welcome to the select board hearing on April 15th if you have a cell phone please put it on silence thank you moren would you lead us in the pledge yes please i pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you can we have an approval of the minutes of April 1st please we'll make
the approval of the minutes of April 1st 2025 is there a second second any discussion uh yeah a couple of added Mr i didn't have a chance to send it to the clerk um page two on page two
uh the second to last sentence it says that um it was second it was the the motion was seconded by uh Beans it should be uh David Mills
thank you where are you right right here this is Bean it should be mills okay anything else uh yes page page five the first sentence um it says that all article were voted five to zero favorably with the
exceptions of the article 36 uh and 38 i I think it should be 36 that was 3-2 38 was unfavorable 5 to 0 and then 37 was favorable 4 to1 so
there was there were three articles three of them yes in instead of two did you see that so it's a this is one voted five and the exceptions all articles were 50
favorable with the exception of articles no I think I think it reads right I think you have to go back to the article the specific article which is on the last page yeah page six has it correctly but here it says that
everything was favorable 5 to two 5 to 0 except two where that was one of three of them were there was a four a 41 41 on 37 36 and 38 yep and then there
was a five zero unfavorable yes on on one of them yes 38 yes okay yep i'll make that correction okay and the the last one is uh page five uh the town manager report uh the second
paragraph has an extra select board member Bernard there uh the first one we should just take that out we motion the I'm sorry what what we don't we don't follow your D on the con manager report
we don't have the under the manager's report yes the page five the town manager report the second paragraph after the bullet manager reports on four I don't have a copy of town manager report is on four okay it's page five
the second paragraph after The bullet after the bullet it says may your copy mr chairman excuse me may I borrow your copy yes you may i think there was Okay uh yes page four apologies uh so select
board member Bernard motion to approve the Bernard oh the consenting calendar i see you yep thank you and and then the last one I'm sorry uh page one on the new public business the spelling of Doge uh from the from Mr
brad Street D O G E got it yep thank you thank you is there a motion to accept the minutes as corrected i'll make the motion to accept the minutes as corrected is there a second all in favor i thank you D
uh new public business i'm going to call on Mr cl Lions first welcome good evening Mr chairman members of the board i rise tonight to recognize and give heartfelt thanks to David Mills
for his years of dedicated service as a member of the select board capping a public life of remarkable breath and depth in service to the town of Danvers unlike most who seek this role David joined the board in retirement after
already having served the town for decades as a steadfast town meeting member an engaged committee member and as a thoughtful and fair town moderator when he returned to local government as a select board member after his time in
the judiciary his time away as I like to think of it he brought with him a rare blend of wisdom of humility and of principle he approached every zoning map every budget sheet every town bylaw with the clarity
and the insight of a lawyer and with the heart of a neighbor he has been an unwavering champion of those who often go unheard he has reminded us again and again as only he can to consider the shy
student the hungry family the overlooked and the underrepresented the widowed pensioner from Chase Street that was always David's compass and we are better for it david thank you for your faithful
stewardship your voice of reason three generations of friendship with my own family and your unwavering devotion to our community your decades of service have left a lasting mark on the town you love
so deeply and we are profoundly grateful thank you [Applause] [Applause] pat you going to follow up on that thank you i was I I was just saying to SI but
wait there's more david we're here tonight to celebrate your service as a true son of Danverse but I want to take a few moments and talk about your roles not as town
meeting member not as moderator not as a select board member but your focus on things you did outside the town specifically your legal career because I think this is a a footnote to your what
folks know about you in Danverse david began his career as an assistant district attorney in Middle Sex County trying criminal matters he then moved on to the attorney
general's office where he was the head of the AY's criminal appellet division so that meant that David oversaw all the appellet work that the attorney
general's office did in criminal law after that he then went into private practice and some of you may remember um that David uh practiced law here in Danvers but in
2001 David was appointed to the Massachusetts Appeals Court by then Governor Jane Swift one of as a on a personal note one of my most cherished moments of my
professional career was when you asked me to testify on your behalf to the governor's council hearing on in support of your appointment david served on the bench the Massachusetts Appeals Court the inter the intermediate appellet court in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts up until mandatory retirement took him out of that role in 2012 thereafter he was appointed by Governor Deval Patrick to the State
Ethics Commission that was in 2014 and in 2019 his five-year term ended and David moved on most recently David has been a member of the judicial nominating committee he was appointed to that role
by Governor Mora Healey that committee so folks can understand is responsible for reviewing all judicial applicants prior to nomination and making recommendations to the governor in addition to all that he's done in his
service of Danvers all that he's done in his professional career he has been a prolific educator and contributor to the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Program sharing his knowledge his insight and his
experience david you have brought so much credit to this community through your integrity your kindness and your service thank you on behalf of all of us at town meeting thank you so much for your
service [Applause] mr chair I I have a unique situation in terms of I feel I stand here a few times i think you've probably heard David talk about his relationship with the police chiefs in this town over the last 50
years and I had a somewhat unique relationship with at least one of those police chiefs as well and I know that he if he was here today David he would be so amazingly proud of his old singing partner that you and Donna Bakus and the
rest of the folks at the Richmond Junior High School um I also walk in your footsteps because I have the the the real privilege to represent this town at the Vogue Technical School and you were the leader of the Essex Aggie at one
point um as the head of their of their board up there as well um as I thought about what I wanted to say to you I thought about the guy on the picture over there in the room that we're in and I thought David that you know if
you were able to go back over into that room right now and he's sitting on his desk and we both know exactly what he would have looked like with those feet up and you know he his little finger would have came out his feet would have flung down onto the floor like they did
and he would have said "David me boy you've done good." And that's you've done good by this town David thank you [Applause] paul Pollock are you next sally's last okay two more to go
sally sorry i moved into Danvers on 60 Summer Street and lo and behold on 58 Summer Street where the Mills family lived and David was one of the four or five brothers I believe and then his sis his sister and then miss and then I went out and
started introducing myself to Mr frank Mills and I started a conversation and probably was the last start conversation I ever started with him i just listened from that point on i knew all about Boston College i knew all about Boston College football and then unfortunately
Mr mills passed away and I became close with the mother the daughter and the sons and at some point after there's been I think three or four different families that have moved in since the Mills family moved on and but before they did mom was living still living in
the home and I think it was either David or one of his other brothers that came over to me one day and said "You know mom's still there and I'd we'd appreciate if you'd look in once in a while on her." And they gave me a key to the house i still have the key David and I always remember it and you and I have
talked for many many years but beyond that next to my father who I think often you are the guy that maintains my strength and gives me the guidance to do some of the work that you have to do
when you're on a committee or various committees in this town i look up to you all the time i I I don't consider you a dear friend i consider you my second father thank you very much for all you do and we're still here buddy and I'm still probably the onlyest person in
this in this room not you thanks for all your help [Applause] is Peter Zook in the building nope okay Mr typet I knew the day he was born
so I have that going on anybody else here first of all thank you for all your service from from my entire family and just like the Lions you know we've been through three generations of our family with you four generations i I only knew three
and and I I would say every one of them would been equally as proud of what you've done for the community but aside from all the accolades from a personal standpoint David uh David and I learned to scuba dive at 15 years when I was 15 years old so to have a mentor from that age on
that I still see on a weekly basis at the very least who keeps me calm and guided uh is a wonderful thing to have and from a community standpoint thank you even to this day for keeping my head level and putting me
on the straight and narrow without ever discussing politics and from mom who we I was just talking to a little while ago uh to remind you or remind me to thank you for all you did for dad particularly towards
the end so from my family on a personal level to you thank you so much for all you've done for the community and my family thank you very much [Applause] the representative please
thank you Mr chairman what a um an honor to be among those who are expressing great thanks sally I will try to do this without I remember when Sally was born too [Laughter]
well David um I know that you will look at a an official commendation from the House of Representatives part of the great and general court with some oh an an ounce of humor an ounce
of those those rascals um I preface up by expressing I too am lucky enough to have known you my entire life tom and Priscilla are with us right now but I
think your value extends so broadly because people who will never know you in this town will benefit greatly from the way you have led in difficult times your guidance your
intellect and that extends throughout the community whether you know the family or they know you or not so please accept my gratitude for that as well okay now the political part from the House of Representatives
be it hereby known to all that the Massachusetts House of Representatives offers sincerest congratulations to David Arthur Mills in recognition of your decades of unparalleled service to
your beloved town of Dambers sorry uh as a member and chair of the select board diversity and human rights committee moderator Damastown meeting and with gratitude for your superb advocacy on behalf of our
LGBTQ neighbors friends and family the entire membership extends very best wishes and expresses the hope for future good fortune and continued success in all endeavors given today April 15th signed by uh Ron Mariano he's the
