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First 2026 meeting. Governor, would you like to start us with the pledge? >> Yes. >> 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. Liberty and

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justice for all. >> Thank you, Gardner. Tonight, the town manager is out. We are going to have Rodney Connley as the acting town manager on her behalf. Thank you. Welcome. >> Pleasure to be here, Madam Chair. >> Thank you. Do I have approval of the

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minutes of April 7th, 2026? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? I. >> Do I have approval of the minutes of April 9th, 2026? >> Moved with the amendment that Mr. Bennett found. That was on this the first one. The seventh. >> Oh, that was on the seventh. Okay.

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>> Article one. >> Okay. Very good. I move we accept the minutes of the ninth. >> Okay. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> All in favor? I oppose. Thank you very much. >> That amendment that correction was made. >> Thank you. >> Just a point. Yep. >> At this time, uh, we'll have new public

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business. The clerk will have our timer and we'll limit it to three minutes. Who's here to speak? >> Bill. >> Bill, you're going to go up. >> Save it. >> Save it. No. Okay. Anybody else? Okay. Thank you. Uh, now we're going to move

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on to a public hearing will be held on the application of Johnny Pizza Damis Inc. DBA Johnny's Beef and Pizza 67 High Street number three Leha Ramsani for a change of ownership of a common vehicular license at that location. Who

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is here to speak? Thank you. Please go up to the podium. Welcome. Hi. Hello. >> Hi. >> Well, um, that's my dad. I'm going to be the one taking care of the operations and he's the owner and we're taking

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over. We're keeping the menu and everything is the same. Staff is the same. We're keeping everything the same. >> Excellent. Board members, questions, kind of? >> I have no questions. Good luck to you, >> Mike. >> Uh, yes. Thank you. Is this your uh

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first uh place of business? Uh it is not well we do like family business. We have a few places some we have one up in uh Matuan. We also have uh geos in Danvers the geos. >> Okay. >> And we have the Nick and Lawrence. We

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have a few other place then like Hampton and New Market. >> Okay. Very good. Okay. Thank you. >> Next one T. >> Uh for the record can you just uh introduce yourself like your name? >> Yes. My name is Avid Sani.

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>> Thank you. No questions, >> Dan. >> Uh, I assume everything's in order, Madame Clerk, through you. >> The paperwork is in order. Yes. >> Marvelous. Thank you. Well, sir. >> Excellent. Thank you. Uh, this is a public hearing. Um, board members, uh, do you have any question? I mean, I'm

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sorry. Um, welcome. >> Members of the public, >> members of the public, do you have any questions? >> I'm too tired. >> We'll move it. Okay. Do I have a second? Second. >> All in favor? >> I opposed. >> Good luck.

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>> Thank you. >> Now you need a motion. >> Let's have a motion. >> Oh, I'm sorry. I move we accept the application as presented. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I opposed. Thank you. Good luck. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> Let's see. So, we're going to go to the

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owner operator of Sky S Damas LLC DBA Skyone Damas 100 Independence Way. Jen Abrams, manager, will appear before the board to discuss the events of January 31st, 2026 at that location. And we have

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the chief here. Chief, do you want to um go up and give us an update? And welcome uh Miss Mr. Abrams. Thank you. >> Um do you want a review of the incident or just kind of what's happened since then? >> Just what's happened, you know. Um so

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since the incident um we did have meetings with um Sky Zone Management as well as mall security. Um they did take some actions as far as um cancing some of the globe nights in February. So the rest the remaining the globe nights in February were cancelled to kind of hopefully kind of ease some of the

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tensions with some of the kids that were there. Um we had some confirmation on some staffing ratios which was one staff to any to 20 participants and they weren't currently um transition transitioning to a new security provider. So that was kind of the

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actions they were taking. Um they also hired a private detail which we unable to fill but we end up having additional offices doing directed patrols at the sky zone in the mall for the next uh three or four weekends just to address any issues. Um, since then we've had no

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additional issues there other than a few medical aids. Um, I believe we had a uh 911 couple 911 hangup calls. Um, other than that, mostly directed patrols, which is proactive activity by our officers. So, it's been uh fairly quiet since the 31st. >> Excellent. That sounds good. Board

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members questions. Governor, >> I'd like to hear from the uh >> Do you want to get up, Mr. Abrams? Yeah. Yeah. >> Thank you. Thank you for coming. Uh good evening uh um council members. Uh my name is Jen Abrams. Uh I serve as the general

