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e e e check yep good evening everyone and welcome to the ashin planning board meeting of Thursday February 13th I'll be calling the meeting to order at 7:16 and just a reminder to everyone that the meeting is being broadcast and recorded first on our agenda tonight is the clerk's report as as usual thank you madam chair we've received three correspondents to the planning board since the last meeting two have been responded to by the town planner and one I will owe a clerk response and it would fit with our general responses and um just a typical question that I ask you once in a while are we keeping up to date with those responses according to your spreadsheet I didn't way back check but yes for the since the end of December through now for sure we're okay way better great thank you always good to have a reminder when we're not okay next on our agenda is public comment we'll open up public comment uh both in the room and online and REM you that this public comment um is obviously open but if we're talking about that item on the agenda it's best to offer your comment during that um agenda item time if you can Connie Manel resident of Ashlin for 47 years Newcastle Road I've raised my family here and I live in ashin because of good schools small town atmosphere and Open Spaces there's no doubt that the Boston area needs more affordable housing at the same time I feel that my town planning board and zoning boards should be able to determine appropriate housing and its spacing for Ashland to meet the new Town's MBTA law and the 4 41 40b requirement I fear that Ashlin is doing too much too fast in 2020 cus built an enormous complex of 10 buildings near the train station 398 four and five story units you would think that would go way to meet the MBTA zoning law constructed this year the ashler connected to the faford complex on Chestnut Street has 174 units for story and yet this year in 2025 more units are in the pipeline these are not small complexes if all of these proposals go through we could be accepting a very large increase in population as much as 177% do we really know how much how such a large increase of housing units will affect the town the schools police fire traffic how can a small town balloon its population to this extent and still maintain proper Services many say that the NBTA housing law is unconstitutional they don't believe that the state can lawfully restrict local towns from creating their own zoning laws many towns are resisting such rapid and explosive development affluent towns are able to forego state grants if they don't comply with 40b but Ashlin depends on the state grants is this Equal justice ashin is not saying no to new housing however ashin does want the right to to say how new development happens Ashlin wants to determine the character of it town in my estimation the sanctuary in the middle of downtown does not Soo the character of the Town Ashlin has worked hard to beautify its small downtown new street lights New Street traffic controls renovating and preserving the town hall preserving the historical society's Ocean House supporting the Federated church is in historical site renovating the ashin library erecting a mon bridge over the Sudbury River with a walking trail forming The Corner Spot open space for community activities providing space for ashlin's Farmers Market John Stone's Pub Erica Clover road Brew uh Clover Road Brewing Company restaurants most of these buildings are only one or two stories high white Colonial or red clapboard or red brick architectures at the last CBA meeting the the sanctu um at the last uh Zoning Board hearing for the sanctuary an ashin historical commission representative stated that the proposed color orange and contemporary style would be inappropriate and uncharacteristic of the town I agree in addition I think that installing a 250 unit apartment complex a huge edifice compared to the rest of the town and is high is five stories towering over any other building would not only be intrusive it would just be plain unattractive Town needs to work with contractors to design proposed buildings that fit the character of the towns for example hopkington is working with contractors to replace the former downtown hopkington drugstore to meet the ab Butter's concerns the contractor has made adjustments to the much smaller SI 60 unit three-story complex changes were made to mitigate issues of exhaust emissions light and sound pollution parking and trash collection more brick was added to the building's facade to keep it better to help it better mirror the downtown's architecture even Juliet balconies were added to be more aesthetic in short the state the contractor and in our town are working together to answer the need for housing but they need to do it in a way that works for everyone please take the time to make it possible right now it feels like too much too fast and unreflective of the needs of Ashland thank you um I wonder to first of all say thank you for your comments we always obviously welcome people from the public to come in and and make statements and make um um to Give opinions about things that are going on in Ashland it's important to note that I'm sure the uh won't speak for everyone for the board but I know the board in general I I would say shares your concerns some of these projects that you talk about um were before our board and they are no longer before our board and we tried as you were saying to to really look at those projects very carefully other ones were in our purview some of those projects we looked at for a year in length um the process so we take those concerns very seriously I think the um there is a um the two kind of things you mentioned the 40b and the MBTA communities are are very different separate um things we have a limited control over um both of them or limited control over neither of them I guess um the 40b project is um especially is in the hands of the zoning board of appeals the MBTA legislation obviously we we worked on drafting that bylaw and that went before um town meeting and was tried to um be written in a way that would affect Ashland as little possible uh um myself Peter and Alvaro as well as uh Joe manani from the select board were on that working group and that was our primary goal is to have MBTA affect Ashland as little as possible um and hopefully we were successful in that as as time goes on we'll see um so um yes so we share your concerns um and um we've been just recently we sent information to the zoning Board of Appeals that uh a long actually letter document that the planning board had written I believe it's up on the website somewhere is that information that 13 page yes yeah yeah everything's on the everything's on the website that we that we then sent to the that we had sent to the state about the 10 to 60 Main Street development unfortunately um not many of our concerns were um maybe heard at that or they didn't CH it didn't change anything so we um sent that letter to the zoning board of appeals that they know the process we went through and our concerns with that building when it was front of in front of us it wasn't the same building in front of us but when that project was in front of us so we very much are trying to do what we can as a board doing the things that are within our power um um to to help with the situation um unfortunately there are there are limits to that that I think um are sometimes hard to understand that about the power we have and don't have um does anyone else want to add to that or correct me if I was mistaken in any way um I would just like to Echo thank you for the comments but what I think um this brings up and it actually is one of the reasons I wanted to be on the planning board is have more people involved right our Z in does not have to be stagnant we we are the board that does that but people can propose things and talk to the board and I think I think I think our zoning does need to be updated right and it's not that it's never been updated but I think there's a way which I can't comment about those whether it's going to change anything in those projects I me probably if they're but if you see a community active and cares and is asking for updates to zoning that does mean something and that is doable so I please I I appreciate it and I think that people should not here leave it to us because we're we're residents as well and we don't do this full-time um so I welcome any help on that and very active and I I'm so excited to hear that so thank you it feels like 40b takes away our ability to determine our future how what kind of town we will have in the end but beyond that if I M correct me if I'm wrong but it I think there are towns that are foro 40b because they don't feel that they need the the grants the state grants but Ashlin needs the state grants and that to me is uh unjust it's it's um what's the right word financially inequal I I think and please Peter correct me if I'm wrong but I think that's that's in regard to MBTA that they're forgoing those things I don't think a 40b can be I don't think that's related to any kind of funding so so 40b is a state mandate that's dates back to 1969 comes out with the fair housing market act which is a fedal law that rolls out in the late 60 right there's no way to get a around 40b it's a state mandate that all communities have 10% of their housing stock considered affordable um that's what 40b is MBTA is a zoning which came down and actually the court in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts just cre that's just came down with a decision and say that it is constitutional for the state of Massachusetts to make cities and towns Zone in a way to make housing in close proximity to train stations right uh and communities that have trans uh uh Transportation infrastructure such as the MBTA to Zone land no less than 50 acres um for housing by right um and so that is they're they're two different programs but they do so and and they you can you can get them Chris criss cross but there are two different separate matters well how much tie that back to your comment I'm Sor to tie that back to your comment the communities that are not compliant with MBTA zoning it's totally different from 40b as Peter explained those communities with certain I see so that's MBTA I was confused not correct and those communities such as Milton Milton is the the community that had the um that brought was brought to court you know by the Attorney General they now have until July 14th to adopt bylaws that will comply with the MBTA zoning Andor The Next Step will be taken by the state of do you have any jurisdiction about the size of the buildings that are put on the the sites so that refers back to 40b and 40b is so the the whole process of 40b uh and in short that the question the answer is no 40b goes to the zoning board of appeals for what's known as a comprehensive permit it goes through the 40b process so it disregards a community's bylaws right and then it creates a project right and it has to be a project of Eligibility then it has to be a project which receives a project eligibility letter from a subsidizing housing agency such as mass housing and then that gives them the ability to file the application and so this is the process we're in right now where the community works with the developer to help mold that project that's you know we're in we're on our second meeting or our second public hearing of the application of the 10 to four 10 to 60 Main Street project um last meeting we talked about traffic as as you know and I think it was a very successful meeting um and I think the next one the next meeting we're going to talk about civil design in traffic um I think each topic will be discussed in front of the zoning board of appeals and hopefully the project will can start to be molded in a way where it's acceptable to all the applicant and the town great thank you thank you for all that you do as well thank you thank you for your comments um carollyn Bell coner Street I just have a question so under that 40b then they could build a eight-story building or a 10-story building there I can't I'm not going to say here and say yay or nay but in theory they you know we're go that's the road that you could go down from a developer now there's a lot of twists and turns you know from a safety standpoint but yeah they could propose a building they're proposing a building that that they believe fits on to that site the reason why I asked was I I vaguely remember at a town meeting that um the town passed a downtown plan correct and I thought there was a three stories yeah that was in 2022 and actually we were on the board when we redeveloped when we updated that bylaw um and we did set in um a three-story maximum from the the the street now that that would be for a project using the Ashlin downtown overlay district and so however this is not using the ash downtown Town overlay District this is using state 40b regulations and so as their permanent Avenue per se and so that's why it's above the maximum and so the applicant is asking for a waiver as part of their application from multiple bylaws one of those bylaws is the height recommend in the height restriction or the height maximum per se in the ashon downtown overlay District so just as Hopkinton adjusted or or became the project was sensitive to the community's wishes is it possible to negotiate with the contractor and say that how many stories is this five uh yes is it possible to say to him five is really high it it's 100% possible yes okay thank you you're welcome so I have two people online with their hand up Mr uh first uh and foremost Mr Mark Don Mr Mark Don I'm going to ask you to unmute yourself okay thank you Mark Sony 1119 Main Street and I'm glad the first two got up there to speak and plan board answer back I have saying about the plan board in the zba get a Little Bit Stronger with the state about this MBTA housing but that's that's one that's one step I not I'm not I don't want to get into what I was saying is the um the 10 1040 Main Street that I made copies for each board four I know that Mr Mr Town plan you still got my sheet I have your sheet Mark I don't have it in front of me okay that sheet even though it's all zoning and stuff like that I would I would like to have the planning board take a look look at that see we can combine planning logic with the zoning so it can fight harder to the state and let the state know that the planning board can't be rolled over like the zpa is going to be because of the state regulations it's not it's not worth keeping if the state's G to say oh there only a small town Ash rural town ashon and and and Milton another one that's against us it's only going to be two and they're not going to hear not going to hear logically what's going to happen oh I'm I'm looking at a as per say get these codes stronger is z combined with the planet Co Planet board with self- regulations to make it a strong suit and then understand from there because well I I I I was at the um CBA public porn there last last night and I got tongue tired because I got because it was all traffic not everything else but the everything else that I have on the sheet that you that you have here that I want you to make if you can make C of give to the planning board is those ones that combine together not just for MBTA and the um 10 40 60 main but for all other projects either residential mix build and stuff like that to show that this town is looking forward growing forward with the generation coming that it can see worthy worth the time because I because this board has has really not worked down the road understanding what is for the future they just see it hear from other people and hear it from developers and from inside the town hall bill in itself which I am all for but to understand that people coming down in the future and maybe newer businesses coming around if if this federal government freeze can be can be can be uh Su Mark I'm gonna I'm gonna stop you there and I'm gonna say I'm happy to share that letter that you said that you wrote that you handw wrote um with the zon Bo I mean with the planning board um and then we can kind of continue our conversation okay other words if if I was at the CBA last night I would have been over three minutes right okay thank you okay I'm all right I'm gonna move on to Mrs uh M Jon on Friday uh please uh uh unmute yes jungan Friday onore Road Ashlin on the historical commission but speaking as an individual resident first I'd like to say that I wholeheartedly agree with the two ladies who spoke um I'm sure you'll be shocked but um I also just wanted to um thank the planning board I read your letter that you sent um obviously to the mass um housing but also um that you included in your um letter to the zba and I just thought it was it was a really really great letter and I I really appreciate the fact that you Incorporated the historical um issues in there so that's just my comment and thank you very much take care thank you Joan all right thank you um seeing no more hands we will move on to our next agenda item which is speaking of History um the Ashland historical commission that has a presentation for us about a proposed historic district so Mr neelon yeah put this down right and I would did I do yeah I'll just put it here s okay yeah so I'll just put it here okay so but then you're going to share I'm going to share this right up here historic district for yeah it says yeah you can just I can just go up and down y yep okay um are we ready to go good evening everyone my name is Jim neelsen I'm the uh chairman of the ashin Historical Society I know it's very funny but it's it's no it's very funny that I'm also the chairman of the local historic study committee how that happened um but I'm here tonight uh to update the planning board from the last time I was here on what we've been doing with the proposal for a local historic district in the downtown area um we've made quite a bit of progress um this is a project we've been working on for over two years and I just have a short PowerPoint presentation I don't know does everybody this was sent to you a while ago the the district report does anybody need a copy of it it was in an email a long time ago I'll take a hard copy if you have if you have an extra one thank you now this was prepared by an outside consultant Stacy spies who is on Zoom with us tonight if there's any questions about it the methodology or anything like that and Stacy has a lot of history um she's from Hoppington and she knows a lot about uh historical preservation and has done this in for many different towns aston's one of the few towns in the area that does not have a local historic district um I'll just back up a bit is proposed and this was all we've had numerous meetings we had our first the the public hearing and beginning of last month um and it's already been approved by the Massachusetts uh commission historical commission so the next step in this I'm having a couple more meetings we're talking to different groups and I'd like tonight if I could get an approval from the planning board or some kind of letter or note saying that you approve of this so that's why I'm here to answer questions and try to just tell you exactly what's going on with this um like I said ashin does not have a historic district uh in Li of what's been going on downtown with all the improvements and the whole controversy about the mill building um we decided that we would go forth and try to do something about it and why create a local historic district a local historic district is the only mechanism of available to preserve historic buildings um you've probably heard of the National Historic register um or the demo delays those are all fine and good but they don't prevent anything in the long term if you're on the National Historic register you can still take the building down um the only thing in this state is the local historic district and what that does we're we're quickly losing historical buildings as said by The Mills uh building and other buildings around town but reason we concentrated on the downtown area because a lot of the historic uh buildings in as are spread out an old farming community and what this has to be is contiguous and it has to be a contiguous area not everything in it is historical but everything in it that is historical you can't change the outer facade or alter anything uh structurally um from the character of the time period that it is and a interesting point Come came up at that public hearing they're not all the same time period these buildings but it's actually we have a little bit of everything so it's kind of like a time capsule this is from the 1830s this is from the 1850s this is from 1933 1929 um so it's kind of a unique situation um we have all kinds of different uh things in ashin let me just go down this is the map and as you can see it's strictly in the downtown area it starts up by it includes the ashin historical society's building the Ocean House goes down through the mill buildings um even though this is a 40b issue they not going to be probably included in it but they will be in the district for contiguity contiguous contiguity I know I know um and then it goes down Main Street with the building next to the church is a store I have all the documentation that I could send anybody on the actual history um a history has been done on each of these properties the Federated Church all the way down to the corner down to the library across the street around to the post office the block where there used to be ebbr Pharmacy which is now where the pizza place is and the old train station Town Hall uh John Stones the old ashon General store which is now luners um the old fire station some of these buildings are town-owned but most of them are in private hands and there's only one building that's an actual house um that's the purple house and she's been at the meetings and she's all for the the she's gung-ho about the whole idea of preserving a local historic district in the downtown area um we've had some push back but um we're going to go forward for example 58 54 4854 Front Street it's which is more commonly called the Masons block was built in 1882 the historic name is the Abner Greenwood block and the common name is the Masonic Lodge it's been used since the Masons since 1884 they've had a variety of businesses on the first floor but they they was a brief I think 1920 to 23 they weren't in there but they've been in there for over a hundred years um and we had somebody from the Masons here at our public hearing and he was generally supportive he's the man in charge of the buildings um going down I've just included a few I'm not everything is in here of course J Stones uh actually called called the railroad house Captain John Stone's hotel which was built in 1834 predating the town of Ashlin um he got inside information that the railroad was coming to town and built his hotel to get the railroad crowd and he built it too close to the tracks which it still is but um Stones is one of the most iconic buildings in Ash if you any ask anybody from out of town where do you live Ashlin oh I know I've been to JN stones or into Stones so it's very well recognized another building well the historic fire central fire station which has now been repurposed um as as a u a brew Hub I believe it hasn't quite opened yet but this is a good example of what we're talking about with the historic district we're not looking to like regulate any kind of business or what goes in it we don't care it's really only about the facade of the building and keeping the original architecture the facade what you can see from the street if they want to expand that then can go out back where you can't see it from the street no problem um like I said it's only it's from you know fences there's certain I'll get to it but there's certain things that are regulated and certain things that aren't and you have a copy of the bylaw at the back of this which is being proposed uh oh of course Boston and Alby railroad station which is now an accountant's office but it's also been a a vet and various different things this is one of the last uh railroad stations that they think HR Richardson the famous Boston architect had something to do with it was actually built after he died but his office was involved and it's the same style uh along this line I think the only three left are in Welsley besides Ashland Bingham and two stops in wsy I think are the are the four buildings for the for the railroad design built in 1887 it went out of commission in 1960 when they stopped doing the passenger service and then it went into private hands and right now it's still in private hands it's being used as an office another example the building's been repurposed uh many times we're not looking to change anything that's inside it's just the exterior vat Church of Ashlin iterated church has been around since 1835 the land that it sits on was actually bought that bought it from JN Stone himself and we've uh with one of the members is is the historian there and he's found the deed back in 1835 from Captain Stone um this is a good example it's the last Church uh Federal Federal sty Church left in the downtown there used to be a few more if you look at the histories that have burned over the years this one um if it ever does stop being a church for whatever reason this will preserve the facade you know it can be purpose is something else but the actual steeple and the facade what you can see from the street would be protected in other words if they were to sell it to a developer he could not or she could not tear it down just to put up more apartment blocks or something like that unless they incorporate it into the design which we don't have with the mill buildings and this one is called the the Wiggins block it doesn't look like it's very historical but it's actually from 1850 and you have the um vinyl sighting and things like that which people say well that's not historical doesn't matter it actually is an 1850 building it's the home of the original ashin Public Library back when it was the ashin agricultural library before we had the library which is now next to the the uh the one we use now which was of course a um Andrew Carnegie grant that was put in In 1902 when Carnegie was financing uh a slew of libraries and local towns if they came up with the money matching funds which as did In 1902 um so the Wiggins block is historical it doesn't look like much from the outside but it's it's from and oh the last one I put in here is it's eber's Pharmacy or the Ashland Pharmacy it's now Zen Dental this this building and the one next to it with the pizza places there two separate Parcels we preserving as an uh example of 1933 as you can see there's different time periods in downtown ashin this was a a this was the drugstore in downtown Ashland and older residents can tell you that's where they went for their medicine and next door was also a market now it's a dental office again I know since I've been here it's been NAPA Auto Parts and it's been another market and a couple different kinds of markets but again that's making it contiguous and it goes across the street from that the US post office but I didn't put a picture of in this presentation but the post office itself is an example of 1939 Art Deco which is also unique they didn't do very many of them um and so the US government and we've all seen the mural inside which is a WPA project mural um from the 30s U depicting the uh arrival of the train to Ashlin which I think everybody's seen I think John stones in the actual picture okay what's a local historic district like I said it's a continuous area group of historic truck structures uh what we're going to need it it required an approval by the mass historic commission which we got and we're going to need a 2third vote at town meeting we're currently working on the warrant that be on the town meeting this spring we originally tried we're thinking we could have done it in the fall but we didn't have enough time and this we we want to publicize it a little bit more and get it on in the spring so if two-thirds of the people people that go to the um town meeting vote for it it will become a law um and it'll be a district now the district commission which will be created if the district passes is made up of local residents and there a selection process they have to sum Architects some are real estate people there's a whole procedure you have to do um and they'll be the ones that will uh rule over uh or or be sitting on uh things that come up before the commission or if somebody wants to make a change uh located the hisor exclusiv in the downtown area like I said from the Ocean House to the post office and back um there's also something I should mention we're it's not a bylaw but there's a set of guidelines that have been prepared and it's up on the website those are informal those are to give developers an idea of what the commission uh if it's created would be looking for we can only do an informal one right now is it won't become part of the bylaw um and the the future commission um historic district commission will make the final say on that if and when it's formed so right now it's more of a reference point so if you want to look at I don't have a copy of it with me but it's up on the town website under the historical commission and what does a local historic district do it preserves the exterior of historically and architecturally significant buildings protects the character of the downtown increases property values Studies have been been done uh downtown re revitalization Main Street is an economic revitalization program and it's kind of fitting in well with what we've already been doing in ashin um with the Reconstruction of the downtown sidewalks the lamps um and the comprehensive um Planning Commission I'm forgetting the actual name of it um there's lots of components in that that're about historical preservation so I think it's kind of dovetailing nicely into the whole thing then we've Studies have said there's no more cost effective program of economic development of any kind in the US today it's cheaper and more uh efficient to reuse old buildings than it is to build from scratch and it's also a way to have more local control over that area of town not just the planning board which will still have say over what goes in down there but if one of these properties that isn't historic and the example I always give is a liquor store and let's say he wanted to sell it it's in the district um and somebody wanted to build a something on there it would have to go before the commission so that it's architecturally appropriate for the area it's a hard thing to Define it's kind of like a a character Vibe kind of thing but you don't want to put a like a I mean I I grew up in walpool have anybody ever been to downtown wpo lately when you go into 27 you go into the railroad bridge there's a huge like six seven story um Condo building right there it used to be the old fails Factory and it just looked wildly out of place that's what's happening to downtown ashin and this is some one way to try to prevent that uh and what does it not do does not control property usage of what people can do inside the buildings does not control what businesses are allowed doesn't prevent new construction they just have to get a certificate of appropriateness which is something that uh if you're doing any major constru minor minor Renovations are not a big deal if it's something major they were changing the physical character the architecture of the building then they would have to get a CER they'd have to go before the commission and get a certificate of appropriateness much like you would have to do um with many other things studies shown it does not decrease property values and it only applies to the portion of building like I said that you can see from the street uh so the ashin center historical district commission will be created uh when this passes uh the historic district is made up a local residence like I said and it's respons ible for overseeing the district's bylaw the bylaw is in this folder in this pamphlet commission's also responsible for establishing a non-binding set of guidelines which I already mentioned and in summary the historic district creates a thoughtful community-based review process that protects historically significant buildings from Demolition and inappropriate alterations to retain the unique character of downtown Ashlin now if somebody who's been on the historical commission since it was reconstituted in 2020 um we spend an awful lot of time with demolition delays um where people want to just tear down the house and start over again and we've updated the bylaw but a demolition delay is only good for a year and then they can do what they want um so we were kind of thinking how do you protect the mid building really got it started it's too late for that probably but you never know if plans fall through and all that kind of uh you know who knows what's going to happen but uh that's why the mill building is included in the in the designation of the district in case something does happen but this would give us more uh local control over what goes in downtown just another added layer it's not telling people what to do um with the what business to put in there just to keep the downtown character intact so questions oh Everybody's Fine great I had a couple just um um some of the the um buildings you showed and that were on the list just prompted some questions so um I know you mentioned you know it doesn't impact what goes in but you know we have seen projects before us that in order to bring the building or the space up to Cod for the use changes need to be made the fire station Street wasn't there other things that are that are excluded are are paint color roofs solar panels W energy efficient windows I mean we we say storm windows I mean nobody's really putting storm windows on anymore but they're more energy efficient Windows um screens and I apologize if it's in I'm I've been trying to read the bylaw as you were chatting but um you know in the case of the firehouse there was there's a door that was not there previously with solid wall now an 0 accessible door that had to in as AWB so my my reading my sort of understanding so far is that that door would run a foul of this not necessarily if they they they'd have to go in front of the commission to explain what its use was and to make it ADA Compliant for the business and the commission would have to the commission can would have to not I wouldn't say they would prove it automatically but if the case can be made um that that's what we need I think the commission would allow it I can't predict what future people are going to say so that sort of brings me to my next question so I think that would be certainly an additional hurdle I mean that would have been additional hurdle for road which is you know when they were before the planning board obviously we needed that door there in order for them to open um you know things like that do limit use if you can't bring the building safely up to code for the use that is proposed and so my other qu my what brings me to the next question is who is appointing the members of this commission select board okay select board is in charge of appointing them like I said there's a selection process they solicit two people from the real estate um industry two people from the there's an architectural Association of Massachusetts um that's that's who was made up of the local study committee and two people from the Historic Society and or if they can't fill that then the select board will appoint people that they do that I again I apologize that's fine read as we go um and then my last question is um the police station no police station is not included we've excluded the police station because it's it's getting t as far as we know it's getting torn down um if it doesn't get torn down and repurposed it's just a non-conforming building within the thing so it's it's only 1978 it doesn't count as that was my question it's only 1978 so it doesn't count as a historic significant architecturally or agewise so is the appendix is this a list of buildings that are included police station says na next to it I just saw that tonight not applicable okay so this is just a list of addresses that are within the district MH okay I just want to add to that comment on the Clover one the accessible door was on the side of the building so that really is not something that counts for historic preservation point of view um it is actually the street facade that really counts for his um preservation even though you can see it in the street it's soose corre it it is actually the front elevation that really counts stly facade okay so you can create accessible entrances if required for a commercial purpose close to a parking spot or easily accessible just so that you give equal weightage that's all the logic is I was worried about how close that door was to the where it's it's very sure yeah sorry deep so you were making a clarification about