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started um select board meeting calling

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to order November 1st 2023 in attendance

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you have Molly Keegan Joyce chungo Jane

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Nevan Smith Randy eizer and myself Amy

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Parsons in accordance with Mass General

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Law chapter 202 chapter 22 of the acts

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of 2022 signed by the governor on

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February 15 2022 I announced that this

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meeting of the select board is being

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recorded by how media the select board's

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office via zoom and ask if there is

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anyone present who is also recording

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this

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meeting no one

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else all right let the minutes reflect

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that no one else indicated that they are

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recording this

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meeting all

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right right so we're going to go ahead

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and start with 2.1 um housing and

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economic development mment

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committee

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Le um yes so thanks for letting uh

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committee come tonight I think we have

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uh Justin paland Mark Howard Bill dwire

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myself um there may be other people on

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Zoom um but as you know this is a

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committee that's appointed by the select

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board and and we've been working with

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the select board as well as the planning

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board we kind of kind of sit in between

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if you will um so one of the things that

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we're working on we wanted to uh come

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before the select board tonight to see

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if we could get um feedback or general

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agreement on how to proceed and um

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specifically it relates to uh having a

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housing Forum in Hadley and it's

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intended to be an

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educational Forum it's not um to

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advocate for any particular type of

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Housing and it's actually uh recommended

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as a u an action item uh as a result of

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the housing production plan that was

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completed so I was going to ask um Mark

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and Justin did the work on the outline

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that you have in your board documents so

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would you mind coming

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and thank you Molly uh name and address

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record right no you don't need to know

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it's not necessary okay good um well

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thank you everybody for hearing us

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tonight uh as Molly mentioned the

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housing production plan which is a very

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comprehensive plan and also involved the

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survey of residents of Hadley um as far

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as I understand it was one of the

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highest response rates that we've

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received on anything of the like uh and

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from that survey there were three

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priorities identified by residents that

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they would like the town to focus on I'm

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going to forget the order of them but

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one of them was uh zoning bylaws one of

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them was education and and one of them

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was uh uh access and Equitable housing

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stock or diversity in housing stock um

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so we sort of recognized as a committee

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that the first two weren't really things

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that we could address without addressing

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the third which was education so the as

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Molly mentioned the point of these

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sessions would be to basically provide

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as much information as possible so that

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when issues around these topics come up

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for vote residents have the information

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they need to make an informed decision

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so the strategy uh was outlined in the

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abstract is that we'd like to hold a two

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session Forum session one would be

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basically just providing the information

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having a set of panelists experts in

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their field talk about specific

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situations specific issues things that

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come up frequently in these

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conversations perhaps try to dispel some

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myths around some of these things and

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then session two after people have had a

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chance to digest would be a question and

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answer session format is uncertain at

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this time but the idea being that we can

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field questions from the residents from

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the public and help to May maybe inform

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that narrative help to craft the

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narrative so that when anything comes up

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for vote they have the information that

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they need their questions have been

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answered and they can make informed

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decisions and the intent would be um you

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know if there's General consensus from

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the the select board this evening that

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um either you're you're fine with us

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proceeding accordingly or you know if

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you'd prefer that we hold off and you

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have more questions um The Next Step um

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is to have the same

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uh ask for the same audience with the

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planning board they're meeting next

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Tuesday um so I think Bill was going to

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work on getting us on the agenda to make

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sure that the planning board is also

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aware of this I mean obviously we didn't

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want to go out and start planning a

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public for without letting the uh

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planning board and select board uh be

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aware of it so again um educational only

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it's not intended to promote or or steer

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anybody in a particular direction uh a

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lot of people have been asking questions

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about you know how

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who changes the zoning you know um you

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know what is power of planning board

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what's power of town

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meeting um Etc

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so so just any questions from the select

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board at this point do you have dates

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set for it Molly any idea no we we were

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talking about trying to Target um maybe

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you know January February time frame and the thought is if that you know this

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goes well again as as Justin pointed out

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um it's really just trying to get

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information into the hands of whoever's

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interested in it um and Bill was

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thinking along the lines or he made a

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comment at our committee meeting that

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you know if the format works out it may

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wind up um we can learn from it maybe

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it's a good opportunity so if down the

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road let's say that there's you know a

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40b or a 40R or whatever type of project

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or you're just a private developer

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wanting to put in um housing units this

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could be a good format to come to the

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public to get feedback in advance of a

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public um body making a a recommendation

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or a decision so I think that's that's

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what we're gearing towards do you see

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the Forum as being a zoom thing or a

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public in person or a combo I think

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we're hoping for hybrid um to get as

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much participation as possible and then

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hopefully um we'd probably be hoping

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that a Hadley media would cover it as

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well okay Amy got a hand over

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yes yeah

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sorry I'm Justin hel resy for the last

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seven

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years and I'm Mark Howard I'm a resident

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for the last 30 something yeah they're

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members of the housing uh and economic

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development committee

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Dan that choice you yeah I mean I guess

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um I'm just reading your agenda the

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introduction and and things of that

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nature um so this is basically how

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things were going to be talked about and

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I think uh very important for people to

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look at these um and it is on the agenda

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for tonight that if you want to see what

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it's about I mean introduction uh some

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are being presented by the

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pbpc um overview of town government

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procedures the zoning bylaws uh that

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would be the planning board again the

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PBC will be talking you'll have school

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input on this uh the police chief uh

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Fire Chief and DPW director will also

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speak on this so it's all what will

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involve the whole community and what

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might be involved D in

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changing the atmosphere of the town and

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I encourage people to take a look at

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this agenda and see what it's about and

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you know having your input we don't want

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to do

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anything you know back door we want to

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keep people a breast of what's going on

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and how people are thinking and

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everybody's thoughts and everything

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should be heard so please take a look at

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the agenda um on what they want to do

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and what they want to present

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yeah very quickly thank you joice to

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that point I'll just read the the

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outline that Justin and and Mark worked

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on putting together um so basic

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introduction from pioner Valley Planning

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Commission and by the way the speakers

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we haven't actually um again we didn't

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want to get ahead of ourselves so we're

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hoping to reach out to the police chief

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who's sitting in the back who knows

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nothing about this um but an overview of

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town government and procedures which is

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this process uh zoning zoning bylaws and

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rezoning um process by the planning

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board um and then

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uh the H Hadley master plan school

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system and enrollment infrastructure and

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services business and economic

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considerations uh social and Community

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considerations again that would be the

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presentation and then uh plenty of time

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for people to think about it come up

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with questions that would be a second

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session if I can um just to clarify that

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outline is a suggestion I think the

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intent is when we actually engage with

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whoever the respective you know call it

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expert in their field is uh we're trying

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to provide some guard rails just to help

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frame the discussion but we ultimately

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want them to be the ones to author their

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own information so that you know they're able to give an unbiased and

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objective opinion on some of these

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subjects and that I think that's the

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thing I wanted to present that people

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should be aware of what the presentation

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is and what the thoughts are of this

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committee and how we should proceed as a

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town because it's not going to be

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anything that wouldn't happen to go

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through town meeting but people should

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certainly be aware of

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everything Amy friend yes I just have a

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question how do these two folks this

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board

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this sure I can give you um quick

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background Brenda um the housing and

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economic development committee was

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formed four or five years ago at this

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point um Christian Stanley was still on

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the select board so I I think it dates

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back about four years um and some of the

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players have changed over time but just

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like every other uh appointed Committee

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in town every year um we let people know

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if there are vacancies right so Jennifer

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puts the vacancies out and then anybody

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who has a particular interest in

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volunteering um can reach out and ask to

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be on the committee so at some point in

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time I don't remember exactly when both

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um Mark and Justin I didn't know app

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that sure I just make sure C is

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invol that will be part of um when uh

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whether it's Bill DWI or somebody else

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talks about process absolutely CBA will

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be included in

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that

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okay so this is really kind of just

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information and they not really are you

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asking are you asking for a yes go ahead

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we approve this and we'd like to plan

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let's have Forum yeah again if anybody

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has that we have a forum for the housing

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uh Economic Development second okay

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motion did

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by um Jane second did by Randy any

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further discussion any questions that

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the residents have can be

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you know asked at that point um as

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well oh sorry all those in

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favor all oppos same sign excellent

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sorry the last couple of meetings we've

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been doing roll call voting thank you

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for

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coming okay um so the hearing doesn't

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start until 6:30 so we'll continue on

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and we'll go ahead and move into public

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comments so the public comment is a a

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period of 15 minutes um please limit

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your comments to 3 minutes um and that

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will give other people an opportunity to

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speak is there anyone here for public

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comments so um if you're physically here

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um just come on up to the the microphone

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here so that the people yeah so the

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microphone isn't going to like make it

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loud and here it's going to make it so

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the people online can hear you speak so

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come on

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up just introduce your name you don't

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have to give your address it's not town

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meeting well I'm Brenda fing Kevin from

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havy and um I was just wondering I'm

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very

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concerned about I didn't realize until I

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saw it in the newspaper that we have um

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residents that are being housed at the

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nightly Hotel I guess it is up the road

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how is that going to impact us and has

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any body did an investigation as to

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where these folks came from you know

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I'm I care about people and especially

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kids but I also care about the town

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Safety the town's people's

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safety I wonder how this is going to

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affect our schools and all of the other

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things is anybody going to get together

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and and you know produce some kind of a

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meeting to talk about this because I

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know there's a lot of people that are

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Furious about this they're very upset

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about this so um what I can respond to

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you with is that it is on the agenda

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this evening okay to have um information

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to the public on that okay because this

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is really important to an awful lot of

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folks that we I mean safety is first and

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foremost and I know that our governor

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key has

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been you know uh in in communication

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with the Biden

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Administration you know about trying to

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fund things and I I I hope the heck that

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they're not going to put this on the

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backs of the Howley residents to front

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and it's been happening all over the

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country so I appreciate that thank

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you is there anyone else here for public

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comments physically or

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online I don't see any handr

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online

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okay move on

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then 4.1 consent agenda warrant AP 2416

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s ap2

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416 AP 2415 AP 2415 D2 ap2

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415s also the minutes from February 2

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22nd uh March 1st 2023 March 15th 2023

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April 5th

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2023 and April 12th

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2023 also we have climate change

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committee resignation from Susan Moser

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we have Hadley media appointment Patrick

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Lael bylaw committee resignation of Dan

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sedic one day liquor license for a top

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of Campus fan Fan Fest pull that off um

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let me finish reading it top of Campus

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FanFest November 3rd 2023 outdoor

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Southeast corner of Mullen Center

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conditional upon fire department

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approval with fire inspection and or

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fire

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watch DPW assistant mchan appointment

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Seth Wright and also a one-day liquor

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license for the Newman Center at UMass

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V1 vodka November 19th 2023 and December

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16 2023 can we pull that one for a

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question we pulling both liquor licenses

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is Newman Center and Hadley is Newman

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Center and Hadley at1 vodka yeah so

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we're just doing

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them they pull the license B1 vodka the

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new pulls the license for and they have

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an event at B1 vodka

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and the proceed not the other way around

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no but it is important to note that it's

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the um mass movement Center will a

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license but we're here it is here the

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event is here at their location but it's

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the m center who the got it think and I

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think bottom thing on clarifies that do

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we need any further discussion on do we

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need the campus so is the um hold on a

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second is there anything that we want to

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pull off to further discuss right now so

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anyone have anything I just wanted to

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make sure that we were good on the

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parking and everything for the V1

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because I know they don't really have

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any okay then I'm fine with it is

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everyone fine with the consent agenda

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okay motion to approve second all right

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motion by Molly seconded by Joyce any

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further discussion seeing none all those

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in favor say I I all oppos same sign

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excellent

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unanimous um we still have about 12

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minutes do you think we can do the

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Russell school committee feasibility

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study y all right so

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um the Russell Russell School

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feasibility study group um we had four

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interviews um with four potential indiv

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uh

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firms so did you

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want we had four proposals um all were

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qualified some were better than others

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we used a scoring criteria it was uh

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Scott McCarthy uh because Gary Berg

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could not be there as Building

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Maintenance supervisor uh he was at of

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training so Scott sat in his place Tommy

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quinland our building inspector Jennifer

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myself and Amy and so we had several

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questions we rated the questions we

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followed the criteria from highly ADV

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advant Advantage advantageous and to not

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qualified or you know and so um the good

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thing is there were two extremely

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qualified firms the bad news is they

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were close enough that although some of

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the interviewers US scored them as

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first when we scored their numbers Al

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together they came in second and vice

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versa does if that makes sense so it

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didn't NE necessarily mean who was your

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first choice because we all the numbers

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were scored so um I I did talk with Amy

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I I would I think the recommendation

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should be because they were so close to

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have that group reconvene with some very

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specific questions that will meet ahead

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of time that will really go dig deeper

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about their qualifications and how it

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matches to what Hadley's desire is for

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that re reuse feasibility study so that

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would be my recommendation is that we

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would move forward that it's not not

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necessar that you have to vote on it but

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that's what we would I think would be

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the best thing for Hadley and when would

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you do that when would you as soon as

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possible yeah and what about the cost so

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with with RF Q request for

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qualifications you're not looking for

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cost you're telling them the max so we

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had we had authorized 40,000 for that so

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that the cost of that doesn't um come

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into play all of them all of them can in

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under 40 but that cannot be a part of

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the um when you're doing designer a

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designability

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yeah I think what you're asking for

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makes sense yeah yeah they were very

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close and whoever had you know one of

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them as their first

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place

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the second place was the other first

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place so it was those two were either

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first or second for

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everybody it's good to bring them both

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back and then have interview two

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companies that are yeah there there

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really was four which was really great

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to see after you know some of the bid

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processes that we've been going through

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so to have two be outstanding was great

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yeah good thank you all right we're good

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with

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that okay

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moving all right so um we have Scott on

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the line and so we do have some tree

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dedications one in memory of

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David chus

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Chulas and one uh dedicated to Michael

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kosi so if you want to speak on that

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Scott good evening uh I was uh

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approached by the uh uh chois family

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or the the town was of all planting a

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memorial tree for uh him in his memory

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of uh being a person here in Hadley uh

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so uh we picked a spite a spot over on

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North Lane uh Bel the Dyke uh I I I was

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told that he like to walk that area on a

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daily basis and uh you know spend some

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time there and you know do his thing and

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I thought it was appropriate to uh plant

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it there uh as the family's request uh

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so uh the tree was planted a couple

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weeks ago it's because of the time frame

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of trying to get in the ground uh and

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try to get it establish a little bit

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before uh winter sets in so uh uh that

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was done and we had another spot over

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there and talking to uh uh my guys about

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uh trees and Etc ra it was brought to my

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attention that the DPW would like to uh

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dedicate a tree to uh Mr kamasi uh he

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was a superintendent of DPW for 40 year

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over 40 years and uh tree Warden here he

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uh did a lot for the community

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especially with the trees uh so we

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thought it was uh be a nice spot for him

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to have a tree dedicated uh for his

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service

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sounds good thank you so moved

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second I motioned by Joyce and seconded

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by

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Molly to approve those dedic to approve

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the

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dedications roll call vote no oh I'm

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sorry all those in

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favor all

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opposed excellent thank you thank you all right so we still have

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five minutes I think we can do the

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election date one that's you'll probably

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still have to wait a couple minutes for

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the hearing this will be quick okay so

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the election date and early voting we

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need to do three separate

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votes so y so I put it on there you have

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vote to have the special election on

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December

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12th um from at the senior center from

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12: to 8 which has been your standard

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practice uh you have to vote on those

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two questions and then you have to vote

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to allow early voting in person starting

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Thursday November 30th through Thursday

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December 7th at the Town Hall from 9:30

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a.m. to 3:30 PM just a note early voting

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by mail is automatic unless the select

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board opts out which is at least 45 days

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before the election after a public

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hearing it really is a tight tight

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schedule in order for you to do that if you have a desire to opt out of

532
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that why would we want to opt out of

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it

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um and can we that the clerk is

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recommending all of this right she

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is yes she's recommending the date we

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went through the date time yes thank you

538
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,440
so like for the voting by mail like yeah

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there's no action that needs to be taken

540
00:29:11,919 --> 00:29:14,480
as long as we are all in agreeance that

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it is okay to vote by

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mail okay excellent okay motion to

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approve holding a special election on

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December 12th 2023 at the senior center

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within the hours of 12: noon to 8: p.m.

