5:30 um on this meeting looking for SW board of Manchester by the Sea to order um Jeff yes brian yes kathy and says yes says yes he does okay the one item the
two items on our agenda are to finalize and sign the special meeting warrant and then make board recommendations on board articles oddly enough the paper that I got had all of our opinions already on
it i have not looked into No the select board recommends approval on Maybe I can look at the right yeah this was what two hours three hours ago it was
up okay okay right um article we also pardon me um we were also encouraged to think
about who wants to speak on which articles so article one um which is to place and on final reports to the family boards um is there any discussion of that okay
um so uh do we agree to approve recommend approval um article two everyone in favor excuse me and we need a we need a mover and seconder okay
i'll second you may rearrange this as we go through this i I couldn't tell who who was going to move is moving john is the the audio is really terrible here um so if you could
speak one at a time and speak up that would be helpful okay that's about as far as I can get okay can you hear us pull out a plug i I can I can hear you not well okay article two
um which is I will move second is that Brian second um article three um the uh North Shore Agricultural Technical School jeff is
going to move i'll second brian's will second um the to see what some of money the town will rate article four what's some of money the town will raise
um traditionally the the chair of the select board moves that and the chair of the finance committee seconds okay that would be fine um to see if the vote the town will
vote for um various uh capital items is there any discussion on this i have a slight small question i don't understand why number 20 the
shellfish study comes out of harbor funds and I don't really understand why fund balance is paying for boat um replacements so there was um desire to to not spend down the waterway fund
for for all the boat just because of the desire to keep monies in there for dredging and for the for the uh shellfish study I think it was just a relatively small number that they felt was okay to come out of the waterway fund
how much trouble would would it be to have that come out of fund balance um not much trouble at all unless there's some reason why the shellfish study is important to the harbor
management i would like to make that change yeah I think that's fine the uh finance committee hopefully I don't I don't think they would have a disagreement with that okay if not we can arrange a joint
meeting before town meeting and fight over $15,000 right which is Yep okay who would like to move the capital budget i'll move additionally that's that's the same okay the chair of
the select board moves and the chair of the finance committee second okay fine and that's Sarah sarah okay article six is the school and that
ends up being several motions um is does the school committee typ um school committee chair or the superintendent normally the school committee chair normally move that yeah so it would be the school committee chair um since the
school committee chair is now a Manchester resident i will second okay um article seven is the flood plane and this is one of the the um planning
board articles do we have Sarah Kraton move it i I h I haven't heard from Sarah who she wants to be the movers and seconders i will I will be in touch with her for that okay so we can
assume on all the zoning articles on all the zoning articles fine um do we have is there any discussion on any of the planning board articles okay do any do any members of the select board want to be recognized to speak on
any of the planning board articles i don't think so no thank you okay moving right along moving right along to page so are are you comfortable with your with recommending approval for all the zoning
articles what was that again Greg are we comfortable approving all of Lyn's articles yes okay page 14 thank you
um this is [Music] um oddly set but essentially these are the things that you can use outdoor water for if there is a water ban 15
article 14 on page 15 how does this differ from what we have we we don't we don't define it this way we're we're we're very um we we really don't have any definition of what a restriction means and that's we've gotten tripped up over that over the
years um and so the state recommends that you do a standard uh set of allowances and everything else is prohibited so this is language from the state
basically is what that's right this is state language that they recommend we use you froze up for a minute th This is the state language that they recommend that we use and this will be consistent event at some point
throughout the uh Commonwealth correct as the state starts so just a clarification on the item um item E that talks about businesses
meeting their core functions um that's a list but it's not limited to that list so for example it doesn't include marinas who need to wash boats or flush engines that kind of thing but that would still be allowed because that's a core function of those businesses
to but it's that's u oh yeah I'm sorry it's under a but that could be personal or business personal business the excuse me right so yes that would come under that general heading and that you could make that clarification if it
was necessary so I think the only other question I have left on this one is typically when we've enacted water bands the past couple of years we have allowed drip irrigation is that in
here only for public use and for somewhere there's uh I think it talks about new new plantings that yes it does drip maintain guidance
country under uh E3 E3 oh okay um for weddings similar events it doesn't I didn't say that that was for private homeowners it seemed to
