 Welcome everyone to the board of selecting meeting for Monday, January 9th 2017 a new year Happy new year to everybody first item on the agenda as a proclamation mr. Dunn I move we postpone second really is not in attendance and he's excited for this one Mr. Dunn seconded by mr. Burn any further discussion if not all those in favor say aye All those opposed unanimous vote consent agenda. We have the agenda We have the minutes of the meeting December 19 2016 Second seconded by mr. Burn any comments amendments if not all those in favor say aye Next I'm not even following along We have an appointment Somebody I think we know to the open space committee Elizabeth car Jones her Term to expire January 31st 2020 you want to come up to the microphone and Name and address for the record and for those eight people in Arlington who don't know Greetings all I'm Elizabeth car Jones. I live at one Lehigh Street here in Arlington and I'm honored to be Considered for the vision 2020 standing committees liaison to the open space committee and if appointed I look forward to furthering the goals of both committees together and learning a lot Okay, mr. Cureau mr. Dunn Thank you for all the work you do for the town You've been you've done so many things for so many roles, and we really appreciate you working in this one as well. Thank you I'm on a motion by mr. Burn seconded by mr. Cureau those in favor say aye Opposed unanimous vote. I believe we had someone sign up for citizens open forum Marion Okay, so then I'll read the preamble Except in unusual circumstances any matter presented for consideration of the board shall neither be acted upon nor a decision made the night of the Presentation in accordance with the policy under which the open forum was established It should be noted that there is a three-minute time limit to present a concern or request And if you haven't signed up you're still welcome to come up to the microphone, but if I could first call on Colin Fredericks Hey, you just got a seat just Even though I have a name and address for the rocket Colin Fredericks 42 Ross and road So sorry nervous I There are a lot of my friends who are going to be Badly hurt in the next four years by the appointments that our president is making I'm really concerned about that and I've been trying to get somebody at the state level to stand up against that and with No success, and I realized I should be starting more local So I wanted to raise the idea of having Arlington stand up against that and trying to get some other towns in on this as well And if there's enough support on at the town level then the state may care and if the state may care then The federal government may care So I wanted to introduce that idea and I realized it won't be considered tonight But perhaps for a future agenda Yes, and I did receive your email at conversations with the selectments office in the town manager And I apologize that I didn't get back to you. We right now have it scheduled for January 23rd Excellent, and of course you'll be notified and what it is is the town manager, and I it'll probably be two separate agenda items But back to back there have been Several inquiries that somewhere have a common thread amongst probably two different topics one of which will be yours Definitely be here on the 23rd Welcome to speak if you feel this any material you think the board should have just email it drop it off the selectman's office And it'll be under that agenda item. Thank you very much. Thank you so much I apologize for not letting you know sooner. Mr. Dunn. Do you give me a lean double to me for like two or three minutes? Definitely, thank you so right after the election the town manager sent an email out to all the town employees and I read it here at Slackman's meeting immediately afterwards because I think it was good on point and to what you're saying and It's worth reading it again. So This is from town manager to the all the town employees Hello, all I'm writing today a follow-up Tuesday's election and perhaps more importantly the campaign that preceded it The tone and rhetoric of the campaign was disturbing to most regardless of your preferred candidate has led to many growing concern The hate fear and contempt will become the new normal for whatever role I might play in easing those concerns I want to provide you all with the following insurances and reminders First the town of Arlington as an employer will not discriminate against any individual based on their race color religious views National origin gender identity or expression citizenship age ancestry family marital status Sexual orientation disability source of income or military status our strength lies in our diversity and it should be fostered and supported Second the town of Arlington is a diverse community and we value that diversity We all provide services very well in our opinion my opinion to the residents of Arlington It is my expectation those services will be delivered equitably and fairly and without discrimination Lastly, I want to reassure you that all that despite all the rhetoric to the contrary life and work as we know it here in Arlington We'll go on we must remain committed to our duties and remember that the residents of Arlington will be looking to us to see How we react in the weeks and months to come my request to you is do you continue to do the good work? And that you do if the opportunity should arise for you to share words of support or even to smile the resident needs some reassurance You do so I think it's worth repeating because I agree with it 100% and I think and I know that my colleagues Do as well even if we haven't necessarily taken them, you know the 5-0 vote that I take and so it is our goal and I intend to keep Arlington the welcoming place that it is and You're you're you're we're listening. Thank you. Thank you Next I have oh my goodness Karen Thomas Alia alia if you can say your name correctly unlike me and address for the record sure Karen Thomas alia I live at 157 Newport Street Good evening. I'd like to talk with you about the response that the town might have to measure for which legalized recreational marijuana So as I think you're hopefully familiar the measure has a provision in it that towns can have a referendum to opt out of the requirement that they allow Stores that sell marijuana and I would like for Arlington to begin the process of Having such a referendum and hopefully we can start that discussion about how we go through this process of having the referendum. I Think it's really important that We have an open debate as a community Previously the the medical marijuana initiative was passed and There's been some activity for a marijuana dispensary to open up within the town and That has happened really without many people knowing about what's going on I mean, I've lived in this town for 12 years and I myself only found out about the medical marijuana Dispensary a couple months ago I talked with the owner of the preschool that's across the street from this planned dispensary She's my kids go to her after-school program And she wasn't even aware that this dispensary is going to open up across the street from her preschool Most of the parents in this town have no idea that this stuff is going on There was that town meeting measure last Last fall in October and November most people thought that was going to make it illegal to have the dispensary But then there's something like it was actually written by the marijuana industry Without putting their name on it at all and saying what it was really about it was very deceptive So we need to have an open discussion in this town about where we want to go with this I know that more than half the people in the town Voted in favor of this measure, but there's a big difference between Saying something should be legal for people in general and wanting it to be down the street from where your kids go to school Right. I mean most of us we come here for the good schools. We want to raise our kids in safe neighborhoods We don't want stores like this down the street from our schools so we need to have a very Open discussion about what this town really wants and one final item is I Don't understand all the natures of the legalities, but I understand that there there was a 500 foot buffer zone in the state law prohibiting Marijuana medical marijuana dispensaries to be within 500 feet of of preschools But somehow that got voided and now it looks like we're gonna be the only town in the state That's gonna have a medical marijuana dispensary within 500 feet of a not just a preschool But a pediatrician's office and the nation's oldest children's library So I really understand how that happened, but if there's a way to rectify that, you know because it just seems Seems quite wrong and at least to begin the process of Correcting this Deficiency in our in our zoning rules, right? I mean somehow we don't have this buffer zone in our town even though the state recommended it So if we can start the process of of correcting that and implementing this buffer zone And if I could I do know I know we have an agenda item tonight, but I think we're With the attorney high I'm not being here. Can you oh, no, I'm prepared to speak to it okay, agenda agenda item 10 kind of runs a parallel course just something that you're talking about right now and My colleagues or the town manager can correct or amplify On the second point about the buffer zone because we've been following it even though it's come before the Ellington redevelopment for the ARB Everything seemed to be moving in the summer and the way I understand it the state agency Put out a clarification a statement Regarding their regulations Subsequent to that. I believe there was some form of communication with that state agency where they gave In my opinion sort of a contradictory opinion to their original opinion and the way I've been following it right now It seems like everything I don't want to say he's in limbo, but I know our town council Can you do a better job? I know he's been working on it to get some clarification in may have already been clarified Not that I've heard so I am I guess I would say that If I can I take a further step back that yeah to be to be very clear there is a very distinct legal separation between recreational marijuana that recently passed on the ballot and Medical marijuana, so there's two different legal processes that the town follows and the board could Choose to follow it and if it's the chairs prerogative will talk a little bit about recreational marijuana and that path under agenda item 10 thank you In terms of what's happened over the course of the past six months of medical marijuana Or me or even longer than that several years back when the town adopted zoning for medical marijuana at that time The state's Department of Public Health's guidance was that city of towns could choose to put into their zoning as they considered it a buffer zone or Use the state's default 500 foot buffer zone and at that time what was recommended to town meeting and was adopting zoning Wouldn't specify a buffer zone, but rather you utilize the state's default 500 foot buffer zone More recently within the past six months the state issued Changed guidance that no longer said that a town could rely on the Department of Public Health's 500 foot buffer zone. So Part of what you said Depicted this the town not utilizing the state's buffer zone when we actually wanted to in the state changed their mind And said that we could not after a vote was taken But I do think it's important to point out also though that the state doesn't necessarily define And there's there's actually still dialogue about this a pediatricians office or a library as a place where children congregate Which is what the impact or the sort of the definition of where a buffer zone has to be from? So that's a lot of a lot of words, but I think to your point miss Mahan. There is no actual there's no further ambiguity That that we're working through I think we do feel as though there's legal liabilities where You know certainly citizens could take action against the applicant if they didn't feel satisfied with With the process had we the town chosen to deny the permit to the applicant? I think we also felt there were significant liabilities in the part of the town with the applicant So there's this situation that I described in terms of the Department of Public Health created Did create confusion and potential legal liability no matter the outcome And that's on medical marijuana that's on medical which we're also two issues But so I'll give you one more minute only because it's supposed to be three minutes And we're really not supposed to get into a big long discussion about something. That's not on the agenda We do have recreational marijuana on the agenda for tonight. So if you want to just make a statement I can't I don't want us to get an open-media law violation understood I Appreciate your response, but I haven't heard a clarification to the medical marijuana buffer zone Does Arlington have a clear buffer zone? No Are we taking steps to rectify that? I am currently not aware of any actions. All right. I'm gonna stop it there Okay, honestly, I'm sorry. I don't mean to be rude, but it's it's not on the agenda but feel free to contact the Selectsman's office or the town manager and perhaps we can give a more definitive answer is Should it be an agenda item for this board? Should it be Arlington redevelopment