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call this uh select board meeting to
order on Monday, August 31st, 2026.

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This meeting/hering of the air select
board will be held in person at the

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location provided on this notice.
Members of the public are welcome to

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attend this in-person meeting. Please
note that while an option for remote

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attendance and/or participation via Zoom
is being provided as a courtesy to the

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public, the meeting/hering will not be
suspended or terminated if techn

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technological problems interrupt the
virtual broadcast unless otherwise

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required by law. Members of the public
with a particular interest in a specific

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item on this agenda should make plans
for in-person vers virtual attendance

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accordingly. This meeting will be live
on Zoom in channel 8. The public may

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access the proceedings by joining uh
Zoom meeting ID 978-772-8220

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or by calling 929-2056099.

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For additional information about remote
participation, please contact Carly

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Antelis, assistant town manager at
atmirair.mma.

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us or 978-772-8220

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extension prior to the meeting. Okay.
Okay, if I could ask everyone to rise

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for the pledge of
>> allegiance.

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Pledge of allegiance
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America and to the republic for which it
stands, one nation under God,

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indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all.

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» Thank you.

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» Back in.
>> Okay, everyone have a chance to review

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the agenda.
Mhm.

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» No changes.
>> I have no changes. Okay.

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» I'll make a motion that the agenda be
approved as submitted.

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» Second.
>> Okay. All those in favor? I.

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» I.
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» Okay. Um we have a couple of
announcements.

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One is the state primary election is
tomorrow uh September 1st. Um, it will

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be from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. So,
unless otherwise stated, all elections

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are held on the second floor uh of the
great hall uh town hall located on one

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main street.
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» one more announcement
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» Okay. Uh the air housing forum is going
to be Tuesday, September 29th again at

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uh great hall 6 to 8:00 p.m. So the
second floor of this building. Um please

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come. It's a great chance to have your
opinions heard. Everyone likes to voice

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their opinions, right? This is your
chance. Um there will be pizza, I

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believe. Yes, pizza. So again, no one
says no to free pizza. So, come join us

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uh on the 29th.
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public input. Is there anyone for public
input on a issue that is not on the

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agenda?

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» Yeah.
>> Okay.

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» Yes.
>> Please come up

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here. State your name and address please
for the record.

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» My name is Michael Harmon. I'm part of a
seat. Mike

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and address please.
>> Um 46 Central Lab Air.

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» Okay.
>> I am um part of the Fourth of July

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parade committee. Um and we're looking
to have funds released, I guess.

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Um and I was told I had to be here.

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Okay.
>> Yeah. I don't understand that part.

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» Yeah.
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» He had sent me a note and I said the
same thing and I said, "Oh, well, maybe

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something's changed." But
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you, wasn't it?
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kind of confusion. It seems like you're
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So
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coming from exactly. So
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» Yeah.
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» Okay.
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» So I I want to thank you for you know
trying to spearhead this um

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» no excuses now. [laughter]
>> And um you know certainly we can be a

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resource try to help you out best we can
uh within our ability. Um, so yeah,

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thank you for coming.
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» If I could just add one thing and as
you're going along,

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» you know, come up to public input or
send like a flyer to like keep everyone

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posted.
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when it comes to the volunteers,
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doing that.
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» So, Mr. Chair, we, as you know, we do
have funds. They were not there were not

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funds in the fiscal 27 budget which we
are in now.

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» Um there are funds in a um special
revenue account about [clears throat]

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$16,000 I want to say in a special
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Fourth of July celebrations.
So I I think that's the funds that

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you're alluding to.
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I think is
all volunteer at this point. It's yet

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kind of to be defined per se. Um so I
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at this point. it.
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» Well, just [clears throat] doesn't it,
you know, is they get the, you know,

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we've hired people for parades who need
to be hired or anything like that. They

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bring in the receipts and then get
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» I know that's how it works with Memorial
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» when the when the American Legion.
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July.
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So that's I mean always double check
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and we don't want to mislead.
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daughter was already written. She said
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» have them sign a form stating are they
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» give us a re a bill or something like
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So I if if I'm correct I say if
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touch your hands
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» okay you just bring in the receipt
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» and then you know so that's why it also
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» right I think the accountant's office
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from the select board to get that
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that's why I think you're here Mike um
right Robert is that your understanding.

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» Yeah. Through the chair and Mike, we'll
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and so forth. And the the key takeaway
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$16,000 that can be used towards the the
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talk about fundraising efforts and and
that fund. So, we'll we'll get

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everything uh teed up
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because I we're trying to be over here
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» Yep. Yep. We can do that.
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» Yes. So, I'll be in touch tomorrow.
Again, we've met once generally speaking

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um just to start the discussion. So,
we'll be in touch tomorrow.

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» All right.
>> And then, uh we'll take it from there.

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» We'll [clears throat] set something up
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» All right.
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» Thank you.
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» Okay. Any other public input? Not uh on
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Okay. Uh, I have a feeling this is why
most people are here. This next item,

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um, we have our discussion and vote on
the flock cameras. Um, couple things I

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want to mention in the beginning. Um, if
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your opinion hasn't changed, I ask that
you don't come up in the interest of

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time because, um, you know, you are on
record. Um, if you um, you know, haven't

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spoken and and you do want to speak and
and come up, uh, I'm going to probably

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put about a 3minut uh, limit because
there's a lot of people. Um, so um, I

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will open this up if anyone does want to
come up and and speak. I just ask that

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you say your name and your address for
the record. Um, and then we'll move on

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to um, discussion.

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Yes. Come on. Yep. Come on up.

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» Hello. Hello. My name is William Barnes.
I live at 52 Pleasant Street B. Um, and

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I have real concern about the
implementation of unsecure surveillance

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equipment in our town. Town has 10,000
residents. Crime rates are low and flock

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has a history of misuse. So why do we
have flock cameras in air? I'll tell you

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why. Under Massachusetts law chapter 44
section 53 a paraphrased an officer or

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department of any city or town may
accept grants or gifts of funds from the

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federal government in towns with the
approval of the board of selectment.

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Further, in the case of grants from the
federal government or the commonwealth

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upon receipt of an agreement from the
grantor to provide advanced payment or

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reimbursement, the officer or department
may spend the amount to be reimbursed

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subject to the approvals required by
this section. The board needed to vote

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on this grant. They were not allowed
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Chief Gil bypassed the select board and
partnered with Mr. Point braid to secure

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a reimbursement grant without approval
by the select board. Mr. Point Breate

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issued a payment from the town to Flock
in the amount of $25,000 through a

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warrant. The town paid for those
cameras.

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I was listening to a 404 podcast where
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and selectman of Wallfam, spoke about
his experience with Flock. He described

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how Flock systematically targeted towns
in Massachusetts, teaching departments

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how to circumvent their local municipal
laws to effectuate the installation of

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these cameras. This is exactly what
happened here. Lastly, I would like to

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touch on the transparency of the the
police department and town manager.

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Public records requests were sent to
both um specifically requesting flock

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related documents. No documents were
provided, only a link to a frequently

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requested documents page on the air
website. Publicly available emails show

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Chief Gil pitched the Flock Camera's
idea to Mr. Point Brand in November,

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weeks after the order form was already
signed by Mr. Point Brand. So, so why

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was Chief Gil emailing Mr. Point Brand
that sales pitch weeks later? All right,

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I'm going to have to stop stop you there
on time. Uh, as well as understood. Um,

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but I do want to just keep this on the
flock itself and kind of not more of

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these uh attacks on employees. Okay.
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that's okay. It's nothing to do with the
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» Okay. Um,
I'm formally demanding that the select

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board initiate a review into how the
grant and contract were executed without

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section 53A approval and for the select
court to investigate whether municipal

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funds were improperly dispersed. Thank
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» All right. Thank you.

