 Ladies and gentlemen we're going to be starting in just a few minutes But we're waiting for one more of our fellow commissioners who got stuck in traffic, but she's do here like in two minutes According to her GPS system. So bear with us and thank you for being so patient. I knew this was gonna be a great crowd Good evening everyone. Can you hear me? Okay? I'm glad to see that some folks have taken some seats over here on the side if you wish to have a seat over there You make your way I'm gonna start with some public comments for you. This is of course a meeting public meeting and hearing of the Massachusetts gaming Commission And I want to welcome you today is Tuesday, April 25th 2023 We have only one item on our agenda for today And that is to offer an opportunity to interested members of the public to share comments with us relative to the development East of Broadway associated with Encore Boston Harbor My name is Kathy Judd Stein, and I'm the chair of the gaming Commission, and I'm joined today by my fellow commissioners Commissioner Hill Commissioner Maynard is joining us from his home state of Kentucky. He has a an ill relative and he's He made his way down there to be with her But joining us in To be part of today's important public hearing Commissioner O'Brien And Commissioner Skinner The proposal being advanced is that the project will be constructed as a phased Development across the street from Encore Boston Harbor on the east side of Broadway in Everett, Massachusetts The gaming Commission is currently considering the first phase of this development to determine whether to include the development or portions thereof as part of the gaming establishment In order for any gaming or sports wagering activity to be permitted in this new development It would have to be included within the boundary of what we refer to as the gaming establishment To be clear the commission will not be deciding whether to allow the development to be constructed at all The authority to make the decisions associated with that Including the issuance of all required permits falls to other governmental entities The commission will evaluate the request before us in further detail at a future public meeting or meetings Accordingly the commission will not be voting this evening as to whether to include this new development in the boundary of the gaming establishment In preparation for that evaluation the commission is interested in any information or comments that the public may wish to offer relative to this development Accordingly your presence and insights that we Look forward to hearing today will help the commission in making its decision And we thank you all for being part of the process and showing up this evening Before we begin taking public comments I would like to lay out the process and establish the ground rules that we wish to follow this evening This meeting is intended to afford an opportunity to offer input and comment on the development and Specifically as to whether gaming and sports wagering should be allowed To any entity or member of the public who is interested This meeting was not designed for anybody to offer opinions about gaming and sports wagering in general Instead, we are solely interested in hearing as much as possible about the public sentiment toward the project presented Presently before us With that said I do want to add that if anyone is interested in ever providing the commission with comments We welcome that and have a portal on our website where you can Provide written comments on more general matters not associated with tonight's topic Momentarily we will open the floor To public comments to make the best use of all of our time We ask that any member of the public proceed as follows in addressing the commission First if you pre-register to speak at this meeting your name has already been added to the speaker list And I'll be calling the names from that list If there is a time remaining after we have heard from all the pre-registered Individuals will open the floor to comments from any other individual who is interested in offering comment For those of you who haven't met Grace She will be here all evening and you can just step forward if you wish to provide comment and provide the information she needs When I call your name, please approach the area up front State your name and tell us where you are from and who you're affiliated with and third given today's Participation to ensure that everyone who wants to speak gets an opportunity to do so we will limit individual comments to three minutes Grace will give a 15 second warning So that you'll be on notice and we'll expect the speaker to begin wrapping up their comments We may allow an additional 15 seconds if necessary And also We're happy to allow you to return to the podium if time permits and you truly have something additional to share Forth, this is not an opportunity for members of the public to ask questions of encore If you have questions, please address them to the Commission and we will determine how to proceed from there Of course any commissioner may ask any question up a commenter at any time and commissioner Maynard We will be watching for you so that you're assured your your chance to ask any question Finally, we recognize the great passion that many of you may have for this subject matter Often in different directions We welcome your comments to reflect that passion However, for this part of the process to achieve its greatest value It's tremendously important that this discourse here today be respectful And this is one area that I know that we can all agree on And some we wish to thank you in advance for taking the time to be with us this evening My fellow commissioners. Do you have any additional remarks or comments? Commissioner Maynard all set. Okay, so with that Grace I think we'll go ahead and I'll call the first speaker. Oh That's right. I'm so sorry. Thank you for that reminder. If it's not in the script. I forget. Okay, so We have chief Joe Delaney Who is going to give on both some opening remarks and introduce our speaker from on core Boston Harbor? Thanks, chief Delaney. Thank you, madam chair and commissioners and members of the public I just wanted to take a couple of quick minutes here just to go through a little bit about the process that we're going through in order to Make these decisions So what we have come up with is essentially a three-step process The first step happened back in February when the Commission agreed that Gaming could be allowed across the street In in the proposed development The second step is today where we'll hear from the public on comments regarding the development And then we will hold a third step to this in the future where the Commission will actually consider whether or not to include the project as part of the gaming establishment and As the chair indicated this We are only looking at the first phase of this project on core is proposing a much larger project with some additional Hotels and other things. We are just looking at the first piece of this project, which will include An entertainment venue as well as poker room sports wagering parking garage and so on But we are not looking at that larger project When those pieces of the project are ready to come before the Commission They will have to come back in front of the Commission to for us to again make that determination Whether or not those should be included as part of the gaming establishment So with that I'm going to turn over to Jackie come from on core who's going to give a brief Presentation to show you what the project is all about and what it looks like Thank you chief the lady Madam chair commissioners. Thank you for the opportunity to be here tonight to present our east of Broadway project I'd like to thank the public officials the residents of Everett the community partners and most importantly our employees who have come here tonight To express your opinions The last ten years as you may know we've been acquiring land across from our property, which we term east of Broadway To date we've acquired over 15 acres made up of over 65 parcels separate parcels of land We are now ready to proceed with the first phase of the development Sorry, I had a PowerPoint presentation Can I sorry? Okay? Next slide please The the first phase of the development outlined in red as you can also see there are additional phases of this development Outlined in black, which are mainly comprised of additional hotels However, as Chief Delaney said for purposes of this meeting. We are only focused on the first phase of development Which we have proposed to be an extension of the gaming establishment Next slide please Here's a rendering of the first phase of the development which is connected to uncle Boston Harbor by a temperature controlled enclosed pedestrian bridge In this first phase of development we are proposing food and beverage of approximately 19,000 square feet a nightclub a rooftop lounge a comedy club of 200 seats gaming a poker room specifically about 18,700 square feet a theater of 979 seats and The pedestrian bridge 23,000 square feet and a parking garage connected to that as well Of course all gaming uses will require the approval of the gaming commission as Chief Delaney stated previously Next slide, please Is next slide? Sorry Can we go one more? Next slide, please These are some renderings of the proposed project. This is the view that you would see heading I believe north on Broadway Next slide, please This is a view of the facility viewed from uncle Boston Harbor across the street And you can see the rooftop lounge at the top there Next slide, please Here's a red rendering of the pedestrian bridge going into the property across the street the east of Broadway property Next slide, please Just another pretty rendering for us