 Okay, I call this meeting of the annual town meeting of Arlington to order Just start with some opening remarks Yeah, settle down Okay All right, let's let's quiet down everybody First I want to share that when we take up article 31 a zoning by-law amendment for industrial district animal daycare use Which may be tonight? I'll be recusing myself from moderating that article My dog makes use of a dog walking service provided by a local business that offers dog daycare services That could be affected by the outcome of that article as a result the assistant town moderator Mr. Oster will take the chair for that article unless he has a dog that makes use of daycare services Second a quick announcement about the order of articles for Monday, May 15th In order to allow the Otteson students who proposed article 56 for an appropriation for subsidized compost collection to appear on Monday Evening, which is a school night. We'll be taking that article first if the meeting votes to accept a motion to do so So expect it to start out Monday night with that article Third I wasn't explicit about this previously. So let me be explicit now going forward We will not be allowing handouts on seats That tends to create more clutter and work during cleanup after the meeting based on our past experience Next I want to talk briefly about the institution of town meeting This institution is a vehicle for Translating the will of the people into certain kinds of decisions and actions that affect the town and its residents and local businesses Passion is a topic that came up Monday night Passion is like rocket fuel It provides the power and the drive that we need to get things done that are difficult and important and For this institution to function effectively Each of us needs to transform the raw rocket fuel that sloshes around inside us into cogent arguments that Persuade rather than in flame That's what deliberative democracy is at its core and inside this chamber is One of the purest forms of deliberative democracy that still exists on this planet And if we're not careful if we're not disciplined that fuel inside us can catch fire Spread and destroy what took generations of of sacrifice to build and preserve I do my best to keep those fires from catching and spreading inside this chamber But I cannot do it alone. No moderator can It requires cooperation and buy-in from all of you That's the only way that this institution will persist It's the main reason that it's persisted as long as it has and Next time I'll try to come up with a more eco-friendly metaphor based on green energy somehow Okay, that's enough lecturing from me Now it's my pleasure to introduce a special guest tonight Charlie Martin is a freshman at Arlington High School where she is a member of the Arlington High School Concert Choir and Bellavocche vocal ensembles and the drama guild she will lead us in the singing of our national anthem. Please rise Great. Thank you. That was wonderful Mr. Helmut. Good evening. Thank you. Mr. Moderator Eric Helmut chair of the select board It is moved that if all the business of the meeting is set forth in the warrant for the annual town meeting is not Disposed of at this session when the meeting adjourns it adjourns to Monday, May 15th, 2023 at 8 p.m We have a second Okay, all those in favor if we don't finish tonight a journey until Monday, May 15th at 8 p.m So yes, all those opposed it is it is it passes Is is a majority vote now we will take a test vote okay, if if you If you believe that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides And the Euclidean two-space vote yes If you disagree with that statement vote no, if you're unsure you can abstain. Okay. The yeses have it Okay, check for your votes to make sure that it registered correctly Okay, so Okay, now I'll ask for any announcements or resolutions. Do we have any announcements or resolutions? Mr. Pooleard Sandy Pooleard town manager. I guess I'm a funny town manager on Thursday the 18th the health department is hosting a rodent forum That's about rodents not for rodents as spring Is well upon us now. I think a lot of us Would are having to deal with rodents. I know I am in my own backyard and This will be a forum about how to control rodents on your property without using dangerous pesticides Other techniques and so forth. It will be from 5 30 to 7 30 here in town hall Thank you. Do you have any other announcements or resolutions that mr. Warden? Thank you, mr. Chairman mr. Moderator Last Last week or in week forward we passed a home rule amendment asking the legislature to let us discontinue the publication of legal notices from the town in the in the in the so-called local newspaper and So I thought I would call up the so-called local newspaper and see if maybe telling them that news would get them to pull The socks up But the woman I got on the phone seemed not at all distressed and I pointed out that the full page of legal ads What's quite a bit of revenue in their pockets if she said well, you have to speak to somebody else I said let me speak to him, but I'm sending him a message right now He doesn't take calls, but maybe he'll return your call, but we can't promise a return call well When the the phone didn't ring I knew it was him so Apparently that they're not even willing to talk to somebody about the possibility They might want to give a put a little local news in the local newspapers I thought the town's I know there's some some derogatory remarks about the advocate and star And I share that sentiment So I thought you'd like to know that thank you. Thank you. Mr. Warden. Do we have any other announcements or resolutions at the hand in the back? Steve Moore precinct 18 following John Warden is always a pretty tough task, so I Have an announcement to make tonight. You probably none of you can see probably none of you can see this All right, I did get it up on time We have just we have just begun the adopt a tree program for 2023 the Ellington tree committee annually puts together this program to Hopefully Garner Significant number of volunteers to water the newly planted trees in town Since April 1st we planted 150 brand new trees Also on that list is two years more of previously granted trees They all need help in watering the town does its best to keep up with this But these trees are all planted near your homes near where you live So hopefully volunteering to water these trees by putting water in the gator bag. That's how we do it at least once a week Would would help hugely in keeping these young trees alive and growing the Ellington tree canopy, which we're all working on so hard So if you're interested, please go to the Arlington trees dot org website Which is where we have all the links to our various programs including the Tree canopy program, which has also become this year. We are just finishing up that program Which is providing subsidized trees to people in town that are putting them in their front yards And there's some trees left if you're interested in that program, but I'm particularly interested in promoting the adopted trees So please help us if you can thank you right, thank you any Other any other announcements or resolutions seeing none I call for reports of committees. I see no hands from Mr. Dechler, so we will move on Miss Dechler. Oh Yeah, so article 3 is still on the table So now we resume article 12 tonight and so the speaker queue is not Restored in the form that you can see it, but I do have a picture from my phone from Monday night Which I will be using I don't think we have an easy way to actually show that But it's the same list that you probably saw For about an hour of debate on Monday, so I'll be going through those names in order if we get to the bottom of my screenshot, then Then we will open the speaker queue at that point So next up is Ms. Kelleher, which I believe she did not have the opportunity to speak. Okay. She passed Mr. Holman Aaron Holman precinct 6 I Rise to support the melodic substitute motion Unmitigated I'm moderated and unmixed by any of the other various Substitute motions all of them have various defects. I will not enumerate them Except for one that many of them will split That motion into a study committee and a moratorium such that one might go forward Without the other and I want both. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Holman. Let's take Ms. Pyle next Good evening. My name is Elizabeth Pyle and I'm a town meeting member from precinct 8 my 10-year-old daughter plays soccer and I would love to have more Well-draining soccer fields in town for our kids my daughters to soccer practices last week were canceled because of the heavy rain And that was frustrating But I will be voting in favor of the original Moaf check substitute motion to have an artificial turf study group and a moratorium The emerging science tells us Artificial turf fields may not be safe and the responsible thing to do is to look before we leap It would be a tragedy if we installed more artificial turf Just as science is coming to the conclusion that it causes harm to players and the environment This is why we need more study to pause and evaluate the science before we make a decision that cannot be reversed I I support the original Malaf check substitute motion Unadulterated by the other motions I do not support the vacill amendment on PFAS testing for artificial turf Because I think this is something the study group should decide as part of its work And I'm also not confident that the listed standards in that amendment are correct I do not support the other amendments because although well-intentioned I am persuaded that they do not improve the Malaf check motion and I don't want to split our decision On whether to pass a study group or a moratorium because we need both I also do not support taking no action so that the town manager appoints a study group Although I very much appreciate that he is willing to do so and that he agrees further study is the right thing here However, as the legislative body of the town, I think it is important that town meeting act Because Mr. Pooler is retiring in a few months, which leaves a question about what happens after he leaves And also because the study group should report directly to town meeting to ensure the most objectivity and neutrality More study of this issue and a moratorium are necessary so that we can make sure we get this right Given the most recent emerging science on the dangers of PFAS Now that Belmont Hill School has determined that the Poets Corner is not right for them a study group and a moratorium should be an easy decision for us Now I've heard people ask whether we need to study this because they think that if artificial turf was causing cancer Or other health problems in our kids there would be lawsuits already and we would know about it But I'm a lawyer and that's not how the legal system works It takes a very long time for enough evidence to be collected to proceed with this successful toxic harm lawsuit against a product manufacturer and the facts that lawsuits have not been decided yet on this issue does not mean a product is safe We all know that there are many products that were thought to be safe at first But then it was scientifically determined later on that they were harmful to human health in the environment cigarettes asbestos Pallidomide the drug to prevent morning sickness that caused severe birth defects PCBs DDT the pesticide that made bird eggs break and BPA and endocrine disruptor in plastics Here Arlington should follow the precautionary principle Which means that if a product has a suspected risk of causing harm to the public or the environment Protective action should be supported even before there is complete proof That's what I support here the original article 12 substitute motion sensibly and reasonably calls for an impartial study group and moratorium so that we can examine the recent Scientific evidence on PFAS before we make a mistake that could harm kids and the environment There are lots of signs around town that say in this house. We believe in science. I believe in science Arlington is a community that believes in science But we can't just believe in science when it's easy like banning the sale of single-use water bottles or plastic bags We can't just believe in science when it impacts other people like implementing the energy stretch code for new construction As a community we have to believe in science even when we make difficult choices as a community We don't want to be on the wrong side of history with this decision We don't want to install artificial turf fields right as emerging science determines that they are toxic And then we have to get rid of it and if our community believes in science and wants to do its part to stop climate change We should carefully consider whether we actually want to replace natural grass with plastic Please support the original maloft check substitute motion So we can carefully and impartially examine the emerging science on this issue and make the best choice for the health of our Athletes our climate and our community. Thank you Thank You miss Piles. We'll take Ms. Hansen next Actually, well while miss Hansen's walking you can come up Can we bring up the slide that I shared that just it just shows the names and the ordering? So folks have those in mind of the debate. We want to be able to cover all aspects Of all these motions and so any motions that don't get spoken to We don't want to get into a position where folks aren't really sure what that's doing So let's try to cover as much as we can which is a collective action problem, but you know, let's do the best we can Thank you miss Hansen Linda Hansen precinct nine. Good evening Before I start my comments. I want to thank Krista Kelleher for the letter She submitted in relation to this article several of the points. I'm going to make are taken directly from her letter with her permission I want to start by saying that I've