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second okay motioned by Molly seconded

547
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,000
by Randy is there any further

548
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,360
discussion all those in favor I all

549
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opposed okay unanimous second

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one okay so the second one we have to

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vote on the two questions to be put onto

552
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:50,039
the ballot can I get a motion for that

553
00:29:50,039 --> 00:29:52,399
please motion I have two questions on

554
00:29:52,399 --> 00:29:54,320
the ballot should probably from town

555
00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:57,159
meetings read each one vote on each one

556
00:29:57,159 --> 00:30:00,000
okay each one each one separately

557
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:04,360
okay so the first question had to do

558
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,880
with the fire truck and the second two

559
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,760
lockers so if you pull up it's on one of

560
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,559
your documents word for word you do have

561
00:30:12,559 --> 00:30:14,559
to do with wording for so um motion to

562
00:30:14,559 --> 00:30:16,000
select board by the two-thirds vote to

563
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:17,679
seek voter approval at a special

564
00:30:17,679 --> 00:30:19,960
election to exclude from the provisions

565
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:23,240
of general laws chapter 59 section 21 C

566
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:24,919
the funds required for the payment of

567
00:30:24,919 --> 00:30:26,919
principal and interest on bonds note or

568
00:30:26,919 --> 00:30:30,269
certific ific ation of

569
00:30:30,279 --> 00:30:32,279
indebtedness I think someone can second

570
00:30:32,279 --> 00:30:33,519
that I'll

571
00:30:33,519 --> 00:30:36,399
second motioned by myself seconded by

572
00:30:36,399 --> 00:30:39,559
Jane any further

573
00:30:39,559 --> 00:30:41,200
discussion

574
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:44,919
okay all those in favor please by by all

575
00:30:44,919 --> 00:30:47,909
right

576
00:30:47,919 --> 00:30:51,279
excellent um other

577
00:30:51,279 --> 00:30:55,430
motion

578
00:30:55,440 --> 00:31:00,310
was hold on

579
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:03,360
that one do the town administra report

580
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,080
in four minutes no no we still have to

581
00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,360
do the the second we have to do the

582
00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:09,720
other motion

583
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:11,620
oh okay

584
00:31:11,620 --> 00:31:12,760
[Music]

585
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:16,440
um same yeah no it's I have to find the

586
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:19,279
one for the fire truck if you read the

587
00:31:19,279 --> 00:31:23,000
same U moved in SEC the same

588
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,480
motion add question to to it Amy I think

589
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,159
you'll be all set okay um motion of the

590
00:31:28,159 --> 00:31:29,799
select board by a two-thirds vote to

591
00:31:29,799 --> 00:31:31,320
seek voter approval at a special

592
00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:33,360
election to exclude from the provisions

593
00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:36,799
of General Law chapter 59 section 21 C

594
00:31:36,799 --> 00:31:38,720
the funds required for the payment of

595
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:40,320
principal and interest on bonds note or

596
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:41,880
certifications of

597
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:47,360
indebtedness um for the fire truck lad

598
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:50,159
soov second all right motioned by Joyce

599
00:31:50,159 --> 00:31:52,960
seconded by Jane all those in

600
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,720
favor okay and the last one we have to

601
00:31:55,720 --> 00:32:00,279
do um is to to vote to um a motion to

602
00:32:00,279 --> 00:32:02,159
allow early voting in person starting

603
00:32:02,159 --> 00:32:04,159
Thursday November 30th through Thursday

604
00:32:04,159 --> 00:32:06,559
September 7th at the Town Hall from 9:30

605
00:32:06,559 --> 00:32:10,799
am. to 3:30 p.m. December 7th right uh

606
00:32:10,799 --> 00:32:14,080
I'm sorry November 30th through Thursday

607
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:17,880
December 7th at the Town Hall from all

608
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,919
right motion by Joyce seconded by

609
00:32:20,919 --> 00:32:23,679
second Randy

610
00:32:23,679 --> 00:32:27,919
CH all those in favor I I excellent Amy

611
00:32:27,919 --> 00:32:29,559
I got distracted you voted on the date

612
00:32:29,559 --> 00:32:31,360
correct yes that was the first one that

613
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:32,320
we

614
00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:35,360
did we did the date the two questions

615
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:38,279
separately and the um early voting in

616
00:32:38,279 --> 00:32:40,799
person so we technically did four votes

617
00:32:40,799 --> 00:32:42,760
I don't want Jessica mad at

618
00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:46,000
me everything is good

619
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,880
there um do you want three minutes for

620
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:52,799
your time Miss report was 28 now so

621
00:32:52,799 --> 00:32:55,760
minutes just wait we can wait you can

622
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,480
wait we can wait a couple minutes

623
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:18,950
um to continue the public hearing two

624
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:23,830
minut lesser is out

625
00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:33,830
there okay I see that

626
00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:36,399
almost not in to sit and wait sure you

627
00:33:36,399 --> 00:33:37,600
can right

628
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,519
there congratulations to you thank you

629
00:33:40,519 --> 00:33:42,159
very much how's it

630
00:33:42,159 --> 00:33:44,360
going Three's a

631
00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:47,200
lot three number three is the

632
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:49,799
best

633
00:33:49,799 --> 00:33:52,360
yeah depending on the age difference how

634
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,919
old is the oldest one six so almost

635
00:33:54,919 --> 00:33:57,840
seven almost three and then August

636
00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:00,679
almost yeah he's the best sleeper though

637
00:34:00,679 --> 00:34:04,639
so and all males all two girls and a

638
00:34:04,639 --> 00:34:07,320
little boy hope you saved the best for

639
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:09,760
last yeah they take care of them yeah

640
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,720
already you can tell nice that's awesome

641
00:34:12,720 --> 00:34:14,599
thank I've got two girls and a boy it'll

642
00:34:14,599 --> 00:34:18,399
change I'm sure I'm sure it they can see

643
00:34:18,399 --> 00:34:22,790
it

644
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:35,710
already Okay

645
00:34:35,720 --> 00:34:39,629
wanted to know if I wanted preo for

646
00:34:39,639 --> 00:34:41,399
dinner it

647
00:34:41,399 --> 00:34:47,710
yet no before 9 o'clock or 10

648
00:34:47,720 --> 00:34:52,040
o'cl 6:30 go for it all right it is 6:30

649
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:53,960
um so we're going to go into the

650
00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:56,000
appointments and the young men's club

651
00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:59,750
public hearing

652
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:01,960
continuation all right perfect would you

653
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:03,960
like to start yeah yeah if I may uh for

654
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:05,480
the record Tom re attorney with bacon

655
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:07,240
Wilson out of am here on behalf of the

656
00:35:07,240 --> 00:35:11,520
young men's club um so last we were here

657
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:17,520
to discuss this I think was back in June 7th I think and and the directive

658
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:22,000
was to go and to figure out a

659
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,480
solution um to look at the license and

660
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:25,920
to figure out if there's something else

661
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:29,040
that that we could do um we have it's

662
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:30,480
taken

663
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:32,920
admittedly at my fault a lot longer than

664
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,200
it should have uh but we've had some

665
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:36,320
discussions I've talked to the Town

666
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:38,359
Administrator I've talked with Jennifer

667
00:35:38,359 --> 00:35:40,560
we've talked with the abcc I've talked

668
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:42,599
to them a couple times but once jointly

669
00:35:42,599 --> 00:35:44,280
with both the Town Administrator and

670
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:47,359
Jennifer uh about just a a plan going

671
00:35:47,359 --> 00:35:49,640
forward and so one of the things that we

672
00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:53,640
had discussed when we were here in

673
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:55,520
June

674
00:35:55,520 --> 00:36:00,240
um um hold on we need pause for a second

675
00:36:00,240 --> 00:36:05,550
you are recording

676
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:07,680
us we just have to not it we just have

677
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:09,280
to note in our minutes that you're doing

678
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,560
it no you totally can we

679
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:15,390
just can you

680
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:19,589
say sorry no

681
00:36:19,599 --> 00:36:22,359
problemes excellent thank you so when we

682
00:36:22,359 --> 00:36:24,200
were here in June we had talked about

683
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,160
potential Solutions we had suggested

684
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:27,240
potentially

685
00:36:27,240 --> 00:36:28,520
you know one of the solutions was

686
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,160
getting a general on premisis all

687
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,200
alcohol license and for a few different

688
00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:34,000
reasons that was disfavored both by the

689
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:38,440
club and likely by the town um and so

690
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,160
the solution has turned out to be an

691
00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:43,400
alteration of the premises so right now

692
00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:45,839
the club has a section 12 which has

693
00:36:45,839 --> 00:36:48,000
different facets to it they have a club

694
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:51,000
license and so it would be to have that

695
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,480
club license be on a portion of the

696
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,240
premises it's really the the Westerly

697
00:36:56,240 --> 00:36:57,760
kind of North Westerly side where the

698
00:36:57,760 --> 00:36:59,880
building is um today we've hand

699
00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:01,720
delivered to Jennifer we've submitted to

700
00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:04,160
the abcc that application for an

701
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:06,160
alteration of the license it's

702
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,079
alteration of the premises so that be

703
00:37:08,079 --> 00:37:10,359
that will be in front of you at some

704
00:37:10,359 --> 00:37:12,680
point in the future so we can actually

705
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:16,079
discuss you know that license Amendment

706
00:37:16,079 --> 00:37:18,520
but our thought is with that Amendment

707
00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,400
it eliminates it we'll we'll talk about

708
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:23,000
the public events in a minute but at

709
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,160
least eliminates any issue with the deck

710
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,400
or anything that occurs outside like the

711
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:31,640
Cars and Coffee so that's the solution

712
00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:33,800
um part of the solution the the second

713
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:35,319
part of the solution and this is what we

714
00:37:35,319 --> 00:37:37,319
talked about with Ralph sacon the

715
00:37:37,319 --> 00:37:40,480
executive director of the abcc was

716
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:43,599
having the ability to have section 14

717
00:37:43,599 --> 00:37:45,960
which are one- day licenses on the

718
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,720
balance of that property and so we

719
00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:50,720
haven't submitted for any of those the

720
00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:53,240
intent would be at some point in the

721
00:37:53,240 --> 00:37:55,920
future well ahead of time based upon

722
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:57,960
what we've heard from police fire and

723
00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:00,040
building so that there's enough time to

724
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:02,520
give everyone time to plan for those

725
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:05,960
events would be to submit applications

726
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:09,040
ideally for the three events that uh the

727
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:10,960
young men's club would be looking for at

728
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:14,119
once ideally to have those issued at one

729
00:38:14,119 --> 00:38:16,200
time with whatever conditions the board

730
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,760
sees fit assuming that a lot of that's

731
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:20,599
going to be coming from police fire

732
00:38:20,599 --> 00:38:22,839
building and then whatever else the the

733
00:38:22,839 --> 00:38:25,119
board wants to impose based upon what

734
00:38:25,119 --> 00:38:27,240
they've heard to date so

735
00:38:27,240 --> 00:38:28,640
if we need take the property as that

736
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,599
rectangle all we're going to be talking

737
00:38:30,599 --> 00:38:31,920
about when we talk about alteration of

738
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:34,920
the premises is kind of the upper left

739
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:36,280
corner if you're looking at it with

740
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,200
north um being the top of that page and

741
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:40,560
then at some point we'll come in with

742
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:43,560
those section 14 application requests

743
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:46,480
for the balance of the property so that

744
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:48,040
was you know thanks to Jennifer thanks

745
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,680
to Carolyn that was kind of the result

746
00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:52,440
of all the conversations that we've had

747
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:54,400
so you know we're hopeful that this

748
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,560
evening um the board decides to take no

749
00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,319
action and just close this matter and

750
00:38:59,319 --> 00:39:00,920
then we'll have opportunities in the

751
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:03,839
future to discuss the section 12 club

752
00:39:03,839 --> 00:39:06,440
and then at some point those section 14

753
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,599
one day licenses and can I just ask um

754
00:39:09,599 --> 00:39:11,920
from a process standpoint whether that's

755
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:15,599
um from you Tom or Jennifer and Carolyn

756
00:39:15,599 --> 00:39:18,599
so sorry no I was just okay so are you

757
00:39:18,599 --> 00:39:20,640
looking at the process for the

758
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:23,000
alteration yeah I was just going to ask

759
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,240
what would happen at the very next so

760
00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:27,960
meeting um we can't ask questions

761
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:30,680
tonight about the alteration um what

762
00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:33,839
would happen is there would have to be a

763
00:39:33,839 --> 00:39:37,920
public hearing about that in the future

764
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:42,319
um so I as long as okay you can ask your

765
00:39:42,319 --> 00:39:45,680
question not not discussing it just

766
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:48,319
procedurally yeah yeah so thank thank

767
00:39:48,319 --> 00:39:51,359
you Amy okay sorry so I think you

768
00:39:51,359 --> 00:39:54,760
answered part of it so um presuming that

769
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:56,480
you want to move forward within

770
00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:59,640
alteration of a liquor license um the

771
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:02,079
process would be that you would make the

772
00:40:02,079 --> 00:40:05,319
application to the licensing

773
00:40:05,319 --> 00:40:08,480
coordinator and then it's been submitted

774
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:11,119
yep again I'm just generally asking so

775
00:40:11,119 --> 00:40:13,200
it goes to liquor license that we

776
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,200
receive we accept it then I will reach

777
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:18,720
out to the attorney or the lensey

778
00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:21,200
depending on work with them for the buts

779
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:22,880
list the butters notification the public

780
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:24,720
he

781
00:40:24,720 --> 00:40:27,000
process um

782
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:30,440
will happen December December 6 would be

783
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:32,119
the meeting that I would probably try to

784
00:40:32,119 --> 00:40:36,440
put it on for yep um because the license

785
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:38,800
goes until December 31st we would have

786
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:41,599
to get that cleared up

787
00:40:41,599 --> 00:40:44,760
beforehand before renal public

788
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:47,560
hearing they'll renew how they are

789
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:49,200
there's no way the abcc is going to be

790
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:51,040
able to renew or alter somebody's

791
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:53,119
premise in the middle of a newal season

792
00:40:53,119 --> 00:40:55,480
so they'll stay how they are until then

793
00:40:55,480 --> 00:41:00,319
until the ABC has time okay um so my

794
00:41:00,319 --> 00:41:03,079
recommendation personally and for the

795
00:41:03,079 --> 00:41:06,079
board would be to close the public

796
00:41:06,079 --> 00:41:09,520
hearing without finding and move forward

797
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:12,119
with their recommendations I would like

798
00:41:12,119 --> 00:41:14,480
to say one thing before we do that Amy

799
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:16,319
I'm in agreement with that I just have a

800
00:41:16,319 --> 00:41:20,520
concern about your uh talking about the

801
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:21,920
three major

802
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,240
events I believe the board has the

803
00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:25,880
authority to Grant a one-day liquor

804
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:27,920
license I don't believe we have the

805
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:30,440
authority to Grant permission to have

806
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:34,760
the event so just keep that in in mind

807
00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:37,790
when we're going

808
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:39,720
forward

809
00:41:39,720 --> 00:41:46,950
okay so can I get a motion one

810
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,720
so what we're what my recommendation was

811
00:41:49,720 --> 00:41:51,400
is that we close this hearing that's

812
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,960
been going on for three

813
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:57,800
months as no finding

814
00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:02,440
that and at a later date we would have

815
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:05,000
because they've already submitted an

816
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,920
alteration um to their Club license we

817
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:09,520
would have to go through the process of

818
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:11,920
a public hearing and everything so it's

819
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:16,599
best for us to say today that we have no

820
00:42:16,599 --> 00:42:18,960
findings okay I move that we close this

821
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:21,079
hearing with no findings okay she needs

822
00:42:21,079 --> 00:42:27,319
to finish her statement no that was it good I'll second that okay so

823
00:42:27,319 --> 00:42:31,760
motioned by Jane seconded by chy is

824
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:34,440
there any further

825
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,960
discussion okay all those in favor I I

826
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:41,480
all opposed excellent thank you thank

827
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:44,760
you good seeing you again thank Youk you

828
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:48,549
better get home we'll see you

829
00:42:48,559 --> 00:42:50,319
soon

830
00:42:50,319 --> 00:42:52,240
way say

831
00:42:52,240 --> 00:42:55,160
last get

832
00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:59,470
SLE being recorded oh

833
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:03,440
no okay so just thank Adam he was so

834
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:06,440
Adam thank you for being

835
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:09,520
here you're welcome nice to see you all

836
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:10,200
you

837
00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:12,240
too it's always a good day when your

838
00:43:12,240 --> 00:43:14,920
attorney doesn't have to speak

839
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:19,640
much is okay um so we're gonna go

840
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:21,480
into uh

841
00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:24,599
6.3 and we do have Senator Joe here as

842
00:43:24,599 --> 00:43:26,599
well as Annie McKenzie

843
00:43:26,599 --> 00:43:27,960
um school

844
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:33,400
superintendent um this is in regards

845
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:38,119
to um the well I'm Not Gon to call it

846
00:43:38,119 --> 00:43:39,359
that I know it's on I know it's on the

847
00:43:39,359 --> 00:43:40,440
agenda but I'm not going to call it that

848
00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:42,680
at the moment so me we're going to TP at

849
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:44,839
the shelter right now yes okay yes I I

850
00:43:44,839 --> 00:43:47,359
can help kind of segue this so on the

851
00:43:47,359 --> 00:43:50,200
agenda item uh that the one one of the

852
00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:53,839
topics is to uh an emergency declaration

853
00:43:53,839 --> 00:43:55,760
to state of an emergency that discussion

854
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:57,280
was about about a week ago when as you

