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like to call the select board meeting
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at 603
p.m. to order. Um,

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this meeting will be held in a hybrid
fashion with the opportunity for both

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in-person attendance and remote
participation. Please note that while an

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option for remote attendance and/or
participation is being provided as a

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courtesy to the public, the meeting or
hearing will not be suspended or

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terminated if the public um if technical
problems interrupt the virtual broadcast

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unless otherwise required by law.
Members of the public with particular

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interest in any specific item on this
agenda should make plans for in-person

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versus virtual attendance accordingly.
The meeting will be held in person in

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the main meeting room of Deerfield
Municipal Offices in accordance with

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Mass General Law Chapter 38. Anyone in
intending to record the meeting must

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identify themselves to the clerk and
provide their name and address for the

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record.

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Okay.

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So, we are going to do public comment at
the start of the meeting. So, if anybody

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has something that they'd like to say,
please come forward.

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» Good evening. How are you? Okay.

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Hi Nikkowski, 35 State Road. Welcome.
Good evening everyone. Um this is from

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both Peter and myself. Um concerns with
um senior housing bid from RBI.

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First of all, we are totally in favor of
senior housing. We appreciate the

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efforts and the ad hoc um senior housing
committee. Unfortunately, the site at um

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83 to 85 North Main Street is just not
the right location. There are many too

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many workarounds and deficits at this
site. Never mind the added expenses that

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we will illuminate below. Many have
compared our project to Sunderland

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Sanderson Place. Sanderson's development
is on 2.8391

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acre site with a total of 33 units.
Deerfield proposed site is 2.1 acres and

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they are suggesting 34 units.
Deerfield purchased the site at 38 to um

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excuse me 83 to 85 North Main Street for
420,000 with CPA funds, our tax dollars.

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We were led to believe that that would
be the extent of our financial support.

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In the RFP, RDI requested $750,000
from our town to help balance their

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budget. More CPA money, more tax
dollars. RDI states the abatement and

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removal of the existing structures will
cost 560,000 to 749,000.

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RDI expects our town to cover this. RDI
also asked our town to remove the

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existing decommissioned monitoring wells
that would be more expense for our town.

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RDI is planning to apply for grants to
cover another deficit of 750,000 for

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their budget. And if they do not get
these grants, will they look to

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Deerfield to cover the balance?
Our town's expected expense of 420,000

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may rise to 1,730,000

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to um excuse me 1,730,000
to 1,919,000

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or even more. RDI states they will need
relief from current ST town statutes.

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Section 2300 maximum building height is
35 ft. Their proposed building is 47

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feet. Section 3100 parking spaces needed
for a 34 unit building is 85. RDI is

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only planning on 29 parking spaces.
That's not even one space per unit and

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no spaces for visitor parking. A
suggestion made at one point of the

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meeting was that people can park on
North Main. What's going to happen when

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it snows?
storm water permit. RDI advised they

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will strive to meet our requirements. I
underline the word strive, not meet our

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requirements, but they will strive to
meet them, but additional waiverss may

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be required.
In the first year project task, RDI

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states they will assist Deerfield with
any offset mitigation by bloody brook.

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This may create additional expenses for
Deerfield.

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RDI is proposing using permeable grass
pavers in the parking area. This will

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create uneven terrain that will be an
issue for people with mobility issues.

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They're also per our request planning to
use permeable pavement. A quick look at

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the Liry lot will show how much this
pavement deteriorates after a short time

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of use. another walking hazard for
people with mobility issues.

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Permeable payment pavement is also more
expensive. So of course that's adding to

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it. The lot is small to begin with. How
will RBI set up project fencing to not

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impact buggers and ensure the safety of
both workers and the residents? We are

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totally in favor of senior housing, but
RDI's proposal is not the path to take.

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Submitted by Peter and Holly Lancowski.
Thank you.

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» Thank you. Thanks for your time.

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» Thank you. I'm sure there's no cords.

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» Thank you.
>> Oh, great. Thank you very much.

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Appreciate it.

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Anybody else?

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This is from

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Jason Clark, 81 North Main.

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Dear members of the select board, we the
underside residents, neighboring

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property owners, respectfully submit
this letter requesting the select board

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not make a final decision to accept or
approve RDI's senior high housing

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proposal until an on-site meeting and
review of the property has taken place.

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We believe the on-site meeting involving
RDI representatives, the select board,

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the appropriate town committee members,
and neighboring residents, property

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owners is necessary before a town makes
a decision concerning this proposal.

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There are several several important
questions and concerns that we believe

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need to be addressed directly and
clearly. Property boundaries.

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These are outstanding questions regard
or there are outstanding questions

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regarding exact boundaries of the
property and how the develop or the

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proposed development hold relate to
adjoining properties. We request we

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request that the property boundaries be
clearly identified and reviewed during

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an on-site visit. This will allow the
select board, county representatives,

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RDI, and neighboring property owners to
have a shared understanding of where

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these proposed developments will be
located and how close it may be to

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existing homes or properties.
Adequacy of proposed parking. We have

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concerns that the number of proposed
parking spaces may not be sufficient for

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the size and anticipated use of this
development. An on-site review would

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allow the town and neighbors to better
understand the proposed parking

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arrangement, including vehicle access,
traffic patterns, guest parking,

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emergency access, and the potential for
vehicles to overflow on surrounding

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streets and neighboring properties.
We believe this issue should be fully

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addressed before the proposal is
accepted. Storm water and water runoff

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to Bloody Brook. We're also concerned
about water runoff and drainage from the

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proposed development, particularly in
the area near Bloody Brook. Given the

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potential amount of new impervious
service or surfaces associated with the

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development, including buildings,
driveways, parking areas, and other

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improvements, we believe it's important
to understand how storm water will be

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managed and where that water will
ultimately flow.

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He respectfully requests that RDI
explain its proposed drainage and storm

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water management plans on site and
answer questions regarding potential

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impact on neighboring properties in
Bloody Brook.

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Request for on-site meeting before
decision. We're not asking the select

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board to reject senior housing or to
prevent RDI from presenting its

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proposal. Rather, we're asking that the
town take the necessary time to fully

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understand a proposal and its potential
impact on the surrounding neighborhood

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before actually making a decision.
An onslate meeting would provide an

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opportunity for RDI to explain its
proposal and answer questions, the

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select board and town committees to
inspect the property firsthand. Property

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boundaries to be identified and
clarified. The proposed parking

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arrangement to be evaluated in relation
to the actual site. Drainage and storm

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water concerns near bloody brook to be
discussed. Neighbors to ask questions

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and identify concerns that may not be
apparent from plans or documents alone.

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and all parties to have a common
understanding of the existing conditions

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of a property. We therefore respectfully
request that the select board postpone

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any decision to accept or approve REI's
proposal until an on-site meeting has

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been conducted and the concerns outlined
have been addressed. We believe that

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conducting this review is in the best
interest of the town, the future

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residents of the proposed senior
housing, RDI, and the neighboring

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property owners. We appreciate the
select board's consideration of this

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request and respectfully ask that this
letter be made part of the public record

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concerning the RBI senior housing
proposal. Thank you for your time.

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» Thank you for your comments.
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» You have anybody else?