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» Hello.
>> Hi, my name is Tori Stevens. I live at

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10 East Street and I didn't prepare any
remarks, but I am vocal about being um

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anti- uh or against flock. I don't think
that surveillance should come in the

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form of kind of this like China style
surveillance that we're flock is. It's

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grabbing all this information and people
are using this information um for

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nefarious reasons. And I would say that
there's been multiple accounts across

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the United States where there have been
individuals to abuse the flock system. I

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don't nothing like that has happened in
air as far as we know and the police and

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air have been great. Um I've lived here
for uh almost 10 years and haven't had

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an issue. This is the first time that
I'm like wow I I can't believe something

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like this has happened. Um the town it
it seems based on the Facebook page

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there's a lot of interest in this. So,
it's not something and the fact that you

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all have um it on your docket means it's
really important. Um so, I just wanted

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to say that I'm vehemently against uh
flock and this kind of surveillance in a

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small town where there's low crime. I'm
actually against it in even in a bigger

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town, you know? It's just something
that's like it's almost like warrantless

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like you don't have a warrant to kind of
like view and follow and track people

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and that just feels really really bad.
Um, so just wanted to state that for the

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record. Um, I know that there's a good
amount of residents in the I don't know

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what the actual number is, but there's a
lot of people that I've talked to that

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really don't like this as well.
>> Okay. Thank you.

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» Hello.
>> Hello.

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» My name is Colleen Spinny. I live at 5
Oldcom Road. Um, I just want to follow

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up for clarity on what happened with my
report with the flock stuff. Um, I

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hadn't heard anything from the chief. He
was going to come back from vacation,

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review it, and get in touch with me, but
I haven't heard anything. So, I don't

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know what's going on. So, I just want to
know where that stands, if we can look

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into that.
>> This is a little bit outside of the

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flock. I just wanted to bring attention
that I haven't had an issue with

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» potentially most likely being searched
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» So, I just wanted to bring that up.
>> Okay. Point taken. All right. Thank you.

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» Oh, no. Please go ahead. Okay.

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» Hi. Uh Jessica Gino, 8 Mountain View
Avenue. Um, I haven't spoken on this

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before. So,
>> um, I know that the issue of public

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safety has been behind this a lot. What
I'd like to support is the idea of

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public safety, but public safety from
uh, surveillance operated by a private

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corporation
that does not have a great track record.

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I think the one of the founders has been
known to misrepresent or lie about the

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impacts of of flock. We have no control
over what they do with the information.

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Like this gentleman said, there's been
no issues with air police, but it's the

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behind the scenes private corporation.
And my understanding is that the

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technology
down the road can also be expanded

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potentially to facial recognition
systems, not just automatic license

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readers. That's also extremely
troubling. I would not feel safe as a an

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American citizen or especially as a
woman with that kind of surveillance

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system going on. And I know as of uh
this month 214 communities around the

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country have canled their flock cameras
systems. I take take that very

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seriously. And also if you look at the
Wikipedia entry on flock cameras or

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flack safety, you'll see among the many
instances of abuse mention a single

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paragraph on Littleton and their effort
to uh terminate their contract, have the

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cameras turned off and then finding that
they've been turned back on again. So if

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there was So that's my my I'm against
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» Thank you.
>> And there you have it. Thanks.

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» Appreciate it.

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Hello.
>> Hi, my name is Kristen Feny. I live at

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52 uh Central Street. I'm your neighbor
right there. Um I'm here today to

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express my concern about the use of
flock cameras in our town and the

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alarming rate with which they have been
installed. Um [clears throat] in

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particular tonight, I know you've heard
many comments about flock in general.

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I'd like to speak to my concerns of the
flock camera that's placed facing my

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residents. Um, my questions tonight come
from a point of wanting to understand

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why a residential neighborhood was
chosen as a location for a flock camera.

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Um, the Flock camera that is facing down
Columbia Street is facing directly at my

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apartment building as well as several
others. Every time I go to and from my

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home, I am being surveiled. Every time I
turn on and off my street, I am being

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surveiled just simply because of the
place that I have chosen to live. I'm

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being surveiled at and quite frankly an
alarmingly higher rate than many of the

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residents in this town just based off
where I live. And I'm hoping to better

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understand why this location was chosen
and what concerns you have with certain

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populations of people that make you
think you need to surveil them at a

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higher rate. Uh such as those who live
in the downtown area and are surrounded

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quite frankly by flaw cameras. Um I'm
also concerned about my safety. These

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cameras do not make me feel more safe.
They make me feel quite frankly a lot

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less safe. Um, I'd like to understand
what reassurance the town is providing

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to ensure our safety, to ensure the
privacy of our data. Um, and to address

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the many concerns that have come up with
the inappropriate use of flock cameras,

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including many individuals, mainly
women, who are being stopped by use of

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these cameras by police officers. I'd
like to think that the police of air

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would not engage in behavior like that,
but quite frankly, they absolutely can

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and they absolutely will, and they
absolutely may. The locations of these

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spot camera in particular makes it
incredibly easy for somebody to follow

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me around. to follow my neighbors around
to know where I'm coming from, where I'm

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going every time I leave my house. That
is incredibly uneasy feeling to live

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with and actually it has me
reconsidering renewing my lease and

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leaving air um in the new year. Uh
overall, I understand the need to

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increase safety in our town and that's
why I'm here. Again, these block cameras

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do not increase my feelings of safety,
especially as a single woman. They

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decrease them. I'm deeply concerned
again at the choice to continue to use a

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system that we know is bad. There are
plenty of stories. I don't need to

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reiterate them here to you tonight. Um,
again, my main concern, not only with

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the vlog cameras in general, is the
location of them and the surveilling of

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people at their private homes. I can't
even stop and pick a package up outside

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of my front door without being clocked
by your camera. Thank you so much for

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your time.
>> Thank you.

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Hi, my name's Gwen Meiser. I'm from 1A
wagon road and along with all the

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concerns that have already been
discussed, I'd also like to bring up the

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fact that a lot of the time they are
wrong. They use AI a lot and a lot of

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the time the license plates that are
read are misread or misconstrued and so

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innocent people get tickets, get um
harassed and everything like that. In

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addition, I want to um bring up again
the fact that this is a private company

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that does not um that with Littleton at
least did not accept the termination of

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the contract, turn back the um cameras
and the town actually had to cut the

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power and that may happen again. And I
do want to make sure that if that um the

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vote says that to take them down that we
make sure that they actually get taken

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down.
>> Thank you.

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» Well, at this point I would like to
deliberate. We'll take one more person.

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which is pin 24 finger away. Um, again,
I would go with the last person to take

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them down because they can be turned on.
I don't trust anybody.

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My question, too, is how do they even
get installed if we haven't even voted

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to put them on or put them up? Second,
it's invasion of privacy. It's against

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the Constitution.
We We are a constitutional republic, not

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a democracy. And I haven't talked to
anybody or heard anybody know anybody

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that's in favor of these things. Like
everything about it is wrong. Like it's

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just totally not what they say. You
can't delete. You can delete things in

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30 days. Nothing is deleted. Once it's
recorded, it's there forever. Somebody

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can get to it. And then flock is not
just by chance because the government

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treats us like sheep, which is a flock
of sheep. So, it's a camera to watch the

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people. And we are just one step closer
brother to a 10-minute city. Yeah.

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» So, there's nothing about this that is
right and it's totally wrong. And being

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a constitutional republic, it's your
guys' job to vote for us the way we

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want. I don't even know why this wasn't
taken up to a turn election cuz this is

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some serious stuff that's going on here.
>> Exactly.

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» It should have been. And if you vote for
this, you're going against the will of

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the people. Trust me, nobody wants this.
And it's totally illegal and wrong. And

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you should you should take heed because
you guys will be paying the price at

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some point down the line if this goes
wrong. And I want them dismounted. So,

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how many do we have? $25,000. Put it
towards hiring another cop. How many

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cameras are in tile?
>> Does anybody know?

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» I think it's eight.
>> Do we know the location? Is it posted on

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the website?
>> We're we're at about time. So, I think

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» quick quick 3 minutes, but how did it
get put up without anybody saying put it

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up? You haven't even voted yet. How do
you put it up?