Next slide, please In terms of timeline we started the state permitting process in September 2022 The Everett planning board approved the phase one in December 2022 We recently had a public informational meeting that was open to the public at uncle Boston Harbor Phase one construction is slated to start subject to all approvals in fall 2023 With a projected opening in fall 2025 Next slide, please So in response to discussions with the city phase one contains a raised seven foot wide bike lane We are also going to work with the city to work on a design to integrate Dedicated bus lanes In terms of resiliency we have elevated the first floor above the future 100 year floodplain We also have onsite renewable energy generation Zero net energy building during operations and improved storm order management Next slide, please In terms of community benefits As some of you may be aware some of the properties were used for industrial purposes and will require environmental remediation of the property We are proposing about 2000 construction jobs And more than 800 permanent jobs across a wide range of skills And i want to be clear that the 800 jobs that we're proposing are for phase one This project will of course strengthen the city of Everett's tax space We also estimate a 3.5 million dollar contribution to affordable housing in the city of Everett The the pedestrian bridge of a Broadway provides access to the harbour walk Complementary shuttles water transportation and the blue bike program Next slide, please We propose to continue our commitment to local hiring through career fairs hosted by community partners Our own career fairs monthly community information sessions quarterly meetings with community leadership mass hire north workforce board As you may recall we provide a hiring preference to our hosts surrounding and neighboring communities Starting with the city of Everett then maldon boston cambridge chelsea medford somerville Our neighboring communities of lynn melrose and revere And uh also to communities within 30 minutes of everett Next slide, please At ebh today 88 percent of our team is from communities within 30 minutes of everett 58 percent of our team members are from local and neighboring communities We have almost 500 employees from the city of everett Approximately 14 percent of our current workforce Next slide, please We will also continue to meet our established goals for woman minority and veteran employees As you know our goals are 50 percent woman 40 percent minority and 3 percent veteran At ebh currently we have 46 46 percent woman 56 percent minority 2 percent veteran This gives us an opportunity to increase the number of women which we are Which is something that we continue to work towards We appreciate all of your attendance at this event tonight and we look forward to listening hearing And ultimately responding to the comments that you make here tonight. Thank you very much So now we can proceed with our first speaker And uh mr. Mcneil jamie mcneil, please And when you Have a seat mr. Mcneil you can press the green Buzz the one on the right and it'll go green and that will activate your microphone. Thank you so much The chairman members of the commission My name is jamie mcneil. I'm the general agent for the hospitality workers union unite here local 26 We represent over 1200 workers at anchor boston harbour and 12 000 workers regionally And we're also joined here tonight by members of the teamsters union local 25 Our organization has always supported encore boston harbour Over 10 years ago our organization knocked on thousands of doors To elevate serious concerns we had with the suffix downs proposal And the significant benefits we saw in regard to the encore boston harbour proposal Since then we have helped encore boston harbour in every possible way From job fairs to press conferences to lobbying efforts and high-profile advertising campaigns We have ensured the successful development opening and operation of encore boston harbour Because of the commitment to good jobs encore has made to its residents To the area residents excuse me We are here tonight to simply say that we want that commitment to remain as encore boston harbour continues to grow The massachusetts gaming commission is considering the granting of an approval of a category one gaming license application in theory Section 18 of the massachusetts general law 23 k states that the commission shall include in such a evaluation of such an application Whether the applicant has included detailed plans for assuring labor harmony during all phases of construction reconstruction renovation development and operation of the gaming establishment We look forward to supporting this application But at this hour we do not have a labor harmony commitment on all aspects of this applications We therefore cannot provide the massachusetts gaming commission or the applicant with the support letter for this application at this hour We look forward to further discussions regarding this application and we'll keep you apprised of any future developments Again, we thank you for this opportunity to speak tonight and We look forward to further conversations in regard to this application I'm happy to take any questions Thank you commissioners Mr. McNeil, do you have written your statement in writing? Would you like to submit them to us or? Okay, thank you Commissioners you're all set. Commissioner Maynard. Are you all set? Thank you again for this opportunity And next we have um, is claudia castrow Good evening. Uh, if you push the button on the right her microphone will Be And speak close. Thank you Mi nombre es claudia Castro Vivo en Everett con mi familia desde hace 23 años somos dueños de nuestra casa Y asistimos a la iglesia de san antony Mi hijo se graduó de la escuela secundaria de Everett Good evening. My name is claudia castrow. I have lived in Everett with my family for 23 years We own our home and attend st. Anthony's church. My son graduated from everett high school Soy runa tender del hotel anchor boson harbour. I'm being soy leader the junior here local local 26 I am a hotel runa tendon at anchor boson harbour And also a leader of united here local 26 I came everett todos recordamos cuando se propuso por primera vez el casino todos estamos emocionados leímos en el periódico una y otra vez que este casino traería buenas buenos salarios y beneficios además el casino está cerca de mi casa Here in everett. We all remember when the casino was first proposed We were all excited. We read in the paper over and over That this casino we will bring wages and benefits Plus the casino is close to my house ahora estamos negociando para mejorar los salarios y beneficios en el casino todavía no tenemos un acuerdo Me preocupo por el futuro de mi familia en everett We are now negotiating to improve wages and benefits at the casino We don't have an agreement yet and worry about the future of my family in everett Me gustaría decir que recomiendo este nuevo proyecto al otro lado de la calle pero no es No sé cómo serán los trabajos I would like to say that I recommend This new project across the street, but I don't know how the jobs are going to be Todos aquí esta noche están apoyando a everett Queremos apoyar el proyecto si trae mejores Empleos a la comunidad Pero no hay nada por escrito tampoco un acuerdo Todo lo que pedimos es que encore escucha a sus trabajadores y ponga por escrito la promesa de buenos trabajos All we are asking for is for anchor to listen to the workers and put the promise of good jobs We are now negotiating to improve wages at the casino We don't know how the future of my family is going to be in favor of the future of my family And put the promise of good jobs in writing Gracias por la oportunidad de poder expresarme esta noche Thank you for the opportunity to speak this evening. Thank you Thank you. Thank you very much Caleb limos And forgive me if I mispronouncing I a french canadian background So I want to cut say that name in a completely different way. So please correct me. Thank you Muy buenas tardes a todos. Mi nombre es Khaled Lemus Yo limpio áreas públicas en encore Esto significa que trabajó todo los días para mantener limpia el área de juego Good evening. My name is Khaled lemus. I'm a public air cleaner at encore This means I work hard every day to keep the gaming area clean También soy un líder de unite here local 26 I'm also a leader of unite here local 26 Mi esposo y yo compramos nuestra casa en Everett durante la pandemia Hemos llegado a mar a Everett y nos gustaría quedarnos aquí My husband and I bought our house in Everett during the pandemic. We have grown to love Everett and we would love to stay here Empecé a trabajar en encore el 22 de abril de 2019 Cuando aún estaba en construcción Recuerdo llevábamos cascos para trabajar Estábamos felices de tener el trabajo estaba muy feliz de tener el trabajo I started working at encore on April 22nd 2019 when I was still under construction I remember I had to wear a hard hat to work. I was very happy to have the job Ganamos nuestro primer contrato sindical en medio de la pandemia cuando encore se comprometió con nuestros con aumentos y beneficios justos Ahora estamos negociando nuevamente Para mejorar nuestros trabajos y beneficios Todavía no tenemos un acuerdo con encore No sabemos qué pasará We won our first union contract in the middle of the pandemic when encore committed to fair raises and benefits Now we are negotiating again to improve our jobs and benefits Um, we don't have an agreement with encore yet. We don't know what will happen Tampoco sabemos cómo serán los trabajos en este proyecto al otro lado de la calle No hay nada por escrito que nos tranquilice Así que todos estamos muy preocupados We don't know what the jobs we like across across the street This is there's