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And we do have a form and remind everybody about the open meeting laws which I think everybody is aware but just so you know and um this meeting is recorded.

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Okay. So, first up is Are there any announcements? >> I have an announcement. >> Oh, great. >> We're supposed to vote on chairman, vice chairman, and secretary at the July meeting, and I forgot to put it on the

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agenda. So, I'm going to take any other business that comes before the board that's on the bottom of the agenda and move it to the top of the agenda so that we can take care of business

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if everybody's okay with that. Sure. >> Okay. So, um chairman, do I have a nomination for chairman? Do you think we should wait till the other three are here? >> What?

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>> Do you think we should wait till the other three are here? Because we wouldn't want to put them into positions then not here to defend themselves. >> Sue already said I'll be vice chair. >> Oh, all right. There you go. >> She said, "I'm going to be late, but you

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can put me in for vice chair if everybody wants me." I offered to give her chairman, and she wouldn't take it away. >> Oh, yeah. >> So, do we have a nomination for chair? I nominate Anita chair.

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>> Do we have any other comments, questions? >> Can I have a motion? >> I nominate Anita >> Harding for chair position on the COA

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board. >> All those in favor? I >> thank you. >> Welcome. That was easy. >> And I nominate Sue Milander. >> I'll second. >> You'll second. Okay.

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Do any question about that? >> No. Okay. Can I have a motion? Make a motion nominate for >> Second. >> Okay, perfect. All those in favor? I >> That's easy.

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>> And now we need a secretary. >> Who wants this? >> Who wants that job? >> I think you've done a very good job. But you don't have to take as if you don't want to. >> I I I will take it if nobody else is dying to do.

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>> Nobody's jumping up on the >> Well, I'll nominate Shane Sil for secretary. >> I'll second that motion. Jean Sil. All those in favor? I >> Okay,

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business is over and done with it. So now, how about the minutes for I have a motion? I'm sorry. I meant to lose the minutes. from June from January 8th, 2026.

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>> There have a second a motion to accept. >> All those in favor? >> I I >> Okay. Now, the friends report I was told by one of the members that they are not

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meeting in July or August. So, they won't be coming to our meeting. Okay. >> Um, I was also told that in August, Barbara Dphano is going to do that left, right, center again for any of those any

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of you who did it before. >> Yes, that was fun. >> Do you all know what that is? It's kind of a >> There's a little disc and one has a C on it, one has a right on it, an L, and one

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has a left. and you go around the table and throw it the dice. >> Mhm. >> And you put If you get a C, you throw it in the center. If you get an L, you get it. If you an R, it goes to the other side. And there will be a $25 table

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winner for each of the six or eight tables. And there will be sandwiches and dessert and a drink. And it's $10 to get in. And it's a fundraiser for the friends. >> Great. >> It was done last year. It was great.

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>> It was It was a lot of fun. >> Yeah. And it's from 5 to 7, I think, on the 12th. >> Oh, >> August here at the center. >> Yeah. Thank you. And

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I guess it's the director who's sharing. Take a look at June stats. Here we go. Uh, we have a new record high, the fourth number of monthly check-ins. >> Really? >> 609?

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>> Yeah, that'd be 33. >> Wait, that's a lot more in June. >> Wow. >> Yeah, >> that's crazy. What are we doing? >> A lot. >> Programming. >> It's the programming. >> Programming. Um, Wednesday evening hours.

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Um, we did some intergenerational programs which brought in a lot of uh new folks who hadn't been here before. >> I've noticed a lot of new faces. >> Yeah. >> A lot of new faces. >> Um,

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I think it's interesting to see that the unduplicated number of people who have come in, 582. Um, even though it's our highest month of check-ins, it's not our highest number of unduplicated people coming in. So, it's the same 582 people who are

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comprising those 3,600 check-ins. So, people are coming for one thing and staying for another or checking in multiple times for different activities and events and coming back for more. Mhm. >> One thing I didn't say it would be in

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the broadcaster, the UNAC Indians are coming in August because we have we're open on Wednesday nights >> and that's the only time they could come and they're going to put on a fantastic program. There'll be women's singers and

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uh drummers and um it's a big program and they'll tell us a lot about the unaccen >> good program. >> Yeah. >> The August newsletter is very full. >> Do we have a lot of people signing up

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for Wednesday nights? >> It's hit or miss. If we have a program scheduled, something with you know food, music, then definitely people are here. If we don't have something scheduled, say it's just, you know, people are

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coming in for the gym or to play pool, um sometimes come into the poetry club, but it's not a huge number unless we're programming it. So, it's not just the dropins. >> And I heard that the um cribage is not doing well at night. >> Oh, it isn't?

