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But why when we officially call the meeting to order? >> Okay. >> Yeah. So it's 401. >> All right. So >> this town affordable housing trust on um June 25th. We're calling the meeting to order today. It's 401. Um let's do a

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roll call. Um >> Veronica Cal present. >> Beverly Napier present. >> David Warland present. and >> friend remote. >> Uh this uh meeting is being recorded.

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Are any others recording the meeting? >> I'll take that as a no. >> Okay. >> Were there any unanticipated >> topics? >> I have none. >> Yeah. Laura,

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>> I don't have any. I do hear a lot of background talking so you know. >> Yeah, let's wait a second. >> Just one second. We're waiting for Karen to return to the room. >> Okay. Review of minutes. Carrie. Well, I have

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no minutes for you, but I owe you them. >> But here's the thing. I was wondering about >> behind. So, I think I can't be any more behind than that. >> You know how we use AI or we used AI for um select board? Um can we do that for this? Can we just get AI minutes from

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the recordings? >> I could ask Sabrina if she could do it for these. >> Um why don't you do that? >> Okay. And then you review for accuracy >> and then we could review for accuracy and then approve at the meeting. Okay. I think that's the simplest and I think we should try to do that going forward.

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>> Okay. I agree. >> I agree. >> Um because they're just as good as people as long as you review it. >> Sometimes better. >> Review for names and make sure things like that are lined up, >> right? Exactly. >> Can I ask a question? >> Yeah. Um is is it just a

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do who who does it? Who turns it on? who turns on the >> when it's being recorded. >> Yeah, Zoom does it for you. So, >> Zoom does it for you. Okay. I really think that every board and committee should be using it.

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>> Every board should just turn it on and then it can assist you in drafting >> the minutes because some don't have staff and they're >> they're not doing a good job really for keeping records. So it's just the point

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of the button. I think I really think maybe that's a department head discussion but it >> for us here I think we should do it. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> AI next time.

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>> All right. Um Cindy Bounty has been reappointed by me but it still has to pass through the select board on the 30th. Beverly Navy has been signed off by me and it's being reappointed again. Needs to be

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ratified by the select board on the 30th. >> Do we need to vote on this at all or is it just good enough to be, >> you know, because they're already on the board? >> Yeah, I mean, I don't think it hurts to have just a motion. Beverly can't make it or second it, but um Dave, Veronica,

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and Lori could say we support the recommendations from Chair Worland um to encourage Cindy and Beverly to continue their service to the town. >> They've already agreed. Correct. They've already agreed. >> So, let's do it. >> Yeah, you could say so moved. >> I I Veronica Keel. So moved.

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>> Laura Shiffren second. >> Excellent. >> All right. Um, uh, any discussion I guess on this? Beverly and I'm I'm just going to discuss Beverly and Cindy's

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terms are up and um, uh, this is a motion to reappoint them. So, >> correct. Thank you for your volunteers >> for discussion. >> You had mentioned the 30th, Kieran. Are they on the agenda to be appointed on the 30th?

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>> Thank you. >> According to Sabrina, yes. Yep, they're on there. >> Um, so this is 2.1 the discussion of the appointment of trustees. So we have a re reappointment for two. So we'll have a

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full board. So um, voting on it. >> Dave, I >> Veronica Cal I >> Beverly Napier I >> and >> Laura Shiffron I. >> So >> all right. >> Thanks everybody. >> All right.

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>> Do we Yeah. 2.2. >> Do we have a statement, financial statement? >> I don't have one for you at this time. Um, you know, in general, the account, um, you has that $500 from the tree fiasco that went on.

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>> Um, and then there's some other, you know, secondary type funds in there >> and there'll be some interest. >> There'll be some interest nominal these days, unfortunately. um when the timber harvest takes place, you know, next winter, there'll be some extra timber

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funds in there. >> That's under project. I know that's coming, which is coming. >> And then, you know, depending on your action with this RFP response, there may be some additional funds um to be placed into that account for the trust. >> So, by our next meeting, we'll have a

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financial >> Yeah. depending on the award date and um sort of timing with the responses responded >> regardless you can ballark it >> hopefully we'll have financ it was Anthony who I used to um send

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email to and he usually responded to me >> but I asked I I didn't ask for this meeting but for the prior meeting and the one before I did and I didn't even get a response hey I got it. >> Yeah. So, um, uh, maybe it was just because things were in flux.

