murder is one of the better better problems to have. Yeah. Yeah. I would agree. I see four people. Does that count right? Four members. Yes.
That's what I have. My Zoom decided to update itself while waiting for the for this call. So, that was super fun. to the chair register and we're recording. All right, we're waiting for a couple more people to sign on. So, we have
quorum. Uh Rob will not be here tonight, so I'll start off the meeting once we get uh I think we need we need one more five. Yeah. Okay. Parker just signed on. Uh Matt Matthew, did you get my email?
about the continu continuence. Yes, I I saw that. Um so it should be a quick meeting. Um we've got five people. I'll start off with the scripts. Uh so pursuant to chapter 2, the acts of 2025. This
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have been recognized by the chair. We will now confirm attendance of members. Please respond with present if you are on the call. Uh Rob Benson is not present. Uh Elise Mowski,
I don't see uh Lucia Lopez present. Michael King Parker Hap present. Beth Prati present. Amna Dwan
don't see her yet. Right. Um Peter Mimo present. and Matthew Franka myself present. Um so without objection I'm going to actually go through the agenda in reverse since we're starting since the only public hearing is wants to be continued anyway.
Um so if anybody dialed in for that there won't be any discussion this week. Um so uh John they specifically asked for the fourth
And we have to extend the the deadline to the 14th. Is that right? Correct. All right. Um, so I'd entertain a motion to continue the public hearing for 8589 West Main Street minor site uh minor project site plan, Alicia and Samara
Vern Salon 1993 trust till August 4th and extend the decision deadline to August 14th. Second. All right. I hear Lucia with a motion. Parker the second I believe. Uh bringing the list of names back. Uh
Rob is not here. Elise still not on. Uh Lucia, yes. Michael, yes. Parker, yes. Vic, yes. Omna, I don't think is on.
Peter, yes. And myself, Fizzy, yes. So that is continued until the next meeting. Um sorry I should have point I thought we had 4th and August 18th as a next meeting. So 14th deadline is fine or
should we move to 18th as a meeting date? The deadline is for um administrative uh timing. So for um John and the town to get everything signed, get everything handed over and all the paperwork they have to do.
Thanks for the clarification. Thank you. Um, cool. And all right. Uh, moving back to administrative items. Uh, is anybody on for any of the
appointments? Otherwise, you can do the minutes first and then go back. I don't think there's anybody on that was applying for th those roles. Um, so did anybody have So, going to the minutes July 7th. Um, did anybody have
any uh agenda or modifications that they want to raise that they haven't already uh got to Lori? Nope. All right. Seeing none, I would uh seeing nothing no comments, I'd entertain a a motion uh that the board
approves the minutes of July 7th, 2025 as written. So moved. Second. I think it was Michael and Vic. Uh so I will go through uh still don't see Elise. Uh so Lucia,
yes. Michael, yes. Parker, yes. Vic, yes. Omna, I saw signed on. Yep. Yes. Peter, yes. And myself is a yes. Okay, moving back
up to the things that may involve some discussion. Um, let's do the design review board first since I believe there are exactly as many people as there are spots. Um, I assume John that uh Rob did not voice an interest in being the chair the being
the first seat here and he's looking for a designate. He did not raise any interest in that. No. Okay. Um, so we've got five candidates. Uh their information's online and the meeting folder. They some of those seats
have specific requirements. John, can you refresh my memory? Um is Jeff currently uh the one for C2 training and expertise in fine arts and landscaping? Um I they get mixed around every year. I don't know who is in what. I'd have to
look at the the notes from last year. But um I do know that uh Janette is trained in architecture and she usually sits in the um fifth seat training and experience whatever. Yeah.
Uh and then Sue Ellen has sat in the second seat cuz she's a landscape architect. Okay. Um and then Jeff I think was C3 cuz he owns the business. Okay. I just had this mixed up which I think happens every year. So then it would be yeah one and four which are really the two most flexible
seats for the planning board to name the other seats if you wanted to go that route. Two five. Okay. All right. So just to read off for the board if you don't have in front of it. So there are five seats. The first one is uh a chair of the planning board or
his design. a P. Second one is a person qualified by training and experience in the fine arts or landscape design. The third one is a person doing business in the town or a citizen at large. The fourth one is a member of the historic district commission or a designated planning board. And I don't think we've
had a member of the historic district commission in several years on the board. Um and the fifth one is a person qualified by training and experience in the arts art of design professions. Anybody on the board have any questions
or comments about any of the applicants? Are any of the applicants online? I don't see anybody. Okay. Um, in that case, does this need a formal motion, John, to appoint everyone? We just do it in one
motion. Uh yeah, you can do it as like a slate and just, you know, list each person for the seat that you want them in. And I don't think we even need to go into um all the whole language. You can just say seat one so and so, seat two, so and so. Okay. Uh so I would entertain a motion
to um to appoint uh Pervial Avlani and I apologize for both of these sets of slates that'll probably mess up a number of names. Uh, Privileani to seat one, chair of the planning board of the designate. Uh, Sue Ellen Stodder to seat two, person qualified by training,
experience in the fine arts or landscape design. Uh, Jeffrey Doerty, uh, to seat three, person doing business in the town. Uh, Jaclyn Crowe to seat four, uh, a designated the planning board. And
Janette Thompson to seat five, a person qualified by training and experience in the arts of design professions. So moved. Uh I think it was second. Is that Michael and Lucia? Yep. Okay. Uh in that case,
let's go down the roll. Um Lucia, yes. Michael, yes. Parker, yes. Vic, yes. Omna, did we lose her? No, she's still there.
