 Good evening. Welcome to the select board meeting of Monday, September 23rd 2019. I am the select board chair Diane and Mahan John Joe Cura Dan Dunn Steve D'Corsi Sandy pooler deputy and acting town manager Doug Hime town council Marie Krabalka board administrator Thank you First agenda item actually our first two kind of go hand-in-hand in concert We are Very pleased to have a new appointed fire chief Kevin Kelly no stranger to the Allington fire department It's dedicated he and his family have dedicated their lives to the town and Citizens of this town and their safety and security. So I'd like to ask chief Kelly to just come up and introduce yourself and Thank you. Thank you First I'd like to start off by saying thank you to the select board for inviting me here this evening Thank you to the manager chapter line. I know he's not here this evening But for having the confidence in me and to appoint me to the position of fire chief Thank you to the past chiefs Kate and Mamon McEwen and Jefferson for their example and leadership But I would be remiss if I did not give a special thanks to chief Jefferson for the past two years I've worked daily with chief Jefferson got to see firsthand his dedication and commitment to the men and women of the fire department into the citizens of Allington Thank you to all the men and women I've worked with over the past 25 years their dedication to the job and compassion for the citizen of Allington has been inspiring And most importantly, I'd like to thank my family, especially my wife Christina and my three children Who's love and support throughout my career made a possible for me to be standing in front of you right now Now a little bit about me. I am the son of Jack and Claire Kelly I grew up in Allington went to Hottie schools and Thompson school and graduated on to the high in 1983 Joined the Air Force in 1984 where I served as a firefighter until I was honorably discharged at the rank of sergeant in 1988 Upon returning home. I immediately enrolled in college and while working 40 hours a week graduated in four years with my bachelor's degree from UMass level in 1992 and Then after my second attempt was appointed to the Allington fight apartment in May of 1994 I have now served 25 years with the Allington fight apartment during which I have served as the safe coordinator for 10 years the retirement party coordinator I'll see you all there Friday Yes Served as the department's training officer deputy chief of fire prevention have been on the honor guard and the union executive board And now I stand before you as chief of the fire department. So you probably want to know what is next? Short-term I want to make take some time to learn the lay of the land I Imagine before each of you became a select board member you had plans and ideas and expectations But once you actually sat in the seat the view was very different than expected So I want to take some time to speak with Speak with and develop relationships with the members of my department other fire chiefs Department heads in town hall before I make any significant changes if any to the operations of the fire department I would like to say that in my two months as fire chief that I the support I have received from all the four mentioned has been tremendous I'd also like to especially thank Patty McClain my administrative assistant who's really made what could have been a rough time very smooth However, I do see some opportunity First in technology in my 25 years under past leadership We've had we've made big strides in the implementation of technology into the fire service But there are other opportunities as chief I'll be looking for other ways We can use technology to improve and streamline how we can serve the community Next is community involvement. I am proud to say that the on-to-fight apartment already has a history of proactive involvement in our community with programs like safe in the seniors Smoke detector program. I would like to see more involvement and more collaboration with other town departments like the police and the Board of Health And finally I see opportunity in the use of social media The fight apartment has traditionally Been a non-self-promoter We still do and always will take our greatest satisfaction satisfaction from a job well done However times have changed. We ask a lot of our taxpayers and I think it is important We let them know how we are using our resources and how valuable we are to the community I'd like to end with this though There has been a change in the fire department at the top one thing has not changed and it really is what matters most if you are in Need and call 9-1-1. You will have a well-trained dedicated and compassionate group of all income firefighters coming to your aid Thank you. Thank you. Thank you My my only thing that I know you're already doing And And I believe it's at every station and something that's near and dear personal to myself As well as others my brother-in-law is a Boston firefighter And I don't know if it was IAFF or PFFM or a compilation they're out with Ed Kelly and others they put out a Documentary series on firefighters who unfortunately are ill and or have fallen in the line of duty Especially around cancer related illnesses and my brother-in-law Kevin McNiff who's very vocal and public about that one of the things when Chief Jefferson was Designing headquarters and the rest of the fire houses, which he brought in under budget in on time was The special equipment that you really need to when you respond to a hazardous waste call versus many many years ago a hose in the In the driveway, so my question is am I correct that all three stations have it's like an industrial strength I don't want to say wash or dryer But just one of the state fire headquarters has an industrial sink washer and dryer that's designed to hopefully pull out You know all the cancer-causing agents out of gear So yeah, and it suffices the the the ones that's fine I was gonna say I'd leave that to your domain your purview You know if in the future It's necessity or the opportunity presents itself Ideally like to see one in each station, but I understand the one that we have is exactly what we should have and It's it's more than adequate for what we've been trending on for now Yeah, like you I'm learning every day more and more of the dangers You know we're all being educated and I know some of the things that could be coming down the road Like we're becoming a OSHA We have to fall into OSHA requirements now Things like second sets of gear so you have a second set you can wear while the other one's being decontaminated Something we might have to look at But we've already taken other actions We have the plime event system in the stations now those that's the hose that hooks up to the exhaust on the engine So when we're pulling out all those fumes on building up in the station So, you know, we've been taking actions, but I'm sure there's plenty of other things We're gonna have to do down the road because I know that pffm IAF are trying to either through state through OSHA create funding opportunities, which I won't be following Unfortunately you and yeah, perhaps a senator and others will so thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your concern. Mr. Dunn So question for you, so I know that Chief Jefferson was in emergency management in emergency Situation like when we activated that in the town, he was the the head of the emergency management response Does that hat go to you now? I am now the town's emergency management director. Okay another job I have to learn yeah, so but yes, I've been going to the we have a local emergency planning committee I've attended those frequently. We have a regional emergency planning committee. I've been attending those frequently I'm in touch with me. I'm done training and stuff. So I'm trying to get up to speed. Excellent. All right, congratulations Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Mr. Carol. Thank you I think the chief's being a little modest because I've attended local emergency planning committee when former chief Jefferson was unavailable and he actually ran it so So that we appreciate having that that experience and I'm glad you also mentioned the The smoke detective program. I think that's something that's maybe not So widely known. I learned about it as the board's liaison to the council on aging. I know that you had the You could I ran it I explained it for the board better than I but the members of the department going out and There was a grant to actually check the fire smoke detectors weren't working water and change them And my understanding is it gave a great opportunity for the members of the fire department also kind of just Check in on the seniors in the community. What was important about that was the funding actually came from the board of health They they got the grant and they came to us and said do you have any ideas? And we've been wanting to do that for a while. We just didn't have the money to buy the detectors So there was $50,000 and we were able to get it to 120 homes. I think we installed over 500 detectors And part of that was we'd bring someone from the board of health with us And we'd also do a home safety check and a wellness check and and make sure if there were any other things they needed Everything from just we we've installed air conditioners. We moved rugs and furniture made pathways, you know easy to get through remove trip hazards And then also some people got other things they needed, you know, whether it was mental health help or anything So it was it was very successful. Thank you. Thank you very much for that. And I know we saw you over at the kickoff of the Age-friendly community initiative as it was kicked off. So I really appreciate that because we know that You know seniors being a particularly vulnerable community that that really relies on our first responders Fire and police Thank you. I guess the only question that I would ask him. Maybe there's a hard hard one, but how can we Help you be successful? Well, I didn't anticipate that but No I would have to say and I mean this From my experiences just when I was a firefighter odd working the last couple years with the chief is I Can't imagine anyone works for a better community as far as whether it's financial support Just any kind of support in my two months I've had a call over and talk to Sandy or Adam the personnel director Doug Marie all of them, you know the chief Larrity and everyone's been wonderful. So financially, I think we great great support and just It couldn't be a better place to work. So I don't know what else you could do To be honest, it's it's great. Thank you. We'll see you on Friday. Yes Thank you, chief. Thank you Congratulations, and thank you for your service to the town in in the Air Force before that And and I look forward to hearing from you as you are on the job longer things things that you like things that you Think should be changed and one thing I hope we do get you involved with shortly as a community as we That the high school is such a big project and you talk about fire safety There's an important role for the fire department to be consulted as far as where we're going With the building and how it's being reconfigured and access and everything so I hope that You're pulled into that process as we go forward already have been that's that's a great opportunity, you know Allingtons are mostly residential, right? We have that commercial card are going right down the middle of town So we don't do a lot of commercial stuff. We do some enough But that's a big project. So we're excited to be involved in that we've already The chief liar and I have already sat on the security committee to talk about that And I know the our role will be big as far as the fire fire protection pot and we're looking forward to it Just thank you for your willingness to serve for your past service You know, I think the time editor made an excellent choice. Thank you from people at him and people I've talked to it was an easy choice So I look forward to work with with you and you know anything we can do to help Continue the tradition that the Allington fire department