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» This is just insane. Insane is what it
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» Thank you for your time.
>> Thank you. All right. Um I think we've

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heard plenty. Um, so I will open it up
to the uh my fellow select board

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members, opinions, thoughts.
>> Yes, J.

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» Mr. Chair, I kind of made myself known
uh at our last meeting too. Um, so I

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just want to kind of
reiterate a couple of things. First of

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all, unfortunately, the way this was
handled was bad. It was bad. I think we

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can all agree with that. Okay. So, that
being said, um I know that I've heard a

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few people arguing about the fact, well,
everybody's got a cell phone and

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videotaping, but there's a difference.
And the difference is if I'm videotaping

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something outside with my own cell phone
and you walk by, it's an innocent you

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got into my video. Now, if I'm chasing
you, that's a little bit different. This

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was government sanctioned cameras.
in the time that we have come aware of

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it
nationwide

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is having a absolute meltdown with these
things. Okay. I also I have to touch the

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the woman who talked about concerns.
First of all, I really hope that you

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decide to stay in air because we are a
good town and we are a safe town. Okay?

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I know that people are mad at Chief Gil
and the police force and everything, but

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honestly, look at it from his point of
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He thought that this would be a good
thing if something would happen. This

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would be another avenue into being able
to solve whatever that crime was. So,

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let's all just remember he they're all
good guy. We got we got a good force.

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We're really really lucky. So, let's all
remember that. But I also understand

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what she's saying as you know just from
the perspective of a woman. You know, it

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it is concerning. Um, we do get stocked
when we're not, you know, we we ignore a

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lot more than what we say. Okay. Um,
so that being said, I'm just going to

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cut to the chase. I'm I'm making a
motion that the flock cameras be

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disabled,
uninstalled

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immediately. And I mean by immediately I
tomorrow morning at the latest call

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Flock and say get your over here get
[clears throat] these cameras down and

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if they say oh we can't be here for a
few days you say flock off

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» and get here anyways because if they
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» so
>> they're coming to come town and the

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contract needs to be ended. So that's a
really long- winded w motion. Let me try

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to clean that up. I make a motion that
immediately the flock cameras be

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disabled, taken down, and the contract
cancelled.

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Immediately.
>> You have any comments?

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» No, I'll second it.
>> No, I before I call for a vote, I mean,

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I do want to just go over a couple
things. Um, I do want to thank everyone

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that has voiced their opinions. Um, this
is how town government is supposed to

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work. Okay. So, just anonymously
writing things on a website or, you

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know, kind of complaining to friends
doesn't get things done. This kind of

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thing gets done. You were heard. Um, so
I I thank everyone that took their time

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out to come up here and voice their
opinion. Um, you know, I had some great

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uh texts and emails that came in citing
uh a lot of different articles um that

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were verified. Um the constitution came
up of which you know I reviewed the

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supreme judicial court the uh
commonwealth versus McCarthy that talked

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about yes these are legal however it
it's

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if you can start making a matrix on
someone's movement

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» then it becomes illegal. So we're right
on the tipping point. Um but then you

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know I read about the heat map that was
found in Oshkosh Wisconsin where they

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found there is ability to track people
with all these different cameras enough

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that I'm not comfortable with it being
constitutional um from from my side my

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understanding. Um I do want to say again
I support air police. I've never heard

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anything bad said about air police. They
did this with the best intentions. Um,

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you know, Chief Gil said back in June,
he didn't he wants to be able to solve

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crimes and not have people victimized
once again when these um crimes can't be

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solved. So, that's how it was looked.
Um, you know, all these uh statements

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were good statements. Nothing was
against their police. Um, but I don't

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have trust in Flock. Um, so
I I can't move on with this contract. So

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at that point, we have a motion. It was
seconded. Uh, all in favor?

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» I.
>> The chair says I.

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» SO [applause]

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moving on. And I hope everyone stays
>> stay for the rest OF THE MEETING.

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» YOU CAN SEE
>> IT'S AWFUL. YOU ALL LIKE VACATE LIKE THE

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MOVIE'S OVER. LET'S GO. YOU KNOW,
>> thank you.

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» Thank you.
>> They don't even stay for the credits.

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» And just for the record, too. And off
record, they can they do use it for

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people. They zoom in on people walking
and stuff and get their identities and

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stuff. So,
>> good thing it won't matter in air

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anymore.
>> Thank you.

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» All right. Okay. Um, so we're going to
move to um a proposed tree preservation

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bylaw by um our conservation agent,
Heather Hampson.

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» Thank you.
>> Hopefully what I have for you is a

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little less controversial. One never
knows.

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» You never know. [laughter] Yes.
>> Uh like for the record, uh Demo knows

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I'm Heather Hamson, the conservation
agent for the town of Air. And what I

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have for you this evening is a draft uh
tree preservation bylaw uh for the fall

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town meeting.
Um so first why we're here um just a few

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key points if you look at some of our
key uh plans in town including the

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master plan and our MVP plan both make
reference to the ability of the town

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that require and the ability not ability
but the uh thought of the town to have

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be more uh flood protection
um excuse me I'm sorry I I do

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presentations all the time I wouldn't be
nervous but here I am a room full of

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people as if it's town
um increased wildlife habitat, flood

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protection, clean water, um heat
drought, flooding, heat resiliency, all

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those are listed. Trees help with all of
those things. Um the town, as some of

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you know, we have three pocket forests
in town that were done through an MVP

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grant. Um one which is up on East Main
Street. If anyone has a chance to go

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look at it, it's actually flourishing
quite well. um in both the site plan

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review regulations and our OSRD and I
apologize for the one typo. I noticed

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that this morning. Um both give
reference to the fact that we do need to

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have identified tree identification and
mitigation though specifics for those

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aren't listed within those regulations
and bylaws at this time. Currently the

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conservation commission um when I
started we drafted a tree policy for

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applicants that's actually stricter this
proposed bylaw that does get um utilized

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and done on site when those projects do
come forward.

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Um for a quick summary uh this propos
what we're proposing would only pertain

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to site plan storm water management
permits and the OSRD um bylaws. It

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should not affect individual residents
as it's strictly main to do for more

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larger development.
the it'll actually the the tree

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protection fil will only take effect in
the limit of work. It will not be for

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the entire site. It would only be for
the amount of work that the limit of

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work of a proposed project. Um the trees

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sorry I know I had this practice several
times. Uh so we will have a tree

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mitigate we have a mitigation for to
trees that are removed. So if any tree

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that does need to remove there'll be a
mitigation plan for those. Um, it'll

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help create a funding source for our
tree management plan. If anybody knows

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that it exists, I've gone through a few
times. It'll create a funding source to

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help us implement that plan that the
town created back in had done in 2021.

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Um, the focus and purpose of the of this
uh bylaw will be to

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it will help to encourage the pre uh pre
preservation and protection of trees on

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a developmental site. When I say certain
trees, we limit the size of a tree that

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needs to be reviewed and replicate to a
certain size. And there is um

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definitions on what kind of tree. We
will not allow for um

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the the we define what type of trees
that will be preserved. It does not

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count to ones that are disease, dying,
invasive items like that.

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The any tree that is removed in the
protected area will have one of it will

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have multi will have different uh
mitigation options that the applicant

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can follow. The goal of the bylaw is to
retain mature trees on a development

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redevelopment site.
And next slide goes through what some of

413
00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:26,559
the mitigation options are um to show
that we're we're looking to do a variety

414
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:32,519
of replications depending on the size of
the tree. Um

415
00:32:29,519 --> 00:32:32,519
and

416
00:32:35,279 --> 00:32:40,320
so the the mitigation fund will be if
you some of you are aware of the

417
00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:43,279
inclusionary housing bylaw that we have.
If people choose not to do the

418
00:32:41,679 --> 00:32:47,679
affordable housing, they mitigate into a
fund and then we'll help the town to uh

419
00:32:45,679 --> 00:32:50,799
supply affordable housing. This will do
something similar to give some people

420
00:32:49,039 --> 00:32:54,480
some reference. If people do not choose
to do the mitigation, they contribute to

421
00:32:52,559 --> 00:32:58,960
a fund and then that fund can be used by
the town to plant more street trees

422
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,960
throughout the town.

