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Good. All right. Good evening, everyone.

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With the time being 6 pm on Tuesday,

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September 8th, I'd like to call the

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Abington Select Board meeting to order.

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Uh before we get started, the uh 610

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public hearing for the uh nuisance dog

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dangerous dog has been continued to our

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September 21st meeting. So, if anyone's

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here for that,

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>> September 28th,

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>> uh I'm sorry, September 28th. So, if

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anybody's here for that, it won't be uh

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discussed until then.

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Next on the agenda is announcements.

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Bill, I'll start with you.

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>> I don't have any today.

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>> Do a pledge of allegiance.

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>> Oh, I'm sorry. Skipped right over that.

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>> Sorry. I wonder.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands. One nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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» Dean, do you have any announcements?

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>> I don't. Ken,

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>> just want to remind everybody about

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October Fest. My wife yelled at me and

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said I have to talk about it a little

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bit. Um, Friday night fall trivia. Um,

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the Coons Foundation. Um, I there's too

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many events to to list, but it's on

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Facebook. Abiding celebrates another

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packed weekend, and I will there's a new

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event which the select board members are

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involved with a fall frolic townwide

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family scavenger hunt on Saturday. So,

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that's all I'm going to say about that.

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A lot of a lot of cool things about

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that. And the regular uh the regular big

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October Fest family celebration is

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Sunday from 12:00 to 3 up at the Legion

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and Memorial Field. So, but there's more

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online about that and as we finalize the

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uh the brochure.

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Do I have something else? Oh, I want to

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remind everybody else about the Abington

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Copes 5K race and walk on Sunday,

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Woodsdale School Food Trucks DJ Family

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Fund. Um Abington Copes.org or if you

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want to sign up for it.

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>> Trash.

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» I have a trash update. Just a reminder

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that the trash company picks up between

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7:00 a.m. and 6 p.m. So, have your

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barrels out before 7 a.m. Um, if you

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have a bulk item to get rid of, you can

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text photos of the items they'd like

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you'd like picked up to All State Waste

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dedicated text line. It's 888-55909.

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and just indicate that you are an

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Abington resident when you text. Um

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they'll review the request, provide

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pricing, coordinate with you. Also, they

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have a dedicate they dedicate the last

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Wednesday of each month for collecting

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bulk items in Abington. So, plan

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accordingly. If you need if needed,

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additional days may be added. Uh if you

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constantly find yourself with too much

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trash and not enough room in the barrel,

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you can request to be present at an

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upcoming board of health meeting and

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request an extra barrel. There's a fee

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associated with that, an annual fee, I

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believe. Um, and just make sure all your

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trash is inside the barrel and the lid

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is closed.

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>> Closed. Capitalize with an exclamation.

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as a trash.

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>> Oh, and you have to leave your recycling

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out. It's a mandatory recycling down.

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>> So, the recycling has to stay up with

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the trash.

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>> That's it.

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>> All right. I have a couple. Uh, so this

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Friday marks the 25th anniversary of

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911. Uh last night right outside this

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building at the 911 memorial, we held a

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service honoring the victims of that

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tragic day and its aftermath. I want to

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thank the 911 committee, police, fire,

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DPW, uh American Legion, Abington

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Schools, and especially Christy Kums for

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her powerful words in telling us all to

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pay it forward with acts of kindness.

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what else do I have? The uh Abington

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Police Mascoff Golf Tournament is

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Wednesday, September 23rd at 9:00 p.m.

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over at Old Scotland Links. Uh next and

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last, I have uh from the president of

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Abington Youth Soccer. Is it gearing up

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for their 50th anniversary? Uh he just

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wanted me to say that Abington Soccer

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held its first games in 1975 and

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officially became an organization in

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1976.

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AYS is celebrating is celebrating 50

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years this fall and is looking to

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connect with uh former program alumni.

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Specifically, Abington Soccer is looking

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for old jerseys, patches, logos, team

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photos, and other memorabilia from the

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past 50 years. If you have anything you

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would like to share, please email the

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Aington Soccer President, Rick Collins,

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at a press pesgmail.com.

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There will be an event uh at the turf

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fields on Saturday, September 19th at

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11:00 a.m. Uh in I've I've already

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shared uh some of my memorabilia from

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playing in the program in the 80s and

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90s. So if you'd like to see proof that

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I had a full head of

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flowing uh bleach blonde hair, that's

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your only opportunity to see that. And

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that's all I have.

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Uh so first item on the agenda is uh

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recognition of Sergeant Steve Marquad

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upon his retirement from the Abington

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Police Department.

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Come on up, buddy. Yeah, yours is good.

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So uh I love what you guys have done

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with the select boardroom. This looks

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great in here.

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>> These chairs are so comfortable. Nice

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day.

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>> It's nice. Working on getting better

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tables. Maybe coming to a capital uh

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request near you. I don't know. Town

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meeting.

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uh thank you for allowing us to to do

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this and recognize such a a dedicated

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public servant. Uh over 30 plus years.

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um started back when most of our uh most

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of our department wasn't even thinking

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of law enforcement at all or just

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playing in the backyards with squirt

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guns and some weren't even born. So, um

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it's just uh it's just an awesome moment

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to see the outpouring of support that

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has uh taken place. Uh last week we had

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a a send off for his his final call and

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I've I've seen a number of these

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throughout my career and I've never seen

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I mean this place had more than 100

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people in this room. Um I' I've never

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seen it like that and even today I'd

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like to recognize Chief Frine and and

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his wife uh Chief Rainey uh believe was

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a chief here from '92 to 2004.

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people out here and um it's just an a

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awesome opportunity. Sadly, the deputy

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chief had to take uh Sergeant Mark

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Watt's picture off of the the wall the

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other day and uh soon enough you'll be

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seeing him in in High Viz Green uh

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waving traffic at the Rotary to be at

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Hancock and Chestnut.

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Yeah. So, um, but no, I I'll turn it over and, um, I just think the

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world of Sergeant Mark Watt and what

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he's given and, uh, also to his to his family has shown up to some of

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these things. This line of work just

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isn't an individual thing. It's not just

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us showing up. It's, you know, a lot of

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missed family time with, you know,

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sometimes we're not great at making

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birthdays or little league games and

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things like that. It's a true sacrifice

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to the family and it's just awesome to

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see his family coming in here uh to

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honor his career too as well. So uh

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>> All right.

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On behalf of the select

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board, I have a citation I'd like to

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read out to you, Sergeant. Uh throughout

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the throughout his career, police

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sergeant Steven Marquad has served the

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town of Abington in several roles and

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assignments. He has served as a police

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officer, as a detective from 1998

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through 2004, and since 2017 has proudly

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served as a sergeant, providing

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leadership, guidance, and mentorship to

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the members of the Abington Police

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Department. For nearly 34 years of

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full-time service in a law enforcement

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career spanning nearly four decades,

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Sergeant Markwart has dedicated himself

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to protecting and serving the residents

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of Abington, often putting his own line

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in jeopardy, life in jeopardy,

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supporting his fellow officers in

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upholding traditions and values of the

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Abington Police Department. Now

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therefore, we, the Abington Select

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Board, on behalf of the town of Abington

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and its residents, congratulate Sergeant

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Marquott on his exemplary career and

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wish him well in his retirement.

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Uh, now I'd like to recognize our state

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rep, Allison Sullivan. Amita,

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» sorry maneuvering this room.

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» I think the select board meetings should

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be held in this room more often, right?

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Everyone in agreeance, right, Chief?

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>> Good evening, everyone. My name is

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Allison Sullivan Almeida. I am the state

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representative for Abington and it is an

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honor to be here. Sergeant Marquat, you

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are a face that I have seen almost my

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entire life here in Abington. Um, I

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heard about your sendoff from past and

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present officers coming out to support

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you. I know my uncle has said nothing

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but great things about you when he

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served on, you know, his time in

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Abington with you. Um, it's kind of

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crazy to think that I'm now your, you

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know, the state representative

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presenting you with a resolution from

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the house, you know, cuz I was one of

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those kids that was running around

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causing some trouble in the

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neighborhood. Never. Never. I was the

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best kid around. You've seen my

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daughter, right? She's she's an A+

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student right here. So, I do have a

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resolution and and we don't give these

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out to many people and then and it has

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to have a big event that has taken place

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in order to receive this resolution.

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was read into the House

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record actually this morning. Um, so

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it's in the House record as of today and

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it's in recognition of your uh

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retirement. And if it's okay, I'd like

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to read it real quick if that's okay

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with you, chairman. Um, congratulations,

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Sergeant Marquat, on the joyous occasion

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of his retirement from the Abington

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Police Department. Whereas Sergeant

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Steven Marquart began his distinguished

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career with the Abington Police

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Department in 1988. Whereas in 1993,

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Steven Markwart joined the Abington

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Police Department as a full-time police

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officer, beginning more than three

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decades of devoted service to the town

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of Abington.

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And whereas in rec in recognition of his

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professionalism, dedication, and

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commitment to public safety, Steven

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Marott was promoted to detective in 1998

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and later promoted to rank a sergeant in

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2017.

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And whereas throughout his exemplary

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career, Sergeant Markwart served the

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Abington Police Department with honor,

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integrity, and unwavering courage,

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earning the deep respect and admiration

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of his colleagues in the community he

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faithfully served. And among his many

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heroic acts, one of the one that stands

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out was when his selfless rescue of a

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woman moments before an oncoming train

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passed, willing willingly risking his

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own life to save hers further

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demonstrated his profound devotion to

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the safety and well-being of the

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Abington community. And whereas Sergeant

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Markwart, after over 33 years of

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dedicated service, will be leaving

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behind a profound legacy of leadership,

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professionalism, and steadfast

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commitment to the safety and well-being

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of the Abington community. Therefore, be

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it resolved that the Massachusetts House

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of Representatives officers in offers

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hereby congratulates Sergeant Steven

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Marquat on the joyous occasion of his

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retirement from the Abington Police

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Department expresses its deepest

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appreciation for his many years of

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honorable service and extends its

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warmest wishes for happiness, good

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health, and faithful and fulfillment

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throughout throughout his welldeserved

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retirement. and be it therefore further

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resolved that a copy of this resolution

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be forwarded to the clerk of the house

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of representatives to Steven Markwart

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and it's signed by the speaker of the

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house the clerk of the house and myself

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Allison Sullivan Almeida so

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congratulations

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>> so much retirement looks great on you

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sir

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>> I appreciate it SO

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over there.

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>> Yes. We do a photo over there.

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>> Yeah.

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Uh

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>> if I could say something too as well. Um

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some people in this room know this, but

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before 1988

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um before he was a police officer, uh

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Mr. Marcott worked at Trouie Supermarket

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and there's many people in this room who

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worked there probably with him or before

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him or after him. But um uh Chief Bonnie

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just mentioned there might be some

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details available for you, but there's

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always place at Chukis. Okay. And and

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but if you don't, I just want to

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practice this. Steve, bag up front,

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please.

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Thank you.

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I appreciate it. Thank you.

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Okay, we're going to do this on the

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count of three. One, two, three.

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can the representative.

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>> Yeah, representative.

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>> She's campaigning.

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>> Come down.

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>> I apologize for taking up the time.

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>> No, I want to get you in the picture,

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too.

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>> You working this way.

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» Hey, I'm going to do it on the count of

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three again. One, two, three.

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>> Thank you. Thank you. Thanks so much.

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you.

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>> Congratulations.

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>> Thank you.

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» The meeting goes downhill from there.

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» Are we good to jump to that or?

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>> Yes.

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>> Okay.

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>> I think yes.

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>> Uh I'm going to jump ahead on the agenda

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to item number eight. Uh intermunicipal

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agreement socialore household hazardous

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waste uh depot. Is there someone here to

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speak on that? Cla's right there. She's

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coming right up. Mr. Chairman,

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>> where should I stand?

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>> Uh,

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>> or stand up for

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>> sure. You could actually if you want to

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go to the podium.

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>> Okay.

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>> Hello.

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>> Good. Claire, how you doing? Yes.

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>> We don't have a citation or anything for

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you, but you can

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>> Hey, I'm retiring in a few months.

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» Hi, thank you so much for having me

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here. Um, my name is Claire Galcowski

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and I'm the executive director of the

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Southshore Recycling Cooperative.

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Hopefully, uh, I Who here has not heard

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of the Southshore Recycling Cooperative?

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Um,

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okay. So, you're somewhat familiar with

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us? Okay. We're we're we represent 18

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towns, work for 18 towns for the solid

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waste departments

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and including Abington. And um, I want

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to first thank um, Mr. Moresco for being

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so um engaged and involved with um

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responsive to my uh correspondence, my

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multiple correspondences over the past

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few months regarding this project. Um do

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we do you want me to do the presentation

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slide presentation or should I just talk

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off the cuff?

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>> Uh if you if you do you have something

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ready to go?

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>> Well, I have I have a thumb drive.

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>> A thumb drive? I don't know if that's

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something

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>> if we if if maybe if you could just if

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we could just talk it through the boards

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I passed out the uh document that you

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had sent me so they all have it in their

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packet.

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>> Okay.

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>> Maybe you just want to touch on the

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>> I don't want to speak for the board but

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I think they're supportive of the work

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that the organization

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>> keep me on track if I can follow the

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presentation myself. So, first of all,

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I'd like to pass out our

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flyers for our current hazards.

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>> Thank you.

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>> Season so you get a sense of what we're

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doing.

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» And and my colleague Missy is here too.

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She might want to say a few words, too.

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She's she's our D, municipal assistance

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coordinator for our region, and she's

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been with the CE bonus, too.

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>> So, the first one is the 12th. I

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actually already signed up for that one.

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That's coming up local for us.

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>> Excuse me.

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>> The first one is coming up.

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>> Yes, it is.

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>> Yes. The first hazardous waste day of

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our season, which is six events, is this

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coming Saturday. So, if you want to

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come, you need to register.

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>> Yep.

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>> Um I have more flyers here. Um if

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anybody if anybody wants

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>> We have a whole stack of them up here,

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too. If anybody wants to take one after

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the meeting.

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>> Oh, you do? Okay.

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>> Beautiful.

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So

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keep myself on track here because I know

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we have a very heavy schedule.

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Um

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so we have been working for the past

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four years on a hazardous a regional

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hazardous waste depot project. Um

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precipitated by a

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um a situation that came up four years

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ago when our entire fire event season

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was canceled with three weeks notice. Am

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I not?

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>> No.

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So, um,

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so why do we need a central depot? Um,

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let me just obviously just jumped ahead.

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So, our current system provides safe

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disposal for gasoline, pesticides, drain

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cleaners, pool chemicals, things that

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you don't want your residents throwing

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into the trash or down their drains or

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into the ground. Um, currently we have

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12 popup hazardous waste events in the

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spring and in the fall. Um, our

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reciprocity policy enables all residents

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of all our 18 member towns to go to any

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of the collections.

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Um, we have a a contract with Clean

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Harbors that's going to be in effect

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through fiscal 28 with a 30% discount o

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over the uh going rates because they're

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because we work with Clean Harbors,

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they're local. Um, so they were kind

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this see this this time around to give

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us a deep discount because they wanted

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to get us in. Um, currently we don't

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have any summer or winter options. Um,

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and scheduling events is becoming

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increasingly difficult to get because

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there's more demand than supply. There's

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there are fewer and fewer um

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vendors that are willing to do this kind

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of work. We're down to stu two vendors

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in the whole state including Clean

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Harbors and they're they're we're

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teetering on getting only one. Um so the

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rationale for the depot is uh worker

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neighborhood facility and groundwater

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protection. Uh we've had a couple of

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towns, a few towns actually have had

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fires in the past few years because of

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hazardous materials being put in the

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trash. Um, there was a neighborhood

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cleared out of Norwell several years ago

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because some uh because a trash truck

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had some incompatible chemicals and it reacted and cleared out like a threeb

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block radius, sent some people to the

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hospital.

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Um, as I mentioned, we have a shrinking

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pool of service providers. So we have

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service and cost vulnerability

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uh particularly in fiscal 29 when uh

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when we are hopefully in a new contract

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but there's no guarantee. Um there are

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proven models uh of regional facilities

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that are are permanently based one in

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Lexington and one in Devons and there

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are a few others around the state too

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but they're they're not very common. Um

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it would provide operational and um cost

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efficiency in the future. Not so much

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now because we are in a particularly

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advantageous contract, but but come

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fiscal 29 um I'm pretty sure things are

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going to change. Uh and it would provide

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year- round access.

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Um so as I mentioned, we've been working

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on this for almost four years now. Um

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and I'm not going to bore you with the

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details. It's we've had a lot of delays

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as any building project is is sub

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subject to and now we're coming up on

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some dead deadlines including a grant

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deadline. We're in our second grant

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extension um for D um because there's

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been so many delays and plus I'm going

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to be retiring next year. I was hoping

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to retire in January, but uh that's

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probably not going to happen, especially

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if this goes on. But that's okay. I

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would like to see this this through. Um

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before we can open, we we want to open

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by May of next year. And to get there,

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we need to go out to bid soon. And um

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most critically, we need 12

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intermunicipal agreements signed. Um we

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have 12 towns, including Abington, that signed on to this project four year

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three three and a half years ago. They

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sent letters of support. They provided

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um some funds to help cover the cost

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because we couldn't get grants without

543
00:21:50,799 --> 00:21:53,120
matching funds. The SSRC also

544
00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:54,880
contributed a good chunk of matching

545
00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:56,400
funds.

546
00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:00,240
Um we hope to be releasing our bids uh

547
00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,840
in the next two or three weeks. Um and

548
00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:05,919
in order for the project to complete, we

549
00:22:05,919 --> 00:22:08,480
need to award it at our next board

550
00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:11,280
meeting towards the end of October.

551
00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,640
Um, at that point we'll have we would

552
00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,600
have a hazardous waste depot uh council

553
00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,440
that would be appointed with one member

554
00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,840
from each town that would determine cost

555
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:24,080
allocations and things like that. But

556
00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:25,760
I've worked I've worked out a number of

557
00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,320
scenarios on those things.

558
00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:32,480
Um the only rub right now is that um

559
00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,200
given our very low uh contract cost with

560
00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:36,880
clean harbors, which I'd like to

561
00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,400
emphasize is probably temporary. Um and

562
00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,400
the fact that a permanent facility will

563
00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:43,919
involve things like additional costs

564
00:22:43,919 --> 00:22:47,280
like insurance, um maintenance, uh and a

565
00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:49,520
reserve fund, we will be a little bit

566
00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,159
over budget, um compared with current

567
00:22:52,159 --> 00:22:54,960
costs. Um, alto together we're we're

568
00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:57,679
looking at I'm projecting about $23,000

569
00:22:57,679 --> 00:23:02,720
altogether in additional costs. Um,

570
00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:06,640
so uh so this is this would mean about

571
00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,520
$2,400 per participating town in

572
00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:10,960
additional costs over what you're

573
00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:14,000
currently paying. Um, and I'm hoping

574
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,360
that that's not a um a deal breaker, but

575
00:23:17,360 --> 00:23:20,240
um in the long term this will give us

576
00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:23,919
stability. It will give us um probably

577
00:23:23,919 --> 00:23:26,480
ultimately cost savings because we would

578
00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,280
be paying it in for using paying ex for

579
00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:30,799
exactly what we're generating rather

580
00:23:30,799 --> 00:23:34,240
than estimating per car costs.

581
00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:38,159
Um if we institute um small resident

582
00:23:38,159 --> 00:23:39,919
co-ayments that would offset all the

583
00:23:39,919 --> 00:23:41,919
additional costs and additional costs

584
00:23:41,919 --> 00:23:44,640
can also be covered by um RDP grant

585
00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,840
funds which DP provides every year which

586
00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,720
I'm pretty sure Abington has a a a

587
00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:53,120
balance in their account. They get given

588
00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:56,400
money for having a good program.

589
00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:59,600
So um see I have I have a slide here

590
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:03,520
with estimated costs um per town. Um,

591
00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:05,039
there are several different ways we can

592
00:24:05,039 --> 00:24:08,799
slice and dice this. Um, but the one I'm

593
00:24:08,799 --> 00:24:10,240
putting out there right now is that

594
00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:14,159
every town would pay $2,400 in addition

595
00:24:14,159 --> 00:24:16,880
to what they're currently paying.

596
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:20,400
Um, the intermunicipal agreement um is

597
00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,640
based on the Minute Man hazardous waste

598
00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,360
facility which has been in in uh working

599
00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:28,400
for almost 20 years now. I think they

600
00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:29,840
just renewed their intermunicipal

601
00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:32,640
agreement with 10 towns. those towns all

602
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,400
reviewed it by council. So, I started

603
00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:38,159
with that one and just made some changes

604
00:24:38,159 --> 00:24:40,960
that were specific to our circumstance,

605
00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,600
but all the legal language is the same.

606
00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,720
Um, and this was signed by 10 towns in

607
00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:48,720
2023.

608
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:53,039
Um, so if uh so today I'm here to ask

609
00:24:53,039 --> 00:24:55,039
the select board if they would be

610
00:24:55,039 --> 00:24:56,720
willing to sign the intermunicipal

611
00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:58,320
agreement. You're the first town I've

612
00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:00,400
come to. We're going to Whitman right

613
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,039
after this. Um and we're on several

614
00:25:03,039 --> 00:25:05,039
other agendas uh coming up in the next

615
00:25:05,039 --> 00:25:07,600
few weeks. So the intermunicipal

616
00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,480
agreement would be effective once the 12

617
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,960
participating municipalities have signed

618
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:14,880
the IMA

619
00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:16,480
and that has to be done as I mentioned

620
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,400
before the construction contracts are

621
00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,880
awarded because we can't commit to any

622
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,120
additional funds if we're not going to

623
00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:24,720
be able to move forward with the

624
00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:28,640
operation obviously. Um, so I can I can

625
00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:30,799
provide more details about resident

626
00:25:30,799 --> 00:25:33,120
copay recommendations or any anything

627
00:25:33,120 --> 00:25:34,960
else that you would like to talk about,

628
00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:38,640
but I didn't want to go on for too long.

629
00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:40,480
So, and I'd like to give give a minute

630
00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,360
to Missy to introduce herself, too, and

631
00:25:43,360 --> 00:25:45,679
just give the two cents because D is

632
00:25:45,679 --> 00:25:49,200
funding this at a $250,000

633
00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:53,919
and that's what's making this possible.

634
00:25:53,919 --> 00:25:57,039
>> Hi, my name is Miss Mrs. Cal. um back

635
00:25:57,039 --> 00:26:00,320
and um I am what's called a municipal

636
00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,039
assistance coordinator and what that

637
00:26:03,039 --> 00:26:05,600
means is that I help municipalities in

638
00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:07,919
my district with trash and recycling

639
00:26:07,919 --> 00:26:11,760
reducing those those two um items and my

640
00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:13,679
district has been just expanded. So I

641
00:26:13,679 --> 00:26:17,440
cover from denim up the hull and then

642
00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,840
all the way down to Fall River. So, I

643
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:21,760
know there's pretty big pretty big area

644
00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,000
and what I can tell you is that in a lot

645
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,320
of those areas, we actually have um a

646
00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,960
household hazardous waste desert. A lot

647
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,600
of those communities do not have the

648
00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:34,159
same access that your residents do. They

649
00:26:34,159 --> 00:26:37,120
either don't have anything at all and I

650
00:26:37,120 --> 00:26:40,720
don't even want to know where their stuff is going. Um maybe even to

651
00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:42,320
you, I don't know, you know, but but I

652
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,320
don't you know, but the thing is it is a

653
00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:45,919
problem. The other thing is my other

654
00:26:45,919 --> 00:26:48,080
municipalities who do have an event like

655
00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,559
on an annual basis, they're seeing that

656
00:26:50,559 --> 00:26:52,880
the costs that Claire was talking about

657
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,200
have gone up dramatically. There are

658
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,679
very few players who are able to offer

659
00:26:57,679 --> 00:26:59,919
this service in the state because it's a

660
00:26:59,919 --> 00:27:02,320
very complicated highly regulated you

661
00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:04,799
know for safety reasons for that and the

662
00:27:04,799 --> 00:27:07,279
costs are going up with that and also

663
00:27:07,279 --> 00:27:09,039
the availability of dates and

664
00:27:09,039 --> 00:27:10,559
collections that are convenient to your

665
00:27:10,559 --> 00:27:12,720
residents are going down. So, the model

666
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:15,200
that CLA is offering, we've seen great

667
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:16,960
success with other communities that do

668
00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,279
have this. It provides you with more

669
00:27:19,279 --> 00:27:21,679
power um and more access for your

670
00:27:21,679 --> 00:27:23,360
residents and also the ability to

671
00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:25,679
control the cost more. So, we just want

672
00:27:25,679 --> 00:27:26,960
to say that Claire's done a great job

673
00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:29,039
working on this and it's a really good

674
00:27:29,039 --> 00:27:32,000
benefit for um Abington to be thinking

675
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,520
in a forward future um model. So, that's

676
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:36,640
all I just want to say. Thank you,

677
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:37,039
Claire.

678
00:27:37,039 --> 00:27:42,390
>> Thank you, Missy.

679
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,880
Do do any of any of you have any

680
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,520
questions?

681
00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:47,840
>> Yeah.

682
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,159
>> The depot's planned to be in Hanover.

683
00:27:50,159 --> 00:27:53,200
>> Oh, yes. I minor detail I left out. Yes.

684
00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,159
The um the town of Hanover is um

685
00:27:56,159 --> 00:27:59,520
allowing us to construct this on um at

686
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:01,360
their transfer station. It's quite a

687
00:28:01,360 --> 00:28:03,840
central location for the for the

688
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,000
municipalities. So the hazardous waste

689
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,320
days as we know it now, you know, the 12

690
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:12,559
year will we will will still be there or

691
00:28:12,559 --> 00:28:13,039
no?

692
00:28:13,039 --> 00:28:15,360
>> We would then it would it would be

693
00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:16,960
spread out more. We would end up

694
00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,039
actually with 13 events instead of 12

695
00:28:19,039 --> 00:28:20,559
per year, but there would be at least

696
00:28:20,559 --> 00:28:24,320
one each month. Right now we just have

697
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,960
um on average two a month in September,

698
00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,919
October, November, April, May, and June.

699
00:28:29,919 --> 00:28:31,760
And then if some so if somebody's moving

700
00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:34,399
out of their house after our last event

701
00:28:34,399 --> 00:28:37,279
in June, which h happens pretty

702
00:28:37,279 --> 00:28:40,240
regularly, they're kind of stuck. Um

703
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,279
they could go up to Brockton

704
00:28:43,279 --> 00:28:45,120
um and pay a huge amount of money to

705
00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,440
them um because they're open in the

706
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:48,640
summer, but they're not open in the

707
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,440
winter either. So there's no So if

708
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:57,360
residents are moving, they really are pretty stuck. So, so the events that

709
00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:00,640
are now in local towns will all be in

710
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:01,520
handover.

711
00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,440
>> Not all of them. No, there are 12. We

712
00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:05,919
have 18 towns in our cooperative. So,

713
00:29:05,919 --> 00:29:08,320
there are 12 towns that had indicated

714
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:10,559
interest in participating in this. The

715
00:29:10,559 --> 00:29:12,320
other six are kind of around the edges.

716
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:14,720
We have Brainree, Wemouth, Hall,

717
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,399
Marshfield, and Plymouth. And they're

718
00:29:16,399 --> 00:29:17,840
not participating.

719
00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,480
>> If they decide to participate at some

720
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:21,919
point, would the cost for the other

721
00:29:21,919 --> 00:29:24,480
towns that enroll first would go down? I

722
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,080
would I would think so. Yes.

723
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:31,200
>> Okay. So, now is this um location open

724
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,120
every weekend or no? It's only going to

725
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:34,159
be open for a double

726
00:29:34,159 --> 00:29:36,960
>> initially. Um it would be open during

727
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,120
the months that there are no other popup

728
00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:41,120
events in the per in the peripheral

729
00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:43,440
towns. Um but it would have the

730
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,840
flexibility to be open once a week. Say

731
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,960
if for instance if my successor decides

732
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,279
to have office hours there. I work

733
00:29:51,279 --> 00:29:52,799
remotely. I work from home. I live in

734
00:29:52,799 --> 00:29:55,279
Westwood. So, it's not practical to

735
00:29:55,279 --> 00:29:57,039
commute down here. I've always worked

736
00:29:57,039 --> 00:30:03,840
from home for 28 years now. And um but the the facility would have an

737
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:07,600
office in it, so it would be possible to

738
00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,480
open it more often

739
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:12,559
um if there was a demand for it and if

740
00:30:12,559 --> 00:30:14,320
it could be financially justified.

741
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,480
>> Will this facility take additional items

742
00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:20,080
that that we beyond the scope of what we

743
00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:22,480
we're allowed to drop off now?

744
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:25,760
Um, initially we would probably just

745
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:27,600
start off with the basics that we're

746
00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,320
taking now and that would be an option

747
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:32,480
because it's it would be flexible.

748
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:34,399
>> Um, and now we you know we're taking

749
00:30:34,399 --> 00:30:36,240
propane tanks and fire extinguishers

750
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:40,720
this um Saturday in Whitman too for a

751
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:44,399
fee. Yeah. So, we could potentially um

752
00:30:44,399 --> 00:30:48,720
do that. Um if assuming we can get

753
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:50,240
service, we could probably expand to

754
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,320
battery. Could there's there's a lot of

755
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,960
directions it could go in if there was a

756
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:56,399
demand for it.

757
00:30:56,399 --> 00:30:59,279
>> So, it will not be less items. It be the

758
00:30:59,279 --> 00:31:01,120
same may possibly more in the future.

759
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:04,559
>> Right. Okay. Right.

760
00:31:04,559 --> 00:31:06,880
I it sounded like you you we didn't have

761
00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,120
an idea of the cost per member town

762
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,120
until you figure out how many member

763
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:12,480
towns there are.

764
00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:15,600
>> Uh we well we I'm I'm running on the

765
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,120
assumption that if we don't get all the

766
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,120
towns to participate, we're just not

767
00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:20,480
going to be able to do it because I

768
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:22,880
don't think there's much wiggle room for

769
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,600
any town's finances right now. And to

770
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,799
reduce the um number of towns that it's

771
00:31:28,799 --> 00:31:33,200
spread out among would probably not fly.

772
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,720
That's been my assumption all along. Um

773
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,919
I guess if we come up with 11 and the

774
00:31:39,919 --> 00:31:41,519
inter actually the intermunicipal

775
00:31:41,519 --> 00:31:43,519
agreement says it's only in effect upon

776
00:31:43,519 --> 00:31:46,559
the signing by 12 towns which perhaps

777
00:31:46,559 --> 00:31:50,159
was shortsighted but uh but um

778
00:31:50,159 --> 00:31:51,679
>> but so there is an estimate estimate

779
00:31:51,679 --> 00:31:53,840
cost per town if there are 12 towns you

780
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:55,120
have that. Okay.

781
00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:57,760
>> And um I there's and like I said there's

782
00:31:57,760 --> 00:31:59,840
five ways to slice and dice it. At the

783
00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:01,200
moment there's two kinds of costs.

784
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,440
There's the fixed costs and there's the

785
00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,480
variable costs. So the fixed costs are

786
00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:11,200
the cost to have the facility to um have

787
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,440
a dumpster there for the boxes and the

788
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:17,279
trash um to to cover the insurance to

789
00:32:17,279 --> 00:32:19,200
maintenance and all that. Um the

790
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,240
variable costs are dependent on how much

791
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:23,919
material people bring and how many

792
00:32:23,919 --> 00:32:26,480
people come and that cost will remain

793
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,760
constant with the current program for

794
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:32,559
the time being. Um, initially I thought

795
00:32:32,559 --> 00:32:34,799
we would be paying by the drum rather

796
00:32:34,799 --> 00:32:36,399
than by the car. So, right now we're

797
00:32:36,399 --> 00:32:38,799
paying So, a car comes in, if they have

798
00:32:38,799 --> 00:32:41,840
up to 10 gallons or 20 pounds, they get

799
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:45,039
charged as a half car, which is, you

800
00:32:45,039 --> 00:32:49,039
know, uh, what is it? $33 right now.

801
00:32:49,039 --> 00:32:51,360
Um, and if they come in with up to 25

802
00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:53,279
gallons or 50 pounds, they get charges a

803
00:32:53,279 --> 00:32:58,240
full car, which is $56. So, that's how it would be allocated. Now,

804
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,159
if we're paying by the drum, we pay for

805
00:33:00,159 --> 00:33:03,360
the exact amount of material by category

806
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:06,159
that is brought in, and we would keep if

807
00:33:06,159 --> 00:33:07,760
there's a drum that's not full, we

808
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:10,320
wouldn't ship it. So, there there would

809
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:12,880
be uh cost savings there. I've estimated

810
00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:15,519
it to be at least 15%.

811
00:33:15,519 --> 00:33:17,519
They're paying by the drum and probably

812
00:33:17,519 --> 00:33:19,120
more because I didn't take into account

813
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:23,590
partial drums.

814
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,519
» If I'm going Saturday, I'm all signed

815
00:33:25,519 --> 00:33:27,360
up. Um, I'll see you there.

816
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:28,640
>> Excellent. Well, you'll see my

817
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:30,640
supervisor and her assistant there.

818
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:31,039
Yeah.

819
00:33:31,039 --> 00:33:33,360
>> So, there's no fee, right?

820
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:34,880
>> Nope. Not unless you're bringing propane

821
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:36,159
tanks or fire extinguishers.

822
00:33:36,159 --> 00:33:37,760
>> But now, if we're going to this depot,

823
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:38,880
there'll be a fee.

824
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:41,120
>> Um, that's up to the hazardous waste

825
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,279
depot council. If they want to offset

826
00:33:43,279 --> 00:33:48,080
the um costs with a co-ayment, which is

827
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,960
many, it's a model that most towns, many

828
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,039
towns around the state have gone to.