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manager of Sky Zone uh the location here in Danverse. Thank you for the opportunity to speak uh this evening regarding the incident that occurred at our park, the measures we have taken to reinforce the safety of our guests, team members, and the surrounding community. Um, as obviously the council is aware,

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on January 31st, our park experienced higher than typical attendance during a scheduled glow night event. Uh, this increase was influenced in part by social media activity that drew a large number of teens to the location. Uh, upon becoming aware of this activity, we

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notified mall security of potential for increased attendance associated with uh an unsanctioned gathering. During the event, there were multiple instances in which groups of individuals moved quickly toward different areas of the park in response to perceived altercations. Each instance was

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addressed promptly by our team and on-site security. However, the individuals involved dispersed before they could be identified. In response, we issued parkwide announcements reinforcing uh established safety rules, including pro prohibitions on running

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and disruptive disruptive behavior, and communicated that that violations would result in removal without refund. As activity continued, we escalated our response by engaging mall security and contacting local law enforcement. as a precautionary measure. In the interest

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of safety, we also made the decision to conclude the event early and close the park at approximately 9:15. The safety of our guests, team members, and surrounding community remains our highest priority. Our team respond responded using established protocols

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and made the decision intended to mitigate risk and maintain a safety a safe environment. Uh following the event, we imple implemented additional precautionary measures uh as uh we just discussed had in the meeting um uh including glow night suspension and

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communication uh uh through uh the uh the date of the uh part two um which there was going to be a part two. There was a posting about that. We communicated that with both the police chief uh and the mall just to ensure that everyone was aware uh that there

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was uh some talk about part two. Uh temporarily uh we suspended glow night events uh up to that part two event. We had the glow uh lights on and the actual full lights on instead of having the

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lights down which uh then prevented uh there being any uh dark or confusion during those events. Uh we also removed uh glow night references from the website for the actual event of part two that they were going to try to do. Um and actually did not do any glow for

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that night and only did uh the open jump for that night. Um suspended advanced ticket sales for that specific uh part two night. Um uh actually for the night before and that night uh issued public facing communication regarding the temporary suspension.

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Uh and then uh for on-site leadership, we increase management presence during peak uh operating periods, reinforce management authority to uh adjust or suspend admissions as needed. Uh modifying uh uh modify operating hours

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based on real-time conditions. We uh uh for access control, we limited entry to paying guests and supervising adults. Uh so we didn't have any loitering uh within the facility. Uh we implemented a no re-entry policy to reduce external

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congregation. Uh we had a security presence uh uh increase uh reinforced existing post orders to monitor for uh disruptive behavior, address violations of park rules and engage law enforcement

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when appropriate. um for the police coordination public safety alignment. Uh we had uh established direct coordination with local law enforcement. Uh provided advanced notification of high higher risk uh operating periods. Uh reinforced internal escalation

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procedures and continued to coordinate with law enforcement leadership regarding response uh expectations. As uh previously mentioned, uh we did try to coordinate something, but unfortunately um there was a little bit

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of uh um uh uh too many uh um uh needs at the time. So, we weren't able to uh coordinate, but they did come in and do patrols, which was very very helpful. So, we very much appreciate um the officers being able to come in and do

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patrols, and that helped a lot. Um and uh we recognize the concern raised by this incident and understand its potential impact on the neighboring businesses and the broader community. In response, we have strengthened uh entry and re-entry uh controls, reduce conditions that may contribute to large

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unsupervised gatherings, reduce conditions that may contribute to large unsupervised gatherings, uh increased active supervision within the park, reinforce uh and enforcement of established behavioral expectations, and we will continue to evaluate operations

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and adjust as appropriate based on uh observed conditions. Uh we are committed to operating as a responsible community partner. Our focus is on implementing practical safety oriented me uh measures, maintaining open communication and working collaboratively with the

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local stakeholders. We will continue to engage with this council, law enforcement and community partners to support a safe and well-managed environment. We appreciate the coordination and support of local law enforcement and mall security both during the event and moving forward. Thank you for your time. I am available

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to answer any questions. >> Well, thank you. That was good. Um, Ka, do you have questions? >> Sure. Um, could you for the audience, actually for me too, describe what the what the event was, what the glow event was? I'm I'm I I have a vague