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Ley.
>> Yes. Thank you. Thank you for hearing

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me. Um I would just like to strongly
urge the select board to go forward with

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this proposal with RDI. Um to address
some of the concerns that were mentioned

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by Mr. Clark which were also appeared in
uh Deerfield. Now, um there will

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actually be less pvious surface in the
new development than there I mean

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impervious surface sorry than there is
in the current site with that massive

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parking um lot. Um there we had the site
surveyed by a professional surveyor and

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that is included the plot plan is
included in the RFP packet. Um the

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parking is a conversation that we have
certainly had and I think needs to

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continue with RDI but they are going to
have uh a number of parking spaces and

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there is also delivery lot and there is
on street parking there so I honestly

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don't think it's going to be a big issue
since most of the people when we did our

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surveys most of the people who were
interested in moving in are uh very much

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older and I think we'll be moving in so
that they don't have to drive for the

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most part. Um, and as to the Bloody
Brook concerns, we too have been very

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concerned about that and we went to the
conservation commission a couple of

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years ago and we have walked the site
with the chair of the conservation

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commission, Pete Law, and also I believe
every member of the select board has

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walked that site uh at least on one
occasion. And so I do not see the need

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to delay and I would prefer not to delay
since we've been working on this for 25

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years. Um absolutely we need to include
uh neighbors and the neighborhood

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in the conversations when it comes time
to working with RDI to develop the real

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plan. This is a preliminary concept of
the scope and so I would strongly urge

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you all to please
move this on to the next step and um

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start working with RDI so that we can at
last house our desperate seniors. Thank

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you.
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» Welcome. Yes, please.

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Clark, 81 North Main Street. Um, I just
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on Founders Day, they came out with
something that said residents should be

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involved at every step of the process.
It is important to give people ample

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time to provide feedback rather than
host a public meeting after decisions

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have been finalized. All we're asking is
for RDI to come. So, I look at the plans

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and I see, okay, they got to cut my tree
to put a building back here. I want them

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to come and physically show me.
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» Thank you.
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That is not a hard ask.
>> Thank you very much.

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» Yeah. Thank you. Comment.

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Any comments? More comments on this or
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All right. Thank you.

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Uh we have um Trios Brewing Company
summer concert season review and half

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marathon preview for September 13, 2026.
Chris,

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» sure. So, as folks have probably
noticed, the Treehouse summer concert

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series has wrapped up. Um, and uh, we're
looking forward to the half marathon is

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Sunday, September 13th as well. Um, we
thought it would be prudent to just take

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a minute to take stock of the concert
season. Um, we have some, uh, you know,

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I think folks saw an email circulated
from Sergeant Sakaloski about public

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safety's experience this summer. Um and
then I know uh Greg Senkar, our

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assistant town administrator, has some
additional information in regards to um

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noise complaints that we heard. Um so
again, this is all while still fresh in

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our memory. Um just to, you know, kind
of do a quick debrief. Um we were hoping

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to see if someone from Treehouse could
be present tonight that doesn't appear

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um that was possible. Um but uh so
turned over to Greg to speak to any of

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the the noise complaints that we've
received uh this summer.

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Yeah, sure. In your packet, I think you
can find uh sort of the rundown of where

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the complaints came from. I think there
was a total of 44 um and I think it was

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across is it 11 11 residences.
Um so just to you know it's it's a

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little more concentrated I think in in
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most of them about I think it was 57% of
them came from about three residents.

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So, we should be looking at, you know,
the the sound and how it's traveling

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towards those residents and continue to
to monitor that.

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» Yeah.
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are the ones that we received. There
may, you know, have been chatter from

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other residences that weren't reported
and uh, so, you know, but that's that's

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a record of what we received.
>> Okay. So, what about the the base as far

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as that goes for this season? because I
didn't hear a lot of complaints about

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the base.
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number of times and traveled around the
the town as well to to check out the

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base volume and how the transference was
was traveling through the town. Uh it

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does appear that the array has helped.
Um I think complaints are down primarily

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from that, not from all. Um, and and
again, I think it's one of those things

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where because the way drip bass travels,
even with the the double sort of array

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that they were using, um, you know, it's
not it's not perfect. Sound is going to

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travel,
>> but I do think it it definitely had a

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positive impact this year.
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Yeah, I I want to thank you for
compiling this list. It just kind of

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gives a good understanding of kind of
where the complaints were coming from

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and when. And then um I was just reading
through Adam. Somehow I missed his

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email. So now I was just looking at he
did a great job of like listing the

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date, what the concert was, and just
kind of any issues that that that they

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had to deal with. Um,
and they look, you know, pretty

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pretty well under control for most
everything here. Um,

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you know, every once in a while you have
somebody intoxicated, which seems kind

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of obvious, but but uh but they seem to
handle it pretty well. And um

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there were there weren't any, you know,
major medical issues or ma major um

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issues there at all. Um, so I I do think
we have made great strides in trying to

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kind of tamp down the noise as best we
can. Um, yeah, I would only chime in uh

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with the times that I visited. I did
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Uh, they were actually pleased with the
way the changes that were made for this

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year. Yeah.
>> How things were operating, uh, how they

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were counting uh, attendees. And so that
all definitely improved. Yeah, it was

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great to tour the command center and see
kind of all the assets that they had and

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cameras that are up and the work that uh
all the staff has done u you know keep

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people safe and um I have a chance to
kind of listen to the music and see the

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sound and walk around and understand
what we've done under the stage and

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around the stage and try and limit the
sound and not to diminish that people

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still are concerned because I saw every
email that came uh for complaints but

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so I think we just continue to work on

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that, try to find ways to to make it um,
more palatable for the people that are

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having to deal with that those those
noise issues. Um, it seemed a shorter

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season. I mean, we we definitely closed
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» in August.
>> In there was there was five less

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concerts. I think there were 33 last
year and there were 27.

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» Yeah.
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the last one was I think August 22nd.
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» modest mouse I think was the last one.
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how how it kind of went because I know
you know uh cost is a concern for them

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too and like I'm sure that's why the the
the stage went away sooner and just

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wondering how the economic development
went. Was it you know did are they

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finding a a sweet spot is the number of
concerts good you know number of

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attendees that kind of thing. So just
love to know that curiosity. Anyway so

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yeah thank you. I mean, just to I assume
you're sharing this information with the

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treehouse in terms of complaints and I
hope that we have more granular so that

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they can say we got most complaints
because of these two bands or

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» on these two nights and maybe there's
something about those two acts that uh

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contributes and maybe they want to take
that into consideration when they're

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making their lineup.
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and and just for the I I assume we're

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all geared up for the marathon this
weekend. People are aware in town that

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we have of a half marathon going on and
um notifications have gone out. Path is

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good. Um police is aware, EMS is aware.
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» Great. Thank you.
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Okay. Um,
again with the half marathon, I think

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we've got to keep an eye on that as well
to make sure that that goes as as

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smoothly as possible. I know that uh
I've seen the the flyers that they've

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sent out to the residents as far as
closures and stuff like that. So, I

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think that's that's a good start with
it. We're going to make sure that again

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it's minimum inconvenience to the town
people. So,

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all right. Next uh is um we've applied
for the Purple Heart community for um

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Deerfield and uh we're actually going to
have uh the ceremony for it on November

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12th, the day after Veterans Day. And um
the way that it's set up is we're going

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to have signs that will
that are going to be at the entrance to

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the major roadways going into Deerfield
right now. And um

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so it I think that as far as the
ceremony itself goes going to be here,

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right?
>> Yeah, we're still coordinating the the

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exact details with Alvarillis from the
Order of the Purple Heart. Um but yes,

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likely in the afternoon, November 12th,
that was something that was instituted

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by the Savage family, family from uh
Eastern A. they uh their uncles

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or great uncles were the Broncos. I
think there were two of them that were

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killed in World War II and that's why
they were bringing it up and um so we we

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move forward with it and so we are now
going to be a Purple Heart community and

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probably something we should have done a
while ago but we're getting it done now.

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Uh the next thing is commemoration of
the 50th anniversary of Walter O.

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decision's death in the line of duty on
October 2nd, 1976.

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Walter was a Deerfield police officer
that was hit by a vehicle and was killed

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out of five and 10. And um he has uh his
family has always lived in town and

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Walter was regarded as a uh just a great
guy all around but as far as police

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officer goes he's the guy with the jelly
beans and uh he was just a really really

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nice guy and he was always there to
help. He was either coaching working for

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the fire department, the police
department. He was an allaround great

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guy. So, uh this is this ceremony again
will be uh basically just to rededicate

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his memorial in the front of the town
hall and uh his two sons will be there

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for it and uh that's Friday the 2nd at
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want to apologize. I'm not going to be
in the country at the time. So I will

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have to miss miss this ceremony. But I'm
thoughts are with the decision family.