speaker of the house and me bagage thank you and he'll know what that means [Applause] david congratulations thank you Dan
okay anybody else to speak to David no okay we'll move on and other new business oh Mr brad [Laughter] Street tom me precinct one about a year ago
uh department in Damas was recognized for its uh reliable service that'd be the electric division that was about a year ago second year in a row and you were gracious enough to read this last year
could you read it so it's there in the record again thank you i didn't bring my readers i'm going to ask Moren to read it if that's all right with you sure thank you is that okay Bill
okay so this looks like this was in the Salem News on Wednesday April 2nd 2025 damas Electric recognized for reliable service which they we we do rely on them damis Electric has received
national recognition for achieving exceptional electric reliability in 2024 from the American Public Power Association aaa is a trade group that represents more than 2,000
notfor-profit communityowned electric utilities it helps utilities track power outage and restoration data through its subscription-based e-reliability tracker service once each year APA's reliability team
compares such data to national statistics tracked by the US Energy Information Administration for all types of electric utilities year after year data consistently demonstrates public power utilities provide highly reliable
service a director research in development Paul Zumo said "The utilities recognized here are truly elite when it comes to keeping the lights on their communities should be proud of the hard work and dedication of their local power providers as they earn
this truly deserved recognition nationwide the average public power customer has their lights out for less than half the amount of time that customers of other types of utilities do we are proud to receive this recognition which reflects the
dedication of our entire team damas Electric Damas utility director Clint Allen said "Our crews work around the clock to maintain and improve our infrastructure ensuring reliable service for the residents and businesses of
Danvas." For information on Damas Electric and its commitment to reliability visit www.danasma.gov/256 [Music] gv/256-electric congratulations Nameless Electric thank you yeah thank you want
that back okay there you go anyone else with new public business mr baxter letter for everybody just want to bring it to their attention thank you i should open mine now cuz you
know where his money lunch money is empty so thank you anyone else for new public business okay thank you all the board will execute documents in connection
with the easement on Arch Arch Meadow Drive we have some documents to sign yes okay mr king's here to explain welcome Stephen uh good evening Mr chair members of the board uh I am Steve King town
engineer for Department of Public Works for Dambers i'm here tonight to obviously answer any questions in connection with the easement that we're uh requesting at a property of 20 Arch Meadow Drive if you're familiar with that that abuts our existing landfill um and transfer station um so if you've
come into our transfer station if you used it in the past or any day you probably driven over the scale um that location of that scale is actually what the old layout of Pope's Lane so it's a public way um but on coming out and exiting the transport station you probably also driven out through the
double gates as well um that's actually the property owned by the complex that's 20 Arch Meadows so the ABC plumbing supply the uh the old um the workout establishment um their property abuts all the way up to our layout at where
our existing skill is um so in doing the research as part of the project that we're currently working on um we thought it was the best interest of the town if we're going to use that site and use that access way to acquire an easement from that property owner um to continue continue accessing asking it accessing
the uh the site and then also for some of our utilities are also in that same corridor with the easement is located mr mr Chairman I would just add that this was also discussed when the money was appropriated in a warn article a year or two ago as part of the landfill project
okay do we need a vote of some type or we're just executing documents just executing the document yep it was already approved and um it's basically a uh not in domain so there's no public hearing or request for motion all right
thank you okay thank you much thank you everyone before he leaves can I say something yes please i kind of grew up in the in the age of Rick Rogers who was a I thought an
absolutely superb public servant and engineer before I met him I didn't I thought an engineer worked for the Boston and Maine and drove a locomotive and I've come to understand the importance of the engineer for the town of Danvers and I'm
especially always grateful the for the amount of attention our engineering department has to give to National Grid and everybody else who's cutting up our streets and so I want to say I from from uh I thought Rick Rogers was great um
and I think Steve King does a wonderful job with his people and I'm very grateful for your service thank you i was very lucky to have Rick as a mentor and I'm still using him and calling him today for uh certain things that he just has historical knowledge of and always thank you for the board support as
always thank you Danny okay thank you okay the board will vote to accept a gift from the River Riverside School pack in accordance with Mass General Laws chapter 44 section 53A for the
Riverside playground someone here to speak to this welcome please introduce yourself good evening everyone my name is Sarah Fitzgerald i'm the principal at Riverside School welcome and I've brought along Mrs teender hi i'm Sarah
Teender i am the treasurer of the Riverside Pack thank you and Superintendent Bower is joining us to your backup tell us a little bit what we're all together because this really was a collaboration um with Riverside School our parent
group that has helped us to raise some money um and David Mountain who has worked with us throughout the last two school years to um work on a new playground for Riverside School so our pack has worked very very hard to um
come up with some money they're going to donate to the town of Danverse $50,000 um it encompasses you know contributions from the Danverse Rotary local businesses that have contributed um students birthday money has even been
put in the the fund as well so it really was a collaborative effort with um as I said David Mountain RAC and Mr borrow of course so we wanted to present that check tonight thank you [Applause]
we're all very excited for the playground oh great questions d no questions thank you love the Riverside School and and uh I've been a parent on pack committees too and thank you for what you all do thank you Mike uh thank
you for the 50,000 it's awesome thank you should we give it to you i feel good about it david I'm very fond of Danverport my mother and her nine siblings grew up at 39A River Street down the end of River Street and
I grew up as a warrat until I went to work at Vix Drive in in 1954 so anything you do for Danverport I appreciate very much thank you thank you very much what's the will of the board uh we approve as accepted
is there a second second all in favor i oppose none thank you very much thanks for coming thank you have a great night you [Applause] too a public hearing will be held under chapter 140 section 182 of the general
laws on the application of two High Street Tavern Inc dba the Berry Tavern joe Bono owner for a modification to a 7-day entertainment license to add outdoor entertainment mr bono welcome you're welcome thank you i have no check
but I appreciate you having me all the paperwork in order madame clerk yes it is okay tell us what you want to do um we currently operate at Two High Street um in Dambridge as you know we've been there 9 years family-owned restaurant nine years already nine years amazing and I appreciate everything you've
always done for me um we've been well recepted in the community and we have an in in uh a license entertainment license now with the indoors we want to have like a um speaker outside want to open up our windows and just continue as a restaurant we're not a nightclub or
anything like that or a barroom just soft music and just want to keep it right so the entertainment license now is for how many nights is there hours signed to it's a 7-day entertainment license that
indicates a half hour before closing with no outdoor entertainment that's why the applicant is here tonight a half hour before closing a half hour before closing what time do you close Joe 12:30 okay anything else you want to offer no just I spoke to some of the neighbors
already that had some some questions um it's probably going to be just the way business is right now nothing's really going to change and if I did do entertainment any live music outside or something like that I would definitely let everybody know if they wanted to um I don't think anything's going to change
but we do now so board I just remind you that we had Connor's farm before us last year and put some limitation on the hours that they could operate with their noise their Halloween
spooky stuff when Breakaway was doing outdoor entertainment there were a lot of complaints about the noise and we finally had to put a hard stop on them at 10:00 because they kept playing
beyond 10:00 to 10:20 10:30 the yacht club has backed off from weddings outdoors at night because of the neighbors complaining about the noise so I think we need to keep in mind
that while Joe may have spoken some of the neighbors typically in these neighborhoods there is objection to loud music late at night well we should keep that in mind d any comments or questions
is it my understanding that we don't have a noise ordinance for the town i don't believe we do okay um will you be just speaker or will we have live music yeah 90% of the time it'll be a speaker we have a we have open windows
throughout the whole restaurant you know we'll have our windows open you know on on the nights that are you know the nice nights you know the windows really small so there's only a few months of the year that this will even take place you know most of the time the weather will be uh
you know uncooperative anyways no what I mean is would it be a band or would it just be miss it may be a band you know few times a year there's there's nothing nothing on a regular basis at all but the band will play from inside we have a band inside currently right now okay we want to be able to open up our windows
we have bands two nights a week till 11 until 11:00 want to be able to open up our windows i want to be have a little speaker outside for our guests on the patio and uh if we want to have a a band outside you know every once in a while I just want that option to have it there's nothing in place to do that though yeah
uh I I do I mean I love Berry Tavern i It's great place becoming a fixture in downtown i I'm just not sure about the layout of the area as to how far the neighbors are uh I don't know if anyone can There's There's no neighbors directly facing the front of the
restaurant there's neighbors um on Park Street on um Page Street and um I don't know what the street behind me is but there's no one directly on High Street in front of the restaurant okay thank you Moren so I just had a
question when you said I thought I heard you say that you have inside music till 11:00 okay so you want to do this outside music till 12:00 no no I think I license it till 12 anyways yeah 12:30 or something oh I think Okay so 11:00's fine and I'm fine with that yeah okay
great mike um if there are complaints are you willing to deal with it at that time yeah absolutely okay i'll give my cell phone number you call me i have a problem i close the window or whatever i don't I care about what goes on outside my neighbors and as far
as the guests that are in the restaurant so um I do whatever is right for people like I said it's a restaurant it's not an entertainment place it's not Breakaway that had live bands and so it's just not that type it's a restaurant restaurant music when people have fun that's what they for yeah long
