 Consent agenda. We have the minutes of meetings January 12th, 2015 several reappointments first to the Board of Health Marie Walsh Condon the Commission on Arts and Culture Stephanie Marlin Curial Conservation Commission David White Constable Roland Amara's Jr. Disability Commission John Thompson Board of Library Trustees Barbara Muldoon vision 2020 Gordon Jamison We have a request for a one-day beer and wine license for 2-815 at the Regent Theater for Sigmund Sez Sigmund Sez and we have a request for three all-day or one-day all-alcohol license at Arlington Catholic High School first for March 7th, the second for March 21st and the third for March 8th Is anyone here to speak on any of these gender items? Seeing none. Do we have a motion? Move approval Second. Yeah, please come to the microphone My name is Jeff Timperia. I think I was on the ACC Board appointment I was supposed to be on the agenda We haven't got there yet. Oh, yeah, we'll get back to you shortly. These are reappointments. Yeah, I Appreciate your excitement So we have a motion do we have a second I believe we did all those in favor, please say aye. Aye So moving on public hearings CDBG performance update from program year 2014-2015 Good evening. I'm Laura Wiener assistant director of planning here for Karl Kowalski director of planning Who had a conflict with another meeting tonight and with me also is Anna Witton our grants administrator who runs the CDBG program The community development block grant entitlement program provides federal funds annually to urban communities for decent housing and To expand economic opportunities for loan principally for loan-muttered income people 70% of the grant needs to go to benefit loan-muttered income persons This is the 41st year that Arlington has received funds under this program Each activity must meet one of the following national objectives benefit loan-muttered income persons Prevent or eliminate slums or blight or address urgent community development needs that pose a serious and immediate threat to the health and welfare of the community This year is also the start of the five-year planning cycle HUD requires us to do a five-year plan as well as a one-year plan We had a meeting for some of the service providers in town in December that was extremely well attended Joe cura was there and We talked about we tried we asked the service providers to try to project out their needs for the coming five-year period This year we received 29 applications with a requested amount of one million eight hundred forty five thousand dollars Last year we received $1,085,000 from HUD, so that's about eight hundred thousand dollars less than what has been requested There were three new applicants this year The department is pleased to submit the performance report of this past year as well as the request for the coming year and Both Anna and I are here to answer any questions you may have. Thank you very much. Do we have questions from the board? Seeing none questions from the audience Moving on so I guess I Have just for the sake of other people who may not know what our process is So what's gonna happen with the current? Proposals that we've now just that were actually I'm gonna move receipt of the media report and move receipt of the applications If that's appropriate. Well, maybe we wait till Okay, oh, sorry. Sorry. I move receipt for the of the performance update Second we have a motion a second all those in favor, please say aye So now I'm looking at the funding proposal for this year is there a funding request for this year so we have a select been subcommittee which consists of Stephen and myself and Anna and Carol and Adam We will meet And we typically we typically meet two or three times first to make a broad cut and To decide what additional information we need that we don't have and then we come back and reconvene and kind of Make a further tightening of what we suggest then we'll bring that recommendation to this full board And the full board will vote the approval which we then share with town meeting and ask for their blessing Though it's technically our vote that actually does it Is that I miss anything? No, that sounds okay. I will just add that It comes with very difficult choices All of the applicants are incredibly deserving And we wish we could give them more But we do the best that we can to allocate it fairly and evenly and I'm sure we'll continue to do so coming years I'm in the discussion on the board seeing none Questions from the audience comments See none So move I'm a mover seat of the applications and I second that we have a motion a second all those in favor of please say aye Now I would um With I believe I do see some faces familiar faces if they would like to talk about there I'll give a brief overview of their application I'd invite you to come to the microphone now. Perhaps we'll just line up behind the microphone and if you want to give a brief brief introduction and Talk about the value of your program. That would be great Mrs. Regan Hi, everybody My name is Peggy Regan and I am co-founder with my colleague and friend Janet McGuire of Operation Success Learning Center, which is housed in the Allenton projects We appreciate being considered for the grant and just so for the record All the money we get goes directly to servicing the children. We've been in operation for 15 years We run four nights a week Nine months a year and we've been doing it for 15 years all volunteers We have no salaries So that being said I would like to introduce one of our volunteers We mostly have teachers from Odyssey Middle School who are amazing they work all day and they come down and help us at night And we do have some really wonderful people from the town and one of them is And I'd like to introduce him and they'll explain a little bit about what we do. Thanks very much Chris Doyle one rich field road Thank You Peggy. I just I mean Peggy's really said it all Basically the operation success is a learning center And it's open to students of the middle school and high school who live in the monotomy manner neighborhood as she said we're open four days a week from seven to seven thirty and We use one of the apartments. We've tried to chop it up in the best way we can We have a computer room with eight workstations fully internet connected We use every space available In that in that apartment We have roughly about 35 kids who avail of the service on an average night. They could be anywhere from 18 to 20 kids We have volunteers. It's an all-volunteer staffed place We have about three or four volunteers who act as mentors on a regular basis Helping with homework with projects with You know, whatever research they need to do The majority of the of the volunteers are all artists in middle school teachers Some former teachers and we have members of the community who also help out So we have a group of about maybe 20 volunteers who work on a rotating basis the main focus of Operation success is academics, but we also try and encourage an all-round development So we will arrange a cultural trip. We'll go to the theater. We'll go to a sporting event. We will You know, we'll have a movie night And we also try and focus on some issues that the kids face for example a couple of nights ago We had a boys night which was attended by about 15 young students and a bunch of Mentors and we talked about issues Such as domestic violence and respect for women. So, you know, we try to we try to give the kids a well-rounded It's a very safe place. It's You know, the kids enjoy it. They we encourage them to Take pride in what they're doing. So we have a bulletin board. They put up their report cards and their test results And you know that board is always overflowing. I I just want to thank the board for all the support that you've given us over the years We are asking this year for the same amount we asked for last year It's I know it's it's a tough choice that you have to make the money goes strictly to the program It's computer supplies books textbooks reading materials for the summer and things like that So once again, I thank you for for your support in the past and I ask you to consider our request. Thank you very much Thank you very much. Thank you Hi, I'm Dianne Dupont. I'm Julie Kremmer and we're co-founders and board members of food link and you're probably wondering why I have this box here with me and in the food rescue arena one of the units of measure is a banana box and If you were looking at a van you'll ask well, how many banana boxes does it carry or if we work with the Thompson School or Arlington Boys and Girls Club and we say well, how many boxes of fruit do you need? They know we're talking about a banana box Our operations currently we have a village of volunteers working for food link well as volunteers they don't get paid and Through this we work with local grocers such as Whole Foods Trader Joe's Russo's Bagelville and we collect good nutritional food and redistributed to organization serving people in need We collect over 1,100 boxes of this every month and in in December we were up to close to 1,500 boxes 80% of the food that we rescue Goes to benefit low-income residents of the town of Arlington Some of those organizations are the Arlington Boys and Girls Club the Arlington food pantry Arlington eats in addition to all of the low-income housing facilities here in Arlington operated by the Arlington Housing Authority and these Places get at least two deliveries every week and this is good quality Nutritional food lots of fresh produce the meats we get go to the Arlington food pantry for when the pantry is open Currently we're doing this as I said with all volunteers However, we're also using volunteers van. In fact one volunteer has given out about 10 keys to that particular van so people can just Go pick up her van to go pick up maybe 30 boxes of these food from Trader Joe's in one morning and So once I once again, I said about 80% goes to Arlington residents You might wonder where the other 20% goes We also work with organizations such as Medford community covered single-stop program up Bunker Hill We work with shelters in Lawrence Lowell Medford and Maldon along with many other organizations So that's our program the project that we're requesting funding is specifically for the low-income housing facilities here in Arlington and also for the services we provide some food for the participants in Minuteman senior Services the congregate dining One thing working with the low-income housing facilities for the elderly It's more than just about the food and empowers them to create their own mini pantry. They sort the food They organize it you see people working together of different cultures that wouldn't come together otherwise So it's more than just about the food and Julie's gonna talk a little bit about what we do with Minuteman senior services So we'll receive From Trader Joe's and from Whole Foods not what most people consider just canned goods and non perishables So we get fresh salads and both small and large containers freshly made sandwiches and wraps As well as the meats and prepared foods that we put in the freezer. So these fresh items Go to the senior center and as well as fresh produce so they'll receive bananas apples oranges upstairs every day To take home and then they'll receive some sandwich or salad or both sometimes soup as well And often then these folks will have dinner that night Which many either don't cook or don't have the ability to get the food in the evening and one of the most interesting things Is when Margo hands out some of these foods or things people have never had before You know, it could be a quinoa salad. It could be a sweet potato, whatever That are pre-packaged and then you know, she she repackages them for them to take home So they're very different from what a lot of people have had before but they she gets wonderful comments And everybody's willing to try everything and they're really grateful to have something to take home and have that night and we also leave bread every day and often produce at the front lobby area of Which is called central school and anybody can come in the door and take home bread and bananas if it's there like today So that it helps a lot of people who may not come to any of the other services that are set up We're living one of the low-income housing units So what would be using the funds for if we did receive the grant were to pay for operating costs for a van At least that portion that would be working with the low-income housing facilities Also, we've worked a lot with Christine born Giorno We've talked about having a quality assurance person because our volunteers work independently We want to ensure that they're maintaining the standards that need to we're working with food also to help with some Administrative work as well. So thank you for your time You already have a van or you want this to buy a van we the the grant would be to pay We're hoping to get a receive a donated van we're working on that right now So what some of the funds would be to is to pay for insurance? Fuel and maintenance but not to purchase the van The van we're using right now belongs to one of the volunteers. Okay, all right But all for within Arlington correct. Yes any of the money towards the van is only for an inside of For this portion, we're only asking for I think about to cover 45% of the cost of the van So we would be asking the other 55% for the cost of the van would be received through donations from various sources or sometimes the Organizations will give us a delivery fee, right, but all within Arlington. That's all I'm trying to clarify with use of the van Okay. Yes Thank you very much. Okay. Thank you My name is Lisa urban from Fidelity house in Arlington I want to thank all of you guys first of all for Supporting us over the years. This really is a program that we run at Fidelity house that is community That's what I really feel like the community development block grants is it's not just building a building it's really developing the youth and the citizens of the community and That's what makes it a community. So You know, we asked for 18,000 and what we use the program it costs much more than that. It's the manami manner outreach program But what we do is we provide Transportation one of the things that we found is the biggest Obviously financial considerations are a big hurdle for a lot of these children growing up that just may not have the same opportunities as other kids but also transportation sometimes getting to a place and getting to a practice or getting to Join in on an opportunity. So what we do is we offer bus transportation for six weeks during our summer day camp and then Day camp scholarships. So the kids come a minimum of two weeks. Usually it's three weeks per kid To our day camp where they have swimming lessons in the morning free swim in the afternoon It really is a day camp experience And then we provide transportation home and then during the school year. We pick up twice a week on Tuesdays we pick up and they come to Fidelity house. They get free memberships And then they can join in any of the programs that they feel inclined to do And then on Saturday mornings We bring them and they join a basketball program and then use a facility in the morning and then also You know once again transportation there and back And I feel like I'm missing a big part of it, but obviously we're a year-round thing for them and You know the more opportunities we can offer the kids are great, you know, and it's just a great opportunity I mean we've been doing it since the 1970s and it's just it's one of the most rewarding things working at Fidelity house is You know seeing kids having the same opportunities and you know what they do with it in the future, so I'm hoping that you guys can help us out again And I don't know if you have any questions, but We appreciate it. Thanks. