Legislative Action
Government Relations Committee Chair:
Christopher S. Wood, AICP
Town Planner
Woodbury, Connecticut
woodplanning@charter.net
Connecticut Chapter Legislative Activity
2008 Legislative Session Underway
“Responsible Growth” Concepts Need Help
With the 2008 session underway, several proposals intending to promote responsible growth management are under consideration. In addition to offering assistance to the Planning and Development Committee to craft legislation that can be effective, CCAPA has identified an opportunity to address a growing concern to many communities that are seeking to implement development plans but facing resistance by State agencies based on the State’s “Locational Guide Map” incorporated in the Conservation and Development Policies Plan.
Current CCAPA position papers may be reviewed via the 2008 Position Papers link below.
CCAPA members should contact the Planning and Development Committee, especially if you have a local legislator on the Committee, to recommend that these bills be more carefully evaluated with consideration of actual planning and development conditions in our communities. In particular, towns that have encountered obstacles from State agencies based on the Locational Guide Map should provide specific examples of why that process does not promote responsible growth.
We will attempt to keep the membership updated on the status of these and related proposals as the session progresses. The link below to the power point presentation “Navigating the General Assembly” offers tips for tracking legislative developments on your own, and members are encouraged to do so and forward any discoveries, questions, or comments to me at the email link above.
Key Planning and Development Committee Contacts
Representative Art Feltman, Co-Chair
Senator Eric Coleman, Co-Chair
Senator Jonathan Harris, Vice-Chair
Representative Jack Hennessy, Vice-Chair
Senator Leonard Fasano, Ranking Member
Representative Penny Bacchiochi, Ranking Member
Ben Daigle (ben.daigle@cga.ct.gov)
Planning and Development Committee
Room 2100, Legislative Office Building
Hartford, CT 06106
Direct email contacts and other information are available here.
As always, the Government Relations Committee welcomes comments and questions from the membership and encourages all
members to represent the Chapter's goals and specific recommendations directly to legislators, municipal officials,
and colleagues. We also hope members will respond to specific requests for contacting legislators and municipal officials
in support of CCAPA's legislative goals.
Navigating the General Assembly
Click here for power point pdf
Title 8, General Statutes of Connecticut Click here for the planning and zoning statutes revised to January 2007. (latest available online)
Click here for the 2008 Supplement to planning and zoning statutes revised to January 1, 2008
PUBLIC ACT 03-177 - Time Limits
Click here for matrix. (10/01/03)
Click
here to open or download a copy of Ten Steps to Sending Effective E-Mail to Elected Officials" (MS Word
format)
Click
here to open or download a copy of Ten Steps to Composing Persuasive Letters and Faxes" (MS Word
format)
2007 Legislative Report:
Click here for a summary of the results of the 2007 Legislative Session.
2006 Legislative Report:
Click here for a summary of the results of the 2006 Legislative Session.
2005 Legislation Summary:
Click here for a summary of the results of the 2005 Legislative Session.
2008 Position Papers
2007 Position Papers
