##VIDEO ID:Fb7lysXMnsU## e e 6 o' I'm going to call the meeting to order all members participating are in the meeting are present and in the meeting room uh the public has the option option of attending in person here at the town hall or via zoom using the link posted in the meeting agenda this meeting is being recorded okay I entertain a motion uh we have no members that are remote on the select board right now okay I move or I will entertain a motion to enter into executive session pursuant to Massachusetts general laws chapter 38 section 21A purpose 3 to consider strategy for litigation at 221 Wood Street because an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the litigation position of the board pursuant to Massachusetts general laws 3A section 21A purpose two to cons TR to consider strategy for negotiations with non-union Personnel to approve executive session minutes and to allow Elaine Lazarus Brian beram and Sean Davin to participate in the executive session and we will reconvene an open session at the conclusion of the executive session so move second okay we go do roll call all those in favor roll roll call yeah amush yes Joe Clark yes may Jo okay e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e all right now we come to the public forum each person will have up to two minutes to speak at the public forum please start by stating your name and address is there anyone present in the meeting who would like to speak at public form please come forward okay good evening my name is Tom Griffin I'm not a resident anymore I'm a longtime resident but still work in town and I uh have deep feelings of this town I'm here to talk about a war hero from World War II tonight the bridge on Fruit Street that crosses over 495 is due to be completed probably within a year if they stay on schedule and it's been a tradition to dedicate packs Bridges buildings and squares to people that are important to us and quite often as war heroes and military people or traveling south on Route three in New Hampshire you might notice in the town of Bedford there's a sign that's dedicated to merals maradas and this was this was a group of approximately 3,000 soldiers in World War II that were a deep penetration force that fought in and recovered the mountains and the jungles of Northern burmer in 1944 the group The 5307 composite unit also known as unit Galahad would later be known as merils maradas after the Elita of Frank D Merill who had raised to the rank of Brigadier General they developed fighting tactics jungle tactics and Special Operations techniques that were later taught and are still taught to Army Rangers the Marauders were highly decorated to include each member every M of the unit received Bron star and a congressional gold medal General meron has been honored in many places US Army Rangers still get their Mountain Warfare training at the fifth ranger training Battalion in Camp Frankie Maryland Georgia there's a veteran recovery area in Arkansas named after as well as the roadways up in New Hampshire the several books about him and his men in a movie was made in 1962 and shown in National theaters so about now you might be wondering why I would recommend that the Fruit Street Bridge be dedicated to this war hero it's because if you read any of the biographies you'll find that General Frankie Merl was born December 4th 1903 in hopkington mass and he lived on Wood Street until the age of five I don't know the exact address I've seen his birth certificate downstairs but they didn't list the actual address if if this request is to be tabled or decided later on I would hope that everybody would just look up some of the biographies and I think he'll agree that he should be honored in this town if it can't be done um I would request that something else be erected in his honor thank you very much thank you I just made copies if everybody wants one that's one of my pets that has always been one of my pets was we have nothing named after fr down Merill and he was born here I know always bothered me people thank Youk thank you anyone else thank thank you very much yes Timothy boan 41 Pine Christ Village I've been coming here for 7 months now to try to get this board to do the right thing I'm tired of having to do this meeting after me meeting after meeting yet here I am still again Mr Bertram of Harrington Heap offered what initially seemed like a sincere apology to the Survivor in the John Porter alleged child rape case who was doxed by the town when the home HPD released the pii of her as well as her children on his blog unfortunately upon reflection I find his comments and those made by Miss ritterbush in the July 9th select board meeting leave our town government still hopelessly ired in a moral Abyss while Mr Bertram claimed in vague general terms that Herrington Heap is correcting the process that failed so miserably he didn't provide any specifics while his apology was sincere there really wasn't any meat behind it hertin Heap said it would put checks in place more eyeballs but how will Town officials improve their own processes to ensure something like this never happens again the previous Town manager was intimately involved throughout this entire series of catastrophic events and dro the ball playing in CLE so how will you fix such a measurable failure by our senior most Town officials Joseph Bennett who based on the NW doa's report as well as town government corw and legal counsel emails secured through a foil request by Steve no Steve snow was the force pushing to release the transcript of Sergeant brenan's interview that was not sufficiently redacted to protect the pii of the Survivor and her children yet he is still