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>> No. Joe and his group are the only ones and the people like I that come in during the day. >> Um they don't want to travel at like like Mary doesn't want to come and go home $4.95. So it hasn't been a big draw at night.

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>> It's fine. We'll try anything that people suggest and see >> uh what works out. >> Liz, on your unduplicated number, that 582. >> Yeah. Is there any breakdown on how many of those are in town versus out of town?

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>> Yes, I can do that. Generally, it's about 75% in town. >> Um, it varies. Sometimes it's 8020, sometimes it's 7030. Um, mainly in town. >> In town. >> How about for people under 60?

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>> Under 60 is much less. It's more like 20. >> Okay. >> 20%. >> Okay. I can bring that for the next meeting though. If you'd like to see like the male female breakdown, the age groups breakdowns, we can really drill into the data so you can see who's

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coming and what it looks like. >> And with the cooling center, it wasn't necessary that we needed to. >> Yeah. So for the cooling, so was that July 3rd >> when we were closed, the library was

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open. So the library was the designated pooling center. Um I met members of the search team here with um >> Alex >> Alex Mccertie >> and we went through our at list our atrisisk list of vulnerable residents. We called everyone for about the third

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time that week just to make sure they're okay. >> Yeah. >> Um Alex and I walked over to the library, checked in with the front desk or circulation desk staff. Has anyone come in? Nobody had at that point um in the day. So it seemed like everyone fared pretty well. you know, there's always people who don't ask for help or

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don't reach out. Um, and we find out after the fact and then we can add them on to these things. But we'll always push the message, look out for your neighbors, look out for the people around you. If you're concerned about somebody, let us know. If you're not comfortable asking, we don't mind um

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making a cold call. Mhm. >> I know that we were supposed to not call for calling people and such. And then Alex said, you know, >> well, everyone was very appreciative of the calls. >> They wanted to chat. Everyone had their

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fans, their AC, water. Um, the two people calling that day were registered nurses, too. So, they did the whole make sure you're drinking your water and you're not going outside. It was great. I think it was a >> Let's be together this week, too. >> Yeah.

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>> Wednesday supposed to be. >> Great. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for being on call. Um, okay. So, next on my list, we wrapped up the FY26 budget. Um, we ended the year having spent 99.4%

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of our budget. So, it was spot on. >> Very good. I don't waste >> math is mapping. >> Yes. >> Cuz if you don't spend it, you don't get it back. >> Looks good. >> Yep. Uh we're actually very fortunate that we have a lot of gift funds and a

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lot of other sources of revenue where we um support our budget. So we don't ask for a huge amount from the town. We're mainly, you know, grant funded, gift funded, other other sources, revolving accounts, fees. Um, but we were right on

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the at the nail on the head with our budget this past year. >> Do you happen to know what the budget is right now for Tread? >> Should we be out there pounding? >> H >> I can ask Robin.

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>> Ask Robin. Yeah, we have um I think it was maybe two weeks ago we got 1,500 put in from the um Morrison Charitable Foundation to Tread and that's been coming just about every quarter

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>> and I can look that up >> because I think I'm going to do the Tread Table again. >> That would be good. >> So everybody be prepared. >> Um next on my list, good news. um on a

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larger scale for Governor Healey's FY27 budget um she approved level funding for um the formula grant which is what supports all of our fitness classes. >> So level funding at $16 per elder. Um

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when I first started here it was about $9 an elder in town based on your last census. So that grant funding it's about just about 39 $40,000 um for us annually and that's what support of course all of our fitness

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classes and that's how we're able to keep them at $3 um to we and most of that on the instructor fees. So good news $16 per elder level funding and we're not getting cut at all from good you were worried about that.