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familiarity with your your business, >> uh, being a trampoline park. But what is it what was it about Glow Night that kind of >> facilitated this the a large group of people? >> Uh, sure. Um, I I don't know that it's necessarily that Glow Knight in

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particular was, you know, uh, anything too special. I do think that, you know, maybe uh it's a little bit more themed towards uh, um, like older, you know, teenagers because it's kind of uh,

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teenoriented, but it was it's it's for all ages. All of our stuff is for all ages. Uh but to uh kind of explain a little bit uh Sky Zone is an all ages en environment but we do on Fridays and Saturdays offer uh what's called a glow night event. The glow night event is

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from 8 to 10 um on Fridays and Saturdays uh where we generally will turn off our regular lights, turn on a uh black light and some you know uh kind of like disco style lights or whatever and they have to wear a like a neon shirt that will

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also glow in the dark. We also have some um glow tape so it's uh safe to be able to see all the stairs and all the railings and all that kind of stuff. Trampolines have glow um uh squares on them too to make it safe. Um lots of different safety features, but uh

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essentially it's kind of like a you know a little bit like a kids rave almost. Um so they get to have fun. Uh but obviously you know that pre-teen teen uh element makes it a little bit more fun for them. uh whereas you know maybe the

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regular jumping is a little bit more young oriented. So uh maybe uh that was what drew them to look at that time rather than earlier in the day. Also just you know when you're that you know a pre-teen or a teen you know staying up late is probably more fun for you than

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you know coming at like noon. So, um, you know, I think whether it's at Sky Zone, a mall, a movie theater, if you're going to try to gather with a ton of your friends, you know, it's probably going to be, you know, staying up late or something that you think is a little

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bit more risky. And that's probably uh why they were drawn to the glow event. >> And had you had them before the January event? >> Yes, we had been having them uh I think so they uh SkyOne had had them for a long time. Then they stopped doing them

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for a little while just because they you know didn't want to do them as a company for a little while and then they start restarted them and had we had been doing them without incident uh for um I since I think September or August I

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I want to say. So you know four or five months no problems. Uh you know they're fairly slow honestly. it it would probably be 30 tops maybe 40 people uh including observers. You're talking about the parents too that are just

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sitting there watching their kids. Um so you know when we see you know a social media post that is asked you know by our corporate office saying hey this event all three of these schools you know that's when we kind of hey uh mall

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security hey what's going on here maybe maybe we're going to see something happen here. >> So you couldn't have anticipated the that size of an of a of clientele. No. And I don't think uh like now I think it's a more prevalent thing across the country even, but I don't even think

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like the these takeovers were really kind of a big thing yet. >> And that's that's kind of where I'm going is this sounds like it was a flash mob takeover kind of thing. >> Yeah. >> And um I appreciate all you've done since uh to to address the issues you have.

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>> Thank you. >> I I I actually I I don't hold Sky Zone at fault here. No more than I would hold AMC at fault if they had a very popular mo movie and a flash mob of people came to see premiere. Um, you know, it didn't the

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issues didn't happen on your property. You did inform them all. They they knew that there was going to be larger groups or potential because of the social media you saw. Um, so you didn't have forewarning. You had had no you hadn't had that kind of group size before. Um,

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it's enviable that you got the business, but um, you know, we we read about street takeovers and and flash mobs regularly now. So, I appreciate I'm sorry that it happened at your event and and I don't for me it doesn't tarnish

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Sky Zone as a business here. Uh, I don't hold you accountable. I'm glad you've taken some proactive measures for the next time. Um, do you limit the events by to the number of tickets? You said you had a a um

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staff to uh visitor ratio. So, if you have 10 people on staff that night, do you limit the number of ticket sales? >> Yes. If we're uh going to have a safety issue, we would definitely uh limit the number of ticket sales. We would stop uh if it became a safety.

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>> I appreciate you coming in. I I I I I um I was uh I appreciate you coming in. I I I wasn't in favor of having to have you come to us and explain all of this because I I felt that that you were as you were not a contributor but more of a

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victim of of of success as it were. So, um thank you very much. I appreciate all that you've outlined uh that you've done. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, sir. >> Excellent. Mike, >> uh thank you. Um, sir, can you tell me how many tickets you sold that night?

