[0:04] All right, welcome everybody to be July, I mean June 9th.

[0:10] Excuse me, I have no authority meeting.

[0:13] I'm a beautiful sunny, warm afternoon.

[0:17] And we are at Shrewsbury Towers, and thank you very much for hospitality.

[0:25] And there's someone who wants to start off with the minutes.

[0:26] Mr. Mayer, please, Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion that we approve the May 12th,

[0:32] 26 minutes as president.

[0:33] We have a second.

[0:36] All in favor?

[0:37] Aye.

[0:39] Before I go to the second manner, I just wanted to welcome Al Bishop.

[0:43] Al Bishop to our board.

[0:45] He is the most recently appointed resident member of our board.

[0:51] So welcome Al.

[0:52] Thank you.

[0:53] Okay.

[0:53] Thank you.

[0:54] You want to make speech?

[0:57] All right.

[0:59] All right, the next matter is the treasures report, what we have any questions, comments?

[1:05] Discussion.

[1:06] It's great.

[1:10] Anyway, okay, that does not require a vote, as you can see, we've got plenty of balances.

[1:15] We'll go to the revolving account.

[1:20] Questions, comments, discussion?

[1:22] Yeah, I have a question, Mr. Chair.

[1:23] This is a very pricey FW web build, it's like 10 down,

[1:30] 2351 for 5685, that's just things.

[1:34] Water heater.

[1:36] Four.

[1:37] Friends.

[1:38] Friends is current.

[1:40] Yeah.

[1:40] That's okay.

[1:41] Three phases.

[1:42] Okay, so that's one water heater?

[1:44] A bit, I'll be able to count one of these.

[1:46] And it's that, which one is this?

[1:48] Three phases.

[1:49] Three phases.

[1:52] then that's my only questions to turn. Okay. Anybody else? Nope. All right,

[1:59] they've been for the question. This is what anybody want to make a motion?

[2:03] Now, if the pleasure of the board, I will make a motion to approve the Vendor

[2:08] Register 47 checks in the amount of 14251594.

[2:14] Can we have a second?

[2:16] Second.

[2:16] Can I have a favor?

[2:18] Aye.

[2:19] There you go.

[2:20] Thank you.

[2:23] Okay.

[2:24] If you'd like a night to make a motion,

[2:26] we approve the section eight vouchers for the payout.

[2:30] Four checks in the amount.

[2:32] 59 38 18.

[2:35] Motion to be able to second.

[2:37] Second.

[2:38] All in favor?

[2:40] Thank you.

[2:42] Can you bring on it?

[2:43] to make a mouth, which is a section of eight half checks, a total of 140 checks in the amount

[2:51] of $1.95, 164, 64, and just for the record, that's a landlord-term checks for it.

[2:59] Do we have a second?

[3:01] You know, in favor?

[3:02] Hi.

[3:03] Okay.

[3:03] Thank you.

[3:05] Thank you.

[3:05] Go on.

[3:06] If you'd like to make a motion, do a good favor.

[3:09] Okay.

[3:09] Okay, roll for the month of May as granted and then we just take turns done here who's turned his head

[3:15] All right, there is the second do we have any questions to be known ever. Bye. Bye. Thank you

[3:23] Okay

[3:25] Kelly

[3:26] All right, as you see there's two four six faith and sees at Francis gardens

[3:31] This was the domino effect. I was talking about with the transfers moving down to the first

[3:40] Out of four maintenance guys, Gary being the supervisor, the three maintenance are in each

[3:47] of one apartment,

[3:51] where all set with the champ, like we have those people lined up in the

[3:57] transfers or all sets moved down and around once these apartments are done. Then we have another

[4:03] apartment at Elizabeth Street, it's a champ, persons already selected, maintenance is not in that

[4:11] apartment. Family units were all mixed up, and in that's all the guys were in

[4:20] purpose rate as no it's a three bedroom they got that taken so we

[4:27] cut this family up and it looks like everyone everyone at Francis is either a

[4:36] local or a vet but not at Elizabeth no but we have

[4:49] two vacancies here and Gary is

[4:51] actually in one of those units.

[4:54] But he movement.

[4:57] So that's a total of six, right?

