 in 2021 and as chair of the Rochester. 10th of May. 10th of May. Yeah, okay. 10th. 10th, sorry. And as chair of the Rochester Select Board, I find that due to the state of emergency declared by Governor Scott, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and pursuant to addendum 6 to Executive Order 01-20 and Act 92, this public body is authorized to meet electronically. And in accordance with Act 92, there is no physical location to observe and listen contemporaneously to this meeting. However, in accordance with the temporary amendments to the open meeting law, I confirm that we're providing public access to this meeting through the Zoom platform. And you can get access to the Zoom meeting by looking at the contact information on the posted minutes through warnings through the town by going to the town website or by requesting a specific email sent to you by the town clerk. All right. Thanks, Frank. How could I forget that? Yeah. Second nature. Yeah. Yeah. And, um, and just to get everything up to, um, to speed with Orca and then here's someone else wanting to get in. Um, we've had a, um, request for a couple of additions to the agenda. Tim Pratt wants to speak about something. And Jeff get part is, um, wanting to, um, comment on, we just got a notification from the Vermont community of, um, committee of rural development and, um, about selecting Rochester for a project and also the green mountain power proposal for, um, resiliency Island and also, um, um, the mo electric project, the request for a portal it for that. And that led us off to the minutes for the April 26th meeting, which we have put off to approve till next meeting. Frank has had a, not a chance to see those and they're fairly extensive minutes. And that brings us right back around to, um, Catherine Shankman as a guest and her neighbors who are concerned about the, um, the neighbor trading a bike path in the yard. Yes. Uh, it's, it's Joan. Um, I'm sorry to, I hope this isn't obnoxious, but, um, the bid opening was supposed to be the first item on the agenda at six. Okay. All right. That is so, all right. So Catherine will, um, we'll, um, we've got you in there in support of the second item on the agenda. So let's go ahead and Joan and open those bids. You've got them. I believe that Julie sent you any last minute arrivals. Is that correct? Um, no. She handed those to, to Frank. Um, so I have all the results now. The question I have for you is, uh, we have six bids. And of those all but one have a bid for all five sites. So would you like me just to give the totals for each bid or, um, would you like me to break down each one of the five project areas? Um, so all but one are in the one that is not for all six sites. How many sites? Four out of the five. That's for four out of the five. Right. Um, well, I suppose since they're bidding now, and the people that bid on all six sites, are they willing to accept? Or all five. Are they willing to accept less than all of those sites? Uh, I can't answer that. Yeah. We're doing at this point is. Reading the results. All right. I think you should probably. You'll be meeting separately to make a decision. Yeah. Yep. Yeah. So I think we should probably have all the information then. Yeah. All right. I'll try and make it as untidious as possible. The rest of you. Um, I'll start with K and S construction. Uh, Uh, K and S bid on all five sites. Um, Jerusalem Hill Road 31,280 dollars. Mountain road. 42,000. Oh, one six. West young road. 512. Wing farm road. 37,000. 440. People Hill Road 20,008. And there was a note appended to the bid in which the bidders stated that. If all four, five of these projects, all five roads were awarded to K and S that they would provide a 5% discount. Um, So that the total before the discount for those five sites are 135,456. If you take out the discount and that, uh, bid amount would be 128. 83. The next one is blue mountain trucking. Uh, who also bid on all five roads. Jerusalem Hill Road 34,474. Mount Cushman Road. 49,412. West young road. 6,000. Wing farm road. 420,069. And make Hill Hill Road. 21,668. The total. 153,623. Uh, next is excavate. Who also bid on all five roads. Jerusalem Hill. 24,828. 50. Mount Cushman Road. 33,850 dollars and 20 cents. West young road. 3,581 dollars and 40 cents. Wing farm road. 29,718. Even. Hill Road. 16,000. Oh, four. Oh, 10. So the total for excavate. Is 108,001. 820. Three more. Next is Harvey's. Um, plumbing and excavating. Now Harvey's only bid on four out of the five roads. Um, so I won't give you a total because it won't be comparable here. Um, Jerusalem Road. 37,291. And this includes, uh, time for a hydraulic hammer. Uh, no bid for Mount Cushman Road. 5,867. Even. Wing farm road. 24,823. Even. And Maple Hill Road. Uh, 22,007. Even. Um, Jerusalem Road. 37,291. And this includes, uh, time for a hydraulic hammer. Uh, no bid for Mount Cushman Road. 27,000. And this includes, uh, time for a hydraulic hammer. Um, so I'll give you a total of 7,000. Uh, next one is Jack Bowen excavating. A bid on all five roads. Jerusalem Hill 22,0541. 45. Mount Cushman Road. 27,836. 5,7. West John Road. 3,026. 45 cents. Wing farm road. 24,388. 34. and Maple Hill Road, 13,845 dollars and 98 cents. And their total was 91,638 dollars and 79 cents. And ECS, who bid on all five roads. Jerusalem Road, 19,032.96. Mount Cushman Road, 22,185.52. West Yonge Road, 2,658.28. Wing Farm Road, 17,006.08, no cents. And Maple Hill, 10,929 dollars even. The total for ECS for all five roads was 72,443 dollars and 76 cents. Excuse me, you said 72,400. What was that? For which? The very last one ECS, 72,004. The total? You're looking for it? Yes, total. 