423
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:08,480
There are exemptions to the bylaw. Those
are listed here. Like I stated before,

424
00:33:04,799 --> 00:33:13,679
diseased uh dead or diseased trees, non
um native species like the Norway maple.

425
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:18,799
The state does have a uh list of trees
on their website of um that we don't are

426
00:33:16,399 --> 00:33:24,480
prohibited trees and plants to be done
in town. Norway maple uh in the state

427
00:33:20,799 --> 00:33:28,880
Norway maples are listed on there. Um it
also has some exemptions including uh

428
00:33:26,799 --> 00:33:34,640
large scale solar projects which do have
a mitigation uh decommissioning plan

429
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:38,640
already in our current bylaw and to um
affordable housing of up to a 25% which

430
00:33:36,799 --> 00:33:43,360
would be more like your 40b projects.
These would not this bylaw would not

431
00:33:40,159 --> 00:33:46,320
pertain to them.
Some examples of what we already

432
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:53,440
currently have in town and how this will
help with that. the uh section uh the

433
00:33:49,519 --> 00:33:59,519
tree clearing section of the bylaw the 9
site plan the 9.61 61 specifically has

434
00:33:56,480 --> 00:34:04,080
it listed in there that the pro the
purpose of that section of the B section

435
00:34:01,679 --> 00:34:07,440
is to protect the specimens of trees and
forested communities and to keep them

436
00:34:05,679 --> 00:34:11,520
removed from site but it doesn't give
the detail of what size tree what needs

437
00:34:09,839 --> 00:34:16,000
to be replanted or anything like that.
This new bylaw will help give more

438
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:20,000
guidance to applicants on that side.
Same with the OSRD rules and regulations

439
00:34:18,240 --> 00:34:23,679
state that we need to do a 12-in
diameter tree shown on plans. What we're

440
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:28,000
asking for now is six, which is similar
to what the conservation commission

441
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:32,000
currently already does. Um, which we do
have a mitigation of a 2:1 no matter

442
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:36,800
what tree is removed, whereas this bylaw
actually is a little bit less than that.

443
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:40,560
Um, some examples of projects that were
done already approved in town that went

444
00:34:38,639 --> 00:34:45,040
through the conservation that had that
6-in diameter mitigation, the 2:1 was 12

445
00:34:43,599 --> 00:34:49,280
roller road that's currently under
construction. um previously approved

446
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:52,560
Skully Road and Third Street all had
gone through the same process that the

447
00:34:50,879 --> 00:34:59,240
conservation commission has, but also
went through the planning board with um

448
00:34:54,639 --> 00:34:59,240
little to no issue with the applicant.

449
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:09,440
Sorry. And then lastly is where we're
here tonight, what we're going to next.

450
00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:12,720
Um then we go on to the warrant.
Hopefully the vote will be to bring this

451
00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:19,680
to the warrant for the town meeting for
the fall. Um, and we'll go on from

452
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:27,200
there. Um, if we have any questions,
gladly answer them if anybody has any.

453
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:30,400
» I just like to highlight,
um, kind of the main thing that I think

454
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:33,520
most people would be concerned about is
it doesn't affect individual residences.

455
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:36,000
» Correct.
>> So, um,

456
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:38,720
» unless a lot of residents are filing for
site plan or storm water permits, it

457
00:35:37,599 --> 00:35:41,520
should they should be fine.
>> Okay. All right. I just wanted to

458
00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:45,520
highlight that one. And I saw you had it
underlined, but I thought maybe I'd bold

459
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:49,839
it and and state it.
>> Um, any questions?

460
00:35:48,079 --> 00:35:52,400
» Yep.
>> Okay.

461
00:35:51,599 --> 00:35:55,560
» Well, thank you.
>> Thank you.

462
00:35:59,839 --> 00:36:05,480
» Yes.
>> Yeah. Come on up.

463
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:19,920
my my candid 180 Washington Street
thanking

464
00:36:18,079 --> 00:36:23,520
this is
I understand the sequence that it goes

465
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:27,599
through the board of selecting to the
town you know to the town warrant and

466
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:31,040
whatnot wouldn't it make sense to have
someformational sessions held by the

467
00:36:29,359 --> 00:36:34,640
conservation commission so the public
could understand more about the bylaw

468
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:37,839
see the exact text instead of the
summary that we're talking about here

469
00:36:36,240 --> 00:36:40,800
and concentrate on some of the
individual features that are in the

470
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:44,000
bylaw.
>> Y

471
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:49,280
» Mr. Chair, um through you to Mr.
Diskin's point, I have discussed with

472
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:53,440
the conservation agent doing some uh
public outreach to that nature.

473
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:58,960
» Also, the board will have it will be in
your packet for September 15th. You'll

474
00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:02,720
have the proposed warrant language. So,
it has gone through an interdep

475
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:07,200
departmental review as Heather has
worked on this. Town council's just

476
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:11,599
doing a legal review. So, um, you will
have, as will the public without the the

477
00:37:09,359 --> 00:37:14,240
full bylaw, but we can definitely do
some public outreach.

478
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:19,800
» Okay. Thank you.
>> I think that's a good point.

479
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,800
» Thank you.

480
00:37:20,125 --> 00:37:22,145
[clears throat]

481
00:37:24,720 --> 00:37:33,040
» Yes. Danny,
>> are you coming up to speaker for your

482
00:37:29,599 --> 00:37:37,359
» Yeah. Uh, just to clarify, um, uh, Danny
Ruiz, town planner. Um, I just want to

483
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:42,079
clarify that this is not being
specifically um, created through

484
00:37:40,079 --> 00:37:46,320
conservation. This was something that
was created internally through myself

485
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:48,720
and Heather. Um, Heather's really been
the point person on putting this

486
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:50,960
together, but it's not specifically
through conservation. I just want to

487
00:37:49,839 --> 00:37:53,040
make sure that's clear.
>> Okay.

488
00:37:51,599 --> 00:37:55,920
» Okay. Good.
>> And you could probably stay right there.

489
00:37:54,841 --> 00:38:01,200
[laughter]
Um so our next item is uh the vote

490
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:05,440
regarding proposed zoning bylaw
amendment for aquafer protection zone

491
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:10,560
bylaw.
>> Thank you Ruiz.

492
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:15,680
» Um so the uh first proposed uh zoning
bylaw amendment that we have for um

493
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:21,040
brought to the select board is um two
definitions. And the first definition we

494
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:26,960
have is for the aquifer protection
district. Um I'm not sure if you Oh, got

495
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:30,079
I have it right there. Uh so the first
definition is kind of just the

496
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:34,160
explanation as to what the aquafer
protection district is. The zoning

497
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:37,920
district defined to overlay other zoning
districts in the town of air. The

498
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:42,480
aquafer protection district may include
specifically designed recharge areas. So

499
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:46,800
the on the zoning map, it's actually
shown in a specific hatching shows what

500
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:52,640
the area of the protection uh the
aquifer protection district is, but this

501
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:56,800
is to clearly define it. Um as well as
the next one which is the imper

502
00:38:54,720 --> 00:39:02,720
impervious surface. We don't actually
have a definition for that. Um any

503
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:06,720
material or structure on or above the
ground that prevents water infiltration

504
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:11,760
to the underlying soil. Impervious
surfaces include without limitation

505
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:17,119
roads, paved parking lots, sidewalks and
rooftops, comp uh compacted soils,

506
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:22,400
hardpacked gravel, driveways and similar
surfaces. Um so with these two

507
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:28,480
definitions, the reason we're adding
them in was back when the um state law

508
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:32,480
changed from having the board of health
be the governing body of the Oxford

509
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:37,839
Protection District uh to the planning
board. Um when that was transitioned

510
00:39:35,359 --> 00:39:41,920
over in the zoning amendments, these two
definitions were never carried over.