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>> It could be just end of year it gets really challenging for different payroll cycles and employee action forms and different, you know, account closeouts. So, this is always a busy time of year. >> So, no problem. >> So, um, I see we have an RFP.

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>> Yep. 2.3. Um, I'll assist you, assist the group with this. Um, you know, we put out the RFP for a third time. Um, we previously had a couple responses that just didn't meet the minimum criteria the town had set out. Um, so I had modified the RFP and the RFP dates.

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While that happened, I just sort of totally, you know, unknowingly realized I put the submission date as June 19th at 4 p.m., which is a federal holiday. Um, so once I realized that, I extended it to June 22nd, Monday. um so that the

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responders and any interested parties had a little bit more time because the building is closed on national holidays. Um so I put that both on the website as well as on the posting within the building so it was um accessible to any interested parties. Um we did have one

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response um from a gentleman who I see is joining us on on Zoom. He doesn't have to say much, but he may just want to see how it goes for him. Um but um I'm excited to present you guys with an RFP response um from Mr. Phil Colletta. Um, Phil has asked some great questions.

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He's been um, you know, attuned to what's going on with the RFP and, um, you know, it's up to you guys to take a moment, maybe a couple minutes to review the paperwork. Um, I have this official handwritten response here in front of me as well. um received on June 22nd

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approximately 3 p.m. Um so you have an opportunity now to review the documents. Um and ask any questions of me and if it's appropriate perhaps ask um Phil but primarily to be asking me questions. I'm sorry if the photo like you know

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hopefully it makes sense. Um you know he used a very standard form from uh multiple listing services. So, um, those that know real estate, this is an offer to purchase real estate form. It nicely, boilerplate wise, gives you the spaces you need to put down, you know, the

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offer amount, which is $127,000, um, you know, $1,000 earnest money deposit. And then um you know if you find that this is acceptable to you um you can make a motion for the housing trust to take next steps to um get to a

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purchase of sale agreement and um work with uh the respondent and uh his lender and their attorney if needed um to take next steps. So >> are you ready for a question? >> I have a question. Um so what is the

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what is the plan to develop that piece of property? Is there a plan or >> It's not up to us to decide. >> We're just selling. >> I'm curious. >> Well, >> you could you you have to I I would hesitate to ask him what he's going to do with it

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>> because you haven't accepted the offer. >> Okay. >> Well, it's not really our business. Our business is disposable. I've reviewed this. I've had enough time to review this, but I would defer to the rest of the board before >> Yeah, >> I could find that in conversations I've

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had with Phil, it's, you know, is it a few 55 plus housing units? Is it one single family home that matches the neighborhood? You know, uh this is a gentleman that's doing other projects in the town. Um that, you know, having chatted with the building department, I just said, "Hey, who you know, what do

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you know?" And he said, "This is a great organization. They're doing good work in town." Um, and that's all he sort of shared. Just that was just me kind of reference checking. Um, so you know, our building department knows the applicant or the the respondent. >> You're familiar as well. >> Familiar.

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>> Yeah. >> Um, on can I can I just ask a question about the um wording in the offer under letter of intent to purchase real estate. >> So I I don't have a page number on this 14 back of page 14.

