Select Board: July 27, 2022

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0:01 Okay, this meeting is is now in session. Welcome everybody for all.

0:08 Of you this meetings in general. It’s like it’s not too long. So we should be able to move through it. Pretty pretty quickly. The first item on our agenda is a public hearing and it has to do with a public shade tree removal on Pleasant Street. It’s not to be confused as another tree issue. You want Pleasant to be as well, but this one specifically concerns the MBTA bus stop. And it’s basically an improvement to make an ADA Compliant and something the NBTA covers. So with that I would go ahead and open the public hearing.

0:49 And this is a and I need to say this and that is if this is a public hearing on an application received from wsp USA on the half of the mvpa to remove two public shade trees unpleasant Street. Is hearing has been legally advertised as required and notification posted on the public shade trees. What I’d like to do now is call the African forward and I gather the Katy molten from wsp is on the yes. so I don’t know. Image I was always there. I can see you’ve been welcome.

1:30 And and I guess Katie’s is what I don’t know if Katie is And is able to speak I’m here. Can you see my screen? I’m not sure. Oh, it’s we can hear you.

1:43 But we can’t see oh there. You okay? Hi. I apologize. I have covid in my house. So I’m still going to be masking.

1:53 And thank you for coming. I’d like to call you forward. Okay, would it be acceptable I share my screen and give a presentation. Okay.

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2:18 I’m not sure gonna be everybody see that. Can everybody see this? My presenting yeah, we like yeah. Yeah, the the full board can see it. Okay. Oh, yes a partial view. Yeah. Anybody can see so go ahead. Okay. Thank you. Thank you everyone for having us tonight. I’m just going to give a short introduction lesbian you would like to. The activity no problem. Okay, so I will be take the introduction and then the detail stuff and why we apply the trade remove I will be take leather Katie to introduce. Okay, good evening Char and the problem members. Can you hear me?

3:03 Yes. Okay, so my name is Bindu a project manager from MBTA. So today we are very happy to be here with our design consultant wsp to introduce the party project that we will plan to do in the town of mabahatch for the pleasure straight and me straight bus stop Improvement and request a trade removal, okay. Second page the purpose of the plan for accessible translate infrastructure. Petty project is a greater ADA compliance the bus stop being system wide for our customers who has a defer the mobility needed and improve the customer safety and accessibility taste. So the bus stop in Marblehead has been prioritized for design and construction so due

3:51 to the one of more major accessibility and as well as a related needed so there are one bus stop. We would like to introduce today in this meeting for request a trade removal in order to ask to plan the accessibility Improvement and the in-house the operation in this location. So the bus stop Improvement scope include the Improvement the sidewalks the creation the crosswalk Ada comply and car brands and the best outside. So I’m BTS tonight. We will be invested. On my behind 150 thousand dollars for design construction. So MBTA is a funded.

4:36 So I’m BTA is founded. So the last I think I would turn it over to Katie Motors our project manager from the wsp to introduce the detail pasta. So Kitty, please thanks Ben. So yes, so has been said this is one of three locations in Marblehead that wsp in the MBTA are proposing improvements. However, this is the only one where we currently have a tree issue. So at the corner of Pleasant Street and Smith Street, I can actually switch to the to the I’m gonna switch back and forth. If you don’t mind the next page has the actual plans.

5:17 So if you could see here highlighted in red these are the two existing trees that we’re looking and requesting for elimination the current bus stop currently sits that the bus sits halfway in between Smith and pleasant and then kind of sits a little bit on Pleasant with the two weeks yesterday.

5:39 Okay, you’re not seeing as an intersection a pleasant Smith in Baldwin. With two red boxes around them. No. No, I think you’ve got a different strain perhaps Huh? Is that you’re not sure? No, I’m not sure what’s going on. Okay, so it’s that is really strange. So it’s not presenting. The way it’s supposed to be hanging on one second. Let me see if I can move. We see. Okay. I’m sorry. It’s it’s really strange on my screen that it’s presenting as in presentation mode on the left side, you know, give me

6:24 And I woke up and look at it and we just didn’t huh the kid we I can’t say. Yeah. Sorry, it’s hard to see it. Yeah, and let’s see if I have the this skills to zoom in on this. Will go. You can do it. Hang on.

6:46 Is that better? It’s gonna get a little blurrier, but that does that help improve the visibility? Yes. Yeah, yes. Okay great. So the two trees that we’re talking about are right here along Baldwin’s they’re on President Street. We are currently this is the current plan that we’ve sent to the town. We’re currently proposing to shift the bus stop further Beyond those two trees and not impact those trees which would put your bus stop about, you know, 350 to 500 feet away from the intersection and the reaction we got from the town was that they had concerns about people coming to the bus stop here and crossing the street at an unsafe unsignalized

7:34 Crossing. And so the only way that we can shift this bus stop back closer to the intersection to allow Riders to utilize the signalized intersection and the new upgraded pedestrian ramps. I will shift over. You can see that we are improving all four pedestrian curb ramps at this location and improving the crosswalks and improving some of the sidewalks. So the only way that we can shift this bus stop back is to eliminate both of these trees. What we’re trying to do is we’re trying to create a landing area that is about eight feet seven to eight feet deep which would be from the curb line to the back of the sidewalk or the wall. That’s at the back of sidewalk and this landing

8:21 area allows for the bus to deploy its ramp and allows impacted impaired drivers Riders, excuse me Riders to egress on and off the bus in a safe Manner and give them access to be able to get on and off the bus and maneuver on the sidewalk the grass patch also in here would be eliminated. so the proposed would be that we would shift pretty much identically this design which is to eliminate the grass within about 40 feet of the bus stop and put in concrete and then we would create in a much much more user friendly sidewalk here, but we would be putting it pretty much right in this

9:08 location over here.

9:12 I’m going to switch back. So as we are discussing. We are requesting that both trees which are and I’m apologize. I’m not even going to try but they are flowering cherry trees with their Latin names. One of them is a 21 and a quarter and a quarter inch one of them is a 19 inch and we understand that these are very large trees. However, these are both very low low hanging trees which does not really allow a pedestrian head egress and someone to be able to safely utilize this sidewalk the MBT is willing to work with the town and and install some new trees outside of the bus stop and we will work with the town to figure out. What is the best way to make everyone in this with this project happy.

10:03 Okay, that’s it. Okay. Okay, very good. Thank you. Katie and Ben much appreciated now. I’d like to move on to the next part of the hearing which is this anyone present wish to speak against this application. Yes, please. Go ahead and save your name. I’m Teresa Charlton 46 Teresa Trill in 46 Smith Street. So this is my corner. I understand the problem with the first cherry tree the bus stop actually what they’re saying going back to is the one that’s always been there. The first cherry tree is growing out. It needs to be pruned. It does not need to be removed that one. I might all almost

10:50 be able to say okay, if you want to make a bigger space fine the second cherry tree we planted when we moved into that house about 22 years ago. We paid the town the hundred dollars for the tree in the $100 to get it put it in the spring so we could take care of it and we baby that tree. It is not impacted by the bus the bus is already back into the flow of traffic by then. There’s no reason for that tree to be removed. It’s a shade tree. It’s beautiful in the springtime. It actually does protect and provide some shape for the poor people standing waiting for the bus. It doesn’t need to come down. I don’t understand why they’re insisting

11:36 that both of these trees be removed. I would insist say that in truth. Both of them need to be pruned. I do not need to be removed. I just want to listen. Thank you. Yeah, please when you talk about these two trees. Yes, so close to the intersection or farther away. Which is one thing that’s right a big bottom of the stairs that comes out of my house. So it’s the one closer to the intersection is the older tree. You would be fine without being enrolled. But yeah, I would be would not be fine. I’d rather they both say and we prune them up. But if they one had to go I could sacrifice that one but the second one the one closest to the intersection one you think the city intersection we could say fine. You need