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» You got anything else you want to add to
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» Okay. Um
board of health. We have

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anything on the board of health agenda?
>> No. No. um continuing to wait on some

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updates on the housing court case for
next week. Um I I believe um Ned

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attended the the MAFCO event yesterday.
Jennifer, I don't know if you have any

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from that.
>> I I uh I attended as well. Pretty quick

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meeting. Um u
Archer dropped off the certain uh books.

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There's a toolkit and a um
and the guide. So we should kind of get

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familiar on that. Uh there is going to
be a training coming up on um

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public health 101 and
I think that we're going to try and fit

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in another training as well, but that's
I'll I'll get some updates for you on

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the dates on that. They haven't dated
yet.

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» Is that going to be a tabletop type?
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it was going to be a kind of a grouping
group uh inerson training on some of

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that stuff. So, I'll get some more data
on that soon as soon as they have a date

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for us.
>> All right.

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Before we move on, I've got a couple of
things. Um, first I want to make a

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request. Could you um actually post to
the Deerfield Massachusetts Facebook

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page and share to other social media the
course the half marathon course or

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whatever information you have. It's not
on our website at the moment. So, town

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website
Facebook page just so we can share with

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people. Um,
>> yeah, I'm thinking I may have done it a

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while ago. It's time to update it.
>> Yeah. Yeah. And, um, couple of other

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things I just wanted to say that uh, the
solar array on the Tilton library is up.

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It functions. It's waiting for
Eversource to um, review and approve the

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system operation. So, it's capable of
producing electricity. It just has to

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wait until Ever says it can. Um, and the
solar array on the 1888 municipal

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offices building is probably going to be
completed this week or early next week

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and it will go through a similar period
of waiting for Eversource to recognize

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that it can start operation.

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Also, that speaking to Tilton, I know
it's a little early, but October 8th

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they'll have the grand opening. um so
everybody can see see it all. I think

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it's open now, but they'll have a a
ceremony so you can go and um check it

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out. That's at 4:00 between 4 and 6 on
October 8th.

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» Yep.
So uh I guess we're going to approve the

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minutes of last meeting. So I move that
the select board approve the meeting

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minutes of September 2nd, 2026 as
presented.

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» Y now they're they're they're almost
done. They'll be on the next meeting. So

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okay, not quite available,
>> right? In reading.

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» Okay, disregard that.
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okay, so the next one is the review vote
on the facility use policy. You want to

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explain that one?
>> Yeah. And um I'm sorry I keep passing

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things to you, Greg, but but uh yeah, so
essentially this this is something that

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came up last year. Um you know, once the
the Tilt Library moved back into, you

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know, its permanent home at the Tilt
Library, um you know, we wanted to

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figure out what to do with the 1821
meeting house. Um we've certainly been

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having a series of um you know,
different groups and events uh using

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that space. Um, and it felt logical to
kind of come up with an actual policy on

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how to have outside groups use town
facilities. Um, so Greg working with um,

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Matthew Morris, our DPW superintendent,
came up with a a proposed schedule fees

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and then some other policy questions,
but I'll pass it over to him to speak to

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the details there.
>> I think the really the the main sort of

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conversation we should have is do the
fees look reasonable? uh is there

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anything that we haven't considered with
the fees? Uh if nonprofits should be

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given a waiver of fees uh and then
finally um you know what how do we want

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to proceed with any sort of alcohol on
the premises if at all. It's it's really

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up to you. Um you can issue one day
liquor licenses for for events but they

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do have to follow uh you know proper
procedure in terms of um being legal,

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they can't serve unless they have
someone that's

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certified.
>> So, um it's really up to you. Um I'm

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open to hearing your thoughts on it.
>> I I would think it's um I would think we

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would follow the same policy as, you
know, anybody else that needs is wants

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to do a certain wine and beer or
something like that. Um

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and we would have a one day liquor
license. uh they would need to have

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insurance and I mean I'm not sure how
often it would would take place for

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events there but you know if somebody's
having a community wants to do a

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retirement party or something there
people are going to serve beer wine it's

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you know I think yeah you'd need to be
tips drain certified and all of that and

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have insurance so I'm in favor of it

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» the other question that I had is that uh
we were thinking about some of the

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groups in Deerfield that might be using
it as a permanent home such as you know

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like the VFW that was in they were in
the 1888 building and if the women's

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club wanted to have that as a place for
them to go and if we have anything to do

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with scouting and that type of thing
that the fee would be waved for those

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groups
>> that are could be meeting on a monthly

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basis or some some weekly basis. So I
wanted to know if you could throw that

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in there as well and you
thoughts on that agree with that too for

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sure.
>> Yeah. I basically think that the fees

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that we're starting out with are logical
but for you know

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public service groups should be able to
use town space without fees.

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All right. That being said I'll read the
motion on this one. We did do this one.

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Right.
Move that the select board adopt the

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town of Deerfield facilities use policy
and application as presented effective

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immediately.

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» Second with adjustments that I think
you'll make to the

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» Yep.

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» All those in favor Daniel I. Tin LG
>> Lakemore High

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be a learning process. I'm sure
>> revisions to come.

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» Yeah.

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» Okay.

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Okay. Um, execute the hazard mitigation
plan update contract with Furco in the

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amount of $30,000.
>> Sure. So earlier this summer, as as you

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may recall, uh the town was notified
that we were awarded a $30,000 grant um

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from the municipal and uh tribal um
forgetting the acronym, but MTA

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um
>> Amy Han, our land use coordinator, had

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kind of went out and applied for this
grant. Um, we think, you know, kind of a

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logical body to carry this work forward
and updating our multi-hazard mitigation

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plan would be our municipal
vulnerability group. Um, so certainly

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that's going to be on their agenda for
next week is taking this up. Um, Amy did

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seek out a number of quotes for those
services. We had uh, I think moved

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forward with the application with a
quote from GZA. Um, ultimately that

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wasn't going to fit in the award. Um, we
contacted Ferg and they were able to, as

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they've done in the past, you know,
provide a fee for a proposal for this

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work. Um, so I would suggest at this
time that the, you know, the motion

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before you is, um, you know, contingent
upon receipt of grant funds. We don't

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have those just yet. So, we'll finalize
execution after that.

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» Sounds good.
So, in other words, we're going to vote

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on it with
>> Yes, but we're not going to send it to

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Furk until we get the money.
Move that the select board authorize the

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chair to execute the memorandum of
understanding between the town of

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Deerfield and the Franklin Regional
Council of Governments for hazard

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mitigation plan update services in an
amount not to exceed $30,000 contingent

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upon the town's execution of and receipt
of funding under the municipal and

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tribal technical assistance grant
agreement from the Commonwealth's

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federal funds and infrastructure office
and further authorize the town

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administer ministator to execute any
nonsubstantive

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documents necessary to implement the
project.

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» Second
>> discussion to go.

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» All those in favor Daniel I.
>> Tim LG I

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» Gilmore I was getting great to get a
grant to do this work. It's awesome.

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» Awesome.
>> Okay. Now we're at a senior housing

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proposal for 8385
street.

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» Sure. So I'll just give a little
background here. Um you know this is the

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second time around that the town put out
an RFP for senior housing for 8385 North

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Street, also obviously known as the the
St. James Church site. Um we received

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one proposal from RDI. Uh they're the
development way of the Franklin Regional

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Housing Authority. Um
you should have a copy of that proposal

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in front of you. Um back in July, the
board appointed members of a a basically

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a proposal evaluation committee to to
vent the proposal. Um that committee

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ended up meeting a number of times. Um
they did a site visit with RDI to

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Sanderson Place. We had a a one-on-one
meeting with RDI to actually discuss

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some concerns that that committee
members had um and ultimately committee

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members um evaluate the proposal and
submitted that back to Furco who has

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been handling the procurement process
for us. Um so on most fronts

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advantageous or highly advantageous was
the the rating for the the proposal. Um,

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Burkhog then opened our price proposal
which we knew was going to be um, you

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know, not not a mind-blowing amount of
money. It's a it's $1. Um, and that was

417
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:05,440
expected given the the budget that uh,
RDI had put forward which requires as

418
00:36:04,079 --> 00:36:10,880
was mentioned earlier tonight some
additional subsidy from the town.