be for businesses mhm so private homeowners who have drip irrigation would not be allowed to use that or if we are in a waterband situation so again you're you're allowed to put
additional clarifications on a case- by case basis but this would this sort of is the starting point as the as the standard allowances how important is it that we actually do this at this meeting because I think
this needs discussion first it's written inside out yes yeah um so the the deadline is is supposed to be this i think it was May or June
but you know I'm I'm not losing sleep over this one if you know but you won't be here Greg so we want to understand that's why you're not losing any signal i guess that doesn't work so well don't it
i mean what's the worst that can happen they turn up our water uh they they they could issue a fine to the town i guess I'd be more comfortable with you adopting it and then amending it if we need to later well I don't want everyone's plants to
die all summer right and yeah I I would feel more comfortable if we have to put something in this article for this town meeting because it's the the meeting before the summer i would feel more comfortable if we took the language that we enacted you know last year or the
year before when we had the drought you know what did we allow then so that there's basically no change until we have a time you know time to look into it a little more i remember we we we we specifically you
know called out um you know being able to flush your engine if you're a boat owner or or the boat yards we talked about drip irrigation being allowed and handheld watering and that was for handheld watering between hours of Yes that's right we had specific hours um so
it's not during the middle of We have to do something i I would prefer to Okay could we amend it on the floor well we can we can amend it now okay if you want to add if you want to add some language that allows the
private use of drip irrigation then let's add that and and put that as the proposal or or or you could have a motion on the floor that is different from the article um and that that'll give you until April to to figure it out
um I and I would be s I would be hardressed to rule that any reasonable motion was not within the scope of the article i not happy trying to come up with language sitting here um I kind of agree we have to do
something but that it was a concern last year the drip came up okay it did come up are there two people who would like to work on alternate wording between now and Yeah I'll I'll work on something it's I
I'll work I'll I'll work with you okay okay so um we can probably say So for Go ahead yeah go ahead sorry Alan for now I'll I'll assume that that John will move and Kathy will second whatever
the motion turns out to be yes now if if I if I may for a moment can I just take off my moderator's hat and put on my well owner's hat can I assume that these regulations would apply to users of the town's water
supply and not to wells that's correct thanks i thought that thought that our board of health had a regulation in that
no they they dropped that part of it oh they did it was in there i think at one point it was it was in there and it made absolutely no sense oh okay yes
okay so all right as you're drafting in include language that exempts people with wells from So is this going to be in the article or is this going to be an amendment on the floor it will it will be the main motion on the
floor not not an amendment for the article we can't amend the article before we sign yeah we need to do this in the next couple of days few days no you can you can you can you can sign the warrant as it is and you can present a
somewhat different motion on the floor okay all right that's that's an amendment or a different motion it's a different motion okay fine so we might want to create a handout for our new language and present that include that in the material meetings it's not going
to change things much here but it will be a significant because you're going to print when we go to print next week so you need you need to print the warrant next week not the handouts that's right correct correct
so we don't need the new language in the next four days yeah when to be specific by when do you need the new language new language would be great if you could approve it at your meeting at the 7
april 7 okay great we can do Y thank you okay um article 15 is the community preservation um is there any general discussion any question
uh mobility map for singing beach didn't we already don't we have one of those yes we do yeah this is additional extend out extend it further out okay i think it's going to go perpendicular to the one that got implement
okay right this is going sort of out to the water and then this would parallel the the beach okay um Brian you haven't moved a lot of things i can move this okay uh second
fine that's Brian Jeff uh Alan does somebody from the CP uh CPC sometimes talk on this they they usually don't okay would you like to
i'm looking to Brian no I have no interest okay unless we hear from the CPC yeah i mean if if Jack wants to speak to it oh yeah he he he usually doesn't want to speak but he gives me a list of CPC members to
answer questions on each item okay okay um article 16 is OP do we know when the OPE will be when our last payment is due uh we have two and a
half more years two and a half more years okay that's pretty soon that's really good that's really good it is okay um Kathy do you want to Sure approve this and I'll second it i don't I don't think it needs a speaker
unless people have questions but I'm I'm they haven't for several years if anybody wants somebody to talk I'll be glad to talk question um article 17 is
the Hero Act for veterans that allows certain veterans to reduce the increase in their property taxes it's really good if you were fought in the First World War