72,443.76. Thank you, thank you. So select board, I'll compile all this and send this to you so you don't have to. Hopefully you are not writing all of that, trying to write all that down. So those are the six bids we have. And you can just let me and Cooter know when you plan to set up a special select board meeting in order to discuss this and make your decision. Okay, thank you. Thank you. Yeah, all right. While we're here, Joan, do you have any other updates besides working on that? Sure, you've heard before, but I've been going, having it back and forth with VTRANS on the total reimbursement, the final reimbursement that they owe us for Bethel Mountain Road, two years later. They were trying to, well, they had come up with a number that was short about $12,900. So I questioned them on that. So we've been going back and forth all week about it. And it turns out that it seems it's not yet resolved. I think it might be resolved by tomorrow, but it appears that they may have made an error and thought that they had paid us for something that they hadn't. So we're almost done with that. All right. And we have resolution now on the challenges that we got from FEMA reviewers for the roads that have been completed so far, the work that had been completed in 2019. They were asking if you remember whether we were required to obtain any permits from either Army Corps of Engineers or Wetlands, DEC Wetlands or DEC Streams. And thanks to a lot of help from Chris Bump at VTRANS, we were able to connect with the folks, relevant folks who could look at these sites for us and let us know whether we actually did need permits. And after a great deal of work on my part and on Cooters' part, the answer is no. You didn't need any permits. Yeah. All right. So I think we're done with that, but I'm not gonna say we're done with that because I'm not done with it at all. We're done. Yeah. And so the next task that Cooters and I will be working on is the Municipal Roads General Permit is within a few months, we have to make a report on our progress towards addressing all of the hydrologically sections of road that are considered not up to 100% functioning. So I have to work with Cooters to figure out which, what projects have been done to date, whether we're meeting our interim goals towards the final goal of having all of those road sections improved the state standards. So that's it. Thank you, gentlemen. All right. So, Catherine, I will work back down to you. We got a good preview to start before Frank alerted me to the lack of procedure here. Tony Goopy, if you got anything to report from the library. We will have a trustees meeting tomorrow at six o'clock. And I think you have some things on the agenda from the library. Yep. We have an application for the use of the park. Right. Yeah. But I think, so I don't really have anything else except Jeanette is starting to get people into the library by appointment. Okay. So that's a nice change. Yep. While we have you on there, do you want to tell us what the application for the library use of the park is? Jeanette can probably speak to that a lot better, but I think it's the matter. It's Jeanette, do you want to talk about that? Sure. A month ago, you approved the use of the Gazebo on Friday afternoons. That will be for older children as a summer reading event. And we would also like to use the Gazebo on Thursday afternoons for the younger preschool group. So it's basically the same thing as Friday just on Thursday afternoon as well. Okay. And that's through the- What's the timeframe on that? Tuesday afternoon, I think I put on that the application one to four will probably be using it more along the line of two to three, but just to put a cushion on each end. And that's Thursday afternoon. Correct. So when seriously by younger children, do you mean like preschoolers? Did you just say an early elementary or excuse me? The zero to five on Thursday and the, you know, six to 10 on Friday. He just six to 10, okay, on Friday. Okay, with two restrictions, we probably should also alert the lawn mowing person that that wouldn't be a good mode that apart. I think because we give the library the Friday one, I don't know why they don't go down to school for the Thursday one, make it a lot easier. They've got those 10 set up down there now. And if they're younger kids, they might want to play around on the playground a little bit. It might be a better fit for them. Well, I'm not sure how people from the community coming into school property would fit with the rules and regulations at the school. Well, why don't you check on that and get back to us? Okay. Well, these are the summer reading program to start the first week of June. So am I correct that we already, I mean, the slick word already approved the Friday one, didn't they at a previous meeting? Yes, we did. During the farmer's market. Yes, during the farmer's market. I don't see why this should be a problem at all. It's a bunch of kids being on the park. The park. I don't see it as a problem, Tony. I just don't want to keep tying up the park every day for something else when, you know, people are driving through or whatever. And I just don't think we need to tie it up every day of the week. That's all. I don't think it's been very tied up at all. It's pretty empty most of the time that people go down. I just don't even see that this makes sense. It's not like there's going to be a crowd of four or 500 kids there. That's true. So now you're asking for this for throughout what kind of timeframe all summer? What if we approve this for a month and then see how it plays out and then we could revisit that? Well, partially because we're trying to put together a calendar for the summer to send home with the kids before school's out. I mean, we're going to hope to have maybe 10 kids. I don't, I didn't know, Frank, if I see it as that much of a problem. I mean, if it's the mowers, you know, when they get in there, they're pretty quick about it. That's up to you guys. I would just... I'd be inclined to... I'm just being cautious, that's all. I'd be inclined to improve it. And then if it turns into be problematic, then we could revisit things into the summer. It's fine with me. That's what you want to do. What do you think, Matt? What happens on a rainy day? They go back inside the library or? In the gazebo. That's the point of being on the gazebo. I got it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that would be fine unless there was really bad weather. Do you have any idea how many kids you're anticipating? I have no idea. We've unfortunately had very little participation