511
00:39:39,839 --> 00:39:47,839
They were left over in the regulations
that the board of health had. Um, and

512
00:39:45,359 --> 00:39:52,560
the board of health at that point felt
it was best to keep their regulations in

513
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:57,440
place until this had been transferred
over to the zoning bylaw uh, definition

514
00:39:54,960 --> 00:40:01,280
section. And so now we're just trying to
get that cleaned up so that the board of

515
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:07,760
health can then remove that regulations
off their books and um, that way it's

516
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:10,760
all uh, cleaned up.
>> Okay.

517
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:15,520
Any questions?
you going to be doing any public

518
00:40:14,240 --> 00:40:20,640
outreach?
>> Um, so on this one, we've discussed it

519
00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:27,680
multiple times at the planning board.
Um, we we can uh do a a table uh there's

520
00:40:25,119 --> 00:40:33,440
a plan to do a table at the um housing
forum to do some of the to have some of

521
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:37,440
those zoning amendments on there. Um the
uh cuz there's potentially going to be a

522
00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:41,040
couple others that will come to the
select board. Um, but we are just

523
00:40:39,839 --> 00:40:45,520
currently working on some of that
language with town council. Um, so all

524
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:49,280
of those will be put together and that
way we can kind of discuss it with

525
00:40:47,359 --> 00:40:51,920
anyone who has questions at that point.
We'll also have them during the planning

526
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:57,359
board as well.
>> Did you say the Newton Street Fair too?

527
00:40:54,560 --> 00:41:00,319
» Um, the housing, but if the
>> Yeah, because Yeah, because there's

528
00:40:58,720 --> 00:41:04,480
people that'll attend that that don't
necessarily pay attention to what you're

529
00:41:02,240 --> 00:41:08,280
saying here. Yeah. And so that's that's
great.

530
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:08,280
» Okay.

531
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:15,680
Do you need a vote?
>> I Yes. I believe also I think that um

532
00:41:13,599 --> 00:41:17,760
the general bylaw the tree preservation
also needs a vote.

533
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:19,680
» No.
>> No. Okay.

534
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:23,280
» Mr. Chair.
>> Yes.

535
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:29,119
» Um just uh through you. So the tree
bylaw just declare is a general bylaw.

536
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:32,400
So it does not require a vote by the
board at this time. In other words,

537
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:37,839
we'll do the public outreach. it will
come back to you for consideration to be

538
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:41,920
put on the warrant. This uh that Mr.
Ruez just brought up because it's a

539
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:47,839
zoning bylaw, we would be looking for a
vote from the select board to refer it

540
00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:52,720
to the planning board for public hearing
cuz all zoning bylaws require a public

541
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:58,560
hearing with the planning board and then
the planning board will report back at

542
00:41:55,359 --> 00:42:04,599
the approval of the warrant. Okay.
>> And that public hearing is on September

543
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:04,599
8th. September 8th.

544
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:20,240
» Okay. So, I'll make a motion
that the zoning amendment to the section

545
00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:26,000
2.2 definitions as presented be
forwarded to the planning board.

546
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:29,040
Second.
>> Okay. Um, all in favor? I

547
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:32,400
» I
>> chair says I

548
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:35,680
» Thank you.
>> Thank you.

549
00:42:34,720 --> 00:42:40,720
» Thanks.
>> Okay. Um we have the DPW director's

550
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:45,599
report.
>> Good evening, Mr. Chair. The board

551
00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:50,480
members, uh Dan Scott, public works
director. For those who don't know, the

552
00:42:48,079 --> 00:42:53,920
first item I have for business is a
petition for street acceptance. And it's

553
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:58,160
been a couple years since we've had one
of these. Um so just as a reminder,

554
00:42:56,240 --> 00:43:03,440
there's several steps. And the first
step is for the board to vote intention

555
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:07,680
to lay out the street. So the one we're
talking about is Coler Place. It's also

556
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:12,720
known as Rightway Extension. It's a
short extension at the dead end of

557
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:18,240
Rightway. Um and the developers actually
here present as well, AJ and John. So um

558
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:23,440
they have been working closely with DPW
over the past probably almost year now

559
00:43:20,240 --> 00:43:28,560
on getting the the um street ready for
acceptance. So the punch items have been

560
00:43:25,359 --> 00:43:32,560
substantially completed. Um and so the
first step of this process for the town

561
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:38,000
to take it over would be a vote for the
select board of intention to lay out the

562
00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:43,599
street. From there the board asks the
planning board for a report on the

563
00:43:40,720 --> 00:43:47,119
current status and uh and there and it's
planning board's recommendation and then

564
00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:52,480
there's a few more steps comes back to
the select board and then eventually

565
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:56,720
town meeting would vote on it. Um so DPW
is recommending that you move forward

566
00:43:54,240 --> 00:44:02,400
the board tonight and vote to intention
to lay out um right road extension as a

567
00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:06,160
a public road.
>> Well, you already answered my question.

568
00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:09,359
Are you in favor of it? So
>> yeah,

569
00:44:07,119 --> 00:44:12,359
» you answered my one question. Any other
concern?

570
00:44:13,119 --> 00:44:20,480
I'll make a motion that the select board
vote the intention to lay up Colar Place

571
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:24,319
subdivision also known as right road
extension as a public way and refer the

572
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:26,880
proposed layup to the planning board for
its report there.

573
00:44:25,839 --> 00:44:30,160
» Second.
>> All those in favor?

574
00:44:28,079 --> 00:44:34,480
» I chair says
>> all right. Great. So I'll um we'll send

575
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:37,599
the memo DPW will to the planning board
and continue with them and then report

576
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:44,000
back to the select board at a future
meeting.

577
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:48,160
Okay. The second item on the DPW agenda
is a request for letter of support. So

578
00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:53,119
this um this came up at a previous
meeting with the the shade structure at

579
00:44:50,079 --> 00:44:58,319
the air dog park and I got um the
support of the select board to work on

580
00:44:55,040 --> 00:45:03,040
this project. And so since then um
myself working with Robert the town

581
00:45:00,240 --> 00:45:08,319
manager have submitted an eligib an
application for determination of

582
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:14,079
eligibility for CPC funding. and we met
with CPC August 5th. From that meeting,

583
00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:19,280
they set to continue. Um it is eligible
and go forward with a full application

584
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:24,000
to CPC. And so as part of that
application, um it does require

585
00:45:21,599 --> 00:45:28,319
submissions of support letters. So I'm
here tonight asking the board for a

586
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:31,839
letter of support. Um I do have a copy
of it. I think it did make it into the

587
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:38,400
packet as well if the board is willing
to to sign that support letter.

588
00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:42,480
» All right. Um, any comments?
>> Really need this.

589
00:45:39,839 --> 00:45:48,079
» Okay. And it was kind of promised years
ago when it first opened and you know,

590
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:51,680
things happened, didn't happen. Um,
there have been residents that have

591
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:55,280
asked for it over the years and then to
be honest, I started taking my dog here

592
00:45:53,200 --> 00:46:00,640
and I really started um poking the bear
myself. Um, but I mean, seriously, it's

593
00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:05,680
I had to buy an umbrella similar to the
ones that we use at town meeting

594
00:46:02,821 --> 00:46:10,560
[snorts] um to clip onto the chair. Um,
but I mean those things are so hot, you

595
00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:14,960
really can't. And I think that if we add
this, if the shade is taken care of and

596
00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:19,359
and who knows, maybe we can find a tree
to plant or something. Um, I think

597
00:46:17,119 --> 00:46:23,599
you'll see even more people use it. And
it really is a nice little dog park. So,

598
00:46:21,359 --> 00:46:29,839
I would like to make a motion that the
select board approve this motion to this

599
00:46:27,119 --> 00:46:33,599
letter for the dog for you.
>> All right. All those in favor?