829
00:33:53,039 --> 00:33:55,679
Some are charging full freight, which is

830
00:33:55,679 --> 00:33:57,600
a lot, you know, cuz without our

831
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,080
contract, the going rate for a full car,

832
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,080
we're paying 56. The going rate is like

833
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:04,240
85.

834
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,480
So, um, it's amazing to me that people

835
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:08,240
will will pay that. And I don't I would

836
00:34:08,240 --> 00:34:10,560
never recommend that we charge that much

837
00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:12,159
because we will have reduced

838
00:34:12,159 --> 00:34:13,760
participation, but

839
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:14,560
>> but it is.

840
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:16,639
>> So, I'm going to play devil's advocate

841
00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:21,040
here. I'm going Saturday. Where is it?

842
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:21,520
In

843
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:23,200
>> Whitman Whitman.

844
00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:24,480
highway department grow

845
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,639
>> and I'm going with just a big bucket of

846
00:34:26,639 --> 00:34:28,639
stuff and I'm not paying anything

847
00:34:28,639 --> 00:34:30,000
>> right the town of Abington is

848
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,000
>> but next year if this comes into effect

849
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,960
I have to drive to handover and our town

850
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:38,000
pays more and I might have to pay a fee

851
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,679
>> your town wouldn't pay more if you did

852
00:34:39,679 --> 00:34:42,560
pay a fee so it depends on which which

853
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,800
pocket it's coming out of really the fee

854
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:46,800
would be based on well the fee I'm

855
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:48,720
proposing is based on the volume so if

856
00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:52,000
you come in with up to um 10 gallons or

857
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,200
20 lb, the fee would be $10. If it was

858
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:58,000
up to 25 gallons or 50 lb, it would be

859
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,720
$20. And then if it was, you know,

860
00:35:00,720 --> 00:35:03,280
double that, up to double that, it would

861
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,240
be 30. That would be the maximum.

862
00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:08,400
And any any amounts above that, it's at

863
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:10,320
the full cost of the resident because we

864
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:11,839
the town, some of the towns were really

865
00:35:11,839 --> 00:35:12,880
getting

866
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:15,280
>> slammed by just single people that

867
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:16,720
brought in huge quantities.

868
00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:19,040
>> We're the first town to be asked to be

869
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:19,599
signed.

870
00:35:19,599 --> 00:35:20,160
>> Yes.

871
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,160
>> Right. And and it says the paperwork. It

872
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:25,599
says all 12 towns are supposed to sign.

873
00:35:25,599 --> 00:35:28,000
Suppose you go six months, it's ready to

874
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,320
open and only seven towns have signed.

875
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:30,880
What?

876
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:32,560
>> We wouldn't be ready to open. If only

877
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,400
seven towns signed, we're not we're not

878
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:36,400
awarding any contracts for construction.

879
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:38,240
>> Is there is that a flexible number? Oh,

880
00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:39,440
eight towns are signed. We're going to

881
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:40,000
do it.

882
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,560
>> It's in the IMA, but it has to be 12

883
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:43,680
towns. Yeah.

884
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:44,640
>> Oh, okay.

885
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:46,160
>> Yeah. But we wanted to I I thought it

886
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:48,240
was important to protect the towns that

887
00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:50,960
do sign from ending up with a higher

888
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:54,000
cost than they bargained for.

889
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,800
>> Um so one of the things that we're

890
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:58,960
seeing throughout the state is like

891
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:01,599
Claire said the per car fee um

892
00:36:01,599 --> 00:36:03,280
especially like in the northeast I think

893
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:08,400
it's um $50 for a half car 75 for a full

894
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,960
>> maybe and it's gone. I was going to say

895
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:12,560
it's going up. So I'm even seeing like

896
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:14,640
$100, you know, it's going up cons

897
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:17,359
significantly and and you know, when the

898
00:36:17,359 --> 00:36:18,880
contract with the state gets

899
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,920
renegotiated, it is always has been in

900
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,480
the past a very large jump. So even

901
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,040
though you might not be looking at, you

902
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:30,079
know, um a fee to these other towns now,

903
00:36:30,079 --> 00:36:32,079
in the future you might. What I'm seeing

904
00:36:32,079 --> 00:36:34,079
in a lot of my municipalities, they've

905
00:36:34,079 --> 00:36:35,680
been insisting, nope, nope, nope, we're

906
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:36,800
not going to charge our residents. Our

907
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:37,920
residents are not going to pay anything.

908
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:41,760
Nope, nope, nope. all of a sudden the rates have gone up and they're like

909
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:44,480
we can't even afford to hold this event.

910
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:47,119
So they stop it and then so they start

911
00:36:47,119 --> 00:36:50,240
reconsidering like okay that small fee

912
00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:53,040
is is um you know something acceptable

913
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,200
to them because the cost has gone up

914
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,200
dramatically. with your program at the

915
00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:59,040
depot, you're you're kind of not I want

916
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:00,960
to say locking in, but you're really

917
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,280
getting more power over that because in

918
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,200
the future the prices are going up and

919
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,599
the availability of of you know the the

920
00:37:07,599 --> 00:37:08,640
contractors out there, you know, the

921
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:10,320
whole supply and demand kind of thing.

922
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:12,480
So, enough.

923
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,720
One thing another thing that can reduce

924
00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:16,400
our cost though is there's there's

925
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:18,880
legislation I've been working on for 12

926
00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:20,960
14 years now called the paint

927
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,119
stewardship program and it's in

928
00:37:23,119 --> 00:37:26,079
conference committee right now. Um, and

929
00:37:26,079 --> 00:37:29,200
we're really hoping that it it finally

930
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:30,560
makes it over the finish line. Every

931
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:32,400
state around us except New Hampshire has

932
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:35,119
it. And that will take out a big chunk

933
00:37:35,119 --> 00:37:38,240
of the cost um for all of our

934
00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:40,480
collections because then it would be

935
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,160
covered the cost would be paid by an

936
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:44,800
advanced recovery fee that that you pay

937
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:46,560
like another an extra dollar at the

938
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:50,400
point of purchase. So, um I know there's

939
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,160
a lot there's a lot of unknowns here,

940
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:55,440
but you know, I I don't want to see our

941
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:58,000
towns in the lurch and ending up having

942
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,560
to deal with catastrophes from improper

943
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,960
disposal if they have to pull back on

944
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:04,320
hazardous waste service.

945
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:06,720
>> Um probably 10 or 15 years ago, I was on

946
00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:07,680
the board of health and I was a

947
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:08,560
chairman.

948
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:11,119
>> I knew your name was familiar.

949
00:38:11,119 --> 00:38:12,800
>> You did a great job then. So, thank you

950
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:14,880
for all your help in getting us, you

951
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:16,160
know, these programs that are happening

952
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:17,760
now. So, thank you. Thank you very much.

953
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:18,960
Mr. Coyle,

954
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:21,440
>> you you can retire now.

955
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:21,599
I

956
00:38:21,599 --> 00:38:22,880
>> don't have the citation, so

957
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:25,040
>> No, we'll wait in case.

958
00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:29,040
>> I can retire after it opens or or the

959
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:32,079
end of February, whichever comes first.

960
00:38:32,079 --> 00:38:33,760
>> And do you already have the language of

961
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:35,280
the agreement that you're asking us to

962
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:35,680
sign?

963
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:38,480
>> Yeah, I have. We have Oh, it's in the

964
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:39,680
Okay. No, that's fine. It's in the

965
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,800
packet. So, thank you. It is. Okay. So,

966
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:48,470
it's already been printed out. Okay.

967
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:51,359
All right.

968
00:38:51,359 --> 00:38:55,280
So, okay. So,

969
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:55,839
>> anybody else

970
00:38:55,839 --> 00:38:57,680
>> take any more questions you want or I'll

971
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,160
sit down and shut up if you want.

972
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:01,359
>> Anybody in the audience have any

973
00:39:01,359 --> 00:39:04,079
questions?

974
00:39:04,079 --> 00:39:09,670
>> All right. Bring it back to the board.

975
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:11,280
Well, I've done a lot of talking, so

976
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:12,640
I'll open it up to the other members

977
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:14,960
before I have my say if that's all

978
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:18,790
right.

979
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:19,599
» Don't jump.

980
00:39:19,599 --> 00:39:20,960
>> You You asked the questions I was going

981
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:22,800
to ask. Anyways, where

982
00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:25,280
>> No, but it's going to be in handover.

983
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:25,680
And

984
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:28,160
>> I'm just a little leery about some of

985
00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:29,839
the points I made, but also being the

986
00:39:29,839 --> 00:39:31,760
first town to sign on. That's all. I'm

987
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:34,320
not I'm not against it theoretically,

988
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:36,320
but being I don't know if they get an

989
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:37,920
alphabetical order. No, I can't be right

990
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,240
cuz what means next? But I I just I'm a

991
00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:41,440
little leerary about being the first

992
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:43,200
town to sign on. That's all.

993
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:46,160
>> I just I would my concern is just the

994
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:49,440
unknowns. The

995
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:56,870
>> just the unknowns. Um

996
00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:57,760
» I don't know.

997
00:39:57,760 --> 00:39:59,599
>> Well, who we designate as we don't have

998
00:39:59,599 --> 00:40:01,119
a health agent right now. who we

999
00:40:01,119 --> 00:40:03,760
designate as our representative that

1000
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,160
would basically oversee any costs or

1001
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:07,440
anything like that that we would be

1002
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:08,480
doing come here.

1003
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:09,599
>> Well, you were on the board of health

1004
00:40:09,599 --> 00:40:12,160
report. So, I don't we could have

1005
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:13,440
>> He's the head of the trash.

1006
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:16,720
>> Yeah. And you're the head of the trash.

1007
00:40:16,720 --> 00:40:17,119
>> Um

1008
00:40:17,119 --> 00:40:19,040
>> or I don't know, maybe even Michael can

1009
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:21,520
do it until we have a health agent.

1010
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:23,599
>> Personally, I'll I'll I don't know if

1011
00:40:23,599 --> 00:40:25,119
there's a motion, but I'd like to wait

1012
00:40:25,119 --> 00:40:29,359
until some side some of the towns bite.

1013
00:40:29,359 --> 00:40:30,800
What happens if they do the same thing?

1014
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:32,320
Then we're just in a log jam where

1015
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:33,359
nobody's going to

1016
00:40:33,359 --> 00:40:34,960
>> maybe

1017
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:36,560
to sign something that's going to cost

1018
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:37,839
the town more money

1019
00:40:37,839 --> 00:40:40,400
>> or even just time to read through these

1020
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:43,119
because it's a long um contract. I know

1021
00:40:43,119 --> 00:40:44,720
I I looked it over but couldn't fully

1022
00:40:44,720 --> 00:40:46,400
understand it till you just presented

1023
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:48,880
it. Um

1024
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:50,400
just to make sure that it's something

1025
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,880
that that makes sense cuz I did wonder

1026
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,440
for if it's free now. I guess it's not

1027
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:56,400
free. free. I know you're saying it's

1028
00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:59,599
not free and then going to a cost, but I

1029
00:40:59,599 --> 00:41:01,040
know Ken asked that question, so I

1030
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:02,000
understand what you're saying.

1031
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:03,520
>> I'm not bringing any money on Saturday,

1032
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:06,160
so

1033
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:09,040
>> um I might feel more comfortable just

1034
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:12,400
reviewing through it, but again, we can

1035
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:13,280
as a board

1036
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:15,119
>> review it and vote again, vote on our at

1037
00:41:15,119 --> 00:41:17,280
our next meeting.

1038
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:20,000
>> Uh yeah, if I could add to it, uh I I

1039
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,319
think it's less about like not being the

1040
00:41:22,319 --> 00:41:24,319
first town. I don't think that's an

1041
00:41:24,319 --> 00:41:25,359
personally I don't think that's an

1042
00:41:25,359 --> 00:41:27,920
issue. Um I love what you guys are

1043
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:31,520
doing. Um because if I were to move and

1044
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:33,200
I didn't have anywhere or understand

1045
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:34,720
where I could take all that material, it

1046
00:41:34,720 --> 00:41:36,160
would probably end up in the trash or

1047
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:37,280
dumped out somewhere. And I'm sure

1048
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:41,680
that's replicated over and over. And so if we can, you know, make

1049
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:43,680
folks aware of where it can go and then

1050
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:45,440
mitigate the costs, I totally understand

1051
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:48,000
what you're doing. Um, the only concern

1052
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,000
I have, the only one is that there's

1053
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:53,760
nine, eight or nine pages here of semile

1054
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:55,839
legal ease that I want to fully

1055
00:41:55,839 --> 00:42:00,319
understand before I signed it. And and I feel like the board probably feels the

1056
00:42:00,319 --> 00:42:03,599
same way. Um, and so I think maybe

1057
00:42:03,599 --> 00:42:06,400
giving us time to fully grasp it and

1058
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:08,160
then adding it onto the agenda later

1059
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:10,960
would be a good approach. I don't know

1060
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:12,960
if the board rest of the board thinks of

1061
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:14,079
that.

1062
00:42:14,079 --> 00:42:15,440
>> I know they're under the gun. So, is

1063
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:17,839
that our next meeting on the 28th? Does

1064
00:42:17,839 --> 00:42:19,119
that give you guys enough time?

1065
00:42:19,119 --> 00:42:21,839
>> Yeah.

1066
00:42:21,839 --> 00:42:22,640
>> That work?

1067
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:24,160
>> You'll be presenting to other towns

1068
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:25,440
before the 28th?

1069
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:26,560
>> Yeah. So, we might not be

1070
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:27,680
>> We're going to be heading right over to

1071
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:29,359
Whitman and then we'll be in East

1072
00:42:29,359 --> 00:42:31,680
Bridgewater and Rockland and Hanover

1073
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:32,800
next week.

1074
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:34,720
>> We don't like to copy Rockland, but you

1075
00:42:34,720 --> 00:42:36,960
know.

1076
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:38,480
>> Okay.

1077
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:39,920
Very good. Well, thank you very

1078
00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:40,319
much.

1079
00:42:40,319 --> 00:42:42,880
>> Thank you.

1080
00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:45,119
>> Entertain. Was that a motion, Daniel,

1081
00:42:45,119 --> 00:42:46,240
>> to table it?

1082
00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:47,920
>> Uh, yeah, sure. Yeah, it's a motion to

1083
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:48,480
second his motion.

1084
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:50,319
>> Continue to the 28th.

1085
00:42:50,319 --> 00:42:51,920
>> Until the 28th. Yeah.

1086
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:53,200
>> Ken seconded.

1087
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:54,319
>> All those in favor?

1088
00:42:54,319 --> 00:42:55,839
>> I unanimous.

1089
00:42:55,839 --> 00:42:56,960
>> Thank you. Presentation.

1090
00:42:56,960 --> 00:43:07,990
>> Thank you very much.

1091
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:09,920
» All right. Well, now with uh the time

1092
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:14,000
being past 6:15 p.m. uh public hearing

1093
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:17,200
uh scheduled for 6 p.m. Paul Sincer uh

1094
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:20,480
John Tollig VP New England develop

1095
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:22,880
development with update on Union Point.

1096
00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:24,400
Uh someone like to make a motion to open

1097
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:25,520
the hearing public hearing.

1098
00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:27,359
>> I'll make I'll make a motion.

1099
00:43:27,359 --> 00:43:28,400
>> Bill, that was you.

1100
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:29,760
>> Yep. Have a second.

1101
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:32,079
>> I'll second call second. All those in

1102
00:43:32,079 --> 00:43:33,280
favor?

1103
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:37,119
>> I unanimous.

1104
00:43:37,119 --> 00:43:38,800
Floor is yours.

1105
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:43,910
>> Thank you so much.

1106
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,640
Um,

1107
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:48,800
for the record, my name is John Tuig.

1108
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:52,079
Um, with me is Paul Sincada uh from New

1109
00:43:52,079 --> 00:43:55,680
England Development. Um this is actually

1110
00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:58,160
um not nearly as exciting as the first

1111
00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:00,319
uh thank you for the sergeant, but is an

1112
00:44:00,319 --> 00:44:04,720
exciting time for us um because um uh we

1113
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:07,440
closed on the property on June 30th and

1114
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:09,119
we start we awarded our first

1115
00:44:09,119 --> 00:44:11,119
construction contract and start

1116
00:44:11,119 --> 00:44:13,760
construction in about a week and a half.

1117
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:16,640
So um that's a very exciting time given

1118
00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:18,480
where the base was not that many years

1119
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:21,280
ago. When we met with the town manager

1120
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:24,800
last, he suggested that, and I'll try to

1121
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,119
do it as quickly as I can, that we talk

1122
00:44:27,119 --> 00:44:28,319
a little bit about the history of the

1123
00:44:28,319 --> 00:44:29,920
base because we know some of the board

1124
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:32,800
members are new and maybe uh and it's

1125
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:34,480
funny the amount of comments that we've

1126
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:36,720
gotten over the last few weeks. Oh, when

1127
00:44:36,720 --> 00:44:38,079
are you going to start talking about

1128
00:44:38,079 --> 00:44:40,000
zoning on the base and how's that all

1129
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,880
going to work? Um, and people sort of

1130
00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:44,720
forget that we've been doing that. We're

1131
00:44:44,720 --> 00:44:47,520
on year six now, uh, and have taken it

1132
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:49,040
through zoning like. So our thought is

1133
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:50,720
we'll give you a little bit of history.

1134
00:44:50,720 --> 00:44:52,480
Paul will talk about the work that we're

1135
00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:54,000
starting and also talk about the water

1136
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:56,240
and the MW and sort of where we're at

1137
00:44:56,240 --> 00:44:58,160
with that. So uh Mr. Chairman if it's

1138
00:44:58,160 --> 00:44:59,440
okay kind of give you a little history

1139
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:02,480
and uh and talk about where we're at. Um

1140
00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:04,240
background um I think everybody knows

1141
00:45:04,240 --> 00:45:06,000
where the base is but not everybody

1142
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:09,359
really knows uh the sizes. We is at the

1143
00:45:09,359 --> 00:45:12,400
top of the base. It's 1440 acres. Uh

1144
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:14,160
Abington is down sort of on the left

1145
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:16,000
hand side. Just for orientation, you

1146
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:18,400
have Route 18 out here. You have the

1147
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:20,560
Parkway that cuts through the base, and

1148
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:21,839
I'll have some better slides on that,

1149
00:45:21,839 --> 00:45:24,240
takes you out to 228. You have Rockland

1150
00:45:24,240 --> 00:45:26,160
has a big slice, which is right here,

1151
00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:27,920
but most of where the development is and

1152
00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:30,880
the like is in Weimoth today. So, we're

1153
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:32,400
going to give you a little background.

1154
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:33,680
We're going to tell you where we

1155
00:45:33,680 --> 00:45:35,440
started, where we are today, a little

1156
00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:37,520
bit about the master plan uh that we're

1157
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:39,280
proposing. Paul's going to talk a little

1158
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:41,599
bit about the MWRA and the water and

1159
00:45:41,599 --> 00:45:43,520
then talk to you about our first phase

1160
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:45,119
one infrastructure which is what we

1161
00:45:45,119 --> 00:45:48,800
awarded last week. So with that said,

1162
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:51,280
Paul, if you go to the next one, uh I

1163
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:53,040
think everybody again knows where it is.

1164
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:55,440
This is really just for orientation. Um

1165
00:45:55,440 --> 00:45:56,800
everybody knows we have a TA station

1166
00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:58,400
here, but for acreage, just to give you

1167
00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:01,839
a sense, there's 677 acres in Weimoth,

1168
00:46:01,839 --> 00:46:06,240
584 in Rockland, 179. Uh but no one and

1169
00:46:06,240 --> 00:46:09,200
legislatively the base is a place. It

1170
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:11,440
was created by legislation. The SRA, the

1171
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:16,000
Southfield Redevelopment Authority and I know Mr. Per is here uh tonight is

1172
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:18,640
like a town uh has many of the same

1173
00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:20,640
rights and responsibilities of the town

1174
00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:22,720
and governs and they act as the planning

1175
00:46:22,720 --> 00:46:25,040
board and the conservation commission

1176
00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:27,119
and different things as you go through.

1177
00:46:27,119 --> 00:46:29,599
Um and again uh this just kind of gives

1178
00:46:29,599 --> 00:46:31,440
you a breakdown about where the three

1179
00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:33,680
major areas are uh for orientation.

1180
00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:36,079
Again, that's where the parkway is,

1181
00:46:36,079 --> 00:46:39,599
Route 18 and out to 228.

1182
00:46:39,599 --> 00:46:41,200
For context, this is kind of zooming in

1183
00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:45,520
on a few things a little bit. Route 18,

1184
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:47,440
we have Shay Drive, which is sort of the

1185
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:51,920
main entrance where you sort of have the Rock uh sort of entrance areas. You

1186
00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:53,680
have down at Troder Road, which is where

1187
00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:56,800
the buoy station is, and um Uncle Joe's

1188
00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:59,200
finer diner um which everybody knows.

1189
00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:00,800
>> Uncle Charlie.

1190
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:01,760
>> Yeah, they're related, but

1191
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:02,960
>> they are related actually. They're all

1192
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:06,000
from Morocco. Uh and then out um if you

1193
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:07,599
go down the Parkway, this sort of takes

1194
00:47:07,599 --> 00:47:09,200
you out to Route 3. Route 3 is at the

1195
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:11,520
top of the map on Home Depot. One of the

1196
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:13,200
first things that we're doing is you

1197
00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:15,520
know the intersection where the uh motel

1198
00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:17,760
is up by 228 is we're going to rebuild

1199
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:19,680
that intersection. Over two years ago,

1200
00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:21,680
we got a grant for Rocklin to be able to

1201
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:23,680
start to do design and we're going to do

1202
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:25,040
that intersection. It's about a $10

1203
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:27,520
million intersection. So rather than the

1204
00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:30,640
straight movement coming off to 220 228

1205
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:32,079
that's actually going to go out to four

1206
00:47:32,079 --> 00:47:34,400
lanes and the straight movement is going

1207
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:36,240
to be coming in through the industrial

1208
00:47:36,240 --> 00:47:38,800
area not going straight into Rockland.

1209
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:40,400
So we're actually going to completely

1210
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:43,520
redefine a big p if you know that motel

1211
00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:45,119
that's out there that come in is got a

1212
00:47:45,119 --> 00:47:47,040
big piece of landscaping and sort of

1213
00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:48,480
some trees that's all kind of going to

1214
00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:51,040
go away. So, your straight movement is

1215
00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:54,560
going to go from route 3 228 and then

1216
00:47:54,560 --> 00:47:55,680
the straight movement is going to go

1217
00:47:55,680 --> 00:47:56,880
down through the industrial bike which

1218
00:47:56,880 --> 00:47:59,200
will also be four lanes and we'll take

1219
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:02,800
you into uh the entrance at the base.

1220
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:04,800
The reason we're doing that and we're

1221
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:08,240
doing this very early action item is

1222
00:48:08,240 --> 00:48:09,680
anyone who wants to see commercial

1223
00:48:09,680 --> 00:48:11,920
development uh on the base wants to know

1224
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:14,079
they have route three access that way.

1225
00:48:14,079 --> 00:48:15,599
And that right now isn't very

1226
00:48:15,599 --> 00:48:17,440
convenient. Doesn't work really well.

1227
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:19,599
backs up a lot. Just to give you a

1228
00:48:19,599 --> 00:48:21,920
sense, when we did this originally, we

1229
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:24,800
had to study 75 intersections, Abington,

1230
00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:27,359
Weimoth, Rockland. We're doing work at

1231
00:48:27,359 --> 00:48:29,520
53 different intersections. This just

1232
00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:31,200
happens to be one of the larger ones.

1233
00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:34,000
We're rebuilding down on Troder Road. Uh

1234
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:36,240
we're rebuilding uh and adding another

1235
00:48:36,240 --> 00:48:38,880
turn lane at Sheay. Uh and then

1236
00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:40,800
rebuilding all the interior roadway

1237
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:42,960
network that you see just to give you a

1238
00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:45,280
little bit of context.

1239
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:46,559
I won't dwell on the history of the

1240
00:48:46,559 --> 00:48:50,400
base, but 194042, Huckleberry Hill,

1241
00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:52,000
federal government takes it down. World

1242
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:54,319
War II, this was a base where they

1243
00:48:54,319 --> 00:48:56,640
actually used to fly um blimps and

1244
00:48:56,640 --> 00:48:58,400
deridibles up and down the east coast

1245
00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:00,800
looking for German Ubot. Um a little bit

1246
00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:02,800
of history, this was the largest largest

1247
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:04,880
wooden structure ever built was built

1248
00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:06,160
here at the base because you could put

1249
00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:09,440
three blimps floating uh with inside

1250
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:10,880
that structure. You can actually still

1251
00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:12,960
see where the door turned around in a

1252
00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:15,359
big semicircle. Base gets closed,

1253
00:49:15,359 --> 00:49:17,760
decommissioned in 97. They form the

1254
00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:19,440
Southshore Tri Development Corporation,

1255
00:49:19,440 --> 00:49:21,440
which is really the predecessor for the

1256
00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:22,880
SRA, the Southfield Redevelopment

1257
00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:24,880
Authority. Uh, a bunch of master

1258
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:27,680
developers, LAR, LNR, Starwood, and then

1259
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:30,800
LAStar. Um, LASAR was the last one. It

1260
00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:32,559
was forclosed on by the Carpenters

1261
00:49:32,559 --> 00:49:35,280
Union. Um, they borrowed $60 million.

1262
00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:36,880
They spent all the money, and they never

1263
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:41,440
built anything. Um, they had a very the principal at LASTAR out of North

1264
00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:43,119
Carolina. Had a very nice house down in

1265
00:49:43,119 --> 00:49:45,200
Jerusalem Road in Cohasset. He had the

1266
00:49:45,200 --> 00:49:47,040
naming rights at Gillette Stadium for

1267
00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:49,280
the second level bar, but actually never

1268
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:50,559
built anything. They had some very

1269
00:49:50,559 --> 00:49:51,680
interesting plans. I like to

1270
00:49:51,680 --> 00:49:53,599
affectionately call them the Dubai

1271
00:49:53,599 --> 00:49:56,960
plans. Uh, 20story towers that spun

1272
00:49:56,960 --> 00:50:00,240
three lakes, boats. Our plan isn't like

1273
00:50:00,240 --> 00:50:02,800
that. Um, because we kind of have a plan

1274
00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:04,480
that we think you can build and people

1275
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:06,160
want to live there. Selfie Redevelopment

1276
00:50:06,160 --> 00:50:08,559
Authority created in 2014. We take over

1277
00:50:08,559 --> 00:50:10,960
as master developer. Great timing. Six

1278
00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:13,839
weeks before co um we really did a great

1279
00:50:13,839 --> 00:50:16,079
job on that. So didn't quite work out as

1280
00:50:16,079 --> 00:50:18,640
we hoped. Um again trying to get a

1281
00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:20,480
little more granular on the base

1282
00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:22,240
parkway. What you see here in sort of

1283
00:50:22,240 --> 00:50:26,079
the purple colors. There are today

1284
00:50:26,079 --> 00:50:29,280
about 1474 homes that exist at the base.

1285
00:50:29,280 --> 00:50:31,440
Over 2,000 people who live there. That

1286
00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:33,200
was what was built by the first phase.

1287
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:37,920
And then over here you have a um a a 44

1288
00:50:37,920 --> 00:50:39,440
uh unit single family home which is

1289
00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:41,920
Stonebridge single family homes and then

1290
00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:44,240
you have the sports complex. But you go

1291
00:50:44,240 --> 00:50:45,599
out there today and you can tell by this

1292
00:50:45,599 --> 00:50:47,680
aerial all these runways and what you

1293
00:50:47,680 --> 00:50:49,440
see and this was the big turnaround

1294
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:51,119
where you had the blimps that's all

1295
00:50:51,119 --> 00:50:53,599
still there. Um maybe a little overgrown

1296
00:50:53,599 --> 00:50:56,000
but it's it it's all still there and

1297
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:58,319
needs to be all all done. To give you a

1298
00:50:58,319 --> 00:51:01,280
sense out of the 1440 acres 900 acres of

1299
00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:04,559
it were disturbed. and I and are today.

1300
00:51:04,559 --> 00:51:08,000
Okay, Paul. Um, I show this plan because

1301
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:09,440
it's affectionately known as the Humpty

1302
00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:11,200
Dumpty plan because people ask us, "What

1303
00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:14,880
took you all this time to do this?" Um,

1304
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:17,839
well, what we were offered in 2020 was

1305
00:51:17,839 --> 00:51:20,720
the right to buy everything in yellow.

1306
00:51:20,720 --> 00:51:23,200
But every other color here represents

1307
00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:25,520
somebody else own the property. We

1308
00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:27,200
literally had to have the SRA go through

1309
00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:29,760
an eminent domain process because when

1310
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:32,559
they foreclosed on it uh when Washington

1311
00:51:32,559 --> 00:51:35,040
Capital forclosed on it, this was still

1312
00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:37,359
all owned by this area down here over

1313
00:51:37,359 --> 00:51:39,440
here. You had the Navy. We had to go and

1314
00:51:39,440 --> 00:51:41,280
renegotiate all the contracts with the

1315
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:43,440
Navy, but the Navy was getting paid

1316
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:46,960
every year. The Navy was spending the money and sending it down to

1317
00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:49,280
Washington. We had to convince them to

1318
00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:51,440
leave all the money on the base. let us

1319
00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:53,839
do a uh a treatment plant for

1320
00:51:53,839 --> 00:51:57,440
groundwater and and also start to convey

1321
00:51:57,440 --> 00:52:00,079
us the rest of the land. So Humpty

1322
00:52:00,079 --> 00:52:02,880
Dumpty is what we got. What we have now

1323
00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:06,319
in in 2026, everything in blue we either

1324
00:52:06,319 --> 00:52:08,559
own or control. So we had to go from

1325
00:52:08,559 --> 00:52:10,960
that to that because we couldn't develop

1326
00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:12,559
anything. Couldn't go to the state.

1327
00:52:12,559 --> 00:52:14,480
Virtually every local, state, and

1328
00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:17,119
federal permit was either in default. Um

1329
00:52:17,119 --> 00:52:18,400
they hadn't paid the money they were

1330
00:52:18,400 --> 00:52:20,480
supposed to pay. Uh even the turtle

1331
00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:22,400
permits were in default. The roadway

1332
00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:24,240
permits were all in default. So we had

1333
00:52:24,240 --> 00:52:27,119
to correct all of that history. So Paul

1334
00:52:27,119 --> 00:52:28,480
if you go to the next a little bit about

1335
00:52:28,480 --> 00:52:30,400
the master plan and the first thing this

1336
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:32,800
timeline it's not very exciting but it

1337
00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:34,559
gives you a real sense especially if you

1338
00:52:34,559 --> 00:52:36,880
weren't there in the beginning

1339
00:52:36,880 --> 00:52:38,720
2021

1340
00:52:38,720 --> 00:52:41,520
22 due diligence getting the land under

1341
00:52:41,520 --> 00:52:44,079
control redoing all the navy agreements

1342
00:52:44,079 --> 00:52:47,599
in 23 we had to reszone and Abington was

1343
00:52:47,599 --> 00:52:49,200
obviously one of the places that we came

1344
00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:51,760
we had over 90% support from Abington we

1345
00:52:51,760 --> 00:52:53,520
had unanimous votes from your select

1346
00:52:53,520 --> 00:52:56,720
board and finance because in a span of a

1347
00:52:56,720 --> 00:52:59,680
year, we had to reszone, Abington, and

1348
00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:02,160
Rockland with the same set of zoning in

1349
00:53:02,160 --> 00:53:04,319
the in each one of the communities

1350
00:53:04,319 --> 00:53:05,920
because that's how the SRRA and that's

1351
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:07,920
how the legislation set this up. So, we

1352
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:09,920
actually had to go and reszone in the

1353
00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:11,760
exact same zoning uh all three

1354
00:53:11,760 --> 00:53:14,400
communities. Open town meeting always

1355
00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:16,240
fun. Everybody gets a vote, everybody

1356
00:53:16,240 --> 00:53:18,240
has an opinion, that's all good, but

1357
00:53:18,240 --> 00:53:21,119
that had to be done and we had 90 days

1358
00:53:21,119 --> 00:53:22,800
each one of them. You had to be able to

1359
00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:25,599
go to the next town within 90 days. 24

1360
00:53:25,599 --> 00:53:28,400
state review. We spent 367 days on what

1361
00:53:28,400 --> 00:53:30,319
they call a MEPA certificate. We had to

1362
00:53:30,319 --> 00:53:31,599
go back through all of the state

1363
00:53:31,599 --> 00:53:34,240
permitting agencies and we ended up at

1364
00:53:34,240 --> 00:53:36,480
the end of December in 24 getting a MEPA

1365
00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:38,720
certificate. We also had to get a draft

1366
00:53:38,720 --> 00:53:41,599
section section 61 finding which is from

1367
00:53:41,599 --> 00:53:43,920
Massaw which allowed us to actually be

1368
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:46,480
able to get out onto all the roadways.

1369
00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:48,960
Up until that point, you could only put

1370
00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:51,760
500 cars on Route 18 from the base. Now

1371
00:53:51,760 --> 00:53:53,119
2,000 people lived there. There were a

1372
00:53:53,119 --> 00:53:54,720
lot more than 500 cars going out there

1373
00:53:54,720 --> 00:53:56,400
every day. But that's what the rights

1374
00:53:56,400 --> 00:53:57,839
were. Now we can do the entire

1375
00:53:57,839 --> 00:53:59,359
development.

1376
00:53:59,359 --> 00:54:01,520
2025 we had to amend the legislation.