closed personal experience with the issue of field adequacy and availability I coached boys soccer for 13 long years in the all grass era So I know firsthand what it's like to vie for limited practice space and attempt to reschedule games with limited options Due to weather conditions. I've been there With this week's withdrawal of the Belmont Hill proposal and the recent recommendation by the town manager of a study committee The landscape for this article has somewhat shifted It looks like no matter no matter the outcome of the vote. We will have a study committee and pass or fail We no longer have the Belmont Hill poets corner offer and commensurate deadline hanging over our heads Whether these developments are welcome news or not They do give us a little more breathing room to hopefully regroup and figure out how to come together to address the field needs in our community The factors in question as I see them are What is the best composition of the study group is voting or non voting membership important to determine? What is the charge of the group and the scope? What is the deadline for the work? Should there be a turf moratorium in place while this work happens and Who will the committee report to the town manager or town meeting? There's certainly a lot to consider here It seems imperative that to do this work well and in a way that helps us pull together instead of a part We need to develop a shared understanding of the issues related to the use of artificial turf and the equally Significant question regarding how we're going to tackle challenges related to addressing our field needs I'm a big fan of interest-based bargaining in that process You start by trying to identify shared interests that both sides can agree on and want to work together to solve Often that process begins with a statement of shared values Let's consider the values that I think are likely shared by most if not all of us here and reflect those of our community residents of Arlington highly value recreational areas and open spaces for being outdoors and engaging in outdoor activities Children and teens even adults receive vital physical mental health developmental and social benefits from sports athletics and outdoor activities Residents of Arlington highly value the protection and conservation of our environment and are not only concerned But proactive on the issue of climate change our town is a leader among mass communities when it comes to sustainability and conservation It also seems necessary to recognize a few points on process and current conditions There are not enough fields to meet the current and anticipated future needs and interests of children teens and adults in Arlington Arlington has limited space for installing new fields The current town manager has put a turf morch on him in place until he leaves at the end of his contract While Arlington can look to and learn from what other communities and institutions have done It need not be a follower of others but should do what seems appropriate and responsible for the town Given the conditions resources needs and values of the community Due to the high school rebuild the ahs fields have been offline when they come back online in the near future We will have two additional turf fields in our collection and Very importantly to date we do not seem to have undertaken or commissioned a comprehensive study and or analysis of the conditions of adequacy of or maintenance needs of our town's fields Nor do we have a proposal for field development and cost analysis to address field needs including present and future needs I Reached out to both parks and rec director Joe Connelly and the capital planning committee to ascertain if there was a study out There and learned there was not We do have such a study for the town's playgrounds and town meeting has been approving the renovation and major remediation of town playgrounds To the tune of $500,000 per playground for several years now drawing on a variety of funding sources I Mention this because I think the need for investments in our fields is real But without a comprehensive plan It's hard to build a coalition to support the long-term investment It will take to improve the situation and meet our current and future needs With such a plan in place we have many sources of funding that could be tapped for major field investments capital planning Community Preservation Act CDBG general funds Town meeting has jurisdiction for the stewardship of five and a half square miles of our fragile planet The science regarding artificial turf is evolving and complex Without going into the many health and environmental issues raised to date It seems reasonable to have a dedicated and varied group of Individuals with expertise in the health and environmental impacts of turf and grass fields take a hard look at the evidence and develop recommendations Financial considerations should also be considered and reported on in any study committee that is established Finally, it seems that it would be beneficial for the town to conduct a thorough and comprehensive study of the state of our fields including data regarding usage and unmet needs and a cost analysis for what it would take to better maintain what we have and What we would need to fund appropriate replacements upgrades and additional fields field resources in the future When the votes are all counted whichever way it goes We will have a study committee and a de facto pause on any major field projects in the near future as A town and as a legislative body I hope we can come together to make smart decisions that keep in mind our desire to increase field capacity While also being good stewards of our open space. Thank you Thank you. Ms. Henson. We'll take mr. Newton next We have a second for motion to terminate debate We have a second rate. Yes We have we still have a second and so we'll try this by voice vote see how that goes All those in favor of terminating debate on Article 12 and I believe all matters before it Vote say yes All those opposed I Don't think we have it Okay, we went we have five. Okay, let's go to an electronic vote and just to be really clear This folks are still clicking into the speaker queue. I think voting is not open This is about terminating debate on all the motions that are pending Because we're gonna have one big debate and then we're gonna go through the sequence that we had up on the screen of motions for votes So if you want if you wish to terminate debate and go straight to voting Press one for yes. If you want to continue debate press two for no and vote three for Abstain or present? Okay, let's close voting. It passes. Okay 156 in the affirmative 61 in the negative with four abstentions Debate is terminated. So Let us now bring up the Let's bring up that graphic again. We're gonna see a lot more of this. We're probably gonna bring this up between each vote and so we're gonna start with the Vakil amendments and Can we bring up the composite document that I prepared so that we can see this change in context? The the title of the document is article 12 from the Lofchik substitute motion amendments and Vakil is at the bottom It's the one in I don't know how it's gonna show up on the screen, but should be like a violet and It's labeled V as in Vakil And it's the last one there this add this would add an item C to the moratorium section of the Malofchik substitute motion Do we have a point of order? Mr. Loretty microphone. Thank you, Mr. Moderator Chris Loretty precinct seven on your slide showing the order of voting I was a bit confused by what happens when we get to point seven and eight if the Malofchik Substitute motion is approved in some form And then we go to vote on eight well eight be Substituting seven or might we end up having two substitute motions when we I'll answer the general question And I'll answer it specifically as it applies to this situation the general answer is that when we vote on a substitute motion We're voting to clobber the main motion with that motion And so we'll do that in sequence in steps seven and eight So the Malofchik substitute motion as amended or not will when we take a vote on the Malofchik substitute motion It'll have an opportunity to clobber the main motion of no action. And then when we vote on the Benson stamps substitute motion, it'll have an opportunity that vote will have the opportunity to clobber whatever the main motion is at That time. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, so Yeah, I'm gonna allow some time here just to make sure that everyone's digesting because there's a lot to unpack here and And not everything not all the details of these of these motions were covered during debate And so I'm not opening debate again But I think the the point of order that mr. Loretta had is is exactly the kind of point of order that I think is in order To clarify what it is that we're voting on and not an opportunity for further debate on the merits of Accepting or rejecting any particular motion Just understanding what is it? What is the nature of what we're voting on at each step? And so we'll take this a little more slowly than we usually do because of the complexity of all the motions in this article So this is the Vakil amendment that we're looking at here that would add this item C under the moratorium section of the Malofchik substitute motion That's that's what this next vote is the Vakil amendment that would amend the Malofchik substitute motion with this item in the Moratorium and so I'll read it here the moratorium shall not apply to artificial turf that is considered PFAS or P PFAS free according to reach and prop 65 shall be a non non-detect For 30 PFAS compounds tested via EPA method 537 modified DoD slash DOE QSM 5.1 or equivalent and have a statement from the vendor that the turf does not contain and is not manufactured with PFAS or PFOA such measurement will be done by an independent laboratory not affiliated with the turf manufacturer So that's we're voting on whether to add this item C to the moratorium section of the Malofchik substitute motion So let's now Go to voting we'll open voting on the Vakil amendment Okay, voting is open So if you're in favor of amending the Malofchik substitute motion with the Vakil amendment that adds that item C to the moratorium Vote yes to leave it unamended vote. No Okay, let's close voting and the Vakil amendment fails 88 in the affirmative 135 in the negative and two abstentions lat now. Let's go back to the sequence slide And so next we have the green spawn amendment We can just go to the document. That's fine. So number two in the order is the green spawn amendment which is Colored in green and it has labeled G and it the amendment that's being amended is in two parts first there's the The introductory paragraph of the vote language which we see here It's adding an exemption based on Land like land that that's their properties that are exempt from the moratorium the Arlington High School including Pierce Field was already part that that exemption for the AHS field Including Pierce Field was already part of the Malofchik substitute motion and the green spawn amendment would add additionally an exemption to the moratorium for Poets Corner Park and any adjacent land that may be acquired by the town in the future and So then we'll scroll down to the bottom and we have essentially the same amended text in the moratorium section That just reiterates what I just described So in addition to the exemption for Arlington High School Including Pierce Field would be Poets Corner Park any property there or adjacent to it that is now or in the future and ends up owned by the town So that is the green spawn amendment. It's seeking to mr. Jamison your point of order Thank You mr. Moderator Gordon chambers in precinct 12 first. I want to compliment you on your handling of this debate my question is Does this include the new fields that are part of the Arlington High School rebuild will those also be exempted based upon this language From the mall are you asking about the part that's in the original Malofchik substitute motion? Yeah, just for context with it the Current amendment of moratorium stuff. I'll ask one of the proponents to be sure mr. Weinstein you're saying this it does Okay, thank you. Thank you Okay, so once again what we're voting out. Let's say we have a point of order here mr. Gersh John Gersh prison 18 mr. Moderator are these two-thirds or one-half votes? These amendments are always majority Even if they're amending a two-thirds vote main motion and the substitutes the substitutes are also Majority, okay. Thank you. Thanks for asking Okay, so the next vote that we'll be taking is the green spawn amendment which would add an additional exemption To the more moratorium for the poets corner park land That's owned by the town or Jason property that might be purchased by the town during the timeframe of this moratorium Okay, so seeing no more points of order questions about what we're voting on let's now open voting on the green span The green spawn amendment to the Malofchik substitute motion if you're in favor of amending the Malofchik substitute motion with the green spawn amendment To include an additional exemption for the poets corner Land that's owned by the town vote. Yes. He wish to leave the Malofchik substitute motion unamended Leave the exempted lands from moratorium as is then vote. No Okay, let's close voting and the green spot amendment fails 96 in the affirmative 129 and negative three abstentions Let's now go back to the document and next we'll be taking up the schlickman amendment this is highlighted in gray in the composite document and This reduces the more more to this the slickman amendment would reduce the moratorium and study committee from two years to one year So if we scroll through the document for those gray highlighted sections with the tag s for schlickman So this I believe we're looking at the study committee parts. So the slickman