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thanks Lisa Good evening. It's Pam Hallard for the Housing Corporation of Arlington I want to first of all thank the select men for your many years of Support in the past in the town as well. You've been very generous and great and I hope this continues I hope we all continue to have a great relationship in the past year. We've gone ahead and bought Three sites in Arlington the 20 Westminster building We did use some of the CDBG money to help us purchase that we're now going through the 40 B process to have the zoning change we've started with our community meeting and we now have our application into the MHP, which is one of the state agencies that will help us get the eligibility We also purchased 1173 Mass Ave, which is the Kimball Farmer Historic House We are getting close to starting our construction. We're waiting for final contractor numbers And then we'll be going in for a permit. Hopefully within the next three weeks We should be through and renting up in June or between June and August Excuse me and then we purchased the 117 Broadway as well which we're working with Arlington Food Pantry and Food Link and the Gleaners to go ahead and for two years at least have the food pantry operating out of there as a second location and then we hope to go ahead and do a mixed-use project there with commercial on the first floor and Somewhere between 24 and perhaps 30 units up above But that again, we'll have to go through a long process of changing the zoning etc. So In addition to that we have our Homelessness Prevention Program where this past year we have supported 38 households in maintaining or moving into new permanent housing We raised that money not through CDBG, but through the generous people in Arlington and We support them with up to $1,500 grants in order to keep them either moved or Security deposit first month's rent or back rent in order to keep them in the unit they're in That's about it any questions Good evening, my name is Susan Stewart. I live on Alton Street in Arlington I'm Lauren Ledger and I'm on Franklin Street And we are co-chairs of the steering committee of an organization that's new in town called Arlington eats Which stands for eat all through summer. We are a group of volunteers that work to provide Meals to Arlington students during school vacations as you know about Over 500 students in Arlington qualify for free introduced price lunches here in the school system Which is a really wonderful service for them, but through the years with shrinking safety nets and other resources feeling tight these Free lunches have become more than just a helpful convenience. They've really become a necessary a necessity to low-income families Then when school vacation comes There's no free lunches or breakfasts to go to and that's where we have stepped in to fill the need We've only been an operation for just under a year We figured this was a year to try out so what we were capable of where we could grow what services you could provide During the last year Last year during February and April vacation We did a pilot test down at Thompson School and fed provided 270 free student meals all from donations Mostly from the interfaith community for those vacations Then we decided to start a small pilot program last summer working out of the Thompson School And it quickly grew to serving 200 lunches a week during eight weeks well seven weeks of the summer and Sending home grocery bags full of food. Thanks to our partners at food link food for free Arlington food pantry and other Community partners sending home 25 families food over the weekend We continued our work through the fall with weekend food bags sending home Food for up to 90 students and their families during the weekends serving another about 1,800 student meals during the fall for weekends, and I should mention over the summer we served about Almost 2,900 meals between the weekend food bags and the summer lunches at Thompson School and we've also started a snack program at the schools where kids can come down to the office and Check out and get a nutritious snack anytime they needed if they've come to school without snacks And we provide 250 to 300 snacks per week at the Thompson School and several other schools that come by to pick it up We are very grateful for our partners in the community with the Arlington food pantry Arlington Food link and food for free from Cambridge for that We're able to stretch our resources that have all been through volunteer donations We've been able to stretch them really far providing a lot of food for very little money And we hope to expand the program this summer even more and Lauren's going to tell you about our request So we've requested six thousand dollars For the CDBG which would go primarily to help us fund and grow the summer food program We anticipate that that would that would take care of about two-thirds of our budget for the summer We hope to feed about 80 to a hundred kids per week this summer day per day. Sorry at 80 per kids per day at the Thompson School where My kids are lucky enough to go to school and your Susan's kids went to school as well We have found that the reception for our organization has been really fantastic in the short amount of time that we've been here That the families who use our service report that they are able to take away the choice between buying nutritious food for their children and Paying their electricity bills we find that teachers talk about how many fewer Behavioral issues are going on this year kids are doing better in their classes because they are Coming to school with food and they have food available to them at any point that they need it during the day Our community partners I hope are happy that they have a great place to distribute the food food's not going into landfills It's going to the needy families in Arlington Who need this food and we found that we've had about 200 volunteers step up to try to get involved with our program So we hope we're meeting a need In Arlington of really getting in touch with your community kind of the micro volunteer Is them that I think we all kind of crave so we really want to thank you for hearing us today and Considering us as the new kid on the block Thank you very much So thank you for what you're doing. It's unbelievable. It's humbling actually all of the ones we've heard from tonight But it's only for the Thompson school in my understanding or if a kid comes from another school anybody in Arlington is available Okay, yeah, we've been working through the year if I send my kids down there could they 21 and 18 Fantastic, thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you So I'd like to thank everyone for coming tonight we um It's always an interesting the CBG hearing to see all the good things that are going on in town Things that maybe are under the radar and not everyone knows about and this certainly sheds a little light on to All the great things and all the great people we have working to good causes. So thank you all very much Mr. Chairman if I may also I was asked to speak on behalf of the boys and girls club which I do each year, but They they use these for underprivileged scholarships They request this year for 20,000 in scholarships. Thank you very much. Thank you for the discussion It's Carol. No, I just I just wanted to echo and just thank everyone who came out You know, I did have the opportunity to attend the the five-year You know forward-looking session and You know, there's a lot of discussion about how Arlington has become increasingly a more affluent community on average incomes and and Property levels, but you know the rising Tide hasn't necessarily lifted all the boats and I think the applicants that come before us really represent a Web of services and social services and I think as we read the applications and as even as we listen to the presentations tonight One thing that stands out is how many of these organizations and programs are actually working with one another to compliment the work of each other and how We also heard from Ms. Weiner that you know, we have a gap I don't envy my colleagues who are on the subcommittee and I'm gonna help draw up the recommendations as an $800,000 gap, but I think behind every dollar that we Approve in this program. I think we're hearing there are a lot of Community members who are stepping up with volunteer hours and with private fundraising and and private funding sources And I think Lisa put it put it well when you said, you know, community is what this is all about I think this really is the definition of community kind of building that that web of cooperation and services, so I'll look forward to seeing what You all bring back to us as recommendations, but I don't envy you the task You know if we put together Jimmy mr. We put together the number of hours that these volunteers put in it would dwarf the million something that we got to give out That's such a gift they that so many of you have given to the town to our youth. It's amazing. Thank you. Thank you all Moving on we're gonna move on to appointments Starting off with so do we need a vote on that though? We took one beforehand Moving on to appointments The Arlington cultural council Jeff who we saw earlier Hey Jeff, thanks for Jeff where have you been? We've been waiting I tried to skip Please if you could just tell us a little bit about yourself how you're interested in the cultural council sure Just been living in Arlington with my wife my daughter for about three years Really enjoyed just looking to give back to the community Passion-interesting culture a CC looks seemed like a good fit, so Looking forward to starting there. Thank you very much questions from the board I just say thank you for stepping up and volunteering. I think you know there's been a lot of activity around here I do notice from your resume that you work for MIMA. So you guys been a little busy the last couple weeks Yeah Thank you very much No, thank you so much. I mean what an excellent background and thanks for your willingness to serve really appreciate it Thank you. Do we have a motion? Move approval Second second all those in favor, please say aye. Aye opposed. Thank you very much. Thank you relations Moving on another appointment to the transportation advisory committee Seth Feddersfield Hey, perfect All right. Thanks. Thank for volunteering for this. Could you please tell us a little bit about yourself interest in tack? I believe you've already been working with members and associate member. Yep, exactly I've been working as an associate member since July I believe I'm also relatively new to Arlington lived here for about a year and a half in East Arlington Looking to get more involved in the community Always been particularly interested in transportation issues and particularly the sustainability aspect of those issues I work for the State Department of Environmental Protection and so hoping to kind of unite my professional work. It's a volunteer work here That's part of the team. I've already been working on some very interesting projects with them Awesome. Thank you very much. I have questions from the board motion from the board I move approval Second we have a motion a second all those in favor, please say aye. Aye opposed. Thank you very much And thanks for the work Like to thank of course both new volunteers as we always we've seen quite a trend of this of new individuals in town Stepping up to volunteer after only a few years and that's very cool to see so thank you very much Moving on we have a request for a common-victory license the North Ender Italian kitchen at 1345 Mass Ave Please come on up Hi, my name is Yad Haddadine. I I live in Acton mass and I'm excited to open a restaurant in Mass Ave here We have another restaurant in Concord mass for almost 15 years and I'm Working in the food and beverage service since 1989. So and I have everything will be like Italian Fresh food pizza pasta salads color zones everything will be like fresh Thank you very much our questions from the board then when you're opening I'm planning to open this week. Oh, I'm ready. Yeah. Yeah, I've been waiting for this meeting, you know cancel two times Sorry, we figured out by the way that if you schedule a slackman's meeting, it'll snow that day The next Monday we're all watching next Monday. We have a meeting scheduled for Monday, so I'm glad I'm here today. Yeah I'm overproval second. We have a motion a second for the discussion Kevin Thank you very much for choosing Arlington. So you'll keep both restaurants open. Do I understand? Yes Like my me my brother also, okay, and what role will this young gentleman be playing? And I always ask any samples tonight Further discussion seeing on discussion from the crowd seeing None, thank you very much For coming here, and I live up the street, so I'll be stopping by. Thank you all those in favor. Please say aye Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Best of luck. Thank you Thank you Moving on discussion and adoption of the hackney policy insurance requirements So in in our packets you will see some recommendations that Some recommendations that the office came up with in While working with an insurance expert someone who's been in the industry for quite a while it will raise Who will raise some of the insurance requirements for our taxis and it will bring it on par with most of the communities and That being said you have the recommendations in front of you, and I would just like to open it up for discussion Kevin move approval and thank Marianne in particular for her hard work. And this is always Dan have For the purpose of discussion I'll second Have we have we send a written notice to current insurance, but excuse me to current license holders This proposal and if so when did we do that? It was a point of discussion within the last six eight months I don't really know the date of when we did have the discussion I'm For