419
00:36:08,079 --> 00:36:16,000
So, at this point um, that you know the
board has the proposal in front of them.

420
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:20,160
um you know we need to whether it's
tonight or at a future point make a

421
00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:25,440
decision about either selecting RDI as
the the developer for the site uh or

422
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:31,119
moving on and and and um you know
finding out a different way to approach

423
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:34,400
the project. Um Lisa me from town
council is here uh to answer any

424
00:36:33,119 --> 00:36:38,560
questions that the board may have. This
is obviously new territory for the town.

425
00:36:36,720 --> 00:36:42,960
This is kind of further along the path
of senior housing than the town has been

426
00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:47,119
previously. Um, so certainly if there
are questions about what we're doing

427
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:51,119
tonight or about uh a prospective land
development agreement with RDI, should

428
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:57,640
the the board decide to go that way, uh,
Lisa is available here to to talk to.

429
00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:57,640
» Great.

430
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:07,920
You got what? Yes. So Lisa, I want to
ask a little bit um about the process in

431
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:13,200
that, you know, we we've been asked to
kind of move the move the ball forward

432
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:17,040
down the field a little bit and uh allow
the town boards to kind of start start

433
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:25,839
their work to see if this project is
feasible. Um do we have one one swing at

434
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:30,800
the bat? or should we have um should we
hold and get other I mean it seems like

435
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:36,400
the questions that were asked um tonight
will be flushed out in multiple meetings

436
00:37:33,359 --> 00:37:43,440
through different boards like ZBA
conservation all of that stuff um if we

437
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:49,839
accepted this proposal to move forward
down the road do we have other um other

438
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:56,240
steps in the process where we could pull
it back or um you know just looking for

439
00:37:53,280 --> 00:38:00,000
a timeline of how this project would go
forward and what kind of control this

440
00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:07,359
board has.
>> Sure. Um so let me let me first say that

441
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:12,560
um I have um I've reviewed the RFP and I
have reviewed the proposal

442
00:38:09,599 --> 00:38:19,280
um and nothing in the either the
financing or the timeline that's

443
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:23,440
presented by the proponent um strikes me
as unusual.

444
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:29,440
» Right. Um, in fact, I think that the
timeline that is set forth is a very

445
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:36,560
realistic timeline. Um, over this past
year, I think I've negotiated

446
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:41,280
three other LDAs for other communities
um related to uh moderate and lowincome

447
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:46,560
housing.
um none of them senior although I have

448
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:54,960
been a proponent on a senior housing
project um in a community on behalf of

449
00:38:49,760 --> 00:39:01,520
uh a private entity. So none of it is um
strikes me as being unusual. Um and the

450
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:07,920
the part that they're looking for
funding from further funding from the

451
00:39:04,079 --> 00:39:12,160
CPA um is also not unusual in these
projects. if you're going to get fund if

452
00:39:09,839 --> 00:39:22,960
you're going to get housing that is um
60 50 and 30% um AMI not at all unusual

453
00:39:19,119 --> 00:39:30,640
um that having been said um I there are
comments as you suggested um Trevor that

454
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:36,160
uh are going to be addressed in a zoning
process for example you know all the

455
00:39:33,119 --> 00:39:40,640
storm water for you know in conservation
um the the design of the building. All

456
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:44,880
of that is all part of a comprehensive
permit process in front of the zoning

457
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:49,359
board of appeals and anything like that.
I think that this firm would sit with

458
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:53,920
the zoning board of appeals to um help
them with the comprehensive permit proc

459
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:58,400
process because I don't think that the
board has been through very many if any

460
00:39:56,000 --> 00:40:04,160
of those um permits. Mhm.
>> Um so the from a timing point of view

461
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:11,520
the next step really is if the board
decides um that they would accept

462
00:40:07,599 --> 00:40:16,720
tenatively accept the RDI proposal based
upon the negotiation of a land

463
00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:20,240
disposition agreement then we get to
negotiate the agreement. Now, there's a

464
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:25,520
sample agreement that was included in
the RFP, but you know, a lot of the

465
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:30,320
details that are in the proposal now
have to be worked into the land

466
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:35,119
disposition agreement. And so, that's
your second bite of the apple, if you

467
00:40:32,079 --> 00:40:39,839
will, right? So, you you say, "Okay,
tenatively we accept the RDI proposal as

468
00:40:38,079 --> 00:40:43,760
it's presented." And there'll be
contingencies, right? There's going to

469
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:48,640
be contingencies on this. You don't have
any control over the CPA. So there's

470
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:52,880
contingencies on whether the or the CPC
the contingencies on whether that gets

471
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:58,079
funded and whether town meeting agrees
to fund that. There's contingencies in

472
00:40:54,960 --> 00:41:01,359
here relative to them getting initial
funding. Right? Then there's

473
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:04,880
contingencies on them getting their
permits. Then there's contingencies

474
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:10,640
based upon whether or not they get their
final funding. But so those would all be

475
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:15,839
worked into the LDA. And I think
probably if I'm them, one of the first

476
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:22,640
things I am going to do is seek that
funding from the town, at least approval

477
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:25,359
by the CPC committee and town meetings
because then I'm I'm going to know if

478
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:27,839
I'm going to be able to go forward.
>> Right.

479
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:32,000
» Um right. So that that's going to be
worked into the LDA, but I'm not going

480
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:36,400
to if I'm them, I'm not doing that. And
and as the town, you don't want them to

481
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:40,880
do it until we have a signed land
disposition agreement. So those your

482
00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:47,200
your first trigger is tonight or
whenever you decide to make the decision

483
00:41:43,119 --> 00:41:52,400
to move forward contingent on the you
know the agreement of an LDA and and

484
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:57,359
assuming the parties can reach an
agreement on an LDA then the next

485
00:41:55,359 --> 00:42:00,640
contingencies will be laid out in the
LDA related to funding and things of

486
00:41:59,839 --> 00:42:06,079
that nature.
>> Yeah, that I that helps quite a bit. I I

487
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:10,400
kind of I assess that that would would
generally be it. You know, this is just

488
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:15,280
kind of saying, hey, there's a developer
that's interested. They put a proposal

489
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:19,200
together. It's really a rough proposal
and what they think they could make

490
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:24,240
happen there, but there is a lot of
decisions that still need to be made.

491
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:29,040
Can you fit 34 units on this thing? Um,
you know, can you can you get a approval

492
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:33,280
for the height of the building? Can you
get uh approval an exemption for the

493
00:42:31,599 --> 00:42:38,000
number of parking? I have I have some
concerns about the size of it, the

494
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:41,520
parking, um, and you know, some other
things, but I know our conservation

495
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:45,760
commission will deal with kind of the
water and out to the ri out to the

496
00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:50,160
brook. Um, there's quite a bit of work
that still needs to be done. I just want

497
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:56,880
to make sure that this this board still
has a say at like if if we start through

498
00:42:53,119 --> 00:43:02,000
this process and realize that you know
that it isn't going to be feasible uh

499
00:42:59,119 --> 00:43:06,240
it's going to be too much um that we
have a way to back that off and then

500
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:11,040
also all the residents in town have a
say whether this is going to go forward.