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>> Uh, I believe we cut off sales at 160 and we stopped and I it just felt like it was too much. We stopped right there. Um, we had, I believe, uh, it it's it's hard to remember

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because it's been some time. Um, I think we had 10 to 12 people on on staff at that point. Um, and you know, uh, mall security was, you know, coming in at that point too and also helping out. So,

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>> and what's a peak night? Is it more than that? >> Uh, sorry, what's that? >> Uh, you mentioned a peak night. >> Peak night. Um, >> what is it more than 150? night honestly is like maybe 40 to 60 peak peak day is

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usually you know uh I can be at 160 180 easy um our peak for for a uh a bounce is usually during the day because again we're a family business so family business is usually you know I'm I'm I'm talking to people who probably have some

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kids and and maybe grandkids even uh I I would assume most of you want to get home by 5 6 I want to at home by 5 6:00 and you know take a nap or you know whatever the case may be. Um so you know our peak business is 10 to like five you

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know that's our that's our window of people wanting to bring their kids most of the time. So again those pre-teen and teens that you know want to come out we'll get a smaller group of those at night. Uh so generally again super easy and again as as you've heard and as

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we've said from before before and after 10 uh like 40 to 50 tops uh most of these events. >> Okay. And and the policies you laid out sounds like it couldn't get any better. It sounds like you got it handled. It sounds like you're working with the chief uh which we appreciate very much.

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Obviously we just want safety. We want you to business to do well and we want people to be happy and and and we don't want problems in town. So it sounds like you you've uh had quite a learning experience. But uh >> as as the board member said uh previously, I I used to actually work in

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movie theaters for 12 years. So, you know, uh being in entertainment and uh working with customers, all I want to do is provide a safe environment for the customers that I have and for the uh community because uh you know, uh the the best thing to do for my customers is

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to see them come in and smile and have a good time. So, if I'm not providing a safe environment for them, then that's not a fun time. And you don't get to see those smiles, >> right? All right. Thank you very much. >> Thank you, Mike. D. >> Yeah. Thank you. Um,

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I I remember I I used to bring my kids there when they were little. Now they go on their own. Uh, I needed to sign something before they went in. Does that still happen? >> Yes, sir. We we still uh do require uh a

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waiver from uh a parent or guardian uh uh of any minor that comes in as well. Um so yes uh all um uh uh children should be accompanied uh and uh have

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their um uh waiver filled out uh at the time that they're going to have the ticket sold to uh for them. Um and uh should continue to be accompanied uh if they are 13 or under. um and uh uh be

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continuously washed if they're six or under. >> Okay. So, you answer my second question. So, it's 13 and under, >> you sign, you can walk away. Six and under, you have to stay with the child >> the whole time. And they're 13 and

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under, they need to be in the building at minimum. Yes. >> Oh, so the the parents still need to be in the building. >> Yes. Correct. Now on this glow night, so above 13, there's no waiver needed. Like 14, >> they still need a waiver. Everyone needs a waiver. Even even the parents who

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aren't even jumping need a waiver to be in the building. >> Okay. >> Correct. >> So on this glow night, these teenagers or pre I'm not sure. Were they above 18 or >> Some of them were. Yes. Some of them

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were uh you know uh between you know 13 and 17. Some of them were there with their parents and the parents had awful experiences. You know, I had to deal with that after the fact, unfortunately. And, you know, we uh did, you know, again, not give refunds on the day of.

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After the fact, I obviously gave refunds because, you know, you have to do customer service, but we just wanted to make sure that people got out safely and got to go home. That was the number one priority. and with people again basically stampeding and you know that that we just needed to get people out

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because I you know don't want anybody to get hurt and that's the number one priority. >> Um you know after that we get fielded calls you know took care of the customers after the fact. Uh but we just needed to make sure that people got home safely. >> Okay. and and on your policy when

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someone is disruptive you can kick them out I suppose and then what do do you ban someone from coming back or do and are people aware of that >> you know we're going to discuss that with our um you know district uh security and safety officers because you

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know it's not something that we take very lightly to say like hey you're never allowed to come back. um you know uh it's it's not something that we're just going to be like hey you're never allowed to come back uh and then just like you know put a you know photo like this it's a very official kind of thing

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so generally we're going to probably put a report in you know whether it's through uh our insurance company or whatever the case may be and then also discuss it with our corporate office but I mean if there needs to be that kind of step we would >> so that's still an option. >> Yes. >> Okay. and tickets. Do do what's your

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maximum capacity? You >> uh our maximum capacity is 250. >> Um it's it's very rare for that to happen. Uh again, most of the time that's going to happen during the day. >> Um because again, family business.

