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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 167
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
(CE)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E DISPOSITION OF THE FORMER
SEASIDE SANATORIUM FACILITY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than September 1, 2021, 1
the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall 2
consult with the Governor, the Commissioner of Economic and 3
Community Development, the Commissioner of Administrative 4
Services, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the chief 5
elected official of the town of Waterford and adjacent landowners to 6
develop and issue a request for information for low-impact, residential 7
uses for the former Seaside Sanatorium facility in the town of Waterford. 8
(b) Any request for information issued pursuant to subsection (a) of 9
this section shall, at a minimum, require that responses to such request 10
provide for the repair and preservation of any seawall on said property 11
in order to allow for public access to not less than one hundred feet 12
landward from the shoreline for the full length of the coastal frontage of 13
said property, the improvement and maintenance of the current 14
residential facility operated by the state for persons with intellectual and 15 Committee Bill No. 167
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developmental disabilities, and the compliance with all requirements of 16
the deed and covenants associated with said property, including, but 17
not limited to, an easement for the town of Waterford to maintain and 18
repair the municipal utility equipment located on the property and the 19
requirement that any proceeds from the sale of the property be used to 20
support the persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. 21
(c) Following the receipt of responses to the request for information 22
issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner of 23
Energy and Environmental Protection, the Governor, the Commissioner 24
of Economic and Community Development, the Commissioner of 25
Administrative Services, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 26
Management and the chief elected official of the town of Waterford shall 27
review such responses and determine whether to receive presentations 28
from any such respondents. Not later than ninety days following the last 29
of such presentations or the determination to not receive presentations, 30
whichever is later, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 31
Protection, the Governor, the Commissioner of Economic and 32
Community Development, the Commissioner of Administrative 33
Services, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the 34
chief elected official of the town of Waterford shall determine the 35
highest and best low-impact, residential use for such property. 36
Following such determination, the Commissioner of Energy and 37
Environmental Protection, the Governor, the Commissioner of 38
Economic and Community Development, the Commissioner of 39
Administrative Services, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 40
Management and the chief elected official of the town of Waterford shall 41
develop a request for proposals based upon such highest and best low-42
impact, residential use and submit such request for proposals to the joint 43
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 44
matters relating to the environment, commerce and state properties for 45
approval. 46 Committee Bill No. 167
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
CE Joint Favorable