this that you know about the historic districts yeah well I worked in a couple of historic preservation projects and the importance is to the actual facade front entry and not to the sides of the building because you have to give accessibility to the building um which most of them don't have obviously make sure that it is diverse as well so from that point of view so the sides don't really count it's actual facade okay on the street side thank you Kate do you have um yeah I have a question so you talk about the front so in theory a developer can purchase one of these historic properties and cut everything away and leave it like a a la movie set right well in theory no but you also but you also have the planning board and you also have this is just strictly concerned with the historical aspect they they can't build like you know a 10 storying but it is literally Technic Al if someone wanted to implement they can make they can make the movie Set facade leave that and do anything that's in compliance with yep our bylaws zoning okay yep along with the bylaw the downtown building where you have the millennial Park they kept the original um I think I forget was a kind of a commercial building so they kept that floor and there's a millennial glass building behind it yeah and a good a good example too it's just so in Hoppington uh across from the town hall the building that burned down my chiropractor used to be in the back of it um he rebuilt that the owner on his own initiative rebuilt the the front but they they let him build a lot more in the back you know so that building if you look at it now is it's a lot larger than it used to be but the build the but the sprawl goes out in the back so the front he didn't have to do that but he did it because you know he wanted to be a good good citizen of the town so know my uh consultant Stacy has more information on that if anybody wants to hear it but um Stacy do you know if there's any um any other reasons that would be concerned with like doors on the side or anything like that is she unmuting Stacy I made you a co-host so please unmute you yourself okay there we go wasn't it was saying I wasn't allowed to be unmuted um hi uh Yes actually um uh I'm I'm a former chair of the historic district Commission in hopkington and that's actually a good example um when that house burned down um he took it as uh an opportunity to do some upgrades and uh what they brought to the commission um was you know the front would be it's a former house in the front uh that was a way to kind of keep the streetscape and so then um it had been a number of it had been Apartments uh in the house and then some uh offices and then they ended up turning it into condos so I think they got five or six condo units out of it and the you know it's a larger Edition in the back but it's the original volume in the front um uh something else uh that can be done um is uh it had some kind of Victorian detail up in the Gable Peak and since that wasn't really as visible from the eye since he had you know made the efforts to try and recreate you know what had been there um you know the commission and Hopkinson decide you know and your commission could too to say you know what it's okay if you use the TRX you know that sort of Plastic Lumber nobody can tell up there it's fine you know so it's you know it's a give and take um oh and also I did want to also say real quickly about uh you were talking about the other facades um uh the way the bylaw is written uh is that anything that's visible from the street is reviewable but things like ADA compliance are just you know are just common sense um and I could see maybe you know if if let's say like the firehouse has the you know the arched openings you know from the fire you know where the garage doors are maybe when they put in the you know um Ada door on the side they do like a little Arch over that door so it's all about being reasonable um that's why um when Jim was talking about guidelines um it's uh better to kind of have guidelines going into it and then you can use that but things you know that way they can keep being updated um when the laws were written in Massachusetts there weren't heat pumps there weren't electric vehicle charging stations there weren't um uh well they're come and gone already like the uh sat light dishes so there's all sorts of new innovations that keep coming and so the good idea about guidelines is it um kind of says uh is this is what is what you want to do reversible say um someone wanted to put in a wood accessibility ramp you can put a wood ramp in and then you pull it back out you know somewhere down the line if it isn't needed um a lot of the it's kind of common sense um uh approaches to it um so I do want to go back to that and just clarify because I am reading the B as proposed and it says anything possible to doesn't it clarifies Beyond facade so I wonder it's not just the facade y yeah and I think that so that's why I was saying that it's on certainly the facade is the is the primary of the concerns because usually the facade traditionally has the most um detail to it and the most effort design wise goes into the facade but yeah so it's anything that's um that's why you get things like heat pumps and you know electric vehicle Chargers and stuff um Hopkinson even uh because that involves Town Hall the um the drive up voter Booth uh U drop off got reviewed yeah the Dropbox got reviewed and it you know it it got you know was a certificate of appropr appropriateness and a quick stamp so not everything is um I think this is I think this is an important thing to know the what the regulation will actually be on it as written by Ashland though if if there or if hey it just goes it has to go by the state is there local control right um wait wait a minute um because I think um I think it's an important question that um you know could the commission hold up um the coming of a new business because of the Ada access which is common sense but is that written into the bylaw shall not be unreasonably withheld or is it not is it in the hands of the commission um you know and it might be it seems like common sense but it could also be unreasonably withheld I think it's important to know that in information there are there is um uh an appeal process I should say there's like a person agreed so there is a process in there um for that sort of um you know issue I know I know it's hard to it's hard to legislate common sense because it is so common sense I think just for purposes of clarifying our conver so I thinka you have dealt with communities where it is just the facade it looks like this bylaw is proposing more than just the facade and I'm wondering if you know there might be like some sort of a compromise like you know DEA maybe if you're familiar with communities that are only restricting to the facade maybe that's a better fit for Ashlin versus the sort of more all encompass say anything visible from the street which would be could be a significant hurdle to economic development in our downtown which we are putting so much effort into you I think the community is extremely excited about something over Road that's also a very small business and to have or not very it's it's a small business local business to have them have that additional hurdle just to become ada8 compliant that was also my my recollection is really the only business that was really eager to go into the fire department to the to that space um and so like deter adding additional deterrence for something like making the building accessible if that triggers to go to the commission and again it's it's a lot of wh ifs and well we wouldn't imagine that the commission would have she just said though that the ADA compliance stuff is is Exempted um so there there's a list of exemptions in there this this was all vetted this was all vetted by the uh the state um and it's it's been put together it's it's virtually Stacy correct me if I'm wrong it's a lot of boilerplate um yeah this I yeah this was um this is the uh bylaw that was created that the Massachusetts historical commission the state level recommends because this is the one that stood up to um legal challenges this is the one that's that's widely accepted I can pull up I'll have to pull it up for you there is um uh there is a hierarchy um I'll P I'll pull it out CIT we can check with Council there is a hierarchy of which commissions have power over the others for example historic districts uh have um if there's a building in a historic district that's also that wants a demo delay the district is the higher um level of requirements so they get um uh the demo delay defers to Historic District commission I'm going to double check and make sure there's um something about that for Planning Commission too because something like Ada would certainly be more more um a higher order I guess as a way of saying it a higher order requirement so um historic district would defer to that I'll pull up that citation um let me if there's any more questions you know from the board I mean I just have a comment to speak to the what's visible I think just like we're saying legislate common sense and when we're talking like heat pumps and things you like someone might not think about it well okay we have actually an example Starbucks right that didn't didn't come the way the planning board did about some infrastructure right and so I think it I think the visible from the facade makes sense to include to make sure that there's for simple things that really can be if they're thought out out of view and and slightly you know so I think I think I 100% agree that I the Ada is different and I assume that does take precedent I think it would um but as far as keeping it in a visible I think that absolutely should stay yeah I think um yeah I mean I think there's there's a whole lot of gray there's going to be a whole lot of gray area those are like two examples but in um you know in some areas of the downtown we know that um you know there isn't a lot of there isn't a lot of place to go right and so I'm I'm wondering about like you know how many single family homes or you know two family homes are are included in this district and um and then you know it say say if you they want to stay but they need more space I'm I'm an architect I have this a typical um request by the client I want to stay in my house but we need more space but right and so hold on finish my question and so it's often would be very hard again the visibility for it to be all behind the building it might be on the side it might be and I understand that then this would go through the historic commission it would have to kind of fit a certain style right to to fit in with the downtown it would need to go through a review in that way it would have to go through a review but there's no really one style for the downtown that's what I was trying to say before there's all kinds of different styles and as far as the residential goes there's like I said there's only one the purple house that's the only that's the only residential that's the only residential and we did that on purpose we could we could have gone up Main Street further with all the houses going up to 35 we didn't we stopped with the downtown because it's mostly commercial there's a lot of town-owned property and we weren't going to get into you know that's that's totally I mean that's why there's no paint color restriction because no who wants a purple house right but but that's you know it's already there so it's it's not a it's not a you know and some some of the I mean the the house on py wither did a really nice job of fixing up on the corner there of um what's the Tilson Tilton yeah on the corner there you know I'm talking about the yellow house the green and the and the that's a beautiful example of of taking having the money and and and restoring an old Victorian that that doesn't happen every day and a lot of people can't afford it and we we hear that too you know we wish we could help people and we're looking in a program for people to restore their historic houses um with State money or whatever um one thing I did forget to mention though too I know I don't know if you folks are aware of the cemetery project that's going on behind the uh the church uh the um the restoration of the old the old village Cemetery I know there's been work done we've been we've been redoing the whole they've been cleaning all the stones reposting them um that will that's part of the district that will qualify for Grants if this is part of a district so there'd be additional money available right now it's all kind of private um very little town the DPW helps uh every once in a while bring water over something when they're cleaning the stones but that's just a minor thing um um so another question um I'm looking at the building which I think the address I think it's nine Homer a it's not the one on the corner not the little brick one on the corner that you mentioned but the one around the corner which is a little strip mall no not well what's what's going in that that's where that development is yeah yeah they no it's not the Brown strip mall there the one right across my train station that's not included in this the one the one that's right there that has pizeria what is it it's in the blue line yeah it's oh that's a mistake okay that's a mistake that's a mistake it's in the blue line that was supposed to be corrected That was cuz we actually originally had ericas in there too we took that out okay because that could be converted back to a house at some point um what about a question like okay that um that little on story brick building that we're talking about that's on the curve I think it's the five hom RAV um what about if that uh um business uh the owner there wanted to add a second floor I mean it's low building in a downtown that's getting taller it's a little bit in my just my personal opinion a little bit too low um to hold that corner so it was is that something that would be disallowed or it would be reviewable it would be reviewable because you're but not necessarily disallowed like new construction is not disallowed reviewable okay because you're holding on to the facade of the building and yeah you know if looking to add to it I'll give you a good the example we didn't include I I think a good example of that is where the bagel table is kind of Blended that into like the surrounding uh neighborhood on that building it doesn't look out of place whereas the corner building with the condos are that replace the alberini property um we think that's a little bit over the top for downtown Ashen um but that's just that's just the opinion of the commission we can't do anything about that that's included too and that's that's already mil that you're talking about what's that 128 me yeah 128 I also know that the the the U it's a little this m map is a little um confusing in here because it's obviously a quite an old map that you're that's the assessor map oh that's the assessor map oh so so yeah um yeah so there's obviously changes in here there's no Corner Spot on here the 128 building isn't on here um yeah that's that's what they have for map right now okay yeah I mean like the banks the banks aren't are included in this but as as nonform in uh or whatever it is non-conforming um structures within the district in other words if somebody wanted to buy say Sandra goes away and you they want somebody bought it and wanted to put in something it would be reviewable by the commission but not necessarily you know we're not going to prevent construction so are the are all the buildings that are on the list represented in these images and called out as such yes there's a there's an inventory of all those buildings I saw the list but the list and I don't know if all of them are they're all on the mass mackus list uh with the state okay um they all had to be registered and you know signed off on so they're all registered with the state which is a list of uh historical properties or not historical properties it's like an inventory of the history of the property like when the building was built what style it is ownership that kind of thing and have you had any other responses you mentioned a few people a few um a few people just don't want change and be told what to do you know never getting my sentence in here here I'm sorry um like from the uh Federated church or um you or JN stones are they like all for it these I haven't I haven't heard anything okay no I haven't heard like I said The only person any of the businesses that that's come to a meeting or or or the public hearing people that came to the public hearing were against it they didn't own anything in the district they were just against it in general principle um of another government regulation um but anybody that actually letters was have been sent out couple times now there's been published notices in the paper and online and that kind of thing so no I'm I'm kind of surprised I haven't heard from more people okay I'm just curious yeah um any other question I have a question so there's the the bylaw and then you referenced guidelines which come later but how does that so we go to town meeting in May and we vote how did you're not voting on the bylaws and they're not they're not um the guidelines the the guidelines I mean they're not um what's the word um not binding not binding okay they're not binding they're suggestions okay that's what I was kind they're to give somebody an idea of what the committee commission is looking for yeah whether or not they actually can do it or not I mean it's it's a starting point so they just come in blind and say what do you want yeah they need that and that's helpful to to there's a there's a there's a guideline just to you know rule of thumb and that can change like I said instead of updating a bylaw which is harder to change you can update at the guidelines as time goes on okay I just I because like people people do want to know what they're yeah voting on clearly so that is a you know suggestions to get people started just like we have um which is why we're trying to do as many of these kind of things as we can to get the word out you know I've been here now twice I'm going to the select board again um I've been to various groups in town um we've had we've been at Ashland day we've been at the farmer Market you know generally the public in general if they hear about it are in favor of it it's a very few local um individuals who are against it but everybody generally seems to have a nice I don't know it's just it's just my perception of it it's totally unscientific but I mean like you know it's going to depend on two-thirds which is a a big hurdle at a town meeting I mean so yeah so I I mean as the comprehensive plan is moving along we are well past people the community that spoke which was a good decent percentage through that saying preserve historic Ashlin small toown field we had some people that came out of their house and joined us tonight that I that's what I heard them speaking so I think I think there is community support for this I hope so I've worked on a couple of historic projects and I think the folks that I worked with have so much passion for the kind of work that they do um but in reality I'm I'm curious random scenario if for some reason Mills building was not in the position that it is today and we had this historic district in place would this have prevented us from having a 40b in that location at all no 40b Trump's this completely so having said that uh you began the presentation saying lot of this these buildings in this map right now are town-owned building few of them but there seems to be always and way around the so-called I feel good because it's a historic district feeling um is it beating the purpose is it reaching the goal that you're trying to get to because it feels like there's always a way around this even whether it's a historic district or not so I'm not sure if we if you really want to preserve those those facades on that main street is there should we get a little more stringent with what you have as kind of your bylaws guidelines to make sure that your goal ultimate goal is met because right now to me after hearing all the conversations it feels like this is coming up only for Mills building as a main project because all the others are Town owned so is there something that we can make this a little more stringent so that there's no way you can bypass this to get another fivestory building in that street well that that's the whole point of the district because like I said that's the only thing in Massachusetts that you can do um Somerville for example does individual buildings but they do it through a process of city council which is a lot easier um to do you know that this this building will be a local historic district or that building I can't do that in ason because we don't have the people or support to to make main committees commissions for each and every building you know um Hoppington downtown district is quite small actually um it's not as big as you think it is but that is the only because I did a lot of research on this because people say oh just put it on the national register you know won't won't fly that that's the same thing and you know I have had people say well they did a good job with this building and that building um when the people restored it I said yeah that's that's true you know but if you really our mission is to preserve uh at the Historical mission is is to preserve the architectural and historical assets of the town of ashin and this is the only way I could see that not everything but but a good chunk of the downtown area could be preserved for future Generations nothing's perfect you know I don't have a a crystal ball to say what would happen in the future but um I don't know if they've ever been overturned Stacy have any of like these districts ever been like desertified oh decertified I don't believe so I mean there have been some challenges um uh because there's always the you know um sometimes you'll get demolition by NE neglect yeah which happens um but I don't think there have been any that have been decertified I could check that for you but nothing comes to mind no just just came because you don't know what's going to happen down the future but you know and I'm and we're not advocating for like strong arming people telling them what to do with their property you know and that's the that was the major complaint I get from some people that you can't tell us what to do it's my property also it's worth and just noting I know you had talked about the there's a specific uh call for an architect and a realtor there's also spaces on the commission specifically set aside for uh Property Owners property owners in the district right in the district yeah for the whoever the whatever the historic district commission is in the end there are calls for there are spots specifically for people who own properties in the district so they'd have some say over their own um and this is I'm sorry Trish I'm won't cut you off this time no I mean um you had started actually before but I am wanting to kind of wrap up the discussion for this evening and but do you have something you wanted to say for no I I was just going to I was just going to say that uh this this is we we've looked at many different things to try to preserve you know downtown Ashland and if that if it doesn't you know we hope it goes forward you know if not then you have to look at other Alternatives as far as the mill buildings Go I mean it it seems to us like that ship is sailed but even still I mean we got all kinds of promises and the original go around he was going to keep two and a half of the facades now it's down to one and a half and you know all that stuff that we've been through um so looking around you know to prevent the destruction of downtown at the hands of developers if you want to get hysterical about it you know that that's that's one of the um you know people say that all the time this is not the town I grew up in well nobody's town is the town they grew up in but you know they can preserve some of it you know and at least the F and look because people move to these New England towns for a reason for these little small towns and as we're growing as a bedroom community now from some being a farm uh factory town um it's it's it's I think it's worth preserving some of the character and of the town's history yeah and um you just speaking as an individual I I I think so too I think there's there's a lot here to be uh obviously we if you moved to Ash and you fell in love with it for a reason and everyone probably doesn't love the same things but there are things you would like to see preserved that said um for me I would not feel uh responsible in doing my due diligence if I didn't take the time now to look at this in more detail after our discussion I would like an updated mat map with yeahor it's the right thing I don't know if the is the updated map on the on the online version Stacy do we know these were printed out by the town by by yeah I'm not sure yeah I'm us I used we need to fix that it was required that I use whatever the assessors had and I think cuz we had a mistake on it and I thought we fixed it yeah that little that little bit there is train station yeah I'm wondering what the build toppers.com do they have a bit more updated than this do you know I don't know I don't know I don't know yeah but I know that little bit that's next to the strip mall it was all one lot at one point so it was I don't want to go long it's okay it's okay we don't I don't need to go I just want want it to be updated so we have the updated map in front of us right and I think it would also be um good to have some um that it whatever map it is like I'm marking on my map like Yep this house is gone yep there's a there's a building here yep like I'm I'm correcting the M as I know it and it would be good to have that to really to understand whether that's through US or you know you guys have some notes on that um so that we really understand what it is when we're looking at the bylaw and the reg and the proposed guidelines I should say so my proposal would be that yes you did come before us before but it was very late at night night and we apologize for that it was very late at night and I remember yes yeah and thus it was very short and you guys were very patient um at that time and so we wanted to give it its time tonight but I also I I think this should come back sooner rather than later after we have a chance to digest this information I know our other member Anna is also on screen I I think she's not feeling well so hasn't really had maybe an opportunity to comment um as well so um so so I want to make sure we are able to have a a fully informed research and any further questions that we have before we take that vote on it that you've asked for opinions from the board um my only this one is I would also want to kind of re revisit these exclusions it becomes it feels like it's too broad at this point and may not really get us to where we are um I've seen communities where they even Define the color of paint it has to be a historical paint palette cannot be any paint uh we seem to have omitted some of those in this exclusion so I would love to take a stab at it if and kind of share those um thoughts just from looking at the map that you have or the area that you're looking at and give you some suggestions yeah well we specifically excluded color from the thing um from the bylaws because we didn't you know feel it was appropriate so along long with Deep's point because so this has been approved by the state yes so I'm not sure if any changes we make and we have to send it back to the state and that's going to delay this and and that's what I'm saying like I I don't think so I'm an advocate of let's not say we did it once and ignore it this I assume Deepa comes up with some wonderful suggestions and other people in the community this can be presented at Spring and we say there's people working on the committee and maybe you do want them would be I'm just kind of putting that context for me personally I waiting doesn't get you preserving history in my experience particularly watching in Ashlin so absolutely it's not should not put wrench in your process for sure Amanda and uh Anna online if you have a comment I mean I think my comments are similar to deas where it's sort of speaking content but that delays past Springtime think perhaps that's not appropriate so I had similar thoughts Anna do you have anything you want to add I mean I certainly support the the the concept of it in premise and I think it's good to get some specifics to vote on um if the rest of the board feels like we need a little bit more detail I'm I'm certainly willing to do that yeah I think for me it's just like I I want to be able to really read through all the material in the light of of the discussion that we've had tonight and and digest it all before um before proposing a vote on it so I would suggest that we we don't have to officially no put but I I would suggest um I I think our next meeting is looking kind of full am I right yeah but what about the first weekend first meeting in March would that be yeah L is that is that doable give us a little time to get questions together if you have any questions please send them to me yes you know and so I'll do my best to get them addressed by hook or by crook by somewhere you know we won't leave you hanging to the last minute we wanted it to be a dialogue yeah yeah that's that's reasonable I agree thank you very much for considering it and the goal for that March meeting would be to kind of say y or n to the concept of historic district yeah I think if the if the board feels it's appropriate and it probably is that we um take a vote on it you know of how we feel um about the uh about the proposed bylaw yeah it's not I mean just so you know it's not mandatory that you folks vote on it for to go forward it's it's more of a courtesy in my from our perspective because we'd like to get the town behind us as much as possible so if it's yay or nay it doesn't really you know affect the proc you don't need it you're just I don't need it but I I would like seeing what the support is yeah I I like to I would like it you know could it very well um and I just an add though I appreciate because I if it's in front of us it's at least getting hopefully some more publicity and and that's what you want and we all want so thank you exactly great thank you thank you very much all right next on our agenda that's good we've been waiting for that one for a while we've been intending to do that next on our agenda discussion of the update to the flood plane overlay District um section 8.1 of Ashen zoning bylaws heer you can take this away sure thank you so uh first and foremost uh Alvaro is here tonight and he's helped us out a lot on this and also Becca Solomon our conservation agent is joining us online so I just want to uh point out and and thank Becca for jumping on this call um to update this this bylaw so um the flood um excuse me the flood overlay District uh was last updated in 2014 and that was done using FEMA Maps so from time to time which I actually have in front of us on this table so we can get up and walk around I know we've been sitting our chair for a while um so this past year um excuse me I lost my trans thought so from time to time I you know these these Maps do get updated and I put a little fact sheet together in our packets um and it just kind of talks about what the flood plane District bylaws are um and so I'm just going to kind of pull those up and so these have kind of been around since the late 1960s um and to do so um communities adopt the the regulations and then allows the community to take part in the uh flood insurance program um theoretically that that the government government provides um so with that said um Ashlin for numbers of years has opt obviously opt in we do adopt these maps and from time to time they are updated by FEMA Ashland is lucky enough to be in two um two watersheds um the conquered which is the asit sberry conquered uh Watershed in the Charles River Watershed with that said so with that said this past year year two um FEMA and the State Department of Conservation and Recreation um has been updating the Charles River Watershed and so we have uh two tiles of our Ashland's I believe 10 or 11 tiles um and I if I bring up um if we can look at the maps here if anyone wants to move around I can explain what the tiles are but two of the tiles are being updated the two of the tiles are within the Charles excuse me in the Charles River Watershed and so with that said um what we are being asked to do is to update our bylaw first and foremost and update the tiles right we only have to update two of our tiles um however uh the state has provided us with a sample bylaw um Alvaro and myself and Becca have been working um and so that is what you see in front of us here tonight so Peter try to interrupt but when you talk about tiles is that something we're seeing like is it these squares that we're seeing on the these sares is what you're pointing to on the desk the same the the squares that we're seeing up here so what we're looking at on the comp tile so with that said but can I can I just like is this that whole thing is whole thing is one tile okay so this is a tile okay got it so what we're asked to do and what we're asked which we' been asked to do update two tiles within the Charles River so this is what has in front of us and this is where I kind of email I sent in the email I sent out um and and Becca Solomon is here online and and Becca I'm gonna make you a co-host as well um so you can un mute yourself um and and and Becca and Alvaro and myself we've kind of looked at this stuff and we've analyzed it that there very minimal changes in the tiles from to 2024 so Becca please feel free to jump on and and fill in any blanks that I have have uh that I have uh I have not spoken about um about the two tiles and the updates and alvro will help point out on the screen with with the mouse uh and also we have hard copies here in front of us um and then we can go into the bylaws uh that are here in the binder so Becca do you want to jump in is talk to the Plenty board a little bit about the updates on on the tiles uh just to check you guys can all hear me okay yep loud and clear perfect so um I think the tiles you have up here are focused on the waren wood section you can see the Ashen Reservoir off to the left there um so the area that is shown in the red circles there that is a 500-year flood plane shown on the 2014 map in Black on the 2023 Maps they changed that to an orange area um you can see on the 2023 map they actually took out that 500-year flood plane as it goes through Warren Woods and across Prospect Street um towards Raymond way over there so that is the first change that's the more substantial change um the other Maps which I see we just switched to here this is in the corner over by hollison um and when you first look at this it doesn't really look like it's touching ashin um and you would be right in the 2014 map in the 2023 map it's very hard to see at the scale there's like two pixels of the blue which is the hundred-year flood plane which is now within Ashland um that's over by aeta Road over there so it's very hard to see um it's those two pixels are basically smaller than the size of a house so it's very very minimal of a change I can see someone zooming in even at that scale it's kind of hard to see but it's just basically like these tiny tiny blue over the yellow line those are the two yeah when they're like recording the date I guess with like a airplane I don't know maybe they're like taking the picture like the sample just looks so tiny at that scale but yeah that's what Beck is talking about right here this corner those are the only changes that I know it's very small those are the only changes that are within Ashland there's definitely much more substantial changes in Holliston and in other communities that are within the the Charles River Watershed um we don't have much of that Watershed in Ashland and as you can see now we have very little flood plane uh associated with that Watershed as well so Becca can you explain on the first tile again the one with the more substantial change what the change is from then and now is it just so sorry just the elimination of a flood zone is that yes so they eliminated a 500-year flood plane um so that would be with the 500-year flood um they took that out from uh the Warren Woods area so uh anyone who's a little bit more familiar with the names of the streams and everything over there that's jar Brook over there um and so the flood plane associated with with kind of the headwaters of Jar Brook in that area has been removed and the flood plane would not start until after you cross into hollist and and those are the only changes for for us those are the only changes with this update okay so it it seems I guess then what's happening to the bylaw then thew it's all yellow and green so the bylaw is the biggest change right and the bylaw