amendment just to be clear it amends both the The duration of the study committee and the moratorium and so what and you could see those pieces here at the top of the screen it amends the study committee from two years ending in 2025 to instead end in 2024 and in the moratorium it similarly Reduces that from ending in 20 in two years to effectively one year the 2024 annual town meeting Yes, mr. Rosenthal Mark Rosenthal precinct 14. Mr. Moderator I may or may not be Remembering correctly, but I was under the impression that the schlickman amendment In addition to that also changed the number of people on the committee. Am I not? No, am I incorrect about that? You are incorrect Thank you. Point of order mr. Weinstein. I'll also point out. I don't know if you're going to mention that. Go ahead Jordan Weinstein precinct 21. I just wanted to clarify that What's that? Well, let's hear mr. Weinstein's point of order. Oh the point of order was to correct your Your summary of what was being changed the The maloft trick The duration the the duration was not two years. It was up to two years. It could be Yeah, less you are correct. You're yep. I stand correct. Thank you Right. I'm just trying to clarify Under what conditions it would be less than two years Is that up to the committee? Is that? Yeah, mr. Weinstein Duration of the moratorium is tied directly to the duration of the study committee So if the study committee were to wrap up in a year the moratorium would end in a year. That's the flexibility Got it. Thank you. Thanks for that clarification And that was a reasonable point of order Yep, mr. LeCourt I also want to add that there is a side effect of the schlickman amendment Which would allow the main motion if it if the schlickman amendment amends if it's if you vote to amend the The maloft trick substitute motion with the schlickman amendment and then adopt the Maloft trick substitute motion as amended by the schlickman amendment Then the main motion at that point would be divisible And I would be inclined at that point to divide the question separately between The study committee question and the moratorium question In the absence of the schlickman amendment the maloft trick substitute motion is not divisible because of an independence between the parts that are And that that That dependent link between the two gets stricken as a side effect of the schlickman amendment just to be clear on how that affects the procedures miss lecourt Annie lecourt precinct 15. Thank you very much. Mr. Moderator for reading my mind Any time Okay, any other Points of order any questions on what we are voting on Okay, let's go to a vote if you're in favor of A vote on the schlickman amendment if you're in favor of Reducing the maximum allotted time to the study committee and the moratorium to one year Through the slick schlickman amendment vote Yes, if you want to leave the maloft trick substitute motion As is and allow up to two years for the study committee and the moratorium Then you can vote no to leave it unamended Okay, voting is open Okay, let's close voting The amendment passes 132 in the affirmative 96 and negative one abstention now just One more point on this I'm going to belabor this a little bit because there's a lot of complexity here And at which I want to make clear so everyone knows what they're voting on what the implications of those votes are The maloft trick substitute motion as it stands now is now amended by the schlickman amendment The maloft trick substitute motion itself is not Actually divisible because substitutions are not divisible if Because you can't you can't substitute a part of a substitute motion for the main motion if the current state of the Schlickman of the maloft trick substitute motion as it's currently amended if if it becomes the main motion through substitution The main motion at that point will be divisible. It's a minor point, but that's where we're at right now So now let's look at the palisade amendment. This is highlighted in blue in the composite document And this would grant voting rights to all committee members So let's now we scrolled there perfect And I believe that's the only section that's amended by the palisade amendment And so you can see you can ignore the orange highlights because that's a different motion that we'll get to The palisade amendment Would strike the distinction between the voting and non voting members and just make all the members of the committee voting members without changing the composition of the committee aside from voting rights, it's just changing the voting rights from uh, let's say in the just to be clear in the maloft trick substitute motion there are Three non voting members the director of public health or its designee the director of recreation or its designee and superintendent of schools or its designee. Oh, you can see my highlights great um, so these these members here under the maloft trick substitute motion as it currently stands Are not voting members through the palisade amendments. They would become voting members along with all the other members That are already listed there Any points of order any questions on what we're voting on again? This is not opening debate Just clarity on what is the nature of what you're all voting on Yep, go ahead mr. Jamison Thank you, mr. Moderator Gordon Jamison precinct 12. I only see five Uh, so I'm just trying to see who's stricken That's a different one So right now. Oh, so the Okay, what's probably not clear what i'm highlighting here if you scroll down a little bit. There's uh, this Orange highlighted section d1. That's the denis amendment one which we haven't gotten to yet voting wise Um That section is not added By the denis one amendment. It's amended by the denis one amendment. So the portion of that That as it stands in the maloft trick substitute motion Is this so there's one member there already as the maloft trick substitute motion currently stands I'm sorry. I'm sorry. There's two. That's right. Sorry, there were two And so we go up that's three All right, this part is stricken Yeah, the stricken part is Yeah, I don't have a version of this that doesn't show the future motions. Unfortunately, that's a d1 Because there's d1 correct, mr. Moderator. There's two three four five six seven eight Doesn't it say seven on the top though? Uh, that's from a different amendment. Okay. Thank you very much. It's moderate I apologize. Sorry for my confusion. No, no it is confusing. Um, any other questions On the voting membership Okay, seeing none So, let me describe it first and then and then we'll open vote and we'll we'll go to voting If you're in favor of making all eight members of the committee Voting members including the three highlighted here if we scroll up just a little bit If you're in favor of making these three members of the committee voting members You'd vote yes to adopt the palisade amendment if you Wish to keep those members as non-voting as it stands in the current melodic substitute motion then you would vote no Okay, so let's open voting now on the palisade amendment I see a number of people entering entering the speaking queue. So you have not voted yet Okay, vote voting is now open And please confirm on your handsets that your vote has registered In this case if you press one one or two again That will not That will not delete your vote. It won't toggle your vote. It'll just confirm your vote So you're safe to press whatever button you want to press for voting You're safe to press it again until that number hits zero like it just did. Okay. Let's close voting Okay, and the palisade amendment passes 147 in the affirmative 80 in the negative one abstention. So the Um The melodic substitute motion is now amended by both the Greens, sorry the the slickman amendment and the palisade amendment Maybe if i'm really quick here, I can actually update this while That'd be kind of hard though Let's go back to the composite doc So just to confirm here the when I update this now so we don't have more confusion Um The vequil amendment failed. So I will actually just strike that from the document. So it's not going to show up anymore The green spawn amendment Um, did that fail? That they both fell. Thank you. So green spawn. I will delete from the document. So it's not distracting us Apologies for doing this real time. I didn't have the time to work out all 66 possible combinations ahead of time And palisade passed So Yeah, so palisade now But it struck that and then I'll just Inline these changes here. So it's more clear I think that and then also slickman Slick slickman passed so That's probably good enough for now And okay, so now we are at Dennis amendment one. This is the orange one This would change the number of members from eight to seven And yeah, and this appears in three places Yep, the first place is just changing the number eight to the number seven the second place is It's amending this section eight to four here by changing it from two residents Who've shown who've demonstrated experience working with local environmental advocacy or nonprofit organizations to be appointed by the town moderator changing it from that in the initial Milafchik substitute motion to one res from two to one residents Neutral on the issue about artificial turf to serve as the chair of the committee and to be appointed by the town moderator So it's changing two of those appointees to one and that one appointee under the denis one amendment the denis amendment one would be the chair of the committee And then we go down to the third or the The third section that's amended here An organization of the first meeting and this is just clarifying this is changing now. It's a side effect of the previous change that the Milafchik substitute motion initially called for the first meeting to take a vote On the chair of the committee going forward and with the change in the denis amendment one is That the chair was already selected via appointment by the moderator And so the chair is not voted by the committee In the case of denis amendment one Do we have any questions about that? okay, so Let's open voting now on whether to amend the Milafchik substitute motion as amended by schlickman and palasadi amendments We're voting on whether to further amend the Milafchik substitute motion by denis amendment one that Decreases the membership from eight to seven and makes the moderator's single appointment instead of two single appointment the chair of the committee rather than The Milafchik substitute motion which specifies that the chair would be elected at the first meeting of the committee Okay, so let's open voting now for denis amendment one that makes that change to the composition and the Chair status of the meeting. So if you're in favor of the denis amendment one vote yes If you want to leave the Milafchik substitute motion as is As it's already been previously amended, but no further at this point Then you can vote two for no okay, let's close voting And a denis amendment one passes 118 in the affirmative 104 in the negative three abstentions Okay, so let's now go back to the documents And we are now taking up denis amendment two. This is the last of the amendments to the Milafchik substitute motion And let's is and I believe it's it's amending just this one section here by adding this entire This item Yeah, that's the only change it makes. I'll just read the whole thing It says it's under committee charge and reporting For the study committee It would add to the charge The study committee's investigation shall include best practices of site specific design Procurement and stewardship of turf drawn from the experiences of other municipalities These practices shall include but not be limited to the certification and testing of turf components maintenance plans That extend the turf's useful life the choice of turf infill Downcycling options for the turf at end of life recovery and reuse of infill stormwater drainage with filtration and testing mitigation of infill migration and pre development soil And groundwater analysis reference points so A vote in favor of denis amendment two would add this item here to the study committee's charge If you wish to not add that to the Milafchik substitute motion as previously amended Uh, then you would vote. No, we have a point of order here. Yeah, come on Nancy bloom for east of day team Mr. moderator, I just have a question regarding the denis two amendments Um, does that mean this is only speaking to artificial turf or are you talking about both artificial and natural? let's say it does say design procurement and stewardship of turf drawn from the experiences of other municipalities Now I I didn't answer your question. I just read the text and I only I only understand it as far as the text I can't speak to what the intention of that was maybe Mr. Heim would you Care to offer an interpretation Doug heim town council I don't want to speak I want to be somewhat careful here and speak for the folks who offered this amendment But my understanding of it is that it's trying to offer a more comprehensive study that includes uh A broader range of solutions to products So it's not just one type of artificial Well the type of artificial turf that we've really been talking about But what are the sort of more cost-benefit analysis of that alternatives, etc I think that's probably consistent with the alternatives analysis. We engage in in some other settings Mr. Moderator, I'm just conscious of the fact that I'm not the proponent of the amendment, but that's how I read it So you're reading as if it's artificial different kinds of artificial turf and would not talk about possible I want to be sorry. I don't understand it because I didn't write it Doug heim town council again, mr. Moderator, I don't want to speak for the proponents of this amendment but My interpretation of it is is that there's probably a wider range of products out there including products with natural turf That