855
00:43:57,280 --> 00:43:59,119
know the task force was got had gotten

856
00:43:59,119 --> 00:44:00,960
put together we had had conversations

857
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:03,160
with the senator and the representative

858
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:04,960
and really weren't sure about where we

859
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:08,680
are are at with that um so I spoke with

860
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:10,800
Chief spank Naval he's on vacation but I

861
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:12,960
did speak with him and he feels right

862
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:15,200
now it's premature we're still exploring

863
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:18,000
just so you know that task force is is

864
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:21,599
keeping in contact we have as an entity

865
00:44:21,599 --> 00:44:24,480
um graciously allowed Annie McKenzie to

866
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:26,640
be our point of contact for this

867
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:28,800
so she has been doing a fabulous job of

868
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:30,680
coordinating conversations throughout

869
00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:33,520
our emails as well as with um Senator

870
00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:36,040
cumerford and representative Carrie so

871
00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:37,920
I'm really happy that Senator cumerford

872
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:39,760
could be here um that Annie could be

873
00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:42,119
here and I I guess I'm not sure which

874
00:44:42,119 --> 00:44:44,119
one of you kind of wants to start Annie

875
00:44:44,119 --> 00:44:45,960
or Joe but I think it would be really

876
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:48,000
helpful to kind of bring us to where

877
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:51,520
we're at right now I I certainly have a

878
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:54,119
summary Senator and I also defer if you

879
00:44:54,119 --> 00:44:56,000
would prefer to start it's entirely up

880
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:58,400
to you superintendent please lead and I

881
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:01,800
will I will catch up um whatever you

882
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:04,520
whatever um is applicable for my part of

883
00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:07,359
this that hasn't been covered great

884
00:45:07,359 --> 00:45:09,839
thank you thank you for inviting us to

885
00:45:09,839 --> 00:45:11,720
speak thank you very much senator for

886
00:45:11,720 --> 00:45:13,760
being here and also for other members of

887
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:15,160
the task force that our town

888
00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:17,599
administrators so astutely and quickly

889
00:45:17,599 --> 00:45:20,920
convened I'm happy to give to provide

890
00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:23,400
information just in a general update on

891
00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:25,200
the emergency shelter that's currently

892
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:26,400
operating in

893
00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:28,839
Hadley the state of Massachusetts has

894
00:45:28,839 --> 00:45:31,680
booked 12 rooms and one room is being

895
00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:34,319
used to space for the National Guard

896
00:45:34,319 --> 00:45:38,319
Storage uh areas and um just for

897
00:45:38,319 --> 00:45:41,079
coordination in the remaining 11 rooms

898
00:45:41,079 --> 00:45:43,599
there are currently 11 families 32

899
00:45:43,599 --> 00:45:46,160
individuals 16 of those people are under

900
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:50,359
21 and 16 are over 21 the majority of

901
00:45:50,359 --> 00:45:52,280
the individuals arrived between October

902
00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:55,319
16th and 17th some did arrive this past

903
00:45:55,319 --> 00:45:56,480
weekend

904
00:45:56,480 --> 00:46:01,079
although there is not a uh firm

905
00:46:01,079 --> 00:46:02,839
definitive date when each family will

906
00:46:02,839 --> 00:46:05,000
move out at this point the goal is

907
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:07,720
always to find more stable housing for

908
00:46:07,720 --> 00:46:10,599
families our legislative delegation

909
00:46:10,599 --> 00:46:12,480
representative KY and Senator comberford

910
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:15,480
worked diligently to secure an on-site

911
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:17,920
service coordinator so right now Service

912
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:19,440
Coordination is

913
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:22,680
happening from somebody uh in the

914
00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:24,599
governor's office or in the executive

915
00:46:24,599 --> 00:46:27,240
office of housing live communities

916
00:46:27,240 --> 00:46:29,280
however thanks to Senator comford and

917
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:31,400
representative krie it looks as though

918
00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:33,160
we'll have an on-site service

919
00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:35,240
coordinator so somebody that can kind of

920
00:46:35,240 --> 00:46:37,800
make sure that everything is going

921
00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:40,880
according to plan the site is well

922
00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:44,079
supervised Etc thank you also to Our

923
00:46:44,079 --> 00:46:46,119
Town Administrator for her fast and

924
00:46:46,119 --> 00:46:48,240
coordinated response to supporting newly

925
00:46:48,240 --> 00:46:50,640
arriving families the members of our

926
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:52,480
task force which include the police and

927
00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:54,240
fire chiefs the director of the Board of

928
00:46:54,240 --> 00:46:56,400
Health our building inspector our

929
00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:58,760
assessor I hope I didn't forget anyone

930
00:46:58,760 --> 00:47:01,960
and myself um we've convened on numerous

931
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:04,599
occasions to talk about uh what we need

932
00:47:04,599 --> 00:47:07,440
to do in order to ensure the safety and

933
00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:09,280
security and well-being of the

934
00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:11,119
individuals who are living in the

935
00:47:11,119 --> 00:47:13,680
shelter and for the community at large

936
00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:15,760
and a special thanks to Chief spank naal

937
00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:17,800
who was boots on the ground immediately

938
00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:20,839
to welcome new families our local task

939
00:47:20,839 --> 00:47:23,119
force created a workbook that includes

940
00:47:23,119 --> 00:47:26,040
an organization chart with names of all

941
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:27,480
the people involved in this project

942
00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:29,160
including people at the state level and

943
00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:32,200
our leg legislative delegation our roles

944
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:34,040
and responsibilities and contact

945
00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:36,160
information for key people we have a

946
00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:37,960
running list of tasks questions and

947
00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:40,079
needs and a list of community- based

948
00:47:40,079 --> 00:47:42,359
organizations and individuals who have

949
00:47:42,359 --> 00:47:44,839
graciously offered to volunteer and

950
00:47:44,839 --> 00:47:47,559
support families who are in need and I

951
00:47:47,559 --> 00:47:50,480
really want to acknowledge I have been

952
00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:53,920
overwhelmed with gratitude and just

953
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:56,200
touched by The Compassion of people in

954
00:47:56,200 --> 00:47:58,839
the community of Hadley and I even heard

955
00:47:58,839 --> 00:48:01,000
a previous speaker reference caring

956
00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:03,720
about people and caring about everyone's

957
00:48:03,720 --> 00:48:06,319
safety so I'm just impressed and I'm

958
00:48:06,319 --> 00:48:09,400
touched once once we have the on-site

959
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:11,440
service coordinator locked in and I

960
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:13,839
think that's coming this week or next

961
00:48:13,839 --> 00:48:15,960
week we will share that workbook with

962
00:48:15,960 --> 00:48:18,000
the on-site service coordinator so

963
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:19,680
they're really in a position it will

964
00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:21,800
just be seamless they will pick up the

965
00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:24,040
ball that we've been carrying the

966
00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:26,480
schools had held an orientation for new

967
00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:29,240
families shortly after they arrived

968
00:48:29,240 --> 00:48:31,119
students have integrated very well into

969
00:48:31,119 --> 00:48:33,440
the school Community thanks to the skill

970
00:48:33,440 --> 00:48:35,599
love and tireless efforts of our faculty

971
00:48:35,599 --> 00:48:38,200
and staff and the welcoming attitude of

972
00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:40,440
our students they've been so great and

973
00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:43,079
joyous and ecstatic to make new friends

974
00:48:43,079 --> 00:48:45,720
and again to the community at large for

975
00:48:45,720 --> 00:48:47,680
example there was a parent who realized

976
00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:50,359
on Monday the Tuesday was Halloween and

977
00:48:50,359 --> 00:48:52,440
it was unlikely that Elementary children

978
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:54,960
would have costumes and she was so

979
00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:56,640
concerned that that they would feel left

980
00:48:56,640 --> 00:48:58,799
out that she took it upon herself to

981
00:48:58,799 --> 00:49:01,000
ensure that every single child who may

982
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:03,359
not have a costume would just so they

983
00:49:03,359 --> 00:49:06,520
wouldn't feel left out or lonely the

984
00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:08,160
district will receive additional State

985
00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:10,119
funding to address the educational needs

986
00:49:10,119 --> 00:49:12,880
of students and as part of that funding

987
00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:14,400
which will become available I think

988
00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:16,960
immediately and will draw down upon it

989
00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:18,680
throughout the course of the year we

990
00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:20,559
will also look at all the ways in which

991
00:49:20,559 --> 00:49:22,440
other Town departments have contributed

992
00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:24,720
to this effort and make sure that

993
00:49:24,720 --> 00:49:28,000
everybody who is who is working um that

994
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:31,119
we share these resources the primary uh

995
00:49:31,119 --> 00:49:32,920
goal of the resources is to make sure

996
00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:34,559
that we meet the educational needs of

997
00:49:34,559 --> 00:49:37,319
students but we are always eager to make

998
00:49:37,319 --> 00:49:39,000
sure that we support the town because

999
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:41,119
the town is so good at supporting the

1000
00:49:41,119 --> 00:49:43,040
schools this has really not been

1001
00:49:43,040 --> 00:49:44,839
disruptive for the schools I mean just

1002
00:49:44,839 --> 00:49:47,319
to give you some context this year the

1003
00:49:47,319 --> 00:49:50,599
2324 school year we enrolled 36 new

1004
00:49:50,599 --> 00:49:52,240
school choice students just as a

1005
00:49:52,240 --> 00:49:54,000
separate aside thank you very much for

1006
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:56,400
every single family who chooses kathle

1007
00:49:56,400 --> 00:49:58,720
yeah we're glad to have you and we're

1008
00:49:58,720 --> 00:50:01,880
grateful um we enrolled 17 new Hadley

1009
00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:04,680
resident students so 53 new students

1010
00:50:04,680 --> 00:50:07,119
total this school this school year as of

1011
00:50:07,119 --> 00:50:10,640
today 18 of whom started school after

1012
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:12,520
the first day of the school year so

1013
00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:14,160
students coming throughout the school

1014
00:50:14,160 --> 00:50:16,640
year is nothing new and we certainly can

1015
00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:19,799
handle that beginning today November 1st

1016
00:50:19,799 --> 00:50:22,000
2023 the number of individuals in the

1017
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:23,960
emergency supplemental shelter system

1018
00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:26,880
will be capped at 7500 families the

1019
00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:28,799
basis for the cap is the program is at

1020
00:50:28,799 --> 00:50:32,000
capacity and the state has exhausted

1021
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:33,480
much of the funding it's set aside for

1022
00:50:33,480 --> 00:50:38,240
the program there was an advocacy group that filed a lawsuit to

1023
00:50:38,240 --> 00:50:40,359
block the governor's proposed cap the

1024
00:50:40,359 --> 00:50:42,760
judge a judge did rule today in favor of

1025
00:50:42,760 --> 00:50:45,480
the governor Massachusetts has a right

1026
00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:48,079
to shelter law dating back to

1027
00:50:48,079 --> 00:50:51,480
1983 um and so people have the right to

1028
00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:54,920
shelter that is a legislative right um

1029
00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:58,240
that is most of my update and I

1030
00:50:58,240 --> 00:51:00,760
certainly welcome I'm sure that Senator

1031
00:51:00,760 --> 00:51:03,480
Comerford has additional things that she

1032
00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:05,280
may want to add but again thank you

1033
00:51:05,280 --> 00:51:07,160
everyone thank you so much to the task

1034
00:51:07,160 --> 00:51:09,920
force to Our Town Administrator who I I

1035
00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:12,079
know gets support from the select board

1036
00:51:12,079 --> 00:51:13,880
and to the community for being

1037
00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:16,640
compassionate gracious and committed to

1038
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:18,520
the safety and well-being of every

1039
00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:20,920
single human who resides in Hatley I'm

1040
00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:22,680
really proud to work in this community

1041
00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:27,789
and I just want to say thank you again

1042
00:51:27,799 --> 00:51:29,720
uh good evening friends it's hard to

1043
00:51:29,720 --> 00:51:32,440
follow superintendent McKenzie um with

1044
00:51:32,440 --> 00:51:34,240
those beautiful remarks but I let me

1045
00:51:34,240 --> 00:51:37,040
just start by saying that I Echo the

1046
00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:39,200
superintendent's enormous thanks to the

1047
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:41,920
town of Hadley for your skilled

1048
00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:45,599
strategic compassionate response uh to

1049
00:51:45,599 --> 00:51:47,559
having families located at the nights in

1050
00:51:47,559 --> 00:51:49,319
it's been a privilege to work with you

1051
00:51:49,319 --> 00:51:52,599
in these last finite period of time um

1052
00:51:52,599 --> 00:51:54,319
with regard to the nights in of course

1053
00:51:54,319 --> 00:51:57,000
in partnership with rep Cary um and

1054
00:51:57,000 --> 00:51:58,720
Dan's an amazing partner through all of

1055
00:51:58,720 --> 00:52:01,400
this as the superintendent said I just

1056
00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:02,599
want to I'll build on the

1057
00:52:02,599 --> 00:52:04,240
superintendent's amazing remarks with

1058
00:52:04,240 --> 00:52:06,480
just a couple of U

1059
00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:08,880
details we know I believe after the

1060
00:52:08,880 --> 00:52:10,599
superintendent talked about the number

1061
00:52:10,599 --> 00:52:13,280
of families we know that as part of the

1062
00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:16,880
governor's consideration about capping

1063
00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:19,520
um shelter residents part of it was that

1064
00:52:19,520 --> 00:52:21,280
we were running short on service

1065
00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:24,640
providers that's just true which is why

1066
00:52:24,640 --> 00:52:27,119
the initial nights in was staffed by

1067
00:52:27,119 --> 00:52:28,760
members of the National Guard and we're

1068
00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:30,839
grateful for their service I know Hadley

1069
00:52:30,839 --> 00:52:33,720
is as well but they they cannot do the

1070
00:52:33,720 --> 00:52:36,319
kind of work the steadfast day in day

1071
00:52:36,319 --> 00:52:39,000
out case management they've said as much

1072
00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:40,839
and we know as much U but they've been

1073
00:52:40,839 --> 00:52:43,680
great Partners um getting this started

1074
00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:46,160
so the Emergency Shelters the emergency

1075
00:52:46,160 --> 00:52:48,520
assistance shelters in the shape of the

1076
00:52:48,520 --> 00:52:51,400
ones like um knights in are as the

1077
00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:54,040
superintendent said staffed um in kind

1078
00:52:54,040 --> 00:52:57,119
of a spoken wheel model so we've come in

1079
00:52:57,119 --> 00:52:59,559
contact now with the governor's staff

1080
00:52:59,559 --> 00:53:01,680
who's covering uh Central and Western

1081
00:53:01,680 --> 00:53:03,799
Massachusetts it's difficult to cover

1082
00:53:03,799 --> 00:53:06,319
from a distance um again which is why a

1083
00:53:06,319 --> 00:53:09,200
provider on the ground is really going

1084
00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:10,760
to be very important I think a game

1085
00:53:10,760 --> 00:53:14,319
changer for Hadley um so uh you know so

1086
00:53:14,319 --> 00:53:17,760
this is a um a good event I think a good

1087
00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:19,599
outcome for Hadley is to get a provider

1088
00:53:19,599 --> 00:53:22,400
on as the superintendent said there is a

1089
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:26,599
provider who has said yes um and the

1090
00:53:26,599 --> 00:53:30,480
state has recognized um and agreed to

1091
00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:33,200
work with this provider that's about 90%

1092
00:53:33,200 --> 00:53:35,520
of the way there they are doing a

1093
00:53:35,520 --> 00:53:37,599
contract revision to this provider it's

1094
00:53:37,599 --> 00:53:39,319
a large provider in the

1095
00:53:39,319 --> 00:53:41,799
area and we imagine that's going to be

1096
00:53:41,799 --> 00:53:43,960
done as the superintendent said you know

1097
00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:45,480
this week or next week but we did

1098
00:53:45,480 --> 00:53:48,400
receive a letter today from uh housing

1099
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:51,559
livable communities staff person um

1100
00:53:51,559 --> 00:53:53,359
responsible for this so that we could

1101
00:53:53,359 --> 00:53:55,119
send it to the town and I have forward

1102
00:53:55,119 --> 00:53:57,640
Ed it to the superintendent and uh Town

1103
00:53:57,640 --> 00:53:59,040
Administrator and a few others in the

1104
00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:01,440
town just to make sure that you saw what

1105
00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:04,119
I saw which was the state not just

1106
00:54:04,119 --> 00:54:05,760
saying that it was working on the

1107
00:54:05,760 --> 00:54:07,880
contract but actually writing it knowing

1108
00:54:07,880 --> 00:54:09,960
that it would be forwarded to you for

1109
00:54:09,960 --> 00:54:12,520
the town's consideration um the second

1110
00:54:12,520 --> 00:54:14,280
thing I'll say is that uh the

1111
00:54:14,280 --> 00:54:16,799
superintendent and and and Carol and

1112
00:54:16,799 --> 00:54:19,119
Town Administrator um Brennan have have

1113
00:54:19,119 --> 00:54:21,960
already um begun this kind of knowledge

1114
00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:24,960
transfer which is of course optimal uh

