Hey, we're uh ready to go when you begin. So, thank you. No problem. Matthew, it looks like we got you and Omna. So, need a few more people. Not quite warm yet. No, not quite there.
getting close. John, I know um Lucia is unlikely to join. Um I assume everybody else is expected, including Rob. Uh, the only ones I've heard from are Lucia and Peter who are not able to come, but everyone else I have not heard
from, but we've got four right now. How's everyone doing? Not bad. How you doing, Parker? Good, man. Yeah, we're in the throws of the new
baby, which is great. Give every everybody just another minute or two to join. All right. Can you guys hear me? Okay. Yep. Yes. All right. Let me start by reading the
remote meeting script. Uh, pursuant to chapter 2 of the act of 2023, this will meeting will be conducted via remote means in accordance with applicable law. This means that members of the public body as well as members of the public may access this meeting via virtual means. Participants may access this meeting through the
remote meeting link is posted on the meeting agenda and through the town's online calendar when required by law or allowed by the chair. Persons wishing to provide public comment or otherwise participate in the meeting may do so by raising their hand or otherwise otherwise signaling their intent to speak. This meeting will be recorded.
Please take care to mute your microphone unless you have been recognized by the chair. We will now confirm attendance of members. Please respond present if you're on the call. Uh Matthewa present. Lucia Lopez. Elise Malowski
present. Parker H. Michael King, Vicasath Pratzi present. Amna Dwan present. Peter Mimo
and Robert Benson is present. So we have enough for a quorum which is good. Uh town staff John Gellich present. Lorie St. John present. All right. Great. So, um I don't know if people if people
on the board saw that uh the hearing for uh this fundamentally the Starbucks Verizon uh 8589 West Main Street is continued going to be continued. Um
so we have a we have a light agenda for tonight. So let's just try to go through it. Uh, all right. We only have two things. Uh well, and then we're going to have to I think continue our public hearing, but um at town meeting in uh May,
the the town voted to establish an economic development advisory board. And as part of that, we can pick somebody um and I'm I'm looking for the exact language here. Um
I I forget if we said it was had to be somebody on the planning board if we could or if we could appoint uh yeah I think we did uh somebody from the planning board. Um so let me start off by saying is any does anybody have questions of what this uh economic development advisory board
is uh purposes or if they'd like to join and uh just open discussion. the chair definitely interested and the the board would be so inclined to nominate me to join. It's something I've talked to Shai Duel in the past about
and I'm quite interested in. But uh yeah, for whatever it's worth, I think it's a great opportunity to help advance the town and I want to come with some, you know, planning boardcentric ideas for how we can leverage, you know, tools in our tool belt to advance the goal of
uh de-risking potential um disruption from Dell, continuing to sunset um their operations on South Street and just effectively, you know, grow our commercial tax base. out 100% think it's a good thing that the site board did this and would humbly ask for um yours
and the um board's recommendation to me. Okay. Does um is everybody on the on our planning board kind of uh generally uh aware of where Hopkins tax how Hopkin's uh revenue is generated? Like where what
are the sources? So most of Hopkins tax revenue comes from property tax. And of property tax that's divided between commercial and residential. And I think last I checked it was about 82
uh roughly 82 83% of property tax revenue was residential and 17% was commercial. And then the primary other drivers of our revenue is state. the state pro uh um provides uh uh revenue
or provides dollars to the town of Hopington. Um and then the third kind of s third primary source is local receipts. Think of like getting a building permit. Think of people uh applying for a permit uh like a storm water management permit any anything
like that like a dog license like so they have local receipts. So there's this three and then we get this very tiny amount from like um we just implemented the uh the rest the kind of the restaurant uh I don't know add-on
tax uh but that's really sub sub 50,000 I think at this point last uh last I heard and so that that basically totals up to the town's budget which is roughly I think it was 130 million if I'm if I'm correct
Um so that's the primary sources. So to to materially change the outlook, it would have to change the dynamic of uh residential property uh tax to commercial property tax. That's the
that's the real driver that could change the outlook for the town. Um, I think it's a very tough thing to do, but that's what the economic development advisory board is is tasked with to find out ways to change the outlook so people's tax bills doesn't keep going up and up. But um
uh if anyone has anything to add, I just think it's I think it's um when people say there should be more commercial uh tax revenue that comes from property tax or or like if they have um assets that
are taxable um uh such as like trucks and vehicles that the town can tax. So that's where it comes from. Anyone else interested in being um being considered for this uh as our
representative? All right, Parker, if you'd like it. I'm ready. Uh I'd like to entertain a motion to appoint Parker Hap as the planning board representative to the economic development advisory board for term expiring on June June 30th, 2026.
