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Move to open. >> Second. All in favor. All right. Roll call vote. By the way, Patrick Hefernan is joining us remotely tonight. He's on a business trip. That's why he's on the Zoom call. Patrick, we're doing a roll call vote to open the meeting. >> Uh Patrick Hefernon, yes.

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>> Alicia Braco, yes. >> Gil Deo, yes. >> Welley Matthews, yes. Therefore, for years, >> great. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with

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liberty and justice for all. >> Okay. >> All right. >> So, we're going to move into executive session. >> We're moving into executive session. That means you folks are going to have to leave. >> Okay. >> I'm going to close the door. Are you here because of easements?

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>> Yes. >> Okay. Mark probably told you you should have come later than five, but that's all right. So, if you would >> Well, no, you got to make the motion. >> Hold on. We're going to go into executive session first. Yeah. So pursuant to to Massachusetts general laws chapter 38 section 21A6 I move we

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enter into executive session to consider the purchase exchange lease or value of interest in real property the public discussion of which may have a detrimental impact on the negotiating position of the board. This meeting will reconvene at the conclusion of executive session.

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>> And you second. >> Second. >> Roll call. A roll call vote. Jeff >> Wesley Matthews. Yes. >> Bill Deo. Yes. >> Alicia Greco. Yes. >> Patrick. Yes. >> Thanks. >> So we'll call you when we're open again.

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Okay. >> And we're back up here, which is good. >> Okay. >> You need to do this again in open session. >> Okay. Um, just so everyone knows, Patrick Heepan is participating remotely. He's participating by Zoom.

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That forces us to do roll call votes tonight. And um, all like I said, all all all votes taken tonight will be by roll call vote. So, we're into public comment now. So, to receive oral communications from

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members of the public, members of the public may address the select board for up to three minutes. We're really going to adhere to that time limit tonight. And also, um, we we've heard a lot of input from from you folks. We're glad to

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get that input from you. Um, we'd like to get new comments. Um, if it gets repetitive, it's it's not going to add much to us. Okay. The select board shall not engage in discussion on topics raised during public comment, but may

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choose to add the topic to a future agenda. This agenda segment will be limited to 15 minutes unless extended at my discretion. Alicia, will you time if anyone comes up for >> So, I'm going to time it for three for three minutes. So, >> so who would like to

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>> start after you state your name and your address, then I'll stop the time. If you're going to make public comment, come up to the podium, identify your name and your address, and speak to us. >> Is there any public comment tonight? >> Get there if you want.

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>> I'm Steve on 14th Street. And first I want to apologize for a rather incoherent email that I sent two weeks ago. I think I was doing it in the rush to get something out. And when I went back and reread it, I was sort of like, "Oh god, what have I done?" So that

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said, um, speaking as a geologist, I'm very conscious of the sand coming and the sand going and the sand moving along the coastline. And I think that we need to understand that the barrier beach is a dynamic system. Sometimes some areas are subject to erosion and then they get

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built back up. So when we talk about uh why there's erosion, I think it's easy to try and make the army corps responsible for it when in fact in my mind as a geologist who knows something about coastal processes, it's a natural process of the sand coming and going.

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That said, when I listened to the meeting two weeks ago, I was really struck by how a lot of people were recollecting what they understood regarding the easements. And I was thinking, well, that I actually had a different memory. But I was thinking that ultimately I hope you all had the opportunity to review the documents to

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see what was said because what the documents say and what was signed is what is really binding, not what people have to say. I um found myself a little bit of scance when a lawsuit was mentioned that could affect the town's finances. I was thinking that if people

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have signed these agreements, it's going to be a frivolous lawsuit and the town will come out just fine from a frivolous lawsuit, which is what it sounds to me we might have because people signed on to

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an easement in return for getting sand. It wasn't like the land was taken from the homeowners. Rather, it's like if you want sand, this is the price of getting something. So, there was a legitimate quid proquo and not just an outright taking. Anyway,

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that's my memory. And again, I hope you've had a chance to u review the documents. And since I don't think I'll be here in two weeks, I understand that uh some of the one-year appointments to the various boards might be coming up. And I believe I'm been recommended to be the alternate commissioner for the

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Marramac Valley Planning Commission. And if you have any questions about that, I urge you to send me an email, but I am interested in serving in that capacity as well. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Steve.

