 Good evening everyone. Dune is not with us this evening so I will do my best to conduct meeting. This is a special select board meeting which has been posted in three places plus our website and interested parties have been notified so I believe that we have a legal meeting ready to go. In case we do have a large turnout. I am asking for everyone to keep us. If we had any questions, we could ask you for more but the first thing I'll take this special meeting opportunity to move along. And the first one is from the shelter team, and they are requesting to use the park from three to six p.m. one Friday once per month is what I understand. They would like to have two volunteers in a table to distribute info and answer questions about emergency preparedness. I know that they also participate in the Harvest Fair and they do. It's going to be one Friday per month. Do you have the date of the month and perhaps Julie could have that information. This was distributed by Jan McCann. Okay, and her phone number is 767. 3667. Okay, I can give her a call. Thank you very much. Um, I move that we approve this application. I second it all in favor. All right. I have it. Do we sign this year. Yeah. Just. Yep. The next item on our agenda is well, it's also an application for use of the site. This time it's the Riverside Park, which is the one down below. I use of the Riverside Park to begin and end the Pierce Hall Ridgeline Outdoor Collective 5 K dash. It entails a registration table to banners parking which would not take place in front of the firehouse and small ceremony after the race for prizes and recognition this is an annual event. It is taking place on July 4. I don't know if there's a rain date, but I would, I would assume that running probably would happen in the rain. So I'm not sure that there is a rain day. Best of luck to all that choose. Therefore, unless anyone has anything else to add, I move to approve this application for use of the Riverside Town Park. I second that. All in favor. For a hop in town. Okay. Um, next on our agenda is we had a discussion in our last meeting about pickleball at the local tennis courts. We had not been put on our agenda. So we decided that we were not really able to make a decision because it hadn't been duly warned. So, in this particular meeting, we are prepared to make a decision about that. Did you have anything to add to that norm. In particular, I think we covered it in that first meeting. Okay, and you are going to be doing the lines yourself. Yeah. That's fine. That's fine. Professional line, pickleball line janker. So job title. So I guess we'll just go through the formality. If anybody has any questions about it, we're retrofit, we're retrofitting the tennis court so that they can, there'll still be tennis courts, but they will also be accommodating to pickleball and I believe it's only one of the two courts. Just one. Yep, just one of the two courts so the lines won't be too. If the lines are too confusing on one, you could go to the other if you're playing tennis. And I think that's it. I move that we approve the adjustment of lines to one of the tennis courts to accommodate pickleball. All in favor. Hi. And we do have a couple of pickleball paddles and balls at the hardware store. Next on our list is part. Yeah, we already that discussion of use of funds. Okay, so Welcome to all in attendance this evening to bring forward public ideas, thoughts and suggestions to the select board representatives as to how best to allocate granted funds to Rochester from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. It is the select presidents as possible with the longest investment benefit. You are we are here to listen to your input as to how these funds could be spent the select board ultimately will be making the decision as to the best use of the funds and we have defined some expenses already spent or earmarked for these funds to be utilized. Let me give everyone a rundown of where we stand on the accounting of this. We received 162,615 dollars and 76 cents to date, we will receive that same amount in the future. So the total amount granted will be 325,200 have spent money for the fire department having a replacement air compressor, which was shopped around very, very well and got a good deal of 15,750 dollars. We have improved a section of sidewalk from the hardware to the old firehouse. And that has been completed and that was at the cost of $26,600. That was a total redo of the sidewalk right down to the base. Mr. Owl, he cost $963 and 56 cents for a total spent to date of $43,313 and 56 cents. That leaves a balance of funds available to spend of 281,919. A couple other small projects in mind that are in the pipeline. We do have an oil tank, an underground oil tank with this building, the town office, and we are in the works to raise that as the state frowns on underground oil tanks nowadays. We have installed a generator here at the town office with grant funds on for emergency use. And the grant didn't quite cover all of it so there's maybe a couple $3,000 short on that that we may use a ARPA funds to bridge. Other than that, we're all ears now. I don't know the thing, Pat, we are, we did put out the need bid for the rest of the sidewalk before the paving starts in the village and that'll encompass a piece in front of Sandy's books and bakery there will be some added curbing there. And we will be digging across in front of the skip mark to the town park road there to the Bethel Mountain Road, and then down in front of the park house. We'll be there back to the telephone pole by the sidewalk so that when they come through to pave the village this well late summer early fall. They'll pave right up to that new sidewalk so in all