in his job Harrington Heap is still our legal counil how is this even possible even if this was a one-off to share totality of his demonstrable incompetence and abhorent insubordination detailed by the previous select board chair during the chief's recent tumultuous performance review is far far beyond the pale why is he still the police chief he has lost all credibility he needs to be replaced finally miss ritterbush you said in the July 9th meeting that you were sick to your stomach and immediately contacted the town manager and police chief police chief who took the hbd bog post down on Saturday January 20th they did not it was still live on the HPD blog through the evening of Sunday January uh 21st I as well as a survivors family were checking the blog all weekend and it was still up so quit lying miss ritterbush you also said you were shocked when you found out just before Sergeant Brennan's loudermill hearing began that the crawl report materials were being released to the public yet you quickly shared the blog post to thousands of your social media followers you couldn't have been to shocks seriously how are you still able to even show your face at these board meetings Like Chief Bennett you have lost all credibility Miss ritterbush and you need to resign Mr her the current select board chair talks about one town one solution me I understand over your two minute limit Mr Manan again went five minutes I truly believe that is a great aspiration but until this town government gets serious about addressing this total systemic failure until it comes clean on what happened and why that Unity is not possible it starts with people taking respons responsible responsibility and or suffering the qu consequences quit hoping this will go away it won't I don't want to have to keep coming here to demand accountability and I know you are sick of seeing me I have better things to do with my Tuesday nights it's been exhausting trying to get you all to do the right thing what you are elected to do meeting after meeting after meeting this shouldn't be so hard the select board in town officials need to get serious about addressing this travesty thoroughly and transparently without compunction anyone else want there two minute please Dana Babin 91 Downey Street following up on Mr Ban's comments and continuing there from According to documents secured through a public records request that Mr boovan mentioned when it comes to Chief Bennett even Don and Brewer told the select board that in keeping with his own policy and for the obvious sake of consistency the chief should at the very minimum have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the NW Dao's investigation that was only fair and yet somehow Chief Bennett managed to squirm out of even that negligible amount of accountability Donna was correct and you know it at the very least the chief should have been suspended while nwda made its decision but instead during that time and since then you not only allowed him to keep working but you also allowed Chief Bennett to one push promotion of dubious candidates to both sergeant and Lieutenant positions two direct the solicitations of applicants for both the deputy chief and Lieutenant positions three SLO off the then select board chair's repeated requests for explanations and documents during his performance review four exhibit unrestrained indeed hostile insubordination when the chief lobbed unproven indeed untrue accusations against the select board chair during his performance review all in nothing more than a cowardly effort to squirm out from under her much warranted inquiries into his atrocious job performance Joe Bennett and the select board ow Muriel Kramer and apology for letting that happen five go unreported to post even though Donna Brewer reminded the select board that Bennett was obligated to report himself to post within 48 Hours of his transgression and this despite the inconsistent contradiction that the entire board knew the chief had immediately reported Brennan's alleged policy violation to post man oh man between the remaining board members and Joe Bennett you really know how to put the double and double standard and yet you all sit here passively through your ongoing side you provide a de facto endorsement of the chief's pathetic leadership but deep down you must know that Joe Bennett is a joke is the chief I can only surmise that you just don't want to admit that you allowed the chief to play you like a fiddle for so long next I would like to ask why an unsecured personal email address goofy noofy 13@gmail.com was used for some of the official correspondents during this affair and was under and was discovered in the emails received through the Foya or public records request whose email is this Joe and why is it used for an official business can you answer that you can't I don't know you're talking about so interesting also as Tim mentioned I know someone else who was able to pull up the HPD blog post on Sunday night January 21st at 8:30 pm. p.m. and download the unrejected transcript that's more than 50 hours after it was posted so Amy Mary Joe Shaw and Town Council please just quit lying already and say and saying that it was taken down less than 24 hours after it was posted it wasn't and you know it Tim booven and so many others have come up here and supported the Survivor and her family for more than S months now merely asking the select board to do the right thing all we've heard in response is crickets if this select board does not hold itself accountable and the other parties involved truly thoroughly and transparently accountable for the worst mess in the 409 years of hopkinson's existence as a town