1115
00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:26,559
and we do have a call scheduled for

1116
00:54:26,559 --> 00:54:30,000
Friday afternoon um the Su provider is

1117
00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:32,680
uh very willing to work um before the

1118
00:54:32,680 --> 00:54:35,240
contract is finalized um and we're happy

1119
00:54:35,240 --> 00:54:37,799
for that um and the service provider is

1120
00:54:37,799 --> 00:54:40,280
also really wanting to hear directly

1121
00:54:40,280 --> 00:54:42,400
from the town and I I believe the you

1122
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:43,760
know the superintendent started some of

1123
00:54:43,760 --> 00:54:46,040
that you know the ways in which they can

1124
00:54:46,040 --> 00:54:49,559
interface um most effectively um with

1125
00:54:49,559 --> 00:54:52,799
Hadley um so I I am heartened by this

1126
00:54:52,799 --> 00:54:54,559
we're not there yet you know we have to

1127
00:54:54,559 --> 00:54:56,319
have this meeting on Friday we have to

1128
00:54:56,319 --> 00:54:58,240
get the contract and make sure that the

1129
00:54:58,240 --> 00:55:00,799
service provider has favorable terms and

1130
00:55:00,799 --> 00:55:02,520
I'm happy to you know Watchdog that with

1131
00:55:02,520 --> 00:55:06,400
all of you um I I do believe um I do

1132
00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:07,799
believe that you know at the highest

1133
00:55:07,799 --> 00:55:09,920
levels they understand uh that it is

1134
00:55:09,920 --> 00:55:11,680
going to be a benefit to Hadley to have

1135
00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:15,079
a service provider on site um and you

1136
00:55:15,079 --> 00:55:16,400
know and then of course we have to

1137
00:55:16,400 --> 00:55:19,040
support Hadley Dan and I uh R Cary and I

1138
00:55:19,040 --> 00:55:21,280
have to support Hadley as you continue

1139
00:55:21,280 --> 00:55:24,079
to welcome and support um these new

1140
00:55:24,079 --> 00:55:26,000
residents as superintendent has already

1141
00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:28,039
done so beautifully uh in the schools

1142
00:55:28,039 --> 00:55:29,799
and as I know public health and you know

1143
00:55:29,799 --> 00:55:31,839
First Responders are already thinking

1144
00:55:31,839 --> 00:55:33,359
about the way of of course the building

1145
00:55:33,359 --> 00:55:35,839
inspector the town uh needs to make sure

1146
00:55:35,839 --> 00:55:38,720
that um they are treated with care in a

1147
00:55:38,720 --> 00:55:42,640
Humane location uh so um and I should

1148
00:55:42,640 --> 00:55:45,079
also say there is H an other there so

1149
00:55:45,079 --> 00:55:46,680
there's a Greenfield shelter with a

1150
00:55:46,680 --> 00:55:49,920
service net as the provider on site um

1151
00:55:49,920 --> 00:55:52,799
and in that shelter they've uh already

1152
00:55:52,799 --> 00:55:56,240
begun to work with um Center for new

1153
00:55:56,240 --> 00:55:58,119
Americans uh which has already been in

1154
00:55:58,119 --> 00:56:00,960
touch uh offering you know kind of

1155
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:04,559
English language classes um Mass hire is

1156
00:56:04,559 --> 00:56:06,440
another organization Franklin Hampshire

1157
00:56:06,440 --> 00:56:08,559
Mass hire four people in the shelter

1158
00:56:08,559 --> 00:56:10,680
have already gotten jobs in Greenfield

1159
00:56:10,680 --> 00:56:13,440
so there's a quick hustle uh to move

1160
00:56:13,440 --> 00:56:16,039
folks into a place where they can have

1161
00:56:16,039 --> 00:56:18,760
more autonomy they all every one to a

1162
00:56:18,760 --> 00:56:21,640
person who I've met wants to work um you

1163
00:56:21,640 --> 00:56:23,400
know and the governor and lieutenant

1164
00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:26,119
governor have made it exceeding clear

1165
00:56:26,119 --> 00:56:28,760
that the federal government has to um

1166
00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:32,160
has to must um help expedite the work

1167
00:56:32,160 --> 00:56:34,280
permits some folks are coming with the

1168
00:56:34,280 --> 00:56:36,599
ability to work others are not and then

1169
00:56:36,599 --> 00:56:39,160
very very lastly I'll say the governor

1170
00:56:39,160 --> 00:56:41,119
has also made it very clear and I'm sure

1171
00:56:41,119 --> 00:56:43,960
hadly folks have seen this that we

1172
00:56:43,960 --> 00:56:46,520
really do need financial help in the

1173
00:56:46,520 --> 00:56:49,799
Commonwealth to respond um you know

1174
00:56:49,799 --> 00:56:52,400
limits or no um this is still an

1175
00:56:52,400 --> 00:56:55,440
expensive Venture for the state and um

1176
00:56:55,440 --> 00:56:57,880
I I believe she's made a very goodfaith

1177
00:56:57,880 --> 00:57:01,240
effort at the federal level to show uh

1178
00:57:01,240 --> 00:57:03,599
HHS Health and Human Services what's

1179
00:57:03,599 --> 00:57:06,200
happening in Massachusetts and to really

1180
00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:08,680
ask the federal delegation and the Biden

1181
00:57:08,680 --> 00:57:10,839
Administration for their partnership and

1182
00:57:10,839 --> 00:57:13,200
I support that certainly as a state

1183
00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:15,280
legislator uh and I will continue to

1184
00:57:15,280 --> 00:57:17,359
support that because this is much more

1185
00:57:17,359 --> 00:57:19,440
this is a bigger issue than what's

1186
00:57:19,440 --> 00:57:21,200
happening in Massachusetts it's

1187
00:57:21,200 --> 00:57:24,000
happening Nationwide we just happen to

1188
00:57:24,000 --> 00:57:25,960
you know have Comm like Hadley that are

1189
00:57:25,960 --> 00:57:28,960
so wonderful um and you know States like

1190
00:57:28,960 --> 00:57:31,880
Massachusetts um uh wanting to do right

1191
00:57:31,880 --> 00:57:33,760
by our families uh so that's it I'm

1192
00:57:33,760 --> 00:57:36,680
happy to take questions um and thank you

1193
00:57:36,680 --> 00:57:38,640
so much for affording me the opportunity

1194
00:57:38,640 --> 00:57:41,160
to join superintendent

1195
00:57:41,160 --> 00:57:44,400
McKenzie um if you want to come up to

1196
00:57:44,400 --> 00:57:50,150
the microphone here so she can hear

1197
00:57:50,160 --> 00:57:54,119
you you know I I do have a question and

1198
00:57:54,119 --> 00:57:56,160
I wish that you folks had talk to a lot

1199
00:57:56,160 --> 00:57:58,839
of the other the actual residents here

1200
00:57:58,839 --> 00:58:00,880
in Hatley because there's a lot of

1201
00:58:00,880 --> 00:58:03,599
concern with a lot of had it's not

1202
00:58:03,599 --> 00:58:05,680
Kumbaya I'm going to tell you that right

1203
00:58:05,680 --> 00:58:08,240
now with all due respect Senator I I

1204
00:58:08,240 --> 00:58:10,559
really with all due

1205
00:58:10,559 --> 00:58:13,760
respect and we are not happy and this is

1206
00:58:13,760 --> 00:58:15,960
not going to be a stop to bring these

1207
00:58:15,960 --> 00:58:18,240
people and I I and I hope the he that

1208
00:58:18,240 --> 00:58:21,079
somebody has vetted these people because

1209
00:58:21,079 --> 00:58:22,920
there's a lot of people coming over the

1210
00:58:22,920 --> 00:58:25,319
southern border now I hear the northern

1211
00:58:25,319 --> 00:58:27,960
border there's a lot of problems going

1212
00:58:27,960 --> 00:58:30,480
on and I feel bad for these people but

1213
00:58:30,480 --> 00:58:33,200
we didn't ask them to come across and

1214
00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:35,400
from what I know too and what a lot of

1215
00:58:35,400 --> 00:58:39,160
other people know that the governor has

1216
00:58:39,160 --> 00:58:41,640
approached the Biden

1217
00:58:41,640 --> 00:58:43,839
Administration and many other states

1218
00:58:43,839 --> 00:58:46,000
have and they haven't gotten a dime and

1219
00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:47,760
I hope this doesn't fall on the people

1220
00:58:47,760 --> 00:58:49,359
of Hadley the residents and I wish that

1221
00:58:49,359 --> 00:58:51,319
you folks had talked to the people of

1222
00:58:51,319 --> 00:58:53,359
Hadley because there's a lot of people

1223
00:58:53,359 --> 00:58:56,359
that are extremely concern and I bet

1224
00:58:56,359 --> 00:58:57,720
it's the

1225
00:58:57,720 --> 00:59:00,559
majority um I'm sorry that I sit down

1226
00:59:00,559 --> 00:59:02,359
and listen to your comments but we're

1227
00:59:02,359 --> 00:59:05,200
not going to I I didn't get your name so

1228
00:59:05,200 --> 00:59:09,750
forgive me for not addressing

1229
00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:12,119
you you were working with me on another

1230
00:59:12,119 --> 00:59:15,359
issue that has oh sorry I I couldn't um

1231
00:59:15,359 --> 00:59:17,920
I couldn't see you forgive me um for not

1232
00:59:17,920 --> 00:59:19,359
being able to see who you were through

1233
00:59:19,359 --> 00:59:22,920
the zoom zoom is a strange thing um so I

1234
00:59:22,920 --> 00:59:24,440
think it's really important for you to

1235
00:59:24,440 --> 00:59:26,440
know that Hadley didn't make the

1236
00:59:26,440 --> 00:59:29,319
decision and I as your state senator

1237
00:59:29,319 --> 00:59:31,599
didn't make the decision I hope not I

1238
00:59:31,599 --> 00:59:33,119
hope

1239
00:59:33,119 --> 00:59:36,240
not so I I hear that you're very upet

1240
00:59:36,240 --> 00:59:38,880
minute hold on hold on Brenda Brenda let

1241
00:59:38,880 --> 00:59:42,680
her speak please um so Brenda I I you

1242
00:59:42,680 --> 00:59:43,920
know I think it's really important I

1243
00:59:43,920 --> 00:59:45,760
don't think the superintendent or I gave

1244
00:59:45,760 --> 00:59:48,960
the impression that this was a decision

1245
00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:51,359
on the part of Hadley or the state

1246
00:59:51,359 --> 00:59:54,240
legislature um but it is a decision that

1247
00:59:54,240 --> 00:59:58,440
we're responding to and um again I'm I'm

1248
00:59:58,440 --> 01:00:00,720
proud to partner with Hadley in this and

1249
01:00:00,720 --> 01:00:02,640
I you know I'm going to be steadfast in

1250
01:00:02,640 --> 01:00:05,599
that partnership and um getting

1251
01:00:05,599 --> 01:00:08,400
resources for the town um and it's

1252
01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:10,400
really important to know that you know

1253
01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:12,880
the Nights Inn is a contracted location

1254
01:00:12,880 --> 01:00:18,520
it's a private business with which the hey Driscoll Administration

1255
01:00:18,520 --> 01:00:20,520
contracted um you know just like the

1256
01:00:20,520 --> 01:00:25,880
days in up in Greenfield so you know I I think think it's really I you know