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>> Okay. So, get to that. Um, I'm I may have yours because I've been looking at yours. >> Okay, go ahead. >> Um, under deposit schedule. >> Mhm. >> All deposits shall be paid in escrow

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shall be held in escrow by the towns and authority for affordable housing or its attorney of choice. I don't know how important this wording is, but it should be Towns and affordable housing trust. >> Yep. you're allowed to have with letter intents of purchase to have clerical

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errors. So those things are sort of a catchall there. So it' be like a misspelling on an offer sheet. They would say, "Oh, it's, you know, they misspelled Kieran's name. We can clean that up." The >> I just want to make sure it doesn't go to the Townson Housing Authority. Correct. It goes to the Affordable Housing Trust. And um you know in the

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event that you accept the offer this would likely go to either me Terman Casta which is the town's appointed um real estate or attorney >> or um in the past we used an organization called Iris and they assisted us with the disposal of land

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pre the ones that the treasurer uses correct for um >> real estate type proceedings. Um so we have two options. So, and and my default would be that the attorney holds it in an IELT account until we close. And that

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makes everyone comfortable. If you're the one who's trying to purchase the land, that means an attorney has it and his, you know, his attorney could talk to that attorney, >> which is standard >> standard standard operating. >> Yeah, I'm good with that. And I don't have a preference on which attorney to

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use. This is our first goaround as a trust doing this. So, um, >> I may default to someone who's worked with our treasurer's office on these type of projects before, and that likely is the Iris organization. I can't remember if that's a person or an

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organization. >> I think it it might be her name. >> Might be her name. So, I think that's who I would um encourage and it's really helpful within the intent to purchase. It offers that opportunity. So, >> to me that makes sense because our

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account is held through the treasurer. Um, so you're that's what I >> Mr. Chair. >> Yes, >> if I may, Laura Shiffron. Um, so that is correct. The trust would not hold any

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escrow deposits. You wouldn't it wouldn't go into your account. So in these I agree with Kieran that it would go to the other account to be held until a closing

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>> until the closing. I just want to make sure that at closing it comes to us, not to >> Well, that will happen because you're the seller. >> Seller should happen. >> Um my one thing and >> I totally understand.

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>> Yeah, >> that's coming. Yeah. with with the respondent on the on the line with us. Um, as a group, my only caution is we're coming towards the tail end of the month here being June and July 4th is right around the corner. I see that it's five days, five business days. The town may

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need a few more business days of wiggle room. Um, just because the Fourth of July, uh, folks like it's going to end up being like Friday's the holiday, attorneys aren't working, I'm probably not working, the town hall is probably closed for the most part. Um so that

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might be the one response um back to um Mr. Kamea. Um you know and we can always we can always ask him to extend for a few days after that if we need to if we're not able to sort of get our ducks in a row. Um but I would just

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make us aware of the timing there. So >> I have not an opportunity to view the document. I didn't get that. So I can't >> it's under the purchase and sale number three.

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Um duration of offer is until 12:30 on 6:30 >> and then it's 5 days from acceptance to execute a purchase and sale. >> Yeah, just it might just be a tough turnaround for the in the town to do that for you.

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>> Lori, it'll be in your inbox shortly. The town's an inbox. Um I'm able to share it now. I can only email after it's been opened. >> So Karen, are you suggesting that prior to accepting the offer, we want to amend this to ask ask Mr. Ketta if we

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can extend this to make it easier for the town to be able to >> So you can do it a couple different ways. We can try like I could I could try to get, you know, the the uh person Iris, you know, see what their availability is on Monday or Tuesday.

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Um, but once we accept, you know, Friday's a business day, >> understood. >> Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and then we're at Thursday, we may not have been able to get our ducks in a row. We could also ask, you could accept the offer. Um, and then if come Wednesday, say, "Hey guys, we just need a few more

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days." I can email the respondent and say, "Are you agreeable to a few more days?" And I suspect they're going to say yes because of the Fourth of July timing. And they want to do business with the town. Phil, I'm not putting you on the spot, but if if the town needed a few more

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days and I had to ask for it next Wednesday, does that seem okay? >> Absolutely. That's fair. >> Y >> thank you. >> Appreciate that. Yeah. So, it's something we can get rolling, but in the event I can email him, you know, towns and left and say, "We need a few more days. We'll do docu sign and go from

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there." So, >> yeah, timings and everything. Yeah. Um, >> I'm going to wait for >> Why wouldn't you just um counter it in the motion to accept? >> Because there's a world that I can't get

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it done. >> You need No, no, no, no. I say change the date now. He's sitting right here and agreeing to it >> because it has to be emailed and it has to be has to be a record of it. >> A written record >> a written record of it.