in front of the park will be new pavement, and also in front of the library up to the lawn there. We'll make a course and I'm trying to get them to do in front of the hardware so that's all one piece back from the curbing there. Not sure how we'll, if we'll have any luck there but I see America. So, that's what we're planning on we just put that out to bid we don't know what the price on that's going to be. So, but that is pending. I think a question about that sidewalk work that you just talked about by the park house and everything. I just wondered if you had I mean if you're just putting that out to bid then you probably don't have any idea of the date this that that work might be done general date. We, we put a blanket on that of August 10, but it's going to be depending on the state. And that's when the paving starts. We have no idea I've tried to get a date from them they don't really know because it's all pike related who's doing the paving so they're, they may start north they may start south there's no. Nobody knows how they're going to do it or when they're going to do it so we. Okay, we gave an end date on that of August 10. I was just wondering simply because of fourth of July we have all those events happening right there but in front of the park house in the park and pierce all and everything. On on Monday the fourth. Can't guarantee anything Martha. Okay, well, I'll just wouldn't be working on that date anyway so. If it's just have to sit in the street. Yeah, we'll have to do what they have to do that's all. Okay, thank you. Question. Did you have any other resource funding for the resource funding wasn't let out on any kind of paving projects at all until like last fall. The sidewalks right then and it takes almost a year to get it. And we don't we don't have that time element to do anything with it. And that's the issue. So what I guess what I'm asking is, if there are other resources to do do it. You're using possibly the ARPA funds as a bridge, and that may get returned. Research. No, there's no way you can get that that way with ARPA funds either spend it or you are you lose that's it on that so with ARPA funds. The only reason why we're doing this because of the paving issue. I understand you using it's seizing the moment, right. But I just wondered if anyone was doing any research for the funding originally. No, we didn't because we didn't have any timeframe on when the paving was going to be. They couldn't give us any idea when they were even going to start the job until the spring. And then they were, they were two months. They said they weren't even going to get to the village until June. And then they had a month ahead of schedule on that. So we don't really know you're then utilizing the ARPA funds for the sidewalks. Some of them, yeah. There is grant money out there every year for bike path slash sidewalks. It does come around every year it's very limited funds very competitive so the, the chances of getting that are probably rather slim. And it would not cover what what we need. And once you use the ARPA funds for that it's. They're going okay. I understand. There's nothing included from park house to the Catholic church. No, we're leaving that section. It's not in bad shape. So we thought later on, we would look at that in another plan that we're now currently redoing. That we need to like put in some monies towards upgrading sidewalks throughout the village as a place in the future to go to. It's not something that's easy to do. I mean, if we pencil in for 5,000 a year for maybe an upgrade we could do a section every year and get it caught back up and that's really what we're trying to look at. So we're in the process of doing the redoing the capital plan and moving forward with that. And I just wonder from the first niche up to Brook Street to because lots of kids use that. The car snitch up the bro. Yeah. Yes, we that's another section that'll need to be done and also what park row and you know across in front of the Huntington house and and that that all it's on the radar but we can't do it all at once and the only reason why we're concentrating on this part is because when they come through and paved they will pave right up to that and it'll look a lot better and be seamless, which is what we're looking for. I mean it'll enhance the village that way and and that's what we felt was a good use of the funds. Anybody else have more suggestions. I have some of their writing, go ahead. I think there is alternate. Absolutely. The wreck department got together yesterday and we officially voted on going forth with improving skate space and and looking for funds in any way we can we are addressing along with our funding. We haven't gotten that far. We have talked with cricket engineer who has given us drawings about how she, you know, my best tackle this. Yeah, I think I have a few. Wow. I think you do. You are on that list of things to do. So, I just thought we'd show you our progress. This is just a rebuild of just the existing space. We also have a couple of people including Tom Pesker, who is working on getting a possibly a pump track associated with that. They would be down in that little lowland area. At least that's what we're looking at at this point. So it could turn into a bigger project, depending on the total funding that we get. This pump track could or could not be associated with the skate space. In other words, it could be looked at as two separate projects. Or a single project if it's cost effective and can be utilized all in one shot. Are you looking for a specific dollar figures that are requested? Not at this time. Okay. We've got a couple of forays into quoting and the idea of trying to redo the skate space really has come