then Unity Mr her's idea of one town one solution is simply not not possible it's an admirable goal but you first must come to terms with this Abomination you still have a lot of work to do to meet the standard you need to take it seriously and as Tim boin said get to work in Earnest right now to fully address and rectify the root causes of this disgraceful matter anyone else okay oh good evening Don Collins 45 Teresa Road uh as Mr booven has a lot invested in this very passionately he's trying to do the right thing for the town and I it's I I can't believe that you as intelligent people this has fallen on deaf ears and it's a disgrace okay you know what you know Amy sits there like she's the smartest person in the room and why did was she really trying to take such a cheap shot at Tim Brennan that she outed this sexual assault uh victim you know I said that is disgraceful and that in itself should be grounds for your resignation okay there's no excuse for that okay people go to jail for less than that and I think that's exactly where you belong I don't want to see this turn into a Canton okay it's a freaking joke over there and that you guys aren't far from completing this thankfully with the new people elected I think that's going to be our only saving grace cuz otherwise it's it's it's been a joke and you guys are are burying your heads in the sand hoping it'll go away and it's not going away and Mr boin has done so much work to try to bring this forward and have to address it you guys keep your head in the sand well I tell you what if he doesn't want to start if he's exhausted and doesn't want to keep coming to meetings I'll pick up the torch and the spirit of the Olympics and I'll keep carrying it but you're not going to forget about this and the mistakes that you maybe not even mistake some of them might even been done on purpose and I think it's disgraceful okay and you should all be ashamed of yourself other than the the new members of the board hopefully they can you know throw a life ring to to this town so we don't become another Canton and uh there might be a board over you know a spot next to the clown over in Canton that maybe you can be a selectman over there you'll fit right in you have anyone online no or there are five people online but no hands raised five people are online but nobody has their hand raised online no hands are raised okay good evening my name is Tracy scannan I live at 26 Huckleberry Road and I just am here to thank Mr boin for keeping this alive and for trying to protect the victim and trying to get our town back on track where it needs to be I agree with him and Dana about everything that's been said about the chief um and I just it's really really sad where Hopkinson in is right now and I hope that you are able to fix it is that it No Hands raised okay okay we move on to the consent agenda the select board will consider the following uh is it up here consent agenda okay you going to read them all you looking for a motion yeah no the uh the select board will consider appointing Michael ponle and Dale mad uh as part of the van part-time van drivers for the senior center uh minutes of the select board will be considered and approved minutes of July 11th 2024 accept donations to the select board uh will be considered uh for donations of 600 $1 7421 from the committee to elect uran nula to the general fund for the pursuant to Massachusetts general laws chapter 44 section 53a and a half a donation of $2,750 from the Hoppington Public Library Foundation as the final payment promised toward the library of things uh parade permit application for the 25th Annual Michael uh let's now run walk the select board will consider approving the parade permit applications on the 25th Annual Michaels wow 25 years already Michaels RunWalk held uh by the respit center in Memorial of Michael listar and the event is to be held October 12th 2024 at 10: a.m. the race will start on Ash Street sent sent to school proceeds down on uh it loop around the Heights Road and come back to Ash Street uh and end on the time common I guess this the way it is uh there are road closures requested at Ash Street Center School to theheights Road Park street from the heights a to Ash and Blueberry Lane uh the applicant requests the fee to this permit waved as they are a nonprofit organiz organization the select board will consider approving a request of a friends of Hoppington Inc to erect a banner over Main Street from August 31st to September 14th in advance of the 2024 Family Day on September 14th 2024 the banner will be approximately 25 ft by 3 ft or 75 Square ft theze uh insid the zoning bylaw section 210 179 C requires select board approval for the banner uh and of Maximum 75 Square ft for a maximum of 14 days uh accept uh board will accept the resignation with a consideration uh of Daniel pepen from the Hoppington historical district commission and we will accept that and with many thanks for the work that was done update election worker list the select board will consider a request from the town clerk to appoint election workers through 430 225 we have a list in supporting documents uh does anybody want to break out any of these we're we're supposed to have an exception for Ken Clark and Mary J frer andot you guys oh yeah so if no one's got any other I move to approve the consent agenda including the fee waiver for the parade permanent application and the appointment of all election workers as submitted with the exception of Ken Clark and Mary joela fer second Can I some questions comments um so thanks to and H Public Library for the donations yes gracious should say is on the zoom with his no he has sorry Iran is on the