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>> Right. And we may not need it any >> right. If we can get it done with under these >> parameters, then we're then we're good to go. >> Yeah. Unfortunately, procurement requires that I have a written email saying we needed four extra days. Do you

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agree to the four extra days to extend the time before >> and then he has to respond in an email that he does? >> Okay. And just for clarification for the public too, the offer is um at least the assessed value.

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>> It is >> it exceeds the assessed value. >> Thank you. >> Should we should we make that public here in as far as numbers go? >> Yeah, I when when we make the motion. >> Okay. >> But I'm going to wait. Laura, have you

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had a chance to review it to your satisfaction before we make any motions? No, but that's really the um I didn't get in and out of there, but that's really all my questions, you know, as long as that's been

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answered and he agrees to an extension if needed, I think the trust is very fortunate. >> Yeah, I would agree. Third times the charm. So that said, um

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>> I move to accept this offer of $127,000 cash. >> Um do I >> for lot 34 >> I'm sorry for lot 34-80- Hannes Road Towns and Mass.

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>> Yep. 01469 from uh Colta Corp, which is 524 Northwest Towns and Road Lenberg, Massachusetts. 01462 >> Veronica Keel second >> discussion

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>> for discussion and the closing date is when >> the current closing date is 30 days from acceptance of offer which is currently July 25th. >> Okay. And um you said cash so there is no financing.

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>> Correct. Correct. >> So June 25th did you say >> July July? July 25th, >> right? >> So before that's 30 days. >> So before signing there will be a purchase and sale agreement within so

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many days and uh before signing that there will be proof of cash given. >> Yep. There's a letter from Main Street Bank stating that >> Okay. Thank you. >> Mr. Kamea within the the offer packet has sufficient funds in his accounts to

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cover the offer. >> Thank you. So the PNS has to be done by when if our offered date. >> So we would have five business days from today. So today Thursday. So Friday is a business day. So by next Thursday we

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would want to have a purchase and sale. Um >> I I have a question about that. Is is Friday a business day for us >> even though we're closed >> because we still have remote workers. It's it's not a it's not a day. >> It's not a hot day. All right. All

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right. So, um, next week, Thursday, which is July 3rd. >> Yes. >> Yes. Yeah. Couldn't think of what the date was. >> Oh, I think because isn't Tuesday the

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30th? So, Wednesday's the 1st, Thursday's the 2nd. >> It's the second. >> I'm looking at a calendar. Um, >> Monday is the 29th. >> July 3rd is Thursday. >> Thursday. So,

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Five business days would be July 2nd. >> July 2nd is Thursday. Yeah. >> Okay. >> It gets tough with the Fourth of July and then the Junth holiday. >> And while we're still in discussion, I just want to note that this is the only offer that came in. Correct.

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>> Okay. >> The only response um >> this round >> this this this current round. Mhm. >> Um, do you want to authorize the chair to sign the purchase and sale agreement upon with your >> Do we do that as a separate motion?

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>> All right. So, let's vote on the acceptance first. >> So, are we ready? >> I move to accept the offer. >> And we did the motion and seconded. >> Yeah, you did the motion and seconded it. >> So, we just have to vote.

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>> Okay. Roll call vote, please. >> All right. All in favor? >> Veronica Cal Iber. >> David Warland. I >> Sheriff I remotely. >> Thank you. Motion. >> All right. So now the um I Veronica Cal

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make a motion for the purchase and sale to be signed by uh Dave Worland as the chair of the Towns and affordable housing trust. >> Second. >> I would just say that it could be signed electronically.

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Oh, so you can receive it on doc or docu sign. >> Okay. Um, so that is an amendment. >> Should I redo the motion? >> You could say so moved. >> So moved. >> Motion carries.