has garnered thus far. Please come to us anytime. Thank you Well, thank you all for your kind words. I appreciate it Next we have our acting police chief Julianne Flaherty Again to chief Flaherty to you and your family. We truly want to express our thankfulness and for your Sacrifices and your family and dedication as well as stepping forward in this acting chief role You certainly have the experience the confidence the knowledge You know, I've seen you as you risen through the ranks And you're a great inspiration to anyone But so many people have commented on it's nice to see a strong woman Who was more than qualified acting in this acting role? Hopefully we'll be changing that soon, but Thank you so much chief Flaherty. Thank you very much and thank you all for having me here tonight I just wanted to give you an update on some of the good work that the Allington police officers have been doing We've been since I came in last January. I believe it was we've been taking part in some professional development and I've Just want to talk about a couple of the classes that we've been taken in a couple of the professional development Opportunities we've taken advantage of in addition to our regular training our in-service training in all of our recertifications in The spring we were able to partner with the FBI and the school department to bring alert active shooter training To the police department. So all of our offices were trained We went into the bishop's school for a week the FBI came in and did some Classroom and practical scenario Training and it was a wonderful experience. We were able to all be certified in level one training And we hope to continue to bring level two training to the community Soon Also the last time I came in in January I think I briefly touched about a de-escalation training that we will bring into the department And we were all able to complete that training last year and we worked with the Police executive research form. We brought them in and every Allington police officer was trained in de-escalation training Called iCAT and it's an it is a training that integrates Communication assessment and tactics and it gives all the police officers the skills the options and the tools To diffuse a range of critical incidents So each officer has been trained in that we were one of the first Along I believe with the Chelsea police department one of the first communities in Massachusetts to train all of our offices in it and I follow Perf and nationwide that People departments are bringing that training to to all of their departments, so We also had the opportunity to work with the rainbow Commission Over the summer and bring in the Maybright Institute who came in and trained 57 of our police officers In a class called working with the lgbtq plus community and people The training was great. It was interactive. It was focused on building trust and partnerships With the community and based on the training. We are reviewing our policies and Possibly updating them, so we'll be sharing that with the rainbow Commission going forward and We are also This week actually today and for the rest of the week we're partnering with other police departments Taking classes in unconscious bias and procedural justice The entire police department has been trained in both of these subjects in the past and in service training So this is a refresher course going forward I'd also just like to talk about some of the community policing efforts We we talk about community policing and we talk about how Community policing isn't just an event or a program. It's being embedded in the community every day and That's what our police officers have been doing and We have a great group who has been Out in the community and forming these partnerships some of the things that we've been taking part in You may have seen on our social media pages as coffee with the cop and that's been a great event We've had a couple Since I've been in this role and it's a great opportunity for people to come to a local coffee shop and talk to the police Officers that are in their areas. There's no agenda. There's no real presentation or anything It's just conversation of people have questions and we've made a lot of friendships through those programs Last week we had a pizza in the park event and that was extremely successful and very well attended It was a family event that we had at Robbins farm and we partnered with the rec department and we had some activities for kids and pizza and Our offices had the opportunity to meet people that they usually aren't available to come with their kids coffees during the day, so it was a great event and we plan on continuing that going forward Doing different events at different parks Since I've been here last we had our health recreation and cops camp that we have every year Offices really look forward to it I actually start getting requests in the winter for our offices to work that and it's really great that we have the opportunity to meet the kids in the in the community and watch them grow up and come back year after year and It's really nice to see kids that who have aged out of the program and not able to attend anymore Request to come back as assisting camp counselors because they want to keep those relationships going with the police officers So we're we're very happy to have that program going this past year We also had a bike safety event where our bicycle offices for the first time took a group of kids out on the bike path for a ride then when they got to the rink they did an Obstacle course and taught bike safety and we'd like to continue with that program Well, the weather is still nice and then continue it in the spring and make it You know a monthly a by monthly event because we think it's really important that the kids are learning safety at a young age when on their bicycles We also partnered with the middle-sex sheriff's Department to have a third gun by back gun by back event in the spring, which was also very successful And it's an opportunity for people in the community to have who have unwanted firearms in their house to bring them to us And we dispose of them and they have an opportunity to get a gift card and we worked with Volunteer volunteers from the community to put this event together. The first one we had several years ago We brought in close to a hundred firearms the second one we had was just about 50 in this past year We brought in 28 firearms. So we're making progress Making people's houses safe in Ellington And I guess the last thing I wanted to touch on was our homeless outreach program And so we've been working with health and human services and we have a homeless outreach team that goes out weekly And it's made up of Clinician some police officers People from health and human services and other health care providers assemble a homeless coalition The Cambridge police department and we attend weekly meetings and then we go out into the community and offer services and To a at-risk homeless population along with trying to get them housing and we had an actual Wonderful success story recently where we had a member of the community who was homeless for several years He was living in the woods for many many years and he we Relentlessly offered him services and tried to Help him get housing and he refused and this past summer he agreed We were able to get a grant and work with the some will homeless coalition We actually got him into housing, but not only did the police department do that But our offices helped him pack his belongings. We used Wagon to load up his stuff and we brought him to his new house He was a little anxious on the first day about being there, but we sat with him and And it's a great success and we hope to continue this program and hopefully Get more people in housing if they're able to and willing to So I'm very proud of the work that we've been doing And we'll continue to move the department forward and provide the quality services to the community Thank you chief and just to sort of dovetail on that on last point I really do appreciate it for half of all the residents of the town. I've seen the Coalition that the Allington Police Department and Friday partner with Health and Human Services as well as the some of the homeless coalition Go out and you know every now and then especially around the Mugar site There are concerns people calling in concerns for the people who are out there And when it gets large and I've always been very proud that the previous chief and now these two current chiefs Don't go out there and just kick people out and throw their things out You really do endeavor because I've seen it, you know through the board of health and Fire and police chief to go out there and really try to communicate educate but not really overbearing and be confrontational or Basically say, you know, it's this or it's that the willingness to work with That particular clientele and it's exactly what you said It's it's offering offering and waiting till they're ready to receive the offer because that's the only way it's going to work So that definitely isn't a one-time thing along with the I think it's some of a homeless coalition That they've worked in concert with Allington for many many years. They were before the select board I want to say within the past two three months and we once again voted to Continue to foster that relationship. So and I want to say thank you to all the women and men from administrative dispatch all the way up to Police officers. We really do appreciate the great work you do in Allington and how well you make Allington mass look I know I've been told 500 to a thousand people went to the pizza in the park You know, I was hoping that I said I was told there are people taking pictures But if anyone wants to on any events that the chief spoke about there is an official Allington mass police department Facebook page as there is I believe with the fire department and they share all those pictures But I'm monopolizing the time. Mr. Dunn. Oh, thank you That was a really long list and I really appreciate it because I think I mean, I mean that in a really positive way because You gave us blurbs and headlines that relates to programs that are a lot of hours and a lot of work And I think and I really appreciate the Prioritization and the attention to all of those issues that are within the town. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Kirill Also, I go to thanks and I really appreciate the like Mohan said that the stress on the partnerships with our health and human services agencies and with With our public schools as I you know, as I appreciate the fire department's partnerships there, too It's just a couple of questions. I just wanted to ask you mentioned the de-escalation training And I know you have the new training that's in do you still continue the partnership with Sheriff Catoosian as well? Yes, we do so every year We schedule his truck to come out be pocket in front of the police station and this year I'll be sure to invite you and the board if you'd be interested in and coming by so we do Work with them to train every year on de-escalation training great scenario based training. Thank you very much and on the lgpdq AI plus issues. I wanted to Thank you because I know that When every year we're assessed by the human rights campaign and we get a municipal equality index and we were tantalizingly close to a hundred score But one of the things that we had been lacking was a liaison with the police department I know that you stepped up and were the liaison to the Rainbow Commission that you've continued that even as acting chief And I really appreciate that. I think that that that sends a strong message Thank you to other things I also want to say one thing that you I think you didn't mention I had the opportunity as the board's liaison to the youth health and safety coalition to Make the acquaintance of our new school resource officer who just started about a month ago and I As the father of a high school student, I feel so fortunate to have someone of His caliber they are working with the youth I know that he had a first career in education over at Minuteman and I want to thank you for that as a parent as much as a As a board member and also, thank you for a town day I saw that Rebecca Wolf is back as our mental health Clinician right and I know that she had started that that program and That contributes to the success of some of these initiatives and lastly one thing I wanted to ask about is I You know we continue like Communities all over the country we faced the scourge in the struggle with substance abuse disorder and and Frequently deaths with opioids and so I know that the department just recently did a training for friends and and family Department on the administration of the locks and I wonder if you could say just a few words at the beginning of the month mental health clinician along with several of our police officers had a training at the Fox Library and We trained people we trained people in the use of Naloxon and it was an informative night for people who are suffering from substance Used disorder to come in with their families for education to connect with services Our clinician gave an overview of our opioid outreach program and then was able to train anyone who was interested Great. Thank you very much. Thank you so much and thank you for stepping into this role in this interim time I know it's been a busy time. So thank you. Mr. Herd. Just thank you for your continued service The all the programs that the departments come up with in the past few years to Create outreach to the community. I think it's been really successful I was at the pizza at the park It was an excellent event for the kids But also it was a great event for the adults that were able to speak with the police officers I know there was a lot of conversations of people that wouldn't generally be able to interact with police officers Well, the kids were off going down the sides, right? So that was a great event in events like that I think continue to foster a great relationship between the police and our residents Question on the active future training that you mentioned. Is that done in conjunction with the school department? I know you said I was at the Bishop's school or the school administrators involved Not at this training, but I am working with Chief Kelly on developing a training for school administration. Sure. Is it specific to school situations or just active shooters? school situations because I would certainly be I think effective to have school administration there to Just see what your training is and to get them trained as well Thank you Thank you for your service to the town and everything that you've done is as the The interim chief and I also attended the pizza in the park last week and I my kids are all old I couldn't bring them so I was wandering around on my own, but it was it truly was that was me wondering That was truly Truly a great evening for the community and for the police department and and I think it was a great event and and the fire department was there as well in front of the bracket school, but I might count there's about 300 but I heard Anywhere from 200 to 700 people were coming in and out So that that's just a real good way to connect with the community and I know you're you're gonna keep that up And I think you'd mentioned coffee with a cup. I think the next one is next week Isn't it at it's national coffee with a cop day, so okay October 2nd? I think is I believe so you can check Allington MA Twitter account And it will be at the kickstand cafe Okay, and one other thing that was I did see was the you have the citizens police academy I can this you could you just and you may have told the board about it previously But just what what that has entailed and how the participation has been in that so this is our third week of Citizens Police Academy this year we Several years ago. We had a citizens police academy. We brought it back. I believe three or four years I think this is our third class and it gives people in the community an Opportunity to come in one night a week for eight weeks and learn about all aspects of the police department so we have for example classes on the history of Allington Police Department and how forensics works and Patrol and fingerprinting and our canine officer comes in and does a demonstration And I think that our off our offices teach all of the classes But I think their favorite part of it is the students can sign up for a four-hour block where they go out and do a ride along with the police officer and they're in an actual police car patrolling and We get really great feedback from our students on that, but it's our offices Favorite part of the academy because they get to meet somebody and spend four hours with them and make that connection So it's been great We've had several classes who have all connected and they all all the classes end up coming to the graduations at the end of The session so it's been a great program that we have. Oh, that's great. Thank you very much Thank you, and I do want to say we have our state senator Cindy Friedman here Well, I know has some remarks for the chief and acting chief as well as mr Decorsi and I have been working with the town manager Adam chapter lane and deputy town manager Sandy pooler talking about a future legislative Delegation update and the senator's kind enough to be here tonight to sort of give us kicking off ground of things we should perhaps consider as well as If we have any feedback tonight that would like to pass on to the senator I'm also knowing that we're crafting the framework for an agenda item, but senator Friedman. Thank you Thank You madam chair Well, thank you for being here from for having me. I know that Schedules got a little funny. So we're gonna have a later date scheduled, but before The chiefs leave I want to say that One of the things that they didn't talk about was the incredible work. They do around substance use disorder and taking care of people with mental illness in this community and We have we are enormously lucky to have a fire department and a police department who actually believes in treatment and That are willing to learn and to expand their skills and experiences so that they can treat People in our community who suffer from these illnesses and it is not easy We are really asking our police to take on a whole new role than they used to take on they're now guardians Our fire fighters are learning all sorts of things that are have nothing to do is fighting fires They are our first responders and they do an incredible job and we are so lucky. I talked to communities across the state and It has never been a problem here trying to explain to our first responders What's going on out there? So while we're trying to you know fight the increases in Fentanyl coming into our community and I know that methamphetamine is an issue and They will be ever vigilant They're all so there and they are taking care of people in such profound ways And we're really lucky because that does not happen across the Commonwealth So I really want to thank you both and I want to thank your departments And I especially want to thank your leadership because without it it would not be so so I really appreciate it and again It's I'm quite proud to be part of this community So Beyond that you I actually Asked you if you wanted to have this kind of get together to find out What your interests were just to let you know it was going on at the State House? And I'm happy to come back. I know there's a couple big items around transportation We just passed a major we didn't pass we just released a major ed bill which I think has some really good things in it for Arlington like special-ed circuit breaker has been Addressed in a way that I think might help us see and you know, five hundred thousand dollars more next year I know that There's other opportunities for support for chapter 70 and for school funding so happy to give you a breakdown of that We are I am right now in the middle of working on a very big health care pharma bill Because I know that the state is the Senate is certainly committed to addressing the high cost of Medication along with access to these drugs I Think there is we have a Texting bill hands-free bill which we've been waiting with bated breath For an agreement to be made. I know some of it is there is a Agreement around no texting and driving There's not so much an agreement about the kind of data that we should be gathering as we do that and what we'll be asking our Our police officers to gather so but I think we're gonna see something soon in that area So those are kind of the big pieces and this give you an opportunity to think about What I can do for you or what the delegation can do or what you want us to focus on And as long as it's what our constituents once we're happy to help you do it I do want to thank the senator and behind a great woman the great man John pays for being here tonight and We are gonna work on to craft what it is to have more of a you know with it the senator and the delegation We have now sort of a more working group agenda item and What I've been discussing with mr. Decorsi and the manager as well as the rest of the board is you know first of all coming up with two to four capital projects that perhaps Could be included in a bond or a supplemental bond, but we don't know that what we're gonna do is Just throw everything in the in the mix and then you all as well as any aid that you can give us I know when we were talking about Reconstructing the high school. We have an ollington resident who? Health energy sustainable energy is really his forte and he's volunteering his time But I know when the town manager presented that there were at least two different on sustainable and clean energy perhaps three that the manager outlined the amount of funding that the town was committing to it with the anticipation and somewhat optimism that whether it be through MSBA a state grant We would get half if not all four or sometimes it was credits So that would be one of the things that I would look to the senator in terms of who in the delegation if anyone Could get their hands around that So that's sort of my jumping point from there. I don't know if any of my colleagues mr. Kiro Oh, I just I had one question and I Realize that later in our agenda. We're gonna be asked to endorse a piece of legislation the future act So an act for utility transition to using renewable energy And I didn't know if well the senator is here if she wanted to say a few words about that so there is there are a number of Initiatives around clean energy energy. I didn't know if I'm sorry I may be wrong on this, but I think they're that it's part of a resolution That was passed to become carbon-neutral Or zero mission By a certain date and you should support it. We should all support it. We should be very active. We should be fighting up on Beacon Hill so any kind of sustainable Energy efforts get supported. We get incentives for doing it I know there's gonna be a lot of that work is coming together I am not the lead on those bills I look to other senators who are very well versed in this area You know to follow their lead, but It's great and important to hear from my community so that I can walk in there and say you have to do something because I am getting enormous pressure from everyone to to address climate change and so I I Encourage you to support that to endorse it and I also encourage you to keep talking to me and the delegation Especially around opportunities where the state could step in and help with financing of Sustainable and renewable energy projects Great. Thank you. Mr. DeGarcia. Yeah, Senator Friedman. Thank you for for coming here Then reaching out to us to to give us an update. I know we'll have something more formal and I also want to Thank you for your leadership on the on the farmer bill because I know that is a It's a big poll and it's it's been a long time coming and you're doing great work on that and as for a reform One of my first meetings with the joint meeting with the school committee the delegation and the select board We were pleased here in Ellington that we received more Education assistance and one of the things you said at that meeting is yeah, that's great But don't stop there keep working