sometimes have a subsurface layer underneath them So I would assume that this is charging the committee with studying a pre broad range of products including what might be considered natural turf, but isn't like a You know just a naturally growing grass field. I I'd like some confirmation that that's within the What they've contemplated mr. Moderator Yeah, I guess the question is because I don't want to reopen debate necessarily but also I'm wondering if Uh, if it's relevant what the intentions of the proponent are because we're voting on the text Yeah, yeah Mr. Heim So, uh, I would interpret it as broadening the scale. So the words Uh site specific design procurement stewardship of turf Drawn from experience of other municipalities Would lead me to believe that what this amendment is contemplating For example, since we've been talking about like poet's corner You've got a grass turf over an uncapped landfill and I think it's asking to Look at what the best practice is for including natural turf And understanding that the definition of natural turf might be a little bit fluid Over those types of surfaces Um, because it says for example a certification of testing of turf components That's probably in my interpretation relative to more artificial turf, but at the same time you're talking about um infill downcycling options again, uh, probably artificial turf Uh recovery and reuse of infill stormwater drainage. There are certain things that um Sometimes are underneath a natural turf field that are meant to help drain it Um And then pre-development soil and groundwater analysis It's kind of independent of whether it's artificial turf or natural turf So so some components are applicable to one type of turf versus another or both Yeah, I mean the way that it's the way that it's written. Um, again when you're talking about site specific I think you're trying to Examine what the conditions are, you know for some of the fields that we've been talking about And then you know what the practice are is for the different pieces of Turf that isn't usually just grass seed necessarily So I guess I do think that this is primarily talking about artificial turf the way that most of us are talking about I just want to be clear that there are Options to my understanding that sort of involves some hybrid technologies I don't know that it's just talking about grass seed, but I don't think that that's the way most of these fields are constructed in modern products Thank you We had a point of order from back there. Yes Arthur prokosh pretty sick for mr. Moderator. Uh, I'd like to know if town council could comment on whether We're looking at uh article or subsection a 1 a i 1 b here Article or subsection a i 1 directly above it Uh, whether that uh, larger article Would govern that larger article says the certain committee shall investigate artificial turf Right, so like the question is does the turf does the unspecified turf in this sub item Is that really scoped to artificial turf from this more granular item or that this this court screens like it? Um Mr. Hyde Doug Hyde town council. Oh Obviously, but there's also the ups. Sorry. Just if I can interrupt as well as available natural alternatives to its use Mr. Hyde, yeah Doug Hyde town council again, I think we're obviously talking primate Primarily about artificial turf, but within the context of the amendment as it's written We're clearly Opening up the scope a little bit to consider what alternatives are available How these things are composed? I think that the best way to read it is that it's broadening the charge So it could certainly include certain types of Quote-unquote natural turf, but it's it's it's clearly meant to expand it beyond I think what we've just been talking about in terms of quote-unquote plastic fields. Thank you Mr. Einstein Jordan Weisstein precinct 21 First of all, I don't understand why Dennis is not up here to explain what he meant, but But my point of order is we're talking about the definition of what we're voting on so we have to know what we're voting on In reading the literature, uh the industry literature about artificial turf Hold on everyone. I have not called scope I'm about to but go ahead Turf is defined is used to to express artificial turf That's what it means. Okay. I think so. How is that not how is that a point of order? Okay, so that's a point of information which as we've already covered is not in this book, but Um Mr. Slickman and the reason I just answered a question the reason why I'm not calling uh, dr Dennis the opponent up here is that we're now we're not at the stage of Interpreting the text and so someone whoever's enforcing this or care or executing this like the study committee They may or may not ask the proponent of this that they might just be gone from we have to go from the charge Mr. Slickman uh point of order Paul, slickman presic nine because we can't staple mr Dennis to the copies of the resolution as it moves forward We're stuck with this language whatever it is. So whatever it is and however you want to interpret it. I think It might not write that that is what we're voting this language and nothing in this discussion Or all these points of order will change this language. Thank you for the point of information That was not a point of order. Mr. James. We have actually went. There's a hand back that's been off back there What could possibly happen designing something by committee of 252 people Jennifer Lutensky precinct three Mr. Moderator is there anything in the text that is preventing the study committee from studying these issues without the Dennis amendment I do we need the Dennis amendment in order to address these questions I think that I think the question is borderline, but I will allow it since Uh, there's clearly Some confusion about the like how to interpret this amendment in the context of the substantive motion that it's amending So study committee shall investigate her from regards to I mean, I don't see any text in here. Mr. Haim feel free to chime in I don't see any text in here that would prohibit the study committee from venturing into that territory Doug Han Town council, so I think it's pretty clear that That the overall language here is meant to aim this at artificial turf and its relative safety in the committee charge section av AI One it says it shall investigate our official turf in regards to its safety environmental and cost effectiveness As well as the available natural alternatives to its use So generally speaking, I think that the alternatives are within At least contemplated for the study committee. I do think that the amendment is asking to more Is asking to focus Almost as much on those alternatives as the artificial turf But I would say that it's within scope for them to consider. Hey, what are the alternatives here? I don't know that it's asking to engage in quite the same sort of cost-benefit analysis And Mr. Haim if you could step did you add more or? Uh, yes. I I did want to clarify my apologies for not being clear I wasn't concerned about the is natural turf included so much as do we need this amendment to Consider best practices. Okay, so I can answer I I think I can answer that so Mr. Haim you might want to get ready at a podium the word shall I believe that My understanding is that I'm not a lawyer But best practices are that the preferred verb here is must but shall is usually used as You know As a synonym for that even though it's a little bit watered down But my interpretation of this correct me from wrong Mr. Haim would be That this is effective that word shall is effective requiring the study committee with the dentist amendment to To look at these things and in the absence of this amendment The study committee would just not not be required to look at these things is that your understanding Doug Haim tom council correct. So if you look at the dentist amendment to It's essentially including what sort of mandated not necessarily optioned to include best practice and also site specific design would be the other major component as well as some specific Other elements that while I presume a committee would probably want to look at if it's just looking at artificial turf Would it is sort of directed within this scope of this amendment. Thank you. Thank you very much. Okay, so just to be clear my understanding is that I think our Joint understanding is that dentist amendment to would add these requirements to the study committee And so if you're in favor of adding these requirements to the committee's charge You would vote yes on this amendment if you don't want to add those requirements But the study committee could optionally look into these things if they wish to perhaps Then you would vote No Okay, did we have another hand? Mr. Rosenthal? Mark Rosenthal precinct 14 Mr. Moderator, there is a excuse me There's a term used in this amendment or substitute motion that I've never encountered before And uh, that term is downcycling. I know I think I know what recycling is. I do not know what downcycling is Um, is there some way to get clarification on what is meant by that or do we just have to vote on this? Uh, without knowing without a clear definition of that Um, yeah, we can get clarification on that. Um, I'm not familiar with what downcycling is Any anyone up front wish to raise their hands to explain what downcycling is Uh, is mr. Slotnik here? Yeah, yep So we're looking for the definition of the word downcycling. Okay. Larry Slotnik precinct seven co-chair of zero waste arlington so Most of us think that when we put items into our blue bin, they're going to be recycled The fact is that most of those materials are downcycled meaning they're not made into a similar An item that's similar to what you put in that because the processes don't Don't enable that to happen. So when it comes to things like plastics Fibrous materials such as paper and cardboard textiles Those things will all be made into a lower grade Of those items whether it's textile fiber or plastic they will not be made into The exact same kind of container that you put into your blue bin So should I speak to the turf application of that or no? No, I think that covers it. I mean, I think the concept I think is clear that it's It's not a recycling where you can just keep reproducing the same type of product But you're a use of product that doesn't require the structural integrity or whatever of the original material Okay, thank you. Thank you Any other points of order about the meaning of what we're voting on? Yeah Bethanne Friedman precinct 15 I don't quite understand How you can evaluate a site specific design because it doesn't Anywhere say what the site is Well, I think that'd be the sites that are being considered for installation of turf Okay, do you have any other questions about the? Dennis amendment two Okay, so let's let's go to voting. So just As a reminder if you wanted that section that we've been studying for the last several minutes if you want that Added to the maloffic substitute motion. You can vote yes for the can can we scroll up a little bit? The other way. Sorry. I meant down. Yeah, there we go If you want to add this yellow highlighted section to the maloffic substitute motion To include this requirement on the study committee's charge Then you would vote yes to amend the the maloffic substitute motion with this New text if you wish to not add it to the maloffic substitute motion you would vote no So let's now open voting on the Dennis amendment two voting is open Vote yes to amend the maloffic substitute motion with Dennis amendment two Vote no to not further amend The maloffic substitute motion and move it as is Okay, let's close voting And the motion passes 126 and the affirmative 95 and the negative three abstentions Maloffic substitute motion is now amended by the schlickman amendment the palisade amendment Both Dennis amendments Okay, and both Dennis amendments and so now that brings us to The maloffic substitute motion as amended. So let me quickly If I want to make a point of order, can I do that? What's up? Uh, do we have a point of order? Yeah, I had a point of order, but I Unfortunately, I'm sorry name and precinct, please. I'm yeah, well zina precinct port whatever 15 prior and 11 now I know how to make a point of order. Okay point of order. Yes. How to make a point of order from Uh, you state your point of order That I know how to do it. I was on the speaker queue by mistake point of order Uh, what what is your point of order miss miss zina? She doesn't have a point of order. She is um over with her clarification and confusion Oh, okay. Thank you. No, no no confusion Okay, uh, we have a point of order back there. Yep You see a hand raised in the back Either of you Hi, josh lobel precinct eight. Uh, just a quick question on the divisible comment you made Is they um Stamps benson Substitute motion not divisible because it's not amended. Is that what you're suggesting? We haven't gotten to that yet, but uh these the so again like is the technical point, but substitute motions Per se are not divisible. You're not susceptible of division Um Because you can't adopt a portion uh like a part of a substitute motion independent of the other parts But once a substitute motion is voted if it's voted in the affirmative it then clobbers the main motion and at that point It it may be divisible And the benson stamps amendment if that becomes the main motion it will be divisible The melodic substitute motion as amended by You know as amended uh is Divisible, okay. Thank you very much. Yeah So actually let me quickly Why don't we do another point of order here? Beth elliott precinct 10 I just wanted to clarify the purpose of like so if we vote Yes to substitute the motion that just makes it the motion that we can then vote Yes or no, it'll make it'll it'll take the melodic substitute motion as amended And it'll make it the main motion. Okay, and then we would have to vote again on once it's the