Public Works, Planning & Development Committee of the RTM Special Meeting

FIETREN ROPE FERIY ROAD
WATERFORD, CT 06385-2864
PHONE: 60442-0553
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PUBLIC WORKS, PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF THE RTM
SPECIAL MIEETING AGENDA
Monpay Juty 20,2026 
6:00P.m.
WPD Community Room 41 Avery LANE
1. Establishment of quorum and call to order.
2. Public Comment.
3. 
Consideration of and action on minutes of the March 27, 2024, committee meeting.
4. 
Consideration of and possible action on issues referred to committee:
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Review findings of sewer rate study (RTC 6/1/26)
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Fair Rent Commission (RTC 4/6/26)
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Short-Term Rentals (RTC 12/6/21)
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Utility Commission Update June 2026
Current Sewer Rate Calculations
PA 25-1 (special session) Fair Rent Commissions 
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CCM presentation — PA 25-1

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Present: Rep. Keatley, Rep. Healy, Rep.. Gonzalez
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Daniel Del Grosso (49 Twin Lakes Drive, Waterford, CT): spoke briefly opposing short
term rentals in the town of Waterford, sharing personal experiences in his neighborhood
of Twin Lakes Drive, submitted into record two documents ‘on what the State of New
York has done to. combat the issue of short term rentals.
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Jaunita Durham (§ Overlook Drive, Waterford, CT}: spoke briefly opposing short term
rentals in the town of Waterford, sharing personal experiences .in her neighborhood
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Naiene Pica (5 Overlook Drive, Waterford, CT): spoke briefly opposing short term
rentals in the town of Waterford, sharing personal experiences in her neighborhood
Meeting minutes of August 23, 2023 got unanimously passed 3-0-0
Item 6 on the agenda:
Town Planner Jonathan Mullen: Spoke briefly on the Short Term Rental survey that had taken
place last year and discussed the findings.

Rep. Healy: Spoke briefly touching on certain aspects of the survey and suggested that next
meeting we have Police Chief Marc Balestracci and Town Attorney Nicholas Kepple attend our
next meeting due to their knowledge on this matter
The committee did not make a set date for the next meeting
Motion to adjourn passed unanimously 3-0-0 at 6:40pm

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AAC HOUSING GROWTH _ Fair Rent Commission creation mandate — Sec. 35
excerpted from hitps:/www.cga.ct. gov/2025/AC T/PA/PDF/2025PA-0000 1 -ROOHB-08002S8 1-PA.PDF
House Bill No. 8002
Sec. 35. Section 7-148b of the general statutes, as amended by section
1 of public act 25-121, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof (Effective January 1, 2026):
(a) For purposes of this section and_ sections 7-148c to 7-148f,
inclusive, "seasonal basis" means housing accommodations rented for a
period or periods aggregating not more than one hundred twenty days
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in any one calendar year, [and] "rental charge" includes any fee or
charge in addition to rent that is imposed or sought to be imposed upon
a tenant by a landlord, and_"municipality" means_a_town, city or
consolidated town and city.
(b) Any [town, city or borough] municipality may, and [any town,
city or borough] each municipality with a population of [twenty-five]
fifteen thousand or more, as determined by the most recent decennial
census, shall, through its legislative body, adopt an ordinance that (1)
creates a fair rent commission, (2) establishes or joins the municipality
in_a joint fair rent commission pursuant to subsection (d) of this section,
or (3) joins the municipality in a regional fair rent commission pursuant
to_subsection (e) of this section. Any such commission shall make
studies and investigations, conduct hearings and receive complaints
relative to rental charges on housing accommodations, except those
accommodations rented on a seasonal basis, within its jurisdiction,
which term shall include mobile manufactured homes and mobile
manufactured home park lots, in order to control and eliminate
excessive rental charges on such accommodations, and to carry out the
provisions of sections 7-148b to 7-148f, inclusive, as amended by this act,
section 47a-20 and subsection (b) of section 47a-23c. The commission, for
such purposes, may compel the attendance of persons at hearings, issue
subpoenas and administer oaths, issue orders and continue, review,
amend, terminate or suspend any of its orders and decisions. The
commission may be empowered to retain legal counsel to advise it. All
hearings conducted pursuant to this section shall be open to the public.
(c) Any [town, city or borough] municipality required to create a fair
rent commission pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall adopt
an ordinance creating [such] a fair rent commission, or joining a joint
fair rent commission or regional fair rent commission, on or before [July
1, 2023] January 1, 2028. No municipality required to create a fair rent
commission pursuant to subsection (b) of this section that has created a
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faix_rent_ commission prior to January 1, 2026, shall abolish such
commission before January 1, 2028, unless such municipality joins a
joint fair rent commission or regional fair rent commission pursuant to
this section. Not later than thirty days after the adoption of such
ordinance, the chief executive officer of such [town, city or borough]
municipality shall (1) notify the Commissioner of Housing that such
commission has been created or joined by such municipality, and (2)
transmit a copy of the ordinance adopted by the [town, city or borough]
municipality to the commissioner.
(d) [Any two] Two or more [towns, cities or boroughs not subject to
the requirements of subsection 
(b) 
of this section] 
contiguous
municipalities may, [through their legislative bodies, create] by
concurrent ordinances adopted by their legislative bodies, establish a
joint fair rent commission. Any municipality that is contiguous to a
municipality that is a member of an existing joint fair rent commission
. May_become a member of such joint fair rent commission upon the
adoption of an ordinance by such municipality's legislative body. Any
municipality that is a member of a joint fair rent commission may, by
vote of its legislative body, elect to withdraw from such commission,
provided such withdrawing municipality creates its own fair rent
commission or joins another joint fair rent commission or regional fair
rent commission in compliance with the requirements of this section.
(e) A regional council of governments formed pursuant to section 4-
124} may establish a regional fair rent commission. Any municipality
that is a member of such council may join such regional fair rent
commission upon the adoption of an ordinance by such municipality's
legislative body. Any regional fair rent commission shall prescribe a
form and manner_in which complaints to such commission shall be
made.
(f} Upon the request of a party to a matter pending before a regional
fair rent commission, a meeting or a portion of a meeting during which
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the participation of such party is required shall be conducted by means
of electronic equipment, as defined in section 1-200, in conjunction with
an in-person meeting of such commission.
{g) Except _as_otherwise_ provided by law, a regional fair rent
commission shall not be liable for damages to person or property caused
by: (A) Acts or omissions of any employee, officer or agent which
constitute criminal conduct, fraud, actual malice or wilful misconduct;
or (B) negligent acts or omissions which require the exercise of judgment
or discretion as _an_official function of the authority expressly or
impliedly granted by law.
[(e)] (h} Any [town, city or borough] municipality that creates a fair
rent commission pursuant to this section shall make any bylaws
adopted by such fair rent commission publicly available on the Internet
web site of such [town, city or borough] municipality.
Nov. Sp. Sess., 2025, Public Act No. 25-1 
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