is there. Yes. Uh Peter, yes. And myself, yes. Uh motion carries. Um and then the final point of administr uh zoning advisory
committee. Uh John, do you want to explain the difference between the ATL large seats and the associate seats here? We have two of each and we have four total people. There's really nothing that's different except the um the atlarge are full voting members. the associates just fill in when there are no voting members, but
Zach is is comp is made up in a way that everyone participates. It's kind of a very um I don't want to say informal because it's not informal, but much more, you know, work together group. Uh and the votes are really just for recommendations to the planning board.
Um, and I don't I don't see um the associate members, whoever they would be, not even having a chance to vote at some capacity because usually there's members absent. So, okay. And then we need a fifth person that's a member of the planning board.
Yeah. So, uh, Vic actually applied for Zach, but I assume Vic applied under the, uh, planning board or meant to apply under the planning board rep, so I took him off of this list. Um, unless he wants to do the at large as well and then we'll just get somebody else from the planning board.
Um, I'm good. You're good with being a board a planning board rep? Thanks. But no, this time I just wanted to pull off. I had something coming up so I will not be able to justify. Okay. So, you don't want to be the planning board rep either. Yes.
Okay. Um, all right. So, we need a name of planning board rep. Um Vic had been on the uh the planning board rep last year, but it sounds like he doesn't have the time commitment. Just to confirm again, you don't want to be the representative this year on the on the I've been on that board for two years
now. Years. Yeah. Okay. Um so let's start with uh if there's anybody on the the planning board that would want to be the planning board rep. So that's the fifth seat here that's not the atlarge or the associate seat.
Is there anybody that would be interested in doing that for the year? Does everybody know what the Zach is setting advisory committee? Uh it's a related committee that uh advises the town, specifically us on
what to do with zoning. They've looked at uh they were instrumental in the MVTA uh research. They've been looking at uh updating zoning bylaws for how we manage uh trees and other uh restrictions on
zoning to help protect the town and uh help present and build cases for town meeting when necessary. Um John, anything else that you want to add that I'm missing there? Uh no, that's pretty much it. I usually describe it as the R&D of the planning board. um think of all the zoning bylaws
that you want to send along to the planning board to argue for a town meeting. So, it's a good uh what will eventually come to us gives a lot more details and the the nitty-gritty uh that doesn't always make its way filtered up to the proposals we see.
Anybody interested in that? Okay. Um, so okay, meetings are usually Tuesdays following planning board. It looks like on the calendar right now, the Tuesday after planning board, they're usually Monday nights, but they are very flexible. We actually haven't even had a meeting
this year in 2025. Oh, sorry, I was confusing with com. Yeah, sorry. Mondays, alternating Mondays with Honeyboard. I think everyone was wiped out from the MBTA effort. Yeah, I agree that that's very rarely
they meet but when they meet uh they meet for important uh topics and they're very flexible for this uh not much of a time commitment. I agree that but if no none other than then I have to make my time self and I can throw in my hat again if nobody wants to step up.
Uh it's up to you Vic. and also see about uh see if we want to come back any give everybody time to think about it and come back to the fourth. Um I'd rather fill the seat. Would you rather you want to come back next next meeting and we'll try again?
I want to give the chance to rest of the members. If not then I'm the last option. Let's put it like that. Um John, is there a meeting between now and the fourth for Zach? No. Uh no. Okay. Um, is there anything that will prevent us from coming back to this next week,
giving people time to check schedules? No. All right. So, let's put that on for or not next week, but next meeting. Um, on August 4th, we'll see if anybody's thought about it. Um, and that leaves us the other four seats, the two at large
and the two associates. Um, does anybody have opinions here? Recognizing we just named two of these people to the designing review board, I would propose then naming uh the two people that aren't on the design review board to the atlarge seats and the two
that are on both boards to the associate seats, presuming that they might have less time. Sounds prudent to me. Nice for that. I agree. All right. Um, in that case, if nobody has further comment and none of the
applicants are online and have any suggest any comments, I would uh entertain a motion for that we appoint uh um I apologize in advance for the names again. Uh Quadra Hassan and Adam Farcus
to the at large seats for Zach and Pervy and Pervy Alvani and Jaclyn Crowe to the two associate seats. So moved. Second. Uh, it sounded like Michael and Parker. Yep. Uh,
Lucia Lopez. Yes. Michael King, yes. Parker H. Yes. Prody. Yes. Amna Dwan, yes. Peter Mimo, yes. And myself is yes. I believe that is
everything on the agenda. Did anybody have anything else that is prudent but not outside the scope of the meeting? Nope. And then there's one more motion to be
made. I'd entertain one to adjurnn. So move. Second. All right. Michael's name lit up, so I assume he got the motion to approve. And Vic, I think, had a second. Uh, so Lucia, yes. Michael, yes.
Parker, yep. Vic, yes. Amna, yes. Peter, yes. And I am also Yes. Thank you everybody for dialing it in and uh see you next time. The shortest meeting ever in the
might be a record, ladies and gentlemen. Take care. Bye.