zoom and he has his hand raised now our old friend fun thank you and also the Hopkin Public Library foundation for the donations uh quick question on the um permit application PR permit um one is elae all everything there's no comment that we need to discuss about the application and second is is this for the waiver or for the full application approval it's it's it's all in order and it's both approving the parade permit uh application request and also put the fee waiver excellent this certainly a great event so be supportive of that uh and also thanks to Daniel Pippin for the service that's all thank you Mary Joe do you want to allow Oran to speak or public forum is ended but would be the chair's discussion okay now we we're on to the uh election list and I need a motion to appoint Ken as an election we didn't vote the first one we had a motion and it was seconded and then sh Shel just shared some comments yeah thanking people so we we have to vote okay on the consent agenda yes mayor J yes Joe CL yes Bush yes okay and I'm going to step out for this next one this is don't go far just take a second first uh I need a motion to appoint Ken clock as an election worker through 43025 second I move that motion second all in favor I I okay and then I need a motion oh Jo need for okay oh my turn okay do you want to make the motion I want me to we can move the motion uh I move the motion to appoint Mary Joe as a election worker second all those in favor I I next you can come back okay uh Connor is not here huh is Conor in the zoom okay I need a motion uh to approve September 3rd 2024 as a state primary election warrant Connor is on the zoom but I don't know if he had Connor is on the zoom if we have questions but Conor Connor is available if we have questions but I don't I don't think we do right no we don't really I mean I don't anybody have any questions on that the Warren no I think it's pretty standard uh unless Connor do you want to add anything uh nope if anyone has questions I'm happy to answer anything but as you said shle it's pretty standard stuff thank you thank you okay motion was made and seconded so yes yes I don't think there there was no I moved to sign the September 3rd 2024 State primary election warrant second yes Mary joela F yes Joe Clark yes Ann appointment the select vote will consider appointing Mike King to the planning board's representative of the trail coordination and management committee to a three-year term I so moved a motion second she said so move second second okay all in favor I I okay and entertain special license I'm I apologize if I my reading sounds weird tonight but I'm having a wiedy problem with my eyes and seeing about six different things in front of me when I go to read want me to help out yeah would you because I it's just a blur all right so the next one's a public hearing um the select board will hold a public hearing on an application submitted by Peter mesit on behalf of Weston Nurseries for an entertainment license including live music amplification system and a special temporary alcohol license for Weston Nursery celebration of blooms Brews and barbecue on Saturday September 7th 2024 from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. outside in the open lawn and garden yard located behind the Western Nurseries Garden Center at 93 East Main Street the alcohol will be served by tips certified servers and will be supplied from startline brewing and Marty's in addition the board will consider a fee waiver for the license application hi I'm here of Peter from West nurseries and I think we have to officially open the hearing speaking to the mic please yes hi I'm here on behalf of Weston Nurseries we have to open the hearing first you have to open the public hearing just I call the public hearing order okay okay uh motion open the public hearing please I call the public hearing to order so move okay second second okay now I call the public hearing to order thank you all those just waiting till my wave do you want to explain the the [Music] application so I'm I'm filling in here for Peter I'm not sure what questions you might have for me but this is an annual event that we have and so as I understand it he's already communicated with you that I'd be here in his presence so um we have tip certified bartenders and we've already provided that documentation um and uh I understand that you needed some application fees that are potentially going to be waved but I'm not sure if you need anything else from me I remember that um we were looking forward to the event thank you yeah it's been a great great event yeah absolutely I was there last year this is this is going to be my second year but I I'm I'm the marketing team at Weston Nur so this is my first time joining on behalf of the application process I yeah I've been to the event myself in the past and and it's a really good one um let me see I okay we have all the documentation from the town officials that everything is cop pathetic so to speak and uh the permitting team comments where the police had requested two details um and that I believe that they will be doing that yes and that the uh fire department um had asked that they if they're going to be doing cooking that uh the uh the vendors reach out to fire prevention to ensure that everything's uh in compliance and the Board of Health um just indicated that they have a new uh temporary or Mobile Food Service permit and they just need to make sure that the vendors uh have those permits okay and these are the same vendors that we had last year so that should be no problem okay I'll double check on on that thank you thank you okay I need a I move close the Public Public we have to ask