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>> Yeah, that's fantastic news for COAs. Yeah, it's always hold your breath and make sure you get it. We are in a pretty good financial situation though if we did not get our formula grant funding. We've been careful with it. In the past, you can roll it over um year to year.

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Fortunately, um that came from COVID times. Uh so, luckily, we do have a little bit of a cushion there. If anything were to happen to that photo of it, good. Safe enough. um see senior tax work off

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at this moment in time. So I had sent out in June the annual reminder. If you're going to sign up again, please fill out this onepage form. Uh we have right now 114 workers um in the senior tax workoff program, 12

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in the veterans tax workoff program. I think this is about 96 households. So, we're we still have openings. We still have people coming in asking about um the program, signing up. Uh we have some brand new people who seem really good

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getting them placed. One with a veterans agent, a couple over in conservation with Tim Pearson. Um so, and um cemetery department. So, we have also some new placements arising. Um three just went over to the assessors to help with their file project.

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>> So, we're we're in good shape. We're in good shape. And they and they get what? $2,000 off. >> Yes, it'll be 2,000. >> And that for the veterans? >> No. Veterans had to stay the same, but you can do both programs at once. You can do the veterans tax work off program

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and the senior tax workoff program. >> That is an allowable. >> Not the same person. Like if it was husband and wife. >> No, you can. >> Even the same person. You can Oh, okay. >> You can't use the same hours.

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you'd have to do your 100 hours and your 133 hours. So, you'd have to do quite a bit of hours, but there are people who do >> hundreds of hours of community work >> that directly benefits the town department. >> It's so good we have that program. It's

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not that big in other towns either, is it? >> No. No. There are some larger than us, but we have a pretty robust one, >> so it's in good shape. >> Uh, let's see. I did attend a planning board meeting

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last week. >> Oh yeah. >> Um because on the agenda was the 410 Grave Road affordable senior housing um project. So they were there for public hearing about their site plan and storm water permit. And if you have not seen

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it on LCTV yet, definitely go check it out. Um I was thoroughly impressed with really with the design, the architecture, the thought into the whole um complex as it is. >> Um I believe

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at this moment in time is 86 units of affordable senior housing and they were hoping to have most of them be somewhere between the 30 and 60% AMI. There was even some discussion about 80% AMI um to be deeply affordable. I I was very

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impressed with the whole presentation. So, um if you have a chance, go to the LCT website, the YouTube, watch the presentation. They have great renderings. Um the layout is good. There's outdoor spaces. There's a walking loop. There's,

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you know, the accessible sidewalks. There are some potential issues I'm seeing with maybe pulling out of the parking lots. Um, I'm just I was imagining our large, you know, 12 passenger buses kind of bumbling out trying to get on to

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>> uh what's that road? >> 119. >> 119. And then the other side >> 110. >> Yes. >> So, it's going to be closer to 119 though, right? >> Um, right in the middle area. Yeah. >> Yeah.

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But that whole area is going to be interesting. >> Graphic wise, it's going to be really interesting. >> That's what I >> there was a lot of feedback from the public about people and also the board, the planning board members and um other

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people at the meeting that um I think people were mindful that it might be used as cut through might be or definitely used as like a cut to lumber is right. Um yeah and and the same with

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>> the other side that it will probably be used as cut through but if I think if they use the appropriate like traffic caling measures speed bumps something you know slow the traffic down but I don't think they're going to be able to prevent people from >> and who is who is who is putting in this

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project. So, let's see. Um, the nonprofit that they're working for working with is Hebrew Senior Life has a really >> great reputation for their developments.

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>> So, that will will there be market units as well? >> No, it did not sound like that. >> It didn't sound like that. Good. Good. >> So, it's in peer review right now. for the storm water review and it's this is still like three to four years from

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even becoming reality but uh it seems like it's on a great track. >> I was really excited about it. We'll have to build another floor here. >> That's Yeah, the third floor. >> Yeah. Up and up just for those units. >> All right. One last thing on my list, I

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think. Um at our August meeting, our uh strategic planning consultant Miran Kioen would like to be here in person to hold a kickoff um event for the board uh kickoff meeting just to he has a presentation he'd like to do and get you

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all on on the timeline and on track and um get things rolling forward. So, his recovery is going well with all his um his surgery issues, but he is in good shape and he plans to be here in August.

