Okay, we'll get this meeting started. Um, it's time for public comments on any agenda items from anybody from the public. Anybody here to say anything or represent? Seeing none, we'll move on to the next one and that's
the minutes. Has everyone had a chance to actually look at the minutes? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> All right. Um, >> make a motion that we accept the minutes as written. I I will second the motion. >> Uh all in favor? >> I
approve. Thank you very much. >> Okay. There's no emergency certifications. There's no requests for certification for clients at this time. The enforcement orders, all three have been continued um till later. So the slug landfill
until March 9th, the pole terrace till May 11th, and 282 Brookside Drive until May 11th. So those will continue to those times. Uh next is request for termination applicability for 31 Traverse Street.
Um Garden Conservation Commission holds a joint public hearing under MGL chapter 131 section 40 wetlands protection act city gardener wetlands protection ordinance on a request for determination of applicability followed by Robert Rudd
for the proposed installation of a new carport. uh to take place at 31 Traverse Street or accepted to occur within the buffer zone of boring bridge state wetland as well as riverfront area. This had been continued from past meetings. Anyone
here to represent 31 Traverse Street? Seeing none, I was wondering I think we should like to get a motion to continue this until like March 9th. >> I make a motion to continue to March 9th. >> I'll second that motion. >> Thank you. All in favor? I
>> approved the end of March 9th. Okay. Next is for notice of intents um 6677 Boulevard. This is related to the Walmart um essentially filling station that has already been continued to
February 23rd, 2026. That'll be next time. Um, so takes us into old business, uh, 170 Mil Street. Um, this has been an ongoing continuation
and I suggest we continue to have this be continued. Uh, why don't we entertain a motion for March 9th? Again, I'll make a motion to continue to March 9th. >> I will second that motion. >> All in favor? I
>> I >> Okay, brings us to the aent report. >> All right, I'll try to be this quick as possible. Um I know the last meeting that we mentioned the recent fire that happened at 838 West Broadway. Um between last meeting and today, I was
able to go out and take some initial site photos. Um doesn't look great. Um, I did notice that you can see some frozen frozen ash and water that's
towards the rear of the building. Um, I'm still waiting on certain feedback from D in regards to what this might look like going through WPA standards.
um as far as permitting is concerned for whatever the plan is for the property in the future. Um but I think one of the things is I would suggest that certain ESC or containment protocols are in place before a true thought starts
just to make sure that nothing gets into any nearby resource areas um in the near future as a result of this event. Um let's see. Um, >> can I ask did you hear anything from the city on this issue?
>> I other than that it happened. Um, no. I'm still I'm still >> working on getting linking up with both building and with fire to get their feedback on certain things as well. Um, >> I forget. Do you know when it was built
originally? Um, so I the only thing I know right now is about the associated notice of intent that was filed back in 2016. >> We approved that. >> Yeah, I believe that yeah, the commission previously approved it. Um,
and the old plans show that the um that the eastern side of the building or part of it was within the delineated 100 of the pond that was across the street from the Candle Pond East Road or
the airport road. So, yeah, just got to navigate that as best we can um in the weeks following. Um, in addition to that, um, have an update on the East
Road Culver as far as grant processes. Um, so as I stated in some of our previous meetings, we made a submission last month for the community culvert grant. Um, we're still waiting on the um, evaluation results of that
evaluation for our grant to see if we made out well with that. Um, but I did get an update on the grant deadline for MVP. Um, MVP grant was consolidated with a bunch of other grants for the state's ECO
onetop portal. Um, in years past or at least last year, the final application date was typically sent in April. Um, but this year it's
going to be due um on the tail end of March. So, we have a little bit of an expedited timeline, but I'm working through it the best I can in order to get caught up with some of the things that we're going to have to need in order roadmap for a successful
submission in the coming just over a month. So, I'll be working a lot on >> So, you're you're writing that with who? Um, so I'm going to be spearheading it with Time Bond and with the city's grant
writing consultant as well. So Time Bond helped do a lot of the information and a lot of the design and permitting for it. Um, we're going to use a lot of that information and yeah, and also consult with again the city criter.