1377
00:54:01,520 --> 00:54:03,119
that was done referred

1378
00:54:03,119 --> 00:54:05,760
to all the old L-star project and

1379
00:54:05,760 --> 00:54:08,160
zoning. They had 38 different zoning

1380
00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:10,960
districts on this base. We have one and

1381
00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:12,640
then the open space. So we really have

1382
00:54:12,640 --> 00:54:15,119
two. Almost I've been doing this a

1383
00:54:15,119 --> 00:54:17,440
while. almost couldn't figure out how

1384
00:54:17,440 --> 00:54:19,599
they could develop the base because

1385
00:54:19,599 --> 00:54:21,119
every zoning district said, "Well, in

1386
00:54:21,119 --> 00:54:23,440
this zoning district, you can put 183

1387
00:54:23,440 --> 00:54:25,520
units of this type of housing or this

1388
00:54:25,520 --> 00:54:27,599
type of development." Every one of the

1389
00:54:27,599 --> 00:54:29,599
districts had a restriction on it. It

1390
00:54:29,599 --> 00:54:31,920
doesn't work that way because people who

1391
00:54:31,920 --> 00:54:33,680
want to build, businesses that want to

1392
00:54:33,680 --> 00:54:34,960
come in, they're going to tell you where

1393
00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:36,960
they'd like to be. It's not like you can

1394
00:54:36,960 --> 00:54:38,400
pre-program where it is. So, we had to

1395
00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:40,800
redo all that and the legislation had to

1396
00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:42,640
match that. And the last permit we had

1397
00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:45,839
to get was on December 29th of 2025

1398
00:54:45,839 --> 00:54:48,319
because we have the second largest

1399
00:54:48,319 --> 00:54:50,160
population of eastern box turtles on the

1400
00:54:50,160 --> 00:54:51,839
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Now, we

1401
00:54:51,839 --> 00:54:53,359
should get a citation for that. I'm not

1402
00:54:53,359 --> 00:54:55,359
sure exactly what that should be, but we

1403
00:54:55,359 --> 00:54:58,160
have 53 turtles that have little GPS

1404
00:54:58,160 --> 00:54:59,920
trackers on them. And all those little

1405
00:54:59,920 --> 00:55:01,599
black fences that you see if you go out

1406
00:55:01,599 --> 00:55:03,520
to the base, those little fences are and

1407
00:55:03,520 --> 00:55:05,040
the and the tunnels that are underneath

1408
00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:07,440
the parkway are all for those turtles.

1409
00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:09,040
And those turtles are there. So, we had

1410
00:55:09,040 --> 00:55:10,559
to get that permit. that permit had gone

1411
00:55:10,559 --> 00:55:12,559
into default and we have three kinds of

1412
00:55:12,559 --> 00:55:15,119
bird species that land and nest. So we

1413
00:55:15,119 --> 00:55:17,200
had to go get that permit. So then we

1414
00:55:17,200 --> 00:55:20,160
come to 2026 on 6:30 we closed on the

1415
00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:21,599
land. We bought it from the carpenters

1416
00:55:21,599 --> 00:55:23,119
union.

1417
00:55:23,119 --> 00:55:25,200
We got a subdivision approval in July

1418
00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:26,880
and August for our first roadway which

1419
00:55:26,880 --> 00:55:28,319
Paul's going to show you. We got our

1420
00:55:28,319 --> 00:55:30,160
wetlands approvals for our first roadway

1421
00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:32,400
and other improvements. Uh construction

1422
00:55:32,400 --> 00:55:34,800
start will be this month. Um and then

1423
00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:38,319
hopefully our first sale uh of property

1424
00:55:38,319 --> 00:55:40,800
will be in the fourth quarter of this

1425
00:55:40,800 --> 00:55:44,240
year. Um 2027 you'll start to see some

1426
00:55:44,240 --> 00:55:46,400
vertical work and you'll start to see

1427
00:55:46,400 --> 00:55:48,559
some other sales as we go along. So all

1428
00:55:48,559 --> 00:55:51,520
the permits are in place. Um I didn't

1429
00:55:51,520 --> 00:55:53,680
talk about one of the things that we did

1430
00:55:53,680 --> 00:55:55,839
here water and sewer agreement that we

1431
00:55:55,839 --> 00:55:58,480
have with uh Weimoth. Uh we have the

1432
00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:00,720
right to 450,000 gallons of water from

1433
00:56:00,720 --> 00:56:04,079
Weimoth. Uh we also Abington supported

1434
00:56:04,079 --> 00:56:07,200
us on some sewer issues so that we would

1435
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:09,119
have sewer. The biggest thing we don't

1436
00:56:09,119 --> 00:56:11,040
have for Abington and Rockland other

1437
00:56:11,040 --> 00:56:14,240
than when the MWRA comes is water. So

1438
00:56:14,240 --> 00:56:15,359
we'll talk about that in a minute

1439
00:56:15,359 --> 00:56:18,319
though. So the zoning everything that

1440
00:56:18,319 --> 00:56:20,559
you see here in the striped area is the

1441
00:56:20,559 --> 00:56:23,040
one zoning district. It's all the same.

1442
00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:24,720
We do commercial residential

1443
00:56:24,720 --> 00:56:26,480
development. The areas that you see here

1444
00:56:26,480 --> 00:56:28,400
in yellow and orange, a little bit of

1445
00:56:28,400 --> 00:56:31,520
the purple color, that's the old zoning.

1446
00:56:31,520 --> 00:56:33,680
Um, if you'll back Paul to that, that's

1447
00:56:33,680 --> 00:56:35,920
all right. Um, everything in green is

1448
00:56:35,920 --> 00:56:38,480
open space and that's how it's zoned.

1449
00:56:38,480 --> 00:56:40,240
So, we have one zone district called the

1450
00:56:40,240 --> 00:56:42,559
mixeduse development district. It makes

1451
00:56:42,559 --> 00:56:44,480
it so you can actually develop it and

1452
00:56:44,480 --> 00:56:46,799
know what you want to do. Um, and all of

1453
00:56:46,799 --> 00:56:50,000
it acts through the SRA for permitting

1454
00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:52,720
as we go forward. So, that's the zoning.

1455
00:56:52,720 --> 00:56:54,720
What's the approval say? We can do up to

1456
00:56:54,720 --> 00:56:57,599
13 million square ft on the base, 2

1457
00:56:57,599 --> 00:56:59,359
million square ft of commercial space

1458
00:56:59,359 --> 00:57:01,599
and over 6,000 new homes of all

1459
00:57:01,599 --> 00:57:03,119
different types, town homes, apartments,

1460
00:57:03,119 --> 00:57:05,760
single family. Uh it's all MBTA

1461
00:57:05,760 --> 00:57:07,839
communities act compliant. And you can

1462
00:57:07,839 --> 00:57:09,280
see if you look at the map over here,

1463
00:57:09,280 --> 00:57:11,359
everything that you see in green, we've

1464
00:57:11,359 --> 00:57:13,359
committed will stay green will stay as

1465
00:57:13,359 --> 00:57:16,720
open space and green area. Our core area

1466
00:57:16,720 --> 00:57:20,160
around the um uh the parkway, that's

1467
00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:23,760
what will be developed first. Um some uh

1468
00:57:23,760 --> 00:57:26,559
you know in in this uh as you might

1469
00:57:26,559 --> 00:57:28,000
imagine no great surprise I'll show it

1470
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:29,920
to you in a plan in a minute multif

1471
00:57:29,920 --> 00:57:31,680
family will be mostly around the parkway

1472
00:57:31,680 --> 00:57:33,119
as you get away from the parkway into

1473
00:57:33,119 --> 00:57:36,000
the more rural area it will be uh less

1474
00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:37,839
dense single family housing things like

1475
00:57:37,839 --> 00:57:41,520
that um and then commercial uh we expect

1476
00:57:41,520 --> 00:57:44,160
are going to be in a few areas uh over

1477
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:46,160
here we'd like to do some commercial

1478
00:57:46,160 --> 00:57:47,760
more office in Abington that's one of

1479
00:57:47,760 --> 00:57:48,880
the things that we talked about earlier

1480
00:57:48,880 --> 00:57:50,559
with the select board because we want to

1481
00:57:50,559 --> 00:57:53,680
be able to bring that uh forward

1482
00:57:53,680 --> 00:57:55,839
infrastructure. I mentioned it over 75

1483
00:57:55,839 --> 00:57:58,799
intersections or 73 um all over the

1484
00:57:58,799 --> 00:58:01,440
place. Abington, Rockland,

1485
00:58:01,440 --> 00:58:03,680
a lot in Williams, some in Brainree. We

1486
00:58:03,680 --> 00:58:05,680
do over 50 different intersections. Some

1487
00:58:05,680 --> 00:58:07,200
of them are signal timing, some of them

1488
00:58:07,200 --> 00:58:09,440
are striping, some of them, like the one

1489
00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:10,960
I talked to you about is a complete

1490
00:58:10,960 --> 00:58:12,400
rebuild. It's a $10 million

1491
00:58:12,400 --> 00:58:15,119
intersection, just to give you a sense.

1492
00:58:15,119 --> 00:58:17,119
fiscal. We spent a lot of time working

1493
00:58:17,119 --> 00:58:19,119
uh in uh all three communities, but

1494
00:58:19,119 --> 00:58:20,720
certainly here in Abington with the

1495
00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:23,119
fiscal uh studies. We did get unanimous

1496
00:58:23,119 --> 00:58:24,240
support from the select board and

1497
00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:27,040
finance. Over 90% on the town meeting.

1498
00:58:27,040 --> 00:58:29,680
Uh this is new growth and the new growth

1499
00:58:29,680 --> 00:58:31,520
numbers. They asked us to do it. What if

1500
00:58:31,520 --> 00:58:33,040
it's more commercial than residential?

1501
00:58:33,040 --> 00:58:34,319
What if it's more residential than

1502
00:58:34,319 --> 00:58:36,480
commercial? About 4 to 5 million

1503
00:58:36,480 --> 00:58:38,240
dollars. I'm going to show you the

1504
00:58:38,240 --> 00:58:39,839
master plan to give you a sense of where

1505
00:58:39,839 --> 00:58:41,680
that those dollars come from in a

1506
00:58:41,680 --> 00:58:43,599
second. This was a conceptual master

1507
00:58:43,599 --> 00:58:46,000
plan uh that we had shown through our

1508
00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:48,640
state filings up the top here where the

1509
00:58:48,640 --> 00:58:51,280
SRRA are located in that area. This is

1510
00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:53,119
probably going to be single family home

1511
00:58:53,119 --> 00:58:55,680
through here. Um going to be more over

1512
00:58:55,680 --> 00:58:58,400
55 community here. As you get down

1513
00:58:58,400 --> 00:59:00,079
towards where the Rotary is and where

1514
00:59:00,079 --> 00:59:01,520
the Parkway is, we're going to build a

1515
00:59:01,520 --> 00:59:03,599
town center. One thing this base and the

1516
00:59:03,599 --> 00:59:05,839
people who live there never got was a

1517
00:59:05,839 --> 00:59:07,119
place to have a cup of coffee, a

1518
00:59:07,119 --> 00:59:09,839
restaurant, um place to congregate. So,

1519
00:59:09,839 --> 00:59:11,200
we're actually going to build a town

1520
00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:12,559
center right there, which will be

1521
00:59:12,559 --> 00:59:14,160
smaller scale community, what I call

1522
00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:16,720
community retail. Uh, multif family will

1523
00:59:16,720 --> 00:59:19,119
be sort of down in this area along the

1524
00:59:19,119 --> 00:59:21,440
parkway and then up in this area along

1525
00:59:21,440 --> 00:59:23,040
the parkway. Again, with some of the

1526
00:59:23,040 --> 00:59:24,720
thoughts, the heavier commercial

1527
00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:28,960
probably being over uh in this area.

1528
00:59:28,960 --> 00:59:30,400
This shows you where the open space is.

1529
00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:32,000
It was a big issue here in Abington and

1530
00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:33,839
Rockland and Weimoth about where all the

1531
00:59:33,839 --> 00:59:35,599
open space would be. We're actually

1532
00:59:35,599 --> 00:59:37,839
taking over 100 acres to restore it. If

1533
00:59:37,839 --> 00:59:39,520
you go out there now, you'll see some

1534
00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:41,599
piles of things where they when they dug

1535
00:59:41,599 --> 00:59:42,960
up the old runway, they just sort of

1536
00:59:42,960 --> 00:59:44,799
pushed them into the back. Those all

1537
00:59:44,799 --> 00:59:47,440
come down. Those all get replanted uh

1538
00:59:47,440 --> 00:59:50,640
for uh nesting and uh bird travel uh

1539
00:59:50,640 --> 00:59:52,160
area.

1540
00:59:52,160 --> 00:59:53,839
This is a That's okay, Paul. You can go

1541
00:59:53,839 --> 00:59:55,520
to the next one. This is the loting

1542
00:59:55,520 --> 00:59:58,480
plan. Uh again, it gives you a sense of

1543
00:59:58,480 --> 01:00:00,000
sort of what's in orange is sort of

1544
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:01,599
where we start first. Why are we

1545
01:00:01,599 --> 01:00:03,520
starting all in Weimoth? Because it's

1546
01:00:03,520 --> 01:00:05,200
the only place we have water and sewer.

1547
01:00:05,200 --> 01:00:08,880
And that's sort of the reason why um and

1548
01:00:08,880 --> 01:00:10,559
um gives you some of where the initial

1549
01:00:10,559 --> 01:00:12,400
development would be, where the Rocklin

1550
01:00:12,400 --> 01:00:13,760
opportunities are, and where the

1551
01:00:13,760 --> 01:00:16,799
Abington opportunities are.

1552
01:00:16,799 --> 01:00:19,680
I'm going to turn it over to Paul um and

1553
01:00:19,680 --> 01:00:21,920
he's going to talk through two issues. A

1554
01:00:21,920 --> 01:00:23,520
little bit of the MWR, which you've

1555
01:00:23,520 --> 01:00:25,920
probably heard some about and and sort

1556
01:00:25,920 --> 01:00:27,119
of where that's at. We've been working

1557
01:00:27,119 --> 01:00:29,760
on it for years. This project is highly

1558
01:00:29,760 --> 01:00:32,079
supported by Representative uh Mariano.

1559
01:00:32,079 --> 01:00:34,640
This is his was his district. uh he has

1560
01:00:34,640 --> 01:00:37,440
supported bringing water down into this

1561
01:00:37,440 --> 01:00:40,160
region. It's a over a hund00 million

1562
01:00:40,160 --> 01:00:44,240
pipe. The MWR has 110 over 100 million

1563
01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:46,319
gallons a day that they spill put over

1564
01:00:46,319 --> 01:00:48,720
the spillway. The water sits up in the

1565
01:00:48,720 --> 01:00:50,799
Blue Hills. We need to get it down into

1566
01:00:50,799 --> 01:00:53,520
this region. There's been a water

1567
01:00:53,520 --> 01:00:55,359
shortage in the Southshore for as long

1568
01:00:55,359 --> 01:00:58,160
as I can remember. And so bringing it

1569
01:00:58,160 --> 01:00:59,760
this pipe down and Paul talked about it

1570
01:00:59,760 --> 01:01:02,000
about seven miles down to this area

1571
01:01:02,000 --> 01:01:03,839
really starts to do that. and we've got

1572
01:01:03,839 --> 01:01:06,079
a lot of state support uh to be able to

1573
01:01:06,079 --> 01:01:08,160
do that moving forward. So, I'll turn it

1574
01:01:08,160 --> 01:01:08,720
to Paul.

1575
01:01:08,720 --> 01:01:10,799
>> Thank you.

1576
01:01:10,799 --> 01:01:12,480
>> Good evening. Paul Sincado with New

1577
01:01:12,480 --> 01:01:14,079
England Development. So, as John said,

1578
01:01:14,079 --> 01:01:15,839
I'm going to just take you quickly

1579
01:01:15,839 --> 01:01:18,960
through the where the MWRA uh water

1580
01:01:18,960 --> 01:01:21,920
extension project is. Um and then we'll

1581
01:01:21,920 --> 01:01:24,480
talk about the initial phase um of

1582
01:01:24,480 --> 01:01:30,079
construction activity that'll begin in a couple few weeks. The MWRA water

1583
01:01:30,079 --> 01:01:33,119
extension is an application that a joint

1584
01:01:33,119 --> 01:01:34,960
application that the town of Weimoth and

1585
01:01:34,960 --> 01:01:36,559
the Southfield Redevelopment Authority

1586
01:01:36,559 --> 01:01:40,559
has made to the MWRA to become an MWRA

1587
01:01:40,559 --> 01:01:43,839
water community. We is currently um a

1588
01:01:43,839 --> 01:01:48,640
sewer community. This this picture here

1589
01:01:48,640 --> 01:01:50,880
um gives you an idea of the 7mi route

1590
01:01:50,880 --> 01:01:52,799
that John just talked about. All of our

1591
01:01:52,799 --> 01:01:54,160
pictures that you've seen up to this

1592
01:01:54,160 --> 01:01:56,559
point have north going up on the page.

1593
01:01:56,559 --> 01:01:58,160
We're confusing you a little bit here

1594
01:01:58,160 --> 01:02:00,640
where only because of of um the pipe

1595
01:02:00,640 --> 01:02:04,079
route north on this plan um goes to the

1596
01:02:04,079 --> 01:02:07,520
right south is located in this location

1597
01:02:07,520 --> 01:02:10,720
down here. This is way grey pond. The

1598
01:02:10,720 --> 01:02:13,520
blue line up here indicates the limit of

1599
01:02:13,520 --> 01:02:16,000
the existing MWRA system. It's in the

1600
01:02:16,000 --> 01:02:19,119
Blue Hills in Quinsey. And so the route

1601
01:02:19,119 --> 01:02:23,359
from the MWR existing pipeline up here

1602
01:02:23,359 --> 01:02:26,799
is almost seven miles basically heading

1603
01:02:26,799 --> 01:02:30,400
southeast until it gets into the the

1604
01:02:30,400 --> 01:02:32,640
pipe which would be a 36-in diameter

1605
01:02:32,640 --> 01:02:36,240
pipe. It'll have a 14 roughly 14 million

1606
01:02:36,240 --> 01:02:38,640
gallon a day capacity.

1607
01:02:38,640 --> 01:02:41,599
We's application to the MWRA is for

1608
01:02:41,599 --> 01:02:44,799
about 5 a.5 million gallons of that

1609
01:02:44,799 --> 01:02:47,760
almost 14 million gallons leaving for

1610
01:02:47,760 --> 01:02:49,760
the region. The idea of the size of the

1611
01:02:49,760 --> 01:02:53,920
pipe is it it allows for um other

1612
01:02:53,920 --> 01:02:55,520
communities on the southshore to be able

1613
01:02:55,520 --> 01:02:58,960
to tap into that supply of water. Um,

1614
01:02:58,960 --> 01:03:01,280
and the the pipe physically gets

1615
01:03:01,280 --> 01:03:04,319
connected to the Great Pond water

1616
01:03:04,319 --> 01:03:06,319
treatment plant on the Weaimoth system

1617
01:03:06,319 --> 01:03:08,720
right next to Great Pond. And then the

1618
01:03:08,720 --> 01:03:10,799
5.5 million gallons can go out into

1619
01:03:10,799 --> 01:03:14,240
Weimouth system. That allows Weimoth to

1620
01:03:14,240 --> 01:03:17,440
be able to only use Great Pond as a

1621
01:03:17,440 --> 01:03:20,559
water supply and and remove wells that

1622
01:03:20,559 --> 01:03:23,200
um need extensive amount of work and and

1623
01:03:23,200 --> 01:03:25,280
are are sort of suffering some from PAS

1624
01:03:25,280 --> 01:03:28,160
contamination and the like.

1625
01:03:28,160 --> 01:03:30,319
the the water system that's already on

1626
01:03:30,319 --> 01:03:32,720
the base serving the 1,200 um homes that

1627
01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:35,920
are on the base as John mentioned before

1628
01:03:35,920 --> 01:03:38,319
um are currently being served by the way

1629
01:03:38,319 --> 01:03:41,200
system. So that water is on the base and

1630
01:03:41,200 --> 01:03:44,079
as we develop um more homes and

1631
01:03:44,079 --> 01:03:46,480
businesses on the base, we expand that

1632
01:03:46,480 --> 01:03:49,280
system to serve the properties um that

1633
01:03:49,280 --> 01:03:54,079
we develop um in on the base in wayouth.

1634
01:03:54,079 --> 01:03:55,839
um by the market. I know where the

1635
01:03:55,839 --> 01:04:04,069
cook's not

1636
01:04:04,079 --> 01:04:07,200
» the process for joining the MWRA

1637
01:04:07,200 --> 01:04:10,720
um uh system is is is a fairly lengthy

1638
01:04:10,720 --> 01:04:12,720
project. It's it's gone on for about two

1639
01:04:12,720 --> 01:04:15,359
years so far. Now, the application

1640
01:04:15,359 --> 01:04:17,280
process that Weimoth and the SRRA

1641
01:04:17,280 --> 01:04:20,400
jointly has started has been funded with

1642
01:04:20,400 --> 01:04:23,440
some state a state grant um that was

1643
01:04:23,440 --> 01:04:26,079
part of a an overall $35 million

1644
01:04:26,079 --> 01:04:27,839
commitment that the state made to the

1645
01:04:27,839 --> 01:04:31,839
project. Uh the first step really for um

1646
01:04:31,839 --> 01:04:34,960
joining the MWA is to get through the

1647
01:04:34,960 --> 01:04:36,640
MEPA process, which is a state

1648
01:04:36,640 --> 01:04:39,599
environmental review process. the the

1649
01:04:39,599 --> 01:04:41,920
first step was actually uh an

1650
01:04:41,920 --> 01:04:43,520
environmental notification form.

1651
01:04:43,520 --> 01:04:45,839
Following that was a draft environmental

1652
01:04:45,839 --> 01:04:48,720
impact report. A certificate on that

1653
01:04:48,720 --> 01:04:52,480
environmental impact report was issued

1654
01:04:52,480 --> 01:04:56,640
um earlier this year. a a final EIA

1655
01:04:56,640 --> 01:04:58,880
report is going to be filed this month

1656
01:04:58,880 --> 01:05:01,280
and the expectation is that the project

1657
01:05:01,280 --> 01:05:04,720
will be through um the MEEPA process by

1658
01:05:04,720 --> 01:05:07,039
the end of this year and then that

1659
01:05:07,039 --> 01:05:09,680
leaves 2027

1660
01:05:09,680 --> 01:05:12,160
and a little bit into 2028 for the

1661
01:05:12,160 --> 01:05:15,039
balance of the application process to

1662
01:05:15,039 --> 01:05:18,559
move through the MWRA process has to go

1663
01:05:18,559 --> 01:05:20,640
before the MWR advisory board. It has to

1664
01:05:20,640 --> 01:05:22,720
go through D, the water resources

1665
01:05:22,720 --> 01:05:25,280
commission and other agencies like that

1666
01:05:25,280 --> 01:05:28,079
before it um gets to a final vote of the

1667
01:05:28,079 --> 01:05:32,880
MWRA board. The expectation

1668
01:05:32,880 --> 01:05:36,480
is that the the pipeline will be ready

1669
01:05:36,480 --> 01:05:39,359
to start construction

1670
01:05:39,359 --> 01:05:43,839
um in in late 28 28 early 29 and that

1671
01:05:43,839 --> 01:05:45,520
the pipeline construction would be

1672
01:05:45,520 --> 01:05:51,680
complete in 2031 2032 time frame.

1673
01:05:51,680 --> 01:05:55,280
uh currently sort of now running

1674
01:05:55,280 --> 01:05:57,680
simultaneous as the approval process

1675
01:05:57,680 --> 01:06:00,400
finishes up with joining the MWRA the

1676
01:06:00,400 --> 01:06:02,880
design phase has actually started the

1677
01:06:02,880 --> 01:06:05,520
expectation is by the end of this year

1678
01:06:05,520 --> 01:06:07,520
not only will they be through the MEEPA

1679
01:06:07,520 --> 01:06:09,760
approval process but they'll have

1680
01:06:09,760 --> 01:06:13,039
achieved about a 25% design the route

1681
01:06:13,039 --> 01:06:14,799
that we showed on the previous slide is

1682
01:06:14,799 --> 01:06:17,599
the route that's been selected um from a

1683
01:06:17,599 --> 01:06:19,440
number of route alternatives that were

1684
01:06:19,440 --> 01:06:21,520
looked at at an earlier time in the

1685
01:06:21,520 --> 01:06:24,720
project. Um, and so they're they're now

1686
01:06:24,720 --> 01:06:27,280
at the point where that that pipe can be

1687
01:06:27,280 --> 01:06:30,960
placed um in roadways and and weave its

1688
01:06:30,960 --> 01:06:34,079
way that that almost seven mile route um

1689
01:06:34,079 --> 01:06:39,670
in design documents.

1690
01:06:39,680 --> 01:06:41,760
Uh we had mentioned some of this before

1691
01:06:41,760 --> 01:06:45,119
the the state commitments to the

1692
01:06:45,119 --> 01:06:47,119
project. Uh John had mentioned the

1693
01:06:47,119 --> 01:06:50,480
legislation that created the SRRA. Um

1694
01:06:50,480 --> 01:06:55,200
the up until 2014 um the the legislation

1695
01:06:55,200 --> 01:06:58,000
at that point really served a prior

1696
01:06:58,000 --> 01:07:00,960
master development plan at specific

1697
01:07:00,960 --> 01:07:02,720
references to the old plan that we

1698
01:07:02,720 --> 01:07:05,680
talked about. Um part of the approvals

1699
01:07:05,680 --> 01:07:07,119
um that we've been through is to have

1700
01:07:07,119 --> 01:07:11,039
that legislation amended to address a

1701
01:07:11,039 --> 01:07:13,520
different master plan and remove the old

1702
01:07:13,520 --> 01:07:15,760
master developer from it. Uh, and the

1703
01:07:15,760 --> 01:07:17,680
other real significant commitment um

1704
01:07:17,680 --> 01:07:19,920
that the state's made is the $35 million

1705
01:07:19,920 --> 01:07:22,640
grant um that we spoke of. It's paying

1706
01:07:22,640 --> 01:07:25,280
for the permitting of the MWRA pipeline.

1707
01:07:25,280 --> 01:07:26,880
It's paying for the design of that

1708
01:07:26,880 --> 01:07:29,119
pipeline and the state has been

1709
01:07:29,119 --> 01:07:32,400
committed to um work to find in in

1710
01:07:32,400 --> 01:07:34,400
excess of hund00 million to pay for the

1711
01:07:34,400 --> 01:07:37,200
construction of that pipe. included in

1712
01:07:37,200 --> 01:07:39,760
some of the $35 million commitment that

1713
01:07:39,760 --> 01:07:42,720
the states made uh or or granted to this

1714
01:07:42,720 --> 01:07:45,280
point um are water and sewer

1715
01:07:45,280 --> 01:07:46,799
improvements and transportation

1716
01:07:46,799 --> 01:07:49,599
improvements that are happening um in

1717
01:07:49,599 --> 01:07:51,520
the way Rockland and Abington

1718
01:07:51,520 --> 01:07:56,160
communities um beyond paying for the MWR

1719
01:07:56,160 --> 01:07:58,640
related costs.

1720
01:07:58,640 --> 01:08:00,640
So again, just to sort of frame big

1721
01:08:00,640 --> 01:08:03,440
picture before we move into

1722
01:08:03,440 --> 01:08:08,319
um into the into the next section,

1723
01:08:08,319 --> 01:08:10,720
water in Rockland and Abington on the

1724
01:08:10,720 --> 01:08:14,880
base has to come from the MWR supply of

1725
01:08:14,880 --> 01:08:17,040
water. That's not expected to be up and

1726
01:08:17,040 --> 01:08:20,319
running until 2031, 2032.

1727
01:08:20,319 --> 01:08:23,359
um prior to that time then development

1728
01:08:23,359 --> 01:08:25,120
on the base will be restricted to the

1729
01:08:25,120 --> 01:08:27,759
Weaimoth part of the base because the

1730
01:08:27,759 --> 01:08:30,080
450,000 gallons that we have from

1731
01:08:30,080 --> 01:08:32,560
Weimoth can't cross municipal

1732
01:08:32,560 --> 01:08:34,239
boundaries. It has to be used in

1733
01:08:34,239 --> 01:08:36,719
Weimouth. And so one of the things that

1734
01:08:36,719 --> 01:08:39,920
we've been spending um a lot of time

1735
01:08:39,920 --> 01:08:42,640
over the last several years but but even

1736
01:08:42,640 --> 01:08:45,040
more intensely and over the past six to

1737
01:08:45,040 --> 01:08:47,359
12 months is trying to find a water

1738
01:08:47,359 --> 01:08:50,319
source um that can supply the Abington

1739
01:08:50,319 --> 01:08:52,719
and Rockland portions of the base prior

1740
01:08:52,719 --> 01:08:55,440
to the MWRA pipe getting connected to

1741
01:08:55,440 --> 01:09:01,110
the limit system.

1742
01:09:01,120 --> 01:09:06,239
the first um phase of the of the work uh

1743
01:09:06,239 --> 01:09:08,159
that we will undertake on the base which

1744
01:09:08,159 --> 01:09:11,040
we're going to talk about in a second um

1745
01:09:11,040 --> 01:09:13,520
will occur in weouth and so just to get

1746
01:09:13,520 --> 01:09:15,040
you oriented on the next couple of

1747
01:09:15,040 --> 01:09:16,719
slides

1748
01:09:16,719 --> 01:09:20,080
um this this is the the orientation of

1749
01:09:20,080 --> 01:09:21,600
all of the slides that John showed of

1750
01:09:21,600 --> 01:09:23,120
the base we're just zoomed in a little

1751
01:09:23,120 --> 01:09:26,960
bit more the the shea drive entrance off

1752
01:09:26,960 --> 01:09:29,440
of Route 18 is here the Trotter Road

1753
01:09:29,440 --> 01:09:31,679
entrance off of Route 18 is there. The

1754
01:09:31,679 --> 01:09:33,279
commuter rail station is in that

1755
01:09:33,279 --> 01:09:36,000
location. North is up on the picture.

1756
01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:40,239
And this is the Weimoth um town line. So

1757
01:09:40,239 --> 01:09:42,480
Abington in the bottom left, Rockland in

1758
01:09:42,480 --> 01:09:45,279
the bottom right. The the Weimoth

1759
01:09:45,279 --> 01:09:48,719
portion of the base is here. For for

1760
01:09:48,719 --> 01:09:50,960
sort of location context, the soccer

1761
01:09:50,960 --> 01:09:52,880
fields on the base are in this location.

1762
01:09:52,880 --> 01:09:54,800
Right next to it is the 44 lot

1763
01:09:54,800 --> 01:09:57,120
subdivision that we spoke about that was

1764
01:09:57,120 --> 01:10:00,400
recently completed. and the,274

1765
01:10:00,400 --> 01:10:03,280
homes that are on the base are um

1766
01:10:03,280 --> 01:10:07,440
located in this area. The the first road

1767
01:10:07,440 --> 01:10:09,280
that we will construct on the base,

1768
01:10:09,280 --> 01:10:11,600
which which will start um construction

1769
01:10:11,600 --> 01:10:13,600
this month, and in fact, last week we

1770
01:10:13,600 --> 01:10:17,440
formally awarded a contract um to um to

1771
01:10:17,440 --> 01:10:20,320
a contractor that'll begin this work. It

1772
01:10:20,320 --> 01:10:22,719
begins um it's a mile and a half stretch

1773
01:10:22,719 --> 01:10:25,280
of road that begins where Shea Drive

1774
01:10:25,280 --> 01:10:28,640
intersects with Route 18. It travels up

1775
01:10:28,640 --> 01:10:30,560
to the plane memorial for those familiar

1776
01:10:30,560 --> 01:10:35,360
with on the base. Um we are going on the back side of the the jet plane

1777
01:10:35,360 --> 01:10:37,520
memorial uh to eliminate that hard

1778
01:10:37,520 --> 01:10:39,280
right-hand turn that you take at the

1779
01:10:39,280 --> 01:10:41,600
plane today. So there's a new segment of

1780
01:10:41,600 --> 01:10:43,040
road that gets built in here. And we'll

1781
01:10:43,040 --> 01:10:45,360
show a little bit better detail on the

1782
01:10:45,360 --> 01:10:47,920
different segments of road um that exist

1783
01:10:47,920 --> 01:10:50,400
and are new. It'll travel past the

1784
01:10:50,400 --> 01:10:53,520
sports complex, past the Old Navy gym,

1785
01:10:53,520 --> 01:10:56,239
and then um when it gets past the Old

1786
01:10:56,239 --> 01:10:58,480
Navy gym, it'll it'll veer off of the

1787
01:10:58,480 --> 01:11:00,400
current path of Memorial Drive and

1788
01:11:00,400 --> 01:11:02,320
really make a straight shot down to the

1789
01:11:02,320 --> 01:11:04,560
roundabout on the Parkway. That

1790
01:11:04,560 --> 01:11:06,480
roundabout on the Parkway is the one

1791
01:11:06,480 --> 01:11:09,280
that exists right next to the Mass Light

1792
01:11:09,280 --> 01:11:11,199
um apartment building. Some may be

1793
01:11:11,199 --> 01:11:13,600
famili familiar with that building. The

1794
01:11:13,600 --> 01:11:14,960
road will go straight through the

1795
01:11:14,960 --> 01:11:17,679
roundabout and we'll put a temporary

1796
01:11:17,679 --> 01:11:20,880
turnaround right on the Weaimoth um town

1797
01:11:20,880 --> 01:11:24,239
line. All of these lots colored in in

1798
01:11:24,239 --> 01:11:26,719
sand color here represent the first

1799
01:11:26,719 --> 01:11:31,199
phase lots that will be um enabled by

1800
01:11:31,199 --> 01:11:33,679
this roadway construction. The next

1801
01:11:33,679 --> 01:11:35,280
slide

1802
01:11:35,280 --> 01:11:36,640
sort of gives you a little bit better

1803
01:11:36,640 --> 01:11:39,040
picture of what segments of road in the

1804
01:11:39,040 --> 01:11:41,760
mile and a half of the phase one road.