12:23 to read when you sign into this further away. It’s yes. Okay, that’s it. Thanks. Just trying to figure out which one. Okay. Can I ask another question of the MBTA while I’m doing this short or really question for the MTA is since most of the people going into the Mariner are going to be down by Mohawk. Why are you not moving the bus stop down to the Mohawk down to the The townland Crossing where there will be a blinking light. Cross wall light so I mean I can answer in Ben you can you can follow up but for the most part we are looking to maintain the existing distance between the bus stops. The MBT MBTA is

13:09 looking to maintain distances of bus stops in around around a thousand feet. They really don’t want pedestrians to be walking more than a couple minutes between bus stops. So one of our goals is we do work very closely with the MBTA and service planning and this is is an existing signalized intersection with an existing crosswalk and stand up and head Crossing signals. This is a very safe place for people to be processing. We are not looking to eliminate any bus stops. We’re just looking to improve bus stops and make everyone Ada accessible. I would also like to let everyone know that the MBT has been sued because of their ADA compliance. So MBTA has

13:55 been working very carefully to upgrade all of their buses their Subways and everything to bring everything to ADA compliance. So this is a legal thing that the MBT is complying with and we’re trying to make it safe for all writers within the MBTA system. Correct. So I won’t also let all the ball member. I read there’s no so every month. We need to report to the federal charge King to up all the each Community what we did for the bus stop ad comply. So right now for this stop we are not we we remove this try to application for remove these two traits about however, I’m BT will be do the build another two Trace near the new bus stop locations, right Kate.

14:41 Yes, that is you know, we have not coordinated with the with the arborist in town yet to figure out what those what what the town would like. We have not added those that will be updated when we get whatever whatever the determination is in tonight’s hearing and then we will continue to coordinate with the town. Yes, so we we want to keep in touch with the Town to what kind of trade will be Branch so we will be cooperate. And I also would like to add that I do agree with the resident at this location that these trees are they do they are not really on they are beautiful trees, but they are not really Street trees. There is low hanging branches and I but the MBT I mean I we can work with them. But yes on our contractor can definitely do some trimming but there needs to be a set at very specific Headway for

15:28 people to be able to stand under the tree and have clear without branches from the tree hitting them. These branches are extremely low and they pretty much cross the entire sidewall from the from the curb line to the back of sidewalk. They are beautiful trees. I do not just agree, but they definitely could use some some pruning from the bottom up. If you I would need to I would need to coordinate that with with MBTA. I’m not sure I would think it would need to be around eight feet because typically any signs that are posted on sidewalks have an eight foot head clear so that no one walking. Would have the bottom of the head hit bottom of the sign hit their head. No one wants to be walking under a tree and ducking and wants a sign to hit them or anything like that, but we could add all

16:14 of that to our plans and add that for this this further tree and have that pruned or if the resident wants to take care of that themselves and that seems to be very important to them. I always have okay. Yes, so From understanding you correctly. So I understand the head Wing problem. So here’s if you’re committing that for the trees you take out you’re going to replace them with trees with an appropriate Headroom. We would be a lot more agreeable to that. But we don’t want to have is it naked? No there so there would not be trees within the bus. Stop location. The trees could be so I

16:59 believe I’ve stopped sharing. I apologize. So then why are you saying that the problem is Headroom not because the problem was Headroom and put in a tree that has an appropriate Headroom.

17:12 so Right, but we would not we do not so the the bus stop has a front door and a middle door, correct. So both of those doors need to be clear of all obstructions including trees So within the bus stop location, there would be no trees planted. However, we would plant new trees. Outside of the bus stop area and we would coordinate with the town arborist to figure out what the best trees are that the town would like to MBTA to to plant. It’s okay. If I could just follow on a point of clarification, so it’s not had Headroom per se. It’s the fact that the trees are in the sidewalk. It is right. If we need to shift the bus stop

17:58 back to be in closer proximity to the curb ramp, which is what the town has requested us to do. We would need to eliminate the tree. We are requesting to eliminate both trees because they really do not have the existing Headroom underneath them for pedestrians to carefully and safely walk along the sidewalk. The fact is that the bus stop is already there. And the bus stop partially stops within the Smith Street intersection. Yeah. So the bus stop not the bus stop right now is currently 15 feet long. The bus stop needs to be a minimum of 50 feet. It’s a 40 foot bus the bus stop when it stops currently sits

18:44 partly in the Smith Street intersection. Based on where the bus stop signs. There’s only a bus stop front sign there needs to be a front and a rear sign for the bus stop. So Shifting the bus forward would provide the 50 Foot bus stop minimum that we need. for a 40 foot bus and would impact would not have the bus stopping within the intersection and blocking pedestrians using the curb ramps and crosswalks.

19:13 Yes, we ask that he well. I think we’re going to change to public experience Okay, is there anybody else that would like speaking opposition? All right. Does anyone present wishes to speak in favor of this application?

19:33 All right, because I’m going to go ahead and close the hearing. And we do have John fobert and I believe we also have infection current. On Zoom here with us as well to answer any questions from the board. So let’s go ahead and deliver it right now, right? This is also just

19:57 For the week sounds like the situation is you’re the 15 put the needs to go to public a new regulation. And is there any information for the I can’t and if it’s on the drawing, I apologize because I can’t see the particular thing is throughout the actual data on how many feet the first tree versus the second tree like where that is meaning. If you eliminated the first three if you’re allowing your sidewalk clearance and the ability to access the front in the middle of the bus where that second tree would land if there was an ability to prune that that would well for the Headroom but not to removal is you have a actual distance from Where it is to where it was, I’m not like where those are actually physically located.

20:43 So if I think I understand your question if we were I apologize I really so can you see my screen or am I not sharing anymore? Yeah. Okay. So what we would propose to do was we this Pro bust up is currently 65 feet. We would propose to shorten that to the minimum of 50 feet because it is also at an intersection so the bus stop would most likely the rear bus stop sign would most likely be kind of court at the the back corner of the sidewalk and it would continue all the way up almost to where that near side tree is it would be about 50 feet. And so that this proposed bus stop being back here closer to the intersection would not impact this

21:29 second tree. We would propose to have that second tree trimmed. to provide adequate head clearance But this that would shift this bus stop back. and I just

21:47 Accessibility compliance so someone could come from the sidewalk access the glasses required hot meet the new minimums that meet your requirements. But then with the trimming of that second tree allow that tree to remain well so dealing with the Headroom issue, but you’re still keeping the sidewalk parameters. So you’re meeting the 88 compliance. Is that true? I believe so the only part of that is I I don’t have enough information on that existing tree that if we were to trim it up so that there were no branches at six feet as eight feet rather as to what would be remaining. What are we then doing to the tree and are we impacting the tree negatively that it is?

22:35 Do you understand my ultimatum? Yeah.

22:44 I’m not an arborist. I would never say anything. That is definitely not my thing, but we would work with the arborist to figure out how to best do that. It was a potential if that was the potential, correct? But we would definitely.

22:59 What you would need to meet the requirements of what you’re trying to accomplish here how much how many feet would you say we need to be effective? Of this rear tree. Yes, all of it. It would I do not believe that tree. We need to have 50 feet. None of the try. So none of the tree. I I we can set the bus stop far enough back such that it’s 50 feet long and it should not impact this tree from a bus. Stop needing to have concrete and impacting the root system. The concern I have is trimming the tree up and what does that impact to the tree? Okay. so we have more than enough space from the

23:47 base of the tree to the intersection to get a 50 foot bus stop in. It would sit probably about I apologize. I cannot draw in. maybe I can

24:02 Yes, yeah, yeah.