for more and I think we're seeing that now With this the ed bill that's going to be coming out So I think that was a great message to give to us and and we appreciate it We look forward to continuing to work with you. Yeah, and I know that Arlington as you know as one of a Small number of communities that have some special challenges in their You know density and their ability to grow and their ability to grow revenue And so I think this is an opportunity for us to talk about What if anything we could do to formulas that would support communities like Arlington who haven't you know who are very committed to education? Spend an enormous amount of their revenue on education, but don't have a lot of room To grow that so I think this is a good time for us to sit down and have that conversation and see if we can Maybe do some work around the local Required contributions Thank You senator for coming in I think we've kind of outlined sort of a framework or matrix or whatever word I should be using in terms of and I'm sure there'll be other things I'm envisioning that this would be early in the agenda Whether it's a budget revenue task force meeting are here definitely be outlined and defined but Just if everybody From both sides of the microphone table whatever Just throw anything in and if I put something forth and it's like that that's can't even be considered It's not even an avenue Tell me right away, and there won't won't be any hard feelings We'll move on to the next because if you throw 10 and two stick I'm happy well as they say it never hurts to ask Next we'll go to our consent agenda agenda item 3 request special one-day all alcohol license October 5th 2019 at Robbins Memorial Town Hall for a private event Andrew Lipson for request special one-day beer and wine license October 16 2019 Robin winners more Widamore Robbins house for a private event Mark Thompson request special one-day beer and wine license October 12 2019 Robbins Memorial Town Hall for a Private event from Franco Alvarado in a request three-day special one-day all alcohol licenses October 18th 19th and 20th 2029 at St. Athanasius the great Greek Orthodox Church for Opa Cusina Dean Io comedis is the parish council president Is there anyone here to speak to any of these items on consent agenda? And I apologize if I mispronounce any names if not, I'll take move by mr. Hurd seconded by mr. Cureau Any further questions or comments if not all those in favor say aye? Opposed unanimous vote we go to Appointments LGBTQIA plus rainbow commission We have Andy Rubinson term to expire June 20 June 30th 2022 if you could just again introduce yourself and give us a brief outline Sure, I'm not so brief My name is Andy Rubinson. I've been an Arlington resident for the last five years and plan to stay around for the foreseeable future I Bring some pretty strong experience in Community activities. I was a member of the local steering committee for the human rights campaign You mentioned about the municipal quality index I Was also part of their national board of governors worked on a number of different committees or a lot of number of different committees on Fundraising on Membership community outreach. I also helped plan a gala dinner that raised over a quarter million dollars Community I have also been a member of the board of the MIT LGBT alumni Association those are both past activities and I have been a little less involved they got married and set up shop at home But now I am Looking to get you know back involved in the community and I think I'll be able to translate my Skills to help build the rainbow commission already started getting involved in How we can take advantage of the town day signups and other mailing lists to help drive some volunteer Information sessions and actually get more folks involved to help us Deliver the types of community activities and things that we want to see as part of our mission So when we created the LGBTQI plus The rainbow commission a couple years ago I've been really very happy with how it's become like the center of our Like it's provided a level of focus and center for the activities and the thoughts from the town that I think has been really productive And so thank you for working on it and thank you for pushing it pushing it forward great things I didn't think there's a lot more opportunities Like your ring too. Oh, thank you And I do want to say with the new commission member, but certainly not new to the committee One of the things that I really think is so beneficial and needed And I think the LGBTQI QIA plus rainbow commission has done a really good job with And I know will continue to foster on is not only interactions with youth groups Straight all the way across the board, but also interaction with youth groups from like surrounding communities I've seen some of those events. I believe they're extremely beneficial You know, I've gotten limited feedback all of it positive, but Just you know working with high school youth and everything else you have to go through You know when you're a teenager in high school And everything is just as important as something else. I'm not saying One person child's triumphs or struggles or any less than anybody else's but I have felt there's been a void there For many many years that we're starting to fill So I know you'll bring your energy to that and continue on Absolutely, I know that that's one of the areas we want to do, you know outreach to the local schools and things and Also building bridges with other community groups so that we're not all doing it on ourselves You know, we've we've already have interactions like Lex pride and Belmont and other areas So, you know, it takes a village so or a couple of villages And then the only other feedback that I've heard on the events that have been successful all the way around is A lot of the High school students they really get the person coming at them in terms of compassion and sincerity Perhaps having walked that road Perhaps not having walked it but want to do it that with them And I think that Allington's been very good doing that we could need to continue on and I think you've got the energy To help us do I hope so. So I've just put my plug in for Okay, any further discussions or comments on a motion by mr. Dunn seconded by mr. Curel all those in favor say aye Opposed unanimous. Well, thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you Citizens open forum except in unusual circumstances any matter. Oh, I'm sorry. Oh I miss the common deck I circled the wrong thing agent. Thank you. Mr. Gender item 8 just very excited about this For approval food food vendor license Mass hold donuts to Lake Street Alexander Mansfield This name and business address for the record Alex Mansfield I'm hoping to open mass hold donuts next month at to Lake Street right across the street from Richardson's ice cream and Yeah, I've I live in Jamaica Plain currently but in the process actually of moving to Arlington with My wife and our 10 month old daughter Naomi next month My parents and my brother Arlington residents and couldn't be more excited to have finally found a physical location for The business here in Arlington. We've actually been working out of the space at to Lake Street since it was a shared kitchen the local fair And when they decided that they were moving on they ask the local tenants who were renting from them if anybody wanted to Purchase the business and take over so My business partner and myself Who my partner Peter is also he's an Arlington resident for over 20 years? If anybody his name is Peter Gladstone if anybody happens to have met him, but So he also has some experience in the food business. He was the director of advertising for Sam Adams for a long time and now he helps a variety of local Businesses and things like such so yeah, I'm very excited to be opening the business here And if there are any questions you'll have for me We're all aware, but can you just state? Days and times of operation and what the fair will be it's kind of pretty obvious but so it's a wide selection of gourmet donut holes and coffee and That's basically all we'll be serving there potentially some slushies as well in the warmer months And we'll be open just mornings to start very limited hours to start probably Thursday through Sunday from 7 to 1 and eventually expanding that Depending on demand, but we're Excited to both, you know have the storefront and then also provide catering for we've already had a lot of local businesses reach out and talk about how excited they are to get them get the donuts for their office and everything like that so I could I would just ask attorney Heim a procedural question. I'm going by memory. I believe In this application the application was Tuesday to Sunday 7 to 2 p.m. I Just want to know on how to proceed with this right now. He's saying Thursday through Sunday Do you do yeah, sorry? I was unfamiliar with the So I think initially we wanted to open with the limited hours and then expand To the Tuesday through Sunday I'm not trying to limit you at all. I just want to make sure do we just grant the Tuesday through Sunday or I? Think it's in the board's discretion to grant it with the understanding that those won't necessarily be they operating hours at the initial kickoff and That there is at least a reasonable expectation that that may happen as the business gets its sort of feet set rather than coming back Here to amend their application Well, that makes sense and the only thing I would say for some reason after you you know do your soft open and everything You do get to Tuesday through Sunday 7a to 2p if you extend beyond the parameters of that then I would say that you come in Yeah, and amend your application. So and I'm not saying you shouldn't have Tuesday through Sunday I'm fine with that. I just I'm a stickler when I hear things. So First is there any motion All conditions are set forth seconded by Mr. Hurd Any questions, Mr. Curell say I Love the sign design. You should I just got a picture for you with such a smile on my face Hopefully not much has been put in a smile on my face lately Hopefully we'll be bringing a lot of smiles and and done. It's to town. Yeah. Thank you I have to if mr. Greeley were here a formal colleague. He would be asking for samples, but I'm not I'm asking samples from heaven But did not know if that account is bribery. So, oh, no, no No, he always that was his thing He would always say millions at home tingling with anticipation. Do you have any samples? Any further questions or comments if not on a motion by mr. Carol seconded by mr. Hurd all those in favor say aye Good luck, thanks for staying in Allington Now we get to citizens open forum accepted unusual circumstances any matter presented for consideration of the board shall neither be acted upon nor decision Made the night of the presentation in accordance with the policy under which the open forum was established It should be noted that there is a three-minute time limit to present a concern or request Thank you. Okay first on the list is for a Snyder There for a Snyder 15 Alan Strait here in Arlington, I'm pleased to see everybody here tonight I am here this evening once again to speak about the problems of racism prejudice sexism and homophobia and a whole host of other isms that appear Endemic in the community. I would like to give a specific example of how these problems reach into all areas here in Arlington Unknown probably to everyone here This evening I help organize a co-ed pickup soccer game that has been going on for more than seven years On Sunday mornings, we often play at Thorndike field The individuals in this group vary, but we regularly have male female straight gay Players from Russian Russia to Senegal Singapore to Costa Rica and many many countries in between I'm particularly proud of these people these men and women have arrived from all over the world to find a pickup game of soccer in Arlington, Massachusetts Not only do we play together every week, but we have a few That have made lifelong friends We have couples that play together a number of us see each other socially quite often. We assist each other professionally as well We've