this meeting No, I had to talk with Steven and we decided that you know let you all talk about it And then we could inform them during the next renewal process, which will take place hopefully within a couple of months on Most meet the requirement I think that on I think it's mr. May gone Specifically the Boston ride who does not and that was the one Company that has the Bond with the state for ten thousand On and you did hear from him. He did come before you to speak So he could we could invite them all in if you want, but there has been discussion We just kind of felt we'll take it to the next level and let you all discuss it Did we ever actually like send them a notice saying this is the thing we're talking about doing? You know I don't recall from the last meeting, but I'm pretty sure I didn't say that this is where it's going No, so I'm I'm inclined to support this But I'm also fairly hesitant to like make a change without like you know If someone wants to come in and tell you tell us why it's a bad idea I'd like to give them the opportunity so I would be comfortable supporting a motion that's something along lines of The board intends to adopt these procedures will new policies. We will be adopting them at this particular meeting You know some but in sending a chance for response in specifically. I really think we should give written notice to all current license holders So a future agenda item. I think yeah, I believe is what you want and we'll currently Just say that the current hack me rules and orders are being looked at No, I think we can even say like I think I think we can I think we can even send because I mean provided the board Comes to agreement. We can send them. It is our intent to and And I just I like being really clear like with that's a good thought those changes That's reasonable All right, so then just to make it clear I moved that the board signal its intent to adopt these new insurance requirements at a meeting to be specified You know by the chair and the and we will then we invite anyone who wishes to comment in particular The current license holders if they wish to at that future meeting and we'll provide Yes to them second motion in a second Marianne do we have a Timeline that we're working under that we have to have this approved by I'm no I we would like to push it forward We have kind of hung back waiting to see what the state was going to do and that's not panning out So I'm we just felt let's move it forward I'm and I had talked with selectman Mahan and unfortunately she could not make it tonight But you know, I I know that she's definitely proponent for raising the insurance Rates, but I will send it out and I'm going to try to hit on probably not the next meeting but After that and we'll have them come back in on should I propose it to them that they they have room for discussion on it or Just that this is our intent and we'll be voting that night Perhaps this is our intent and we'd love to hear your thoughts on it. Okay Okay discussion from the audience Seeing none So that sounds like a plan. We have a motion on the table. We have a second all those in favor. Please say aye. All right post For nothing vote. Thank you very much Moving forward citizens open forum We are working under a new sign-in policy. So if you are here for citizens open forum I would hope that you could sign in on the sheet that we have outside Perhaps not tonight, but at the next meeting you you attend and so except in 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 Should be noted that there is a three-minute time limit to present a concern or request Thank you Thank you very much so it looks like There's quite a few names on this. I think many might have been here for CDBG so if that is the case I'll just skip over you when I read the name Pam Hallett I believe was here for CDBG Susan Stewart CDBG as well. We're not just CDBG Chris One Ridgefield Road. I believe that was for CDBG as well. He was the gentleman with the operation success. Yes Mr. Regan CDBG So we'll continue to work on this sign-in policy Alan Lenore or Yeah, I saw the thing going around and I was Jeff Boudreau Gotcha. Thank you Dianne Dupont and Julie Creme both here for us. So we'll continue to work on that but thanks for your patience Moving on for approval Transportation Advisory Committee Lake Street corridor recommendations Jeff and Howard good evening members of board. Thanks for having us Good to see you. Nice to see you as well You've received our report. I'm here to give you a summary of our report and answer questions First off, I just wanted to acknowledge the working group we had It's a complex project. We've been at it for a little while Howard Muse chair of the TAC Scott Smith who's not here who's also on a back Wayne Chenard town engineer also on TAC Ellen Linoff It's also on the working group. I want to introduce we had a consultant on this project Jason Sobel professional traffic engineer and Also in attendance Laura Wiener is on the TAC here retired members emeritus Ed Starr and Elizabeth Carjones because they love transportation I thought they loved the select meeting So let me just go through the methodology some of the existing conditions and get to the alternatives and recommendations and we can answer any Your questions we collected new traffic data and obtained historic data evaluated existing conditions in a year 2018 in the future and we constructed a traffic model to evaluate alternatives There's approximately 1300 two-way vehicles on Lake Street during the am and p.m. Peak hours in the peak direction. It's about 800 vehicles The peak volumes on the bikeway are about 250 in the morning peak hour This is combination of pedestrians and bicycles and about 330 in the p.m. Peak hour not so much tonight But during the warmer warmer weather months Average vehicle speeds on Lake Street are about 28 to 30 miles an hour It's posted as 30 miles an hour a review reviewed crash data for three and a half years We found 110 crashes along the Lake Street corridor We did find four crashes of pedestrians or bicyclists at the bikeway crossing itself three of those are injury accidents There may be more they're unreported. We know there's a lot of near misses at that intersection This is no surprise to you. There's long vehicle queues and delays on Lake Street during the peak periods Conflicts and confusion between motorists and bikeway users motorists slow or stop at the bikeway because of the unpredictability of users crossing the bike path and the lack of right-of-way Motorists often have to stop both at the bikeway and Brook Street when traveling down the quarter Delay and queues on the Brooks Avenue approaches to Lake Street also particularly the new morning peak periods there's poor sight lines looking from Lake Street onto the bikeway and Motorists use residential roadways as cut-through traffic to try to avoid some of that congestion on Lake Street So our goal was to improve Mobility along Lake Street and also safety as a major major goal this project for all users Not just a bikeway users, but also motorists We developed and identified alternatives for this project We looked at a large-scale alternatives from great separation to widening of Lake Street Those were rejected early on due to significant impacts and costs of those alternatives We focused more on traffic control measures and identified a preferred alternative The results in the best combination of operational and safety benefits that we feel for the project So we developed a set of recommendations based on our analysis. We tested Roughly eight eight alternatives of differing various signal control along Lake Street Our recommendation is to institute install a new traffic signal at Lake Street in the bikeway intersection That includes separate signal beacons for traffic pedestrian and bicyclists That signal will be coordinated with the Brook Street intersection. That's about 225 feet away and will be optimized and that intersection would be coordinated run We'll get to some of the details but coordinated during peak periods But it could run a non-coordinated mode and off-peak periods, which that will mean there'll be less delay for bikeway users and off-peak periods We recommend installing a left turn arrow at the northbound Brooks Avenue approach to Lake Street at the right at the Hardy School Like to widen the bike path in the immediate area of the intersection to improve sight lines Widen that out for both bicyclists and pedestrians Trim and remove vegetation to improve sight distance and sight lines at the intersection And because there's a lot of details which go into this We've we've been at it for some time and talking about these details We're confident it can work, but there's a lot of details and how the signal would work How it be interconnected the timings different times of day different times of week how that will work the detection and so forth We're recommending a design review committee be formed to evaluate those details as you get in if you get into the design of this project They'll include tack DPW Arlington Police Department walk Arlington a back members such as that Other other members of the town can certainly be involved. We think it needs that kind of oversight when we get to design There's several benefits. We've identified for these recommendations It would reduce the queue on Lake Street particularly eastbound in the afternoon peak hour By over a half a mile the queue would be reduced because the additional signal reduced delay by six minutes throughout the entire quarter During that PM peak hour the signal system will be programmable as I mentioned We can have different times for different different timings for different times of day in different operations It would improve safety by formalizing the crossing And identifying user right away and improving sight lines Which is a confusing intersection today and improve the operation for Brooks Avenue motorists in Lake Street So there are some trade-offs with this not not everything's potentially a benefit here The vehicle queues would be more managing the queue on Lake Street So that queue we would manage that queue and it'll get to mass Avenue faster than it does today So there would be a slight Would be an increase in the queue at mass Avenue on Lake Street, but we would still see those benefits in travel time the new signal Would reduce delay on Lake Street, which may encourage other traffic to use Lake Street So you improve the capacity or manage the operations of the quarter better You may induce traffic to use a Lake Street and some of that Because of that queue on mass Avenue from the mass Avenue intersection May be encouraged to use Brooks as a cut through so To the degree that that would happen. We're not not sure at this point. That's Potential drawback of the the recommendation and the preliminary cost estimate for the the signal program and recommendations that were We're stating tonight about preliminary estimates about a hundred fifty thousand dollars That would have to be fine-tuned as to you get into further further details of the design That's that's a brief overview of the the report that we submitted. So I'd be glad to answer any questions Howard Muse chairman of the tack I just wanted to add that This study wasn't Initiated at the request of the Board of Selectment. There were two requests sent to the board One was to look at traffic operations on Lake Street and to see what could be done to improve it And as we got into that study, I think we became more and more convinced that the operational problems were the bikeway and Brooks have intersection then a few months later another request came in asking us specifically to look at the bikeway crossing So I just offer that as background why there is so much focus on the bikeway crossing Thank you. Thank you very much This is a this report is you know quite detailed You know, there's a lot of evidence you can tell quite a lot of work went into it quite a lot of hours And I just like to thank all the members attack for that this is and this is only one of you know several projects that The tack has going on and I am incredibly grateful for their dedication to this. So thank you very much questions from questions from the board, so Jeff again and Howard and the whole group. Thank you so much Did it did I understand you correctly and I haven't read thoroughly all of the pages here But that they're over three years. There are a hundred and ten accident reports There's a hundred a hundred and crash it hundred and ten crashes have been reported along the entire quarter Right, so that's from route two up to massive and then did you say four of them? Involved a bike or pedestrian of a hundred and ten out of the hundred and ten for or at the crossing There are additional pedestrian crashes Not not at the crossing or bike a couple not at the cross before at the bike crossing most of which are injury Okay, including injuries and Okay, that's all for now. Thank you Yeah, I have a series of questions, so you should feel free to stop me if I go too long First off, thank you very very much So from there's one in there that said a comment the new signal system will be consistent with the newly installed to signalized crossing in Lexington and I'm assuming that's referring to Hartwell and Bedford that were mentioned later But I was confused a little bit by the newly installed because those have been there. Did they change and I haven't seen it yet, okay? Yeah, there's been a traditional signal was there, but they've installed bicycle signals really you have the bicycle silhouette Red yellow green at those locations. So those have been recently installed Into the pedestrian pedestrian crossing alright, I haven't seen those yet. So then is it anything is it Beyond the color and the shape being different. Is there like different actuation or cycling or anything like that? Or it's literally just like hey bicycles. Look at you. This is a bike It's but it runs in combination with the pedestrian so you can out you can have a pedestrian countdown With the seconds the bike wouldn't do that the bike would go green yellow red But be time to be coordinated. So it has like different modes a different just like a traffic signal Has the bike silhouette there, okay, thank you Another a little bit later on in the report says average pedestrian bicyclist delay at the bike path crossing Increases from eight seconds for a no-build to 27 seconds under alternate one and 22 seconds under alternate three I followed that and then I got confused by this sentence Pedestrian bicyclist delay during the afternoon peak hour and non-peak periods will be lower So when I was discussing the operation of the signal to get those benefits and travel time for the motorists during the peak period We have to coordinate the new signal with Brooks Avenue. So those platoons can travel through Lake Street it doesn't have to operate that way and