1257
01:00:25,880 --> 01:00:28,119
Hadley folks may want to speak to um

1258
01:00:28,119 --> 01:00:30,559
Brenda directly too but it's it's not

1259
01:00:30,559 --> 01:00:32,839
something Hadley asked for it is

1260
01:00:32,839 --> 01:00:35,640
something that happened in Hadley and as

1261
01:00:35,640 --> 01:00:37,920
because it has happened as a connection

1262
01:00:37,920 --> 01:00:41,400
to the state I I feel like it's my job

1263
01:00:41,400 --> 01:00:43,960
to jump in and be the strongest partner

1264
01:00:43,960 --> 01:00:48,039
possible um with a town doing absolutely

1265
01:00:48,039 --> 01:00:51,440
Stellar strategic work in the face of a

1266
01:00:51,440 --> 01:00:54,200
you know you know an event that happened

1267
01:00:54,200 --> 01:00:56,039
um where these these folks are now in

1268
01:00:56,039 --> 01:00:59,160
our community um so I was trying to

1269
01:00:59,160 --> 01:01:02,720
paint a um not paint I was trying to

1270
01:01:02,720 --> 01:01:06,119
talk about the fullness of the idea for

1271
01:01:06,119 --> 01:01:08,760
how we can as a state respond including

1272
01:01:08,760 --> 01:01:10,480
English language classes and job

1273
01:01:10,480 --> 01:01:13,079
training and education uh because I do

1274
01:01:13,079 --> 01:01:15,319
think there there is a transformation

1275
01:01:15,319 --> 01:01:17,520
that's possible um through this but I

1276
01:01:17,520 --> 01:01:19,680
don't pretend that it was Hadley's

1277
01:01:19,680 --> 01:01:22,640
decision or the or the legislators I do

1278
01:01:22,640 --> 01:01:25,039
think though it's it is ours to to to

1279
01:01:25,039 --> 01:01:27,240
Grapple with as partners and I'm proud

1280
01:01:27,240 --> 01:01:29,400
to do it actually and I'm happy to do it

1281
01:01:29,400 --> 01:01:32,319
and I'm proud of Hadley may I may I add

1282
01:01:32,319 --> 01:01:35,160
one other additional comment to that uh

1283
01:01:35,160 --> 01:01:37,720
thank you very much Senator and also I

1284
01:01:37,720 --> 01:01:39,599
just want to thank you Brenda for giving

1285
01:01:39,599 --> 01:01:41,319
voice to a question that I think many

1286
01:01:41,319 --> 01:01:43,680
people might be wondering which is you

1287
01:01:43,680 --> 01:01:46,039
brought up the question of safety and

1288
01:01:46,039 --> 01:01:49,240
asked ex explicitly to what extent are

1289
01:01:49,240 --> 01:01:50,720
individuals vetted when they go through

1290
01:01:50,720 --> 01:01:53,359
the emergency shelter system I'd like

1291
01:01:53,359 --> 01:01:56,160
you to know that chief Mason asked very

1292
01:01:56,160 --> 01:01:58,400
specific questions of the state and the

1293
01:01:58,400 --> 01:02:00,480
governor's office he can speak in more

1294
01:02:00,480 --> 01:02:02,240
detail but I can tell you that one of

1295
01:02:02,240 --> 01:02:04,319
the responses that he did received is

1296
01:02:04,319 --> 01:02:07,400
that prior to any family being placed in

1297
01:02:07,400 --> 01:02:10,200
the supplemental or Emergency Shelters

1298
01:02:10,200 --> 01:02:12,000
they are vetted through Department of

1299
01:02:12,000 --> 01:02:15,200
Homeland Security if they are an a newly

1300
01:02:15,200 --> 01:02:17,599
arriving immigrant so that's just to

1301
01:02:17,599 --> 01:02:19,400
answer that question directly which I

1302
01:02:19,400 --> 01:02:21,480
think is certainly a question that as

1303
01:02:21,480 --> 01:02:23,559
you say Brenda is probably on a lot of

1304
01:02:23,559 --> 01:02:25,240
people's minds so thank you for raising

1305
01:02:25,240 --> 01:02:27,240
it and providing the opportunity to

1306
01:02:27,240 --> 01:02:28,720
speak to it

1307
01:02:28,720 --> 01:02:31,400
directly and am Amy can I just um

1308
01:02:31,400 --> 01:02:32,760
because I think it is an important

1309
01:02:32,760 --> 01:02:35,400
question about whose decision was this

1310
01:02:35,400 --> 01:02:37,680
it it absolutely was not Hadley's it was

1311
01:02:37,680 --> 01:02:40,000
not the legislator's decision we got an

1312
01:02:40,000 --> 01:02:43,559
email um I think it was October 11th

1313
01:02:43,559 --> 01:02:47,359
letting me know as the executive officer

1314
01:02:47,359 --> 01:02:49,960
for the town that that 11 families were

1315
01:02:49,960 --> 01:02:52,400
going to be placed at the nights in and

1316
01:02:52,400 --> 01:02:55,480
then within 3 days it wasn't it wasn't a

1317
01:02:55,480 --> 01:02:58,119
matter of any you've got two weeks to

1318
01:02:58,119 --> 01:03:00,760
plan this is what to expect we literally

1319
01:03:00,760 --> 01:03:02,599
just got an email and within two or

1320
01:03:02,599 --> 01:03:04,000
three days we were notified that they

1321
01:03:04,000 --> 01:03:06,240
were placed at the Knight's Inn so our

1322
01:03:06,240 --> 01:03:07,960
response was to put a task force

1323
01:03:07,960 --> 01:03:09,960
together so we could respond I think the

1324
01:03:09,960 --> 01:03:11,720
important thing to use is the term

1325
01:03:11,720 --> 01:03:14,440
humanely we responded humanely we had to

1326
01:03:14,440 --> 01:03:16,279
make sure all of those questions that

1327
01:03:16,279 --> 01:03:19,400
you were asking Annie was amazing when

1328
01:03:19,400 --> 01:03:22,279
we were talking to all of the state um

1329
01:03:22,279 --> 01:03:24,799
stakeholders she every almost everything

1330
01:03:24,799 --> 01:03:26,960
you asked she asked are they vetted

1331
01:03:26,960 --> 01:03:28,640
who's the caregivers do we know who the

1332
01:03:28,640 --> 01:03:31,799
parents are is this exactly who are are

1333
01:03:31,799 --> 01:03:35,319
you verifying who this is she was Stern

1334
01:03:35,319 --> 01:03:38,599
she was firm and she W she was get

1335
01:03:38,599 --> 01:03:40,480
making sure those answers were provided

1336
01:03:40,480 --> 01:03:44,599
for her so she know she knew that who

1337
01:03:44,599 --> 01:03:46,720
was going to be um what kids were going

1338
01:03:46,720 --> 01:03:50,400
to be in what grade where when and how

1339
01:03:50,400 --> 01:03:53,160
so there was so much work done but we

1340
01:03:53,160 --> 01:03:55,680
had literally less in a week's notice so

1341
01:03:55,680 --> 01:03:57,920
the town did had no warning and we had

1342
01:03:57,920 --> 01:04:01,079
no choice this was a private transaction

1343
01:04:01,079 --> 01:04:04,720
well I think and I appreciate that I

1344
01:04:04,720 --> 01:04:06,319
appreciate all the work that everybody

1345
01:04:06,319 --> 01:04:08,720
has done but I don't appreciate the way

1346
01:04:08,720 --> 01:04:09,559
that

1347
01:04:09,559 --> 01:04:13,240
this and I'm not the only one there are

1348
01:04:13,240 --> 01:04:15,760
many many residents that are curious

1349
01:04:15,760 --> 01:04:17,599
over this so you didn't see us the first

1350
01:04:17,599 --> 01:04:18,559
few

1351
01:04:18,559 --> 01:04:22,720
days I'm did job I'm not saying somebody

1352
01:04:22,720 --> 01:04:32,309
didn't do the job please

1353
01:04:32,319 --> 01:04:33,920
straight answers through Homeland

1354
01:04:33,920 --> 01:04:39,240
Security this person uh myus has been

1355
01:04:39,240 --> 01:04:42,680
asked many times and he is live and I'm

1356
01:04:42,680 --> 01:04:45,119
very upset over this if they think that

1357
01:04:45,119 --> 01:04:48,319
we aren't paying attention I feel sorry

1358
01:04:48,319 --> 01:04:51,760
for these small kids I really do I love

1359
01:04:51,760 --> 01:04:55,440
kids I love I

1360
01:04:55,440 --> 01:04:58,680
but you know it's careful to see these

1361
01:04:58,680 --> 01:05:00,559
people coming up through the seven

1362
01:05:00,559 --> 01:05:03,279
border and to see them going they didn't

1363
01:05:03,279 --> 01:05:05,760
ask to have this happen let's get that

1364
01:05:05,760 --> 01:05:07,079
straight right off

1365
01:05:07,079 --> 01:05:13,920
the so I just want can I just say that I think that it's unfortunate all the

1366
01:05:13,920 --> 01:05:16,079
way around and I yes there were some

1367
01:05:16,079 --> 01:05:18,599
people that were upset by how it came

1368
01:05:18,599 --> 01:05:21,760
about without knowing the full extent of

1369
01:05:21,760 --> 01:05:23,640
how it came about and I think with all

1370
01:05:23,640 --> 01:05:26,039
these explanations tonight that have

1371
01:05:26,039 --> 01:05:28,039
been given I think that that gives them

1372
01:05:28,039 --> 01:05:29,480
a little bit

1373
01:05:29,480 --> 01:05:32,319
more information for what they what they

1374
01:05:32,319 --> 01:05:35,079
needed to hear but I also feel like

1375
01:05:35,079 --> 01:05:37,279
Hadley stepped up to a

1376
01:05:37,279 --> 01:05:39,920
situation that was handed to us and I

1377
01:05:39,920 --> 01:05:42,480
think that our Command force has done an

1378
01:05:42,480 --> 01:05:45,920
outstanding job in taking this situation

1379
01:05:45,920 --> 01:05:50,119
and making it Humane as Carolyn said and

1380
01:05:50,119 --> 01:05:52,119
making it better for these people that

1381
01:05:52,119 --> 01:05:55,599
had come here it's not their fault and I

1382
01:05:55,599 --> 01:05:57,599
just think that we just stepped up to

1383
01:05:57,599 --> 01:06:00,359
the plate on it and I I I'm glad I live

1384
01:06:00,359 --> 01:06:03,079
in Hadley and that we're able to do this

1385
01:06:03,079 --> 01:06:05,440
um and we handle situations that are

1386
01:06:05,440 --> 01:06:07,720
handed to us all the time and some of

1387
01:06:07,720 --> 01:06:09,760
the situations you don't know about but

1388
01:06:09,760 --> 01:06:11,480
this one you know about because it has

1389
01:06:11,480 --> 01:06:14,160
hit the news and it's very out there for

1390
01:06:14,160 --> 01:06:17,160
what's around the whole country and um I

1391
01:06:17,160 --> 01:06:19,319
think Hadley has done an outstanding job

1392
01:06:19,319 --> 01:06:20,760
and I thank everybody that's been

1393
01:06:20,760 --> 01:06:23,000
involved that has been doing this

1394
01:06:23,000 --> 01:06:24,720
so

1395
01:06:24,720 --> 01:06:29,559
um I don't know how to ask this question

1396
01:06:29,559 --> 01:06:33,240
appropriately um but I think there I

1397
01:06:33,240 --> 01:06:35,520
know that you know with the governor you

1398
01:06:35,520 --> 01:06:37,870
know

1399
01:06:37,880 --> 01:06:41,640
really okay so Massachusetts is the only

1400
01:06:41,640 --> 01:06:46,200
of the 50 states left that has a right

1401
01:06:46,200 --> 01:06:49,799
to shelter law that goes back to the

1402
01:06:49,799 --> 01:06:54,160
1980s um I think with the governor you

1403
01:06:54,160 --> 01:06:57,079
know saying that we're at capacity um I

1404
01:06:57,079 --> 01:07:00,640
think there is some concern um with

1405
01:07:00,640 --> 01:07:03,319
residents of the state um and some

1406
01:07:03,319 --> 01:07:07,960
people in this town as well um as far as

1407
01:07:07,960 --> 01:07:12,960
capacity to shelter US

1408
01:07:12,960 --> 01:07:16,480
citizens during the winter months

1409
01:07:16,480 --> 01:07:20,039
that's people that are US

1410
01:07:20,039 --> 01:07:21,920
citizens

1411
01:07:21,920 --> 01:07:26,119
and I just let me that's the most

1412
01:07:26,119 --> 01:07:27,520
appropriate way that I can ask the

1413
01:07:27,520 --> 01:07:30,240
question I suppose and if there is a

1414
01:07:30,240 --> 01:07:32,400
response to

1415
01:07:32,400 --> 01:07:34,920
that

1416
01:07:34,920 --> 01:07:38,599
Senator yeah I'm happy to oh sorry is it

1417
01:07:38,599 --> 01:07:41,520
okay for me to respond yeah yes

1418
01:07:41,520 --> 01:07:44,480
please sure I mean

1419
01:07:44,480 --> 01:07:47,599
honestly you're completely right that

1420
01:07:47,599 --> 01:07:52,400
even before we had the refugee the you

1421
01:07:52,400 --> 01:07:54,640
know the surge of refugees again this is

1422
01:07:54,640 --> 01:07:57,039
Nationwide but here in the Commonwealth

1423
01:07:57,039 --> 01:08:00,799
um we didn't have enough shelter beds

1424
01:08:00,799 --> 01:08:03,160
for for individuals or families in the

1425
01:08:03,160 --> 01:08:05,480
Commonwealth we know that um we also

1426
01:08:05,480 --> 01:08:08,240
know that our affordable housing um

1427
01:08:08,240 --> 01:08:10,880
situation is quite Bleak here both

1428
01:08:10,880 --> 01:08:13,440
affordable and Workforce housing so both

1429
01:08:13,440 --> 01:08:15,640
of those things you know the he again

1430
01:08:15,640 --> 01:08:18,000
I'll just speak to the governor um you

1431
01:08:18,000 --> 01:08:19,279
know both of those things the governor

1432
01:08:19,279 --> 01:08:21,120
spoke about while she was campaigning

1433
01:08:21,120 --> 01:08:22,880
and then she created the housing and

1434
01:08:22,880 --> 01:08:24,960
livable community

1435
01:08:24,960 --> 01:08:26,839
Secretariat you know and we have

1436
01:08:26,839 --> 01:08:28,640
secretary Augustus now who's actually in

1437
01:08:28,640 --> 01:08:31,080
amorist and tomorrow he's in AOL and the

1438
01:08:31,080 --> 01:08:32,920
next week he's in Greenfield talking

1439
01:08:32,920 --> 01:08:35,839
about the housing Bond bill and the

1440
01:08:35,839 --> 01:08:38,159
housing Bond bill is a $4.1 billion do

1441
01:08:38,159 --> 01:08:41,719
investment with 20 I think it's 28

1442
01:08:41,719 --> 01:08:45,319
policy um changes which is off the hook

1443
01:08:45,319 --> 01:08:48,040
bold and I think it's a it was all ready

1444
01:08:48,040 --> 01:08:51,080
in process for some time before you know

1445
01:08:51,080 --> 01:08:53,600
this the crisis that's in our midst now

1446
01:08:53,600 --> 01:08:56,000
um and I think it speaks to just a broad

1447
01:08:56,000 --> 01:08:59,040
awareness and I I share your concern

1448
01:08:59,040 --> 01:09:01,480
that we we don't have enough capacity in

1449
01:09:01,480 --> 01:09:04,520
the Commonwealth um in terms of shelter

1450
01:09:04,520 --> 01:09:07,159
or uh Workforce or affordable housing

1451
01:09:07,159 --> 01:09:09,560
and it and it has to be taken up as one

1452
01:09:09,560 --> 01:09:11,679
of the most urgent issues of this

1453
01:09:11,679 --> 01:09:14,719
session uh and nothing we have done to

1454
01:09:14,719 --> 01:09:17,239
date has generated enough affordable

1455
01:09:17,239 --> 01:09:20,799
housing units nothing um that we have

1456
01:09:20,799 --> 01:09:22,719
done to date to date in the Commonwealth

1457
01:09:22,719 --> 01:09:25,319
and that's not just west Mass that's

1458
01:09:25,319 --> 01:09:27,560
Statewide and you know here in western

1459
01:09:27,560 --> 01:09:29,880
Mass I'm sure you know these figures

1460
01:09:29,880 --> 01:09:31,960
we're projected to have a

1461
01:09:31,960 --> 01:09:35,640
13,000 unit affordable housing Gap in

1462
01:09:35,640 --> 01:09:38,040
just about five years unless we do

1463
01:09:38,040 --> 01:09:40,120
something right so what I'm excited

1464
01:09:40,120 --> 01:09:41,920
about is that we're doing something as a

1465
01:09:41,920 --> 01:09:44,759
state we are really with this housing

1466
01:09:44,759 --> 01:09:47,759
Bond Bill going to line up both money

1467
01:09:47,759 --> 01:09:49,880
that communities need and then we're

1468
01:09:49,880 --> 01:09:51,880
going to line up tools for smart

1469
01:09:51,880 --> 01:09:54,040
communities like Hadley and then you can

1470
01:09:54,040 --> 01:09:56,360
pick and choose from those tools to

1471
01:09:56,360 --> 01:09:58,239
decide how you might want to raise your

1472
01:09:58,239 --> 01:10:00,840
own capital or you might want to to make

1473
01:10:00,840 --> 01:10:02,719
some administrative changes at the state

1474
01:10:02,719 --> 01:10:06,239
level um to make Hadley a place where

1475
01:10:06,239 --> 01:10:08,120
it's easier to build housing of all

1476
01:10:08,120 --> 01:10:10,760
kinds honestly but especially affordable

1477
01:10:10,760 --> 01:10:13,040
especially Workforce the other thing

1478
01:10:13,040 --> 01:10:15,040
I'll say and this is tangential but I

1479
01:10:15,040 --> 01:10:17,480
think for us it's real friends which is

1480
01:10:17,480 --> 01:10:20,320
that we're losing population in Western

1481
01:10:20,320 --> 01:10:22,360
Massachusetts and that has an impact on

1482
01:10:22,360 --> 01:10:24,120
the schools although hadly is doing

1483
01:10:24,120 --> 01:10:25,840
quite well with school choice

1484
01:10:25,840 --> 01:10:28,040
superintendent um but it's having pop

1485
01:10:28,040 --> 01:10:29,199
you know it's having an impact on

1486
01:10:29,199 --> 01:10:31,760
Workforce on economic base on Town

1487
01:10:31,760 --> 01:10:35,239
budgets on school budgets and part of

1488
01:10:35,239 --> 01:10:37,480
that is attendant to housing if we want

1489
01:10:37,480 --> 01:10:39,360
to welcome in new families who are going

1490
01:10:39,360 --> 01:10:42,080
to help us grow as a community we have

1491
01:10:42,080 --> 01:10:44,400
to have places for them to live at all

1492
01:10:44,400 --> 01:10:46,640
economic levels but especially because

1493
01:10:46,640 --> 01:10:48,800
of the high cost of housing in the you

1494
01:10:48,800 --> 01:10:51,840
know middle and working in poor poor

1495
01:10:51,840 --> 01:10:54,920
brackets of the income spect Spectrum so

1496
01:10:54,920 --> 01:10:58,400
I'm with you it's real um it's real and

1497
01:10:58,400 --> 01:11:00,239
it was real before this there was an

1498
01:11:00,239 --> 01:11:02,159
ache to the fact that we couldn't house

1499
01:11:02,159 --> 01:11:04,480
all the individuals there was an ache to

1500
01:11:04,480 --> 01:11:05,880
the fact that house you know families

1501
01:11:05,880 --> 01:11:09,040
were in hotels um and you know people

1502
01:11:09,040 --> 01:11:11,120
were sleeping rough outside n none of

1503
01:11:11,120 --> 01:11:13,600
that is okay if we think about having a

1504
01:11:13,600 --> 01:11:16,440
Humane Society and this is just this is

1505
01:11:16,440 --> 01:11:18,840
sort of laying it bear for everybody to

1506
01:11:18,840 --> 01:11:23,679
see right we're ripping it ripping off a Band-Aid of something that has been

1507
01:11:23,679 --> 01:11:27,080
real before this year um for us and I I

1508
01:11:27,080 --> 01:11:29,080
look forward to hearing from Hadley what

1509
01:11:29,080 --> 01:11:30,480
you like about the bond Bill what you

1510
01:11:30,480 --> 01:11:33,000
don't like about the bond Bill and how I

1511
01:11:33,000 --> 01:11:36,520
can support you uh in in the work to

1512
01:11:36,520 --> 01:11:38,679
really have a different new day for us

1513
01:11:38,679 --> 01:11:40,120
in the Commonwealth I do think

1514
01:11:40,120 --> 01:11:42,880
communities like Hadley can lead the way

1515
01:11:42,880 --> 01:11:45,520
um because there's so much good about

1516
01:11:45,520 --> 01:11:47,360
the community and there's so much of a

1517
01:11:47,360 --> 01:11:50,159
commitment to do to act humanely as

1518
01:11:50,159 --> 01:11:51,239
Carolyn

1519
01:11:51,239 --> 01:11:54,000
said um then my last question was for

1520
01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:56,480
people that might want to move Beyond

