 So, I'd like to call the May 2 meeting of the town of Arlington redevelopment board to order. I'm Rachel Zenberry chair of the board. Please note that this meeting of the redevelopment board is being conducted remotely for the governor's extension of the remote meeting provisions. The executive order of March 12, 2020, due to the state of emergency for the COVID-19 virus. For this meeting, the redevelopment board is convening via zoom, as posted on the town's website identifying how the public may join. Please note that this meeting is being recorded and that some attendees are participating via video conference. Accordingly, please be aware that other people may be able to see you. And take care not to screen share your computer. Anything that you broadcast may be captured by the recording. So at this time, I'd like to take a roll call of the board members to ensure that they are all present and can hear me. Starting with Kim Wow. It's not with us this evening. Jean Benson. Present. Melissa Tentacolas. Here. Steve Revola. Good evening, Madam chair. Good evening. And we have two members of the department of planning and community development director Jenny great. And assistant director Kelly Lenma. Great. Thank you. So, Kelly, I'm not sure if the applicant is back on. Perhaps that is the person identified as guest. No. Oh, here she is. Yeah. Great. And she connects to audio. fabulous Kelly if you or, or the interpreter. Magda could just make sure to provide the instructions again on how to, how to select your language that would be helpful. Or Magda, could you help with that? Yes. So we have Francia retail gear. Hello Francia. Hi. How are you. Good. Go ahead, Magda. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. All right. So at this time, what I'd like to do is go ahead and open our first public hearing, which is the environmental design review for special permit docket number 3694 for 88 three month streets. And I'd like to start by asking either Jenny or Kelly from the department of planning and community development to give a brief background on the, on the docket anything that you'd like to add in addition to the memo. And then we'll welcome the applicant to, to provide a brief presentation to the board. Jenny, would you like to take this one. I'll take the next one. So we have an application here from Francia Brito of 88 pre month street. Francia is looking to open a family child care for no more than six children in her home. So this would not in there would not be any changes to the building or any changes to the exterior as part of this application. It's merely adding an accessory use to an existing structure. The hours of operation are between scanning through here. I believe it is eight o'clock is drop off period and five o'clock is the pickup period. And then parents or guardians walk or drive their children to the property, and then either park on three month street or they're walking to the property. And then just for a brief period of time for drop off and pickup, and then they depart. So that's essentially it it's just adding the accessory use to an existing structure. Great. Thank you very much. And I will now see if the applicant would like to say anything about the, the application and the family daycare welcome to the air be and the forager is if you would like to present anything. All right, so there is one note I see in zoom saying that they can't hear anything. So you should, if you have English or tennis selected you should be able to to hear in that channel correct Kelly. Yes. Okay. So I'm not sure if we're going to have a present Kelly do you know that there's, there's a presentation plans. And we'll just go ahead and start the discussion. So I'm actually going to start with Steve I know that you had wanted to bring something to the attention of the board before we got started. Yes, thank you madam chair. I live a few blocks away from the applicants address close enough that I actually received one of the postcard notifications from the department of planning and community development. I live nearby I don't believe there's anything that would prevent me from objectively participating in this hearing, but I did want to mention this. This seemed like something that was worth this closing up front. Thank you madam chair. Great. Thank you Steve. I appreciate that and I also agree I don't believe it presents any conflict of interest that I appreciate you pointing it out. So what I'd like to do at this time is run through the board members to see if there are any questions either for the applicant or for for Kelly, regarding this application and we'll start with Eugene. Yes, thank you and thank you for bringing this application to us. I do have one question. Do you have permission from the landlord to do this in your apartment. In my house. Yes. Yes. In the 88 from the streets. You do the landlord has said. Yeah. Okay, thank you. You're okay. I have no other questions. Great. Thank you Jean. Melissa for any questions for either the department or the applicant. Well, I will try to use my Spanish. Yo puedo usar mi español un poquito si está bien. Muchas gracias. Quiero que quiero saber un