off peak hours and probably shouldn't because We can have before to have more delay on Lake Street for the vehicles. So in those cases the signal can run in In Isolated mode at which point if a bike or pedestrian was detected or push the button they could have almost preemption very little delay crossing Okay, but why why does that apply during afternoon peak? It should be off off peak. Okay. So it's during the afternoon peak hour and non-peak. So that's where I think That's something that the design review committee can what exact times that would be The peak period would be essentially two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon We can we can tweak that exactly but the rest of the time we can run in free free operation mode and in the bike Wake crossings will have very little delay. Okay. All right two more So the left turn lane on that you're proposing on Brooks So Yeah, well left turns arrow not lane per se Okay, so it'd be like So in the other direction it would be a delayed green Like that today except there's no arrow. So it's a little confusing for motorists. Okay I thought you're trying to say put in a lane and I was like where the heck is that? Okay. All right now. I understand. Thank you Last one's probably the trickiest got a lot With so we as I'm sure I know other board members did as well. We received a lot of feedback that was Concern about that I would talk I would consider it mostly about the neighborhood impact because you mentioned Kind of unquantified things that might happen like more people might use it or things like that How you know given given that concern and that feedback that we're getting like how would you respond to that? Or how should I respond to that? Yeah? Yeah, I mean, that's that's that's a legitimate question So one is we'd have to monitor the situation, you know before and after to see if that is a case I mean on the other side if you're improving capacity and traffic flow as well We may reduce impacts or cutthroats in some other places. So if that's the case I mean now we have right turn restrictions onto roadways during peak hours afternoon peak hours such as Margaret and other side streets, so Those type of prohibitions or restrictions can be considered Timing of the signal at Mass Ave or re-timing it we looked at it as it's planned as part of the Mass Ave project You know, we can look at adjusting timing Optimizing those timings as we need to if we need to have more green time on like straight or so forth And then you can consider, you know traffic calming measures as another You know consideration either to prohibit discourage or slow down people if that it, you know if that is a concern, okay? I will say that sort of my Comment I guess is it's one of the I'm not I don't remember if you actually said this during your presentation or not But I certainly read it is that the potential benefits here is that we would have At the ugly times in the afternoon 3,000 feet shorter Cues and the wait time would be more than six minutes shorter for cars Yeah, the trip the trip the travel time or delay would be shortened by up to six minutes Which to me is like that is such a big win that I'm very very interested. It's it's significant And also I want to mention this in the safety Aspect of the intersection, and I know you know people have different views of the signal Would it be safe or not? We feel it would formalize You know the right of way Who has the you know a green light to cross which is you know rather unclear now? Yeah, it's part of the problem for not only safety but for the you know the vehicle progression Yeah, I know that we've the you've mentioned this or I know that this has come up in conversation before But as a bicyclist I know that I will sometimes come to that and Knowing full well what a terrible intersection it is for the cars is that I'll just come to you know I come to a complete I mean I'm not going to deny that there are times when I'm someone who will go slow to a safe thing and then go through that thing But I said I know the traffic's bad I'm coming to a complete stop and I'll be there on the stop line Waiting and knowing that the light is green and the cars should be going and the cars just sit there and stare at me And I have no choice, but to like you know like go across and so there's no amount of There parts of this that there's no amount of Enforcement or signage you're going to stop because you know people just sometimes very politely stop for the bike which in this case Causes so that all right. I'm done. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you Joe Thank you. I like all my colleagues and thank you. Thank you for the work. I did notice in your recommendations you did suggest that Potentially might want to consider placing an officer At that crossing initially to observe conditions to emulate what what the Coordinated signal would be like Is that something that you were considering? because of the potential concern of an uptick in Traffic volume through that area This is probably one of the most complex You know value evaluations we didn't we've done on tack and we've done a few As we got into the details. We kept digging and digging We've you know, we've talked to DPW talked to the town manager We talked to Lexington we talked to the professionals in the fields We did national and actually international research on this type of situation. It's fairly unique the location of the bike path of the signal located Next to it. So one of the thoughts was that Police officer could control can try to replicate how a signal may operate It wouldn't be that simple to do that to it's not just putting one officer and controlling traffic Because you're trying to replicate the coordination with Brooks Avenue signal. So it's it's not a simple thing We if you know that's we decide to do that. We'd be willing to give it a shot I'm not Not entirely confident that the results may be you know that we can replicate with a computerized system You know can do You know along the quarter so it is it is something to try to try to see how would this work in reality? So it's might be worth considering One more question. I understood correctly the the off-peak hours The you'd be looking at that signal to be bicyclist actuator to a pedestrian actuated and then in sync with Brooks Ave. So would it be Blinking otherwise to alert motorists to the that's one of the details we'd have to discuss There's there's different it could run out in an isolation as its own intersection Just as a regular regular signal the other way is it could run in a flash mode. So if it flash You know yellow on Lake Street can flash, you know regular red For the bike path. So that's another way but in either case The bike path users would get you know almost a preemption when they when they are detected or push the button They can cross right away Okay, thank you Yeah, thank you Kevin. Sorry, mr. Chairman. Yeah, as always you should end it I'd like to ask just one more question The and I bet you already have looked at this, but the system that's on Mill Street Which is a bicyclist fashion comes along and it blinks. Yeah, did you look at that for this location as well? Yeah, yeah, so Milstreet, of course nothing in Arlington is like anywhere else So Milstreet is a different situation because there's Milstreet and Summer Street are so close They're just a little bit over a hundred feet separation, so That's why we looked at the flashing Beacon at that location because a full signal we'd have to run if we did a full signal here Like we're considering on Lake Street would have to run Summer Street signal and the bike path as one signalized intersection To do that we'd have to have a lot of clear clear time to clear out the queues And we we'd really extend or increase the the queuing on Summer Street and Mill Street itself. So Considering Lake Street, we don't think that the flashing beacon it's a little bit different It would it would be the same same issues We think that Lake Street Lake Street has a lot of crossings for pedestrians and bicycles It still wouldn't it still wouldn't define the right of way, you know at that location people people slow down there now Some people slow down anyways, but there's nobody there. So we feel the flashing beacon We're really wouldn't add anything at that location. So if We ended up looking at a full signal for the benefits of both traffic and in the bike path itself So there's a little different situation. We didn't feel the flashing beacon achieved all of our goals at Lake Street Thank you. Thank you very much chef I bet we have a few comments from the audience. So I would I'd be happy to Take those now by a show of hands Yes seeing you first in the turtle man I'm Alan Linov. I just wanted to comment on a couple of things related to cut-through traffic I live on Colonial Drive, which is one of the side streets between route to and Brooks Ave I heard from some of my neighbors through an email list we have that they Feel like this change would be helpful with respect to reducing cut-through traffic in Those neighborhoods where people are currently frustrated by the slow movement between route to and Lake Street and then seek other ways around With respect to the potential for increased cut-through traffic between Brooks and Mass Ave Due to increased flow One thing that's kind of peculiar about those crossings is it's quite seasonal during the when During the season in the winter when the weather is bad. There's much less traffic on Lake Street There's excuse me on the amendment bikeway Faster flow down Lake Street So in a sense, we're seeing today In this time of year something that we may see a little more of in the warmer seasons later on So the potential is already at least to some degree realized for any bad effects that maybe have With respect to cut-through traffic in that other section of the street Thank you very much Good evening, sorry for the snow pants. It's still quite cold My name is Chad Gibson. I'm the co-chair of East Arlington Louisville streets and also an Resident of Varnham Street, which is in the neighborhood that Alan was just speaking about So this this discussion around the bike path light has you know been around for a couple of weeks now Maybe actually probably a couple months. We've talked with tack a couple of times and we've had many discussions amongst our group and You know, we've we've asked people for their opinions and you know, there's a lot of complications around this light. I mean Jeff knows that as well as anybody and You know that that that that is goes without saying I mean all these crossings along the minute man all the way up through Lexington, they're all different and they all work differently and what we have at Lake Street is different than everywhere else I've actually experienced that intersection from a bicyclist perspective. I used to commute out to West for to To Bedford. I've also commuted on on the on the on the as a bicyclist I've also commuted a lot of times on in car and my wife still does that today so we live this reality all the time and You know, there's a lot of nuance things that go on in this now in this Intersection that I think need to be brought up and they're hard to quantify and what the tack has done and by no means is my A lot of my objection to this is should not be construed as an indicator of my you know You know disrespect for their work because as volunteers they do great work for this this this town and they should be commended for that But that that not withstanding You know, I have some issues with some of the a the analysis that was done And then some of the I would consider negative externalities that are really not quantified and difficult to quantify from the From the analysis perspective and tack does note in there that as we I think all intuitively know Lake Street is is clearly a a Desired line Street when route 16 is backed up, which is common practice people are using that to go north south through Through Arlington just like they do on Pleasant Street. Just like they do on Park Avenue to a degree You know, that's the flow that these these roads are trying to To to manage and as the backups at route 16 or worse the Lake Street traffic is is is more desirable When the when the cues are shorter and and the analysis as they even said, you know, it doesn't really look at induced traffic and that's one of my concerns is that We will get some flow but at the same time water seeks its own level and I'm afraid that not modeling what that induced traffic really could look like is A shortcoming because I think it's really really dynamically coupled there that that road is so obvious that Commuters will find that very quickly if there's a lot shorter length So we could pump more cars through there, but we could then induce more cars at the same time So that that's one of my concerns is that's not being looked at the other concern that comes out in the analysis is that the cue link gets longer at Lake Street and I agree with Alan that if the flow is better on Lake Street likely in the Kelvin Manor neighborhood There would be less cut-through traffic My guess is right now. I don't live in Kelvin Manor But taking a left turn off of Lake Street and then going through those securitist Securitist roads in Kelvin Manor to then make another left turn on Lake Street is not very desirable as is So while people probably are doing that my guess is it's not as high my concern is that the bike path Brooks Avenue intersection, which is really metering the traffic to Lake Street. I mean to Mass Ave That's the bottleneck and once you get through there There's no real reason or desire if you want to go to go to Orvis Road or to Brooks Avenue You can continue on to the Mass Ave light because the cue is very relatively short there But the analysis even shows that cue grows and as that cue grows in the in the bottleneck is removed from The the the Brooks light and the bike path intersection I think the desire to come through the neighborhoods of Brooks Ave and Chandler and Barnum Street and Thorndike Which do see cut-through traffic now I can I live there. I see it You know, it'll be exacerbated and that's a concern of mine That's a concern because it runs by the Hardy School It runs by Magnolia Park, which are right there both of those are very obvious cut-through routes to come through that neighborhood and You know if we want to do a more thorough analysis We can we can quantify that and we can also measure it and and I would like to see that the analysis and I'm not sure how much it did Looks at the measured data that's out there now You know, we have a model But is that model accurate to the mall to the the traffic conditions that they're now So so the concern of cut-through traffic in after the bike path to me is a real one And if this this this signal goes forward, I'm afraid it'll exacerbate that and we need to do something To to mitigate that The