24:10 Hi, John forward reward in town tomorrow at 5 Crown Way. The second the tree that we’re talking about pruning you can redo it reduce the tree by one third safely and you could really especiliate that tree meaning that you could take one whole side almost straight up off. The cherries are pretty vigorous trees as we’ve seen around town as long as a root zone is an impacted. around the base and it’s kept on the as I’m looking at the left hand side where we’re taking the other tree the tree should be able to withstand the pruning that would be needed to keep it in that to raise it to six to eight feet that you need the eight feet that you would need.

24:58 Thank you. That’s helpful, John. Thank you.

25:04 Yeah, I’m just

25:11 trying to struggle with the proposal from the mbca was to move the bus stop ahead of the trees where actually Street widens a bit and it is that is a tough intersection. Just stop a bus anyway, so I’m wondering like you say the town respond and request the bus stop remains closer to mystery involvement Road intersection. Like who specifically are you referring to in regard to the town? Was that like a decision made by? The police and safety the highly department or was it a decision made from the board before my time. I guess I’m wondering who like why we’re having was like we say the town decided it needed to be close to this mystery. That’s the piece that I guess I’m not I don’t have the context for

25:57 that. yep, so we were we were coordinating with Charles Quigley and I would have to I’m not sure what his If he’s the town engineer or if he’s DPW, I’m unsure and when Charles got back to me there were multiple people from the town wsp Tech. We and the ambité we reach out to the town and request comments. We work with you through the 30% the 100% and the final design. We asked the town that they provide us with the contacts for DBW fire police anyone that would be required to review our plans and provide any comments and then we would address all those comments and subsequent submissions. So we’ve been working directly with Charles Quigley. He’s the one that contacted us to get in touch with Jonathan. And so

26:45 anyone in the town that needs to review these plans that would be with the town to send these plans around for anyone that needs to review them and provide comments and we would address those comments. Okay, so then I guess my question to the poor like for us is whether we feel that. Not moving it. I mean I can see the benefits of moving and I understand the concern from Mr. Quick from Charles quickly was that it would be you know, we would we would assume people would jaywalk Pleasant Street, but I guess I just don’t necessarily agree with that presumption. And if that’s the safety concern and I don’t know. I mean we have on the spot they’re cheap on the spot. But I mean, it seems like the initial proposal from MBTA is actually safer

27:32 in that that intersection. Is really tricky to pull a muscle over. We all know that intersection I guess. I guess I don’t without the context for why. Mr. Quickly Beyond just that we would assume some people might want to cross the street and not walk to the Cross spot. There’s nothing across the street to get to it’s just too private homes. So I don’t have a problem with the initial MBTA proposal that leaves the trees actually the streets wider where it pulls it for the bus pulls over without. Any like anybody? Sort of but in context to that decision. Well, like look I would say probably don’t want to you know second. Yes the town engineer, especially

28:18 when they’re providing material or advice to a you know to a really trying to do an integrated job on this entire intersection. So they’re putting 150 Grand into but I just lie that decision was because all it’s not the only reason given here and without I mean, is he on the call? Well, it’s a combination of reasons probably and I understand Katie if I heard you earlier they you know, that the length of the roots between bus stops is important as is the proximity to go to the crosswalk itself. And I guess it’s a follow-up to that. You know, what’s the reason you know, why are you improving the the sidewalk area? You mentioned something about ADA and it’s so complication with Ada if you don’t

29:07 Yeah, well not if you don’t locate it closer, the complication is the grass strip between the curb and the sidewalk that grass strip needs to be eliminated and replaced with a solid surface. So it could be brick. It could be concrete. It could be asphalt but for a passenger egressing the bus there needs to be a solid surface and there probably the reason why this was a high priority stop is primarily because the curb ramps that this location we’re not ADA Compliant as well as the grass strip which does not provide a solid surface for bus riders.

29:48 Yeah, John forbid again to make a quick comment. Please go ahead. Yeah, originally. We also looked at. Outbound on Lafayette like on right past mystery going out on and taking a large locust tree that was also in the sidewalk. I think we’re also gaining.

30:14 That whole intersection where the street lights are going to be all 88 compliant sidewalks as well. So that’s kind of the big thing. We’re gaining from this as well.

30:24 It would have gone up further and I think that’s this the spot further up on the outbound Lane large locust tree. There’s this there’s a light signal signal box. All that would have had been addressed and I think that I think we kind of talked about it as a safety thing too is that intersection there is unless you’re like coming into town. You’re past that light. That light is very busy as far as traffic coming in and going out. So this where wines open you have rooms that kind of? Get a car over and get get the bus over and get by with the car. If you know if you look where the opposite side of where the bus stop is. That’s why it’s kind of makes sense. As far as I’m concerned and I’m all for pruning one tree and

31:12 but we’re not gonna be able to save one tree if we go with the concrete sidewalk there so I’d be up for pruning one tree and the location the bus the original Bus drop is on the other side of the street outbound coming up to the lights. So it’s either take the locus that’s further up. In that spot was really originally proposed which was a lot more work and it’s a much larger shade tree. I mean, these are Under the wires and they’re in a typical location to begin with.

31:45 but that’s my two cents on why we got to where we are. As far as we’re gaining all new ramps around that intersection ADA Compliant ramps, which is huge for us, too.

31:58 Yeah, so miss Moulton is is there if we if you you’re original design would that not allowed for the ADA Compliant ramps at the crosswalk? Because the plan you’re seeing is our original ADA Compliant plan it no matter what we do. You will be getting four new ADA Compliant curb ramps at the Smith Pleasant intersection. However, the only difference is is the bus stop is much further away from The Pedestrian Crossing.

32:35 around like right now, I’m just focused on inbound on and with the regards to the trees and when I kind of today a little bit dug into it kind of he’s coming up the outbound our is there like a regulation that you have to have the outbound stop like directly across from the inbound stop or like why are those why does that out about stop really like relate at all to the inbound and tree issue so they do not relate to each other. What we require is that there is a ADA Compliant path between paired bus stops. So If you originally asked proposed if the board decided that that original proposal

33:23 doesn’t present safety issues. Exactly. It seems to be wider your original proposal agree. It’s farther from the bus stop. Does that impact any tree taking on the opposite side? We are not proposing anything on the opposite side on the Pleasant Street and Baldwin roadside. We are just providing we would be on this opposite side and it’s I couldn’t call it the southbound side. I’m not sure if that’s your inbound or outbound. I apologize but on the southbound side we would be doing the same thing. We would be eliminating the grass strip in this location. We would be putting in a brand new sidewalk. And just within this small section and we’d be putting in new Lomond seed on opposites. The

34:09 only the only location where you need the

34:14 The solid surface is in front of the two bus doors. So the bus has a stop sign has a bus stop sign and it tells that tells the bus driver where the front of the bus must stop and that provides both doors to have a solid surface for egress to the bus. So there is no trees on the southbound side and we would just be eliminating portions of that grass strip.