the public if they want to comment what oh we have to ask the public if they want to comment first right they may not but anyone has any comments any other public comments online or here I move to close the public comments second all those in favor hi hi I move to close the public hearing so then I I would move to approve an entertainment license and a special temporary alcohol license for Western Nurseries blooms Brews and barbecue event on 9724 and to Grant a fee waiver as the event is a nonprofit fundraiser second all in favor I thank you so much thank you thank you we have the uh we have a second public hearing it again is there anyone here from utilities I think is it we postpone this before is is on zoom and uh representative the property owner is also here okay okay okay so I will uh entertain the motion to continue the public hearing for utility falls on Elm Street so move second okay okay all those in favor I I you want to come up I'm not the petitioner but I represent Global Partners who owns the alltown fresh site so the poll is required for having the EV charging stations installed and you must have seen that station is under construction uh the the pole needs to be moved 50 m to the left so that it's easier for us to like have the energy and electricity contact to the site um recommendation from town manager and the representative for vate Verizon is on Zoom Don voner so he may have something different uh the previously the um the T there were some comments from town engineer questioning why an additional poll there was needed and that has been answered um because the existing infrastructure uh is insufficient and so a new poll is needed okay and there was no um Point raised by Town engineer or DW he was satisfied with the response thank you Don has his hand raised so I don't know if he has something to say okay can you hear yes yeah yeah okay I it doesn't sound like I need to say much so I'll try and keep it short uh the bottom line is um the questions essentially raised by not only you folks but uh me with Verizon was why eversource needed the polls to be so close together um and we went back Dave delorio met in the field with uh the people from the EV charging and the ever Source representatives and they deter they previously determined and to and showed Dave that there was just too much equipment on the other two poles that they could not satisfy safety um to have the EV charging station there without having another pole with uh new equipment coming off of it so that is in a sense just for your benefit why a new pole needs to be placed there for that EV charging station and and Dave had said that all his questions were answered thank you Don a quick followup so it would be a total replacement right uh or move so you don't have to retire anything later on or take out is that right assumption uh it's a brand new poll so there's no no double polls no poles being replaced no poles being removed it's a brand new pole for this particular EV charging station okay got it thank you okay sure yeah I'm looking at the PO that's next to the metal poles that has a Transformer on it it's looking pretty Rocky is there any any plans on Switching that pole out there is this petition is not for anything other than new for an EV charging station yeah I can't I can't speak to the other polls I haven't looked at them and there's nothing in in the works to my not knowledge um that that any of the other thank you we need those EV chargers for sure yeah we we need them I I don't have any problem with that but I do want to look into that the other pole it's really rotting in the bottom it's wet it's rotted do you know which number I could bring that back to eversource and Verizon to see what well it's the one next to it it's the one with the um it's the north side of the building next to the street with right next to the uh metal poles with the Transformer on them uh can you can you tell me by looking at the um the little diagram what the number is it should be I don't know if I can see it say it again existing 1 t33a I think that's what we are refering to right correct yep t 33a 3.33a is the one you'd have like to have looked at for future replacement yes okay I'll I'll bring I'll bring that to my superiors thank you sure okay anyone else have any clue close the public hearing second did we ask for the public to comment though just I know May probably no one has comments but you never know any comments here or online okay hearing none I move to close the public hearing second all those in favor I I I move to Grand then you whole location on Elm Street as requested okay all in favor by by thank you thank you thank you thank you than on and we will move to the town manager's report okay thank you uh regarding the Main Street Corridor project um in addition to um what's in my memo that uh was PR to the board we did I referred to a walkthrough that we had on uh Friday on a very hot day yeah um it was a hot day but it was good to view um the project up close and to see what kind of work is is coming along and what uh additional brick work and so forth and Landscaping is going to be installed so that was it's very exciting that uh the project is is moving ahead uh we don't know yet when uh Emo's uh Crews will come but we're pushing to have them come as soon as possible um so in the meantime the Transformers um the first shipment of Transformers arrived and uh have been installed um I did see one go in in front of town hall it was very exciting um and and it's it was just an interesting operation actually um and Landscaping is planned for the fall um and um and hopefully that will add some additional Greenery and and beautification to