other concern is the safety of that intersection that intersection is the And I'm saying this in the proper way is the slowest intersection along the bike path for pedestrians cyclists and and commuters And that is because of the ambiguity of the situation. We have a lot of foliage that comes right up to the bike path We've got lots of walkers. It's the probably the busiest intersection in town for pedestrians and bicyclists Maybe even greater Boston, you know, you have 500 to a thousand people using that intersection a day And you have the Hardy school and you have commuters and it's a busy road and and the the light interchange there and the lack of You know a clear indicator of okay now it's my turn to go now It's your turn to go creates this ambiguity that actually keeps everybody very relatively safe because people are going slow People as Alan Ode and other people wouldn't real it would know too as you go down Lake Street in their car They slow down looking for people in the bike path as just a habit We should be happy that those types of things happen that that path There are some accidents that have happened there, but I would contend those accidents are minor because the speeds are slow If we do go to a signalized intersection What we will be telling people a on Lake Street and on the bike path is a it's now time for you to go You can go at whatever speed you want to and we're not thinking about those increased speeds in that intersection that will happen no matter what the queuing is that will happen and People will not pay attention and then they'll be hit with somebody by a car by a bike By I guess a pedestrian running really fast You know but with this increased speed and we've got these sidewalks that run along late street at these perpendicular angles That are very hard to see and so all that kind of increases the speed through the intersection And I would say that's that the that the the reduction of the safety of the intersection So I would I would and that's hard to quantify, but I think it's a reality. That's happening out there So so that is another another point and then you know, we're talking about 125 $150,000, you know, there are places that we could spend that to improve up, you know pedestrian safety in other areas I think of Magnolia Park there. There's no speed table. There's no stop sign that that's a that's a thoroughfare on Herbert Avenue For people to cut through and there's children literally 10 feet from that intersection a nice speed table there could really do something to Improve pedestrian safety, you know, that's that's how you know, I see it and you know Irrespective of the I've got a yellow flashing light or a red flashing light in my backyard for the neighbors Which I'm sure once they kind of hear about this. They're not going to be too thrilled about and then also the downsides of the You know, it can be mitigated with push button activation But you know the facts are there's really nothing in this for people on the bike path But at walkers and bicyclists in my opinion, they're gonna wait longer off-peak. They're gonna wait longer The street is so narrow. They're likely to run the light I know in here the example is given that up in up in up in Lexington people tend not to run the light on world for 225 And that's true because the pet the car speed is very fast So you're very the risk reward is much different and you can get killed easily It's pretty hard to get killed on Lake Street because the speeds are slow So, you know, I think those things need to be quantified I raise his concerns for me as a resident of the neighborhood from cut-through traffic And it raises concerns from a parent that will be walking their kid to Hardy school And I don't go through that intersection, but I can understand why they'd be worried and it's not perfect and I'm You know, there's traffic everywhere at 515 and I think honestly what we should really consider it Jeff noted it was You know we $150,000 over over a summer because really it is a summer issue when people are out on the bike path That we should be super happy that's happening Having a cop mitigate that traffic he can stop traffic He can coordinate with that light that he can see right there see what effect that has we don't have We don't have a capital cost that we're putting on We are also not Indicating to other motors that might use that road as a cut-through that this is always going to be there It's just a when it's sunny in its summer and you know They can help move the traffic the cop can mitigate the traffic They can make that does not increase that does not decrease safety at the same time And there's no cost after the cop leaves. It's back to where we are which I think is pretty good So $150,000 goes a long ways to something like that I think a test of multiple months over the summer with some traffic counts and side streets to see if if there are is Cut-through traffic would make sense You know, we'd be happy to help with those counts so things like that I think should be looked at and Thank you for your time and I'd like to thank the tack for their work on this as well What's a speed table speed table is like a speed hump, but very long and large Trying to think of the closest one here Yeah by the by the Fresh Pond for example, yeah Blanchard Road Fresh Pond would be a good example Thank you. Thank you Further discussion from the crowd Hi, I'm Elizabeth Carjones of former member of the tack and I Didn't work on this working group, but I do have some perspective on this particular project one thing I want to say is that The tack would not make this Recommendation lightly. I sat on the committee for 12 years and nothing we worked on independently Did we recommend a traffic signal would be put in and So this is not something that they do with the drop of a hat another thing I wanted to say is that Along with Scott Smith who couldn't be here tonight. I did conduct periodic counts at this intersection on the bikeway and the kind of behavior that I saw on both a part of motorists and people using the bikeway Was all over the map It was a big concern Because what I would see was that certain people like as Dan mentioned Were very respectful as motorists of the bikeway. They knew it was there They knew somebody could come out and they were very wary other people went through that intersection as if there wasn't even a crosswalk and That Combination and also the same sort of behavior. I hate to say it on the bikeway from both pedestrians and cyclists very uneven, you know people being very respectful and people being you know incredibly reckless in the way they Approach the intersection I Think what what's happening here is we've reached a point and this happens with many intersections in town You know I that There is so much use that a signal is warranted and That there's really no way to To deal with the situation it's this complex without a Signal and I think a signal might work very well because of the Proximity to the other signal and the school so it creates sort of a double You know a double zone Was one other thing I was gonna say oh A lot of that I I don't mean to dismiss at all Some of the comments that have been made tonight about the potential for a traffic signal to to Have safety implications. However, I would I would add that Every signal that you put in to a complex intersection Has those same concerns in other words some people will still go through a green light too fast You know you can't stop that But this is the this is the standardized solution to this type of problem and I think that's why it's being recommended Thank you very much. Thank you for the discussion Adam Hi, I'm I'm Adam Oster. I live on East Arlington on Cata Jav and I wanted to say how Exceptionally forthcoming and helpful even by tax standards tack has been on this issue and how patient they've been and To thank everybody I wanted to say to you that in spite of a Potentially really powerful benefit, especially in the evening commute That I think there are some issues that well, I hope you'll go slow It's not from my point of view. It's it's not a slam dunk There are some issues that are sort of their policy. They're beyond just a straight, you know traffic analysis There's this issue entails some real trade-offs among users You know specifically between the evening commuters who stand to benefit and the path users and there are Some potentially some issues about cut-through traffic Which I think you've heard some of them I'm not gonna Go into a lot of detail, but I did have a question about the tack analysis It's my understanding that the numbers that were used for the model Did not incorporate any assumptions about What I've heard here tonight caused is an induced traffic or new traffic brought in because wow This is now such a great way to go Is that right basically? So when you did our counts in April we found in talking about the afternoon peak hour going towards mass F It was congested period. We only counted 600 vehicles. We know that's too low It's parking process higher vehicles because that vehicles are cute and going very slowly can process that many We have counted more in the past up to 800. So we in our analysis We increased that flow up to 800 vehicles in that direction so that that would be more of a Maximum or free flow condition so that in a sense has some traffic inducement there so More traffic. Yes, you can add more traffic that wants to try to get to the quarter But it's gonna be hard to actually process that many vehicles through there. So, you know 800 Little bit, maybe a little more process a little more, but Other than that, you know the queues would just get longer So we were attempting to capture that latent demand by increasing the flow up to the vehicles That's not just Cars that are already waiting and just can't make it through in that hour Well I'm sorry gentlemen, but all questions should be directed through me and We don't need a discussion at the microphone We we increase the flow from 600 vehicles to 800 vehicles for that that the hour to try to you know capture that Maximum type flow Thank you Well, I want to push back Sort of gently tentatively About the idea that this rep This is a there is a safety problem that this solves because it seems to me for an intersection of that with that volume that What we've heard about, you know, basically for Crashes over three years. I believe it was a hundred Well, that's the whole that's the entire corridor and but and I remember correctly the four crashes was only with pedestrians Not did that take into account crack a car on car? We're at the bike path with vehicles and pedestrian or bike Okay, and there were other crashes along the quarter, but those are specifically at the crossing Well, I mean, I guess the hope is that gee if we put these signals up and the signals are the gold standard that people will Finally stop when we want them to stop and they'll go when we want them to go and that therefore they won't be any crashes But if that's not true and we're actually moving faster than The consequences could be actually be worse I I think it's more honest or to think to represent this as You know, there's a real benefit to commuters to vehicular commuters rather than to say, oh, we're solving a safety problem I get I Personally, I like the idea of a traffic detail there of a traffic cop there. I know that on route 16 When they have issues about traffic trying to get out of the WR grace area and onto route 16 That's how they do it. They don't put a traffic light there for something. That's kind of seasonal and intermittent and you know, I like I Like Built solutions. There are a lot of advantages to that they sort of dispatch themselves Impartially, but this built solution has other consequences That if we can sort of get the benefit without getting those consequences, it would be better to do it another way Thank you Yes, please come forward Good evening. I'll be brief Catherine Farrell I live on Park Street in East Arlington and I walk every day right through that intersection I'm also a driver. I'm not a commuter but I'm a driver that uses Lake Street a lot and I guess I'm echoing the slowdown because I feel safe there now I've never had a problem. I look before I go out there and I feel safe I'm really worried about the induced the uptick in traffic So we're gonna have more cars. They may be going faster and I think we have to consider that So that's that's a problem. That's why I think that maybe we should Think a little a little more about this before we go forward Although I realized it's a incredible report that's been done. It's an incredible study The other thing I'd like you to think about is there's a very similar situation in Cambridge There's Cameron Avenue right next to Mass Ave. There's a stoplight on Mass Ave And what they did is they made this great. They made a Higher bike path you can't miss it. So you're so safe on that So I'd like you to can you know consider that consider the other things that are mentioned and and just take a second look at this Thank you very much Further discussion from the crowd One more yes Hi, my name is Connor McKenzie. I live on Elmhurst Road Which is about it's a block or from Orvis and you know some like two blocks from the Brooks and Lake Street intersection Pretty familiar with it from you know dropping kids off at daycare to to work, etc. I've gone through there in a car I'm a pretty regular bike commuter. I Used to do the heading out in the more the the morning madness when there's schools in session And I've you know, I've dealt with that that it's a very frustrating Intersection you've got the you know, I'm coming out Facing the school you get the you know people that presumably just drop people off the school They're coming out they're playing chicken with you trying to make a left turn the poor crossing guards They're right and license plate numbers It's you know, it's a very frustrating Situation and I you know so I've sat there stuck in traffic me like oh come on I just get through this light Thinking about it a lot and I'm like I should they put a light there with a minivan bike way And I think it's appealing at first, but I just don't think it'll work Or I don't think it'd be improvement for for safety, which would be my primary concern I think You know fundamentally, it's a problem of volume They have there. I think it you know the two ideas I've come up with are one of them practical and one less so would be a traffic cop or You know fly over for the bike path So You know that there's been articles in the paper recently about how there's all this residential development Going on right in the in the fresh pond area the thousand or so new units going up It's a very very congested area and probably only likely to get more so I think you know if the bike path intersection were the only Problem only cause of the traffic problem then the Pleasant Street exit say coming off of