34:46 yeah, thanks for everything and just in relation to understand I think Charles are veggies. I think Becky exactly she might be able to answer this but I’m just and I I’m just doing this from the diagram. I don’t have a middle in my head of this place in real time right now. So I can’t I don’t know exactly where these trees are in a relationship sidewalk, but I’m also thinking based on the information that they just presented there could have been a conflict as well of creating Ada accessibility from that intersection with the old proposals along that sidewalk route like perhaps that was what the conflict was like there wasn’t the second self. Was it going to be accessible from the intersection of maybe that’s why the town proposed that New

35:32 Orleans the tree roots. Don’t affect your sidewalk. You know, I’ve seen the sidewalk itself, you know, I don’t know what the regulation I’m just saying that might have been some of the rationale. That’s why I didn’t know if I could speak about I think there are sufficient questions here what I’m going to propose. Authority table this and bring it back next meeting. So these questions asked if that it’s that makes sense. Okay. I mean there are you know, I think we it’s clear that we have a couple of options to contemplate here and we’d like to get some additional input. So Katie and Ben is is that okay with you? Could we impose on you again to to come back once we resolve these questions here? Of course, you know we’re happy to I’m happy. I believe

36:18 Jonathan has these plans I can resend them to Charles’s distribution. So they have the most up-to-date plans or this PowerPoint presentation, whatever easiest. and of course, we’re happy to continue the conversation and you know the whole the whole our whole intent is to work with the town do what’s best for the town do its best for the MBTA writers and provide ADA compliance and Ada accessibility within your within your municipality. So we are more than happy to to work with you. Katie we really appreciate that and the evident commitment to you know to doing it right so we’ll you know, we’re very pleased that you’ll have patience with us and come back next time. We should always need time constraint. I

37:05 don’t know if there I’m very interesting or anything that we just drinkable. I don’t think so, right anytime constraints on your end. You know, I think our next meeting will be in in August if that’s okay the 15th mid August. Yeah.

37:22 That’s that that’s fine with you. If someone could just send us that information and the zoom link when it gets ready. We will be happy to to be to it be in attendance. And maybe I won’t have to wear a mask at that one. So the 15th is that Monday? Okay, I need a motion to. You know, the question is whether we’re continuing to hearing until the next meetings, but because I think that makes sense. Okay, so that way we don’t necessarily need to read. That’s different than tables. Yes. That’s what that is. Yeah. To engage specific, right? Okay. Yeah, so to be on In the ass, so okay. I would like to then if anybody can pick it.

38:07 I’d like to make it to entertain a motion to Get the terminology again is continuity. I guess I guess just to continue the hearing on August 15th 2012. So for you guys close, can I add one thing? Please go ahead. I’ll go out and do a visibility about espaliating that the cherry trees even feasible. So sober that’s that’s great. That’s also John. Thank you. Okay, I think we have a emotional second all those in favor. Okay, we have this decision there. Thank you very much. Thank you for coming and thank you.

38:54 So that’s this one and so maybe almost had before I was here. So it gives me the audience. Okay? No, that’s appreciate that true. And that would be great but to follow up it looks like Okay. Very good. Thank you all. Well now move on to our next version item goes by the item on the agenda here. It’s a conditional offer of employment police chief for the two police event. positions tomorrow

39:41 It said please without a microphone. It’s very easily at that. Let’s see and Bill Cooper will get you. Shortly, sorry about that. You’ll be next invasion. That’s what

40:02 it’s a little background cheese that again. Thank you. Good evening. Thanks a lot more. Thank you greater. So what these nice so I’m devastating the police with Don Marblehead. These are very important and nights that Mark and special times in the department. So I’m respectfully requesting the board offer conditional office of employment to Abigail of blank and Michael Farwell is permanent full-time police officers for the town of Marvel. Abigail were playing with the lifetime Marblehead resident graduate graduate of Marvel and high class of 2014. She served in the military with the US Navy from 2014 to 2019

40:48 cancer Bachelor of Science degree from Salem State University classes, 2021. Also a personal trainer and workflow. Like my old Robert Farwell, the Marvel has resident graduate of Lynn Boke High School class of 2011. Mike has advanced in a career focused on Private Security Services serving in a variety of positions and currently is in a supervisory role around the protection of banks. The federal background check and according to interview has been conducted on both candidates. And in my opinion that you can adjust the qualities that we’re looking for in our police officers to serve the town of Marblehead and at what would like to welcome them as members to the Department.

41:33 additionally, I would just note that these are conditional offers of employment that require both the benefits of medical psychological Physical Agility case test and completion of Police Academy that were also working on getting the next Chief if you could that’s fantastic, if you could explain the reason behind the conditional Opera, I understand the slots in the police academy. Are tight and they move quickly. So yeah, so there’s a so that the simple service. process requires that these conditional offers conditional offers of employment being in place to show the commitment of the town in the commitment of the candidates and so it is

42:21 required under civil service that there are their medical their psychological and a conditional officer office or in place and we are in this particular case replacing a retirement that happened in June and an open spot that was given back in the budget to bring my column into 32. So these are two planted spots and above a month and a half months to get through the interviews in the background.

42:49 any questions

42:54 that congratulations Mike and Abigail. Congratulations Thank you. Both are yeah. Yes, you can tell what we’re gonna wear this today. Yeah. So with that I’d like to entertain him what we’ve been to offer conditional offer some employment of employment to Abigail and blind and Michael farewell as permanent full-time police official town of Marblehead subject is successful completion of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts physical abilities test complete physical examination psychological examination to be conducted by the town’s physician and a psychiatrist psychologists of the town’s choosing. So we’ll see a second second all those in favor. It’s unanimously. Congratulations.

43:39 Congratulations. Thank you. Thanks for your sir. Thank you.

43:51 Okay, Mr. Cooper it is I apologize for jumping where we only agenda. Sorry. Please have a seat and judge. You know how to see. And this is regarding tenant rep of the Housing Authority. Yeah, and it is a five-year term. and My father will be 105 you are patient. I hope this is going to take that long. Oh, it was a hard time watching him living all my heritage.

44:27 That’s why pretty good with that. You’re gonna have to bear with us because we have a long list of questions for you and

44:39 even out of respect for the position you’re volunteering for. Thank you very much for doing. And we’re going to we basically we ask this of all your volunteers for this particular. Housing Authority interviews, so

44:54 That’s started out by asking you. How long have you lived in the model and how many housing? A little bit somewhere. So I’ve got a pretty old in mind. Got you. Okay? I will say. I’ve heard stories going back years and years. And if you then resident of Marblehead prior to that, I woke up and Crocker Park on New Year’s Day of 1973 and I did hear ever since we’ll save the store will save the story about how you woke up. You mentioned I did. Okay. All right, Jackie if you’d like to hear you. Why do you want to be the tenant representative? Well a it needs to be gone.

45:42 a lot of the people Are pretty elderly?

45:49 A lot of stuff is not being done. There are unattressed issues about health and safety. Things like that. Nothing catastrophic yet. But things are better. taking care of and repairs Besides I retired three weeks ago and I need something to do it. How do you see your role as tenant representative on the mha board and what he wanted to accomplish. Okay, my role is basically what it says to make sure. That tennis concerns are request that work orders are logged in so on and so what?

46:35 Long-term I would like to start developing. Or help of develop some new candidates coming down the road for those positions.

46:47 I mean we’re looking at one of your guys.

46:51 cooling boy

46:57 Thank you. I’ll say thank you Aaron. Thank you.

47:03 Thanks. What concerns do you have? About your experience as a Housing Authority tenant. So while you’re concerns?

47:15 It’s the staff there that they have. Works very well. I think they should be a little. firmer guides from the from the board. You know what they say a fish Walks from the head down. so

47:33 things like that the maintenance crew they were very hard. But you know that you got five guys to take care of 307 units. Nice when my whole life. Dealing with buildings everything from construction remodeling repair maintenance and numbers just doesn’t work.

47:54 So I kind of feeds right into the next question which is what are the challenges you see in running that map Housing Authority normally hasn’t already given you diversity in the housing population budget and staff and constraints. Complicated management structure aging infrastructure, what ideas do you have to address those in? How have you? Or have you taken any initiative and more creatively to address concerns despite those constraints? Well, I was talking to a lot of people who’ve been there for a long time and I haven’t been appointed yet. So I’m not going to go open in my mouth up everything else but infrastructure. Everywhere I’ve gone and all my life people think

48:41 oh, we just built it 50 years ago. How come we have? To fit you know, if that’s look at you school tomorrow. Is a case of point right there and boilers didn’t rest in a week. so

48:56 you must have really work on preventative maintenance maybe necessary and if it means Bringing in outside vendors to do certain things. Okay. It’s like I said, it’s only five guys. the administration right now is kind of run by the sound Housing Authority. I have no idea how that happened, but I would make it a lot of it. And the fact that it’s all been taken over by the state. Does it make things any better? so

49:30 I will be looking for some support from different town departments. You know. DPW fire department place doesn’t have a fighter drill in years. peace for the most part our old people got to make sure everybody knows how to get out. And then the family house. He was a lot of kids in there. That’s what that’s all about. So they have to go through the place. And if it takes a letter from the fire department. Get yourself in gear and get it done and we will do whatever we need to help you. I’m willing to get that ball rolling.