in children's programs in the recent past. We're hoping to build a children's program with these programs this summer. Dune? Yeah, Nancy? How... Or maybe I should ask Frank. How is this going to impact the painting of the bandstand? Well, I'm not sure of that, Nancy. I haven't... I did hear from Magic Brush today in not a favorable way. So I wasn't really... I have to look at another option for that now. So I'll have to get back to everyone on that. I'm not sure how it is going to affect the painting of the bandstand. I'll let you know when I find out. Yeah. So let me ask one other question. Are these the same children that will potentially participate in the Rockbridge camp? These are preschoolers. I don't know what the minimum age for going to camp is at Stockbridge. What about the older kids? I have no idea. The Rockbridge camp is for Stockbridge and Rochester kids. Right. And I think they have activities in both towns. It starts... It starts older. It does not include preschool. And if I understand correctly, you said the ages 6 to 10 is Friday and the Thursday afternoons are the preschoolers, right? Correct. For your library thing, okay. Correct. I don't have that... Well, I mean, just two groups is a pretty wide age span. So we're just trying to do the younger kids on one day and the older kids on another day. Yeah. Well, I'd be inclined to give permission for that and see how it goes. And if it ends up to being a conflict, then we can address that in the future. I have a little bit of a wonder about insurance, but I think it's probably all under the same umbrella because it's the library. Right. So whatever insurance covers anything that happens on the park. Yeah. All right. So I guess I'd move to approve that application. Do I have a second? You can second that. Second that. And then all in favor. Here's two of us. Okay. Hi. I'm against. Okay. No problem. A rare split boat in town here. Yep. Rare split down in. All right. Sorry folks. All right. So we got. So Catherine, thank you for your patience. We come back to this topic now. That we got some of this other. Agendas out of the way there. Peter. Yeah. Yeah. I believe that Peter has something to say. So I'm going to step aside and let Peter talk. Peter's last name. So that I can. I have missed your line input. Jensen. Yeah. Jensen. Jensen's brother. Thank you. I believe somebody is trying to insert a point here. Yeah. I have an important point on this conversation. If I can cut in the line. Peter was about to talk, but Peter, are you willing to let. He says this important. Let's hear what he has to say. Yeah. Hi, y'all. I've been around a few of these meetings and most. And I've been in touch with my heart a little bit. I guess he's not on our meeting tonight. Don't see him. But I feel comfortable speaking on his behalf. And also on behalf of Rasta. Being a long time member. The most important point is the path. The small woodland path on my heart's furlings property. Has no intention of going public. Rasta does not need or want any responsibility for a very, very short path on private property. And there are no other public. Concerns or public intentions. So, you know, I'm not going to talk about that. I'm not going to talk about that. My heart and youthful exuberance was. Excited to make a contribution to our town in that fashion. But he has come to realize that there's no reason need or. Responsibility for putting this in any sort of public purview. So with this being a private path on private property. I'd suggest there's not a lot of conversation necessary at the moment. But I think we need to. To find resolution to everybody. That's all I got. Well, that's some important information there. And it's new information because I've. Had extensive correspondence with Mahar. So. I'm glad that he informed you and you informed us. Could we have this in writing? Would it be possible to have Mahar's intent in writing here? Sure. I imagine he'd be happy to email. His intentions to Catherine. Would that be sufficient or. Who else should receive that? I would find that sufficient. All right. I'll encourage him to do so. Yeah. But I have additional concerns about the path because my property is the closest to it. 91 school street being one of those properties. And I'm right across the creek from the low point on the path. And. One of my concerns has to do with erosion. There've been a lot of trees cut to make us as you put it a small path. And that's going to expose a very steep slope to much more direct rainfall. And that is a sensitive point in that stream, because that's right where the work is going to be done. And that's where we're going to be. This summer to repair the wall of the stream bed, which is collapsing dangerously there. And that's, I guess, 50 feet or so from the bike path. So it's a point of contention right there. Whether that's a good thing. And as to it being a short path, I saw a biker just the other day come down the path. There's a lot of rain down the road. And the weather was really fine. Toward the white river. Till I couldn't see him anymore, which was beyond the property. The private property of spurling. So I don't know whether that's leading into other ideas for extending the trail or what. And as to it being. people it's affected my plans for that property because it was the view of the stream and the quiet and the fact that the trees provided nice forest their view that made us want to build something there and replace the property that presently exists and is falling down there. So that changes our plans completely and now we're going to have to see how it plays out. I agree with you by the way this is a matter as neighbors. We should be neighborly and speak to each other about this and that's what I look forward to. I'm sure Mahar would like to have that conversation and we'll circle in Tim Pratt and Catherine Shankman and any other concerned neighbors will be I'll encourage him to make that communication. That was always the intent to work this out between neighbors but when it wasn't it wasn't the concerns of the neighbors were not being adequately addressed we went to