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>> Okay. And then we'll set up some kind of committee when after we stop. >> Yeah. We might even be able to work on that beforehand. uh he wants to be more like a working group rather than like a committee or seven to

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nine individuals and not all Caway board members. He wants it to be broader and like he suggested um people over in town hall, some really involved patrons, someone from the police department get a really good um view

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>> view. Yeah. Yeah. We don't want people only people who are our cheerleaders on this you know we want people with >> different agendas different opinions and suggestions >> you know different agendas different ideas how to bring this into with 80

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more units how to make things bigger and better >> and that's everything on my list >> Amy's the list >> so the um the small grant program which the money had been allocated towards projects um prior to the end date much

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earlier you know we we we used up all the funding that we received this for the small grant program which is great um you know they like to give money back the books closed on that on June 30th so um Marne and I were were really happy that we were able to um get all those

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projects completed in time >> um the affordable housing trust um therap program which they approved the candidates for. Um that we have a lot of open slots. So I encourage anybody that's struggling with their rent um their rental burden, they should reach

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out to me directly and I can review their eligibility for the program. Um we want to we want to fill those slots. We we want the money for that to be spent towards our our residents here challeng. Yes, there is a cap um for the program

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at three years um to help rental burden families. So, >> is there a deadline to submit? >> It's a rolling admission >> until we fill all the slots. Um I think we're 20 slots is what we have. I think I only currently have seven or eight uh

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participants. 25 slots. 20 20 slots. >> Well, there must be other people out there that are in need. >> Yes. >> If we can get a hold of them or find out where they are. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. So they just need to call me >> because rent's going up, not down. >> That's true.

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>> But it's like three years when they get enrolled. >> So yes, there you're eligible for one year and then you have the ability to reapply for up to three years. >> Okay. So everybody has different whenever they enroll. Okay. >> Yeah. Yeah. So I keep track of that on a spreadsheet.

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>> That spreadsheet is vital. Yeah. It took me a while to make sense of it myself. Um but yeah, so that's um we want people to be informed about the program and and come to us. I've spoken with the property managers over at Village Green and at Pondside, you know, people that

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are struggling with with affording their rent. Um direct them to us. we can definitely help, you know, get them out of a bind, you know, give them some breathing room if they're struggling with some other bills that they might have so >> that they can allocate that money to that and help them get caught up and be

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in a better place. That's that's the point of the program. So, >> do you think rentals in Littleton are increasing? >> Yes. Well, like rent I mean the amount of rent. Yes. >> Yeah. Because we didn't usually have a lot of rentals in Littleton. >> Yeah. The housing stock for rentals is pretty low.

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>> Low. the options to rent. Yeah, we only have those two complexes right now. >> Um, both around the same rent amount. Um, pawn side, I think, is comes in a little bit higher, but over at Village Green,

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you get a water bill, >> so there's it kind of equals out, >> right? Um, so I'd say they're pretty in line with each other amount wise. >> It's like the average.

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>> They don't really list it. Um, but I think even I think the one bedrooms are coming in just around the 2,000 mark. So, >> which is very high. >> So, >> yeah. And if you're on a limited income, >> huh, >> what do you do?

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>> Yep. Mhm. So, um what? >> Oh, yeah. We do have farmers market coupons. Those we received was it last week or the week before before. Um we the funding for these programs has all been, you know, cut from the f federal

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government. Um so there was a lower amount of dollars allocated in the booklets. It's 25 this year. Previous years it was 50. So going down to 25. And then we received only 10 booklets this year. It's on a first come first- serve basis.

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I'm not allowed to hold them. So if you are interested in them, you need to contact us and come in to pick it up. Um as long as you qualify, there is a income cap for that. Um Tread is coming up. The application um enrollment or the yeah, the application time frame is

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coming up. I send those out this month. Um they'll be going out in the next week. Um, I have the list of folks that have have received it in previous years and anybody who's expressed interest over the past year since the last deadline. So, those people will all receive the applications in the mail.