main motion Sorry new town meeting member here, so I thought sure this is probably the most confusing one I've ever seen. Um the There'll be at least two more votes one would be Why don't we bring up that slide and I could I could they can show where we are in in the flow Sorry everyone. No, no one's yeah this one here So We are currently sitting right before Vote number seven We've run through the first six votes And we have a melodic substitute motion that's now been amended And we're about to vote on the melodic substitute motion um And if we do division this weird thing division, which we don't ordinarily do That would be at the very end So we don't have to worry about that yet. We're already in it. We're already in a scenario where the melodic substitute motion Uh as amended if it becomes the main motion Will eventually be divisible But that'll be the very last step of all. Okay So if we vote if it gets a yes now then it becomes the main motion and other things happen If we vote no now then we go to Benson stamps We're gonna go to Benson stamps next regardless. Oh dear god, okay Point of order We're in the middle of a point of order right now. So did you have anything further in your point? Okay, I'll make it clear. I mean I don't need to run through everything Uh, I'll go through each step what we're doing at that point. Was there a point of order somewhere that I heard? In the in the back. Yeah, yes, uh, oh we have it from the satellite room Uh, that isn't you there we go We have a point of order from the satellite room pass Okay, point of order in the room here. Hi aim good self Uh precinct 11 could you so I've I've never seen a a divided vote before could you explain? Why that would be divided and like if would you have to make would someone have to make a motion to divide it? So do I have to explain as far as I've explained it very briefly here, which is that Ordinarily a motion can be made from the floor like an amendment and so on A motion can be made to divide a question if the parts are independent of each other Because in this case because this This article the motions under it are so complex Debate happened all at once and now that we're going through voting There's no longer any opportunity for debate and what we're doing right now is not debate I'm just taking a series of points of order because there's a lot of confusion because it's very complicated and so Uh as moderator I have the discretion to divide questions without a motion And I intend to do it in this case Because the meeting won't have the opportunity at that point to offer such a motion Because it's just going to be a sequence of votes with no intervening debate Understood. Thank you. I didn't understand. I didn't get that Uh anything else? Yeah, miss stamps Um, this uh susan stamps precinct three Uh, mr. Moderator, do I understand correctly that procedurally We're going to vote on the substitute motion as amended As to whether we want to make it the main motion and if it passes and it's now the main motion Then we're going to vote on the benson stamps Substitute motion To see if that's going to become the main motion That's right instead of the loft because only that's right only one substitute motion can be can clover the main motion at a time We're basically taking the whole decision tree And the reason why this exercise is so complicated is that but we have to take that decision tree Okay, and we have to break it into a linear sequence of binary choices Yeah, all right. Thank you vote for benson stamps No That is stricken from the record and that was not called for Miss stamps, you know better than that Okay, so We're now looking at the any other questions Okay, so before we go and let me just quickly why don't we we're almost at 9 30 Hold on. Well, here's the thing. I know I know everyone wants to vote at this point But if we take the break now, it'll give me an opportunity To update the documents unless everyone's very clear On what we're doing. I don't know how to interpret any of that Hold on hold on So, okay, we'll do this right now then But I'm gonna update you but the compromise is you're gonna wait for me to edit the doc real time And it's gonna be very painful for all of you And I'm gonna take my time Okay, so if you want to bring up the doc so you can show this so you can make so it's painful for everybody Not just me Let's see So the green spawn amendment failed, correct? So I will just remove that I did but then I reverted it because I wanted to show what was actually amended And I didn't think of that Yep, and the keel I already struck schlickman palisade So schlickman palisade Dennis one and Dennis two those all passed correct madam clerk. Yes, so Okay, so I'll just leave it at that and so now we'll slowly go through section by section so we know What you're all voting on with the with these the melodic substitute motion as amended Okay So nothing in the introductory paragraph And we have a point of order. Where's that? Yeah was the schlick schlickman um amendment in the in the uh moratorium section stricken I mean, did you did you oh, I I I restored this document to the way it was earlier and so I just I removed Uh, I just yeah, this actually didn't take me very long. I overstated it. I was bluffing and you caught me on it, but The Only ones that I removed were the that I struck from this document were the amendments that failed I just I just deleted those portions of the text from this document. I haven't seen I haven't seen the Moratorium section of this document. Okay, so we'll scroll through it section by section. So everyone's clear on what's been amended here Okay, sorry elaine crowder precinct 19. Thank you Okay, so Um, let's see. Can we is that a whole text? That's close enough right and so Uh, so the changes here the the amendments that that have been Applied to the Milovchik substitute motion Are there's now seven members They're all voting members Okay, we can scroll down and instead of two residents Uh appointed by the moderator it's one And that one and if we continue scrolling a resident who is neutral uh an artificial turf And That one appointed that one member appointed by the moderator Shall be the chair of the committee So the committee will not choose its own chair. I will choose the chair as moderator And scrolling down We have this new requirement in the charge of the study committee to investigate best practices and so on related to various types of turf and scrolling on and The study committee Will continue for one year until the 2024 until the Yeah, the dissolution of the 2024 annual town meeting and The moratorium as well Uh will run until the dissolution of the 2024 annual town meeting Provided that subsequent Yes And that's it. So that is the Milovchik substitute motion as amended Okay, seeing no points of order Let's go to a vote on the Milovchik substitute motion as amended Point of information It's extremely quick. Is it a question or yes, okay, it's a point of orders. Is the Benson stamps Substitute motion going to be amended in the same ways. No Okay, there are no amendments on that Okay, I can't vote without knowing that. Thank you. Okay. Thank you Okay, voting is now open on the Milovchik substitute motion as amended as we just ran through If you're in favor of the Milovchik substitute motion as amended Vote yes If you want to leave the main motion as no action vote no The main motion is currently no action. We're voting here whether to Replace it with the Milovchik substitute motion. Okay, let's close voting and the motion fails Very close 110 in the affirmative 116 and negative one abstention The motion fails. The main motion is still no action And now we have the Benson stamps substitute motion And so the next choice the next vote that will be before us is whether or not to Replace the main motion of no action with the Benson stamps substitute motion So let's now bring that up on screen and so It's difficult to compare this directly to what we just went through looking at the items of The Milovchik substitute motion, which is why it wasn't articulated as a series of amendments We actually tried that it was not feasible. And so it really had to be its own standalone substitute motion so Yeah, let's uh So there's very similar elements to this Let's say that there's seven voting members And two ex officio non voting members None of this is up for amendment. This is just the substitute motion as is Yeah, and the first I can you scroll back up a little bit because this was something that was amended in the Milovchik substitute motion about I can stop there Item D the organization at in first meeting You can be convened by the director of health and human services or The designee in the first order of business should be the self organization committee through election of one or more chairs So the committee will choose its own chairs Like among the voting members um The committee charge and reporting is these two items a and b under item two Review and report on artificial turf. It's health safety and environmental impacts and potential mitigation measures in comparison of artificial turf to natural turf fields study committee Shall complete so it'll be required to complete its work and reports findings To town meeting and select board no later than 30 days prior to the 2024 annual town meeting Or any or to any earlier special town meeting if the report is ready earlier The committee will be dissolved Concurrent with the dissolution of the 2024 annual town meeting unless there's a vote of that the town meeting to To dissolve it Earlier or to extend the committee and then the moratorium On the construction or installation of artificial artificial turf on town property will take Place immediately if if it actually gets passed as the main motion And will remain in effect until the solution of the 2024 annual town meeting so we leave all the elements basically expire At or adjacent to the 2024 annual town meeting Unless there's a vote of town meeting to effectually earlier or or later moratorium with a future vote But the default would be a dissolution of Or the the the end of the moratorium and the study committee by default would be At or around next year's annual town meeting so one year And Similarly to the malafchik substitute motion, there's an exemption For the arlington high school grounds including pierce fields Where the moratorium would not apply to those to those fields So that's similar as the previous substitute motion Do we have any points of order on the benson stamps substitute motion? Okay, seeing none. Let's go now to so if you're right now, we have a main motion of we do Okay, and this had better not be any advocacy for okay the stamps And so the main motion Is still no action And the next vote will be on whether to substitute the benson stamp substitute motion in place Susan stamps precinct three and I do apologize to the meeting for my little outburst there a few minutes ago Just a point of order I think there was one element that mr. Moderator when you were going through that you didn't mention that might be important To the meeting which is the conflict of interest rules for the committee. I did not miss it. Let's scroll to that. Thank you Does it actually say It doesn't say I didn't see the word conflict in here. Does it say something else? Oh, okay Got it. No nobody member Shall have testified within the past five years in a court or administrative hearing in favor Of or against the use of artificial turf shall have worked for Or in a firm or organization that would within the last five years past five years has been Has had any involvement with the selection installation or management of the construction Of an artificial turf field or whose income in the past five years was derived in whole or in part from work with artificial turf fields Or shall be a current or former member of the american sports builders association Or the synthetic turf council or whose business or firm or principal is or has been a member I believe I asked Uh, mr. Heim at one point whether there was any issue in enumerating these and I believe there were no legal issues with this enumeration of Requirements he he says correct Okay, any other any other points of order Okay, seeing none will now take a vote on whether to A vote of yes would be to replace the main motion of no action Replace that with the benson stamps substitute motion. That is the vote So let's bring up voting Voting is now open. So if you wish to Make the benson stamp substitute motion turn it into the main motion Vote yes now if you want the main motion to remain no action Vote no Okay, let's close voting And the motion passes 117 in the affirmative 110 in the negative and one abstention So now if we can go if we can go back to the the uh the slide of the vote order Okay, if you reload the slide, please The main motion is now benson stamps Okay, and Yeah, there we go So we just did vote number eight We'll now I I now declare that the study committee part and The moratorium part of the main motion Is now divided in the interest of the meeting since the meeting has no opportunity to do that through a motion from the floor And so the so we'll now The next two votes that we take which would be the last votes will be votes nine and ten Once those two parts are voted The article is Disposed of there's no vote after we finish all of the parts Uh, mr. Jamison, do you have a point of order? Thank you, mr. Moderator Gord Jamison precinct 12 I thought you said because something couldn't be amended that it couldn't be divided. Did I mishear that? Now a substitute motion cannot be divided Oh now that it's the main motion it's the main we don't have any substitute motions anymore We just have a main motion with two parts that are independent. Okay, and and now we're going to vote on each part And it's up or down on each part. That's right And if we vote them down, do we then substitute a no action? It I don't understand the