[5:01] That's eight.

[5:03] That's eight.

[5:03] That's just way to get in one month.

[5:05] That seems higher.

[5:06] Is that not usually high?

[5:08] So you spread then?

[5:10] What are we talking about?

[5:11] It's high though, because it's a movement from second floor to the first floor.

[5:15] That's Francis.

[5:17] I have a question.

[5:18] Yes.

[5:19] I know our goal is to get people in as soon as possible, which means you have to, which is probably why you're working as much as you are.

[5:26] If we have this many vacancies, do they give us kind of any slapped?

[5:30] Oh, not really.

[5:32] I could have answered that one.

[5:34] I could have answered that one.

[5:35] But she does.

[5:36] There is a method where she can get help as she needs it.

[5:39] So I have reached out to a Western who has a vacancy initiative team.

[5:46] I'm going to Worcester for training tomorrow, so I will be talking to someone there, who will come out?

[5:54] Look at the apartments that we have taken, then they go back and they'll give us the price.

[5:59] I mean, we're still going to have to pay Worcester for if we hire or if we do not hire a subcontractor.

[6:07] We're going to have to go that way, which Gary has already had a subcontractor come out to give us estimates.

[6:14] So I'm weighing both.

[6:19] Obviously not worth the differed method.

[6:21] Obviously we'd love to see our own maintenance people.

[6:25] Finish this but understanding that eight vacancies in one month is just a tad much.

[6:32] It's actually nine if you come.

[6:34] Because six if Francis wanted a lizard at the end two here.

[6:37] Nine, right?

[6:38] Six to three.

[6:41] So, okay.

[6:43] All right.

[6:43] Okay, so you want to know? I like. Okay,

[6:49] the Boucher Program were a hundred percent.

[6:54] And then we have these socials and reports.

[6:59] And Patty's are twenty-eight, for instance.

[7:03] Okay.

[7:07] And we have CPC and affordable housing crusts.

[7:11] Updates. Kathy, do we have anything?

[7:13] It's not, like as we do have at town meeting, community preservation, it doesn't, they're

[7:21] free.

[7:24] Multiple proposals, warrant articles,

[7:28] and so that went well.

[7:30] Public comment, how fast? They all pass, which that's good. So there are three. One was a we doing some work at the schoolhouse down here on the corner of.

[7:40] Not a schoolhouse number 2.

[7:42] Schoolhouse number 2 in the corner of Old Mill and May.

[7:47] Thank you.

[7:47] Did you pay me?

[7:48] Thank you.

[7:50] I appreciate that.

[7:51] The other one was some lights,

[7:54] Ammonisable fields,

[7:55] which will be great for

[7:57] the people in different sports socks,

[7:59] soccer, lacrosse, softball,

[8:01] half-lay there,

[8:02] and then the third one was

[8:07] rural there.

[8:11] We did the school house, we did the lights, and oh, this is important too because it's

[8:22] rental assistance program.

[8:23] So what about housing trust is doing a rental assistance program, pilot program, which

[8:28] would be great if they could continue that on.

[8:30] So those were the three that passed.

[8:32] Um, they will kind of reconvene and start collecting new applications for new projects,

[8:40] starting, you know, probably starting in July.

[8:42] It is a revolving, um, calendars, people present their eligibility and on, I think that's

[8:50] pretty, that's pretty much CPC and a photo-blog housing trust on Elizabeth, not much

[8:54] has happened out there.

[8:56] Um, nothing.

[8:56] Have we heard from the consultants?

[8:58] No.

[8:58] And I have to admit, as I was pregnant with this meeting, I don't remember hearing back from them.

[9:06] So I may not have set the message, so I will check back and if I haven't done that, I will follow up with her.

[9:12] Okay.

[9:12] So that could be on me.

[9:14] Well, you would have thought that they'd reach out to me.

[9:17] They said they were going to once they...

[9:19] And they did reach out to me.

[9:21] And what they were waiting for from Oscars, the determination on what land we were going to do.

[9:25] And then I think we figured out that maybe that extra piece that we thought was town owned is, in fact, one of the fields, so then we

[9:33] pedaled it back at our last meeting and said no, we're not going to include that. We'll just go forward with what the land is as proposed.