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>> We have to vote again. Roll call vote for that authority to sign by the chair, Mr. David Worland. >> Uh, Brian Cal I. >> Beverly Napier. I >> Laura Shiffren I remotely

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>> thank you. Um congrats to uh to Phil. We look forward to working with you. Um I'll be in touch with you um in the next day or so to uh share a signed offer in agreement to next steps. And um if you could just let me know your attorney,

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Mr. Hastings email address so I can link them together with um the town's representative. Thank you. >> Thank you. I'll send off that email shortly. >> Appreciate it. Thank you, sir. Look forward to working together. Thank you. >> So, very exciting for the trust. I'm

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eager to see um what comes of the parcel and you wish the uh the winner, which is always nice to have a a happy happy story at the end of the day for >> future endeavors to help the town. So, >> this is a good day for the trust. >> It is. It's uh rejuvenating I think from

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my time with you guys over >> moving glacially now. >> We were the past year has been >> the the glacier smells a little bit so the streams pick it up, you know. Um but that's exciting for your group. So uh let's see. I think you had a few other

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things on your agenda. >> Well, let's to talk about this forestry contract. Have we had any any further contact >> Kyle? Nothing on timber. So essentially we're we're where we're holding >> I think we are we're in a holding pattern. We're in quue. >> Yeah.

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>> It will he has accepted the terms. It will be done hopefully >> by this fall winter. >> Yeah. Just it's cut, you know, it's not cutting season per se right now. It's usually just storm cleanup right now. So >> we're just in his queue, you know, and waiting. And I wish there was more to

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it, but you know, now with some funds, you know, post timbering, maybe there's some other things you can come up with for ideas up there or um for other parcels you have your eyes on for future planning purposes. >> Well, I I have a question about the um

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the property on Hannes to Wallace Hill, >> the larger piece, the piece that we didn't sell. Mhm. >> Um given that we learned that there's town water available there on Hayes Road. Um

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I'm just throwing this out there to think about, not to do we want to forest it given that I was told by the um forester for this region that we we couldn't build on it for five years if

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we forested it. Um if we cut Do we want to rethink that property? We were told by the you and I, Dave, we met with um Rick Metaf on that property and we were told that we couldn't put more

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than 11 houses in there >> without putting a water treatment plant or water department up there. So, that was like, okay, forget about it. We're not going to do it. Mhm. >> And um but now with town water being

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available not that far down the street from the entrance to that property, >> which we weren't aware of until a few months ago. >> This is where Dave put the the hydrant the the water source at on the other side of the street. Right.

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>> Yes. Given that, do we want to rethink the forestry on that parcel? Um, MHP Mass Housing Partnership encouraged us to proceed with Blood Road West

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because it was a smaller project. There was town water available. Um, and and we've already done all the pre-work as far as conservation goes out there. That property was flagged two years ago.

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>> Flags are only goods for three years. >> Yes, we know. Um and so we are going to have to redo that work if we don't get a project on the table um an affordable housing project on the table

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>> by next April. It was April 3 years ago that they two years ago that they did that. >> Um so that gives us to we're under 2.4 project updates. So that takes us back up to the discussion of re-engagement

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with the consultants so that we can do a community meeting and write the RFP and they had told us that the best time to get an RFP out was in the fall. >> Yeah. >> Um and secondary was the spring summer

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time period. >> So it's just to fully roll the topic. So this is the parcel that you're having. This isn't the one that Kyle's timbering, right? No, no, no, no. Munch the two kind of. Yes, I have. >> So I,

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you know, there's a world that with town water being there now and you know with this our you know respondents still on this call and then folks like him, you could you could have your town and you could work with because now you're going to have some money to play with, >> right? You could work with a consulting

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firm like a JM Goldson to design an RFP for you and just put it out to bid >> for for the the Hannes Road Wallace Hill >> property. It has two entrances. >> Yeah. >> Um

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>> I mean the town desperately needs housing whether it be 55 plus you know veteran housing. There's so many needs, you know, and and it's taking advantage of your energy and now some backing. You have some financial backing. You know, ideally, we don't want to put the cart

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before the horse, but maybe this is a time to engage, you know, come the end of July with a with a firm to say, what can we do here? >> We have five grand to spend. >> Um, >> and and it's going to take a few tries.