1805
01:11:41,760 --> 01:11:44,239
About a half a mile of it um is there

1806
01:11:44,239 --> 01:11:47,040
today which we will you we will continue

1807
01:11:47,040 --> 01:11:50,560
to use and about a a mile of it will be

1808
01:11:50,560 --> 01:11:53,679
new roadway construction linking these u

1809
01:11:53,679 --> 01:11:56,000
pieces of existing road. So, there's

1810
01:11:56,000 --> 01:11:59,120
about 1,000 ft of new road um at this

1811
01:11:59,120 --> 01:12:02,000
location where we'll go on the on the

1812
01:12:02,000 --> 01:12:04,400
back side of the plane memorial. Um the

1813
01:12:04,400 --> 01:12:07,360
SRA offices um that's the building

1814
01:12:07,360 --> 01:12:08,880
across from the jet plane. And then

1815
01:12:08,880 --> 01:12:11,120
there's the little red bond project

1816
01:12:11,120 --> 01:12:13,440
building next to the SRA office. So,

1817
01:12:13,440 --> 01:12:16,719
that's the first um segment of New Road

1818
01:12:16,719 --> 01:12:19,360
taking out the hard right turn. The road

1819
01:12:19,360 --> 01:12:21,040
after that, shortly after that point

1820
01:12:21,040 --> 01:12:23,280
stays in its current location, past the

1821
01:12:23,280 --> 01:12:25,199
new subdivision, Stone Bridge, past the

1822
01:12:25,199 --> 01:12:27,600
sports complex, and then in front of the

1823
01:12:27,600 --> 01:12:29,760
old Navy gym, there'll be a new road

1824
01:12:29,760 --> 01:12:32,080
that we build from there down to the

1825
01:12:32,080 --> 01:12:35,040
roundabout, another new segment of road

1826
01:12:35,040 --> 01:12:36,560
um straight through the roundabout down

1827
01:12:36,560 --> 01:12:40,640
to the Weimothtown line. the other um

1828
01:12:40,640 --> 01:12:43,120
main infrastructure components besides

1829
01:12:43,120 --> 01:12:44,960
the road and then obviously the

1830
01:12:44,960 --> 01:12:47,040
utilities in in that road which would be

1831
01:12:47,040 --> 01:12:49,280
the normal water, sewer, drainage,

1832
01:12:49,280 --> 01:12:51,120
telephone, electric, gas, all of those

1833
01:12:51,120 --> 01:12:54,400
utilities in in the phase one road. In

1834
01:12:54,400 --> 01:12:56,400
addition to that, there'll be a large

1835
01:12:56,400 --> 01:12:59,280
detention basin that'll be constructed

1836
01:12:59,280 --> 01:13:03,360
to handle drainage from that new road.

1837
01:13:03,360 --> 01:13:06,800
And then shown in pink, there's a new

1838
01:13:06,800 --> 01:13:09,040
sewer pump station and existing sewer

1839
01:13:09,040 --> 01:13:11,120
pump station. The existing gets

1840
01:13:11,120 --> 01:13:13,840
rehabbed. The new one is is new. They

1841
01:13:13,840 --> 01:13:16,159
pick up the sewer flows again coming

1842
01:13:16,159 --> 01:13:19,040
from that first phase of road. And

1843
01:13:19,040 --> 01:13:21,920
ultimately um this sewer is in a force

1844
01:13:21,920 --> 01:13:24,719
main that that pumps north on what is an

1845
01:13:24,719 --> 01:13:27,600
old roadway, an old primary access road

1846
01:13:27,600 --> 01:13:29,600
when the base was active called Kalan

1847
01:13:29,600 --> 01:13:34,000
Road. um brings it up and ties into um a

1848
01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:36,640
sewer in Route 18 uh where there was a

1849
01:13:36,640 --> 01:13:38,239
stub left off with the recent

1850
01:13:38,239 --> 01:13:40,239
construction that finished up a couple

1851
01:13:40,239 --> 01:13:43,520
years ago. So that's sort of the the the

1852
01:13:43,520 --> 01:13:44,960
main infrastructure components

1853
01:13:44,960 --> 01:13:47,600
associated with this initial phase. And

1854
01:13:47,600 --> 01:14:03,189
then I think the next slide um shows

1855
01:14:03,199 --> 01:14:09,430
fall asleep.

1856
01:14:09,440 --> 01:14:13,440
This this length of road will facilitate

1857
01:14:13,440 --> 01:14:17,280
um or or enable the development of

1858
01:14:17,280 --> 01:14:19,440
development parcels.

1859
01:14:19,440 --> 01:14:21,360
There are there about 10 development

1860
01:14:21,360 --> 01:14:22,960
parcels,

1861
01:14:22,960 --> 01:14:26,239
four um four parcels located up in the

1862
01:14:26,239 --> 01:14:29,600
north area. Um this parcel B that we

1863
01:14:29,600 --> 01:14:31,920
show for those real familiar with the

1864
01:14:31,920 --> 01:14:34,800
base was the old Coast Guard land. Am I

1865
01:14:34,800 --> 01:14:39,030
not close enough to the microphone?

1866
01:14:39,040 --> 01:14:40,800
Um

1867
01:14:40,800 --> 01:14:44,000
the old Coast Guard land is land that

1868
01:14:44,000 --> 01:14:47,120
the SRA acquired several years ago. Um

1869
01:14:47,120 --> 01:14:49,199
some of the best land on the base. Um

1870
01:14:49,199 --> 01:14:51,600
and then that land that falls behind the

1871
01:14:51,600 --> 01:14:55,199
SA office and then another half a dozen

1872
01:14:55,199 --> 01:14:58,800
um development parcels that really ring

1873
01:14:58,800 --> 01:15:02,159
that roundabout um on the Parkway. It

1874
01:15:02,159 --> 01:15:05,120
really picks up where the development

1875
01:15:05,120 --> 01:15:08,320
left off um on on the west end of the

1876
01:15:08,320 --> 01:15:11,440
base. And again for Locust, the the pink

1877
01:15:11,440 --> 01:15:13,280
is showing you where the force main gets

1878
01:15:13,280 --> 01:15:15,440
sent out and where the storm water basin

1879
01:15:15,440 --> 01:15:21,189
is.

1880
01:15:21,199 --> 01:15:23,760
Yeah, a little bit about uh we just talk

1881
01:15:23,760 --> 01:15:25,440
about next steps and things that we have

1882
01:15:25,440 --> 01:15:27,199
going. Uh as Paul mentioned, the

1883
01:15:27,199 --> 01:15:28,560
infrastructure is going to start. That's

1884
01:15:28,560 --> 01:15:32,080
true. Vertical construction in 27. We

1885
01:15:32,080 --> 01:15:33,760
have been talking to Abington Rockland

1886
01:15:33,760 --> 01:15:36,480
Joint Waterworks because when the when

1887
01:15:36,480 --> 01:15:39,600
the MW pipe go comes in, the SRA is an

1888
01:15:39,600 --> 01:15:41,920
authority. It can wield the water

1889
01:15:41,920 --> 01:15:44,080
through the base. So Waymouth, Abington,

1890
01:15:44,080 --> 01:15:46,239
and Rockland can all receive that water.

1891
01:15:46,239 --> 01:15:47,679
We would like to be able to have

1892
01:15:47,679 --> 01:15:49,120
development opportunities in Abington

1893
01:15:49,120 --> 01:15:52,560
before that pipeline is there. We have

1894
01:15:52,560 --> 01:15:55,440
talked to um Abington Rockland Joint

1895
01:15:55,440 --> 01:15:57,679
Waterworks about the idea of is there

1896
01:15:57,679 --> 01:15:59,120
work are there studies that could be

1897
01:15:59,120 --> 01:16:01,280
done to help improve the system that

1898
01:16:01,280 --> 01:16:04,560
exists there today? Uh whether that be

1899
01:16:04,560 --> 01:16:08,000
uh uh Myers have wells or the like. Is

1900
01:16:08,000 --> 01:16:09,679
there also an opportunity to bring water

1901
01:16:09,679 --> 01:16:12,800
from another community and to bring that

1902
01:16:12,800 --> 01:16:17,040
into um the system and then a portion of

1903
01:16:17,040 --> 01:16:18,719
that could be used for the base, but a

1904
01:16:18,719 --> 01:16:20,080
portion could be used generally for

1905
01:16:20,080 --> 01:16:22,080
Abington and Rockland because that would

1906
01:16:22,080 --> 01:16:25,520
allow some of the development to not

1907
01:16:25,520 --> 01:16:29,199
wait until we have the MWRA pipeline but

1908
01:16:29,199 --> 01:16:32,320
allow us to go forward now. Um because

1909
01:16:32,320 --> 01:16:33,840
as you might imagine when people look at

1910
01:16:33,840 --> 01:16:35,360
the base they don't look at it and say

1911
01:16:35,360 --> 01:16:36,719
well that's the Abington line and the

1912
01:16:36,719 --> 01:16:39,199
way we line they look at it holistically

1913
01:16:39,199 --> 01:16:41,120
we show a culde-sac that stops in

1914
01:16:41,120 --> 01:16:43,840
Abington well we have another plan that

1915
01:16:43,840 --> 01:16:46,640
shows that elders continuing because one

1916
01:16:46,640 --> 01:16:48,080
of the logical things off the rotary

1917
01:16:48,080 --> 01:16:49,360
should be residential and commercial

1918
01:16:49,360 --> 01:16:51,679
development in Abington and also for

1919
01:16:51,679 --> 01:16:54,000
Rockland too. Um, when you look at

1920
01:16:54,000 --> 01:16:56,159
coming in off of 228, you don't look at,

1921
01:16:56,159 --> 01:16:57,840
well, the lefthand side is Rock and the

1922
01:16:57,840 --> 01:16:59,679
right hand side is Wayimouth. That's not

1923
01:16:59,679 --> 01:17:02,159
how we do it. And you should know we do

1924
01:17:02,159 --> 01:17:06,400
have over 2500 homes presold. Um, so uh,

1925
01:17:06,400 --> 01:17:07,840
and that's a combination of multif

1926
01:17:07,840 --> 01:17:10,719
family, single family, town homes, uh,

1927
01:17:10,719 --> 01:17:13,199
in over 55 developments. So, right now

1928
01:17:13,199 --> 01:17:15,199
we're a little bit over 2500

1929
01:17:15,199 --> 01:17:16,640
>> in in Weman.

1930
01:17:16,640 --> 01:17:17,600
>> In all in Weman.

1931
01:17:17,600 --> 01:17:18,480
>> Yeah. Okay.

1932
01:17:18,480 --> 01:17:20,080
>> All in because that's the only place we

1933
01:17:20,080 --> 01:17:22,400
have water. Now, we also have a great

1934
01:17:22,400 --> 01:17:24,320
deal, surprisingly so, of commercial

1935
01:17:24,320 --> 01:17:26,800
interest at the base. Uh, two things

1936
01:17:26,800 --> 01:17:28,640
that we have to get over with that. One,

1937
01:17:28,640 --> 01:17:30,880
we have to find some water that relates

1938
01:17:30,880 --> 01:17:32,560
to Abington and Rockland for that to

1939
01:17:32,560 --> 01:17:35,280
happen in those communities. But the

1940
01:17:35,280 --> 01:17:37,199
second thing is they would like to see

1941
01:17:37,199 --> 01:17:39,840
some of this work starting. Uh, the base

1942
01:17:39,840 --> 01:17:42,239
suffers from a credibility problem. Um,

1943
01:17:42,239 --> 01:17:44,640
I I won't tell you a large retailer. I

1944
01:17:44,640 --> 01:17:45,600
mean, we're basically commercial

1945
01:17:45,600 --> 01:17:46,640
developers. I mean, New England

1946
01:17:46,640 --> 01:17:48,080
Development's been around for 50 years.

1947
01:17:48,080 --> 01:17:49,600
We built 50 million square feet. We're

1948
01:17:49,600 --> 01:17:50,880
more commercial. you know, we've done

1949
01:17:50,880 --> 01:17:52,800
projects like the Pine Hills and things

1950
01:17:52,800 --> 01:17:54,719
like that, but we're more commercial

1951
01:17:54,719 --> 01:17:56,800
developers, but as you might imagine, a

1952
01:17:56,800 --> 01:17:59,520
lot of our our retail office and other

1953
01:17:59,520 --> 01:18:00,640
clients are like, "Yeah, I've been

1954
01:18:00,640 --> 01:18:02,640
hearing about the base for 20 years. Uh,

1955
01:18:02,640 --> 01:18:04,719
let's see you get going." And then uh

1956
01:18:04,719 --> 01:18:07,440
because a lot of residential can take up

1957
01:18:07,440 --> 01:18:10,640
to 24 months. Uh you can have larger

1958
01:18:10,640 --> 01:18:12,960
format and even smaller format retail is

1959
01:18:12,960 --> 01:18:16,080
done in 9 to 12. Um so they're they

1960
01:18:16,080 --> 01:18:17,280
really that's one of the reasons we're

1961
01:18:17,280 --> 01:18:19,280
starting the infrastructure right away.

1962
01:18:19,280 --> 01:18:21,040
uh so that we can demonstrate and move

1963
01:18:21,040 --> 01:18:22,880
very quickly into vertical construction

1964
01:18:22,880 --> 01:18:24,480
because we want to demonstrate that this

1965
01:18:24,480 --> 01:18:27,840
really is a place. So, have we bored you

1966
01:18:27,840 --> 01:18:30,640
enough? Has this been at all helpful?

1967
01:18:30,640 --> 01:18:32,640
But, uh I know the town manager wanted

1968
01:18:32,640 --> 01:18:35,040
us to give you some more detail probably

1969
01:18:35,040 --> 01:18:37,040
than you wanted, but um just to give you

1970
01:18:37,040 --> 01:18:39,360
a sense of where we're at. So, Paul and

1971
01:18:39,360 --> 01:18:40,560
I happy to answer any questions you

1972
01:18:40,560 --> 01:18:41,120
have. I

1973
01:18:41,120 --> 01:18:43,600
>> I do have a question. Um so, I was on

1974
01:18:43,600 --> 01:18:45,280
FINCOM when you guys first started this

1975
01:18:45,280 --> 01:18:49,040
around early 20s. Um, I do remember

1976
01:18:49,040 --> 01:18:51,040
MWR was an option that you were looking

1977
01:18:51,040 --> 01:18:52,400
at, but there were also other water

1978
01:18:52,400 --> 01:18:53,600
options that you were looking at at the

1979
01:18:53,600 --> 01:18:56,560
time. What What made you guys decide to

1980
01:18:56,560 --> 01:18:59,280
go the MWR route? Ultimately,

1981
01:18:59,280 --> 01:19:00,000
>> uh, the state

1982
01:19:00,000 --> 01:19:02,239
>> aside from it being amazing water,

1983
01:19:02,239 --> 01:19:05,520
>> it is and available. I mean, the problem

1984
01:19:05,520 --> 01:19:08,239
with this entire region, um, I mean,

1985
01:19:08,239 --> 01:19:09,920
I'll give you an example. uh my father

1986
01:19:09,920 --> 01:19:12,239
who owned a a factory over in Brockton.

1987
01:19:12,239 --> 01:19:14,560
I used to be on the BTON economic 21st

1988
01:19:14,560 --> 01:19:16,880
century group and he called me up one

1989
01:19:16,880 --> 01:19:18,560
day and he said, "I need you to cover a

1990
01:19:18,560 --> 01:19:22,239
meeting for me." And this is in 1998.

1991
01:19:22,239 --> 01:19:23,760
And I said, "Sure. What's the meeting

1992
01:19:23,760 --> 01:19:25,600
about?" The lack of water on the

1993
01:19:25,600 --> 01:19:29,360
Southshore. This is not a new issue. Um

1994
01:19:29,360 --> 01:19:32,719
and there are very few opportunities on

1995
01:19:32,719 --> 01:19:35,280
the Southshore to bring water here. Um

1996
01:19:35,280 --> 01:19:38,880
there is water in Brockton. Um there is

1997
01:19:38,880 --> 01:19:40,320
other things that communities have done

1998
01:19:40,320 --> 01:19:42,800
about can they increase their safe yield

1999
01:19:42,800 --> 01:19:45,360
rates either by making improvements.

2000
01:19:45,360 --> 01:19:47,199
That's what we we think that it's really

2001
01:19:47,199 --> 01:19:49,760
there's there really are no one

2002
01:19:49,760 --> 01:19:52,239
solution. One solution is what can be

2003
01:19:52,239 --> 01:19:53,520
done with the existing system that

2004
01:19:53,520 --> 01:19:55,840
Abington and Rockland has. Second is how

2005
01:19:55,840 --> 01:19:57,280
can we supplement it with additional

2006
01:19:57,280 --> 01:19:59,840
water coming into it. And then third

2007
01:19:59,840 --> 01:20:02,960
ultimately the MWR comes in. SRA is a

2008
01:20:02,960 --> 01:20:04,800
water company. they'll wield the water

2009
01:20:04,800 --> 01:20:06,719
through Abington and Rockland on the

2010
01:20:06,719 --> 01:20:08,960
base, but that doesn't actually help the

2011
01:20:08,960 --> 01:20:12,000
rest of Abington and Rockland. So, those

2012
01:20:12,000 --> 01:20:14,080
are the the choices that that we have

2013
01:20:14,080 --> 01:20:16,560
out there. And I and I think people

2014
01:20:16,560 --> 01:20:20,000
expect one of the issues that we have.

2015
01:20:20,000 --> 01:20:21,840
We're artificially telling people we got

2016
01:20:21,840 --> 01:20:23,760
to stop at a town line that means

2017
01:20:23,760 --> 01:20:25,440
absolutely nothing as you're on the base

2018
01:20:25,440 --> 01:20:28,000
and you can't even tell where it is. We

2019
01:20:28,000 --> 01:20:29,520
don't want to do that because once you

2020
01:20:29,520 --> 01:20:31,360
design, for example, a new commercial

2021
01:20:31,360 --> 01:20:32,800
development that doesn't cross into

2022
01:20:32,800 --> 01:20:34,719
Abington or Rockland, it's not like

2023
01:20:34,719 --> 01:20:36,800
we're going to go back in seven or eight

2024
01:20:36,800 --> 01:20:38,480
years and redesign it. I mean, you

2025
01:20:38,480 --> 01:20:40,159
design it once and that's how you laid

2026
01:20:40,159 --> 01:20:41,760
out. So, that's why we'd like to come up

2027
01:20:41,760 --> 01:20:44,080
with some interim much quicker

2028
01:20:44,080 --> 01:20:48,960
solutions. Um, and we think there are solutions out there uh to be

2029
01:20:48,960 --> 01:20:52,000
able to get some some water for.

2030
01:20:52,000 --> 01:20:56,070
So

2031
01:20:56,080 --> 01:20:59,679
other questions for us.

2032
01:20:59,679 --> 01:21:02,800
>> So the MWR is that going to be, you

2033
01:21:02,800 --> 01:21:04,960
know, going that is that going to be one

2034
01:21:04,960 --> 01:21:06,400
specific project? Are you going to break

2035
01:21:06,400 --> 01:21:08,800
it up into different phases so that it's

2036
01:21:08,800 --> 01:21:11,040
done in that two or three year time

2037
01:21:11,040 --> 01:21:11,840
period?

2038
01:21:11,840 --> 01:21:14,000
>> It's going to be one project, seven plus

2039
01:21:14,000 --> 01:21:17,120
miles. Yep. One line come into Wayouth.

2040
01:21:17,120 --> 01:21:20,640
Um, as Paul says, but it's 13.8 million

2041
01:21:20,640 --> 01:21:22,960
gallons. We're oversizing the pipe at

2042
01:21:22,960 --> 01:21:25,360
everybody's request. There will be water

2043
01:21:25,360 --> 01:21:26,640
for other neighboring communities.

2044
01:21:26,640 --> 01:21:28,560
There'll be water for emergency

2045
01:21:28,560 --> 01:21:31,360
connections. So,

2046
01:21:31,360 --> 01:21:36,400
right now, um, as I said, MWR probably

2047
01:21:36,400 --> 01:21:38,960
puts over its spillway in excess water

2048
01:21:38,960 --> 01:21:41,600
every day, 100 million gallons of water.

2049
01:21:41,600 --> 01:21:44,159
It's just it's not here. So, bringing it

2050
01:21:44,159 --> 01:21:47,920
7.6 six miles closer uh than allows and

2051
01:21:47,920 --> 01:21:50,159
this is one step as other communities

2052
01:21:50,159 --> 01:21:52,159
may want to connect. There are dollars

2053
01:21:52,159 --> 01:21:53,360
that going to have to be spent to be

2054
01:21:53,360 --> 01:21:55,920
able to get to that water pipe, but this

2055
01:21:55,920 --> 01:21:58,080
will get it down into the region. And

2056
01:21:58,080 --> 01:22:00,159
that's and that's also Speaker Mariano

2057
01:22:00,159 --> 01:22:02,080
was here. He would say that's a big part

2058
01:22:02,080 --> 01:22:04,320
of what he wants to see to be able to

2059
01:22:04,320 --> 01:22:07,280
get the water into the region. So,

2060
01:22:07,280 --> 01:22:09,120
>> what type of housing are we looking at

2061
01:22:09,120 --> 01:22:11,920
in Abington?

2062
01:22:11,920 --> 01:22:14,159
um nothing that's defined, but right

2063
01:22:14,159 --> 01:22:15,520
along the Parkway, you're going to

2064
01:22:15,520 --> 01:22:17,040
imagine that it will be more multif

2065
01:22:17,040 --> 01:22:19,040
family housing like what's out there

2066
01:22:19,040 --> 01:22:21,920
now. As you get away from the parkway,

2067
01:22:21,920 --> 01:22:23,679
um there's a lot of interest in town

2068
01:22:23,679 --> 01:22:26,880
homes. There's a lot of interest um in

2069
01:22:26,880 --> 01:22:30,800
over 55. Uh our first

2070
01:22:30,800 --> 01:22:33,440
900 units of our first 2500 are actually

2071
01:22:33,440 --> 01:22:35,920
over 55 units. We're it's a very

2072
01:22:35,920 --> 01:22:38,080
different when I first started doing

2073
01:22:38,080 --> 01:22:39,760
this and people would talk about you

2074
01:22:39,760 --> 01:22:41,120
know single family homes three four

2075
01:22:41,120 --> 01:22:42,639
bedroomedrooms you know large

2076
01:22:42,639 --> 01:22:44,320
communities that's actually not what our

2077
01:22:44,320 --> 01:22:46,800
population is geared towards uh the

2078
01:22:46,800 --> 01:22:48,320
number of children that you have in

2079
01:22:48,320 --> 01:22:51,120
devel I mean we built uh 3,000 well

2080
01:22:51,120 --> 01:22:53,360
built 2800 of the 3,000 homes down at

2081
01:22:53,360 --> 01:22:55,040
Pine Hills. You don't have a lot of

2082
01:22:55,040 --> 01:22:57,040
children. you just don't have a lot of

2083
01:22:57,040 --> 01:23:00,719
um uh it's a different our our our

2084
01:23:00,719 --> 01:23:02,320
whether we want to talk about it or not,

2085
01:23:02,320 --> 01:23:04,400
but our our makeup and our demographics

2086
01:23:04,400 --> 01:23:07,600
of our area have changed and they they

2087
01:23:07,600 --> 01:23:10,480
skew older and they skew less children.

2088
01:23:10,480 --> 01:23:13,440
Uh and something happened in 2008 where

2089
01:23:13,440 --> 01:23:15,440
the uh child birth rate especially went

2090
01:23:15,440 --> 01:23:16,639
particularly down. If you remember what

2091
01:23:16,639 --> 01:23:18,239
happened in 2008 was not a particularly

2092
01:23:18,239 --> 01:23:20,320
great time and we still have yet to

2093
01:23:20,320 --> 01:23:23,679
recover from that those sets of numbers.

2094
01:23:23,679 --> 01:23:26,480
So that be heavily town homes, multis,

2095
01:23:26,480 --> 01:23:28,800
some single families, but not not heavy

2096
01:23:28,800 --> 01:23:30,080
that it's not what the it's not what the

2097
01:23:30,080 --> 01:23:33,040
demand is anywhere in the state sense.

2098
01:23:33,040 --> 01:23:34,480
It's not what people are looking for.

2099
01:23:34,480 --> 01:23:35,920
You're also thinking about people who

2100
01:23:35,920 --> 01:23:38,480
may own a larger home, raise their kids.

2101
01:23:38,480 --> 01:23:39,920
We have done a very poor job in

2102
01:23:39,920 --> 01:23:42,239
Massachusetts of finding where people

2103
01:23:42,239 --> 01:23:44,159
who say, "My doctors are all in

2104
01:23:44,159 --> 01:23:45,440
Abington, the my friends are in

2105
01:23:45,440 --> 01:23:46,800
Abington. I like the restaurants in

2106
01:23:46,800 --> 01:23:49,679
Abington. I want to stay here, but where

2107
01:23:49,679 --> 01:23:53,360
do I go to have some place that is new

2108
01:23:53,360 --> 01:23:55,760
and maybe all new appliances and I can

2109
01:23:55,760 --> 01:23:57,600
kind of lock it up and either go to the

2110
01:23:57,600 --> 01:23:59,199
Cape or go to Florida depending on the

2111
01:23:59,199 --> 01:24:01,120
time of the year. We've not done a great

2112
01:24:01,120 --> 01:24:04,800
job for that next evolution of people

2113
01:24:04,800 --> 01:24:06,639
finding housing. There's a lot of where

2114
01:24:06,639 --> 01:24:08,560
other states have done a much better job

2115
01:24:08,560 --> 01:24:10,080
than we have. We've never produced that

2116
01:24:10,080 --> 01:24:11,840
product. Some of that will be here.

2117
01:24:11,840 --> 01:24:13,040
>> I think that'd be great if you could do

2118
01:24:13,040 --> 01:24:15,120
that for the residents of Abington like

2119
01:24:15,120 --> 01:24:17,920
uh my in-laws That's they did in South

2120
01:24:17,920 --> 01:24:19,840
Wayoth. They moved over to uh Fairing's

2121
01:24:19,840 --> 01:24:21,920
Way. They've been there for five or six

2122
01:24:21,920 --> 01:24:22,560
years now.

2123
01:24:22,560 --> 01:24:22,800
>> Yeah.

2124
01:24:22,800 --> 01:24:24,080
>> They wanted to stay in Wemouth. They

2125
01:24:24,080 --> 01:24:26,159
didn't need the big house.

2126
01:24:26,159 --> 01:24:27,760
>> They took that opportunity. You'd be

2127
01:24:27,760 --> 01:24:29,440
shocked about people whether it's

2128
01:24:29,440 --> 01:24:31,199
Abington, Rockland, Hangingham, any of

2129
01:24:31,199 --> 01:24:33,360
these areas. They get they've got to be

2130
01:24:33,360 --> 01:24:34,719
they're not moving out of those houses

2131
01:24:34,719 --> 01:24:36,080
necessarily because they don't have a

2132
01:24:36,080 --> 01:24:37,199
choice and they want to stay in the

2133
01:24:37,199 --> 01:24:39,679
region. This will provide uh some of

2134
01:24:39,679 --> 01:24:41,840
that. There also will be some level of

2135
01:24:41,840 --> 01:24:43,920
affordability in this project too, you

2136
01:24:43,920 --> 01:24:45,920
know, which gives a different layer. Our

2137
01:24:45,920 --> 01:24:47,600
some of our first town homes up in the

2138
01:24:47,600 --> 01:24:51,199
top left are going to start at $550,000,

2139
01:24:51,199 --> 01:24:53,120
which still a lot of money depending on

2140
01:24:53,120 --> 01:24:56,000
what I paid for my house, but hey, it's,

2141
01:24:56,000 --> 01:24:58,080
you know, today that's, you know, brand

2142
01:24:58,080 --> 01:25:01,280
new with a garage. That's not a bad. So,

2143
01:25:01,280 --> 01:25:03,280
yeah, get somebody in the market. That's

2144
01:25:03,280 --> 01:25:04,639
what it is.

2145
01:25:04,639 --> 01:25:07,360
>> And what are you thinking for for in the

2146
01:25:07,360 --> 01:25:10,800
Abington section for commercial? I mean

2147
01:25:10,800 --> 01:25:12,400
where we've had some interest is in the

2148
01:25:12,400 --> 01:25:15,040
office world. Uh you know you don't have

2149
01:25:15,040 --> 01:25:17,840
a lot of office on Southshore. It's it's

2150
01:25:17,840 --> 01:25:20,000
very targeted and often times it's

2151
01:25:20,000 --> 01:25:22,560
institutional or medical. No great

2152
01:25:22,560 --> 01:25:25,440
surprise that might be. That's what

2153
01:25:25,440 --> 01:25:27,520
we've had be.

2154
01:25:27,520 --> 01:25:31,920
Now, I will be honest. I last couple

2155
01:25:31,920 --> 01:25:35,920
years I kind of, you know,

2156
01:25:35,920 --> 01:25:37,520
didn't pay much attention to what was

2157
01:25:37,520 --> 01:25:40,800
going on, you know, um, as far as this

2158
01:25:40,800 --> 01:25:44,480
goes because I was involved years ago.

2159
01:25:44,480 --> 01:25:47,280
The Abington portion, if there's going

2160
01:25:47,280 --> 01:25:49,360
to be school children there, if the

2161
01:25:49,360 --> 01:25:52,400
police or fire needed, that would those

2162
01:25:52,400 --> 01:25:54,000
services would have to be provided by

2163
01:25:54,000 --> 01:25:55,840
our town. Is that still the way it is?

2164
01:25:55,840 --> 01:25:57,280
>> It is. That's the way the legislation

2165
01:25:57,280 --> 01:25:57,760
is. Yeah.

2166
01:25:57,760 --> 01:25:59,600
>> Right. And is there a chance in the

2167
01:25:59,600 --> 01:26:02,400
future there would just be a main or

2168
01:26:02,400 --> 01:26:03,600
that's what way it's going to stay?

2169
01:26:03,600 --> 01:26:04,560
>> I think that's the way it's going to

2170
01:26:04,560 --> 01:26:06,560
stay. The the legislation was changed in

2171
01:26:06,560 --> 01:26:09,360
2014 and that's the way it moved. And

2172
01:26:09,360 --> 01:26:11,040
remember Abington didn't used to get

2173
01:26:11,040 --> 01:26:12,159
taxes either, right?

2174
01:26:12,159 --> 01:26:14,080
>> So they the the things that Abington

2175
01:26:14,080 --> 01:26:16,000
does and this is true of all

2176
01:26:16,000 --> 01:26:16,960
communities.

2177
01:26:16,960 --> 01:26:19,440
>> They provide the services, they get the

2178
01:26:19,440 --> 01:26:20,960
building permit revenues, they provide

2179
01:26:20,960 --> 01:26:22,960
the building services and they get the

2180
01:26:22,960 --> 01:26:25,280
tax revenues. That's that's sort of the

2181
01:26:25,280 --> 01:26:26,960
structure that it went to and long

2182
01:26:26,960 --> 01:26:28,719
before we were around. But that's

2183
01:26:28,719 --> 01:26:31,120
>> we have to look at the taxes coming in

2184
01:26:31,120 --> 01:26:33,440
versus what we're paying going back out.

2185
01:26:33,440 --> 01:26:36,239
>> We did a a very involved fiscal study uh

2186
01:26:36,239 --> 01:26:38,960
for all three communities and on a net

2187
01:26:38,960 --> 01:26:40,719
basis if we're able to build out the 100

2188
01:26:40,719 --> 01:26:43,440
plus acres. Um Abington new growth would

2189
01:26:43,440 --> 01:26:45,600
be over four$4.5 million.

2190
01:26:45,600 --> 01:26:46,960
>> But how much of that's going to go back

2191
01:26:46,960 --> 01:26:47,440
up?

2192
01:26:47,440 --> 01:26:49,199
>> Oh, that's net. That's after that's

2193
01:26:49,199 --> 01:26:51,040
after the expenses. That's after taking

2194
01:26:51,040 --> 01:26:53,600
account for anticipated schools, police,

2195
01:26:53,600 --> 01:26:55,360
fire, someone going to the library,

2196
01:26:55,360 --> 01:26:58,239
someone taking voter exp and all that,

2197
01:26:58,239 --> 01:27:02,480
>> all of that. Um because and again, the

2198
01:27:02,480 --> 01:27:05,280
way we're seeing how

2199
01:27:05,280 --> 01:27:08,400
housing is skewing today. Um I mean, if

2200
01:27:08,400 --> 01:27:10,080
you talked to me 15 years ago, we were

2201
01:27:10,080 --> 01:27:11,360
talking about school kids and I was

2202
01:27:11,360 --> 01:27:13,440
school kids. What you will find in most

2203
01:27:13,440 --> 01:27:16,960
of the districts uh is the the issue of

2204
01:27:16,960 --> 01:27:19,920
enrollment down, not enrollment up. And

2205
01:27:19,920 --> 01:27:22,960
that trend is continuing. Um, and that's

2206
01:27:22,960 --> 01:27:25,679
just sort of the nature of what it is.