as you work that's what downtown wants right neighborhood yep yep okay thank you thank you David thank you Dan i I appreciate the question from my colleague i have personal experience with Berry Tavern in as much as I spend
a lot of money there every week for myself put you on the rebate program oh hi Bob but I have I've come to know the people somewhat i don't know the we never know last names but I know the first names
and they're an extremely polite um group i worked for Vic Trembley at the Village Green back in 1962 he treated his employees like gold and you know you can tell something
about the character of a person as to how he treats his employees well from what I can tell his employees are pretty much in love with him and his father-in-law over there um and I would trust Joe's discretion because more than
what we want he wants his people to be happy and he wants his neighbors to be happy because he wants to continue uh to enhance the reputation that he has built there as a really really lovely cornerstone of Danvas so I'm trusting
Joe to whatever he thinks he can work with i am confident that if it has to be modified he'll make sure that the uh uh there is prompt and immediate response to the whatever whatever concerns the neighbors have so keep up the good work Joe appreciate that thank you thank you
thank you so my thought is with Connor's Farm we gave them permission with a request to come back to us um before they ask for the entertainment license this coming season i think it'd be appropriate with Joe's trying something
new that we ask him to come back at the end of the year and we get an update and see if there's been any complaints is that reasonable that's fine okay is that reasonable to the board members sounds good okay i think that's good i mean I've called Joe on a cell phone because we were going to have our class
reunion there okay and he's he you know he he picks up the phone so pick up the phone i think what he says about you know keeping it peaceful with the neighbors will be good thank you okay thank you any other board members with comments before I go to the public okay anyone in the public to speak yes
sir go to the microphone introduce yourself hello everyone i'm uh Nick Angelo i live at uh 36 Park Street so uh right behind the uh Mnt Bank and uh right behind Barry Tavern um so I think little some
concerns on the live music outside um we have heard some of the music uh on the Tuesdays and Thursdays from inside and that volume is very appropriate it's fine um so with that said we can hear it from inside the house and um so I do
have a two and a four-year-old and you know we'll be opening the windows soon so a little concerned and as far as what the terms and conditions are for the um the live music and you know how is you know is there enforcement as far as what
the what the terms and conditions are as well so maybe a little bit more detail on what that looks like you know if there's a specific night and you know exact times that it will be ending and um that would be good to understand but just
wanted to express my concern thank you yep anyone else in the public yes Mr brad Street begin bill Brad Street town meeting member of precinct one i believe when
Connor's farm was discussed there was a mention about decibel level readings made yeah they have to take readings every night would that be appro I'm not trying to nitpick would that be appropriate for what's
going to be uh enjoyed in the square so that it we don't have a uh a law we do not have a noise law um it's a reasonable request if Mr bono is willing to take um decibel readings when he has
outdoor entertainment so if there is a complaint he can turn to the person making the plaint say here's what the decibel levels are board wants to make that part of the motion that's up to them i appreciate that uh again I'm not
nitpicking but because it was discussed the corners right and they're out in the open so to speak this is very congested in the square uh and I would be concerned as would the neighbors about the music
uh oldies be goodies classical rap uh there's all kinds of music out there uh I know what I like and what I don't like but I don't know about the neighbors but thank you well there's some people that complain that downtown Danver is sleepy and quiet some
people want to keep Danver the way it was so I don't know what to tell you that's not a bad thing any not Can we have a motion to close the public hearing please i'll make a motion to close public hearing i'm sorry somebody wanted to speak speak go ahead
hello I'm Alan Rooney i live at 33 Park Street and um I just want to say that um I've actually called the restaurant to complain it was in the summer and um at that point the windows were open music was inside they were very good about
then closing the windows and we appreciated that but um you know it was um we were trying to sleep and um when we could hear the music so I'm just concerned now that with the idea of having a speaker or entertainment outside what that's going to be like
we're right across the parking lot from behind the Mnt Bank and um so I just wanted to express that concern i appreciate that they were good about closing the windows but now you know it being outside that may be different
thank you Mr rooney so I assume with this license having the outdoor entertainment that gives them license to open the windows when they have the indoor entertainment i would think so yes yes okay board members any other questions
comments well I think Mr bono mentioned that if he got any complaints he would the people could always come before us um and and you know talk to Joe and and then we could car you know I hope he would wind down so we're not here to
take complaints on a regular basis i don't take complaints either no we don't like but Joe did say that he would address that and if it didn't happen then we go to the next like I said we're a restaurant and this is all secondary so it's it it complements what we do
it's not it's not any of the places that you mentioned we're not Connor's farm we're not uh the other place there in Route One we're you know we're not playing bands three or four nights a week outside packing 300 people and charging a cover chart we don't we don't do that we have soft music that the
patio can only hear and um you know we're going to open our windows so many times a year and you know like I said the weather's you know is cooperative so and like I said I'll give anybody my cell phone number if there's a problem I shut the window it's not a big deal not
going to change your make or break our business so D any comments uh yes i it it sounds to me that uh the owner is fairly responsive to the residents when um at least the two that have spoken tonight but it also sounds to me that
they need some clarity as to what is it that we are getting uh do we have a stop time for the live music when when we have live stop right now 11:00 11:00 okay so that will means that the windows
will be open until 11:00 yes okay do we have a speaker outside or is it just from inside yep and it's tucked in the corner where mainly just for the people that are on the patio one speaker I got out there okay
um again like I said earlier I I don't know the the layout of the area but obviously there are neighbors that are living close by i think the owner is fairly responsive but I do believe that we might have to have him close the
windows a little earlier than 11:00 to accommodate uh the neighbors you could consider 10:00 on week nights yeah that well I think 11 is you know we've been there for 9 years and this is the first
time we've come to uh we're doing the same thing for 9 years we haven't had any complaints or any issues or people you know have no problems there you know the band goes to 11 i can't jump behind a guy playing a guitar and and close the window i'm being honest i'll be I'm going to be forthcoming with you you
know what I mean i'm not going to lie to you and tell you I'm going to do that you know but there are certain things I can do to accommodate some people if there's six windows open I can probably close three of them you know what I mean so and there's some live bands sometimes on weekend we try to keep them and we
try to keep the bands quiet we don't want it loud inside either because people can't hear each other talk and stuff like that so you only got you know between you know one to three piece bands and they're uh as quiet you know we try to get them as quiet as they possibly can play you know yes can I just offer yes please um just
so the board is aware um what I did in order to notify the neighbors um I took a 500 ft radius around Berry Tavern and came up with um just about a hundred neighbors that I sent letters to um of which I got one phone call um where um I
was able to connect that resident with Mr bono um and he was very accommodating in in talking with her and said that he would be responsive so any any issues he is more than willing to work with the neighbors but just so you understand how
many people we reached out to and and what we've got here tonight thank you Mike so you did answer my first question there are some neighbors here if you're not there is there somebody else the whole family my wife's there my
father-in-law my sister my mother my nieces my daughter my son and my mother's there right now my sister's right there my phone's 24 hours a day if you can't get a hold of me we have a big problem so so but just think of it as the resident's uh point of view you're
in your home you're trying to put your kids down 100% it's a little bit loud so we got to make it as easy as for them as well to be able to just if they have to make a call boom it's a little loud and then you guys got to I'd be more than happy to give my cell phone number to
anybody and then you got you have to knock it down right you know if it comes to that somehow right yep i'll have to so okay thank you David thank you Dan um number one I trust this operator i've
been around there and I've watched um watched him i think it would be cumbersome and not necessary certainly at this point to go into sound decibel things and readings and all of that um I'm confident of relying upon the good
faith of this operator because he's the one that has the biggest stake in not offending neighbors or people in the town and he is right in the corner of the Danver Square and doing a great job
so um I think less administrative regulation is appropriate in this case which I wouldn't because there was such repeated concern and a lack of response i'm not going after Conor Farm but that's what I heard when we were
listening to the complaints there that they were not responsive and this business is responsive so I think we should approve what they want and if something goes wrong uh I'm you don't have to cite him you could just ask him
to come back the next week and Joe will be here so I believe that thank you was there a motion make a motion to approve as presented oh no we need specifics did we close the public hearing i did he did i did can we double double double do it
let's double do it just to be sure let's do a motion to close the public hearing motion to close public hearing second all in favor i You missed that huh thank you no I think she got interrupted okay public hearing's closed what's the will of the board that I will um we will
approve um as presented no I want specifics oh you want specific okay i got to put my glasses back on yeah all right p um that a public hearing we Well that we approve um the application of two High Street Tavern Inc dba the Berry
Tavern Joe Bono owner for a modification to a 7-day entertainment license to add outdoor entertainment and hours and the hours we said until well he said till 11 11 p.m and he'll come back to us or people can call and
you want to give them their cell phone your cell phone number over this mic that would be great and he'll come back at the end of the year with a report he can come back with I give it to him yeah and and he is you know Joe please you know if anybody calls um I like what the clerk did reaching out to the 500