um it I believe for modern veterans it it really applies to disabled veterans oh so this wouldn't cover any of wars after that what oh it it covers wars after
that but um there are sections that say specifically veterans of this conflict or that conflict are all allowed and vet other veterans are under specific conditions like you've lost a leg or
both legs this doesn't apply to all veterans you've got to be a certain category you got to be a certain category disabled is a category yes yes i'll make a motion on that okay so Jeff
will move and uh John will John will second um and I I think I think Jeff um you don't need to speak on it just if there are questions unless you want to um I don't have to i don't want
to yeah I'd be ready yeah I'll uh brush up on it I guess or maybe Greg greg if there are questions at you yeah or or the assessors are will be prepared to answer questions as well okay either Michelle Vanforte as as the lead
assessor or one of the elected assessors or appointed assessors okay i'm sorry was that article 17 17 18 is the re I always get these wrong
revolving funds for the parks and wreck and the board of health brian um I'll second and there usually are no questions on this
uh article 19 to citizens petition um Brian yeah it's mine i own it i own it yeah it's mine a few seconds and Brian I think you should uh probably
be prepared to speak on this yes yes and as I'm sure you know this is advisory only the town meeting doesn't have any authority to repeal a board of health regulation yes we found out later absolute factor yes okay
exercise any more article 20 is the citizens petition that I started and I will move it i'll second second um and I would like to speak briefly on it because it's not at all
clear what it does i'm sorry can you explain it article 20 who who was the second on 20 that's me okay and this that one 20 is also um Well we have a we have a motion from
town council um which I I will rule is within the scope it's pretty significantly different from the article but close enough that I think it's okay um town council's sense is that this the attorney general will probably reject it
because there is a a comprehensive statewide scheme we are we are asking for legislation former legislation to allow us to um ignore that which other towns have done
well I'm I'm just telling you what town council has said she she thinks they'll the attorney general will will reject it because there is a comprehensive statewide scheme that would preempt local regulation but that's not her that's not my opinion that's hers
article 21 which was changing um to the u construction noise i believe that the original petitioner has agreed to withdraw
it i I think that's her plan i've had several conversations with her um she was there part of the background there is that there's a state law that would limit the um penalty for this to much less than
she would like and therefore she thinks it's probably not worth it okay i don't have I don't have a definitive answer on that though i think she's going to move to pass over but I'm not sure
we have to print it out on the warrant because it's it's submitted yes mhm yeah once it's submitted I don't think you can you can't that's right okay article 22 is
um to move funds around to affect the tax rate we always have this um John why don't you I will this is This is in case we vote for something different than what's going on
lawrence sure so almost always this is passed over but do we have a second okay um now I guess for that there's nothing that we need to do Kathy or there
because we don't know will speak to that if yes I guess so yeah or maybe Sarah but or Sarah it's only necessary if we change an appropriation just and the fact that we have excess
levy capacity we we we even don't we can still ignore if voters wish right okay I think we've agreed that we will support all of
the articles um there are just on the petition articles mhm so um so you support the tobacco recision okay you support the realmicide what what about the
construction noise okay uh why don't we Yeah you're right that says not approving so yeah sorry and 22 we will make our recommendation let me know what we're facing
yep okay um I assume that if there if there are general questions they will go to Greg if it's if the if someone who is moving an
article wants to say something would you let Alan know as soon as possible yeah Alan I'll talk about Essex Tech if we need to but So only if there are questions Jeff or or do you want to speak on it
um what do you think do you think I should This is better um I can't remember ever having a question about it um so I unless you want to speak I don't
think it's necessary okay if someone has a question I'll answer it but yeah if if you change your mind and you decide you want it you want to speak to it briefly just let me know okay I will greg is there anything Greg allan is
there anything else we need to do tonight i don't think so no I think I think you're in good shape do we have to formally took a vote to memorialize these recommendations or Sure why don't I just ask why don't you
I I I move that we approve uh recommend approval of all of the warrant articles except for number 16 yes 21 is the one that's against state law
everything else I believe was recommended approval right 20 is the uh 20 is the road ahead i can't see it i can't blow something so I I move that we uh recommend
approval for all of these warrant articles except for article 21 and and that number 22 you'll make your recommendation from the floor and and for article 22 we will make the recommendation second
john yes says yes kathy it's Brian yes and Jeff yes yes yes yes yes yes thank you very much great thank you thank you all enjoy
babysitting yes thanks everyone yeah thank you