the planning commission and that's you know so I'm very glad to hear that the intention is shifted. It was the public usage that was of the greatest concern. Yeah I think it's been a little educational experience for Mahar just to you know learn about raining in his as Kenley put it his youthful exuberance you know that's um you know he's very excited about the whole recreational trail development in the area and he just wanted to you know draw his his his ring in the fire there but is that land even in is Mahar's land even in the village zone? Yes I would think it's not is it? Yes it is. It is because I thought the zone was the brook. I'm a little confused as to exactly where his property is and compared to some to like cat where Catherine lives. You remember the the old conceptions building uh-huh okay it's the it's between that it's that piece of property oh okay all right now the apartment building owned by the Spurling. All right thank you now I know where it is. The property is the property there it directly across from our property is owned by Jeff Friedman and Janice Melvin and then the the Spurling property has a slit right by the cottage right so that the path came across the backside of the apartment building and then it took the downward turn right into the front of the cottage that is owned by my next door neighbors the Brick Schoolhouse folks so yeah and then I think that's all Spurling and I don't know what the boundaries of the other end of their property is so. At the um at the um Peter you mentioned riding along the brook then it it loops right back up onto the driveway going up to that apartment building. That's correct yeah the the path that I saw the cyclist on a few days ago was a little more extensive. He came down the the path that's been cut and then headed off toward the White River along the brook um right there wasn't made into a path at all. All right well that's um I think it's there's not much that as a select board we're um going to do other than facilitate conversation between neighbors I guess just be thankful that he they did decide to cut all the trees down and put gravel on the bank which I've seen some things do. I mean it um but not to make it. Do we have anything over this anyway do we do? No I don't think we do I don't think but but it's I don't think we do you know um but it's it's um glad to serve as a sounding board just for people to get out and and and speak their minds and and you know what their concerns are. Yep if anything it's helped us to establish more communication. Kinley thank you for speaking with Mahar about that and I believe when the um you approach the planning board it um and Greg White is now the executive director of what used to be known as Rosta and he um that was news to him. This is I think Mahar's exuberance of saying this is going to be another Rosta trail was um was that was you know not based in reality. Is that yep. Experience is good. Yep we all learned from it. Yep so um thank you. So June did I I'm sorry I was writing as fast as I could you you were thanking Kinley for for checking uh consulting with the planning commission about this was that oh I was thanking me for his um communication with Mahar um about these concerns and the clarification he brought to the the topic tonight. Thank you very much. Sorry about this. It's all right. Okay we got your loans from the library um so um I think that in terms of the highway issue opening those bids and the updates on finally getting some reimbursement on the FEMA projects kind of covers that um Jeff you as the energy coordinator I think that will um come into um some of the topics that you added to the agenda at the building you want to speak to that a little bit you're you're muted Jeff. Try to do that at least once a day. Yeah okay so um a couple of things we've been selected as the Vermont Council on Rural Development's choice for their model climate communities program. It should give us really an opportunity to restart and vision Rochester and to give us additional assistance in looking at the high school repurposing and including all of that um planning to analyze and address our buildings and on our town assets and our community and our residential assets as well to set us on a path to get ready for the future as we see increases in climate um problems uh you know bigger storms you know this is a way that we can further work to enhance our resiliency and and and be a vital community. So I um I'm really thrilled that uh that they're selecting us for this. I've been working with John Copen's um off and on uh and participating in their climate catalyst training and I just think it's a great a great tool for us. It's going to cost us nothing. They're not bringing money but they're bringing excellent facilitators and analyzers of community uh vitality. So um I look forward to working with the select board and and the BIC and with Catherine and and the repurposing committee to see what we can build here. Yeah likewise with GMP and the resiliency island um we are coming up uh on I think it's the 18th that they are coming to Rochester. I've completed the uh with the help of a lot of people um that should get a call out and Frank for helping me with some wordsmithing and others but we have I think a final document ready to provide GMP as our community profile. It gives them information that they need to determine whether the resiliency island whether we can go ahead with that kind of thing. So excuse me Jeff they're coming on May 18th for a meeting about the resiliency island program. Is that it? Um they're coming to take a look at siting potential siting for the equipment involved. Um the idea with the resiliency island is that you generate renewable power um primarily uh it's likely to be solar um that you uh put a lot of that power in the commercial Tesla battery bank and when power to our community is down because of wires down out in the woods coming to us um the resiliency island will be able to continue to function. We will have uh utilities and service in in the community and can provide better support to the outlying areas that are out