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>> Anybody else? Good. Thank you. Peter Ericson, 48 Northern Boulevard. Um, I don't know how many people remember how bad the the erosion was in 2009,

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but it was so bad that rather than rely on dumping offshore, uh, the powers that be decided to pump sand right onto the beach where there was a drop off, a cliff where in 1951 houses had been washed out to sea and it

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was heading that direction. Um, supertorm Sandy came through in 2012 and six houses below Center Island fell off the cliff into the water. Before the infill project, we were in worse shape

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than they were. So, it's very clear that the infill certainly saved our property, probably saved some of our houses. Now, there's a little bit of confusion about the easement because it says uh

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public right of foot passage of the beach infill zone exhibit B. If you go to exhibit B, you see that this infill zone is actually what the the effect of the ocean. Okay? So, in other words, that's public beach. That remains public beach.

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But if you get to the infill area, no public on foot, no public onfoot right of passage or beach activities shall be exercised in the dune management area. That's the area that was infilled that

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we own where there's an easement and nothing herein is intended or shall be deemed to change the overall character of the property as private property. So I think we gave up very little in order to save our properties.

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Not only that, but the properties have appreciated in value two to three times since the infill project was done. I've heard it said that this this easement is going to depreciate our values. Nonsense. We're they're worth so much

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more than they were 15 years ago. What would they be worth if they were washed out to sea? Also, uh I went to an earlier meeting and it was said that it's unfair because this is costing us tax money. Well, the town of Newbury was helpful in us

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getting a tax abatement because of this minimal oversight of a portion of our land. So, this didn't cost us taxes. This saved us. Of course, property values going up. All that has changed over the 15 years. But here's the bottom line. Candace and

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I entered into an agreement. We signed our names, right? The town, the state, the army cores, the power that be, they kept their agreement at public expense and that saved and protected our properties for 15 years.

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An offer was made. There was an accept. It was accepted in writing. Consideration was given. sand. This is a contract that's protected our property for 15 years. I have a contract.

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This easement is part of my property rights, just like my deed. Are neighbors really willing to nullify my property rights? My neighbors have no right to take this easement away. Thank you. Thank you, Peter.

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>> Thank you, Peter. Would anyone else like to come up and make public comment? Okay, hearing none, the next item on the agenda is remarks from the chair. And tonight I I don't have any remarks to make. So things that aren't on the

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agenda and old business. Under old business, we have the easements granted for the Palm Island Beach Nourishing Project as authorized at the October 27th, 2009 special town meeting. Um, and we have a list of

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property addresses that were affected. So, Alicia, would you read the motion, please? I move that on June 9th, 2026, the Newbury Select Board vote to accept the easements granted to the town by

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private property owners pursuant to the May 6, 2009 town meeting authorization related to the town and private property owners receipt of dredge sand materials related to beach replenishment and the obligations associated herewith. The

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parcels to be accepted have been recorded with the registry of deeds and are as follows. The address 48 Northern Boulevard, the registry booking page 29025/309. The address 46 Northern Boulevard,

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registry booking page 29025/322. The address 42 Northern Boulevard. The registry booking page 29025338. The address is 40 Northern Boulevard. Booking page, uh, registry booking page 29025356.

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The address is 311th Street. The registry booking page is 29025372. The address is 2 Northern Boulevard. The registry booking page is 29025/388. The address is 82 Northern Boulevard. The book and page registry book and page

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is 29025/405. The address is 80 Northern Boulevard. The registry book and page is 29025/421. The address is 76 Northern Boulevard. The registry booking page is 29025/439. Uh the address is 68 Northern Boulevard.

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The registry booking page is 29025/457. The address is 72 Northern Boulevard. The registry booking page is 29025/473. The address is 64 Northern Boulevard. The registry booking page is 29025/489.

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The address is 45th Street. Uh registry booking page is 2903231. The address is 8 Northern Boulevard. Registry book and page 29025147. The address is 6 Northern Boulevard.

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Registry book and page 29025163. Address is 32 Northern Boulevard. Registry booking page 29025180. Address is 30 Northern Boulevard. Registry booking page is 29025196. Address is 26 Northern Boulevard.

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Registry book and page is 29025/213. The address is 20 Northern Boulevard. The registry book and page is 29025/229. The address is 16 Northern Boulevard. The registry booking page is 29025/245. The address is 10 Northern Boulevard.