you know route to a rush hour Would be a breeze, but if you get off at Pleasant Street, it's you know back way up to You know it's just the whole area is congested at rush hour So I think the the current situation which encourages you to go slow Because you've got the bike path you got the crossing Marker there. I think it's it's not bad. I actually When the weather is nice actually Like my daughter today care in a bike trailer and I go through that intersection, you know the mass app thing during Morning and afternoon rush hour, and I actually feel pretty safe doing that. I go there I make you know, I contact with the first car. I contact with the second car and I go Whereas I'd be more concerned about you know speeding with the lights You know when you you get people, you know, they get a yellow light They might try to speed to get through and that type of thing and then the last thing I'd point out is that Kind of a detail, but I think For putting a crossing signal and a bike path in the situation like that For the cyclists I think it puts you in a little bit of like a legal gray area because pedestrians have the right-of-way with the crossing signal Whereas bikes are considered vehicles. So it's you know, where do they fit in there? Do they have you know something to be consider in that situation but all in all I think You know, I prefer the current setup, and I don't think a light's a good good solution. Thank you very much Further discussion I'm seeing them Further discussion from the board. Mr. Greeley. So I'd like to I wonder Whether or not what we should do at this point is I mean I agree with Not necessarily slowing down. It's the work of tack as always is so thorough But I wonder would there be a benefit to let's form that design committee In turn Am I right that wouldn't cost any money at this point to form a design committee, right? Jeff no, we're talking about people who are already on committees and town staff So there would be no no financial And you know we've heard from a lot of people here tonight neighbors, etc But I'm not sure the makeup of that design committee But we want as many of the groups that have spoken here tonight certainly to be represented But through the manager, I definitely would like to try the police officer down there You know, I think two or three times also done as part of this design committee as well And I know you had said you weren't Maybe didn't think that would work so well, but I you know, I think there must be a way For us and then let the results of that be part of this design committee But in terms of before we would make a final decision You know the counts on the take on the rights. That's another issue. We but I mean it's amazing to sit here and How many people have come to us complaining about how long they're sitting on Lake Street and The result of this we're saying is no now is going to be too quick and more cars are going to come on Lake Street God I avoid Lake Street at five o'clock at night If I have to go out route to an up and down Park Avenue and up over the hill that way domestic Street so, you know, I I I Can't make up my mind right at this point in time, but I I would absolutely hesitate not to take attack Recommendation so I think I'd like to move that we form the design committee and ask through Adam through the through the police that we have three times a police officer Working on the bike path in conjunction with the red lighted Brooks To stop traffic and to stop people on the bike path and let's see what happens there I'll suck me in a minute Jeff with who should be on that design committee I Let my colleagues be for it. I'm just saying think about that for a minute if you would I'll second it. Yeah I'll be helmetly against that idea I Don't think that police officer with full forming it is asking a design committee first today You know an awful lot of work that tack already, you know, has really devoted a lot of time to and then To ask them to you know embark on this journey where we might then say no After so I think that could be a lot of man-hours from a lot of people who volunteer quite a bit of time already And it might be all for nothing at the end of it My understanding was that the design committee would you know look at Something that we're really gonna implement and then you know devote quite a bit of time to actually making this implementation work So I don't think forming, you know studying this issue any further Will really benefit us And that being said I I don't you know, I appreciate that quite a few people on offered a police detail as a suggestion But my understanding was that I mean it's pretty I think it's pretty unrealistic to do the actual timing At Brooks and at the bike path with a detail officer. So I don't think that that will Really get the results that we're looking forward of you know further study this This recommendation so I'm not gonna be joining you in supporting that motion. Thank you Yeah, I think I have a question for so I have a question for Adam, but I'll get there in a second. I guess so I Share Steve's fear about wasting volunteer time when we're not Like we should I would rather give a try to figure out a way for us to give a more clear signal about what we're thinking about That said I am interested in what changes would Happen if we tried an officer there, and I'm not even mean like three times I was actually I'm actually even just thinking like what if we did it for June and July, you know something like that because something like that but I Guess my question for Adam is so let's say tonight. We voted. Yes. Let's say we said, you know We're accepting this tech recommendation and we think that there we should put that signal in there We obviously don't have the hundred fifty thousand dollars budgeted anywhere How would you go forward if we said yes right now? What would you see is the steps and how would it play out so I think if it was just yes It would be form a design review committee figure out who's on it And then the other half of that from my perspective would be figuring out how and when yeah, we could pay for it So I'd sit with my grotto marker We'd look at available chapter 90 resources other already allocated roadway resources and see if there's something within existing budgets that we could Use at some date certain to support this project or if it would need an independent capital request Maybe an FY 17 because we're already too far down the pipeline for FY 16, which will probably make sense based on where we are Timing wise anyways, and I think if I'm understanding tax Recommendations right even if a designer committee Design review committee was formed that wouldn't preempt the possibility of still having some details issued to even help with the work I would assume of the design review committee That said going a little bit off your question I Would feel like you know just taking a step of having a detail would be a little bit of a feel-good move as opposed to actually Producing results unless it was really closely aligned with an end goal of implementing such a change That's my feeling and I'd also feel before we had the board commit to something I'd like to have an opportunity to sit with the chief and some of the traffic division to actually see how practical it would be From their professional opinion to actually implement You know something like what tax been talking about I have to admit my thinking was along the lines with Kevin. Mr. Greeley on this, but I Want to probe this a little bit more because My recollection that it's not unusual that this board will You know endorse moving forward with a process But then review the designs and approve the designs when they come back to the board it seems to me that happened Arlington Center with the the The the I forget the formal name of the project the safe safe travel project in Arlington Center that the final design came back to the board for approval at At that time so it doesn't feel to me like mr. Greeley's motion is inconsistent with what we've we've done in the past, but We can enlighten me. Yeah No, I may please I think that's a fair point But I think at least in those prior circumstances you're referencing using that term design sort of Presumes that there is a built thing that's going to happen Yeah, and that the design of it might be tweaked, but that something's going to be implemented I think there's still a prior question here of whether or not something built is the direction the board wants to take or not I'm comfortable with with moving forward with a goal of having something built but forming this committee to come back to us with whatever that the specifics around that solution But I think that what Kevin's motion if I heard it correctly didn't include was an endorsement of a light And I think for a design committee to make sense for us to say please of design committee Let go do it. We should be serious that we want that to happen No, I mean it shows you the kind of issues we deal with all the time and I want to kill myself right now I mean I can't decide what the hell I want to do. I just want to clarify what I'm recommending Which is the police detail? I view as a test of a stoplight there So the light on book sav turns red the police officer then moves out and stops the traffic in At the same time or approximately the same time I understand and stops the pedestrians and bikes While it's a green light So I'm doing that as a test of a light not a let's permanently put a police officer there as a solution So I'm seeing I'm viewing it as part of the so With this work and I understand the police officer trying to replicate the red light and Brooks Ave. Isn't exactly a One-on-one test of it and my thinking on the design is and I'm not quite clear to me about what really is going to happen here and so I Mean I don't want to ask volunteers to do any more than they normally do but Tack is looking for something to do. Let's face it. They're begging for more work But you know, but for them to come back and say, okay, here is what that what it would be You know Here's what the design of it would be and I don't want to make them do that work And then in the end say no, I'm leaning towards wanting to support this But I don't feel I'm ready to do that myself, but I endorse Investigating it further Without people hating me Yes, mr. Jacqueline so Mr. Greeley Bridges a point that I had in my mind earlier. This is a huge issue This is since I've been in Arlington people have complained about Traffic and probably long before I was here. So this is clearly a large issue and tax been working on it for years Now so I don't think the board should feel compelled to make a final decision tonight And that I think goes in line with what some of the folks who spoke tonight says is slow down take some consideration So I'd be interested in hearing, you know, what further information can I help facilitate? Maybe from town departments? Work with tack a little bit to help get to that decision and maybe it may be part of it is talking more with the police about how we Know implement that traffic detail Maybe a more detailed process about funding, you know, you know some different pieces That are concerning all of you and then maybe at the next meeting or following meeting we could Have more comfort Well, what's the solution yeah, so I So I think I get I get where I get I think you two are on it Which is and I'm in a similar place, which is I think this is probably the right idea But there is definitely some hesitancy, but so things that Resonated with me with it from this cut from but tonight what other people have said is that I think that Improving the traffic flow on Lake Street reducing those Q times or reducing the time that people wait is a really big thing I think that is a yes It is for commuters, but I think it's really important is for the commuters and for the people who live in those neighborhoods. I I Things that will make that traffic flow better. I'm I think we really I really like want to do something about that I'm a Little bit I did I understand the concern about More cut through traffic and how it's gonna in change things and what the and like what would be the negative side effects I suspect that what it comes out to is that there would be some negative things But the question is in this case does deposit about way the negative and I'm betting it will like a base But and that's what tack is betting as well, which is why and I you know I trust them and I trust that report I'm some people there was a lot of talk about safety here and I agree that is a I mean it is a relatively safe thing I also don't think I'm not as concerned about the safety of the light I agree it's gonna change the nature of what goes on there so I Guess the maybe the way of asking is how can we speculate more or like how can we inform ourselves better about what the net is So if we understand more but like we've got a like some pretty good computations about what the improvements are But we've got less data about what the negatives might be first of all, I think although Our thinking is on the same wavelength I was actually looking at that the the police officer in a different light not as to whether or not to go forward But as informing that the design work itself and how exactly that would work So I'm inclined to support that the The recommendation but with the strong, you know request that that that manual Monitoring be done that having been said. I think on the manager asked what we could use that I'd like to see a concrete proposal about What type of support we could give to to that monitoring effort how long of a period of time because obviously it is the summer Time where the conflicts are the greatest between the the trail and there I did want to make one other note here though, and I think we've all alluded to it In the tax report, it's really specifically spelled out that that it's not just a safety issues being Addressed there are five issues that were actually the tack was actually asked to look at that congestion on on Lake Street the conjection congestion on and delaying queuing on Brooks Ab northbound Safety issues were in there, but also the visibility and lighting issues as well as The traffic congestion causing a cut through so there are actually five specific issues The tack was asked to look at here, and I think you've done a really good job of taking those on so I Think we have a new I think we're on the same wavelength was to grilly with with What we're asking, but I think maybe there's a nuance into as to why We're asking or maybe we've converged so to Adams You already said you will talk with the police about However, that works out the detail the but you know For visibility or whatever the case may be how Tough would it be for us to get traffic counts? Unlike colonial drive and Margaret and those side streets. How difficult do we have a machine that does that? I know a lot of times I see Tack members