poquito más de tu aplicación y por los niños hay suficiente espacio adentro crees en tu apartamento. Sí, mi amor. Sí. Sí, porque la trabajadora social ella midió el espacio y ella me dijo que sí que podía tener seis niños y él porque yo estoy ocupando por ejemplo mi baño y estoy ocupando la cocina y y la sala la sala. Y ella dice que con el espacio que tiene si puedo tener seis niños. Y es la dueña. No, yo soy la dueña. Sí. Solo la trabajadora social que ellos son que le dan paso a uno para darle la licencia. Gracias. So, just so everyone's know, I was just asking her about the space in terms of her apartment and asking her if she felt it was enough space for the kids and just kind of getting a general sense. But I'm. Señor, I've been a brittle. I'm sorry. See. Um, bueno, me alegra que estás trabajando en este form a. Y ya se es duro para presentar in this form a. And so it's much as gracias. See, thank you. I was just saying thank you for bringing this application in. And so I'm just trying to, you know, at this point, I don't really have further questions. I feel like if the owner and the space has been adequate, I know that there's a lot of review with kind of childcare as well. So in terms of a use, I'm, I'm feeling comfortable. Great. Thank you so much, Melissa. Steve, any questions for either the department or the applicant. Nothing madam chair. Great. Thank you very much. And I also appreciate the, the, the application, the information that's been presented. I, I see from the department's memo that this has already been reviewed by the early education group with the state of Massachusetts department of early education and childcare. So I don't have any questions. So at this point, what I'd like to do is go ahead and open this up for public comments. We'll take any questions that or comments that any members of the public joining us might have. So if you would like to ask a question or make a comment, please use the raised hand function at the bottom of your screen. So we'll go up to three minutes to address the board again, you'll be addressing the board, not the applicant. Please begin your remarks by stating your first last name and street address. And we'll begin with Susan and Keller. Good evening everyone, Susan and Kayla sticks Montrose have here. First of all, thank you to all of you for all your hard work and all these meetings. I just wondered if any of the neighbors other than Mr. Revelec had any thoughts about about this small business going into their neighborhood. If you had heard from anybody, how does that process work do they have to. Sure. So the typical process is that they would either come this evening, like you're speaking with us and and ask any questions or present any thoughts that they might have or they might submit a letter. I have not heard specifically from any anyone with their thoughts either pro or or against the against this this evening or in a letter leading up to it. Thank you very much. Thank you. Jenny and Kelly I spoke about myself. I don't know if you've heard Kelly I'll actually ask you if the department has received any correspondence. Great. Thank you. Best to note, Rachel, please. Steve received a postcard because we receive we send out postcards postcard mailings to everybody in advance of these public hearings so if they received a postcard they might have been in touch with us either by email or phone or even come to the office with any particular application and we did not receive anything as Kelly noted, and also it would have been posted with our agenda had we received any sort of written comments. Great. Thank you, Jenny. Let's see we'll move on to the next public speaker this evening and it will be Joanne Preston. Can you hear me. I can thank you. Yes, well, I, I, I, I'm very pleased to see her. I was just wondering if the state required any insurance or will it be covered by our insurance, the housing authority insurance. If it isn't their lease they can have businesses in their home. I was just wondering if the state required any insurance, or will it be covered by our insurance, the housing authority insurance. I don't have to have insurance so I don't. So I'm happy to direct that question to the department to see if they can answer that and then following that to the applicant did you have any other questions. That's fun. But I guess what you meant by the landlord, the state agency, the Department of Housing and Community Development, because we didn't know about it. I'm sure it'll be welcomed by many of the residents, but we just, I just wanted to know what the applicant knows about insurance, whether she doesn't have to have it, or she has it, or she's covered by our insurance. So I will certainly ask Jenny, I believe that that is covered not through obviously this jurisdiction through the ARB but through the Mass. Childcare and excuse me the Mass Early Education and Childcare Department. Make sure I have been incorrectly correct. So we may have to direct that question to that particular department but Jenny I'll turn that over to you to see if you have any information. I do not have specific information about the level of insurance that is required under