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Anybody else that is interested, I will have packets prepared and they can um contact us and come in and pick them up. >> There's also a reminder in the August newsletter with all of the information about Travis and that's me. I'm good. Thank you. Can I have a motion to accept the

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director and assistant director's motion? >> I make a motion to accept the directors and assistant directors reports. >> Second. >> All those pay. >> Okay. So, where are we now?

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>> Word member updates. You want to read Sumlanders? >> What is that? >> Sumlanders. She emailed. >> Oh, you want me to read that? >> Sure. >> You could have read it. You >> could if you'd like.

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>> All right. So, >> yeah. >> Yeah. These are updates from Sumalander. Um, first one is an update of affordable housing trust meeting of June 17th. There's a new member town administrator's designate Mike

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Stursburg. AHT is now at full seven member capacity. Um Carolyn Reed from Habitat for Humanity reported the building permit was approved. >> Oh, good. >> One unit will be 1,800 square ft, four bedrooms. The other will unit will be an

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accessory dwelling unit of 900 ft, two bedrooms. Habitat will be going out to shade in the next few weeks for site development foundation septic stall install etc valley tech will work September to June

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anticipated June 2027 move application process will be soon so the chosen potential owners will be able to actively participate in the construction affordable housing trust is funding 100,000 of the 550,000 project

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the derky the farmhouse, barn and land update. Um MHP representative went over the RFP in detail. It calls for a variety of units, two bedrooms, three bedrooms, etc. 75% will be in 30 to 89%

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AMI. All units will be up to 100% AMI. The respondents to the RFP can present their plans for house um that's demolishing rehab rebuild or for the barn rehab or rehab with use. Um AHT

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will rate these in a scoring matrix. And then last King Street Common 410 Great Road Mill Leole Company and Hebrew Senior Life presented at the June Planning Board meeting. Um, pretty much everything I already said says 410 Great Road, the mill,

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affordable senior housing, Hebrew senior leg will be applying for state granting state grant funding by September. And keep up with all of these by wa watching the planning board meetings. Um, I believe the next planning board meeting

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is August 6, I believe. >> So, who applies for the grant? Yeah. >> And the grant is issued by the state of Massachusetts or is it

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>> a federal grant? I don't know the answer to that, but not federal. I can find the I don't have it at this point. >> Okay. >> So, the 500,000 is that for both buildings, >> I believe. up. I would have to double check that the

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board of the house and chest re that far. >> Did you want to add? >> It's very complicated. I'm confused because I keep hearing 410, but I hear 410 king and I hear 410 great road. Is it the same? >> Great road. >> Okay. But I've heard king too, right?

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>> For 410. >> Yeah. I thought I had So anyway, it is great road. Correct. 410 Great Road. Okay, good. >> Was I saying King? I might have There's a couple different projects, so it's easy to mix them up. >> 410 King. Where is that?

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>> It's between the Shell stations and the place is an opening bid. >> Yeah. >> Last week. >> Is that a single? >> It was for 10 Kings. >> I think there's two different projects. >> Okay. >> Yeah, director's definitely correct.

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>> Yeah, it's 550. This is Hebrew Senior Life. >> It's across the street. Great road. I think it's 410 King Street is the other one. >> Oh, okay. >> So, it's Hebrew Senior Life is 410 King from last time we met and I thought we were saying

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>> 410 Great. >> 410 Great Road. >> Yeah. >> So, 550 King and 410 Great Road are the two. You're mixing up. >> Okay. >> Well, I'm just mixing what's after 410. 550 King 410 great

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>> definitive source of all this information planning board definitely watch >> yes to get more information >> okay and we did other business >> how about public input we don't have

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anything today Ross Um, other than other than that, I guess we meet on August 10th. >> Um, we had homework last week. >> Oh, that's right. You did? >> Yes. >> Did everybody do it or just you?

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>> No. No. Jean did it. I know she had I did it this morning. Come on. >> No, I did it this morning at home on my deck. We chat. But no, I was just saying um we were talking about this too and I think

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like on the shared regional challenges, you know, the increased expectations, I think Littleton does that very well. They have really thought about everything that people want and the quality of programs is very very very high. And then the other one that I questioned was no shows for free

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programs. We know all about that, but would you always prefer a call for that too? >> Like say if somebody knew they were not going to show up? Oh yes. >> Oh yeah. Always. >> So is that in the fine print someplace too? If you can't show up, let us know.