of power. Um in addition it provides GMP with a lot of financial benefits less repair cost and also the ability to tap those batteries when they go into peak periods and that prevents them from having to buy very expensive power and uh makes this appealing to green mount power. So the report the the community profile is something that they are waiting for if it meets the approval of the board and we should get it off to them so they've got some time to review it uh before the meeting coming up. Hey Jeff. Yeah. There's just one thing on that questionnaire that they put out. I would like to add something on that number one but not just make me the contact there but I would like the select board to have all that information to as a whole not just me um if you could add the you know the select board members there in that question number one. Sure. That would be good I think. I think no problem. I think that'd be best for everyone. Would it work best to have one name and then copies or do you want to I think what they're trying to do is who should we be reaching out to? Right. Yeah that's fine do that and we can copy it that way. Yeah yeah that's good. Yeah the more people we have known about this the better off we're going to be. Absolutely and this this will dovetail in I mean an analysis of this will dovetail in nicely with the uh the model um I can't remember their darn acronym entitled the climate economy model community that's what it is. I mean it's part and parcel of it really. So um on the 27th of this month we have a mo electric demonstration day scheduled. This is work of the Rochester energy and climate action committee. There are three vendors that are going to be participating. What they will be showing are commercial grade mowing equipment. The invitees to the event are the folks around town in the valley who mow lawns for a living and also reaching out to Sunshine Berry Farm they do a lot of mowing as well as the golf course and of course to interest the vendors the broader the view the better. I've reached out to a couple of the golf courses down in Killington as well. We may have some interaction or people coming from the Bethel side of the mountain as their energy committee is interested in this as well. A gentleman by the name of Steve Wisbaum is really the most knowledgeable person in the state about this equipment. He will be there at the event helping contractors identify the specifications that would be important for these machines to fit their needs. Green Mountain Power is coming. They have a $2,500 incentive for this kind of equipment and in fact Green Mountain Power has never seen this equipment so they're bringing people from both southern Vermont and northern Vermont as well as Freeman Corey and central Vermont so that they can actually see what they're throwing $2,500 at. And Chef, where is this actually taking place? Where? This will be at the ball field. Okay. All you mean now by the tennis courts? Yep. Okay, thank you. Excuse me. Thus the need I think for a portal. It will run from 11 o'clock until 2 o'clock and it's not a formal program. Basically people will come through you know pop-up tent stations. They'll register. I want them all to talk with Stephen Wisbaum and then they will go ride and talk about the equipment with the vendors and all that in a bag of chips. I'm going to buy some hot dogs and some chips and we'll have a little cookout down there. So do you need to coordinate with John Gordon who usually mows that field to hold on? I saw John and spoke with him on Friday. He is aware of it. He's also invited to the event of course and what I would suggest or request would be that maybe Frank and John and I go to the site and take a look at what kind of area we should stay within or without but it would be nice to have a good deal of space there because there are 21 different firms that are on the list right now. I'm not saying they're all going to come but I thought you said three vendors were coming? Three vendors, yep. And we have 21 people right now on the invitation list. Okay. This is not you know we're not talking about residential mowers. We're talking about commercial-grade stuff. There will also be electrified hand tools there, chainsaws, blowers, those kind of weed whackers, those kinds of things. It would be nice if at the end of it all the the field was mowed. Could well be. There you go. Yeah. I mean there's certain concerns. I think we want to keep them off of the the infield for instance. You know but I think again if John and Frank and I got down there we can find the right spot. I don't want to be running on to somebody else's land and have a problem or anything like that. One thing where the attendees would actually be able to sit on these mowers and take them for a spin. Yep. I'm hoping we can get a gas one there and have a drag race. You said this is May 27th too right? That's a Thursday. May 27th from 11 to 2 o'clock. 11 to 2. Okay. Yeah the machinery costs quite a bit up front but then almost nothing after that. I mean the cost for the electricity in comparison to gasoline and the lack of repair issues other than cleaning grass out of the the mower deck and sharpening the blades. It appears to me that this is now the most economical way for a business to operate. Jeff I don't know anything about this particular thing like charging. Do you charge it in the way you would charge an electric car or how do you how do you. So are there places in town like someone told me there's a charging place at the skip mart. I don't know if there is or not. I don't know of any charging place in the skip mart. I have a charger in my garage. Okay so a contractor would likely charge their own home. Yeah okay. Yep. And the final thing just as a point of information the energy committee has been working with Jeanette and we will be having the first of our lecture series what day is that. This one will be on heat pumps and next Wednesday. Next Wednesday. Thank you Jeanette. On the 19th 7 o'clock to 8 o'clock. Okay so and that's in person or is that of Zoom? That will be a Zoom. Okay so May 19th at 7 p.m. via Zoom and so to get in