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Registry booking page is 29025/260. The address is 52 Northern Boulevard. Registry book and page 29025-276. The address is 50 Northern Boulevard. The registry book and page is 29025/293. The address is 58 Northern Boulevard.

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Registry booking page is 34152589 and 60 Northern Boulevard. Registry booking page 34152592. Give me a second. >> A second for that motion, please. >> Second. >> I think this is the third select board

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meeting that we've gone through um concerns. We've listened patiently. We've reviewed lots of literature. Um, we've done a lot of deliberation tonight in executive session. I think we can go into roll

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call vote. >> Well, do you want I think we should discuss publicly um our thought process so the public understands >> what we're >> discussing. Um, who wants to start?

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>> You. >> Me? Okay. So in 2009 the um the

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through DCR, the town of Newbury um was able to place dredged material on the island to protect homes um as the first line of defense

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from falling into the ocean. We had severe erosion. One of the requirements of allow of having the town allowed one were the requirements to allow the town of Newbury to place dredged material on

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the beach is um because it's public money going on private properties. there has to be some type of a consideration given. So for the public expense of placing

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sand on the beaches, the requirement, and this is a requirement by law, the regulation is that the the easement location only, the small strip of land where the easement

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location is, the town um accept that easement and allow shoreboard monitoring on that very small strip land, not your entire properties. It's just on the easement.

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Town meeting voted in 2009 twice. We had two votes in 2009 to accept those easements. >> Two3 votes. >> We had to pass a twothird threshold. >> Correct.

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>> Um allowing the select board to make that vote. For some reason that is unbeknounced to us >> to the board and to the town. We cannot find that vote. That vote was never

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taken. We have no record of it. >> It wasn't recorded. It was the vote was taken. It was just not recorded. >> No, there was it was not taken. >> No, there was never a vote. >> Was not taken. Okay. >> Was never a vote taken. Now, the Commonwealth or DCR, who who has been asking for this for this vote? Division

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of Fish and Wildlife. >> Yeah, Division of Fish and Wildlife is now asking the town for a record of this vote and we don't have one. So, it's been a request of Division of Fish and Wildlife that this current select board

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17 years later accept these easements by a vote. These easements were were were granted, as you all know, they've granted they're on your properties. Your property will only transfer with that easement.

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Um, I've asked the question of council, what does this do? What does this easement do? Does this What does this acceptance of this easement do? Does it does it prevent the land owners

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from any type of I guess legal ask of you trying to remove these easements from your properties and the answer is no. So, if we've heard

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that some residents feel as if this these easements were sound signed under tremendous duress and I believe that because if you were looking at your house ready to fall into the ocean, I believe there's tremendous amount of duress there. I do.

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>> But if you still want to go and have this easement removed, the town isn't the vehicle for that. We don't by us accepting these easements, we're not going to prevent you from doing doing that. Um, you still have that ability to go and try to have

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these removed. Um, >> it's still your property. >> Yeah, we're not taking your property. Property belongs to you. Um, I have a concern, and I'm only speaking for me. I have a real concern that if

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something happened not only on Plum Island but other places in the town of Newbury um the Parker River goes up right through by field that if the town is seen as not it's

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going back on its word so to so to speak um it would it would put us in negative position with the Commonwealth to ever get any more sand again for the beach. They will not I don't believe they would

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help us again because we don't keep to our word. So, those are my feelings. >> Did I forget anything? No, but to piggyback on that, it's it's um you know,

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we're advocating for 7,000 people as select members, and that's why we have a concern that that uh if we somehow inadvertently discourage people from giving us grants like they did for the Locken Road Dam

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and like for the Central Street Culver. um that would really impact us financially and and we have to think of all 7,000 constituents. Um and

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Leslie, do you have anything? >> Well, I think what you're saying is absolutely correct that um that the town of Newbury gets viewed in three different areas. We have Oldtown, we

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have Plum Island, we have Thifffield, but we are all Newbury and therefore we are all entitled to have the same um privileges for the grants to improve the entire town.