600
00:46:31,119 --> 00:46:37,280
» I chair says I. Yeah. And and as part of
the application, we have so since the

601
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:40,960
dog park was constructed, there's been
four trees that have had to be removed

602
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:44,240
because they were dying or dead. So,
we're going to include replacement of

603
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:46,560
those four trees as well as the
>> I'm going to keep the dog park people

604
00:46:45,839 --> 00:46:48,319
notified.
>> Yeah,

605
00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:52,160
» they I've already told them I'm going to
put a sign on that bulletin board that's

606
00:46:50,319 --> 00:46:55,839
saying this is what's going on and if
you need to show up, this is when and

607
00:46:53,839 --> 00:47:00,160
where you need to show up for. So, I'm
keeping them posted.

608
00:46:57,440 --> 00:47:04,560
» Good. All right. The next few items,
they're all change orders. They're all

609
00:47:01,599 --> 00:47:09,680
for signature by the chair. Um the first
one is related to the Bishop Road water

610
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:14,960
main extension project and there were
changes um related to drainage

611
00:47:12,079 --> 00:47:19,359
infrastructure um as well as uh water
service and fittings that were required

612
00:47:16,560 --> 00:47:24,319
for the project and it increased the the
time of the project contract as well by

613
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:30,160
60 days. So, we recommend moving forward
with this change order one, $28,890

614
00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:34,480
for a signature by the chair with a
substantial completion extension to

615
00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:39,599
November 8th.
>> Okay. Any questions, comments?

616
00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:43,680
» Nope. I make a motion that the board
vote to approve change order number one

617
00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:49,200
for the Bishop Road Water main Extension
Project in the amount of 28,890

618
00:47:47,359 --> 00:47:53,680
and to extend date of substantial
completion to November 8th, 2026 for

619
00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:55,680
signature by the chair.
>> Seconded.

620
00:47:54,560 --> 00:47:58,640
» All those in favor?
>> I

621
00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:01,680
did.
>> Oh, I [laughter]

622
00:48:00,079 --> 00:48:04,480
» and the chair says I thought you were
abstaining.

623
00:48:02,319 --> 00:48:08,640
» Okay. [snorts]
I said draw the line. [laughter]

624
00:48:06,720 --> 00:48:13,119
» I said seconded and for some reason I
thought it was done.

625
00:48:11,599 --> 00:48:18,240
» Okay. [clears throat]
>> Okay. Uh the next item three, Mr. Chair,

626
00:48:16,079 --> 00:48:23,520
is um the final change order for the Mil
Street drainage project. Um this was a

627
00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:27,359
drainage project which was substantially
completed. We did have some issues with

628
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:31,440
the drainage when it was finally put in
place and we saw was going on out there.

629
00:48:29,359 --> 00:48:36,400
So, we did some modifications to improve
the functionality of the drainage. Um,

630
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:42,319
replacing castings from 6 in high to 4
in high to get better flow. Um, and the

631
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:46,559
the change order also does include
balancing of our estimated versus actual

632
00:48:44,720 --> 00:48:51,720
quantities. So, we recommend moving
forward with change order 2 for $8,1474.

633
00:48:53,359 --> 00:49:00,240
» Seconded. I mean, shoot. I'll make a
motion board vote to approve change

634
00:48:58,559 --> 00:49:05,319
order number two for the Mil Street
Drainage Improvements Project in the

635
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:05,319
amount of $8,1474

636
00:49:05,520 --> 00:49:10,240
signature by the chair.
>> Seconded.

637
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:13,240
» All in favor?
>> I

638
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:18,480
the chair says I.
>> All right. [sighs]

639
00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:24,319
Um the the final change order on our um
agenda here is rightway sewer pump

640
00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:29,200
station project. Um and so during the
project we did have delays. There was

641
00:49:26,640 --> 00:49:32,640
some um issues. We had challenges with
national grid and the electrical

642
00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:37,440
connection. So we had to run our sewer
bypass longer than anticipated uh as one

643
00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:42,079
of the items and also some restoration
items we we went over quantity on. Um so

644
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:48,200
we do recommend moving forward with
this. We have it in the budget the um

645
00:49:44,319 --> 00:49:48,200
change order for $20,50.31.

646
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:55,520
» Okay. Any comments, questions?
I'll make a motion that the board vote

647
00:49:53,680 --> 00:50:02,319
to approve change order number two for
the rightway sewer pump station upgrades

648
00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:04,720
project in the amount of $20,50.31
for signature by the chair.

649
00:50:03,680 --> 00:50:06,480
» Seconded.
>> All right. All those in favor?

650
00:50:06,160 --> 00:50:09,119
» I.
>> Yes.

651
00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:11,040
» Chair says I
got

652
00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:16,680
» Thank you. [laughter]
That's all for tonight. Appreciate the

653
00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:16,680
dog.

654
00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:25,920
» All right. Um, we have the town manager
report next.

655
00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:31,920
» Mr. Chairman, uh, members of the board,
good evening. Um,

656
00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:36,240
you have the warrants.
You have the warrants in your packet uh

657
00:50:34,559 --> 00:50:42,880
that have been reviewed and approved
since uh the board last met. Uh in terms

658
00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:48,559
of the administrative update, since the
uh board last uh met, um as the chair

659
00:50:46,240 --> 00:50:54,319
touched upon, the election is tomorrow.
Uh early voting um has been very

660
00:50:51,280 --> 00:50:59,599
successful as always from the town clerk
and and her team. Uh we'll talk

661
00:50:57,440 --> 00:51:04,880
momentarily on my second item. We're
obviously in the full swing of fall

662
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:11,920
special town meeting uh preparations.
Um, and we're beginning to be prepare

663
00:51:08,240 --> 00:51:18,079
the process for the FY uh 28 uh budget
process as well. I do want to just make

664
00:51:15,760 --> 00:51:23,760
a plug to mention again that the Newton
Street Festival will be on Saturday,

665
00:51:20,559 --> 00:51:28,720
October 3rd from 10:00 a.m. to 300 p.m.
And we will be ramping up uh the

666
00:51:26,079 --> 00:51:34,880
promotion for that uh great uh community
event uh now that we're uh in September.

667
00:51:32,319 --> 00:51:40,000
Um coming attractions. So for September
15th, for your meeting on September

668
00:51:36,720 --> 00:51:45,760
15th, um Mass Development uh would like
to come before the board uh to make a

669
00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:52,000
brief um presentation on their recent
Vixsburg Square uh buildings condition

670
00:51:48,880 --> 00:51:57,359
assessment and to discuss uh with the
board um the planning uh for a super

671
00:51:55,280 --> 00:52:03,680
town meeting. As Selectman Livingston
mentioned at the last meeting, we know

672
00:51:59,359 --> 00:52:08,960
one is coming uh for the spring, early
spring, I think of 2027.

673
00:52:06,559 --> 00:52:14,160
Uh but as far as content and so forth,
that'll be that discussion. Uh my goal

674
00:52:11,599 --> 00:52:19,440
is also to have for the board uh as
mentioned earlier um like the tree bylaw

675
00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:24,160
and so forth to have sort of a draft
warrant with the text for the board and

676
00:52:22,079 --> 00:52:30,480
you know the public as we move forward
on that. Um, unless there are any uh

677
00:52:27,680 --> 00:52:35,200
questions, administrative questions from
the board, uh, I just have a couple of

678
00:52:33,119 --> 00:52:42,800
updates, action items. But before I do
that, I just wanted to mention that um,

679
00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:48,480
today marks the 2-year anniversary of
the closure of the Nohoba Valley Medical

680
00:52:45,200 --> 00:52:55,119
Center, which was on August 31st of uh,
2020.

681
00:52:50,559 --> 00:53:02,559
four and it's been 2 years.
The building remains vacant. We lost 5

682
00:52:59,760 --> 00:53:06,319
to 100 to 600 jobs. Those are still
gone.

