 Good evening. I'm calling to order the meeting of the Arlington Select Board for Monday April 4th 2022 This is outgoing select board chair Steve D'Corsi with me tonight in the select board chambers are Tonight's meeting of the Arlington Select Board is being conducted in a hybrid format consistent with an act signed into law on February 15th 2022 that extends certain COVID-19 related measures. The act includes an extension until July 15th 2022 of the remote meeting provisions of Governor Baker's March 12th 2020 executive order suspending certain provisions of the open meeting law. The governor's order, which is referenced with the gender materials on the town's website for this meeting allows public bodies to meet entirely remotely so long as reasonable public access is afforded so that the public can fall along with the deliberations of the meeting Before we begin permit me to offer a few notes First this meeting is being conducted via zoom is being recorded and is also being simultaneously broadcast on ACMI persons wishing to join the meeting by zoom may find information on how to do so on the town's website Persons participating by zoom are reminded that they may be visible to others and that if you wish to participate You are asked to provide your full name in the interest of developing a record of the meeting All participants are advised that people may be listening who do not provide comment And those persons are not required to identify themselves both zoom participants and persons watching on ACMI Can follow the posted agenda materials also found on the town's website Using the novice agenda platform Finally each vote tonight will be taken by roll call tonight. We begin with our organizational meeting So let's see how much of the town's business we can get done tonight, and I will now turn to item 2 organizational meeting for the purpose of electing a chair and vice chair Douglas W. Heim town council attorney. Hi Thank You mr. DeCorsi and congratulations on your reelection. Thank you very much. Thank you to the voters of Arlington for that as well Thank you Good evening. I'll be serving as the chair pro tem for the nomination and election of the next chair of the select board for The following year consistent with the select board's traditions and handbooks. I will now open the Floor for nominations for chair. Do we have any nominations for chair? Mr. Helmeth like to nominate Leonard T. Diggins. Okay, thank you. We have a nomination and a second This is my like to move to close nominations. Okay We conduct a roll call vote on the mode. Do we have a second to close nominations? I'll conduct a brief roll call just going down the line rather than the traditional order mr. Helmeth Yes, this is my hon. Yes, mr. Of course. Yes, mr. Hurd. Yes, mr. Diggins Nominations are now closed I'll now conduct a roll call vote on the motion to nominate Leonard Diggins test chair of the select board mr. Helmeth Yes, this is my hon. Yeah, mr. DeCorsi. Yes, mr. Hurd. Yes, mr. Diggins. It's unanimous vote. Mr. Diggins is now chair Mr. Diggins man Mr. Chair man. Yes, the chair now being selected the chair should open nominations for vice chair So I'd like to open nominations for vice chair Mr. DeCorsi. Yes, I nominate Diane Mahan for vice chair second So, uh Mr. Han I'd like to move to close nominations second I don't need to close means so Mr. Han I'll now conduct a roll call vote Mr. DeCorsi. Yes, this is my hon. Yes, mr. Diggins. Yes, mr. Helmeth. Yes, mr. Hurd. Yes nominations are now closed And now let's take the vote Mr. DeCorsi. Yes, this is my hon. Yes, mr. Diggins. Yes, mr. Helmeth. Yes, mr. Hurd. Yes, congratulations to mrs. Mahan so On with agenda, I suppose So thank you very much and we began another year of select board meetings and next on the agenda So we go to the For approval to the run to remember I'm having problems pulling that up. All right. Thank you Thanks So, uh, we have the run to remember julia miller. Uh, was mr. Pasquatori So Can we bring mr. Pasquatori up? You're just gonna have to unmute your mic Mr. Pasquatori Yes, sir. Would you like to tell us more about the run? Um, so the run to remember julia miller was our run I'm organizing because I have my friends who passed away a um a few months ago And we're just doing a 5k run Because we ran cross country So So do my colleagues have any questions Yes, um, first, I'd like to move approval. Yes So any second second? And um, I just want to say, um very, um Thankful and inspired that you're taking this initiative for your friend and alumni Um The my sports was tracked. So, um, I know the family that sort of coalesces around that Um, and pretty much stays lifelong family and friends. So, um, I just want to say thank you for um, organizing this, um for continuing The memory of mr. Miller, um, whatever the board can do to assist. We're always here to help Thank you, mr. Chair Anyone else I'd like to have a second in motion Thank you, mr. Halman Excuse me Well, you're conducting the I'm sorry, uh, mr. Chair for me. Yes, you're conducting the meeting in a in a hybrid format Um, it may be helpful for folks who are listening at home um, given the fact that There's not the same level of participation Um It's obviously up to the board. Um, how you'd like to administer the votes I do and I understand that it takes more time But I I think it would be helpful for folks to be able to follow along with the meeting Well, I think that's a good enough justification for doing so That's um, no, it wasn't me That's it though, you know Let's do this. You recommend Okay, and just so folks know I usually take the, uh, roll call votes and all votes in order of Seniority and then the vice chair and then the chair the uh board has any objections. Please let me know Mr. Herd. Yes, mr. Dacorsi. Yes, mr. Halman. Yes, mrs. Mahan. Yes, mr. Diggins. Yes, Sonia and miss foe So thank you very much. Mr. Kessford So we're on to the consent agenda. Um, we have the minutes from March 7th and farmers market, so I think that's going to be miss kramer It's a consent agenda, so they typically don't appear Okay, all right fine. It's just that I saw her here and and I had the impression that she was going to say something So so that's why I went there. Thank you very much, too But hey, I appreciate those corrections anytime you get to many opportunities to make many more of those Do not worry about my ego on this at all and Next we have Arlington high school ice cream fundraiser for the antifarming cancer center and and after that the request for contractor drain drain layer license And I guess there's another one of those made so to Contractor drain their licenses. So can I get a motion? Like to move approval, mr. Chair and just Mention based on my experience of the fine ice cream fundraiser last year. This is an event to plan for So I'm glad to do it again Second second Any other comments Well, I have a comment and that is on the on the former's market, you know, I noticed that Are doing the fresh bucks me which he gives $15 me to people On snap and I think some other Program so that they can more easily afford in fresh food. I think that's a really great program I think Arlington east is the voting $35,000 to that and I think it's a really good cost the first year They're doing it. So I'm thrilled to see me. That's doing something like that and and On the ice cream line, there's a line in there about we scoop our hearts out I just feel like a country song coming on. You know, it's like I scoop my heart out All for you. Anyway, you know, so So on that, you know, let's um Take a vote Okay, great, so Just for minutes, I'm sorry. No, no Look, I mean, I really appreciate don't don't hold back. You know, so thank you very much. So Mr. Mr. Herd. Yes, Mr. Decorsi. Yes, Mr. Helman. Yes, Mrs. Mahan. Yes. Thank you. Mr. Diggins. Yes, it's unanimous vote Okay, great And moving on we have licenses and permits, you know outdoor restaurant and retail permit And I think this is by um for trust. Okay, so I'm not sure who we have on for this me. So Ashley, yep, it'll be mr. Ken if you just want to unmute your mic whenever you're ready This can you hear us if you just want to unmute your mic and explain Go right ahead Okay, so any of my colleagues have any questions or comments or want to make a motion Move approval. Mr. Chair. Thank you. Mr. Han any seconds second. Thank you. Mr. Mr. Herd. So any further comments? All right. I think another good Application for this great programming that has expedited the ability to do outdoor dining. So I'm really happy to see the work by mrs. Carter Continuing to show fruit. So so with that I'm happy. John was a motion made of by Mahan and seconded by Mr. Herd I mean let's take a vote this time. Mr. Herd. Yes, mr. DeCorsi. Yes, mr. Helman. Yes, mrs. Mahan. Yes. Thank you, mr. Diggins. Yes, it's unanimous vote. Thank you, mr. Ken Excuse me a good summer So moving on to traffic rules and order of the business we have a discussion about potential 40 b An application located at 10 21 to I think 10 27 mass have so We have but mr. Feldman If you just want to unmute your mic mr. Feldman great Thank you, mr. Feldman Thank you for accommodating My client and myself If you can add Jackie How to play presentation that we prepare everybody to just walk through The little room is you can shot But Jackie Uh Sorry, they're listed. Is it a Matthew? Would that be the same Matthew? Yeah, well, there's Matthew and then there's Jackie as well. Okay. I don't see Jackie, but there's three Matthews. So maybe I'll promote one of them and All right. Okay. Yeah, it was great. That's that's that's my mom, you know Well, they're uh, they're coming on. Um I uh, I wrote The question is To uh introduce myself and my client My name is Paul Feldman. I'm attorney of Boston At the Walker River Bay, as long as you're on the scene. I represent the majority companies All measure a who's to see you know, okay, and that majority who And we are here to Um That uh 40 And We haven't yet, but we are in the next couple weeks going to be Five mass housing for the site approval but And uh, when that happens typically mass housing for The community where a proposal for the housing development File, you know requesting In order to get feedback from the community And I've been doing this for quite a long time. I've done a lot of 40 b projects I've worked with this client for a long time that they've done a lot of the development work I'll introduce them in detail, but We we think it's just very inappropriate A community would learn about an affordability affordable housing project from mass housing is not from the