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And if we side, if it was to be sided just by one area of the town, the other two areas would probably um fall into

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not being able to get any grants for any improvements that are needed throughout. I mean, there's the Larkin Dam, there's the Culver on Orchard Street, there's uh just down the street there's another

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uh part of the park or river. There's River Street that the bridge has to be replaced. There was the bridge on Main Street. These are all things that have to be taken into consideration

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and that if we don't comply as a whole, we lose as a whole. And I want to just piggyback on that that it's a requirement of the Clean Water Act that in order to place a speck

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of dredged sand on our beaches and I'd like to Lisa to correct me if I misspe here. It's a requirement of us getting any sand placed on the beaches. These easements have to be in force in

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effect. Is that a true state? The water quality assert regulations require that if there's dredge material placed on private property, an easement must be granted. >> So if we don't have easements in effect, we'll never get a speck of dredge land

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placed in the town of Newbury. I'm going to say on Plum Plum Island, parts of it's in Newport and I don't think we'll get another speck of land because we're not complying with the with the act. I was really sensitized when when um Joy

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showed the slide that Mark provided of of what the erosion condition looked like in back of his deck at his house. And I mean, I'm not a predictor of the future, but my fear is if that were to happen again in the future, what's our

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recourse if we didn't play correctly in the sandbox? Okay. >> No pun intended. >> No pun intended. Patrick. >> Patrick. >> Yeah, thank you. Um, and I apologize

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that I can't be there in person. Um, so and and I because I asked last time we all met, but we have an opportunity to hear uh or an opportunity to think through this issue. Um, I've done it all

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>> of that. I I I sort of owe it um to Would love to just go back to where we were two years ago when everyone understood each other and pencil the Patrick governance. >> Excuse me, Patrick, you're breaking up. You're freezing. Can you take shut your

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video off and speak? >> Start over. I'm sorry. >> Sure. >> Is this better now? Am I breaking up now or am I clear? >> No, you're clear now. >> Okay. Yeah. So, I was just saying that I wish we could go back to where we were two years ago when birds and beach

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access and private property was all well respected when everyone understood these easements were in place and acted in that way. Um, so for me it's very fundamental to think this through that that or I come back to the fundamentals that it's it's good governance to follow the will of the town. Um, as Alicia as

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he spoke about the vote that we had, the town took um 17 years ago now. Uh, I think it's also good governance to mitigate risks to all of Newberryfield and Plum Island citizens, which you guys have been saying. Um, I also take it in good faith

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when the property owners say they're willing to work to ensure beach access and bird monitoring. I don't I I think I have to um you have to listen to the concerns of the most directly affected citizens. Um

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and I understand the motivation behind the no trespassing signs, but honestly that's to me where where today's friction is where where where this has come to a head and become such a problem. So for me, I I just I you know, balancing all of that um you know, I I

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feel like accepting what we thought was in place already is it's prudent. It's good government um or good governance. Uh and I I you know, I think that's I I'm just trying to balance it all out. It's a very fine line between the two, but that's where I'm coming down.

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Um I also want to make it abundantly clear that um the town has a contract with Audabon for this year. Nothing is going to change this year. Um the way the currently monitoring the beaches that that's that's going to

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remain the same. >> Jeff, did you have anything you wanted to add? >> Um no, not really. I think the logic that prevails tonight is very succinct and sound.

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Um, I still just going to kind of be a bit of an outlier for reasons that kind of go back to the whole process

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and you guys have carried the weight so it's good. Okay, there aren't any more discussion items from the select board. We should take a roll call vote. Um, Alicia >> Alicia Greco votes yes.

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>> Gil Deo votes yes. >> Leslie Matthews votes yes. >> Sheriff action. >> Patrick >> Patrick votes yes. >> Okay. Thanks very much.

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>> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay. My handwritten. >> Okay. Next we have new business. >> Thank you, Lisa. >> Thank you, Lisa.

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>> Have a good one. So, >> I'll tell you the last time I brought them in. >> Public property use request from a couple. >> Does anyone need to take a break? >> No, this is a little sugar. >> Public property use request for Cal Calibrate Events Production LLC for 12th

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annual habicide half marathon and 5K on November 8th, 2026 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Representative Calibrate attending via Zoom. >> Um, motion to accept. Do >> I have a second? we have

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>> and he's going to >> I believe that's Evan. >> Okay. >> Good evening. Can you guys hear me? Okay, >> we can. >> Awesome. Um, so this is the uh I'm just going to talk about the event real quick. This is the >> Introduce Introduce yourself. Introduce

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yourself first, please. Yep. >> Uh, my name is Evan Delei. Um, I'm representing Calibrate Event Production LLC. >> Thank you. Uh this this year will be the 12th year of the Harborside half marathon in 5K