683
00:53:03,839 --> 00:53:11,599
Um, we're looking at based on
preliminary estimations at an impact a

684
00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:16,559
loss of approximately
uh, and don't quote me on this, but

685
00:53:13,920 --> 00:53:21,599
approximately $275,000
in revenue that would have come from a

686
00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:28,000
fully functional hospital will now have
to be spread across um, all of the

687
00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:33,119
taxpayers. Um, additionally, our fire
department and our emergency response

688
00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:39,520
folks, which are second to none, are
working around the clock going to now

689
00:53:36,079 --> 00:53:48,720
Lemonster or Emerson, which is further
more time, more costs. granted the state

690
00:53:44,640 --> 00:53:54,160
uh did authorize the $5 million to the
emergency response system, but it's

691
00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:59,440
important to note that we the chiefs
have estimated we need approximately

692
00:53:56,000 --> 00:54:04,079
$9.5 million over the next two fiscal
years. So, in the future, I'd like to

693
00:54:01,839 --> 00:54:08,880
discuss with the board, not tonight, as
well as some of our other towns um an

694
00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:13,680
approach for that second piece of
funding because the costs to the

695
00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:19,200
emergency response system are not going
um away. Uh lastly, the satellite

696
00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:24,160
emergency facility, which any investment
in healthcare infrastructure, no matter

697
00:54:21,040 --> 00:54:31,119
where it is, um is welcomed and it's
scheduled to open in February of 2027.

698
00:54:28,079 --> 00:54:36,640
However, and this is no more power to
UMass Memorial for what they're doing.

699
00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:42,400
Um, but it remains unclear that that's
going to solve the problem and so forth.

700
00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:48,319
Uh, we have not heard anything from
Apollo that owns the the property as far

701
00:54:45,280 --> 00:54:52,880
as future plans. So, I just wanted to
bring up I think it's important because

702
00:54:49,760 --> 00:54:57,359
it's been a significant impact uh to not
only the community and the region. Um,

703
00:54:55,359 --> 00:55:02,000
and you know, when it was closing, there
was all of this rhetoric, you know, from

704
00:54:59,359 --> 00:55:05,760
the state that we're here for you and
you know, all of these things are going

705
00:55:03,119 --> 00:55:10,960
to happen. And I'm not begrudging the 5
million, which all of it obviously

706
00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:15,839
didn't go to air. Uh, but the healthc
care situation has not not only not

707
00:55:13,440 --> 00:55:20,800
changed, it has improved out here. So, I
appreciate the board just letting me

708
00:55:17,599 --> 00:55:25,599
bring that um up for the record. Um and
we remain committed as I know many do

709
00:55:23,359 --> 00:55:32,800
for the future of that site. The
question is funding operator in dealing

710
00:55:30,319 --> 00:55:37,440
with the poll.
>> Did we ever get any response to our 37

711
00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:40,240
letters from the 16 communities?
>> No response.

712
00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:43,680
» Did we talk to the post office? Maybe
they're in the back room and and they've

713
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:44,880
just gotten lost or something.
>> Yes.

714
00:55:44,079 --> 00:55:47,040
» Nothing.
>> Letter 38 is going to be the one.

715
00:55:46,559 --> 00:55:49,200
» Huh?
>> Letter 38.

716
00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:51,119
» That's it. That's it. We We need letter
38. that's going to tip it over the

717
00:55:50,640 --> 00:55:54,559
edge.
>> That's good to state on record again how

718
00:55:53,119 --> 00:55:56,559
many times we've reached out to the
governor and heard nothing.

719
00:55:55,760 --> 00:56:00,000
» Sounds fair.
>> So, I I like to keep on bringing that up

720
00:55:59,200 --> 00:56:03,119
as much as possible.
>> And I got to and I got to bring up and I

721
00:56:01,760 --> 00:56:08,319
know I'm I'm interrupting the town
manager's report and I appreciate his

722
00:56:05,040 --> 00:56:13,520
patience, but you know, you have some uh
officials uh who were not in this

723
00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:16,400
district, okay? um that you know a
couple months ago thought the problem

724
00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:19,599
was solved because you know this
facility being built built and brought

725
00:56:18,240 --> 00:56:24,000
and now all of a sudden they're like oh
yeah I'm keeping my eye on it. Um if you

726
00:56:22,319 --> 00:56:27,359
can't say you were keeping an eye on it
a few months ago then I don't want to

727
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:30,799
listen to you. Not in this district.
It's not this person's not in this

728
00:56:28,880 --> 00:56:36,160
district. So
and Mr. Chair I think the final point

729
00:56:33,440 --> 00:56:42,799
which and I went on record of saying
this and I'll say it again. the fact

730
00:56:39,119 --> 00:56:47,520
that recently that the governor is going
to has been authorized they're going to

731
00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:55,280
take the Norwood Hospital by eminent
domain. I think it's important to note

732
00:56:50,000 --> 00:57:00,960
that in July July of 2024, a month well
a month before the closure, people from

733
00:56:58,000 --> 00:57:05,119
this community, including myself,
including others from other towns, that

734
00:57:03,359 --> 00:57:10,079
was one of the things we're pressing for
is take it by eminent domain. UMass

735
00:57:08,240 --> 00:57:14,960
could at least operate the emergency
room and as the moniker there were

736
00:57:12,240 --> 00:57:19,280
crickets that that can't be done, etc.,
etc. one of the very models then in

737
00:57:17,839 --> 00:57:22,960
October will give you the same
consideration.

738
00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:28,799
Now we see fast forward two years in
Norwood and I'm sure there are different

739
00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:35,359
variables or rhetoric to it but that
exact model is being done in Norwood um

740
00:57:33,119 --> 00:57:42,480
but not in the show. And I think that
just um it just goes to show that two

741
00:57:39,520 --> 00:57:47,280
years ago, if there had been a will and
leadership on the state level that has

742
00:57:44,640 --> 00:57:49,440
the capacity and the powers to do this,
we might have been in a different

743
00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:52,000
situation.
>> They're inside a 128.

744
00:57:51,119 --> 00:57:52,880
» Yeah.
>> Okay.

745
00:57:52,400 --> 00:57:57,760
» Yeah.
>> So, um in the interest of time, so the

746
00:57:55,040 --> 00:58:03,680
town meeting update again the 15th,
you'll have um more of a a draft of the

747
00:58:00,880 --> 00:58:08,559
warrant. Just want to pull put out there
again, October 2nd at noon is the

748
00:58:06,240 --> 00:58:14,160
deadline for warrant articles and
citizens petitions to the town clerk.

749
00:58:11,520 --> 00:58:19,760
Um, in terms of what we're looking at,
and I put it in my memo just briefly of

750
00:58:16,720 --> 00:58:24,079
the topics of of art potential articles.
And of course, as the board knows, this

751
00:58:21,520 --> 00:58:31,440
is a work in progress. Some things may
happen, not happen, change. Um there are

752
00:58:26,640 --> 00:58:36,559
some uh housekeeping um articles needed
um having to do with the DPW, the water

753
00:58:34,559 --> 00:58:40,880
enterprise fund. There is a prior year
bill uh which we'll talk about in more

754
00:58:38,880 --> 00:58:46,480
detail at a future meeting for the
spectacle pond pumping station. Uh there

755
00:58:43,839 --> 00:58:52,240
is the potential for the need for an
appropriation from the water enterprise

756
00:58:48,480 --> 00:58:57,440
fund for the green sand filter media. uh
wastewater enterprise fund uh for the

757
00:58:55,200 --> 00:59:02,880
receipt of private funds uh for the
rightway pumping station. These are all

758
00:58:59,839 --> 00:59:08,559
under development right now by DPW um
including for the wastewater enterprise

759
00:59:05,040 --> 00:59:14,400
fund the receipt of um some funding uh
for Nawyer uh for some upgrades there.