50:15 Okay.

50:18 as far as other maintenance and stuff goes I understand from the Essex County Sheriff. We need to get guys with the jail to come and pay. We wouldn’t have an Insight of known as you’re not going to fast forward. But they can be outside scraping and Peyton Windows the doors and such as that. Well, we’ve got to do is supply the bank. But again, that would probably have to go through the state.

50:47 so I’m going to have to

50:50 work a lot on picking up on the governance. of all fear and

51:00 You know just get the ball roll because it’s just stuck ever, right?

51:06 but yeah, I mean I just said just wanted to clarify the structure of oversight right Housing Authority that it is the state controlled. agency entirely Well, they appoint one member of the board. I have a letter yet, but I understand. She’s pretty on the ball and everything else. the other three they’re elected from the town. And it is not a glory board to run for. a lot of people are not interested in the housing of the it’s not like you guys get to sit up here and Beyond television and everything else. It’s certainly

51:52 not like that. and all you hear are complaints

52:00 and human nature being what it is. Every individual’s complaint is the most momentous thing happening. so you have to

52:11 smile when you say somebody will get to that because it’s just a drink and faucet. Meanwhile, this is mcgillic. Buddy spoiler is overflowing and the apartment downstairs. She comes first. It’s you got to learn kind of priorities. and in my professional life Especially working at the tower School.

52:33 They’re all children top to the bottom. They’re all children and and I learned the priorities I’ve worked to say no one to smile and deal with all kinds of impossible people so

52:52 all right, what would you say I kind of feel like you’re responsibility of him regards to the communication and responsiveness with the tenants. Like what is your plan? Every present people have my phone number at a time? Okay if there was a problem.

53:08 I will go and see I you know, I will go down to Broken Road and take a look at what’s going on. There’s something like that. And I believe I have enough professional expertise. to be able to tell if it’s a right flag a yellow flag or Let It Go Green, you know, that’s Any thoughts on getting the tenants to engage, you know with management and you know creating that kind of cohesive environment where the tenants are engaged as well. Well, whatever somebody new comes along everybody’s welcome home and then everybody goes complete again because it’s being handled and stuff like that. Right now there is no full. tenant organization

53:56 and that has to happen. You know and has to happen on their terms within whatever guidelines. Exist, which I don’t as of now know. but if you get people more involved especially when they’ve got a steak and you know, they they live in we’ll live here and I would walk out something. Just because it’s in the unit down the block. Doesn’t mean that it doesn’t affect you because sooner or later it will if the attitude of neglect is allowed to continue sooner or later. It’s going to affect you. and

54:39 the tennis that I’ve met with and talk to

54:44 they’re kind of in favor of that. A lot of them are elderly, okay. and And family house. Let’s face it. single mothers with children they got time to cook supper if they’re lucky. so

55:02 you want to make them feel like they can contribute which you don’t want to put too much of a burden on them either. It’s it’s a very fine line to walk.

55:15 Yeah. You touched upon this but what kind of working relationship Do you want to build with the town in the state of fishes? the state officials my philosophy of the state is I don’t bother them. They don’t bother. As Tom Jordan once put it at its 118 In This Very Room. What the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have to do with the town of Marblehead? and

55:49 again, there is a member. On the board that is appointed by the state. She’s got to be the liaison. That’s probably the way that the command structure is set up.

56:08 as far as working with the town somebody told me that the record Park Department cuts the the grass at farewell Court.

56:20 Hey, we’re realistic. We know the next stop and they I don’t know that. I don’t know that. If you know that I don’t know viral Court farewell Court. No, that’s a mobile on there. That’s what I’ve heard. I don’t know that for a fact. I don’t know. But anyway, you know, it’s so then I guess so I’m getting into this is a state fund program. In our time. Okay, so So basically, it’s the same this one program. in the town, how do you how do you

56:56 yeah, so the problem is feeling Deborah to change that. First I got to find out how to know about it. We got a couple of trees there that got to come back. One of them when it comes down it’s going to take out. The power lines and the house across the street. so

57:17 who’s responsibility is is it the states? The state will never do anything about?

57:23 it unless I could get the light apartment to write a very strongly worded letter. Say you got to take this down because now that you know the problem exists. and you don’t do anything about it. That’s what a liability turns into negligence. That’s why you’re not ready to do. So that’s You know I say I don’t understand going on 50 years. And I’ve worked. with everybody

58:02 and what would you do?

58:07 Kind of said it but just your immediate to improve the living conditions at the Marblehead.

58:18 Little things that will make people happy. Give me one. Okay, we got all our outside lighting that doesn’t shut off. It’s on the photo cells they wear out they need to be replaced. So we’re not running the lights 247 meanwhile down at the farewell Court. There’s a lighting a light in a public area. That doesn’t work. No, little stuff like that little things like that. Really help with the quality of life. And the role of school we have the front loaded washers and they’re down on the floor. Why couldn’t they be up on the pedestal? you got

59:00 to accident or over 80 years old trying to bend down for those machines again. It’s the quality of life mission.

59:09 Thanks, too. You’re all set to become a team player on this on this board. Yep. I’m gonna that’s the most important thing.

59:23 I haven’t met any of the other board members yet.

59:29 and I realized I’ll do the new kid on the Block. and

59:36 I will say that.

59:40 Being from New Jersey. I’ve always looked like around.

59:45 I’m not worried about. Anything like that?

59:54 the last any discussion from date and I mean, okay guys, you know, I I first I commend your stepping forward to do this and I think it would be a great advocate. For the residents in housing where I you know, I have a little bit of reservations around the education. I think like that respectfully regarding that or the structure of how the Housing Authority runs with regard to like. While you know, I think that I think that you will have it all within you to you have the professional expectation professional expertise that you need to do in terms of you’re trying the most infrastructure maintenance

1:00:40 and repairs and I can see your energy for advocating. I mean my only thing I think just to kind of like go with what what Jim had picked up on is, you know, just this like when you said, you know that the state needle they don’t bother me. I don’t bother them but the reality is is that you have to in this role be able to work and collaborate. It is really over. The oversight piece is is with the Commonwealth and so that’s just you know, that’s sort of was the you know, you’re an awesome Advocate and I just I wanted to kind of I guess I just like Jim, I’m looking for a little bit of reassurance around the You know how you work with in terms of in in

1:01:25 a group? groups dynamically better differently probably

1:01:37 well bill, I I think you’re the kind of person who is a go-getter and look I think to the extent that you could apply that a tremendous energy to you the lives of the Folks in the housing for any fantastic. I think I think the issue is, you know, just a little bit around, you know, if you gonna put your head through an old door, you know, make sure it’s not the state’s open around and and perhaps you know. You know. Remind yourself of a team player. I never put my head through a door Community all those years. I know how to jack out the instruments. I exactly do it intelligence. Yeah. Any other any other questions schedule? Okay, so I like to entertain a motion

1:02:22 to a point Bill Cooper for the Marblehead housing authority and it representative with the term to Aspire in June 2000. -27 all is in there someone. Oh, sorry solo and do I get a second? Thank you. All wasn’t there. Congratulations, and thank you Bill. Thank you show you have to get sworn in before you go to the first that’s right with the Thompson. a little bit background but Yeah, thank you. Very appreciate it. Thank you very much.