state law relative to this particular use for the applicant in their licensing process. The applicant did provide us with some information about this and we also received some information from the clerk's office but that's that's just to get the business license it doesn't necessarily speak to this particular question. So I believe the applicant would need to provide that answer. Thank you. Okay, so Ms. Brito, I'm not sure if that's a question that you would be able to answer this evening. I know I'm not sure but I'm in the process of the process. There's a process. Okay, and that's so the insurance piece is a is a process that you are currently working with the Department of Early Education and Childcare is that correct to to ensure that you have that the correct insurance in place is that my understanding. Either question please. Is is the is the is the is ensuring that you have the right insurance in place, something that you're currently working with the, the Department of Early Education and Childcare on. Yes, this is my daughter, I interpret it. You, my daughter. Yeah, I'm going to, I'm going to interpret for her. Okay, thank you so much. No problem. So she's going to get her own insurance she's and she's just going to get be in the process of that she's going to be in the process process to get her insurance for the day care. Great, thank you so much for the confirmation. And just to confirm for everyone on this call again that it's not something that the redevelopment board has jurisdiction or oversight over that is something that we will. We will. We will again not be rolling on any anything related to the insurance this evening. That is something that the applicant separately for her license with the state will need to work through with the Department of Early Education and Childcare. All right. Are there any other members of the public who wish to seek this evening on on this permit docket number seeing no other hands raised we will go ahead and close public comment for our first agenda item. And I'll turn it back over to the to the board for any final questions or discussion. And I'll start with Jean. It sounds fine to me. I'm a little concerned that the housing authority didn't know that this was in the work so I appreciate Ms Preston being here tonight and saying that this is authorized by the least. I think it's very helpful to know that I think the issue of insurance is not something that we ask any other applicant. It's between the applicant and whatever business and customers they have on this case perhaps between the applicant and the housing authority concerns about that. I mean, it was good to see that. Miss Brito has the regular license to provide generally childcare services for up to six children in the site. I'm fine with this. I would just want something added to the special permit that says that she must maintain that license that she has in order to continue doing childcare. And I think this is good. I'm glad it's happening. I'll clarify. Jean, it's to maintain the license with the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and childcare is what you're referring to when when you say yeah, Department of Early Education Services. Yeah, and it's the family childcare services license. The one she has now. Yeah. Melissa, any additional questions or comments? No, not at this time. Great Steve. I'll just note that monotony manner is the is family housing for the Arlington Housing Authority. There are lots of kids over there, and this seems completely completely appropriate for a completely appropriate use. Thank you. Thank you, Steve. Can did you have any, any questions or or comments on this article? Excuse me on this permit number. We're not in warrant. Do you need my vote or comments since it came so late. I got the email saying was the meeting started at seven. If you can vote with with for if you would like to abstain, I think that that that would be would be potentially be fine. You would feel comfortable with that that would be fine. They didn't listen to anything and I think it was unfair for me to just judge like this. That's that's it. I agree, Ken. So I think when we call for the vote if you could abstain that would be helpful. Great. Thank you. So at this time, I'd like to see if there is a motion to approve this request for a special permit with the special condition that the applicant maintain their current family child care license. Jean, does that capture the special condition that you were looking to add. Yes, it does. Thank you. It's actually called a regular license to provide family child care services. Also in the application packet. If you need me to bring that up and in your vote, could you please reference the docket number. Yes, absolutely. So is there a motion to approve a special permit docket number 3694 with the special condition that the applicant remain or that the applicant maintain their regular family child care license with the state. So. There a second. I can't. We'll take a vote, starting with Ken. I'm going to abstain. Yes. Melissa. Yes, Steve. Yes. And I'm the yes as well so with four votes docket number 3694 is approved. So thank you very much for