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if we learned anything from this RFP is it takes a few works and a few designs and you you just get the footwork together and and go from there >> cuz I I'm I mean really MHP encouraged us to do a small project since we had

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never done this before but I look at meeting house road and I think boy wouldn't it be nice then to also bring in like the um the grant for the roads what's it called >> complete streets >> complete streets and do a sidewalk cuz complete streets when it was first put

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in for the town focused on the area around the high school >> to do a sidewalk down Hannes Road from where we are go down Spalding Street and it would connect you to the rail trail to the harbor area

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>> which could then allow you to bike or walk >> to Hannerford or into the center of town >> and that could be really really nice I And it's it's quickly taking advantage of of a a moment in time. And yeah,

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>> you know, I think >> we you know, having sat in a planning board meeting recently and chatted with the building department, we do have several 55 plus housing type units coming, whether they be rentals or ones that are for sale. Um, which will be a great win for the town

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>> to have housing resources. Helps us tax- wise. Um, and it, you know, enables builders to keep hiring people to work. you know, there kind of that's the that's the circus we want to be a part of. Um, so maybe it's kind of retool a bit. >> So maybe we want to rethink

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>> or do both. Put out an RFP for um, you know, Elm Street West Blood Road as well as >> Does that make sense? >> You could you could do both. You you really have it may even be an

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opportunity. you know, MRPC, I think, is a little overwhelmed um because it thinks that funding has gotten tight, but is it, you know, that gal Laura MHP, you know, could you get her on the phone or one of her colleagues and you say, "Hey, we're willing to pay you." You know, you have $500 at its worst and

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say, you know, should we get you for a couple hours and either sit with us with maps and sort of say like, what can we do here? Like, here are our goals. Here's where town water is and what that means. sort of have all those bylaws laid out so that they could really give you a nice

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>> firm recommendation and then you know I hate to say money talks but money makes all the difference now because it gives you tools. >> So when's the last time you were in touch with her? >> Uh it's been the last time we had her on with us. It's been over a year.

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>> Yeah, it's been a while. So >> um because we were hoping to do the it was before the ARPA funds that 100k got pulled from us. That's right. >> Um, so and that was uh February a year ago

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>> and it was probably January. It was right before that happened that we talked that what we were going to do was engage JM Goolson to go out to the community and then design the RFP to get it out for the fall. That was what we had planned and that fall was last year

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25, fall of 25. >> Yeah. Also, >> so it was probably January of 25. >> Yeah. to give a busy group more to do. CPA will have funds for housing. >> That's true. >> Yeah. >> But that has to be applied for and town meeting has to approve it.

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>> Well, it was though >> the bucket was set. >> Yeah, but has to be has to be applied for where >> we would I asked the question and we would still have to apply to the CPA group for the project.

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>> Okay. And the project would have to be approved at town meeting, which is why it's not quite as um attractive, >> right? >> Um as otherwise, >> but I think it's a good idea. >> Do you want me to call?

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>> Would you reach out to Lauren? >> I um it'll be after the 23rd of July before I talk to her. >> That's fine. So we should look the other question is our forester if we remove

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the forestry project from the meeting house it's not meeting house hill the wall hill c um will be he be less inclined >> why >> because he had two parcels to >> why why remove it why not

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>> oh I'll remove it so that he can't >> he doesn't forest it >> or maybe it gets forested differently um if we're going out >> you're clear cutting rather than selective cutting >> um >> which would be an impact to the neighbors there. over. >> Yeah. And you know, and we do have a

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contract with him. I mean, obviously, we could talk to him, but I I think we should honor a contract. >> Yeah. Something for you guys to >> Well, it's something to think about because that then puts um we could talk to uh DCR, Mike, what's his name? I