1:03:01 It comes knock after we yeah right on. nothing It’s not.

1:03:12 So the next the next item on our agenda is a curb cut Appeal on 87. Jersey Street Like I said that please if you enjoyed to come to the hot seat, I guess over here. Yeah, why not and Emmett? Yes, welcome back. And if you would go ahead and present to repeat sure I could have done this on Zoom. So I could like show a nice little picture everything else now why and why I appreciate it. I don’t know maybe maybe but It’s so we’re kind of at the topic. There’s your Street New

1:03:59 Jersey. I mean, I understand it’s kind of art police how the patch people go under history. And I mean, we’re right across from Village Middle School. So what ends up happening I have to play is that school lets out. The kids are all coming out and around people are people are hauling up the road on both sides, and we’re at the Pinnacles, but then we’re on a driveway that’s pitch. So I’ve got this giant tree and a and then I’m like a powerful. and in order to get in and out either you have to back into this into our driveway or Face and in fact out of it so it no matter how I how we enter the driveway. It’s like we’re always backing in and we’re there’s either kids or cars or pole and

1:04:44 it’s I so I hired a contractor not you know, I said, hey, I got this this issue. It said oh, we’ve got this huge front yard. We’ll just curb it around in the front. So he went to pick up the permit at the highway department. Don’t do that. And they said look you have to add a herb cut. And in order to do that. I have to come to this meeting to get it approved and I when I talk to him, I I think I talked to Kyle a little bit and I called them and the reason being is that in like Old Town that parking right you’re eating parking, but I’m Jersey’s reasonably parks and through the streets. So this is more about formality, hopefully, but That was maybe it’s not maybe it’s a big deal. They got a group that I don’t know.

1:05:30 Guys, how you are you I’ll set you. Yeah, I’m sorry. But yeah. Look, I I would like to draw your attention to our bylaws. Yeah. don’t forget a chance to look at our

1:05:43 current cuts 25% I looked at the wrong one. I was at our angle 235 that 13. That’s just you identify 13. Yeah, that’s correctly. Yeah and 255 14 as well. Okay.

1:06:01 You know, I think. 225 25 13 G is something that can be distracting. Our ingredient is my understanding that yeah. comment on what I’m saying happens to be sure I get it right but really can’t say something that we could you know in theory. Modified or or see more leniency towards you. I personally think of importantly have a different city of different ideas that it is a little bit of a slippery slope problem with this, you know, I think if we were to allow haircuts, especially haircuts that you know that allow for the extension of a driveway from corner of a house, then that could go that that would become a norm and

1:06:47 See houses. All right there. Okay, so that’s that point one. Okay point two is is that you know, 255 14 is pretty straightforward. It basically says that. 255-13 a through D are firm, right? Yeah their rule. And 255 14 then goes on to say that there will be no reduction of street parking if there is occurred. So it’s pretty I’m gonna say pretty black and white regarding that and you know, so that if there is loss of parking it doesn’t ever

1:07:30 I think the boards he was probably the technology for interpretation there. So I and with that I wouldn’t give to the boards that we have the comments. Any thoughts on this? Yeah, so this is an appeal. Yeah, I’ve already been in and it’s beneficiency. Yeah at the administration. So, yeah, so and that’s and that’s the reason for. So I live right in the area too. Yeah, we have to back into our traveling as well because backing out particularly during school is is difficult and dangerous. So we me and my daughters would be all that. Just checked it. And as you

1:08:18 are aware, you’ve been there for a couple years. So yeah, there is parking for the fall and spring Seasons across football track particularly when we have out of town teams coming people are everywhere. So as Moses said biggest thing for me is is we’re losing parking on.

1:08:44 Yeah, so that’s really where I am with that. The rule is pretty pretty firm on that.

1:08:51 G is not but 255 13 G is not the 255 40 is why that’s I don’t think so. Nice away. I think that that this is discretionary or may approve requests. So long as the standards are met and she would not be met is it? Well, if you’d be two five five fourteen, right or it’s like the Lord made vary the requirements set forth in 255 13 Above So Long View application. When there will be no, okay, and there will be no reduction of streets. That’s just So so above and the condition that we can’t that they can’t eat. We may vary it in two Five

1:09:37 Thirteen gotcha, but with the exception losing party, okay.

1:09:45 Is there parking under the street? I have actually hold the city. Should I pull your arms to make sure there is I I just hadn’t thought about pulling it. So those people are people do partner. There’s a parking. I don’t know. I don’t know but I pull it you’ve got a good one. That’s why it doesn’t matter. I people aren’t there. Trying to parking most places to go. So no, I certainly agree. It’s difficult.

1:10:18 Yeah.

1:10:22 Okay. I was just wondering because this is some kind of appeal. Did you go through dgw? And they didn’t say anything to diet percentage said come to come here and it’s a safety issue. They said it shouldn’t be proper. But I mean that I was just from that and I didn’t get it in writing and said in this room. Okay. Thank you.

1:10:44 Guys, well, I think the bylaw oracles are pretty clear.

1:10:50 If there are no other so much that you do yes, thank you. Yeah, don’t you just sort of summary that they see what happens so there are two issues two points that are the issue. So one creating a second curb cut takes away parking that’s hard and fast. The other one is the way the design is laid out by the country. To the driveway extends beyond the edges the two edges of the house, right? No, it may be someone discretionary. As it was stated earlier. It is not desirable that everybody starts. Basically replacing the front Lawns with driving. Thank you. That’s undesigned. So the issue is the design as it’s laid out fails to

1:11:36 lose two points. So it’s Recycling and amount of weight. stay within the parameters of the bylaws and configure such way that makes it safer. Than administratively, you know, the folks will be happy to take a review. So your challenge is coming up with a design that improves safety, but stays within the confines of those bylines. Okay, I do that without reducing parking. That’s my challenge, I guess because I think I could pay attention here to put the drawings but carved in to the front of my house. So right now you’re driveway is like a two carbide driveway. No, it’s like one car and I will have to pull it and slanted right? So in order to get in and out, you gotta I mean you almost can’t back in right because of the way the cars have to configure going in. So I

1:12:24 miss it’s reasonably dangerous and I mean I selfish when you do that, it’s not very safe for my children either because we’re on a slant and people are are screaming down on the street. I mean, I I may just I don’t know I’ve got to go and kind of internalize this and try to figure out Where does the line between so the footprint? I think I could hire a an engineer and draw and things that it does that but the parking thing seems insurmountable. Well, if you’re buying curb cut if you can do it without her Cuttery. What can I just put this driveway in and just make it One Direction just not go out into the street. I think we have to see plans before yeah generation and perhaps yeah because they’re just really on the violence around the curtain a second curve cut and Andrew

1:13:11 Roy. Yeah. Okay, very I’ll try and see if there’s a way that we slower because it’s really a safety issue for me in my my wife and my kids and all the kids that are in front of my house. Yeah, so we appreciate that. Yeah. Yeah. We’ll see. figure out

1:13:31 thanks for we have to take any action now. I know. What we? Do I think I do we have any more sleep music artists emotionally.

1:13:47 Listen, I’d like to therefore thank entertain a motion to deny their Credit Union Street as presented and recommended. happened to work with the public works in that director on alternative options available to the homeowners and thanks so much second Post in favor. Thank you for coming in. Yeah, appreciate. Thank you. Okay.

1:14:15 We’re gonna go ahead and move to votes. The first is the approval of minutes for June 22 2022, June 30. Definitely June July 13. 2022 the second. Hello neighbor as unanimously

1:14:38 the next is Harbor vet Harbor harborfest 2022. I think this is the second. Annual artifacts not really. Yeah. Well, I thought it was I apologies many year. Okay. So look, let me

1:15:04 Yes, she’s not here. Okay. Well, let me give you a little a little background.