touch with that call the library or something to get the link or whatever. Yes. Yes Martha you have a press release for that. Okay so it's a lecture but the lecture series on this because I don't have it in front of me I'm sorry. The topic of the lecture series on heat pumps. Okay thank you very much sorry. Yeah and our hope is to run these through October. I don't think anybody's gonna be interested in November-December but once a month. Great and you also had a request for porta potty for that event. Yeah I was wondering if the one by the fire station which is currently not in use could be moved to the. That one by the tennis court. Not not movable that one it's the closure built around in fact they didn't even pull it out over the winter just because of the enclosure and the size of it. Zoom? It's usable in its location. It's a long way to go from. Julie did you have a were you gonna say something about that? I would I just wanted to say that I had porta potty dropped off for Little League the Little League and they had asked about the others so I said I'd need to ask about the park and that you know the other locations that we put them out. So the one for the Little League is probably closer than the fire station. You ever take probably split. Do you have one there for the tennis courts in the summer? Yeah well maybe we could move that up to May 27th. That would certainly be closer than the Little League field. Yeah yeah so last year we held off on that because of COVID is that correct? Yeah so I've I've read the the state's criteria and actually wrote to the state and explained what we were doing and got back their reply which you know we need to basically stay socially distanced and be wearing masks if we cannot be. They did not really address the porta potty aspect of it. I could resurrect that and share that with the board if that would be helpful. I don't remember at all. The one next to the new riverbrook park is still locked from when COVID first shut down happened so I noticed there are a lot of picnic nurse picnickers going there now and I'm wondering if that could be unlocked and maintained. It's maintained by the company. Right right but they be responsible for it. But I locked it with a CVPS lock so I know I'm probably the only one that's got a key so maybe Greg still has one but I know I got one so I can unlock it anytime I'm just waiting for someone to say it's okay. Well I'm sure I don't know what the what the policy is on COVID and Porta Porta let's say. You know I don't know if anybody does yet. I can unlock it at any time. So we've got one now installed by the Little League field right. Yeah so I think we're kind of We're good then huh. Yeah thank you. So I can unlock it anytime. We'll have to set up them to come and go through it. Yeah and then I guess at the same time we should we're saying we should bring the one in for the task force this summer. That would make it a lot easier on particularly the mo electric event for sure. All right I mean at my age I don't think I could hang around there three hours without. Yeah all right great thank you Jeff. That's it for all your effort. All right so we've got them in the old business we've got the driveway application from Aggie thank you for waiting for all this for us to get to it. So I spent some time with Cooter and Terry Severy and there is a plan for the driveway on the north end of the building and it's as long as we you can follow the no more than a five percent grade in the first 20 feet of that driveway which will require a fairly good amount of material to be moved. The water shutoffs that we were concerned about Terry marked those and those are not going to be a conflict they're farther downhill from that. So I think if you can keep to the to the grade requirements I'd move to prove that. Thank you. So I'm sorry excuse me where's that located what road is that on or it's on Robinson Avenue what's the address soggy. 37 Robinson drive. 37 Robinson drive. Thank you sorry. So all in favor. All right all right yep and we have a second driveway application for Frank Landry which is basically near the intersection of Oak Lodge Road and Fisk Road and we had some back and forth and some compromises and Cooter assured me today that they've settled upon a good solution to where that driveway will enter the property. So I'd move to approve that application also. Second that. All in favor. All right all right cool that took a little while to get to that but they figured it out. Tim Tim Pratt or you had you're on the agenda that you had something you wanted to speak about. Yeah yeah I do. Can you hear me. Yes. In the last couple of months I've had people come up and ask me about doing a coed softball get together down in the ball field and you know it's been in my mind now for a while and then I talked to somebody this morning that said you know they'd help and do the logistics and make sure that the insurance and stuff was organized. So I said then that oh and by the way this is all by landline communication so this is old school stuff but so I said you know if I can get her down on board with this I'll approach to a select board tonight about it so I gotta hold a herb within an hour. He responded called me back and you know this is stuff that we used to do years ago and I did it right up until 2014 in Babe Ruth and the town insurance covered us and we were playing right here in Rochester with Rutland and Milbury and Care Haven so getting together a coed softball game wouldn't be that difficult and I went down to the ball field today and that ball field is really in pretty good shape for not being maintained as a ball field for last eight years so I was just going to see how you guys felt about as soon as even like July 4th or 5th the 4th is a Sunday and the 5th is a Monday. Having the people that wanted to do a softball tournament just show up and you know we would divide them you know the coed is half have to be men half have to be women and you know go from there see what happens and the the ball field closest to the river would be the one that would be ready to go with very little work and you