is is the bigger update right I'm just going to take these back this the changes with the yellow and the crossing out it makes it look like everything is changing yeah okay explain this explain this to us yeah yeah so backer if you can hang with us because because you're this is you're a pro at this stuff so um so you're are correct right the biggest change is going to be in the bylaw so what the state did along as they when they rolled out these new maps for the child's River Watershed they updated the bylaws right and so our bylaws were last updated 10 years ago and there's a lot of updates that the state is asking us to put in so working with Alvaro and Becca we ended up taking the sample State bylaw right and our town bylaw and we updated it right and so we took a lot of um what they were what they're asking for and but there are some some situations where we have to kind of think about what we have to think about right um what you're first seeing is a list of definitions right the state is asking us within this bylaw to adopt regulate a list of definitions and that are applicable to this bylaw so similar to the MBTA bylaw we adopted the list we put it first and foremost right after the purpose and then we um kind of dive in and kind of jump into the bylaw um with this Alvaro and was so kind enough to work with me on this one today which was a real which was a couple you know a couple long hours um what we did right is we ended up taking the old bylaw right and them plugging in the new language and verbage from the state sample bylaw underneath it right and so everything in red is struck and that is the existing bylaw right if you can see on this sample of the district delineation a lot of the verbage is the same however it was all chunked together so what I tried to do is separate it the other thing I want to note which I did in this area is Ash's in two Weds so I tried to separate the two different watersheds to make make it more organized and more clear because back in 2014 the state updated both the conquered and the Charles at the same time we're on the same Maps right the maps spoke to each other at this point the maps are going to be with two different years right and so I just tried to clarify that um further down so further down just keep on going we kind of take out some stuff they update l language right they up they use updated language most of it from a ver it's a verb from a verbage standpoint it's very similar um Becca correct me if I'm wrong um but there there are a couple new things the one thing that really is up for discussion um and I think we need to think about is in the new state bylaw right as proposed there's very limited in indor no exemptions right in ashlin's current bylaw as it was in 2014 there are exemptions right can you go back up Alvaro so just to explain this right here under the the the green right so the green is the existing bylaw right now we have seven exemptions within our flood plane overlay District bylaw right agriculture use forestry outdoor recreation Wildlife Management foot bike paths pretty I don't you know pretty I don't want to say common sense but uses one could see happening within a flood plane right then if you keep on going further down we do have a special permit application for any work within a flood plan can you keep on going down the purple right is the proposed language that the state says and what the state is saying in this instance is saying hey any work within that flood plane installation of a fence needs to get a special permit right and so a question that I I I want to lay it out for everybody is that do we want to use and I think it's appropriate to build in these seven exemptions that we have in our existing bylaw for installation of a fence and walking trails right or do we want to just say y you know this is what the state wants you know this is what they're recommending right um and then just to add one Nuance into this because there's always a Nuance is that it came to us right within some State trainings um that they're also going to look at the MB BTA how overlay districts and how flood plane overlay districts interact with MBTA overlay zoning districts right so going back to MBA MBTA zoning district one of the big elements of the MBTA zoning district is that there are those housing units are allowed by special permit right that you cannot have special permits on that property um if it's zoned MBTA so with that said alvro and I looked at where does the flood plane District interact with the MBTA District right and it was about six acres it interacted in two spots right it was a little bit on the Burnham's parcel and then it interacted with the uh 10 to 60 Main Street parcel right and so those are the two places it interacts but it's been suggested um that we build in an exemption if we do stand with if if we keep if we continue on with our s exemptions and then just continue on with our special permit as is today in our bylaw it was recommended that we build in exemption and we say no special permit uh shall be required within the MBTA overlay District's boundary just where that interaction takes place and so I did have to build that in the state has called it out on a couple occasions within their training sessions and I'm just looking to aide by so I think I mean isn't an obvious thing to update the M zoning to not like you so so I feel like that's there's a reason there's a flood plane overlay District this is this is serious right comes from federal government on down people study this they change it by like two pixels right it's not determined by Ashland and now we're like hey doesn't really matter because we did this law that you told us to and we do control where The mbta's Zing is so like I I um I think the obvious thing is not to just say hey go build there I think it has to be update of the NBTA zoning to take those out of it the six acres or whatever needs to be done easier said than done a lot easier said than done and then the two I you know we start discussing this until we're done with everything no I just wanted to point that out so as you continue down um they do everything in yellow here uh subdivisions um this 8.65 8.63 these are all accepted updates from the state uh proposed bylaw um so everything in yellow is directly from the state correct everything crossed out was our bylaw that we've updated that we've gotten rid of or that we're proposing to get rid of correct the ones in red that's crossed out correct the ones in red that are crossed out right the ones in green are what's what what's currently in our bylaw should keep that you're keep that proposing to keep that's what we're proposing to keep yeah uh Becker at this time do you have anything to add do you want to give your take I think it it' be great if you could give your take on the um on the update I know you've looked at it you know through and through y I just have a couple things to add um first just in regards to areas that aren't going to be um that you'd have exemptions and waivers for a lot of that stuff is still going to be reviewed by say the Conservation Commission because fences sheds things like that they're not exempt from the wetlands protect ction act and flood plane um in a lot of those cases so there will still be review there will still be permitting um they still have to provide compensatory flood storage for that stuff so there are still protections within the flood plane um this bylaw is more to give um you all a little bit of uh jurisdiction and input on that as well and then the other thing I wanted to add um I know there's a couple crossed out sections I see them on the screen right now some of that we crossed out because the state actually provides a revised language for it in a separate section further down so just if you're seeing a couple things on there and you're like why are we getting rid of that um we had looked through the state proposed language and um there's a couple things in there you can actually see cross out number five is about subdivisions and you go down a little bit in the yellow to 8.1.6 and there's an entire section on sub divisions that's been added instead um so just keeping that in mind that might answer a few questions in advance hopefully as well that's a great Point Becca and that's exactly you know taking subdivisions out we just added it in its own section and so if you do look at the state at the and and we can send out an example of how the bylaws written today how this interacts with it um and everyone can kind of take a look at it but we've just tried to go through it um reorganize it color code it obviously um to try to give everyone the best information possible um like I said the map Parcels excuse me the tiles um they're fairly minimal changes um when the state comes through with a update to the conquer River obviously there'll be more changes to the flood plane in Ashland just by fact that we have more tiles and more land area within that conquer River Watershed than the Charles River Watershed so it's almost like we're doing this heavy lifting with the bylaw today right um which will'll hopefully make for tomorrow with the update to the conquered a little bit easier where we would just have to accept the tiles as they were up but the biggest discussion points and to think about are keeping the bylaws and the exemption and the special permit as they stand or taking a look at what the state is proposing um in having that discussion I um I don't remember what the what's pink here purple there what what is that what was the code for that so that is the state's proposal yeah which is the discussion point between the existing exemption and the special permit process so it's not currently in our bylaw and it's correct part is what is there and we could keep keep or we could switch it for the thing in purple so in that case everything on green on that section will be stried out and we will insert the Lang the verbage in purple that makes more sense uh a little bit and then is there anything that the proposed state bylaw had that whoever you Alvaro um in Becca determined don't don't care don't want Ashlin to look at so they there were no we took no I'm just asking I no we there was some things that were not applicable to ashin that we did not you know sand dunes we have no sand dunes in Ashland we have no barrier beaches in ashon right so those were non-applicable but everything else was built in um and and we you know we we looked at it together I can you can take this bylaw here that we have and Alvaro we made notes on it and it says C State 13 right and if you in within the pack the information that we sent out it's the state model bylaw and it will say 13 boom so you can kind of Mi you have to mix them you have to mat you can we've matched them up we've done the hard work right we took the state bylaw we reorganized it matching it to what ashen's existing bylaw is right right however there is this topic that we have to look at um there's new items right um you know and I just just for a point of you know conversation it talks about recreational vehicles right and you'll you'll find this in you know in I think at uh 8.1.9 8.1.9 what a recreational vehicle is a recreational vehicle is a Winnebago right and so the state is saying if you're going to park a Winnebago in a flood plane right you need to have it anchored right so if a flood ever comes a Winnebago doesn't go down the river no pun intended right so that's a new element that the state's asking us to put in or you don't park your Wago in the flood plane um and so that doesn't mean you can't park your car or a everyday vehicle such as a truck but you know they're they're starting to look at campers um RVs I guess right um when bagos so everything was brought in Kate from the state and it was just organized in a way to meet what Ashland has in its current bylaw green is current green is current my question is you mentioned that the Concord One Is Yet To Come and that's where the larger chunk of ours kind of by doing this edits at this point and not knowing what's coming down the pipeline is this like safe time to update this or should we uh wait because if that's what has a massive Impact versus the child's which is literally pixel count I don't I don't know if I have a yeah where I'm saying is there a kind of a timeline necessity that this needs to get updated Now versus wait till the next map comes in I believe so because I was on the training for the with the DCR today and they said that they wanted to see a update by was it July 8th they want to see towns within the Charles River Watershed updated and and just to clarify like there were two changes to the tiles the little two pixel one and the the area that was eliminated but we have a lot more flood planes oh everywhere they just and that's what this that's what this is all about correct the ones all those ones that are left correct correct 100% you can't park you in a bag so this bylaw would pertain to the entire town right those two I'm going to call them Squares tiles are just updates within the Charles River Watershed Basin and what's the process between us and conservation like obviously it's a bylaw so it has to it's a zoning bylaw so it has to go through planning board but conservation is looking what were we talking about that it's kind of a team eff right Becca is our conservation agent start tree Warden um Bec is very knowledgeable on wetlands and but this doesn't go through conservation no no no so it still would require planning board you know if there was work to be done within the bylaw I mean within the flood plane it would still require planning board however if work is done within comc com's jurisdiction correct me if I'm wrong PKA a lot of this stuff would be triggered with conservation's approval in hand so this is one of those areas where conservation and planning are always going to have a re are going to have a review theoretically of the same of of very similar projects right um indor projects are going to go to both committees per se Becca is that a good way to explain that or yeah I think that's a a good way to explain it and just to bring it down a little bit more into comparison terms it would kind of be similar to how the planning board and conservation um both look at storm water right now obviously the planning board has a a certain level of jurisdiction on storm water review um as does conservation and that's shared um so this would be a similar situation where you would have a a certain amount of riew over the the flood plane and conservation has our own regulations under the wetlands protection act to deal with as well okay so this isn't this is something that goes through planning board not something that goes through conservation and that's like is this something conservation needs to take a look at orte this is just coming from the state so I think it it goes both ways right it's coming from the state right it's it's a federal update to the FEMA Maps right DCR is the one that is being the conduit of this information and the DCR flood plane Management Group um it does touch obviously conservation and Becca and and kind of it and it kind of blends to her expertise regarding the flood plane and wetlands however this is a local bylaw and it's a zoning bylaw so it do still kind of fall within the realm of the planning yeah I get that it's it's in our jurisdiction I'm wondering just that um in the same way the historic commission is looking for support for a bylaw you know it seems like a bylaw that would also you know that conservation might be interested in looking at and saying that it's well written and yeah no uh you know um is anyone else well I think that Essence that's why Becka and Al myself are all working together right we're all talking about it but you know obviously um we can I'm sure Becca can take this to the conservation a I mean the conservation it's an an appropriate process you know for to gain support make sure there's no thing left out well so along that lines in the green on like 8.1.4 if this is the current exception which potentially we that's one of the topics right but it just says um you know there they're basically saying they're going to be allowed but there's no reference to like conservation commission other rules overriding this and I feel like you know conflicts aren't good if someone wants to challenge I'm like no but you you approved a bylaw it says I can do this and why put the town in that position I feel like that if that stays probably needs to be at least looked at from that angle what number was this 8.1.4 uh so are you through the through the board if I can just chime in for a second please I'm not sure if it's on the version that's on the computer on the screen right now um there it is um so in 8.1.4 in that kind of introduction paragraph where it says um GL chapter 131 section 40 that is the citation for the wetlands protection act okay I think we had discussed Peter um putting it clearly in plain English wetlands protection act and then putting the general law citation um in parentheses um I'm not sure if this version had that update or if we decide to take that out um but that is a citation for the wetlands protection act saying that to um to to be able to get these exemptions you do have to be in compliance with both that and the building code thank you Becca um I'm curious so we said that either it's everything highlighted in green or the one that's in pink purple is that what we said or is that not that's just the base this is the starting this is the start of the conversation because lot of the information that's highlighted in green is not all covered in those four lines I'm just curious like um for example the timeline on the receipt of application and under special permit that's not all covered in this in these four sentences it's kind of very specific about the use um and in addition to the seven uses there's obviously some language in the special permit about where the special permit is so I don't know if it is Apples to Apples replacement it feels like it meets or am I not understanding this correctly just one note I don't it's not all the part in green is just section 8.15 or the purple one so the purple one will just replace a 1.5 not a 1.4 okay but then that does not again talk about the within 10 days of receipt for example the line item two so this is not getting covered there so I didn't change any of that that's how our bylaw reads today so what we're seeing is we are still going to keep some sections of this and we don't have to keep I didn't change a thing okay right so it still needs to be scrubbed right still need needs to be discussed but I didn't take what I what we tried to do is say okay this is what we got now we tried to organize it format it so it's readable so we can discuss it so sections okay exactly colors will be good so this is just we can change it we can manipulate it we can discuss it but this is just kind of the start the Baseline of the conversation what's our goal tonight Peter this is a lot to digest what do you this is it really if I think we can just take this it's we digested it took it in think about it bring it back okay and then go from there right that's it I think this is the state is asking to do this um if we can work through this process and get it to town meeting great if it's going to take longer you know don't put me on camera with the state but we going to fall Tomy right um I I think we should worked through it's just a lot to digest all at once it's a lot to digest at once this is it I just wanted to start the conversation okay we just kind of like wanted to make it clear with the colors and everything so now you actually can see what we're changes that we're suggesting the word c is a good one here I know I know you sent this out I I don't remember if it was a we haven't sent this out we're going to send this out we send you did you see such colorful prints I say can you send it out as a we're going to send that out the doc like I I I just have trouble with the no I think the printer the green dots there is little it's better to read better yeah yeah so what we sent out I sent out a little fact sheet she can be a loose warrior in this Cas right a little fact sheet came out on on the email on Friday this little fact sheet came out and it was just to provide a baseline okay what is FEMA what is the flood zone what are we talking about here talking about those Maps Okay right talking about those Maps Regal flood insurance big programs right we're talking about an update to two tiles out of all of Ashland right and we're talking about the state provided us a baseline right we're taking that Baseline and we've compared it to our current bylaw and that's it right we're just starting the conversation and Becca is here to kind of help us as a conservation agent kind of guide the conversation so that's all I had to think that's all we need to talk about tonight about flood plane overlay good stuff yeah yeah a lot of homework to do between historic and this yeah and I think this is one of the elements obviously we deal with a lot of applications this is an area where dealing with something that we don't deal with often and from and I do not deal with the flood plane often right um Becca does a little bit more obviously due to conservation in the wetlands but also the please know within this by de facto The Building Commissioner is the flood plane manager right so he kind of has some say in this too so we're all kind of we all kind of work together on it in a certain way and it's just a matter of kind of of of doing the best we can all together um so Becca do you have anything to add before we move on I think you basically covered thank you for Jo I had one quick question sorry I'm curious about this MBTA one and what Kate just said is does it make sense to kind of look at it with this package versus looking at it as part of MBTA guidelines and if you've kind of looked into that at all so so I we have a little bit right and I don't want to go down this huge rabbit hole with MBTA in Ashland well Ashland you need right all communi need 50 acres a minimum of 50 acres to be zoned MBTA in Ashland we have 56 acres and that was done strategically to keep low density to take advantage of what we have had permited and what has been built right the MBTA bylaw was also built around on Cirrus right Cirus is the backbone and what makes ashon comply because half of our district is has to be contiguous thank you I was looking for that word right and so that's what kind of makes us and that has kind of squeezed us down we did a lot of We've ran a lot of numbers to make sure cus on its own is our number one contiguous 50% area right it works right now it works how we have it if we start adding more if we say okay we're not going to put an exemption in for for for um for excuse me for for the flood plane right we have about a little over six acres of land right between 10 to 60 and a little bit maybe about a I think it's 0.3 I think it's so you lose that cushion that you've built into that NBT that's where you're getting so you lose it okay SO3 Acres of over at Burns very small numbers here right within that flood plane District right so if you say hey no exemption that means we're going to have to go out and find my eyes six more Acres exactly however you still have to go back and look at the principles of the NBTA bylaw right you have to have 50% your toal whole acreage has to be contiguous on one lot right and so therefore it's it's a lot like what Trisha said it's a lot it's not easy it's not easy the thing and the thing is I think the the areas where these the areas that we chose for all the MBTA and it's and particularly these two 10 to 60 no matter what this does no matter what be MBTA does there's a proposal in front of the zoning board right now or does it will it go through we don't know for sure right but is this the point to change our MBTA because I mean this 40b overrides this right this doesn't stop 40b correct and also I mean because that whole thing is in I don't think 40b over overrides flood plane with so that is I don't think correct so with that said 10 to 60 is also going to have to go in front of conservation right and and meet conservation requirements with this right um so it's something to think about I think it would be very hard to to to I think it' be very hard to take the principles that we built the MBTA byar on right and try to thread the needle without going back out and having to do the whole you know to really rethink everything but I think the importance is the whole reason why you have a flood plane right if if if MBT yes that has its own consequences but I think the whole reason why you have this on the larger part of the plan is to make sure you preserving those natural resources and if we are saying just to protect that MBTA uh plan we are ignoring and giving that room for that six acres to be just slide it in I am just curious like how does that really work right I I would just make a comment that I don't think it was like ignore because when we were looking at the MBTA there was also the sensitive layer that it was part of that process so we were looking at zoning over it it was part of the NBTA exercise to look at it and make sure that that was a red flag area it will still be included in the MBT like it will be still allowed to be sewn for development within the under MBTA regulations because it always will fall back to conservation to take a look at that in for like so you do have that backup yeah it was not so it's not correct to say that it was totally ignored when we did M we didn't pay attention to that we had a backup of the conservation aspect yeah cuz let's say like you take like a and I know like this is because I talked to Becca that like if you take and like you like change a cubic feet of that that will have to be recreated under like a certain area and that will be something that conservation up look all the time okay maybe for the next discussion we have on this can you um show us on a map those those six acres like that you know where those are so does our current put bi this is where I'm going to the green so but does it require can you say that again I don't think there's an exception for the MBTA right now it specifically say so it basically Falls within a gray area but we are adding that as one of our line items under special permit in this package like right now because you have proper in all right it's a gray area right now because you can't have permits I think that's what I'm trying to make sure that I understand that currently our by lot says that because it's not in and it's just because MBTA is new this is new it's just one of those things that need to be reconciled reconciled correct clarified all right so is it okay if and and an it on online jump in if if ever you have a question but otherwise are we okay um taking in all this information and finding our next appropriate open space to to go at it again my brain can handle it no I know it's getting late no it's just that it's it's just a lot of information yes it's just a lot of information um does anyone have any questions though before we do that okay if not we don't even have to officially move this week no nothing to okay so thank you so much Becca thank Becca all right so next heavy hitting topic on our list um accessory dwelling units why not good stuff next discussion of how to modify our bylaw for those at home had a discussion about how to modify the Ashen bylaw for accessory dwelling units to uh be in line with the new state regulations re um allowing them by right in single family home districts so that's where we're at um Peter do you want to just give us an update about the work you've been doing I think Anna has been doing some work as well sure so a couple things we talked about this at the last PL board meeting there was a couple principles that we did pull out of that conversation um number one um correct me if I if I miss this step is that we wanted to um make sure that we were only allowing one Adu bylaw law on a per lot to amend to the bylaw I mean to to um as discussed um you mean you mean one protected Adu per lot correct per lot yeah per lot um so that was built into this into this um we did talk about the the distance allowable um for a parking space right now the um the regulations state that if you are within or the parcel is within a half mile of train station Ando here in ashon a bus stop um you do not have to build the parking spot um we talked about Anna cor me if I'm wrong moving that to a mile yes I think we reached consensus at the last meeting okay that no parking space shall be required at the parcel of land is within one mile of public transportation okay did Anna get did you send out this I haven't sent out this map actually I had ask Alvaro to do this today so this is new for everybody so regarding that conversation I just kind of wanted to geographically show everybody um where the bus stops were and where the train stations are so um obviously the train station here in Ashland is on Pleasant Street um which is right here and then you also have the train St station over in Southboro um and then you have two bus stops at along 126 one at the Market Basket Plaza one at the um the Shaws Plaza there is a bus stop at cus development which is RTA and then there's two bus stops here in the downtown so geographically I thought it would be helpful just to be so deplick um those stops um in the train stations um just to confirm everybody uh see those from a geographical representation Anna are you able to see the screen yes I can see it okay so obviously there's the difference the inner circles the half mile the Outer Circle is the mile um like I said we just put this we were able to put this together soon so I apologize for not sending it right out um right away my only question is um are these walkable when you make that one mile radius are these walkable to those bus stops or train stations because we don't have sidewalks everywhere in Ashland and this is as the crow flies and not as a person walks it's a different thing talking about the number of units and why the possibly the5 mile radius was set in place to begin with because not you don't want people walking on the streets in Ashland if it's not meant to be so are we triggering other challenges with increasing this radius yeah I'm I'm not I I think that's a really good point and I think also um when I think about okay if like if you're not part of riding a parking spot yes there's definitely some people that even if they're a mile out won't want a parking space but I would say the majority will want at least one and if it's a couple living there they could have two and that's all then parking on the street you know those for those cars versus providing off street parking so I think that's a little concerning you know to me um so the question is though um we aren't saying they cannot provide parking we're saying the consideration is requiring right right I'm just wondering I'm just thinking a mile out and that's showing it like I said by the crowfly so likely someone's walking typically more than a mile in most cases um might I I don't know I I'm not sure I think that's a good idea and the other thing I think you were searching for Peter just to throw it out there is that we had decided no short-term rentals that's true as a part of this at this time that's true yep those are added in so what I did do I did um take a look at a couple sample bylaws I pulled some things out um I looked at our existing bylaw um and then I created um what's in tonight's packet which is an example by so um I was able to send this over to Anna I know Anna took her look uh put her eyes on it um obviously this is just being developed within kind of um the development stages and again I think tonight I'm just trying to get everyone's you know I think the biggest goal here is just to present some ideas some discussion points everyone can got take them back take a look at it and then kind of continue on so um drafting a bylaw that obviously fits the town of action um so my yeah and I I'll add I did review Peter's uh draft and I thought that it was good um obviously we need to kind of confirm our consensus I I personally am not disturbed by the one mile issue you know if there's not consensus I'm okay with the0 five it certainly this this map just shows me that we're kind of being super flexible relative to adus um we can also go three qus of a mile it doesn't need to be half a mile or a full mile it can be something in the in the middle if we wanted to find a compromised position but I'm also okay with the half mile um I think the one thing that wasn't clear for me in Peter's draft I think for setbacks we wanted adus to conform to existing setbacks and that language Peter I just want to make sure it's in your draft Yeah know I think I that's one thing that I know um we need to look I needed to add and the only other thing is your bylaw draft did not mention the perming authority like who would the people go to is it the Building Commissioner so it's going to be the Building Commissioner yep so we should probably add that to the bylaw those are my only two kind of changes or three I guess what's our consensus on the parking distance let's add the pering authority and let's make sure it says clearly what we agreed to on setbacks and I think with those three changes Peter's draft is in my opinion worthy of public comment at our next meeting did I lose you guys no we're all in the room we're just reviewing than you I'm just thinking about the parking distance um I'm thinking about like a day like today and I feel like a half mile is a whole lot more dual than a mile poten as the crowfly is potentially longer than a mile and thinking about like what would realistically happen in that situation and the increase in like overnight street parking and the string that would put on fire and plows and everyone would try of do we have a bunch of cars that are not lawfully parked in what looks like a whole lot of town with the one mile radius versus sort of a much more manageable swap of town at the half mile yeah yeah what I what I wonder is okay yes it doesn't mean they can't they can provide parking if they want to but I'm afraid it gives especially for people who are doing it as a rental and not not for a family that it gives kind of an out like okay I don't have to construct another parking lot parking space which is obviously it's a little bit more money to provide it I don't need to have another car park on my property I don't up one of my own right I don't give up one of my own I I don't want someone else you know the renter parking on my property so they have no choice then to find a spot on the street which then it becomes the neighborhood's problem or the neighbor problem versus the person who put in the adus problem and I'm not sure about causing that kind of yeah we're a half mile seems much more plausible that they're like great I don't even need a car here awesome you know so I get that agree especially looking at like the just how much of town is covered by the one mile versus yeah one thing we can do is we do have a a a sidewalk layer a g sidewalk layer so particularly we could lay that sidewalk layer you know and then um and then come in a little bit closer you know and I think what I think you know let's be realistic here uh Kate you live pretty close here right and there's this area obviously I'm just going to take this and and look you know behind the Market Basket Plaza right um I know there is a trail there it's a well-used trail okay so that's a well used trail there um obviously that this neighborhood obviously could get to it so you you're saying okay there could be a plausible link here but then down in this area uh at at the Shaws Plaza you know well the area up into spy glass Hill and behind spy glass Hill right there's really no direct sidewalk access that could get you down there is a sidewalk now coming down well sidewalk access is one part yeah but the other part of it is this adus is also either it's rentals for young family or older population and the fact that now you're saying then this whatever distance want the older generation to go looking for parking spot on the street which may get challenging um and I think that's the other because the adus are meant for very distinct group of folks right it's not folks with larger families um so I'm I mean I know we talked about it last week but it feels like once you saw that map that one mile looks like Jun Ash I'd like to see the the sidewalks who said and I but the reality is we cannot require a parking space within5 miles and there's plenty of those places that people are going to need a car anyway and and so I think I I don't want to speak for but the raising is sort of like trying to make I think the board and obviously the state agrees with trying to promote adus and and so I I think I can see both ways as well but I think we have to not just quickly give up the one mile I guess which I don't care the board is doing but it there there's no way some of those people aren't going to need a parking spot in the 0.