1:15:14 you know the heart it’s baked the concept is to do is to have a festival of local businesses down on the in the landing area of tables and so forth. I think it was very successful last year mark, the Harbor Master who decides all these things. It’s okay with it. You hear anything else? That’s great. So the event will be on Sunday, August 29th from 10 to The Landing parking lot right So with that I’d like to entertain a permission. For harborfest State Street Landing Melody current appeal appeared before the board. See you version. You say Street

1:16:01 land on Sunday. I’ll explain 2018 too from harborfest an event highlighting local Maritime and Avengers motion made and secondly improve the request for military Harbor Moore to use State Street Landing one on Sunday, August 28 August 25 say again. I just gave you a little more than the most. Yeah, you know what I didn’t need to explain. Beforehand. Oh, I see so that you know the motion is okay to use it. Yeah, give me some guys.

1:16:32 Oh motion, okay.

1:16:36 So the Motions to approve the request from Melody current Harbor more. Do you say treat Landing part of a lot on Sunday August 2018 the whole the harborfest event subject with Google police for her master and final food time administrator. We’re seeing this requirement insurance and if detail Access to the water front cover menu, it opened up all the time. So second, please all those in favor. Thank you. All said the next is a contract to amend the police station painting that you’re like again, so if it’s change order. The second championship and last recently. Yeah

1:17:22 as they were doing the work. They were they were hoping to be able to as I understand it to the power wash stucco and it would be fine and I guess stucco doesn’t clean as well or whatever. So there’s some additional work to paint it and you know complete the project. So it is a change order the amount. It does not increase the appropriation requirement. So it’s still within the project budget and it is a change of the project just a question. No, okay, if I can understand motion to amend the contract for exterior painting police station between town at John’s Florist and Cone and Peabody Mass by increasing the contract amount $4,000 and authorize the chair of the signs are happening.

1:18:08 Oh, it’s okay always in favor. Diana’s The next is a contract. to amend

1:18:22 the contract from tomb is concrete or stand what I should say extensions. Yes to extend. a materials contract to his concrete is base layer for roads. Essentially so the typical contracture for one year or three years, right? And so we’re yeah, so all contacts have to be bid out at least every three years the structure of it is it it’s structured as a one-year deal. That’s renewable two times. And so this is the third renewal for 30 years. What will happen is on the next cycle. It’ll have to go back out to it. Again, and no, okay, like entertain a motion to remember contract

1:19:10 the contract for Furnishing delivering and applying tumors concrete Paving between the town and DNR General construction Melrose Mass. I exercising the 30 year option and extend the contract with September we do that three and authorization and then To move I wasn’t there. he’s

1:19:35 Okay, this is a the next one is a quest to use alcohol for a Girl Scout breaking his hand. And that’s fantastic, right?

1:19:48 So yeah, it’s a big deal. It is a very big deal. Yeah, and I can’t think of a better value.

1:19:59 become so if Maharaj It’s what I’d like to do if there’s no comment discussion. I have a motion to Approve the request from at least the Maharaj Girl Scout model-led Service Unit number 396 to use avatar on Sunday, September 18th to best 22 from 5pm to 7pm the annual Girl Scout bridgy about subject to the usual rules regulations fees and receipt of the required certificate insurance and to waive the fee for this event. So Seconds, I wasn’t very. Okay, that is unanimous. One day liquor license for the Marblehead Arts Association fundraising event is our next.

1:20:44 item for a jazz performance for tomorrow July 28 yeah, yeah.

1:20:59 Okay, whether they do apologize. Yeah. For the late request. Yeah. California cracks such as well. What would all’s well that ends well, so we don’t have to go and so I’d like to go ahead and entertain a cold vote motion.

1:21:23 To approve the request from James Murphy mobile that our association for one day. They’re going through Thursday, July 28th, 2022 at the king and Mansion eight Hooper Street or fundraising events studies of the following conditions delivery on the receipt by the licensing is licensing Authority or theme which is 50 dollars delivery. I’ve ever received by the licensing authority to prove that the alcohol purchase from an operator stores. And proof that the applicant can receive property delivery proper provide proper storage and dispose of all alcoholic beverage person purchase all the boards for the requirements of General law. Saving 38 alcohol will be purchase from Cappy’s importing. So we need a whole vote on this phone in a second. And chairman suppose not the

1:22:09 same member has to go first and we vote I’m going to rotate. Okay, so I will start with zoomi in favor. Mr. Deny and David Ms. Bella Becker this singer, okay. Mr. Gray in favor

1:22:29 I said we are now going to to new business and miscellaneous.

1:22:39 Oh, this is the new book. Sorry. There was another this is nothing. Thank you very much. Okay, sorry about that. We do have another budget either apparently not much. Are not just right? Thank you. See the only one you don’t have to yeah.

1:23:01 Okay. This is a motion to approve early voting hours. It’s from the town clerk. and I’m not going to reread the letter here because lots of information is containing an emotions. So if I could to entertain motion to approve early voting hours and importance of Massachusetts election advisory to have it all as follows Monday, August 20th, 2022 83 am 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 30th, 2013. Wednesday August 31 2022 8:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. Thursday, September 1 2022 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Friday September to 8:30 am to 12:30.

1:23:49 Someone at second. Second can I actually agenda up? Dated. Yeah, and this is very timely and it had to be done. Yeah, who said you’ve done before the next week before the next year. They just received this communication. Yeah.

1:24:13 Okay. All right. So we have for a motion a second I was there. for DNS generally wanted

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1:31:15 Okay, I think thank you again. I think we’ll That’s time to go around the table. We have tournament here. Well, I think so you want to do that after or you know, I couldn’t sorry. I just said I didn’t know if we were doing kind of administrator updates or if you wanted us to look for. Us you know, I think I think I’m gonna fall off a recently. Yeah. I said something with the states. Yeah. Okay. I don’t think it matters as well.

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1:32:06 Okay, I would like to make up a few comments and it is part of a let’s just call it chairs. And a little bit coordination 10 Ministry. I’ve been getting a lot of pain queries about this year regarding plans budgets, you know, they came from the University from our current members of the slight board as well as other communities. okay, and I think a great place to start is on a solid foundation we built last year with the physical 2022 strategic budget document. And each one by the way gfoa presentation board, which is a pretty Covenant award. I was actually quite shocking at

1:32:52 the airport. Even if it’s our first run at it. But we received anyway. and so that was particular year to And as we look to fiscal year the 2023. I think it’s a really efficient and contextualized. Strategy plan for discussion for the town partners specifically now let that go into the specifics of process around kind of how we’re thinking of using this document. but I’d like to offer up a couple of thoughts for these for this life and you know as a you know if I’ve kind of emphasized before I

1:33:37 think this budget document is a potential p*** stone for the you know for the you know for the financial solidity of the town. and and it does so in several ways. Number one. There’s an improvement in the budget process and discipline. So having to go through this geofoid process with Consultants with the Holland Center Consultants was a very very Sharpening of the saw exercise that I think benefited everybody. It incorporates and communicates a multi-year forecasting model, which we did have so what it does it gives us the very you extend our view into the future.