2207
01:27:25,679 --> 01:27:27,520
>> We we didn't include it on this slide,

2208
01:27:27,520 --> 01:27:30,239
but but the the current net benefit to

2209
01:27:30,239 --> 01:27:33,440
Wayne today is $3 million with the

2210
01:27:33,440 --> 01:27:35,520
$1,274

2211
01:27:35,520 --> 01:27:37,440
homes that are on the base today after

2212
01:27:37,440 --> 01:27:39,760
they pay all the expenses associated

2213
01:27:39,760 --> 01:27:42,719
with what's on the base. It's $3.1

2214
01:27:42,719 --> 01:27:43,440
million.

2215
01:27:43,440 --> 01:27:46,159
>> Yeah. Very unusual when you have We

2216
01:27:46,159 --> 01:27:49,120
had,274 homes in 2000 people to study.

2217
01:27:49,120 --> 01:27:52,320
one of the very real costs of school

2218
01:27:52,320 --> 01:27:55,520
police, fire, everything else. And um

2219
01:27:55,520 --> 01:27:58,239
you know that's in excess of a net basis

2220
01:27:58,239 --> 01:28:01,199
tooth today of over 3 million. So we're

2221
01:28:01,199 --> 01:28:03,040
able to study that and extrapolate that.

2222
01:28:03,040 --> 01:28:04,400
So that's that was very un you don't

2223
01:28:04,400 --> 01:28:06,639
usually get that. Usually you sort of

2224
01:28:06,639 --> 01:28:08,320
you're estimating here. We didn't have

2225
01:28:08,320 --> 01:28:11,040
to know exactly what the costs are.

2226
01:28:11,040 --> 01:28:12,400
>> And and we also have the number of

2227
01:28:12,400 --> 01:28:14,719
school children school age children in

2228
01:28:14,719 --> 01:28:17,199
that population. But we've probably got

2229
01:28:17,199 --> 01:28:18,639
40 different projects where we can tell

2230
01:28:18,639 --> 01:28:19,840
you what the school children are and

2231
01:28:19,840 --> 01:28:21,760
they just not they're not significant

2232
01:28:21,760 --> 01:28:23,600
numbers anymore.

2233
01:28:23,600 --> 01:28:24,800
So

2234
01:28:24,800 --> 01:28:27,360
>> will any of these do you see in any of

2235
01:28:27,360 --> 01:28:29,280
this being 40B projects or

2236
01:28:29,280 --> 01:28:30,880
>> 40Bs are not allowed on the base?

2237
01:28:30,880 --> 01:28:31,440
>> Okay.

2238
01:28:31,440 --> 01:28:33,840
>> It's by statute. None of them will be

2239
01:28:33,840 --> 01:28:34,639
40bs.

2240
01:28:34,639 --> 01:28:36,239
>> Well, that's going to push burden back

2241
01:28:36,239 --> 01:28:38,880
into Abington with it's going to

2242
01:28:38,880 --> 01:28:39,840
increase our population.

2243
01:28:39,840 --> 01:28:42,239
>> No, it does not. you the as it does not

2244
01:28:42,239 --> 01:28:45,040
you don't have a 40B requirement nor

2245
01:28:45,040 --> 01:28:46,639
does what's there count into your

2246
01:28:46,639 --> 01:28:48,639
inventory neither one so it's it's it's

2247
01:28:48,639 --> 01:28:51,920
sort of a neutral for Abington okay

2248
01:28:51,920 --> 01:28:54,239
>> that was my question so that answers

2249
01:28:54,239 --> 01:28:55,920
that I have it it's unrelated to

2250
01:28:55,920 --> 01:28:59,199
Abington um is there definitely a

2251
01:28:59,199 --> 01:29:01,679
Wegman's and a Costco going in I heard

2252
01:29:01,679 --> 01:29:03,840
this at the soccer fields this weekend

2253
01:29:03,840 --> 01:29:05,520
and

2254
01:29:05,520 --> 01:29:08,400
is that a definite in the way side

2255
01:29:08,400 --> 01:29:10,480
>> even if it was I couldn't say that Okay.

2256
01:29:10,480 --> 01:29:12,159
>> Um it is true that we have brought every

2257
01:29:12,159 --> 01:29:14,560
Wegman's but one into Massachusetts. Um

2258
01:29:14,560 --> 01:29:18,000
we've done five out of the six. Um uh

2259
01:29:18,000 --> 01:29:20,159
we've done a lot of 15 or 16 different

2260
01:29:20,159 --> 01:29:24,080
Costco. That is all true. But um

2261
01:29:24,080 --> 01:29:26,239
one of those people

2262
01:29:26,239 --> 01:29:28,800
uh is when I jokingly said I've heard

2263
01:29:28,800 --> 01:29:31,440
about this for 20 years was from one of

2264
01:29:31,440 --> 01:29:34,480
those companies. credibility showing

2265
01:29:34,480 --> 01:29:35,840
that the project's actually moving

2266
01:29:35,840 --> 01:29:37,920
forward because and I'm not saying

2267
01:29:37,920 --> 01:29:39,199
there's a Costco coming here, but a

2268
01:29:39,199 --> 01:29:40,639
Costco can build in nine and a half

2269
01:29:40,639 --> 01:29:42,639
months.

2270
01:29:42,639 --> 01:29:44,560
>> Spend a lot of time at Costco. So,

2271
01:29:44,560 --> 01:29:47,679
>> no, I I totally get it. Um, but we've

2272
01:29:47,679 --> 01:29:49,840
got a lot of good interesting commercial

2273
01:29:49,840 --> 01:29:52,080
interest uh that people you could build

2274
01:29:52,080 --> 01:29:55,120
a very nice uh retail commercial center

2275
01:29:55,120 --> 01:29:57,520
also from the fitness people, you know,

2276
01:29:57,520 --> 01:30:00,239
the the the fitness people. Um if you

2277
01:30:00,239 --> 01:30:02,560
know our project in uh Westwood where

2278
01:30:02,560 --> 01:30:04,320
the train station is the MRA that's our

2279
01:30:04,320 --> 01:30:06,480
project Paul and I actually did that

2280
01:30:06,480 --> 01:30:09,440
2012 to 2014. So it kind of gives you a

2281
01:30:09,440 --> 01:30:11,120
sense on that end of it not on the

2282
01:30:11,120 --> 01:30:15,600
residential on the commercial end one you know the different and we have

2283
01:30:15,600 --> 01:30:17,120
their medical we have all kinds of

2284
01:30:17,120 --> 01:30:19,520
different folks. So we have Brigham

2285
01:30:19,520 --> 01:30:21,440
Women's is there Dana Farber's building

2286
01:30:21,440 --> 01:30:24,000
the new cancer center there. Um we have

2287
01:30:24,000 --> 01:30:25,760
citizens regional headquarters. I mean,

2288
01:30:25,760 --> 01:30:27,280
that's a type of thing you can imagine

2289
01:30:27,280 --> 01:30:31,040
in a commercial center like this.

2290
01:30:31,040 --> 01:30:33,840
>> Wait, where we are, they paid $500 for

2291
01:30:33,840 --> 01:30:36,960
the epic summer content.

2292
01:30:36,960 --> 01:30:38,080
>> So, we're not farming.

2293
01:30:38,080 --> 01:30:40,159
>> A lot of crumbs being laid. I

2294
01:30:40,159 --> 01:30:42,639
>> I I have a question. Um, regarding

2295
01:30:42,639 --> 01:30:45,199
bringing water into Abington Rockland,

2296
01:30:45,199 --> 01:30:46,639
have you you said you had some ideas.

2297
01:30:46,639 --> 01:30:48,400
Have you talked to the joint water works

2298
01:30:48,400 --> 01:30:49,840
specifically about those ideas? That was

2299
01:30:49,840 --> 01:30:51,440
a recent meeting, right?

2300
01:30:51,440 --> 01:30:53,679
>> Were they receptive? like what was the

2301
01:30:53,679 --> 01:30:56,719
overall um feeling about those ideas?

2302
01:30:56,719 --> 01:30:58,239
>> I I think at this stage you're looking

2303
01:30:58,239 --> 01:31:00,719
at anou memorandum of agreement that we

2304
01:31:00,719 --> 01:31:02,000
have out there to them.

2305
01:31:02,000 --> 01:31:02,400
>> Yeah.

2306
01:31:02,400 --> 01:31:04,080
>> Uh last I heard they were trying to

2307
01:31:04,080 --> 01:31:06,719
schedule something up for

2308
01:31:06,719 --> 01:31:07,840
next week

2309
01:31:07,840 --> 01:31:09,440
>> as early as next week's meeting. We're

2310
01:31:09,440 --> 01:31:11,600
trying to get confirmation that that

2311
01:31:11,600 --> 01:31:15,280
conversation on talk with them for quite

2312
01:31:15,280 --> 01:31:17,199
a while.

2313
01:31:17,199 --> 01:31:19,040
>> Okay. Thank you. Well, you want to bring

2314
01:31:19,040 --> 01:31:22,080
up you guys have also entered into anou

2315
01:31:22,080 --> 01:31:23,520
with the city of Brockton yourselves,

2316
01:31:23,520 --> 01:31:24,560
right? For

2317
01:31:24,560 --> 01:31:27,600
>> Yes, I did. placehold water.

2318
01:31:27,600 --> 01:31:31,440
>> Uh uh there is a um memorative agreement

2319
01:31:31,440 --> 01:31:34,639
with um Brockton to reserve 350,000

2320
01:31:34,639 --> 01:31:36,960
gallons of water. Uh if an if an

2321
01:31:36,960 --> 01:31:38,080
arrangement can be made with the

2322
01:31:38,080 --> 01:31:39,520
Abington Rockman Joint Waterworks,

2323
01:31:39,520 --> 01:31:43,600
great. If not, um then that would be

2324
01:31:43,600 --> 01:31:45,040
something that we would do just be for

2325
01:31:45,040 --> 01:31:48,400
the base. But they were um um you

2326
01:31:48,400 --> 01:31:50,000
Brockton is looking Bridge Bridge has a

2327
01:31:50,000 --> 01:31:51,679
great deal of water problems and other

2328
01:31:51,679 --> 01:31:54,239
issues. So we wanted to get in the

2329
01:31:54,239 --> 01:32:01,189
queue.

2330
01:32:01,199 --> 01:32:03,840
Anybody else in the board? Anybody in

2331
01:32:03,840 --> 01:32:06,400
the audience?

2332
01:32:06,400 --> 01:32:07,920
>> Right. Thank you very much.

2333
01:32:07,920 --> 01:32:09,679
>> I'm not sure we took too much time but

2334
01:32:09,679 --> 01:32:12,800
hopefully this was helpful.

2335
01:32:12,800 --> 01:32:14,560
>> You don't let Mr. Bourbite speak at all.

2336
01:32:14,560 --> 01:32:21,990
He's just

2337
01:32:22,000 --> 01:32:23,280
» Somebody want to make a motion to close

2338
01:32:23,280 --> 01:32:25,360
the public hearing?

2339
01:32:25,360 --> 01:32:26,800
>> I'll make a motion to close the public

2340
01:32:26,800 --> 01:32:27,440
hearing.

2341
01:32:27,440 --> 01:32:28,560
>> Have a second.

2342
01:32:28,560 --> 01:32:30,400
>> Second. All those in favor? I

2343
01:32:30,400 --> 01:32:32,400
>> I unanimous.

2344
01:32:32,400 --> 01:32:34,159
>> All right. Item number one, vote on

2345
01:32:34,159 --> 01:32:37,199
minutes from August 18th, 2026 and

2346
01:32:37,199 --> 01:32:40,000
August 21st, 2026. Do you want to do

2347
01:32:40,000 --> 01:32:42,800
them separately since I think just

2348
01:32:42,800 --> 01:32:45,199
Nicole, Bill and I were here for the one

2349
01:32:45,199 --> 01:32:55,510
on the 21st.

2350
01:32:55,520 --> 01:32:57,679
» Make a motion to approve the ones the

2351
01:32:57,679 --> 01:33:00,320
meeting minutes for August 18th.

2352
01:33:00,320 --> 01:33:01,120
>> We have a second.

2353
01:33:01,120 --> 01:33:02,639
>> I'll second that. And all those in

2354
01:33:02,639 --> 01:33:03,199
favor?

2355
01:33:03,199 --> 01:33:07,120
>> I unanimous.

2356
01:33:07,120 --> 01:33:09,280
August 21st. That was the Zoom meeting

2357
01:33:09,280 --> 01:33:11,920
that we did for uh

2358
01:33:11,920 --> 01:33:12,639
delivery.

2359
01:33:12,639 --> 01:33:14,239
>> I'll make a motion to accept the minutes

2360
01:33:14,239 --> 01:33:16,800
as written. Bill August 21st.

2361
01:33:16,800 --> 01:33:17,760
>> We have a second.

2362
01:33:17,760 --> 01:33:18,320
>> Second.

2363
01:33:18,320 --> 01:33:20,159
>> All those in favor? I

2364
01:33:20,159 --> 01:33:23,040
>> two abstensions.

2365
01:33:23,040 --> 01:33:25,600
All right. Item number two, uh vote to

2366
01:33:25,600 --> 01:33:29,920
appoint Sarah Hunter Mass Mun as interim

2367
01:33:29,920 --> 01:33:32,320
treasurer collector. Michael, do you

2368
01:33:32,320 --> 01:33:32,800
want to

2369
01:33:32,800 --> 01:33:34,480
>> Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So,

2370
01:33:34,480 --> 01:33:37,040
as you know, uh we've gone out uh twice

2371
01:33:37,040 --> 01:33:38,880
for treasurer collected candidates. I

2372
01:33:38,880 --> 01:33:42,320
did raise the salary uh by like 6,000

2373
01:33:42,320 --> 01:33:44,239
bucks to be a little more competitive.

2374
01:33:44,239 --> 01:33:46,000
Uh we did get a couple of applications

2375
01:33:46,000 --> 01:33:47,440
in. We're going to take a look, but not

2376
01:33:47,440 --> 01:33:50,239
a a great number right now. There's a

2377
01:33:50,239 --> 01:33:51,520
lot of things that need to be done. We

2378
01:33:51,520 --> 01:33:53,120
need to keep running the treasurer

2379
01:33:53,120 --> 01:33:54,960
collected. We need office. We need to be

2380
01:33:54,960 --> 01:33:57,040
taking in revenues. Right now, we don't

2381
01:33:57,040 --> 01:33:58,480
have a treasurer. We don't have an

2382
01:33:58,480 --> 01:34:00,400
assistant treasurer. We don't have a

2383
01:34:00,400 --> 01:34:02,719
payroll and benefits clerk and uh

2384
01:34:02,719 --> 01:34:06,080
bookkeeper retired. I was able to find

2385
01:34:06,080 --> 01:34:07,760
uh a lot of towns are in the similar

2386
01:34:07,760 --> 01:34:09,920
position. There are many more job

2387
01:34:09,920 --> 01:34:11,440
openings than there are qualified

2388
01:34:11,440 --> 01:34:15,280
candidates. Uh Sarah Hunter uh her group

2389
01:34:15,280 --> 01:34:18,320
that she owns is Mass Mun Finn and she's

2390
01:34:18,320 --> 01:34:19,679
going to come in and they'll be doing

2391
01:34:19,679 --> 01:34:21,920
things. They'll be here on we have signs

2392
01:34:21,920 --> 01:34:24,639
posted on uh Wednesdays and Thursdays.

2393
01:34:24,639 --> 01:34:26,719
The office will be open. Unfortunately,

2394
01:34:26,719 --> 01:34:28,159
we don't have the staff, so it will be

2395
01:34:28,159 --> 01:34:30,639
closed the other days. Uh, but people

2396
01:34:30,639 --> 01:34:32,239
can still make payments either by

2397
01:34:32,239 --> 01:34:33,679
dropping them in the payment box in

2398
01:34:33,679 --> 01:34:36,239
front of town hall, doing it online or

2399
01:34:36,239 --> 01:34:39,280
showing up on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

2400
01:34:39,280 --> 01:34:41,440
Munich will provide temporary support to

2401
01:34:41,440 --> 01:34:42,800
the town of Abington and treasure

2402
01:34:42,800 --> 01:34:44,880
collector's office. Work will be

2403
01:34:44,880 --> 01:34:46,480
completed through the town system and

2404
01:34:46,480 --> 01:34:48,800
procedures based on the offic's weekly

2405
01:34:48,800 --> 01:34:51,360
priorities and time available. Work to

2406
01:34:51,360 --> 01:34:53,840
be completed. They'll be doing uh print

2407
01:34:53,840 --> 01:34:56,639
accounts, payable warrant checks for an

2408
01:34:56,639 --> 01:34:58,400
approved warrant, and confirm that the

2409
01:34:58,400 --> 01:35:01,280
check total agrees with the warrant fund

2410
01:35:01,280 --> 01:35:03,040
approved accounts payable and payroll

2411
01:35:03,040 --> 01:35:04,639
warrants through the town's banking

2412
01:35:04,639 --> 01:35:07,440
process. Collect taxes and utility

2413
01:35:07,440 --> 01:35:10,639
payments and beer the related batch and

2414
01:35:10,639 --> 01:35:13,600
deposit information. Post tax payments

2415
01:35:13,600 --> 01:35:16,000
in beta. That's our software system that

2416
01:35:16,000 --> 01:35:18,800
we use for all our financial and balance

2417
01:35:18,800 --> 01:35:21,440
sheet bass of the payments received.

2418
01:35:21,440 --> 01:35:23,520
Collect departmental turnovers and

2419
01:35:23,520 --> 01:35:25,280
review them for basic completeness and

2420
01:35:25,280 --> 01:35:28,000
balance. Post departmental turnovers

2421
01:35:28,000 --> 01:35:30,880
using coding supplied or approved by the

2422
01:35:30,880 --> 01:35:33,520
town. Complete related bank work

2423
01:35:33,520 --> 01:35:35,440
including positive pay uploads and

2424
01:35:35,440 --> 01:35:37,840
deposits when required and bring

2425
01:35:37,840 --> 01:35:40,080
incompleted, unmatched or out of balance

2426
01:35:40,080 --> 01:35:42,960
items to the town's designated contact

2427
01:35:42,960 --> 01:35:46,159
for direction. So basically they they

2428
01:35:46,159 --> 01:35:48,000
will take on all of the duties as

2429
01:35:48,000 --> 01:35:50,080
treasurer collector. The finance

2430
01:35:50,080 --> 01:35:51,600
director where he's the accountant

2431
01:35:51,600 --> 01:35:53,199
unfortunately can't get involved in the

2432
01:35:53,199 --> 01:35:55,120
treasurer collector's side because

2433
01:35:55,120 --> 01:35:56,800
there's a wall cuz it's checks and

2434
01:35:56,800 --> 01:35:59,440
balances to one another. Uh so we were

2435
01:35:59,440 --> 01:36:02,400
fortunate to get her u as uh you know

2436
01:36:02,400 --> 01:36:04,800
the board had appointed me just so we

2437
01:36:04,800 --> 01:36:06,719
could do that one transaction the

2438
01:36:06,719 --> 01:36:09,840
borrowing. Um, now that we don't have uh

2439
01:36:09,840 --> 01:36:12,880
professional expertise there, uh, my

2440
01:36:12,880 --> 01:36:15,360
recommendation is that we we approve

2441
01:36:15,360 --> 01:36:17,120
they've already started, but I'd like

2442
01:36:17,120 --> 01:36:21,590
the board to approve it.

2443
01:36:21,600 --> 01:36:22,719
» You have any questions?

2444
01:36:22,719 --> 01:36:25,760
>> No. I'll make a motion to appoint uh to

2445
01:36:25,760 --> 01:36:29,280
kick uh um Tom Edge and Michael Moresco

2446
01:36:29,280 --> 01:36:32,080
out of the position and appoint Sarah

2447
01:36:32,080 --> 01:36:34,560
Hunter as the interim treasurer

2448
01:36:34,560 --> 01:36:35,520
collector.

2449
01:36:35,520 --> 01:36:36,320
>> Second.

2450
01:36:36,320 --> 01:36:39,360
>> All those in favor? I I unanimous.

2451
01:36:39,360 --> 01:36:41,520
>> Item three, request uh Abington High

2452
01:36:41,520 --> 01:36:43,360
School boosters for annual door-todoor

2453
01:36:43,360 --> 01:36:50,470
drive on October 18th, 2026.

2454
01:36:50,480 --> 01:36:52,480
» Anybody have any questions on that?

2455
01:36:52,480 --> 01:36:56,800
>> I'll make a motion to approve that.

2456
01:36:56,800 --> 01:36:57,360
>> Second.

2457
01:36:57,360 --> 01:37:01,679
>> All those in favor? I unanimous.

2458
01:37:01,679 --> 01:37:03,920
>> Item number four, update on Abington

2459
01:37:03,920 --> 01:37:06,880
summer concerts. J PL you gonna give the

2460
01:37:06,880 --> 01:37:10,629
presentation

2461
01:37:10,639 --> 01:37:21,030
» you have clock is ticking

2462
01:37:21,040 --> 01:37:22,400
want to thank the town of course for

2463
01:37:22,400 --> 01:37:25,760
another very successful year. um like to

2464
01:37:25,760 --> 01:37:28,480
thank Ken the lays on to the Abington

2465
01:37:28,480 --> 01:37:30,000
summer concerts for being instrumental

2466
01:37:30,000 --> 01:37:32,400
in keeping the senior van and for the

2467
01:37:32,400 --> 01:37:34,719
select board and not scrapping it and

2468
01:37:34,719 --> 01:37:37,040
keeping it and for the town manager

2469
01:37:37,040 --> 01:37:38,639
getting it all fixed up and everything

2470
01:37:38,639 --> 01:37:41,920
so that uh he and uh Paul could drive

2471
01:37:41,920 --> 01:37:43,440
people back and forth to the concerts

2472
01:37:43,440 --> 01:37:46,159
this year. It made a huge difference. Um

2473
01:37:46,159 --> 01:37:47,840
the walking distance when you got a

2474
01:37:47,840 --> 01:37:50,400
thousand people is is a lot. So we

2475
01:37:50,400 --> 01:37:51,840
really want to thank you for for doing

2476
01:37:51,840 --> 01:37:53,440
that. And it also gives the senior

2477
01:37:53,440 --> 01:37:54,639
center a backup that they didn't know

2478
01:37:54,639 --> 01:37:57,520
they were going to have. But uh again,

2479
01:37:57,520 --> 01:38:00,880
we had a very successful summer. Um 52

2480
01:38:00,880 --> 01:38:04,560
sponsors giving $200 and more and 35

2481
01:38:04,560 --> 01:38:08,880
donors giving uh 25 to 199. Um along

2482
01:38:08,880 --> 01:38:11,440
with the donations at the concerts from

2483
01:38:11,440 --> 01:38:13,440
2025

2484
01:38:13,440 --> 01:38:16,480
absolutely again for the 22nd year

2485
01:38:16,480 --> 01:38:19,199
covered all of our expenses. We've never

2486
01:38:19,199 --> 01:38:22,159
used any town funds. So, thank you,

2487
01:38:22,159 --> 01:38:25,920
Nancy Reed. She started it all. Um, so

2488
01:38:25,920 --> 01:38:28,000
it was a very, very successful summer.

2489
01:38:28,000 --> 01:38:30,480
Uh, half the concerts, we did eight this

2490
01:38:30,480 --> 01:38:32,560
uh summer, been pretty much eight for

2491
01:38:32,560 --> 01:38:34,960
the past several years. Um, half the

2492
01:38:34,960 --> 01:38:38,080
concerts had almost a thousand or over

2493
01:38:38,080 --> 01:38:42,000
a,000. Uh, studio 2 had uh over,00.

2494
01:38:42,000 --> 01:38:44,880
So, uh, we have really good attendance.

2495
01:38:44,880 --> 01:38:47,520
Um, in looking at this year, out of the

2496
01:38:47,520 --> 01:38:49,760
four that were a thousand,

2497
01:38:49,760 --> 01:38:52,480
um, three of them were tribute bands. It

2498
01:38:52,480 --> 01:38:54,080
seems like that's what they're going

2499
01:38:54,080 --> 01:38:55,679
for. Studio 2 was a tribute band,

2500
01:38:55,679 --> 01:38:57,760
Chicago, Total Access, and of course,

2501
01:38:57,760 --> 01:39:00,639
the Elvis experience. Dyl brought in

2502
01:39:00,639 --> 01:39:03,199
people. So, it was very, very successful

2503
01:39:03,199 --> 01:39:07,199
summer. Again, um, it's it's just a

2504
01:39:07,199 --> 01:39:09,440
wonderful venue and we put out the

2505
01:39:09,440 --> 01:39:12,800
programs every year. Um, we spend a lot

2506
01:39:12,800 --> 01:39:14,960
of time picking the best of the best of

2507
01:39:14,960 --> 01:39:17,360
the bands in New England. Uh, a lot of

2508
01:39:17,360 --> 01:39:19,360
people approached a number of us on the

2509
01:39:19,360 --> 01:39:21,679
committee this summer and said they

2510
01:39:21,679 --> 01:39:23,280
think this was the best lineup we ever

2511
01:39:23,280 --> 01:39:26,080
had. Now,

2512
01:39:26,080 --> 01:39:27,679
we think it's the best every year, but

2513
01:39:27,679 --> 01:39:30,880
it was it's nice to hear that

2514
01:39:30,880 --> 01:39:32,400
there was no complaints. people just

2515
01:39:32,400 --> 01:39:35,679
liked it and uh we're very very proud of

2516
01:39:35,679 --> 01:39:39,840
what we do and I can't do it without Judy's on the community on the

2517
01:39:39,840 --> 01:39:43,199
committee. Ken is our liaison. NY's our

2518
01:39:43,199 --> 01:39:46,800
retired adviser and um Mike is not here

2519
01:39:46,800 --> 01:39:48,639
tonight because he's traveling. He

2520
01:39:48,639 --> 01:39:50,239
travels all week long and he comes only

2521
01:39:50,239 --> 01:39:52,159
home on weekends. So, he was unable to

2522
01:39:52,159 --> 01:39:54,159
be here and we're looking forward to

2523
01:39:54,159 --> 01:39:56,719
Russ being appointed um as another

2524
01:39:56,719 --> 01:39:59,679
guinea pig. So, uh, it's just it's it's

2525
01:39:59,679 --> 01:40:00,960
a lot of fun choosing the bands and

2526
01:40:00,960 --> 01:40:02,719
figure out what we're going to do. Um,

2527
01:40:02,719 --> 01:40:04,719
but the inside of this program, Nancy

2528
01:40:04,719 --> 01:40:05,840
started out with a little five and a

2529
01:40:05,840 --> 01:40:09,199
half, eight and a half 20 years ago. And

2530
01:40:09,199 --> 01:40:12,159
now the entire inside of this program is

2531
01:40:12,159 --> 01:40:14,320
all the sponsors and donors that we

2532
01:40:14,320 --> 01:40:16,800
have. They're all recognized and that

2533
01:40:16,800 --> 01:40:18,880
and like I said, the uh donations that

2534
01:40:18,880 --> 01:40:21,199
we receive in the summertime um just at

2535
01:40:21,199 --> 01:40:22,960
the intermission collection, we do

2536
01:40:22,960 --> 01:40:25,119
recognize them as audience attendees at

2537
01:40:25,119 --> 01:40:27,679
the well this year 2026 concerts. So, we

2538
01:40:27,679 --> 01:40:28,960
don't do it individually, but they do

2539
01:40:28,960 --> 01:40:31,280
get recognized because we do take in a a

2540
01:40:31,280 --> 01:40:33,440
good amount. But we're very very happy.

2541
01:40:33,440 --> 01:40:35,280
We read uh we take all the sponsors that

2542
01:40:35,280 --> 01:40:37,199
we have uh divide them over the eight

2543
01:40:37,199 --> 01:40:40,159
concerts and we read those names um

2544
01:40:40,159 --> 01:40:42,400
every week at whatever concert it is.

2545
01:40:42,400 --> 01:40:45,600
But I will let you know that a total of

2546
01:40:45,600 --> 01:40:47,760
5,893

2547
01:40:47,760 --> 01:40:50,320
people attended the concerts this summer

2548
01:40:50,320 --> 01:40:53,920
over eight Sundays. Um and it's only

2549
01:40:53,920 --> 01:40:56,159
it's it's a few numbers higher. Last

2550
01:40:56,159 --> 01:40:59,199
year it was 5,878.

2551
01:40:59,199 --> 01:41:00,960
So we're about the same thing, you know,

2552
01:41:00,960 --> 01:41:04,400
same same bit. We're close to 5900

2553
01:41:04,400 --> 01:41:05,760
people that are coming to the concert.

2554
01:41:05,760 --> 01:41:07,040
That may be the same people, but I'm

2555
01:41:07,040 --> 01:41:09,119
just saying it's it's really excited.

2556
01:41:09,119 --> 01:41:10,719
We're very proud of it. Very proud of

2557
01:41:10,719 --> 01:41:13,920
the bands that we have. And um we do

2558
01:41:13,920 --> 01:41:15,679
some scouting. Sometimes we go see a

2559
01:41:15,679 --> 01:41:16,960
concert if we want, if we're very

2560
01:41:16,960 --> 01:41:19,600
interested in somebody. Um, I will tell

2561
01:41:19,600 --> 01:41:21,600
you that when I left Below Deck, which

2562
01:41:21,600 --> 01:41:23,679
was the yacht rock band that Ken had

2563
01:41:23,679 --> 01:41:25,119
been looking for three years ago, we

2564
01:41:25,119 --> 01:41:27,920
found one and the band was so good. We

2565
01:41:27,920 --> 01:41:29,199
didn't have a great attendance. It was

2566
01:41:29,199 --> 01:41:31,520
just about 700, which not a bad

2567
01:41:31,520 --> 01:41:34,719
attendance. It's good. But I called Ed

2568
01:41:34,719 --> 01:41:36,880
McGee Audio in Plymouth because he does

2569
01:41:36,880 --> 01:41:38,880
some of our concert. I says, "Ed, I got

2570
01:41:38,880 --> 01:41:40,800
a perfect perfect band for the Plymouth

2571
01:41:40,800 --> 01:41:42,560
Waterfront Series. You got to look at

2572
01:41:42,560 --> 01:41:45,679
this band." So, I sent him that. That's

2573
01:41:45,679 --> 01:41:48,560
the one great thing about Abington Cam.

2574
01:41:48,560 --> 01:41:50,159
There they are every week videotaping

2575
01:41:50,159 --> 01:41:52,239
all our concerts. We've got concerts on

2576
01:41:52,239 --> 01:41:56,080
our on our Abington Cam page going back

2577
01:41:56,080 --> 01:41:58,880
to like 2019. So, I was able to take the

2578
01:41:58,880 --> 01:42:01,280
link, you know, for the band now and

2579
01:42:01,280 --> 01:42:02,960
another band that he was interested and

2580
01:42:02,960 --> 01:42:05,119
sent him the links to let him choose.

2581
01:42:05,119 --> 01:42:07,040
And I called him about one that he had

2582
01:42:07,040 --> 01:42:08,560
this year to see if we can about getting

2583
01:42:08,560 --> 01:42:09,920
it next year and he said they're

2584
01:42:09,920 --> 01:42:13,119
fantastic. So anyway, um the town's

2585
01:42:13,119 --> 01:42:15,119
absolutely supportive of us, all the

2586
01:42:15,119 --> 01:42:16,880
departments. I I I couldn't even begin

2587
01:42:16,880 --> 01:42:19,040
to name all of the people in all the

2588
01:42:19,040 --> 01:42:21,440
departments that do everything to

2589
01:42:21,440 --> 01:42:23,119
support the advocate summer conscious

2590
01:42:23,119 --> 01:42:25,920
for our teeny weeny little eight weeks

2591
01:42:25,920 --> 01:42:28,560
that take enormous amount of hours of

2592
01:42:28,560 --> 01:42:31,600
time, especially that specific day. Um,

2593
01:42:31,600 --> 01:42:34,719
but every town department, I mean, like

2594
01:42:34,719 --> 01:42:37,119
I said, they got ready yellow jackets,

2595
01:42:37,119 --> 01:42:40,159
you still they they they take care of

2596
01:42:40,159 --> 01:42:41,760
the property. They they they take care

2597
01:42:41,760 --> 01:42:43,920
of us, all the paperwork up front. So,

2598
01:42:43,920 --> 01:42:45,760
we just can't uh thank everybody enough.

2599
01:42:45,760 --> 01:42:48,080
So, it's been another successful year.

2600
01:42:48,080 --> 01:42:50,480
And um we need to get the word out there

2601
01:42:50,480 --> 01:42:51,600
because I'm sure there's a lot of people

2602
01:42:51,600 --> 01:42:53,520
that still don't know that that place

2603
01:42:53,520 --> 01:42:56,159
has been there for 22 years. So, and oh,

2604
01:42:56,159 --> 01:42:57,679
by the way, uh the Abington Community

2605
01:42:57,679 --> 01:43:01,360
Band next year will celebrate their 30th

2606
01:43:01,360 --> 01:43:03,760
anniversary and the band stand was built

2607
01:43:03,760 --> 01:43:05,920
for them because Nancy felt bad that

2608
01:43:05,920 --> 01:43:07,840
they were playing on the lawn outside of

2609
01:43:07,840 --> 01:43:09,600
the old high school and they really

2610
01:43:09,600 --> 01:43:11,840
needed a proper place to play. So, it's

2611
01:43:11,840 --> 01:43:14,080
really cool when you see I I had even

2612
01:43:14,080 --> 01:43:17,280
said that the night of the concert, you

2613
01:43:17,280 --> 01:43:19,280
turned around and some of the faces in

2614
01:43:19,280 --> 01:43:21,920
the Abington Community Band were kids in

2615
01:43:21,920 --> 01:43:23,840
the high school are kids that were in

2616
01:43:23,840 --> 01:43:25,600
college and came back for the summer

2617
01:43:25,600 --> 01:43:27,600
that were playing in the band this year.

