Saturday, July 12, 2014

What happened to the lottery for Killington Road Millings?

I thought a lottery was supposed to take place if there were not enough millings to go around. From the email circular (see below) " If we do not have enough material to fulfill qualified response we will hold a lottery." When did this lottery take place? To me it looks like none did and the businesses were prioritized by distance from the job site. (see chart below)
There seems to be something inherently unfair in the distribution of these millings. First of all one business owner gets 67 truckloads. The Pickle Barrel, Jax and Foundry are all Chris Carr’s businesses. You would think a more equitable distribution would have been adopted.
Two, not a single resident qualified.
Three, it was stated in the milling program memorandum recipients were prioritized in part, “in order to limit trucking” . I requested 3 truckloads and am closer than all recipients except for Peppino’s and The Woods to the actual source of the millings, thus there is an increased expense to move those millings to favored recipients. I wonder how many other residents and or businesses were denied and were closer than the recipients.
I realize that the program stated only Killington Road businesses and residents, but that was an arbitrary decision by the town manager to begin with.
It’s not only the Killington Road property owners that are paying for this road, all taxpayers are  - this program should include all residents if not all taxpayers.
I would hope this program is modified include all taxpayers because right now it is brazenly favoring businesses.
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From: Sethwebb@town.killington.vt.us
To: peppinosvt@comcast.net, chrisk@karrgroup.net, mogulsal@yahoo.com, lookoutvt@gmail.com, rick@basinski.com, vermontgiftandgarden@gmail.com, RK142@aol.com, Marla@Vermontel.com, dreid@Killington.com, jtomlinson@killington.com, snowedinn@vermontel.net, tony@woodsresort.net, jmcgrath72@yahoo.com, darksidevt@aol.com, mikep@karrgroup.net
CC: ktlee@vermontel.com, chris@killingtontown.com, pjm22@icloud.com, Chet@killingtontown.com
Sent: 7/11/2014 11:45:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Awards for Millings Program

You are receiving this email because you requested to participate in the millings program.

We received more requests than we could honor this year.   We received qualifying requests (requests from properties in or near the repaving area with driveways and parking lots that connect to Killington Road) for 173 truckloads.  We expect to have a minimum of 110 truckloads available for distribution.  

Therefore we will distribute millings in the following order of priority (see chart below) based on availability.  Please note the categories: Guaranteed and Possible.

Properties that submitted requests this year and met the criteria but do not receive millings in 2014 will be prioritized first for millings distribution during the next phase of repaving Killington Road (W. Hill to Dean Hill), which is scheduled for ’15 or ’16 (subject to budget). 

Please confirm your participation this year by emailing me.  Chet Hagenbarth will coordinate the delivery. His contact info is 802-422-9821 or email him at chet@killingtontown.com.    

Property (listed in order of  priority for distribution)
# of Truckloads Requested
Subtotal by priority
Award
Peppinos
10
10
Guaranteed
The Woods
12
22
The Foundry
25
47
Jax Food & Games
17
64
Pickle Barrel
25
89
Darkside Snowboards
1
90
Moguls
20
110
The Basin
3
113
Possible
The Lookout
4
117
Glazebrook
6
123
Killington Resort
50
173
Total Qualifying Requests
173




Seth Webb
Town Manager
Town of Killington
2706 River Road
Killington, VT 05751
802.422.3241 (office)

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-----Original Message-----
From: Town Information <info@killingtontown.com>
To: Seth Webb <Sethwebb@town.killington.vt.us>
Subject: Millings Program for Killington Road Residents and Businesses
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 18:18:51 +0000








   

Millings Program for Killington Road

As part of repaving the first section of Killington Road from Route 4 to West Hill this August, the Town expects to have excess asphalt millings or grindings. 

The Town would like to make any excess millings available to business and residents with driveway access to Killington Rd.   Priority will be given to properties in this area in order to limit trucking and improve the Killington Road corridor (driveways and parking lots that connect to Killington Road).

The purpose of this email is to inform residents about the program and instruct them on how they can participate.  Instructions for participation are:

If you have interest in receiving millings, please email the answers to the following questions to sethwebb@killingtontown.com before July 7th.  

1.     What is the address of the property (and name of business, if applicable) you would like to request millings for?


2.     What is the project you want to apply the millings to (driveway or parking lot or both)?


3.     How many tons or truckloads of millings would you need?  (Quantities are calculated using parking area dimensions and thickness.  For example, 20 tons, approx 1 truckload, spread at 3" deep and rolled, will cover approximately 1,000  square feet)


4.     Do you agree to apply the material within a two week period of delivery?  (This will require professional equipment to spread and roll the millings into place.  Notes:

-        Program participants need to arrange to have the millings spread and rolled.  The Town will not provide this service.  Local paving and excavator contractors can provide interested participants quotes on costs for driveway or parking lot.

-        Millings will harden and their effectiveness decreases rapidly after that two weeks.  The anticipated delivery is mid-August, 2014.  Unused material will be removed at owner's expense.


We will fulfill requests based on (1) the location criteria listed above, (2) the responses to this survey and (3) the availability of material.  If we do not have enough material to fulfill qualified response we will hold a lottery to make final selections.  We plan to announce the list participants the week of July 21st.    Note: completing this survey does not guarantee participation in the program.  

If you have questions about the program, please call Chet Hagenbarth at 802-422-3241 or email him at chet@killingtontown.com.     

Finally, if this program is successful, we plan to continue distributing excess millings in future years as we re-pave Killington Road.

Thank you,

Seth Webb
Town Manager 
 




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