board? Should it be something else? God bless you? Because I don't want you to think I'm just telling you you have the question out there and it hasn't been answered So we'll follow up on it. All right. Thank you. Um anyone else? Oh anyone else for citizens open forum? Excuse me traffic rules in order agenda item five for approval amendment to schedule one Andrew Andrea Nicolay director of libraries. Hello Good to see you. Nice to see you as well. Thank you So the Fox library if you can just say your name. Oh sure Andrea Nicolai director of libraries. Thank you So we have a library van that is typically parked at Robbins every day The van has to go to the Fox library to make a delivery With the new handicap parking space at the corner of Cleveland and Mass Ave There's there's an extra space behind it that used to be a no parking zone that is now Parking for a regular parking space So what we're proposing is to make that parking space a library van parking only space so that the van can do its deliveries on a daily basis Move approval move by mr. Burn seconded by mr. Dunn second Hey, wait a second. Hey gentlemen down in cable. We can hear you Glenn Shawn. We can hear you guys. Okay, sorry Hi Would so I know I read an officer retos memo and I was curious what your reaction would be if we Limited the no parking to like, I don't know regular business hours a weekday or like not, you know, not evenings not Sundays Like what's I want to both make it usable when we can so what would be is there some time frame there that you say? Oh, yeah, that's would totally be we don't want the rest. We don't need the reserved space I think weekends and holidays could be excluded. Okay evenings or Not evenings because that's when the deliveries happen typically Yeah, all right Steve all right, so excluding weekends of holidays Thank you very much. Thanks on a motion by mr. Burn seconded by mr. Dunn Is there anyone here to speak to this any further comments with that friendly amendment all those in favor say aye? I all those opposed unanimous vote Gen item five five requests sign-on letter for clean energy against new pipeline tax and unnecessary new pipelines This is sponsored by the mother's out front and I have three names. I don't know if all three of you are here Carol's well, if you aren't why don't you get up to say your name and address for the record? Hi, I'm Carol Saunders Chamberlain and live at 990, Massachusetts Avenue unit 61 Good evening, and thank you for allowing us time to speak to you Mother's out front is part of the mass power forward coalition. It's a statewide coalition Which is circulating a letter addressed to the state legislature for mayors and members of board of select men to consider signing The co-ing coalition is doing this with the urging of an input from its members The legislative session is underway and this letter asked the state legislators to support upcoming legislation that will prohibit legalizing any form of pipeline tax Prevent any other scheme to force consumers to accept unnecessary pipelines that we cannot afford and that prevent us from complying with the law enacted in the global warming solutions Act and to prioritize greater Investment in energy efficiency demand response renewable resources and energy storage There are many reasons to not build major newcast pipelines. We don't need them Methane gas is heavily contributing to global warming The fracked gas is toxic to human health and Pipeline construction harms our natural environment Now I'll say a little bit more about each of those points We don't need new pipelines The Massachusetts Attorney General commissioned a detailed study of how best to meet the state's electricity reliability needs The study showed increased gas capacity is not needed to meet the state's electric reliability needs It found no regional electric reliability issues through 20,000 2030 It found cheaper cleaner alternatives to new gas pipelines to meet worst-case power scenarios While reducing greenhouse gas emissions It found that building new pipelines would be the most costly alternative for Massachusetts ratepayers and would substantially increase greenhouse gas emissions Point two methane is contributing heavily to global warming Natural gas is 95% methane and over a 20-year time frame methane warms the planets 86 times more than carbon dioxide Point three fracked gas is harmful to human health Fracked gas coming through this pipeline infrastructure carries toxic and carcinogenic chemicals as well as radioactive elements from the fracking sites These are released at many points in the distribution system and Are especially harmful to residents of communities nearby compressor stations and other large pipeline infrastructure For pipeline construction harms the natural environment Wildlife loses habitat and open space is lost when trees are clear-cut for pipelines Toxic emissions harms trees plants and animals as well as humans our air our water and our soil is affected in conclusion We are proud of Arlington's commitment to energy efficiency Additional solar energy and other important steps that Arlington has taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the past few years Including our upcoming community choice aggregation program We hope that you will decide to sign this letter opposing a pipeline tax Unnecessary new pipelines and supporting more clean energy for our state Global warming is real our children are counting on us Thank you, and if you have any questions Mr. Kiro, thank you very much. Thank you for all your work on this and all the information you provided I was wondering if you could just describe in a little bit more detail the pipeline tax Because it's referenced several times in the letter, but no specifics earlier this the Electric utility companies want to tax electricity consumers to pay for Construction of new pipelines, and this is what we refer to as a pipeline tax The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rejected this tax as currently illegal in Massachusetts because under the electricity restructuring Act The utility, you know electric consumers are not supposed to pay for other forms of energy right now the spectra ever sourced national grid are looking to have the legislator Make amendments to the law to make this legal or To put the whole thing on people who have gas delivered to their homes, and they have a number of other creative schemes For this but that that is a pipeline tax even though the judiciary Supreme Judicial Court ruled against it It's not definitively dead because it could be legitimized by new legislation I have a question We'll get back to This board and any actions we decide to take I'm just curious in terms of other outreach Have you contacted like senator Donnelly or any of the legislators that are really closer to this? I know that Gail McCormick has been in close touch with Sean Garber Lee and we know that they're People are active that this is January is the month where you know the legislative agenda and bills are getting set up and and So there are people in the Senate and the House working on this I believe members more members of the mass power forward coalition and other mothers out front people are in Contact and these type of letters really help provide support to those Legislators as they try to get no, no, I understand I agree with that But I would say to really make it more than just a letter if that's what the board so chooses and any Form deviation, but I understand the three points that you have in there It in order to make it not just be a letter I really would encourage and I know representative gobbling I always hear him be extremely responsive and and Representative Dave Rogers who also has four or six precincts in Wellington, but especially the senator where he's what 1047 or 152 I would say as a next step For any city or town That needs to be a partnership. That's well established you all speak very eloquently and consistently for your cause and I think carrying that on to our legislative delegation and I don't mean to pick on the senator But you know, he he does have he has a leadership position and you know So but anyways, I if you want to answer that and then I'm gonna call I would like my colleague who's more familiar with this part But they All of our legislative voted against the pipeline tax last year and 97 senators and we have appointment set up with Representatives Roger gobbling and Senator Donnelly on the 25th of this month, which is a climate lobby day in the state Thank you Mr. Dunn and the mr. Byrne I Respect the work the mother's upfront does a lot and I was very happy to support the community aggregation act I don't feel sufficiently educated on this issue to take a position or on behalf of the town It's I believe in the climate change is happening I believe that there are things that we have to do and I believe that Arlington is taking a lot of steps And I've supported the ones that I can feel passionate about the ones that I can support I don't even have to have a huge passion for unfortunately this particular issue There's it's complex, and I know there's other sides to it, and I just don't know enough and Without that knowledge, I'm I personally have a very hard time signing on to the slur I was curious what other communities have signed on to the letter this this is The process of circulating this letter has just begun. I believe that the mayor of Somerville is going to be signing it tonight Does anybody else have any you're one of the first You know boards of luck and don't meet every week and they originally wanted to have it by the 20th And it would be great to have it by then, but we do you know We are extending the deadline a little bit So I would just like to ask mr. Dunn is I'm so sorry. We don't do back and forth. Sorry. I'm so sorry again at the end But I'm gonna let mr. Burn. Sorry. Just sorry that process. I apologize So when I saw this I think a lot of it my mind or when we got to it tonight it started thinking about Collins comments during citizens over form and about you know, a lot of the concerns people have at the federal level and What can we do to kind of protect ourselves? And I don't want to say insulate ourselves at this point because I don't really you know Climate change isn't something that we can just solve here in Arlington or even Massachusetts or maybe even the United States but you know, I think that it is you know now more important than ever that you know Communities, you know kind of take important stances like this to make sure that all of the work that's been done on the federal level on the regional level Can can continue in that we continue to keep it a top-level priority and I Throughout the next four hopefully four years And so I'd be comfortable Signing this and and we support it. I think that you know, it's aligned with Where we should be going and I do understand it's it's complex But I think it is important that you know at the local level we do start, you know Paying paying a bit more attention to the issues like this and maybe you know inserting ourselves in the conversation when we can I'm also very sympathetic to this. I think that it In particular it kind of helps leverage one of the other projects that mothers up front just pursued which was Trying to address the gas leaks which is for did didn't support legislation around the gas leaks and and I think Using this as a bit of a lever to try to get that that issue addressed versus Important that said I think that in the past when we've had Been asked to endorse Lobbying letters like this. It's generally been our practice that if we cannot reach consensus as a full board That we those of us who feel that we can sign on have offered to to sign on as individuals now I don't know if that's an option with The campaign as it says it's structured right now, but that that is we don't even have a full board here tonight. It's just I Think it's difficult because This isn't a situation. We have a public hearing per se and in a published vote and such The way we would in a town meeting action And so it really puts colleagues either who are absent or who don't feel you know They can sign on at this time in a difficult position if the board is adopting this this this position It kind of implies that we're all in consensus So for my own part, I'm not sure that we're in a my own feeling is that we're not in a position here to endorse this as as a board But I'd be willing to talk to mothers up front about potentially signing as an individual official I'd be I don't I absolutely don't feel passionately I'm not passionately opposed to this either and I wouldn't if the if the my colleagues choose to support this I'm not going to be you know upset or hurt like that's why we've got a board. I don't think I Think it like you know if I was on the other side of this Or and I you know, maybe I'm gonna be on the other side of another vote someday in the future I don't mind if it's night So I respect a thankful. Thank you, but do you want? Okay, so I'm hearing two things and two things we can possibly do we can take the vote tonight possibly not unanimous with mr. Greeley who Unfortunately, it's very well at all. That's why he's not here tonight or as well as One of my colleagues, you know does have some questions and a request for more information But I also put it's up to my colleagues to make motions. We could also perhaps Put this back on the January 23rd agenda have the opportunity