1521
01:11:56,480 --> 01:12:00,920
Facebook um what's a a a

1522
01:12:00,920 --> 01:12:04,280
good contact for them to get into to

1523
01:12:04,280 --> 01:12:07,280
express any of their concerns or

1524
01:12:07,280 --> 01:12:11,560
thoughts on um the

1525
01:12:11,560 --> 01:12:15,960
situation I I can offer that at this

1526
01:12:15,960 --> 01:12:18,760
point in time I'm the point of contact

1527
01:12:18,760 --> 01:12:23,159
between uh the state and Hadley in terms

1528
01:12:23,159 --> 01:12:24,000
of

1529
01:12:24,000 --> 01:12:26,760
um this shelter program so if people

1530
01:12:26,760 --> 01:12:30,040
have questions I'm certainly happy to do

1531
01:12:30,040 --> 01:12:32,400
my best to answer questions or to get

1532
01:12:32,400 --> 01:12:35,719
answers for people if people have

1533
01:12:35,719 --> 01:12:39,320
concerns about legislation a legislative

1534
01:12:39,320 --> 01:12:41,880
agenda um what they'd see in that Arena

1535
01:12:41,880 --> 01:12:43,639
then I would say always reach out to

1536
01:12:43,639 --> 01:12:46,880
your elected officials who um that's

1537
01:12:46,880 --> 01:12:49,679
their that's their Lane and what they do

1538
01:12:49,679 --> 01:12:51,639
there are specific questions pertaining

1539
01:12:51,639 --> 01:12:54,880
to the site in Hadley um I'm happy to

1540
01:12:54,880 --> 01:12:57,400
answer at least try to answer those

1541
01:12:57,400 --> 01:13:00,199
questions um and then also I have heard

1542
01:13:00,199 --> 01:13:03,280
from a number of people who have wanted

1543
01:13:03,280 --> 01:13:04,560
to

1544
01:13:04,560 --> 01:13:09,239
offer to donate items or to help or to

1545
01:13:09,239 --> 01:13:12,520
just help in any way that they can um as

1546
01:13:12,520 --> 01:13:14,639
I said part of the workbook that that

1547
01:13:14,639 --> 01:13:17,040
we've put together includes a tab for

1548
01:13:17,040 --> 01:13:19,800
people who are interested to volunteer

1549
01:13:19,800 --> 01:13:22,159
so folks can certainly email me and they

1550
01:13:22,159 --> 01:13:23,920
can access my email through the school

1551
01:13:23,920 --> 01:13:27,239
department website a McKenzie Hadley

1552
01:13:27,239 --> 01:13:30,120
schools.org and um even if they're a

1553
01:13:30,120 --> 01:13:32,120
private citizen how they would be

1554
01:13:32,120 --> 01:13:33,880
comfortable helping some people have

1555
01:13:33,880 --> 01:13:37,040
said oh I would donate something or I'd

1556
01:13:37,040 --> 01:13:40,920
be happy to help teach in English as a

1557
01:13:40,920 --> 01:13:43,320
second language class as a volunteer and

1558
01:13:43,320 --> 01:13:45,639
email that to me and then I will put

1559
01:13:45,639 --> 01:13:49,320
that in our workbook and let the new

1560
01:13:49,320 --> 01:13:52,360
on-site provider have that

1561
01:13:52,360 --> 01:13:54,920
information absolutely and S just to

1562
01:13:54,920 --> 01:13:56,880
Echo what the superintendent said you

1563
01:13:56,880 --> 01:13:58,920
know we work for you at the state level

1564
01:13:58,920 --> 01:14:01,560
in the legislature Dan and I rep Cary

1565
01:14:01,560 --> 01:14:05,920
and I um we're easily findable um online

1566
01:14:05,920 --> 01:14:08,280
and certainly Carolyn has our cell phone

1567
01:14:08,280 --> 01:14:10,520
numbers as well um well Dan's not here

1568
01:14:10,520 --> 01:14:12,280
so I'll just say Carolyn give out my

1569
01:14:12,280 --> 01:14:15,679
cell phone number um and you know we are

1570
01:14:15,679 --> 01:14:17,719
both in our own emails we resp respond

1571
01:14:17,719 --> 01:14:20,159
directly to constituents we set up lots

1572
01:14:20,159 --> 01:14:22,480
of meetings we both come to the Hadley

1573
01:14:22,480 --> 01:14:24,840
Senior Center fairly regularly for

1574
01:14:24,840 --> 01:14:27,239
office hours that's a joy um that we get

1575
01:14:27,239 --> 01:14:30,000
to do that together so I don't think

1576
01:14:30,000 --> 01:14:32,920
we're strangers in Hadley um and and

1577
01:14:32,920 --> 01:14:34,760
we're delighted to hear from

1578
01:14:34,760 --> 01:14:37,159
constituents we don't imagine we have

1579
01:14:37,159 --> 01:14:38,880
heard from a number of constituents we

1580
01:14:38,880 --> 01:14:40,480
don't imagine you're a monolith to

1581
01:14:40,480 --> 01:14:43,920
Brenda's Point um and we have heard you

1582
01:14:43,920 --> 01:14:46,080
know both we really want to help and

1583
01:14:46,080 --> 01:14:48,199
we've heard some real significant you

1584
01:14:48,199 --> 01:14:51,159
know concerns and I respect both and I

1585
01:14:51,159 --> 01:14:54,760
want to receive both um and I do think

1586
01:14:54,760 --> 01:14:56,639
when we have a service provider on site

1587
01:14:56,639 --> 01:14:59,080
it will be transformative as I said and

1588
01:14:59,080 --> 01:15:00,679
I look forward to that moment and it's

1589
01:15:00,679 --> 01:15:02,760
coming soon um we just give it some

1590
01:15:02,760 --> 01:15:04,920
nudging um but I do think it's coming

1591
01:15:04,920 --> 01:15:07,560
soon for Hadley and again Hadley won't

1592
01:15:07,560 --> 01:15:09,560
be it's going to be there are many sites

1593
01:15:09,560 --> 01:15:11,159
around the Commonwealth that won't ever

1594
01:15:11,159 --> 01:15:13,360
get service providers simply because

1595
01:15:13,360 --> 01:15:15,400
there wasn't one available one willing

1596
01:15:15,400 --> 01:15:19,639
to step up um you know uh so in some

1597
01:15:19,639 --> 01:15:21,480
ways I'm you know I'm breathing my own

1598
01:15:21,480 --> 01:15:23,840
sigh of relief that for Hadley um on you

1599
01:15:23,840 --> 01:15:25,719
know because I work for the town I'm

1600
01:15:25,719 --> 01:15:28,790
glad for

1601
01:15:28,800 --> 01:15:32,000
thisly so

1602
01:15:32,000 --> 01:15:34,120
because

1603
01:15:34,120 --> 01:15:37,280
done as I'm concerned I mean I am

1604
01:15:37,280 --> 01:15:38,960
concerned for these little kids coming

1605
01:15:38,960 --> 01:15:42,440
over the it is not their fault I love

1606
01:15:42,440 --> 01:15:46,040
but this is no way to do it and I

1607
01:15:46,040 --> 01:15:49,199
don't with the director of Homeland

1608
01:15:49,199 --> 01:15:51,639
Security that that can't get it won't

1609
01:15:51,639 --> 01:15:53,960
give straight answers to any and then we

1610
01:15:53,960 --> 01:15:55,719
find out it's not the truth so I'm

1611
01:15:55,719 --> 01:15:58,280
telling you I know and I'm not speaking

1612
01:15:58,280 --> 01:16:01,590
for everybody

1613
01:16:01,600 --> 01:16:06,030
else

1614
01:16:06,040 --> 01:16:10,360
people so let's um I was

1615
01:16:10,360 --> 01:16:13,320
gonna hi my name is Anthony fiden I just

1616
01:16:13,320 --> 01:16:14,840
have a couple quick points and then a

1617
01:16:14,840 --> 01:16:16,719
question for the uh um for the select

1618
01:16:16,719 --> 01:16:19,800
board my first point is that U just kind

1619
01:16:19,800 --> 01:16:21,480
of an obvious one is that we're talking

1620
01:16:21,480 --> 01:16:22,840
about children here children that are

1621
01:16:22,840 --> 01:16:25,520
now our community I'm I'm happy but not

1622
01:16:25,520 --> 01:16:28,080
surprised to know that they're being uh

1623
01:16:28,080 --> 01:16:30,360
welcomed into our schools while they're

1624
01:16:30,360 --> 01:16:34,920
here um as long as they here they're our kids and and just as much as

1625
01:16:34,920 --> 01:16:37,880
anybody else and I'm I'm confident that

1626
01:16:37,880 --> 01:16:39,880
they're going to be treated that way my

1627
01:16:39,880 --> 01:16:41,960
second point and maybe the senator uh

1628
01:16:41,960 --> 01:16:43,880
can address this it one thing I was

1629
01:16:43,880 --> 01:16:46,560
disappointed to hear was that uh the

1630
01:16:46,560 --> 01:16:48,560
National Guard there were National there

1631
01:16:48,560 --> 01:16:49,880
was a National Guard Sergeant National

1632
01:16:49,880 --> 01:16:53,239
Guard troops there that's not the role

1633
01:16:53,239 --> 01:16:57,120
of Our National Guard to be um I don't I

1634
01:16:57,120 --> 01:16:59,120
don't want to say babysitting but uh to

1635
01:16:59,120 --> 01:17:03,320
be caretaking or guarding I I I I I

1636
01:17:03,320 --> 01:17:04,320
don't know what they're doing there I'm

1637
01:17:04,320 --> 01:17:06,159
not happy about that at all National

1638
01:17:06,159 --> 01:17:08,239
Guard troops coordinating their care

1639
01:17:08,239 --> 01:17:09,760
basically right now I don't think that's

1640
01:17:09,760 --> 01:17:12,159
a role for for National Guard

1641
01:17:12,159 --> 01:17:16,920
soldiers um my uh my third point is just

1642
01:17:16,920 --> 01:17:19,360
uh I was I was curious I believe there

1643
01:17:19,360 --> 01:17:20,400
are

1644
01:17:20,400 --> 01:17:23,080
eight um Sanctuary cities in

1645
01:17:23,080 --> 01:17:24,840
Massachusetts and two of them are our

1646
01:17:24,840 --> 01:17:27,920
neighbors amoris and Northampton I think

1647
01:17:27,920 --> 01:17:31,920
and um so it's interesting that with two

1648
01:17:31,920 --> 01:17:34,800
Sanctuary cities surrounding us hady was

1649
01:17:34,800 --> 01:17:39,239
uh hady was selected for this without being asked it was talked about