nothing in writing to reassure us and we're all very concerned El futuro de Everett y el futuro de este proyecto están unidos El proyecto nos levantará a todos o nos arrastrará hacia abajo Esperemos que este desarrollo nos levante el ánimo a todos Y levante a todo Everett con él Muchas gracias The future of Everett and the future of this project are tied together The project will either lift us all up or will drag us all down We hope this development lifts us all up and lifts all of Everett up with it. Thank you Thank you so much Greg and Maury Good evening I'm well. How are you tonight? Can I'm before you get started? I'm going to make sure and is the is the microphone on We want to make sure people can hear you mr. Maury The one on the right it should be green light. There you go I always I was very close to being a commissioner from the very beginning And we lobbied up the state house to get the on the bill passed through the senators and everybody um So my name is Greg Maury. I'm from Cambridge, Massachusetts, and I'm from Palm Beach County, Florida I've got two house lots in my name to my family They resumed the area for marine industries and the biggest marinas in the world showed up, which is riverbitch and viking So this is viking. This is steve winds yacht That's steve winds yacht, and that's wain hyzing is yacht Tonight I didn't bring my plot plan I wish I'd have bought my plot plan because that I would have proved it beyond a reasonable doubt And I'm in the same yacht facility with steve wind and wain hyzing and donald trump is there too. May I add? And i'm a democrat Okay, I just wanted to add i'm a democrat and they just sort of like beat the hell out of me All right, but that's who that's where that is. That's palm beach. That's river bitch River bitch right there Let me spell it. Ah y b o w i c h river bitch related group Right there. There's all types of writing about carlos fidea His title is the chief ceo A wain hyzing or holding he just doesn't have a casino. He owns the biggest car dealership in america He owns catalac missatis bends. So this is what he looks like Mr. Mori, I'm going to I'm going to remind you that tonight We need to focus on the why support the project on the development across Yeah, I support it That's if you want to elaborate on your On that that would be really helpful. How do I submit my um information to you That this is the only how do I do it like an illegal way? Well right now you're um You're giving your presentation. You can always memorialize them in writing to us but go right ahead I just wanted to remind you of of to Of the fact that it must be focused on the Development across. Oh, we support the development. This is the other owner common kramer right there From palm beach. That's all My neighbors next door And I I didn't give salda to mekel permission To go to palm beach and make a secret deal He shouldn't have done that and he did Okay, so I know there's ongoing investigations going on My name is greg mori. I support the project. I'm a union carpenter Thank you, and you have more time if you want to continue. I did I just know there's investigations going on. We're going to subpoena him here Up the state house. Maybe we'll subpoena him here He has thousands of young ladies giving presentations around around the country thousands of them They're like a dime a dozen. You know when we're bringing the real owner. This is the real owner Just bring the owner right Thank you. Mr. Moria. It's good to see you again. Thank you so much Frank renieri Frank renieri It's a green light on For you that can speak into the microphone The right button should turn green for you excellent Good Thank you. Thank you First of all, I am in favor of the project of the future From every number one My most concern is Traffic Last year from the rotary to go over the bridge The bridge was open It takes me half an hour before I go across when it takes two minutes That's the enormous of problem traffic at traffic That's enormous your people first need to talk project. It's wonderful for the celebrity for the young generation For me and okay The probably is traffic In case of the emergency Nobody could go through over there gonna be murder When the hotel Everything it's building over there The theater it's building Thousands of people you come out of 500, you know, there are no way to go The many things that road The other question The one I want to say I believe Citizen of the Everett He got to the right to vote to say yes or no Thank you very much for listening Thank you. Thank you very much Tony Raymond Raymond Good evening, and you'll need to just push the button on the right side It's it's on for the green light. Okay, great. Thank you so much. Good evening. Tony. Raymond Ward 3 resident I would like to say I do not support the expansion of gambling beyond monsanto plant Not until and especially until the current hosting agreement has opened up Enchanged We would also ask this board if online capital being taken in since it's legal inception Can be factored in can it I don't know. I hope so We should be zeroing in on that. That's a lot of money We as a public of hardworking tax paying citizens expect and we demand transparency Everett deserves more from encore In the state of massachusetts for bearing all the pain with not enough benefit We are struggling with traffic as frank just mentioned parking A drain on city city services amongst many other things Over development throughout the city. I stress transparency from this administration Here I am to request the mass gaming commission Request that any gambling expansion beyond the original monsanto plant be put to the voters in everett 2023 I disagree with mr. Wynn's lawyers and the city lawyer j. Silverstein Who said the people wanted this When they originally voted in 2013 As the ballot question specifically noted monsanto plant or site Where the casino resides currently The referendum voters would have no knowledge of monsanto buying a company back in the early 1900s The land now wind wants to say it's part of monsanto Most of us wouldn't have had a clue as to this Was probably found in some archive somewhere in city hall I believe this move by mr. Wynn is to bypass the city councilor's request to reopen the host agreement I stress many of us want to revisit the host agreement Everett is bearing the brunt and everett is getting the least from this deal Let's at least put this to the voters. Thank you for your time and consideration Madam chair I should have asked this question To frank before he left Could be just dawned on me. Would you like to have mr. Renneri come up again if he's frank. Are you still here? Yeah, could you you can answer the question from there, but could you stand so I can see you please did I hear you say at the end of your Um words that you would like to see a revote take place Yeah, come on up them Yes I believe at the end of your remarks you said to us that you would like to see the city have another vote Yes in regards to this project. I want to be clear. That's what you said Yes, thank you. You are Thank you madam chair Thank you. Um, mohammed use Good evening. Good evening chair man and chair women First I want to say that I absolutely support the new development across the street from Broadway Um, and I'm viewing encore from the lens of an employee I've been in the workforce since the late 1900s So in 25 years working in this great country I've worked in hospitals I've worked for government contractors. I've worked in nursing homes In most of these years. I've been in the cleaning industry From a lowly cleaner as people like to say move my way up to manager my previous job I was director of environmental services And anybody here who's ever worked in the cleaning industry knows that unfortunately this industry is thankless We don't necessarily get appreciated We don't even feel respected however Encore does the exact opposite of that Um, I've worked at a hospital that I will not say the name of But when that hospital won awards me being a housekeeper, we were not mentioned And if anybody's been in the hospital You know that in order for you to get into that room The housekeepers need to come up in there and clean that area surgically clean We were not mentioned in any of these awards Whereas here at encore when we achieved five star status They went out of their way to recognize my public area department So everybody in the public area department knows that they are and they're actually one of the five stars They we have a pre shift every morning every afternoon and every night before every shift and countless times The pad department, which is the public areas cleaning department and the housekeepers are mentioned from the president From people all over the all over the company and we're always highlighted And we feel like when Encore wins we win also So now not only has encore provided thousands of jobs It's increased the the quality of life for myself and many of the people sitting behind me Now across the street All I see is more opportunities for more local Bostonians people in this community Everett more than all of these surrounding areas All I see is more opportunities for more people to have a better quality of life That's all I have to say thank you Thank you Madam chair. I didn't get this gentleman's name It's mr. Yousuf. Why you suf? Do you want to correct my pronunciation? Mohammed Yousuf. Yes Next is Esther Janes y a n e s Good afternoon. My name is Esther Janes And I um I I want to say I support the new Project for anchor boson harbour I started to started working in June 19 And I have great opportunity. That's not only for me. That's for us for everyone and Also, I want to say it's great opportunity for More Employee for anchor boson and the local boson to everett And I want to say thank