know I'll hang a flag on the flagpole so I just want to find out Tim I have a question are you talking about students or adults for this for the it would have to you know it would have to be 18 and above and when a 17 year old was there and the parent said they could play you know that ball field is assured kids play on it all the time and I'll tell you what 16 17 year old student can be as good at playing as any 40 year old adult so it's not like softball is not as physical I hate to say it because I played it for years as baseball or soccer you know it's more mellow and you know having hair on board would help especially if we got 30 people that want to play we can do a round robin and he's good about that kind of stuff and he said he's all on board so and you know the first person I talked to this morning I'm not sure if they want to be officially involuntary now but they certainly will be in the beginning I mean if you guys approve it I just have one quick comment to make that the ball field closest to the river at has bandstands and there are a lot of dead trees that are precarious right by the bandstand there's been a lot of beaver activity in the last year so and there's a lot of dead branches and dead trees which could become a problem at some point they're going to fall at some point and I don't know if the town wants to deal with that or not but that might be an issue for having crowds of people sitting under dead trees that are about to fall well I was down there today and those trees that are toppled over won't take much to get on the ground right and the brand the branches aren't uh overhang in the ball field but I mean there's a few that are overhang in the ball field but they are not in the way for you know a social community softball game you know the rules will be pretty simple and basic and you know won't be ASA certified or any of that and it will be volunteer umpires it's the same thing that we have done in the past and we did it for years and then you know the the it just dropped off yeah I'm sorry um you're you're talking about maybe the fourth and fifth of July but you're also talking other dates this summer right if you it depends how many people are okay you know I've asked the same question and you know let's see who shows up on you know the fourth the band is lifted and the ball field is ready to go there is no neighbor quabbling about privacy or anything this is very basic stuff and uh you know I feel very comfortable having it done and people can so the the bench the benches are down there the dugouts are cleaned out I gotta tell you those dugouts are clean and whoever's been doing that's been doing a very good job keeping those dugouts clean because even when we were using them every day they weren't that clean so uh and this you know there's no issue with the dugouts there's no issue with the field because we rebuilt that field exactly how it was before Irene so yeah you know the only thing that's missing are the back I think it's um it sounds good to me and in Burma that's a good point but it won't take much to to um clear out those few dead branches but it's definitely worth attending to before you have people sit on the on the benches there yeah Tim if you get this all settled you know I mean it sounds like the select board is probably going to prove if you get this all settled and everything um and um would you please get let me know just the the particular so that I could put a separate article in the paper about it to let people know I think you know or maybe in the sports section or yeah if the select board agrees to this tonight uh the first person that talked to me will uh get all that information now on front porch forum get I mean they're in touch with you all the time anyway I just don't want to name that person until uh the select board decides what they want to do but I don't necessarily see front porch forum every day you know if they could contact my the email at the herald that would be helpful yeah I understand that okay thank you so yeah so what do you what do you guys think Frank I I supported a hundred percent I think it would be a lovely way to not only bring a community back together because since our high school closed we just don't have any enough social events this is now dormant um and it could lead to another bonding of our valley which is important um to to get together with people from Granville Hancock Stockwoods in Pittsburgh yeah it would be we've been mowing that field um and and let's use it um it is worth a try if it if it doesn't happen that it's nothing ventured nothing gained or lost but um if it it would be great to try and it would be just a great thing to bring our community back together I was at the Little League game last week and it was just so fantastic to see all the parents on the sideline and some of those parents would certainly be some of our players um so um I I just think it would be wonderful for the community and the valley I'm good I'm good with it we can speak with John I think about the trees he's doing the mowing down there so yeah well here's the thing that we did a few years ago back when Danny was Slechman and uh we he's in the board switched weed whacking and trimming for an extra mowing a week because the weed whacking and trimming is especially with this new machine mowing machine takes longer than mowing the grass and it doesn't need to be weed whacked every time so you know that was one thing that we did when we were playing uh three or four games a week and I'll tell you when people came over from Rutland and Fairhaven our field is one of the nicest fields that we played on so when I went down and looked at the further end today and all that's growing in that infield our dandelions I was very surprised and I was also surprised at how little work was there was on the riverbank so the thing is the people that don't know me if we're going to do it we're not going to kick the can down the road it'll be done you know if you guys support it uh we'll decide if it's the fourth or fifth and you know give people plenty of notice and just do it so I moved to approve this idea