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>> Is it in the fine print? Um I don't think so, but we try to if a program has a waiting list, we always try to send out a message the day before. >> If you cannot make it, >> please respond so we can call the people on the waiting list. >> Right.

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>> Um which has actually been working out great for like bone builders for if you're dropping out for whatever reason, people are letting us know. So yeah, so always let us know if we can't be here and then we don't wonder where you are also, >> right? Because we worry about you all. >> Yeah.

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>> I just had a question when you attended this and it says that small search charges for non-residents occur in a few towns. Did they mention if you do a search charge like that does it somewhat detour out of town participation?

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Um, many of the directors were talking about that and they did not feel like it. >> It was a detour. >> Yeah. It didn't drive people away. It didn't, you know. >> No, I'm I'm just thinking that I wouldn't feel bad about you doing that for Littleton.

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>> Yeah. >> Um, Park and Wreck has set that as a stipulation. And you know, and I think that, you know, it would be a there's the reason I'm saying this is

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probably you would hear more from Littleton residents saying, "Well, we pay taxes here. Why are we paying the same amount as someone who doesn't pay taxes comes in and uses the services?" Mhm. >> So to protect you from that kind of an argument, you can have a minimal sage

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and appease that kind of situation as you get busier. >> Exactly. Yeah. We've, you know, it's always kind of kicking around in the back of our minds whether or not we want to do that. Um the flip side of that um you know, debate would be is it fair and

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equitable to everyone who's receiving formula grants, you know, funds from the state providing these resources? Um, I think somewhere in here it was uh the no wrong door policy. >> Yeah, correct. >> Which isn't an official, you know, policy, but it's just the

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>> honor. Yeah, most COAs do honor that. >> Um, and then also thinking about administratively, >> keeping track of, okay, you're in town, you're out of town, this is your fee, this is your, you know, >> I think that would be very hard. Yeah,

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>> you need a person if you were going to do that just to control that. >> But just to let you know there is a you know park and wreck does it. >> Y >> there is it is being done in our town in other departments and you know as we get busier

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um you know people do get upset sometimes when you have you know so to protect yourselves. Does the library ever charge for any program? >> Yes. Only they'll bring in a programmer

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and if there's like materials involved, you pay materials >> like a canvas and paint or something along those lines, >> right? And then there's been grants that have brought in programs >> and um but yeah, well, people often and

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it's Yeah, they do pay. So, Yeah. >> How many what's the percentage of town that we have in the 72s? >> Primarily our fitness classes. >> Yeah, it's primarily the fitness classes and it ranges from

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18 to 20. It's usually somewhere right in our center. I'll bring those numbers next meeting though, so we can look at it month over month. Y >> um and see how it changes over time. It's definitely something I'm not

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opposed to. Just keep it in mind for now. >> You know, you it would be minimal, but that would be a distinction. So, when people question that, you know, you can say, well, we have this distinction. >> How is it going without a town signing

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up the following day? >> Oh, it's made registration day so much more manageable. >> So much more manageable. It was funny last month because it was like >> Black Friday, >> you know, before online shopping and

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there was people with lawn chairs out there waiting. I came to use the gym and I was like scanning my barcode. I said, "I have to wait in line to scan my barcode. What's going on?" So, I get up to the gym and I said, "Oh, it's signup day." And I go,

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"Oh." And it was the out of town or the next day sign up day. It wasn't even the first day and I thought, "Oh, wow." >> We have, you know, like five or six people answering phones, too. So, some over the past like three months or so,

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people have started coming in instead of calling. >> So, we've been coming out of our office getting people out of line to sign them up >> instead of because then the phones aren't ringing because everyone's in the lobby. >> Sometimes they were calling us from line.