you Anchor boson for giving great opportunity. I live in in everett for 19 years And I always I be I feel very safe to be here too And I just moved for Riviera and I have wonderful opportunity to be an anchor boson harbour and I Agree with this. Thank you Thank you Anika pierce p i e r e s Hi, good evening everyone My name is Annika Piris. I'm from Dorchester. I've been working for anchor boson harbour since free opening um, I just want to say that I uh support this project and um again Since working since the beginning offer um anchor has offered competitive pay Excellent benefits and opportunities for growth um employees um Enjoy a supported divide Diverse work environment um strong emphasize on work life balance um and ongoing professional develop um development Um as a proud mother of three, um grateful To have this opportunity. Um, that's it depend on Welfare and have a job that can help me pay my bills take care of my kids and have a work in life balance um And if this project will offer more of this opportunity. Yes, I definitely approve it Thank you for hearing me. Thank you I'm sorry before you leave. Can I just ask what is your job? I am I am the assistant director of public areas And that that's where all the I mean we are considered women minorities, you know, could you say it one more time? Please with your position assistant director public areas and Just a request those who are speaking uh commissioner maynard's just having a little difficulty hearing so You can just put your mouth close to the microphone and it will help him. So thank you so much Thank you Uh Farah Murphy M. U. R. P. H. Y. Good evening and thank you for having me My name is Farah Murphy. I'm a resident and I fully support the construction across the street from oncour or close Um, I am the assistant director to horticulture and floral for oncour Um, I just want to share a little bit of my story. I started as a gardener um, worked my way through opportunity from oncour schooling training Up to supervisor manager and then Gladly and happy to be the assistant director now I have a great team of 20 We like to offer the same opportunities that I was offered which is again training schooling english classes um, and I believe strongly that Oncour is a great place to work for um, I can Vouch for that as well as my kids Um, and if this provides more opportunity for growth and more jobs Um, I I mean I'm fully supportive of that Thank you for your time Thank you Next uh darin costa C.O.S.T.A Good evening. Good evening. Thank you To the chair and the commission for presenting Um, for the record darin costa. I'm the award three counsel here in everett Um, again, I appreciate the chair the commission for presenting. Uh, I appreciate what the wind company has done It's a clean up toxic lands. There are not many companies that can afford the margin to do something like that Uh, I also created and continue to create Permanent and temporary union jobs. Um, so there is a lot that you bring to the community Uh, also everett does demand that you do pay fair wages and provide a safe work environment for everybody either At the front stage during construction or after in your permanent positions I'm going to kind of go through a couple of points. I did attend the Event that you guys had at the mone room on april 11th So it did mention affordable housing the numbers that I received that day don't match the numbers that I see today But numbers aside, um, I really want to make sure that wind feels like invested in the community where it's not just Promising the city of everett fountains, but actually guaranteeing us a solution you guys are Wind has occupied a infrastructure of people that can drive Programs and manage expenditures in ways the city cannot today, right? So giving the city money isn't a solution It's a step in the manner of a solution But I think managing a program with the city closely would probably add more value to the city of everett Um, I think there was about 3 000 parking spaces proposed All of them being above ground I'd really love to consider and I know it comes at a large expense But more underground parking And that leads to my next comment and why it's so important to me to not have cars occupy Above ground space. It's because we need more open air space We need public accessibility We need community space Although what has been built and currently is in place is very beautiful. It's off off street Meaning it's not visible to the average everett resident walking down the street and catching a bus It's likely not even Highly attended by the average everett person So I believe that as you expand, please consider Creating community space that's easily visible and available to all of everett residents is where no one feels a pressure to spend money In fact, when I came to the mone room on april 11th, many people weren't aware of some of the services including the free valet parking Just because it's it's it's just not necessarily knowledge that people have but it's a wonderful It's a wonderful benefit of having you in the city. There are a lot of Free things to enjoy, but I don't think they're as visible as they should be Now you guys have an overhead access Going over broadway It really seems closed off especially on the new building side. You have to kind of transport through the building I don't know if you've ever been to the td bank north garden, but they also have a public private space Which goes into the commuter rail station In in the td bank north garden. It's open. It's inviting Right as you build these publicly accessible areas that provide conveniences like going over Broadway, I just urge that you keep them open and inviting so that they're part of the community and not part of Win where you have to access win in order to access those public areas Community engagement I took a quick survey four hours ago and about 18 of 22 respondents said they hadn't heard about this I had but i'm more of a keen observer of what's going on. I just would really Want to Kind of push you if possible. I don't know if there's a better word than that But to be more engaged within Our city and mayoral social accounts And also being part and present at the more well Attended events at the city. There there are many including like for example, easter so You you do have a presence for example at earth day, but there are some other events that are more highly Visited so if you could consider being a part of all and engage directly You know the students do it so involving the students to help you engage directly with these events that offer a large Give back to the community because they're highly attended Shuttle expansion I love the shuttle in place and this is going to go back to community engagement because not a lot of people know about it It's being better better. It's being publicized better today, but it needs to be better Managed meaning we need more exit and entry points to public rails. There are a lot of people that rely on efficient public transportation on a daily basis and that shuttle is what's closing the gap in the infrastructure That's missing an Everett today, which is a lack of rails Also the water taxi expansion, I'd love to see the water taxi available seven days a week not just on the weekends I feel like that would be a huge benefit if it was well known in Everett that they can make it to Longworth by a boat for free And keep in mind for the public that these shuttles are created as part of an agreement As the developments approved here in Everett part of the agreement requires that the wind casino Establish these shuttle routes and establish these Abilities for people to be able to go from one area of the city to another As you establish your extended footprint, please advocate for infrastructure improvements I don't see anything in the horizon. For example, Everett has a deteriorating overpass in Sweetser Circle It's not far from the Encore Casino So as you work with the state as you work with others, please advocate for a significant investment in infrastructure in the city of Everett We lack a vision of tracks. There is no vision today of tracks coming into Everett While the orange line runs right behind the wind casino Please consider to consider the continued community impact of gaming When you guys open the original Encore Casino, you know, it's one or more calls to 911 per day Right, so it does put a strain and likely as we further and expand development that strain is going to continue to bubble So just please the original host agreement does have a community impact fee Please not only continue to encourage community impact fee increases due to this expansion But also try to help shepherd Data and statistics that would allow people to understand how that 5 million is actually Utilized by the city because as of right now, it's general it's put into the general fund Mr. Costa, I'm going to ask that we have a little bit more just a few more minutes. I have one more point one more point Okay, excellent So we need to negotiate a new host agreement to include the original gaming footprint and operation today Is not acceptable, right? We need to look at the entirety of the agreement And just for the public knowledge the Encore property was sold recently at 1.7 billion that would generate 42 million in property taxes It's currently assessed for the city assessment at 1.3 billion Which would generate about 32 million of property taxes annually In reality today Encore pays approximately 22 million as a payment eluin taxes So lastly just please if you could send me the documentation that you showed today And if you do have any follow-ups from the public that have concerns If you could also include me in those distributions, please. Thank you so much again, mr. Costa So we will put the Encore boston harbour gave that