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>> And these glow these glow nights are tickets bought on site or they pre-order can >> can be both. Uh generally uh most of our tickets are sold in person. Uh but you know they can be bought online. Yes. >> So if they generally sold in person that mean you probably don't know how many

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people are going to >> No. Okay. >> I would say uh as opposed to movie theaters um I would say 85 even maybe 90 to 95% of our tickets are sold in person whereas I would say movie theaters you're looking more at like 50 to 60%

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online. Mhm. >> So you kind of have a a little bit of an idea of where where you're going with your attendance. >> Okay. Perfect. And then uh precautions and steps that you've taken so far like full night uh full light um and things

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like that. Is that just temporary for now to see how it goes or those are policy changes that you're making? >> The you talking about having the the lights all the way on? Yes. Uh we actually stopped that after uh the part two. Okay.

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>> Um be because after part two um again it dropped down and we haven't had any issues since. Um so the lights have gone back off and we haven't had any issues. Obviously uh the direction to the entire team is if uh there's any uh sign of

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anything going wrong and I think this is actually even a company policy that you are to turn the lights on suspend jumping turn music off so that we can ensure that we're able to see you know clearly see what's going on clearly uh

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direct our guests to do what we need to do to ensure that the safety is a number one priority. Okay, one last thing I think um and I can speak at least for myself. We want you to thrive. We want the business to thrive. We want the community to have a place where they can

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bring the family and have a good time. Um after the incident, there was uh when we got the the chief report, there was a perception that you or your staff were not very cooperative with the with the officers that got on the scene. So

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I think it's important that that cooperation exist because we all want the same thing and if you if you or people of your staff impede their work or make it more difficult then that just makes everybody

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less safe. So something just to pass on that they are here to help. We are here to help and that cooperation is important. uh it can't be you against us or or you your your uh staff against our

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officers. They they when they come on the scene, they come in to help you solve the problem. And the more cooperation to get, the better the outcome is going to be. And I think that's actually part of why the board thought it was important that you come

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on so we can have these conversations. So, good luck and I'm glad that nothing has happened since. Thank you, Madam Chair. >> Thank you, Dan. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. Through you, if I may ask the chief to recap what happened that night and why Mr. Abrams

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is here. Um, so on January 31st, 2026 at approximately 9:15, uh, D police responded for a second call for a large disturbance disturbance at Sky inside the mall by the, uh, old, um, Old Navy area. Uh, five five D police officers,

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the patrol supervisor. So, six officers responded initially. Upon arrival, there's roughly 75 to 100 youth gathered inside the mall outside the Sky Zone entrance. Um earlier there was a sky zone glow night which had about 150 youth in the attendance. The event was shut down after multiple fights broke

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out inside the venue. Um as officers entered the mall, fights began to break out in the common area of the mall. Uh due to the size and volat volatility of the crowd, uh mutual bid was requested from area departments. As a result, uh 15 out of out of town police officers

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responded. We had six mass troopers, four PB, sorry, four PBD officers, three Beverly officers, one Salem officer, and one Topsfield officer. Uh during this time, uh two arrests were made by the DS Police Department and the officers maintain a presence at Sky Mall until

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about midnight that evening. Um later that evening, we we started seeing social media posts circulating with videos of the arrests and footage from outside the mall. Um, also we saw information about additional takeover on Saturday, Saturday, February 21st. Um,

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as we mentioned, that's when we kind of kicked in having meetings with mall security, um, Sky Zone itself and corporate office addressing these issues. Um, and since then between changes they've made, um, additional resources we place at the mall during the weekends. Um, we had we still have

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instance at the mall, but they haven't had any maj. >> Thank you, Mr. Abrams. Um, after the second call and excessive 30 odd police officers, who made the

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decision to close down at 9:15? >> Uh, I believe uh it the report that was just made the the the park was already closed and all of those things happened outside of the park. And uh that report

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indicates that there was fights in the park, but there was no evidence of any fights in the park. >> Uh >> so you closed the park? >> Yeah, we closed the park before there there was any fights inside the park. >> What time? >> 9:15. >> 9:50. >> 15. >> 15. Okay.

