“SHALL THE TOWN OF GLASTONBURY APPROPRIATE $3,000,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND ACQUISITION OF
LAND PURSUANT TO THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE TOWN’S RESERVE FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND AUTHORIZE THE ISSUE OF
BONDS AND NOTES IN THE SAME AMOUNT TO FINANCE SAID APPROPRIATION?”
YES
A “YES” authorizes the town to borrow $3 million to acquire local land or development rights to land.
NO
A “NO” does not allow the town to borrow any money to acquire local land.
What would the amendment do?
The town ordinance establishing the Reserve for Land Acquisition and Preservation says the land purchased through the fund can include that which “has development value for town buildings, such as schools or municipal facilities” and that which “promotes orderly development of the town.”
Town Manager Richard J. Johnson said the ordinance permits borrowing the money only after the council has approved a specific land purchase. He said in a memo to the council that town voters have approved a total of $34 million for the fund in 12 referendums since 1988.
Council members have cited controlling development as one of the purposes of the land-purchase program, as well as preserving open space and farmland.
Alex Wood of the Journal Inquirer wrote a full article on this land purchase here.
