After a lengthy discussion, SRG Family, LLC, representatives reluctantly agreed to follow this suggestion and to present amended plans in the very near future.

We're talking here about the 45,600 square-foot medical office building that is contemplated at 22 Old Waterbury Road where the existing medical building (40,500 square feet) is maxed out, creating a need for more space.

The Zoning Commission has already approved the amendments to the text of PDD #15 along with the general plan, with a positive referral from Planning.

The case before Wetlands is complicated by the fact that the site of the new building overflows into a designated conservation area.

At the July meeting, the commission accepted the application with reluctance because of incomplete information on the drawings.

Chairman Scott Martin warned then that the timing would be tight within the framework of the 65-day turnaround. He noted that the commission requires enough time to study the proposal in detail, to send the drawings out for review to engineering consultants Milone & MacBroome, and to set a public hearing that might have to be continued.

But, to no avail.

Fast forward and information was still incomplete in August and Mr. Martin once again repeated the timetable. He reiterated that he would not be comfortable in guaranteeing to set a public hearing and arranging site visits in time for the September meeting.

The presentation team consisting of engineer Charles Spath, Stuart Somers Company; architect Jeffrey Wysyznski, Tecton Architects; and attorney James Strub from Secor, Cassidy, & McPartland, nevertheless held forth for some 45 minutes of persuasion, until, reluctantly, Mr. Strub handed the withdrawal note to the chairman.

There was still no promise from Mr. Martin that site visits and the public hearing could be scheduled in time for the September meeting. But at least the clock was no longer ticking.

The equestrian barn that the McAllister family wants to build on its 374 Main Street North property will also be back in September because new documentation is required to show how the building can be "tweaked" to move it back from wetlands encroachment.

Approved were:

An application from Robert Carter and Donna Civitello, Bucks Hill Road, to remove invasive species from a pond and restore native shrub and plants to the pond.

An application to replace two existing concrete pipes with new PVC piping under the washed out driveway at 957 Kettletown Road.

An application to construct approximately 100 feet of retaining wall along Lake Lillinonah.