question So let's say you we vote down the committee part Of the main motion. Don't we have to then vote a no action? Why is that? Because we voted it down. We didn't have any we didn't pass anything We have to pass something. You're still the moratorium part Well, if we Okay, and if we vote down the moratorium Don't we have to then have a vote of no action? No because the parts are the parts are voted down at that point Um, it's just like voting no on an article historically. I think we've always ended up voting no action, but We don't have a no action vote anymore No action is in the past. Do we have another point of order somewhere? I have a question which is why we wouldn't be putting whether to divide to a vote? Rather than just Going to divide shouldn't the body decide whether to divide the motion? the All right, so let's go to the book Division of the question is page 113 Okay, although jefferson and cushing. I don't know who they are Suggest that division of the question can only be done by a vote at the meeting Bolton suggests that the moderator should divide the question without waiting for a motion If division will serve some constructive or valuable purpose. This is the better rule So the book is recommending that the better rule Um, is that the moderator should divide the question if the moderator feels that there's some constructive valuable purpose Which have already stated that there is Because the meeting doesn't have an opportunity. There's no speaking to you right now to make a motion from the floor It does not state that the moderator should bring a vote of division To the meeting it says that the moderator should divide the question And that's what I that that's what i'm intending to do that's actually what I did Do we have a point of order? Yes, mr. Moderator dr. Maher appreciates for yes, mr. Maher you've uh the the Um You've just voted to substitute The bentham stamps Substitute motion, but it becomes the main motion. You still have to vote the main motion. Do you not? That's what we already voted to substitute Benson stamps as the main motion that is the main motion now, but yes, but you still have to vote the main motion That's right, and I've I've already declared that it is It is split into is divided into parts But in the past once it's substituted it becomes the main motion It is the main motion, but you still have to vote the main motion in two parts Mr. White Sun you have a point of order Jordan White Sun precinct 21 You stated that The uh the body doesn't have an opportunity to divide the um What's now the main motion But the body had an opportunity as soon as the benzen Stamps motion was submitted to submit a motion to divide But we didn't have a speaker queue to recognize speakers to make a motion I'm saying that in the in the pr- There was a chance to submit a motion to divide Which exists, but we didn't have a main motion until about a few minutes ago. That was divisible Okay, yeah, I get it. Yep. That's that's that's the crux of the problem That it was only late in voting that we would know for sure whether we have a main motion. That's divisible. Mr. Loretta point of order I divided it to save me time, but it seems not to be working Thank you, Mr. Loretta at crystal ready precinct seven I don't understand the words if divided next to 10 If you have divided this motion into two parts, aren't they both Voted independently and either one of them or both Could be adopted irrespective of what of what happens with the other one, right? Can we can we reload the slide? Yeah, uh, there we go. It's fixed There's no if anymore Thank you, Mr. Water Mr. Roster At a monster precinct 20 my point of order is that at this point? I think all this discussion Is out of order. I think we we've had the education We know what we're voting on if it's a little tricky We'll see when we vote on it the way that you described and I think we should just vote I declare that the uh, I think we're clear here Because of the complexity this I want to be extra careful I know it's very time-consuming and be extra careful that everyone knows what we're voting on and why I'll take one more point of order and then we're going to move on with voting on the first part Mr. Warden actually had his hand up as well. So too. Okay. Yeah Can I go sir go ahead? Very simply Steve Moore preaching day team. This is a two-third vote No, it's a majority vote Each part is a majority vote. Mr. Warden. Uh, thank you, Mr. Moderator John warden precinct eight. Um, I um I don't know about this vision Business of dividing it but whenever we get to it Divided or otherwise The customer in our in our meeting has always been as far as I recall That once that's done then we have to vote on the motion as substituted taking another another vote on the whole thing Okay, it's kind of a it's kind of a formality My recollection is that's what we've always done. You could ask Mr. Lowney to confirm that Right. So so mr. Warden has standing here as a former occupant of this chair And so let me just find the citation This is still under section 49 of time meeting time division of the question This will just take a second There here we go When all the parts have been acted upon No further vote on the whole is necessary Okay, so we're now going to move on to A vote on the first part of the divided question Which is the study committee and says that the study committee from what was the Benson stamp substitute motion Which is now the main motion So if we want to bring that up Well, actually we just covered this but the this this is the study commission the study committee part Of what was the Benson stamps substitute motion That is what we're voting on next here in favor of the study committee you would vote yes If you're voting against the study committee vote no All right, can we see can we just show that briefly one last time? Yeah point of order. Can you show that? Yeah, well, we'll show that right now. Thank you I think that is Benson stamps. Yes So the study committee part is what we're voting on here And yeah, all of this until we see The heading of moratorium Is that mr. Leone back there? Yes Only former moderators have the right to speak points of order at this point On the only precinct Eight In the very first paragraph under the word voted it mentions moratorium is that sentence also stricken in your Thank you. Thank you for moderate modified vote. Thank you for the clarification. Let's look at the first paragraph It's very astute. I thank you Uh above that it's an introductory paragraph. Yes I apologize that I did not prepare this in advance I could have Uh there and you can't see my highlighting here, but Are you able to highlight from there on the presentation computer? Let's see It's the Let's see. Oh, there are two. I believe I believe there's two sentences here yep, so the first part that we're voting on is The first sentence of that introductory voted paragraph and Part a artificial turf study committee The second vote will be the second sentence of the introductory paragraph And part b moratorium. All right. Thank you for that clarification So the parts are not contiguous, but semantically they are still independent Point of order the point of work Yes, yeah I think I think we're clear at this point The third sentence of the introduction I don't I don't recognize further speakers because I don't believe there's any former moderators That we haven't exhausted yet Excuse me point of order, please I'm not recognizing any more points because this could this could go on all night And I don't think it's constructive. Just look at the third paragraph of the introductory lesson. So the introductory paragraph recognize the speaker at this point We're gonna move to voting. Thank you. We're gonna bring up a vote on the first part Which is the study committee part, which is the first sentence of the introductory paragraph And then part a artificial turf study committee and this will be vote vote number nine or ten Nine of ten No, I think is the green light on I don't I can't see Okay, then no They might be working on dividing the slides. Is that right? Five seconds Okay, voting is now open No, that's not it. No, so we're doing the study committee Oh, I see this is the name of I think it's the name of the article but dash study committee This is the study committee part of that article Okay, I know that's confusing but we're voting just on the study committee portion Of the main motion Which is essentially the Benson stamps motion Just the study committee portion if you're in favor of the study committee Vote yes, if you're opposed to the study committee vote no Okay, let's close voting on the study committee and it passes 143 in the affirmative 81 in the negative and that's it Now we're going to take a vote On the moratorium part and this will be the final the 10th and final vote Of motions under article 12 There's no there's no final vote. It's this is it once you vote all the parts It's disposed of so we'll now bring up So if you're in favor of the moratorium That was defined in the Benson stamps motion Then you would vote yes Okay, so yes So this is the moratorium portion of article 12. Do we do we need that to say moratorium or okay, so Listen to my voice. It is The vote here is the moratorium part of the main motion Which was substituted from the Benson stamps motion That moratorium That ends at or around the 2024 annual town meeting Uh, if you're in favor of the moratorium for that Roughly one year vote yes You're against the moratorium vote no And this is the final vote under article 12 Okay, let's close voting and the moratorium fails 106 in the affirmative 122 in the negative and one abstention so The result article 12 is now disposed of we've formed a study committee We do not have a moratorium Okay We're overdue for a break. So let's now take a 10 minute break And I'll see you back here 1007 Okay, we're going to resume We will now take up article 30 nag resuming article 30. Ms. Deschler Christine Deschler chair of the finance committee and town meeting member for prec 19 mr. Moderator. I move that article Articles 30 through 43 be taken from the table We have motion to take articles 30 to 43 from the table. Do we have a second? Okay, uh all those in favor of removing those articles from the table say yes All those opposed say no It is unanimous Article three is now before us again and so 30 30 30 and just a reminder this article 30 We already got pretty far into debate Uh, some time ago and it got interrupted by a couple other articles And so this is the zoning by-law amendment for one and two family usable open space and so Can we Show and clear the speaker queue we're going to start with this Oh, we'll just clear it anyway So can we clear it and we'll start over because I think folks didn't okay now open there it is Okay And so we're going to pick up where we left off Everyone remembers exactly what we've already discussed Don't repeat what anyone's already said And I will take Mr. Baudouin first Thank you, mr. Moderator Vincent Baudouin precinct one I want to thank my friend mr. Fleming for the work that he has done on this article We had an opportunity last week to hear arguments and I don't wish to repeat them Since a week has passed. I just want to touch on a few points First of all usable open space is a requirement that a rectangle of space be left on a Property typically 25 feet on a side But that can be larger or smaller in some circumstances There were some concerns about people paving their lots for parking Mr. Champa the director of inspectional services addressed this in the debate and in a subsequent memo posted to the annotated warrant My reading of his clarification is that property owners can only create paved exterior parking if it is in a driveway And in that case it is limited to 20 feet wide There was an additional concern about this change impacting commercial properties This was addressed in another memo posted to the annotated warrant by miss ricker the director of planning and community development um And again just my interpretation, please correct me if i'm wrong is that There are other safeguards in place to protect businesses It seemed unlikely that businesses would be replaced by single or two family houses because we remove this requirement In addition the memo pointed out ways that this change aligns with the goals of our master plan Finally just a point about zoning Broadly when we make rules about what people can do with their property We are balancing our desire to protect the community's interests Against the freedom we're taking from people to choose What is best the best use of their property? Um, so there are many very legitimate zoning rules that protect neighbors including setbacks lot coverage requirements and landscaped open space requirements um In in my view the balance here should swing towards letting property owners do decide whether or not A 25 foot by 25 foot square is the best way to use the space on their property I hope you will join me in voting in favor of article 30. Thank you All right. Thank you. We'll take Mr. Mr. Loretty. Do you have a point of order? Are you considering a name and precinct? Crystal ready precinct seven I believe the rule in time meaning is if you're speaking for the second time It's five minutes rather than seven. Are you considering that a number of these people on the list spoke last week? The town by-law state I don't know if mr. Pine is here to confirm but the town by-law state that these rules apply per subject And there is a loose interpretation of that that we are speaking at a different subject because we've taken this up like a week later and it We did not have a means of tracking who it's spoken the first time Without sifting through the video it would be a lot of effort to do that and we had not done that but We'll take mr. Rudick next Mr. Rudick Oh, I'm sorry We'll get him next If you're right there. Mr. Mr. Prokosh Arthur Prokosh precinct four