helped each other move too often to count and a rock band consisting of members from Ohio Germany and France plays together every Thursday Unfortunately after the select board meeting two weeks ago. I did not feel confident that everyone was equally safe and protected in my community This past weekend To my great sadness and shame. I Felt compelled to share with my pickup game that Arlington has problems with racism We discussed this situation and I told them if they ever felt targeted harassed followed or threatened in any way to call me It is unconscionable that a group of fun-loving soccer players should ever doubt for their safety. Thank you When our diggins I like the linar part. Thank you. So you took the time to write it. I'm gonna say So so there will probably be an email I put in requests to the town moderator to send an email on this But I wanted to get it out to the people who are watching because they're most likely people who would be interested in attending Precinct meeting to bring storm for all residents. Hey, it's I'm saying this on behalf of envision Arlington and the purpose of the meeting is to discuss ideas around Fall precinct meetings. We had spring precinct meetings What we're trying to do precinct meetings twice a year now So we want to get some ideas from people about how to organize and plan those and also another topic will be orientation for a new town meeting members and A fourth one will be to create a new welcome to Arlington guide They'll help people find answers quickly with an emphasis also on town governance You know, I'm really big into the precinct meetings So and to the extent that you all talk to folks about this let them know it's gonna be In the lion's hearing room on October 2nd from 7 to 9 p.m I hope we're not sending a conflicting message by saying that we have a small space because we're not expecting any people I hope that there are so many people that we have to move it to a larger space mean and along these lines For the spring meeting. I know this is a big ask But one of the issues with spring the spring meetings is that we don't have a lot of information by the time We have those meetings and it would be really helpful if we could at the very least get the select board Report because at that point we have me all the warrants, you know at that point and and your take on them and and not only is your take valuable But there's a big explanation for what the warrants are about because I mean I'm sorry with the articles or about in the warrant because the The warrant itself is very limited in information And so it's very hard to talk to you know the members of the precinct about how We think about anything without that information and so so I know like you need all the time you can get to do the report But but it would be all possible to get it like maybe the Monday after the election It would give us a little more to go on when we have the spring Precinct meetings. So thank you for your time and attention We'll do whatever we can on that but I can't tell you how close to an impossible task That is with so many warrant articles in concert with the redevelopment board the zoning board finance committee So what I would say is let's work on it see where it goes. Yeah, as well as what other precinct meetings have done, which I've done with 14 16 and we've expanded it is you can always contact the select board office So on a particular warrant article that you know that you feel is going to be widely discussed Yeah, we can't get the information Because it's coming from the proponent, which I have no control right You can usually give a contact name and you can contact that person great great and if you get more talent participation instead of 88 Articles it might be like a hundred and twenty. So I guess it's clear for what you wish for Next we have Elizabeth Drey Hi, good evening. Oh They left I wanted to thank Chief Kelly and thank Chief Larrity for coming because I was really impressed With the Narcan training and I was really happy to hear about the gun buyback program And the homeless outreach is really important work. So thank you I'm Elizabeth Drey. I live at Jason Street. I have lived here for 18 years and raised my family here I'm also the executive director of the Arlington Tales and DeSister project I wanted to share with you what I've been doing in the last two weeks Since I was last before you I have had individual meetings with mr. Herd Mr.. Dunn mr. Corsi senator Friedman This miss your woman Mahon. I would love to meet with you at your family Joe I let you pass this time. I figured you've heard enough from me. So I'll be back So I I wanted to thank you for being so generous with your time In those meetings. I stressed a common message Which is leadership and leadership that I would I'm looking to come from this board The lack of the leadership has led to a vacuum and as we all know vacuums don't stay empty It's been filled with angry voices on both sides frustrated voices Disappointed people confused It's just noise and we're there and we are stuck there because you have not laid a path For us to come out of this void and I'm asking you to unify us in that spirit I'm asking for one of you or all of you not really sure how it all works to put forth an agenda item on the October 7th Select board meeting to endorse a letter to the public that comes from the town manager the Arlington police department and the select board That contains the following four items labeling Lieutenant Padrini's words as racist Explaining to the community why his words are racist because that's a very contentious issue In our community and we need you to give us the language To unify us behind this We'd like you to thank the residents who have kept this at the forefront of the town Because we have been working to make Arlington a better place for all residents and these seem seem simple, but I know they're not simple and I feel like in my meetings. I still haven't gotten this across I feel like everybody wants to jump to action items and I love action items. Don't get me wrong I would love action items like a binding trust act like a citizen review board. I would love a Action item like the select board advises The town manager to keep officer Padrini on desk duty throughout the remainder of his contract That the select board tells the town manager that they will back him up from any pushback from the union on this issue and if the select if the town manager chooses to Not follow the advice of the select board that you hold him accountable at his next job review You are his boss. Thank you very much and I would advise Definitely read the town manager act next week. I didn't get my three minutes. Yes, you did. I did you went beyond I apologize a lot of time I gave you all four minutes and it just didn't seem to help the situation so Manisha Sharma Hi, my name is Manisha Sharma. I live at 13 Mary Street Thank you for the opportunity to come here and speak. I just wanted to add my voice and concern with respect to What has been happening with? Officer Padrini and the town's response to his racist and xenophobic remarks and articles I've followed this whole issue closely since late last year read the articles that were published Followed along with the response and I've been left dissatisfied by what has been done so far and and I would like to know I Would like to better understand What sort of decisions led to the use of restorative justice? When kind of if I look up Other municipalities and jurisdiction and try to see if they had similar situations and how they dealt with it I came up just in the recent past with a huge number of just with a few Google keywords I was able to come up with a number of articles That talk about racist remarks by police officers and the disciplinary action that followed So I really would like to understand How what were the decisions around restorative justice? Why was this path followed versus others? You know, I just just as a citizen. I'd like to understand This perspective so hope I'm hoping that you're able to share that in a transparent and open way I I'm going to submit by email what I found and I learned about this plain view project that documents social media posts by police officers all over the country and they found hundreds and hundreds of objectionable racist xenophobic Islamophobic posts by officers and They provided the documented and provided this to the Dallas and Philadelphia Administrations and immediately action was taken disciplinary Proceedings followed and some officers were fired So I'm just trying to understand, you know, how does town of Arlington deal with it? And would you please share that with us in a more open and transparent way? The second thing I just wanted to talk about is from an immigrant's perspective. I'm an immigrant here I became a u.s. citizen a couple of years ago and I Definitely I participate in voting and trying to understand local state national issues I heard at some of these meetings that you were not hearing from impacted communities so from an immigrant's perspective, I just wanted to say that There I think it's going to be very hard for someone to Stick out their neck and say that I'm dissatisfied I'm not happy because just the circumstances for being an immigrant is really hard think about recent incidents of students arriving and sent back People's work. Thank you very much. I really have more people on the list and I have a whole full agenda So it's yeah, I'm trying to be respectful of mindful of everyone. We had a two-hour meeting last week. Thank you Thank you, Lynette Martin Good evening My name is Lynette Martin 18 used to Street. I Want to contrast The all the police outreach that chief acting chief Flaherty brought here today with the The entire lack of focus that's been placed on the community harmed by Lieutenant Padrini's words We're doing all this great outreach, which is wonderful for the community and I'd like to see those relationships blossom But meanwhile There are a lot of people in this community that were harmed by those words and there has not been direct outreach In that regard I want to stress The important decision coming up on whether or not to keep Lieutenant Padrini on administrative assignment I Know that the town manager has the authority to make that decision But this group has the authority to make suggestions and recommendations to the town manager It is in his contract that he can be put on in left on administrative assignment I've confirmed that with Adam chapter in our town manager The union may push back and there might be arbitration But I would argue that the cost of arbitration versus the cost of damage to the community trust and also potential liabilities for the countless Civil suits that we could face for any people that Lieutenant Padrini should arrest in the future that identify as one of the harmed Communities so any people of color he should arrest any Immigrants he might arrest any addicts he might arrest any people with mental health disorders that he might arrest could all come back to bite us in a civil suit And I wonder if the town has looked into increasing our liability insurance is a very good question And I have concerned about two weeks ago the endorsement While I appreciate the bravery expressed by certain select board members who did not just blindly sign on to the town manager's letter you all did vote to instead endorse all the town managers actions up until this point and Via conversations that I and other members of the petition organizers have had with the select board and It's clear that Not all the foyers have been read that there's still some knowledge to be gained in this process There are very serious consequences on the table for this so Even though I understand that Many of us have a really great relationship with town manager There's people who I trust implicitly, but we all make mistakes sometimes And that doesn't mean that the town manager is a bad person or I'm not advocating here today that he should be fired, but it people need to be checked and so I Would urge the select board to further research this and to make a recommendation to the town manager that he Either not put