yeah I can second that yeah in all in favor all right all right um we'll just talk with John about the trees down there yeah yeah and uh we'll go from there okay beautiful thanks a lot thank you Tim I'm happy to see the the field used again I spent a lot of years there when my son was playing for high school that was a long time ago yeah yeah there's no reason why would the people in this community right now ages 17 to 60 that there won't be 25 people down there to have a game and the other thing is if if we get more interest than that we'll work out around robin so three teams can play and if there's 45 or 50 people that want to do it we'll just make another field at the baseball yeah uh diamonds you know you just move the bases in it's not a big deal to do it no so um Nancy you had something you wanted to contribute well I just wanted to ask the question of Tim you mentioned mowing twice a week whatever whatever whatever the contract was we added we added an extra day to it and didn't do a trimming and that was back when uh well I can't remember who was mowing uh but they agreed to it well until recently the last couple of years it had been mowed twice a week and then we decided nobody was using it yeah three times a week it depends on you know as long as it's mowed on the fourth or fifth you know whatever date that well there's a big mowing party on the 27th right before it so yeah maybe we can get Jeff to come down there and mow it with the electric machine well you know people are staying around watching yeah and you know I'll be there cooking hot dogs yeah let's get my heart out here you go you could put hot dogs in the game too my heart can do is demonstration on his mountain bike and you know settle that whole business all right well it's um kind of um kind of an exciting um glimmer of um coming up the other end of the whole COVID thing so that's why I when I was talking to the person this morning I said let's not wait until next year I said let's get it done this year and let's get it done on the fourth or fifth because there's no parade and there's I mean there's plenty of room down there people couldn't spread out a hundred feet apart and still be all right so Pat you had something you want to say Dave just volunteered the roller so if the if the field needs to be rolled to get it good and hard you'll do that for free okay and that's important that that helps a lot and uh Bruce you have something you'd like to say yeah I was just going to say hey Tim if you did it on the fourth they can come up to Pierce Hall and on the park and get the chicken barbecue that we're old and there you go there you go there you go that'll give them energy to play baseball if they're softball fake the chicken right so yeah so Bruce let's get together and find out what time your barbecue is and I know how long big softball games take so you know we could have mine to put a little blurb in there about I want to put stuff in about that I I'm um you know I think that would be great and that reminds me Bruce did I hear Becky donate tell me that you might have that race in the morning or something or is that not happening on 4th of July the race is going to happen but I have nothing to do but it's on the 5th of July isn't it because the 4th is a Sunday according to what I heard on the news the 5th is the legal government holiday which is Monday the 5th so I figured that's probably when you're having your barbecue and everything not as far as I'm no I believe it's the 4th you're having it on Sunday okay so when um when you guys tell get hold of Becky and find out yeah I just want to make sure I have that correct before I put it in the paper well this time this time of year we can start at five or six and get the game done before it's dark you know or we can do it right after the pierce hall race is done yeah no I was just I was just thinking whether I was just trying to make trying to make sure whether it was Sunday which is the actual 4th or Monday which is the legal holiday that's all I wanted to make sure I understand that I just don't you know I don't think that we should try doing a softball game well pierce hall is doing a race of course not no but I thought the race was in the morning people are going to be wanting to do both Bruce the if I would talk quickly Bruce the race is in the morning because we used to have the race before the parade when we had the race before we'll uh figure it out we have some time okay yeah yeah that's that's well thanks a lot to the time and thank you you'll have somebody very close to a lot more keeping track of this all right okay thanks all right um I think that that was the last piece I had on the agenda unless I'm missing something Pat you have something um we did get this able waste uh contract amendment I don't know if you want to just say publicly that we got this all right didn't change the value or the budget or anything it just upgrades the service when does that start um when does that start it's uh July 1st July 1st has Hancock approved that Pat yes but that's saying yeah they did approve it yep I know that I thought they tabled it last I knew I thought that's what Jody said it says Hancock and Granville residents will be utilizing uh the Rochester um services and it will be open to everyone from what are the hour 8 to 11 every single Saturday every Saturday starting what date is it every Saturday that they're all coming July 1 thank you yeah that's great all right we'll have a trash parade Jeff just quick guidance Frank best way to get you me and John Gordon together uh John answers a text early morning that's what all I can tell you about John he probably won't answer you during the day but I can set that up if you give me a date with John okay I'll give you a couple of dates I'll look at the calendar and email you a couple of dates and okay all right yeah great I did happen to get the park fertilized today saw that about time been trying that's good all right um I think that's it thank you all for coming tonight thank you doing business and um we'll see you around town okay thank you thank you good night thank you everybody hi