the streetcape um so it's it's good that things are moving along there quick followup uh for this next set of work would there be any more digging or anything there was something that was pending for the last phase um as far as digging up the roadway um not sure if there's any of that to be occurring but as poles are removed for example on the western side I mean those holes will have to be filled in so there'll be some additional work there some of the um there was pavement put in temporarily in some locations where there's going to be brick work that will come out um and there's some concrete um sidewalk that was put in a couple of places where it should have been a landscaped area so that will be coming out so there'll be some additional work like that thank you and is that all amorello yes and we haven't found out from them when they're going to come a representative was on our uh walkth through on Friday and so they're aware of the town's desire to have them start as soon as possible okay that's good regarding um I did have a question on that one if that's okay the um Commission of disability had requested if an ad8 audit could be done before it's finally completed in case even though it's intended to be completely ADA compliance and I'm think they're changed during construction so I don't know if there's any update on that so I did um do have a meeting scheduled with uh Holly morand this week to go over the the commission's request and uh we'll see what that entails and what can be accommodated when thank you okay uh regarding the past treatment project um as we've indicated before um the water is filtered and is Flowing um it will be tested for three months months before um the select board is asked to um discontinue the the water bottle rebate program so that's the rebate program is still in effect at this time thank you follow up um meantime we are monitoring all the other Wells right and there's no um no other detrimental news on any other Wells I'm not aware of any and all of those test results should be posted on the town website sounds good thank good um no update on the MW uh that's on pause now while um the board considers forming a DPW Water and Sewer advisory uh body and we have received a letter from the town of Southboro indicating that they understand that and they would like to move along whenever we're ready great I did have a question on that like I I didn't recall we voted to form a water we just kind of roughly talked about it right so that's scheduled I think on your next meeting agenda to actually talk about it okay because I don't want to delay this at all and I'm worried that it could delay the project by do yeah I agree we we definitely should move forward quickly but so the next meeting we'll discuss it more definitively defitely scheduled for the next meeting when all members will be here okay I thought design work was still ongoing so they're at the 30% design phase we are still working with the engineer on the pump station location um but everything else um is waiting for the next step which is a peer review of the 30% design so that's on hold and that's really a call from the town of Southboro they'd prefer to wait on that until until we're ready to move forward thank you follow up uh two questions one is um South boru had to pass something in the um their town meeting has that I didn't follow up on that yes that has passed yes it m okay that's great and uh second is next meeting we can put it on the agenda I'll make a request to about the water Advisory Board and as well as this um important Milestone okay yep all right thank you um and then um we did add an additional item to the to manager report yesterday um was unknown at the time that the um the agenda was posted that um as you know at to meeting one of the Articles was to um sell or dispose of a piece of townn on land on which someone had a house um so we undertook a RFP process the successful proposer was that homeowner um so we're ready to move forward and they would like to move forward very quickly uh maybe even by the end of this week or next week um so that they can proceed with with their plans to to sell the property um so um what's being asked of the board this evening is to um to uh let's see authorize Town Council and staff to prepare a suitable deed for future execution by the members of the board so it allows that uh deed to be drafted which the attorneys are working on now and hopefully um we can have the members sign that uh if you authorize to do so so we can move this forward for the homework this was that like awkward lot with like the weird like lot lines and stuff correct it's one where the half of the person's house was on Town property yeah yeah so this will resolve that issue they've they've bought that piece for $1,000 exactly I think we discussed it at length here and in town and got approved so we can move forward with that in my view okay I need a motion to authorize Town Council I move to approve the sale of zero Hayward street to Alice pain Pine for $1,000 and to authorize Town Council and staff to prepare a suitable deed for execution by the select Bo second all in favor I I liaison reports anybody have any so our last meeting when we left Bri Brian hadn't got to review them they have since been approved as as of the last meeting correct they were approved at the last meeting okay okay I had a a couple um so I went to the CBC meeting last time and they also sent us two letters that were in our packet they have a pending um a purchase or funding requests from the upper trials Trail committee that had been granted I believe in town meeting 2023 but the upper trials to Trail committee has been on hold