out counting cars do actually have one of those counters that cars drive over I believe we either have one or have access to ones APD has a traffic count one, right? You know, I know that we do have one Elizabeth. Yeah, we have two and But I know that's going to take a while to gather, but that's something I'd like to know And and at least if we had the pre data and we do make this change We then can do a post on it as well and see whether there's we're never going to be done with this name We're never going to be done with any major neighborhood in Allenton Let's face it with traffic with volume and East Allenton is so Exciting and growing and such a desirable part of town. We have to be very Very careful what we do there and and the people who want to move in there are our pedestrians and bicyclists who want to walk around and The rest are commuting through many myself many of our commuters I understand we have to make room for all of them, but in terms of what what Adam is asking I'd like to know whether or not a police officer Could be out there for whatever period of time along with what? the chairman and Mr. Currow and Mr. Dunn also want and could we get could we get traffic counts on the side streets? Yeah, Joe was I interrupting you or did okay, so um I One of the questions that's in my head, and I think that we would prove each of us to ask ourselves is If we are going to say yes on this it's no matter what if there's a leap of faith involved, right? We're saying, you know, we're we're saying we're accepting the recommendation of experts over And there's unknowns in that and so the question is what is it that we each need to convince ourselves either yay or nay? And that's a tricky one. I agree I'll say I am I fully support tax recommendations. I think that this board set out Several times and asked them to solve a problem and they came back with the problem solved You know, I definitely understand some of the concerns that raised today You know, I think that removing the ambiguity from that intersection makes it safer You know, I understand that there are there are concerns about speeds But I in at least I feel that with the lights, you know, everyone has a time to go and You know whether you're crossing You know on foot on bike or in car And I think that we should At least at the outset I assume that people will obey those laws and I think that that will make the intersection safer And I think that this does come down to congestion quite for me quite a lot of it and it is a Absolute nightmare there and this will help that and I and I'm uncomfortable with asking for You know further work to be done on this after so much has already went into it. So that's why I'm I'm gonna stick by tax recommendations so There you go, I think there is a motion on the table if there's further discussion Refresh my memory with the actual what yeah, refresh mine. I made it I Would maybe think the board would contemplate a motion to table pending in response with further information is that That reasonable given the that is the motion that I meant. That's the one With all with all due respect to tack and all due respect to the chairman, but this is big This is not a couple more weeks a couple more meetings, whatever it takes We have a motion a second second all those in favor, please say I I opposed I Thank you very much everyone Moving forward with mr. Chairman. Sorry. I want to say that it is a pleasure to have this debate with Such respectful Opinions being given on both sides. I agree. I agree even though some are wrong Yes, some are wrong But just clarity we're not going ahead with any design committee or anything, right? It would just say we're delaying this we've all requested further information. Yeah, okay. Yes, we're forward warrant article request Busy night for miss Weiner Yes, please It's gonna be a potential funding source for this project. Yeah. Yeah, there's always that there's a lot of buzzing behind me I didn't hear you So I'm here to tell you about a new state program that was passed by the legislature last summer called complete streets It's a program. I'm sorry Laura. If everyone in back could take their conversations outside, please It's a program that is under the supervision of mass dot the Department of Transportation and It will It's intended to have about ten million dollars per year for street construction and design for streets that qualify as Complete streets, which is basically a street that accommodates all users pedestrians bicyclists drivers transit and freight which in our cases trucks The the mass every build project is an example of a complete streets project The goal of the program is to decrease congestion and improve the environment and encourage what's being called healthy Transportation options in other words trying to get people to get out of their cars whenever possible In order to qualify for the funding there's a number of criteria One of which is that the legislation has to be adopted by town meeting a Lot of the details of the program are not Finished yet, but because of the timeline of getting something to town meeting this year and wanting to be ready Next year when the money is available I have been working on a warrant article with town council that I Guess I would like you to submit And all this warrant article does is accept the legislation It does not bind you in any way to any policy changes or really anything else Mass that is drafting guidelines right now So we will have some proposals for a policy in the coming weeks or months There's a working group of tack that's chaired by Scott Smith That's already started working on it looking at what some other towns have done for their policies And we'll be coming back here with the details So what I'm saying is there's nothing binding about this except We're just accepting the program and getting ready to be in a position to apply for funds Thank You very much. Yes Kevin. So a couple of questions. I am this I Recommend we we that we recommend favorable action on this so a couple of questions Who decides what streets are gonna be would receive this funding? Once the town gets certified then the town will apply I don't know if they'll have like a deadline a competitive deadline or if it'll be first come first serve, but I'm sure that Department of Public Works and Adam will Make those decisions and you as well That's the one I was looking for you as well More than likely the complete streets policy that would be discussed And then presumably enacted by the board at some point down the road would contemplate all right So we're you know, we're doing you know X amount of road work No, which kind of roads or streets qualify and then if they do qualify then I think we'd actually be saying in a policy We have to make it a complete street So it would basically be if this is a road that falls under the categories as we said it We got to do it So man one motion you certainly so let's Say we Finish the East Arlington project and move up through the center And and hope to get state and federal funding again What impact does this have on that or it's just another possible source of funding? I would feel as though this puts us in a better position Compete you know compared to the past to get state and federal and also maybe additional funding through this program Okay With this potentially fun to bicycle crossing signal on Lake Street Pedestrian bicycle cross pedestrian bicycle car. Yes Further questions no seeing on further discussion from the crowd. Yes, Adam I'm very pleased the town's Being so quick on the uptake on this. This reminds me a little of the green communities program where We qualified for extra funding by being so early I just have one question and it's about the proposed warrant article because I know from some previous conversations that We weren't clear if this Required in addition to a town meeting action Adopting the law a by-law amendment that would include the standards in order to qualify And I guess it doing do we know that because if we don't then the article should be reworded to include the possibility of a by-law Sure, so this article is more or less as suggested by the folks who Have been developing this program over time one of the nice things about complete streets It affords some flexibility in terms of how much local government How local government wants to decide how it's going to implement its complete streets sort of regulations if you will Do they want to do it by town by law or they want to have to be a little bit more flexible than that It's a choice that we get to make but the first step that we have to basically engage in accepting the legislation and then if it happens that the Arlington wants to have a set of by-laws to outline how it's going to go about its complete streets You can do that or it can do it by you know, basically a policy that this body could could adopt and accept and formulate itself Thank you Because the guidelines aren't out yet It is possible that we would want to change the warrant language before a town meeting But we I mean we're trying to get something in now so that it'll be in and then As we get they're saying March. They'll have guidelines at March. So Things may change Yes, on that same point I just want to remind everybody the warrant is just for the purpose of advising people of what we're going to potentially be voting on if There are things within this article if there are things that we don't necessarily know right now That come up later The point is is that we're considering adopting this legislation We would have time by the time we would go about to town meeting to have motions to amend Any motion this board comes up with or anybody else? Thank you. Yeah, so To me that says that Adams I understand Adam's question is saying If we so we might in March be asked by the state to amend our by-laws and this warrant article as written Wouldn't permit us to do that That's not my understanding of Which part? So while they may come out with guidelines for us Yeah, my understanding is that at this point they're fairly clear that we could do this by a by-law or we could do it by a less Formal process or at least a more More readily changed process than doing it by bias the point is that we have to have some kind of regulations in place When the money becomes available to say this is how we're conducting our complete streets And I do not it's not my understanding that they're going to Come out with a new guideline that says no, no, no, you don't have that flexibility Yeah, just to say in a different way The law reads by law or administrative policy got it So they'd have to change the law before issuing the guidelines in my opinion Yes for us to not be able to have an image. Thank you policy. Thank you very much for the discussion Seeing none. We have a motion. Do we have a second second all those in favor, please say aye. Thank you very much Moving on. Mr. Greeley discussion and adoption select wins Thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman I move that this board approve the alcohol licenses and regulations which overall is just a Compiling of that which already exists, but they're compiling an organization other than and Steve if you get here first or Doug if you could tell me the the The the two areas one is related to allowing sidewalk service of alcohol and Can anybody to remind me of where we are with what that section is The second thing is on the club's licenses What what? We fear would be best is there's not the only changes there is we did include the penalties As in other sections But that we meet with the club managers At some point probably after town meeting and kind of discuss a lot of those blue laws that are in there and you know Just kind of get the clubs on the same page with us in terms of the rules and regulations Doug is that and Mr.. Chair is that a Reflection do you think of what we discussed? So I'm sorry Mr.. I think there's a there might be a problem with the what's on the Novus agenda Because if the board will recall you came we submitted basically this Condent we already submitted this Condensed version of all the various different policies that the board had passed over time along with some that were sort of new additions and this board submitted Request for revisions to be made by myself and the Selectman's office. I made each one of those revisions by reviewing the our notes and the by watching the ACMI recording of what had occurred last time and I'm looking at this now I'm sorry to say that I'm not sure that the changes that the Selectman requested are All reflected in here, but that was the purpose of coming back to the board with this So we basically made a series of changes to policies We did not pursue certain changes that would be more comprehensive with respect to club licenses because we haven't had an opportunity to Fully vet all of those changes, but we made some that for example, which comes to mind. Mr.. Cure I mean highlighted a practical change, which is that there were certain non-discrimination Provisions in there not that non-discrimination provisions aren't important But that the current state of the law wouldn't require us to state with the specificity that we were at that point Time that you're not discriminating against somebody so That was the purpose of coming back today with the revised policy Based on all of the suggestions and edits that you guys have basically provided at the last time this board convened Is there something that you are particularly concerned that's missing because I went to a couple of my hotspots I did not read every word again, but I went to a couple of my hotspots that I had been concerned about and I read them And I liked the change so I Didn't actually check to make sure that you know each change was there Maybe that the track changes that I'm seeing on here are the original track changes from the There's a right because most of the so for instance under If you open up if you're in the PDF view, it's page seven Where the first words on the page top of page seven say D physical plant But if you actually go down from there under e3 Consumption of alcoholic beverages on the on the premises like we that language is clearly updated to what we talked about I did see a few of those and I just Notice one change it didn't seem to make it in it looks like there there was work done to To bring all the various sections Into conformity with one another as far as what that the table of potential penalties was however on Private clubs while we do have the first second and third offenses spelled out we didn't include the provision about the The penalty being imposed on the same day that that the violation occurred which which we have done for other Establishments, and I think that we had agreed to that The last time so We can certainly make that we can certainly have this be approved subject to that change or though I don't recall whether and I apologize. I