presentation that will be on the gaming commission's website We will have any comments that we received in writing will be available on our website I think you referenced the moray room. I'm not familiar. Was that mona mona. I'm sorry mona mona. I guess Yes, that might have been Meeting that Encore boston harbour hosted. I don't believe the gaming commission was there, but oh, yeah apologies It was hosted by the Encore directly, so it was a it was a great presentation excellent and I enjoyed it, but it wasn't well attended and that's why I bring up the community engagement portion Meaning they should be encouraged to be involved in every event possible that Gathers a large population of people either from ever or the surrounding because a lot of people are affected outside of ever by And you might be interested too on our website. We do have a research agenda and I believe we do have a report on engagement of Encore boston harbour community and and there was a feeling that The community wanted to be more engaged. So you've raised a very valid point and that too is available on our website So please um go to our website. There are a lot of resources that I think Will help you and I think Encore boston harbour remains here So I'm sure that they took note of all the items that you raised that will be directly related to their proposals Yeah, and I'll send it by email. So you have it. Oh, that would be helpful. Thank you Can I just get someone's contact information? Just so I know what it said right Grace or um or our thomas mills will give you our website address and actually before you go mr. Costa I had a question for you about when you talked about community engagement I know it sounded like you were directing a lot of that in terms of wanting more engagement with Encore, but In terms of getting out the fact that this meeting for the mgc was happening Are you do you also want more communication to the community from the mgc about these types of meetings? Or was that directed at Encore's relationship with the community? So They're they're kind of like for example today's meeting is not on the city schedule like on the city's calendar Like I have an automated ios Integrated calendar and it doesn't pop up there. So there are ways that we could also Through the city social. I mean goes out through the city. So exactly I mean it really has to be a marriage between the gaming commission on corn the city And we do spend a lot of resources on things like social Facebook and other social platforms. That's a good way to engage people And again some of these events take a take a census on which events gather the most people And it's generally the events that the 4th of july event for example It's generally the events where you know Easter for you know, and I'm sure the city has those statistics for example I saw on core at the earth day and there are a lot of people there But it doesn't engage it engage a lot of people who are involved Already as part of civic organizations or city organizations where the the easter Event the ever little league event, you know, we're holding a parade, you know in on saturday These events are well attended, you know and well attended by a diverse body of people versus an earth day It's it's a great photo out And it's it's great work. I enjoy I was there. I was shoveling, uh, you know Uh miss devany and I were shoveling the old trees on elm street that were cut down and now are part of the river green So there's beautiful things happening and on core has played a large role in that I just think that engagement has to be like a three-legged stool and it's really Everett on core and the mass gaming commission Thank you all very helpful feedback. Thank you so much. Thank you. Okay. Um, uh, ricky, um bella bow Bella bow, I know I'm like this is my people Oh Good good evening. I looked and there we go. Thank you so much. Good evening Hello, everyone. Uh, my name is ricky bella bow. I am one of the owners of v10 development I wanted to thank everybody for uh being here tonight um, we are Investing in everett. I actually have been in the boston area for almost 20 years now Going to school in the area and investing in a lot of different communities We moved and started investing in everett About seven years ago buying multifamily properties and now we've our businesses grown We just completed the 600 which is up the street, which is a 30 million dollar investment into everett In total we've invested about 40 million into everett And I think you know looking at the tenant base in our building Actually was reviewing it and we have about 10 of our current tenants work at on core boston harbor And some of the feedback we get when we reach out to our tenants is You know what brings you to everett and it's the idea of live work and play And I think across the street really opens up more opportunities for more people to work here More people to play here and more people to live here, right? And so I think that's what really excites me about across the street You're taking a site that is contaminated That needs to be cleaned up and that's what on core can do for that And I think it's uh, you know for all of these reasons i'm completely in support of across the street Thank you very much And that was b e l i v e a u Okay Next uh jonathan desilva d a c s i s i l d a Good evening. Uh, my name is jonathan desilva I'm an everett resident. I support the project. I like everything that they have done. Um at on core It's very well managed. It's a beautiful building And I would love to see that continuing across the street So definitely support it Question too. Yeah, go ahead. So when you are an everett resident, I need to ask this question I've heard from your fellow residents. They'd love to see a revote Of that area throughout the city. How do you feel about that? um You know, I I really do like the improvement that they've done across the street I don't know what that vote is about. So kind of the one to comment Okay, thank you. Thank you Ashmael room br un Oh, there you are. Thank you. Hi Well, thank you and good evening Yeah, the right button. It will should be on excellent I'd first like to start off madam chair. Thank you for giving me the pleasure to speak today Um, so my name is ashmael brun I'm a young real estate professional in the city of everett And I absolutely support this project I'd first like to start off by saying that I can personally relate to a lot of the residents that spoke Um prior to me coming up. I grew up in a working class family To asian immigrants in malden prior to moving to everett And when the on-court casino was first established The first thing that I can remember is all of my friends and colleagues were super excited because Of the job benefits that they were getting whether they were iron workers Uh cocktail waitresses security guards You name it, you know, there was a sense of pride and a sense of growth Um, and I want to and I want to say this. I'm here because I support growth I'm a millennial. I'm a young working professional We've been through so much as a community through covet Economic volatility, which most of us are still going through You talk to any of the residents the price of eggs grocery stores things are through the roof And I would like to see us move in a direction of advancement and growth And I think this project will bring just that When you think of everett and you think of on-court and you think of all the liveliness that it brings to the community That's something that I want to see continuing to push forward Not only for my generation, which is stepping up buying property Which is going to be supporting to most of the economic growth that we see right now But for future generations to come Um, and with that being said, uh, just want to thank you guys again for the opportunity to speak Thank you Mr. Maynard, you'll speak up if you have any questions, correct? Okay Thank you. Next we have Ben Kovacs k o v a c s Thank you So my name is Ben Kovacs. I I recently moved to the 600 at the top of Broadway Um, I originally came to everett because of all the activity here Um, the casino it's a place where you can, um, enjoy a lot of your free time I we're actually opening an office in everett. So like ricky bellovo said Living working and playing in everett. Um, I think that's a big part of our lifestyle as a younger generation So having more local amenities will Be a big win for for myself and then others And so I fully support this project Thank you Next, um, brun fielho Fielho you'll correct me Hello Um, the spelling is f i a l h o that is correct And can you help me with pronunciation? It's fialio Beautiful. Thank you Um, thank you for having me. Um, I'm 100% fully um I love that what they're doing with the project here and I reside in everett And i'm really excited about the project that they're making Making it happen right now So I'm fully supported of it Thank you. Thank you so much Cara henson h en s on Good evening. Good evening. Thank you for having me. Um, my name is Cara henson. I work at encore boston harbour Um, and I thought I knew what I was going to say, but it was wonderful to hear The voices from other encore boston team members that came up and spoke about their personal experience And I do think um, you know working. I do want to share that working with encore You know one of our core values is care about everyone and everything and it's wonderful to hear that in this story because certainly You know jack you share the statistics of what our culture looks like But also their commitment to the growth Through learning and opportunity So I think with the build across the street. We're very excited to see that continue to happen Thank you. Thank you miss henson Richard Garcia G a r c i a Good evening Good evening. Thank you, madam chair. I think