to get some more information to us individually Then have a full board You're not necessarily hearing and doing everything over again, but also bringing mr. Greeley up to speed so Either a motion I guess to approve or a motion to Postpone to January 23rd, so I believe it to my colleagues. I'm gonna move approval Mr. Burn is there a second? I'll second second by mr. Curel Okay, any further discussion? I promised I'd give you you wanted to say something very briefly at the end I have to apologize because I just missed what you voted on Yeah, I would just like to say that we would be happy to meet with individually answer questions provide More resource material to help anyone become more comfortable With this I think the Attorney General's study is very convincing and We'd be happy to do that and then have it reconsidered on the 23rd Well, we have a motion right now to move approval seconded by mr. Curel Okay, any further discussion? If not all those in favor say aye aye all those opposed Any abstentions so it's approved three and one abstention and then Please I encourage you to follow up with that information including for our colleague mr. Greeley and I'll be sure either myself or the vice chair who ever speaks with them first Sort of give them a synopsis of what went on tonight. So we approved it. Oh, thank you. Okay. Thank you very much Okay, agenda item six Presentation from the bike share working group Not sure who's I can introduce it if that yes, mr. Towne manager. Thank you madam chair So as the board knows one of its Goals during our annual goal setting session is to investigate bike sharing options or opportunities for Arlington So a bike share working group made up of representatives from the planning community development department a back and tack have been working on a bike share Study group and they have a report to provide to the board for tonight to inform the board and also to get a little feedback From the board or what the board's prerogative would be moving forward and I believe tonight We have Seth Fiddishfield from tack as well as Nat Strasburg from planning office I don't know if that's coming forward or if he's just here for moral support, but I Seth is ready. I'll turn it over to him Just name an address for the record. We are not podium equipped. Sorry We're gonna have to fix the microphone and then when you start you say your name and address for the record just for downstairs I See someone else you want to chair Just so you don't You're much younger than I but I would after about four minutes. I'd feel the burn I know it and are you all set on your end or Okay, Laura is yours. Okay. Well, thanks very much for having me again. My name is Seth Fiddishfield I'm a representative of the transportation advisory committee I'm I apologize in advance. I'm also under the weather tonight, so I appreciate the seat Okay, so thanks again for having me The time manager asked me to come in and give you an update on our research about potentially bringing bike share to Arlington So if you want to go ahead to the next slide So a small working group has been doing some initial research about bikes your options for Arlington I'm including myself from tack Scott Smith from tack and the Arlington bike advisory committee and we've been working with Nat Strasburg from the planning department as well next slide So bike share as you're probably familiar is a system that has really gained a lot of popularity in recent years among cities to provide Alternative transportation modes that encourage active transportation. I'm as well as well as reducing vehicle traffic and The bike share system that we have in the Boston area that you're probably familiar with as the hubway system next slide So there are a host of benefits that come along with bike share that could apply here to Arlington starting with business growth, so bikes have been studied and shown to increase local business development as bicycle riders tend to Travel at a slower pace and are more likely to take a stop and stop in a coffee shop or a store to do some errands along the way And with bike share you can strategically place the stations in business districts to encourage that kind of activity Bike share works great with transit by providing what we call the first mile last mile connection So for folks that live near to transit So in our case to alibi for there's currently a hubway station or to the bus routes that that go through Arlington Having bike share can help them get from their homes to the transit stations and back and forth So again increasing the use of that transit Bike share can improve public health as well as attract new Cyclists by encouraging more biking where it's great that we have the Minuteman pathway here in town. So bike share could help increase the use of that resource and Break down some barriers to cycling for folks who don't have their own bike They might not want to invest, you know, hundreds of dollars in a new bike But can spend just a few dollars to take out a bike share bike Bike share does can help to reduce And thereby reducing congestion improving air quality as well as addressing climate change And bikes here as it has gained popularity among communities has really become a Desirable trait for communities to show their livability to have alternative transport Routes and encourage an active population and finally again generating investment in local business not only through the Patronization of those businesses, but also providing a sponsorship opportunity for those businesses that can bring attention to them next slide So that was kind of the high-level overview and now I'm gonna get into a series of slides that Briefly outline the research we've done about some of the specific options for Arlington So the first option that we looked into is called zagster Zagster is a local smaller operator that has a lease model So the way it works is that they lease the bike and station equipment to the community and the community pays a user fee for The lease as well as the services that go along with that And Zagster approach Arlington along with Lexington in Bedford with the idea of creating a bike share System just along the Minuteman Pathway Hubway as you know again is the existing bike share system in Greater Boston and its model is different than Zagster because the community actually owns the hardware, so they the community would own the bikes and the stations and Again, this is operated by a company. It's a national company called Motivate and so they operate a number of the larger bike share systems around the country And then a third option that we haven't gotten as far into but we were asked to include in the list would be a local Kind of system from the ground up. I'm an example of this is the bike share in Salem It's called Salem spins, which is kind of an alternative bike rental program And so this would give Arlington a lot of flexibility in the system It would provide but it would less it would probably just be for Arlington And it would be up to us to do all of the legwork to put it together Next slide So there's a lot on this. I'm hoping that you've had a chance to maybe look at these ahead of time or can afterwards But again, some of the basic differences between the systems So Zagster is it's more of a recreational bike kind of rent rental alternative It's it's appropriate for round trips. The bikes are fairly lightweight. They have locks built into them So it's a way for people to take a bike kind of out for a spin for a while It's a little bit more limited and it's point-to-point capability and most of the It's really centered around the bikes themselves the stations don't have as much technology on them or flexibility to Take out and use the bikes And a key question for the connectivity of Zagster if we were to go that model is is what? Lexington and Bedford in this case we choose to do Hubway on the other hand would be growing a fairly extensive existing network There are over a hundred stations in Boston, Somerville, Cambridge and Brookline, and there's also interest from Medford Belmont Newton among other communities to join the system and currently hubway is Renegotiating its contract with motivate So this is actually a pretty good time to think about new communities joining because there's an opportunity to become part of that new contract It's more of a commuter or errand based again point-to-point model So the bikes are really meant to be taken on short trips But there is certainly the capacity for some recreational roof I ride up the Minuteman frequently myself and I often see people on hubway bikes that they've presumably taken up Male life all the way out to Bedford even Oh, and I wanted to mention that as it says here there are about 200 current hubway members who live in Arlington I thought you use that to open teeny little tipsy No, this is this is how I get my Oh, that's that qualifies product placement in I'm one of the 200 Thank you, sorry But I'm saying way back. Thank you Again the local system we have fewer details of this because we don't have a specific proposal in front of us But you know presumably we could build it to fit our specific needs But as I said before it's more likely to be specific to Arlington and not connect to other communities around and Like Zagster would require Kind of starting over in terms of recruiting new riders as opposed to building off of those already part of how Next slide So I have a series of slides here just to give you a picture of what the equipment and technology looks like a little bit So in the same order, this is what a Zagster bike looks like. It's kind of a cruiser bike It's a fairly stock bike that you could buy at a bike shop As I mentioned, it's a little bit lighter Which makes it a little bit easier to ride but has the disadvantage of potentially being a little less durable It also has more gears and it has a lock that goes with the bike So again, it's it's more suited to longer trips where you would stop along the way without using stations in between Next slide The stations the Zagster stations are also fairly lightweight and quite modular And the standard station has space for 10 bikes One important difference is that Zagster service includes less balancing Which is the moving of bikes between stations to make sure that there are bikes at every stations and open spaces at every stations And they do that. I think they said about once a week So it's much much more frequent than what we see with Hubway Next slide. Just to show you what the bike looks like in the station. So the lock on the station Attaches to the lock on the bike itself Next slide and the user interface so unlike the key that Mr. Dunn has With Zagster, you actually have to use a phone. You can use a dumb phone They can send you a code that way, but I imagine most people have smartphones I mean you need to pre-register for an account and then to unlock the bike you Go online with your phone and say you want to unlock a bike and it gives you a code and you enter that code into the bike Keypad so it's a two-step process Next slide The Hubway bikes you've probably seen these before they're they're very heavy-duty bikes. So They're not a great bike to ride if you want to you know goes for a sprint, but they're Totally indestructible and they're meant to be comfortable for a wide variety of users and they're pretty easy to get around town Again, they don't have a lock on them. So they're really meant for the point-to-point between the stations next slide The stations are also pretty heavy-duty and the locks are included in the station So when you put the bike into the station it automatically locks The station has capacity standard stations have capacity for 20 bikes. They're about 40 feet long and in contrast to Zagster hubways service includes balancing up to multiple times a day depending on what's needed in the community Next slide So the user interface as mr. Dunn showed us is if you remember you have this little key card And you just insert it into the station the dock where there's a bike and you take out the bike It's very quick and easy But if you don't have a key card if you're not a member a casual user can just use the Station itself and you entered a credit card And then gives you a code for that bike. So there's no phone or or pre-existing members should require to do that Next slide Just wanted to briefly talk about potential locations. So first it Probably just for the small size, but at the bottom right of the screen you can see three red Boxes and those are the existing stations at the border of Cambridge and Arlington So there are two current stations at ale life And there's one station in North Cambridge at the intersection of the bike path headed towards Davis Cambridge is also planning on putting in a new station as part of this new contract and expansion At the intersection of Mass Avenue 16. So that'll be right on the border with East Arlington It's cut off in this map, but there is a station at Teal Square in Somerville on Broadway and We I think it would be worth encouraging them to and I imagine there's you can see from the map I'm that there's interest in putting in a station at Clarendon Hills, which would be useful for us So all the blue boxes are suggested stations by existing hubway users. I promise that I didn't go on and plant all these stations I was gonna say you're kind of zealous So so you can see that there's existing station interests throughout