so To mr. Bourdon's comments, I'd like to mostly just add that The complexity that we see in the the zoning code today has real costs for our neighbors in east darlington My upstairs neighbors a lot of other people that we've been hearing about as town meeting members in precinct four Have had issues, you know, you've got a baby on the way. Are you going to build or are you going to move? and Just, you know, that's a thousands of dollars Could be a couple of years lead time on finding the right next house versus not having that lead time and You know as folks before me have said and I believe may say after me that The complexity here is Simply You know what we're talking about of the change with article 30 will be simplifying the zoning code With very small and desirable side effects. I'll leave it there Thank you, mr. Rudick Ben Rudick precinct five. I move to terminate debate Okay, we've mostly to terminate debate in very quick seconds All those we'll try a voice vote Um All those in favor of terminating debate on under article 30 say yes All those opposed I say that's terminated We have one standing two three four. Okay, let's go to an electronic vote for termination of debate Under article 30 And we can we can take the vote without clearing the queue correct. Yeah Okay, if you wish to terminate debate vote one If you wish to continue debate press two I will not be accepting any amendments ever again Okay, let's close voting It passes Debate is terminated 150 in the affirmative 59 in the negative three abstentions. So Let's now move to A vote on the main motion. Can we do that? Go straight to it. Okay A before before we open that voting though, let me just summarize But is it about summarizing the vote or is it something else? Okay Yeah, thank you. Mr. Moderator Carl Wagner precinct 15. Is this a two-thirds vote because it is a zoning vote I'm gonna get that into that in the summary. Thank you. Thank you. This is a two-thirds vote vote. Yes If you want if you wish to remove the usable open space requirement for one and two family uses from the zoning bylaw There's a two-thirds vote So let's now open voting on the main motion again, if you're Favor of removing the usable open space requirement for one and two family uses from the zoning bylaw vote. Yes If you want to leave the zoning bylaw I don't want to say unamended but not changed then vote two for now Okay, let's close voting And the motion fails 121 in the affirmative 84 in the negative three abstentions Article 30 is disposed of That brings us to article 31 And as I mentioned at the opening I'll be refusing myself because of my dog mochi And mr. Oster will be taking the chair Article 31 is before us Uh, miss embery who is going to present the report of the Board, please go ahead Thank you, brachels embery chair of the redevelopment board Article 31 is a proposed zoning bylaw amendment related to annable daycare uses in the industrial district inserted by christin anderson The board is supportive of adding animal daycare as a use and noted its particular In the industrial district the ARB voted 4 to 0 at our april 3rd meeting to recommend favorable action on article 31 Thank you. I'd like to recognize christin anderson the original proponent Uh, thank you. My name is christin anderson. I'm a town meeting member representing precinct 11 And I run a business in the industrial zone Um, first, I just want to thank the redevelopment board for voting unanimously in support of article 31 Their support of this use change is greatly appreciated During the lockdown period of the covet 19 pandemic many arlington residents were forced to stay home To remedy intense loneliness Many of our neighbors decided to welcome new pets into their homes Now that pandemic restrictions have been lifted People are going back into the office leaving their Pets at home. Many of these animals are very unhappy and suffer greatly from being home alone particularly dogs To the best of my knowledge there exists in town only one animal daycare business Go play in braddle square Go play can offer this service because they are in the business zone An animal daycare isn't allowed use in the business zone However, go play has a small space with limited capacity and a very long wait list for new dogs Arlington is in need of animal daycare Robin from robin's nest dog grooming wanted to expand her business a few years back to offer dog daycare It would have required moving into a larger space and she found one in the industrial zone But because the use was not allowed She was not able to grow her business Virginia for from potopia another woman owned local business has already moved her business to lexington Where there are more abundant commercial space offerings Daria panessi of strutton pup Has been looking at spaces in actin because she was not allowed to move into a space in the industrial zone on dudley street In a letter to town meeting members Daria panessi states Quote Arlington has become such a vibrant and diverse community over the years I have seen the transformation firsthand and I love being a part of its fabric So why is it that a small local business with a proven track record trained staff an eager clientele Is being pushed out from the community we service and live in Daria has grown strutton pup over the years. She now employs nearly 20 people And provides animal care services to over 300 area pooches Daria would like to stay in Arlington But this particular use restriction is pushing her out of town This use restriction has had a negative impact on these women's ability to grow their businesses the lack of the of available space Excuse me. The lack of available space is forcing businesses out of Arlington And worse it is negatively impacting the residents of Arlington by denying them local services that they want For doggie daycare Arlington's pooches are mostly sent to cretiscape and belmont or they are sent to Lexington or woovern Arlington's residents should not have to travel outside of town to access animal daycare services Local businesses provide services products and jobs to the community which makes Arlington a more vibrant town Local businesses help to make Arlington a town worth living in Arlington needs to better support our businesses through zoning We cannot grow our commercial base in town and realize Any level of economic development without space for businesses We have to do more to protect our existing and future businesses And one small way that you can do that tonight is by voting. Yes for article 31. Thank you Chair recognizes mr. Rosenfall Mark Rosenfall precinct 14 um First let me say that I my inclination is to support this article However, uh, mr Assistant moderators that the correct term um I do find myself wondering Where did this restriction come from in the first place? Why do we even have it for all? I know it may be something archaic that Maybe there's a legitimate reason or it may be something from the 1800s that is completely irrelevant in the 21st century Is there anybody here? Uh, who might have an answer to that? Hi, so anyone from the uh, uh redevelopment board or planning staff who can speak to that Rachel's and berry chair of the redevelopment board the industrial district Zoning regulations were actually passed by town meeting. Uh, I believe two years ago And uh, this was a use that uh was simply not included in the In the table of of allowed uses at that time the Uses were identified as a priority to be creative uses that involved Providing additional opportunities for benefits to the town in addition to traditional industrial activities Thank you So this is something that simply wasn't contemplated. So it was just an error of omission. Is that correct? Rachel's and berry uh, chair of the redevelopment board Believe you could characterize it as something that was not contemplated at the time. Thank you. Thank you Chair recognizes mr. Moore Ms. Ham Leave behind precinct 15. I move the question Okay, I'm going to try a voice vote um All those in favor of ending debate and voting immediately. Please say yes All opposed say no I think the eyes have it Will proceed directly to a vote. It's a two-thirds vote to incorporate these changes into the zoning bylaw vote yes Excuse me vote. Yes. If you want those changes to be made vote. No if you do not Have we started voting yet? Okay Close voting, please The motion passes It's a two-thirds vote. I so declare it Mr. Moderator your chair is ready Okay, that brings us to article 32 and this This was initially on the consent agenda Uh, this was held by miz mizina and so first we'll introduce this article um miz zemberry did you want to introduce the Uh The the vote from the redevelopment board, please Thank you, mr. Moderator rachel zemberry chair of the redevelopment board Article 32 is a proposed zoning bylaw amendment related to building affordable housing anywhere inserted by tom perkins After meeting with the arb the petitioner requested to withdraw the proposal The arb voted 4 to 0 at our april 3rd meeting to recommend no action on article 32. Thank you. Thank you Um, miz mizina you you held this from the consent agenda. Did you pass? Okay, so We have a recommended vote of no action We have no substitute motion And so we have nothing to debate. There's no scope for debate. So we'll move straight to a vote on The main motion of no action Let's do a voice vote All those in favor of of no action on Article under third article 32 say yes All those opposed It is unanimous. We will do nothing That takes us to article 33 Uh, now this is a finance committee article, uh, miss deschler. Do you want to introduce The finance committees vote on this article? Thank you, mr. Moderator christine deschler chair of the finance committee article 33 along with Um, most of the following 20 or so articles are articles that have been inserted in the warrent Not the request of the finance committee. Most of these articles are articles that come up every year um Article 33 relates to the, um parking benefit district, which was created by town meeting in 2017 with the idea of, uh Parking meter money that's collected Be dedicated for improvements in that very area that generated the money Through article 33 Town meeting is being asked to endorse the The expenditures from the anticipated revenue Which is 416 thousand nine hundred and twenty nine hundred and twenty four dollars endorse the Expenses from that That are listed in article 33 and that includes administrative costs Cost of the parking enforcement in that district Parking meter operations themselves and then the leftover for the Center and plaza improvements and the finance committee recommends a positive vote on article 33 Thank you, and can we show the speaker queue our folks might not have known that so we have three speakers here Uh, mr. Mr. Pooler. Do you want to Tell us something about this article? This just so folks know this article was Uh inserted into the warrant but at the request of the town manager, so I'll give mr. Pooler an opportunity to Say a few words Sandy Pooler town manager I'm just going to make this comment because I was told by one of your members that if I didn't uh, he would ask a question So let's see if I can preempt that uh I just wanted to speak to the uh progress in replacing the meters in town Uh, as many of you know, we are now not currently enforcing uh parking at meters other than for time limits because the meters don't work anymore uh, we Have anticipated that we would have them repaired In five days. I think that's probably not true Uh, we just heard today that they're uh going to be shipped. So I think by the end of the month they should be up and running again Uh, notwithstanding that We will have sufficient income this year and more than sufficient income in the coming year to meet the needs of the parking benefit district Thank you. Mr. Pooler. We'll take miss Friedman first That was the question. Okay, mr. Moore That's mr. Jalkett Okay, we have no more speakers So let's proceed to a vote on the main motion just this was on the consent agenda. It was held So, uh, let me summarize before we go into the voting This is a majority vote And you'll vote yes if you want to endorse the expenditure of $416,924 in projected revenue from the parking fund for the four items detailed on page six Of the finance committee's report If you're in favor of endorsing that expenditure, you'd vote yes And if you're against endorsing that expenditure, you'd vote no One for yes two for no Voting is now open Okay, let's close voting And the motion passes 207 in the affirmative five in the negative It is an affirmative vote Let's now move to article 34 and can we Let's we'll open the speaker queue as we introduce it so we can get through these quickly maybe Speaker queues now open. Ms. Deschler. Do you want to introduce us? Christine Deschler chair of the finance committee With respect to article 34 the town receives revenue from cable Services and in return Spends money or disperses money to support cable access television services The finance committee recommends a positive vote on 34 Thank you. Let's now go to the speaker queue. Mr. White Is mr. White is mr. White in the balcony? I don't see mr. White. Mr. Leone This was just fyi. This was on the consent agenda and it was held I'm not sure by whom but mr. Leone I don't know any precinct eight. I'm also the president of acmi It act me as I call it Michael ruderman whose our treasurer is here. We also have some other former board members Barbara costier used was an initial board member and Charlotte pierce was also a board member ACmi gets its funding from your cable bill If you'll notice on your bill there's a franchise fee for five percent That's designated by the federal trade commission to go to peg access peg public education on government The only legitimate use for that under the federal rules is to give it to the local cable company for peg Which we use in arlington to fund acmi