applicant not from the development and and so We wanted to To come to your board to introduce ourselves in the project not because the select board has Permanent authority, but because it's a project in your town and you should know what's going on and not hear it from this house Uh, you should also know that in our effort to you know, really The community we've already been in touch with the planning department on several occasions and been through some conceptual drawings with the planning department We've also had several informal um working sessions with the conservation commission um to get feedback and and ideas from the conservation commission And um and we've reached out to our butters so they know that uh that we desire To proceed with the development and and it was important for us to Select board and introduce ourselves and give you guys an opportunity to ask us whatever questions you would like to ask The applicant as I said is the majority companies They have done a lot of ground-up development and they also operate a construction in their ground-up development They've done a total of about 650 residential multifamily development projects in a lot of different communities They've done over eight million square feet of flex industrial space And they've done about three thousand three million square feet of commercial And as a general contractor, you know being a builder for uh on various projects They do a million dollars of gross revenues annually. So they're a very well experienced And a long-term contractor and developer in the commonwealth With an excellent reputation Jackie to get switched to the next slide We wanted to quickly show you some of their recent residential projects In wakefield. They just completed wakefield station Very very successful basically They have commercial on the bottom with with residential on top. This was a ground-up development We did all the permitting ultimately this was a for sale project and And has been and has helped revitalize the area next one Jackie Rise 475 was in redding also on a main main street in redding Um, so just similar from mass av of a little less busy Same thing commercial on the bottom residential on top Next one In summerville and davis square. They really did a unique project. They they ended up Aggregating a few different parcels one of which was owned by the dfw post um, and they worked with the post that had a rather old In dilapidated facility and acquired the post property and built into their project a brand new bfw post and hall for that Unit of the of the better foreign wars and it was a combination Building some residential in davis square and and building a new facility for the bfw and that collaboration worked out very well on another successful project In water town This is another multifamily development. This wasn't permitted by the nationalities, but they built it And then just the last one for purposes of today Is we want to show you that not only do they do multifamily? You know downtown style buildings, but they also do multifamily communities. This is in uber property called shannon farms And uh, it's uh, the townhouses and the like So the proposed development, um involves 10 27 and 10 21 massachusetts avenue This is a quick snapshot of the assessors map 10 27 highlighted in yellow right next to it to the right is 10 21 Both of those properties are under contract with the measuring companies To be purchased for this redevelopment and that just gives you a quick snapshot braddle street Is across street to the West This is looking down on mass avenue looking down on Well, it's 10 21 and in 10 27 is immediately to the left and the trees back they're all part of the site um And just to point out a couple of things about this neighborhood And this is really a mixed-use neighborhood. It's in the b1 zoning district But there's a a few buildings down to the right. There's a five-story brick building as you can see um A couple of buildings over on on braddle street is another five-story condominium Building and then obviously across the street also down to the right. There's an eight-story Building and then there is three and four three-story buildings that are actually 40 feet tall So it's a it's a it's a mixed area some larger buildings some some smaller buildings but uh the Development opportunity here would be to Raise these two structures that exist at 10 21 and 10 27 and build a new building Jackie So here's what they're proposing 50 units 25 percent would be affordable at And an affordable underaw the state program is at 80 percent of annual mean income. So there'll be 13 affordable units Five of the units will be three bedrooms 35 will be two bedrooms and 10 will be one bedrooms Under the 40 b program Having three bedroom units or is a regulatory requirement There is going to be 50 indoor parking spaces It's going to be just under a thousand square feet of retail And then there's going to be amenities for the residents. There's going to be a resident fitness center A concierge's office. Obviously there's going to be elevator access We'll show you in a in a rendering in a minute that there's a second floor common courtyard with green roof and patio space and then there's going to be a A resident garden amenity at the rear of the property with walking paths Really what that is also going to do is Create a we think much better environmentally sensitive environment Near the millbrook river some of the thinking as for that garden has Come about with the conservation So let me show you a rendering of what's intended this is the A rendering of perspective of the proposed building Looking at 10 21 and then further up the road is 10 27. You're looking toward braddle street And just one thing to point out right away so that you could appreciate it is the The building is is scheduled to be a five-story building, but The fifth story Is not a full story. It's completely set back from the street so From the street and from the abutters it'll appear as if it's a four-story building because the the fifth Story is really set back and is interior to the building and it's not Visible from the street and therefore brings down some of the mass Um, and I'll just gonna show you the next perspective because you'll you can see how these two things work together So now mass avenue is on your left And you're looking Down across toward the back of the property bill brook is on your right and the It's a it's a u-shaped On the interior You could see that you know the the top floor is is set back And and doesn't go Doesn't sit all the way on top of the fourth floor Uh, but the the green roof and courtyard patio space that we were referring to a moment ago sits on top of the Um, you know, basically the the garage and in first level of the building So it's actually sitting on the second floor, but it's an interior courtyard And in green room Um, and we could go back and forth between these two renderings If you want to see that again and We also have them I'm going to stop talking. I'll give the board a chance to Ask whatever questions you'd like But we also have the elevations and the floor plans and stuff Chewed up if you if you want more detail, but the purposes of taking the board's time this evening We thought introducing the project to you quickly is was the better way to proceed um The last thing I'll say is You know, we're We're familiar with the 40 b process. We're familiar with Affordable housing projects. They are Really been an important tool for the commonwealth to develop affordable housing and and the end product of Having the combination of market rate and affordable housing in the same community Has really worked out very very well in the communities that my clients have done but also to the commonwealth in general You know, we're at it. We're we're long past the days of the 1960s and 70s where quote unquote housing projects were built which tended to over time Not not do very well And so this model has really been successful in a lot of communities and We know that Arlington has some familiarity with it and We wanted to Introduce ourselves in the project to the select board And and you can expect to hear from mass housing in the next several weeks Thank you, mr. Chairman Thank you, mr. Feldman for the for the presentation and For for coming to us Initially rather than as you said here from mass housing Could you just give us an idea on timing because once you do submit to mass housing that Created a hearing process for us to To respond and and and to provide a Comments to mass housing. I'm just curious what you said in the next few weeks I'm just curious if you have a date nailed down for that because that would impact the board schedule And different departments that we want to hear from Fair enough, so To just point to select one for a second with the 40b process It's the zoning board of appeals that is the comprehensive from the brain the authority Which we heard But there are prerequisites for an athlete in order to Follow up on to actually send it to the preconditions of somebody One of the prerequisites is that The proposed development is sits on a site in which the Mass housing has authorized a Any science That's that's the kickoff process We can't The file or application with mass housing for the next 14 minutes It's a baruminous application There are a lot of parts to it There's a lot of information that's provided in that application in mass housing's process is to then Write to the community saying that's in receipt of a request for a site assignment Wanted to get community Reaction they typically Ask the community to respond within 30 days so You're looking at two weeks for us to file another 30 then you're going to get a letter from them that could take a week or two So and then there's another 30 days for you guys to respond. So in the next six to eight weeks I think you should be prepared to have your response Um, and the planning department your planning department, you know has familiarity with with some of the plans They haven't seen the latest incarnation Yet, but we can get a set of plans into the into the planning department so they could see it And as I mentioned to you the conservation commission Has had several working sessions I don't know if you could see the screen, but now that my clients are on the screen I did like to introduce them for a second Paul Maggiore Is under Matt Maggiore, but that's Paul with the glasses His son Matt is right there and and Jackie Maggiore Whether it's to be Matt's sister and and Paul's daughter works in the company As well and as you can see it's a it's a family owned