[9:39] Okay, so then it is on us.

[9:40] It is on us and her last message to me was you let us know when you're ready and I may or may not have sent that message before I could up from this table.

[9:48] I will check and if I did, I will follow up if I did not.

[9:52] I was sending it.

[9:52] Great.

[9:55] Okay, that's it.

[9:56] If you see a photo of a husband trust, no,

[9:59] Kathy, do you remember when the board voted you

[10:02] and as the representative from the housing authority?

[10:06] Whether that required a letter from Kelly to go to the sound clerk

[10:11] to notify them of your appointment

[10:13] because I went up there to get sworn in

[10:15] and they didn't have anything.

[10:18] Well, the term my term officially ends the end of June.

[10:22] Yeah, so I think so you can wait until July or I think as a formality and we voted on it

[10:31] So maybe we should send the letter anyway, and then there's a paper trail and then you would be able to get sworn in

[10:37] I did tell them the effect of July 1 and they are

[10:41] Emma said that she would give you direct access to all the information

[10:44] So maybe she's waiting for that letter as well. Just give you the email address so that she can do that. Who's that? Emma is

[10:52] Emma O'Connor is the liaison with the building building department.

[10:58] So Griffin O'Neill and Emma O'Connor are the talent fields that sit on that.

[11:02] But I think if you send it to Sharon, I would badly find it.

[11:08] Okay.

[11:08] And we just did talk about yesterday because when this special meeting came up about whatever sidewalk

[11:13] they're talking about, I responded Richard was fond of committee and they said no.

[11:16] Richard's not on until July 1.

[11:18] because then I respond is that I can't make a conflict,

[11:20] so no one will be there, and that's fine.

[11:22] They're just looking for a couple of forms

[11:23] so they can have a vote on something.

[11:24] Okay, okay.

[11:26] Where is the side of the list?

[11:29] Pop.

[11:30] Not a force.

[11:31] Not a force.

[11:31] I didn't, it's, I didn't, honestly,

[11:33] because I, when they announced it, it came out yesterday,

[11:35] and I knew I couldn't attend.

[11:37] So I didn't pay that much attention.

[11:41] Which is pure curiosity.

[11:42] I think it has to do with,

[11:43] it might have to do with a project from last year,

[11:48] That's why I was wondering what they were going back to the drawing board on something for

[11:53] how or not must be there.

[11:54] Yeah, let me tell you I can tell you for sure.

[11:57] Yeah, the arrow would people really circle the wagons on the CPC because of that.

[12:01] Yeah, sure.

[12:02] And that's the goal.

[12:03] Really is for having individuals to go out and you know if it's on town or property

[12:08] you need a town partner, so they partnered with Parks and Rec.

[12:11] Same with the lighting.

[12:12] Yeah, there was actually the lighting came directly from town.

[12:15] So the individuals are like, come from directly

[12:19] from towns, town employees.

[12:24] It's a side with work, an hour would park like a project.

[12:29] And there's a, I guess it's a part of the project

[12:32] that wasn't anticipated, so they're

[12:34] asking for some additional funds, medium for $20,000,

[12:38] but not significant.

[12:39] $14,000.

[12:41] OK.

[12:41] Now, we have Kelly and something to talk to this about relative symptoms of the pay

[12:47] capital plan.

[12:50] Yes, the 2026 capital improvement plan is for five years, so this year they are giving

[12:58] the house in the 30, 236,400, that money needs to be in projects.

[13:11] So I did a list of projects with this building,

[13:16] the tenants are in need of a new mailbox cluster.

[13:21] The high-rise windows,

[13:26] I don't know if they've ever been washed.

[13:30] That's something that I think the tenants would really like appliances.

[13:35] This was a big idea, I know this.

[13:38] As Gary and I was talking, we'd the contract of who would get the high rise, they would have to have a lift.

[13:47] For a couple of days, it's probably not going to be one project.

[13:51] It's probably going to be over a three day.

[13:53] We'd have to coordinate with the tenants because they would have to take the air conditioners out.

[13:58] Someone so we would find a certain windows

[14:03] Didn't work or we're leaking so did it's a plan

[14:10] Appliances we're looking at get stovable refrigerators. Is that every stove and refrigerator in this?