don't recall whether or not the change. I would note that from a Policy standpoint that there might be a slight distinction between what the what the clubs would the Hurt that the clubs would feel by having the penalties enforced in the same day versus the restaurants I don't recall That motion I don't I just I guess I don't recall the discussion fully at the time. Yeah, but The I know the intent when I when I put that out there The intent was that we we handle all these establishments and in a uniform manner There's no problem to make it uniform if you wanted to move to Approve this subject to that specific change we can insert that Mr. Cura Okay with me Okay Would you like that? Yeah, thank you. Okay So that would be for the motion for the discussion on this Looks good to me. We have a motion from Kevin. Do we have a second? Second motion in a second further discussion seeing none all those in favor. Please say aye. I Opposed thank you So, yes, I may miss the chair so two things one next is parking, but That's going to take a while We won't see a Monday night with parking although. I know we've taken a first shot at it and we're going to meet again, but You can't emphasize enough how much Marianne Doug Eve and Steve are helping on this as well So, thank you for that, but I would like to make a motion mr. Chairman. I'd like to draw your attention to page seven Where really mr. Dunn just had us a moment to go and if you read this is at the bottom of e3 and At the very bottom all right All outdoor food and alcohol service shall conclude before 10 p.m. Thursday through Sunday and 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday unless otherwise affixed on a particular license as approved by the board So I would like to now make the motion that we affix the license of the monotomy grill to Allow their service on their balcony, what am I calling it? They're outdoor terrace. They're terrace. Thank you Because they're unique in that they are the only ones that we licensed to have outdoor service Because you have to enter the restaurant and exit through the restaurant in order to be there So what we've done with the sidewalk and I've seen by 10 on you know Sunday through Thursday, whatever those rules are So I just feel you know they they followed our original guidelines and therefore we should have fixed their license that they are allowed to serve on the terrace They may be very interested in doing some sidewalk tables as well But those would have to conform to the 10 o'clock and 11 o'clock rules But so it's I don't I don't know if I'm saying that right, but it's really the only if I miss chairman Yes, please I think What this is essentially is doing would be amending a previously issued license Correct, so we would be amending the license of the monotomy grill in Tavern as it currently exists Well, I don't you tell me because right now we've now changed the rules to you have to stop serving outdoors By 10 o'clock on Sunday through Thursday and 11 o'clock on Friday and Saturday So that now that's outdoors that covers them So I'm saying I want to allow them to have the license you're saying that their current license allows them to Serve past that point in time now. That's right. So what I would what I think what we should do instead of What I respectfully suggest to the board is instead of raising a new issue at this meeting is As much as I don't want to delay this any further Because that's an issue for a specific license an applicant that we should either Have this delay the implementation date of this specific Of the adoption of this policy so that we can put on the agenda for The next possible meeting that we want to amend the license for a specific license holder because otherwise Because they have so much outdoor dining right now so What I'm trying to say is is that there's two possibilities either one we can table this particular issue and put it on the agenda for a future item For a future meeting or we can just delay the implementation of this and take it up simultaneously Because I understand what you're saying is that we are in effect Amending their license as it is right now But I don't think we should do it without how they're being an advanced notice of that issue on an agenda That makes sense Yes, except when I asked you this question you told me this is what to do I'm sorry, Mr. Really I this mistake on my part and I take I'll take responsibility for that No, no, I'm not worried about that. I just don't know why I can't do what I want to do right now I mean we have just adopted you have to stop serving outdoors at 10 and 11 We've just adopted that sure that automatically changes their license doesn't well it changes It changes the the rules for basically all licensees What we'd be doing now is amending a one specific license holders license without having noticed that issue prior to this meeting so again, I accept responsibility for the For for not making that clear, but we're amending the general policy for all license holders I understand that as a practical matter. We have done that. We've just voted that right Yes, okay. Yes, so I think that this specific Request this specific motion should be tabled until we can take it up at a future meeting so that it can be Not hearing on it and everything. I don't think it requires a hearing necessarily Mr. Greeley, but I do think it's important for us to Have to be noticed that this specific type of action is being contemplated by the board What am I calling you think I just think all I want to do is keep the status quo Well, I have a question Yes, a question for council. I think this phrase is an important question by changing these policies Are we automatically changing current licenses or do they come into effect when they renew? We just changed them. So well, no one has outdoor other than monotony McGraw. Yeah, I know I get it I got a surface of alcohol. I get it. I get it. Yeah Mary so Instead of just talking to Doug on currently alcohol licenses state the times on them So Does that protect them through this like if they want it to make the motion and do it in their license? States on it Does that protect them until or not? So what I'm trying to say is that we're changing the policy to basically set out the Outer limits of when everybody can basically operate and for the most part with respect to this one specific situation I think we've actually expanded the hours that everybody can operate Just not this one very specific situation with respect to monotony grill. So the Board is basically adopting a policy to say no that the hours are restricted from that And you basically can't have a license that's operating outside and contrary to the board's to the board's policies so I suppose the the best possible compromise that I can come up with is if we can and I apologize for this if we can basically revote to basically say that adopt this policy subject to allowing current licenses to maintain their Current hours of operation and the the I'm sorry that we would adopt the policy But Allow current license holders to keep current operations until they apply for renewal or otherwise apply for a change to their license is I think the most Right needless way that you can do it. Let's do this So let's just adopt this policy and then I'd like this on another agenda. That's what we're in the middle of winter Nobody's opening outdoor Restaurants Newton monotony grill isn't serving outdoors. So it town council says this is how to do it. Let's just leave that Because nobody complies with us right now Right, you know and but it would change monotony's license if they were serving people this Friday night outside They'd have to you know, they couldn't go inside with their current license. So okay So we'll get that on another agenda for it. And I'm Where I think that finishes the discussion Thank you that so moving on correspondence receive We have a request to rename the summer street field The we got a letter regarding the summer street field improvements. We have a request for the town to modify existing website standard You don't mind I'd recommend sending the first one to the public memorial committee and the second to the Parks and Rec apartment. I'm Joe Connelly is already on this and I've spoken with and I know that by speaking to our town manager about this and I Will say with the respect to renaming The field after Jim world art. He I've said before he was my coach for you know, quite a long time and I do find it fitting So and I do think whatever improvements to the field are practical Would be put to good use and I'd like to thank the summer street baseball field committee for all their work on this They put quite a lot and they're willing to pony up You know, they're on money in their own efforts, which is always very cool on their part. So So moved. Thank you. So we have a second second the motion a second all in favor. Please say aye And our third one for a request to modify the existing Website standard Jeff is here. Do you like those poor Jeff is still here after all of that? Thank you very much on Jeff Poudreau 99 Boat Street. I was not aware that there was a standard I assume there might be one but when I see it written here There must be a website standard I went to the website looking for some information. It's generally very good But the roadblock that I hit was I was trying to contact a particular committee It listed all the members with no contact information if you clicked on the go-to it goes to a page It says they're on the so-and-so committee. So I've had further discussion with Mrs. Shepter Lane and He assures me that some work is being done and a Master table will be created of all the people's Contact information It comes to an issue of privacy because many people are volunteers. They may not wish to list a Telephone number or an email address We had the discussion I believe that I might have had it with you. I might have been with someone else a Each committee is assigned a generic at Arlington Address which would go to that committee would be used for official business So at least there'd be a point of contact via email if not Additionally, I'm satisfied that There's progress being made in this area another area that could be Improved would be terms when the website was ported over about a year or so ago The term expiration dates fell off It seems that they're starting to come back with a year only I would recommend that year and a month if not the full term like if you go to the full page expiration dates those be populated and The third thing in it was not really website. It's more of a human factors issue. I Serve on the Cultural Commission. I was putting together term expiration dates of all of our members And I came across a couple of interesting items like there's a person listed with the town clerk as serving whose term is expiring in April Who apparently resigned? Communication did not go the letter of recitation apparently did not go from the Selectman's office onto the clerk or from the committee To the town clerk to the webmaster. So some higher degree of coordination needs to be monitored and put into place Thank you very much. Thank you for your time. Thanks. I Yes, of course, and I you know, I Appreciate that maybe certain things might fall through the cracks once in a while But I know all our volunteers are doing the best work that they possibly can and they're dedicating quite a lot of time So I'm grateful for that as well We're seat We have second motion and second all those in favor. Please say aye. Thank you new business Marion Thank you Doug none Very quickly as the board knows but I want to make sure everybody in the public knows we are very fortunate Just this week to learn that we were actually retaining the surface services of Chief Fred Ryan as chief of police He's not leaving the community He cited as one of his top reasons the great joy. He takes and working with this board of select and so he's Very happy to say I think it's it's great news for the community And also just to sort of bookend how the chairman started the meeting I really want to thank all the whole team at DPW and the community for their patients I think the guys don't DPW have been working around the clock Trying to clean up the town. I think they've done a great job considering the circumstances And residents I think predominantly have been very patient also given the circumstances So I plead for continued patients, especially with what's to come most likely in the next five days But I definitely tip my cap to DPW Kevin nothing sir Joe I just have one item. I want to report As you know, mr. Burn and then myself observed as liaison to the master plan advisory committee and last night the Redevelopment board did adopt the master plan They did Under the law The the redevelopment board really is the only authority that that can Adopt this and send it on for approve it and send it on to the state. However, there has been a Kind of a commitment made to the community that this will be presented at town meeting as well for town meetings endorsement, so the redevelopment board last night they did vote to Place an article on the warrant Which reflected some language that the council had had provided It's anticipated that they will be going the root of a warrant article Resolution to just outlines kind of what what action has been taken and what we can see towards the future because this is really just a beginning It's not an end. There are over 85 Implementation steps in the plan. I think the board the redevelopment board will be asking As sometimes does happen. We'll be asking this board to also issue a Recommended vote even though there they'll be the reporting body on this. So I just wanted to apprise the This this Board of that I would guess that were there the reporting Body that that they would probably go first with their hearing and then we would take a look at their language but obviously that's To the discretion of the other members Thank you very much I have one new piece of new business that I Just came about prior to the meeting and it has to do with our Traffic off one of our traffic officers Corey Ritow who you see his recommendations come in front of us quite often and He was recently Given an award by AAA and that award is the traffic safety here over the year Which is very cool, and it's a real testament to his work I you see him, you know in town hall in the police department really busting his tail every day And that's that's not an easy job that he has as we all know traffic is a Very tough issue to deal with in town. He does in a really spectacular job on that. I also Can find out that he really spearheaded You know a few grants that the town received to secure a bicycle and safety enforcement grants for the past three years, I believe and I just like to thank him for all of his work and That being said, I have no other new business Second motion a second all those in favor, please say aye. Thank you