So moved. Second. And thanks, Matthew. Thanks, Vic. Uh, roll call vote. Matthew Rona, yes. Elise Mosowski, yes. Parker Hap, yes. Michael King, yes. Vicas Pratti, yes.
Amna Dwan, yes. And Rob Benson is a yes. All right, congratulations, Parker. We'll uh we'll have to get it on our agenda to get an update at some uh after you're uh maybe half a year in.
Thanks, guys. Thank you. Uh, next thing is uh meeting minutes June 2nd and June 16th. Did we have any feedback for Lori to the chair? Go ahead, Lori.
I did receive some comments from Matthew and I did update those for everyone if they got time to review them. Uh could you just uh give us like a synopsis of the changes?
It was for both. Do you want me to go through everyone or is uh is is there anything materially? Uh is it like is there material changes or is it it it's just more of a verbiage adding in a couple of extra comments that might
have not um I don't know how to say a longer version of a comment that I might have put in and just extra wording to explain a little bit more detail. And then the latest one he just gave me was to state that um after he uh finished the oh I
should probably go in and read it. After he finished the decisions for 8589 uh he added you in to take over the rest of the meeting. Okay. All right. Does does anyone need
any more um clarification before I want to make the motion to incorporate Matthew's suggested changes because I'm sure they're um I'm sure they're on point. Uh but does Matthew go ahead just to clarify this Bay Path, not 858
89 for the most recent one. The most of the other ones were for 8589. Yeah. Um that the only thing that changed since Thursday I think was just adding uh that you took over chair before the votes for Bay Path. Everything else has been set since I think noon or 11:30 on
on Thursday for anybody that's read them. Okay. All right. I'm going to make this into two separate motions. I'd like to enterain a motion that the board approves the minutes for January 2nd, 2025 um as incorporating Matthew's changes
which are in the most recent version distributed. So moved. Second. Matthew. Thanks Parker. Roll call vote. Matthew Rona. Yes. Alise Malowski. Yes. Parker Hap. Yes. Michael King. Yes.
Vicas Pratti. Yes. Amna Dwan. Yes. and Rob Benson is a yes. All right. I'd like to entertain a motion that the board the board approve the minutes of the June 16th, 20125 meeting incorporates Matthew's changes
as uh shown in the last uh version distributed. So moved. Thanks, Matthew. Second. Thanks, Parker. Roll call. Matthew Rona, yes. Elise Mosowski, yes.
Parker Hap, yes. Michael King, yes. South Prati, yes. Amna Dwan, yes. And Rob Benson is a yes. All right. Uh, do I need to move dates for uh so item
two on our agenda is continued public hearing for 8589 West Main Street. So the the public hearing is open. So, um, I need to continue the public hearing to our next meeting or do they have a different
date? They want what they're looking at. So, they're looking to be continued to September uh, sorry, September uh, July 21st. So, that's the next meeting. Okay. Do I need to continue any uh, extend any decision deadlines or anything like
that? No, it's a minor site plan. So, it's 90 days after the close of hearing. All right. Great. Uh, does anyone have any questions or I'm just going to I'd like to entertain a motion to Oh, Matthew, go ahead. I was just wondering uh if they were planning to go to the conservation
commission before that or at this point they're coming back to us first and then if they'll go back to cons conservation. I I don't know. John, do you have any other information? No, they didn't specify. Um I would assume they're probably I think they're
before Cong right now. So, I don't know if the um they continued both of the times that are on the agenda for Com. Yeah. So, the the hearing schedule for Com might work out so that they can go to them in the middle of the twoe break for us,
but yeah, they didn't specify anything about Concom for me. All right. I'd like to entertain a motion to continue the public hearing for 8589 West Main Street Mod minor project site plan. So moved. Thanks Matthew.
Date until July 21st. Oh to uh continue to July 21st, 2025. So moved. Thanks Matthew. Second. Thanks Parker. Uh roll call vote. Matthew Rona. Yes.
Uh Elise Mowski. Yes. Parker H. Yes. Michael King. Yes. Vicas Pratti. Yes. Amna Dwang. Yes. And Rob Benson is a yes.
All right. We we concluded our agenda. Um I think the only thing left to do is enter in a motion to adjourn. Like like to thank Parker for being so eager to uh join the new board. I will move to adjourn. Thanks, Matthew. Second.
Thanks, Parker. Roll call vote. Matthew Rona, yes. Elise Mowski, yes. Parker Hap, yes. Michael King, yes. Vic Prati, yes. Amna Dwan, yes. And Rob Benson is yes. All right. Thanks
everybody. See everybody on July 21st. Bye guys. Thanks, bud.