2618
01:43:27,600 --> 01:43:29,360
So, it's really cool that I talked to

2619
01:43:29,360 --> 01:43:30,960
Tim and Ellie last night about it when I

2620
01:43:30,960 --> 01:43:32,960
saw him. It's uh really nice to see

2621
01:43:32,960 --> 01:43:35,040
these young people coming back. So,

2622
01:43:35,040 --> 01:43:36,639
it'll keep growing, but the 30th

2623
01:43:36,639 --> 01:43:38,080
anniversary of the community band next

2624
01:43:38,080 --> 01:43:41,440
year. Awesome. Thank you very much.

2625
01:43:41,440 --> 01:43:45,350
Good job.

2626
01:43:45,360 --> 01:43:47,040
And you failed to mention that they were

2627
01:43:47,040 --> 01:43:48,960
all inside this year. You made I mean

2628
01:43:48,960 --> 01:43:50,639
all outside.

2629
01:43:50,639 --> 01:43:53,040
>> I was going to say that if you won,

2630
01:43:53,040 --> 01:43:54,560
>> but it was Yeah, but No, they were all

2631
01:43:54,560 --> 01:43:56,159
outside. So, the weather held out for

2632
01:43:56,159 --> 01:43:56,800
you guys.

2633
01:43:56,800 --> 01:43:58,000
>> The attendance would have been a lot

2634
01:43:58,000 --> 01:43:59,760
higher if it wasn't for that one week.

2635
01:43:59,760 --> 01:44:00,880
>> Yeah, it was a little

2636
01:44:00,880 --> 01:44:02,480
>> It was in

2637
01:44:02,480 --> 01:44:03,840
>> the 16 years I've been on the committee.

2638
01:44:03,840 --> 01:44:05,040
That's the first time it's ever been

2639
01:44:05,040 --> 01:44:06,639
outdoors 100%.

2640
01:44:06,639 --> 01:44:08,480
>> So, good job. Thank you. That was the

2641
01:44:08,480 --> 01:44:09,280
weather I

2642
01:44:09,280 --> 01:44:10,639
>> The amount of work that goes into it is

2643
01:44:10,639 --> 01:44:12,560
amazing. And and you guys learn by

2644
01:44:12,560 --> 01:44:14,320
driving the the buses. I mean, the the

2645
01:44:14,320 --> 01:44:16,080
amount of people that you shuttle back,

2646
01:44:16,080 --> 01:44:17,520
>> you know, I was shocked by how many

2647
01:44:17,520 --> 01:44:18,719
people from out of town.

2648
01:44:18,719 --> 01:44:19,040
>> Yes.

2649
01:44:19,040 --> 01:44:21,199
>> Or even from out of state. I had uh this

2650
01:44:21,199 --> 01:44:23,600
80-year-old couple who came up three

2651
01:44:23,600 --> 01:44:27,119
times from New Jersey. They they were

2652
01:44:27,119 --> 01:44:28,560
vacationing up here, but they came back

2653
01:44:28,560 --> 01:44:31,199
another time to see uh to see the Elvis

2654
01:44:31,199 --> 01:44:31,600
experience.

2655
01:44:31,600 --> 01:44:34,080
>> No. And I I liked how you bus drivers

2656
01:44:34,080 --> 01:44:35,600
dropped them off at Mia Gaza to have

2657
01:44:35,600 --> 01:44:37,440
dinner afterwards. good for Abington

2658
01:44:37,440 --> 01:44:41,119
businesses. So, thank you.

2659
01:44:41,119 --> 01:44:43,679
>> And, you know, kudos to the Lions for uh

2660
01:44:43,679 --> 01:44:47,119
cooking and to cream for serving up the

2661
01:44:47,119 --> 01:44:50,159
Milky Way ice cream for me and

2662
01:44:50,159 --> 01:44:51,040
everybody else.

2663
01:44:51,040 --> 01:44:52,480
>> Yeah, it's a it's a simple way to do

2664
01:44:52,480 --> 01:44:54,159
food while we Where would we put the

2665
01:44:54,159 --> 01:44:57,520
food trucks? The handicap spaces of 60

2666
01:44:57,520 --> 01:44:59,520
have been filled by between 5:15 and

2667
01:44:59,520 --> 01:45:01,760
5:30 every single week.

2668
01:45:01,760 --> 01:45:03,840
>> We need to do something about that. See

2669
01:45:03,840 --> 01:45:06,960
if we can add some more. more.

2670
01:45:06,960 --> 01:45:08,159
>> Well, one of the one of the things that

2671
01:45:08,159 --> 01:45:10,639
makes these this these Sunday evenings

2672
01:45:10,639 --> 01:45:12,880
in the summer so great is it it's

2673
01:45:12,880 --> 01:45:15,360
familyfriendly. It's very economical.

2674
01:45:15,360 --> 01:45:17,360
You can feed the kids and and not spend

2675
01:45:17,360 --> 01:45:19,840
a fortune and enjoy a free music and the

2676
01:45:19,840 --> 01:45:21,440
kids can run around and play on the

2677
01:45:21,440 --> 01:45:23,119
track and stuff like that. You can't

2678
01:45:23,119 --> 01:45:25,360
bring your bicycle to your dog or J will

2679
01:45:25,360 --> 01:45:26,400
yell at you. But other than that,

2680
01:45:26,400 --> 01:45:27,679
>> something you can't drink is a school

2681
01:45:27,679 --> 01:45:28,960
property. So, you know, I mean, there

2682
01:45:28,960 --> 01:45:31,840
are restrictions. Yeah. Mhm.

2683
01:45:31,840 --> 01:45:34,960
>> But I will say we had a couple that go

2684
01:45:34,960 --> 01:45:39,119
out to Tangle Wood all the time and the

2685
01:45:39,119 --> 01:45:41,679
woman told me that she has spread the

2686
01:45:41,679 --> 01:45:43,840
word and others agreed. We are Tangle

2687
01:45:43,840 --> 01:45:46,000
Wood.

2688
01:45:46,000 --> 01:45:47,920
That's what they're calling us now.

2689
01:45:47,920 --> 01:45:49,760
>> Well, wouldn't it be Tangle Wood East?

2690
01:45:49,760 --> 01:45:50,560
But I What do I

2691
01:45:50,560 --> 01:45:52,400
>> Well, she said something. I'm just

2692
01:45:52,400 --> 01:45:54,800
>> I said I would report.

2693
01:45:54,800 --> 01:45:56,560
>> Thank you. Great work. I I just wanted

2694
01:45:56,560 --> 01:45:59,280
to make one comment and and and Mr. the

2695
01:45:59,280 --> 01:46:00,639
coil if you could help me out. The

2696
01:46:00,639 --> 01:46:01,760
gentleman that was doing all the

2697
01:46:01,760 --> 01:46:04,800
barbecuing, uh, you know, teaching you

2698
01:46:04,800 --> 01:46:07,520
the way. Um, I wanted to say he was

2699
01:46:07,520 --> 01:46:09,360
fantastic. And, um,

2700
01:46:09,360 --> 01:46:11,040
>> that's Wayne Smith putting everyone to

2701
01:46:11,040 --> 01:46:13,920
shame board for I think 50 years.

2702
01:46:13,920 --> 01:46:16,880
>> He just turned 88 years old.

2703
01:46:16,880 --> 01:46:18,159
>> I had to keep yelling at him and give

2704
01:46:18,159 --> 01:46:20,080
him a ginger sit down because he was

2705
01:46:20,080 --> 01:46:21,679
getting ready to fall. But

2706
01:46:21,679 --> 01:46:23,600
>> I'm on the search for another grill for

2707
01:46:23,600 --> 01:46:25,840
him. I thought I had one, but when I

2708
01:46:25,840 --> 01:46:27,520
went and looked at it, it really wasn't

2709
01:46:27,520 --> 01:46:30,000
healthy enough to even my husband to eat

2710
01:46:30,000 --> 01:46:32,800
and come close to fixing up for them.

2711
01:46:32,800 --> 01:46:34,080
They could use another grill.

2712
01:46:34,080 --> 01:46:35,679
>> No, not anybody.

2713
01:46:35,679 --> 01:46:38,239
>> Uh, Mr. Moresco was there eager to cook.

2714
01:46:38,239 --> 01:46:40,480
So, this is a second grill. Guess the

2715
01:46:40,480 --> 01:46:41,360
bus anywhere.

2716
01:46:41,360 --> 01:46:43,440
>> Like I said, if we could even get a a

2717
01:46:43,440 --> 01:46:44,800
smaller one for him.

2718
01:46:44,800 --> 01:46:46,639
>> The hamburgers will have garnishes if he

2719
01:46:46,639 --> 01:46:47,280
starts.

2720
01:46:47,280 --> 01:46:49,280
>> Yeah. If we could just put he could just

2721
01:46:49,280 --> 01:46:50,960
put the hot dogs on that one or

2722
01:46:50,960 --> 01:46:52,719
something. So, if anybody knows of

2723
01:46:52,719 --> 01:46:55,040
anyone that's got one,

2724
01:46:55,040 --> 01:46:57,440
>> um, somebody might be moving and have a

2725
01:46:57,440 --> 01:47:00,400
decent one, um, my husband can rebuild

2726
01:47:00,400 --> 01:47:03,760
it if we need to. If it's if it's

2727
01:47:03,760 --> 01:47:06,320
rebuildable and we'll get it back to him

2728
01:47:06,320 --> 01:47:07,440
and get it up there.

2729
01:47:07,440 --> 01:47:09,760
>> Discuss that with your fellow board

2730
01:47:09,760 --> 01:47:11,440
members.

2731
01:47:11,440 --> 01:47:13,040
>> Working on it.

2732
01:47:13,040 --> 01:47:14,239
>> Thank you.

2733
01:47:14,239 --> 01:47:16,800
>> All right. Thank you everybody.

2734
01:47:16,800 --> 01:47:18,960
Uh, next up on the agenda, item number

2735
01:47:18,960 --> 01:47:21,199
five, request for common veicular

2736
01:47:21,199 --> 01:47:24,480
license, Tia Maria's Pizza, 1035 Bedford

2737
01:47:24,480 --> 01:47:27,760
Street. Tia Trouia, manager.

2738
01:47:27,760 --> 01:47:29,679
Oh, you want to just get up to the

2739
01:47:29,679 --> 01:47:34,229
podium?

2740
01:47:34,239 --> 01:47:36,239
» Would you like me to stand next to you?

2741
01:47:36,239 --> 01:47:37,199
I'm here to hold my hand.

2742
01:47:37,199 --> 01:47:38,400
>> Yeah, great.

2743
01:47:38,400 --> 01:47:45,750
>> We don't have that much time.

2744
01:47:45,760 --> 01:47:48,719
So, we're trying to um we've got the old

2745
01:47:48,719 --> 01:47:50,239
Pizzazz location and we're just trying

2746
01:47:50,239 --> 01:47:52,239
to get the license to get it up and

2747
01:47:52,239 --> 01:47:53,600
running. We've been in there painting.

2748
01:47:53,600 --> 01:47:55,440
It's going to be like a family pizza

2749
01:47:55,440 --> 01:47:59,119
place, Mediterranean grill. It's good.

2750
01:47:59,119 --> 01:47:59,920
That's it. It

2751
01:47:59,920 --> 01:48:01,280
>> wasn't so hard, was it?

2752
01:48:01,280 --> 01:48:02,960
>> No.

2753
01:48:02,960 --> 01:48:04,000
>> I practiced a lot.

2754
01:48:04,000 --> 01:48:05,679
>> I have a ton of questions I want to ask

2755
01:48:05,679 --> 01:48:06,880
her now.

2756
01:48:06,880 --> 01:48:09,040
>> Don't do that to me.

2757
01:48:09,040 --> 01:48:11,760
>> Ken wants to know the exact menu. We're

2758
01:48:11,760 --> 01:48:13,199
working on that right now. It's going to

2759
01:48:13,199 --> 01:48:14,560
be a little bit of Greek food, a little

2760
01:48:14,560 --> 01:48:17,360
bit of pizza. It'll be good.

2761
01:48:17,360 --> 01:48:18,800
>> Where is it?

2762
01:48:18,800 --> 01:48:22,080
>> Um the old pizzazz. So 10:35 Bedford

2763
01:48:22,080 --> 01:48:23,440
Street.

2764
01:48:23,440 --> 01:48:24,880
>> What is What is it near?

2765
01:48:24,880 --> 01:48:25,760
>> Cross from the firehouse.

2766
01:48:25,760 --> 01:48:27,600
>> Across from the fire station

2767
01:48:27,600 --> 01:48:29,280
>> right next to like the Dunkin Donuts and

2768
01:48:29,280 --> 01:48:31,600
that plaza.

2769
01:48:31,600 --> 01:48:32,239
>> Great.

2770
01:48:32,239 --> 01:48:32,719
>> Yeah.

2771
01:48:32,719 --> 01:48:34,639
>> Once in a while my wife and I take Nancy

2772
01:48:34,639 --> 01:48:36,159
out for dinner. So I guess we're going

2773
01:48:36,159 --> 01:48:38,320
there next. Just so you know where it

2774
01:48:38,320 --> 01:48:40,800
is.

2775
01:48:40,800 --> 01:48:43,119
So, I know the only thing uh the only

2776
01:48:43,119 --> 01:48:44,639
department was uh building. They're

2777
01:48:44,639 --> 01:48:46,400
waiting for the inspection. I guess

2778
01:48:46,400 --> 01:48:48,000
somebody went up to town hall today to

2779
01:48:48,000 --> 01:48:49,199
get the applications. They're just

2780
01:48:49,199 --> 01:48:50,480
waiting for that to be filled out.

2781
01:48:50,480 --> 01:48:52,000
>> Yeah. So, we have it all filled out and

2782
01:48:52,000 --> 01:48:53,360
then we brought the check here because

2783
01:48:53,360 --> 01:48:56,000
I've never actually done the trailer.

2784
01:48:56,000 --> 01:48:56,960
>> Okay.

2785
01:48:56,960 --> 01:48:58,719
>> Um so, yeah, we brought everything with

2786
01:48:58,719 --> 01:48:59,600
us here.

2787
01:48:59,600 --> 01:49:00,800
>> Oh, so you have the check and the

2788
01:49:00,800 --> 01:49:01,280
application?

2789
01:49:01,280 --> 01:49:02,560
>> Well, we brought the check to write

2790
01:49:02,560 --> 01:49:04,400
here. Clearly, we're newbies.

2791
01:49:04,400 --> 01:49:06,080
>> Bring it up to Nick tomorrow.

2792
01:49:06,080 --> 01:49:07,760
>> Yes. I mean, if you know how much it is

2793
01:49:07,760 --> 01:49:09,040
and you want to write it out and stuff,

2794
01:49:09,040 --> 01:49:10,639
I'm happy to take it and get it to Nick

2795
01:49:10,639 --> 01:49:11,119
for you.

2796
01:49:11,119 --> 01:49:12,239
>> Okay. Yeah, we can do that.

2797
01:49:12,239 --> 01:49:12,719
>> Okay.

2798
01:49:12,719 --> 01:49:14,080
>> Yeah.

2799
01:49:14,080 --> 01:49:16,000
>> Okay. You just write it out and I'll

2800
01:49:16,000 --> 01:49:18,000
take it before you leave.

2801
01:49:18,000 --> 01:49:18,480
>> That's it.

2802
01:49:18,480 --> 01:49:20,000
>> So, we're still But

2803
01:49:20,000 --> 01:49:21,679
>> yeah, Nick wants to pass the inspection

2804
01:49:21,679 --> 01:49:22,560
first.

2805
01:49:22,560 --> 01:49:25,760
>> Okay. So, I would

2806
01:49:25,760 --> 01:49:27,760
Do you have other restaurant experience?

2807
01:49:27,760 --> 01:49:28,719
Have you worked in?

2808
01:49:28,719 --> 01:49:30,719
>> Yeah. So, I grew up in a pizza place. My

2809
01:49:30,719 --> 01:49:34,000
dad just sold one in Methuan and then

2810
01:49:34,000 --> 01:49:36,159
moved down here to kind of be closer to

2811
01:49:36,159 --> 01:49:38,960
me and his grandkids and so we're

2812
01:49:38,960 --> 01:49:40,320
opening up.

2813
01:49:40,320 --> 01:49:41,679
>> Are you Are you local?

2814
01:49:41,679 --> 01:49:44,800
>> Yeah, I live in Marshfields.

2815
01:49:44,800 --> 01:49:46,239
>> Somebody else at this table lives in

2816
01:49:46,239 --> 01:49:48,239
Marshfield, too.

2817
01:49:48,239 --> 01:49:49,520
>> And you just own a restaurant, I

2818
01:49:49,520 --> 01:49:51,119
believe. But anyways, um I would make a

2819
01:49:51,119 --> 01:49:54,960
motion to approve

2820
01:49:54,960 --> 01:49:58,960
um the common Vic license for TM Marie's

2821
01:49:58,960 --> 01:50:01,360
Pizza 1035 Bedford Street contingent

2822
01:50:01,360 --> 01:50:06,400
upon um the inspection of the premises I

2823
01:50:06,400 --> 01:50:08,000
believe by the town

2824
01:50:08,000 --> 01:50:09,360
>> by building commissioner

2825
01:50:09,360 --> 01:50:10,560
>> by the building inspector.

2826
01:50:10,560 --> 01:50:11,440
>> I'll second.

2827
01:50:11,440 --> 01:50:12,560
>> All those in favor?

2828
01:50:12,560 --> 01:50:14,800
>> I I unanimous.

2829
01:50:14,800 --> 01:50:15,360
>> Thank you.

2830
01:50:15,360 --> 01:50:17,040
>> Good luck.

2831
01:50:17,040 --> 01:50:19,360
>> Thank you. All

2832
01:50:19,360 --> 01:50:21,360
right. Next up, uh, request for

2833
01:50:21,360 --> 01:50:23,040
appointment to Abington Summer Concert

2834
01:50:23,040 --> 01:50:27,430
Committee. Uh, Russell Fuller,

2835
01:50:27,440 --> 01:50:29,520
» you don't need to get up, Russell. I'll

2836
01:50:29,520 --> 01:50:33,040
make a motion to approve. Um, I know you

2837
01:50:33,040 --> 01:50:34,639
guys are on board. I saw an email. So,

2838
01:50:34,639 --> 01:50:36,400
I'll make a motion to approve uh,

2839
01:50:36,400 --> 01:50:39,440
Russell Fuller to And with this, you get

2840
01:50:39,440 --> 01:50:40,880
a better idea what the weather's going

2841
01:50:40,880 --> 01:50:42,480
to be like. So, this works out greatly.

2842
01:50:42,480 --> 01:50:44,159
Yeah.

2843
01:50:44,159 --> 01:50:45,920
>> So I'll make a motion to approve the

2844
01:50:45,920 --> 01:50:48,639
appointment to Abington Summit Conser

2845
01:50:48,639 --> 01:50:50,960
Committee to Russell Fer.

2846
01:50:50,960 --> 01:50:52,800
>> Second. I actually think we want him

2847
01:50:52,800 --> 01:50:56,080
back on FinCom instead.

2848
01:50:56,080 --> 01:50:58,960
>> Are you back already?

2849
01:50:58,960 --> 01:51:01,440
>> We got him. We got him. All right. I got

2850
01:51:01,440 --> 01:51:02,239
nothing else then.

2851
01:51:02,239 --> 01:51:05,199
>> I'll second it. All those in favor? I

2852
01:51:05,199 --> 01:51:07,199
unanimous. Congratulations.

2853
01:51:07,199 --> 01:51:11,119
>> Congratulations, sucker.

2854
01:51:11,119 --> 01:51:11,600
All right,

2855
01:51:11,600 --> 01:51:12,960
>> we still have one position.

2856
01:51:12,960 --> 01:51:14,320
>> Request for appointment to the uh

2857
01:51:14,320 --> 01:51:16,880
Strawberry Valley Golf Course uh for

2858
01:51:16,880 --> 01:51:21,109
Erin Serino

2859
01:51:21,119 --> 01:51:21,520
» here.

2860
01:51:21,520 --> 01:51:23,520
>> I'll make a motion to approve Erin

2861
01:51:23,520 --> 01:51:25,840
Serino as a member of the Strawberry

2862
01:51:25,840 --> 01:51:27,280
Valley Golf Course Committee.

2863
01:51:27,280 --> 01:51:28,239
>> Do I have a second?

2864
01:51:28,239 --> 01:51:28,800
>> Second.

2865
01:51:28,800 --> 01:51:29,840
>> All those in favor?

2866
01:51:29,840 --> 01:51:32,000
>> I I unanimous. And we're going to hold

2867
01:51:32,000 --> 01:51:33,040
off on the other one?

2868
01:51:33,040 --> 01:51:33,520
>> Yes.

2869
01:51:33,520 --> 01:51:34,800
>> Okay. You want to just

2870
01:51:34,800 --> 01:51:37,920
>> just So there's one appointment.

2871
01:51:37,920 --> 01:51:40,239
Mr. Bourbine's here. Mr. Burbine

2872
01:51:40,239 --> 01:51:42,560
actually sent a communication to Mr.

2873
01:51:42,560 --> 01:51:44,960
Coyle uh raising some concern. He's

2874
01:51:44,960 --> 01:51:47,679
appointed to a couple of other boards

2875
01:51:47,679 --> 01:51:49,760
and the statute that governs this mass

2876
01:51:49,760 --> 01:51:53,199
general laws chapter 51 section 25 says

2877
01:51:53,199 --> 01:51:54,960
you can't be appointed to anything else

2878
01:51:54,960 --> 01:51:57,760
other than you could be a notary or a

2879
01:51:57,760 --> 01:52:00,480
JP. So, uh town council hasn't got back

2880
01:52:00,480 --> 01:52:02,000
to us yet. So, we're just going to table

2881
01:52:02,000 --> 01:52:02,960
that. Mr. Berlin,

2882
01:52:02,960 --> 01:52:04,560
>> yes. Abington's been without a

2883
01:52:04,560 --> 01:52:07,920
Republican registar for

2884
01:52:07,920 --> 01:52:10,239
many months now. Um there's supposed to

2885
01:52:10,239 --> 01:52:12,639
be a Democratic I believe registar and a

2886
01:52:12,639 --> 01:52:14,639
Republican register and maybe the town

2887
01:52:14,639 --> 01:52:17,760
clerk. So the Republican Town Committee

2888
01:52:17,760 --> 01:52:20,560
nominated Mr. Burbine. Um it's Richard

2889
01:52:20,560 --> 01:52:23,760
Andrew Burbine by the way in case you

2890
01:52:23,760 --> 01:52:25,920
So we'll table the matter until we hear

2891
01:52:25,920 --> 01:52:28,800
back from town council.

2892
01:52:28,800 --> 01:52:29,040
>> Yes.

2893
01:52:29,040 --> 01:52:29,599
sir.

2894
01:52:29,599 --> 01:52:31,280
>> Okay. I don't know if you need a motion

2895
01:52:31,280 --> 01:52:33,599
for that or not, but I just made it if

2896
01:52:33,599 --> 01:52:34,960
you didn't.

2897
01:52:34,960 --> 01:52:38,639
>> I'll second it. All those in favor? I

2898
01:52:38,639 --> 01:52:42,239
>> All right. Next up is liaison reports.

2899
01:52:42,239 --> 01:52:44,159
Uh, Bill, you want to start? You want to

2900
01:52:44,159 --> 01:52:46,719
just run through what you have for the

2901
01:52:46,719 --> 01:52:49,599
boards and committees that you're

2902
01:52:49,599 --> 01:52:50,960
sitting in on?

2903
01:52:50,960 --> 01:52:52,560
>> As you know, I've been given updates as

2904
01:52:52,560 --> 01:52:55,040
we go along. So, I'll just echo off of

2905
01:52:55,040 --> 01:52:58,239
some of those. The DPW paving projects

2906
01:52:58,239 --> 01:53:00,639
are moving along smoothly. John's doing

2907
01:53:00,639 --> 01:53:03,360
a great job overseeing that. We're going

2908
01:53:03,360 --> 01:53:06,239
to see some uh warrants coming up for

2909
01:53:06,239 --> 01:53:09,840
sewer stuff soon. Capital improvement

2910
01:53:09,840 --> 01:53:11,360
plans are moving along on the sewer

2911
01:53:11,360 --> 01:53:14,320
department side.

2912
01:53:14,320 --> 01:53:16,560
Amy down at the senior center says

2913
01:53:16,560 --> 01:53:18,400
everything's going in her words as you

2914
01:53:18,400 --> 01:53:21,599
guys are all there. Fantastic.

2915
01:53:21,599 --> 01:53:24,719
Um we she appreciates all the help over

2916
01:53:24,719 --> 01:53:26,880
the summer. Like I said last last

2917
01:53:26,880 --> 01:53:28,880
meeting

2918
01:53:28,880 --> 01:53:31,280
and Park and Wreck is uh they had

2919
01:53:31,280 --> 01:53:33,520
another successful year at down at

2920
01:53:33,520 --> 01:53:36,000
Island Grove for the summer camp. They

2921
01:53:36,000 --> 01:53:38,400
now transition into working with the

2922
01:53:38,400 --> 01:53:41,119
youth sports organizations at the last

2923
01:53:41,119 --> 01:53:44,560
meeting with field usage and that kind

2924
01:53:44,560 --> 01:53:47,599
of stuff.

2925
01:53:47,599 --> 01:53:49,760
And then

2926
01:53:49,760 --> 01:53:51,920
who did I miss?

2927
01:53:51,920 --> 01:53:54,159
AAM, they had their board of directors

2928
01:53:54,159 --> 01:53:56,560
meeting last month, I believe, and

2929
01:53:56,560 --> 01:53:58,000
everything was looking good on their

2930
01:53:58,000 --> 01:53:59,520
end.

2931
01:53:59,520 --> 01:54:01,840
The MBTA, I brought up some concerns

2932
01:54:01,840 --> 01:54:04,320
with um the town manager and the police

2933
01:54:04,320 --> 01:54:07,920
chief. We discussed some things. Uh I

2934
01:54:07,920 --> 01:54:09,199
don't believe there has been a meeting

2935
01:54:09,199 --> 01:54:12,480
as of late to attend.

2936
01:54:12,480 --> 01:54:15,440
Um so that's all moving along. Griffin's

2937
01:54:15,440 --> 01:54:16,960
dairy. I'm pleased to announce that the

2938
01:54:16,960 --> 01:54:18,639
town manager has been working with them

2939
01:54:18,639 --> 01:54:20,239
diligently

2940
01:54:20,239 --> 01:54:22,400
and basically having monthly meetings

2941
01:54:22,400 --> 01:54:24,239
with them and also he's been down

2942
01:54:24,239 --> 01:54:25,840
cutting the grass

2943
01:54:25,840 --> 01:54:28,239
>> on his own time.

2944
01:54:28,239 --> 01:54:30,080
So, that's a big plus. And they and the

2945
01:54:30,080 --> 01:54:31,760
Griffin Dairy Committee is also looking

2946
01:54:31,760 --> 01:54:34,480
for volunteers to step up and start

2947
01:54:34,480 --> 01:54:37,679
taking over some of the uh projects and

2948
01:54:37,679 --> 01:54:38,880
whatnot down there.

2949
01:54:38,880 --> 01:54:40,800
>> All the time you spend in Abington, who

2950
01:54:40,800 --> 01:54:43,440
cuts your grass at home? We have It used

2951
01:54:43,440 --> 01:54:45,360
to be my son, but he outgrew it. So, now

2952
01:54:45,360 --> 01:54:48,560
we have somebody

2953
01:54:48,560 --> 01:54:50,480
and that's uh all I have. I try to keep

2954
01:54:50,480 --> 01:54:52,159
it short and sweet.

2955
01:54:52,159 --> 01:54:54,400
>> Well, I'm going to jump while we got the

2956
01:54:54,400 --> 01:54:55,440
police chief here. I'm going to let him

2957
01:54:55,440 --> 01:54:57,360
do the police um le

2958
01:54:57,360 --> 01:54:58,800
>> Oh, that's cheating. Paul, that's

2959
01:54:58,800 --> 01:55:01,679
cheating.

2960
01:55:01,679 --> 01:55:03,520
>> Well, can I add the summer concert to

2961
01:55:03,520 --> 01:55:07,589
his

2962
01:55:07,599 --> 01:55:11,830
» Good luck.

2963
01:55:11,840 --> 01:55:13,520
Hi,

2964
01:55:13,520 --> 01:55:15,840
>> good evening. Thank you for uh sharing

2965
01:55:15,840 --> 01:55:17,280
your home with us.

2966
01:55:17,280 --> 01:55:20,239
>> Yeah, it was uh happy to have you. I I

2967
01:55:20,239 --> 01:55:22,080
told the guys from Wemouth that I was a

2968
01:55:22,080 --> 01:55:23,760
little disappointed in the history of

2969
01:55:23,760 --> 01:55:26,239
the uh base that they didn't include.

2970
01:55:26,239 --> 01:55:27,360
That's where I went to the police

2971
01:55:27,360 --> 01:55:28,639
academy. So,

2972
01:55:28,639 --> 01:55:31,199
>> I think I ran every inch of that 14,000

2973
01:55:31,199 --> 01:55:34,320
acres over 26 weeks, but I don't know. I

2974
01:55:34,320 --> 01:55:36,080
guess I didn't make the cutting room

2975
01:55:36,080 --> 01:55:37,520
floor.

2976
01:55:37,520 --> 01:55:41,199
So, um just for an update, we've uh had

2977
01:55:41,199 --> 01:55:43,280
start of the school year. Um we had some

2978
01:55:43,280 --> 01:55:45,840
real high visibility uh the first week

2979
01:55:45,840 --> 01:55:48,320
of school. Um we hit every school for

2980
01:55:48,320 --> 01:55:51,119
first day. Um handling some traffic

2981
01:55:51,119 --> 01:55:53,920
stuff, working on some uh crossing guard

2982
01:55:53,920 --> 01:55:55,920
uh I mean a crossing crosswalk

2983
01:55:55,920 --> 01:56:00,400
enforcement um right now. But I think

2984
01:56:00,400 --> 01:56:02,719
over the last few months the elephant in

2985
01:56:02,719 --> 01:56:06,159
the room has been uh flock. So, um, the

2986
01:56:06,159 --> 01:56:08,159
town manager and I addressed that head

2987
01:56:08,159 --> 01:56:13,520
on. Um, so we asked for some questions,

2988
01:56:13,520 --> 01:56:15,360
uh, and comments, concerns from the

2989
01:56:15,360 --> 01:56:18,000
community and the town manager fielded a

2990
01:56:18,000 --> 01:56:21,440
bunch. Since that announcement that we

2991
01:56:21,440 --> 01:56:24,080
were cancelling our our uh partnership

2992
01:56:24,080 --> 01:56:28,239
with Flock, um as I somewhat predicted,

2993
01:56:28,239 --> 01:56:30,800
uh a number of people have come up to me

2994
01:56:30,800 --> 01:56:33,599
now on the opposite side, uh wishing

2995
01:56:33,599 --> 01:56:38,800
that we had kept it. And um you know, I did say there was an opportunity to

2996
01:56:38,800 --> 01:56:42,159
voice your concern for that as well. Um

2997
01:56:42,159 --> 01:56:45,679
and we didn't really have a lot. Um,

2998
01:56:45,679 --> 01:56:49,679
since that recording, I have had Senator

2999
01:56:49,679 --> 01:56:52,800
Josh Holly of Missouri, his office,

3000
01:56:52,800 --> 01:56:56,239
reach out to me and I participated in a

3001
01:56:56,239 --> 01:56:58,159
Zoom hearing with his team because he's

3002
01:56:58,159 --> 01:57:00,159
been tasked by the president to

3003
01:57:00,159 --> 01:57:03,440
investigate flock in somehow someway the

3004
01:57:03,440 --> 01:57:05,040
Abington Police Department is part of

3005
01:57:05,040 --> 01:57:08,159
the national discussion on on this.

3006
01:57:08,159 --> 01:57:09,520
>> Is that good or bad for you?

3007
01:57:09,520 --> 01:57:11,360
>> Um, you know, it was just really an

3008
01:57:11,360 --> 01:57:12,960
investigatory. There was no sort of

3009
01:57:12,960 --> 01:57:16,480
leaning either way about it. Um,

3010
01:57:16,480 --> 01:57:19,119
uh, I did say, you know, I'm a chief of

3011
01:57:19,119 --> 01:57:21,599
two years in a department of 32 in a

3012
01:57:21,599 --> 01:57:23,679
town of about 17,000. How do I move the

3013
01:57:23,679 --> 01:57:26,320
needle? And, uh, they did say they

3014
01:57:26,320 --> 01:57:29,599
watched, strangely enough, not that we

3015
01:57:29,599 --> 01:57:32,400
weren't exciting, the town manager, but

3016
01:57:32,400 --> 01:57:32,719
um,

3017
01:57:32,719 --> 01:57:34,719
>> must see TV.

3018
01:57:34,719 --> 01:57:37,679
>> I wouldn't go that far. So, um, you

3019
01:57:37,679 --> 01:57:40,719
know, I I I I would say I do have

3020
01:57:40,719 --> 01:57:43,040
somewhat of an update. Um, I did speak

3021
01:57:43,040 --> 01:57:45,040
with the grant. We are able to pull

3022
01:57:45,040 --> 01:57:47,520
them. Um, it's going to take some time.

3023
01:57:47,520 --> 01:57:49,760
Flock is going through um a real

3024
01:57:49,760 --> 01:57:51,840
downturn at this point. A number of

3025
01:57:51,840 --> 01:57:54,639
communities are pulling uh out of this.