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>> Yes. >> When all the second call was made. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, my friend to my right hit the nail on the head when he said it's important that you cooperate with the police

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and hopefully call before these things get out of control. I give you granted that the fights weren't in your place. They're outside, but you were the draw for the night and it's important that you participate and cooperate with our police

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department. I appreciate what you're what you were saying and and that's why I did call the police is because I wanted to ensure that they were aware that we were having uh some issues uh and that they needed to be aware of it. Uh once the guests left, I you know I

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wish I could control what they did. I wish I could control what the mall did once they left as well. Um and how they handled what happened outside of SkyOne. Unfortunately, I need to worry about what's happening inside of Sky Zone and the safety of >> You were the one that you were the one

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that brought him there with a glow knight and unfortunately it got out of control. But I appreciate you coming before us explaining it and explaining what you're doing to prevent this from happening again. >> I I appreciate your perspective. I do believe that a post brought them there.

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U but I I 100% agree that a business being open does invite people in. does. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Excellent. Thank you, Mr. Abrams, for coming. Uh thank you for chief for coming. Um and thank you for uh making it a safe putting some more precautions

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and for safety of the children. It is a fun place. I've actually gone there a few times myself, my grandkids. Thank you. >> Thank you, Chief. >> All right. Board will consider a reappointment to

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the board of register of voters. Um, we did get a um a nice memo from Tommy Jill um that she is pleased to submit for recon for consideration reappoint of Walter Typert uh who was here tonight uh

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for a three-year term as a Republican representative. Well, you've been doing it for 35 years. Wow, that's wonderful. Board me, do you want to go up and say anything? I know you mean with any questions uh Gardner at all.

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>> Does that mean uh so the border registers has a Democrat or Republican and a neutral person unaffiliated person? Is that accurate? >> I think I could I could explain that we at this time have two Republican uh

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members uh one Democrat and myself is also on the registars as an unenrolled >> very good >> neutral neutral party. Just wondering I I I thought there were three. I didn't I'm sorry I didn't count to you. I should >> That's okay. >> Sorry about that. >> Uh no questions. I'm supportive of this.

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>> Mike, >> I just want uh Mr. Typer, uh why should we believe you can handle this position? >> Yes. >> Thank you, D. >> Well, I know Mr. Typer probably I have a

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question for him. Uh I ju just for people listening what do board of register do? >> Yes. >> Would you like me? >> Madam clerk. >> Sure. Yeah. >> Um the registars um generally help out

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with anything that the clerk needs them to uh for election time. Uh most recently um they would generally cover the last night to register to vote. they would kind of split up the the hours on that. Um, now our last day to register to vote, which is always 10 days before

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an election, always falls on the day that we choose to do early voting, in person early voting. >> So, there's really not a need for that. Um, registars uh will do, you know, anything to support the election that that I ask them to. >> Um, they we have a great group. We all

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work well together. Um, generally at this point what they do is they'll come to early voting and check in on us. They will come on election day and check in on us. Uh, they come at the end of the polls um just before 8:00 and um help

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with the tally tapes coming off the tabulators and we'll post those and then they also help us um a great deal with cleanup. >> But it's a great group and um >> ballot placement. >> Oh, ballot placement. Yes, we do ballot placement. Um they come and uh do ballot

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placement where we put all the names in a hat for the different categories on the ballot. Um and they are drawn by lot which is names in a hat which is kind of a fun thing to do. >> Whose hat? >> It's a special hat. It's a magic hat.

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>> Thank you for your service. I we we want great elections in town. So thank you for all you do. >> Thank you >> Dan. Thank Yes. Rally is there at the end running out with the tapes. diligently so we can count up the votes. Thank you, Wall-E. Uh thank you for the

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service to the community for 35 years. >> I know Wally, thank you so much. We're lucky to have you. Board members, uh do I have a motion? >> I move we accept the um recommendation of the and appoint uh >> we're not the appointing authority, are we, Madam Chair? >> I believe we are.