[14:18] I know on unit turn-over, which we do

[14:21] I was just gonna say yeah, but just they have

[14:26] Yes

[14:29] line painting for the parking, a stairwell doors, a walkway to the park bent under the tree.

[14:42] We can add the money to the roof.

[14:56] A new flagpole.

[15:01] Flawing for the apartments here. What do you mean Edmunds remove? We're going to need a new roof in the future.

[15:11] So you want to set up an account? We've been because we're looking probably at 500,000 to 1 million to redo the roof. So we've been putting a little away. So this would be putting 50,000.

[15:25] Okay, to that.

[15:26] Yeah, what do we have in that account now?

[15:29] Probably about 250.

[15:32] Okay, so we're pouring in there.

[15:34] Yeah, so let me ask you,

[15:41] this is just from fiscal year 26, right?

[15:44] It's five years.

[15:46] If you look at this, it's a five year plan on the X2 pages.

[15:55] But the first page says 2364 from fiscal year 26.

[16:03] So, puts it in 26.

[16:05] That's what they're doing with us.

[16:06] So if you just take any questions out, in each year they act.

[16:11] That was my next question.

[16:12] The two thirty six are giving us this year.

[16:14] How does that never compare to last year's number?

[16:18] Right up top of my head.

[16:22] It's probably around.

[16:24] Okay.

[16:24] So the first thing you have twenty six is just my own.

[16:27] So, yes.

[16:29] So we have a voice today in order to get this in and done.

[16:33] Correct.

[16:34] I will be sending this with in the next week.

[16:37] because this video is over at the end of the month.

[16:41] Correct.

[16:42] Yes.

[16:42] Okay.

[16:44] Um, then the tug cutouts.

[16:47] We knew Francis Gardens loved the tug cutouts.

[16:50] Yeah.

[16:51] So we're thinking about having that done here.

[16:55] Is that really constant?

[16:57] Yeah.

[16:57] About that.

[16:59] We cut.

[16:59] Well, that's very reasonable.

[17:01] I thought it was.

[17:01] I thought the number we heard last time was much higher because I remember asking about it.

[17:05] No, it was a thousand, then if we give him a good quantity, you know, you know, you know, you're not going to come along.

[17:13] You don't purge him in.

[17:17] And then the last is the Spice System camera.

[17:22] The guy came, he gave us quotes.

[17:25] We've been going back and forth with him, basically.

[17:29] Just to keep him under the 10,000.

[17:32] No.

[17:33] Grange, but it's something that it's, it's state of art.

[17:40] I just, I can use it in look if the security guard calls me on the weekend

[17:50] or-

[17:51] No, that's what.

[17:57] So are we, are we looking at these numbers and, are we, are you just giving us these numbers as a

[18:04] reference, right?

[18:05] But they have nothing to do with the vote that you're expecting.

[18:08] No.

[18:08] The bowl is just getting the 236,000.

[18:12] To take the 236,000.

[18:14] Yes.

[18:14] Obviously, you're going to do that.

[18:15] Do you want us to stack rank these?

[18:17] Do you want us to throw the bread amongst each other and say,

[18:20] I, Susan thinks this is better.

[18:22] I jump because that's better, or I think she's spending all the money.

[18:26] Thank you.

[18:26] Can I ask a question?

[18:28] A couple of what a president has approached me about a canopy for out that area.

[18:33] Is that on this place?

[18:34] No, it's not on the list.

[18:36] that I did reach out to Mr. Katzen. He's actually Eli for the land.

[18:45] Okay. So Eli, he like him up. They have purchased a 20 by 10, 20 foot by 10. Gary and I

[19:00] up both out, we measured it, um, awesome. It's going for you. Are they going to start? Haven't

[19:07] stopped? We have to install? Uh-huh. Because the car's probably the whole gift money, right? Yes.

[19:16] And I think Gary would probably want to install it. This way was snow wise.

[19:22] Oh, you're not gonna leave it up, it's still okay.

[19:26] Huh?

[19:29] Open, too. I'll see.

[19:33] You don't know until it's full.

[19:35] No, no, it's only this one.

[19:37] It's one of the steel department structure.