3026
01:57:54,639 --> 01:57:58,239
I'm going to make um a plea to the

3027
01:57:58,239 --> 01:58:00,880
public to stop damaging these cameras.

3028
01:58:00,880 --> 01:58:03,280
Um, it's childish and criminal behavior

3029
01:58:03,280 --> 01:58:06,320
and each camera is $3,000 and if we do

3030
01:58:06,320 --> 01:58:07,840
catch you, you will be charged with a

3031
01:58:07,840 --> 01:58:09,840
felony. I can promise you that we are

3032
01:58:09,840 --> 01:58:11,440
working on getting rid of them. Three of

3033
01:58:11,440 --> 01:58:13,360
the six cameras that we have have been

3034
01:58:13,360 --> 01:58:16,080
damaged and rendered useless. We're not

3035
01:58:16,080 --> 01:58:18,400
using the cameras. Uh, the only person

3036
01:58:18,400 --> 01:58:19,920
that has access to them is sitting

3037
01:58:19,920 --> 01:58:21,280
directly across from me right there, the

3038
01:58:21,280 --> 01:58:26,000
deputy chief. And the only reason why I did that is so we can make sure if

3039
01:58:26,000 --> 01:58:28,000
Flock needs something from us, we have

3040
01:58:28,000 --> 01:58:30,080
someone that's active. he's not

3041
01:58:30,080 --> 01:58:32,320
utilizing the system. Uh we're not

3042
01:58:32,320 --> 01:58:34,320
sharing with any community. He has he

3043
01:58:34,320 --> 01:58:37,360
has stopped that access alto together.

3044
01:58:37,360 --> 01:58:41,599
Um but um I did feel that it was

3045
01:58:41,599 --> 01:58:44,880
important for us, the town manager and I

3046
01:58:44,880 --> 01:58:47,119
to do it in the format that we did it

3047
01:58:47,119 --> 01:58:52,639
because I didn't want to just pull the cameras. You know, obviously I

3048
01:58:52,639 --> 01:58:54,080
had made the decision before our

3049
01:58:54,080 --> 01:58:56,159
discussion. Uh I didn't want to pull

3050
01:58:56,159 --> 01:58:58,000
them down and not address the tough

3051
01:58:58,000 --> 01:59:00,080
questions. I will never run from tough

3052
01:59:00,080 --> 01:59:02,960
questions from our community ever. So, I

3053
01:59:02,960 --> 01:59:04,239
didn't want to just seem like I was

3054
01:59:04,239 --> 01:59:06,639
taking my bat and ball going home. I do

3055
01:59:06,639 --> 01:59:08,800
feel strongly uh supportive of the

3056
01:59:08,800 --> 01:59:11,920
product. Uh I hope at some point in time

3057
01:59:11,920 --> 01:59:14,080
uh there's there's a a system in place

3058
01:59:14,080 --> 01:59:16,320
that will be more acceptable to the

3059
01:59:16,320 --> 01:59:19,199
public because um we've had a number of

3060
01:59:19,199 --> 01:59:21,760
cases since the termination of this

3061
01:59:21,760 --> 01:59:23,760
where that product would have come in

3062
01:59:23,760 --> 01:59:28,480
extremely handy for us. So, um you know,

3063
01:59:28,480 --> 01:59:32,000
uh I'm so thankful to uh our our men and

3064
01:59:32,000 --> 01:59:34,960
women that work here that were able to

3065
01:59:34,960 --> 01:59:37,760
uh self-reflection is not easy for a

3066
01:59:37,760 --> 01:59:39,280
type personalities that wear this

3067
01:59:39,280 --> 01:59:42,159
uniform and they did that and the credit

3068
01:59:42,159 --> 01:59:44,880
goes to them because I was willing to

3069
01:59:44,880 --> 01:59:47,199
keep this going and and and try and go

3070
01:59:47,199 --> 01:59:50,159
on a anti-misinformation campaign to

3071
01:59:50,159 --> 01:59:52,960
just sort of prove what these this

3072
01:59:52,960 --> 01:59:55,440
capability of this system is.

3073
01:59:55,440 --> 01:59:58,480
And the men and women here really guided

3074
01:59:58,480 --> 02:00:01,440
me toward what are we doing? If if this

3075
02:00:01,440 --> 02:00:03,119
many people don't want it, what are we

3076
02:00:03,119 --> 02:00:06,000
doing? And uh you know, the credit goes

3077
02:00:06,000 --> 02:00:10,480
to them. And um so and other than that,

3078
02:00:10,480 --> 02:00:11,520
we're going to we're going to keep

3079
02:00:11,520 --> 02:00:13,280
working. We have two going to the

3080
02:00:13,280 --> 02:00:15,520
academy. They're not new hires. Please

3081
02:00:15,520 --> 02:00:17,199
don't come for me. It's not has nothing

3082
02:00:17,199 --> 02:00:18,400
to do with the override. It's just to

3083
02:00:18,400 --> 02:00:20,239
keep us minimum. Sergeant Mark Watt

3084
02:00:20,239 --> 02:00:22,560
retired and we did uh we did have a

3085
02:00:22,560 --> 02:00:24,480
dismissal of an officer a few months

3086
02:00:24,480 --> 02:00:27,520
ago. So uh they start next month in uh

3087
02:00:27,520 --> 02:00:29,840
the Felmouth Police Academy. And

3088
02:00:29,840 --> 02:00:36,159
personally tomorrow uh the 9th I begin I just completed two years here in

3089
02:00:36,159 --> 02:00:38,719
Abington and it's been an amazing run

3090
02:00:38,719 --> 02:00:41,280
here. Um I'm just I I feel like I'm

3091
02:00:41,280 --> 02:00:43,920
home. Uh greatest partner I could ask

3092
02:00:43,920 --> 02:00:46,960
for uh with me every step of the way.

3093
02:00:46,960 --> 02:00:49,599
The community has been incredible. Last

3094
02:00:49,599 --> 02:00:52,880
night was just amazing out in front

3095
02:00:52,880 --> 02:00:56,239
recognizing uh the 25th anniversary and

3096
02:00:56,239 --> 02:01:00,080
letting the FA Vicilian and Kum's family

3097
02:01:00,080 --> 02:01:02,239
uh remember that we will never forget

3098
02:01:02,239 --> 02:01:03,760
and uh that's a huge credit to the

3099
02:01:03,760 --> 02:01:05,040
entire community and it's just why I

3100
02:01:05,040 --> 02:01:09,109
love being here.

3101
02:01:09,119 --> 02:01:10,800
» Anything?

3102
02:01:10,800 --> 02:01:13,679
>> All right. I no I I think that the way

3103
02:01:13,679 --> 02:01:15,520
that you and the town manager I think

3104
02:01:15,520 --> 02:01:18,239
that was the best way to handle the

3105
02:01:18,239 --> 02:01:20,159
issue of the flock cameras. I thought it

3106
02:01:20,159 --> 02:01:22,400
was great. You know sometimes you have

3107
02:01:22,400 --> 02:01:24,560
meetings like tonight's meeting was a

3108
02:01:24,560 --> 02:01:25,520
free-for-all. Now I'm only kidding

3109
02:01:25,520 --> 02:01:28,639
ladies it was but it can be people got

3110
02:01:28,639 --> 02:01:32,560
their chance to get their points out and obviously it's a vocal

3111
02:01:32,560 --> 02:01:34,320
>> I don't know if it's a vocal minority or

3112
02:01:34,320 --> 02:01:36,239
majority but the all the people were

3113
02:01:36,239 --> 02:01:37,840
talking were against it. I thought you

3114
02:01:37,840 --> 02:01:39,840
guys handled it well. And now just to

3115
02:01:39,840 --> 02:01:41,599
throw another thing at you, I'm going to

3116
02:01:41,599 --> 02:01:44,639
ask to be put on an upcoming agenda

3117
02:01:44,639 --> 02:01:46,639
about what are they called? Mobility

3118
02:01:46,639 --> 02:01:49,280
devices. The scooters and the you know

3119
02:01:49,280 --> 02:01:52,480
and around town. It's pretty scary.

3120
02:01:52,480 --> 02:01:54,159
>> They're they're awful. Unfortunately,

3121
02:01:54,159 --> 02:01:55,040
this

3122
02:01:55,040 --> 02:01:56,560
>> there's not there's not a lot of teeth

3123
02:01:56,560 --> 02:01:57,840
to our enforcement right now,

3124
02:01:57,840 --> 02:02:03,440
>> right? Um, but it's a huge topic among

3125
02:02:03,440 --> 02:02:05,840
police chief meetings and

3126
02:02:05,840 --> 02:02:08,639
>> there's just there's

3127
02:02:08,639 --> 02:02:11,199
when we're weighing sort of priority of

3128
02:02:11,199 --> 02:02:12,159
service

3129
02:02:12,159 --> 02:02:15,920
>> with so few guys out on the road that

3130
02:02:15,920 --> 02:02:19,520
often like yesterday on my way in to the

3131
02:02:19,520 --> 02:02:21,040
9/11

3132
02:02:21,040 --> 02:02:23,119
memorial I was just in my dad clothes so

3133
02:02:23,119 --> 02:02:25,440
I wasn't making any car stops but I I

3134
02:02:25,440 --> 02:02:28,000
changed here but across Bedford Street

3135
02:02:28,000 --> 02:02:30,080
at 139 there was a kid doing a wheelie

3136
02:02:30,080 --> 02:02:31,440
on his bike across

3137
02:02:31,440 --> 02:02:34,639
>> and you know I I just I'm I'm I'm tired

3138
02:02:34,639 --> 02:02:38,880
of seeing it too. It's not like we don't see it but often times when it

3139
02:02:38,880 --> 02:02:41,280
gets called in we're elsewhere and by

3140
02:02:41,280 --> 02:02:44,080
the time we get there they're gone.

3141
02:02:44,080 --> 02:02:46,560
>> Uh I'm also worried about the safety of

3142
02:02:46,560 --> 02:02:49,440
the kids. Maybe it it gets taught during

3143
02:02:49,440 --> 02:02:51,760
the school or the parents. Maybe we've

3144
02:02:51,760 --> 02:02:53,119
all heard, you know, you have a police

3145
02:02:53,119 --> 02:02:54,719
scanner. So, you know, last couple

3146
02:02:54,719 --> 02:02:56,480
months there's been a couple accidents

3147
02:02:56,480 --> 02:02:58,560
where children have gotten hurt. Yes.

3148
02:02:58,560 --> 02:03:00,639
>> Badly. So, that's all. And and it's

3149
02:03:00,639 --> 02:03:01,760
scary when

3150
02:03:01,760 --> 02:03:03,520
>> motorcycles allowed and they go by, you

3151
02:03:03,520 --> 02:03:05,199
hear them. These guys some, you know,

3152
02:03:05,199 --> 02:03:06,800
kids,

3153
02:03:06,800 --> 02:03:08,320
>> you know, it's just

3154
02:03:08,320 --> 02:03:10,480
>> nothing. I do know Boston is trying to

3155
02:03:10,480 --> 02:03:13,760
make some some uh some changes

3156
02:03:13,760 --> 02:03:15,920
ordinance-wise. Uh the town manager and

3157
02:03:15,920 --> 02:03:18,080
I have talked a number of times about

3158
02:03:18,080 --> 02:03:20,000
sort of bylaws and maybe you know

3159
02:03:20,000 --> 02:03:21,920
introducing a town meeting certain

3160
02:03:21,920 --> 02:03:23,760
bylaws that we that we could we could

3161
02:03:23,760 --> 02:03:27,199
have something um you know bit more

3162
02:03:27,199 --> 02:03:29,119
enforceable on that type of stuff. But

3163
02:03:29,119 --> 02:03:30,560
you know my son goes to school in Boston

3164
02:03:30,560 --> 02:03:31,920
and every time I go in I'm almost

3165
02:03:31,920 --> 02:03:34,080
hitting some food delivery driver or

3166
02:03:34,080 --> 02:03:37,040
just it's it's it's

3167
02:03:37,040 --> 02:03:38,000
I hate it.

3168
02:03:38,000 --> 02:03:40,480
>> Yeah, I do. I hate it.

3169
02:03:40,480 --> 02:03:43,199
>> So um but I'm right there with you. I

3170
02:03:43,199 --> 02:03:43,840
wish we had some.

3171
02:03:43,840 --> 02:03:45,119
>> So, I'm just putting the bug in your ear

3172
02:03:45,119 --> 02:03:46,320
so you guys can have another

3173
02:03:46,320 --> 02:03:46,639
>> All right.

3174
02:03:46,639 --> 02:03:49,360
>> Oh, man. I just caught a That's good.

3175
02:03:49,360 --> 02:03:50,000
>> Absolutely.

3176
02:03:50,000 --> 02:03:50,560
>> Yeah.

3177
02:03:50,560 --> 02:03:52,960
Wait for ratings. Uh ratings week.

3178
02:03:52,960 --> 02:03:54,000
>> Yeah. Okay.

3179
02:03:54,000 --> 02:03:55,840
>> I would love to see more on

3180
02:03:55,840 --> 02:03:56,159
that.

3181
02:03:56,159 --> 02:03:57,679
>> Yeah.

3182
02:03:57,679 --> 02:03:59,599
I I would too. I would too. you know,

3183
02:03:59,599 --> 02:04:01,119
the strongest action that we can take

3184
02:04:01,119 --> 02:04:04,320
for a a I think it's uh somebody under

3185
02:04:04,320 --> 02:04:06,320
18 riding without a helmet is we can

3186
02:04:06,320 --> 02:04:10,639
take the bike for eight for 15 days and

3187
02:04:10,639 --> 02:04:12,000
parents can't come in and get it like

3188
02:04:12,000 --> 02:04:14,960
it's just ours for 15 days. And so we've

3189
02:04:14,960 --> 02:04:17,119
done that every once in a while, but

3190
02:04:17,119 --> 02:04:18,960
again, it's sporadic enforcement because

3191
02:04:18,960 --> 02:04:21,040
when we get called to places, they're

3192
02:04:21,040 --> 02:04:23,280
gone. The the the

3193
02:04:23,280 --> 02:04:26,080
hard part about that is the quick

3194
02:04:26,080 --> 02:04:28,159
mobility. like they can cut through

3195
02:04:28,159 --> 02:04:30,719
someone's yard when they see us. And I

3196
02:04:30,719 --> 02:04:32,960
mean, I suppose we could, but I don't I

3197
02:04:32,960 --> 02:04:35,119
don't think you want those calls that,

3198
02:04:35,119 --> 02:04:37,440
you know, the war explorer is ripping

3199
02:04:37,440 --> 02:04:40,400
through someone's backyard getting a kid

3200
02:04:40,400 --> 02:04:43,520
on a huffy. So, uh, it's, you know, it's

3201
02:04:43,520 --> 02:04:45,360
just it's hard. It's it's believe it or

3202
02:04:45,360 --> 02:04:46,639
not, it's harder than you think.

3203
02:04:46,639 --> 02:04:47,920
>> No, I believe it.

3204
02:04:47,920 --> 02:04:49,520
>> So,

3205
02:04:49,520 --> 02:04:50,080
all right.

3206
02:04:50,080 --> 02:04:51,520
>> All right. Thank you, Chief.

3207
02:04:51,520 --> 02:04:54,639
>> Thank you,

3208
02:04:54,639 --> 02:04:56,719
>> Mr. Eddie.

3209
02:04:56,719 --> 02:04:59,040
Thank you, chair. Um, so I think it was

3210
02:04:59,040 --> 02:05:01,520
last quarter I met with Liz Sheay um on

3211
02:05:01,520 --> 02:05:03,599
the planning board. Um, I'd encourage

3212
02:05:03,599 --> 02:05:05,920
everyone here to check out go to our

3213
02:05:05,920 --> 02:05:08,639
town website and then her their section

3214
02:05:08,639 --> 02:05:11,599
is well put together. Um, I mean they've

3215
02:05:11,599 --> 02:05:14,320
got everything from their recent update

3216
02:05:14,320 --> 02:05:16,239
on open space and recreation plan to

3217
02:05:16,239 --> 02:05:18,719
their ADU bylaws and then the whole

3218
02:05:18,719 --> 02:05:20,480
master plan. So if there is any interest

3219
02:05:20,480 --> 02:05:22,800
in seeing everything that they've done,

3220
02:05:22,800 --> 02:05:24,480
uh they do a good job of keeping that

3221
02:05:24,480 --> 02:05:26,800
updated on the website. Uh one of the

3222
02:05:26,800 --> 02:05:29,119
observations I made in our meeting was

3223
02:05:29,119 --> 02:05:31,280
uh it can be very challenging to manage

3224
02:05:31,280 --> 02:05:33,599
their dayto-day and week to week uh with

3225
02:05:33,599 --> 02:05:35,760
all the uh the business that they have

3226
02:05:35,760 --> 02:05:38,960
to conduct um and then the overall

3227
02:05:38,960 --> 02:05:40,880
master planning that they have to do

3228
02:05:40,880 --> 02:05:42,800
together. So, we had talked about

3229
02:05:42,800 --> 02:05:44,639
incorporating more master plan

3230
02:05:44,639 --> 02:05:46,960
prioritization uh into into their

3231
02:05:46,960 --> 02:05:50,560
meetings uh in the future. And then um

3232
02:05:50,560 --> 02:05:52,320
we we had talked through a list of

3233
02:05:52,320 --> 02:05:53,840
vacant properties here in Abington,

3234
02:05:53,840 --> 02:05:55,840
which to me it it felt like there was a

3235
02:05:55,840 --> 02:05:57,599
lot, but she said comparatively to other

3236
02:05:57,599 --> 02:05:59,920
towns is actually not, you know, it's

3237
02:05:59,920 --> 02:06:02,719
not as much. Um but as a town, we should

3238
02:06:02,719 --> 02:06:04,000
pay attention to that. We talked about

3239
02:06:04,000 --> 02:06:05,840
that. Uh you know, the fewer vacant

3240
02:06:05,840 --> 02:06:08,000
properties we have, the better. Um so I

3241
02:06:08,000 --> 02:06:09,599
was interested to see that list and that

3242
02:06:09,599 --> 02:06:11,280
is available if anybody is interested in

3243
02:06:11,280 --> 02:06:14,639
seeing um where those are. Um anything

3244
02:06:14,639 --> 02:06:18,480
we can do to find ways to you know not

3245
02:06:18,480 --> 02:06:20,080
have vacant properties we should be

3246
02:06:20,080 --> 02:06:23,840
doing that. Um and then uh the other uh

3247
02:06:23,840 --> 02:06:26,560
substance that I have from my liaison

3248
02:06:26,560 --> 02:06:28,400
meetings is with the finance committee.

3249
02:06:28,400 --> 02:06:30,079
So I met with Matt Salah who's the

3250
02:06:30,079 --> 02:06:32,480
chairman currently although he keeps

3251
02:06:32,480 --> 02:06:33,760
trying to get out of that job every

3252
02:06:33,760 --> 02:06:37,199
year. Um and we we just won't let them.

3253
02:06:37,199 --> 02:06:39,840
Uh so we we largely talked to the result

3254
02:06:39,840 --> 02:06:42,320
of the override um and what got us

3255
02:06:42,320 --> 02:06:45,040
there, the overall lack of any appetite

3256
02:06:45,040 --> 02:06:48,320
for another one. Um and then some of the

3257
02:06:48,320 --> 02:06:50,000
ideas of how we go into the budget

3258
02:06:50,000 --> 02:06:52,719
season more prepared. Um so one of the

3259
02:06:52,719 --> 02:06:54,159
fincom is actually starting their

3260
02:06:54,159 --> 02:06:56,320
meeting cadences two months early. So

3261
02:06:56,320 --> 02:06:59,199
that's great for you Russ. Um, and which

3262
02:06:59,199 --> 02:07:00,239
I actually think they're meeting

3263
02:07:00,239 --> 02:07:02,079
tomorrow night, uh, for the first time

3264
02:07:02,079 --> 02:07:03,840
where usually it's like November time

3265
02:07:03,840 --> 02:07:06,000
frame. Um,

3266
02:07:06,000 --> 02:07:08,239
>> oh, did it move? Okay. Well, I'm glad

3267
02:07:08,239 --> 02:07:09,440
you said that cuz I would have showed up

3268
02:07:09,440 --> 02:07:11,280
to that.

3269
02:07:11,280 --> 02:07:13,280
Um, and so the idea there is that

3270
02:07:13,280 --> 02:07:15,119
they're able to be uh, you know, a lot

3271
02:07:15,119 --> 02:07:18,000
more proactive um, on the budgets uh,

3272
02:07:18,000 --> 02:07:21,360
overall and and not so reactive uh, to

3273
02:07:21,360 --> 02:07:24,320
each department. So, um, excited to see

3274
02:07:24,320 --> 02:07:26,079
how that all turns out. And then we had

3275
02:07:26,079 --> 02:07:28,159
talked and and we've also talked as a

3276
02:07:28,159 --> 02:07:29,920
board uh but Matt and I talked

3277
02:07:29,920 --> 02:07:32,400
specifically about doing joint uh

3278
02:07:32,400 --> 02:07:34,400
meetings, you know, through this budget

3279
02:07:34,400 --> 02:07:37,119
season. So, we'll sort those all out. Uh

3280
02:07:37,119 --> 02:07:40,000
but definitely want to um work together

3281
02:07:40,000 --> 02:07:42,159
to make sure that we're not in an

3282
02:07:42,159 --> 02:07:44,239
uncomfortable position as we get into

3283
02:07:44,239 --> 02:07:51,030
next year. So, that's all

3284
02:07:51,040 --> 02:07:54,000
» Mr. Goyle. uh summer conference commit.

3285
02:07:54,000 --> 02:07:57,520
Um we're all set, right? All right. Very

3286
02:07:57,520 --> 02:08:00,800
successful year. Thank you for that. Um

3287
02:08:00,800 --> 02:08:05,280
board of health is in some

3288
02:08:05,280 --> 02:08:08,960
short-handed no health agent. Um and the

3289
02:08:08,960 --> 02:08:11,520
chair resigned as a step back as well.

3290
02:08:11,520 --> 02:08:15,199
So um there's I think we posted it the

3291
02:08:15,199 --> 02:08:16,880
opening is posted for the board of

3292
02:08:16,880 --> 02:08:18,480
health. Yeah. So, I think you have till

3293
02:08:18,480 --> 02:08:21,119
22nd. If anybody's interested in serving

3294
02:08:21,119 --> 02:08:23,040
on the board of health, they could use

3295
02:08:23,040 --> 02:08:26,239
your help and your expertise. Um, I will

3296
02:08:26,239 --> 02:08:28,639
say and I hopefully I'm not talking out

3297
02:08:28,639 --> 02:08:31,119
of school, but um, the deadline for

3298
02:08:31,119 --> 02:08:33,520
health agent, second time we've posted

3299
02:08:33,520 --> 02:08:36,159
the position and we met earlier tonight.

3300
02:08:36,159 --> 02:08:37,840
This is my second meeting of the night

3301
02:08:37,840 --> 02:08:39,760
and we narrowed the field down. So, we

3302
02:08:39,760 --> 02:08:42,639
will um conducting some interviews um

3303
02:08:42,639 --> 02:08:45,199
once they're reached. uh sooner rather

3304
02:08:45,199 --> 02:08:46,560
than later, we'd like to have a health

3305
02:08:46,560 --> 02:08:48,320
agent. We have a temporary one on

3306
02:08:48,320 --> 02:08:51,199
Fridays, but that's it right now. And

3307
02:08:51,199 --> 02:08:52,400
I'm going to be honest with you,

3308
02:08:52,400 --> 02:08:54,719
historical commission is ne in need of

3309
02:08:54,719 --> 02:08:57,760
members. Um I've tried to have I'm a

3310
02:08:57,760 --> 02:08:59,280
member of that as well, and I'm the

3311
02:08:59,280 --> 02:09:02,719
liazison, but we really don't uh you

3312
02:09:02,719 --> 02:09:04,159
know, one of the members moved to Rhode

3313
02:09:04,159 --> 02:09:06,400
Island um and out of my house,

3314
02:09:06,400 --> 02:09:10,719
thankfully. Anyways, um but but um

3315
02:09:10,719 --> 02:09:12,400
so we've got to get some members and I

3316
02:09:12,400 --> 02:09:15,040
I'll give uh Michael a list of how many

3317
02:09:15,040 --> 02:09:16,320
members we need. So we can put that at

3318
02:09:16,320 --> 02:09:19,840
the website. And what else am I O OCPC

3319
02:09:19,840 --> 02:09:22,159
alternate? I'm assuming since I'm the

3320
02:09:22,159 --> 02:09:23,520
alternate, I don't have to go cuz I I

3321
02:09:23,520 --> 02:09:26,079
think it's during the day. So if I need

3322
02:09:26,079 --> 02:09:28,880
to go, someone should tell me. Um that's

3323
02:09:28,880 --> 02:09:31,840
really all I got commission. Is that it?

3324
02:09:31,840 --> 02:09:34,079
That's all that's all I got.

3325
02:09:34,079 --> 02:09:38,000
>> Thank you. Um for fire, um brief

3326
02:09:38,000 --> 02:09:40,159
updates. Matt Dulo graduates from the

3327
02:09:40,159 --> 02:09:43,679
Academy in October and October 19th. Um

3328
02:09:43,679 --> 02:09:45,760
fire department's expecting a new engine

3329
02:09:45,760 --> 02:09:49,679
in March or April of next year. And the

3330
02:09:49,679 --> 02:09:52,079
fire stations right on track, moving

3331
02:09:52,079 --> 02:09:54,480
along well with build and plan for

3332
02:09:54,480 --> 02:09:58,000
opening in May of 2027 is what they're

3333
02:09:58,000 --> 02:10:00,560
saying right now. um going from that

3334
02:10:00,560 --> 02:10:04,800
right into fire the fire/DPW DPW for

3335
02:10:04,800 --> 02:10:06,159
that build the I've been going to those

3336
02:10:06,159 --> 02:10:08,320
building committee meetings DPW is

3337
02:10:08,320 --> 02:10:10,159
projected is it November Michael

3338
02:10:10,159 --> 02:10:10,560
>> yes

3339
02:10:10,560 --> 02:10:15,360
>> m okay November for uh DPW to be in that

3340
02:10:15,360 --> 02:10:18,560
is um those two commission on

3341
02:10:18,560 --> 02:10:21,360
disabilities the our municipal ADA

3342
02:10:21,360 --> 02:10:25,119
coordinator is Kevin Kogan um I actually

3343
02:10:25,119 --> 02:10:27,520
spoke I've been to their last meeting

3344
02:10:27,520 --> 02:10:30,079
spoke with him recently as Well, uh

3345
02:10:30,079 --> 02:10:33,760
they've been working with the Old Colony

3346
02:10:33,760 --> 02:10:35,679
Planning Council on the ADA

3347
02:10:35,679 --> 02:10:38,320
self-evaluation and transition plan. Uh

3348
02:10:38,320 --> 02:10:41,199
that re uh reviews compliance across

3349
02:10:41,199 --> 02:10:42,960
different town programs, services, and

3350
02:10:42,960 --> 02:10:45,360
facilities. That draft for that

3351
02:10:45,360 --> 02:10:48,159
transition plan is now online. Um it's

3352
02:10:48,159 --> 02:10:49,920
complete available to look at if you

3353
02:10:49,920 --> 02:10:51,679
want to go on there. They're I'm not

3354
02:10:51,679 --> 02:10:52,719
going to get into that because they're

3355
02:10:52,719 --> 02:10:54,320
actually going to be here for our

3356
02:10:54,320 --> 02:10:56,960
September 28th meeting. um they're going

3357
02:10:56,960 --> 02:10:58,960
to do a whole presentation on that. So,

3358
02:10:58,960 --> 02:11:02,719
they'll go into that um at that meeting.

3359
02:11:02,719 --> 02:11:05,760
What else? Zoning, sort of just usual

3360
02:11:05,760 --> 02:11:07,840
and customary

3361
02:11:07,840 --> 02:11:09,679
stuff. They've meet on the second

3362
02:11:09,679 --> 02:11:11,599
Thursday of the month. I've gone to the

3363
02:11:11,599 --> 02:11:14,560
last two meetings, I believe. Um the

3364
02:11:14,560 --> 02:11:16,639
only thing that might be of interest to

3365
02:11:16,639 --> 02:11:18,480
anyone is there that came up in

3366
02:11:18,480 --> 02:11:19,599
discussion is there's been major

3367
02:11:19,599 --> 02:11:21,119
amendments to the Massachusetts Zoning

3368
02:11:21,119 --> 02:11:23,440
Act that I went I think went into effect

3369
02:11:23,440 --> 02:11:25,679
in July of this year. that just expands

3370
02:11:25,679 --> 02:11:27,679
housing and development rights. So that

3371
02:11:27,679 --> 02:11:30,639
came up. Um otherwise just business as

3372
02:11:30,639 --> 02:11:33,679
usual for those meetings. School

3373
02:11:33,679 --> 02:11:35,280
transportationwise,

3374
02:11:35,280 --> 02:11:37,119
most probably everyone already knows new

3375
02:11:37,119 --> 02:11:39,920
bus vendor NRT transitioned over the

3376
02:11:39,920 --> 02:11:42,880
summer. Few hiccups

3377
02:11:42,880 --> 02:11:45,280
probably things that are expected, but

3378
02:11:45,280 --> 02:11:47,280
overall I think has been going well to

3379
02:11:47,280 --> 02:11:48,079
my knowledge.

3380
02:11:48,079 --> 02:11:49,280
>> Some of the bus drivers from the

3381
02:11:49,280 --> 02:11:50,719
previous company are working for this

3382
02:11:50,719 --> 02:11:51,840
too or 80%.

3383
02:11:51,840 --> 02:11:54,560
>> I think it's 80% of the drivers. Um you

3384
02:11:54,560 --> 02:11:55,199
left.

3385
02:11:55,199 --> 02:11:55,920
>> Yes,

3386
02:11:55,920 --> 02:11:58,400
>> I could be wrong, but I believe it's 80%

3387
02:11:58,400 --> 02:12:03,040
stayed. Um the ELA curriculum adoption

3388
02:12:03,040 --> 02:12:05,599
has been um is still they're still

3389
02:12:05,599 --> 02:12:08,800
looking for the new curriculum. The

3390
02:12:08,800 --> 02:12:10,719
funding is available. It's just finding

3391
02:12:10,719 --> 02:12:12,639
the right program. So that's been

3392
02:12:12,639 --> 02:12:14,480
discussed at several of the meetings

3393
02:12:14,480 --> 02:12:16,480
including they had a meeting last week.

3394
02:12:16,480 --> 02:12:20,400
Um so that was discussed again. And just

3395
02:12:20,400 --> 02:12:22,079
a facilities update with the schools.

3396
02:12:22,079 --> 02:12:23,920
the Beaverbrook boiler number one

3397
02:12:23,920 --> 02:12:26,480
replacement. That project's starting.

3398
02:12:26,480 --> 02:12:30,000
That's um not that's funded by a town

3399
02:12:30,000 --> 02:12:32,560
capital allocation. So, that's taken

3400
02:12:32,560 --> 02:12:34,239
care of. But the bids are in. They put

3401
02:12:34,239 --> 02:12:35,840
it out to bid. The bids are in. A vendor

3402
02:12:35,840 --> 02:12:39,040
was chosen. And the last meeting or the

3403
02:12:39,040 --> 02:12:42,079
meeting last week, um they had said that

3404
02:12:42,079 --> 02:12:44,960
they hope that that's all buttoned up

3405
02:12:44,960 --> 02:12:46,480
and done by the time that the heat needs

3406
02:12:46,480 --> 02:12:49,040
to be turned on at Beaverbrook. But if

3407
02:12:49,040 --> 02:12:50,480
anything happens, they still have boiler

3408
02:12:50,480 --> 02:12:54,079
number two. that's working. So, I think

3409
02:12:54,079 --> 02:12:57,360
that's all my updates.

3410
02:12:57,360 --> 02:13:00,159
>> Thank you. All right. Uh Affordable

3411
02:13:00,159 --> 02:13:04,960
Housing Trust, uh on uh this Thursday at

3412
02:13:04,960 --> 02:13:07,280
5:00 p.m. they're going to be having the

3413
02:13:07,280 --> 02:13:09,760
dedication for the Habitat for Humanity

3414
02:13:09,760 --> 02:13:13,360
House at 871 Plymouth Street.

3415
02:13:13,360 --> 02:13:16,400
Uh their next meeting is on September

3416
02:13:16,400 --> 02:13:18,880
16th at 5:00 p.m. in the Buckley room.

3417
02:13:18,880 --> 02:13:22,079
the Ames null committee uh they're

3418
02:13:22,079 --> 02:13:24,480
really not meeting at this moment. I

3419
02:13:24,480 --> 02:13:27,280
talked to uh the chairman uh Rick

3420
02:13:27,280 --> 02:13:30,560
Collins and they're trying to transition

3421
02:13:30,560 --> 02:13:34,000
from a committee to a more of like a uh

3422
02:13:34,000 --> 02:13:36,159
friends of as group to try and raise

3423
02:13:36,159 --> 02:13:40,480
funds to help uh beautify the park.

3424
02:13:40,480 --> 02:13:46,000
Concom uh last month they had a site uh

3425
02:13:46,000 --> 02:13:48,880
visit with MACC which is the

3426
02:13:48,880 --> 02:13:51,040
Massachusetts Association of

3427
02:13:51,040 --> 02:13:53,280
Conservation Commissioners. Uh they did

3428
02:13:53,280 --> 02:13:55,280
a class out I think behind town hall

3429
02:13:55,280 --> 02:13:59,199
behind the library uh to teach you know

3430
02:13:59,199 --> 02:14:02,719
member uh communities uh wetland

3431
02:14:02,719 --> 02:14:05,760
delineation methods and I believe nine

3432
02:14:05,760 --> 02:14:08,239
or 10 different towns participated in

3433
02:14:08,239 --> 02:14:09,760
it.