from the fact that it doesn't hold water anymore and it's cracked. So when I did a survey of it last fall, we found that it's about four and a half inches higher on the north end. And so the, when I had cricket down there, we've discussed possibly leaving the drainage system that's already in place, which is down about two and a half feet from the surface that it is. And removing the layer seeing what the underlying substrate stuff is. And determining then what we need to do. She's got a on the side of that. You'll see a kind of a strap of material that she's actually requesting. But in trying to get the quotes and the numbers, you know, within reason, we thought just taking the McCat, the McCat or the asphalt away and going up from there about 10 to 12 inches and then recreating the four inch asphalt surface and a berm. So hold, so you're actually raising everything up going down four to six or even a little more. I don't know. It depends on construction. But the, we thought that if the surfaces underneath are fine. It doesn't, you know, it doesn't make sense to just remove everything. But just to add to it. And the, the, the line is basically where the, the warming hot is now because we've hardwired that for the lights for state space. And so we feel like we can go up about maybe 10, 10 inches. So we're moving forward going up 10 and creating a better subsurface. I would, I would like to see it. At least they just, you know, almost like it is it's a, it's six and a half now seven. I think it's a little bit easier. I think it depends on the curving machine. That they have. Right. Well, that can be. Easier. Then I felt, then we can fill it right. Right. Yeah. I think it depends on the curving machine. They have. Right. It's fine. It's just. I'd like to, you know, continue with it. The water just goes away. Well, skate space is already on our list. So, and collecting suggestions. We would have another phase where we select certain projects. And we would then roll up our sleeves and get down to. How much does this cost? How much can you raise? And how much do you need? So that said. We, it's already on our list from our previous meetings. So you're already kind of. There. The question is. How much. That's a good. We don't know. Either it's, you know, it's. From my perspective. I think we. Cricket and I just kicked around numbers on the way out of the library. Last night. You know, we could be, I think I got a quote of around. 25 or 30,000 to repave it just as it is. That's just the paper. The excavation could be. Another number just like that. Realistically, you know, we're looking at. $50,000 to possibly redo. And with an eight inch burn. So any, any. Thing toward that helps us. Fundrails. Going to the, going to the town, knowing through other resources. We've got $20,000 here. Whatever. But it's, it's basically. We'll kickstart our, our program. And I'm not sure what the timing is for you guys to decide. But it's just moving along on it. You know, this is not a decision making. For tonight, but it is opening the door. And you're, you're keeping the door open for sure. So, so Dean, we have to realize that right now we only have $160,000. So, and we've already spent like 43. Plus a little bit. So. When we get the other will be another year. We don't know what the sidewalk job is going to cost us. And that's kind of what we're waiting for. These other small jobs of. Underground fuel tank. And, and possibly any extra money the fire department needs and setting up their new truck. There's the retaining wall out here. That we've looked at. And all that. We'll be pending all that too. But we won't have money enough to do everything on that. So we're not putting the retaining wall out on this installment. We've decided that we are going to do the underground fuel tank out here because that's. I think it's going to be somewhere if there's no contamination be somewhere in a ballpark of 5,000. I will supplement some. The building funds for that removal and some ARPA funds. So I'll kind of split that down to be like 2,500. Whatever extra we all on the generator. I'll also split that with a building fund. So I'll take some ARPA funds and some building funds for whatever we all over the grant. And that's the way I'll divide that up or look at dividing that up with the board approval, of course, but that's the way we're going to do it. So the, the scape space resurfacing goes. We haven't used any other money. Other than that. And we're waiting, like I said, for the sidewalk. And when that comes in, then all that other money, anything left over then. We can decide on what to do with it and have best to use it. Moving forward. That's the way we kind of are having to look at it. So the timing may be. Right. Right. And then what the cost is going to be on that. Once we find out the cost and what it is, then we have a better idea of what monies we have on hand. Cause we really can't spend any more than $160,000. Also on the list is the library, which is going to need some extremely, you know, sensitive work over there. We're not really sure what that's going to entail or what it's going to cost, but it's going to be a little bit more intensive. Intensive than what we want to get into at that. And that may be with the second installment. Where we look at those kinds of things. Well, the only reason I'm asking is the. For all years. Yeah. The timing for our fundraising activity. If we had a commitment. Of something this year. When it would just, I'm just, you know, hear me out is it would, I think it would really help us. In terms of fundraising. Down the road that the town is, you know, is committed to this. And this year we can. Guarantee X amount of money. And. You