[19:39] I know.

[19:39] Okay.

[19:42] Yeah.

[19:43] It is raided.

[19:46] I know.

[19:49] Okay.

[19:50] So if we do can't,

[19:53] And we get the wind out here. They just pick up and fly. And then I'm lucky at this point that no one has been hard.

[20:02] So we can't do the canopy. And we try the umbrellas. Those are cool.

[20:25] Okay, so we have motion to approve the annual plan allocation has printed.

[20:32] capital point. We have a motion we have a second. Okay. All there.

[20:42] All right. Thank you.

[20:46] All right. That is our agenda. We have any other new business

[20:52] minute?

[20:55] Anything from our resonance?

[20:57] Wow, that's it.

[20:59] Is it dead?

[21:00] Everybody happy?

[21:05] It's not where are they?

[21:08] I just wasn't caring about it.

[21:12] There he is.

[21:14] Awesome.

[21:15] All right.

[21:15] That's right, awesome.

[21:16] Front through me.

[21:19] And several years ago, the water was dry.

[21:34] I feel like we've talked about faucets before, oh, we have a lot of faucets for our family.

[21:42] for instance gardens. The spikots are a fish project. Okay, so that I mean Gary and I want to speak for Gary, but we feel like if we do number three A then

[22:02] seven bees are going to be like well your favorite or why can't we and some just aren't

[22:14] So we're ready to try.

[22:16] Some are ready.

[22:17] Yes.

[22:18] Yes.

[22:19] This is a hydrant.

[22:20] Later on.

[22:21] A plate on it.

[22:22] You know, those are tricky.

[22:25] So we've got to make a lot of blasts out there.

[22:27] We've got a lot of batteries.

[22:30] But the gardens are okay. Yeah, they are wonderful, wonderful.

[22:37] Ladies and gentlemen, why don't we go?

[22:40] So you guys are working on the faucets?

[22:45] Are you?

[22:46] We're talking about it.

[22:48] Well that's working on it, but I play it on following it up.

[22:53] Yes, when...

[22:54] But it's a fish product, so it's important.

[22:55] He should be against us the money.

[22:58] So, not this year.

[23:00] Not this year.

[23:00] It could be your main effort.

[23:01] It could be next.

[23:03] It could.

[23:07] Is the one she's talking about, Gary?

[23:10] You can't do it.

[23:11] Do a bull without heavy lifting.

[23:15] Can you turn the water on inside the water?

[23:17] It's also, can you?

[23:18] Can you turn the water on inside?

[23:20] That's a good issue.

[23:21] That's a good issue.

[23:22] That one's figured not a big job with patchwork and break it all that or it is.

[23:26] In other words, I know we wouldn't want to do just one, but if this is one you have a gardens and would be a bandaid until the fish project came through.

[23:33] I could certainly see Kelly being able to justify that, but I don't want to make that decision to you.

[23:37] But the gardens all over.

[23:38] Oh, I was trying to do like the bandaid approach.

[23:42] The community room we fixed down.

[23:44] Oh, okay, there is a bandaid down.

[23:46] Okay, okay, okay.

[23:47] At least I get it now to a faucet.

[23:49] Okay, that's where I just got buckets.

[23:51] I'm going to go.

[23:52] So we've done a great job.

[23:54] Okay, all right.

[23:55] Okay, one step ahead of you, Gary.

[23:59] So, this worked to be done on that way.

[24:01] Thank you.

[24:02] This is how it worked to be done.

[24:03] Yes, there is.

[24:04] Yes, there is.

[24:05] Anything else?

[24:06] I'm going to tell you.

[24:07] They are there.

[24:08] Some lock in the morning.

[24:10] They're still there.

[24:11] Some lock in the

[24:14] morning.

[24:14] They're working.

[24:15] They're working?

[24:16] Yep.

[24:17] There were.

[24:18] And we always thank them.

[24:20] Thank you, Gary.

[24:22] Anybody have anything else?

[24:24] All right.

[24:25] If you're interested, I'd like to make a motion to do a germ.

[24:28] Second.

[24:28] Check in.

[24:29] All of here?

[24:30] All right.

[24:31] Very good.

[24:31] Thank you very much.

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