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can't remember his last name off the top of my head to find out why it was that um I was asked specifically when do we plan to develop that? and they wouldn't have approved the forestry on that parcel unless we weren't developing it

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for at least 5 years. Um, and we had it in our >> That's quite >> time on Well, it's because they don't want you cutting the trees even though I've watched a lot of trees get cut. It would be a different

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>> Well, five years is >> a lot of time. >> It's a lot of time. So anyway, something to think about. All right. >> Back for a new another agenda item to more in depthly talk about in July. >> So we should also talk to JM Bolson to

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see um what they can provide us with or what they need for a give us a quote. >> Yeah. Keep it under 10 the magic number. Um, and you know, you can't do a lot until you actually have your money from,

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you know, this offer right here. >> So, that's why I'm saying, you know, you're saying can't be before July 22nd. And I said that's fine. >> Yeah, that's fine. Clearly August 1st. I always use that as an easy date at the August 1st. >> August 1. So, I can talk to Laura before that. I can send her an email.

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>> Um, see >> see if she's uh available. Yeah, >> it's on a consulting type basis. >> Yeah. >> Um All right. >> So, I would think if we wanted to have a

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real productive meeting next, it should be after we've got some some information. >> So, I would imagine that sometime in August is probably when we want to do it. Does that make sense? >> Mhm. I think we should set a date. I do

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better working on deadline. No, you know, if I know when we need to. So, let's look at August. >> While I still have you all here, did you authorize Dave to sign the offer >> electronic? >> No, we didn't.

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>> We said for the purchase and sale, right? >> The purchase and sale. >> But we have to sign the offer, too. >> Oh, we did not do that. >> We would do that as a separate motion. >> Yeah. So, just um you guys >> All right. Um well, backing up here. Um, >> sorry, I should have thought. I was just thinking of steps and and

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>> I don't know all the steps on this process. >> So, it would be uh move to authorize chair David Worland to sign the offer with Bill Palata on behalf of the towns and affordable housing trust. >> So moved.

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>> I will second >> and roll call vote to Veronica. I >> Beverly Nier. I >> you can vote. >> David Warland. I >> and Laura Shiffren. I virtually.

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>> Thank you, Lori. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. Just I was like, "Oh, I have the offer sheet. I got to sign it, too." >> Okay. So, I'll contact Laurel. >> We should also contact JM Goldson. >> I'd go email personal phone.

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Excellent. Thank you. >> Congrats. >> I think it's >> okay. So, we're looking at August, right? >> The 20th. >> Can't do the 20th. >> Okay. >> I can do 13. I can do 27.

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>> I think I'm in over a month. I'm going to be in Michigan. >> Do you know when? >> Um, probably the uh 13th to the 16th or something like that. >> So, if we're going to do a Thursday, we're looking at 6 or 27. Then,

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>> can we do a day other than that? >> We could. >> Um, I can't do the six. Um, >> well, how far into August do you feel comfortable? You want to do the second week of August? >> I I can't do the 13th.

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I can do the 20th and the 27th if we're looking at Thursdays. >> Those days work for me. >> 27. Okay. So, let's do 27. That gives plenty of time to get all this information we are hoping to gather >> before the meeting.

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>> All right. Okay. And >> I'll be virtual then >> on the 27th. >> 27th otherwise I'm bor you're available. >> Yeah. Lori said she'll be here. >> Okay. >> That's good.

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>> All right. So 27th time same 4:00 >> 4 p.m. >> Yeah. >> I think that's good. Do you want me to contact Jan Goldson and >> I do. >> Okay. So I am doing both of these. >> Okay. Um,

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>> anything else? Anybody? >> That's it. That's our whole agenda, right? >> That's all you got. >> Okay. >> All right. Well, I have a motion to adjourn. >> Veronica Cal motion to adjourn at 4:41.

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Second. >> All those in favor? >> Veronica Keel. I >> Beverly Nathier. I >> David Warland I. Laura and I virtually.