501
00:43:07,839 --> 00:43:16,560
Do they want to fund the CPA um to to
make the project worthwhile? I

502
00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:21,839
personally I think yes money is you know
it's a lot of money for sure. Um the way

503
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:27,599
I look at it it's you know a million and
a half investment to a a 30 something

504
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:31,280
million dollar project in your community
that will provide housing for our

505
00:43:29,839 --> 00:43:36,800
seniors that we've been looking for for
a quarter of a century. Um I think it's

506
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:40,400
worth doing but I you know I I wish
there was a better spot for it. you

507
00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:44,319
know, we've looked around and looked
around and looked around and really

508
00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:49,760
having a hard time finding a good spot
for this. Um, so this is an option and I

509
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:54,319
don't think it's finalized and I would
be curious to see it go forward and just

510
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:59,680
see what can come of the process and
what the other boards feel about it. Um,

511
00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:06,319
and what the residents want to vote for
it, you do do they want to fund it?

512
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:10,880
» Yeah. So, let me let me just say um that
the you're not going to get any more the

513
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:16,000
town isn't going to get any more details
yet about

514
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:20,720
you know about you know the storm water
and the height and all of that. They've

515
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:24,800
done some preliminary work and so the
next effort is really negotiating the

516
00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:28,000
land disposition agreement.
>> Yeah. And then once that happens,

517
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:31,119
they're going to make sure they at least
have, you know, a portion of this

518
00:44:29,359 --> 00:44:37,520
funding in place, right? Yeah.
>> And then once that happens, then they'll

519
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:42,960
start to refine the design. Now, I think
it's fair and I I frankly I just did

520
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:46,079
this in another community where there
was some concern about some of the

521
00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:50,560
design and some of the parking, for
example, and we work that out in the

522
00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:55,680
land disposition agreement between the
select board and the developer. So that

523
00:44:54,079 --> 00:44:59,280
you know certain if there are
overarching concerns those are worked

524
00:44:57,440 --> 00:45:04,720
out in the land in the land disposition
agreement so that when it's presented to

525
00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:09,599
the zoning board of appeals
your

526
00:45:06,240 --> 00:45:12,960
concerns are addressed in in that
process. But they're not going to

527
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:18,319
they're not going to spend the money to
do civil and architectural drawings now.

528
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:21,760
They're just not going to do that.
Nobody's going to do that.

529
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:25,520
» No. You don't have a Yeah. They don't
have a a pathway yet.

530
00:45:23,839 --> 00:45:29,200
» No.
>> Um, so I guess the first step is to kind

531
00:45:27,599 --> 00:45:33,200
of move it down the down the field so
that people could decide is and and they

532
00:45:31,359 --> 00:45:37,920
can decide and we could find out is
there money, is there funding, is it

533
00:45:35,119 --> 00:45:42,560
worth flushing this out to be something
um where we'll address a lot of concerns

534
00:45:39,839 --> 00:45:47,280
of the town and and and maybe we won't
address them all and maybe it maybe the

535
00:45:44,160 --> 00:45:51,760
project doesn't move forward, but it um
we we have to kind of move it forward to

536
00:45:49,599 --> 00:45:56,160
find out, you know. You can't right
unless well I mean you could reject a

537
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:59,200
proposal for sure but then but then
>> back is where you know

538
00:45:57,520 --> 00:46:03,040
» where are you and then
>> but nobody's going to do anything until

539
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:08,079
they know how they have an agreement and
the agreement is going to have a number

540
00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:13,760
of contingencies in it right
>> and I think I think I would like um to

541
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:19,920
meet with the members of the town who
are against the project initially to

542
00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:24,319
find out uh you know I we have some
detailed questions here, but just to

543
00:46:21,599 --> 00:46:29,760
fully understand that so that when we
when this board negotiates um the land

544
00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:34,640
disposition agreement, we can try to
capture most of that in that we can. And

545
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:40,319
then of course, it's not it's not all up
to us. It's up to ZBA and it's up to um

546
00:46:38,319 --> 00:46:44,560
CPA and up to the conservation
commission to kind of hash out the rest

547
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:49,359
of it. But um we just really want to
have a good list of what the objections

548
00:46:46,319 --> 00:46:52,400
are and can we can we bridge those? you
know, we you won't always bridge

549
00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:58,079
everything, but you want to get as much
as you can figured out. So,

550
00:46:55,839 --> 00:47:04,400
» so just to recap shortly, basically,
there's lots and lots of steps between

551
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:10,400
saying to RDI, we would like to discuss
negotiating a land disposition agreement

552
00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:15,760
and an actual project. And so, planning
board, zoning board, conservation

553
00:47:12,319 --> 00:47:22,079
commission, um
community input, etc. will all come

554
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:26,960
after we either say yay or nay to
>> negotiate.

555
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:30,480
» Yeah. So um if I could Tim um no
planning board, right? So the proposal

556
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:35,119
is to do
>> a 40B, right? So the zoning board sits

557
00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:40,000
as the permit granting authority for all
local boards and commissions except the

558
00:47:38,240 --> 00:47:44,800
conservation commission which will sit
to apply the state wetlands act. the

559
00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:49,599
zoning board would apply the local
wetlands act in so far as um if the

560
00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:54,240
applicant were asking for any waiverss
from the local bylaw. So um it's the

561
00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:59,079
zoning board and the conservation
commission.

562
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:59,079
» Great. Thanks for that clarification.

563
00:48:01,839 --> 00:48:09,440
So Lisa, moving this forward is just
basically going to start the ball

564
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:15,280
rolling as far as getting all the and
I'm just rehashing this so I I

565
00:48:11,280 --> 00:48:20,720
understand it so that the other boards
can react. we can we can actually start

566
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:25,599
uh looking at some of the problems that
we have with this and negotiating with

567
00:48:22,720 --> 00:48:30,079
them on that aspect as well and be able
to get some of the concerns of the

568
00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:36,559
residents in town as far as having them
be addressed by RDI.

569
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:43,520
» Yeah. So I I so yeah let me give you
some examples, Blake. Um, so I I kind of

570
00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:49,119
heard one of the neighbors um talk about
a concern about a tree, which is really

571
00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:54,000
important, right? And so it may be that
that tree is on the on the town side of

572
00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:59,040
the property line. I don't know where
the tree is, but and but let's say it's

573
00:48:56,640 --> 00:49:03,839
on the town side of the property line.
And if it's possible for example that

574
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:10,079
because of the importance of that tree
that RDI site plan retains that tree

575
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:14,800
then then we need to put that in the LDA
that you know any plans moving forward

576
00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:19,200
will retain the tree for example and
protect it during construction. So those

577
00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:22,400
are you know those are the kinds of
things and then obviously you can you

578
00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:26,319
know they're going to have to comply
with the state storm water policy. So

579
00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:29,680
that's going to you you can they have to
do that no matter what, but you can put

580
00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:34,559
it in the agreement if you want to make
sure that it's in the agreement, right?

581
00:49:31,839 --> 00:49:38,319
So if you if you're concerned about
parking and you understand what their

582
00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:42,559
issues are with parking, then maybe you
all work out that maybe there's a few

583
00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:47,440
more spaces. I don't know. So those are
the kinds of things you can work out

584
00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:52,079
initially in the in the land disposition
agreement in addition to the very

585
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:56,079
important factors related to the timing
and the finances. All

586
00:49:55,280 --> 00:50:00,559
right.
>> Yeah.

587
00:49:58,480 --> 00:50:05,920
» So, as far as us pulling this back in,
if there's again there's an impass

588
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:10,000
land acquisition,
>> how it would be through that?

589
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:15,119
» Yeah. If in the negotiations of the land
disposition agreement, if the parties

590
00:50:12,720 --> 00:50:18,640
either you or RDI say, "Nope, I'm
sorry." RDI says, "Nope, that wasn't in

591
00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:22,559
our proposal. There's no way we can do
that." and the select board says, "Well,

592
00:50:20,640 --> 00:50:28,240
that's not that's not a hill I'm willing
to die on. Forget it." Then then it's

593
00:50:25,680 --> 00:50:33,680
over. Right? Because
>> so you're you would be saying, "Okay, we

594
00:50:31,599 --> 00:50:39,359
vote, let's say you decided to vote
tonight. Uh we vote to move forward with

595
00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:45,599
the RDI proposal and start entering
negotiations on a land disposition

596
00:50:42,079 --> 00:50:50,240
agreement." And either you come to terms
on land disposition agreement or you

597
00:50:47,359 --> 00:50:57,200
don't, right? And if you don't, you're
done. If you do, then you move forward.