and run business And they really take a lot of pride in in what they do. I just wanted to introduce them real quick Thank you And just do you reference earlier that you've notified um I don't know if it's a butters or or how much of the neighborhood it and at this point Is it just a notification that you've made or have there been any meetings with? We awarded the butters we notified the butters that we're going to be pursuing this development. We haven't had any of feedback from them But one a butter that we We've written to for a different purpose was a condominium association For one of the condominium developments right near us Because they own the property immediately adjacent to mill brook And that property has become a little bit How should I say? Not pristine. He has a lot of garbage. There's a lot of You know things have been thrown back there and one of the things the conservation commission Mentioned to us that they would love to see is that area of you know Rehabilitated and and cleaned up and since it's private property. It's owned by the condominium association We just can't go on there and do it but we have already written them um And told them about our project and told them about the conservation commission's desire That this could be one of the pieces of mitigation that they would like us to try to accomplish And we uh, we haven't connected up with the association yet, but we're going to pursue it over the next few weeks Thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman Excuse me. Thank you, mr. Chair. Um, I just want to just very briefly because I do appreciate you and your clients Appearing before the board at the initial stages where it really isn't a requirement to do so Could you just orient me in terms of um, how close are you or are you adjacent to the um, Highland Ave fire station? I think 10 21 is dr Where i'm s out Right, so I need to ask you to repeat the question is I didn't I know you want me to orient you But I didn't quite catch the rest of If you use the highland fire station as a landmark Where is your development? Interesting to me Four or five buildings matt And when I say to the right, I think right is going into the downtown boston, so it's going east To the left, but I say left. I'm going west out mass av Fire stations at 1007 Mass av and we are our first building closest to that would be a 1021 mass av So 1021 to 1007 as well, there are about four or five buildings in between the fire station and and the proposed project site In the fire station as I said That is another board of commissions purview, um as well as uh, who is who's the owner of the land, but we've had um At least one of the development schwaub mill That conservation commission has been working with with mitigation and it's a plus for me that that's something that You're seeing if it's something that you can work into your proposal Because the town also is um has done a study on the millbrook pretty much in its entirety And you know what we can do to facilitate and the only other thing that I'd be interested in which I would get the information Because it's not a requirement for you all to submit to the select board is under elevations current flooding and proposed impacted flooding and any flood mitigation From this development and again, that's You don't have to provide that to me personally That's something you will have to provide in the process And I know you're already planning to do that if not have it done just about have it done but And now I'll follow through town council Um in in the chair The proper venue to get that so thank you. Thank you, mr. Chair just a heads up. That's all Thank you, mr. Muth. I acmi was having some issues. I was just trying to raise them to the attention of the chair They're working around it If there's a problem, they may pop up and stop it for a second But they're okay for right now. Okay. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Thank you. I will proceed. Mr. Chair. Yes, mr. I guess second um Yeah, I um I don't have any questions. I mean at this point mean so once again, I appreciate me and you're um coming to us before um in presenting the project um before you have to to any other um board in town so um On that mean, um, I think we can take a vote Mr. Herd. Yes, mr. Dacorsi. Yes, mr. Helmuth. Yes, this is mahan. Yes. Thank you. Mr. Diggins. Thank you. Yes So thank you Of your presentation, that's all me just a formality that we have received your presentation You're giving good positions, but thank you for uh, give us some time tonight and we can go ahead and look forward to working with the planning department from concom everyone else in town to make this a success on you Thank you so much. We appreciate it Have a nice evening. Okay, so moving on um We'll have a discussion of the town manager search process with mr. Dacorsi. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Um, just want to update the board um that Following the receipt of the town's manager's intent to to leave on june 17th and the receipt of his Notice of resignation. We did start a process For the search and when I say start a process working with Karen Maloy our director of human resources She is in the process of receiving quotations from Various firms that would be interested in running the search process and she has received interest from three firms I'm going to provide the names of the firms and um this process began during my chairman chip it now will continue with you mr. Diggins, but The three firms are the edward j. Collins junior center for public management. That's part of umass boston Municipal resources ink is a firm in plymouth, new hampshire and community paradigm associates Is a firm in plymouth, massachusetts And so for purposes of notifying the board that we we have that interest Mr. Maloy was interested at some point in having the board Designate a liaison to work with her both in reviewing the quotations and also developing a process to um Determined timing for the for the naming of an interim time manager And the timing for selecting the firm and continuing that process had some conversations with the chair about it But I just wanted to update everybody about that process and turn it back to you mr. Chairman Yeah, thank you. Thank you. Mr. Corsi. So any questions comments? Um just historically in the past um when we this will be my fifth town manager search, it's the chairman and or his designee that chooses um who will be the board's designee so um For me it would either be It's your call right um either yourself or Where mr. Corsi has begun this process? Um for you to appoint him as the designee to continue on with the next two or three tasks that are appropriate Um, and you don't have to make that that decision tonight, but the the sooner the person is designated, you know The faster we can move on that so that's that's totally your call, but um Either yourself or mr. Corsi. I think would be For consideration great. I appreciate that this um that information Advice, you know, so anyone else? Any comments questions? Yes, mr. Mellon. Thank you, mr. Chair Is is it would it be permissible if the chair does the chair have the option to designate two members, which would be less than they for that process I mean it would have to be be two people other than the chair, of course Well, I think I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Yes. I wasn't inclusive of the chair itself. So the chair plus one other person Right, right Yeah, well, yes, I would assume, you know as much mean so it could be a duo, you know So any what would the reading is just with that mr. Hyde Is the I'm sorry, mr. Chair is the question whether or not the chair and another member of the board May be involved in the search process of your discretion Yes, that's within your discretion. It's under a quorum and it wouldn't be a subcommittee. So you it's at your Discretion you could do so Question is it behind have has that been part of the practice? It's whatever the chair does it makes All right. Well, well my inclination Is for it to be myself in close consultation When this is coursing it would start the process and so if this is the course he would Do the honors of working with me on this. I really appreciate it. Yeah, I'd be happy to work with you, mr. Chairman Thank you. Yeah, thanks. Oh, so do we need a motion on this? No I think we are set to move on to the next owner and join the thank you, mr. Coursing Excuse me when we get in touch with um, this is Probably tomorrow This has disappeared on me So next we are moving on to Future select board hearings Our meetings and so right now our next one is scheduled for The 25th of april me my understanding is that we are going to have a fair amount of business conduct Before then, you know, I think I have a question to mr. Chapter lane me were you able to talk with anyone from planning to find out What we need to do respect to the house of production plan So my understanding I get mr. Chairman is That I know the board had expressed the interest in seeing how the a or b voted Tonight on the matter of uh, two family zoning be allowed in an r0 r1 Depending on how they vote and how this board reacts Procedurally if there was an amendment to be contemplated I think we would prefer this board make that amendment and then it be sent back to the a or b To then be readopted by the a or b If their action tonight Leaves no cause for an amendment then we could just come back to the board and have the board again consider adoption of the plan Thank you mr. Manager, you know, but my main question goes is By when do we have to have our housing plan adopted? What would be the latest or or what kind of issues do we? Encounter at any given point in time when we don't have the plan So I think there's two ways to look at it The safe harbor status that was enabled By the certification of the prior plan Expires in september of this year So I think that is the Absolute, you know end of when the board should think about having this plan Adopted so that it could then be ready to be certified with Developments like the one that was proposed or presented to the board tonight You know that could start counting towards having a new plan certified and therefore therefore providing Safe Harbor status yet again um a more practical way to look at it is The consultant's contract Is over and as as time goes on We don't we'd prefer to not have to go back To the consultant to make tweaks or to potentially have to come Ask questions as to try to best preserve the town's funds That's obviously less of a of an overarching concern for the board's consideration