1650
01:17:39,239 --> 01:17:41,800
had hady is always willing um to do our

1651
01:17:41,800 --> 01:17:43,800
part when asked but it it it does bother

1652
01:17:43,800 --> 01:17:46,159
people when we're not asked so I'm sure

1653
01:17:46,159 --> 01:17:49,320
um again it's a private business there

1654
01:17:49,320 --> 01:17:52,000
was nothing we that we can do and it's a

1655
01:17:52,000 --> 01:17:57,870
sanctuary as a whole my my

1656
01:17:57,880 --> 01:18:00,800
question my question is the um and I is

1657
01:18:00,800 --> 01:18:04,199
I understand it uh last year or recently

1658
01:18:04,199 --> 01:18:06,840
um the nights in was used as a temporary

1659
01:18:06,840 --> 01:18:09,880
shelter for uh for Craigs Craig's doors

1660
01:18:09,880 --> 01:18:12,000
at that point

1661
01:18:12,000 --> 01:18:15,320
um I believe that the the fire chief or

1662
01:18:15,320 --> 01:18:17,320
some some of our town officials had a

1663
01:18:17,320 --> 01:18:19,760
problem with the facilities that it was

1664
01:18:19,760 --> 01:18:21,760
not up to standards and that was

1665
01:18:21,760 --> 01:18:23,320
actually they were moved out of there

1666
01:18:23,320 --> 01:18:26,040
because those facilities were not up to

1667
01:18:26,040 --> 01:18:29,159
standards um so I'm

1668
01:18:29,159 --> 01:18:32,199
wondering um since last year people were

1669
01:18:32,199 --> 01:18:34,320
moved out of there it wasn't sufficient

1670
01:18:34,320 --> 01:18:35,719
as an emergency

1671
01:18:35,719 --> 01:18:38,360
shelter was it changed did something

1672
01:18:38,360 --> 01:18:42,320
change is it still insufficient is that

1673
01:18:42,320 --> 01:18:46,440
um that that seems um I'm just curious

1674
01:18:46,440 --> 01:18:48,960
about why it was not sufficient then and

1675
01:18:48,960 --> 01:18:52,120
it's sufficient now thank you Tommy when

1676
01:18:52,120 --> 01:18:53,480
see people

1677
01:18:53,480 --> 01:18:57,600
can answer that yeah you wna come on up

1678
01:18:57,600 --> 01:19:03,310
for a second just

1679
01:19:03,320 --> 01:19:06,159
to Joe this is our building inspector

1680
01:19:06,159 --> 01:19:07,880
Tommy

1681
01:19:07,880 --> 01:19:12,239
quinland how you doing yes it is um at

1682
01:19:12,239 --> 01:19:13,560
this change of use it should be

1683
01:19:13,560 --> 01:19:16,000
sprinklered however the state we have no

1684
01:19:16,000 --> 01:19:17,960
control over it i' reached out to

1685
01:19:17,960 --> 01:19:19,840
Greenfield other communities and we have

1686
01:19:19,840 --> 01:19:22,520
no no control over making that happen we

1687
01:19:22,520 --> 01:19:25,639
did get guidance from the state back in

1688
01:19:25,639 --> 01:19:28,360
May I think it was May 9th this year

1689
01:19:28,360 --> 01:19:31,040
that we had would be no you know no

1690
01:19:31,040 --> 01:19:32,679
notified and and do an inspection bring

1691
01:19:32,679 --> 01:19:36,440
it up to code but um that is one thing

1692
01:19:36,440 --> 01:19:39,120
little disappointed with but my hands

1693
01:19:39,120 --> 01:19:41,390
are

1694
01:19:41,400 --> 01:19:44,040
tight thank

1695
01:19:44,040 --> 01:19:47,719
you um on the National Guard question

1696
01:19:47,719 --> 01:19:50,400
the gentleman asked directly to me um

1697
01:19:50,400 --> 01:19:52,320
you know the the governor and the Guard

1698
01:19:52,320 --> 01:19:55,159
Leadership made this decision I will

1699
01:19:55,159 --> 01:19:57,679
tell you that Senator John veis uh who

1700
01:19:57,679 --> 01:20:01,159
is an active duty guard was deployed and

1701
01:20:01,159 --> 01:20:03,199
you know John felt really proud and so

1702
01:20:03,199 --> 01:20:05,199
he's my colleague I love him um he's

1703
01:20:05,199 --> 01:20:07,080
just to the south of us he felt really

1704
01:20:07,080 --> 01:20:10,000
proud to serve and he reported to the

1705
01:20:10,000 --> 01:20:12,320
Senate that many of his colleagues felt

1706
01:20:12,320 --> 01:20:14,120
the same that you know they were called

1707
01:20:14,120 --> 01:20:15,960
to serve at a moment of real crisis for

1708
01:20:15,960 --> 01:20:19,080
the Commonwealth um but you know I hear

1709
01:20:19,080 --> 01:20:20,520
you I just want you to know where the

1710
01:20:20,520 --> 01:20:22,600
decision lies it's you know it was it

1711
01:20:22,600 --> 01:20:24,800
was a decision by the governor um but

1712
01:20:24,800 --> 01:20:27,840
also you know with um with input from

1713
01:20:27,840 --> 01:20:30,280
the guard that's my understanding and in

1714
01:20:30,280 --> 01:20:32,920
terms of the inspection I do know that

1715
01:20:32,920 --> 01:20:35,040
the incoming service provider um

1716
01:20:35,040 --> 01:20:37,280
probably thanks to Carolyn and um

1717
01:20:37,280 --> 01:20:39,360
superintendent you know has a sense of

1718
01:20:39,360 --> 01:20:42,080
the town's concerns over the physical

1719
01:20:42,080 --> 01:20:44,440
structure of the building and I I do

1720
01:20:44,440 --> 01:20:46,560
think that's a conversation that can

1721
01:20:46,560 --> 01:20:48,520
happen um hopefully will happen on

1722
01:20:48,520 --> 01:20:51,280
Friday um in part about just laying out

1723
01:20:51,280 --> 01:20:53,639
the concerns for for the town I'm not

1724
01:20:53,639 --> 01:20:55,840
saying it's all going to magically go as

1725
01:20:55,840 --> 01:20:58,000
planned but I I do think this is one of

1726
01:20:58,000 --> 01:21:02,590
the things that are that's possibly

1727
01:21:02,600 --> 01:21:05,880
possible hi Peter matuso I have a few

1728
01:21:05,880 --> 01:21:08,400
questions whereas when I hear the word

1729
01:21:08,400 --> 01:21:10,840
emergency shelter I take that as it

1730
01:21:10,840 --> 01:21:12,000
being a

1731
01:21:12,000 --> 01:21:16,239
temporary situation is this considered

1732
01:21:16,239 --> 01:21:19,760
emergency until their work permits are

1733
01:21:19,760 --> 01:21:22,880
established and then they have a little

1734
01:21:22,880 --> 01:21:26,080
of grounding and then do they move out

1735
01:21:26,080 --> 01:21:28,280
and then another family comes

1736
01:21:28,280 --> 01:21:31,280
in then that's one question then the

1737
01:21:31,280 --> 01:21:35,560
other question is my little notes

1738
01:21:35,560 --> 01:21:38,719
here and

1739
01:21:38,719 --> 01:21:41,280
um if with these families that we have

1740
01:21:41,280 --> 01:21:43,440
at these other 11

1741
01:21:43,440 --> 01:21:46,040
families when it comes to the low income

1742
01:21:46,040 --> 01:21:49,400
housing or whatever we are calling it

1743
01:21:49,400 --> 01:21:52,120
that's well above and beyond the 12%

1744
01:21:52,120 --> 01:21:54,000
that we've had questions about with the

1745
01:21:54,000 --> 01:21:57,280
other hotels can we now say if these are

1746
01:21:57,280 --> 01:21:59,560
going to be established families that

1747
01:21:59,560 --> 01:22:01,800
we've well exceeded our quota for the

1748
01:22:01,800 --> 01:22:07,400
town to not having more than what we are

1749
01:22:07,400 --> 01:22:09,080
people to be expecting of us because

1750
01:22:09,080 --> 01:22:12,520
we've now exceeded that quota and then

1751
01:22:12,520 --> 01:22:14,280
after the other thing is it's great that

1752
01:22:14,280 --> 01:22:16,400
they've been vetted these families we

1753
01:22:16,400 --> 01:22:17,920
don't know where they've been where

1754
01:22:17,920 --> 01:22:20,480
they're from have they all been

1755
01:22:20,480 --> 01:22:23,639
vaccinated from all the vaccinations

1756
01:22:23,639 --> 01:22:26,040
from we don't know from where they're

1757
01:22:26,040 --> 01:22:29,880
from um this town two years ago shut

1758
01:22:29,880 --> 01:22:32,040
down because UMass

1759
01:22:32,040 --> 01:22:35,120
opened because everybody was was worried

1760
01:22:35,120 --> 01:22:37,880
when the students were coming in has

1761
01:22:37,880 --> 01:22:41,320
everything from small poox polio all

1762
01:22:41,320 --> 01:22:44,199
those vaccinations that we take for

1763
01:22:44,199 --> 01:22:46,080
granted for have they all been

1764
01:22:46,080 --> 01:22:48,239
vaccinated for those and the most common

1765
01:22:48,239 --> 01:22:50,760
ones we have now that's my concern and

1766
01:22:50,760 --> 01:22:53,199
I'm sure a lot of the uh people in this

1767
01:22:53,199 --> 01:22:54,520
town are worried about

1768
01:22:54,520 --> 01:22:58,040
to well the Board of Health is on the so

1769
01:22:58,040 --> 01:23:00,239
Annie can answer some of the some of

1770
01:23:00,239 --> 01:23:09,229
those I

1771
01:23:09,239 --> 01:23:11,880
believe about that but I'm more

1772
01:23:11,880 --> 01:23:14,800
concerned about our vaccinations for our

1773
01:23:14,800 --> 01:23:16,760
students and

1774
01:23:16,760 --> 01:23:19,440
our can anyy speak to that about the

1775
01:23:19,440 --> 01:23:24,950
school I think she's ready to answer

1776
01:23:24,960 --> 01:23:29,120
yeah can you speak to that I I can speak

1777
01:23:29,120 --> 01:23:32,960
to the process of uh vaccinations

1778
01:23:32,960 --> 01:23:35,280
obviously and I hold on I just want to

1779
01:23:35,280 --> 01:23:37,760
is talking about vaccinations is that a

1780
01:23:37,760 --> 01:23:40,719
violation of HIPPA so I can speak to the

1781
01:23:40,719 --> 01:23:43,960
process of it I was just about I don't

1782
01:23:43,960 --> 01:23:46,400
sorry I didn't I didn't catch no you're

1783
01:23:46,400 --> 01:23:48,800
F name of the gentleman but um and I

1784
01:23:48,800 --> 01:23:50,679
don't think that the individual was

1785
01:23:50,679 --> 01:23:54,920
asking for a specific health record on every person there I think the

1786
01:23:54,920 --> 01:23:57,639
question that I heard was can somebody

1787
01:23:57,639 --> 01:24:01,159
tell me in general is there a process to

1788
01:24:01,159 --> 01:24:04,000
ensure that a the health care needs of

1789
01:24:04,000 --> 01:24:05,480
the people who are in supplemental

1790
01:24:05,480 --> 01:24:07,960
shelters are being met for their

1791
01:24:07,960 --> 01:24:09,320
protection and the protection of the

1792
01:24:09,320 --> 01:24:12,360
larger Community the shortest simplest

1793
01:24:12,360 --> 01:24:16,440
answer is yes how that happens is um and

1794
01:24:16,440 --> 01:24:19,880
I'm assuming what happens in Hadley is

1795
01:24:19,880 --> 01:24:21,760
probably standard operating procedure

1796
01:24:21,760 --> 01:24:26,320
across the State So within

1797
01:24:26,320 --> 01:24:29,520
um within just a few business days a

1798
01:24:29,520 --> 01:24:33,040
couple of business days of arriving at a

1799
01:24:33,040 --> 01:24:34,960
supplemental shelter the Mass Department

1800
01:24:34,960 --> 01:24:38,760
of Public Health um sends nurses onsite

1801
01:24:38,760 --> 01:24:41,320
medical personnel onsite just to make

1802
01:24:41,320 --> 01:24:43,440
sure that people are in good health they

1803
01:24:43,440 --> 01:24:45,360
don't have any immediate medical needs

1804
01:24:45,360 --> 01:24:46,719
that need to be

1805
01:24:46,719 --> 01:24:50,040
addressed and then the state ensures

1806
01:24:50,040 --> 01:24:52,639
that individuals are connected with

1807
01:24:52,639 --> 01:24:57,360
local Health Care Providers and um

1808
01:24:57,360 --> 01:24:58,960
individuals and supplemental shelters

1809
01:24:58,960 --> 01:25:01,159
are given appointments to see local

1810
01:25:01,159 --> 01:25:03,840
Health Care Providers and as part of any

1811
01:25:03,840 --> 01:25:07,600
routine physical examination your health

1812
01:25:07,600 --> 01:25:11,360
care provider is going to do an

1813
01:25:11,360 --> 01:25:15,000
assessment of what your health in

1814
01:25:15,000 --> 01:25:17,159
general just think when you when any of

1815
01:25:17,159 --> 01:25:19,280
us get a physical what what vaccines

1816
01:25:19,280 --> 01:25:21,800
have we had what vaccines do we need how

1817
01:25:21,800 --> 01:25:24,760
are we feeling just in general and I'm

1818
01:25:24,760 --> 01:25:26,400
assuming that this is standard operating

1819
01:25:26,400 --> 01:25:27,840
procedure in the state but I can tell

1820
01:25:27,840 --> 01:25:29,080
you that that's the process that

1821
01:25:29,080 --> 01:25:31,239
occurred in Hadley so first immediately

1822
01:25:31,239 --> 01:25:33,520
DP Department of Public Health nurses on

1823
01:25:33,520 --> 01:25:35,400
site just to make sure that people are

1824
01:25:35,400 --> 01:25:38,040
okay or within not the day that they

1825
01:25:38,040 --> 01:25:40,800
arrive but within uh business days of

1826
01:25:40,800 --> 01:25:44,199
arrival and then they are matched with a

1827
01:25:44,199 --> 01:25:47,639
local health care provider and um they

1828
01:25:47,639 --> 01:25:51,280
go to a a physical medical

1829
01:25:51,280 --> 01:25:53,400
appointment

1830
01:25:53,400 --> 01:25:55,119
and then I think the other question was

1831
01:25:55,119 --> 01:25:57,639
in regards to being emergency shelter

1832
01:25:57,639 --> 01:26:00,360
the the plan you know moving forward

1833
01:26:00,360 --> 01:26:03,320
once there is work permits um having

1834
01:26:03,320 --> 01:26:05,159
these individuals placed in a more

1835
01:26:05,159 --> 01:26:08,159
permanent situation I would defer to the

1836
01:26:08,159 --> 01:26:09,760
senator on that I think that speaks to

1837
01:26:09,760 --> 01:26:13,960
the larger state plan of

1838
01:26:13,960 --> 01:26:16,639
um is that okay to defer to you on that

1839
01:26:16,639 --> 01:26:20,040
Senator fine it's totally fine um you

1840
01:26:20,040 --> 01:26:23,280
know I'm just going to be honest I I

1841
01:26:23,280 --> 01:26:26,960
um I think the general belief in the hly

1842
01:26:26,960 --> 01:26:31,920
driscal administration is that uh folks

1843
01:26:31,920 --> 01:26:34,280
need access to education and job

1844
01:26:34,280 --> 01:26:36,400
training and job opportunities which we

1845
01:26:36,400 --> 01:26:39,400
know there are plenty of um jobs that

1846
01:26:39,400 --> 01:26:42,920
need to be filled um and the hope is

1847
01:26:42,920 --> 01:26:46,040
that that will lead them to Greater in

1848
01:26:46,040 --> 01:26:50,080
Independence um and you know in other

1849
01:26:50,080 --> 01:26:51,560
shelters that are much longer

1850
01:26:51,560 --> 01:26:53,920
established in southern Western

1851
01:26:53,920 --> 01:26:56,119
Massachusetts and to some extent in

1852
01:26:56,119 --> 01:26:58,480
Greenfield you know housing searches

1853
01:26:58,480 --> 01:27:02,560
have begun immediately um for the

1854
01:27:02,560 --> 01:27:05,239
residents and that's because I think

1855
01:27:05,239 --> 01:27:07,199
probably no one wants to get out of a

1856
01:27:07,199 --> 01:27:08,560
shelter more than the people in the

1857
01:27:08,560 --> 01:27:11,199
shelter right because it's it's hard to

1858
01:27:11,199 --> 01:27:13,639
have kids in a shelter um and people

1859
01:27:13,639 --> 01:27:15,000
want to be able to care for their

1860
01:27:15,000 --> 01:27:18,960
families and themselves um so uh you

1861
01:27:18,960 --> 01:27:21,520
know that is the that is the orientation

1862
01:27:21,520 --> 01:27:25,360
that I have witnessed in other parts of

1863
01:27:25,360 --> 01:27:29,199
the district um and I do believe um

1864
01:27:29,199 --> 01:27:31,320
that's the intention of the he driscal

1865
01:27:31,320 --> 01:27:32,600
administration and the housing and

1866
01:27:32,600 --> 01:27:35,560
livable communities uh folks and they

1867
01:27:35,560 --> 01:27:38,159
are you know they're speaking directly

1868
01:27:38,159 --> 01:27:39,880
to the you know the work of

1869
01:27:39,880 --> 01:27:41,360
organizations like Center for new

1870
01:27:41,360 --> 01:27:43,239
Americans for example but they're

1871
01:27:43,239 --> 01:27:45,920
putting a lot of uh investment and a lot

1872
01:27:45,920 --> 01:27:48,360
on the plate of Hampshire Franklin

1873
01:27:48,360 --> 01:27:50,719
massire um and these are good folks they

1874
01:27:50,719 --> 01:27:53,199
know our employment needs they know how

1875
01:27:53,199 --> 01:27:55,480
to train people and they've already

1876
01:27:55,480 --> 01:27:58,040
risen uh to this occasion in our region

1877
01:27:58,040 --> 01:28:00,840
and they're hitting it um because again

1878
01:28:00,840 --> 01:28:04,159
their employers have lots of openings so

1879
01:28:04,159 --> 01:28:07,040
you know the the hope is that this um

1880
01:28:07,040 --> 01:28:10,159
will move very quickly uh and you know

1881
01:28:10,159 --> 01:28:12,719
we'll we'll support it along the

1882
01:28:12,719 --> 01:28:15,639
way I'm guessing these are going to be

1883
01:28:15,639 --> 01:28:17,480
permanent even though it says emergency

1884
01:28:17,480 --> 01:28:21,040
which is temporary so these will be 11

1885
01:28:21,040 --> 01:28:25,109
permanent

1886
01:28:25,119 --> 01:28:27,800
time not necessarily they can go over

1887
01:28:27,800 --> 01:28:30,840
getting those so when a person is well

1888
01:28:30,840 --> 01:28:32,600
established with their work permits or

1889
01:28:32,600 --> 01:28:34,320
whatever they need to then another

1890
01:28:34,320 --> 01:28:38,199
family will come back in no that's ex me

1891
01:28:38,199 --> 01:28:40,679
sir that is not that's not what I said

1892
01:28:40,679 --> 01:28:42,199
um that's not what I said at all I was

1893
01:28:42,199 --> 01:28:44,080
just talking

1894
01:28:44,080 --> 01:28:46,840
about

1895
01:28:46,840 --> 01:28:48,880
easy don't be

1896
01:28:48,880 --> 01:28:51,440
rude I I was talking about the cohort

1897
01:28:51,440 --> 01:28:53,480
that was

1898
01:28:53,480 --> 01:28:57,990
you

1899
01:28:58,000 --> 01:29:01,560
are I'm sorry go ahead I was talking

1900
01:29:01,560 --> 01:29:03,639
simply about the cohort of families that

1901
01:29:03,639 --> 01:29:07,239
we in Hadley currently I can't speak and

1902
01:29:07,239 --> 01:29:08,760
it would be wrong of any of us I would

1903
01:29:08,760 --> 01:29:12,320
imagine to speak to the administration's

1904
01:29:12,320 --> 01:29:16,320
plans you know going forward um as the

1905
01:29:16,320 --> 01:29:18,600
superintendent said the governor has put

1906
01:29:18,600 --> 01:29:21,679
a cap um that that cap was challenged in

1907
01:29:21,679 --> 01:29:24,480
court court and today we received a

1908
01:29:24,480 --> 01:29:28,199
decision um and she put that cap because

1909
01:29:28,199 --> 01:29:30,600
we are really running out of space um in

1910
01:29:30,600 --> 01:29:33,280
the Commonwealth um so whether you agree

1911
01:29:33,280 --> 01:29:34,679
with that or not I'm not going to talk

1912
01:29:34,679 --> 01:29:36,080
you know I'm you know I don't think

1913
01:29:36,080 --> 01:29:38,239
that's the matter before us tonight but

1914
01:29:38,239 --> 01:29:41,719
I do think that she's she's recognizing

1915
01:29:41,719 --> 01:29:44,719
uh The Strain on communities and budgets

1916
01:29:44,719 --> 01:29:47,119
and um trying to do everything we can to

1917
01:29:47,119 --> 01:29:55,830
get our arms around it um in a way that the state um needs to

1918
01:29:55,840 --> 01:29:58,639
do acknowledges that these additional

1919
01:29:58,639 --> 01:30:02,040
families will go towards that quot for

1920
01:30:02,040 --> 01:30:06,920
the housing that we question about with

1921
01:30:06,920 --> 01:30:09,600
the other hotels that we've exceeded

1922
01:30:09,600 --> 01:30:10,440
that

1923
01:30:10,440 --> 01:30:13,000
12% I think it's important to note that

1924
01:30:13,000 --> 01:30:15,960
the housing searches won't only be in

1925
01:30:15,960 --> 01:30:18,920
Hadley um right these the people who are

1926
01:30:18,920 --> 01:30:20,960
looking for housing who are currently in

1927
01:30:20,960 --> 01:30:22,400
the Greenfield shelter

1928
01:30:22,400 --> 01:30:25,199
are looking across western Mass across

1929
01:30:25,199 --> 01:30:29,400
Massachusetts um so it is not guaranteed

1930
01:30:29,400 --> 01:30:31,280
um that they'll stay here I mean I you

1931
01:30:31,280 --> 01:30:34,639
know I um but it's not guaranteed that

1932
01:30:34,639 --> 01:30:36,000
they'll certainly not guaranteed that

1933
01:30:36,000 --> 01:30:37,960
they'll stay in Hadley you know because

1934
01:30:37,960 --> 01:30:39,639
the housing searches will be very broad

1935
01:30:39,639 --> 01:30:43,960
I would imagine yeah I'm

1936
01:30:43,960 --> 01:30:46,920
done thank you I just wanted to to thank

1937
01:30:46,920 --> 01:30:49,239
Annie and Joe for being here this

1938
01:30:49,239 --> 01:30:53,400
evening um U as Andy an Annie indicated

1939
01:30:53,400 --> 01:30:55,400
that she is willing to take any

1940
01:30:55,400 --> 01:30:58,520
additional questions via email um in

1941
01:30:58,520 --> 01:31:01,880
regards to um the situation that we have

1942
01:31:01,880 --> 01:31:04,800
right now and thank you Joe for you know

1943
01:31:04,800 --> 01:31:06,520
being here tonight and answering

1944
01:31:06,520 --> 01:31:09,880
questions um and letting us know that

1945
01:31:09,880 --> 01:31:13,800
you're definitely an ear for

1946
01:31:13,800 --> 01:31:17,080
us so and Amy if I can just say like one

1947
01:31:17,080 --> 01:31:21,280
we are meeting on Friday with several different types of stakeholders