neighbors 500 feet 500 feet of neighbors right but it's good yeah and what like what like what like what like what like what like what like what like what like what like what like Joe says I mean it really we want to promote right the town of Danvas and the businesses that's what we're here for right so I think um I think he's very responsible and I would approve that i just needed a motion didn't you okay well I wanted to say
what I wanted to say Dan well he had that opportunity all right and more second visit second any discussion all in favor oppos none thank you good luck Joe thank you very much congratulations Miss Mills joe I'll be listening thank you
all right appreciate it thank you have a good night a public hearing will be held on the request to modify the previously granted application of Wakefield Associates Joe Roto project manager to occupy the public way in front of 17 Elm Street to
begin construction on the building somebody here to discuss this presented welcome good evening thank you very much my name is Nancy McCann i work on behalf of Joe Roberto and JMR Companies LLC the
owners of the property at 17 Elm Street with me tonight is Rodrigo Girez uh who is the uh construction supervisor for this project and the board you will recall back on January 7th we were here
and the board approved our application for uh occupation of the sidewalk to begin construction for the redevelopment of 17 Elm Street that project is fully approved and was at that time through the various boards uh commercial space
on the first floor three residential units above and uh it part of that included uh new sidewalk work and the board approved that application as uh as submitted we anticipated at that time a
start date of February 1st and as you may also recall our building inspector Tim Hudan was present at that meeting and we discussed uh that there were some uh issues that he needed to work out
with the architect um with regard to the plans before the building permit was issued that process took a little longer than we had anticipated but those issues have been worked out um we believe the building permit will issue uh very soon
imminently in fact um and so we are requesting a modification of the prior approval to allow the construction phasing schedule to begin with the issuance of the building permit and then to proceed
forward as we've indicated uh in my cover letter as well as in the revised construction management plan um certain number of days for each phase rather than giving calendar dates for the start and for each phase completion because
that's difficult to do it's difficult with construction um to know exactly when things uh certainly now when materials and things are going to be available so we want to have a little bit of flexibility as far as dates are concerned so we've indicated as uh
you'll see on uh my cover letter to you that accompanied the application we have five different phases uh first phase is 45 days 60 days 180 days um 30 days and 30 days um so summing all of that up we
would uh request that the period of time for occupation of the sidewalk commence upon issuance of the building permit and uh proceed for um and be in place for 14 months um to allow and then again that's
in the CMP plan u to allow for completion and uh Rodrigo is here he can answer any questions with regard to the construction the phasing under the CMP plan and the transportation management plan that you all saw back in January
has not changed the only change to the CMP plan was to add number of days for each phase rather than calendar dates thank you so the modification that you're asking for is this phase that you
just gave us is that correct it is to be right to have the uh occupation begin upon issuance of the building permit um and to have the various phases uh completed in accordance with the phasing
schedule in the CMP plan and as summarized in my cover letter okay thank you David questions no it's seems very competent the way it's proposed i don't know how else you could do it neatly thank you Michael um quick question uh
Rodrigo will you be on site all the time yes okay and does the uh bill inspector police department have your phone number if they have to get a hold of you yes okay all right old numbers yeah other than that it's a lot of plenty of detail thank you Moren no I think it's good i like how Nancy put the 45 the 60 days
you couldn't do calendar for sure but it's good tonight you'll be on site thank you d a quick question does ours have to be notified before the beginning of each phase is that a requirement or um no it is not a requirement however
what was a requirement of the planning board approval is that we meet with staff planning staff and we have a discussion with regard to sequencing and then it's typical for the construction crew and team to be meeting with planning staff engineering town
engineering staff building inspector throughout the whole process but there was a requirement for a sequencing schedule to be submitted and uh that we work together with the planning department so that any issues are
addressed promptly okay so so it won't so it won't be the aboters but it will be the town staff they will have to have those sequences lined up yes and pardon my naive here when the sidewalk is been worked on we still make sure that it's
uh handicap accessible and all that stuff right yes okay thank you this is a public hearing anyone in the public with questions yes [Music]
coley right Becky town meeting member precinct 5 it may be in the construction plans but I was just curious about how many days if at all are you impacting the parking places in front of the businesses that are going to remain open
nancy that is in the um CMP plan as well as the transportation mitigation plan that was submitted um do you know Rodrigo specifically those parking spaces how there's parking spaces on Elm Street as
well as on the side street page Street um do you know uh off the top of your head how often yes the uh they have occupy a sidewalk uh jell so the for the pedest so basically it's not be a parking space El
street so basically for the from El Street I have a jersey for the address with a handicap so it's not be available parking cars El street does that answer your Anyone else with questions from the
public please karen Karen Nastic um Lockxley Road dan welcome pull the microphone closer to you thank you karen Nastic Danver um 15 Lockxley i'm I'm I haven't seen the
plans for the house how How tall is this going to be how many stories about 35 ft three uh three storage three stories yes three stories will this be the first threetory building in that area i'm I'm My heart is breaking over
the downtown changing its going to a flat top all around any chance this is a peaked roof no no flat roof flat roof again yeah is is a detail on the point
of view that was looking I think the planning board approved the plans as presented and that was the time to ask those questions we're not unfortunately we can't get into the design standards at this stage
i didn't I mean I understand what your thoughts are and appreciate them but it's Yep it's the horse is out of the barn okay board members comments question close the public hearing please make a motion to close public hearing is
there a second second second all in favor i I Thank you board members what's the uh I will um approve to request to modify the previously granted application of Wakefield Associates Joe Roberto project
manager to occupy the public way in front of 17 Elm Street to begin construction on the building is there a second second discussion hearing none all in favor i opposed none good luck thank you very
much 14 months counting from when you get the building permit that's correct thank you so much thanks so much have a good night the board will consider the application of Ednazaro on behalf of Bent Water Brewing LLC for a one-day malt and wine
license at Indicot Park on Saturday June 21:25 9:00 a.m 400 p.m for Onion Town Field Day in conjunction with and to benefit the friends of Ender Park and who's here to speak to this i'm Ed
Nazaro um event coordinator for Bent Water Brewing full-time teacher this is Scott McDonald our tap room manager welcome and we are looking to get consideration for a one-day liquor license for the Oniontown Field Day tell us a little bit about that uh it's a
great event that Danver puts on and is we're lucky enough to get invited to to sell some of our beers at the uh at the field day families come down we are there pretty much all day and uh there's live music games everything for the family it's it's great we're all tip certified to make sure that nothing gets
unruly and it's been a great success for the past few years great mike any questions uh going to clean up really well after the brewing of all that beer i don't brew I sample and you guys can too cuz we we do
deliver to Berry Tavern no no comment thank you is that Bent Water Brewing in Lynn right yes on Commercial Street that's us i've been there we've um hosted some uh lunches lunches there we weren't drinking but Well you can come on by and try some
samples no it's a it's a great company fantastic thank you D uh no questions thank you thank you David no questions thank you Dan what's the will of the board i say we approve um the cons the
application of Ednazaro on behalf of Bentwater Brewing LLC for a one-day malt and wine license at Endicott Park on Saturday June 21st 9:00 a.m to 400 p.m for Oniontown Day in conjunction with in the benefit of the friends of Endeott
Park thank you is there a second discussion hearing none all in favor i I oppos good luck thank you very good good weather the board is in receipt of a banner application by Paul Pollock on behalf of
the Hri across High Street from June 2 to 8:25 for public or pride event on June 7th at town hall starting at 12:00 p.m welcome Paul yes thank you Mr chairman i'm Paul Pollock chair of the HRC
committee and every year we have a uh pride flag raising event at town hall and the last two years and this will be the third we followed up with a celebration on the library lawn that lasts about two two and a half hours the
uh we have the we're going to have a banner made we did secure the date and the date will be it'll be put up the week of uh I believe it's the I'm not sure June 2 to 8 yeah 2 to 8 right and uh the the event's actually on Saturday
June 7th it'll start off with a flag raising and then a walk down to the uh library area and um we're looking to have Mr mills lead the walk but uh I've got to talk to him about that he's been one of our our great
supporters over the years i walked across the street without my cane tonight i want you to know i'll get a vehicle for you though seriously we'll get a vehicle uh anyway um that's basically it uh if you have any questions it's it's an event that's been going on i'm not sure for how many years
um but since D was chair I think and maybe before that also um pretty standard for the town and we're looking forward to it and we always get a nice crowd but is this the first time you've had the banner up yes it's uh we we discussed the banner to be honest with
you and when the committee was meeting we decided not to have a banner because they're expensive and um then I had a an HRIC meeting uh in March and the committee wanted a banner so uh we've arranged and uh we'll finance it
obviously and it's we're looking forward to it we do a good job putting up banners thank you yes questions from D uh no I support it thank you Paul thank you very much moren um I'm going to abstain okay uh Mike can
you tell me what the ban is going to say celebration of Pride celebration i haven't finalized it to be honest with you but it's going to be similar to what we do Martin Luther King uh banner that we put up it'll it'll say the date obviously in the times and then
um that's it it'll probably be multicolored ab: Absolutely multicolored okay so I guess you know I think it's great if you're having an event you want to rent a space or advertise social media and