the time out put Padrini back on administrative assignment or look for a third party to help make the decision Thank you very much Malofchik, I apologize if I said it Thank you members is it mr. Pool mr. Hyme mr. Kruppelka My name is Beth Malofchuk. I live at 20 Russell Street. I love trees. I love democracy They're under threat in Arlington Disallowing and discouraging opposing views whether by a gavel Those who attend redevelopment meetings are familiar the chair has a heavy hand Not awarding booth space at town day a citizen's advocacy group was informed There was no space for them no space for their message. I believe there seemed to be plenty of space at town day Shortening time allowed for public comment that was attempted at town meeting stacking committees and groups with team players Requesting police presence at meetings These are together chilling methods in a democracy There is not one single event. There is a pattern groups and individuals are labeled divisive never happy When I read that a member of the select board wrote the town manager to encourage having police at meetings That this select board member called the landlord of a citizen for background info on this person with dissenting opinions I Was stunned the town manager made a bad executive decision You continue to support this decision Rather than recognizing this decision as a failure of leadership Rather than issuing a broad condom rather than issuing a broad condemnation of your fellow select board members methods There's silence There are statements of support Which defy common sense and the well researched? well written word The silence of the select board on what counts has been deafening your words of support For a failure of leadership are loud and clear Listen to the people I entreat you stop circling the wagons of bureaucracy Listen to the people Disavow the bullying tactics of a former select board member which are revealed in the freedom of information Act documents which are posted online And I ask you please Embrace the nobility and the humility of leadership you are our elected representatives Recognize this failure Thank you That's all I have for citizens open forum We'll now go on to agenda item 9 Request to sign non-binding resolution support of an act for utility transition to using renewable energy Lucy Moulton and mothers out front. I know we do have the information before us here tonight asking the board to consider endorse and approve a resolution around the renewable entity energy Bills making their way through the state house I want to commend mothers out front so much for spending so much time on this so much education I Really felt like you are not only the only resource I had before all the gas explosions But the only resource that took a lot of my concerns seriously I remember one night we had a select men's meeting when the moratorium was in place and and Two residents came in and said, you know, well, you know, we feel comfortable Can you let us move forward on that and I kind of felt like they were questioning my sincerity of I'm most concerned of what I knew was out there in terms of crafts in terms of Gas in terms of the destruction it can cause You know, especially with lives. I kind of felt like with the exception of mothers out front You all really took me And others seriously and then unfortunately and I remember the night that that individual was here the the company that he cited That he felt perfectly comfortable with who I said they just laid dead pipe because I've worked in the craft was Allegedly one of the main culprits. So I want to commend you for I think what you have before you is a lofty goal But I'm of the opinion that you just keep Going for that lofty goal no matter how far it is like my eliminating CSO's So with that, I'd like to hear what you all would like to say I'd like to hear from my colleagues In terms of if we've had enough time after listening to the presentation and having the information here before us tonight to vote I'm Going to be guided by what my colleagues say but first if you could just name an affiliation Well, thank you. Good evening. My name is Bruce E. Moulton. I have lived in Arlington since 1976 and I'm a precinct 12 resident I am a co-coordinator of mothers out front in Arlington co-chair of sustainable Arlington and serve on the town manager's gas leaks task force I'm here tonight to ask you to sign a non-binding resolution in support of a bill currently before the Massachusetts House and Senate H 28 4849 and S 1940 an act for utility transition to using renewable energy Often called the future act the future act has been submitted by representatives Laurie Ehrlich and Christina Minakuchi and Senator Cynthia cream it has over 45 Cosponsors including Arlington representatives Sean garbally and Dave Rogers The bill has been referred to the Joint Committee on telecommunications Utilities and energy and we were hopeful that it will be moved forward to passage The purpose of the future act is to move Massachusetts off fossil fuels in particular natural gas in a well-managed Swift and judicious fashion in addition to the support of many state legislators the future act has also received a strong recommendation from a new report published by the gas leaks allies a group of 28 organizations Including the Boston climate action network clean water action climate reality project community labor united conservation law foundation Greater Boston physicians for social responsibility Heat those are the folks that make those great gas leaks maps that we depend on for knowing where our gas leaks are Mothers out front dr. Nathan Phillips of Boston University Sierra Club of Massachusetts Toxics Action Center and 350 mass to name just some of the members the gas leaks allies report is called rolling the dice assessment of gas system safety in Massachusetts and it was Published to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the Merrimack Valley gas explosions Its conclusion state the underlying assumptions of the gas delivery system are faulty It provides examples of how pipe materials fail on a regular basis Even the new plastic ones how the design of the system ensures single-point failures and how gas can be unintentionally ignited the report also describes the causes of leaks that trigger these Incidents and outlines what can be learned from them as well as what is lacking in official reports for immediate action to preserve and protect public safety this report Offers the Commonwealth municipalities utilities state agencies and regulators specific recommendations that relate to current operations and system maintenance The report makes a compelling economic case for taking into consideration long-term as well as short-term issues longer term related to safety health and climate protection a Cost-effective managed tradition transition from dependence on gas to a safer cleaner and more resilient system based on renewable energy thermal technologies and energy efficiency the port report points to legislation that provides utilities with policies and incentives to shift how they source and Deliver energy and that legislation is recommended as a future act I believe that signing the proposed non-binding resolution in Support of the future act is consistent with Arlington strong record of environmental leadership Which I know you've heard the town manager and the town energy manager describe on a number of occasions. I Have sent you a Excerpts from this report the rolling the dice report. I'm happy. It's all online if you are curious and have time to read more It's there. I Would also like to introduce BJ Bates who has been Working on this and she would like to describe another aspect of the report that of the future bill and how it evolved from the gas leaks work of heat and Mothers out front and how it supports the adoption of district heating a heating technology that does not relate lie on gas I think you just say your name again. So good evening. My name is BJ Bates and I live in precinct 8 here in Arlington Since retiring from the Carroll school in Lincoln I got involved in trying to understand some of the pressing issues here in Massachusetts Regarding climate change. So I joined mothers out front. I joined elders climate action and most recently I've been a volunteer member of the heat smart program here in Arlington I am here to speak on the behalf of the number of the non-binding resolution in support of an act for utility transition to using renewable energy Senate 1940 in house 849 known as the future act which is a very high priority of mothers out front Last spring I was tabling at the EcoFest here in Arlington And I had an opportunity to talk about this bill and I found when our Arlingtonian stopped to listen They were very excited and very enthusiastic about it. Why do we need a future act? Well Massachusetts has a second oldest fossil fuel infrastructure in the nation and it needs to be replaced Substantial portions are aging and deteriorating and increasingly prone prone to leaks The current estimate is it will cost three billion dollars to replace this this infrastructure over 20 years The global warming Solutions Act requires that we reduce our greenhouse gas emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050 the future act would increase this requirement to achieving a hundred percent reduction or net zero by 2050 Clearly if we replace all this infrastructure We are going to end up with a lot of stranded assets if we really meet our goal of 2050 of net zero So the question arises is There a better way to spend the three billion dollars and the people who wrote the future bill Looked around to see what they might find and lo and behold they discovered over in Sweden There's something called a district heating and By the way stock home, which is a big Uses a lot of district heating has about the same climate that we have here in Massachusetts District heating has been used there since night to the 1950s District heating provides heat through distributing hot water through a centralized network of insulated pipes Serves buildings Neighborhoods a business park and even a whole community The hot water pipes are well constructed highly insulated and can last up for a hundred years And the pipes cost about as much as the pipes cost for for fossil fuel So district heating is a very effective in reducing greenhouse gas emissions The hot water is produced by either renewal as heated by either renewable or clean energies and The city of Stockholm has been called one of the cleanest Capitals in the world and was given the title of green capital in 2010 partly because of or mainly due to the district heating program that they have Getting off of natural gas is not a pipe dream We now have long-term examples of how it can be done and Think about the benefits of district heating based on hot water instead of natural gas compare Natural gas and hot water does not cause asthma attacks It doesn't kill trees It doesn't explode and it doesn't accelerate climate change By contrast when natural gas leaks, which it does Which it does every day in large amounts and our leaky distribution system releases methane into the atmosphere It's leaking 95% methane gas For the first 20 years after methane Escapes into the air its climate change. I'm sorry. It's effect on climate change is 84 times more than co2 I like to think about blankets of warming our planet If we're adding one unit of co2, it's like adding one blanket if we add one unit of methane It's adding 84 Fixing gas leaks at a rate that reduces the overall number is not easy Arlington had a hundred and seventy seven gas leaks in 2016 Despite all the repairs we now have over three hundred gas leaks and some go for years without getting repaired There are currently many bills as Senator Friedman said earlier today in our hundred and ninety-first legislative session regarding climate change There's the Benson carbon pricing bill. There's the Barrett carbon pricing bill. There's a roadmap bill is a hundred percent renewables bill There's a healthy source bill soils bill. Sorry and the future act All of these bills may be part of what we need to do to reach net zero by 