Arlington certainly centered around East Arlington and commercial districts Such as the intersection of Lake Street and Mass Ave and obviously Arlington Center as well as along the bike The bike path so as we you know if we were to move forward with this and consider Station placements we'd really want to think about Kind of how we want to use the resource and do we want more of a linear path to Parallel the bike path and Mass Ave or we potentially want to concentrate more at least to start out with In the eastern part of Arlington to create more density in a smaller area And one important consideration for that will be if If and when that sorry Medford and Belmont do move forward with joining whether we want that kind of lateral Excuse me next slide So And we're getting towards the end So in terms of the cost I want to emphasize that these are all really preliminary figures So we continue to work with any of the service providers As well as thinking about the the user revenue and the sponsorships to lock down a more concrete cost estimate But that said obviously the key difference here between Zagster and hubway is that Zagster because it's the least model has No upfront capital cost whereas hubway has a fairly significant capital cost. It's about 50,000 per station So that's the big difference then they both also have an annual fee To cover the maintenance the rebalancing to the extent that it's available the customer support And then there's this question of the revenue and so there's two main revenue sources to look forward to So one is the user fees so depending on the level of use and the pricing structure That set by the community You'd expect, you know, a certain amount of user revenue part of the reason we see it higher for hubway here is because Given that it's already established just and we imagine it having more use And then there's also the question of sponsorship So as part of this new contract the existing hubway communities are pursuing a title sponsor Which is someone like a city bank in for the bike share system in New York, which is called city bike And so by giving away the name to the system you can bring in a fair amount of revenue And then we can also pursue more local sponsors So going out to you know large businesses or even small businesses and you know Maybe a sponsor a bike campaign to help bring in more revenue So again, these numbers are pretty preliminary But the way it adds up is that For for the hubway proposal, you know, they expect the sponsorships to last about five years and with these Potentially optimistic numbers. It would actually end up making the town money about two hundred thousand dollars over the five years I don't know if we'd quite get to that level, but at least gives the a fairly large buffer to break even over that time period That's on this. That's it for this slide The last couple slides so in terms of where we are moving forward So Zagster has presented to the communities a few times and they would be ready to move forward in 2017 with a deployment If the communities were to sign on they require a three-year contract To sign up for the lease for those that three-year period and then you can renegotiate from there for hubway so As I've been mentioning the current cities are finalizing their new contract and they're going to be going out to their solicitation for title sponsor in the near future But the existing cities of the side that they wanted that Solicitation to be solely for the existing cities in around one and then to have it be for new cities in around two And so that would be looking at a summer timeframe for that round two solicitation for additional sponsors So really I think the timing on hubway is is is about bringing in the funding if Arlington, you know Wanted to pay for it today and and that would work then I'm sure hub hubway certainly has the capacity to expand but it's really about the The system design and bringing in the any outside financing and for a local system. This really is dependent on on the Internal capacity to design and put together a system and go through any solicitation associated with that Next slide So again in summary You know zagster I we see as a it's a system that could be a good alternative to a traditional bike rental system It could work as a as a you know network along the Minuteman, but would not have connectivity beyond that hubway is an already established system with the regional connections that we know about and real Potential to expand in the future. It's also quite scalable So if Arlington the the cost I gave showed earlier was for five stations If Arlington wanted to start with fewer stations that is something that we could consider To cut initial costs, but then have the potential to expand in the future or we start with the five stations and again expand there in the future and the local system would you know probably offer us the most degree of Flexibility, but would also require the greatest upfront investment in terms of both human and potentially financial capital to Figure that all out and get it going And so for next steps last slide So a couple things that are ongoing right now that will help us continue to figure this out if we so choose We have included a couple of questions in the current vision 2020 survey Specifically asking Arlington residents about their interests and awareness of bike share Including where they would most like to see bike share stations and their likelihood to use it and how they would see using it Which is certainly keep in touch with Lexington and Bedford about their interest in Zagster or also in HUB way And there's no reason that HUB way couldn't make it out there If they have the interest for that and then certainly if we aren't in HUB way keeping track of the contract negotiations which are being organized by MAPC With the existing communities and watching that process as it goes forward and then when it comes time for that round to Sponsor solicitation hopefully being ready to indicate interest in being part of that process So that's it for my presentation. I'm happy to answer Thank you very much it's excellent excellent presentation I want to say in looking through this to my mind Well first of all a local system I think is out of is out of the quite I don't it makes no sense to me What so ever to make to create an isolated system, but even looking at the other at the other two and understanding the The pros and cons as you've laid them out so Excellently, I don't think there's a choice other than the HUB way myself I mean when I look at look at the bike sharing approach even setting aside the environmental and Health benefits. I think this is an important part of our economic development Strategy as well if we were to join a larger network that already exists I mean, we were always trying to bring people you know into Ireland and to come visit Arlington and Connecting existing system I think helps us to do that, but flipping around the other way as well I mean we've we've as a board and as a town we've taken a strong stance in Supporting multi-use development along our major corridors right now and that implies Creating housing units that have less Parking available and we need to have other you know options Available to folks who live there and I think that having this as a commuter option that actually links into the rest of the MBTA system So directly just makes so much more sense and you're the figures that you put out here. I mean If it weren't to come to fruition we were bringing in a hundred ninety six thousand dollars per year so that covers the even with the five-station model that covers all the opera in an annual operating cost and leave seventy one thousand dollars after that towards, you know Acquisition of the stations which I presume would be capitalized in some in some way So there's an excellent presentation and I never really thought about Zagster But from my own view if we're to pursue this I feel much more comfortable going with a network That's already there and that we are very confident is expanding rather than Going with a more limited recreational model with you know Lexington Bedford where it sounds like they're not really very far along and they're Thinking on this unless I want Yeah, and my understanding is that Bedford is less interested in it than they were initially because they feel like they Have a pretty popular bike rental store at the end of the minute man And I think that shop is not excited about the idea of having competition. Yeah, and so to my mind, you know Zagster Implementing a Zagster model just us in Lexington our stations are essentially serving as feeders to To Lexington, but but I think we have much greater and not to mention the user base already existing user base here in town of Constituents, that's my own two cents just my first blush and I know you were very You were very even-handed in your presentation between them, but but did the committee actually have a preferred choice? So I would say I really only just started talking with the committee in the past week as the presentation was coming towards finality Yeah, it did seem at least from our conversation I don't think the committee ever took a vote that when you look at it as you described it that the interoperability The revenue ability the sponsorship ability it seemed like hubway was the most appropriate choice And am I understanding that MAPC is assisting communities with the hubway? Yes, that's right Yeah, and we've been in touch with them to indicate our interests and learning more about it Thank you. Can I take that also as a motion to receive? I move to receive. Okay. Is there a second? Second. Mr. Dunn. Mr. Dunn. Thank you for the presentation. It was indeed very interesting. I I'm So I guess I Would not want the thing that I'm most interested in I think that it wasn't there that I'm curious about is What is there information available that talks about how? Towns like Arlington get integrated into a network like hubway so Arlington is a very dense town, but we're less dense than Cambridge or Boston and I'm curious with other cities or even other towns on the hubway system What was it like when they started penetrating, you know, the less dense towns like us and How long does it take for it to work or it doesn't work in the long run? so I mean the two that I systems that I use the most are here in our hubway in Boston and Bixie and Montreal and those are all like I use those like I've used a L. Y Hubway station, but by far the vast majority of stuff that I've used hubway for is actually in Boston itself And I own a bike and so, you know, would I like how much would I use hubway and how long? And at the same time if we say, you know East Arlington dense very dependent on public transportation relative to other parts of the town, you know There are five stations there and that's totally we can make that totally viable And that's the way and we should and that like I'd like like that's a pot totally I could imagine that I could also imagine someone saying it's never gonna work in Arlington. You're too dense We've tried it before and I would curious what data is out there Sorry, I am generally very supportive. I would love it But I would love to see some data just to make sure that I believe that it isn't just the no hope Hope versus fact. I'd love to have some facts, too. Yeah Mr. Burn. Yeah, so again, thank you very much. I I guess I am you know Coming into this I was obviously, you know leaning more heavily towards hubway in my own thoughts and I'm pretty sure I still am I'm very curious to see what the What the vision 2020 survey has to say I Mean I'd just be curious, you know, it is like Dan was saying this is, you know, primarily used in You know the city where people, you know go very short routes and I'd be curious to know if our Residents would, you know, want to use it for those short routes or are they looking for more leisurely rides? Up and down the bike path, you know, I agree with Joe that it probably doesn't make sense if it's just us in Lexington because it's pretty You know, that's you know That could I guess I see him as two completely separate networks And I'm curious to know which one that I like residents would utilize most for the expansion of Hubway not so much how Dan's question on how it comes, you know Into a community like Arlington, but say we opened up with one or two Stations, would it be, you know, easy to expend do we have to wait until the next operating contract is up to try to get those additional stations put in the community I Can double check, but I don't believe that we do I think if you have the capital you can just do it any time I mean I I work in Cambridge and they've steadily added systems over the course of the life And it's really just about getting the capital in place and then gotcha. So really having it delivered That makes sense. So now this is our So once you're in your end and you can write as much as you want, right? I think I think the key around this The current contract Negotiation is the sponsorships Sponsorship solicitation and particularly for the title sponsor. So the title sponsor will want to know how many bikes and how many stations are there to put my name on in a community and so if it's only two then That would incur a different level of interest than if it's five Yeah, one yeah, I'm excited about where this is going I do think that how it would be a great addition. I was happy to see that there's potential