all that i think that you know the doors opening for anybody to ask for a banner that might be objectionable to some and happy for others i'm just not comfortable with the fact that we're letting uh town property be engaged in
certain issues um like I said we're going to make some people happy and some people unhappy um I think the town always should be neutral and uh you know it's not about any particular message it's just that
we're you know certain hot button issues we'd be letting a lot of different people come in and put a banner up on High Street so well no one says you have to allow us to put the banner up quite frankly that's why I'm here asking for support right uh we do have a Martin Luther King event and I'd venture to say
that there's been no that to my knowledge uh problems with the Martin Luther King banner but I also would venture to say that you could get differing opinions on just the very things you might have alluded to right now so I don't see it
as a problem i just see it as an event it's been very well attended and it's been noneventful so Paul is it safe to say the banner is just going to advertise the event the date yeah very simply it's going to say celebrate Pride i'm I don't want to say what it's actually going to say Dan but
it's going to be basically similar to the MLK Mr chairman uh the the date the time and the place thank you which all the banners do yeah thank you David thank you i'm astonished that one board member abstains with respect to this
human rights uh matter and that another board member considers it a political issue that is currently um a matter of negative concern to some people in this community uh where I have
as a matter of fact personally for 50 years attempted to bring LGBT into a public discussion of acceptance in this town which I believe 10 years ago we reached with the efforts of Susan
Madison Fletcher um over the course of 20 years and the leadership of D on the human rights and inclusion committee that there is any hesitation whatsoever really troubles me it doesn't
trouble me it hurts me it cuts me to the core i have a rainbow flag on my house across the street and I've had it up for seven years and I'm almost 83 because I was 75 years old before I dared put it
up i noticed that the Methodist church has one now and Putnham Pantry used to have one that's three in the town of Danvers with 27,000 people which stat statistically
uh is the home of nearly 3,000 lesbian gay bisexual transgender people and their parents and their children who are afraid to be visible because they do not feel welcome there were
probably 2,000 rainbow flags in Salem the Beverly City Council no excuse me it was the Salem City Council adopted a resolution um in favor of protecting the
rights of uh transgender and uh non-binary people and that anybody on this select board would oppose this banner blows my mind and I will publicly
say and I will probably speak it and I will provide a rainbow flag to any person in this town who is willing to fly it and I will deliver it to your house and I
um no I'm not ashamed of the board how can I be ashamed for someone else i would only be ashamed for myself and I'm not it has been very hard over the years to speak to LGBTQ issues
um because I grew up when gay people were bashed to death on the streets of Boston New York Atlanta um and um it has not been an easy journey so I will say you break my heart you who you you will
not support this request well of course I will support the request but I'll also say Paul for taking the leadership of the Human Rights and Inclusion Committee which has had constant pro progress because of people like you and Susan
Fletcher and D who was chair for several years we grew from I remember when the when the gay flag issue was first raised it was gay
Gary oh Gary his his drag name I forget i'm sorry but he was at um um a Martin Luther King dinner when we used to have them at the Danvers Board Club and Wayne Marquee and the
then board of select select selectmen at that time were in a a table at the back and he said "Mr marquee and select board members i call upon you to put up a rainbow flag this year to welcome and
make a safe place for LGBTQ people in the town of Danvers and that board unanimously voted with Wayne's approval and God rest him our uh police chief at that time um we we put a flag up on the
uh police station the fire station at both locations or three locations approved that Lion's Ambulance was then at the old Central Firehouse and they put one up essexi put one up so and YMCA put one
up um we had a wonderful support in the community and not a negative word i am frankly astounded to hear negative words about LGBT civil rights in the year
2025 in the town of Danvers thank you for letting me speak thank you David dan yes Mike i didn't get to finish may I speak you may thank you Dave i don't want to ruin this day for you this is a great day for you i meant no you couldn't possibly yes i meant no
disrespect to my guest i meant no disrespect to you or anybody but that's not the issue I'm talking about i'm talking about that public property shouldn't serve as a forum for anybody's free speech because we're opening a door to anyone and then we have to say yes
that's all I'm talking about not not any particular issue um so I don't mean any disrespect to anybody i served the police department 22 years and it didn't matter who I was trying to help i didn't never occurred to me their sex race
religion i'm just there to help and that's what I'm doing now so I hope that you understand that I mean that sincerely and I do not want to take away from your day today thank you you don't thank you may we have a motion please i'm going to abstain i ask for a motion
i I I move that we approve the requests I presented and um put the banner up from uh June 2nd to June 8th thank you is there a second second all
in favor i opposed abstain abstain mike was no thank you abstain two abstensions thank you thank you Paul for coming thank you the board will discuss the final version of a resolution to be sent to the
Beverly Airport Management um you got a resolution two weeks ago to review so we can comment but we need to have it read into the public record first before we can discuss it anyone want to volunteer to read it i'll read it thank you
um resolution addressing concerns over the airport whereas the residents of Damas have expressed growing concerns regarding the operations of Beverly Regional Airport and whereas complaints have been raised about excessive noise
pollution resulting from aircraft aircraft activity particularly during early morning and late night hours which negatively impacts the quality of our lives of our residents and whereas there is a growing concern among the community that the airport has not moved quickly
enough to address the pending transition to unled aviation fuel and whereas there is a prevailing sentiment among the community that the airport has not adequately acknowledged or addressed these concerns leading to frustration
and a perceived lack of responsiveness and whereas increased traffic volume associated with the airport operations has exacerbated these concerns now therefore it be resolved that the select board formally requests that the airport
management take immediate and concrete steps to mitigate noise pollution including but not limited to implementing stricter flight path regulations restricting nighttime flights and investing in noise reduction technologies
and be it further resolved that the town urges the airport to work in collaboration with local authorities to develop strategies aimed at preparing for the transition to unlettered aviation fuel and be it further resolved that the town requests the establishment
of a formal communication and engagement process between airport management and town representatives to foster transparency accountability and meaningful dialogue regarding community concerns and be it further resolved that the select board will create an advisory
committee comprised of pilots and aviation experts to research the laws and regulations as they relate to these concerns and be it finally resolved that copies of this resolution be forwarded to the airport management city of Beverly authorities Federal
Aviation Administration and the Commonwealth Department of Transportation to advocate for the concerns of Damis residents and seek timely and effective remedies board thank you can I have a second for the purpose of discussion second thank you David discussion d you
want to start uh yes thank you Mr chairman for the draft i I really I like it a lot i think this is a really good first step um in our effort to address the resident's concerns about uh the
airport um I didn't have a chance to send the the comments by the 11 as it was requested but on the the second to last one we have a pilot and aviation expert
um I mean do should we have just residents as well um as a possibility of being part of that advisory committee i think we can add residents as well thank you and and then uh on the people
that we will be uh sending this to I I would suggest that we also send it to our state legislators certainly and um I don't know to you Mr chairman to the town manager do we can we send it to anyone on the federal level FAA or I
don't know we can send it to Representative Molton yes a state rep a state senator Mayor Cahill of Beverly the airport commission and director i think that should cover it somebody
asked somebody else is that acceptable Mr okay with you D yes thank you yes anything else and then do we say how many people we want to have on the commission now that will be to be determined okay thank you that's
all thank you very much for putting this together you're welcome Moren no I think this was good i think we have to thank Mr zubric for that um thank you um Jan and I um went over with our comments about um how they've uh the airport
seems this time uh more involved with us um a lot more transparency than the previous um there still is a lot of work to be done um we want to help you know these are very important this was great that this has been done so I'm all for
it um I I thank all the people that put the time and effort into this and residents continue doing what you're doing and and maybe we did we say the governor too we could send it to FAA you know Joan Sally Seth why not right
thank you you're welcome Mike yes i like this um would we have any more detail uh I know I sent um a lot of stuff to you Rodney sorry um just to make sure that
uh that we're what we're asking for and what they're able to provide whether they can they can't uh any of that you know details as as far as that stuff well I think right now we're just sending this resolution to them to keep the conversation going make a statement
um they will be back in the fall to answer any new questions and update us and um talk about how they're responding to the the neighbors so it would be an ongoing process okay all right yeah this is just kind of the next step yeah all right i agree david
thank you Dan in the final paragraph I was just thinking that our language should be more inclusive to say something like and to such other um appropriate offices and agencies of
federal state or local government that may have you know some import or connection see I don't even know if we have all of the right agencies or whatever so and and it would be 15 of
them so if we just had some inclusive language um and such other does in such other such other other people as interested and appropriate officers and
agencies or federal state or local government as may be relevant to the needs expressed herein something that Kathy Mhm something like that yeah that's appropriate and the
other thing if I may just address the whole concept I believe in it i believe that the citizens have a right to expect us to try to do something to alleviate the noise and the danger but I repeat as I've said before and I always have
agreed with God even though nobody wants to listen to what he says we are practically powerless because it is the federal government and American airlines and Delta and every other trillions of dollars of