2050 But the future act is a critical tool for us in fighting climate change especially here in Arlington because We are bedroom community and we get 40% of our greenhouse gas admissions from our buildings and homes So please vote yes for a non-binding resolution to support the future act It's a doorway to a much cleaner and safer Future for all of us. Thank you. Thank you for your attention I Know we just got this tonight and it's Pretty detailed. So I guess I would look to my colleagues in terms of first. Is this something we can Address tonight and get all the answers to the questions. Is it something since we've just received it tonight I put on the next agenda so that any due diligence or questions, Mr. Heard I would recommend, you know, we're able because the agenda item to look into the actual Bill certainly be something that I would support. I am a little uncomfortable given How I think it's something that we can would certainly want to endorse, but I Think it would be wise in my opinion to put it on to the next agenda next meeting Just for the purpose to allow us to read what we're voting on if we're gonna go ahead and vote This resolution I think I'm tending to agree with Mr. Heard on this It's hard for me to imagine that that the sentiment of the board would be in this direction for the most It's pretty consistent with town goals From what's been presented down goals past actions of the town and such But For example, I mean the report of rolling the dice report. I just received that today and it looks that's that's pretty thick And I need a little bit more time. That's fine. That's fine But I think we would probably want to you know take a look at that, but you know as I look at this I just have a couple of thoughts It's consistent with some of the the green initiatives that we've that we've taken and also some of the concern that this board is expressed around the natural gas infrastructure for sure I was just flipping through the bill. I see that it Provides municipalities with new powers, which I think we do definitely want to understand that What what tools are here? And lastly, I think I'd be remiss if I didn't say that, you know, this has been I think on a lot of people's minds that since this weekend I Happily signed my daughter out to go join the strike on on on Friday And I spent all weekend at my graduate school Reunion which was an international economics and finance, but interestingly so many of the panels including discussion with Janet Yellen the former Fed Chair revolved around the threats to the world economy from climate change so much of it The airtime was around that so I definitely want to read more I think it is probably wise for us to Table to the next meeting And I'd love to have I guess mr. Pullo could represent very well Information but but I know this has been near and dear to miss chapter lines hard to So I would move to table to the postpone to the next to walk to seven. Yes second seconded by mr Heard and the only Avenue, I'd ask you all to explore what you may have already my memory could be extremely faulty I don't know if the Senate of the House bill has already started on its way and had asked for Comments or resolutions are the like I know when that does happen what you do to get any board Council Commission support registered is Whomever the whether it's in the House or the Senate Whoever that person is that you ask them to go and at a meeting and as a courtesy from their fellow colleagues to Ask that this be entered into the record because I happen my head that Maybe we didn't miss the deadline to get in Support for the 1920 session But if you could just explore that because I know if that is the case There's also a way to get it submitted into the record and then we can continue on and it could be a mixing up a Senate or a House bill but I want to say one of them have because I did some research on this But that doesn't mean we can't that our next meeting whatever we vote It's just a different way that it gets entered into the record You know what I'm saying and I could be totally wrong, but I'm pretty sure one of them I think the deadline may have And Friday, but yes, and could I could I ask is there available a point-by-point info sheet on the bill itself? There is okay, that'd be helpful Any further question or comment and we'll ask the acting town manager to relay Queries to the town manager on a motion by mr. Kiro seconded by mr. Her to move to postpone For approval sustainable transportation Request to sign non-binding resolution To October 7th 2019 all those in favor say aye All those opposed Unanimous vote sorry my eyes jumped ahead. Thank you so much. Good to see you Next for approval sustainable transportation committee roster. I would turn to our deputy town manager acting town manager Mr. Cooler Thank You madam chair in your Packet you have a memo from Ken Kelly lineman The senior planner with a list of community leaders recommended for Arlington's complete I've done that three times tonight, so you got a lot of time to catch up with me Thank you very much a roster of community members to be appointed to the sustainable transportation plan advisory committee There are 13 members here sheets look like this so that the town can go forward On our with the committee's work, so we'd ask your support for these appointments Mr. Cairo seconded by mr. Dunn any Questions or comments on the makeup of the committee or anything else if not all those on a motion by mr. Cairo seconded by mr Dunn all those in favor say aye All those opposed unanimous vote Now we go to agenda item 11 for approval complete count committee roster acting town manager mr. Cooler I Feel like deja vu You do have a memo that lists Members of the public to be members of this committee for the complete count a committee as you are well aware census is coming up and We want to make sure that every Resident of Arlington is counted in the federal census. I know Staff has already started working on this issue We've As recently as last week sent in a number of address Corrections to the census to have them line up with our maps and so forth. I don't cross he's been busy with that This is another part of it to engage in outreach and connection with community members to make sure that every person out there We want counted Can be counted that will certainly help us with things like Distribution of federal aid CDBG funding and other state funding. So Requests respectfully request that you approve these members as members of the committee Approval by mr. Cairo seconded by mr. Hard. I'm sorry Mr. Dunn Cindy I'm absolutely happy to approve all these people okay, but I'm also curious. What is it? How does this? group work with the Like the town public information officer and stuff like that like is this like a different working group and then they Like I'm just thinking about like, you know Joan and emails and like Doing more. I'm absolutely in favor of I'm just trying to ask how this ties into some of our more traditional Publication methods. I think it is because some of the members here have connections particularly with with populations that might Not necessarily be tied into the census And I think through their expertise and day-to-day work with some of those populations Is hope that they can make those connections and make people aware of the importance of participating in the census and maybe Allay some of the fears that people Who are new to the community or maybe even new to this country? Have about participating something like this I Think it's it's because they are community-based that they're Okay Thank you. Do you have a sense? I mean is there gonna be a multilingual? Outreach in our local efforts around The sense it senses outreach, you know the chilling effect that there was with the attempted inclusion of the citizenship question. Oh, absolutely. I Can't speak with any authority on the exact plans going forward. However, I do think it We know that having multilingual outreach is important to many people in our community We have a lot of languages in Arlington and a lot of people from around the world so again Without trying to make representations about something that I don't have personal knowledge of what we're doing. I would say that that Is and should be an important part of this outreach Thank you And I do want to say having in conversations with mr. Poehler and mr. Chapter Lane that in the importance of of Getting everybody counted a complete count an accurate count That the four individuals highlighted are just the face of the group non-profit, etc that they represent as well as You know Pat Lieber said in League of Women Voters her years of experience through that should be the best person to also get Other people from the League of Women Voters Lauren Ledger co-founder of all into eats. She serves in an extremely vital population We've all been down there volunteering and I know she's identified within her framework of volunteers Some of the same issues that mr. Kiro and others have in terms of somebody that we may need to Communicate the message perhaps in a different language But also she knows people especially from that community that those persons have been identified in the relationship has been formed because that's That's another big step to it and Brucey Moulton who just was here mothers out front She has extensive Not only networking but experience in in terms of organizing and then our last resident Ellen Lawton As well as being an attorney she works on I think part of her day-to-day job with Complete groups across the country so But I think one of the things that I'm myself and the rest of the members of the board are extremely pleased with that You know if you necessarily see one name, you know, there's probably five to Seven plus people attached that will be assigned to working with these individuals But I do know that we're gonna miss something. I just hope you know when we can we do the best job to do what we can do and And maybe Note that for the next time ten years out that that was an area we need to work on so On a motion by mr. Curel seconded by mr. Harden any further question or comment if not those favor say aye Those opposed unanimous vote and now we have discussion and approval police chief position description and hiring process there was a intent of Just not having that back-to-back because But this is just a beginning of a process so I will turn to the deputy town manager mr. Puler Thank You madam chair So I think we're all excited to move forward filling a permanent appointment to the police chief position I know we are in the town manager's office And I know for talking to many members of the police department that I think the department is very excited to move forward So what you have with you? You have a copy of a position description That defines some of the major responsibilities of the position We have moved forward last Friday. We interviewed two various consulting firms that can run a an assessment center for us where they Do run the potential candidates through a series of exercises and then grade them and assess them on that And we've decided to proceed with awarding that to badge quest I was part of the call on that the other day, and I think they had a quite thorough and significant understanding both of the process in terms of How to assess how to bring police experience to their assessment team and And I think an appreciation of the importance of these positions in the community We will post this position and Certainly invite eligible people within the department to apply. There's a selection panel. I am on it We will solicit a chief from another community Along with the human resources director To make a recommendation to the town manager for final appointment We will schedule the assessment center. I believe we are looking for we have not announced at the date, but I Believe it'll be some time in mid to late October Again, I think people are eager to move forward with this and And so we will We also will have a Community panel Representing a wide array array of community groups including the Human Rights Commission the rainbow Commission Mystic Valley NAACP on to public schools A member