to make money off it I actually wasn't expecting that coming into it So so that was you know welcome news. I think this will be a sweet cool. Thank you for all your work Yeah, I had one more question on the sponsorships Does hubway itself? Try to engage sponsors or are participating communities on the hook Yeah, so under the new contract hubway itself or motivate the operator will actively seek out sponsors Particularly the title sponsor. They do take a cut of that. Yeah I think it's between 10 and 20 percent, but part of their contract is to solicit the sponsorship So correct me if I'm wrong So there's the big-name title sponsor But then it is also possible to get sponsors for like individual stations that could be solicited totally separately Absolutely, and so the the numbers that I showed you were assuming that we did both of those And so I think we can for the local sponsors We could do that independently and then motivate wouldn't take any piece of that Or I think they're also open to helping with that And they certainly have you know promotional material that we can use to help educate local businesses about the benefits of becoming a sponsor Just a few questions Just showing my naivety like when I when I go into Boston downtown, you know levered circle I'm going past Mass General Cambridge Street. I see a big long. Is that hubway? It is the MGH station And My other question is when I see that and I think I heard you say that each station is 40 feet long Are you bound to that are they collapsible? Could we do you have to do the whole 40 feet? I'm thinking if it's something like you know the bike way Yes, but if you're talking about perhaps some of these other sites or sites People are going to mention in the future that we haven't even considered right so the station is modular In 10 bike units, so the standard 40 foot station is to 10 bike units put together plus the kiosk So yes, you could have a smaller station You don't want to get too small because then you have not very many bikes and not very many docks to put bikes When they're being used the other consideration is that most of the station cost is in the kiosk So you don't it's not like getting a 10 bike station is half the cost of a 20 bike station But it's certainly possible to have smaller stations So if you know we wanted to for example expand out more into the neighborhoods I could see that being a case for us some of the smaller stations So it's certainly an option and then alternatively you can also go the other way and Struggling to come up with an example downtown, but there are there are 40 bike stations downtown Yeah, of course, right south station nor station Have some much larger stations and they can be configured and just in linear leave But they can also be opposite so depending on the space that you have for the station They have different configurations And I'm probably getting ahead of myself just in terms of I just wanted to know if we were stuck to that 40 foot No matter what I'm just thinking of where some of the suggestions might come in and I assume It's going to be the planning department in the a back that After they gather all the information as best as you can can sort of do a projected not supply and demand but If you could come up with sites I'm assuming there'd be some data around that at what you project a possible user group would be in terms of numbers or You know what I'm saying. Oh, yes, and I think that actually ties in with what mr. Dunn said that we If I may I think what we I think what we want tonight is to say, you know, see what the board's pulses Is it worth pursuing? If it's break even near break even or maybe maybe if we don't You know meet break even is it something that we think we want to put the capital up front for and then if that's the yes Then I think we go back to work. I don't see us asking for any resources at the spring town reading But maybe later in the year next year and that's we start to look at you know With a with a thumbs up tonight, I think we start to look at the question that exact question Who would use this? How would they use it? How does it connect the Cambridge? How does it connect the summer bill what are Medford and Belmont doing? You know, is there is there interoperability that makes sense there? To answer just that question, you know, who are these people that you know, you know Is it mr. Dunn who already has the the tag or is it somebody else who you know Doesn't use it now because they don't necessarily they're not narrow station, but where are they would utilize it and then I'm certainly in favor of going forward to it on this. I wouldn't myself personally commit to Authorizing 246,000 or any of the other things. I don't think I'm hearing that right now I'm not asking for that. And then the only other thing I would just Ask is if there's any way and there's a great universe with a vision 2020 survey, but I'm thinking in terms of We're like-minded constituencies or communities might exist that we could also reach out to one with Suggestion for if we do move forward with some model which I'm leading towards hubway Suggestions from sort of that user group or groups and then the second thing is on the sponsorship Aspect of it which I'm very interested in so is there any way I guess I would ask the town manager to explore a Is there any way we can get some one or all of the vision 2020 survey questions? If perhaps you can have a conversation with superintendent Bodie Maybe something else that she's comfortable with or just maybe something she can say that surveys out there look for for vision 2020 because so many of our schools have an active constituency say fruits and I Don't think we have a I'm not sure if every school I go to middle school high school elementary I've seen by crack so if you can just explore it as any Way we can without violating any school policies even if it's to say Draw the attention to the survey out there And then the second would be just to put it on the table as a suggestion Especially where you're talking about sponsorships, and I'm thinking about town day and some other things like that Perhaps communicating with the Chamber of Commerce, so they're aware of it. I just don't want That if we move along and we commit to To You know greater Boston motor sports is going to sponsor something somewhere, and we have an Arlington business That says, you know not only would I have done that? I'm the same kind of business, but you know You're basically I have my competition advertising in my face, you know So some sort of reach out to the Chamber of Commerce and Whatever you get from the schools Mr. Dunn just one thing about how way that's a feature that's worth pointing out is the app That so you always know where the nearest station is and how many Spaces or bikes are available? So and just add to that so Zagster has an app, but they don't show you how many bikes are available at the station I wish I could ride by bicycle with my 45 pounds of equipment But anyways, so I think what we're hearing right now was mr. Kiro made a motion to receive and it was seconded by mr. Burn, I think we're also rearing inherent on that is that we you know We appreciate the report and what you're about to embark on and ideally, you know within the next six to twelve months They probably we anticipate some pretty solid recommendations and it could be a fourth option or something else But I think that's the timeline. We're operating under here So I just want to make sure just receiving the report as appropriate. That is fun. Yeah, okay Any further questions? If not, all those in favor say aye Supposed unanimous vote. Mr. Chapter Lane approval minute man bike. Thank you Seth to thank you very much Don't cough on the manager we need Agenda to set seven approval minute man bike way 25th anniversary committee roster, Mr. Chapter Lane Thank You madam chair Several meetings ago the board authorized the creation of a 25th anniversary committee to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the minute man bike way and part of that vote was to bring back a proposed slate to make up that committee To to the board for approval. So that's what this is the memo also has a little bit of narrative and a schedule about anticipated Goals and meeting times or the meeting schedule of the of the committee But I'd be happy to answer any questions But otherwise would look forward to the board's approval of the roster so they can get to work Sir, Mr. Curell although I have some hesitations about the first name on the list I move approval moved by Mr. Curell seconded by second mr. Burn Any further discussion? I'm gonna vote yes, even though I'm on the list How'd you get first buddy? But anyways and it's a committee of a very Well-assembled committee of 11 people and we certainly appreciate everything moving forward on that and thank goodness You're doing it. I don't have to on a motion by mr. Curell seconded by mr. Burn all those in favor say aye aye those opposed unanimous vote We now go to mr. Chapter Lane approval Lake Street bikeway design review committee roster Very similar requests at a passport meeting the board did approve for tack and DPW via engineering to move forward with beginning the design of Personalization at the Lake Street and Minuteman bikeway intersection at that time tack hit advised that the creation of a design review committee Or that we create a design review committee so that there could be members of the public Departmental representation and also the ability to have a committee structure to hold some public meetings to review the designs as they go forward Tax leadership recommended a committee makeup in terms of where we should get representatives from we polled all of those groups For who they would like to have designated to the design review committee those names are before you and again Would very much like the board's approval so that we can get to work on this this design Move approval move by mr. Don seconded by second I have a question as well, and did you say tack recommended these Groups for the committee. They did. Yeah. Thank you Just two thoughts, which I know you're on top of but I'm gonna say them anyway This is gonna be controversial and so Getting as many Neighbors involved in as what as we can and as early and as in many ways if we can if you can help the committee do that I think that'll be really important for the long run And I know it's a little bit Coincidental, but we're up at the state house for the complete streets award. This intersection actually came up Like in some of the hobnobby conversations, you know that happened before the thing actually started and I was talking we're talking about and I said, yeah, we're good and there was definitely They were there were the people that are talking to were Marvelling at the idea of trying to signalize an intersection like that and they were I said but Lexington does it exactly like that I said, yeah, but Arlington's different. And so I think that I'd be curious if we talked to the state a little bit about They see if they have any resources because I think they clearly are struggling with this in other places. And so they There I think there's some expertise there that we can probably talk to yeah, all right Okay Any further discussion my colleagues motion by mr. Dunn seconded by mr. Burn all those in favor say aye All those opposed unanimous vote Gen 9 of 9 discussion treasure collector position As we all know They're quit the rundown of me here. Yeah talking to the board gonna say something that's Many of us have been talking about the town manager asked to place this on the agenda I'll turn to you first Thank You madam chair so As the board knows and I think most of the public has probably become aware our long-serving Treasurer former board of Selectman former conservation commissioner town meeting member among other Our other service to the the town of Arlington Steve Gilligan is announced He's not seeking re-election for the treasure collector position Even though there's been some you know past discussions about the status of that position will say between myself and Steve and others You know very very sad to see Steve go definitely grown quite fond of him over the years And certainly his dedication and his passion for the town of Arlington. So Certainly wish him very very well in his retirement That said I did want to immediately start the conversation and at least tonight have preliminary discussion with the board of Selectman to again similar to bike share take the pulse of the board of Selectman of once again pursuing the professionalization of the treasurer collector's position which could lead to the creation of a Finance department for the town of Arlington that would have multiple finance officers directed by a finance director most likely embodied by the deputy town manager There's a probably a Significantly long path to that that would take a discussion at town meeting in a vote at town meeting and then eventually a ballot question To transition any elected position to an appointed position So I think I'm here tonight saying that's something I'm still interested in pursuing But very much interested in hearing the board's Thoughts and feedback on that to give us all time to contemplate whether or not there's any warrant articles We want to file by the warrant article filing deadline at the end of this month and possibly discuss them further at the January 23rd meeting Mr. Carol. Thank you