power of of of um agency and the people that work in Washington to make the laws suit them and it's like I just feel helpless and powerless to say to my my neighbors I don't know what can be done
um until the entire Congress changes and somehow aviation is going to be responsible so um I think that this is a good thing i respect I suspect that we should do that little addendum and otherwise I have nothing further to say
thank you members of the public mark [Music] Somebody lost a nice pen uh thank you for letting me speak and recognizing my efforts for the general public that are related to the
airport i have reviewed this document and I believe it's a start in the right direction however it's omitting the major portions of what is
actually happening at the airport itself i have put together my comments and I will forward them to you but the major issues that I want to bring up is
that everything here is well and uh respected for what it's supposed to do however we are I have five items that I'd like to bring up and like I uh told
the board uh chairman that uh I am willing to sit down and review these with the town manager or whoever he decides to do this with so if I may Mark um I I think our next step after we send
this is to put together a subcommittee and at that time delve into what your recommendations are and come up with another um next steps the the issue here is that this is a very good start of the
issues that we have identified however there are five major issues that have been totally omitted and basic was omitted well it hasn't been incorporated let's say that thank you i I will I will buy that
the biggest issue is all of this happening at the airport and to our neighborhoods is as a result of the expansion of the Beverly airport and the impact on the quality of life in
Danvers it comes in with expanded new hangers and expanded new jet flights that are happening and I've notified the uh airport manager on a regular basis when they fly over my house i don't know
how they pick it but uh they're low enough where I can see the numbers on it so that's number one number two is the airport board commissioners embarked on a master plan that was entirely developed for the
expansion and enlargement of the airport runways larger and heavier planes and additional traffic now we went through several reiterations of the presentation and some of you have been at those
meetings and those meetings were held in Danvers comments were made nothing has been done with it that's why I would like to have this included in there number three is therefore this select board representing the neighbors
requests that a halt be implemented on the hangers construction and further expansion of an entire runway and airport facilities until an environmental impact study can be
conducted as what effect does that airport have on our residents we don't only have noise complaints we have environmental complaints in regard to the air emissions we have environmental
complaints about the water and soil contamination that's happened at the airport the flooding that's happening off the west side of the airport that's something that the town is trying to take care of but when we build another
hanger that's 300 ft long and 135 ft wide it's going to generate some rain water and wash off the number four item here is town meeting requested an environmental impact report to identify
the entire airport impact to the Danver community and the quality of life of our residents the request was forwarded to the airport manager without public response i know that the letter was sent
i even saw the letter because I saw it at the airport commissioner meeting they are very open about it but that's where it happens it doesn't happen in this hall because we need our residents to be
protected from the airport the final one is proposed alternate res representation approach based on land area this is the 170 acres versus the 100 450 acres of
the total airport we have 170 acres of land that is on the west side of the airport and it's accessed serviced by fire serviced by police on the west side of the airport there are gasoline uh
station uh tanks that are located on the west side that is a fire hazard the fire protection system for the hangar needs to be improved and not diluted to a water sprinkler system to renegotiate the number of
Danver's appointed commissioners from the current two to a more representative four out of the current nine Beverly Airport commissioners that's a negotiated item and I have forwarded to
the board uh an act that was passed a warrant article that was passed during my tenure in 1997 regarding the two commissioners that we have requested at that time and
that was through legislative action at town meeting however that entire warrant article was never legitimized in the state legislature because it was never submitted through
the legislative process that would have guaranteed those numbers it's a unshake deal that was done with Mayor Scandlin at that time and Wayne Marque and I dealt with that at that time so
the town negotiated representation should be solidified by town management and the 1997 agreement revisited to attain a more equitable representation those are my comments to this pet
resolution and I would gratefully I guess request that these be incorporated because these are very sensitive issues that have been brewing for the last five
or 10 years since the master plan has been issued that's all I have but I would be glad to work with anyone to incorporate this thank you Mark those are all good points at this stage I think it's important
that we move this resolution along as is and then start to red review the thoughts you brought up we'll have a new town manager shortly we'll get her up to speed we'll put together the advisory committee and start to look at these
other issues and see where we can have some influence could I make one more comment sure and you're going to scold me for it because this is not a town manager issue this is a board of selection issue
that's you are the representatives that we elect and will position of management will direct the town manager as appropriate but she's got to be here first
thank you dan may may Yes just a thought [Music] um if the matter were put over at this I'm I will support this letter with the kind of modification that I've suggested
i also think that what Mark has invested much of his life in and presented tonight that if it's put over and Mark then does a red line of this document
including whatever language he believes can blend in properly with the letter then at the next meeting that red line version could be reviewed and perhaps either finalized
or make whatever we're attempting to do to be more comprehensive i won't I won't be well if that's I'm saying this is kind of what I'm hearing from you as a practical request in order to forward
your concerns in another week i understand Dan as chair has the nightmare of trying to manage the business of the board and the schedules and I always have thanked him for that but that's an idea so that's just an
idea I'm putting out and if no one else agrees I'm going to vote tonight but otherwise in the future I will not have a vote thank you thank you David um in the back Mr bettton court Tony Bettton Court Tom
Neon Tom member of precent 5 now first thing I want to do is thank everybody for what they're doing okay this is this has been 19 years that I've been following this situation okay i want to thank Mr mark Zubri and all the neighbors that are here okay the reason being this is a problem okay we have a
big problem over there and it keeps getting pushed down the road and nothing nothing ever happens we got to get something done it's about time okay otherwise we're going to lose it we're losing the town with all the buildings that are coming in we're also going to lose it with all these jets and all this noise okay we got to get smart here it's
our town not Beverly's town we got to take care of it okay that's all I'm going to do thank you very much so at this point board members we have two options um vote to pass this on as is vote to table it to try to work in some
of Mr zuberic's concerns if that's possible and push the kick the can down the road so it's your choice oh I can I speak i I like what David said about adding that other language so I would No as as amended as amended d had some
amendments and David had amendments so it would be to approve as amended add add that inclusive language that David recommended correct um so if we then let Mr zubric red line you know do his red lining i think that would be more
appropriate so you're thinking of tableling us yes please thank you bill you wanted something i Bill I just called on Bill Brad Street again Bill Bradley town meeting member of precinct one i hear all the
conversations and one of the things that keeps sticking in my mind is that the town is held hostage by the FAA i don't know where we can start the bottom the middle the top but obviously something needs to be done
none of us needs to be or should be held hostage by one government agency i don't think that's the way this country was set up so whatever we can do please get us unhostaged
thank you d you had something to say yes uh thank you and thank you Mark for all your effort i've learned more about the airport this past year than I've ever learned and what I also found out was that you are responsible for the two
members May 19 1997 so it's all your fault [Laughter] because you were on the board when when that agreement happened i saw my signature all over this um I I do
believe that uh approving this as amended would be a good first step i'm concerned that if we punt then we really doing nothing uh some of the things that Mr zubric race are not things that we
can really discuss in this setting i think having people around a table and tackling because when I see something like the the town meeting requesting the environmental impact study I think we got laughed at when we send that that
letter i don't think they did anything with it what recourse do we have what can we do about it is this something we can mandate how so I think having a group of people this advisory committee we want to be
very strategic because we just don't want to in my mind we just don't want to send a statement and be hands off so this is a first step to say this is our thought this is what we're requesting and then have these
residents and and people that we put together work in the details of the five points that you've elaborated in the near future not not next year not in two years i I think that the board is very
receptive to this issue i think this board is very concerned about it and refuse to say that there's nothing we can do whatever it takes legal action holding signs at the picket line
at the airport coming in we we have to do something but I think this resolution will be a first step and also a step of good faith because at the end of the day during negotiation we don't want to come out too hard and
confrontational it's two we've been taken advantage of but this is a first good step and having that board put down all these five points in a thoughtful way what is doable what is
feasible will be better for us because if we postpone it who knows next the next month the board might decide to do something else so I won't want to leave my vote my vote out i would like us to
vote on this today approve it and then the next board will decide what the next step is going to be with this in mind that would be my So I'll make a motion that we I'll make a motion that we approve
the resolution as amended i'm sorry so the board is deliberating we're going to be voting shortly um any other comments we have a motion from D is there a second second thank you David discussion um yes Mike i was looking to table it
and let Mark fill in the lines with his um more detail that would be the next step i think that's appropriate you know so all right all in favor of the motion i I opposed thank you thank you very
much thanks Mark for your uh input we We'll get to it so we tableing no hold on hold motion to approve as amended oh I wanted to table it well then you should should have voted no i did say no did you hear me say no no we did not i