So I think that the absolute drop dead. I would recommend is Before the current plan expires or the certification expires in september All right. Thank you, mr. Chaplain so All right, that kind of gives a sense of We certainly don't want to wait until the last minute, you know and And things are going to slow down a bit in july and august me So so we'll want to have this I would say wrapped up me by the end of june And and so I guess we don't have to really push that hard, you know to have an earlier meeting although discussion with you this morning mr Manager you had mentioned that there are arpit funds that we need to Work work on So sometimes soon I would like to come back to the board for the board's Sort of full endorsement of arlington housing authority spending Food link spending arlington eats spending Chamber of commerce spending which relates back to a presentation the chamber of commerce made some time ago now So that all those groups can access those funds and start spending them So that's that's one matter. We would like to come back and sometime soon with It's that time again for the board to consider water rate increases. So we'd like to do that sometime in the near future And there's one third less consequential and it's slipping my mind right now, but there were those three matters We'd like to try to get done So so start on april 25th me that's going to be town meeting and all our meetings will be abbreviated I know from my discussion with mr. The Corsi that you will not be available until the 20th, you know I like to have slack, you know, and and so To the extent that we could have a meeting on that Wednesday the 20th, you know I I would like to do that, you know, it could potentially be a shorter meeting. Maybe Maybe the longest would be two hours two and a half And then I think we'd be free to just do an hour or so before Tom meeting me until the end of Tom meeting unless of course something else came up So so are folks fine with a meeting on the 20th Wednesday? Yes, mr. Do you want to start at 7 15 or 7? Um, I'm fine with starting at 7 or how people feel about that On the 20th Fine Two things One myself And attorney high met with the new moderator This afternoon And He said I don't want I cannot absolutely cannot speak for him, but I Do know he's considering whether or not based on recent increases In this ba2 variant if a virtual town meeting Would be preferable and if he does move in that direction, he'll need to come before this board Sooner rather than later The 20th would be too late for that so there may be a need for a brief interim meeting in that regard Um, just to put that out there so no one is surprised by that and then Second I can be here and traveling home on the 20th So I might just be cutting it close getting getting back here. Okay. All right, but but someone can stand in for you Yeah, what we'll to get that work done. We'll make it happen. I'm sorry, mr. Manager Mr. Chair, there's one other thing that might be helpful to have a brief meeting which is that In recent years what we've done is we've collated all the votes and comments into a draft electoral report for your review And making sure that it's consistent with what everybody wants to see and then there's no final edits to be made So that would be one other agenda item that might be helpful to have Next week if the board was inclined for a shorter meeting Because a lot of standing from the board administrator's office is that They'll need to send the report out by the 14th Yes, yes. Well, I'm definitely all in favor of that as someone who stood there Several times and said can we get that report like really fast? We borrow our prec meetings being so So so then need to that point me I understand that it would just be four of us at that point, but we really just to sign off mean on the on the Selectable report and maybe some other Issues me where I think we pretty much all be in agreement mean so So then I'm hearing Next Monday the 11th You know a short meeting You know That's a question to you Doug. Oh, yeah, absolutely. Yeah next Monday the 11th, you know, and then Still though another meeting on the 20th, you know Hopefully shorter too And then the 25th, so my question you mr. Chapter Lane Do you think the moderator would be ready at that point to come before the select board to discuss What he likes to do he wants to do regarding town meeting So my conversation. Thank you, mr. Chairman. My conversation with the moderator Was separate whichever route he prefers to follow. We will work to be ready, but that if he Would like to pursue a virtual town meeting We need to know as soon as possible As to start earnestly working to prepare it, but also not have wasted effort So I I said, you know I I would very much like guidance from him in the next day or two Right, mr. Hyde, and I'm sorry if we're a little bit like statler and waldorf right now But I just want to remind the board and the public that the process under state law While the Sort of covet allowances are being made is that the moderator essentially requests the select board's permission to hold Town meeting virtually it has to be an agreement between the moderator and the balance of the select board And town meeting must actually also vote to agree to conduct its business Virtually so there are a lot of different checkpoints along the way And so we would what we would need is to know whether the moderator wants to initiate that process And leave enough time for this body to decide you have up to 10 business days We did notice the town meeting warrant. Uh, thanks to the your office We noticed the town meeting warrant is both in person and virtually Depending on conditions, but it would probably also be a good idea to make sure that all town meeting members get an official notice if If the uh town meeting is going to be conducted virtually rather than in town hall Do I miss me Thank you that answered a question that I was going to ask so Uh, here's a question. No, I was just going to ask whose choice it was Whether it's virtual or in person, but attorney. I'm just Answered Yeah, yeah, I was wondering why this select board had to be a part of the two and he just answered that also So, so okay, you know, all right. So it's coming clear, you know uh next Monday the 11th a meeting um is There a preferred time Folks, I don't prefer to stick with 715 if we can because I'll be coming in hot from the halogen rink That's fine. Well, is that generally the case for you too? Would you prefer all the meetings? No, just that Monday? I mean It's 15 minutes 15 minutes could help me Get the kids In here. Yeah, so 715. I mean I prefer the 15 minutes on the front Later on the front and then back in but it's up to you know, I can make it work if if the That's fine, especially if Especially if we're coming here, I mean, I really don't like for people to rush me when trying to go from point a to point b So, so um, so it's 17 15 works for you if and I think it's going to be a short meeting so It can even be a little later, but um, but right now we'll go with 715. So 715 on the 11th and and For the 20th, you know, we'll do That's a Wednesday 7 o'clock Okay, you know and The 25th that'll be for it'll be before town meeting Usually it's like a a shortish meeting right, you know, so Uh, what have you normally started? Normally started seven and then what happens is depending on the agenda once it hits 759 the chair And tell manager Definitely have to go down, but I am going to have a conversation with the chair for any Tell meeting nights that if for some reason we still have business and the rest of us have to stay up here um, I'm going to ask the chair to Have a conversation with if you could discuss with the manager in town council Um, I always think town council should also go down and if we have attorney cunning him here, you know Maybe he could step into that role so that both meetings have council available to them So if you could just work that out what's been done in the past basically is um, the town manager Goes down and the chair goes down and everybody else stays, but um, I think if we can I think town meeting does avail itself Of having attorney hind there and and since we have attorney cunning him We can have the best of both worlds. So that's okay with you because it's ultimately your meeting. Yeah, that's fine So that's totally fun of me, you know, so that takes care. So april 25th, you know Monday, we'll do seven o'clock and Let's um Try to book out some more meetings. You know, so let's try to at least get through May, you know, so I think we can I see you nodding. So so so you you just keep nodding until you want me to stop All right, so I'll take my cues from you. Yeah, so Um, may I think we can assume that we'll be meeting me at least two weeks into may, you know, so So It's sorry Okay, thank you. So I like your gusto. So we already have the second Scheduled to me. So so let's um aim for this the 16th You know Is that okay? Yeah, yeah, uh, you all okay with the 16th? Okay, so, um Yeah, the 16th mean and Well, we still be going in top meeting then probably, you know, so Uh, we won't um, we won't take any bats data. So Uh, and then the next day is more in the next two months after that is memorial day So so then we will come back. Let's say, um Two weeks after that would be the Thirteenth of june, you know, so let's um land on that Thank you And 715 on The 13th Uh, yes No, no, I may succeed assuming that we're still in town meeting seven seven o'clock, you know, so yeah and And if that those would that work for you to have heard? Okay, all right And Yeah, so yeah, I'm hearing a recommendation for one more and probably actually would miss my would prefer that too. So Yeah, and that's still when we're doing two meetings a month. So the 27th works folks All right, so 15. All right, great so all right We've got things planned out through june's and thank you very much In and um, so next we have a warrant article hearing any special town meeting articles reviewed article six It's appropriation for taking stratton school safe school program Mr. Hyde So, uh, I have good news for the board in terms of the efficiency of the meeting It looks like this was put on as a placeholder on the warrant Essentially what's happening is we've approved some safe routes takings in the past for the down in school I believe another one for the strat in school as well And essentially the idea behind this project is that we have either temporary or permanent easements to install or improve sidewalks On walking routes to school It doesn't appear at this point in time that we have a