Um but yeah, I'm thinking it's we're going to do pretty good this time around. Um NACC conference um we're everybody that submitted already
um worked with NACC. So we're already well on our way to processing and the check should be arriving well within the appropriate time frame. So everybody should be considered all set, registered, and ready to go for for that day. Um today's DP freshman agent series
was all about enforcement and a lot of the efficacies of handling different situations um in regards to enforcement and what situations to you know be more of be more of the
educational background and working with um the proponents on you know restorations versus the times where you have to really pedal it up and um you decide whether or not you know something is you know noncriminal versus criminal
kind of thing. So that was really really >> what's the um what's the differentiation between a a knowledge beforehand or between criminal and noncriminal? >> That definitely that definitely a lot defines and a lot of the proceedings. I mean noncriminal stuff um doesn't always
have to have a major court following but the criminal stuff you know will have to go to a higher court. And yeah, a lot of the potential fiscal penalties are a lot higher stakes. So does the criminal come
in with with what causes something to jump from a noncriminal to a criminal? some I think I think sometimes it has to do with extent of the violation and then you know think some of the other factors that can also put a play into it are
along the lines of you know whether or not you know repeated offense or you know just non-compliance in general kind of thing depending on how the situations go. Yeah. I mean, you know, personally
as an agent myself, you know, I do like to give everybody do like to give everybody a fair shake to try to see if things can be resolved that, you know, without without escalation, you know, but as appropriate kind of start.
>> Yeah. Yeah. It's not always the funnest part of the role, but you know, when when it has to happen, it has to happen. So, but yeah, that's most of what I got for most of what I got for today for that. I know it hasn't been
>> hasn't been long since our last meeting. So, >> any other new business. >> Oh. Oh. Um, and um some great news for the department. Um, Karen, I hope you don't mind, but I did want to say that Commissioner Smith
has um has um volunteered to spend some time in the department um to help me out with um some of the um some of the additional filing and kind of helping to shape the department up from what it was
previously. Um, currently a lot of the work that Commissioner Smith is helping me with, um, will eventually go a long way in to our final efforts to
sort all the antiquated files that we have. So, we're a lot closer now to getting to a real good point in the department standing when it comes to when it comes to just having things within the, you
know, within the snap of a finger kind of thing. So, thank you so much. Um, >> it's it's very informative. >> I'm learning. Appreciate that. >> I'm learning a lot. Yeah. Yeah. Um, and it's uh part of the eventual digit
digitalization project that all of city hall is going to go through, right? Yeah. Yeah, >> a lot of the offices of city hall, >> yeah, multiple departments will be trying to take the step to digitize a lot of our stuff and we'll still keep we'll still keep a lot of the solid
state files, but you know, we won't have to we won't have to necessarily go rifling through, you know, it'll be a huge timesaver when it comes to, you know, getting feedback on sites or, you know, checking in on things that, you
know, haven't been looked at in x amount of years. So yeah, it's going to be really good. >> Happy to help. >> Thank you. >> Do we have any sort of database of you know the various uh OEMs and things like that that we should occasionally
check on? >> Oh d like for all the files and stuff like that kind of thing. So >> just like whatever one one place where we have >> Yeah. So yeah, that's what it'll inevitably um that we're inevitably trying to do. Um right now I the the
main concern is the um at least the the number of cases or the major cases that we have so far as like anise and rads and and those similar um the next step will be all the minor permits. Um and
then um and then hopefully after we get that thing done, we can also use the same types of matrices to also do the same thing for all the rest of the files that we would have as well kind of thing. So yeah. No, but we're
we're going to get there. That's awesome. Yeah. So yeah. Any other new business? Okay. and professional development upcoming meetings on the 23rd of this month and on March 9th.
Any else? Entertain motion to close tonight's meeting. >> I'll make a motion to close close meeting. >> I will second the motion. Thank you. All in favor? I