think there was a little bit of confusion yeah between whether we were out there was a motion by D second by David as amended on the resolution mike wanted to table as well well the motion was to step that wasn't the motion the
motion was made by D and seconded by David and we're voting on that motion perhaps you should vote again all those in favor i I will like I said I will make a motion that we approve this
resolution as amended with the understanding that we will continue forward after we put that commission together um and incorporate some of the things that Mark have suggested thank you David you all right with that motion it's
seconded all those in favor i I Yeah okay now doing it saying it that way okay i was under the impression without he was just going to do without changes yes so it's 5 thank you okay okay thank you for the clarity Madam Clerk you're welcome point of order sorry Mr chairman
just a logistical thing if it's all right I'll send the board a cleaned up version yep assuming it hits every point that we amended as tonight you just stop by the clerk's office and sign it during the week i will do that thank you thank you thank you Dan no no no problem um number 10 has been taken off the
agenda and we'll take a short recess before we pick up with number 11 thank you 11 the board will hear an update on resilient Danver Casper plan regarding buildings mr town Manager thank you Mr chairman this evening we are graced by
Aaron Henry a known expert in buildings to talk to us about the resilient Danverse implementation update uh Aaron is a champion in this category he's he's piling on i drew the short straw so uh um thank you board um here tonight to
talk about some of the implementation items that staff has been working on over the last couple of months as it relates to buildings and again um the plan I think I'm not I don't remember when it was approved but it's probably almost a year old now I think um so just
a quick reminder for those who may not remember the contents of the plan um wh my clicker was working now it's not working there we go uh sorry about that um there are uh six focus areas in the Casper plan each
representing an area important to the community that we need to address in order to increase our climate climate resilience and preparedness um the planning process identified goals strategies action and key metrics for
each of these and as we alluded to um I get to wh Now it's going backwards not sure what there we go i'm here tonight to talk to you a little bit about what we're doing in buildings you need more money oh my budget got approved last night Mr
brad Street it went well mhm um uh so first just the broad vision that came out of the planning process as it relates um to buildings essentially what we want to try to do is increase the energy efficiency and encourage new development to be a bit more high
performing um key areas that we can are looking at are electrification and deep energy retrofits um energy efficiency and conservation uh measures and infrastructure resilience so this would be something like you know upsizing size of culverts when they come up um all
things that we think we need to deal with uh in the future about a little over 40% of the greenhouse gases emitted from Danvers come from buildings so again that's why buildings was one of those key focus
areas all right now it's working um about 93% of homes in Danvers are heated primarily by fossil fuel such as natural gas natural gas or oil in my home it's both um 75% of commercial structures use
natural gas and because of the age of the housing stock there's really an opportunity here to address some of these uh energy retrofits and look for electrification going forward so specifically again the plan came up with two goals and this looked better on my computer screen it's a little washed out
on this one i apologize for that um goal number one for buildings was uh buildings in Danvers are designed constructed and maintained to be energy efficient and minimize greenhouse gas emissions and the second goal was homes businesses and municipal buildings are
resilient to the impacts of climate change so those are the two broad goals there's a host of implementation items in the plan uh when you look at the building section what I'm highlighting here are the three or four efforts that we are working on presently
that we're making some progress on um I'll talk a bit more about establishing the energy baseline for municipal buildings and facilities in just a minute but we're also working I know um through the hazard mitigation plan which was number 10 on your agenda tonight but we didn't get to talk about um we are
looking at all of the ways and not not just Danver's electric but we are looking at all the ways our buildings and facilities um can be better prepared to handle climate hazards um such as you know adding generators to certain buildings etc um we also I think we
think we're done we just have to go back through and do the fine print but um we did just update the flood plane bylaw at town meeting that was an action item that was identified in the plan um so we got to do a little bit of back-end homework on that but we think we've
accomplished that um and we also have completed and um incorporated some new guidelines for the historic districts as it relates to energy and uh solar panels mr bradsh I got it in he wanted me to say solar panels so I got that in um so
we did do some updates to the regulations in the in the historic district related to energy um uh also vehicle charging stations um we are working on providing figuring out a way to help um affordable and low-income households with with retrofits of their
homes um the Affordable Housing Trust is working with Habitat on a program and we've had a couple of families uh benefit from that already i do need to do a little bit of a deeper dive to see if weatherization and efficient cooling as specifically mentioned in the Casper
plan um is eligible activity with Habitat i believe weatherization certainly is i'm not sure about the upgrades to the facilities but we'll look into that so we're making some progress on that um but the big one uh overall um would be that we're working
with the Danvers Electric to determine the municipal baseline for what our current energy use is in the uh our buildings facilities street and traffic lighting and vehicles so that's kind of the big task that we're working on right
now that's probably going to take I would imagine several more months to identify all of that um so that's kind of what we're working on this was short and sweet I hope i will do my best to answer any questions but um I may have to get back to you if you have anything
uh deeper than an inch well you mentioned FEMA fema flood plane yes so I'm sure you're aware that we received a letter uh from FEMA commending us for the efforts that have been put forth in implementing the flood plane management measures for the town of Danvas to
participate in the national flood insurance program and as you implemented these measure method measures I want to emphasize the following a flood insurance study and flood insurance rate map have been completed for the
community that is done the FIS and FIRM will become effective July 8 25 and by the FIS and FIRM effective date the Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA
regional office required to approve the legally enforceable flood plane management measures your community adopts in accordance with title 44 code of the federal regulation CFR section 403D so we had them look at that before we
went to town meeting right i remember that basically everything is done but we're just we're rolling up on the effective date right so we believe we've completed everything that we expressed in this plan and the community remains I think FEMA is happy fema seems to be
happy all right good all right thank you any questions board members uh yes Mike please um hi thank you um so there's a lot of talk about electrification beverly just made it uh one of their
policies that any new houses built has to be 100% electric um it that doesn't seem right to me because I don't think you should be uh mandating people that are going to build a house that they force you know force them into making the whole house
electric uh if it's your choice that's great but you know once you lose your electric you're not cooking lighting heating uh no hot water um when Beverly did that just recently the super stretch goal they've been a green community for
years nine 11 years now they want the next step to be a super right we're We're not even talking about that piece i just hope that we wouldn't go there and I know some uh cities and towns in the state uh won't allow you to build a new house with a fireplace either so I
mean we live in all the climates it it wouldn't make any sense to to do any of that i think if you want to have we're just working on the four or five things that we know we need but that you know it leads up to things and so uh I just hope that it's a choice that people can
have not a mandate that's all I'm saying thank you thank you David um I think you do a beautiful job of explaining this English that anybody who wants to understand can understand thank you Aaron you've always done that thank
you Moren i like seeing the progress made to the baseline the energy usage that's good Aaron good job good thank you D thank you for all you do this is great uh you said 90% of houses still use oil and gas i did say that okay cuz it was on the
page and then and then one of the goal was to minimize municipal gas emission could you say that again one of the goals were to minimize municipal gas emissions yes now as a resident the and
usually I mean is is it more cost like if I have oil now is it cost effective for me to switch to electric i'm not going to try that for your household but I I understand that's a
logical question and I'd have to defer to my uh the team that's dampers electric would probably give you a better answer i think it is and and one of the things that I'm always thinking about is we talk about minimizing gas emission but if we also focus a little
bit on the on the economic part of it that could be a little more appealing because when we only focus on the gas emission it sounds like people might just want to pay more so that we get clean air that's too grandio
of an idea for folks you know if I can't pay my bills now you want me to just electrify my home so that we get cleaner for everybody else who is using oil but if it's going to be economically beneficial for me over time I might and
then have clean air at the same time it's like buy one get one free so that could be a little more appealing just a food for thought yeah and I I'll get an answer i know Clint if Clint were here he could probably given you a citation in your verses on on all of that but I I
can get that answer for you thank you thanks for all you do thank you no worries board members all set yeah thank you Aaron appreciate it thank you thanks Mark yes not a public hearing it's Thank you very much uh the issue in
regards to the heating systems in New England specifically is oil and gas which is 90% the one thing that we have to be careful of is that we don't get
um the codes the state code changes on a regular basis and that's what dictates what heating systems you are required to build on new construction not necessarily old
construction so the the thing is that we may not even know that we have adopted that code already and we are under the direction just like the um MBTA law and uh the
housing law for in-law apartments this is exactly the same thing that may happen to us i don't know for sure but the heating systems have been in contention in the state of Massachusetts
and in New England because we are so dependent on gas and oil and it's primarily oil gas is coming in second thank you Bill again Bill Bradley my only uh
comment would be to Aaron to try to the payback or the break even point if we're asked to i think D was getting to that if we have gas or oil and we change to another source that isn't a pollutant