598
00:50:54,880 --> 00:51:00,880
» I don't think we can address all the
questions that residents have unless we

599
00:50:59,359 --> 00:51:05,280
start the process.
>> Um cuz we have the proposal as it is,

600
00:51:03,839 --> 00:51:09,200
you know,
>> they really need to know, can they get

601
00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:13,040
the funding? Are we moving forward? And,
you know, can we come up with a deal

602
00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:17,920
somewhere? And there and there's there
may be some things that you can't that

603
00:51:15,040 --> 00:51:24,160
the zoning board may have to weigh in
on, right? Just but those things that

604
00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:28,640
are priorities of yours um and
understanding more in depth perhaps some

605
00:51:26,720 --> 00:51:34,000
of the funding mechanisms. Yeah.
>> Then that's what you pull out during the

606
00:51:31,040 --> 00:51:39,079
negotiation of the um land disposition
agreement.

607
00:51:36,079 --> 00:51:39,079
Good.

608
00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:42,960
» All right.

609
00:51:44,960 --> 00:51:50,640
I want to ask a question. Lisa, I'm just
curious to hear if in these other

610
00:51:49,119 --> 00:51:54,960
projects you've been involved with,
there is some kind of uh project

611
00:51:52,720 --> 00:51:57,520
committee that's formed um just to make
sure that all these different

612
00:51:56,079 --> 00:52:00,720
stakeholders and boards and committees
we're talking about are at the table in

613
00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:04,880
some way, shape or form.
>> In the land disposition agreement,

614
00:52:02,480 --> 00:52:10,559
usually there is a team that the town
administrator or manager might have they

615
00:52:08,800 --> 00:52:15,280
appoint, right? So it's an
administrative team that they would

616
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:20,640
appoint that might have a financial
concern in might represent the select

617
00:52:17,839 --> 00:52:25,280
board uh might represent the senior
housing committee uh might represent the

618
00:52:23,119 --> 00:52:28,559
citizen or something like that. So, a
small that would be the small

619
00:52:26,559 --> 00:52:33,040
negotiating committee and that would
then um go back to the select board,

620
00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:36,880
right? So, the select board might say,
"Here are our concerns, Chris. We want

621
00:52:35,599 --> 00:52:42,559
to make sure you address these
concerns." Then the committee sits down

622
00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:45,839
and negotiates the agreement myself. You
know, I know I do the drafting, go back

623
00:52:44,319 --> 00:52:52,119
and forth with the committee,
>> and then we bring it back to the board.

624
00:52:48,319 --> 00:52:52,119
» Sounds like a good process.

625
00:52:53,599 --> 00:53:02,880
Yeah. Now, as far as this goes with the
I know that was brought up tonight as

626
00:52:59,760 --> 00:53:11,440
well that um the neighbors would like
people that are uh around this project

627
00:53:06,720 --> 00:53:16,640
would like to have a um a a view of the
site with RDI. Can we make that as a

628
00:53:14,160 --> 00:53:23,359
contingency of this as we're moving this
forward or we don't have that option?

629
00:53:19,839 --> 00:53:29,839
Well, so I think there's um so of course
you have the option and and the question

630
00:53:25,680 --> 00:53:36,720
is um when and how, right? So it may be
a good idea early on and everybody, you

631
00:53:34,240 --> 00:53:41,680
know, and I'm not here to argue RDI's
case. I've just seen this enough. They

632
00:53:39,440 --> 00:53:43,680
do not have enough specifics,
>> right,

633
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:49,440
» to address all of the questions that
have been put forward. They're just not

634
00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:55,359
there in the process yet, right? But
importantly, it would be good if they

635
00:53:52,079 --> 00:53:58,720
heard the concerns of the neighbors as
they walked around the site. I don't

636
00:53:57,200 --> 00:54:04,720
think there's anything wrong with that
at all. But I don't want to um put

637
00:54:01,680 --> 00:54:10,000
unrealistic expectations out to those
abutters because they're ju they just

638
00:54:07,599 --> 00:54:12,880
don't have the details yet and they're
not going to have the details for a long

639
00:54:12,240 --> 00:54:18,880
time.
>> Right. Yeah. I mean, it's a it's several

640
00:54:15,119 --> 00:54:24,319
years of a project and um yeah, there's
just a lot of work left to do,

641
00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:28,720
» right? A rough schematic, a rough layout
of a property, but

642
00:54:26,720 --> 00:54:32,480
this is not a guaranteed building in a
guaranteed spot. You know, it's about

643
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:38,160
they can guess at, you know, with the
money that they've,

644
00:54:33,680 --> 00:54:42,640
» you know, put forward in a bid. So, um,
but yeah, it would be great once once we

645
00:54:41,200 --> 00:54:46,079
get the ball rolling to, you know,
because I I'm sure they're going to want

646
00:54:43,920 --> 00:54:50,079
to hear those concerns and say, "How do
we address them? Can we address them?"

647
00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:53,680
» Yeah. I don't think there's any problem
with RDI meeting the neighbors out on

648
00:54:52,480 --> 00:54:58,880
site and,
>> you know, and Christopher and, you know,

649
00:54:56,800 --> 00:55:02,640
one or two of you, not too well, you'd
have them posted, but one of you to walk

650
00:55:01,839 --> 00:55:04,559
around.
>> Yeah.

651
00:55:03,040 --> 00:55:06,400
» To walk around the site.
>> Yeah.

652
00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:12,040
» Right. I I don't think that hurts at
all.

653
00:55:06,720 --> 00:55:12,040
» Right. Would benefit for sure.

654
00:55:12,559 --> 00:55:16,400
» That's fine. I don't I don't have a
strong feeling about

655
00:55:14,720 --> 00:55:22,319
» I think we should post it and we should
go. Yeah, that's fine. That's fine.

656
00:55:19,359 --> 00:55:27,640
Okay. Thank you.
Anything else?

657
00:55:24,240 --> 00:55:27,640
All right. So,

658
00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:34,160
I don't think we're going to learn
anything more by delaying this than we

659
00:55:32,160 --> 00:55:41,359
already know. The committee reviewed
this RFP that came back with favorable

660
00:55:37,680 --> 00:55:46,319
or advantageous or highly advantageous
I believe almost unanimously if not

661
00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:51,359
unanimously. Um there's a process in
place. The abutters are definitely uh

662
00:55:49,599 --> 00:55:56,799
going to be a big part of the process
moving forward. Their rights are

663
00:55:52,880 --> 00:56:04,640
protected in any development. So,
um I think we should go ahead and start

664
00:56:00,240 --> 00:56:09,839
the vote to approve this RDI as a
developer and try to negotiate a land

665
00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:15,599
development agreement and uh
>> and then, you know, add conditions that

666
00:56:12,720 --> 00:56:20,400
we have. I know that the ZBA knows more
about parking than I do and that they

667
00:56:18,319 --> 00:56:25,839
will probably require certain things to
occur if this project moves forward um

668
00:56:23,760 --> 00:56:31,839
that will inform their decision about
whether they need more or fewer parking

669
00:56:27,839 --> 00:56:35,839
spaces. Um, so you know, that's my
opinion is that we should vote tonight

670
00:56:33,280 --> 00:56:43,520
to approve RBI as the approved
contractor or or proponent of this

671
00:56:39,440 --> 00:56:48,160
senior housing project, whether it is 34
or whether it goes through the process

672
00:56:45,119 --> 00:56:52,079
and it's reduced or whether it falls
apart.