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that briefly uh passes through the town of Newberry. Um there are no changes to the event from previous years. Um this will be the fourth year that the event has passed through the town. Um there is a 5K portion of this event that does not

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utilize Newberry, so only the half marathon does. Um, we anticipate runners will be passing through the town between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 1000 p.m. Um, so there's a very brief time when they are in the town before they enter West Newberry. Um, and back into Newberry Port. Um, happy to answer any questions

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um, on behalf of the event. >> You mean 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.? >> 9:00 a.m. to 10 a.m. Yes. >> Thank you. >> Anyone else? Any questions? >> No. >> So, we have a motion, a second. We have to do a roll call vote. >> Yeah.

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>> Patrick >> Patrick Gffin. Yes. >> Alicia. >> Alicia Greco. Yes. >> Deo. Yes. >> Matthews. Yes. >> Walker. Yes. >> Okay. Great. Congratulations. Thanks for doing this event. >> Thank you. >> I appreciate your support.

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>> Thank you. Council on aging appointment request Joseph A. Kennedy three-year term. >> Motion to accept. >> Second. Um, I can tell you in terms of discussion that that uh Joe's um wife Tina is a is a volunteer

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downstairs in the Council on Aging and he wants to be involved with it as well. So, >> I saw his involvement um on the YouTube video and uh he seems to be very genuine and sincere what he wants

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to do. >> Awesome. >> Very nice people. >> Awesome. Okay. Do we have a motion? Yeah, we have a motion to accept. >> Do you have a second? >> Second. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Uh, roll call vote. Patrick >> Patrick Griffin, yes. >> Greco, yes. >> Deo, yes.

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>> Wesley Matthews, yes. >> Yes. >> Thank you. For one day liquor license application 163 1634 metery LLC for July 12th. Dispenser Pierce, Little Farm, Five Little's Lane Vintage Baseball Wildflower Cup Event from 11:00 a.m. to

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3:00 p.m. >> Motion to accept. >> Someone is here to represent to talk about this. >> Yeah, I mean I sure is there a second. >> A second. >> Second. >> Okay. >> Yeah, I just I'm uh Max Sorger uh here

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representing 1634 Meter LLC. Um, uh, yeah, I just wanted to, you know, present, uh, myself here if you guys had any questions about the event or what we do or anything like that. >> Have any of you ever tried metery products?

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>> I've had me and I've been to the vintage baseball games, too. >> Yeah, >> they're fun. >> Yes, we're looking forward to it. It is a different it's a different experience other than you know like a beer product or a >> you know a hopsy product or something like that.

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>> Absolutely. And I mean we also very much focus on uh local ingredients you know made by locals very small batch stuff. Cool. >> Um so we like in we like participating in these local events very much. >> Are you located down on Graph Road? >> Uh we are we are on uh three Short

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Street in Ipsswitch. >> Oh okay. >> All right. We have a motion, a second. We need a roll call vote. Did we lose Patrick? >> Yes. >> Um, Alicia Branco, yes. >> Bill Deo, yes. >> Wesley Matthews, yes. >> Yes.

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>> Okay, Max, you're all set. >> Thank you guys very much. >> Thanks for coming. >> Thank you. >> Review and approve 2026 short-term rental applications. Um, how about if I read the list and if anyone has an issue with anything, we'll flag it. Is that okay? >> Yes.

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>> Richard H. Lemon Jr. Um, oh, >> operating business. >> No, on behalf of Oh, >> on behalf of Blue Lobster LLC at 1549 Street, permit STI-26-50.

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Alder Brager at Five Donner's Way, permit number STI-26-051. Gail Mercier at Five Royale, permit number STR-26-052. Ryan McWain at for Northern Boulevard, permit number STR26-053.

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Scott and Caitlyn McCon at Ford Jackson Way, permit number STR-26-054. Pamela Dah Jones on behalf of Marley LLC at 42nd Street, permit number STR-26-055.

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Kelly Hartley at Fort Plum Island Boulevard, permit number SDR-26-056. Steven Bachelder at 35 Annapolis Way, permit number STI-26-057. Can I have a motion, please? >> Motion to accept.