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>> The select board is the appointing authority. >> Thank you. >> Do I have a second? >> A second. >> All in favor? I oppose. Thank you, Wall-E. Thank you very much. Uh, the town manager will report to the board on various items of interest. Mr. Acting

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Town Manager. >> Thank you, Madam Chair, through you. A couple of quick notes. This Saturday, we have our organized by Danver DPW, our Danver Townwide Cleanup. It's Saturday, April 25th, 2026 in recognition of Earth Day. It will occur from 9:00 a.m. to

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12:00 p.m. And we're still looking for people to sign up. So, if you're interested and want to get a group together, please go on the town website and take a look at that. Um, thank you for the members who showed up last week to support us during our FINCOM budget review. Finance committee reviewed uh three nights last week and

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approved uh recommended approval of all budgets. Uh, coming up next will be the finance committee warrant review. That'll take place Monday, Tuesday, and if necessary, Wednesday next week. And then lastly, I believe the town clerk may have an update on voting.

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Thank you. >> You're very welcome. >> Um, just a couple of uh last minute items. So, on Saturday this week, also uh in addition to the townwide cleanup out front, uh we will hold early voting in this room from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Anybody who would like to vote

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early and not go on election day is welcome to come on that day uh and vote early here. Uh and then election day is on Tuesday, May 5th, uh at the high at the high school in the fieldhouse from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. And then we also

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still have uh vote by mail is still an option. I believe that um applications need to be in by the 28th of April if you're looking to vote by mail. And you can pick up an application either online um you can register uh to vote by mail

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online and there's actually applications in the back of the room here or in the clerk's office. >> Excellent. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Is that it, Rody? >> All right. Well, thank you very much, >> Madam Chair. If the clerk can just clarify um what is it that we're voting

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on that Saturday and cuz I know there's so many elections coming up just so people know. >> Oh, sure. This is the annual town election which is always on the first Tuesday of May. Uh on this ballot we have uh the moderator uh one select

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board seat, school committee, there are two seats, library trustee, there are three seats, uh and then six uh town meeting seats are up uh per precinct and then one two-year term in precinct 4. Uh and if you want to see the sample ballots, they're hanging on the wall

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bulletin board here at town hall or you can find them on the town's website under the clerk section uh titled sample ballots. Thank you. >> You're welcome. Thank you. >> Excellent. Thank you.

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All right. Board will consider consent calendar items as they appear below. >> Do I have a >> motion to approve? >> Okay. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> I >> opposed. Correspondent. Select board new business, previous business, new public

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business updates and select board closing comments. Mike, you want to start? >> Uh, no. I don't have anything to say. >> Wow. Okay. Sorry. That's all right. >> Gardner, >> I have nothing since our last meeting either. Thank you. >> Okay. D. >> Nothing. Thank you.

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>> Dan, >> I'm sorry. I feel compelled to speak. >> On May 20th, Davis Chaos presents Light the Night Purple, a walk-in community gathering for hope. It starts at 6:30 at

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the library pavilion. Uh there's some speakers, some entertainment. The walk kicks off, I believe, at 7:30 with a lighting ceremony at 8:00. Uh I think they're doing that because it's staying light out a little later these days, but

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the community walk um my flyer doesn't say what number this is, but I'm guessing it's probably around 12 marches that we've had, but I I could stand corrected. Nope, I'm sorry. Here it is. It's the 10th. The 10th annual

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Light the Purple Night, May 20th. >> Excellent. >> All are invited. >> Great. Um, and then all I really have to say Oh, >> forgot something. I'm sorry. Uh, >> I had on my note to mention the to give a big kudos to the senior center for the

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senior prom that happened at the high school last week. >> It was incredible. And I know select board member Denn was there. I thought you mention it. as the senior center representative, but >> as president of the friends of the

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Danvas Council on Aging, we did pay for and supported the food and the band to invite the folks out >> and so kudos to the senior center and the Denver the Denver public schools. It was incredible. The seniors were all

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dressed up. Um, it was really like a prom and the students and the seniors were dancing live band. It was a great event. Anyone who didn't attend missed out on it. >> Thank you. And I just want to say thank you Wall-E again. Thank you for that for

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all your years of service and everybody else. Uh, I like to encourage people to come to our meetings. If you have anything to say or you want to email your board members, please feel free to do that. I want to thank my board members that have already um participated with the finance committee and then we've got a couple more nights

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uh with Dian and Gardner and then myself if needed on the last night too. And I just want to say um happy school vacation week to the kids and uh enjoy your night everybody. And Dan, would you like to close it out? >> Yes, please. If you see a vet, please

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say thank you to her or him for their service to our country. >> Thank you. Good night, Tambas.