[Music] hello helloo okay e e e [Music] still still [Music] you do about [Music] that e [Music] good evening and welcome family and friends to the East Long medal Spartan senior night on behalf of the coaches and families we would like to extend our heart congratulations to the players for their outstanding accomplishments we would like we would also want to express our gratitude for the dedication and Leadership you've shown throughout the years each and every one of you has played a crucial role in the success of Spartan hockey over the past four years your hard work and unwavering commitment has not gone unnoticed and are deeply appreciated by all of us before we celebrate our East Long BTO sen we would first like to take a moment to recognize the green field Greenway seniors number two Jake jur number five Jake Knight number eight Ry [Music] R number 12 ham Hopkins number 14 Matt G number 15 quter Hall number 16 r p the East Long midal coaches and players wish the Green Wave seniors the best of luck in their future [Applause] endeavors tonight we celebrate senior doly Owen Reed proud jersey number one Owen joined even by his D and stepanie and his brother J he would like to express his deepest gratitude to his grandmothers Joan and Kathy as well as his coaches especially his uncle D for their unwavering support throughout his hockey Journey Owen has been a dedicated member of the varsity hockey team for 4 years making a significant impact between the vies he was awarded MVP by his teammates his two years after high school he plans to attend a 4year university to further his education while continuing Place worth Hees let's give a big round of applause for number one next we celebrate Mason grass a dedicated member of our hockey team wearing number two Mason has played an integral role on the team for the past four years holding down the ice is an defens Mason is joined on the ice tonight by his mom prist and his brothers Dylan and Jackson he would also like to extend a heart thank you to his grandma and grandpa ker and his uncles Tom and Dave for his support for their support throughout his journey in addition to playing hockey Mason has been a multiport athlete playing four years of football and four years of baseball After High School Mason plans to join the military continuing his commitment to service and Excellence congratulations Nation [Music] next up we celebrate Ericson and player for [Music] oury has of theity team for years playing a crucial role as an adven joining camp on the ice tonight are his parents Cara and Jamie his sister bra and his brother ra their unwavering support has been instrumental in his journey p on and off the ice in addition to hockey C has been a stand out athlete in ARS we gol for four years serving as the team captain during his Junior and senior Seasons looking ahead is still weighing his college but Pur degree in finance and AE insti let's give a big round to [Music] now we Cate a dedicated M of theey mom who his biggest fan will be watching from home this evening due to an illness Carson would like to extend a heart thanks thank you to his grandparents Don and kayb and Jackie dley for their unwavering support throughout his hockey Journey the also special shout out to his e and Co Franco along with his teammates for their encouragement in comaraderie carison has been a dedicated member of the varsity hockey team for four years playing left wing he was awarded the seventh player award by his teammates his sophomore season in addition to hockey he has also played on the golf team for 3 years and spent the year with the baseball team as for what's next for Caron he hasn't made a college commitment yet but hop they continue playing hockey at the next level once again number 14 Carson [Music] L next up we celebrate Mike gella a dedicated player for our VAR hockey team where number 16 Mike has been an essential part of our team for 4 years playing Center joining Mike on the ice tonight is his father Jeff his mother Alana and his girlfriend sopia you would like to also extend a heart P thank you to his entire family for their incredible Support over the years and for always coming out to his games and been strong on the for 3 years so versatility as an athlete After High School Mike plans to pursue a degree in finance at a 4year university and we know he will achieve great success in his future endeavors again Mike [Music] Vanda and last but not least we celebrate number 18 py kley a dedicated senior player for hockey team has been an essential part of the team for years playing as a right leag accompany Tommy on the ice tonight are his father Tommy his mother Jen and his brother Jack he would like to also extend his gratitude to grandfather his sharing as well as his Aunts Uncles and cousins for their unwavering support in addition to hockey Ry has showcased his ath by playing lros for two years after high school Tommy plans to attend te State College majoring in criminal justice he also to continue playing hockey on their club team and aspires to being in future Massachusetts state trooper again let's give a big round of applause for for and again the of 25 for your East Long SP [Music] said [Music] I [Music] I guess so I don't know yeah I hope I don't scream in your ear e e e [Music] the what so proudly we [Music] the last who brought stripes and through the or the rain we we together [Music] the [Music] rock [Music] the through the night that are still [Music] oh [Music] that the L of [Music] the the home of the ladies and gentlemen [Music] [Applause] [Music] ER yeah I'm G say a couple things my mom yeah back to Olympia I Center for a match up between the East Long Meadow Spartans and the Greenfield waves I'm abula pagee calling today tonight's game live on elcat such a special celebration that I had the privilege to be a part of senior night here for the Spartans and we are honoring six seniors here it's going to be Mike mraa Tommy cley Carson leage Camden eron Ericson Mason grao and Owen Reed uh you know it's been such a privilege to call these games um the last three seasons and it's a privilege to be here tonight I'd first like to give a shout out to my mom um who is not able to be here tonight to celebrate my brother Carson um I know that he appreciat appreciates your love and support of his hockey career over all of the years many many years uh love you Mom and also a special senior shout out to my partner my friend Mike peard who is not able to be here tonight as well um it's been so awesome calling the games with Mike this season and he's done a great job um and he grew up playing hockey with this group so super special night lots of love and celebration and we are getting started here it's been a while since I've done play byplay I've just been doing commentary for Mike this season but I'm excited to be back as Greenfield dumps the puck trying to exit Their Own Zone not able to and the Spartans intercept these two teams met only five days ago as an open Ice hit is laid and Joey Maza [Applause] [Music] scores a snipe from the Spartans less than a minute in and they have gained the one goal lead what a sequence to start this one as I was saying these two teams met only five days ago and Green Field won two to one this is a big night for the Spartans Greenfield is 11 six and one Spartans 97 and one this game certainly has ties into playoff hopes for next week and Spartans would certainly like to come away with a win Greenfield successfully dumps the puck down the ice in on Reed who will opt to cover what a play from the Spartans to start an open Ice hit I'm not even sure who that was on but great speed top Corner as one comes in on Reed and he pads it aside fight for the puck along the boards and the Spartans RI it around the boards down the ice it's tipped [Music] as they announce Baker on the assist there open Ice shot goes in on the Green Field goenda still only two minutes into this one Spartans with the one- nothing lead off of a joey Maza snipe and the faceof in Greenfield's [Music] Zone chipped up the boards by greenfield grao to collect off the boards not able to find a Spartan here's leage leage Maneuvers around a couple Green Field players cross ice pass by greenfield now it's mraa back to Gro and leage springs Erikson Erikson with speed and he gets hooked out in front Spartans will be on the power play Baker to take the face off and Greenfield successfully gets it down down the other way Erikson who scored the game-winning goal in overtime over Long Meadow just yesterday that game started at 3M I wasn't there but I heard it was a bar burner Mazo with the shot that's blocked out in front Erikson back hands it be behind the net Maza Reed at the point high low game from the Spartans taken down and taken advantage of still a minute to go on the power play for the Spartans a Miss pass in their own end and the shot comes in on Reed not sure if that one saw him might have hit the side of the net nonetheless Spartans able to break up the ice here's Erikson with speed along the left wing now behind the net it's Rustico now leage Rustico trying to send it in the middle there not able to get that pass out in front Erikson with the shot rtier and save by greenfield kley danced around Greenfield got the pass out in front but no Spartans were there leage out in front it is loose and the Spartans not able to capitalize as the net comes off good movement there from the Spartans leage knew he had space as Dan Reed says put the puck on net and good things will happen chaos out in front still a one-goal lead for the Spartans 8 seconds left to go on the power play shots in favor of the Spartans four nothing easy glove by the Greenfield goal tender [Music] raso keeps it in at the point sends the shot in believe that got in on the Green Field [Music] again uh what makes this group of seniors so special is that Dan Reed has coached them with his son Keller who is a junior um from when they were little in um at their youngest age and they've grown up being coached under Reed as the puck comes in on Owen Reed Outlets it Maza pass was behind him and it goes into the bench [Music] face off at Center [Music] ice up the Ace from Greenfield behind the red line but it was tipped back out into the neutral zone along the boards good play by mraa to break up the Green [Applause] Wave and the pass two far out in front for Erikson that'll be another icing Puck goes off of a Greenfield player skate and the Spartans find it to get it out of their Zone Greenfield re-enters The Zone shot in on Reed sticks safe looking for grao in the middle was Roman not able to get there roer wraps around for cley chips off the boards but Greenfield is there along the cornerboards up to celey and he shot in by Roman great pass by keley as Roman only had one Greenfield defenseman on him able get able to get the shot off and now Greenfield exits Their Own Zone up to a strong hit by Reed kept in just barely by greenfield defenseman Keller Reed tried to glove it down not able to control Greenfield at the point the shot comes in not able to get on Reed and another one Reed makes the stop Spartans finally able to get it out it's a foot race with Maza But ultimately it will be called icing there's still one more game left before the western Mass playoffs and state playoffs coming our way but on Saturday the Spartans will face Hopedale Junior and Senior High School at 6 PM Outlet pass goes off a skate Spartans to regroup In Their Own Zone Brewster with speed gets the puck in [Music] deep leage out in front goenda wasn't prepared for that one still makes a stop with the pad menra in a puck battle along the boards Greenfield comes away with it taken down was Greenfield ref's arms stay down leage with speed up the left wing and a good stick play by greenfield out in front by Brewster here's Rustico shot went off of a stick back out in front Brewster sends it down behind the net Gro takes the hit to make the play Spartan goes down refs are really letting a play here bringing Erikson into the offensive zone not able to stay on his skates and here comes Greenfield three on two up the ice comes in on Reed wraparound attempt out in front and it goes to Erikson 211 Erikson and kley Erikson says the pass to keley not able to get a stick on it and the Green Field Green Wave gets it out more numbers greenfields way shot not on Reed back again two on2 Spartans and Green Field that one broken up as well good takeaway from Kevin Baker at the Blue Line keeps the puck in kley had a shot blocked out in front and the Spartans with a good hit Come Away with it at the point it's Reed across the ice and the shot from Shaw not able to get in on net Baker to Shaw up the left wing along the corner boards Baker out in front and now it's Gro with the shot save by greenfield and a scrum out in front what a sequence there from both teams odd man rushes up and down the ice they went at Olympia Ice Center nothing to come from it and now it looks like it'll be a four on four here matching roughing penalties penalties with will offset each other so it'll stay five on five with Maza in the Box for the Spartans Spartans still hold the shot Advantage seven to three just under five minutes left here to go in this one and the Greenfield crowd here tonight has been very vocal so far [Music] in fact the referee is trying to throw a Greenfield parent out not sure if he has the absolute power to do that I guess they're gone I haven't seen much of this since the tournament days where some parents out in eastern Mass would be really rowdy but I mean way to ruin it for your kids Greenfield just had their senior night when the Spartans visited them last Saturday and they were honored here tonight along with the Spartan seniors frankly it's embarrassing [Music] as we comically wait for the parents to leave the premises [Music] I guess we're ready to resume Spartans Come Away With It shot from leage offline grao leage was looking for the tip out in front Puck did not get there Greenfield up the ice [Music] back behind their own net is Greenfield looking to Spring a player up the left wing broken up by the Spartans and a good back check there from kley but Greenfield still has it Puck is taken off Greenfield stick and I believe the whistle here is just because the net was knocked off [Music] face off in the Spartan Zone Zone and Roman comes away with it up the ice but not out green field shot Reed not able to cover the rebound was sitting in the crease for a quick second for it went to the corner and now the Spartans have icing call 345 left here to go in the first period which has now seemed like a long one because of the antics of a couple of Greenfield parents Spartans out in front and sent into the neutral zone Green Field with speed once again a good back check good effort from Roman ruso enters the offensive zone not able to stay with it Greenfield with speed over the blue line and Spartans break it up [Music] referee is not putting up with any arguments in this one would have been a two on one two on two opportunity for the Spartans breaking up the ice nonetheless Shaw is going to head to the box and the Spartans are going on the penalty kill [Applause] [Music] Puck is kept in by greenfield Greenfield behind the net another wraparound attempt and Reed Stands Tall down the ice it's a foot race Kevin Baker no surprise the first one there in the corner out in front was looking for Erikson and now Green Field up the left wing poked Away by the Spartans still not out and now Baker again being sprung up into the offensive zone has a green field wave to beat the shot and scores he sets up Bren Erikson and the Spartans have a two nothing lead somehow Greenfield was not able to track the Speedy Braden Erikson coming along the right side of Baker simple Passover the one time and that's a short-handed goal for Braden Erikson those two were tied in goals believe with nine heading into this one and Erikson has taken the lead [Music] what a momentum booster for the Spartans still 117 left to kill on this penalty can't let your guard down now as we've seen before Spartans have scored a shorty and then gotten scored on but that's a big one Green Field up the ice poked Away by the Spartans but it's sent out in front one time shot from Greenfield didn't have a lot on it Spartans haven't escaped yet across the ice and out of the Zone back in and Reed plays the body Greenfield in the corner looking for the pass out in front to Spartan sticks covered the lane for Green Field and a miss pass as the Spartans Maza take advantage and now it's a full ice clear for the Spartans 10 seconds here to go on the ER excuse me the shaw penalty Green Field out in front grao got a stick on it another Green Field forward was across the ice and could have had a tap in goal and now Greenfield is heading to the Box a hold interesting play there thanks to the efforts from grao and Reed on that it is still a two- gooal lead for the Spartans here minute 7 Seconds here to go in the first period the faceof in the Spartans offensive zone Jack [Music] ruso Greenfield chips it up the ice Brewster as [Music] page leage behind the net wraps it around to Brewster Erikson sends a shot in gloved by greenfield [Music] kley sends the shot out in front once again a stop made by greenfield shots now in favor of the Spartans 10 to [Music] five Erikson over to Brewster Brewster shot another St by greenfield 32 and half seconds here to go in this first [Music] frame leage over to Erikson Erikson's shot blocked squeaked through nearing the crease didn't get there and Green Field clears 20 seconds here to go in the period up the ice is Erikson with speed right wing and shot believe the Green Field goenda piece of that but it heads into the netting for a stoppage of play nine seconds left Spartans able to do able to complete about half of this power play second half will be starting with the second period and it's been a good power play so far if I say so myself they've gotten about five shots out of it and that'll end the first period a two nothing lead for the Spartans heading into the second goals from Joey Maza and bradden Erikson we'll be right back here with you on elcat e e e welcome back to the second period of East Long Meadow Spartan Taki against Greenfield on elcat Spartans have a two nothing lead over Green Field after one and lead in shots 12 to [Music] five Spartan will be on the power play to start this period they have 53 seconds left won the face off but not able to Corral Brewster behind his own net to regroup leage Brewster avoiding a hit Spartans not able to get into the offensive zone Brewster back to collect Le over to ER Ericson to Rustico ruso with kley spring to the net not able to find him bro out in front still near the crease out in front for Rustico and he scores leage with the setup and Rustico with the Finish it's a three- nothing Spartans lead chaos in front of the Green Field net similar to the Spartans performance in the first period overwhelming Green Field and their defense greenfields tried the wraparound attempt on Reed a couple of times I thought leage was going to there but instead he sets up Rustico to give the Spartans a three-goal lead here's Maza with speed up the right wing he's tripped up and there won't be a call Spartans and they score it's Kevin Baker once again chaos around the Green Field net and wow quickly very quickly into the second period it is a 4 nothing lead and Greenfield is going to change goenda I believe is calling a timeout here Dan Reed fired up on the bench for the Spartans a big lead here for the Spartans I mean that sequence was certainly just what the Spartans have excelled at so far in this one crowding the net overwhelming Green Field finding the holes in the defense and space on the ice Kevin Baker found the back of the net I'm still waiting for a senior goal here tonight if the Spartans keep pushing like this hopefully we'll see one it's been all the underclassman here contributing for the Spartans giving kudos to their senior goenda start to the period here for the Spartans but I'm sure Dan Reed was telling them don't take your foot off the gas pedal keep keep pushing you can't let loose and slow down against this green field [Music] team Maza out in front Greenfield able to clear two on two up the ice poked Away by Reed Maza tried to pick it up at Center ice now it's Greenfield in the [Music] corner up the ice it's Maza he's got Shaw on the left wing Maza over to Shaw and he scores Cody Shaw top shelf five nothing Spartans so I wasn't at the Green Field game but according to my dad who was there it was a very close game this has been the opposite and in the best way for the SPs this Spartans not all on the bench as kley as kley finally a senior goal Tommy gley makes it a six nothing lead for the Spartans I'm gonna lose my voice here this is so much fun keep them coming keep them coming I mean I can't do anything but [Music] laugh I mean they're still catching up on announcing the goals that was just funny because we had like seven players on the ice when the whistle was blown wow [Music] Brewster kept in by the Spartans or not they're gonna call it a delayed off side even though the goenda it was a penalty I [Music] believe I also now since I manifested a senior goal I would like to say a Carson leage goal for my mom that would be really nice speaking of leage lost control of the puck back in the Spartan Zone Erikson trying to shake off a Greenfield Defender and the Spartans will go back on the power play good speed from Owen Reed there to get to the bench [Music] despite starting the period two nothing with 12 shots the Spartans now have added four goals and have added four shots Baker with the draw tied up Maza with the puck Maza back to Baker and Greenfield able to get it out Reed was able to get the puck out of es skates and to Baker Baker lost at the Blue Line cam Den Erikson shot in on Green Field sticked away Shaw out muscles Greenfield able to get the puck down the ice I believe the Spartan set the tone for this one with their physical play there was that sequence in the first period where some Greenfield parents were calling for calls on the Spartans when they were just laying really clean physical hits Erikson dances around Green Field looked for the give and go with Maza not able to complete it shot attempt by the Spartans not able to get in on net Greenfield locates it and sends it down the ice 40 seconds left here to go on the Spartans power play once again in case you somehow missed it it is a 6 nothing lead for the Spartans and now both a Spartan Rustico and Greenfield are going to head to the Box chirping on their way there 10 minutes left here to go in this second period which has also felt like a lifetime again the sentiment still stands that the Spartans should not take their foot off the gas pedal but I'm sure we will be seeing more underclassman play in this one I'm sure Owen Reed obviously for senior night will stay in net but it'd be nice to see players that haven't had a lot of playing time Gro at the point to leage crosso over to Brewster and we are back to five on five Brewster with a shot saved by greenfield [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] shot in by the Spartans that was grao just wide leage picks the puck up behind the net mraa with a couple men on them Erikson was cross checked in the face and that'll be another Spartans power play Greenfield letting out their frustration dangerous play there and it's a minor head penalty as the ref said not crosschecking dangerous well we're back on the power play for the Spartans nine minutes left here to go in the second period Reed wraps it around for Shaw Shaw trying to dance around a Greenfield player not able to puck in MAA skates Spartans inadvertently ice the puck [Music] Erikson with all the time in the world skates into the offensive zone sent in I'm not sure how that deflected and right back out Brer up to leage and escapes but Manda collects mraa taking off the puck Greenfield does a good job out musling mraa and getting that puck out minute left to go here on this power play for the Spartans good pick up from Erikson in the neutral zone tow drag just wide Erikson gets it back in deep but Greenfield is there and it's sent in on Reed Camden Erikson up to Baker pass a little too hot for him to handle kley was looking to dump it in couldn't get there Green Field back the other way two Spartans overwhelming Greenfield Baker not able to Corral the pass and the puck goes into the bench 716 left here to go in the second period a four goal period for the East Long Meadow Spartans 16 seconds left here to go on this power play Roman up the right wing gets past his man now in the corner it's kley kley takes down a man Puck is sent out and kley will head to the Box almost a good thing that the whistle was blown there as Greenfield was having a man get out of the box as well and it could have been a two-on-one opportunity there for the Green Wave still not great for the Spartans as kley will send them to the Penalty [Music] kill shot by greenfield blocked great play by Brewster absorbing the shot block and getting the puck out of the zone grao sends the puck the length of the ice it's good to see this much effort from the Spartans still in this one as we can hear coach Dan Reed yelling get there to Cody Shaw and he did as I've said before I think the trio of Juniors Joey Maza Kevin Baker and Cody Shaw are really great on the penalty kill as forwards they just give their 100% And they forre they for check really well Spartan's intercept the pass from Greenfield's goenda gets by the Spartans sticked aside by Reed Greenfield with the shot glove sto by Reed his eighth and I believe ninth shots on goal and he's been perfect for all of them Owen Reed here he is Kevin Baker getting to the puck first knocked off Greenfield deflected by a Spartan I believe they have numbers out in front Green Field in on Reed he makes the stop thought the puck might have trickled behind him some scrums out in front and it looks like braso is heading to the Box along with a Greenfield player still 25 seconds left here to go on the Spartans penalty kill [Music] after sorting out the penalties on the play Spartans win the faceof and dump at the length of the ice Baker first yet again Erikson trying to pick the puck up not able to do so Green Field two on two gets around Reed trailing back behind the net tried to fake out Owen Reed Rustico with open Ice Rustico in the glove stopped by greenfield all of these penalties offsetting each other so it is five on five hockey 450 left two to go in this second period sport K was looking to shoot right off the face off his shot goes High over the crossbar Greenfield sloppily gets it out of the Zone Roman picks it up Roman still working along the boards kept in by Brewster over to Erikson the shot blocked Greenfield with numbers up the ice broken up by Camden Erikson Brewster with Rustico on his right Rustico takes the shot and Greenfield makes the stop leage with space wraparound Green Field once again Greenfield goal tenders made a few good stops in this last sequence of five minutes or so cross eyes pass Reed off balance didn't get a lot on that shot Puck is still loose Reed once again rer blocked out in front Reed third time blocked out in front another shot comes in nearing the crease still working on the Spartans and now the puck finally exits Green Field Zone and it will be icing shots are 22 22-9 in favor of the Spartans three and a half here to go in the second period Spartans working behind the net in on the Green Field [Music] corrected me Kevin Baker is a sophomore as I incorrectly labeled him as a junior shot from about the Blue Line went on Green Fields not able to completely collect the puck Greenfield pucks and skates at the point kicked out by the Spartans and out of the Zone Brewster gets it out and there's numbers two onone opportunity Maza and Erikson Maza tried the shot blocked Maza and an offside play by the Spartans 220 left here to go in this second period [Music] face off right outside Green Field Zone Puck will head to the corner boards kept in by Baker who gets it in deep Shaw to Baker Shaw looking to find Maza out in front pass didn't get there Spartan still able to keep it in along the boards not able to locate it was Maza and greenfields takes it out of Their Own Zone Erikson with a one-on-one against Green Field Puck finds Owen reads crease and he [Music] covers minute and a half left here to go in this very long period [Music] ruso with the face off Greenfield comes away grao whips it around the boards Greenfield keeps it in with a shot that didn't find Owen Reed Gro excuse me Brewster blocked it out in front rust to go with a big hit chaos in the neutral zone Green Field sented in deep Greenfield with a shot attempt still nearing the crease and it'll be leage that heads to the box for a slash with 47 seconds left here to go in this period [Music] mraa with the kick to get the puck out of danger zone with speed here comes Erikson with the pressure on Green Field mraa with the puck found Erikson inadvertently Erikson wasn't looking but that tipped in on net Green Field makes the stop mraa back hands it in behind their own net is Greenfield with 10 seconds left here to go in the second period into Erikson skates here's Braden Erikson with the shot believe that deflected off someone didn't find the net and that will end the second period for the east met Spartans in Green Field Green Wave Spartans with four goals in that period to extend their lead to six Spartans will be on the penalty kill for a minute 14 at the beginning of the third period but what a sequence of goals in a short short amount of time momentum is going crazy for the Spartans Dan Reed looks ecstatic as he's walking off the ice and what a fun one it's been here at Olympia Ice Center and we'll be back with you on elcat for the third period in a bit e e e [Music] and we are back here for the Third period of East Long met of Spartans hockey versus greenf field here on elcat it has been a fun one if you're an e long met of Spartans fan here tonight as the Spartans had a two-goal first period and a four goal second period within just the span of a couple of minutes the Spartans not going to jinx it but made this game kind of unreachable for Greenfield to come back kind of no jinxing here all right in the corner Spartans get to work Greenfield dances around to Spartan gets the shot in on Reed and he absorbs I don't know why the clock is running but but it is a Spartans penalty kill here to start the third period as ridas makes a stop once again and I I guess this is purposeful the clock is running green field shot and once again Reed makes the stop that should be about 14 once it updates on the scoreboard 14 stops for Reed in this one Greenfield as leage exits the Box Greenfield with a shot and for the fourth consecutive time Reed makes the stop and now it's coming to the referee's attention that the clock has been running for this entire time even while the play is dead not sure what the discussion is but the clock is still running oh in front of his own net was Keller Reed Spartans exit their Zone set back in by greenfield here's Erikson Reed and ruso up the left wing shuts and scores B out Jack Rustico what a shot that was a snipe and that is Jack Rustico second goal of the game just under the crossbar wow good Outlet there from the Spartans as well the spring ruso with plenty of time and space up the left wing 12 minutes and Counting left here to go in this one and the Spartans have extended their lead to seven shot comes in off the crossbar that time just a little bit offline good poke there from Brewster the laid off side for Greenfield Gro dumps it in Around the Net Greenfield out in front leage with the puck on his stick and leage scores I manifested this one once again that goal is for my mom Carson leage on his senior nights adds to the tally eight nothing Spartans now I think I have the power to say this game is officially Out Of Reach with the clock running and a gold lead special special night for these seniors surely most of them have got a point or two in this one now I believe the Spartans and I'm hearing from um my family in front of me as well are just being told to hold the Puck practice passing crisp passing movement I mean this is definitely a game unlike I've been a part of before with the clock running like this I'm not sure if this is of the decision of Greenfield or what it appears that minog is having their senior right after this so maybe that has something to do with it it has been a long game um but I mean yeah such an interesting game unique game that I've never been a part of with a sea of goals of contributors of that Greenfield parent that got thrown [Music] out but again it's just such a great night of celebration for these senior families as well I've grown up with them pretty much going to the rink for practices and games all of these years and you know seeing all of these seniors grow into the players that they've become has been special to watch as well and at the beginning of the game I kind of alluded to my time at elcat um being close to an end as Spartans get tripped up that was Shaw there and Spartan's not happy with that [Music] one but as I was saying with my brothers final year here with the Spartans my time at elcat will be coming to an end soon and I believe there were rumors that if the Spartans had lost this one they would be out of playoff contention and that's a hattick for Jack Rustico milestone wow that was from long range as well I mean I'm laughing with my family here because like the celebrating of goals now just kind of feels weird this late in the game I went to the Bruins game the Aras night against Montreal when they scored nine goals and the crowd was like we want 10 I want to hear that from the crowd tonight um but obviously Spartans will take Victory with this one here tonight and obviously nothing is concrete but hopefully this does secure the [Applause] Spartans Spartans spot in the western Mass playoffs as the Spartans have reached double digits here 10 Spartans goals and that one was scored by sophomore Timothy mcgillicuty and now this late it'll be a Spartans lineup of all underclassman we have Antonio calib who has had a solid season I've I believe he might have one or two goals I think he has a lot of potential I think he is a physical player and he knows how to properly use his size we have Sam Adams sophomore Sam Ferrero [Music] and and yeah yeah congratulations Timothy mcui I believe from the reaction of the crowd that was his first goal um again adding to how many special moments there have been in this game [Music] as a Greenfield player will head to the box for an elbow as I've been taking too long to say um hopefully the Spartans have secured a spot in the western Mass playoffs as I look forward to every year um which I will definitely be here for and I will be so excited um to once again call an electric western Mass game playoff game hopefully with Mike next week or so um yeah I look forward to the western Mass playoffs every year last year if you recall the Spartans lost in dramatic fashion in the semifinals believe it was to West Springfield it was a buzzer beater goal devastating for the Spartans I I was Shell Shocked like speechless during that moment we went back and watched the tape on elette and just beat the clock and that was heartbreaking for you know those seniors in that group but Spartans have a chance to redeem themselves here beating Green [Music] Field the Spartans beating Greenfield in this fashion is obious vious ly huge in terms of the playoffs as that one rings off the crossbar and it's a goal unsure if that snuck past Reed Spartans fans are saying it's a no goal not sure I thought I heard the ding from the crossbar but nonetheless if it did beat Reed what a shot to beat him and obviously that's what's that's what it's going to take to beat Reed who's had in this last half of the Season Reed has played very well in my [Music] opinion uh but even farther back if you recall the Spartans lost to Long Meadow in the western Mass finals a couple of years ago during my first season on elcat um when I was a senior here at elhs and and that was a heartbreaking one as well I called it with Devon dobeck and it was a 4 nothing loss to our Rivals which sucked but one last ride with the Spartans for me on elcat and yeah they will give that goal to Greenfield 10 to one score here as leage passes by behind him and green fields is going to go back to the box I do find it very interesting that no matter what penalty Greenfield has got all game and no matter how much the score has been or how how big the lead Spartans have had they're they're complaining calib with the puck on his stick floater into the air not on net Erikson with the shot snuck past Greenfield go golender but not in the back of the net Erikson dances around Green Field three groups into the neutral zone and on Green Field once again with 40 or so seconds left here to go in this game crazy crazy game a 10 to1 score here at Olympia Ice Center against Greenfield to we just lost to in a two to one score five days ago big hit shot offline by the Spartans this is a big one and the regular season finale will be on Saturday night but I am looking forward to hopefully calling the first game of the western Mass playoffs with my partner Mike next week shots 30 to 12 as well I don't know if that's accurate but Owen Reed nearly perfect in all of the shots that he faced an incredible win for the Spartans on senior night once again congratulations to the six Spartan seniors Owen Reed Mason grao Carson leage Camden Erikson Mike mraa and Tommy cley that'll do it for me here tonight on elcat thank you for joining me so very much such a special night to be a part of I'm Abby leage