where's the break even point uh how many how much time and the cost of changing yeah i think each house is going to be different whatever the answer is give us a general bracket well but that's a question a homeowner will ask they want to know what the payback
is through you Mr chairman i get this isn't Aeron's bill i would encourage Bill or anyone else to reach out to Dan Electric for the rebate program and any type of payback information anybody else thank you Aaron thank you have a good night all thank you thank you
the board will vote to reappoint the current temporary town managerial such time as the new town manager assumes office um we gave a six-month contract to Rodney which expires in April the new town manager is starting sometime in May
i'd like to extend his contract until such time as the new town manager resumes her duties and his rate of pay will stay the same as it has been for the last six months and what's that Dan till she's coming May 12th right as far as we know as far as we know yeah that
week of May 12th you know subject to but I'm not putting a date in here because it's till she arrives okay so if I could have a motion to approve this uh extension on the contract yep i'll make a motion to approve uh uh our temporary
town manager Rodney Connley um until such time as a new town manager assumes office to the same rate of pay at the same rate of pay thank you is there a second second any discussion uh Mr chairman quick when we we will give a
kind of Are we having a transition time because excuse me she it's not going to end the day she arrives it does you can't have two town managers okay but they'll be working together to um transition okay i see i mean I I I get your
question i ask the same thing okay i promise I'm not going far i'm just going downstairs i'll still be in the building and again we'll still work together and your old office still there nobody No one No one yeah it's probably a little dusty but we'll clean it up so there's a motion and seconded all in favor i
oppose none thank you i'll give this to the clerk thank you town manager report to the board in various items of interest rodney thank you Mr chairman a couple notes apologies for reading me off the phone i just want to make sure I get this right um
Patriots Day observances are coming up on Monday April 21st 2025 uh ceremonies will take place beginning on that date at 7:45 uh reenactors will arrive by trolley at the village training field in Danver uh for a wreath laying for those that died uh
coffee and donuts will be provided for the public the company will then depart for peodyy for further commemorations members of the public are welcome to ride the trolley with the company space permitting and you should check out rebecca nurse.org for tickets for that and then later on they'll be wrapping up
with a post commemoration reception that'll be held at the Rebecca Nurse Homestead on Pine Street beginning at 12:30 p.m when the company returns from their last wreath laying there'll be brief remarks uh musket demonstrations patriotic songs and refreshments donated by the Emerson family in Putnham Pantry
their nurse house will be open as well for free tours on that date uh we want to thank them uh representative karns for pulling this together as well as the damis alarm list for all the work they do uh this and throughout the year um also in addition behind me you can't see
and I'm not going to do a van of white and hold them up but we have two commemorative lanterns that we received uh from the state house to commemorate Paul River's ride to warn that the red coats were marching on Lexington they'll be available to be viewed publicly at Danvers Town Hall starting sometime
tomorrow uh through Friday April 18th um they also may be brought to the schools as well for the students to see as well but again stop by anytime in the next 3 days and you'll be able to see these lanterns on display in uh town hall next up we have Dammer's townwide
cleanup uh once again in celebration of Earth Day on Saturday April 26th from 9:00 to 12:00 p.m we'll be doing an all groups uh an all town cleanup throughout the various parks and playgrounds and town areas um if you're interested in signing up you can go to the town
website uh and search for townwide cleanup um I'll be at John George Park that day if you'd like to join me um but again they're looking for plenty of more volunteers feel free to sign up uh it's a great event um and we look forward to that
you have a couple um letters and memos in your packets one was related to the landfill project produced by our town engineer Stephen King um we sent that to you just describing the project year to date in terms of the landfill project itself as well as the phase 2 related to
the solar array so again um any questions let us know we also have a letter drafted by the chair to the airport manager in your packet as well that will be going out as well i believe that's all I have for now thank you any questions for the manager from board
members okay next on the agenda the board will consider consent calendar as they appear is there a motion motion to approve motion approved by David second by Moren discussion hearing none all in favor i
oppose none thank you correspondence new business public new business um D you want to start uh sure uh thank you Mr chairman and thanks again Mr zuro for all the emails and the information about
the airport um as I said before you do have friends on this board regarding that issue and we will do the best we can legally within the confine of the law um I want to take a moment to recognize and thank
uh our fellow board member the honorable David Mills um people spoke earlier I didn't have a chance uh David is like a friend a
mentor and as he stepped away from his role after decades of incredible service for our town I just want to say thank you um it's hard to put in words the kind of impact someone like you have had
in people's lives uh not just the decision made in this room but on the very fabric of our community and our town um following in the footstep of
your father that I did not know but I've heard a lot about you've talked to me a lot about him uh you have carried a legacy of public service that stretch back a generation personally uh David has not
only supported me strongly but has been a true mentor and a mentor that will not agree with me all the time but will always respect my point of view and David I will not
forget what you've taught me if it's not for personal gain if it's not illegal follow the law and go with your conscience um your contribution to this town is
lasting and you are help shape it protect it and move it forward in so many ways uh always with heart and integrity your legacy will absolutely
live on not just in policies and projects uh but in the values you've instilled in those who are lucky enough to have been by your side uh we wish you all the best
in your next chapter you've earned it and may your retirement be full of joy peace some good time at McDonald on High Street with your I don't know what you call it senior coffee or the coffee
clutch the exactly um everybody's welcome at the senior center um at the wine I love you David and thank you for everything you mean a lot to me thank you thank you de I'd like to yield some
of my time to madame clerk She wants to update us on the election i would love to thank you um just a few reminders so election day is on Tuesday May 6th at the Danvers High School in the Fieldhouse from 7:00 a.m to 8:00 p.m
we will hold inperson early voting here in this room on Saturday April 26th which might conflict with rough day is that the clean up day clean yeah clean up day but maybe you could work it all
in uh so it'll be here in this room from 10:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m and that's also the last day for voter registration and then the deadline to request vote by mail is Tuesday April 29th and I can answer any questions if you What about absentee ballots same date
same date not before no it's it's absentee vote by mail it's the same thing it's right you're going to get a vote by mail okay thank you yes any questions no none okay Moren your turn my turn okay so David I want to say thank you
very much for everything you've done for this town um I go back to the fixed drive-in with Ernie Trembley and uh Vic Trembley days too and um I just it was wonderful to hear what everybody said about you um all the years that you've
um given your service to this town we greatly appreciate it and um I might be one of those coffee people and meet you at McDonald's um you know and say hello and get a cup of coffee and look forward to any information that you could share with us
on moving forward with this board and I just want to thank you very much for all the years that you've dedicated to the citizens and the taxpayers of Damas thank you thank you Mike uh yes uh Dave thank you congratulations
it's been quite a career um and I also want to say Dan I'm not sure who I'm going to be sitting with next meeting so I want to thank you too in case uh I don't mean it i just mean it i appreciate it to say you know I I appreciate both your experiences and uh
what you guys have showed me um obviously I have a long way to go but uh I appreciate both of you guys thank you very much thank you so I'm going to leave it David for last but um at this time I'd like to respond to some correspondent that's going around um a
week or so ago Saturday I was offered the opportunity to put up a sign in front of a business and I thanked the owner but went back later and explained why I won't put a sign up on a business that will be coming before this board
for a license for anything at all and I don't think it's appropriate for a sitting select board member or a candidate to take advantage of a business and put up a sign the other reason that I don't think is right is I don't think it's smart for a business to
get involved in local politics and put up signs i don't see where it does any good for their business they should stay neutral at all times and my signs don't go up on a local business thank you David take other people's signs down
david it's your turn excuse me i got to respond to that you It's not your turn to speak ruin David's night it's not your I have a whole speech prepared and I gave correspondence to everybody at this meeting they can address it next to these businesses and demanded they take
my signs down that's That's slanderous that's slanderous that's slanderous it's slanderous you did it and my That's not true and my signs are gone they took them down i didn't take them down yourself to the public and this board because it's a disgrace that somebody on
this board would do that to somebody running it's voter suppression it's voter interference it's a violation of my first amendment right and those business's first amendment right how dare you sorry David i didn't want to bring it up
tonight but somebody with less class than me did david it's not my night um I see my very special people in this room i don't know what I'll do without Mr brad Street
two nights a month i just want to say thank you to Dan for being chair several times in the last I don't know how many in in the in the last 12 years dan you do your homework i've always thought
that when your chair uh the chair should be paid $30,000 a year you gave me a raise it was 20 the last time well inflation just what's going up um but seriously Dan I would uh I just think
that you have done a wonderful job of uh attending to town business um because I was chair one year and I was so glad when that year ended and thank you for everything you've done amen i have nothing else to say except nice to be
here tonight and to hear all this applause now I'll sleep okay thank you David it's been a pleasure working with you over these years i remember when I was first on the zoning board of appeals and you came before the board the zoning board to argue cases
wow and I remember for anyone who's uncomfortable with Zubrick in the room my father put him on the finance committee to start him up because he's uncomfortable thank you um folks if you see a veteran please say thank you for your service
and I was given this hammer i didn't bring it um to close the meeting this meeting is adjourned