so they can't move forward with that piece that was approved to town meeting so they're just requesting us to move that process along so it the expense can either go forward or not and um I had forgotten about this but I guess in 2021 uh the historical commission turned over the Sanger McFarland house over to the authority of the select board it's an historic home it's it's very old I can't remember if it I don't know if it's 1800s or 1700s yeah it's very old and we've restored it partially but um it really needs to be sold to someone who might either move it or or you know improve it enough to live in so they're just asking us to move along with those because the CPC has money for the restoration of things um and then let's see um and then um this is not exactly these on the other two are future n it so I'll wait thank you so do you think it'll come um soon enough do you think it'll come to us at some point or what will um the request for this at any point well it's in our packet we have two letters from CPC two letters so I would hope we would schedule it I do have them on a future agenda list okay okay thank um I met with the board of assessors just uh to see where they're at and uh and Connor just told me that they got the return of the warrant and I have to check the article for seniors and and the assessors and I will have to get together to make up an application to send out shortly I hope so that's my report I forgot too I have been watching the plan of board and Zach meetings um and I'm I've arranged to meet with principal planner next week about the MBTA Community act so I can kind of understand where we are on that um anyone else no I found out the assignments I'll get started on those but no I was so not much uh update uh one one thing I started to discuss and it kind of rolls into the next one so I'll wait but it's more about the capital projects discussions that I wanted to have and for that I reached out to school to uh CPC cic um Appropriations Committee and having discussions and want to start that discussion here in one of the upcoming sessions which is how can we put out a more I think consistent and visible framework for capital projects intake and prioritization and then building up the road for the town looking at the tax impacts looking at the benefits and communicate better for everyone's awareness even long before the town meetings uh more to come on that but I started the conversation and I got great collaboration from everyone and we're meeting also with um the town finance office so all these combined we'll I'll bring it up uh in the next one of the next sessions I'm hoping and then we can discuss further in details how we doing on economic development oh I was out but for economic development I think we had some good feedback and uh Elena and I also have been um communicating on various fronts so one of the next steps we would want to do is likely to actually um have Julia help us with some more research about the structures from other towns as well as our own research and then um elen if you want to share there were some informal discussions with Chambers where we had other ideas around it as well which we may start to formulate into this um advisory concept um some more discussions and work in the process which will help us Farm up and we'll come back with a proposal and and how about the Legacy F LNG one LNG plant um I was out two weeks on vacation so okay we're we're making progress It's on the future agenda yeah it's on the future agenda that's great uh anyone else I have some under future items if do you want me to get do you want me to go ahead with future agenda items too they kind of blend together right now okay just I was hoping at our next meeting we could get a timeline for special town meeting a rough timeline so that we don't forget any of the steps no was zoning there has to be a hearing on the map itself so the map needs to get finalized um and then I a resident request that we look at um the speed limit on Route 85 especially as we keep adding more and more schools in that area and it it is it goes from 45 40 m hour to um 2520 at the schools and then it's not marked very well so it would be helpful if it was more consistent Speed without especially with all the schools and the school children and then I think you probably also we were invited to be in the dunk tank on family day so everybody should be thinking about that if they want to do it I am registered for the two o'clock all right great again happy to volunteer it's fun I did that um not last year but the year before it's a lot of fun I hope for okay anybody have any comments on future agenda items um yeah I would like to we brought it up I think on the last one um in regards to Town Council ele we talked about you know understanding our options and possibilities I don't know what we need to do but I at least want it on there so that we can know our options and evaluate I think it is is it already on there the number 10 yep number 10 okay that I'm good then sorry one thing I wanted to bring up um Jo number nine did we do you think we discussed enough in the last few sessions or it's you want to have followups or I mean we certainly discussed it I think you know nine kind of plays into 10 a little bit right um so I think there's some connection there and how we evaluate things and putting those options together but I um bring it up in one of the subsequent I'd like if you're asking to close I'd like to keep it open for now keep it on there yep okay anybody else no so I'll entertain yeah I'll move the motion to all in favor hi I weour till August 27th was there something we need to sign tonight several yeah we have one e