 Okay. Good evening, everybody. This is the Board of Selection Meeting for Monday, December 12, 2016. We're actually going to take one item out of order because of the way the novice was set up. Number one in our hearts, I want to thank my colleague, Mr. Grilly, who brought this to the Board's attention. He has a proclamation and some very kind and well-earned remarks for Elsie Fury. I just wanted to say something very briefly because I'm afraid if I go too long in the tooth, it's probably all in the proclamation, but honest to goodness, I swear to God in the Bible. When I first came to Allington, I was just a bracket PTO parent and stayed away from politics as much as I could. My first involvement was with Elsie Fury and then the East Allington Residence Association. I sort of cut my tooth and really got involved in the town of Allington and community activism, and really was inspired by Elsie because from the first time that I met her, I was hooked, signed me up, and I was really impressed at how knowledgeable she was, her legal background, and one of the things I can tell you, Elsie, that you gave me. I never met the man, but I feel as though I know her, Myers, and everything that the two of you and others accomplished. And the last thing I'll say about Elsie is one of the things I think is sort of a hallmark of what she taught me is you never do anything alone. If you have the passion, you have the commitment, and you can get others the information and get involved with you. You can get really great things done, but you never do it by yourself. But with that, I'd like to turn this over to Mr. Greeley. Thank you, Diane. So a few years back, I was talking to a new town meeting member, and the town meeting member said to me, do you ever watch a Selectman's meeting? And I was like, well, you know, every now and then. He said, I watched one the other night. You should have seen Elsie Fury really giving it to the Selectman. I said, would you like to see the scars? So we do have this proclamation put together, and this is no proclamation could ever sum up a person. But did I call on you to give a speech yet, Elsie? No, no, no, Elsie, Elsie, I'm kidding. Come on, Flo, come on. Come on, take your place at the microphone where you have been so often before. For those of you who haven't been with us before, these proclamations date all the way back to really the 1600s. When a board of Selectmen or town council or whatever would make some motion, the next day the town crier would give a proclamation as to what had happened at that meeting. So they're written in the Old English. A lot of where-as's are now there for. So you are going to do the where-as's for us, and I will do the now there for's. So here's a practice. First of all, as I pointed to, you say. Where-as's. Elsie, Constance Thornton was born in Quincy, Massachusetts on November 22, 1926, and recently celebrated her 90th birthday. She had four brothers and one sister, and. Where-as's. Elsie was married to Joseph A. Fury for 49 years, moved to Arlington in 1949, and purchased her current home on Mott Street. They had four sons, David, Carl, Peter, and Russell, Peter's with us, eight grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren, and. Where-as's. In 28 years, this is my favorite where-as's of all. Elsie and her sister, Val, were members of the USO and entertained troops during World War II, dancing on naval warships docked in Boston and Quincy. I just love that. And. Where-as's. Elsie graduated from Quincy High School, Hickok's Secretarial School, UMass Boston. While at UMass, she once loaned Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders money so he could take the MBTA home. And. Where-as's. Elsie had a distinguished career as a legal secretary at such prestigious law firms as Ropes and Gray, Hale and Doar, Hill and Barlow, and others, and worked for a Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. And. Where-as's. Now don't lose steam on me, hang in there. Elsie first joined Arlington's town meeting in 1962 and has served for 54 consecutive years, currently the longest serving member of that body, and. Where-as's. Elsie, at times, has been called upon to play squaw-sachem in differing town functions. She was chosen since she exemplifies the qualities of squaw-sachem, leadership, determination, and conservation of natural resources, and. Where-as's. One more after this. Elsie over her 54 years has been an outstanding contributor to the town of Arlington as a founder, member, chairman, teacher, measurer of Wood and Bark, along with different committees, boards, neighborhoods, and schools, and. Where-as's. Where-as's. Elsie, Constance Fiori, has been recognized for her contributions to Arlington as an unsung heroine, person of the year, and as a legendary local. Now therefore be it resolved that we, the members of the Board of Selectmen, do congratulate and thank Elsie for her many contributions to the town, and in recognition of her many achievements, do hereby declare this 12th day of December of 2016 to be Elsie Fiori Day throughout the town and ask all citizens to pay heed there too. Elsie Fiori. I certainly am. And the one thing that I'm happiest about is that I didn't have to remember all the things that I did to tell you. You told me, and I really appreciate what you've done for me here. So I'm going to have to sit down before I fall down. Well, before you do, by any chance, are there any moves left from the USO days? No, but we did, you know, we were only, you know, teenagers, and we danced with a group. Our dance teacher had decided she'd start a little group when the war came, and so we not only danced on the ships that came into Boston Harbor, but we also danced like at Camp Edwards and Fort Devons and, you know, other places. So we had really a good time, you know, and it's worthwhile remembering that we did that. Thank you for all you've done for Alanton, Elsie. Okay. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. We'll return to the agenda. The NEL, our treasure, has the pleasure of following LCPRE for discussion regarding borrowing of $4 million for the Thompson School construction. Thank you, Madam Chairman. Thank you, members of the board. Before I actually get to the topic at hand, if I could just ask why Mr. Greely did not put in that Elsie Fiori took several boards of selectment to task, as well as individual members, myself included, on more than one occasion. Elsie, congratulations. Madam Chairman, members of the board, I'm here to just inform the board that the town will be borrowing $4 million as voted by the Special Town Meeting of October 2016 for the purpose of construction at the Thompson School. The $4 million will be issued as a short-term note, 12 months, a bond anticipation note. We will not be having the note rated, Mr. Greely. The reason for that is we will actually save more money by not having the ban rated and avoid paying the borrowing costs for that, as opposed to saving on several basis points with respect to an interest rate savings. I will be back before the board at your very next meeting to approve the sale of that note. So that will be taking place this week. And we will have the money in hand. We're moving this expeditiously because the job's already started and better to spend money that we have authorization to borrow than doing an internal borrowing. If there are any questions, I'd be more than happy to answer them. A little approval. Early start next week. Early start next week. Early start summer. Early start, not summer, 15. And Mrs. Kruppels saying that she'll be down there with the shovel. Moved or approved by Mr. Greely, seconded by Mr. Burn. Any further discussion or questions, I'll oppose. We'll see you shortly. I thank you. Next we have our Consent agenda, minutes of meetings. November 28, 2016. 