Thank you, mr. Manager. I think this is a very opportune time to to bring this Discussion back again, you know, we get the regular do our e-newsletters sent to us and we see this continuing trend towards You know professional appointed finance directors and other communities In the Commonwealth and I think that unfortunately That this has been a very to be quite frank I mean, I think that this has been a difficult debate in the past when we've had this discussion because the you know, our current treasurer has has Given so much in public service to the town and I think unfortunately got a little bit tangled up between the issue of appointment and You know the value that we place on on the treasurer's Many years of service to the town. I think it does make sense to revisit this at this point We have a perfect opportunity To to go back to town meeting and discuss it We've had a few more years you know under our belt and Certainly you were in the difficult position not to put you on the spot of being brand new and in the town manager's role We first brought this that this to to town meeting for discussion and I think You know working against that You know the experience you've attained and also knowing What major financing? Challenges we have going forward with some of major capital projects and school projects and such it's it really is an opportune time to To bring this this up again. So I for one You know, I'd like to hear what the rest of my colleagues have to say but I for what I'd be happy to see us Put this on the warrant again so that we can have the discussion once more You know in town meeting and see if there is a renewed appetite for for For approaching it. I will say I've had a couple of conversations recently and in the past with the town manager Again since we have this opportunity in terms of you know Mr. Gilligan retiring after so many years as well as on the school side We have the school CFO position I did ask the manager when he does present something I asked him to present my short brief synopsis is when we you know first started down this road it sort of was the tail of two audits and From what came out of that and I know mr. Carmen I know you were there at town meeting that think mr. Ruderman was and what happened after that was you know, I Admit with mr. Sullivan and basically was saying you know What is it that you're concerned about from that the decision was made when I expressed the concerns about having town school finances coordinated including even using the munis system Which the town does and the schools might now with the person that's filling in I did ask the manager that when we went out commissioned the report from the DOR There were like seven or ten tenants or steps that said okay if you want to have a town school I'm encapsulating it town school finance Department whatever these are the seven or ten steps you would need to do and three of them were Steps you would need to take on the school side, and then there was a big long discussion my Frustration was that report that was done for one purpose that really came from the two different audits One area got focused on first. It was two areas elect no more elected Board of Assessors no more elected treasurer, and then Assessors got taken off the table, so I did ask the manager if he could and he has electronically emailed it to me. Also If we could somehow get back since we in my opinion and not saying it isn't anybody else's we do have an opportune Time on the town and school side with two different transitions that if we can relook at that whole report If the manager could put it for us before us in some form with the caveat that he may say okay Mrs. Mahan you asked me to put forth on all seven points or the three school points I don't support it, but you know here's what it is or Because I'd like to do the whole thing As much as we can you can't do anything specifically To every minute detail but I'd like to and it'd be interesting to hear it, you know as the Campaign season evolves, you know where anybody else is thinking at that, but we have the school CFO Who is moving on to another position? I'm told by the town manager and mr. Greco and mr. Viscay that the person who's filling in for us And I keep saying I know her name is Tony and I can't think of her last name But she's really done a very good job. So I'm anticipating if we looked at if this is six to twelve months down the road solution So I just wanted to let my colleagues know that that I've had that conversation, you know with the town manager So I did ask him to put forth recognizing that I just may be the only woman on the island and you know That's okay, and then I just want to pass on with mr. Gilligan retiring and different people Hearing about this agenda item. I heard from probably 1822 people over the course of the past week Mostly like Dunkin Donuts in places like that that oh you're gonna talk about the treasurer position again You have to go to the voters before you do that So and I've told them unless I'm losing my mind. Yes, we do so I just wanted to say that that's point That's been raised and I've told them, you know, this would be a step-by-step process So I'm certainly in favor of moving forward. I just don't want to rush anything in terms of if For some reason we all agree and we want to take a majority of that do our report I Understand doing step-by-step, but my thing is we've had this around for so long What the impetus for that actual conversation and study was if we can you know move on more things if not all Recognizing they may say that you know treasurer is gonna take six to 15 months depending on election depending on the ballot question A school thing may take six to 24 months. I'm you know, I just kind of like to I Know I probably confused what I tried to say, but I just want to make sure you're all cognizant of the conversations I had with the manager Mr. Burn Thanks One of course, you know, thank mr. Gilligan for all his service the town. He's obviously been around for a while And I think we're all indebted to him for for that service Adam I do have a couple questions How's it been going since the director of assessments has You know moved under kind of your jurisdiction and what's changed? Frankly It's hard to pinpoint Exactly what's changed, you know, I we had a very Good working relationship with Paul Tierney who's the director of assessing under the direction of the board of assessors We now maintain that I went down maybe two two months ago now to sit with the board of assessors and we came with a I Don't know votes were taken I think we left that meeting with a common agreement of what their responsibilities were Statutorily as an elected board of assessors and then what director of assessments responsibilities would be in reporting to the town manager, so I Suppose that the difference Has been that we just articulated who's responsible for what in a different way I think it would be a good question to ask Paul how he feels about having a Day-to-day supervisor in the building that he can go do with questions concerns problems, whatever it might be as opposed to As opposed to a boy that's not necessarily there all the time But I wouldn't supposed to answer that question for Paul But I think that would be a as this process goes forward that would be a question to ask Paul Tierney No, that's good. No, and I will bring that up Paul With the timeline that you laid out, how would that interact with the election for Steve for Mr. Gilligan seat? I think no matter how we look at this that is potentially problematic Even in the tightest of timelines which would probably have us moving faster than I would imagine any of us have the appetite to move Would be putting a question on this April's annual town election that would still have Another election for treasurer on that ballot So there's no way around having a ballot question before somebody is presumably or multiple people are on the ballot for treasurer so That that's a challenge that said The way the statute currently reads if a town chooses to move to an appointed position Whoever is the current elected treasurer collector at that time Serves in that position through the end of that elected term. So just hypothetically speaking someone gets elected this April Processes set in motion to create an appointed position doesn't go on the ballot until April of 2018. It's Succeeds in becoming an appointed position on that ballot the person who becomes treasurer collector this April still serves out the remaining two years of the term as Treasurer as treasurer collector. I Should also point out the statute's very clear a ballot question for this this matter can only be on an annual town election That can't be a special town election. It can't be a put on a state election. It has to be put on an annual town election ballot That is an interesting court Okay, thank you. So I think back when you know, I think it was my first probably one of my first committees I was put on was to Move this to a you know full-time appointed position And it's something I do believe and I think for the sake of the office You know, we've been lucky to have strong candidates I think you know potentially Expanding the candidate pool for such an important position is the right step to take And to I think Steve has hired some You know tremendous people down there, and you know, I would hate to lose the You know institutional knowledge say of somewhere if his Higher ranking, you know people that work for him That might leave town because they wouldn't have the ability to be in that role So, you know, that's a lot of things that I'm thinking right now the timeline I think it could be a bit confusing having an election for a treasure and Language concerning the seat on the same ballot, but you know, I guess that's something I would have to think about moving forward Mr. Currier, did you have your hand up or Yeah, no problem. Thank you. I also thank mr. Gilligan for his service. He's and I Think that I definitely support you Going forward and looking at changing the role of the position making it Making it professionalized. I think that since that consultant's report came out I think things have changed, you know And as you know time goes by and not only in people change roles change the town change and we also explicitly made some changes, especially related to the assessors already and I think that we definitely did get bogged down the last time we talked about this in Some of it became personality and some of it was like ego and those things were Challenges in terms of us getting the right thing done and we definitely should take this opportunity to move forward when we Wouldn't we're not entirely free of it because just because as you say there's gonna be an election no matter what and you know And so I know I'm definitely so I Dean Carmen who's in the audience has taken out papers and he's told me that do one of the things he Wants to do is to run his treasurer such that he can Help us find our way on that and he would could support an outcome where you know Where we would and so that would be to me That's the type of thing that would be helpful because it would allow us to have the conversation without being encumbered in that way so I Think we should look at their past conversations and we should take the parts that make sense And we should try to move them forward, and I think it is an excellent time to do it. Thank you Thank you, and I wanted to say you know In reference to some of the things that the chair has said that I think this is an opportunity To bring bring forward the the package that was there as long as we can you know pass Individual pieces, you know, it's possible that certain pieces won't gain traction, but I Believe I was chair of the school committee at the time that that the original proposal came forward It was the barnstable model, which was the The combined municipal finance department I spoke to the the officials in barnstable At the time and they were very pleased With the way that the the consolidated finance department Had worked for them, and I think that Things do change and at the time that the proposal first came forward Again and all frankness. I think there were some significant tensions between this board and and the the school committee and there wasn't as much I Think maybe openness to pursue it. I think there's concern about losing Independent budgetary authority, which cannot happen statutorily cannot cannot will not Happen for the school committee, but I think it's worth reaching out to our friends On the committee and seeing if there might be an openness at this at this point to it's pursuing that Piece of a finance department as well. I think we've we've proven over the last few years an excellent ability to work together in addressing the enrollment challenges that we've faced in Adjusting some of the financing formulas in our five-year plan. I think we've actually Done a pretty good job of working together and there may be openness to that conversation if it's coupled with you know reinsurances that that that type of that budgetary Autonomy within the school department would be maintained I think we also have to be open to other parts of the proposal as well, which I believe included considering rolling that the cop troller into the the Solidated finance department as well and you know if we're honest with ourselves when when we hired our Excellent cop troller. I know that the town manager's office