it's a commission I Well first I wanted to come up to speak as um perspective of Former resident of ever someone who grew up here and was someone whose family still lives here Um, my mother's still in the home here and also as an employee of encore boston harbour um during my time in encore i've been able to join from before we opened and I got to see the Uh, the opportunity that it gave not only to our local communities, but specifically to the community of ever to the community that I Had the fortune to grow up with and we've been fortunate enough to not only provide Employment opportunities but also opportunities for growth um professionally and personally for our team members whether that's uh English as a second language classes other professional development courses that we provide And then the engagement that we have with our community I know that the east of broadway project is something that I fully support Mainly because it will allow us to continue to provide that opportunity and to continue to engage with our community And provide all those professional development opportunities that we have given to our team members um And ultimately it will I know continue to uh strengthen the city of ever Not only economically but also in terms of what it can provide for its citizens in return for its residents in return Thank you Thank you Mr. Garcia, what's your position? At h my position uncle boston harbour's recruiter Oh, there you go Thank you Andrew DeLaurie del or y andrew Good evening Good evening. Madam chair members of the commission. My name is Andrew DeLaurie. I'm an attorney and a real estate broker here in Everett I am a resident and I am a father and a husband in this city as well I spend most of my days uh at 365 broadway So I just wanted to come up tonight and uh give my support in in favor of this project. Um What I can say is I've been a resident of the city for two decades. I watched the original on core building Get built out of the sky uh from my my bedroom window every day, you know here comes a new story and you know I watched that come together and I think um It was impossible to envision what on core is and what it has become and what a resource it has become to the city of everett. It truly is uh at an exclusive You know five star worldwide destination It's unbelievable that if you grew up in this city to tell you one day that there would be an on core there You know, you'd get told you were you were crazy. Um What I see across the street currently is not the highest and best use of the property On core has had that in their possession They clearly have identified that there is a better use to that I don't have any doubt in this company at this point that they can Run a successful sports book over there gaming area, whatever they're going to do. It's going to be successful I think that all I wanted to request from the commission tonight is that There's a focus on what on core is you know looking out towards the rest of everett in terms of uh, You know what the contribution is to the city. They're everywhere. They're the biggest employer But I heard tonight. There's only 500 employees. We're a 49 000 person city So one percent of our workforce is working in our city's largest employer So I would like to see on core continue to host job fairs and go out into the community and just make sure You know the 500 ever residents who work in the casino aren't just cleaning toilets and mobbing floors I'd like to see on core make sure that they're finding our highest And best talent And you know helping we're making sure that those people get promoted throughout the ranks so that you know Ever residents continue can continue to reside in what is becoming a rapidly growing economy here in everett Additionally, I'd like to see You know the civil service improvements the fire and police Are very busy You know, I'd like to see what on core can do to help contribute that and and how this a new use will Contribute to additional calls and stuff like that And I'd like to know is there going to be any additional infrastructure improvements This was a large infrastructure project when the first phase of this was completed So to think about a second phase it just begs me to wonder, you know, what is the true traffic damage going to be on that and you know What what is the actual infrastructure going to look like contribution for everett's everett's fact everett's benefit at the end of the day You know just long story short. I absolutely support it. I think it's amazing for the city I just want to make sure that on core is giving people a reason to turn left when they come out of the casino And go to everett as opposed to turning right and going to boston and going to assembly row and summer bowl I'd just like to see You know continued growth to support, you know, the rest of the city outside of the the on core premises I think that they certainly have the ability to do it. I just uh, I'd like to see the commission You know kind of hold them accountable to that Can I ask your question? Um, and in terms of whether there should be a referendum Well on expanding gaming across the street You know position on that I'm hard-pressed as an attorney to to give you an illegal opinion on something without really having researched it, but I just I'm asking as a resident not as an I don't I don't see any any benefit to a referendum It's a it's an item that was approved by 87 percent of the voting public in the city of everett originally And I haven't heard any comment here tonight to think that there's going to be a significant swaying from from that viewpoint So I I'm not sure what the additional time and expense and burden on the city of having a referendum That is is going to get passed to anyway really is so there is the current use is not the best use And there's never been anything else proposed on that side of broadway that is anywhere near as complementary to the city Is that and I think that the city should support it and we should have as little red tape in the way of that approval as possible This commission exists to vet those problems and I I have confidence that you've done that Madam chair You don't have to answer this question. I'm going to ask it Back when you did vote for this project Did you think in your mind that this new piece of land would be encompassing of what? You voted on I mean It's it's hard to even It's hard to say encore has been more successful and and more beneficial than I could ever imagine I If you told me it was going to go across the street at some point because they were going to build a business that would be So strong and so capable of holding over there. I would have supported it originally I just you know It yeah, it couldn't even be in the first building couldn't even be envisioned at this point So to go to phase two they can do it. I think we should support them fully on that Thank you, madam chair Thank you, sir. Thank you Mike Michael McLaughlin mcl a u gh lin Good evening Good evening, madam chair and members of the game commission and on core casino Michael McLaughlin former ward six city councilor in that area now the vice chairman of the school committee Absolutely support this project for a whole host of reasons Many of the same reasons that I supported on core originally 10 years ago Which is hot to believe it's already been 10 years but 10 years ago when I probably Single-handedly knocked on almost every door in the city and talked about gaming the gaming commission and coming to the city of Everett with the casino Gaining 87 percent of our support in the community It's about jobs. It's about the economic growth It's about the possibilities that it can bring not only just for the city of Everett, but the region and for the state It also gives us an opportunity to once again put our city back on the map of Growth beyond our wildest dreams It gives us an opportunity to open up a parcel of land in a side of broadway that I could never have imagined as a lifelong resident in the city of Everett I like to go to the casino not because I gamble because I like to talk to people that work there I was actually happened to I thought the meeting was at the casino tonight And I went there before realizing it was here in the chambers And as I was walking through the casino and through going into what I thought was going to be a ballroom I was talking to a gentleman about his life changing experience of getting a job at the casino About the fact that he works 40 plus hours a week and how it's changed his life That conversation just happened half an hour ago with myself and my employee of the casino Those opportunities is what I like to hear because when I supported this project I thought about people that Needed a shot to have an opportunity that maybe didn't go to college Maybe weren't like myself the most successful books month But had an opportunity to come and get a job and to provide for their family grow their family Buy a house started business and so forth I hear those stories every time I go to the casino and to think that we have the opportunity to go across the street And just continue to build on that success can only be what I would consider a dream come true Um, I know that the gentleman asked that mr. DeLurie previously Was this site talked about 10 years ago in the game and commission when the uh proposal was for encore No question in my mind that when I've talked to thousands of residents not only then 10 years ago But every time I've talked to residents since always has been about what else is coming on lower Broadway What is the next site? What is the next possible is going to be developed on lower Broadway? And how is it going to be complementary towards the game? I mean towards encore There's never been a question in the city of Everett's mind in thousands of