hello Spartan Nation here we are for uh some end of season action as the East modal Spartans will take on the Holio High School Knights Holio Kai jumps out to the early three nothing lead with the first basket of the game they'll open up in man-to-man defense Marino takes it around the corner looks Briel Clark Clark looks to move the ball to Stevens Stevens goes to the basket no basket Ball's tied up there for a held ball alternating possession will go to East Long Meadow Marino inbounds to Clark Clark goes up over the top nothing doing there Marino looks to inbound she's got the ball there to Clark Clark looks to go over the top to Stevens Stevens goes near side to Goslin do looks to drive the ball into the paint tries to go up lot of contact no call and Holo rebounds Holo brings the ball up looks to break the pressure goes quickly on the ball fake number five goes up to the basket threw it in out of bounds ball will stay with [Music] Holo Holo will retain possession going [Applause] [Music] in ball knock out there and East Long Meadow will inbound on the far sideline Butler goes into [Applause] Marino ball is fought for there foul called against East Meadow I believe number four Eve Butler on the foul 6 and a half minutes left in the first quarter the lead remains three to nothing Hoke as the knights bring the ball over midcourt looking to find a seam in the Spartan Defense move the ball around the perimeter ball moves there again into it the ball goes to the post back out to the near Corner ball is up and short Holo gets the rebound puts it right back in for a five to nothing advantage Mareno runs the point gives the ball to Clark Clark looks to find a cutting Stevens she does and rebounded again by Belle Belle double team there moves the ball to Marino has a good look from the top of the Ark banks in the [Applause] three five and a half minutes remaining in the first quarter East L Trails 5 to3 ball screen set just at the high post ball goes to the far Corner doesn't draw anything and Emma Goslin chases down the [Music] rebound Marino gives instructions from the top of the arc ball knocked Away by a hoke defender on a good aggressive play to jump the passing Lane and swing into that particular route Marino looks to find an inbound broken up by a hoke Defender Stevens goes to a cutting Butler to the middle Butler knocked down there takes the ball to keep it going through Butler goes to the line shooting two Butler rattles in the first and sends home the second as well the game is tied up five to five penetration from the knights all the way to the basket but no conversion on the bucket foul against Emma Goslin and H go to the line shooting two first one rolls around and out hok substitution changes on the line for the alignment second shot will be up and it's good six to five Holio advantage ball goes to Clark in the corner nice ball fake goes in up and off the glass well done nicely operated there Spartans lead seven to six taking their first lead of the ball game huk operates along the perimeter long three and misses the mark East meow will inbound under the basket after that Miss Marino brings the ball up to The Far Side screen from Clark ball goes through there and we'll have Holio clear the rebound going through Goslin and Stevens combined for the steel Goslin goes in and converts the layup 96 East Long Meadow Marino provides pressure coming over midcourt as Holo will reset their offense there a lot of action in the high post away from the ball no penetration possible H plays good ball that should be an over and back violation hok lets it go as gosin picks it up and East meow will possess wholesale changes for the Spartans five out five in nolles beak Reed vieno and Blaze checking into the game with Stevens gosin Clark Marino and Butler checking out so beak will look to [Music] inbound B go screening across good work ball gets into Kendall Reed Reed goes outside to nolles nolles looks to penetrate goes all the way into the basket fought for there rebound Holio comes up with it and is lto has to get back in transition get back and [Music] find don't see the call of carry very much in today's game and there was a carry called there against poo the ball will be turned over to East low nolles will run the point with beak set up on the other Wing the ball goes out to Grace Blaze takes a good look at the basket takes it in up and over rebounded by Reed Reed looks to reset she has a cutter going through goes up and over the top as voo inside looks to go screen there ball goes over to Reed had a cutter ball is stolen away by the knife no reclaimed by isow shot clock doesn't reset the Spartans have about 16 seconds kendle re down momentarily and trainer will go out as does Coach Gary will take a break momentarily while Kendall Reed is tended to we hope it's a minor injury with 248 left in the first quarter East 9 and Holio six [Music] okay and Reed is laughing that's a good sign up and off under her own power hopefully a bruise uh and she'll be good to go so Reed spot will be taken by Jill Stevens East meow will inbound uh under the basket extended it'll be Caitlyn be [Music] inbound ball goes inside toinho who goes back out to beak beak gets a good look goes up tipped by Stevens that's a f foul right there she got elbowed in the face wow that's a tough call that's a tough call voo scraps for it elbowed in the face and goes down for the count Holio looks to work on on the perimeter tries to gain some access SNES with the defense there swings it back very high in deep three and comes up empty with anything Stevens will inbound to nolles coach Gary calls the play from there and nolles looks to operate with this play the ball goes to blae blaze with a good seam to the basket back to nolles nolles goes by Vino's screen gets a good look at the basket ball is up fought for and there's a scrap for the ball there missed oh that looked like a foul on the far side as well wow Spartan's not the beneficiary of any home cooking with the officiating calls here today it's an unfortunate turn of events but not much to do about it turnover called there I'm not sure if they called a backourt violation I'm not sure what the alternating call position was there in any event it will be beak to inbound it'll be beak to inbound to nolles Steven sets the screen nolles looks to take it gives it to beak beak tries to work out of a jam she does back to nolles reverses the ball there ball goes oops aant pass to the post there is medal will extend pressure at this point extend the full court pressure that they've got there yep can we yep contain trap the ball there trapping is done very well there straight up good job and the rebound goes to nolles the Spartans look to run nolles to Stevens Stevens goes inside toinho who has to look right up at the basket which does and up poo whistled for being out of bounds after retrieving the ball after the scrum and the loose ball foul there ball goes through Goslin goes for vinho on the substitution there gos looks to swing around the corner she does gets to the basket goes up and in Spartans enjoy an 11 to six lead well done East medal will extend manto man defense a lot of pushing there in the high post let's see if we can watch that Blaze closes out there rims in and out for the Holio longdistance shot for three Goselin runs the break goes long to nolles nolles gets the handle o off of her foot an unlucky dribble Holo picks it up and then o whoops loses possession wisely played by Jill Stevens to let them make their own mistake Goslin goes Coast to Coast misses the layup 30 seconds remaining the shot clock is off for the first quarter perimeter shot another one that draws no iron from the knights 21.2 seconds remaining in the first East Long meow ball with the Spartans holding a five-point lead 11-6 NES will bring the ball up in no hurry Spartans will play for the last shot this is normally where I would engage my partner broadcast partner Jeff McKenney in how many possessions we'd have but Jeff unable to be with us for work today so like to thank him for being a terrific partner this season for the broadcasts Spartans do hold for the last shot and Miss Long uh after one quarter 11 to6 East longb in the lead oh [Music] so after a quick first quarter East lto uh goes into the the second with an 11-6 lead have to see if they can maintain that good effort and keep it up going into second quarter action reset the action the Spartans will send gosin Butler uh Clark Marino and goson to the floor I think the original starting five Stevens as well right the original starting five there PA looks to dribble around the perimeter to see what they might be able to find ball is held there by uh Perez I believe and it will be inbounded here by uh Kylie bya we'll see how that goes goes back to Perez as she dribbles there trying to maintain some control for the knights ball goes wide to the outside to Le lelle goes to bad there goes back out and the ball is scored on the three by Guzman 11 to n a two-point game as the Spartans come over midcourt to begin the second quarter ball goes up from gosin just off the front Ren Laha goes high that was a carry uncalled as Perez now continues to work going on there Perez looks to see if she can work on marino marino plays good defense good help from Butler ball goes up and over nice rebounding help from Briel Clark Clark and Marino look to help up uh Al modavar after that one and it'll be out of bounds on the N East low will indicate [Music] so we've got uh easto bringing the ball over going through the East meow uh will turn the ball over on possessions leading 11 to9 uh will go from there as Perez will look to bring the ball up and through East extends man-to-man defense tries to keep perz isolated on the corner ball goes outside again to Al modavar good rebounded by Butler Butler looks to push the pace she does stop and go ball goes out from her to Marino plenty of time on the shot clock Kenna gets a nice rip around the corner contact no baset ball is out of bounds off Hoke and the Knights will make their way back down the floor last couple of games on the docket here for the lady Spartans this season it will be here at our last home game of the season hoio tonight and then we're on the road at East Hampton tomorrow to wrap up the 2024 2025 uh basketball season that looked like a travel and indeed it is a travel so the Spartans looking to end on a high note at home here trying to get another Victory uh and seeing if they can add that to their record for the season Spartans leading 11 to9 Marino breaks midcourt hands the ball off gos looks to go to the top then goes back to the Baseline takes it right into and through the contact Al modavar got the worse of that Collision although she was not set in stationary so the call was correct um to call her for a defensive foul she'll take a seat and be placed by uh evangelene uh colie number four Perez rotates off the line we'll go from there Goslin goes to the line shooting two Emma makes the first one she's been such a consistently good free throw shooter this season Spartans certainly owe a lot of their success in games where they've been successful to Emma's terrific performance from the line and Goslin makes the second as well ball inbound that as East extends pressure about three4 court Zone pressure look to close and freeze there ball goes rotated outside up and long gel Clark on the chase fights for that rebound just comes up a little short for that but well done and well f for gel WS another one real toughness and a real gritty sense of going after that ball nice job ball is possession is rested by Holo Perez goes up and over for the three-pointer and closes the East Low lead to one in a 13-2 game ball goes back to Clark Clark looks to operate just outside the ark we go Clark to Butler and the call there is double dribble I believe the referee has work to get together see what they can find out looks like we're going to get a wholesale substitution five in for the Spartans five out coming on to the floor looks like Reed is none the worse for wear for her previous injury she's back on the floor we'll have five more coming in [Applause] ball goes long to Perez defended there by Reed but the basket is good hok retakes the lead 14-13 in back and forth action here in the second quarter ball goes to the corner for Blaze o rattles just out after it looked a good look at the basket good Isam Isam pressure in the corner hoio coach did not like the look that she had so she calls the timeout with 4 minutes and 23 seconds remaining in the second quarter Holo the visiting Holio Knights enjoy a one-point lead 14- [Music] all right so the Spartans retake the floor the knights will try to have regroup they did not like the pressure look that Isa was applying coach wanted to see if she could do something to remedy that and Isam again extends about three quter pressure going forward rebounded there by Reed Reed goes up and over takes the good look sees a cutting voo at the top of the key voo resets to nolles there and the offense looks to set nolles Works around the perimeter finds beak flashing beak finds a seam and she's hit before she can go up East Low inbounds noes works on the near side brings it up to the top of the arc goes to beak beak gets Blaha to jump takes the ball the basket interior pass to Emerson Vio and she's fouled in the act of shooting nice pass from beak good ready hands in the post from voo she go to the line shooting two first is up and off the back [Music] iron and Emerson looks to Emerson looks to make the second follow is up and it's back Rim second metal locks in the pressure there tries to lock it down Perez will be shut off up top by nolles and Perez gets all the way to the basket no no basket as well but it stays here for East Long [Music] Meadow coach Gary not pleased with that call he some uh maintains their defensive assess assignments ball goes to blaho Misses the three and it goes up and over the top to NOS heo extends pressure once again just sort of try to lock that off and see if you can freeze or trap that ball in the back court only about 4 seconds to get it over midcourt and they do nice help blaz Blaze well defended by both Reed and Blaze on that one well done well well [Music] done ball will be looked to be inbounded Holio cannot find anything has to go very long and deep to Blaha nothing doing there fought for rebounded there Spartans cannot give up this number of rebounds half the rebounds cannot give up that number of rebounds half the Reb rebound the ball uh hok extends its lead to 16-13 ball is operated at the point by beak nolles looks to see what she has on the far side looks for a high post PASS gives it to Grace blae who gets it walk Works a double screen and is then fouled on her way to the basket well done slap slap hands away a hand substitutions readying for eastl medow looks like gosin and Stevens will be ready to check back in blaze goes up for the first and converts the first basket it'll be Stevens and gosin replacing venho and Reed that one Grace will step to the line for her second and it's just off the back iron Maya noes tracks down the rebound where she's fouled gosin looks to go to the basket and there's a perhaps a tie up buok stuck in the back court that's a travel inde a travel when you pick up your back foot like that absolutely good defensive positioning Beek looks to inbound the ball goes long to Stevens where she's got it yep she's able to work and go through Stevens takes the ball strong to the basket coast to coast and it's off a whole yoke Defender there Spartan's going to have to look to respark some of their offensive from earlier see what they can find Stevens absolutely drilled under the basket go in for two shots there good inbounding pass Spartans are going to have to look to see if they can recapture some of the offens of spark they had earlier on Stevens goes to the line for two and misses the first of a Spartan substitution Grace Blaze coming up off Ken Marino coming on Jill Stevens up and O in and out on that one good pressure there against Perez doubled by both Stevens and Marino she sheds the pressure goes outside from the three oops Goslin tied up momentarily but she's able to win the ball and Pull It Loose operates at midcourt goes there to nolles nolles goes to the far Corner stuck with there was able to get the ball back out to Stevens she swings it all the way around to gosin gosin finds the seam to take it to the basket and we've got a tie ball game 1616 with 1 minute and 45 seconds remaining in the first half somehow Holo got loose looked as if number 22 Genesis Rivera was able to get to beat the defensive pressure somehow unmarked but unfortunately for the Spartans did not turn into a basket High screen from Stevens for Goslin goes back to her now the ball goes to nolles NES to Steven she also sends the screen that's an off that's a foul against Holo 21 pushing through that screen absolutely on Blaha on that one five fouls against hok that should be should be a shooting foul in the bonus as the fifth foul of the quarter L's front rib is the first just a bit short in the second as well but the rebound goes to Emma gosin finds that spot in the middle gets her own rebound fights for it knocked around and Holo comes away with it to mount a charge with about one minute remaining in the first half brez looks to operate against Marino who shuts her off there noes ball goes to the outside Perez goes up for three off the off the rim fought for Stevens had a hand on it but it controlled by Holio Perez looks for the three again that time it's good 196 41 seconds remaining in the half could go quickly and try to go two for one here but maybe they'll hold for a hold for the good shot a lot of contact gosin somehow manages pinball style to knock that ball in cutting the knight's lead to one point 19 to 18 Holo brings it down with 20 seconds remaining in the half call goes out for defense for defense by the Spartans poio looks content to hold for the last shot of the half Ball's held and Frozen there goes to Perez who gets a good clean look at the end of the half can't let her get that clean a look that's very very well done as we go to the half Spartans Trail after giving up two consecutive three-point baskets to Perez they Trail 22 to e e e all right and we are back for second half action East Low against Holo East Low trailing by four 22 to 18 but that's quickly cut to two as gosin takes the ball right to the paint scores on the first possession for EO coming out of half time will pick up manto man uh so we got a starting lineup here of Marino Blaze gosin Stevens and Beak ball goes outside for a three for Hol yoke nothing doing Blaze rebounds she has Blaha coming behind looks to beac in transition Caitlyn goes back out to Grace Grace Finds osel in top nice ball fake goes to the basket ball fake by beak who shs shoots the floater little long nice Hustle by Goselin ball was controlled there by Holo and they'll come up with Perez leading the attack oops Marino there to close that off tries to limit the damage there as the ball goes outside again on a rotating screen to Almo our and there'll be a substitution Blaze coming off and Kendall Reed going on ball goes back outside up and over fought for there and Stevens comes out she leads the break takes the ball all the way to the basket just misses off the backboard and iron Marino and Stevens look to close there Al modavar is able to then get the ball back to colie colie goes to Perez who shoots a very deep three off the front rim Blaha with a good rebound goes up and in for the basket 24-20 Holo pushes its lead back to four early on here in the third quarter gosin screens for marino marino is then doubled there the ball goes back out nicely reversed to Stevens back rims the three but gets her own rebound takes it all the way to the basket strong and up and over ball will stay with East Long Meadow good job Stevens to follow her shot and take it all the way into the basket if they're going to continue to switch and double like that isoto is going to have to hit some those perimeter shots to try to make them pay for not fighting over that screen and doubling the ball as it goes through you reverse the ball back and try to make them pay with that shot from the perimeter nice fake by Goslin takes to the B where she's fed by Blaha it's at least two for her it might be her third and it could be her third as I see a substitution preparing to come in number 23 S Peralta I would imagine that'll be a substitution for Blaha if I had to guess and that is in fact the substitution that hok makes Goslin misses the first looks to make the back end of the two-shot free throw [Music] situation and goin's true on the second 2421 Spartans trailing by three that was a travel in the back court not called Goslin caught in a tough spot defensively ends up with the bumping foul along the sideline to one foul each for both teams here in the third quarter Holo inbounds in the far sideline has a hard time finding anything lets it run goes all the way down to East Long Meadow no touch no touch no touch anyone it'll go to the sideline back where it was inbounded no touch for anyone Holio extends its own pressure but it'll really be well maybe not so much pressure picking up at midcourt as beak has the chance to come over midcourt and run the point she looks to go to gos at the High Point Arc Goslin operates there looks for a back door cutter doesn't find one Stevens gets it turns and fires beak with the rebound EXC excuse me ball goes back out to beak just off the front rim fought for o rebounded by Holio but stolen by beak she creates good good chaos and Hab hav and East wins that ball back terrific Hustle by Caitlyn beak oh wait now we've got a reversal on that call who changed it and didn't see it referee explains the call to coach Gary Perez will look to bring the ball up against East Long Bow's man-to-man defense prz will operate on Marino there it's doubled by bino my Marino impl can't call that can't call the hand check on one side and not on the other side can't call the hand check on one side and not call the hand check on the other that's that's crazy you can't call that hand can't call the hand check on one side of the ball and not call the hand check on the other that's that's a very very frustrating call when that lacks the consistency Marino gets through and the ball is thrown out by jolio the east [Applause] ball is Will mid inbound at Mid court on the far side Marino finds Goslin who turns to go Baseline nicely defended and recovered there goes back out to beak who gets them to bite on the fake from the perimeter takes the nice Runner to the middle just misses and she'll be shooting two beak makes the first of the two free throws and be makes the second as well one-point game hok leads 24-23 with 4 minutes and 40 seconds remaining in the third quarter Al modavar looks to the top goes over to Guzman Guzman goes to Perez pulls up with the jump stop no basket gets her own rebound Spartan's not doing a terrific job there rebounding uh trying to come up with a defensive rebound if you allow the multiple shots bad things happen Perez goes to the line shooting two first one is up and high off the back iron no basket Holio will come with three substitutions of their own Blaha back into the game along with Rivera and to Torres if I'm not mistaken second shot for Perez short rebounded by Jill Stevens fought for the El B modavar but Jill pulls it away Marino will set coming [Applause] up lto looks to run the offense the runner from Marino rebounded by Goslin turns reverses Direction back up no basket it remains a one-point game with just under four minutes left to the third Blaha goes from three it's high up and off the back of the uh back iron Kenna looks to operate there against Rivera defending along the perimeter Spartans could benefit from some more motion there and that shot does not draw Iron Mayan's in Ken Marino out Al modavar comes up as Holio coach calls for the play Yukon to be [Music] run goes back outside reversed to Rivera Rivera tries to get the ball back up top to alodar back to Perez Perez calls for the screen nope she waves It Off from Blaha goes for the long distance three and hits it that was well defended by Jill Stevens that's just a good shot from Perez there Spartans Trail 27 to 23 with three minutes remaining in the third quarter a nice interior bounce pass from nolles they collapse on gos and that's the shot we have to hit that inside out we've got to be able to hit that inside out Grace blazs goes all the way back looks for an old-fashioned three-point play takes the ball all the way in fouled on that contact way to take it strong through the contact back to the ri Blaze looks to make it a one-point game with the conversion of this free throw nothing doing nicely rebounded by Jill Stevens who's then foul or a travel one or the other NOP Holio comes out after that Perez with another shot from distance can't let her get on track misses rebounded by Blaze she Outlets to Goslin Blaha with a reach in foul not called that's a shot we've got to hit I've said it before got to hit that shot Reserve 27 seconds uh left in the third it's the kns 27 and the eastl medal Spartans 25 [Applause] okay easto comes out of the timeout trailing by 2 27-25 they'll be inbounding on the Baseline easto sets the play nolles looks to inbound and it goes far corner to gosin Goslin defended there by Perez nicely defended Emma looking for help she gets it out to Grace Blaze at the top of the top of the three-point Arc goes back on a motion play there to Goslin bounces it off the defender reset and get a good look goes out to nolles who'll reset the offense and try for something else 13 seconds remaining on the shot clock nolles looks to operate there drops it off to Goslin shoots three back iron Esa medal will get a new 35 Grace blaz goes in lot of contact no call nolles fights for the rebound it back coach asks for Jill to pull it back out utilize the shot clock and reset the play screen on the ball by nolles goes outside to Goslin and a pushing foul there good job there by the Spartans to scrap to maintain that possession well done I'm not sure why it's a shooting foul I don't think it is I don't think that was a shooting foul I don't think this will four so the ball goes underneath not a shooting foul only the fourth so since that foul was on the floor before the shot the Spartans will not be shooting that's only hok's fourth foul of the third quarter once we go to five or more it goes yes be looks to get the ball in she does three-point Arc to Goslin takes it again through a lot of contact ball stays here e meow will inbound with 30 seconds remaining on the shot clock Caitlyn beak looks for someone to cut loose and get open goes long to Grace blae takes it into the paint again through contact that is not only the fifth foul but it's also a shooting foul meaning she'll be going to the line for two shots good strong take to the basket fighting through contact getting all the way to the rip Grace BL is shooting two Blaze cans the first 2726 Hoke Up by One Kendall Reed on and Emma gosin off for a break [Applause] plays the second shot up and it's good we've got a tie ball game ladies and gentlemen with just about a minute and a half left in the third quarter had a good one back and forth all afternoon long here as the knights look to see if they can catch something going in the last minute perz has finds the seam gets the basket good help defense foul called there on nolles with the body against Perez who have a chance to break the tie shooting [Music] two first one for Perez is up in good Ken Marino checks in for Caitlyn beak and Emma Goselin checks in for Jill Stevens [Music] [Applause] perz ready for her second the line and it's up and good makes them both so hok's ahead 2927 little miscommunication on the inbounds pass but no harm no foul least lto recovers Marino gets the ball over to noes on an unforced error beak comes back in for [Music] Marino hoio difficulty inbounding the ball in front of their own bench they are able to get it in and get the ball back one minute two seconds left in the third Holio up 2927 has not been a high scoring Affair here today and I think the next team o beautiful ball fake gets to the basket Perez lot of contact and no call nolles comes up with it moves over midcourt we go under the one minute Mark remaining in the third gosin squares up from three in and out Caitlyn beak goes all the way in for the rebound and the basket that is good hard work for Caitlyn beak terrific job we said this in the last game when Jeff and I were doing this together Caitlyn beak works so hard and rebounds really really well for a guard good good work Hoke with just about a second difference between the shot clock and the game clock but Perez does not work it down for the last one shoots the Miss I'm not sure that was necessarily the plan might have wanted to hold that for one shot score is tied 2929 with 18 seconds now the Spartans you would think would hold for one here and play for the last shot of the quarter gosin offers the screen to nolles nolles goes back to gosin with Eights seconds left Emma goes to the basket Grace Blaze you got to get a shot up yes get it up well done rotated to BL yes well done we've waited to see that rotation from the Spartans all year long on a final possession masterfully done good ball rotation good ball movement and as we go to the fourth on that buzzer beating three to end the third East Long meow is ahead 3229 for okay here we are back for the final eight minutes a very close game uh on the strength of the three-point basket that just went in as time expired to end the third e meow is ahead 3229 it'll be Reed Blaze noes beak and Goslin to start the fourth quarter as Holio hand check reaching in foul up top on Reed and that's been a hard call to pick tonight sometimes it's a foul sometimes it's not Blaha looks to inbound on the far Sid line for holo goes into the back court to Perez pres will be guarded there by gosin Goslin stays with her ball's dead up top goes a big pass up and over the top like it might have been a shifting of the feet ball goes there to colie colie goes to Blaha good inbounds P or good interior pass rather to Perez does the step back three nope nothing doing but you have to get those rebounds colie goes in and gets that rebound back into the post oh and that touched by Isam at the last second Slow's going to have to try to limit those second shot opportunities for holo in this in the in the final final quarter here they want to really drill down and lock this up nicely defended by Blaze and noes 29 seconds on the shot clock plenty of time as colie looks to inbound for the knights can't find anything she likes the ball goes all the way back to Blaha who squares up for a long three long rebound off the back rim and Reed pivots into pressure with Blaha there jump ball is called ISO gets possession on the alternating possession arrow there no pressure from the knights uh they'll pick up at midc Court as nolles brings it up looking for her instructions as she goes forward Reed places a high screen ball gets flipped to blaze gives the ball back to gosin ball stays with East Meadow on play Stevens checks in for Reed Beacon bouns to nolles the all freshman backc Court noes looks to cross her over can't get the look she wants Grace Blaze looks to go to penetrate pulls it back nolles will hand something must have happened that couldn't have been a 35 second shot clock violation I don't think that was a shot clock violation I know the shot clock went off but I don't think that was a 35 second shot clock violation I don't know if the shot clock was reset on the inbounds I'm not sure what happened there we'll have to wait find out not sure what happened we'll have to wait and see what the officials come up with for a decision so both coaches take this opportunity to use this as a free timeout 6 minutes and 38 seconds left no score yet in the fourth quarter it remains 32 no change of possession shot clock did not reset so the shot clock violation is in fact call I didn't see it coming and I don't think any of the players did either uh hok brings it up trailing by three points 3229 Jill