know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you're building on it. Right. And it, it just. It has everything to do with timing and whether it. You know, moves forward. This year. Or we just, you know, Table everything for next year. And everything everyone knows that prices go up. So I'm just, I'm kind of. I'm just just. Some kind of commitment. Or that, you know, in, in the near future. So we can get our, get our own. Movement going. Those bids for the sidewalk are due by the 27th of June. So then after that, we'll know what that price is. And then we can move forward with that after that. And then we can move forward with that. And then we can move forward with that. And then we might be able to send your way. So that would be at the end of the month. Okay. Okay. Is there anything else you're looking from us for the. You know, I presume. Estimates. I think that'll probably happen later. I would think, but. You may want to gather that up. You know, before. You know, August and get an idea. I think we can move ahead with what cricket has given us. On. Estimates. I can get, you know, I'm, I'm willing to do a clerk at the works of the. The whole project. Right. To be there while it's getting done. You know, and kind of move it along. I'm. You know, donating my time for that. Right. But the. You know, it's just a matter of getting. Getting a solid commitment that the town wants this. Is what we're after with a type of money that you're looking for. You're probably going to have to get three bids on it because it will go through the procurement policy. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, it's not why we're here tonight. So we'll move forward. Thank you. Thank you. And then as a. What would you do? No. As long as we're talking about skate space, we may want to. So we'll talk about the project that's been associated with it. And that could be the punk track. Which. Again, could be. Or could not be done at the same time as the skate space. And. Yeah, I just came here in case anybody needed any information. Yeah, I think it sounds like from. With me. The meeting that. Pump track upgrade. Not to shoot ourselves in the book, but I think those are probably outside the scope of what's available. For the future. I think that's where we're going to start. I think that's where we're going to start funding. It was definitely something that started back from God. System project to the state space upgrades. But I think the funding to that. Sounds like. Would be appropriate to be procured elsewhere. I think definitely the rec committee's priority is state space. And another interesting add on that we had in mind. It's a great. We'll keep that on our consideration. Absolutely. This is a sample. It gives you an idea. More pavement. And it's very similar. And. Skates based. It needs a good base level. And. The. The beauty of that particular idea is that it gets. The. Skate park, which is kind of homemade. Disasters on that skate. Skate space right now. Kind of off the. Area. And, you know, adds a, adds another dimension to the. The whole recreation. Area. And. Right. Another, another thing we talked about is the. And we'll probably go ahead and do this before. Basically putting up some signage. Yeah. And these contracts are. All the rates throughout the country. Yeah, I can say, however, much or a little, anybody needs to hear about the essence of the thing is the area that's over there was a low five volunteer built. Effort. It's very high maintenance requirement and what we would be looking to. Put in its place would be a permanent low maintenance. It would be a permanent low maintenance requirement. But it could be written by more than just banks. Or it's more kids. Just more about. Kind of a. Attention or just a hot person. We're just. It would be one area. One way to. Well, the jump factor of the area. There's a lot of homemade ramps right now. Just like plywood. You know, after just one winter, they split their up to become kind of dangerous. And then for. When the winter comes around, when we flood, we got to get those things off. They're heavy there. You know, they look like hell all over the place, strewn around. It's like a junkyard. If they have a nice clean pump track like that. It just becomes a more attractive place. We got it. I bet my son would love it too. So. It's not a project that's been fleshed out completely. It's an idea. Does that storm drain effect that. That one that comes down off from the. The church. There's a storm drain there that comes down towards it. Feeds out into the high school there. But there's a water go that way now that that covert. I turned it into the state to have them see if they can deal with that. So you're talking a little bit. Yeah, that feeds down back. The kids used to have a trail that went down through there, but. Right. And that, but that. Overcame a part. And it's now separated and that water is coming down. I don't know if it's running towards that. Yeah. It's just way below it. I wasn't sure if it. Okay. Okay, so we have four suggestions on our list so far. Anybody else have a suggestion. If that truck. That's all I mean, we're going to need more. You know, by the time we ordered it. It was the body. Okay. Outfitting the new truck. Pretty good money. So. We're going to be short, maybe four or 5,000. Outfitting the new truck. That's the pickup. Right. That was on the list. Right. Yeah. But you said a couple of grand, but then you'd be closer to four or five. Okay. I mean, we're going to. Everything we can and do it, but. Right. The item. I'm wearing a couple of hats here. The item I was at the last like we're meeting about, which again, is a unknown scope, unknown timing. And unknown if it would necessarily even happen, but