acmi which does the screens which does this for us for um cable television Does the school committee does the select board does all the other boards that we fund That are funded through this so we're going to ask you to just vote this up to two years ago It automatically went through but the department of revenue on the state changed their rules So that it had to become a vote of the town or the city to approve the budget item every year so we're kind of Wish it hadn't come off because in the future it's going to be here for every year And if you'll notice if you check the revenues that have come in over the last several years They are going down Um, it's from the cable cutters all these people are cutting cable and going to streaming. It's directly affecting our budget Um, we've lost almost a hundred and fifty hundred seventy thousand dollars over the last three years So in a couple of years we may have to come to the town to ask for additional money or some other funding Or we're going to have to cut the services we provide so Please prevent pass it this year and let's hope that normal people cut their cable. Thank you Thank you. Mr. Leone cutting your cable is out of scope Do Mr. Kepline did you want to speak? Mark Kepline precinct nine I'm sorry. I didn't have my finance report with me tonight um, I'm wondering if Someone could tell us How much money this is? How much goes to salaries how much goes to programs? um, and then Some information about the um The classes they're available to residents and students within islands and schools Uh, miss dash, would you have the answers to the first question about the say that mr. Kepline's I'm not sure I Caught everything might have to repeat it Christine dash lecture the finance committee on page seven in the finance committee report The amounts for operating expenses salaries and taxes In capital listed as for programs. I I can't answer that Okay, could somebody tell me what kind of things Okay, could somebody maybe list out some of the services AC my brings to the town and the value they provide Especially with with courses for student for residents And mr. Leone's do you have an answer to that? ACMI provides invaluable John Leone precinct eight acmi provides invaluable services to the town of Arlington We provide the select board meetings for your watching benefit at home. We provide this for your watching benefit at home We provide at the high school. We have a little sub studio that we use to train the um students who wish to learn about audio visual in the latest technologies for cable casting for broadcast We also provide training for interns from some of the various colleges in the area Our studio and our training is highly sought after among colleges and those colleges sent children Arlington we also provide training for the high school kids and the middle school children in the latest Um television cameras the latest technology latest editing right back here Right opposite the men's room. We have a studio. It's a satellite studio that directs Connects up to our studio up the heights at the old Dallin library And we also have another sub studio in the food link building on summer street That provides Training for the high school children and also from that studio We can transport equipment down to the football field the basketball field Soccer and to train to cable cast those games for the parents who can't make it down to these To the event and we Do other things as well. We have to be careful on when we try We can't really broadcast all of like the student plays that they have every year because of copyright laws so we we have to norm does a good job of Norma morn cloud our executive director who's been there since 2006 He does a good job of keeping us straight okay, and the news broadcast and You have educational programs for adults too, right? Yes. We do Anybody can come down and become a member. I believe the membership fees $40 must take 50 bucks like $50. Okay, it's 50 bucks And if you can't afford it, we make an accommodation fee So we'll train anybody on how to use the equipment meaning the cameras the We have drones. They can use the drones. We'll train on how to use it And then the editing student and editing suites will train you how to use the suites So you can do a program so whatever you want to do you can do it If it's a purient interest, we're going to show it at two o'clock at night So we don't offend anybody but we have to show it The fcc makes a show everything that anybody comes up with Thank you very much. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. And we'll take mr. Moore next Is it invaluable or is it valued at $820,000 and 40 $477 Just kidding mr. Moore Thank you, mr. Moderator christopher more precinct 14 Motion to terminate debate. Okay. We have motion to terminate debate. We have a second All those in favor of terminating debate under article 34 say yes All those opposed The yeses have it debate is terminated. Let's go to vote on the main motion under article 34 Which is before actually before we switch over and we summarize As the majority vote you vote. Yes, if you wish to endorse the expenditure of $820,000 $820,477 in projected cable revenue detailed on page seven of the finance committee's report If you're in favor of endorsing that expenditure, you vote. Yes, if you're against it vote no Let's open voting now On the main motion of article 34 I think the green light song But we don't have a vote screen yet Oh There we go voting is open Okay, let's close voting And the article passes 209 in the affirmative one in the negative Uh, the motion passes and article 35 has been disposed of let's 34 has been disposed of sorry I'll go to article 35. Ms. Deschler Christine Deschler chair of the finance committee Article 35 relates to reclassification of positions Reclassification is the process by which a town employee's job description and or salary is adjusted to reflect their actual job responsibilities The process begins with the employee and the department head Filing an application for reclassification to the director of hr who examines the job description compares it With similar descriptions and 12 nearby towns and decides whether the Job should be reclassified if reclassification is denied the employee is entitled to appeals to a three-person appeals board Positions that are reclassified are presented to town meaning as we have done Uh To you in our report on page eight under article 35 Actually just one second sorry for the interruption. Can we clear and show the speaker cue? Uh, while mrs. Deschler speaks Okay, thank you mrs. Deschler sorry for the interruption Certainly mr. Moderator the positions reclassified are listed on pages eight and nine of the finance committee report where the finance committee is is asking for a positive vote to um endorse the the classification plan as amended and also For an appropriation of five thousand forty three dollars To cover the adjustments by these reclassifications Thank you See we have mr. Loretty and the speaker kit mr. Loretty. You're recognized to speak I thank you as moderate chris Loretty precinct seven. I was just wondering if someone could explain um What some of these abbreviations mean like ntp versus oa and and If there's not and there isn't much change in the appropriation What's the the purpose of the reclassification? And mr. Pooler can you answer that? Sandy pooler town manager those are uh indications of both union and non union positions uh, so uh the uh O's are part of the ask me mtp is a non union position Uh, I'm trying to see what the other ones are but those are all uh, just designations of Uh, where people fit in the unions or in the non union positions Thank you. Just one other question if i'm in this moderator. Yeah, does the higher number After the grade indicate that It has it tops out at a higher salary. Is that what that is for? See any pooler town manager each of those Classifications has a range of steps that they go through each step You go up one a year And so if you go from grade six to grade seven you will be Grade seven is paid more than grade six and then you would go up The steps system most of these jobs have eight steps Thank you. Thank you Mr. Newton Okay, we have no more speakers So let's proceed to A vote on the main motion before we bring that up I'll summarize that this is a majority vote and you can vote. Yeah voting. Yes We'll amend the classification plan in the town bylaws by reclassifying 12 positions Appropriating $5,043 corresponding to those reclassifications Adding 10 positions and deleting five positions. You can read the details in the vote language Uh, so let's now open voting On the main motion under article 35 Okay, voting is now open. I believe Okay, let's close voting The motion passes 208 in the affirmative one in the negative Article 35 is disposed of it takes with the article 36. Ms. Deschler Christine Deschler chair of the Allenton finance committee Article 36 asks town meaning to appropriate $570,357 Into a salary reserve fund to be set aside for future collective bargaining agreements to route it also asks Tommy to ratify the recent collective bargaining agreement with seiu To appropriate from the salary reserve fund $41,026 to pay for f y 23 salary increases associated with the agreement and to appropriate $129,643 to pay for f y 24 salary increases the finance committee Recommends a positive vote Great. Thank you. Can we clear and show the speaker queue? Seeing no requests to speak Let's proceed to a vote on the main motion after I summarize The vote that's Ms. Deschler just described This is the majority vote and you can vote yes to appropriate $570,357 to be set aside for funding future collective bargaining agreements transfer $41,026 from the existing salary reserve to f y 2023 budgets increase other f y 24 budgets by $129,643 and ratify financial items in the collective bargaining agreements with the service employees The union local $888 So let's open a vote now if you're in favor of all those things vote yes one for yes two for no Okay, let's close voting And the motion passes 206 the affirmative five negative Article 36 is disposed of that takes us to article 39, which is a no action article. Ms. Deschler I think this will be quick Christine Deschler chair of the finance committee since no appropriations are transferred Transfers are required at this time the finance committee had a no action vote on article 39 Great, and thank you. And I have Do you have a point of order or okay point of order? About behind mr. Loretty, who's it? Okay. Can you speak into the microphone so we can As you bloom please in 18 The screen has 36 before I But I think it's right now. Okay. Thank you. So yes, it's article 39 And so I we don't have a substitute motion. We have a recommended vote of no action Mr. Loretty, do you have a point of order? It was it was held These according to my records, right? Correct. Yeah, so Let's take no further time disposing of this no action article, please All those in favor of no action, which is the main motion under article 39 Say yes All those opposed to no action It is unanimous That we're taking no action under article 39 That brings us to article 40. Ms. Deschler Christine Deschler chair of the finance committee In a previous town meeting You are asked to authorize Barrowing for water meter installations that project is now completed and there is 30 300 thousand dollars in unissued debt That is no longer required The finance committee recommends a positive vote on article 40 to Resin this prior borrowing authorization and get it off our books Okay, thanks Second to what Let's take miss carleton geeseon first Pass, uh, miss mandel Mrs. Mara Pass mr. Newton pass Mr. Loretty Thank you. It's moderate chris. Loretty precinct seven. Um, I do have a question about the water meter installation program I hope you'll deem appropriate if this Installation program has been deemed complete There was a plan to make all of the data available for these new meters available to town residents Will that still happen or will the recension of this budget means mean that is no longer going to happen Mr. Pooler, can you answer that? Whether the rescinding of this authority affects those terms sandy pool our town manager the rescission of This prior authorized debt does not affect The program that we will implement once we've completed all of the meter turn change outs of allowing you to see Your use in real time Actions moderate. Thank you seeing no more speakers We will go to a vote on the main motion, which I'll briefly summarize this as a majority vote And vote yes to rescind the authority to borrow $300,000 of unissued debt Previously authorized at the 2014 town meeting And yeah, so let's open voting voting is now open and this is a majority vote Yes, I just saw a bunch of speakers show up in the queue. So something happened. So we're going to reset Oh, and it says 41 it should be 40. This is the wrong title Yep, should be 40 rescind borrowing authorizations from prior years While we're waiting. Does anyone have any amendments? Just kidding Okay, it looks like we're good to go, right? Okay Voting is now open on article 40 Vote yes to rescind the authority to borrow $300,000 of unissued debt previously authorized at the 2014 town meeting As recommended by the treasurer Okay, let's close voting And the motion passes 202 in the affirmative one in the negative. Do we have any Motions to adjourn at this point. Oh before we do that. Yes. Thank you Before we do that Do we have any notices of reconsideration miss deschler? I believe that was all the finance articles we had tonight, correct those we have notices of reconsideration on those Seeing no other notices of reconsideration Which I'm glad to see because it's complicated with division Do we have a motion to adjourn? Okay, we have a motion to adjourn. Do we have a second? All those in favor of adjourning say yes All those opposed We're adjourned