joining us this evening, and we wish you all the best with your business. All right. No, but she wanted to get a little bit. Oh, she just wanted to explain to you how you know she's been with us for for three years so she's happy that you guys are approving her. And then and in the end Dominican Republic. And she's still continuing to get an education here as well. Yes, he and Casa es may be working on the job so that she can start her business here. Yeah, and she's getting her diploma and urban college here boss in Massachusetts somewhere I think it's in Boston. She loves her profession of kids. That's wonderful. We're so fortunate to have you as a member of our community and to provide this service for your neighbors so thank you so much. Yes, and so, for example, come over. Can you make a medal of credit to come on out. I would like to have in a quad. Oh, do you guys center anything or no like I'm just saying she approved or. What will happen next is that either Kelly or Jenny will follow up with you and talk with you about the next steps to to move forward Jenny is there anything else that you'd like to mention regarding next steps. I think that we will be in touch certainly but it will be at least about 20 to 25 days after the board's vote tonight, they sign a decision and then there's an appeal period for that decision, and then it becomes certified. So there are some other steps to this process after the board's vote tonight. Well, thank you so much for being with us this evening I appreciate it. Thank you. Bye bye. Thank you so much. So we will now close agenda item number one, and move to agenda item number number two, which is the public hearing for a special permit docket number 3693 for 89 Alpine Street. And this is again for a family child care facility for no more than six children at 89 Alpine Street. And Jenny I believe that you have mentioned that you would be speaking on behalf of the department for this. So this is actually Kelly's going to do this one too. Yeah, yeah, does the applicant here. There's some individual here named guests is the applicant. Nellie or Ivan. I communicated with them last week just to confirm. Okay. If there, if we don't have the applicant with us this evening, we would need to, I'm assuming vote to, to defer this to our, to our next meeting which would not be able to be Wednesday because we've already posted that agenda so it would have to be. What is the next Monday. The 16th is your next. That's our next meeting. Yeah. Okay. I mean, if you, if you wanted to meet on the night. We don't need any more meetings. I'm all set. Thank you though. Just another Monday is the guest, not the applicant. It doesn't nobody, they have not taken themselves off mute. So I'm assuming not. So I think in the absence of being able to, to have the applicant here with us for for this item is there a motion to. To continue the, the public hearing for docket number 3693 for 89 Alpine street to our neck to our meeting on Monday, May 16. So emotions. Yeah, I'll second it. All right. So let's go ahead and take a vote, starting with Ken. Yes. Jean. Yes. Melissa. Yes. Steve. Yes. And I'm a yes as well. So that closes agenda item number two. And that takes us through all of our. All of our regular business this evening, I will go ahead and. See if go ahead and open. I know we didn't have it on our agenda, but we can certainly open an open forum to see if there are any members of the public who wish to speak to the board this evening. Given that we have so a little bit of time left in our meeting. So there are any members of the public on the phone with us this evening or on video who wish to speak please use the raise hand function. And I'll give you a minute or two. All right, seeing none, we will close open forum. And the only additional item of business that I had was to congratulate Jenny rate and Adam chapter lane on their recent recognition from the citizens housing and planning association. And for the open door champion award that they just were just were awarded on Thursday of last week. So congratulations and thank you for all your hard work on the fear housing act. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you, Rachel. Thank you can appreciate that. Absolutely. Is there any other, any other questions from the board or any other open items before we move to adjourn. I'm really sorry about missing today's meeting. Okay. The time mixed up with Wednesday's meeting. It's okay it's back and forth so I appreciate you joining thank you can. So just to confirm and Wednesday meeting is at 7pm. I was just posted today. So we will meet on Wednesday to review the memo of it that Kelly has has prepared for us for special town meeting. I believe that's our only agenda. All right. So with that, is there any motion to adjourn. So motion. We're joining the town meeting. We are joining to town meeting. Thank you very much. Is there a motion to adjourn to town meeting. All second. Thank you very much. We'll take a vote starting with Kim. Yes. Yes. Melissa. Yes. Steve. Yes. And I'm me as well. Thank you all and have a good night. Have a productive meeting tonight. Good night Kim. Good night. Good night.