary Construction Easement (i/f/o DEEP), Permanent Access Easements (i/f/o DEEP & MLS) & Permanent Maintenance Agreement (MLS).

The agency is proposing to transfer the property with the following restrictions on future uses: Upon project completion, MLS to assume ownership of new bridge and be responsible for all future bridge maintenance, repairs and replacements.

If checked, the state is not currently proposing restrictions on future uses.

 

Reason the State of Connecticut is proposing to transfer this property: to demolish a failing bridge, to construct a new bridge on MLS property and to relinquish all future bridge maintenance, repair and replacement obligations. 

Comments from the public are welcome and will be accepted until the close of business on March 17, 2020. 

Comments may include (but are not limited to) information you might have about significant natural resources or recreation resources on the property, as well as your recommendations for means to preserve such resources.


Written comments* should be sent to:

Name: Allyson L. Clarke, Property Agent
  
Agency:  DEEP Constituent Affairs and Land Management Division
  
Address: 79 Elm Street, 6^th Floor
    
Fax:  860 418-5906
  
E-Mail:  Allyson.clarke@ct.gov

*E-Mail submissions are preferred. 

(Comments from state agencies must be on agency letterhead and signed by agency head.  Scanned copies are preferred.)

What Happens Next:

When this comment period closes, the proposed land transfer can take one of three tracks:

1. If no public comments are received, the sale or transfer can proceed with no further public comment and no further notices in the Environmental Monitor, unless the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) elects to conduct a review of the property (see #3).
2. If public comments are received, the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) will respond to those comments.  The comments and responses will be published in the Environmental Monitor.  Fifteen days after publication of the comments and responses, the proposed sale or transfer can proceed, unless DEEP elects to conduct a review of the property (see #3). 
3. If DEEP elects to conduct a further review of the property, it may submit to OPM a report with recommendations for preserving all or part of the property.  The report and recommendations will be published in the Environmental Monitor, and there will be a 30-day public comment period.  The DEP will publish its responses to any comments received and its final recommendation about the property in the Environmental Monitor.  OPM will then make the final determination as to the ultimate disposition of the property, and will publish that determination in the Environmental Monitor.  Fifteen days after publication of that final determination, the sale or transfer can proceed.

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