Stevens will take Perez at the top of the key Perez looks to go there to Al modavar shoots the three doesn't get it it's a long rebound well boxed out brez comes up five that's short as well and that one runs long good job boxing down we've got Marino in for Blaze if Spartans could convert a couple of these possessions you scored on the next two possessions consecutively you could stretch this to a seven-point lead eight-point lead you'd be feeling very good about going into the final five minutes or so of the game Stutter Step from nolles at the top she goes there to Goslin Goslin goes back looks at the three a good look at the basket up and off the rim terrific three from Maya 3529 East Long Meadow ahead by six five minutes and 45 seconds left in the game pooke brings the ball up with a slow and melodic slow and methodical Pace rather ball is shifter the switch goes there gosin on to Perez gosin looks to drib a lot of pressure she does no hurry for the Spartans no hurry very well done wisely pulled back out for marino marino goes to Goselin up at the top of the top of the arc she takes to the basket definitely contact no call and the ball batted around East Low wins it back turn about his fair play ball probably came back to the right place on a missed foul call inside lot of lot of battling in that post spot between Stevens and Blaha see if the referees watch that away from the ball getting quite physical there and be goes up for the floater and she hits it Well Done 3729 exactly what we had asked for just under the F minute Mark lto starts to pull away Perez with the behind the back dribble but she's unable to get by Stevens who shows good defensive integrity and stays home on it nicely jumped on the passing Lane route by Caitlyn beak well done good defense good disciplined defense by the Spartans very well done with four minutes and 35 seconds left the Holio Knights call a timeout watching things slip away as East lto enjoys a 3729 advantage come on let's go let's go come on 1 2 3 [Music] all right both teams break the Huddle for the timeout as we're into the home stretch here East L looks to inbound I would imagine Holo would extend some pressure the Holo coach not happy that this is not what she called for or asked for coming out of the timeout I think she was expecting more pressure did not get the look she wanted good screen there by nolles as Marina works to see what she has got they look for Stevens in the post defended there by Blaha again a lot of hand fighting there uh in that particular battle goes to nolles again nolles finds Marino step back three o that was halfway down unlucky for Kenne that was a good shot good look just didn't just didn't drop all the way PR is isolated against Stevens she's got the lane if she wants it screen there on by Blaha switched over by gosin a moving screen all the way through the lane as Blaha ran Stevens all the way down not allowing her to pick up on defense another timeout 3 minutes and 51 seconds remaining East medow 37 H yok 29 get [Applause] Spartans break the Huddle find their space they're going to inbound length of the floor to go Hoke extends what looks like 212 pressure and it will be Caitlyn beak inbounding to see what the Spartans have in store to break that pressure ball goes into Goslin gosin dribbles through she's got nolles she's also got be middle very good nicely done by the Spartans there Marino with laa up high on her that's going to give you a mismatch inside somewhere they could get it to Emma nope ball goes back out to nolles reset at the top for Marino 7 seconds on the shot clock goes back to back to Marino who gets the beats the shot clock violation nicely rebounded by Stevens dribbled off of a shoe there goes back out to nolles up and over Perez looks to break the pressure he back through all the way Stevens picks her up there gives her no opportunity to get into the paint well defended nicely sliding there that's just good work that's good defensive work it's a tough call hard to determine what the fouls are today as there seems to be little consistency from one end of the floor to the other on what gets and what does not first one missed by Al modar for that [Applause] one substitutions made here and a Readjustment of pulling people off the line not sure why You' pull your two biggest rebounders off the line here for Holio it's an odd Choice with three minutes remaining of the game in any event that's what coach seems to want and Goselin with no one really to contest her pulls in an easy rebound since H's two biggest players on the floor were at the other end of the floor on that one strange decision ball goes to gos and there a lot of scrambling defense the knights are going to have to really put up some defensive intensity and pressure ratchet that up to see if they want to get some turnovers in the final 2 minutes and 47 seconds trailing by 8 Spartans will be content to work the clock play for a good shot and not be in any hurry they continue to work the perimeter as they should 10 seconds remaining on the shot clock now they'll look to go Caitlyn beak with a good ball screen ball goes up high at the top of the arc to Jill Stevens back to marino marino goes to gosin gets to the basket excellent gets the ball up and on the fought for after the fact and not sure if that's a gossl and foul inside or not have to wait and see Holio will look inbound go the length of the floor the Spartans will pick up a midcourt still ahead 3729 Perez brings it up with an awfully a relaxed pace for a team that needs to make up an eight-point deficit in the final two minutes and change of the ball game here you'd think there'd be a little bit more urgency out of the H yok offense but maybe I'm wrong Perez dribbles into a double team stolen by Marino who will be again very deliberate and very methodical as East meow runs the offense no hurry yes ball goes inside to Stevens Holio calls a timeout one minute and 48 seconds remaining in the fourth 3729 Spartan advantage start up on this as we get ready for the end of the game here uh for our last broadcast for the girls basketball team this season um some thank yous uh that should probably be issued we'd like to thank everybody at elcat who works so hard to come out and run these shoots and set up the cameras and get the mics going and have the people here and then the editors and all the people that do the good work at elcat we appreciate all the great work they do not every town has something like this and as I mentioned earlier I certainly am appreciative for the terrific uh friendship and camaraderie and Good Times provided for my broadcast by my broadcasting partner Jeff mcky for the season and of course the biggest shout out goes to the girls themselves uh the student athletes of whom we are so proud here at East medal okay with those thank yous out of the way beak dribbles East medal holds with 23 seconds remaining on the shot clock they'll want to use the whole time this is not a good formula for success for Holio they are behind by too much to not force the issue here if you were going to foul you should have fouled very early in the shot clock don't foul and bail them out now if you're ho y beep goes up fouled on the floor H that is a killer foul if you're H yoke you let them use the whole shot clock you fouled with about four seconds left and now you're going to reset it and give them a new 35 if you were going to make that foul you should have made it early on boyo called for an intentional F Blaha called for an intentional so since it's an intentional Emma the coach gets to pick the shooter Emma gosin will shoot will shoot the free throw so so this will be a shot oh sorry NOP first one will get a shot on the foul by no first and the gos from there and East lto will retain possession after the foul so sorry two shots in the ball for e lto on the [Applause] intention nolles makes the first and she rattles home the second as well with a minute and 16 left that extends the Spartan lead to 10 points and the ball you've got to feel pretty good about the spot that the Spartans are in right here looking to go out victorious in their final in their final home game of the season Marino will inbound in front of the East Long Meadow bench and admonitions will be given to the Hoke Defenders not to break the plane ball goes there to Stevens she'll be a no big rush will hold it as a goes to Stevens or it goes to Goslin rather still not a shooting foul so it'll be inbounded again for Holio or for EO rather that's only four fouls in the quarter on Holo so ISO doesn't go to the line until the next foul I would imagine Holio will foul again although a 10-point 10-point deficit with a minute left may not be worth it to foul either may just concede the game yep just hold it yep just hold it beak will work the perimeter goes back to Marino 15 remaining on the shot clock she'll use all of it Stevens takes the look rebounded there by Goslin fouled there and it's academic at this point with 42.1 seconds left in the game and a 10-point lead Islam will be victorious in their home finale against the Holio Knights good team effort here number of Spartans getting into the action tonight um good work to beat a uh an inspired Holio team came out here gosin makes the first 40 to 29 11-point Advantage with as I mentioned 42.1 seconds remaining back rim for Goslin gathered by alodar who will try to push the pace here the Spartans will look not to foul let them just go oh exactly what you didn't want you don't want to stop the clock and make life easy for them [Music] hok makes the first and alar looks to go in shoots for second squares up for it misses held there Marino brings it down fou there against the line ball goes to noes nolles will dribble it out for the final 20 seconds shot clock is off ball goes out of bounds waiting on the call [Music] [Applause] Marino goes up for back rim as the first one skillful soccer trap on that last one four on and four off for the Spartans a hand for gos and Stevens and nolles as they come on or they come off Briel Clark will wait to go on for the [Music] shooter Rain by Marino and Clark will come on for Marino as well final 19.2 seconds easto uh leads by 11 41-30 ball comes up for pis tries to find a way to the basket stays in front of her she goes up and off the glass Doo and no got to make a smarter inbound pass than [Laughter] that Perez with the last shot nope doesn't get it off well for the final time this season for girls basketball thank you very much for having us in the east LA Meadow Spartans are victorious 4132 take care everyone [Music]

e e e uh we'll reconvene the meeting from our closed session and we'll have the pledge WS in a moment of silence led by our our board just's uh student rep Aaron Beck Aaron please stand put your right hand over your heart ready to begin of the United States of America and to the for it stands one nation under indivisible with liy and justice for [Music] all as a school district our staff and students are a family and we want everyone on our campuses to feel safe and welcome recent events surrounding immigration have left many students on our campuses uneasy regardless of our beliefs around this issue we want to acknowledge those students in difficult situations and the students who are supporting one another today we take a moment of silence to recognize those facing uncertainty and the countless individuals fighting for comfort for all As We Stand Together in this moment let us reflect on the strength resilience and the community we have in auhsd May the silence serve as a reminder that no one sh off to face struggles alone and our Collective voices matter thank you thank you eron I will now have the close session rep the closed session report out by our click thank you uh 4.1 no report of action taken regarding public employee performance evaluation superintendent 4.2 the Board of Trustees by a vote of 0 approve the settlement agreements in Orange County Superior Court case numbers 99219 dc- P o- njc 30-20 22- 0129 dc- p- CJC and 30 -2022 -01 28972 3- c-- CJC 4.3 no report action taken regarding negotiations 4.4 no approv action taken regarding Personnel 4.5 no report of action taken regarding Personnel 4.6 the Board of Trustees unanimously voted to suspend without pay for 7 Days employee hr-2 24-25 d07 and that concludes the close session report thank you Mr Gro next is uh recognitions we have a couple of um people here this evening to um be recognized for um donations they have made and I'll come over here to the podium first recognition is this on okay the first recognition is for Don cot partnership Incorporated can you please come forward are you here this evening okay we will move to the second one maybe he'll get here in time otherwise we'll we'll get to them later on next one is a farmer and Merchant Bank are they in the audience you founded Long Beach in 1907 by CJ Walker farmers and Merchant Bank is among the top 150 banks in the nation specializing in commercial and small business banking business loan programs home loan programs and a robust offering of consumer retail banking products as one of the last family run independent banks in the country F&M provides itself Pride itself on the communities we serve and staying true to our Founders words that safeguarding our clients money is a sacred Trust on behalf of the Board of Trustees we would like to recognize and thank Farmers em mer bank for the generous donation of $10,000 to the aim program accepting the recognition on behalf of Farmers emerchant Bank is Sandra Ellis vice president and Garden Grove branch manager manager thank you so much [Applause] did D Croy partnership people come in nope we'll catch them if you see them walk in please let me know okay okay next is um naming a facility and of Al by for alen Espen and the Board of Trustees is requested to approve this request to rename the auditorium at Ball Junior High School after Alden esping Mr esping was a teacher and activities director at Ball Junior High School beginning in 1965 through 1990 he completed his career serving as a teacher and activities director at Lara High School his work was uh recognized throughout the state of California being inducted into the California Association of directors of activities or called Kata hall of Hall of Fame in addition to being recognized as the Orange County teacher of the year in 1980 additionally as a result of the direct impact Mr Al esping had on his students and Community he was also given the world Warren E schul award and the Jack Moore award Mr esping service went well beyond the school as he established kada leadership camps and work closely with the local YMCA to host summer camps for local students in Catalina and in San bernido mountains the district's ad hoc committees evaluated the request developed a report and made a recommendation to the board for their consideration so do we have a motion to so moved second do you have any further discussion comments we have one public com okay uh Paul chilinski got to come to the podium and Al's watching so we want to make sure we smile a lot and wave to him because I got I turned him onto YouTube before I ran over here because hi alen he doesn't really like things like this but we're doing it anyway good evening and uh thank you School Board superintendent Matt suda and the anim Union High School District School Board and the community in honor it's an honor to speak about um Alden esping who has immeasurable impact on this community to live in Anaheim is to know Alden he is not just a friend he's not just a mentor or a guiding force to so many of us he is the definition of community if you think of Anaheim you think of Alden has work at Ball Junior High uh it started in 1965 and his legacy continues to Echo especially in this very building that many of us are here because of him and all knew him since we were little young teachers I believe so right uh he wanted me to say hello to you and hello to you and hello to you and he you know he definitely he wanted me to say hello uh let me ask you um if you're a student or colleague in the building I mean we could stand up right the rain definitely deterred a lot of us but I know that a lot of us are on YouTube watching as we speak Alden ran the student leadership classes until 1996 uh shaping the school's culture and leaving a lasting impact in the lives of thousands of students for many of us our memories of junior high are inseparable from Alden um standing on this uh on this stage with the pom pom in hand relying on all of the energy and enthusiasm even the young man that's at ball junior high today Jeffrey Cornelius was once one of his students as was I and I'm at laa high school as the activities director so that is a testament to who Alden is even the AP at Bald High Mr DKI was one of Mr esping um ASB presidents he didn't just teach in the classroom Alden made sure that the entire student body whether at Ball Junior higher lower high school or even through his work with the YMCA was part of something bigger than themselves he knew how to build community year after year all them took a group of boys to a strip uh on a trip to San Francisco fundraising through hard work in the community these trips and countless others allowed us uh to form bonds and to that continue on today I have many friends from the ninth grade because of that trip did I go long or something you're okay huh you're okay am I timed oh okay good he took uh he took kids of Catalina Island at Camp um in the mountains uh in the leadership events and all with one goal in mind and that's to build relationships create memories and Foster leadership in his career Alden also became uh a recognizer lead recognized leadership in the Statewide and National organizations as you mentioned at Kata um Kata ambassador he's won national awards State Awards um and the likes he expanded the reach of student activities for this district and we're known nationally um in this District because of what Alden um has started his pioneering leadership with camps leaving his mark across California his recognition such as being inducted in the cata Hall of Fame and also being named Orange County teacher of the year which uh uh was welld deserved but the real Legacy it's uh us it's the kids those who um had the privilege to learning from him I'm 60 and I still think of myself as a kid okay all they showed us that activities directors don't just organize events they built Community he is there he's always been there for us even when it wasn't his job he didn't get paid to send us on trips or organized camps he did it because he believed in what we could become teachers build inside the classroom coaches build on the field but activities directors they build the community it's something that has lasted far beyond those spaces a community that continues to thrive today I was at his house tonight and he was getting texts from a 64 year-old former student saying thank you for sending me a birthday card he still sends cards and it wasn't just anahe Anaheim alden's influence stretches far and wide every time I run into someone connected to Bald High Lera I see alden's Legacy he and his wife Linda gave us the space to grow connect and support each other and they still do today that's something you can't put a price on and that is why we're here today so to Alden we say thank you the work you have done has not only shaped communities or countless students and entire schools but also communities as a whole you showed us that the Student Activities are more than posters and balloons they're about providing connections purpose and meaning to the entire student body the activities directors throughout this District today are testimony to his work and so I urge the school board to approve this small gesture and token of appreciation for a lifetime of dedication to service the an high school district and the entire community on a personal note I live and work through Alden and the influence became my influence and Alden if you're still watching have you not gone to bed yet your impact has reached beyond the classroom the school and the years the rec this recognition is long overdue and we're grateful for your legacy will continue to live on in the space Where it All Began thank you for showing us what true leadership and Community look like and remember once a Saxon always a Saxon thank you for your time thank you thank you Paul okay with that said yes well I just wanted to say hi uh Alden and Linda if you're watching um I I've known them for U many years um they were very good to me and um I am also a former ball Blackhawk um parent so um this is going to go a long way to honor um Alden so thank you Alden was a leader for me when I was an activities director at Kennedy and at Oxford and so and um I would see him during the Summers uh in front of uh Duke's Wy key him and Linda were there for months and uh they showed me like uh how to get and stay in Wy ke for cheap because they they had all the connection and if you ever see a duk's commercial with Linda and Alden uh trying out the the the hoola pie that that's a real treat to see so because they pick them for the commercial so uh Linda and alen congratulations I I also had the opportunity to meet uh Alden and Linda very briefly at mam kosa which I know they frequently visit and which is owned by another Lura High School alumni so his uh dedication and um to Laura high school and B Junior High Schools well beyond um since retiring for a so I'm very excited that we are doing this today to honor him yes [Music] I have had the pleasure of knowing all for over 20 years now and he's done so much for the district and the community the kids in it so I just thank you very much and it's welld deserved what um the recognition this evening do we have any oh let's take a vote first all in favor say I I oppose okay no opposition there do we have any family [Applause] members do we have any uh family members of the audience all thought was a little odd up tonight we have former Pres behind me came they here there a lot of others are coming as well but okay understand okay all right absolutely so thank you very much thank you okay again has the representative from um Don cro come in yet no okay we'll move on to the next item of business which we are would be normally number eight but I'm going to pull forward uh 12.11 which is a resolution and this is resolution number 20 2425 d-119 National athletic training month and I'm going to read so move second we have Motion in a second and is that get my glasses out thank you all right that's a little better since 1950 an organization known as the national athletic trainers Association or NAA has advocated for setting a standard for professionalism Education certification research and practice settings Nationwide since its Inception NATA has been a driving force behind the recognition of the athletic training profession March has been ated as National athletic training month certified athletic trainers employed by the district are nationally certified and dedicated to providing professional health care for our student athletes the athletic uh Health Care Services provided by certified athletic trainers include the education prevention recognition evaluation treatment as well as Rehabilitation of athletic injuries and illness the district continues to be recognized as a leader in sports related concussion management for high school athletes our athletic trainers work collaboratively with parents School staff and Community Medical providers to promote safe participation for over 23,000 student athletes each year so with that said um we have I think maybe in the audience some uh trainers and I'm going to read their names and if when I read your name if you please stand okay uh Garrett Freight from Anaheim High School Stay Stay standing stay standing that's good you follow directions good Marcy Lloyd Cyprus High School Andrew catella High School Ryan Ramirez aora High School Micah Eula Magnolia High School and Naomi Ru Western High [Applause] School thank you for all that you do for our our students keeping them healthy out there and mending them when they needed to be mended so thank you so much for being here so with that said are we ready for a vote okay Mr hosi i m r tro as a um a mother of a uh athletic um ath athletic student um my daughter played softball volleyball and soccer I was so grateful to always have an athletic trainer um when uh you know anything happened um and so really really honor you um this isn't just a resolution for me this is really U meaningful and um I'm so glad that you're all here today that we get to really thank you in person and and all the other athletic trainers that are out there so I Mr I'm sorry I I would also be like to just say thank you I don't think people realize the long hours that you guys have athletic schedules are just random all over the place and I just want let you know that we as a board acknowledge you and your work so thank Youk you Miss Guerrero I will also Echo that um thank you so much for everything that you do um I know last night I was at the anim high school basketball game I know Garrett was there to a few of the games actually that happened last night and got to see you in action you don't only just take care of our team I know you also take care of the other team if they get hurt so we appreciate each and every one of you what you do so with that I also vote I oh thank you and I had the pleasure of talking to the trainer at uh Kennedy High School at their open house uh last month and uh we had a long conversation about what she does and looking around her room and seeing all the supplies she has so so it was very informative conversation so with that I say I so thank you right thank [Applause] you and you don't have to stay here if you don't want to get a program you you are dismissed has uh don cot Partnerships come in yet not yet okay I'll keep asking uh next we pardon me let you oh okay you all right thank you um we have student board representative report Arin okay first looking at Anaheim visiting from Sycamore and South Junior High School on January 28th they bring middle schools visited Anaheim High School to gain Insight on the various activities and student L culture at Anaheim additionally entering CIF Anaheim High School's girls water poolo advances through the rounds to their quarterfinal game against Indio High School we're proud of our student athletes and their dedication to athleticism now moving on to CVA for CVA students continue to be acknowledged.

the 9th will be at 1 p.m. uh and tickets vary from $5 to $12 students will be five and general admission I believe is 12 thank you all and uh good luck with the rest of the meeting thank you so much Mark and thank you and the rest of the the student leaders for uh assisting with the roll out of the cell policy we don't have any presentations today but we do have to meet very briefly 20 to 30 minutes um in executive session to discuss a legal matter so we will be back quickly um we'll get to public recognition as soon as possible please bear with us uh motion to adjourn to Executive session motion second motion by commissioner Suarez second by commissioner bassford e e e gentlemen for being patient with us um Mr Shada R call M bassford here Mr brunak here Mr kova Dr Danny here Mr Mia here Mr siano here Mr Suarez here vice president Santiago here president Paris here we have a quum thank you okay we're going to to move on um so that don't hold you up any longer we're going to swap out our board committee reports so that we can take any public recognition first before it gets too late so let's start with um anyone virtually anybody virtually um Elias Ragsdale um his microphone is muted Elias if uh you can hear us can you hear me yes we can all right uh okay good evening everybody um first of all I'm good to go sir yes sir yes sir all right all right so uh first of all I just want to just short note first of all thank you to commissioner siano um and this is recapping off of last meeting um when it came to the cell phones I his pointing out that you know daily life today almost revolves around cell phones and using them and daily work I know you know even where I work cell phone is an essential piece to communicate and do different projects um and even when I was involved with student union and as president working with high school administration you know I even made recommendation saying maybe the onus is on the district or teachers or the making the curriculum engaging enough to where students want to be involved in class don't have to sit there on their phones um so that was a side note but really I'm I'm happy to see also that the band room was redone and named after Mr Morgan who was the director of the band for over 40 years that is incredible and welld deserved since June before I even graduated I think I brought the administration and this board a proposal to name our track after coach pontes who's been coaching and still does for over 50 years as a matter of fact congratulations to the boys win winner team because they just won another Pate County Championship so whatever you have to do to add that to coach P's list of achievements we have another one uh on the list um but I'm curious though about what the hold up is it's been almost seven months now a policy had to be formed which I understood um it was on the agenda multiple times and I'm just curious what's the hold up what are we waiting for it's something that like I said is welld deserved um but it seems to be taking a long time especially when we just had something else redone and renamed um so just curious on the hold up and how we can speed that up and uh make it public and get it done thank you everybody have a great night thank you elas is there anyone else in the virtual part there's no one else in the virtual CL motion close commissioner brunjak seconded by commissioner bassford uh anyone here like to approach our very welcoming public recognition table oh hello I know I realized that let's get through this first feels like I'm in a court of law all right my name is Lor L Lama and I'm the president of the cea so here I am about my retirement after much reflection I am here tonight to formally as you can see in the agenda announce my retirement effective June 20th 2025 at the conclusion of the school year it is with deep sense of gratitude that I closed this chapter after 41 years in education years spent teaching computer technology Spanish and ESL in classrooms in New Jersey and in Kito Ecuador throughout my career I've been privileged to witness the transformation power of Education I have seen students grow in confidence develop new skills and Achieve Milestones that once seemed Out Of Reach their resilience curiosity and passion for learning have been a constant source of inspiration reminding me daily why this profession is so meaningful the classroom has been more than a place of instruction it has been a place of Discovery collaboration and shared growth the relationships that I have built with students colleagues and families over the years are among the most cherished Treasures that I have as I step into retirement I carry with me countless memories of the joy and fulfillment that teaching has brought into my life as I step into this new chapter I look forward to exploring New Opportunities spending more time with my grandson Nico and remaining involved in education in different ways while I will miss the daily rhythm of school life I leave with a sense of Pride and ful fulfillment knowing that I have given my best to the profession I love I want to express my sincere appreciation to Dr Danny Roberto Janina kusevic who was lucky enough to interview me and hire me from this position the central Administration team the principals Vice principals supervisors the Board of Education my fellow Educators in the entire School Community for your support collaboration and dedication to our students it has been an honor to be part of this district and I look forward to seeing it continue to thrive in the years ahead I'd like a point of personal privilege if that's okay all right thank you an exceptional superintendent leads with a clear and strategic vision driving continuous Improvement in student achievement curriculum development and educational Innovation they understand the importance of building strong relationships with school boards admin rators teachers parents and the community fostering trust transparency and collaboration effective communication is key to uniting stakeholders around a shared Mission and ensuring that every voice is heard in the decision making process I am deeply grateful for our hard work and commitment we have built since you started in this District we improved our professional relationship previous to us becoming part of the Labor Management collaboration ative when the Labor Management collaborative came into fruition this has been instrumental in enhancing our students educational future which is the goal together we have fostered a proactive partnership built on mutual respect and shared responsibility working collectively to create positive and meaningful improvements for the betterment of the district I am extremely proud of the work and the dedication of the district collaborative team and the school collaborative teams with a steadfast commitment to Student Success you have prioritized Equity well-being and access to Quality education for all Learners you advocate for policies and programs that support diverse student needs while remaining adaptable to the everchanging landscape of Education whether navigating policy changes budget constraints or Community concerns you approach challenges with resilience create creativity and datadriven decision making to sustain progress and ensure long-term success Clifton is fortunate to have you as a superintendent your leadership is vital to the district's overall success impacting student achievement staff performance and Community engagement your guidance ensures educational Excellence Financial stability and a strong District reputation as a leader you remain accountable to the school board parents and stakeholders making it essential for a positive learning environment your professional success is a direct reflection of your personal commitment to the schools students and staff you serve and I deeply respect and admire your dedication thank you to all thank you and congratulations on your retirement is there any anyone else who'd like to speak this evening all right seeing no one motion to close motion public recognition motion by commissioner Mahia seconded by second Comm commissioner Suarez thank you we're going to go back to um board committee reports and we'll start with uh commissioner brunak and finance please thank you Mr President finance committee met on February 5th 2025 those present were myself commissioner Santiago commissioner kova and president Paris uh from the administration attended Mr jenero Mr shahada and Mr Uchi we started 5:00 p.m we ended around 5:30 p.m.