1948
01:31:21,280 --> 01:31:23,159
State local as well but one of the

1949
01:31:23,159 --> 01:31:24,840
things we will be talking about how is

1950
01:31:24,840 --> 01:31:27,280
the what's the best way to keep the

1951
01:31:27,280 --> 01:31:29,639
residents updated and to keep everyone

1952
01:31:29,639 --> 01:31:32,840
updated about what's happening there

1953
01:31:32,840 --> 01:31:34,360
yeah and it's also important to know

1954
01:31:34,360 --> 01:31:37,480
that that we're we're responding and

1955
01:31:37,480 --> 01:31:41,199
reacting um that you know there there

1956
01:31:41,199 --> 01:31:45,040
isn't any control that anyone in Hadley

1957
01:31:45,040 --> 01:31:48,920
has in regards to this

1958
01:31:48,920 --> 01:31:52,960
so thank you again than Hadley actually

1959
01:31:52,960 --> 01:31:55,760
has has really exercised quite a lot of

1960
01:31:55,760 --> 01:31:57,840
good thinking I mean I just really want

1961
01:31:57,840 --> 01:32:00,080
to applaud the community because

1962
01:32:00,080 --> 01:32:01,920
immediately with the task force you were

1963
01:32:01,920 --> 01:32:04,719
already Leaps and Bounds ahead of many

1964
01:32:04,719 --> 01:32:06,840
communities and while you're responding

1965
01:32:06,840 --> 01:32:09,159
you're really you're putting in I think

1966
01:32:09,159 --> 01:32:11,760
some very good parameters that the state

1967
01:32:11,760 --> 01:32:15,239
has to respond to um and that's again I

1968
01:32:15,239 --> 01:32:17,119
think to be respected and applauded on

1969
01:32:17,119 --> 01:32:19,000
behalf of the community and the select

1970
01:32:19,000 --> 01:32:21,000
board in the town and of course the

1971
01:32:21,000 --> 01:32:23,560
superintendent

1972
01:32:23,560 --> 01:32:27,560
thank you thank you thank you thank you for having us thank you

1973
01:32:27,560 --> 01:32:30,159
everyone thank you for the questions

1974
01:32:30,159 --> 01:32:31,280
thank you

1975
01:32:31,280 --> 01:32:36,159
coming y I'm going calm

1976
01:32:36,159 --> 01:32:43,070
down moving on to 8.1 Town Administrator

1977
01:32:43,080 --> 01:32:46,750
report just pull

1978
01:32:46,760 --> 01:32:50,280
it we did make some progress with um

1979
01:32:50,280 --> 01:32:55,629
some hiring

1980
01:32:55,639 --> 01:32:58,000
um remember

1981
01:32:58,000 --> 01:33:01,480
that's so yes we are still um I think

1982
01:33:01,480 --> 01:33:06,560
we're oh Mike left oh Mike left yeah I

1983
01:33:06,560 --> 01:33:10,880
was gonna ask about the dispatcher I had a chance to do that but uh we are

1984
01:33:10,880 --> 01:33:15,080
still looking to hire a DPW Labor uh we

1985
01:33:15,080 --> 01:33:18,080
did hire uh made an offer to an

1986
01:33:18,080 --> 01:33:21,199
assistant mechanic who very experienced

1987
01:33:21,199 --> 01:33:23,560
and also so will'll share in other

1988
01:33:23,560 --> 01:33:27,159
responsibilities um we had some very I I

1989
01:33:27,159 --> 01:33:28,639
think very good candidates for the

1990
01:33:28,639 --> 01:33:30,360
Council on Aging director we've

1991
01:33:30,360 --> 01:33:32,239
interviewed how many did we interview

1992
01:33:32,239 --> 01:33:34,600
Jane no we only more than one we have

1993
01:33:34,600 --> 01:33:36,840
two coming we interviewed one there two

1994
01:33:36,840 --> 01:33:39,159
more interviews next week oh that's it

1995
01:33:39,159 --> 01:33:42,280
yes okay all right thank you uh the

1996
01:33:42,280 --> 01:33:43,560
collective bargaining agreement for the

1997
01:33:43,560 --> 01:33:45,119
hadly Municipal Employees that's

1998
01:33:45,119 --> 01:33:47,600
continuing because we the wages went

1999
01:33:47,600 --> 01:33:49,040
through at town meeting and you had

2000
01:33:49,040 --> 01:33:51,040
approved them but we're still working on

2001
01:33:51,040 --> 01:33:53,040
the collective bargain agreement as a

2002
01:33:53,040 --> 01:33:55,600
whole so that will be a future executive

2003
01:33:55,600 --> 01:33:57,840
session for the S board to review and

2004
01:33:57,840 --> 01:34:00,040
reprend um I'm I'm just skipping the

2005
01:34:00,040 --> 01:34:01,960
areas that are in

2006
01:34:01,960 --> 01:34:04,639
process uh I think you know that the

2007
01:34:04,639 --> 01:34:07,639
open house went really well and to the

2008
01:34:07,639 --> 01:34:10,360
DPW that vote was successful so the

2009
01:34:10,360 --> 01:34:11,920
schematic design was approved at the

2010
01:34:11,920 --> 01:34:14,159
special town meeting um what I would

2011
01:34:14,159 --> 01:34:16,560
like to ask the select board on the 15th

2012
01:34:16,560 --> 01:34:18,199
we'll put it on the agenda for you to

2013
01:34:18,199 --> 01:34:20,239
decide whether you want to keep that

2014
01:34:20,239 --> 01:34:23,880
committee the same or uh make a change

2015
01:34:23,880 --> 01:34:26,000
but I'll have that before you at the

2016
01:34:26,000 --> 01:34:28,480
next on November 15th and then we'll

2017
01:34:28,480 --> 01:34:30,840
move forward for there for

2018
01:34:30,840 --> 01:34:33,040
procurement uh I just I really wanted to

2019
01:34:33,040 --> 01:34:34,159
focus a little bit on the risk

2020
01:34:34,159 --> 01:34:36,679
management update on my report um Susan

2021
01:34:36,679 --> 01:34:39,199
glatsky as you know you you've um

2022
01:34:39,199 --> 01:34:41,960
designated her as our risk manager um

2023
01:34:41,960 --> 01:34:43,920
she is working diligently to do

2024
01:34:43,920 --> 01:34:47,280
trainings for not only DPW workers but

2025
01:34:47,280 --> 01:34:50,840
other other entities and um she actually

2026
01:34:50,840 --> 01:34:53,639
wrote a grant and received funding for a

2027
01:34:53,639 --> 01:34:57,040
drone and to train an operator of our

2028
01:34:57,040 --> 01:35:01,280
drone so that will help us with um

2029
01:35:01,280 --> 01:35:03,760
inspecting especially all the municipal

2030
01:35:03,760 --> 01:35:07,639
owned roofs hard areas to see the wells

2031
01:35:07,639 --> 01:35:11,760
all of that and Wade is um Wade

2032
01:35:11,760 --> 01:35:14,880
vski veloski I was you had I needed time

2033
01:35:14,880 --> 01:35:17,679
to correct it um he's right now is our

2034
01:35:17,679 --> 01:35:19,480
only licensed operator but we have about

2035
01:35:19,480 --> 01:35:22,440
14 who are interested in getting um

2036
01:35:22,440 --> 01:35:24,600
their certification for that it's really

2037
01:35:24,600 --> 01:35:26,520
a license it's a license not a

2038
01:35:26,520 --> 01:35:30,320
certification so it's an aircraft and um

2039
01:35:30,320 --> 01:35:32,400
she continues to coordinate the the

2040
01:35:32,400 --> 01:35:34,360
quarterly safety committee meetings and

2041
01:35:34,360 --> 01:35:37,760
so all of this she does saves US money

2042
01:35:37,760 --> 01:35:39,560
we get reward points for our insurance

2043
01:35:39,560 --> 01:35:41,480
so we haven't had that before and this

2044
01:35:41,480 --> 01:35:42,639
has been great that she's been doing

2045
01:35:42,639 --> 01:35:45,920
this the past couple years and I talked

2046
01:35:45,920 --> 01:35:48,000
about the schematic design we also are

2047
01:35:48,000 --> 01:35:50,440
beginning our uh procurement for the

2048
01:35:50,440 --> 01:35:52,360
girl softball field parks and wreck had

2049
01:35:52,360 --> 01:35:54,760
gotten an earmark last two years ago to

2050
01:35:54,760 --> 01:35:57,199
do a girls softball field at North

2051
01:35:57,199 --> 01:36:00,920
Station um I explained the Russell

2052
01:36:00,920 --> 01:36:03,199
school and I just wanted to give you

2053
01:36:03,199 --> 01:36:05,040
guys a reminder as well as other boards

2054
01:36:05,040 --> 01:36:07,920
and committees I'd sent out uh a notice

2055
01:36:07,920 --> 01:36:09,920
of a webinar being put on by the mass

2056
01:36:09,920 --> 01:36:12,199
Municipal Association for how to set

2057
01:36:12,199 --> 01:36:14,159
yourself up for Success increasing the

2058
01:36:14,159 --> 01:36:15,639
efficiency of meetings that's something

2059
01:36:15,639 --> 01:36:17,159
I get a lot from the Committees and the

2060
01:36:17,159 --> 01:36:20,679
boards on how to hold hold a meeting the

2061
01:36:20,679 --> 01:36:24,239
agenda prepar ation um and drafting the

2062
01:36:24,239 --> 01:36:26,000
meeting minutes so I will keep

2063
01:36:26,000 --> 01:36:27,560
forwarding those to our boards and

2064
01:36:27,560 --> 01:36:29,040
committee chairs and hoping that they

2065
01:36:29,040 --> 01:36:32,880
participate in that so that is all new

2066
01:36:32,880 --> 01:36:35,560
that I have to the Town Administrator

2067
01:36:35,560 --> 01:36:37,840
report

2068
01:36:37,840 --> 01:36:43,239
okay um are there any members that have

2069
01:36:43,239 --> 01:36:45,239
items that they want to have for future

2070
01:36:45,239 --> 01:36:50,960
discussion yep okay I do um think three

2071
01:36:50,960 --> 01:36:53,600
couple of repeats um one is just making

2072
01:36:53,600 --> 01:36:56,400
sure um at special town meeting it was

2073
01:36:56,400 --> 01:36:58,080
clear that the finance committee is very

2074
01:36:58,080 --> 01:37:00,040
interested in having a joint

2075
01:37:00,040 --> 01:37:03,400
meeting so hopefully we can get um that

2076
01:37:03,400 --> 01:37:06,000
scheduled soon um and then I wanted to

2077
01:37:06,000 --> 01:37:08,800
come back to I'm hoping to get an update

2078
01:37:08,800 --> 01:37:10,760
um from Carolyn on

2079
01:37:10,760 --> 01:37:13,280
how uh she's doing against the goals

2080
01:37:13,280 --> 01:37:16,440
that we agreed upon at the end of or

2081
01:37:16,440 --> 01:37:17,679
yeah end of the last fiscal year

2082
01:37:17,679 --> 01:37:20,400
beginning of this year I guess um and

2083
01:37:20,400 --> 01:37:23,520
then third uh looking for I think this

2084
01:37:23,520 --> 01:37:26,280
was brought up before about you know

2085
01:37:26,280 --> 01:37:28,920
likely an executive session but just um

2086
01:37:28,920 --> 01:37:32,080
getting an update on everything that the

2087
01:37:32,080 --> 01:37:36,199
town uh outside council is working on so

2088
01:37:36,199 --> 01:37:37,600
starting to lose track of some of those

2089
01:37:37,600 --> 01:37:39,239
things so right now all of them are in

2090
01:37:39,239 --> 01:37:42,760
executive session so yeah I mean just a

2091
01:37:42,760 --> 01:37:44,960
um like just one update you know on

2092
01:37:44,960 --> 01:37:47,360
where we stand on each of

2093
01:37:47,360 --> 01:37:49,960
them so can I just ask for clarification

2094
01:37:49,960 --> 01:37:51,560
you want that as the attorney is coming

2095
01:37:51,560 --> 01:37:54,080
in to give that or no I think you I

2096
01:37:54,080 --> 01:37:55,840
think because everything everything

2097
01:37:55,840 --> 01:37:57,400
we've been going to Executive session

2098
01:37:57,400 --> 01:37:59,520
has been those but I'm welcome if you

2099
01:37:59,520 --> 01:38:01,320
want me to do that all in one I can do

2100
01:38:01,320 --> 01:38:02,679
that that that's what I was thinking

2101
01:38:02,679 --> 01:38:06,000
yeah if you could just um do give us

2102
01:38:06,000 --> 01:38:08,320
like a rundown of what's closed what's

2103
01:38:08,320 --> 01:38:11,199
still outstanding how close we are

2104
01:38:11,199 --> 01:38:13,599
to you know getting something over the

2105
01:38:13,599 --> 01:38:20,109
finish line that kind of thing

2106
01:38:20,119 --> 01:38:23,119
nothing I just have one I still want us

2107
01:38:23,119 --> 01:38:25,599
to work on the U painting of the Town

2108
01:38:25,599 --> 01:38:28,040
Hall oh I'm on it okay I just had to get

2109
01:38:28,040 --> 01:38:30,199
through the town meeting I know but and

2110
01:38:30,199 --> 01:38:31,400
now I got to wrap up on everything that

2111
01:38:31,400 --> 01:38:33,800
happens after town meeting I know but I

2112
01:38:33,800 --> 01:38:35,520
think you know just have it at the

2113
01:38:35,520 --> 01:38:38,360
Forefront that if we're looking to get

2114
01:38:38,360 --> 01:38:43,800
it on the um CPA for bring town meeting

2115
01:38:43,800 --> 01:38:45,760
that would be a good thing I agree and

2116
01:38:45,760 --> 01:38:48,480
it's going to take you know you know um

2117
01:38:48,480 --> 01:38:50,880
of course the CPA is going to want how

2118
01:38:50,880 --> 01:38:52,520
much is it going to cost and then you're

2119
01:38:52,520 --> 01:38:53,880
going to have

2120
01:38:53,880 --> 01:38:57,280
some citizens I'm sure wanting to know

2121
01:38:57,280 --> 01:38:59,520
what we're going to use to paint the

2122
01:38:59,520 --> 01:39:02,599
building again or is there some other

2123
01:39:02,599 --> 01:39:05,000
option that they would want to do I've

2124
01:39:05,000 --> 01:39:07,520
heard other remarks from different

2125
01:39:07,520 --> 01:39:09,280
people about that

2126
01:39:09,280 --> 01:39:13,800
so um anyway topic for discussion yeah

2127
01:39:13,800 --> 01:39:16,599
okay I have a question about your report

2128
01:39:16,599 --> 01:39:18,760
which is the openings for senior and

2129
01:39:18,760 --> 01:39:21,679
Veterans tax workof is at 5 in each

2130
01:39:21,679 --> 01:39:24,239
division or five between the two seniors

2131
01:39:24,239 --> 01:39:26,360
and

2132
01:39:26,360 --> 01:39:29,239
Veterans so that was given to me by uh

2133
01:39:29,239 --> 01:39:35,000
for btim from Haley so um I believe it's

2134
01:39:35,000 --> 01:39:38,360
five each but I it's not clear here and

2135
01:39:38,360 --> 01:39:39,719
that's why I would I would have to go

2136
01:39:39,719 --> 01:39:43,560
back to Violet Violet it is five

2137
01:39:43,560 --> 01:39:46,280
each thanks

2138
01:39:46,280 --> 01:39:49,840
Susan um is there any other items for

2139
01:39:49,840 --> 01:39:53,109
future discussion

2140
01:39:53,119 --> 01:39:57,750
okay are there any liaison

2141
01:39:57,760 --> 01:40:02,199
reports that one okay um

2142
01:40:02,199 --> 01:40:05,400
announcements I just have one okay to

2143
01:40:05,400 --> 01:40:08,440
the condolences to Jeffrey Thorton's

2144
01:40:08,440 --> 01:40:12,400
family he was a town resident he had two

2145
01:40:12,400 --> 01:40:14,400
children and three grandchildren so

2146
01:40:14,400 --> 01:40:17,520
condolences to them his family and

2147
01:40:17,520 --> 01:40:19,800
friends

2148
01:40:19,800 --> 01:40:23,440
okay okay okay so we

2149
01:40:23,440 --> 01:40:26,760
are and oh sorry any other announcements

2150
01:40:26,760 --> 01:40:30,239
okay all right so

2151
01:40:30,239 --> 01:40:33,440
um I'm going to move pursuant to General

2152
01:40:33,440 --> 01:40:38,239
Law chapter 3A section 21 a three that

2153
01:40:38,239 --> 01:40:40,440
the board go into executive session to

2154
01:40:40,440 --> 01:40:42,440
discuss strategy with respect with

2155
01:40:42,440 --> 01:40:44,960
respect to potential

2156
01:40:44,960 --> 01:40:47,920
litigation um I've as the chair I've

2157
01:40:47,920 --> 01:40:50,599
determined that the board um any public

2158
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discuss discussion of which will have a detrimental impact on the litigating

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position of the board um so we're going

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to close we need to know what we're

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going into executive session for for the

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cable renewal

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negotiations um and not to reconvene an

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open session second okay seconded by

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Randy any

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discussion all those in favor roll call

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no oh sorry roll call yeah for session

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back and forth say J thank you Ro ke

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yesung yes Parsons yes Neon