in particular deputy Tom manager did a lot of that vetting and the professional vetting for for that role And I understand the reasons of that that also didn't pass, but I think we're gonna have the conversation Why don't we revisit the conversation and all its constituent pieces I? agree and I Thanks first Mr. Cure cure. I'm certainly buoyed by your remarks and I would like to if I could with my colleagues permission as chair and Part upon you the task of beginning outreach to our colleagues on the school committee and or perhaps with the town manager and in superintendent Bodie the four of you or whether it's a Speaker phone conference. I'm not trying to make more meetings or anything like that to you But to basically kind of lay the groundwork For that to happen in the future in terms of the election in April And it has nothing to do with the fact that I'm also on the ballot not running for treasure In putting something on the ballot to the voters I agree with what I heard from the town manager that having those two issues on appointed or not appointed or elected as well as Person or persons running for that would be confusing, but even more so Pigeon backing on all of my colleagues comments, especially with the DOR report I think we need to do some education out there because I would like If we go to an appointed treasure, which is the way I'm Leaning right now that it's a pretty Definitive vote, you know, I would hate to see the community split You know 4951 or anything like that and so I think there needs to be education and lastly I think another reason not to have both those issues on this annual town election I think residents and department heads and others will get a sense from this board The way that we're leaning I'm honestly not sure if anybody else besides mr. Carmine Dean has taken out papers But if there are there is another person that says hey, this is kind of unfair, you know I'm running on a different platform than you all are discussing and you know So I think it's good to separate in terms of having enough time for the education to follow up on We may find from mr. Cureau mr. Chapter Lane that the Current school committee which has some people who were on it when the DOR report came out Has said I'm certainly willing to you know, I agree with these three points But I only agree with one of the recommendations and how we get there So for all those reasons I just would say if I had my druthers not to to definitely put something forth to town meeting and you can If you think you have enough time for January 23rd, but I think we have quite a few things But actually you would have to because the 29th is The last deadline the selectmen of course can put something in right up until 20 days before The warrant has to go out in 27th is the deadline for Right, but it okay, so we can get it in even even if we haven't decided right still put on the right So I anticipate does that sound is that what you were looking for that? We've had this initial conversation and then Is it something that you want to put before town meeting you want the board of select men You want a combination thereof or you want to think about it and tell us on January 23rd So you the board has definitely given me what I was looking for tonight in terms of response and where you're where your heads Or where your thoughts are at on the matter In terms of filing a warrant article, let me think about whether or not it should be inserted by the board of select men Or at the request of the town manager, but let me think about how that is best-handled and whatever you decide It's no territorial issue. Yeah, I just want to get the conversation as we all do Started in before town meeting in the proper venue So we don't necessarily need to have any kind of vote on it. I don't think so. Okay. Is there anyone here that wanted to Say anything? No Okay Now we will go to agenda item 10 discussion recreational marijuana Mr.. Chapter Lane and I have had conversations about this and I know he and attorney Heim have been Doing some investigation on this so I'm gonna start with mr. Chapter Lane. Thank you madam chair So so as you just mentioned there's been interest from board members from the public from town departments in regards to The recently passed recreational marijuana ballot question its impacts on the town and whether or not the town wants to contemplate Pursuing a ballot question to opt out of allowing recreational marijuana in Arlington so I definitely was gonna rely on attorney Heim tonight, but We talked today, and I wanted to be able to provide the board Sort of the the framework of what we think the board should be thinking about and again not asking for any vote tonight But something for consideration perhaps a little discussion and then maybe a vote or not in the future So the ballot question passed and as the board may know the legislature just recently Passed an extension of when the cannabis control commission would start accepting applications till April 1st of 2018 so there's a little more time for cities and towns to consider what it wants to do the statute also allows for and This is where it gets a little tricky Adopting an ordinance or by-law by a vote or voters of the city or town to prohibit Recreational marijuana, so there's a little I guess there's a little disagreement in the the municipal legal community that Adopting a by-law or ordinance Carries a different legal significance than by a vote of the voters So currently I think the leading opinion is that a ballot question Is the way to do this that would then have to be followed up most likely by a by-law? Banning it or opting out of allowing recreational marijuana And also the leading opinion is that it would not have to be a zoning by-law Because zoning by-law doesn't necessarily tie in with that type of language You would more than likely be a general by-law a lot of that is still being worked out And I would imagine that the state will be coming out with some guidance or hoping that the state will be coming out Some guidance and how they exactly want municipalities to do this to limit the opportunity for challenges so I think what what I wanted the board to begin to think about is Whether or not it was interested in placing a ballot question On the ballot to to poll the community and whether or not it actually wanted recreational marijuana in Arlington I know one of the previous speakers tonight I think very accurately said that there is a difference between Voting for something because you think it's a good idea and then voting for something that might be in your backyard So I think that that is a worthwhile thing for the board for the board to think about I'll also say My recollection is that medicinal or medical marijuana passed by a larger margin in Arlington than recreational marijuana did But even with that Significant margin that I recall medical marijuana passing by it has created a lot of concern in the community that there are There is a facility planning to locate in the community. So Again, just just giving you some of my thoughts I think it does at least raise in my mind the question of whether or not a ballot question would be Or it could be the right thing to do to see how Arlington really feels about having a facility in Arlington So again, it's a pretty brief just overview of what I believe the town Can't consider doing to opt out of recreational marijuana not asking for a vote tonight But any questions you have if I don't have the answers I can find the answers and then again We can come back at a future meeting to deliberate And just a procedural Are we thinking? Probably by the January 23rd meeting. We couldn't do it February, right? We could You mean in terms of time to get on it on the on the ballot We would have to do by the January 23rd meeting. Yes, and then if we did it Would we be forced to have a special election and another one before the next annual? Well, no, it would happen. Okay, forget it. I'm just thinking mr. Currow and then mr. Burn. Yeah, just look at the clarification On one of the things you said you said it's a bylaw ordinance to prohibit Recreational marijuana do you mean to prohibit the sale? Yes, yeah facility. Yes a marijuana establishment. It seems to be called marijuana establishment Yeah, actually, I'm glad you raised that if I may madam chair Everything nothing that we're talking about has any impact on the new laws Legalizing possession by persons over 21 and legalized home cultivation of up to 12 plants That is not affected by either this ballot question or the extension of the bill that is legal today, okay? I think that's that's very very important distinction and I'll just say from my own Point of view, I think it makes sense to go to the referendum I'll I'll say that I don't think there are many people who are you know arguing to go back to prohibition of alcohol, but still You know in this community whenever we have expanded The retail outlets for wine and beer or alcohol sales. We have gone to the voters and sought their their ascent and I Don't know if they've ever turned it down I don't believe so but but we have gone to the voters and I think that this is consistent with that With that precedent even though it sounds like we have to word it the other way correct We have to word it are you in favor of prohibition? Yes This is an up. This is a negative as opposed to an affirmative positioning. So that's my at first blush. That's that's my my thinking on it Mr. Bar Can this be on any election or is it a biennial town election for some reason reading the language of I thought it had it could only it couldn't be this year That's just and I don't know that for sure, but I thought when I read the language it was like where it was worded funny But so but you mean only every other town election, right? That's what I when I first read it On a state election. It has to be Thank you And if it's Yeah, I'd like to I think we should look at the timing of when it can actually take place Yeah, I will look at that. I mean it very well may say a state election, but the next state election is not is after the deadline To open up. I don't think that was done unintentionally unintentionally But we it's something that that you should look into and if I remember correctly. It's two Towns can have 20% of liquor life You can have so we could have one potential Recreational marijuana place in town due to what our five liquor stores are in one potential recreational Marijuana store and you know, I think one thing that we have to look look at moving forward And you know, we don't know what the law is gonna look like in another six months You know, it could change, you know In in many ways small ways or big ways You know, we have to look at whether state law Overrules our special permit that says it can only be a recreational marijuana facility And that's something I think we have to follow Because our special permit says it can only be a medical marijuana So we we don't know if that will actually stick After, you know, this law moves forward So so there are a lot of things that I think we have to pay pretty close attention to in When it comes to to putting it on the ballot again Pardon me does feel like it was just on the ballot We just voted on it and I can see the you know, I can see a potential difference, but I'm You know, I don't feel terribly strongly against putting on the ballot But I do think that we have to be ready for if it passes there will be another application here probably the next day And I don't think that that's incredibly unlikely that you know, the voters will vote to support it and Then at that point, I think our doors just open pretty widely so I think in in making this decision and I don't know how You know, if this does come before us again I don't know how I'd vote on it, but there's a lot of things that that we should consider and you know A lot of externalities that that this could cause so thank you for my comments Try to be brief because I'm I said tonight. I was going to be briefed by the fact of how long a day would be number one, I'm all for Going to the voters on this particular item, but in terms of timing I Would pose to the manager I believe From the information that I have before me in correctly from wrong It says that in order for the town of Allington to limit the number of marijuana dispensers to less than 20% Of the number of liquor licenses. This is from the beacon. I'm not doing this off the top of my head in order to limit to that model that would mean we would only have one in town that The Need to have that limit or ban 20% of liquor sales so we only have one has to be approved by a vote of the voters Am I misconstruing that information in there? No, I think that's what we're talking about that It would have to be a ballot question But what I'm saying is do we have to do that ballot question anyways if the board when there's a full board here says We want to keep it so that we could apply that 20% of liquor licenses so they would it say Playing devil's advocate and someone saying, you know We're gonna have that 20% of liquor sales Because the voters oh the voters already voted that so we don't have to vote that it what I'm saying is I was so confused by The things that the state agency took in and took out so when I read this thing in the beacon I thought I was saying we have to do that again. We don't Mrs. Sullivan. No, I believe that the 20% is already allowed. That would be the max cap if we don't