Open Letter to the Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) from RTM Members, Requesting Approval of $42.017M for Central Middle School at their Oct 24 meeting
To Members of our Board of Estimate & Taxation (BET),
We, as elected officials to the RTM and BET, work for the residents of Greenwich. The BET will fail their constituents if they do not approve the interim funding for the new Central Middle School Building at their Oct 24 meeting.
At the marathon, 4-hour Planning and Zoning meeting last Tuesday night, there were over 160 people in attendance, and nearly 100% of those who spoke were in favor of building CMS as proposed by the CMS Building Committee without delay (only 1 person spoke against). The Municipal Improvement application was approved by P&Z unanimously, opening the door to get the project funded by the BET.
This essential project is long overdue and overwhelmingly supported by current, former and future families of CMS, as well as neighbors near and far. The new building will provide our children and community a long-term top-flight educational facility that Greenwich deserves and will be proud of for the least cost possible.
We, the undersigned of the RTM, urge you to approve the interim appropriation to allow for construction to begin on schedule. Please listen to the pleas of the bipartisan BOE, bipartisan building committee, the CMS Principal, the PTAs and the Greenwich community at your special meeting Tuesday Oct 24th.
This is an opportunity to build something that our Town can be proud of and that residents deserve!
From RTM Members:
Francia Alvarez, D12
Craig Amundson, D12
State Rep, Hector Arzeno, D8
Lisa Becker Edmundson, D8
Peter Berg, D8
Maria Bocchino, D4
Rob Carter, D6
Bob Chaney, D11
Matt DesChamps, D6
Christine Edwards
Jim Finn, D8
Mary Flynn, D12
Dawn Fortunato, D3
Tracy Freedman, D11
Bill Galvin, D7
Ellen Brennan-Galvin, D7
Alison Ghiorse, D1
Karen Giannuzzi, D11
Dana Gordon, D8
Mareta Hamre, D10
Barbara Hindman, D12
Sammie Jacobs, D8
Scott Kalb, D7
Jonathan Kantor, D12
Mary Keller, D12
Mark Kordick, D9
Myra Klockenbrink, D8
Lucy Krasnor, D5
Adam Leader, D11
Chalon Lefebvre, D12
Lindy Lilien, D5
Richard Margenot, D8
MaryEllen Markowitz, D2
Janet McMahon, D8
Abigail McCarthy, D12
State Rep, Stephen Meskers, D6
Richard Montier, D12
Anthony Moor, D7
Cheryl Moss, Chair, D8
Kathy Myer, D8
Eileen Murdock, D12
Dana Neuman, D11
Richard Neuman, D11
Jonathan Perloe, D8
Jocelyn Riddle, D12
Steve Rubin, Chair, D3
David Snyder, D6
Cathy Steel, D11
Joanne Steinhart, D9
Louisa Stone, D10
Jay Teevan, D2
Joan Thakor, D5
Caryn Rosenbaum, D8
Alison Soler, D8
Pragati Soni, D2
Mary Tobin, D6
Karsten Vagner, D3
Molly Saleeby, D8
Scott Walker, D2
James Waters, D12
Lucy von Brachel, D4
Victoria Martin Young, D6