760
00:59:11,920 --> 00:59:20,880
as mentioned the community preservation
uh fund potentially the air the aird dog

761
00:59:17,680 --> 00:59:26,079
park shade structure uh the general a
general bylaw on the tree preservation

762
00:59:22,880 --> 00:59:30,720
bylaw. Uh there is another uh for the
15th I believe the deputy chief uh

763
00:59:29,040 --> 00:59:36,000
police
is a proposal for a general bylaw

764
00:59:32,559 --> 00:59:41,760
amendment to prohibit uh those fry
currency ATM machines um in the town. Uh

765
00:59:39,760 --> 00:59:47,359
Westford recently did this as you
probably watch. Most people don't do

766
00:59:44,400 --> 00:59:52,240
transactions in cryptocurrency and when
they do it often prays on vulnerable

767
00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:59,200
populations and so forth, but I'll hold
that for the the 15 police to do the due

768
00:59:55,839 --> 01:00:04,559
diligence on that. Uh we're looking at a
potential zoning bylaw amendment for a

769
01:00:01,520 --> 01:00:10,160
moratorum on data centers up to two
years. You may have seen this happening

770
01:00:07,280 --> 01:00:18,000
now that this issue with data centers
nationwide is come to the forefront very

771
01:00:14,079 --> 01:00:23,440
quickly is allowing some more time for
the planning board and for the town as a

772
01:00:20,480 --> 01:00:29,359
whole to fully get one's arms around
this issue and and see what makes best

773
01:00:26,079 --> 01:00:32,720
for the future. Yes, you see on the news
huge data centers and people have said

774
01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:36,240
well we don't really have the land for
that in air but as a board is probably

775
01:00:34,720 --> 01:00:42,079
where there have been some small data
centers as one in Lowel recently that

776
01:00:39,440 --> 01:00:48,480
has created all kinds of neighborhood
issues. Um the aquifer protection

777
01:00:45,119 --> 01:00:53,280
district which you heard tonight um
there was going to be potentially a

778
01:00:50,400 --> 01:00:59,280
zoning bylaw amendment for changing the
AMI uh for the affordable housing.

779
01:00:56,559 --> 01:01:03,680
However, that a study is required by the
state for that and we may not have the

780
01:01:01,760 --> 01:01:09,359
time on that, but at the time I put this
together as a placeholder. And then of

781
01:01:06,559 --> 01:01:14,559
course the street acceptance. So those
are under development. On the 15th,

782
01:01:11,280 --> 01:01:19,359
we'll have uh more um substance and of
course we'll keep uh the board and the

783
01:01:16,640 --> 01:01:23,960
public updated as there may be new
articles or citizens petitions.

784
01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:31,760
the budget calendar. Uh not looking for
again any unless there's any questions

785
01:01:28,960 --> 01:01:37,599
from the board since we last met. I did
send it to all departments uh to review

786
01:01:34,400 --> 01:01:42,400
and offer input and it also has been
sent to the finance committee uh to

787
01:01:39,680 --> 01:01:46,640
review and for their um input and they
are meeting I believe tentatively on

788
01:01:44,720 --> 01:01:50,240
September
17th. Don't hold me to that but we're

789
01:01:48,480 --> 01:01:54,480
going to talk about that and then we'll
come back um to finalize that. Some of

790
01:01:52,640 --> 01:01:58,160
the committees that are listed in the
budget calendar are going to be having

791
01:01:56,160 --> 01:02:02,799
their first meetings for the year in
September. So, we'll have some of those

792
01:02:00,480 --> 01:02:07,599
dates as well. Unless there's any
questions on the budget calendar from

793
01:02:04,640 --> 01:02:12,880
the board. The last item wanted to get
on the radar screen at least is your

794
01:02:10,240 --> 01:02:17,440
November schedule. So, normally you
would meet the first and third Tuesdays

795
01:02:15,040 --> 01:02:23,599
of November, uh, which would be November
3rd and November 17th. There's no issue

796
01:02:20,720 --> 01:02:27,680
with November 17th. In fact, that's the
night we're planning for the tax

797
01:02:25,520 --> 01:02:34,160
classification hearing uh with the board
of assessors. However, um November 3rd

798
01:02:31,200 --> 01:02:38,000
is the election and per the secretary of
state, there supposed to be no public

799
01:02:35,680 --> 01:02:42,319
meetings in a polling place during an
election. So, the board doesn't have to

800
01:02:40,960 --> 01:02:47,359
tonight. It's the perview of the board.
I just want to flag that that we'll need

801
01:02:44,319 --> 01:02:51,680
a different date for that first meeting
in Nobel. All right. Um, want to discuss

802
01:02:50,559 --> 01:02:55,920
now? Does
>> Sure. Sure.

803
01:02:53,119 --> 01:02:58,559
» Second or the fourth work?
>> The second would be great.

804
01:02:57,119 --> 01:03:01,200
» Monday the second.
>> Okay, perfect. Cuz that's the one I was

805
01:03:00,079 --> 01:03:04,799
going for. So,
>> all right. So, Monday,

806
01:03:02,319 --> 01:03:09,480
» we'll change that to Monday the second.
>> November

807
01:03:06,480 --> 01:03:09,480
2nd.

808
01:03:10,240 --> 01:03:16,960
» Okay. Monday, November 2nd at 6.
>> What?

809
01:03:15,280 --> 01:03:19,753
» Day of the dead.
>> Observe. Good. [laughter]

810
01:03:21,520 --> 01:03:26,079
» All I heard was dead and I was like,
"What?"

811
01:03:24,559 --> 01:03:31,599
» So, Mr. Chair, unless there's any
questions um from the board, that

812
01:03:28,720 --> 01:03:33,920
concludes my report for this evening.
Thank you.

813
01:03:32,000 --> 01:03:38,640
» I have none. Thank you. Okay. Thank you
very much.

814
01:03:36,079 --> 01:03:42,079
Okay. Uh any new business or select
board member questions?

815
01:03:40,319 --> 01:03:45,839
» I don't have any.
>> I have none.

816
01:03:44,400 --> 01:03:51,200
All right. at the approval of the
meeting minutes from our last meeting on

817
01:03:48,240 --> 01:03:56,640
August 18th.
>> I had sent a correction um into the

818
01:03:54,319 --> 01:04:01,920
office that I did not call the or call
to order the meeting on the 18th.

819
01:03:59,039 --> 01:04:04,880
» Mr. Chair, we fixed that this morning to
reflect that you called the meeting to

820
01:04:03,599 --> 01:04:07,119
order.
>> Okay.

821
01:04:05,359 --> 01:04:11,680
» I don't think I noticed anything else.
>> Yeah. Under public input, just a very

822
01:04:09,200 --> 01:04:15,359
minor thing at the bottom of the first
paragraph, it's that Tavarus asked him

823
01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:20,799
to confirm which town meeting that he
intended the article for. I believe that

824
01:04:17,920 --> 01:04:24,799
was your question. I don't remember
asking that question,

825
01:04:23,440 --> 01:04:27,039
but
>> Oh, yes, that was me.

826
01:04:26,079 --> 01:04:32,319
» Yeah.
>> So, that would be Janice instead of me.

827
01:04:30,480 --> 01:04:37,200
It's a good question and I want to take
credit for it, but

828
01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:43,079
» let the record show that was all J.
>> We can make that change.

829
01:04:38,480 --> 01:04:43,079
» Okay, that's all I have.

830
01:04:44,559 --> 01:04:49,680
» I'd like to make a motion that the
meeting minutes from August 18th be

831
01:04:48,319 --> 01:04:52,000
approved as amended.
>> Second.

832
01:04:50,319 --> 01:04:53,039
» Okay. All those in favor?
>> I.

833
01:04:52,559 --> 01:04:56,640
» I.
>> Chair says I.

834
01:04:54,640 --> 01:05:00,559
» Okay. They are approved.
>> Mr. Chair,

835
01:04:57,680 --> 01:05:02,480
» yes. I make a motion that we adjourn.
>> Second.

836
01:05:01,440 --> 01:05:03,520
» All those in favor?
>> I

837
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» I
>> chair says I. Good meeting.