2016 at the Wittemowe-Robbins House for a private event, Jeff Perkle requests special one-day beer and wine license December 17th, 2016 at Robbins Memorial Town Hall for a private event, Hilary Dainan requests contractor drain layer license from Kiley excavating out of Waltham Mass from Nishoba Paving Company, Inc. out of Westford Mass and from PV Barone Corporation out of Winthrop Mass. Move approval. Move approval by Mr. Byrne, seconded by- Second. Mr. Dunn, is anybody here? God bless you. Excuse me. To speak to any of those events, any questions, clarifications, if not on a motion by Mr. Byrne, seconded by Mr. Dunn, all those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed? Unanimous vote. My phone says 729. I think. Oh, no. Should I? I think we can get, you can- By the time it started- Okay, I'll say it really so. We now are going to proceed to the public hearing. It's a discussion and vote, property tax classification, tax rate, 7.30 p.m. if I could call on Mary Winson in the O'Connor. Madam Chairwoman, members of the board, good evening. With me this evening is Kevin Feely, a member of the Board of Assessors, and I don't know if all of you have met Dana Mann, the data collector that the board hired in June of 2016 that the department hired. Mr. Greeley is a little under the weather tonight, and I believe you know Mr. Tierney is out on medical leave. You have your booklets, I believe, and we can go through that. The first page is the levy limit, and it sets out how the levy limit is determined, including the additional 2.5 percent and the new growth. Now I want to caution you that the Department of Revenue has yet to approve the growth tax dollars and the tax rate. So they estimated we're awaiting the approval. The second page of your booklet contains the residential factor computation, and as you can see the town of Arlington, 94.1390 percent is residential, 5.8610 is commercial, industrial, and personal property. That has not changed much over the years. As you know the Board of Selectment have the ability to increase the CIP, the commercial industrial, personal property classes, up to 150 percent of their share of the levy if you decide to do classification. The next page we always provide you with what would happen if you did a vote classification, how it would impact the tax rate, how it would impact the CIP tax rate holders. Any questions as to those pages at this point? The next page shows the tax rate that has been approved from 1929 to the present. Right now we're estimating subject to DOR approval a tax rate of 12.56, $12.56. And the next several pages break down the values by class type, and it includes the breakdown by single families, two families, condominiums, commercial property, and the like so that you can see how we get to the values. There is a correction to be made if you go to the page. There was apparently a mathematical error when this was put together, the booklet. We promise you next year we'll have Mr. Tierney number these pages, which would make a lot of sense. But if you go to the page that says tax rate components fiscal year 2013 to fiscal year 2017, and five lines up from the bottom on the far right, the total assessed value percentage increase is 5.15%, not 4.90. And finally the last page shows the average taxes for 2012 to 2017 on single family homes. And you can see we've used Arlington, Belmont, and Lexington, their tax rates have not yet been determined and Winchester, and we estimate that the increase in the average single family home tax bill will be about $309 a year. Any questions? Thank you, Mr. Dunn. Thank you. So if DOR comes back and says there's something not right, what happens? We will have to work very quickly to address that. We've never had that issue. Okay. Because we need to do this. We fully expect that this is going to be approved. Because our deadline is end of year? It's before the end of the year, correct. The tax bills have to go out before December 30th. And I think Mr. Gilligan is intending right after Christmas, assuming approval. Mr. Gilligan is in shock at the question. We don't see that as a likelihood. Because you know the Department of Revenue was involved in the process as we go along. Thank you. Which my colleagues would like to set the tax rate at Mr. Grilly. So I move that we set the tax rate in a classification of one. So the tax rate would be 1256 for residential and commercial. Second? Seconded by Mr. Kuro. Any further questions, comments? I wish Paul a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing him soon. And he's definitely got lots of work pleased by his progress and how well he's doing. So thank you. On a motion by Mr. Grilly. Second? Oh, I'm sorry. Any discussion? Sorry. I'm sorry. Any discussion? Mr. James. Thank you. Gordon Jamison, 163 situate and a town meeting member from precinct 12. First I hope Paul and Bobby are feeling better. And I had a couple quick questions and then I wanted to discuss tax policy just as an introductory discussion for the board. What was the new growth this year, Mary? A million dollars, okay. So we're continuing to outperform our estimate of 6,450, okay. And I noticed that the tax rate went up $300, which is, is that more than what was it last year? Seems higher than last year. Did we add something to the, did we add some schools to the mix? That's it. That's it. Okay. I just don't know that they're picking it up. And just for the board, don't you have to also vote to debt shift tonight? Or is that not? Not on the agenda. I thought we did that. Okay. Well, I'll just stand on my hand up and close my microscope. I think while you're passing that out, Gordon, by setting the rate, I believe we're implicitly doing all of the components. Thank you. So as the board knows, and as the board of assessors also knows, I consider this to be, and folks at home should consider this to be one of the most important meetings we have, hearings we have all year because it does address the tax rate of the town. On the handout, I've listed the four ways one can, for discussion of things that contribute to how we administer the tax rate in town. The first one is abatements. There's a variety of abatements the town has accepted through mass general law. I have no different, no comment other than those other than that's one of the ways that we often make taxes more amenable to senior citizens and veterans. The MWRA debt shift is that part of your water bill, if you're not a non-profit, of course, that you pay in your taxes, and a number of years ago we capped that at $5.92 million. I think it might be time to consider with some of the upcoming capital plans. We have to consider whether we want to move this back into the water bill completely. We're one of only two towns to do this, if I understand correctly. That could be done immediately, it could be done with the board, to the consternation of the board of assessors because they'd have to re-figure their numbers, or it could be done on a gradual basis over a period of years. The next thing on the list is residential exemption, which I recall when I first started talking about the debt shift many years ago, former selectman Lyons brought that up, and we have not heard about that from the assessors or the board since. This is an exemption that applies to resident occupied housing, and it is in existence in Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, I think in Medford, I know in Waltham, and Arlington is eligible for a residential exemption of up to 20% of the assessed value of the home. You don't collect fewer taxes, you just redistribute that. There's a worksheet that is online that I found, and that would mean that people, assuming I'm correct, residents