would be nice to maybe keep as a placeholder. Is, is maybe some help to the. The village near Robinson drive again. Don't even know if that's the direction that project is going to head. But if it does head in that direction. Holding it as a placeholder. Or a little, even a tiny bit of Oracle funding. Awesome. Okay. It's on the list. The library painting and various repairs. Walls. We have that. Yeah. You got that on the list. Yeah. I have some that were emailed in. So I do have one from. Let's do this. I have one from Jeff get part who says I would urge the board to utilize our funds to make further progress on energy and climate improvements to town assets. Of course, the biggest issue faced involved the Rochester high school and the town office. However, their linkage requires further analysis as to the direction we should go as a community, which clouds our current ability to make significant investments in either one of the buildings. So I would urge you to do that. My suggestion to the board are to consider the community needs identified and prioritized through the Rochester area climate initiative, as well as the items identified by the efficiency investments incorporated audit from October of 2021. Work in need of funding includes the Rochester public library stop water penetration. Of exterior walls. We also have a motion sensor activated lighting and security camera for the facility. The facility will be provided by green mountain power. Town garage air ceiling insulation. And improvements to walk ability and bike ability to increase non-motorized access to Rochester village. I would imagine that points towards sidewalks. Thank you. I have a pocket who asks, please use some or all of the funds to repair our amazing library. And root 100 through town. So that would be a vote for a library improvements and sidewalk improvements. Kelly Kelly. I heard. Number one library building maintenance and repair issues, including painting the outside of the building, and the construction of the building. And the building is now crashing on the north side of the library. Number two, Brook Street paving from the bridge to the Klan Smiths. The road is very broke up, especially from all the traffic that was diverted that way during the repair of Bethel mountain road. We have additional paving projects there, the town office and cemetery. So we could put that in on that. We have a message from Rosie on Johnson who says, I'm writing to request that funds be set aside for the dire repairs of our beautiful library. Jeanette could provide a list. She also sent a second email saying that she was specifically looking for painting, windowsill repair, fixing the leak in the roof and repairing the chimney. And she did also provide photographs for us to have on file. Julie Smith has requested that we want a large community bulletin board to be mounted across from the skip mart. Or the triangle area of the post office for her to post meetings in town information for people to see. Julie, I'm sorry. I'm not anybody. Anybody to use. Community bulletin board. Martha, you're on you. Julie, just one quick question. When you're seeing a community bulletin board, are you talking about something that's like that you can post posters on that's, that's, you know, non-electronic. Are you thinking of something that. I mean, I heard, I've heard a community bulletin boards that you put electronic messages on. That's not what you're thinking of, right? When taxes are due. Okay. Yeah. Thank you. Like a cork board. I don't know, just something. Something large enough that. When you drive through town, you can see, oh, taxes are due this week, or there's going to be a community event. I was going to ask you if that would be something like, for example, I'm in charge of a Fourth of July parade and Harvest Fair and things like that. You could put a poster for an event up on it as well, right? But you probably have you. Is it something we should ask permission from you to put a poster there? If this does happen. Or it'll be, it'll be managed. Yes. Okay. Thank you. A couple other suggestions that have come our way. Of course the town office here is got the retaining wall problem that has been going on for years. We are also talking about. Looking at the trees that are on the park. And some of the trees may be outgrowing their life span for the space of the park. So doing an analysis of the trees on the park and possibly doing some tree removal on the park. And we have also been requested to put in. Doggy poop bag stations. Around the areas where people walk their dogs. The park. The trail down around the ball fields. Around the schools. It's been certain Riverside Park has been places identified as in need of providing services to people that are walking their dogs. So that's what we have so far. Still open for suggestions. Actually, I talked to a genetic librarian and she was talking about how. Bikers use the. Locking their bikes on the railing against that. And they're not usually not even going in the library. They're hanging out in the park. Or whatever. And then the bikes are sort of on the inside. Sort of an impediment to the handicapped people. So she was requesting having a bike rack. Somewhere around the park. Some central location. So hopefully that can be a consideration. On the park. Okay. Anybody on zoom. You're here. Okay. Then we have heard all of the suggestions. I moved to adjourn the meeting. We will be taking all of this in consideration as soon as we possibly can. And to those that have. Suggestions and have preparations. We would definitely be getting back to you. I moved to adjourn. Second. All in favor. All right. Thank you so much for coming to see things. Good suggestions. Thank you.