finalized list Of properties that would be subject to eminent domain or a great cost estimate for exactly how much it would cost The good news here is that most of the project is funded by mass dot So it's all money that's provided through the hard work of Senior transportation planner mr. Amstatz and that team that Goes towards The actual improvements themselves, but we pay for the eminent domain takings It's as we don't have a solid figure on those numbers In terms of the amount and we don't even know exactly where those locations are yet I think it's prudent to just Have take this placeholder off the warrant and um not even table it would just There was a placeholder on the one that we needed to put on and you guys schedule So at this point in time it does not appear to be going forward. So there's no action that's necessary from the board, but I saw mr Oh, so you don't need a motion for no action. I I don't I don't believe so now Well, we'll go off your guidance. No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't say I don't believe so. No, we don't Right, okay One of your emotions. Okay, so we move on to final votes and comments on the several articles to review and and You know, I can read them all I can just list the numbers Or I can just assume that everyone has them And I'll guess mr. Mr. I'm sure it may make a suggestion and actually be helpful for me to walk through them And then see if the board has specific comments or questions But there's a few that I'd like to make a few comments on and to recognize the work of people that put them together Would that be okay? That would be perfect. Thank you, mr Okay, terrific. So uh members of the board. Thank you, uh, mr. Chair. Uh article seven is your The establishment of the young arlington collaborative. You'll see I put some notes in That I was hoping that would clarify a few things a really minor tweaks to the Draft vote that the study committee put in front of you One the first one is related just try to clarify What I think becomes a little bit clearer later in the in the draft motion that The two standing committee members from are basically drawn from the residents of each of the respect to precincts The next one was just confirming the age. I believe there was a little bit of discrepancy whether it was 39 or 35. So I've left it at 39 as was in the draft vote the next one is in Section two sub paragraph a Three Saying that voting at standing committee meetings each precinct should only have one vote that is cast by either Representative that precinct that's set forth in section one e and half above It's really again just a clarifying note trying to make it clear that um at any given time there's only going to be One representative who's sort of serving as a voting member from each precinct Can I just ask on that? Yes Just thinking all scenarios out. Um, I understand it's defined. I think you said by one e and f And there's a default that if depending on the year whether it's odd or even Defaults to the standing committee member Is there A double default that if for some reason that person Also isn't there That the committee can move on continue to vote And that vote isn't like does that tie up the process or no? I just don't see that defined So um, if I understand the question correctly what you're talking what you're referencing uh, Madam vice chair is that under section f it outlines that in odd number years certain folks are the Voting member and an even number years The other part of that sort of team or duo from each precinct is the voting member. Um, and does the Does the Bylaw as drafted make it clear what happens if it's vacant? I believe it does if you've got like a youth member Who's vacant? I believe that the young adult member gets to vote in their stead and vice versa Okay, that's right. I just want to make sure that the committee because that can happen And um, that it doesn't slow them down from doing their business. Thank you. Mr. Chair. Thank you attorney. Thank you, madam vice chair section three I made a few uh, suggested changes to the way that the draft bylaw talks about task groups um task groups are modeled on the envision arlington model And the critical sort of piece here to just understand is that to my understanding of the history of vision 2020 Which later became envision arlington is the idea of task groups is for them not to function the way committees and commissions do That have a set membership And therefore um behave like any other sort of entity of the government The idea was for there to be an exchange of information and ideas and for task groups almost to serve as a forum um Because of that we haven't traditionally held or believed that the open meeting law for example Applies to them because they don't function in quite the same way as a committee of commission. There's no Um quorum. There's no set membership. And so this is just sort of a tweaking of some of the language to make it Clarify that task groups really have more participants than they have members and then you'll see um, some later modifications that um are consistent with I think what the Excellent draft of the study committee put together is trying to sort of Realize which is that a task group Functions as again a form for exchange of ideas and while they don't have quorums or they don't necessarily have independent authority of the standing committee It's still a good practice for them to post agendas To keep minutes of meetings Even though we wouldn't necessarily say that the open meeting law applies because we wouldn't say that they're employees or of the town Per se or that the conflict of interest laws things like that apply to Task groups created by this entity and then there's a minor tweak To a few other things. So that's the sum and substance of the adjustments that um, will you get a problem with me to What's otherwise a really really really strong Thank you, mr. Hyde Still any comments or colleagues All right, we'll move on Um article 11, um Uh, I want to just point out the excellent work of uh, the town council my cunningham who uh, put together the draft for comment for Article 11 If folks have any questions or you'd like to make any adjustments Attorney cunningham is here to answer any of those questions. I'm certainly ready and able to adjust any Vote in comment if there's anything in the language that needs to be changed for your final report So, um any comments? Yes, sir. Mr. Corsi. Yeah, thank you, mr. Chairman um, and and thank you attorney cunningham and an attorney hymn and One question I had had to do with section six um The reference to employees we talked about referring to Employees of the town. So I'm wondering if there's any language that we could add on that Mr. Cunningham Thank you. Mr. Mr. Corsi. Yes, I think there could be a change section six by adding town employee bmc I think that would be consistent We had we had the board had last time and and make it that make the draft motion What's your interest in this town meeting? Thank you Um, mr. Helen Excuse so I'm actually having an issue with um section six, you know in the The pain sick leave I'm really struggling with this because a When when we initially had the meeting I was kind of asking a theoretical question like me how to how many people How many people ultimately have a benefit from this mean? Uh, and And it just seems like a It could be a lot You know, I mean, especially when you take into account that me a person can be in multiple domestic partnership relationships, you know, and if as much as I support me what the the general thrust of Of um the bylaw and especially the initial one that allowed for the domestic partnerships beyond two you know, I just Wondered me to what extent the town is is kind of risking some financial hardship me by by having the possibility of so many people A person being on Lots of leave, you know, and so I I know that Practically There's not much risk But theoretically there could be you know And so to what extent do we protect ourselves me from Theoretically high risk, you know, I mean is there some way we can build some protection, you know against that into The bylaw, you know Mr. Hurd Yeah, I mean I certainly understand the concern. I think When we were first going through the language of this article In relative to health benefits and I think someone mentioned that another municipality was talking about health benefits the first thing in my mind was Not to You know denigrate what we're trying to accomplish here is that all of a sudden we're going to have a lot of domestic partnerships where you can qualify for health benefits. I think that's along the lines But I don't anticipate for paid sick leave that somebody would abuse the privilege And I don't think you're talking about abuse anyways, but I think in the end We I think the the article as written accomplishes what the proponents are trying to and We could always if there was an instance where it was an overly burdensome to the town We could change that We have the ability to change a bylaw Mr. Hard This may not be an appropriate comparison but At some point under Section six, I think it's be that the chairman is referencing right now Would this sort of a designation in in relationship Fall under the same parameters as we have currently With our town employees Where fmla kicks in And that if for some reason there was a town employee that found themselves In a situation where it was for an extended Amount of time Does this provision Look at that situation in totality so that fmla kick family medical leave act So I'm going to say fmla for the rest of the day Or does it is it separated in the sense that Each relationship in each dependent child or children of that relationship stands alone Or is it a common that does fmla kick in? In totality or is each relationship a standalone and fmla applies to each relationship as a standalone I have to look to attorney cunning him for that. Is that right, mr. Chair? Yeah. Yeah, I should get it. Yeah, thanks And if I'm asking a question that's kind of stupid and out there just tell me Not a stupid question at all In this instance, I would distinguish sick leave from fmla It's my understanding that the separate procedure and I would say that the the language of this by-law the proposed by-law Would not permit fmla specifically But that's my I haven't looked at the fmla. I'd have to look at it specifically But I do think it's a distinguishing factor. It's sick leave not necessarily the the extra step of fmla Which is additional hurdles are required to to go on that type of leave But I'm thinking like if you're a town employee, you're out in sick leave There's a certain point where we say you can't be out in sick leave anymore You have to take fmla if you're currently a town employee and you take Personal time come time and if you can take sick leave to take care of a child is a point we say You got to go fmla route or something else So this does the same apply here. Are you saying no? I mean the manager may comment on the distinguishing factors of fmla But my understanding of how that works is that sick leave is something that you're automatically provided And it's consistent with the language in this proposed by-law that they'd be provided those benefits It's consistent with what town employees receive fmla is not mentioned here And I don't think it automatically would apply if the sick leave was exhausted I think that's right. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair You're welcome, Ms. Mohan Yeah, you know The bereavement mean A person can die just once And Basically even parental leave, I mean, there's just so much I just financial Risks there. I'm thinking about this mean in defending this To town meeting, you know, so I'm asking you all to help me think this through because if this comes up In town meeting and I'm defending this mean, I just need to have me something Cogin to say, you know to our fellow residents mean so that we can Move it forward, you know, otherwise, I think we we stand the risk of having it stripped mean at town meeting, you know So yes, Mr. Chair, I'll defer to the manager or let the minister chapter lanes speak first, mr. Chair Um, that thank you Council and thank you, mr. Chairman I I mean, this is venturing into opinion right and not advice but I suppose I would be more concerned with any of us having to defend Why we were identifying these partnerships as Equal, you know, we're trying to provide coverage and acknowledgement of domestic partnerships equal to the way we recognize Marriage I'm not sure how we would do the straight face justify carving out certain benefits In and not feel like we were still creating separate classes Within the recommendation. So that's as you're saying this that's my Sort of, you know personal reaction to it is how would we justify still um, you know creating those dividing lines Um, but in terms of risk, I I'm not aware of any evidence I haven't thoroughly researched it, but I'm not aware of any evidence that would suggest that we are Out of the box opening ourselves up to significant financial risk were things to change over time and Cost or risk was to grow. I think we could consider alterations, but I don't think that with adoption this year We are opening the door to significant financial liability or risk um as an immediate threat Thank you, Mr. Helmuth um Are we aware of finance committee heard this article and did they any comments about the financial aspects of this? I can't Mr. Chairman man. I I can't say with certainty, but I'm not aware that they've heard this article Let me maybe actually add clarity to that They did not ask me or anyone in my office for any type of financial analysis in regards to this article So, um to use the chapter lane because you said you weren't aware of of any um similar situation where An entity of misfathers at risk I was in the impression that this was unique that this was That we were first. No, we're not first in doing me multiple denested partnerships I'm not I guess I I may have misspoke. I didn't recall saying talking about other municipalities. Um I I just I I don't I I don't think frankly I'm not I'm not aware that we have a large or even Any any significant population of those in a domestic partnership that would immediately be seeking to get the benefit of these gotchins I understand. Yeah, okay. I understand the needs. We're currently yeah um And I I really appreciate the fact that we that we feel that we can't carve out and treat people unequally Look, I mean, I want to get here. You know, I just feel we I just feel a kind of responsibility to the town financially But also like I said, I really feel that I need to be able to argue this mean Well, I mean in front of of um of town meeting, you know And so I I just feel that that ultimately It's a social risk, you know, I mean we're trying to make it such that the people can engage in whatever relationships they want I mean and then have equal protection To any other kind of relationship, but who bears the risk of that, you know, and and I I just feel it should be There comes a point where we just can't absorb the cost mean potentially and I just want to try and Prepare ourselves mean for that, you know that possibility even if it's a low one at least theoretically, but maybe I'm just getting Too much in the weeds or something. Mr. Um discorsi. Thank you. Mr. Chairman. I was just gonna say I think the town manager just made a strong argument as to Why we would have the language that we would and as as he said if If in the future if if there is a need to to seek a change in the bylaw That's that that would be the time to do it Mr. Graham Thank you, mr. Chair and I I believe that the proponents of the article And the draft language have kind of walked the lineup to the health care benefits issue that I think the chair is referring to And the case law that applies to that would really run the risk of Of running a file The attorney general's missable law unit would would say I take a hard look at that So I think that's in my view the language that's drafted It was a deliberate attempt to walk the line towards that but not over it So that the leave issues and the financial implications that would come with health care benefits provision were avoided Yeah, I understand the health care aspect of it. It's more the the leave part me because because that does puts out granted it's it's it's an animal risk mean and and Perhaps i'm overthinking it and so we can we can move on. Mr. Heard. Yeah, yes two things one I got a text that the sounds not working on hdmi So I don't know if that affects our meeting here. Um, and then again, I would a like to air on the side of The language that was provided to us by the proponents And I think you know, this is certainly is a concern and if it's a concern that Tommy members have In debate it and potentially have an amendment, but I think as it's written here. I don't see a major influx of financial loss by the town and again if there's some wildly unexpected You know the currents then we can take it up at a future future town meeting, but I mean, I'm comfortable with the language Yeah, so on that, you know, I just discussed it. You know, I think there's any Suggestion of any kind of change, you know, we're just gonna Cause action a little bit mean to see if we can resolve I'm sorry. No, no, no, no, no. So do you need a pause means while you work out? No, I'm sorry, mr. Chair We're uh, we received a note on one of the later votes and comments in the chat and We're trying to make sure that we address it for the for the board. Okay fine fine fine. So then, um, Whenever you're ready to Mr. Chairman Just one other Item in the comment that occurs. I mean, this can be done in final votes and comments But the the second the last line talks about the proposed amendments to the bylaw Will likely be subject to review. I think we can count 100 that they will be subject to review So I suggest that we take strike the word likely From from a comment If we need thank you So do we need a motion on that mr. Uh, it depends on whether you guys want to vote on each one of these individually or you want to Take them as a slate together because if you want to take them as a slate together What I will do is take a motion to uh, approve the votes and comments as amended by the board's comments I think we just take a while. Yeah, so you won't take a while At once. Yeah, so how you can continue this time. So I think article 13 is fairly straightforward. It's a resolution. I appreciate again Mr. Fisher's Proposal of a language after having the dialogue with the board and The board's shift towards a resolution If the board doesn't have any comment This is the language as drawn up by mr. Fisher with the comment drawn up by myself Article 14, I think is fairly straightforward Yeah, yep On article 15. I just want to thank the folks who the proponents of this article who submitted some helpful language to try to develop this proposed suite of changes and mr. Cunningham for his Hard work. I think there was one note that we received. I'm sorry while the meeting was happening on the chat That talked about an inconsistency that some of the proponents have noticed in the vote Oh, I'm sorry. I think I've got the wrong one. This is um, the abutter notice. So yes, this is the abutter notice I hope this captures the board's intent with respect to mr. Schlickman's proposal And then finally article 16 This is the one where I'm thanking the proponents for their helpful suggestions and mr. Cunningham for Mr. Cunningham, is there an adjustment that needs to be made to the vote? Mr. Chairman. Yes There was a comment that just came in. I was trying to read it right now, but There was one change that I thought would be helpful if the board wanted to consider it in section 3d 2 c Which regards residents use during the transition period It does down the bottom talk about as the phase out period being march 15th 2026 But in section c in the first line it talks about a transition period Through the end of 25 or march 25 I think it would make more sense to put that to 26 as well Which I think would accurately reflect the the board's concerns about resident use and extending that beyond the commercial use Yes, thank you. It's kind of So mr. Chair, I'd like to move that amendment Second Thank you, mr. Cunningham. So Any more discussion on that? Just for clarification As i'm reading this and I should mention i'm not playing wordle on my phone my ipad is not working So that's why i'm i'm trying to read it Wordle again So the way that we amended this essentially pushes what's what they're trying to accomplish out until The transit so they're like in july of this year Landscape companies can still use their leaf flowers because that's within the transition period Correct. Yes, so this essentially takes effect after the transition period And Whereas what my understanding with the article is originally Proposed they allowed leaf blowers to be used in the spring and then over the summer They as quickly as this summer the The contracts weren't allowed to use the leaf blowers now this essentially pushes out the restrictions until the end of the transition period Mr. Chairman