673
00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:55,920
» You know, this is this is a great site.
There are some things about it that are

674
00:56:53,680 --> 00:57:01,280
not perfect, but it's in the center of
town. It's walkable. You can walk to the

675
00:56:59,119 --> 00:57:08,319
uh library, you can walk to Chesix
Market, you can walk to Buenois, you

676
00:57:04,559 --> 00:57:13,920
can, you know, uh walk church probably.
So, uh you know, it's it's centrally

677
00:57:11,680 --> 00:57:18,240
located in the most densely populated
area of town, which is really where you

678
00:57:16,720 --> 00:57:21,520
want it. You don't want it out in a
field somewhere in the corner of town

679
00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:26,559
because then all the seniors are
isolated from the center of town for the

680
00:57:24,319 --> 00:57:31,200
same reason that the town hall building
makes sense as a community senior center

681
00:57:28,960 --> 00:57:37,200
because it's centrally located. Senior
housing makes sense seniorly centrally

682
00:57:33,760 --> 00:57:41,040
located. So hopefully
uh you know these issues can be worked

683
00:57:39,119 --> 00:57:45,040
out through a process but the process is
going to be a year or two years. It took

684
00:57:43,440 --> 00:57:49,920
it took Sunderland three and a half
years to complete their process before

685
00:57:48,319 --> 00:57:54,319
Sanderson Place was built.
>> So, it will take a long time. And I

686
00:57:51,839 --> 00:57:59,200
think I'm glad that the, you know,
because we have CPA involved, uh, funds

687
00:57:57,359 --> 00:58:03,760
involved in this project. It's up to the
residents, too. Once we get that final

688
00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:07,040
plan figured out and, you know, we get
it flushed out far enough that everybody

689
00:58:05,440 --> 00:58:11,200
understands the funding, then it's up to
the residents. Do do we really want to

690
00:58:08,640 --> 00:58:16,400
fund this and move forward?
So I think I can't get an answer.

691
00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:21,280
» So if I if I could just if your vote Mr.
um Hilchie it would be um that you would

692
00:58:19,359 --> 00:58:26,480
approve them subject to successful
negotiation of land disposition

693
00:58:23,280 --> 00:58:30,799
» to the the motion that we have prepared
for us. Yeah.

694
00:58:29,119 --> 00:58:36,880
» You got Yeah, you've got two motions in
front of you, Blake, but uh Lisa's got

695
00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:42,240
one to suggest. Take that one, too.
>> I'm sorry. Well, listen. Can I maybe

696
00:58:39,920 --> 00:58:44,880
read that one and then listen to
>> what?

697
00:58:42,640 --> 00:58:49,839
» Well, the thing is is that I think that
this one's what you said doesn't

698
00:58:47,680 --> 00:58:51,680
necessarily line up with the one I have
in front of me. So,

699
00:58:50,559 --> 00:58:54,000
» we'll take we'll give you a friendly
amendment once we're done. So, read it

700
00:58:53,599 --> 00:58:57,200
and then we'll
>> you're going to do an amendment.

701
00:58:54,960 --> 00:59:01,040
» Yeah. see what says it. Move that the
select board designate Rural Development

702
00:58:59,119 --> 00:59:06,720
Incorporated RDI as the preferred
developer for the development of 8385

703
00:59:04,160 --> 00:59:11,359
North Main Street, a senior housing and
authorized town council and the town

704
00:59:09,200 --> 00:59:16,799
administrator to enter into negotiations
with RDI regarding the terms of a

705
00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:21,680
disposition and development agreement
subject to further select board approval

706
00:59:19,440 --> 00:59:27,119
of any final
agreement and compliance with all

707
00:59:24,640 --> 00:59:31,599
applicable procurements disposition
permitting and funding requirements.

708
00:59:30,640 --> 00:59:34,240
» That works.
>> Okay.

709
00:59:32,640 --> 00:59:36,480
» Second.
>> All those in favor?

710
00:59:35,520 --> 00:59:39,760
» McDaniel. I
>> Tim Hilchi. I

711
00:59:37,440 --> 00:59:41,200
» Blake Gilmore. I
>> do.

712
00:59:40,559 --> 00:59:44,160
» Well, great.
>> Ball's going down. We'll see where it

713
00:59:42,880 --> 00:59:48,559
goes.
>> Great. Thank you all for being

714
00:59:47,760 --> 00:59:51,799
Thanks for joining us.
>> So, bye.

715
00:59:55,760 --> 00:59:59,559
What else do we have?

716
01:00:09,599 --> 01:00:17,839
» Question.
This limited development agreement. Will

717
01:00:15,839 --> 01:00:23,280
the terms and all the information in
that agreement be available to residents

718
01:00:20,480 --> 01:00:27,200
to see when it's prepared?
I believe when it's done. Yeah.

719
01:00:24,799 --> 01:00:33,640
» Yeah. The contract, any any agreement
will certainly be a public record. Yeah.

720
01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:33,640
» Before it's approved.

721
01:00:33,680 --> 01:00:41,200
» Yeah. We'll we'll we'll have to talk to
council about exactly what can be um

722
01:00:39,280 --> 01:00:46,680
made available to residents during the
negotiation process.

723
01:00:43,520 --> 01:00:46,680
» Thank you.

724
01:00:47,040 --> 01:00:54,240
» Moving on to appointments.
Um

725
01:00:52,000 --> 01:00:59,680
Samantha Zish full-time paramedic
effective September 30th 2026 and she

726
01:00:57,040 --> 01:01:03,280
used to replace one of the two that have
already left being

727
01:01:01,200 --> 01:01:09,040
» Yeah. Yep. And Samantha was already with
SKIMS. Um she was she was you know

728
01:01:05,760 --> 01:01:14,880
essentially on leave unemployment for a
bit of the summer. She's back. Um and so

729
01:01:11,760 --> 01:01:16,960
uh uh Chief John has uh you know put
forward an offer letter to bring her

730
01:01:16,160 --> 01:01:20,160
back on board.
>> Great.

731
01:01:18,720 --> 01:01:25,839
Move that the select board appoints
Samantha Zish as full-time paramedic

732
01:01:22,960 --> 01:01:29,040
effective September 30th, 2026.
>> Second.

733
01:01:27,280 --> 01:01:30,799
» Any other discussion? All those in
favor?

734
01:01:29,599 --> 01:01:35,559
» Chairman McDaniel.
>> Tim.

735
01:01:31,680 --> 01:01:35,559
» Blake Gilmore. I

736
01:01:40,000 --> 01:01:48,400
the next one is to designate Christopher
Dunn, town administrator as a local

737
01:01:45,359 --> 01:01:54,319
government representative or LGR under
consolidated local permit for energy

738
01:01:52,720 --> 01:02:02,640
sighting
uh as of 225 CMR 29.

739
01:02:00,319 --> 01:02:08,000
second.
>> No.

740
01:02:04,319 --> 01:02:12,240
» Yeah. So, um you know, October 1st, uh
you know, the state's new energy

741
01:02:09,839 --> 01:02:16,480
sighting and comprehensive permit law is
coming into effect. Um every community

742
01:02:14,720 --> 01:02:20,079
needs to have a local government
representative. So, that's essentially a

743
01:02:18,160 --> 01:02:24,799
point person to make sure that the
various boards and committees that would

744
01:02:21,760 --> 01:02:29,200
be involved in approving a permit um can
be, you know, essentially have someone

745
01:02:26,319 --> 01:02:34,400
doing air traffic control for them. Um,
and most towns are appointing their town

746
01:02:31,440 --> 01:02:38,240
manager or town administrator. Um, and
I'm actually going to be attending on

747
01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:43,680
Friday a training in Springfield about
this energy energy sighting law. None of

748
01:02:41,200 --> 01:02:48,160
this is to say we have or will receive
any applications for this type of

749
01:02:45,760 --> 01:02:52,319
sighting, but it is um, you know, it's a
reality that that towns are preparing

750
01:02:50,000 --> 01:02:58,319
for and so this is just a step in case
we do receive any applications.