residents I've talked to about all of lower Broadway being redeveloped at some point into a worldwide destination of Casino life entertainment shops restaurants and other types of amenities that would a compliment a compliment the casino so And quite frankly, I think if there was a community Vote taken that 87 percent would be on the short end I think would be even greater and I know for sure that I myself would be out every single day making sure that the people Understood the benefits of this project. Can we look at what we've learned from 10 years ago and how we can make it better today? Absolutely Can we maybe make a stronger host community agreement? Can we do some things for better outreach or police and fire resources? Of course, you always can learn from the past and make it better to the for the future But there's no question that this project is right for not only Everett, but for the region and the state And the people of Everett will support it wholeheartedly. Thank you for your time tonight. Nice to see you Stephanie martins m a r t i n s Good evening Good evening. Um Well, thanks for hosting this meeting. Um, first I want to Echo my colleagues. I'm actually also i'm in city councilor So I wanted to first echo my colleagues comment on the need for better communication and engagement You're this meeting is taking place in our chambers and I personally found out yesterday Through the mayor's executive director. Um, I mean it's assistant. I can't even speak tonight. I'm sorry So we've I found via email. So I don't know where else it was advertised But different people use different means and it's It's you know, we need to to explore all of them so we can reach more people Um, so my personal thoughts are that uncor has been a great addition to the city of everett And I could support the project as long as there is a fair renegotiation of the host agreement The values union labor fair wages employing effort residents investing in our public safety personnel and infrastructure Including a combined fire and police Public safety substation and the investment in citizenship and job job preparedness Through our organizations so our residents can qualify for the additional jobs that are created Additionally, we would like to see a concrete traffic solution plan in place And we would like to see more partnership and investment in our local businesses Honoring their initial promise to use our local businesses as vendors and obviously an investment in affordable housing if possible subsidies for rents or Honoring landlords the rent below market so we can keep ever residents in everett So thank you Thank you councillor councillor councillor We have some questions. Thank you so much No problem I was just curious. What ward do you represent in the city to to thank you Thank you, madam chair So I don't know if asking a local official this question is appropriate Or if it's somebody I should be asking in our staff or if it's somebody I should be asking an eph The question is this I've heard at least three or four times tonight But the host agreement should be re-looked at And open reopened and renegotiated What triggers that Is it through the city? Is it through ebh? It doesn't seem to be something that the mass gaming commission Would be and I'm saying the word in charge of or would have something put into place to reopen it It would be something between ebh and the city So i'm trying to understand i'm a former local official Okay, so if if I was sitting where you were sitting I think I would be screaming at the top of my lungs. I think to the mayor's office, but I don't know What what city government is compared to town government Why that hasn't happened With this new proposal being put forth That's the question. I don't know if you can answer it or who should answer it But I think it's something I need to understand I would say the main reason why we keep bringing it up is that when initially when it was first negotiated It was based on a certain Revenue that was being made on that side of town, but now they were adding revenue So should we be should the uncor be giving more back to the city because it's also now adding more burden more traffic And but to answer your question I think that would be a miss devany answer the mayor's chief of staff and I believe it's been communicated to the council that They're beginning those negotiations, but we're not sure what the status is but that is an administration um situation Certainly tonight's a hearing and so we would not be we don't have a resolution of these matters, but we have noted your comment I think that We can explore your question more fully with staff Okay, thank you. We appreciate you taking note of that. Thank you. Thank you so much anthony depi aro D e p i e r r o did you say close? Okay, let's let's have it Good evening commission. My name is anthony de perro. I am a lifelong effort resident former elected official In this city, I've sat back and I wasn't going to speak tonight, but I've heard a lot of Residents and business owners community members alike speak I definitely think that the city deserves more revenue, of course with the expansion of a property that's going to generate more money We need tax revenue or an in lieu of tax payment renegotiation of the host agreement something Uh, and the other thing I want to touch upon is the votes to revote There was almost 90% In the affirmative when the ballot initiative was held I don't think there were many people that went out to vote that day that didn't hope or think that eventually This would expand all over lower broadway or at least be the catalyst to attract other resorts other hotels other development So that was the plan all along And happy to see it coming to fruition. Thank you for your time and appreciate you hearing me. Thank you Thank you. Mr. DePiro Mr. DePiro, what was the position you had? I was the former ward three counselor former ward three. You're right. Yes. Thank you. Thank you Steven simonelli simonelli Good evening Mr. Simonelli has a speech impediment. So he wanted me to speak for him It's actually questions. You said no questions. I don't know how to To form this. So that's not a question, but he said In the fiscal year 2023 how much money did on core give ever under the host agreement? For the record, he wanted this question On the uh to be documented Thank you for that. Um, and he has just one more Yes To the mayor how much of that money went to the tax rate? So those two questions he wanted to be documented for this evening And I did speak earlier. He asked me to speak for him I I appreciate that and we we are happy that you helped him Can I just get a clarification on the second question? You're asking How much from the mayor was do you mean did it affect the tax rate? How much of that money went to the tax rate? So she's asking you how did it affect the tax rate? You mean bring the tax down? That's right Can I add a few things from when I spoke earlier taxes went up and everything? I want you to note that people are quite angry About taxes going up and I would like to add as a ps Affordable housing is non-existent and everything So don't kid yourselves Um So with respect to those two questions, uh, joe did you get those and and perhaps some grace if we could um Get mr. Simonelli's uh contact if he's willing to give the contact information We can try to get back to him on those questions Does that work? He appreciates it For the record, he appreciates it and he will leave his contact information with that young lady over there. Thank you And I I think our Our last speaker unless there's an additional speaker is ken Krause k r a u s e And if someone else wishes to speak after mr. Krause, you can just let grace know Good evening. Good evening. Nice to see you ken Krause medford resident and Member of the board of directors of the friends of shawalier auditorium, which is the Municipal performing art center owned by the city of medford I was involved in some previous hearings on zoom when this Project came up in an earlier phase and it's nice to see you in person. We appreciate your Uh consideration of the um issues that we brought up the question being tonight Should the project be considered part of the gaming establishment? We agree that it should be which was our position initially The question that I have for you and it's similar to what commissioner hill mentioned a few minutes ago is I was intrigued by the Suggestions that the host agreements Be looked at with the new project and My question was whether the gaming commission had A role in the creation of those the approval of those It sounds like that that's the question that needs to be looked into If they don't I would suggest that the commission consider If this is approved that it's part of the gaming establishment to consider adding as a condition To that approval that the host agreement at a minimum Be reevaluated or a supplemental host agreement be agreed, you know Could put together for this property because it is a some substantially different Property larger properties are much like the meepa process has to be undertaken to look at the environmental impacts of this additional project I think that calls for the host agreement to also to be Looked at in the case of medford. We have a surrounding community agreement and It's effective To some degree this project is even more going to be an impact to our venue Because the current venue at encore has the ballroom that Could be configured as a performing arts center and occasionally was but the new phase one of the Broadway project will have The 997 seed theater that will definitely be Used for that purpose so the original surrounding community agreement and host agreements and the agreement with the other live performing arts centers in the region Were to address, you