yes, yes, mr. Herd is correct. Thank you I'll just follow up on that So for 2 a b and c all 2025 becomes 2026 or is it just 2c? I think it's just uh section c madden vice chair But it'll it would apply to the entire section. Okay It's a meeting resident users Well two-way commercial and municipal user transition has 2025 but go ahead that would that would remain the same It was my understanding based on the board's discussion that 2025 would be the limit for commercial users But they wanted to be some provision for residents who may have purchased equipment just a longer time period I apologize. Thank you. No, thanks. Thanks. Me. I had lost track of that too So, you know, so I'm not quite sure at least to mr. Herd's Question, but I'll I'll I'll go back and watch the recording, you know, but everyone else is funny, you know So so I'm I'm good. Yes, mr. Herd. I'm sorry. Mr. Helmut How was it heard? Just a comment on this I think that We landed a good place in the language But it just occurs to me that one of the reasons that we Wanted to give a longer bit of runway for homeowners is you know Is because of the consequences of having to replace equipment and I think I'd like to suggest To the town manager and and the town staff that we find a way to start the education process early So that we you know, so that people know You know as they're thinking about a future replacement of equipment That they have as much warning as possible and you know, we'll certainly need won't just be the town's responsibility I think the proponents would be you know, would be have a good network To do that, but that's just to kind of an encouragement to all of us to do what we can And I think one of the beneficial side effects of that early education could be that homeowners might decide to make the switch sooner Just because of the awareness, you know, so So just to suggest another implementation we get the if the town meeting sees fit to pass this of course Thank you, mr. Chair. Thank you, sir So we'll just incorporate that amendment mean when we do our final vote, you know So And then our our next one is article 18. Sorry. I'm not sure what happened to the heading there I know it's going to say all right from comment devoted But that's this is article 18. This is our use of second generation into vaginal rodenticides Again, I'm grateful for the work of uh, miss Crowder and mr field of performance of this article and primary performance of this article in developing a bylaw that Um Based on the board's discussion Uh focuses on registration of licensed pest professionals in Arlington And notifications of where they're deploying second generation into a collective of rodenticides I want to make a few things clear for the board and for the public and for everybody else That this does not require notification or registration for anybody except for licensed pest professionals who are employing this specific Uh rodenticide poison So it's not a general requirement that all licensed Licensed pest management professionals have to register with the town. It's if you want to use second generation anti-collegial and rodenticides You have to register with the town you have to give the town notice of when you're and when and where you're deploying Um, so there's a licensing fee associated. There's a There's a licensing fee associated it with and I thought it would be better for the board to give for the board to recommend A bylaw that would give the health department the discretion to establish what that fee is And then there's a fairly aggressive penalty schedule. I want to note that there's one thing that I'm a little bit uncertain of I'm a little bit uncertain of our ability to pull somebody's Basically licensed to apply pesticides in Arlington, but I thought it was a worthwhile compromise in terms of letting folks know that we mean business about it That is probably the provision of this that I'm most concerned would be severed by The municipal law unit And then the further vote is a very simple straightforward authorization for special legislation To allow us to regulate rodenticides more in Arlington in other words Eventually pass a bylaw prohibiting it if we've talked about this a lot. It's unlikely that It's not unlikely. It's almost certain that we would not get that authority through just a bylaw We would have to get that authority from the legislature. I don't think that we should have any I don't I think my understanding is that it takes representative rogers already has a bill that Attempts to do this at the state level. Perhaps this would be helpful In providing for the momentum of it or maybe it would provide an opportunity for a pilot for a test case for Arlington to do it There's a little bit and then unless folks have any questions about that Um Thank you, mr. Chair. I noticed that the draft for the homeroom petition Well, first of all, thank you very much to you and your in your staff for a lot of work on this I know you worked hard with the proponents. I'm so grateful for that But on the draft of the homeroom petition, it just mentions the potential Including prohibited use by licensed professional applicators, but it says nothing about private Used by, you know, private property owners. Is there a rationale for that? Mr. That would be exceedingly difficult. What we would essentially be doing is saying that folks can or shouldn't purchase or own Second generation anti-collegial or denocides, which you can buy on amazon That would also put us at greater risk for not only Going up against the state laws Pesticide control act, but the epa's determination that these are saleable products So in addition to having a preemption on the state law, you know Level if we're just saying you're not allowed to purchase and own these So if you wanted me to add I would It would be very easy for me to well and we can see what happens Yeah, I guess for the question would be so so yeah, no that makes sense So that we have you're concerned even under homeroom petition Which by definition, you know gets around the problem of the ag's review because we're doing it the right way But if the legislature grants it that we might have a problem with the epa on this What I guess the scenario I'm concerned about, you know This is maybe getting a little bit ahead of the game But if we were to be successful and we were to come back and draft a bylaw Would there be a way to prevent? A straw purchase for homeowners to you know to to buy the Guards and provide them to the contractors even if contractors were barred from applying them I feel pretty good that we would we could have a bylaw that prohibits a licensed professional from I mean, there's any number of things that a person can buy that are illegal and they can ask a professional You know to utilize in their home. You can Ask somebody I got this great asbestos style. It's Why don't you just install it that doesn't make it a Legal or in consistent with the building code to install asbestos as insulation I'm not too worried about that. I I I do see and recognize your point that You know, uh, maybe a more likely scenario is to just disincentivize someone to call license like a licensed pest management professional Because I'll just buy, you know a bunch of this Second generation right rodenticide online and scatter around my yard So yeah, yeah, and I think in that scenario too, um, you know We can end up having more environmental harm because you know the license applicators who are responsible Which I think is very most of them, you know try to minimize the use of that and you use that You know careful, so these are things to worry about if we are get so far as to get permission from the state I guess I'm also comfortable with it with the formulation here, which is it mentions, uh, commercial applicators But but not exclusively it just says including prohibiting so, you know, that seems the the bulk of this Says may regulate, you know, the use so I I think we're probably fine. Okay, this is Thank you, mr. Chair I still one thing. There is a slight dis miscommunication between myself and the proponents I was expecting that there was going to be some sort of draft resolution Um, I haven't seen any draft resolution language yet So this is the type of thing that um, if we're going to have a meeting on the 11th I will try to get the resolution vote and comment sorted out for the select board's final approval and it's uh, Select board report on monday, but the resolution I haven't seen a version of a resolution yet. And I just didn't want to cut out Those good folks from all the good work that they've done and just draft something whole cloth So, um, if that makes sense to the board, um, I'll just proceed with the final Uh, vote gone Yeah, yeah, I mean, I'm sure they made my sense from talking with them and certainly me from the hearing is that they really Are planning on doing that resolution. So so, uh A either they have forgotten Which I doubt or they're somehow mixed up as to the timing of things. No, I just think it's a miscommunication. I think That's right. Yeah. All right. Thank you, mr. Chair fine, so um Article 21, I think we all agree that there's uh, no action to be taken because there's a recommendation to form the youth collaborative The cdbg article is fairly straightforward Um youth services, uh, no action Revolving funds all we need is the table that the comptroller inserts Um endorsement of parking benefit district expenditures is also again fairly straightforward and then um the last remaining article for your approval on a vote final vote comment tonight And that will only leave the resolution about uh, the denocides to the ironed out Is the resolution as forwarded by uh, miss Drey Um, and I believe voted on by this board. So if there's no further questions, that's All we have Yes, mr. Discoursing. Thank you, mr. Chair Just one thing on article 75 and and you normally We're proponent to have a resolution It's their language that goes before town meeting the only thing here Where there is reference to a vote of the select board and it's on i'm looking at that On the last page of attorney heim's memo the uh an attorney cunningham's memo the second whereas Um discusses the select board recently voted to approve a recreasing thing map With the specific goal of increasing the diversity of town meeting I think where it's referencing our actions I I'd prefer to see language into that included the specific goal because it wasn't the only goal that we had When we adopted the recreasing thing map to one person one vote. There was many other other considerations that we had So Of course, what are you