3434
02:14:09,760 --> 02:14:12,560
Uh, oh, also they have an opening on the

3435
02:14:12,560 --> 02:14:14,960
board. Chris O'Neal uh left the

3436
02:14:14,960 --> 02:14:17,360
commission I think last week or two

3437
02:14:17,360 --> 02:14:19,360
weeks ago.

3438
02:14:19,360 --> 02:14:21,040
Uh, so there's one opening on that

3439
02:14:21,040 --> 02:14:22,800
board.

3440
02:14:22,800 --> 02:14:24,639
Open space committee, they've completed

3441
02:14:24,639 --> 02:14:26,800
their the town's open space and

3442
02:14:26,800 --> 02:14:29,280
recreation plan, uh, which is good for

3443
02:14:29,280 --> 02:14:31,840
the next 5 years. Plymouth County

3444
02:14:31,840 --> 02:14:34,159
Advisory Board, we're meeting on this

3445
02:14:34,159 --> 02:14:36,480
coming Thursday night. So I can, you

3446
02:14:36,480 --> 02:14:38,079
know, whatever comes of that I can give

3447
02:14:38,079 --> 02:14:41,040
an update at our next meeting.

3448
02:14:41,040 --> 02:14:44,400
Police chief gave a better update than I

3449
02:14:44,400 --> 02:14:47,119
ever could for the police department.

3450
02:14:47,119 --> 02:14:49,840
And last but not least is water. Uh

3451
02:14:49,840 --> 02:14:54,159
their next meeting is on uh September

3452
02:14:54,159 --> 02:14:56,480
15th at 4 p.m. over at the water

3453
02:14:56,480 --> 02:14:59,360
department. Uh we're still currently in

3454
02:14:59,360 --> 02:15:02,960
a level four water ban. Uh

3455
02:15:02,960 --> 02:15:04,880
we're still taking water on a temporary

3456
02:15:04,880 --> 02:15:07,599
basis from the town of Whitman just to

3457
02:15:07,599 --> 02:15:09,599
keep our water levels at a at a safe

3458
02:15:09,599 --> 02:15:12,880
level. Uh the new PAS filtration system

3459
02:15:12,880 --> 02:15:14,960
went in went online at the beginning of

3460
02:15:14,960 --> 02:15:16,719
summer.

3461
02:15:16,719 --> 02:15:22,719
Uh and as we discussed with uh SRRA uh

3462
02:15:22,719 --> 02:15:25,199
they're looking the water department's

3463
02:15:25,199 --> 02:15:28,000
looking at different sources for water

3464
02:15:28,000 --> 02:15:31,679
including as we discussed the MWR

3465
02:15:31,679 --> 02:15:33,679
uh potential from the city of Brockton

3466
02:15:33,679 --> 02:15:37,199
and looking at uh different well sites

3467
02:15:37,199 --> 02:15:40,480
in Rockland and in Abington.

3468
02:15:40,480 --> 02:15:43,440
Uh yeah, one thing about those meetings

3469
02:15:43,440 --> 02:15:46,239
that I wish they could be recorded cuz

3470
02:15:46,239 --> 02:15:47,840
the water there's just so much

3471
02:15:47,840 --> 02:15:50,639
information that the town should be be

3472
02:15:50,639 --> 02:15:52,639
watching. I don't know if there's a way

3473
02:15:52,639 --> 02:15:59,599
to do it, but I think going forward be a great help for the both communities.

3474
02:15:59,599 --> 02:15:59,760
I

3475
02:15:59,760 --> 02:16:02,000
>> think sometimes when the they meet

3476
02:16:02,000 --> 02:16:04,079
during the day, they don't want to be on

3477
02:16:04,079 --> 02:16:06,000
TV.

3478
02:16:06,000 --> 02:16:08,480
>> Just my personal opinion.

3479
02:16:08,480 --> 02:16:09,679
And the last meeting is very well

3480
02:16:09,679 --> 02:16:12,719
attended. Uh state rep from Rockland uh

3481
02:16:12,719 --> 02:16:14,880
the coast was there and Allison Sullivan

3482
02:16:14,880 --> 02:16:17,119
Almeida was there on Abington's behalf

3483
02:16:17,119 --> 02:16:19,679
just to get information on all the

3484
02:16:19,679 --> 02:16:23,350
different water sources.

3485
02:16:23,360 --> 02:16:26,480
That's all I have.

3486
02:16:26,480 --> 02:16:29,040
>> Last on the agenda is item number nine,

3487
02:16:29,040 --> 02:16:31,040
town manager update. Thank you, Mr.

3488
02:16:31,040 --> 02:16:33,359
Chairman. I continue to prepare meals at

3489
02:16:33,359 --> 02:16:36,080
the COA. Happy to report that Richie is

3490
02:16:36,080 --> 02:16:38,080
back. Today was his first day back. He

3491
02:16:38,080 --> 02:16:40,000
got clearance from his doctor and his

3492
02:16:40,000 --> 02:16:42,080
physical therapist. So, uh, he's back

3493
02:16:42,080 --> 02:16:44,319
being the chef. I had a number of

3494
02:16:44,319 --> 02:16:47,200
meetings with, uh, Brad Ray, uh, the CPA

3495
02:16:47,200 --> 02:16:48,639
that was hired by the town, my

3496
02:16:48,639 --> 02:16:50,559
predecessor. Uh, there was some

3497
02:16:50,559 --> 02:16:52,559
financial issues with inventory and

3498
02:16:52,559 --> 02:16:54,800
stuff years ago, highlighted an

3499
02:16:54,800 --> 02:16:57,200
inspector general's report. So, uh, he's

3500
02:16:57,200 --> 02:16:59,120
putting together some financial policies

3501
02:16:59,120 --> 02:17:01,840
governing inventory and other financial

3502
02:17:01,840 --> 02:17:04,800
matters. and he'll actually be uh tuning

3503
02:17:04,800 --> 02:17:07,840
in via Zoom to the next uh select board

3504
02:17:07,840 --> 02:17:10,880
meeting on September 28th. Had a meeting

3505
02:17:10,880 --> 02:17:13,760
with Chief Barney uh on flock camera

3506
02:17:13,760 --> 02:17:16,240
issues. We reached out to residents and

3507
02:17:16,240 --> 02:17:19,120
asked them questions um you know what

3508
02:17:19,120 --> 02:17:21,439
their concerns were uh the controversial

3509
02:17:21,439 --> 02:17:24,080
issues etc. Uh then the chief appeared

3510
02:17:24,080 --> 02:17:25,840
on the town manager's corner. We

3511
02:17:25,840 --> 02:17:28,080
discussed the issues thoroughly. thought

3512
02:17:28,080 --> 02:17:30,639
it was important that we uh you know

3513
02:17:30,639 --> 02:17:32,240
give a background. Anyone that's tuned

3514
02:17:32,240 --> 02:17:34,559
in saw we talked all about uh the

3515
02:17:34,559 --> 02:17:36,800
cameras, where the initiative came from,

3516
02:17:36,800 --> 02:17:40,319
how it was funded, who approved it. Um

3517
02:17:40,319 --> 02:17:42,160
and of course he did tell people not to

3518
02:17:42,160 --> 02:17:44,000
be wrecking them. At that time there was

3519
02:17:44,000 --> 02:17:46,399
only one camera wrecked. So a couple of

3520
02:17:46,399 --> 02:17:49,760
more got wrecked since then. Um and then

3521
02:17:49,760 --> 02:17:52,319
uh the chief uh announced at the end of

3522
02:17:52,319 --> 02:17:54,319
our 90 minutes uh that he would be

3523
02:17:54,319 --> 02:17:56,160
pulling the floor camera. No sooner that

3524
02:17:56,160 --> 02:17:58,479
we did that, the fallen 2 days later, uh

3525
02:17:58,479 --> 02:18:00,080
people are now calling and are upset

3526
02:18:00,080 --> 02:18:02,479
that the flock cameras uh cease to

3527
02:18:02,479 --> 02:18:04,800
exist. So, it's something we can always

3528
02:18:04,800 --> 02:18:06,719
take a look at and have much more public

3529
02:18:06,719 --> 02:18:09,359
discussion uh in the future. And if

3530
02:18:09,359 --> 02:18:11,040
anyone's interested, it can be found on

3531
02:18:11,040 --> 02:18:14,000
the CAM uh website and the town website.

3532
02:18:14,000 --> 02:18:16,080
And Kevin Tachi's here tonight. And I

3533
02:18:16,080 --> 02:18:18,000
want to thank Kevin uh he's been

3534
02:18:18,000 --> 02:18:20,880
incredible along with Kim. Anytime need

3535
02:18:20,880 --> 02:18:22,800
to do anything, get any message out

3536
02:18:22,800 --> 02:18:24,800
there, uh they're always available. So,

3537
02:18:24,800 --> 02:18:26,800
we're very fortunate to have an

3538
02:18:26,800 --> 02:18:29,040
incredible cable uh organization in

3539
02:18:29,040 --> 02:18:32,319
town. Um I had the opportunity to attend

3540
02:18:32,319 --> 02:18:33,679
the coffee with the police and the

3541
02:18:33,679 --> 02:18:35,280
seniors, coffee and donuts with the

3542
02:18:35,280 --> 02:18:38,240
seniors. It's always a fun event. Uh

3543
02:18:38,240 --> 02:18:41,120
appointed 911 committee. We put together

3544
02:18:41,120 --> 02:18:43,840
uh a great event. Uh last night it was

3545
02:18:43,840 --> 02:18:47,679
the 25th anniversary memorial ceremony.

3546
02:18:47,679 --> 02:18:49,200
Uh took place here at the police

3547
02:18:49,200 --> 02:18:52,240
station. Uh and we did it so that it

3548
02:18:52,240 --> 02:18:54,639
wasn't on 911. And that's I had a

3549
02:18:54,639 --> 02:18:56,240
conversation with you know being new to

3550
02:18:56,240 --> 02:18:57,840
town I had a conversation with Christy

3551
02:18:57,840 --> 02:19:00,319
Kums and you know she explained to me

3552
02:19:00,319 --> 02:19:03,040
that uh this being the 25th you know she

3553
02:19:03,040 --> 02:19:04,559
would either be in Boston or in New York

3554
02:19:04,559 --> 02:19:06,399
or something like that and she would

3555
02:19:06,399 --> 02:19:09,200
like to participate. So uh we did uh

3556
02:19:09,200 --> 02:19:11,760
take her request and do it uh last night

3557
02:19:11,760 --> 02:19:13,760
and uh you know we had a really good

3558
02:19:13,760 --> 02:19:15,359
crowd. This this room was packed. You

3559
02:19:15,359 --> 02:19:18,240
couldn't even move in it. uh Mia Regaza.

3560
02:19:18,240 --> 02:19:19,760
I'd be remissed if I didn't say thank

3561
02:19:19,760 --> 02:19:23,280
you to Mia Regaza. Uh uh along with a

3562
02:19:23,280 --> 02:19:25,840
number of uh local folks baking their

3563
02:19:25,840 --> 02:19:28,240
cookies and bringing them. Uh the chief

3564
02:19:28,240 --> 02:19:30,080
had gone to Mia Raza and wanted to make

3565
02:19:30,080 --> 02:19:32,080
sure that we had enough refreshments and

3566
02:19:32,080 --> 02:19:34,000
ordered some appetizers and when it

3567
02:19:34,000 --> 02:19:36,160
delivered the chief was ready to pay out

3568
02:19:36,160 --> 02:19:38,080
of a fund that he had and uh they said

3569
02:19:38,080 --> 02:19:40,639
no, it was donated. So uh special thanks

3570
02:19:40,639 --> 02:19:43,920
to Mia Regaza for that. um attended the

3571
02:19:43,920 --> 02:19:45,599
street hockey clinic sponsored by the

3572
02:19:45,599 --> 02:19:48,000
Boston Bruins and organized by former

3573
02:19:48,000 --> 02:19:50,479
selectman Alec Pazansen and uh chairman

3574
02:19:50,479 --> 02:19:52,479
Paul Bunker and I were there. He's

3575
02:19:52,479 --> 02:19:54,240
really the player. I was just there to

3576
02:19:54,240 --> 02:19:55,920
you know take the pictures and coach.

3577
02:19:55,920 --> 02:19:57,040
Okay.

3578
02:19:57,040 --> 02:19:58,800
>> Uh and it was it was a great event to

3579
02:19:58,800 --> 02:20:01,520
see the kids were all really excited and

3580
02:20:01,520 --> 02:20:04,720
uh True True North Bank donated $10,000

3581
02:20:04,720 --> 02:20:08,240
to the hockey fund for new tables and uh

3582
02:20:08,240 --> 02:20:10,720
benches at Hano Park. So that will

3583
02:20:10,720 --> 02:20:13,520
finish off that project nicely. Uh

3584
02:20:13,520 --> 02:20:15,200
continue to work on filling vacancies in

3585
02:20:15,200 --> 02:20:16,720
the treasurer's office, including the

3586
02:20:16,720 --> 02:20:18,240
treasur assistant treasurer payroll

3587
02:20:18,240 --> 02:20:21,280
benefits and bookkeeper position. Town's

3588
02:20:21,280 --> 02:20:23,120
also working on filling the health agent

3589
02:20:23,120 --> 02:20:24,640
position for the board of health as well

3590
02:20:24,640 --> 02:20:26,720
as uh an administrative assistant

3591
02:20:26,720 --> 02:20:27,840
because they need someone to be

3592
02:20:27,840 --> 02:20:29,760
answering phones and scheduling the

3593
02:20:29,760 --> 02:20:31,920
inspections and stuff like that. And Mr.

3594
02:20:31,920 --> 02:20:35,120
Coyle mentioned uh that we had Dan Kelly

3595
02:20:35,120 --> 02:20:38,640
uh from um Whitman who's been with us

3596
02:20:38,640 --> 02:20:40,399
every Friday and then during the week he

3597
02:20:40,399 --> 02:20:41,920
makes calls and follows up with things

3598
02:20:41,920 --> 02:20:44,160
at night. So uh he's been great to make

3599
02:20:44,160 --> 02:20:46,560
sure that uh you know we're keeping up

3600
02:20:46,560 --> 02:20:49,040
with businesses and uh other border

3601
02:20:49,040 --> 02:20:51,520
health issues that arise.

3602
02:20:51,520 --> 02:20:53,920
Uh let's see. There's a vacancy on the

3603
02:20:53,920 --> 02:20:55,840
elected board of health and Mr. Coyle

3604
02:20:55,840 --> 02:20:58,399
mentioned that the chair Gavin Nes

3605
02:20:58,399 --> 02:21:02,240
resigned and um the select board and the

3606
02:21:02,240 --> 02:21:04,479
remaining members of the board of health

3607
02:21:04,479 --> 02:21:06,560
uh will be voting to fill that vacancy

3608
02:21:06,560 --> 02:21:10,640
at a joint meeting. Uh residents have I didn't take my notes, but I think it's

3609
02:21:10,640 --> 02:21:13,040
around the 22nd. If you go on town's

3610
02:21:13,040 --> 02:21:16,080
website, there's a communication uh that

3611
02:21:16,080 --> 02:21:17,840
says that the position is vacant. People

3612
02:21:17,840 --> 02:21:20,240
that are interested uh submit a resume

3613
02:21:20,240 --> 02:21:22,880
and stuff like that. and then uh the

3614
02:21:22,880 --> 02:21:25,600
members of both uh the select board and

3615
02:21:25,600 --> 02:21:26,800
the remaining members of the board of

3616
02:21:26,800 --> 02:21:29,200
health will appoint somebody uh to the

3617
02:21:29,200 --> 02:21:30,720
next municipal election and then they

3618
02:21:30,720 --> 02:21:35,590
would have to run again.

3619
02:21:35,600 --> 02:21:37,439
Uh I've had the pleasure of attending

3620
02:21:37,439 --> 02:21:39,200
the teachers breakfast last week. I

3621
02:21:39,200 --> 02:21:41,359
attended the uh teachers breakfast. The

3622
02:21:41,359 --> 02:21:42,560
superintendent and the school

3623
02:21:42,560 --> 02:21:44,160
administration runs a breakfast for all

3624
02:21:44,160 --> 02:21:46,319
the teachers coming in. Fire and police

3625
02:21:46,319 --> 02:21:47,920
and other people in town hall were

3626
02:21:47,920 --> 02:21:50,240
invited. It's a great opportunity uh to

3627
02:21:50,240 --> 02:21:52,560
meet all the teachers. Uh all of the

3628
02:21:52,560 --> 02:21:54,880
teachers were really excited to uh have

3629
02:21:54,880 --> 02:21:57,200
the kids back and get back to work. So,

3630
02:21:57,200 --> 02:21:59,040
we're very fortunate to have outstanding

3631
02:21:59,040 --> 02:22:01,920
educators uh teaching our children. Uh

3632
02:22:01,920 --> 02:22:03,520
watered a contract at Dandel

3633
02:22:03,520 --> 02:22:05,200
Construction to build the bathrooms at

3634
02:22:05,200 --> 02:22:07,600
Memorial Field. Work should get underway

3635
02:22:07,600 --> 02:22:09,920
shortly. This will be a huge improvement

3636
02:22:09,920 --> 02:22:12,160
for our residents, attendees of sporting

3637
02:22:12,160 --> 02:22:13,680
events, and our children that do

3638
02:22:13,680 --> 02:22:16,080
practices and games there. I've been

3639
02:22:16,080 --> 02:22:17,600
working with Southshore Recycling

3640
02:22:17,600 --> 02:22:19,040
Cooperative Clear to get the

3641
02:22:19,040 --> 02:22:21,600
intermunicipal agreement uh passed by

3642
02:22:21,600 --> 02:22:24,640
the select board uh and signed. Uh this

3643
02:22:24,640 --> 02:22:26,880
is an event. There's an event for the

3644
02:22:26,880 --> 02:22:28,960
Abington residents on the 12th that they

3645
02:22:28,960 --> 02:22:31,040
can participate in to take. You have to

3646
02:22:31,040 --> 02:22:32,560
go and register. You have to go to the

3647
02:22:32,560 --> 02:22:36,319
website. We have some uh sheets here. Um

3648
02:22:36,319 --> 02:22:39,200
Claire's getting ready to uh retire and

3649
02:22:39,200 --> 02:22:40,479
you saw that she was here tonight and

3650
02:22:40,479 --> 02:22:42,399
did a presentation. There's still a

3651
02:22:42,399 --> 02:22:44,399
number of unknown things. you know, you

3652
02:22:44,399 --> 02:22:46,240
look at the bad side of it. If nothing

3653
02:22:46,240 --> 02:22:48,080
happens, those chemicals will end up on

3654
02:22:48,080 --> 02:22:50,720
the roadside and people, you know, won't

3655
02:22:50,720 --> 02:22:52,479
they'll be disposing them in their

3656
02:22:52,479 --> 02:22:54,880
trash. So, uh we'll we'll see what will

3657
02:22:54,880 --> 02:22:57,280
happen on that. Uh I've been working

3658
02:22:57,280 --> 02:22:59,200
with Wayne Noring, our facility

3659
02:22:59,200 --> 02:23:02,080
director. The town hall's boiler uh

3660
02:23:02,080 --> 02:23:04,240
needed to be repaired before the winter.

3661
02:23:04,240 --> 02:23:05,920
Uh there was a crack in it and started

3662
02:23:05,920 --> 02:23:08,399
flooding uh the first floor. Uh when

3663
02:23:08,399 --> 02:23:10,319
they opened it up, the uh gun needs to

3664
02:23:10,319 --> 02:23:12,240
be replaced. So, anyone that's familiar

3665
02:23:12,240 --> 02:23:14,160
with a furnace, it's the firing gun that

3666
02:23:14,160 --> 02:23:15,200
the fuel

3667
02:23:15,200 --> 02:23:17,120
>> the fuel goes out. It melted down to

3668
02:23:17,120 --> 02:23:20,160
nothing. So, uh when it does run, it's,

3669
02:23:20,160 --> 02:23:22,240
you know, it's no control over the It's

3670
02:23:22,240 --> 02:23:24,640
like a little piston inside the gun that

3671
02:23:24,640 --> 02:23:26,960
sprays out in a very light. I know more

3672
02:23:26,960 --> 02:23:28,800
than I need to know about, uh boilers

3673
02:23:28,800 --> 02:23:30,640
and firing guns, but it's important to

3674
02:23:30,640 --> 02:23:31,760
know. You have to understand. So,

3675
02:23:31,760 --> 02:23:33,040
>> you're in a police station. You probably

3676
02:23:33,040 --> 02:23:34,720
shouldn't be talking about firing guns.

3677
02:23:34,720 --> 02:23:37,680
>> That that is true, Mr. C. Absolutely. Um

3678
02:23:37,680 --> 02:23:40,800
so, uh we're working on that. uh uh

3679
02:23:40,800 --> 02:23:42,399
Andrew, our finance director, and

3680
02:23:42,399 --> 02:23:43,840
working with Tim, he's put together a

3681
02:23:43,840 --> 02:23:45,439
great five-year plan that I shared with

3682
02:23:45,439 --> 02:23:47,439
the board just to get some of the

3683
02:23:47,439 --> 02:23:49,520
numbers are scary. I told people of the

3684
02:23:49,520 --> 02:23:51,600
thing about a five-year plan, you know,

3685
02:23:51,600 --> 02:23:52,880
you don't know, you know, you don't know

3686
02:23:52,880 --> 02:23:54,080
what the revenues are going to look

3687
02:23:54,080 --> 02:23:57,359
like. You're doing a very conservative

3688
02:23:57,359 --> 02:23:58,880
uh

3689
02:23:58,880 --> 02:24:02,560
you know, uh pre-cast future may hold.

3690
02:24:02,560 --> 02:24:04,560
So, uh but it's important from a

3691
02:24:04,560 --> 02:24:06,160
financial standpoint that you take a

3692
02:24:06,160 --> 02:24:08,319
look at what those fixed costs are. you

3693
02:24:08,319 --> 02:24:10,000
anticipate what some of the variable

3694
02:24:10,000 --> 02:24:12,640
costs are. Uh you know, and there's

3695
02:24:12,640 --> 02:24:15,439
other factors, you know, uh health care,

3696
02:24:15,439 --> 02:24:17,359
uh gas prices, you know, things that you

3697
02:24:17,359 --> 02:24:19,120
don't normally expect can have

3698
02:24:19,120 --> 02:24:21,120
detrimental effect. So, we'll have to

3699
02:24:21,120 --> 02:24:23,439
continue to monitor that as we begin the

3700
02:24:23,439 --> 02:24:26,319
new budgetary season. Uh put together

3701
02:24:26,319 --> 02:24:28,560
and executed a farm contract for Griffin

3702
02:24:28,560 --> 02:24:30,800
Farm for a portion of the land. Farmer

3703
02:24:30,800 --> 02:24:32,960
was in the other day. Um took the

3704
02:24:32,960 --> 02:24:34,399
contract. We're going to have his lawyer

3705
02:24:34,399 --> 02:24:35,600
review it and then he was going to sign

3706
02:24:35,600 --> 02:24:37,040
it and get it back and then I'll get it

3707
02:24:37,040 --> 02:24:40,479
to uh Griffin's Farm. Uh attended the

3708
02:24:40,479 --> 02:24:42,160
last concert of the season this summer.

3709
02:24:42,160 --> 02:24:43,680
The concert was a huge success. I

3710
02:24:43,680 --> 02:24:45,840
enjoyed the three days that I drove and

3711
02:24:45,840 --> 02:24:47,520
I know the chairman drove the other four

3712
02:24:47,520 --> 02:24:49,439
days and it was really fun to meet

3713
02:24:49,439 --> 02:24:51,280
people and the interesting thing that I

3714
02:24:51,280 --> 02:24:52,880
noticed it wasn't seniors that took

3715
02:24:52,880 --> 02:24:54,800
advantage of the bus. And we'll have to

3716
02:24:54,800 --> 02:24:56,399
figure this out for next year to see how

3717
02:24:56,399 --> 02:24:58,240
we can get the back door open. It was

3718
02:24:58,240 --> 02:25:00,880
really uh as Mr. Quo mentioned it was a

3719
02:25:00,880 --> 02:25:02,880
family event and people brought their

3720
02:25:02,880 --> 02:25:04,560
kids and on those big concerts they're

3721
02:25:04,560 --> 02:25:06,479
parking and you know they have the

3722
02:25:06,479 --> 02:25:08,640
wagons with the with the kids in it.

3723
02:25:08,640 --> 02:25:10,640
They have the water, the food for the

3724
02:25:10,640 --> 02:25:13,680
kids, the snacks. So they took advantage

3725
02:25:13,680 --> 02:25:17,359
uh of it. So it was nice to see that. Um

3726
02:25:17,359 --> 02:25:18,800
participated in the end of summer

3727
02:25:18,800 --> 02:25:20,240
barbecue. I don't know if anyone had the

3728
02:25:20,240 --> 02:25:21,840
opportunity to be there. Was

3729
02:25:21,840 --> 02:25:23,680
unbelievable for the seniors. They were

3730
02:25:23,680 --> 02:25:25,920
thrilled. Uh the select board showed up

3731
02:25:25,920 --> 02:25:27,680
and helped. the fire and police did the

3732
02:25:27,680 --> 02:25:29,680
barbecue and I sort of just basically

3733
02:25:29,680 --> 02:25:31,920
did the orchestrating that day and we

3734
02:25:31,920 --> 02:25:33,280
even had people that cleaned and washed

3735
02:25:33,280 --> 02:25:35,680
the pots and pans and I know Nicole's

3736
02:25:35,680 --> 02:25:37,920
been there a couple of times and one day

3737
02:25:37,920 --> 02:25:39,600
it was we were really down and poor

3738
02:25:39,600 --> 02:25:41,600
Nicole had to she must have washed like

3739
02:25:41,600 --> 02:25:45,359
15 pans that day and uh it was uh but

3740
02:25:45,359 --> 02:25:47,760
it's really speaks volumes about our

3741
02:25:47,760 --> 02:25:50,080
community and but our elected officials

3742
02:25:50,080 --> 02:25:52,080
and regular citizens, everyday citizens

3743
02:25:52,080 --> 02:25:54,160
showing up to make sure that the seniors

3744
02:25:54,160 --> 02:25:56,880
were taken care of and And the best part

3745
02:25:56,880 --> 02:25:59,120
of it was that the boosters for the

3746
02:25:59,120 --> 02:26:01,760
seniors paid for ice cream Sundays and

3747
02:26:01,760 --> 02:26:03,600
everyone including volunteers if they

3748
02:26:03,600 --> 02:26:04,960
wanted could have an ice cream. They

3749
02:26:04,960 --> 02:26:07,600
were not small Sundays. The Sunday was

3750
02:26:07,600 --> 02:26:10,640
bigger than my phone in elongated bowls.

3751
02:26:10,640 --> 02:26:11,840
So it was incredible.

3752
02:26:11,840 --> 02:26:14,399
>> I need to retire because uh you know you

3753
02:26:14,399 --> 02:26:17,200
had coffee and donuts, you had a teacher

3754
02:26:17,200 --> 02:26:18,880
breakfast, you had this awesome barbecue

3755
02:26:18,880 --> 02:26:21,520
and ice cream sundaes and I'm working so

3756
02:26:21,520 --> 02:26:24,800
I'm in the wrong business.

3757
02:26:24,800 --> 02:26:27,439
Uh let's see. Uh working with Wayne to

3758
02:26:27,439 --> 02:26:29,920
get the Vicilian clock uh fixed. Anyone

3759
02:26:29,920 --> 02:26:32,240
that goes to uh Martins knows that the

3760
02:26:32,240 --> 02:26:34,479
clock is gone. So we had to go through

3761
02:26:34,479 --> 02:26:36,160
steps cuz it was kind of frustrating.

3762
02:26:36,160 --> 02:26:38,640
Even I was getting frustrated. Uh you

3763
02:26:38,640 --> 02:26:40,240
know, first we had to start with next

3764
02:26:40,240 --> 02:26:42,800
grid uh to make sure that there was

3765
02:26:42,800 --> 02:26:44,800
actually power running to the line that

3766
02:26:44,800 --> 02:26:47,200
went in there. Then we had to once we

3767
02:26:47,200 --> 02:26:49,040
got confirmation on that, then Wayne had

3768
02:26:49,040 --> 02:26:51,600
to check the circuitry board and then be

3769
02:26:51,600 --> 02:26:53,359
a couple of other things. So now he's

3770
02:26:53,359 --> 02:26:55,920
ordering a a pot and you know I told him

3771
02:26:55,920 --> 02:26:57,520
that we'll need to have that and we'll

3772
02:26:57,520 --> 02:27:00,080
be up and running uh fingers crossed by

3773
02:27:00,080 --> 02:27:03,760
Veterans Day. So working on that. Uh

3774
02:27:03,760 --> 02:27:05,120
let's see. Working with our finance

3775
02:27:05,120 --> 02:27:06,800
director. I was able to bring on Sarah

3776
02:27:06,800 --> 02:27:09,280
Hunter and her team uh to run the

3777
02:27:09,280 --> 02:27:11,200
day-to-day operations in the treasurer's

3778
02:27:11,200 --> 02:27:13,520
office. Continuing to work with Bank of

3779
02:27:13,520 --> 02:27:15,520
America on a new financial program that

3780
02:27:15,520 --> 02:27:17,760
we started before people started to

3781
02:27:17,760 --> 02:27:19,760
leave. we would improve the efficiency

3782
02:27:19,760 --> 02:27:22,080
on how uh checks and deposits and all

3783
02:27:22,080 --> 02:27:24,560
the financial data is processed. Uh so

3784
02:27:24,560 --> 02:27:27,120
that's pretty exciting. And finally uh

3785
02:27:27,120 --> 02:27:29,359
working to address the uh issues at the

3786
02:27:29,359 --> 02:27:33,200
DPW uh and the uh fire project right

3787
02:27:33,200 --> 02:27:34,720
here in these grounds. It's about the

3788
02:27:34,720 --> 02:27:37,359
numbers. Post office is very specific

3789
02:27:37,359 --> 02:27:40,479
about the numbers. Uh supposedly was all

3790
02:27:40,479 --> 02:27:42,560
agreed to. We go to then finally do the

3791
02:27:42,560 --> 02:27:46,000
numbers. Uh, the DPW is going to be 226

3792
02:27:46,000 --> 02:27:47,760
Central Street and the fire department

3793
02:27:47,760 --> 02:27:51,120
is 235 Central Street and I believe the

3794
02:27:51,120 --> 02:27:53,680
police station is 215 Central Street.

3795
02:27:53,680 --> 02:27:55,840
But in order to do that, we have to do a

3796
02:27:55,840 --> 02:28:00,880
uh uh 40 48 subdivision, so I began the

3797
02:28:00,880 --> 02:28:03,920
initial work. Sean Riley is on vacation.

3798
02:28:03,920 --> 02:28:06,000
Um, so, uh, he'll take over the legal

3799
02:28:06,000 --> 02:28:08,240
aspects of it, but I did meet with Liz

3800
02:28:08,240 --> 02:28:10,399
today to get that expedited because I'd

3801
02:28:10,399 --> 02:28:12,560
like to have that voted on at their

3802
02:28:12,560 --> 02:28:16,080
October 5th planning board meeting. So,

3803
02:28:16,080 --> 02:28:17,760
uh, we got some paperwork and stuff that

3804
02:28:17,760 --> 02:28:19,840
needs to be done and has to be submitted

3805
02:28:19,840 --> 02:28:22,160
by the 30th there and then we can once

3806
02:28:22,160 --> 02:28:24,399
and for all take care of the numbers and

3807
02:28:24,399 --> 02:28:26,479
move ahead. So, that is my town

3808
02:28:26,479 --> 02:28:28,080
manager's report. Thank you, sir.

3809
02:28:28,080 --> 02:28:31,040
>> Thank you. Before we uh I ask for a

3810
02:28:31,040 --> 02:28:32,720
motion to journ I just want to going

3811
02:28:32,720 --> 02:28:34,720
over all the liaison reports. I and we

3812
02:28:34,720 --> 02:28:36,080
have a bunch of volunteers here. I just

3813
02:28:36,080 --> 02:28:37,920
want to thank you guys all for what you

3814
02:28:37,920 --> 02:28:39,680
guys do and anybody watching all the

3815
02:28:39,680 --> 02:28:41,840
volunteers that serve on all these

3816
02:28:41,840 --> 02:28:43,840
boards and committees. They do an

3817
02:28:43,840 --> 02:28:47,200
amazing job. It's not just sitting in

3818
02:28:47,200 --> 02:28:49,200
front of a table for a couple hours

3819
02:28:49,200 --> 02:28:51,040
every couple weeks. There's a lot more

3820
02:28:51,040 --> 02:28:52,960
into it for every board that's that's

3821
02:28:52,960 --> 02:28:54,399
serving.

3822
02:28:54,399 --> 02:28:56,000
>> So I just want to thank you.

3823
02:28:56,000 --> 02:28:57,359
>> This is going to barbecues. This is

3824
02:28:57,359 --> 02:29:00,399
going to breakfast. He's just driving a

3825
02:29:00,399 --> 02:29:03,359
van.

3826
02:29:03,359 --> 02:29:05,280
>> So, with that being said, somebody like

3827
02:29:05,280 --> 02:29:07,200
to make a motion to adjourn. I'll make a

3828
02:29:07,200 --> 02:29:08,240
motion to adjurnn. Have

3829
02:29:08,240 --> 02:29:09,120
>> a second. I'll

3830
02:29:09,120 --> 02:29:11,200
>> second. All those in favor? I I

3831
02:29:11,200 --> 02:29:15,200
unanimous. Thank you, everybody.