know trying to keep the competitive balance When you have a municipality Whose revenue stream is much different than a multi-billion dollar casino, you know to try to keep the playing field level So all of us can compete and thrive we want to see as many performing arts senators In this region as possible, but we also want to Make sure that ours as a municipally owned venue is viable. So, um, I would hope that host agreement surrounding agreement Issue is something that you do consider and again if you don't have jurisdiction on You know approving that that you strongly urge or include as a condition of your approval That the host agreement be Either reopened or a supplemental agreement be made with the communities for this particular project and i'm going to go back and encourage our mayor to reach out to on core and talk about the impacts for a additional project and a new Surrounding community agreement as well. So Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Kraus questions Since this project has been put forth and there's been some discussions as your group Had any conversations with ebh regarding the iLove agreement or our venue is not part of that Organization, um, I wasn't involved then so i'm not sure why that didn't happen I think that perhaps our mayor decided to independently put together the agreement. I will, um, say that on core did send, uh, email to the, um members of that group on april 14th Notifying them of the Meeting tonight and that's how I heard about it That group forwarded to other community organizations that were similarly involved. So I would thank them for making that outreach Thank you. Madam chair. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Kraus Thanks We wish to thank the public. Oh, yes, would you like to come please? You could just state your your name, please My name is al alford latanzi. I'm the ward six counselor. Could you spell your last name, please la tt is in thomas an zi um I didn't really come to talk, but I'd like to say a few things. Uh, i'm in favor of the project Um, I think it's great for ever it More tax dollars we take in the better it is for the people who live here. I'm happy about that I think on core is going to do a great job. They already did a great job Um, one thing down people complain about is the traffic You know getting through going into boston. That's been a little bit of a problem And also, uh, the host agreement. I agree that maybe we could renegotiate it and Make a few more dollars for the city. I mean, we do have to put up with all of the things that go on it on core It's a great place. We enjoy it. Um, very excited about the new development uh, I think it's going to be great for the city and About it. Are there any questions you have for me? Um, madam chair, so you may have been hearing us ask other councilman and uh fellow Citizens about a new referendum. How would you feel about that? Should should there be one? Well, I we helped out with the ever united and we got a tremendous voter. I I don't think we need the referendum. I think the people have ever wanted they want that to be developed we we've been an industrial city for Monsanto for I don't know how many decades And with all this new stuff coming all coming along, I think it's changing the face of everett No, I don't think we need a referendum. I think that most of the people 80% of the people voted for it before why I don't think it would change. I mean When on core came in they Can I talk about on core for a minute? You know not the side that you're developing, but I know we're supposed to talk about that but when on core came in They've been trying to remediate what Monsanto left behind for decades In our mayor worked a deal With steve win and it came out great and he remediated all of that polluted land at his expense And built a 2.6 billion dollar project and brought in a lot of tax dollars and that's going to happen across the street So I think it's a wonderful thing. What's happening here? I can't believe it, but it's I'm watching it grow So you're sitting in my seat, by the way Now I see how to spell your name I think I think what I hope you can understand from the commission and certainly as one member Is we're not ever at residence The vote was taken many many years ago I lived 40 minutes away in Ipswich and I have to Figure out what people were thinking when they when they voted And the big question that was before us and is before us is when people were voting Were they thinking about this project this property? being expanded when they voted and as a sitting elected official and a citizen of this great city I need to hear from you. Is that what you were thinking when you were voting for this? And is this what your public was thinking and that's what we have been juggling with over the last few weeks and months Well, that's why we're asking when when encore was building um, I knew a lot of the businesses below the rotary and They started selling So yeah, we knew something was going to happen. I mean they they bought all that land down there and it's going to be developed into some really nice stuff and I just think it's a win-win situation Not not as a pun, but a win-win situation for forever. I think it's I think it's wonderful the more development we have You know people do complain about traffic, but ever it's changing ever it ever is a changing community so Sometimes it takes a while to get through where you're going, but in the long run I I think it's a great thing. What's happening in Everett right now Thank you for your time. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Madam chair. Thank you Commissioners we have one John mcdonald Oh, thank you councillor and and I got the spelling correct I said your name sounds familiar and I've been looking at it this evening. So there we go We've been in Everett 115 years my family, you know what and and I don't live too far away. So now I'll keep track of that Thank you so much. Yeah Well, thank you. Thank you so much. Okay Have a good night. Have a good night. Thank you for your service Good evening. Mr. McDonald That's it. Okay. Good evening I'm John mcdonald I've been a resident of Everett for 40 years Uh, I'm not a real estate developer. Uh, I'm not a real estate specular spec speculator Uh I make no money off the city of Everett and I'll get paid by them in any way. I don't work for on core Okay, and when you call like a middle-class working guy moved to Everett 40 years ago with my wife Decided to live here and we know Everett had its problems and we were all far on core You know, we thought it'd be great and we like it You know, I don't gamble. She does a little bit. We like walking around there Although it's not like they said visible to most residents on the end of town where nobody really knows If you're on the other side, you're not going to be down here unless you gamble but The only thing would I look at and I'm I like the development I like the idea of but there's a lot of problems as people have mentioned traffic There's definitely a huge problem All I've seen is an increase of the problems that Everett has by having on core here More strain on all the resources that we have and Then I look at the fact my taxes go up every year The host agreement is fixed their tax. They don't pay anymore I'm paying more and more to support the facilities That are supporting on core And I really think the host agreement needs to be has to be something has to be done about that Because the taxpayers are outraged that we have all the stuff going on down here And they're the ones who are paying for it That's about all I got Thank you Thank you very much. Mr. McDonald Okay Thank you want to wish All right pass along our appreciation For those of you who have stayed this evening and for all the speakers who have Ungenerously provided insights for us and for our consideration gaming commission is very thankful for your participation Um, I've just been told that we have this room till 8 so streaming will close Um, we are tonight gathered um as an official public meeting So I will be in one second, uh asking my fellow commissioners to properly adjourn Um recognizing the time again. We just want to say to all of you. Thank you Thank you to the city of Everett for allowing us to use the facility tonight We were really hopeful that we would be able to See people in person A gift post pandemic. So thank you again Commissioners, what would you like to say? We have four minutes I would like to say good night and I move to adjourn Second Commissioner, um, would you have any any comments commissioner skinner? No, but it just wouldn't be right and I know, you know The room is half empty, but I do really appreciate your patience in my tardiness I I mean, you know, I'm not a resident of Everett But I can attest to some of the traffic issues not attributing that at all To encore but I was literally 12 minutes on Broadway right at the rotary. So I made it in all as well. Thank you. Thank you everyone and we have a motion before us With no further comments again. Thank you commissioner o'brien. Hi Oh commissioner maynard. I'm so sorry. Yes, please go right ahead. I'm sorry I just want to thank everyone, especially the city of Everett For accommodating me joining virtually today Unfortunately, I do have a family member in the icu And this was the only way I can meet obligations to both you you and and to them And I appreciated all the comments to covious notes and look forward To having further discussions on this matter and thank you again Thank you commissioner maynard Okay, and commissioner maynard. You've heard that we have a motion for adjourn We have a second and we will go from here commissioner o'brien. Hi commissioner hill Hi commissioner skinner commissioner maynard I vote yes. Good evening everyone. Thank you so much