owned and occupied housing, and the numbers from the state are correct for people that don't and do occupy, at about $960,000, you'd pay the same. Below that, on a sliding scale, you'd pay less, and above that, you'd pay some more. So the residential part is the same. I have a question for the chair of the board of assessors. Does that only apply, or does that re-jigger the commercial too? Okay. Okay. So, and then there is the factor that we just discussed, which Arlington, the board, has for many years kept as a factor of one, and we've discussed whether we might increase that incrementally. So, as I mentioned, I have no issue with the abatements. The debt shift, I think we might want to consider going forward as we plan overall tax policy and impacts on our citizens, town-wide as well as seniors and people of lower incomes moving the debt shift back into the water bill. That way, everyone pays the same cost for water every drop. Right now, nonprofits pay only the metered rate, and people then pay a different rate based upon the value of their home once this is factored in. I think we ought to look at the residential exemption. And then on the factor, the online spreadsheet calculates what the tax rate would be on that, the remaining of the residential minus the 20%. And that comes out to be about 14.6 or something with a tax rate of 14.4, which is this current year, current last year's rate. And then I would recommend considering not only moving the debt shift over time so that we pay the same for every drop, giving the residential exception, so that people have some, people of lower income and older residents who have lower income have some protection from our rising tax rates, and then set the factor so that whatever the effective rate is on the residential is also the effective rate on the commercial, which would be the same as having a net factor of one, which is the net rate on the residential exemption. So that's just my thoughts. I think it's something, obviously, you could obviously do it tonight, but I'm thinking not. Well, wait. First, we, Mr. Dunn. So on the debt, comment on two of those. So the debt shift is one that I'm definitely interested in moving. I think the right time to do that is actually when we do the water rate and the water budget. And so several years ago, I was very interested in doing it aggressively and I was convinced not to because the water rates were going up so much, not because of the costs that we control, but because of the costs from the MWRA. And that last year has abated and that rate, and so I look forward to making a change on the water, the debt shift this coming June when we set the water rate. On the residential exception, I'm definitely willing to look at it more. I'm also concerned, I also think about the impact that it has on renters, and so I worry about that as well, but that one I know considerably less than I do about the debt. I'll look to the chair for who's going to speak next. Wait, I'm going to see if we can get everyone else who raised their hands and then if we can have one. Mr. Kerro, and then... Yeah, I just wanted to point out, that actually in the board's goals that we adopted this year, we actually did explicitly add in an investigation of looking at... Let me just read the language. Review the progress made regarding the recently adopted water, sewer rate, structure and billing plan, and also investigate reduction of MWRA, debt shift as a means of offsetting tax bill impacts of debt exclusions. We put that in our goals this year explicitly. I don't read those every month. It's only once a year. Mr. Greeley? Yeah, in terms of whether it's the classification one, only being able to go to one and a half percent for the six... What did you tell me? See, 5% businesses? 5.8%? Yeah, 5.8% with mostly mom-and-pop shops, meaning no offense to those businesses in Arlington so we all know about the vacancies. But Madam Chair, I wonder whether we could hear from Mary or Kevin if they want to comment on... Definitely, if I could call Mr. Chapellein first and then kind of you give me... No. Thank you, Madam Chair. I bumped him down. If I may, I would just like to address some of the points that Mr. James had made and Mr. Kira and Mr. Dunn already addressed some of them as well. First, on the point of the new growth and the new growth being a million dollars this year and the prior figure that we had estimated across the long-range plan being $450,000 at our first long-range planning committee meeting earlier this fall, we did roll out a projection that included bumping that up to the 10-year average, which was about $650,000 and then slowly actually rolling it down by $50,000 increments year-over-year to hedge against future downturns in the recession. So we are starting to move in that direction, looking again at retrospective data. On the point of abatement... In some ways, the extra money in the finance committee over annual reserve fund also addresses the issue, albeit indirectly. That's not entirely accurate, but I won't debate you right now. Actually, can we just let every speaker say their thing and then I'll give you one more crack at it? If you don't have it, I'm not being sarcastic if you want to write something down. I'm not trying to make you forget anything, but Mr. Chapterling. On the point of abatements and exemptions for our seniors, veterans, blind, health and human services is actually just now starting to kick off a process working with the Council on Aging and the Veterans Service Director to put together some proposals for this board to consider to bring to town meeting next year to try to maximize the offsets that we can bring to those populations on the tax rate. So I'm glad you brought that up. Mr. Cura already brought up what I was going to mention about the debt shift, though I would say tonight is certainly not the night to back away from the debt shift, given that when you set the tax rate in December, you're actually setting the tax rate for a budget that was approved by town meeting in the spring. So this is setting figures to pay the bills that have already basically been agreed to in the spring. So I think it's great for us to talk about it. The board's already committed to analyze it, but now wouldn't be the time to back away given that the budget is in mid-year. And I will say back when Mr. Bob Greeley was the Director of Assessing and not on the board, I know he had shown me some documentation and some analysis in regards to the residential exemption, and it didn't necessarily show that it was of great benefit to pursue it at the time, but I think it would be a worthwhile thing. And I'd be happy to speak with the Board of Assessors and see if we can take another look at that analysis. Thank you. Do any of our colleagues from the Board of Assessors like to give the opportunity? Want to come up to the microphone? Mr. Greeley asked about classification. We prepared for you the sheet that shows the impact on the commercial properties by doing classification. It's pretty significant. So that's a decision from the Board of Selecting. We're not Somerville. We're not Burlington. We're not Cambridge. That's the reality. We're not Waltham. So it has a significant impact. Anything you'd like to wrap us up with on this? Yeah. So as I believe it's the Board of Assessors, once those are approved, they'll be on the website. Okay, the report. Or is it part of the Ruslechmann's? Okay, much even better. Thank you, Adam, for your comments. I think the residential exemption actually can be quite substantial for the lower value homes on the amount of taxes that it reduces. I'll try to remember to send you the spreadsheet. It was actually quite easy. You just put in 20% and get the numbers. Ms. Greeley, I think your