93% this year during the first semester we were at a 93% attendance rate again not where we want to be but it only gets tougher I have to remind these guys as they stare at the numbers and get disappointed dayto day like the last month with the illness going around has been really really tough to read our attendance reports because we know what's going on but it keeps getting tougher but we keep pushing to get better total failures I said that the 50% Mark was not indicative of our high point our high point was actually coming out of Co 2020 to 2021 we had 3,33 failures that year that's when we really put a focus on it and said we cannot have kids failing classes like this in one year we were able to cut that down to 1524 last year was 8819 the number is only first semester but what I would like to point out is if we stay on that path we will have cut another hundred failures off of that number this year so just amazing amazing data and I'm going to get into later how this has been able to happen um and again it's the people that's sitting behind me on track for graduation another one that we've really focused on here during um the last few years and that's kids making sure they had 10 credits after their freshman year 20 credits sophomore 30 Junior and Etc we knew that the majority of our kids that we see drop out drop out second semester sophomore year or first semester junior year and when we talk to them about it it's I don't see a light at the end of the tunnel I'm behind on credits you're starting to tell me I may have to stay an extra year I'm might have to go to night school I'm G have to go to summer school I'm out so making sure that they are on track is vital when we really started this work last August of tracking it and making sure we were talking about it we were at 83% of the school was on track to graduate by the end of last year 90% of the school was on track to graduate and this uh December end of December 91% of the school is on track to graduate so we track that every uh semester our atris kids um are sent out to our mtss program and counselors so that we can start getting with those kids figuring out what interventions they need so we can continue to grow that number graduation rate um we knew that several years ago when we made some changes uh that we were going to see a dip um and I will be honest as a leader sometimes you have to make those hard decisions to to do things the right way um and and deal with where it goes so you can see that the last few years years uh we've been down hovering around the 80% Mark we jumped up to 83 last year but I am a very very proud to say that our graduation rate last year officially and truthfully not there's no smoking mirrors behind this number 93.6 three% of our kids graduated um that were in that cohort um and once again I told my team we went over this with all of our staff just a few weeks ago and I told him again that is still not good enough for me and I know I sound like a broken record with that and as much as we celebrate and I am very very proud of this it's still not where we want to be yet so how did we do this it started with mtss which is multi-tiered systems of support which is a team um Pam love grve is our coordinator our two teachers are uh Andrew kumman and Jason Burton um they came in and really put together a system we had always at the high school level just kind of oh we throw intervention here we throw it here but to truly have a system that attacked what our kids needed we were tracking them and gave them the supports they needed um was vital student resource time is something that is a blessing that came out of covid um we had had home rooms we had had a few different things but when we had to go to four lunches to keep spacing during Co and after Co we all decided hey that was pretty nice because there's not as many kids in the cafeteria we're going to keep four lunches it allowed us to build in the student resource time which has developed our SRT labs for English and math that we'll talk a little bit more about here in a minute PBIS which is positive behavior intervention support we've started in the last two years this is rewarding the behaviors that we want to see and I've said this before when they first brought it to me and they said we're going to hand out these tickets when kids do things and they could collect them and turn them in and get prizes being a high school first guy and an old football coach I and I did my best leadership and said yeah that that that sounds awesome they'll they'll do that but in the back of my head I thought there's no high school kid that's going to be excited about getting a ticket I couldn't have been more wrong they eat it up they love it they collect them we go through prizes after prize the kids collect it's amazing what it has done for discipline attendance um Mrs Kent had a kid last year that would come every day this kid had missed 90 some days almost every year of their career before that every day that they showed up they got a ticket from Mrs Kent every day they walked in her office and said where's my ticket their attendance was cut next day it was you owe me to yeah so it it is absolutely amazing what it's done tiered attendance of interventions again this goes back to the work that Taran and Josh put in to really set up tiers and how they were going to work with kids on attendance to solve the problems to make sure that we got them there and pairing that with that positive reinforcement for being in attendance um definitely helped I also have to give a huge shout out to the counseling team um last year I went to them and said I think we need to think about doing something totally different in counseling and that's a scary scary thing um and especially I I won't make any jokes about Mr erle but but you're on when you're on the back nine of your career um I'm still hitting straight say same we're changing the course layout can be a little bit of uh intimidation and and Andis he's always been jumped right in and said let's let's talk about let's let's figure it out so we kind of blew up our counseling department and created what we call student support teams um Nikki Cardinal and Ed erle are academic advisors they focus completely on grades transcripts College scholarships college applications anything academic or career they're the go-to Jamie Kelly and Ashley cdam are two student support counselors so Trouble With Friends interpersonal relationships needing supports of some kind they were together and then Taran and Josh are paired up for the attendance and discipline side each kid that walks into the high school has an assistant principal a student support counselor and an academic advisor assigned to them um and it's really a true service that they can get support wherever they need so amazing stuff the why just to break down the data a little bit the increase in graduation rate from two years ago to last year means 25 more kids and this is something that Mr land is really good at that I love breaking data down into how many kids 25 more kids walked across the stage with a diploma than before you you think about that effect as it goes to the Next Generation Next Generation and what it can mean students be on track to graduate seeing that Finish Line greatly impacts our student dropout rate and we have seen that level off and keeping kids in in school the 76% reduction in office referrals means students are in class they're not out in the office they're not being suspended they're not creating distractions that are getting them thrown out of class that uh allows that learning environment to go on the hoop this is what this whole presentation's about um the data is amazing um but if it wasn't for the people it wouldn't happen um so first of all I I've said a few things but Josh L and Taran Kent and Stephanie abing the assistant principles of the high school Josh and Taran took attendance and created a system that would allow it to be Pro student and allow them to have the opportunity um to really uh grow in what we were looking for Stephanie what she has done with curriculum and bringing programs in and giving kids opportunities whether it's welding that they're now here for or Health Sciences or the new culinary stuff and making sure dual credits are available kids want to be at the building because of the work that these three are doing the mtss department Pam is here Jason is here um I'm gonna be honest with you I don't know how I got blessed enough that Pam Love Grove decided to leave the elementary to come be with me at the high school um and I remember when she first came in and wanted to talk about it and man I made it sound great I was a Salesman this is going to be the greatest job she ever had and he's lived up to AB but like I said it's some Dr Johnson and I have had this talk before being a completely secondary guy when I would go down and watch what the elementaries were doing and you know I back when I was getting my license and I'd go go down and see Nikki working at nve and she'd be like yeah they're on reading level third grade fourth month and I'm like how do you like you actually know like that kid and like that was not something that was secondary so having Pam come in and really bring those systems from the elementary but making them work for the high school was vital um our mtss department does not have the success it has without Pam love grth um and I cannot say that with enough emphasis she does above and beyond anything you could ever ask of her absolutely amazing Jason and Andrew as the teachers in there um go out of their way to work one-on-one with kids to make sure kids have opportunities feel comfortable coming in and asking questions it's an amazing situation where you'll see kids that are first assigned to the panther lab to come in and get help that maybe aren't so excited about being pulled down there that three weeks later their grades are up but they're still showing up to the panther lab because they realize the value of what they were getting while they were there student resource time the great thing about our student resource time um is the fact that we are able to work within our schedule to have certified math and English teachers available during our SRT periods so if a student needs math or English help we have certified teachers that are ready to help them even more um here just recently uh We've even got Spanish teachers that are coming in to help with some of the language barriers to be able to translate um while some of that stuff is going on but I have to tell you when I challenged our staff to really look at failure rates um Teresa Taylor is one of our our department uh co-chairs for the English Department and I this a little different story than Pam's because Pam um I just sold a fake bill of goods too Teresa three years ago three years ago in the Summer she was just hanging out by her pool and I called her I said hey why don't you come in and talk to me today and why she thought that'd be a great idea to come in I don't know but she did and I said I want you to be the English department chair and she told me that was the worst decision I was ever going to make I did and she came to me multiple times in the first year and said you can fire me at any point in time and I will not be upset and I kept telling her no that's not an option um Teresa has taken what we saw as a problem with kids failing English classes and getting in the cycle of having to repat repeat English n and English 10 at the same time English 9 10 and 11 at the same time she has absolutely Ved her Mission by tracking each individual kid to make sure that we don't have failures it started with English n last year it's English n and 10 this year at the right before Christmas break she came in she's like oh my gosh we're going to have to attack English 11 we got to get after him to where our numbers went from 50 60 70 80 kids feeling a semester to combin last semester English D and English 10 six six W two grade levels six failures I want to be very very clear because this is important that's not me that's Teresa Taylor buying into what's been done so if she's the worst decision I ever [Music] made look out because we've done some good things uh Megan Buchanan runs our math SRT Megan has absolutely the same numbers going down trending with math working with our math department to continue to build those Ryan Cummings um our co- department chair as well um I just can't tell you what these guys are willing to do uh it is not a period where you know they're in the SRT lab and they kind of get time off or hang around they they're putting in more time during their own prep period chasing kids down tracking down assignments making sure things are collected writing passes for kids pulling them into the lab making sure they're getting it done we have taught kids now the fact that we won't let you fail period you don't want to turn it in Earl that's fine we'll be at your door tomorrow we're going to make sure you turn it in you don't turn it in the next day we're coming back again and you may tell me no but you won't tell her no I can promise you that promise you that the other people the counseling department again Ed erle Nikki Cardinal um Jamie and Ashley couldn't be here but the the Allin approach to hey I know we've done it this way forever but if we truly think this is better for kids let's do it because that's what's most important is what's best for kids this group right here is why the high school is making the strides that they are it is absolutely absolutely the people behind the scenes that make these things happen and I'm just going to say something thank you for letting me Shine the Light on them um I was told several years ago to not do things like this that I should make it all about myself by a certain someone but this is what I love is this group right here and what they do because they put in the hours the work and never say anything on top of that though I would be absolutely remissed if I didn't close by saying saying this success and these people we're not successful without this school board and what you guys do and the resources you've given us the opportunities you've given us the chance to lead that you've given us and those two ladies right there Dr Johnson and Carrie manowitz without leadership like that things like this don't happen so I just want to be very clear about that the seven of you and those two are just as vital in the successes we've had so thank you thank you for giving me the opportunity to show you why the high school is truly successful I get the awesome job of just waving and smiling and looking good and these guys really make things happen so thank you all I can tell you Earl would get the work in if you take him out for breakfast you're right he was late the other day yeah sometimes we' done that I will say on a side note the forklift was delivered this afternoon so very awesome Dr pet I would say Mr Roller downplayed their data it's because they're thirsty for more and more success um but what they have done in a school Improvement plan and the two years they've been working on that plan could be a case study it is that impressive and it is because they are all in for kids whenever I talk to any staff member at the High school it is a story about how a kid's life was changed because of something that they're doing to give them an opportunity or make sure they succeed they are all in kids first and I appreciate the work they're doing for our kids and they're for our community thank you for everything you do and I want to thank you for giving the uh the work that's being done by your people I had a saying that sheriff's department sherff for Diamond dozen but the men and women make up the department 100% thank you all of you and sitting on this side of the table and I know the camera can't see it and it's to your all's backs um but we have a mission statement on the back of the room and I think what what you have presented um and all of you have accomplished is exactly meeting that mission statement and that is to inspire and Empower our students to reach their full potential and that's super exciting so thank you all for that enrollment update yes I have an enrollment update so spring count day occurs every February so that was just completed um so I wanted to share where we are on student counts our current enrollment for our me count is 3,659 students um and that is comparison to our fall count of 3,719 that is students less from Fall to Spring um I would mention we did have 34 midterm grads that are part of that number if you compare our spring last year to Spring this year it's a loss of 98 students in enrollment and that 98 students of enrollment loss annually is a trend we have been seeing as the county for some time and there are a lot of factors to that in your packet and um Deb has extra copies if anyone the audience would like is the enrollment trend for our district for 15 years and so this is our enrollment trend on a 15E time span you can see that we have lost 1,333 students in that 15year time span um it is a consistent loss of around 98 students per year each of those years with some variation of course um I will say that this has been an ongoing thing and it's relatable to multip factors um one though is like when the demographer came in and presented to us that is pure demographics that is birth rate death rate um those types of things when you look more closely in the last fiveyear time span we are seeing a trend that other public school districts in the state are seeing that those factors are impacted Now by vouchers for private schools and online enrollment so those are also becoming a factor in those numbers but it is consistent loss over a um 15-year time span um of a sizable number of students and I'm bringing that to your attention and from a fiscal responsibility standpoint something we need to study look at further and see what other things might need to be addressed but I included that chart that gives you that that time span and then you also have a note what spring to Spring looks like and how those numbers compared to what um Mr mcgb the demographer that came in and presented um how those to what he predicted and we are slightly below even what he predicted we would be for this spring count so just wanted to share that data and make sure that you have that in front of you to be reviewing and and aware any questions um so we'll go down um the agenda it doesn't look like we have anything for professional staff um so down those support staff recommendations please asking for approval please for the following um recommendations Sonia Jackson to be employed at same Creek Elementary as the sped parpro Brandon Malloy at Jennings County High School as a custodian Austin Martin Jennings County High School as a volunteer baseball coach Charlene sprouls San Creek Elementary is a part-time custodian and Christina Wagers Jennings County High School as custodian please a motion I have a motion by Mary ly do I have a second second by Travis any discussion all those in favor 7 um next we'll move down under Finance who gets the pleasure of reading all the donations yeah so asking for approval to accept these donations uh for Brush Creek for student snacks Jill Walman $100 Butlerville grocery $100 Anonymous $100 Floyd and Peggy Bowman $100 Liz and Justin Tucker and family $100 for Jennings County School Corporation donations Jennings County Farm Bureau six books on agriculture donated to six elementary schools for Jin County High School donations Coffee Creek Conservation Club 1,500 $1,500 donation to the academic honors program Mark and Pamela houseb Berger $200 donation to The Esports Team Toyota Material Handling in Columbus uh the Jenny County forklift for the Jin County Middle School Alicia Roberts State Farm Insurance of Columbus $280 for student council field trip Wendy's 60 Frosty coupon donations for the Panther Den ISL challenge for Sand Creek Elementary donations Jeff Jerry's $100 donation for Megan Matthews kindergarten classroom and nvic $250 $250 donation to San Creek Elementary Karen Pedigo for library books entertain a motion to accept those donations as r so moved I have a motion by Cheryl do I have a second second by Pat any discussion all those in favor seven and then I do have another one um Mary Lyn Wickham $11,000 donation for plaques to commemorate the 2024 Jennings County High School volleyball season entertain a motion motion by Earl do I have a second second second by Pat any discussion all of those in favor and one six and one thank you um next we have a resolution yes annual resolution to allow the treasure or Deputy treasure to make transfers of Appropriations within major funds to establish the 2025 budget for the current year for the state approved budget order account classification entertain a motion to approve so Mo I have a motion by Pat do I have a second second by Mary ly any discussion all those in favor 70 and now we're down under relations we have anou this evening with uh the Jennings with our schools and the health department it's an annual mou for emergency purposes asking for approval soov motion by Travis do I have a second second second by Cheryl any discussion all those in favor seven next we're down to other no other hearing nothing we'll entertain a motion to adjourn motion by P a second second by Earl any discussion we all ready to go home all those in favor 70 meeting adj

five miles for your point about specifically older people and we cannot do anything about it so do we move the needle right is and and try to make the mile if that encourages one more unit is that worth it right that we we cannot solve the parking issues because that was created by that of of um not requiring it doesn't mean they won't build but we cannot require if you're within 0.5 miles you're 100% correct right right and I and I think that I think that makes sense because that's that's you know uh walkable but I I I just I don't see it in the I don't I don't agree with it in the mile I think it's too far I think that if you're going to build if you're going to be if you're a mile away half hour a half mile to a mile away I think you can provide a parking spot in my personal opinion just one you know and these could easily be apartments for two people are we even owed to ask for more than one anyway I think is the way the law no I and I wouldn't ask for one more than one but I think you should be able to it's just one we just a discussion point it's all all I think that's all you know in the office looking at regulations looking other bylaws I know we talked about the half mile versus the mile I just thought having a geographical representation would would just kind of is a different way to look at things and so that's why we kind of produced it um looking at the bylaws we're just trying to draft them up obviously there's edits to be made and we'll make those um and it just kind of it's to you know I know just to kind of get everyone's head you know wrapped around you know what what is coming um coming up for bylaw changes I mean it's super helpful are you publishing any of these because people like that is part of we're talking about it we're planning on being in Spring and that's how you bring the public along we've we looked at this stuff and we didn't come to a decision yet but like by the time it's presented them we will but these are super helpful so hasn't been published yet you know this is just this was in draft you know it was just kind of here as a discussion tonight this was just made this week today right and so but we can right it's a discussion Point 100% it's a tool why don't we include it the toolbox I mean if we it sounds like a helpful thing to include when we publish the draft we should include that as part of our reasoning it it seems like we're really close to to that point like like I said if we make those changes I'm okay with a0 five in light of what I'm hearing on the board the only other thing I was going to ask I guess the designers and Architects on our board is I think some communities have created almost like guidance of what the Adu should look like are we going to sort of leave that alone and come back to it you know once we have something in a year or two and we can see how it's going do we want to create any kind of design recommendations you know the ashin should it look a certain way downtown versus on 126 I to share my opinion on that and is that is the biggest thing that I my one of my takeaway points is that the state is saying is that if you don't do that for a single family house then you shouldn't do it for the Adu right and so we do not have designed guidelines for single family homes so I think we can do the best that we can to kind of say that this should you know be reflective of a housing unit and obviously should be connected to the principal structure but I don't I I just I'm hesitant of going full on design guidelines on edu when we don't have them for a single family house yeah I'm wondering about that too I'm trying to think how you would do that like you know you could say you know the ad you should match the existing house but you may not want it to in some cases I've certainly seen additions that were better than the original House you know I think the market is now getting flooded with lot of preab prefab uh modular units which are like absolutely stunning um and they absolutely fit in the square footage that we're looking so I think we should not narrow ourselves down and they may be cost effective options as well out there so I don't know if it's too early to even think of design components for this at this stage I'm okay with that yeah I my my designer mind says yeah there should be a way to write this but I I don't know what it is you know to get the result that I would like just a takeaway point is you know these structures if new if if detached right in or detach or within right the principal structure they still have to meet fire code right they still have to meet they still have to have a foundation they still have to be they have to meet building code energy code energy codes you name it um this isn't going to be you're not gonna like I joked around the other day I said you're not going to go to Rees fery right and grab a shed and say okay I'm G to turn this thing into a you know that re said does not meet building code right does not meet fire code so if you are going to build one of these or whoever's going to build one of these in their backyard it is still an expensive addition right and I tiny houses are not anymore yeah they that it's like 75,000 dollars for like 750 square feet or something like that that I literally saw so there are a lot of options out there there options and also they're going to have to meet sanitary code for of Health that's true what are you going to do with your septic system if you're on a septic system right and and so there's a lot of you know questions that have to be added to before you say okay I'm going to build one of these yeah um I have a question on that where the 7.64 on the sanitary sewer Adu shall have meters for um both water and sanitar who are separate from the principal dwelling but you're allowed to have an Adu in the dwelling so that seems correct not right and not in keeping with encouraging these so but with that said the DPW made the suggestion that they would like each unit to have its own separate me but when you have a like I mean I guess I've owned a two family unit and had one sewer pipe like I I think we're asking for so much more and I don't think that's the intent like there's no way around that because that's maybe it's just a water maybe it's just the I'll double check with I'll I'll I'll talk to DPW again um but they wanted a meter because each unit right one unit could be rented they would they wanted each each unit on a separate meter meters can probably be separate it's connecting to the same main sewer line maybe the same well the sewer doesn't no but the sewer they're saying a separate sewer connection sewer doesn't have a meter water does okay yeah what I mean is it's connected to uh the meters can still be separate yeah but it says a separate sanitary sewer and I I just I don't I think a lot of times the the homeowner would possibly want that but if it's you are allowed to have it in your house right it says that and now you're putting a roadblock that is not helping get an Adu okay maybe my language is wrong I'll double check with DPW and make sure I kind of I I mean why do they need two meters like I can't we encourage two meters but not require can we be like yeah that's what I'm leaning some things like that too feels a little restrictive I can uh I can ask DPW yeah yeah let's get dpw's input and and why like the why recommendation and why it was recation when we talk I talk to him about it yeah so we can understand it better yeah I can I can we can we can dig into that we also look into what NAIC is doing because I'm not sure that's the thing so like why are other communities not doing versus US yeah I think um I don't know Anna but that's a good point Y I mean it seems like we're really close to to kind of having this wrapped up if we wait another meeting are we going to lose the ability to present it at the spring no okay yeah we to have the two public we'll set to do public hearings and it's it's still February can you guys um make like a schedule yeah like schedule it out for for both of these bylaws kind of going simultaneously or whatever so that we can make sure we stay on track know the drill yeah just going back though to the water and super connection the big you know DPW does every te right every connection to the water system right is a point of weakness right it's a point of it could it's a potential point of failure right so they they don't want to expand on that you know they don't want they're not saying oh okay put a separate tap into the street to the main they just want you to continue that tap off the street but when they got to the meter if you're doing an addition right and or if you're building a detach structure right you're creating an old meter if it's a separate meter pit whatever it is and we'll dig into a little bit more but say if it's a detached it's at least giving you a gate valve you can shut that off at but you're so you're saying they there's already the house a structure is there that's what this is something has to be there with a with a water connection correct so they would prefer a new one or they wouldn't prefer a new one so they would prefer if if you went with the edu they would prefer a second new meter off of your main coming in not not off of the from the street what you're saying they're not saying pull a new main in right they're saying and I think in some instances because of the added load you may be having to upgrade the main coming off the street right so if you have a 1inch main and you're looking to do a detach structure from a pressure standpoint you may have to upgrade to a 2-inch main correct not my wheelhouse but depends on the square footage so the 900 ft compared to the main house that square footage may decide whether you need to go to larger Branch majority of the times I don't think it's yeah because I think most people have probably an inch main coming ho a thought we'll dig into it with the DPW but it's just something to think about I mean can and I think just one more thing about that like it might be if it's a separate structure we asking but if it's in if it's in an existing structure that has it I think it just makes it much more difficult and I think we've all switched to saying let's go and get this and make it as reasonable as we can I agree so okay there there could be an option right that might meet DPW but still help I guess too so it's a question um also to understand it if it's a separate structure or if it's an kind of an apartment within a house right two kind addition versus Adu right in that case wouldn't that become like an addition I think it's addition versus an detached yeah detached versus something enclosed or it could be I could see like a a third floor attic space being changed into an Adu it's fully encompassed into the existing house and roof and now how do you you know now what's the easier I'm not going to wear my cord hat there a lot of the additions used to be like how like family so in that case maybe like a extra meter didn't didn't make sense because they will share like the water bill like internally or something like that but now that you could potentially rent it or something like that maybe that's where DPW is like thinking yeah I mean it would be good just to understand um especially um safety maintenance concerns I mean obviously I think it's we up to kind of the homeowner like do I want to charge one rent and yeah then they can use as much Heating and Cooling and water and whatever that they want or hey they're just going to pay on their own if they use more than they pay for more right so there kind of pluses and minuses to both um but for the DP for the DTW stance that's I think what we have to pay attention to all right okay all right so next on the are we are we good with that topic yep I'll all right for now okay um and yeah that calendar would be very helpful just to keep keep us on track this spring um okay discussion of the planning board open seat um I don't think this is anything it's not really a discussion of the seat it's more just a discuss an update about what's happening so um right now we I believe we put a placeholder on select board correct at this point we have one uh we've received one Talent Bank form uh from man uh to fill the open seat uh we do have a placeholder uh on the select board um I have their agenda I've actually drafted up an agenda for next Wednesday night I know through conversation Amanda will be driving back um so the question is and I leave a attrition to carry the conversation um does the Plenty board want move on this and and how what's the best path forward well my uh um question was my um we have two opportunities to get this done and it has to be done our our next meeting is the last opportunity to to do it to approve a member to fit otherwise we just have to otherwise we just have to wait until the election right so um which isn't not terrible right but um so but I thought if we have enough members we have to have at least three of the four of us on the select board meeting at whatever time we designate um to look at um to look at the candidate if you know that I thought we would we would keep a placeholder there if it works out and it kind of be it might be a little bit ma last minute thing if it's going to work out right so I was kind of looking for people's availability you know otherwise we will definitely we will just kick it to our meeting on the 27th so so I'm asking I guess from the four of us is there if people want to look at their schedules can they and I think the select board is probably pretty flexible about the time we do it the time set on the select board agenda at this point is at 9:40 okay 9:45 so it' be checking in is that on the N the 19th y the 19th I have a draft I have their draft agend P up to um there were no applications with advertisements is that it's out there it's it's been but we but there is no closing date on the application so um I not that I want to necessarily stay up that late but I know I might be stuck at work so if they stick to the 945 is then well I can actually remote in anyway REM If It Moves too much earlier I'd be reluctant to 100% commit I would absolutely try but need to work um the last time I was doing a bid my boss is like why didn't you finish this and I'm like it's 9:30 at night he's on California time so okay yeah so uh and and if it happens that we have to just hey we can't get a quorum we can't get their select board sorry we have to kick it um then that's what we'll do but I'm just saying if if if two of you tell me tonight Trisha no way no how I can't do it then it's a done deal we can't do it because there's only four of us and three of us have to be there um 19th works for me so this would be Wednesday the 19th right before you go to bed could even be in your PJs and how does that look for you possible it's in theory possible yeah this is the 19th which is a Wednesday Wednesday the 19th probably late on the agenda 9:45 and can be virtual right can be virtual y virtual I shouldn't have a problem oh what did you say 74 Oh I thought you said 9:45 7:45 oh yeah I mean if it's like a virtual thing I should be able to make it yeah be it would be 7:45 on the selectboard that's what I have slated as um is 745 is that better or worse for you I mean it's worse because I'm dealing with California people for for the bid stuff so it's only five there but I will try and it's also shouldn't be long so I could maybe say sorry I have to do this so I would assume it would be short I will definitely try and it's a possibility it makes it a little harder okay 100% all right so um but it sounds like maybe we would have three anyway um like I said it can be remote um and that would only be the case if we only have one candidate if we have other candidates it would immediately be kicked to our second meeting because we just can't do it that way then so okay so we'll keep that on there well I'll say that would it help anybody if I reached out to the to the cboard office and tried to move things around as far as a later time no okay well I just look at you know I said 8:4 7:45 8 o'clock update with there see Jim neelon so I could try to flip things but I would just stay with 7 let's let's keep it where it is for for now it can always get pushed later if need be right correct so okay so we'll give it a shot otherwise it'll be on our agenda in two weeks okay next week this is next week this is next week but if get okay and that's the select board meeting but if it doesn't work at the select board meeting it'll be on our agenda in two weeks in the select board they'll have to come to us again got it so which they've been pretty generous about doing so okay that's that um and then okay so Kate these were items that you added in I think one was of more maybe more higher priority than another do you want to take over well so I I know if we weren't slammed we're trying to use time for planning and it's our meetings are long so I I went back to that list and I think the 8A site plan review timeline was mostly with Peter and Alvaro and I wanted to see if there's something the board could do to help and if we were going to Target the spring that is like a formality but I think it would help everyone particularly planning department right yeah um so can can you just say the bottom line of what this change would be it would be a very simple change right now our site plan bylaw calls for I think you have to open up the public he within 30 days and what we' be doing theoretically is um however if you apply Master law regarding special permits it gives you 65 days to open up that public hearing process so in theory we' be changing that 30 days to 65 and that's it I mean I I would recommend we do that and try to get it on the spring because it's obviously easier and sometimes there's an application that has two anyway so it's kind of a no-brainer to to move it it's I agree 100% I think we brought this up it's just syncing up the site plan and the special paramit to talk to each other I think it's a simple move I think if we do have a couple bylaws on the Springtown meeting it makes sense to plug it in and and move forward so it doesn't mean we have to wait till 65 days you know because usually we try to handle things sooner than that if it's just a site plan review it makes sense to get it it just makes sense in my eyes it's also just for tracking it drive you I mean to me it's a no-brainer to put it on the spring be done with it's simple and since we're kind of doing a couple it's probably a good way to add it that that's I think it's with you guys though to yeah we can take care you know that's