from the recovery community the immigrant community and the disability commission and diversity task force who will meet with Karen Maloy and After an interview each of the candidates Get and Karen will relay their feedback to the town manager for his consideration and their input So that is the process now, I hope we can wrap it up soon enough to have Candidates elected and announced by early November Happy to answer any questions. Okay, first. I'll take a motion to move to receipt Mr. Decorsi. Yeah, yeah, I'd like to make a motion to I'd like to move receipt of the memorandum in the in the description. Is there a second second by Mr. Curell. Mr. DeCorsi, did you yeah, and I appreciate the update Mr. Poole, and I do think it's critical that we do move forward to Hiring permanent police chief. I moved receipt tonight because while I appreciate You providing me with the providing on the board with the update on the process and the steps you have taken As we all know this is the town manager's Higher and it feels to me that we should be receiving receiving it rather than Approving the process and approving the job description. So for that reason I moved receipt and that falls in parlay with in terms of The town manager act so and this is something that the board had requested the town manager just to Not only align the process that he deems appropriate to move forward, but also to Let the community know in terms of that So any further questions or comments on a motion to move receipt by mr. Corsi seconded by mr. Curell Oh, I'm sorry. Mr. Curell. Yeah, I just had a question on number five. How do you see that? Be being implemented. Are you anticipating that that's one group meeting between? Candidates and and the representatives of of the enumerated groups there or are you anticipating that that? I think the general idea was to try to have a meeting with a series of candidates coming in meeting with the entire group, okay? Because I Realized that there's probably a limit to how large you can go there, but I'm I'm looking here, and I think it's a great Collection of folks as far as it goes, but when we already talked earlier tonight about the tight relationship Between the police department and health and human services, and so I see Again, this this will be a call, but I see what I would consider some holes like for example Council on aging they rely a lot on the police Right, and I so I don't see the senior representation there I Mentioned a Coalition youth health and safety goal is they they handle all of our Compliance efforts prescription drug take back so there's some of those constituencies within the health and human services I'm wondering if there's not a broader health and human services Representation to be appropriate obviously that that's up to y'all and that's this is something that This is Ms. Malloy has outlined and it's sort of following of Parameter of what she's done before And this this is something that we're receiving this information Human resource director is Responding to the town manager taking into account what it is that she has to do under law What's been done in past practice? I mean you can invite everybody the way I know I know But then this really isn't for us. It's it's for you know Certainly that I can go back to Mrs. Malloy and she may say that well that's encompassed in this person I mean there's a fair where you two or three hats So but I know our acting town manager will follow up on that according back Yeah, I'll share that one. Yeah, and I know she's bound by yeah lost civil service and other Okay, any further questions or comments on this Move by mr. Mover seat by mr. D'Corsi seconded by mr. Currow if not all those in favor say aye those opposed unanimous vote New business, mr. Crabalca In the middle of it said seven o'clock not six Cocktail is six to seven no seven to eight. I'm sorry seven to eight Seven to eight is the cocktail hour at the dentist at eight. Okay. It's an hour later this year Thank you That's it for me No new business Deputy manager cooler. I just have two quick items. I wanted Adam asked me to announce One is that we have received a Green Communities Act grant for $98,052 it'll be used to install LED lighting At the Autism Middle School in the gyms and locker room area at the Bishop School in common areas Library in the main office and then the Jefferson cutter house for some exterior floodlights which will help us Save energy second is just to announce that What may people may already know but that the bus priority lane will return to East Arlington during the week of October 7th running from Farnham Street to the ill wife Brooke Parkway We'll have a permanent marking there to allow buses during The morning to run down that direction and speed up the commute Thank you. Mr. DeCorsi. Yes. Thank you, madam chair are two items First of all, I want to thank Mrs. Kruppalka in the town Dave committee for another great job this year at that time They we were fortunate until about two o'clock to have nice weather But I was told After the fact that the girls basketball team in Arlington High was selling umbrellas and they weren't moving too well And they ended up selling out so Thank you for a great job. You know you were here early early Saturday morning along with the whole team So I really appreciate that the second thing I want to recognize the Kellen manor Neighborhood Association this past Saturday. They celebrated the Neighborhood Association celebrated its 75th anniversary It was formed in 1944. Mr. Herd actually grew up in Kellen manor and there were former residents there And the Kellen manor Kellen was the Kelly Cole company building land at the old Wyman farm That's that's how Kellen manor got its name So there was a celebration at the Kellen manor park on Saturday a number of former residents came and Unfortunately, I was out of town. I wasn't able to make it, but I understand it was a great event. So It was a great day for that neighborhood Mr. Don none of us Just congratulate on a great town day. Luckily my boys didn't make it to 2 o'clock. So I was nice and I Had a roof over my shoulder when I ran and I was at the event I was a former Kellen manor resident that was invited to come back, but it was a great event It was very well attended. You got to see some familiar faces and meet new faces Calling Kellen man at home and then I just wanted to we had talked about some of the homeless coalition I just want to remind everyone that A couple weeks ago we approved the 5k. This is one of their big fundraisers for the year They had to do it in Arlington this year because of the all the bridge closures in Somerville So it's if you know any runners direct them to the website to sign up because Some of the people from Somerville can't make it over to Arlington. So we need to You know rely on some Arlington residents to come in and help Get some runners into the event and as we've heard today on a few occasions Arlington works very closely with that particular entity. So if you know any runners, let them know it's a couple weeks Thank you. Mr. Carol Just quickly on as the Council on Aging the other night they reported that the applications for the the senior workoff programs have really outstripped with the Record what what the run rate was last year? I mean part of it obviously is because of the the conversation around override, but I think a lot of it also was because some of the Efforts that the Council has been putting into public information about that and they've been taking the opportunity actually to share with residents the availability of other tax relief programs as well as fuel and heating assistance programs too, so I would encourage any seniors who are listening who might be You know thinking about that do contact the Council on Aging. I know that they've been working very closely with the assessor's office on These things and trying to get the the word out about what is available and I encourage anyone else To you know consider some generosity to the senior tax relief fund which does appear on your On your bills and on the top website Thank you Just talking briefly about town day you all do a fabulous job Unfortunately, unfortunately, it's the majority of the staff of the select board office And anyone who has the fortune misfortune of being related or good friends to them that are the volunteers for town day as well as Chiefs department heads and others so as a tie into that a Lot of people have lamented the fact that Friday night fireworks isn't what it had been in the past And it's not purely just five thousand dollars. I mean the fireworks alone eight thousand the sound clicked in three thousand What happened was originally when town day started started over at the rink Summer Street my mother-in-law started it and there was a bunch of boots inside the rink when it wasn't a rink anymore And then 1976 came and it was the uncle Sam statue dedication up with people was coming to town the UU church was having Victorian sentient garb and so my mother-in-law moved it out on to Mass Ave. It was in October and for many years when it was run by a group of volunteers augmented by You know department heads and town hall staff It ran very well, and you had a committee of you know 8 to 10 citizen volunteers and then when I came up and took it over 20 something years ago Friday night. It was just Friday night fireworks. I Made sure I brought in probably 20 to 24 Volunteer Arlington residents to pull off a Friday night because a Friday night when I took it over There was no town funding for anything because it wasn't possible. So you had to pay for DPW starting on Monday to clean up spypond you had to play pay for Friday night And this is what you have to fundraise for fundraise for the money to play pay for the barge to be set out appropriate fires Staff to be there then pay for all this you know Police fire public works that you need at the event as well as afterwards to clean it up as well as you have to fundraise for all the various events that I we had made sure that You know you get a free balloon ride you could go on the pony for free You could get your face painted for free all the walking acts that Musicians and and quartets and things like that that would that was never Friday night That's something that myself and the then committee Incorporated and what happened about seven or eight years ago is you know your different times in your life I had to step away from that and what happened was You know, I've been asking for years as we all have please You know if you like town day you like Friday night, please volunteer right now I think we have one citizen Mary and come on the committee. We have Kathleen Derby from Cambridge Savings Bank and Basically, we have forced my opinion forced volunteers, which is town hall staff from the town managers and his office on down that works on and makes town day happen on Saturday and What we did was we came to the decision that we couldn't keep making these people because it was purely no Citizens with the exception of Ms. Kamau that was on this committee and that's why Friday night So I would say to people because I've you know seen different postings and talking about certain employees not us We only make 3,000 a year but certain employee salaries. Why couldn't we afford that? It's not so much that but we need the citizens of Arlington. You need a good at least dozen To work on Friday night, so Anybody out there? Anybody's been contacting me. I've been saying, you know, I'm not being sarcastic or tongue-in-cheek It's just the town couldn't take on with our town personnel police fire public works everything to continue to do Friday night And we feel and this board then board had a discussion that town day really is a part of town of Arlington and how we present ourselves and we could justify a Lotting the dollars as well as the manpower to it. So anybody out there you please, you know, definitely volunteer But I understand this there's a lot of opportunities in Arlington So I'm not saying one is more important than the other and with that I will take a motion to adjourn by Mr. Carol seconded by mr. Herd. I was a favor say aye Thank next meeting is October