question's been answered primarily by the Board. One has to remember that they discuss a 1.5, but one can choose anything in between. And my proposal in conjunction with the potential for a residential exemption would be that whatever that comes out to the rate for the non-accepted residential part, that you set the factor such that it makes that rate equal to the commercial rate. Okay, thank you. Because we are going to discuss this in the future. Which this year would be about 14-point something. So it would be everything above 20%. That would be tax exempt in the residential. If you occupy would be at that rate. And then unresident occupied would be at that rate and all the commercial. So it seemed to be like an integrated thing that I hadn't thought of before and we hadn't discussed. So since you're sort of in the process of thinking forward about this, I thought this would be a good day to bring that up to the Board. Thank you. Okay. And thanks for the information about that shift. And obviously the abatements and exemptions that already exist, as I mentioned, are fine and dandy and is making people aware of those. I think it's an important part of the Council on Aging's work. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. I apologize for not double-checking. Anyone else here who would like to speak at the public hearing? Thank you to everyone and we'll be hearing about this in the future. Next we have... I haven't actually voted. We didn't vote it. Oh, I thought we did vote it. No. Okay. On a motion by Mr. Greeley, seconded by Mr. Curell. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed unanimously vote. Thank you, Mr. Dunn. Okay, next we will go to... Under Appointments, Allington Commission on Arts and Culture. Diane, excuse me. You just have to sign. I know, but we can keep going. Oh, dude. Thanks. We've got to sign it now. Sure. It's just one place. Should we keep going? Yeah, I think we should. Yeah, we don't have to wait. No. Right. Gender Item 10, Allington Commission on Arts and Culture. Term to expire, January 31st, 2020. Stephen Polter Zerski. Is Stephen here to help me with his last name? Sure. Come up to the microphone. I apologize. I usually try to get these in advance. Name and address for the record. It's no problem. How do I say it? Polter Zerski. Thank you. Indeed. You're here for an appointment on the Allington Commission on Arts and Culture. If you want to just give a brief synopsis of how we're fortunate enough to have you here and someone hopefully who will be appointed, what brought you to this particular committee or anything you'd like to highlight. Sure. I've been... I'm a longtime resident of Allington. I've lived here 25 years. And I'm a lifelong aficionado of the arts. I'm a practitioner. I'm a photographer. I show... I show that I was willing to accept my works. And I've also practiced it in many other media. But it's not just as an artist. It's just as a citizen. I'm very interested in the role of arts and culture in enriching the lives of our citizens of the community. And I would love to have a role in making arts and culture what makes Allington distinctive and a place that everyone wants to come live, work, visit. And that's my vision. So thanks for the opportunity. Move approval. Seconded. Mr. Burns, seconded by Mr. Dunn and everybody else up here. Any further comments? On a motion by Mr. Burns, seconded by Mr. Dunn. All those in favor say aye. Opposed unanimous vote, thank you so much. Thank you very much. Next we have an appointment to the Allington Cultural Council. Term to expire December 31st, 2019. Kimberly Harding. You can just say your name and address for the record. Do you want to pull that down? That's what I have to do. Kimberly Harding, 56 Florence Ave. Thank you. Again, the same thing just for the board's edification even though we got your resume, CV, et cetera, but also everybody else watching at home. Yeah. So I've been a longtime resident of Arlington. I've lived here longer than anywhere else. 28 years. And I've long been involved in, as a volunteer in Arlington for over 25 years in various capacities. And I'd like to continue to participate in giving back to the community and arts and culture our big passion of mine. So I'm hoping that I can continue to help in that area. And I think this is a great time to be on the ACC and everything that Arlington's doing. And they're meeting right now. So we're going to get you back to that. Move approval by Move approval. Mr. Don, seconded by Mr. Byrne. Any further questions or comments, Mr. Greeley? I'm trying to picture which house is 56 Florence Ave. I was raised at 35 Florence Ave. Well, currently, it's bright blue. It's up. It changes minute to minute. No, no, it's been blue for about eight years. You're between Appleton and Park Ave, though, correct? Yes, we're close to Park Ave. Near the intersection, two houses in. Maybe even Google World Map. Yeah, you can look. We have a big lot. We have a big lot. It used to be the Hoyts, I believe. That long time ago. Yes. Well, that's how long time ago I was at that. Yeah, I know. But for that reason and all the qualifications, thank you for your willingness to serve. Thank you. On a motion by Mr. Don, seconded by Mr. Byrne. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Those opposed, unanimous vote. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. We now have an appointment to the Disability Commission termed to expire January 31st, 2020. Karen Mathiasen. Is Karen here? Yes, she's here. Where are you? Just name an address. I think you got the role of it. I'm Karen Mathiasen. I live at 20 Hamilton, Ohio, down at Spyburn. And anything that particularly draws you, the Disability Commission, anything you'd like to highlight? Well, I'm interested in the subject of disability because about 10 years ago, I developed Parkinson's disease. And I have been since then, trying not to trip over bricks and so forth. I've become very aware of impediments to mobility. And so I'd like to do something about this. And I think it's something I have some skills at doing. I've practiced law for many, many years. And I have also been an advisor to not-for-profit groups for many, many years. And also in my church, I'm involved in pastoral care, lay pastoral care, but we minister to those who are grieving or ill. And I put all of that together and I say, this seems to fit. I think it'll be a fantastic addition. Motion by Mr. Carroll. Seconded. Seconded by Mr. Byrne. Mr. Greeley. Yes. Certainly endorsed 100% counting. And I took a trip to Nagaoka Keo back in 98, I think it was. 2008, rather. 2008. But thank you very much for your willingness to serve. Thank you. On a motion by Mr. Carroll. Seconded by Mr. Byrne. Any further questions or comments? If not, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed? unanimous vote. Thank you so much. Thank you. Forward to seeing you in the future. We have an appointment to Transportation Advisory Committee, TAC. Charmed to expire December 31st, 2017. Victor Rivas. Is Victor here? And his name and address for the record. 46 Hebert Street, Victor Rivas. It's a pleasure to be here. I'm a about 11-year veteran of the MBTA. I worked there. I led the capital the implementation of the Capital Investment Program. And now I'm doing mainly research in the area of operations and finance. I'm very excited about working with the transportation, the TAC group. I've been working as a non-voting member. And I see the fine work that they do there and the commitment of all the members. So I'm excited about this opportunity. Thank you. Move approval. Mr. Carroll. Second. Seconded by Mr. Greeley. And thank you so much for coming in and filling this unexpired term. On a motion by Mr. Carroll, seconded by Mr. Greeley. Any further discussion or comments? If not, all those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed, unanimous vote. Thank you so much. Now we go to licenses and permits. Request wine and malt license. Carbini Co. Doing business as Nina Trattoria and Pizzeria. 