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>> How am I going to get in faster? That's going to increase my odds even that class. >> Wow. >> It's it's it's a great it's a great problem to have. >> I was going to say that's a good story to use. >> But it some sometimes does take like 15

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minutes to get through. >> Oh, certainly. >> You know, if you're looking for a special, you want to get in quick. >> I know Kathy comes at 8:30, but she waits outside. >> Oh, yeah. No, I I'm I still do it from home.

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>> There is a setting too. >> There's a setting in my senior center where we can activate the um online registration portion and we can put up some guardrails. I think I've talked about this before in town only >> 50% can sign up online to leave some

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open for those who don't have computer >> and we're I'm close to >> initiating. Have fun. Yeah, have fun. I know did it for the first time because I was >> you did a great job. >> Yeah,

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>> I all visible some such thing. Yeah. >> Yeah. I have had um a couple people say to me um that when a sign up day, if it's a work day, well, it always is a

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work day. and people, the senior citizens that are still working >> are finding it difficult and uh saying, "Well, gee, maybe we should have a two day window for Littleton and then a

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third day for um our towns." But uh several in fact there's been men >> okay >> that have come up to me and saying uh gee um I'm having a hard time doing this because I work >> because that would be a good argument to

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do the online >> fewer phone calls fewer lines up close don't want things to get lost. You know >> what would be a good time to do that? Like a slower time or a busy time?

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>> She doesn't have a slower. >> Yeah, >> as you can see it is. >> Then September everybody goes back to school. >> Not that's what we used to say was slower time.

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>> Daylight savings time. One one thing actually I questioned with you last week was letting the people know the services that are available because people just don't know them. I

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dealt with a lady last week and it was so sad because she didn't even know that she could go downstairs and talk to the people and get advice on her situation and everything. And I thought that's really bad cuz she's it was a bad

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situation and she was home alone and um if she hadn't come to privilege, she still wouldn't know. So, is there a way that we can like for the outreach people to maybe do a separate article that these are the things come see us for

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ABCD and whatever. Just stop by cuz it was kind of sad. I talked to our Miran about that as part of a conversation I had with him last week and in putting together like a marketing plan as part of this strategic alignment

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um that came up and he will build that in. How do we get the message out of all the different things we can do um that's not just the activities? We used to have the opposite problem that it's we were just doing social services, but

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now it's >> I don't know how this is or not. I mean, I will say that here in town, it's great because we work so closely with all the other town departments that >> you're linked in with one of them in one way or another. So, if there's anything that they're observing,

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>> they know to contact us and they know to send them our way. But they usually always reach out to one of us directly, whether it's Liz, myself, or Alicia, whichever one they're more familiar with. They'll always >> steer them in the right direction, which is great. Um, the schools know about us. I mean, I think all of the right people

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know. It's more or less how can we get it out there socially for >> Yeah. It's just people to get out. Yeah. >> And let the citizens know that it's all here. >> You know, >> churches, do you have a contact churches? Um, I haven't really received

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a lot of referrals from the churches directly like from is it Jen at the congregational church and you know I don't receive anything from them directly but they do know. >> Do you still get calls from St. Vincent? >> Yes. >> Good. >> Yep.

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>> I know that's been a really good partnership. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> Well, that's all I have. Does anybody else have anything else they want to talk about? >> I know this weekend I was the apple man.

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>> That's right. >> Yep. So roads and traffic and we'll be all >> Yeah. >> in the morning. >> Your street is closed, isn't it? Today. >> Oh, don't even talk about that. >> Just don't even go there. This morning

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at 7:00 they decided to grind up the road, which was good. So that that was good. Okay. >> So, they closed the road. >> Yes. >> From King Street. >> Yes. >> Perfect big sign with all the orange things. >> Yeah. >> And the people went around the sign and

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they came up and the police officer said, "This road's closed. It says closed." Well, I only want to go. And he went, "You get to turn around." There must have been 10 calls of people coming up that way right away at 7:30 trying to

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get over to Mark Basket. I mean, they don't even read the signs. They just his office was very angry >> cuz it was hot. He didn't need to be out there turning people around. And >> the road's getting done. >> It's all ground up right now. So that's

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a good thing. >> Uhhuh. Yeah. It'll come before school starts, I hope. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Can I have a motion to adjourn? So moved.

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>> Can I have a second? >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> Okay. Thank you all for coming.