do anything It's a it stated liquor license Package store or all because we have 36 Rockley all or five package stores, which one I'm just curious My understanding was package stores. Yes. Yes But again anticipating maybe January 21. Well, mr. Dunn. I'm sorry. It's I'm definitely so I hadn't actually I hadn't heard about the opt-out till today I didn't actually and then I believe I got an email saying there's an opt-out and I sent an email to Doug and Doug was home sick So I am very curious about the details about this But if it you know if the earliest we can legally do this is November 18 It's kind of premature to put it on the for us to talk about it in November. So I'm I'm not in a particular rush because I Feel it feels like And say like, you know, they're taking applications on April 1st of 2018 if we hold our vote on April You know 3rd of 2018 that you know, even if it turns out to be town manageable We're gonna be able to do our will at that point, too So I'm not I don't currently see an urgency if someone should explain to me that there is urgency I'm happy to hear it, but I haven't seen it yet. Yeah, no I think I think that's fair. I'm not sure that it is limited to state election even that language that The chair was just reading from and Marianne just shared with me does talk about some communities that have already had a special election or a Scheduled special elections to hold a referendum. So I mean, there may be an ambiguity in the law about exactly Where it has to be held or how it should be held even way So even still just I'm gonna beat the horse a little bit deader the earliest that someone could even apply for an Recreational marijuana in our 16 months from now is 16 months around and we have enough time to act between now and then So I think perhaps For my conversation with the town managers just have this beginning conversation to make sure that he and his staff are beginning to Possibly look at going down the road that the majority or unanimous board of selectmen Don't endorse and I think you're hearing that that we're asking you to continue my Correct on that and I certainly agree that you know, there's no rush first I just had it in my head that it had to be in an annual which means This April or next I certainly Feel more comfortable especially by my colleague mr. Dunn's remarks on that So I think that's the purpose of this you just wanted to make sure that the board is aware of just these initial conversations Lots more questions to investigate in terms of if we had it when we could have it when we couldn't and as well as Terms of any warrant article to tell meeting this year. I think it may be a little premature, but we'll yeah I think we're still looking at whether or not it would be appropriate to File an article that would place a zoning moratorium on the location Of a recreational marijuana, but we're still not we're still gonna get a timing of that as well So is there anyone here who would like to do you want to you don't have to have remarks on this But it since you waited and as I said it's parallel, but it's up to you Karen. Did you want to say anything? Just come up to the microphone and just say your name and address again just in case people click I'm Tom salio 157 Newport Street the last remark he made about warrant articles. Could you I couldn't like yeah The chair just asked if we were if there's anything we needed to do a town meeting and I said We are still looking at whether or not it would be appropriate this year to file For a zoning moratorium on the location of recreational marijuana facilities Because they would still have to be zoned if the community even if the community was in favor of having recreational marijuana facilities They would have to be zoned as to where they could where they could locate Any further discussion any questions? Okay, so thanks for the initial conversation and I'm sure we'll revisit this again I Will now go to correspondence received movers seat by so moved mr. Burns seconded by second My colleagues have any discussion want to refer any of these two other entities Perhaps and Move to send the concerns both the sidewalk repairs to town manager. I have it as well, but that's fine. Thank you Okay, I'll say on my vacation I happened to notice that where I was that the Instead of pavement where around trees and stuff like that they had like like instead of asphalt They had like a spongy material like you'd find on like a kid's playground all you know like the but it was applied And so when you're walking down the sidewalk, you know how you'd have like the cutaway where the tree is or whatever And thank you, you know stumble into it and like like I do and they had like a Applied layer so it looks like asphalt, which I'm not sure would satisfy the course this particular correspondent But it was a very different material and a very different experience I'll note that they don't have freezing temperatures. So maybe Could have been the factor those going on One of the first emails I sent to Adam I think when I was first elected was boat rubber sidewalks. Yeah, round trees. They're kind of rubberized Yeah, and they're fairly popular in warm climates But we I asked actually I think Mike Rademacher looked into it on a request of mine, and they're fairly expensive Put in just plant rubber trees Colin did you have a question? We usually don't really discuss beyond on correspondence received, but 42 Ross and wrote I just wanted to mention the same material is used on Church Street in Cambridge So if you're curious as to durability the town of Cambridge may be able to talk about that some thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you very much Okay, with those referrals out of motion by mr. Burns seconded by mr. Dunn any further discussion if not all those in favor say I suppose unanimous vote new business. Mrs. Sullivan Mr. Chapter Lane Just a couple brief pieces of new business One as the board knows the town has undertaken a zoning recodification effort to Fully update and really modernize the town's zoning This is separate related but separate from the residential study group that is looking at changing zoning or making recommendations to change zoning Zoning in terms of concerns about neighborhood disruption So as part of that the town has hired RKG associates the same firm that did the master plan To do the technical work of actually recodifying zoning and one thing that both RKG has recommended and our Planning and community development director Jenny Jenny rate is putting together what they're calling an all-board meeting All boards that have any kind of permitting or licensing authority that interact with zoning to come together and talk with the RKG associates to have input into the zoning recodification process So the board of selectmen is absolutely invited to that Though I know with schedules it may be tough to get all five members there And it is currently tentatively scheduled for Saturday, January 28th from 9 to 11 a.m Most likely in the senior center. I'll be sending the board more information about it as as we firm things up But I did want to Announce that to the board tonight. We're talking about redevelopment board zoning board conservation commission board of health Historic district commission historic commission anybody who goes through the land use and permitting Permitting process or as part of that process and if you can if you haven't already a check with attorney Heim I know in the past when we've gone to sort of similar events if there were three or more of us going Well, we'll post it like it's a meeting. So okay, okay, that's what and then between Mr. Chapter Lane and Mrs. Kruppalka, I'll just check in. I mean, I know all of us will endeavor to be there I I mean, I certainly will try honestly because it But I'm just anticipating that at least one of us if not more Well, so if anyone knows in the next week or so if you could let myself a mrs. Kruppalka No, so I know it, you know at least one to whatever of us is going Because if it's something that it's 50-50 then If I really have to and I you know, I can I can do babysitting, but Saturday morning is really tough for me. So Thank you back to you. Mr. Jeff. Yeah, no, no, please. Thank you Also, I just want to let the board know that I will have the town manager's budget submission do by the end of this week It's normally do by the 10-minute manager act on January 15th, which is a Sunday So I don't think the office will be open here to time stamp in on Sunday So we're gonna endeavor to have it ready on Friday afternoon, and then perhaps if the board is interested We could have it as an agenda item on January 23rd for a brief Presentation any discussion that you might have and then finally Just to piggyback from earlier in the meeting on comments that the chair had along with Collin who's here with us tonight. We do plan on January 23rd to have at least one agenda item if not multiple agenda items to talk about Impacts of the the incoming president-elect There's been a lot of interest about Discussing sanctuary city status or sanctuary town status And I wanted to make sure that we could have chief Ryan here to be part of that discussion because so much of that Is involved with our police work and our police policies. So we're planning on having that agenda item on January 23rd along with maybe a more broad discussion about What I've been I've been trying to talk about all of this as making sure that the community's policies match up with the community's values And I think that's the way I'd like for most of us to try to think about that Sanctuary city status is very or a town status is very focused on that And then there's gonna be other matters that I think we want to talk about in that regard And what I did to discuss this with mr. Kuro and he raised a good point I think and after talking with you mr. Chaplin It may come out that it's two possibly three agenda items But just one right after another because there may be some sort of overlap of course for people may say of those three issues I really have some information on number one and three or whatever as well as This board taking a vote for any kind of action They may want it split up to say you're asking two things you're asking three things So but they definitely will be one right after another right after another did I I thought it was a good suggestion Okay, I'm sorry. I interrupted you again. I'm done. He had done mr. Burn. No new business. Mr. Carol Thank you. Just just one item and this is maybe in a similar vein as well to what the manager was just talking about Last week. I did attend a subcommittee meeting of the Human Rights Commission. They actually pulled together represented sort of number of the Volunteer boards nonprofits Arts community and such they are they're launching an initiative called Arlington for all which which will seek to kind of Undertake a number of initiatives and and and projects throughout the coming Year or or more They're still in a brainstorming phase right now But they did ask that please surprise the board to price I think the manager was already aware of this. I'm not mistaken That they are starting these conversations and trying to really Spread the net wide so similar to the sentiments of the letter that mr. Dunn Read that was you know directed to our town employees really getting that message out throughout the community right now We do know that there is some Concern anxiety fear and some part parts of folks and I think there are Important things we can do locally to make sure that people feel safe and secure here Just a at some levity that I went into one of the law firms. I work for downtown Boston today and three or four of the assistants When I went into their office is they have altered their calendars So it goes through January 1st second and it goes January 17 18 January 19 January 19 They could they put 19 over the rest of the days after the 20th just for January so Just trying to I really cracked up at that but maybe it's just when I saw that I like so got it They're like everybody gets it when they walk in because it's kind of that thing that lose. Can you do that in the workplace? But Anyways, I digress. Yeah, I think the project is not specifically related to The election say it's just it's really about Arlington Mr. Dunn and just I Have a memory of last week I don't know if it was correspondence received or something that was sent directly to the chairman and it may already be Past but it was something from the MMA saying that the chair there's a meeting coming up The chairman of the board has to be that a vote or a designee Was there something I was supposed to do to me or did that already happen? I don't know if it happened, but normally the chair signs it. I'm there anyways, right? But I don't have to the annual business. I just want to make sure there wasn't something I was supposed to do so that it said something like if you're not going to be there sign the name of the person who is So that they can vote Was it was in board in what I'm saying is do you need? Yes, my ass. Oh, that's what I'm saying I just want to make sure that and I completely forgot to do it No, I don't get paper anymore, and I'm not being Socastic, but if somebody could make sure I do that so that you have that for whatever that meeting is unless is that okay with my colleagues because Motion to adjourn by mr. Berms second by mr. Don all those in favor say aye Opposed unanimous vote. Thank you