1510 Mass Ave. Angelo Carbini. Good evening. Good evening. My name is Meru and Stanley O'Connor. I represent Mr. Carbini and Carbini Company. Mr. Carbini is in the process of opening a full service restaurant where Jimmy's Pizzeria was. But those of you who know Jimmy's Pizzeria, it's on the Lexington line. He's doing some extensive renovations there. I've been working with Mr. Carbini for several years now to find a location for him. He is delighted to be able to do this in Arlington. He lives in Arlington. His family is in Arlington. And he's looking for a wine and malt license for the restaurant. I do know, he filled this application out himself. He is not pledging the license. He did put down on page five that he was, he misunderstood what that meant. So he is not pledging the license. Move approval. Subjected conditions are set forth. Seconded. Seconded by Mr. Byrne. Any questions? If not, all those invasions. I'm sorry, Ms. Mohan, I've got my regular. So on terms of serving, do you have a plan for training your employees about the under 21 about checking ID and things like that? Yes, I do. Can you tell me about it? Yeah, I'm certified, tip certified. And I've been in this business for many, many years. And when I used to work on the cruise ships, very, very strict by the authorities. And throughout all my experience, I never had a single incident. And I intended to keep it that way. Okay. The question I'm asking though in particular is about how you're going to train your employees. I will, I will have them to take the course, the tip certified. And wherever it's on duty, on the floor, if I'm absent, they will have to be certified in order to operate the service, to comply with the law. That sounds good. I want to tell you it's really important to stick with it because when we find restaurants that have violations, what generally means, what generally happens, or I shouldn't say generally, what has often occurred is someone comes in and says, somebody quit, we hired somebody, they were brand new, we were really busy, we didn't have time to train them, and then they served someone who was underage. And so I'm absolutely sure that on your first day, you're going to check everybody's ID. I'm really worried about, you know, year three when you have that new waiter, that'll be the time when the mistake happens. And so I just want you to really think about that, making sure that training program is good and consistent. Yes. Thank you. Any further questions, Mr. Carroll? I move approval with the amendment to the application as indicated by council. Okay. Mr. Greerly, will you take that as a friendly amendment? Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize. I'm not sure what it is. She said on page five. Submit to our conditions. That's a condition. Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize what was going on. Ms. O'Connor pointed out on page five, he inadvertently checked yes, he really pledged in his business, and she wanted to correct that to reflect no. He's not pledging the license. So with that, a friendly amendment. Sure. Okay. On a motion by Mr. Greerly, I second it by Mr. Byrne with the friendly amendment by Mr. Carroll. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed, unanimous vote. Thank you very much. Good luck. Thank you for choosing Arlington. Good luck. Thank you so much. Thank you. Next, we have a request, common victor, Cafe Nero America, student business as Cafe Nero 311 Broadway. Michael Ford Deegan, owner. Mr. Deegan is not here. My name is Jay Gentile. I'm with Cafe Nero Americas. I head up the operations in the United States. Mr. Dunn. I've enjoyed your location in, and I think it's on Washington Street in Boston. Millennium Place, across from the Paramount. Yes, across from the Paramount. Downtown Crossing, yeah. Yeah, my office is down there and that's sometimes a lunch meeting. Welcome to Arlington. Thank you so much. Move approval subject conditions. Second. One second. Okay, Mr. Byrne. I do have a question. I was going through the packet. Have you been in touch with the health department? It's under review. Everything's going under review now. It's for building and health. Perfect. I'm happy to hear it. Thank you. Okay. Any further questions? If not, on a motion by Mr. Dunn, seconded by Mr. Grayley. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Thank you. Thank you. Good luck. Thanks for coming to Arlington. Thank you. A question for a change of doing business at DBA, all alcohol, cigar, restaurant, corp, 44 Mass Ave, Ajay Sachar. Sorry, I got thrown off. Ajay Sachar, director and manager. Singh Saab Fine, Italian, Indian Cuisine. Yeah. Romali Punjab. Just name an address for the record. Say again. Sorry. Go ahead and name an address, please. My name is Ajay. And 44 Mass Ave in Arlington. Okay. So move approval, subject to all conditions as set forth. Second. Mr. Grayley seconded by Mr. Curell. Any, Mr. Dunn? Did you hear my speech earlier about training? Mm-hmm. Okay. It's definitely the thing that, when we see restaurants that have a problem with their license, it's very often because they didn't have a good consistent training program. Okay. So it's really important that you have one. Okay. That's all? Okay. For the alcohol. For the alcohol. Just making sure Mr. Dunn gave an example how you're really good in the beginning, but further on down the line a year, two, three years. Because Arlington is very vigilant about checking to make sure there's no underage serving of minors. So he was just saying, if you can put something in place that protects you to make sure that even if it's a busy night and someone helped you out at the last minute, they can't be serving alcohol until they pass your training program, whatever that is. Okay. And that helps you, helps us, helps the town and the safety of the people, but that also helps you. But we are just changing the names of the same, the employee are the same from the long time, five years. Yeah. But you're now the new manager and director, right? Yes. So that's why this is our chance to kind of make sure we're clear on both sides of the table. Okay. What we expect in terms of what you expect. That's all. Okay. We do it all the time. Okay. Sorry, Mr. Dunn. No, it's good. Thank you. Okay. Any further questions? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed, unanimous vote. Thank you. Good luck. Thank you. Next, we have a stranger. Request monotony grill and tavern. Late night event December 31st, 2016 to January 1st, 2017. William A. Lyons owner. Anotomy grill and tavern, 25 masks I have. Yes. You know, New Year's Eve. Mm-hmm. Just in an effort to just kind of keep the celebration in Arlington. So. What time do we call? Excuse me, Madam Chair. What time do we last call? So we would start at like 12.30. Yeah. Move approval. Move by Mr. Burley. Seconded. Seconded by Mr. Byrne. Questions or comments? I want to say thank you because you've been before us for several years now. And it's always to ask for permission to run a successful event. And that's exactly what you've done. You've been extremely responsible and provided great service, not just this particular night, but many nights, reunion time, et cetera. So I really want to applaud you as an owner and businessman for such a large establishment. Myself personally, as well as the full board, you know, we've had a kind of bumpy road with sometimes with other similar establishment or establishments. And that certainly hasn't touched you or plagued you at all. And I know how difficult that is. And that's because you have everything in place. I appreciate that. Okay. In fact, we're approaching three and a half years. So we're now being recertified for tips. Awesome. I didn't know those recertifications. We're going through the list. All right. Good to hear. Thank you. Thanks, Billy. Motion by Mr. Graley. Seconded by Mr. Byrne. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed unanimous vote? I knew you didn't need the speech. All right. Thank you. In the request tango restaurant late night event, December 31st, 2016, January 1st, 2017, Ricardo Mermet, owner. I'm his daughter. I'm back. Say your name. Alyssa Mermet. Ann. And yep, I'm just basically the same as what Billy was asking for, just for our license to be extended for the night of New Year's Eve to let people celebrate the new year. Mr. Graley. Same thing, last call about 1230. Yes. Move approval. Second. And I believe you've done this first a couple of years also. Yes. In the same price for myself because I think it's something we all take very seriously and all of us, and my family being in the restaurant business, I know how hard it is on a large-scale event with, you know, it's different when you have usual Thursday night customer. Sure. But you've run this flawlessly and been very responsible, and we really do appreciate that. Well, thank you very much. On a motion by Mr. Graley. Seconded by Mr. Don. All those in favor say aye. Aye. As opposed? If you name them as follows. All right. Thanks a lot. Thank you. Good luck. Good luck. The quest, duet late night event December 31st, 2016, January 1st, 2017. Wayne Dupre, owner duet 190 Mass Ave. Good evening. How are you? Just name an address for the rocket even. Wayne Dupre, 190 Massachusetts Avenue. So when are you opening? Well, that's the, I was going to say this is probably one of the more unique requests. Yeah. Since we're not even open yet. It's extra late hours. Exactly. We're really looking forward to be able to sort of announce the opening date within the next seven to ten days. And that's what we're targeting. So hence the presence tonight, just to sort of be prepared for that occasion. But very similar to I think what you recently heard of 1230. I'm just trying to, our normal time, we need to have everyone out as noon. Sorry, noon. Midnight. That wouldn't be great for business probably. Midnight, but we're just looking to extend it for one more hour. And 1230, last call. So moved. Moved by Mr. Grayley. Second. Seconded by Mr. Carroll. Okay. You heard everything we said before, but this is your first time. So good luck. Thank you. On a motion by Mr. Grayley. Seconded by Mr. Carroll. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed, unanimous vote. He got the speech two months ago when he got his first license. All. Good luck. Thank you. Marie, has anybody signed up? Has anybody here for Citizens Open Forum? If not, I won't read the whole preamble and go right on to gender item 20. Cultural plan update, Adria Arch. From our Arlington Commission on Arts and Culture. Just name an address for the rocket. Hi, Adria Arch, 41 Mary Street. Good to see you. So, yes, I'm here without my APA hat on, but with a cultural commission hat on. Just to update you on what's going on with us, you all know that we were awarded technical assistance funding of $25,000 from MAPC to help us create a cultural plan. So that's very exciting. And we've been working very hard with that Jenny Ray in town planning to make that happen and some really great people with MAPC. So we're in the process of a survey, which we want as many people as possible to go ahead and fill out. The survey is linked on the town planning page on the town website. So if anyone who's watching this hasn't yet filled that out, you can go ahead and do that. We've got over 400 surveys already filled out. So that's really going to help us get a sense of what people are interested in for more arts and culture or to make it more visible, to coordinate it all and to move forward with a plan from experts that really can help us figure out what the next steps are. We also have been having a bunch of focus groups, which has been really interesting and we're inviting people. The first people who have come to the focus groups are people that are involved in the arts. We hope to open that up to the entire town. And we have two meetings planned in the spring, one in March and one in May, that will engage people who are not directly involved in the arts, but people who are interested in or who just want to know more about it to come and tell us their thoughts about what they'd like to see or what they see happening with arts and culture in Arlington. So that's basically it. But do you have any questions from me that I maybe didn't answer? Do you have a motion to receive the report? Mr. Curell, seconded by Mr. Dunn. Did we send this one out on the town alerts? Do we plan on? I believe it has, but we should do it again. Yeah, we should do it again. Yeah, it was earlier. It was maybe late November, I think. Yeah, it sounds right. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Mr. Byrne? Yeah, I'm actually my full-time job. I work at MAPC. And I know that Jen and Elaine, the team that's working on this, is really excited about it. That's awesome. Yeah, they have loved the focus group so far. And I know they can't wait to come back. Great. That's really funny. That's great. Thank you. A small one? Yeah. Thank you. With that on the motion, move received by Mr. Curell, seconded by Mr. Dunn. Any further questions or comments? If not, all those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And item 21, request two spaces on street overnight parking at 17 Pelham Terrace. William Choi, Christina Matthews. Are those individuals here? A motion to take, Mr. Dunn? I'm willing to make a motion to recommend no action based on the written police recommendation. Second. Motion to no action by Mr. Dunn, seconded by Mr. Byrne. Any further questions, comments? I would just say ditto to everything that you said we have. Mr. Dunn? And if they, you know, come back and they say, oh, I really wanted to be here. And they want to put on the agenda. I'd certainly be happy to hear it. Okay. Motion by Mr. Dunn, seconded by Mr. Byrne. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. All those opposed, no action. Item 22, vote referral of Lizzie Ellis, traffic review to TAC. Ted. How are you? Name and address for the record, even though we know who you are. I'm Ted Wilson. And address 34 Winter Street. Yeah. President of schools for children. Thank you for letting me be here tonight. And I don't know if you've heard, but I've announced my retirement. Yes. Children effective June 30th. So this is my chance to thank you for 30 years of supportive action as we've tried to build some important services in Arlington. It's been a trip. So I'm looking forward to getting a few more things done before I head off into the sunset, this being the summer. As you know, we're moving Leslie Ellis out of the Gibbs so that we can get the Gibbs in play for Arlington students again. So what that means for us is that we are moving Dearborn Academy to a facility we're renting in Newton. They're going to leave in the middle of June. So the work is going there to get ready for them. And then we're going to move all of Leslie Ellis's stuff into the gym on Winter Street. We're going to use the bracket school for our summer program. We're going to use the house we bought on Foster Street for our offices. And there's going to be a lot of activity in Winter Street over the summer to get ready for a September opening. So a lot of stuff happening, as you can well imagine, the knitting together, all of those elements is pretty