751
01:02:55,839 --> 01:03:04,240
So just so people can understand what
this what this is about this is

752
01:03:02,720 --> 01:03:07,920
developers coming out and saying they
want to build a large solar array or

753
01:03:06,240 --> 01:03:13,920
they want to build a large battery
battery energy storage system um and the

754
01:03:11,839 --> 01:03:19,119
state is trying to expedite this process
so that developers can't be delayed

755
01:03:16,319 --> 01:03:23,920
without cause for a long period of time.
So, does this compress this process to

756
01:03:21,760 --> 01:03:28,400
like a year? And can you just talk?
>> Yeah, correct. A year. Um, and then

757
01:03:26,640 --> 01:03:33,599
they're, you know, essentially they're
prescribing the process that the, uh,

758
01:03:30,880 --> 01:03:38,319
the applicant has to go through. Um,
and, you know, to what you're saying,

759
01:03:36,000 --> 01:03:41,680
obviously, we have very high energy
costs here in Massachusetts right now.

760
01:03:40,160 --> 01:03:45,839
So, this is part of, as I understand it,
the Healey administration's approach to

761
01:03:43,520 --> 01:03:51,200
try to bring those costs down um and
also meet goals in terms of climate

762
01:03:48,559 --> 01:03:55,839
change um and reducing greenhouse gas
emissions. So, the the general idea is

763
01:03:54,319 --> 01:04:02,000
you know, speed up the development of
these um you know uh these energy

764
01:03:59,119 --> 01:04:06,400
projects um and and hopefully bring cost
down. Obviously,

765
01:04:04,400 --> 01:04:10,079
every small town has major concerns
about this because we want to make sure

766
01:04:08,559 --> 01:04:12,960
that we're protecting our sources of
water, our forests, our fields, our

767
01:04:11,920 --> 01:04:16,400
farms
>> and money.

768
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:20,559
» And money. Yeah. So, there's there's
there's certainly uh a lot of concerns.

769
01:04:18,640 --> 01:04:23,760
I'm certain when I go to Springfield on
Friday and and attend that training, I'm

770
01:04:22,319 --> 01:04:26,000
going to hear from a lot of fellow town
administrators about those very

771
01:04:25,280 --> 01:04:33,839
concerns.
>> Yeah. I remember at the uh at the spring

772
01:04:29,359 --> 01:04:37,920
um gathering we had um M&A does a does
the rural uh meeting in the spring. This

773
01:04:36,079 --> 01:04:41,200
was a serious you know Blandford was
dealing with it and you know because

774
01:04:39,280 --> 01:04:45,440
they just come in and you know you don't
have really any say and just the cost

775
01:04:43,440 --> 01:04:49,520
that it was laying on the towns was
difficult. So I'd love to hear what you

776
01:04:47,680 --> 01:04:52,640
hear and if it's anything's changed you
know if they make any changes.

777
01:04:50,720 --> 01:04:57,039
» Yeah. I I will say, you know, one one
thing in our favor, the uh I think the

778
01:04:54,400 --> 01:05:01,520
the point person for uh the Department
of Energy Resources on all of this is uh

779
01:04:59,200 --> 01:05:06,640
Doug Finn, who's a former town
administrator for

780
01:05:03,200 --> 01:05:09,680
» for Deerfield and also was recently town
administrator for West Hampton. So, he's

781
01:05:08,319 --> 01:05:12,400
certainly familiar with the concerns
that a lot of the small towns have.

782
01:05:11,200 --> 01:05:16,400
» He's a good man.
>> Y

783
01:05:14,880 --> 01:05:20,240
» All right. So, move.
>> Did we vote?

784
01:05:17,520 --> 01:05:22,240
» Uh yeah. So we just need a second.
>> No, we got a second.

785
01:05:21,039 --> 01:05:26,640
» We got a second.
>> All those in favor.

786
01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:30,480
» I said so moved after he read the
paragraph. So

787
01:05:27,599 --> 01:05:32,079
» no, we did get a second.
>> Sounds good.

788
01:05:31,520 --> 01:05:38,720
» Would you please
>> All those in favor Daniel

789
01:05:35,680 --> 01:05:42,799
» Gilmore I
think we do.

790
01:05:40,480 --> 01:05:49,440
» Thank you Christopher for this.
>> Next item is being tabled.

791
01:05:45,039 --> 01:05:52,799
» Okay. uh the green communities grant for
Frontier Regional School Building

792
01:05:51,039 --> 01:05:56,319
Management System.
>> Great news.

793
01:05:53,680 --> 01:05:59,839
» And they got 250,000
for the

794
01:05:57,359 --> 01:06:04,799
» Yeah. So, this is kind of part two of a
grant that um uh that the schools got

795
01:06:03,119 --> 01:06:08,799
last year to update the building
management system for the Deerfield

796
01:06:07,039 --> 01:06:13,200
Elementary School. Now they've gotten it
for the Frontier Building. Um you know,

797
01:06:11,440 --> 01:06:17,599
Shelby and everyone are related. This is
great news. Yeah. Um, so we're going to

798
01:06:15,280 --> 01:06:21,839
have a kickoff meeting uh with the our
green communities representative on

799
01:06:19,280 --> 01:06:26,400
Monday. Um, and I just wanted to, you
know, give everyone a heads up and uh,

800
01:06:24,000 --> 01:06:30,559
you know, it's it's an exciting um,
project to be moving forward on as I

801
01:06:28,160 --> 01:06:33,200
said, kind of part two in terms of
updating our our school buildings

802
01:06:32,160 --> 01:06:37,760
management systems.
>> And I'd love to just thank the staff

803
01:06:35,200 --> 01:06:42,480
here and the school and um, and our
energy committee.

804
01:06:39,280 --> 01:06:48,079
I know the crew there
and and all that are on that committee

805
01:06:44,720 --> 01:06:51,839
have really worked hard to try and um do
this regionally. You know, apply for all

806
01:06:50,160 --> 01:06:56,960
the three towns to try and get money
together for a regional school. Um it's

807
01:06:55,440 --> 01:07:03,039
in Deerfield, so that's kind of how we
we apply. But um they've done great work

808
01:06:59,760 --> 01:07:07,760
to try and find ways to, you know, apply
for grant money that could could benefit

809
01:07:05,920 --> 01:07:14,079
all of us. So,
>> yeah, the energy department, this is

810
01:07:09,839 --> 01:07:18,240
bringing us close to $900,000 in grants
we've received under green communities

811
01:07:15,680 --> 01:07:24,079
and it's reduced our energy usage close
to 100,000 a year, all of these

812
01:07:20,640 --> 01:07:28,640
projects. So, um kudos to the energy
committee. They uh bringing good good

813
01:07:26,799 --> 01:07:36,920
stuff to the town,
>> bringing money. Yep, it's good.

814
01:07:33,280 --> 01:07:36,920
» I think that's it.

815
01:07:39,280 --> 01:07:42,400
or you have any other things you want to
hit?

816
01:07:41,520 --> 01:07:47,440
» All right.
>> No, I think uh do do we have uh the ZBA

817
01:07:45,680 --> 01:07:52,960
application
member application? I Well, we can bring

818
01:07:50,240 --> 01:07:56,400
that up next week. That's fine. That's
all right. No, no items unanticipated

819
01:07:55,440 --> 01:08:01,440
right now.
>> Okay, sounds good. Do we have a a

820
01:07:59,680 --> 01:08:04,319
meeting coming up? I know Jim's going to
be away.

821
01:08:02,240 --> 01:08:08,480
» Yeah. So, so we were looking at we were
initially looking at uh September 16th.

822
01:08:06,960 --> 01:08:13,440
Uh now I think we were going to look at
September 23rd. We are going to strive

823
01:08:10,720 --> 01:08:18,400
to keep that agenda light.
>> You know, Tim might have be tuning in

824
01:08:15,920 --> 01:08:23,040
tuning in at midnight or whatever.
>> I'll dial in at a reasonable hour. Yeah.

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» Um
>> so looking at September 23rd in all

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likelihood.
>> Okay, sounds good.

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» Entertain a motion.
>> Motion to adjurnn. Second.

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» All those in favor McDaniel. I
>> Tim I