recommending that so recommending that we insert that included Are before the specific goal So if we strike the word with mr. Decorsi and put in the words which included so would read Whereas the select board recently voted to approve a recreasing thing map Which included the specific goal of increasing diversity of town meeting Yeah You know any discussion I heard that included and I heard which included so I just said was that a grammar correction? Who's right But I'll defer to the which select board is always correct Oh my goodness And then mr. Cunning so so oh no, I thought I think we're hearing small questions. I don't I won't make a motion yet Okay, mr. Her I mean, it's Man I and I just noticed this in the reading this despite having looked at this over the weekend Immediately above the passage that mr. Decorsi just just noted and this is a consequence of the excellent education By the town council on the town manager act that the board has received this year My understanding it refers to select. We're creating a d8ei division, which we cannot do only the town manager can do that And I think probably further to the community equity audit. I think we endorsed it But we didn't approve it so And this is a difficult thing to do on the fly I mean my personal suggestion would be to acknowledge the work of the town manager In working with the select board to do both of those things because I think that the town manager's leadership has been real and substantial In in creating that division in increasing its staffing through ARPA and in in partnership with the select board So if we could find a way to do that Let's in line go to mr. Heim the chairman Yes, so if we could strike that provision and revise it so as to read By supporting the town manager's creation of a d. I've division and voting to Support and approve the community equity audit Works for me Second All right any discussion If it's appropriate mr. Chair if I could make a motion to move approval of final votes and comments subject to the Addendum of the aforementioned amendments Do we have a second second thank you mr. Corsi so on Vote emotion by mr. Mahan a second by mr. Corsi Mr. Heim mr. Heard yes, mr. Corsi. Yes, mr. Helman. Yes, this is mahan. Yes, mr Diggins. Yes, it's unanimous vote. Thank you all for your patience and feedback on all these matters. Thank you, mr So we're moving on to correspondence received in a letter concerning utility polls I guess we will refer this to the town manager Yeah, that's fine. Yeah, so I guess first to So moved Second Any discussion All right, you know, so I get to swivel my head again as mr. Heim Calls the role on this mr. Heard. Yes, mr. Corsi. Yes, mr. Helman. Yes, this is mahan. Yes. Thank you, mr Diggins. Yes, it's unanimous vote New business No, no business. Thank you, mr. Chair Yeah, just a couple brief pieces, mr. Chairman first because we were set by late last Wednesday, I didn't share it but last wednesday in town hall The police department hosted a coffee with a cop event for senior citizens That was well attended by both the arlington police department and members of the community And I just wanted to congratulate and thank The apd and the staff and the team for being there to engage with the community Related to that chief flaherty will be speaking at an icma international city managers association regional conference in boston This thursday on the innovative practices that have been implemented over the past several years by the arlington police department so and that she was Chosen by someone from the icma who reached out to me and said i know the arlington police department does great work Could the chief come and be part of this panel? So I think that's an additional great testament to the work done by the arlington police department Beyond that, um, I wanted the board to know if it hasn't seen it already the annual report Is available electronically and on the town's website And the annual budget and financial plan, which I know I shared with the board electronically Is being printed and then we'll also be shared on the website as well So this is a this has been a big week for annual reporting documents becoming available for the public And that's all I have for new business. Thank you this manager. Mr. Corsi. Uh, no new business was hurt I just Mentioned that the with the return of the annual police and fire game Coming up. Unfortunately. My son has a game in rockland. So Maybe catch the end of it but You know, you never know the fire team is pretty stacked this year, but everyone likes an underdog, so We'll be looking out for that and then I just wanted to say it gives our meetings a lot of gravitas to have the star wars theme playing Yeah So if we can keep having that happen, I think it would really help our meetings move along Just when you speak you Move along, I mean I'm taking that as a hint This is Talbot Thank you, mr. Chair two items. Uh, the first is I'd like to congratulate a great christiana being elected town moderator And thank john leone for his 15 years of dedicated service to the town in that role Secondly, um, I am wanted to promote the town's COVID booster clinic in town hall on thursday And I am myself scheduled to go get my extra booster shot thursday morning I believe there are still a few slots available and you know, I know we just had the health department in To thank them and this is just further proof that they just keep on going and we appreciate that very much You can learn about that opportunity on the town website under the COVID information, but Thank you, sir. All right um Three things hopefully very briefly one. I Sort of already had a conversation about I know the manager and town council attorney. I'm attended a meeting Webex Not zoom but like zoom With the mwra with as we've spoke about before saved their life Charles river watershed and mistic river watershed and They had a discussion there. Um I've asked town council to it's my understanding that Um, the mwra and also possibly as of today the cities of cambridge and some will Have online Their recommendations or endo proposals and I've asked town council and the town manager to save us time and Put that in an email with the links so that we can look that over and then the only thing that um I took from the meeting which I was not at I got a second hand But I know the manager was um and I believe attorney hind um The big concern One of the big concerns is that um It appears from the modeling which I'm going to forward Tomorrow that In what mwra I said at the meeting are kind of not in concert with the kind of Contradict themselves whereas sort of the bone one of the biggest bone of contentions is that With moving forward on the owl wife and addressing cso's and flooding that um Climate change be taken into consideration and not what Um has been discussed and is displayed in the modeling which is taking a 40 year average Like 1949 To 1987 and including 1992 Um, I don't know if the manager maybe can speak to this briefly But my big concern is it's my understanding. I'll let the managers maybe say what mwra said at the meeting regarding climate change But I think this board Needs to and will endeavor to make sure, you know, what's said at a meeting is great But what's the written word is and the agreement is the pentel of it is the ultimate what needs to be done So if you can help me out if it's okay, this is sure So I think mrs. Mahan said that very well that There's a desire in the part of save the owl wife brook to make sure that More recent rainfalls are more heavily weighted or prioritized in the analysis to account for the impacts of climate change on rainfall amounts The mwra said they are willing to shift Towards uh more of a recency bias so to speak and accounting for rainfall But they don't they're not yet proposing to go as far as to save the owl wife brook folks have been asking for So I think um if i'm hearing you you write mrs. Mahan What you're asking myself and town council to do is ensure That not only does the mwra in their drafts to the epa Do what they said they wanted to do but perhaps continue to push them to do even better In accounting for forward-looking rainfall projections as opposed to just using historical data Thank you, and then um The last two they're really quick um and also besides the town manager looked at the chair and mr. Hard I got something just as I was leaving and I didn't really get to look into it about apparently another accident up at wallaston and the communication to me was um That no breaks both went through Didn't indicate any serious injuries, but the comment was You know we referred this to the select board and you referred it to a committee and Yeah, so um if we could somehow just you know follow up on that And then and that's all I really know and I literally was going out the door So I didn't Read everything word for word. So if I have anything well, I saw our pictures Definitely was another accident there and they were kind of like hey, you know Whatever and then lastly um if I could through you, mr. Chairman Sort of opera funding, but I had I spoke about this this morning Um, I think we're close to the point in terms of essential pay for premium workers That everything's kind of been discussed and pretty much agreed upon so If the manager could Basically do the math and and get back to the board Where essential pay I'm not talking about increasing at just the four million dollar statement And as the manager said previously if there was a substantive amount there There would be a future discussion on that and then um Um Premium pay I can't remember so it doesn't matter go ahead. Thank you, mr. Chair. You're welcome. You're welcome. So So um My um, I have two comments. One is that hey, I I am delighted to Have this role me for for a year. I mean, uh, um, I I'm really getting out of this what I had um, hope that would you know And as I campaign I said, you know, I like learning things I'm learning a lot, you know, I like working on hard problems You got a lot of them, you know, I like collaborating with people and You are a great group to collaborate on and so I have to end as a haiku Because it's my brand, you know, it's so so so here we go. I think it's just sub 17 syllables, you know select board meetings Another year Let's all cheer We love arli Hi, b. No I knew the cheerleader would like that. So so so on that, you know, I'll take a motion to a jar You're setting a high bar for yourself Extra to a jar, mr. Chair Second to a jar second. And so, um, mr. Hi Mr. Herd. Yes, mr. Dacorsi. Yes, mr. Helmuth. Yes. This is lahang. Yes. Mr. Diggins. Yes