critical. And the two things that strike me as important is making sure that we do our prep work in the area of traffic and parking. So that's because it's a different school, still a school, but it's different than what Dearborn has been providing in the way of services. A different number of staff. Many more staff at Dearborn than will be at Leslie Ellis. That'll take a little bit of the pressure off. But different number of students, different way of entering school in the whole nine yards. So it just felt to me like if we could figure out a way to partner on doing some of that prep work around traffic and parking, that would be a good idea. So that's the nature of the request. And I'm happy to be involved at whatever level we can to help it work. Mr. Grayley. Well, first of all, thank you for your excellence and how you have conducted yourself always with this board and other town boards. But help me understand the difference between is Leslie Ellis busier? I mean, what kind of traffic issues are you seeing? Give me an example, Ted, if you would. So Dearborn students come from 45 different cities and towns. They come in the vans. They pull up at 8.15, 8.30. They wait, bell rings, and they all go in. So they approach on Winter Street, which is a busy police, and they come on Oxford Street. We pull into the parking lot down there. So it's that kind of action for that group of kids. Leslie Ellis serves kindergarten, well, pre-K through grade 8. So mostly Arlington and neighboring towns. So for us, the move from the Gibbs to Winter Street allows us to actually keep serving that population and makes it so that we can have a chance of making it work. So the very youngest children come into Leslie Ellis and they have a similar time frame, but you're bringing your kindergarten child or your three-year-old. You're going to park. You're going to walk in. You're going to say hi to the teachers. You're going to have. So there's going to be a little bit of a difference in the way of accessing the school. Once the drop-off has happened, it'll all revert to being pretty much the same. The other big difference is that because of the intense services at Dearborn, we have close to 80 staff. So many of those are, you know, there's a lot, maybe services 25 to 30 of those. So everybody else parks for the day on the adjoining Oxford Street and Winter Street. Leslie Ellis has maybe 30 staff. So dramatic difference in terms of the number of people actually being there all day. So there's kind of the two components, right? Parking all day and then the transition, the morning and the afternoon transition. So it'll be a different, you know, Leslie Ellis has maybe 175 kids. Some of those will be walking, riding bikes if they're the older, you know, if you've got children in that almost middle school age, you know, you roll up and they want you to let them out three blocks before, you know. So it's kind of a qualitative difference more than anything else. And there's some things, you know, we met with Howard Muse and Officer Reto and just looked around the space. You know, there's a semi-circular drive on Winter Street. You know, is there some way to do some change that allows some of those cars to come off and, you know, cycle around. So we just want to get creative. We recognize that whatever school is there, it's going to be an impact at some level on the neighborhood. We want to be in dialogue with them and have a plan that people can support right off the bat. So there's no blocking as we try to get ready for this. Right. And I just see this as a progression you met with Elizabeth Todd Jones, Howard Muse, Officer Reto, the town manager, and I think it was suggested to you that to ask this board to formally refer this to TAC. So motion to refer to TAC by Mr. Greeley, seconded by... If Howard doesn't give me a dirty look or anything about it. So move them, we refer this to TAC. Okay. Seconded by Mr.... Second. Done. Any questions from my colleagues? Yeah, since Howard is here, I was wondering if we just wanted to, I just briefly want to hear, just make sure that he's happy getting it. I mean... It says it. That was in my motion. I asked if he was angry. I know. He said no. All right. Okay. Thank you. No, it's... I have a similar question anyway. Mr. Byrne? This is a... It's not town-owned property, right? So this is actually... It seems like it could be a new precedent that we're setting by having the committee going that's not on, like, you know, a municipally-owned road. And I think that is something that we should probably... You know, I'm not that I'm not... I'm still comfortable, of course, sending this to it because, you know, I think TAC has agreed to, but I think that we should be, you know, cognizant of that. And, you know, I hope that... I don't know if that will potentially, you know, open up the floodgates to, you know, other, you know, partners in the community coming in and, you know, asking for help from an already overwhelmed board. No, I definitely understand that, but I think perhaps... I know in the past, sort of, for a coal-biling AC fidelity, how sometimes we have had a little bit of a meeting over the mines, especially around safety drop-off, things like that. So maybe if we're establishing any trend, maybe it's around that. But I definitely share your concerns, but I know when we kind of have strayed a little bit, it's usually been around a school or a facility that provides services to children. No, yeah, it makes sense. I don't think it has happened since I've been here, but yeah. Mr. Chapter Lane. Yeah, just if I may, to that point, I think that is a very good point, but I would say the impacts are on the residents on those streets, which are town streets. So I do think it's more than justifiable to say that tax working on it, so that the neighborhood impacts are managed, you know, even though it is on private property. That makes sense. Thank you. Thank you. Did you want to speak to this, Mr. Rodosa? Sure. Briefly. Because we're just referring this to TAC. That's all. Name and address. Bob Rodosa, Columbia Road. I'm also a property owner on Winter Street. And I just dug this out yesterday. And, you know, they talk about the plan, traffic, and parking changes. Where can I see that? Is there a place I can see this plan? A plan of changes? It doesn't exist. No, that's what this is about. This is what this is about. Okay, so. We're TAC. Okay, how do I stay close to TAC and understand what we're doing? Follow there. Okay, they'll say hi to Howard. Okay, so that's it. Okay, all right, fine. They have public meetings. Okay. So I would anticipate that perhaps, I know you had one last spring with the, I believe with the Winter Street and Oxford Street residents, you cite that in your letter. Perhaps after you go through this process and you're at some sort of a first phase, you could have that meeting again, perhaps in the spring again, with the Winter and Oxford Street. I didn't know about that. I guess, I don't know. Maybe you just dropped something off with the residents. Okay, all right, so that's what I didn't say. Okay, thanks. Thanks. Okay, and a motion by Mr. Greely, seconded by Mr. Dunn to refer to TAC. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed, unanimous vote. We have for approval from our traffic and parking unit, Officer Corey Roteau, amendment to schedule one, traffic rules in order. Is there a motion? Move approval. Move approval by Mr. Greely, seconded by Mr. Byrne. Any questions or comments? If not, all those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed, unanimous vote. Oh, I think Bob waved his hand and back. Sorry. Oh, I'm sorry. I apologize. Just again, name and address for the record. Bob Radoche is still living in Columbia Road, I think, if my wife didn't like to do it. I was involved, I think, in instigating this because I was a victim to the situation down there on Mystic Street since it was striped. And what it was, what was happening down there, there was a car that was parked there all day, all night. I mean, I see it in the morning at 7 o'clock with ice on the windshield and so forth. And what it would do is two lanes coming up. People who want to get in the right lane couldn't and you get stuck in the left or the left lane would back up into the right. And so I think the no parking signs would be great. So I appreciate you moving on on this thing. Thank you. And thank you for bringing that to our attention. We had a similar circumstance on Mill Street. And I think it was the bowlers that said, you know, the two lanes coming up, the parking from 7 and 9 held everybody up. So I do appreciate you doing that. That's going to help a lot of people. I also had spoken on this, traveling Mystic Street every day. If there's cars that parked there, it really does lock up traffic badly. Thank you, Mr. Radocha. Did we already vote on that? Yeah, I think we did. On a motion by Mr. Greeley, seconded by Mr. Burner. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed, unanimous vote. Correspondent's receipt, move receipt by? So moved. Mr. Burner seconded by? Second. Mr. Curell, any questions? If not, all those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed, unanimous vote. Wait a minute. I want to go back on this. Mr. Greeley, no business. Mrs. Korpalka, attorney Hine. None. I'll manage a chapter line. A few short pieces. I want to thank the town's water division. We had, I believe it was four water main breaks on Saturday and a sewer backup. It was that, you know, talk to Mike Rademacher about it, that first cold day, the ground shifts, and that's when, you know, things start to happen. So it was particularly bad. There was three breaks in East Arlington. Cleveland Street, Randolph, and the intersection at Duncan Donuts near Pond Lane. And I saw the guys out there working cold day, windy day, but they got it fixed. So my thanks to them. Can I just say too that, I don't know if it was on the Arlington list, if I got it privately or something else, a woman Arlington resident said she came out of, I think she was in the movies or somewhere, saw where her car had been parked. It was a big sinkhole and it wasn't there. And I think she had a child or two, and I'll forward you the email. She said she walked up, you know, to the Arlington police officer just dreading that, you know, trying to find out where her car got towed to in Cambridge or up in Arlington Heights. And she was so grateful. And she did have at least one child, if not two, because she said, I envisioned, you know, I was going to try to figure out how to walk, hop on the bus. And they said, well, we moved it about 10 blocks away for you. It's right down there. And she said, being a mom or a dad or anybody that's had kids that you're on the verge of a meltdown, because if one more thing goes wrong, she just was so grateful that they went out of their way to, because they could have just had it towed. So I'll make sure I forward that email to the town manager so you can pass along the thanks. And I'll forward it to Mrs. Cropelka for the rest of the board. But I cut you off. No, no, I'm glad you shared that. And then the only other piece was I just wanted to mention that I had the pleasure of attending the fire departments, the Fire Union's annual holiday party with Chair Mahan, Marie Cropelka, and actually Maura from the board's office. And it was a very nice event. I was glad to be there. So I just wanted to share that. That's all I have. Mr. Grail? Just one piece that to remind everybody that at December 21st, 7.30 in Town Hall, the select tones, along with the Arlington High School Jazz Band and the Arlington High School Magical Singers and Charles Lyons, one of the original members of the select tones has agreed to return. So he will also be performing that evening. What's the solo you're doing? I wouldn't want to break the microphone. It's free. People are welcome. We will arrange transportation for seniors. But donations will be accepted for the Arlington Food Pantry and the Arlington High School Music Program. Doug just asked if people would pay if there wasn't charge. Say that again? Doug just asked if people would pay if there wasn't charge. Sounds like that's who just signed up for the select tones. Would you say that was making fun of them? I wouldn't want to visit that on this light. Thank you, Mr. Grail. Anything else? No, I'm all set. We had a parking implementation governance committee meeting late last week. And we heard from a few different people sources around town that they weren't particularly happy that when they got to a meter and 15 minutes, part of the free 15 minutes were already taken up. They felt like they should be able to hit a button and then get a full 15 minutes. And we have actually reset all of the meters to do that. So if you do want the free 15 minutes, you can have it regardless of the timing. So we were very happy to make that change. And our new economic film coordinator did attend our last meeting. And she said that she was getting great feedback from the stores already about the turnover that's being caused in the center. So we're very happy to see that. I just want to congratulate him on the committee. I have heard nothing but positive from people. Seriously. I got one question which I think I knew the answer, but I want to clarify just for sure. Is there an additional fee if you use a credit card? The minimum fee. It's a $1 minimum transaction fee. It's not an additional fee. It's just you have to buy a $1 transaction. Thank you. There was some confusion on that point. Interesting. Yes. So it's good to clarify. Actually, when I used one of the meters the other day, I paid for an hour and 15 minutes. But if you actually hit the 15 minutes, and then you can just pay for an hour. So keep that in mind. You should keep quarters in my pocket. Is that it, Mr. Berman? Yes, thank you. And honestly on that prompt change, because as you were starting to say the first thought of that, I'm saying gee, I just went to the post office the other day and only had four and I got the 15. So I didn't even know there was a problem. You solved it for me. I'm happy. We're very ahead of the game. That committee. That's amazing. Mr. Carroll. Mr. Dunn. Two things. One, the town manager mentioned two weeks ago, whatever it was. Thank you to the various crews for putting up the holiday decorations. And I hadn't had a chance to appreciate them yet. And I have since appreciated them in the town, in fact, does look absolutely fantastic. And I've had more than one person remark on it. So, you know, I said, you know, thank you before, but now I've seen it. So now I really can say thank you. I think it's excellent. Exactly. Just, and the Chamber certainly deserves credit for what they've done in the Jefferson County area there. Yes. You're really adding on to everyone's new business. What did I tell you? Really, it's not like it is out of here. All right, you're done. But actually, I really, I really appreciate it because I had meant to thank them as well. And I forgot. So I appreciate that. Second is it's that time of year. And no, I don't mean the holidays. I mean, I've pulled papers. I'm running for reelection. Voter's willing to see you for another three years. You're a credit to this board. All right. I just added that. That was a good idea. I'm keeping track. Now. Okay. And with that, I'll take a motion to adjourn by Mr. Grilly. Seconded by Mr. Barnard. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed to be on this vote? See you in a week.