1:34:24 It lays out the Strategic initiatives of the department and importantly quantifies how they’re going to get those strategic initiatives done. Okay, so that’s that’s you know, very important and it’s really incredibly informative for the taxpayers on multiple levels all the way from the Strategic level, you know down to highlighting amazing scope of work that all the department heads are doing I’m personally from the school of thought that people don’t know what our departments do and they need to and I think they should be bragging about it quite frankly because and the only way to get textualize that massive volume for is in a document and that’s why we get it started two years ago. Also in anticipation Point frankly that we had any potentially we knew

1:35:10 our our free cash is going down think very serious about how we’re going to go ahead. and

1:35:20 You know present a credible budget, okay. so I will get to you on here. But you know, so, you know as for the select board, you know, I would suggest. The following as we had indivisible year 23 planning. Okay. Let’s look at the select board section in the Strategic budget and basically 16 pages from page 49 to 69. Okay includes the mission and Orchard for those of you don’t know. We’re all familiar. Here is the mission in org chart fiscal 20 accomplishments physical 21 accomplishments. This will 22 years goals and then coupled with

1:36:06 the fiscal 22 year budget. Okay. So already there’s been the foundation and the exercise of going through. Okay. What are we what have we done? What are we going to do? And what are the numbers are putting you? Okay. So this is something that we’ve never had before in this town. And it’s the quickest way to get to kind of a contextualize understanding about what we’re doing. So I think after kind of familiarizing ourselves with that, I think each of us on the ones like board. I hope you can get back to me with thoughts about you know, and by the way, very important thing to say, this is a working guy good. So it’s important that people understand that because you know as we go from leader to here to you know, to capture the conversations that are being happy and and capture.

1:36:54 You know, what we would like to do we should feel it. Look if one initiative that you work out, you know, you can always pivot and modify that let people know it didn’t work out for whatever reason. So please reach out to me. And the reason I’m asking you to do that because I also want to coordinate content administrator and with really that kind of town planner to kind of integrate all of the stuff around the select board specifically, okay? So with that now I’d like to turn the Thatcher on his process Partners. Okay, because I think the Departments have all gone through this strategic budget exercise and How are you fighting and I know by the way, you know part of this is give this hasn’t been a done much. We’re trying

1:37:41 to get the factors getting in the saddle very very quickly and it’s getting very comfortable. But of course we have to hire a finance director. So there’s some pieces of puzzle that would become a place would be but please so so are the internet as well as talks about from coming over perspective is the big policy picture of the Strategic factor of where we’re heading. So then is it coming upon us the administrative the professional level the final most efficient effective way to implement those those efforts in that direction and it’s a challenge. I mean, it’s a challenge from municipal government in general. It’s a challenge. Doing this process which is the start

1:38:28 of year three. So so basically for a lot of folks that are here they’ve done in a few times. but it is a mindful challenge to try to keep up with the day-to-day work that needs to be done and work on a very large significant plan. Do I guess so part of the work starting early and in trying to build the infrastructure the internal infrastructure To to put this plan together. There’s a couple things that try to do one. Start early so that where we have limited bandwidth in time, as I said trying to get the day-to-day one way you increase bandwidth is to stretch out the timeline, right? Well,

1:39:14 we don’t want to be doing is working on goals of objectives and accomplishments the same time. We’re trying to crunch numbers to deliver a budget document too because the deal of dfoa format is basically both it’s taking, you know goals of objectives, which generates tasks. but time your budget Aligning it with those goals of Jeffers and that’s why it it’s put together as one doctor, but that’s a lot of crunch. If you’re going to try to do it on a normal timeline. I’m just doing by so I’ve already had the conversation. We had a you know, all department head meeting the monthly usual meeting the other day where we had a good one hour long discussion on this. So part of the discussion is with the

1:40:02 department heads is one. One one component of a report is what did you accomplish this past year? Well this past year is done. So go ahead and grab last year’s document. Pull it out start drafting up your response to your accomplishments last year. Let’s get that piece of this document. The first draft let’s get it loaded up get it in the can and start, you know, refining that as we you know, build out the specific schedule and deadline for the other components and reports. one of the things that came out of the discussion that

1:40:42 I think it was helpful. The discussion will do more of it is to get everybody to have a better understanding the difference between setting a goal and identifying tasks. And you know pick on an example, right?

1:41:00 The goal is to buy a piece of equipment. The goal is to increase the capacity of the department to accomplish a service to the public. That’s the goal. But the way we achieve that goal is we need to go out and purchase certain pieces of equipment that allow us to increase the productivity to deliver that benefits. Right. So so again the goal is not to buy a piece of equipment or goal is to increase our capability in a certain function, but also the layout how do we then achieve that and so it’s it’s getting that understanding to do that and and part of my work already is spend one. Look at what other people are doing.

1:41:45 With the audience in the room. There is no plagiarism in government. All right. So if there’s a really good out ideas out there that are Institute it. Yeah, we got it and we’re gonna you know, we’re gonna use it, right. That’s the better one. We’re going to be had and so there are some good examples out there. I mean, we have a really good product to start with but how do we make it even better or informative and I’m working a lot on building some internal tools that allow us to manage information better so that as I said, we want to front load as much work as possible on this so we can spend more time polishing the message. In the public domain presentation is important how we

1:42:33 present. Builds confidence in the public when we say we have a need for a resource. If we slap something together and throw it out there. It makes a questionable as to whether we really have our act together on the needs, but if we can really work to have a good presentation. solid argument of what the needs are and we present it. Well that is the public confidence to support. You know what the needs are. So we’re trying to do our part to aligned with the board as you. You’re setting the the overall goals the overall factor and where putting together the the mechanics that delivers. Poles so that’s what we think. Doing because many questions and any

1:43:21 questions. right I just I was wondering like so with I never like, you know with your conversation with our departments, but you know and at one point like Are you like are you reaching out to the other elective boards in terms of? Of that kind of Peace like in terms of budget planning like overall for the town. Is that more something that you know, we work our relationships with other members on elected boards, you know. what is the kind what does it look like to collaborate, you know when we put this together because There’s you know the one putting in one

1:44:07 budget together, but you know. There’s park and rec and there’s Cemetery as you know, and so I guess I’m just anybody have ideas on how much this is going to look like. Take a crackhead. Yeah, so yeah, we’re all working to all the professional stuff that report to these little boys are all and part of the conversation and a great future. Okay, right. Okay now, you know the decisions as to what their needs and asks and all that their board’s going to dictate that. But we are providing the infrastructure to bring all that information in. Sorted out prioritize it and present it in a way that is a holistic picture for the

1:44:52 community right now. So so those conversations about the staff level are already happening. Then it’s dependent upon those folks to be communicating with their boards as part of the process. Okay, that’s great. Thank you. It’s yeah it. Sources muscles they have based on elections. One of the things that happened in the town of the kind of centralized them down illustrator function was to basically organize all the parts around me. The budget essentially so it’s the budget that kind of unifies and drives the discussion. So

1:45:39 what we’re doing with this document is taking all these budgets and contextualizing. around The achievement of six major goals of the Town Center for itself, right? It’s you know. It’s what we expect these days goals, right? And each of the Departments have a role in achieved those you can see what they are in a contextual exactly. You can’t see it unless you kind of work as in that way. I think the good news of this and that you know that you’re making this in a different direction. It’s really a large part. It’s discretion. But you know, we’ve already done for our report. You’ve got a spreadsheets. and we unfortunately we lost folks that they kind of worked on it which is

1:46:25 a little bit the stumbling block, but you know, it’s one of these things where hopefully it’s not going to be a huge lift as it was initially, but it was done last year. So as we talked about what I’m saying. Oh as general life and how are you doing that? It’s not just follow the plan. It’s about the planning process. There is value not just in what ultimately delivered but the process that we use to put this together. so that the organization is is tuned into the information the knowledge and is pursuing opportunities, you know efficiency all those things that comes out of just by doing the process. It’ll be

1:47:11 benefit to the organization. Going to this process the way we communicate the way we manage information the way we us that we’re we’re trying to build and improve upon. Those mechanisms said they were just continue on even after. You know the next delivery of the document. And that’s a benefit as well. As you know, what is presented to the board to the community what is in the results of this year’s cycle? So we’re looking at it from those speakers.

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