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>> Second. >> I call vote. >> Well, he's not here anymore. So, >> right. Oh, he's not there. No. >> All All those in favor? >> I I >> town administrator report. >> Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um, we had

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a little celebration this past week. We actually had a couple of celebrations. One was in honor of James Surret, who celebrated 30 years of service to the town as our bra department and and subsequently as its director. Uh, we

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also celebrated the work of former library director Haley Hart um last week who is leaving for her next adventure. The library trustees are going to be conducting a hiring process to find her replacement. Rusty can's liquor license transfer

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request has been approved by the ABCC. And as I had mentioned to some of you earlier, Salsbury, Newbury, Port Newbury held their uh beach management community forums last Thursday evening in Salsbury and last Friday at um on Plum Island at

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Pitta Hall. It was um basically the culmination of a grant award that we received back in 2026 um or in early 2026 um a coastal resilience grant from CZM in the amount of $232,000.

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It studied it was kind of a long-term regional planning effort to evaluate coastal erosion and sediment transport and the feasibility of shore protection strategies. Um basically the goals were improving

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shoreline stability and due protection, enhancing coastal resilience and natural um and flood preparedness, uh protecting hab habitat and natural systems, supporting regional planning and coordination and finally to engage and

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inform the public. The report was prepared and presented by John Ramsey of sustainable coastal solutions. I did have an opportunity to tend to attend. It was very informative. some of the um the outcomes that they

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projected were were pretty um significant in terms of amounts of sand that would be required on to be deposited on the beaches in order to stave save off, you know, the the erosion hotspots that we've experienced

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over, you know, if you you've heard over the last what 50 years. Um the es and the way it es and flows. Um, both events were extremely well attended and we should have the information up on our website very soon if it's not there

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already. >> That's all I have for tonight. >> Thanks. >> Meeting updates. Alicia, anything? >> Nope. I just uh went to the rec committee meeting the other night because uh I asked them to put on their agenda the

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Evelyn Noise petition to hang an address on the um >> on the on the sign at the new sign. >> The new sign. Thank you. And uh just just in case Evelyn showed up and everything was fine, they voted to do it. Leslie, >> I I'm I'm completely excited about that.

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And in addition to that, it seems that they want to spruce up the entrance sign as well to, you know, because it's kind of shabby. >> Oh, the major sign. >> The major sign. >> Yeah, true. Um there is a uh public hearing that's

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going to be coming up as far as the historic commission's findings on the demolition uh application for 25 high road uh which is on the 17th of June

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here at 7:00. Um, and my recommendations to inform yourselves about how what the the definition of how that all works is to go on to the historic commission's

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site and look up chapter 65 and it'll give you all the information. My other recommendation is also that Jim Surret will is very

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I have already taken the tour of that building and it is more viable than uh it has been explained over the past few years. >> Liz, I appreciate that. Okay. But you need just the intent was just to update

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the group about the meetings you attended. >> I appreciate your comments about 25 high road, but that's that's another issue. I mean, I appreciate the heads up about the meeting on the 17th, but I don't think we need to discuss the stat. >> I'm not I don't want to No, it's not a

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discussion bill. It's just um to for us as a select board to understand it a little bit better before we just see it. >> And listen, the other thing I just want to make one comment pertaining to that. Once the public hearing is up,

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>> the the this is all about process. >> The historic commission has to go through with their process. Then it comes back to us. >> So we'll have another say on it, too. So this isn't over. >> Yeah. >> Oh, no. So you'll be able to have a opportunity to mention all those

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comments then. >> And I I did uh attend the COA meeting the other day and um they are still looking for I think two there are two more people that they need

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to to fill the make >> fill their spaces that are being vacated. >> What do they what is it called that committee? >> No, it's the council consolidation. >> The board of directors. >> Yeah. board directors. Okay. >> Yeah, the directors. >> Yeah. Well, you have Joe. We have one more. >> That's right. We we appointed one

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tonight and I think they still have two open slots open to Leslie's point. >> Yeah. Okay. >> Thank you. >> So, anybody, you know, if you know somebody who might be interested, >> we need to start beating that drum because we have a lot of appointments to make probably at the next meeting. A lot of lot >> the next meeting you're going to have them all.

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>> Jeff, anything from you for meeting updates? Okay. How about uh meeting minutes? Can I have a motion to approve the draft meeting minutes of >> motion to approve? >> Second. >> May 26 meeting minutes. >> All those in favor? >> I.

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>> Motion to assign warrants. >> Second. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I >> I >> I. Motion to adjurnn. >> All those in favor? I second. I second.