as simple you know I think with so much going on the last couple months with MBTA and this andly uh but we can draft that did we ask for enough placeholders or do you have to ask for another placeholder I can we can take care yeah that's not a big deal okay so um so at least look at that at our next meeting we'll just we'll piggyback that discussions of that public hearing for that with that's a public hearing and you know if we're going to do that to tell you the truth there's a couple other items site plan approval like the language it says for a it says for a for a meeting I would call that public hearing yeah um you know just clean it up yeah clean that s plan approval bylaw from a formality standpoint could be updated which just you know public hearing a butter notification things of that map okay so we will we will get that going yeah we get I can get that we can get that moving by the by the next planning board meeting uh or soon soon after okay um and the next one so this has come up you know a couple times in front of us but also just members of the public like I'm not an architect but the projects never seem to look like what was approved right and and I think we have lots of examples so we owe it to our community to kind of do better I think on that in ourselves um and so things do change and I think what made it clear is a very large project really isn't designed to that level and things change so a let's communicate that to ourselves and the public and then have a process that those changes are essentially recorded right and um so I I have um I attached there's many communities there's actually more but just sort of you know how they handle it and I I the decisions um that I think are what level of Change by the process like we do spend a lot of time on color so maybe that is but maybe other communities don't even care about color and they would say that's a small change right so so maybe that's not a good example but um the some of the other communities have very specific spelled out I think I think that gets hard it's like you're saying how can I describe something like that um I think the second thing is do we have a form or just um how how do they modify their application right if if um they're communicating have this change and then I think there's probably some deliver I'm thinking of the um the ash like I feel like they did that came I think that's what got me think too that came late but the presentation when we asked for it was quite good it was like here's what changed here's my little thing so I think it's us just making a process here's what I want from you right however that is um to me it's probably a separate form so it's not confusing it's just I'm applying for a change of review whatever and then what level of change I think is probably the more um the item that probably needs a little more attention um there are lots of examples and I I I know there are more I kind of just had to call it quits to get something turned in are these are these um examples that you're providing are they a part of these towns bylaws okay um often it looks WR into an approval well that's one way I'm thinking we could solve this and simplify what seemed more often is their procedures but I might have just found the thing that they're referring back to but I thought there was an interesting several communities had like almost like the um the the planning Department's reviewing and they're putting in our agenda and saying we're recommending this is a small change right we they they come to us with a recommendation then maybe that is the process right we don't have to listen where the board but they're giving their professional you know recommendation which might streamline in in one way um so they almost didn't seem to have I found a lot of it said the planning board the planning department reviewed blah and recommends on many different towns but I couldn't find their policy so I didn't put them in there but I do know that's a seems like a slightly different way to address I wonder if this is very similar to when as a designer when we submit permit drawings and it comes back with the permit reviewer's comments um the way we resubmit the packages with the comment and what was the action that the firm took to resolve that permit comments so it's a cover letter that we prepare every time we resubmit our drawings so I wonder if that's what we looking for like when have um presentations come back with updates in addition to what we hear there we have this as part of the package where it's a cover letter that talks about what are the updates from the previous ones so we can document it instead of creating a form not sure that's what we're looking for some of these towns say like they want to see red line plans like they say what to so I think the thing is like some of what gets redlined or discussed back and forth is none of our business that's with the building department right and so I don't want to get involved in that but I do care that something we approv gets built or we know about it ahead of time and talk about it so we can have a record of doing our job right it I I can point to many things around that isn't that and and that's not Co our meeting minutes uh no it wasn't at Asher it came they built something different and Peter and Trish kind of thought it was a little bigger something that should be brought to the board that's why they came back but that was that was already built not two PL and I I don't think that's great I don't think that's a good yeah I mean in that case I would say that you know and this is where trying to read through sometimes the list of everything that's considered a minor change is is almost everything about the building that sometimes I it feels like so I'm not sure like those changes were they were changes but they were changes that probably no one would spot except in a way except me because I was always looking at those elevations and studying the elevations and you know whatever and so that's why I noticed something didn't quite look the way I remembered it so um but they were still in keeping with the spirit of the building like like you know what I'm not saying that that's okay then I'm I'm but it's not the reason I it's not the reason I brought it to the board I brought it to the board because I think it should have been not because I thought it was a big change but because I thought it should be we should you know how do we deal with these type of things that's exactly why I want to keep going on this and I don't think it's super hard to solve but I think it it is it is for me it's to fairly represent to the public it's fairly represent to ourselves and if someone didn't think it mattered um as a developer we make the position that yes it does right kind of yeah so I think it's it's so it's about finding those and I don't know if it's a bylaw or in the in the approval you know I'm not sure where it goes or the inspection process right it's or the inspection process yeah that if you see a change like this if then that needs to come back to us um or you know to both um because the inspection should be part with reference to the drawings that's been approved that's how the inspection should be you as a design ER as an architect you were able to spot but if I was not having that design background and I went and spotted I probably would not even know that so until it's built into the actual process um and we are not involved in that right when the construction happens don't really go around I mean I it's not you must have we were only there for a certain a certain really it was like an invitation I'm like yeah I'd like to see the site you know well but they also they indicated that there was a point that I I got this approved by the planning board and now further designed that it was different submitted but we didn't see it right so there was there's several points to catch those things it's true it and it's a point of um then trying to figure out and this is where the whole question comes in that if when we approve these projects at 20% if that of course there's going to be changes of course every project I do is different from 20% versus 100% And of course we don't want every little thing coming back to the planning board that's all we'd ever do right so how do we find that line how do we Define it and how do we yeah keep kind of that we're a breast of of these changes you know type of thing so it's probably a longer discussion than we want to go to it 10:05 but you know I mean I I think that the towns that have process I like shrews berries because it it sort of says what like some examples of what dimen changes would be but it also says listen if you're going to make a change even if it's dimen you need to tell the planning board about it right but it doesn't require a planning board approval if the chair and the um planer decid it is dimin and that I think is like it takes the burden away from like the board at the meeting like if so for instance if you know the Asher had come to um you and Peter and said here is the deal you guys could have said this is di Minimus and it was all by the book and they had done you know gone through it the way that we lay out the process but it didn't sort of reopen because that was the other concern with that project like are we like re don't want the public thinking we're like reopening that project and sort of concerns around those things I mean I think that there's a way to do it and I like the way shb did it where they said these are some examples of dominous changes if we I we always feel strongly about things like material materiality like colors you know what are you using on the building that could be provided the process document very clear these are examples of not dominous changes when you were changing materials or colors or like that yeah and I think it could be I mean it I don't think it always just has to be it could be the chair and one other person from the board right well I was going to say I I sort of like that too but I do not like putting the burden on the chair who's you know and I don't um I think that it does need to have board I would not want to sub that to the Building Commissioner or the planning department not saying they wouldn't be involved but I do not want to sub that decision well and also I think sometimes like I said it could be just better with two sets of eyes it could be the chair and it could be a different person every time like when if it happens you know more than once you know the that just so there's a second pair of eyes and yet yep we agreed with this or we didn't agree so it had to come before the board or you know whatever but um so I guess what we're saying is we need to define a scale to these changes in some shape or form right like example in the Shrewsberry is very specific about U kind of um changes in hydrant locations parking space sizes so we it has to be quantitative versus kind of it's very loose on this though I mean if you look at number eight changes in sight or building elevations like well I I changed this doorbell that's yeah I I wasn't proposing like the um the language but I love your idea of saying it's also doesn't include because that's you you need guidance and I I would think it would be get down to kind of minimal that doesn't need more but I I don't think that means reopening either right and that um The Challenge would be to identify those elements right um for a developer to know that hey this Falls in this category so I have to go back check it out well I think what I like about the shuberry one is that it says we are going to decide whether it's dominous or not you don't get to De you have basically you should be defaulting to bringing anything to us if we say it's the Minimus then we don't you don't need full board approval well true but in this case like she said she walked into that space and noticed something different and then that's how it was brought up they would have had to say we changing this and it would be so for the Shrewsbury process like right in that instance they would have needed to do a form for I think in sh they do a modification say plan form and that goes to the chair of the planning board and that this to planner and they decide is this dominous not if it's not dominous then it goes to the and would actually be interesting to know if there's another part of this process because again what we saw at 20% isn't quite what looks like the the 100% CDs they're at 20% of design versus 100% of CDs that is night construction Administration that is night and day yeah that is night and day and then there are changes that can happen in the construction process right hey they got a new tenants now they have to switch the door you know whatever so there's actually two kind of levels here one when the final drawings are submitted to the Building Commissioner and then changes that happen during construction so the the one design we I almost think that should be a condition to submit them back to the board and we can decide what to do about it but why wouldn't we submit back to the board with a cover of changes let them put big and small let them decide simple they're going to do that anyway right that should be part of the process now the construction needs a little more work and that's where we're not going to be out there right but maybe maybe we should be starting to get more independent inspectors um but I I I mean just like you said that is part of their process anyway that happens nobody just makes changes on drawings without some record of them yeah so they already do that we're not asking them to do more work we are to submit it to us but we're not asking for more work per se so I feel like that can be an easy condition handled done we don't to talk about it more we're going to draft a condition for that and then the follow on is more like instruction yeah I think it's going to be trickier the one where you're reviewing construction drawings is going to be tricky because that's that's unless um unless we have something in there that approval will not will not be um you know whatever the the phrase is um with you know unreasonably withheld because because there will be you know can you imagine going through another series of meetings like you know like we really have to you know we have to be clear too about yeah but again nothing inside is under our purview so you really it already minimizes what we're actually talking about so you don't you don't need to make this onerous I mean they go through that process right and yeah that's true I I think that if I don't think we need to out guess and like what we're asking I think it's a very reasonable ask we need to be responsible on our end but I I think this would make it just much more professional and I hope never to hear from a resident why do these buildings not look like what you approve because we will be able to show why if it doesn't right now we cannot right and and again that is our job representing the public in Ash to get what we ask for Okay so I guess the next question and again I don't think we need to go any further with this tonight but we'll be like where is this is this in a is this in the information given to the contractor up front hey I want to do a project in Ashland and then it's put into the approvals is it in the bylaws like where is it documented and known um but again I don't really it's it's 1010 and we need to still do just at least through the meeting minutes so if we can hold on that thought Anna any thoughts from you are you good on that conversation okay sorry I forget I forget you there floating around in C cyberspace okay so um all right so we're discussing that any minimal reports on the any important reports on any of these topics since we're already at 1010 anything Peter or anyone else no I have nothing I um for Tower update yeah build a soccer field a parking lot the first meeting in March yeah that okay sounds like something different fun project yeah yeah it's a good it's a good project to feel a good project I think it it be good for okay great so um any other thanks you think are necessary to all right um then we can go to meeting minutes get those taken care of just one set from the 23rd this was uh was this the YMCA this was the YMCA meeting um I only had one sentence line 3031 um the dream of a regional YMC in this area has been dream for the entire 12 years he has been in this role do we really need that or if you want to document that maybe then we should take off the two dreams that is there in that sentence so just if you knock off the dream of in the beginning a regional YMCA in this area has been a dream for the entire 12 years he yeah yeah just simplify it a little bit didn't have anything El just clean it up um and just since we're talking about YMCA I've been forwarding a few emails um from really like I guess it's an individual but um related to CPC so he's been asking me questions and I've been sing there which I I think are good questions but we're also going to be sending those to the YMCA and we can discuss it obviously when the public hearing comes up those are those questions don't think I have anything else no other changes okay okay then um is there a motion from the board our first motion of the evening I make a motion to approve the minutes of January thir uh 23rd planning board meeting as amended second and a roll call vote Anna tminit I cathine Jersy I and Trisha Kendall I so those those are approved I think then we are at the end of our agenda woohoo anything else anyone has all right is there a motion to adjourn I will make a motion to adjourn at 1015 second roll call vote Katherine Janda and Trisha Kendall I so thank you everybody good good topics e e e

CVA in personal post highlighting their accomplishments throughout their journey of Life additionally CVA had a globaltech exchange which they had the opportunity to present to an extincted group of Educators and Department of Education staff from South Korea Innovation continues to grow and CVA continues to share their Vision strategies and advancements in Virtual learning now let's look at Cyprus for Cyprus the month of January was action-packed they had their winter formal with beautiful ocean themed decorations and their open house where parents had the chance to come to the school and get a better idea at the Cypress High School community in addition Cypress had our visioning day which was a great morning collecting feedback from students faculty and parents regarding their priorities and values as a school lastly they had their RSVP Summit 3 which covered the results from the previous two Summits Cyprus successfully accomplished Vape detectors lunchtime snacks and slushies better CNC assignments and more classes while there were countless pending concerns that are still possible to make happen way to go Cyprus now for catella catella High School welcomes South Jr and Sycamore Jr over for Cru to catella they are welcomed by katella's amazing link crew leaders and some ASB members due to weather complications the event took place in their main gym the students saw many amazing performances such as dance team cheer choir theater Advan dance Productions Sports and More they had a wonderful time performing for them and informing them about elective Sports and classes they could join at catella now moving on to Kennedy on January 10th they had eighth graders from Walker Junior High School participate in their walk from Walker event they were able to learn more about Kennedy's special programs at Kennedy tour classes and see what clubs they offer the event started in kpac during first period with presentations and performances from admin counseling Kennedy ASB JFK jroc Kennedy singers and more a huge shout out to all the Fighting Irish who supported this event now let's look at Lera for Laura they recently honored Dr John dalm by dedicating the Laura high school wrestling room in his name Dr Dam's impact on the Laura Community is immeasurable as a coach he led the wrestling team to 10 League championships and a CIF title instilling a culture of excellence and perseverance as Laura High School's principal he shaped the lives of countless students leaving a lasting Legacy in education his influence continues to inspire both past and present generations of Saxons extends their heartfelt gratitude to the dalan family wrestling alumin current students and the entire Saxon Community for coming together to celebrate this momentous occasion now Magnolia for Magnolia their Sentinels are officially on their way with the girls playing their first CIF game against Valley High School they also had a Marsha Magnolia where Dale Junior High eighth graders explored all that Magnolia has to offer they welcomed these eighth graders with a beautiful assembly and they were able to sign up for clubs Sports and electives way to prepare for the future students Magnolia now let's move on to Oxford Oxford Academy's FBLA secured first place in sweep Stakes again continuing the record since 2018 they also had their servathon where many of the clubs participated in the district's annual servathon event participating in Bird housee Painting PB&J making emergency kit establishment and many more now for Savannah Savannah's Roop Medical Academy students had the ch to show off their skills to the superintendent of Roop administrators and csuf through a walkthrough of their class Savannah also hosted its steps to Savannah event where Brooker students were Guided by Savannah's own students allowing them to explore the various programs and clubs offered at Savannah now finally let's look at western western would like to highlight their Japanese student visit where they helped them give presentations to the school on Japanese culture they also had their walk to Western where they greeted orange view students and showed all of their extracurricular programs thank you thank you Aon appreciate it nicely done no so next we have uh recognition of uh some associations we have Mr James gan from AA Jennifer sasai from Ala do we have any other no nothing Lacy merer thank you I'm looking right at her Lacy thank you Lacy merer from uh apga and we have Dr liia Holstrom administrator from Roop so thank you for being here Leia so next is a reports from associations Mr Grant do you have a report good evening board uh Mr matsuda and cabinet uh my name is James Goran asked the vice president and I'm here on behalf of Jeff Morgan Stern he's on a community schools conference as you know orange and Western will be going through a consolidation process ASA would like to share with you key highlights of our Western orange view consolidation mou proposal that we shared with the district on January 24th I have Sean fleshman from orang View and Wendy kryer from Western High School uh to share uh details hello thank you I cabinet and board student representative hello uh I I've been teaching at Orange for 26 years so uh during this time I built a connection to this community and now I actually find my former students coming up and telling me hey here's my new student of yours my daughter my son so I've been there quite the time and I value this community and I have great hopes for what this consolidation can achieve for the students I was glad to see as a Community Schools teacher lead that we involved the parents the students we had the community members coming to help us as we uh have this vision for our redesign I was a parti and the redesigned meetings and partnered with parents to discuss their concerns and share ideas board member hosi as well I would like to acknowledge you and um I was a glad that you're able to represent the board and be a part of this process so thank you um in town hall meetings and and with coffees with the principal and District leadership have made promises to our families and their CH that their children will be provided with IND device in attention smaller learning communities and a strong relationship with teachers at these Town Hall meetings I spoke with parents and they express their excitement really uh and their ideas they heard and how their students would benefit from these problems and practices in order to achieve this for our students our mou proposal request smaller size guarantees and a smaller student loads because of the unique circumstances of teaching and supporting such a diverse class of proficiencies learning styles and backgrounds teachers need a manageable and sustainable workload the Innovative components of the redesign require more individual attention to each student to help them achieve their potential we need an intentional commitment to make this a success M ker good evening I've been a part of the Pioneer Family since September of 2000 and my heart lives in this community I can't imagine being a part of any other community um this is my family our teachers have been pivotal in this reimagining of our education system and will now be critical in how we Implement these shifts in order to create a dynamic student centered approach that Fosters deeper learning stronger relationships and a more supportive environment for both students and staff we need to ensure that teachers time is protected our proposal asks for designated time for teachers to collaborate in order to support students individual needs discuss effective instruction instuctional approaches and strategies and develop learning plans to support all students we are building an Innovative system for our students and we need time to do that additionally teachers will be shifting our practice to a block schedule and incorporate additional Services teachers need time to develop their skills while effectively supporting student needs no doubt this will create a challenge in Staffing but we are requesting to limit the number of new courses assigned to teachers which will provide consistency with our programs and Curriculum by moving teachers into new courses we risk losing our veteran teachers that are trained and experienced in those Services we need to maintain the instruction and guidance provided by our teachers that our students and families rely on so again we appreciate our opportunity to share our proposal with you uh we have a unique opportunity to create a stronger more student- centered learning environment through this consolidation however now is the time to fulfill those promises made to our families it is imperative that teachers be provided with the necessary time support and resources we urge the board to honor these commitments by supporting our proposal and uphold the class-size guarantees teacher collaboration time and program consistency we must work together to build a sustainable and Innovative system that truly meets the needs of our students teachers and families we look forward to hearing the district's response thank you so much for your time thank you for your presentation Lacy good evening ahc School Board Mr O'Neal Mr matsuda executive cabinet and community members I'd like to begin by recognizing that last week was National School counseling week a time to celebrate the hard work and dedication of our ahsd school counselors while a single week doesn't Define the impact of their work it is Meaningful to see the profession been acknowledged and appreciated so thank you throughout the district counselors were celebrated and apj would like to expend extend a special thank you to Mr Brian O'Neal for joining our all counselor professional development meeting on January 31st to help honor our ahsd counselor of the year Michael Seltzer additionally I'd like to recognize Mr Ron hosi for making time to personally visit counselors in his district area and at the district office to show his appreciation for their commit commitment to our students to all of our counselors thank you for the invaluable role you play in supporting guiding and empowering our students every day each month apga aims to share data with you to illustrate the impact of school counselors that we have on our students and their families however tonight I wanted to take a step back from the numbers and highlight a fundamental truth that counselors are at the heart of Education in ways that extend far beyond data points counselors are academics College and Career advisers and social social emotional support providers all at once our value our value lies in executing a comprehensive counseling program that seamlessly integrates these three areas because they are not separate from each other while various groups within the school system May focus on one of these domains counselors are the only professionals on campus who work with all three counselors are the only group on a campus who meet every with every student every year identifying the underlying challenges they may face the 27,000 students in ahsd don't begin their academic Journey until they meet with a school counselor Who develops their educational plan before they ever step into a classroom to meet their teachers a financial aid application for a senior doesn't get completed without a counselor guiding them through their FSA ID and college spending options and even though I said I was not going to say anything about data I will put this this point in right now to this day at this time we are at a 30% completion rate with our financial aid application which is above what we were last year at this time so our counselors are working very hard with our seniors to get their financial aid applications completed during these times that can be tumultuous for many of our families lastly a social worker does not meet with a student unless a counselor has first uncovered a need that needs to be met counseling is not just a service it is a foundational pillar of Student Success our work Bridges gaps removes barriers and empowers students to reach their full potential and the only way that happens is through a com comprehensive counseling program so would like so what I would like to encourage you to do as apj continues to provide updates and data and you can Vis you continue to visit our school campuses is take some time to really understand how we collect our data and what is is that we are truly trying to show you because the reality is there is no other group on an ahsd campus that meets a student's needs the way a school counselor does thank you for your ongoing support of our ahsd counselors and the critical role they play in shaping our students success thank you thank [Applause] you Dr sesai good evening president O'Neal Board of Trustees superintendent matsuda executive cabinet students parents and Community joining us in person and online the local control accountability plan the alcap sees an officially commence districtwide last Thursday our stakeholders are encouraged to participate in this important process ensuring that their voices contribute to shaping the future of our schools open houses are happening throughout the district providing families with the opportunities to learn more about our schools and programs additionally registration for the upcoming school year is in full swing last week laera high school warmly welcomed Ball Junior High's eighth graders for launch to Lera an engaging event designed to introduce students to sax and life the event featured comprehensive campus tours an activity Fair showcasing V various school programs and a lively pep assembly to build excitement for their upcoming High School Journey in athletics laera continues to demonstrate Excellence with the wrestling girls basketball and girls soccer teams all earning spots in the CIF playoffs go Saxons on Thursday February 8th the Brookhurst Advance band had the incredible opportunity to visit Disneyland and participate in the Disney soundtrack Workshop during this unique experience students gained insight into the professional recording process learning how musicians prepare the for recording songs used in Beloved Disney films the highlight of the workshop was when students recorded their own soundtrack to accompany a Disney film making it a truly memorable and educational experience Kennedy High School staff development Day on June on January 31st featured an inspiring keynote address by educational technology consultant Ken Shelton today's press professional development sessions focused on the role of artificial intelligence in education emphasizing how AI can amplify student voice personalized learning and Foster inclusive teaching practices Educators engaged in Hands-On activities using AI tools to design learning experiences that reflect students lived experiences while preparing them to be ethical and critical users of AI Cypress High School staff development day on January 31st was a visioning day with over 80 students the entire staff parents and Community Partners an assembly of over 300 stakeholders came together to Envision the future of Cypress High School answering questions like what qualities do you envision for a Cypress student walking across the stage at graduation these initiatives highlight our District's ongoing commitment to academic Excellence student engagement and Innovative learning opportunities thank you thank you I haven't been notified but has Don Croy nope not yet okay just checking uh is there a PTA representative in the audience this evening Doris hi come forward good evening just want to say that um we have an upcoming Bingo um the 19th for Founders Day and then we have a um March 26th we have a a dinner and April 23rd we have a dinner and also we're planning a fentanyl awareness coming up pretty soon but when will that be have you had it on the calendar yet we don't have it on the calendar yet we're still in planning okay thank you thank you appreciate it okay we'll move on to uh presentations Mr salivar yes thank you president O'Neal it's my pleasure to introduce Dr SEMA sidu our director of Learning and Development who will be providing you with our alcap major update before she begins I'd like to share that Dr sudu has um already been uh working tirelessly in preparation for this year's alcap process which is an opportunity for our community to come together over the course of five elcap meetings and review um our District's progress and uh in developing recommendations based on identify needs and metrics um so tonight's midyear update serves as a brief snapshot for our board um on where we currently stand as we begin this annual Journey so without further Ado Dr SEMA s do thank you Mr svar okay I appreciate your support with all things LC cap good evening board president Mr Mr O'Neal Board of Trustees cabinet superintendent matsuda everyone watching and here in person tonight it is my pleasure to provide you with a midyear local control and accountability plan or lcap for short update before I do that I want to first take a moment and acknowledge the work of our board and cabinet for laying the foundation to a robust elcap process where educational Partners voices can be elevated I also want to thank Joe Carmona probably drive him crazy for his assistance and support I am truly grateful for his leadership and mentorship through this process and just being new at this and learning first I would like to provide you with some background information section 61 of Senate Bill 114 requires districts to present an update to the current year lcap which includes all available midyear outcome data related to metrics identified in the outc cap and midyear expenditures all also identified in the outc cap the purpose of tonight's presentation is to provide a brief update on metrics and expenditures the lcap is a three-year plan that is updated annually we are beginning a new three-year cycle this year and we have started our elcap educational partner engagement process our District's core values help us achieve our vision and Mission and through the elcap process we are able to ensure that we are doing what is best for our students and Families here's a brief budget overview this chart outl outlines our budget items our projected 20242 adopted budget amounts which were presented to the board in June of 2024 next to that we have outlined our actual budget amounts which are based on the first intrum followed by the difference this information is available in the first inome report which was presented at the December 2024 beeting by Dr Nan as you can see there's difference between our actual budget amount and projected adopted budget amount for 2024 2025 the adopted budget is a projection of what we know at that time at the time of the first interim in December we are updating the budget with the new assumptions and we are also adjusting the revenue for carryover new grants and new grants that have been awarded the budget assumptions information can also be found in the first interim report which I have here if any anyone would like a copy I know this is not very fun but try to make it fun in ahsd we utilize our local control and accountability plan an educational partner engagement process to develop our goals our actions and measures it serves as a plan for continuous Improvement where we can measure academic performance datas surveys District indicators and gather input from various educational Partners such as our students our staff and our parents because their perspectives and feedback feedback provide valuable insights into the program's Effectiveness now I will highlight data that was not yet available during the lcap adoption in June and some real-time data that we have captured for fall in this school year so we're going to start with Goal one our district graduation rate has maintained at over 90% which is above the state average we continue to make progress in graduation rates for our English Learners students with disabilities and Foster youth similarly our a through G rates also above the state average demonstrate a slight increase overall for our socioeconomically disadvantaged students English Learners and we will continue to focus our efforts for our students with disabilities and Foster youth here you can see our standardized test scores now as you know we do not rely solely on standardized test scores to demonstrate the full depth of student learning however it is a state mandate and we acknowledge that we will continue to work towards our goals and supporting our students in these areas as well we believe that by analyzing student performance post-graduation outcomes and feedback from our educational Partners we can better assess our programs and highlight our student progress overall okay here is an example of that on this slide from our class of 2024 most re recent graduates 68.1% of graduates enrolled in postsecondary options immediately after graduation 43.4% enrolled in 2-year colleges and 24.6% enrolled in fouryear colleges and universities we are proud to share that our persistence rate and college gpa have significantly and consistently outperformed College averages overall the percentage of students who completed at least one CTE pathway and fulfilled a through G requirements has also increased we will continue to increase our efforts for our specific student groups ahsd is also ranked number two in the county for CTE completion and ranked number one in the State uh state for graduates receiving the state seal of Civic engagement which speaks to our mission to graduate socially aware civic-minded students who are life ready we are also seeing progress in meeting our desired outcomes when it comes to serving our plural lingual students so as you can see in 2023 24 the class reclassification rate was 12% and the percent of plural lingual students who scored level four which is the highest on the lpac was at 12.85% also worth noting and celebrating is that ahsd is ranked number two in the county and state seals of B literacy now we're moving on to goal number two in the lcap at ahsd we strive to provide meaningful educational engagement opportunities for all parents and families in the fall semester alone we had over 12,000 families served via food and or care packages we had 434 parents total at the Anaheim collaborative family Summit one held at Cal State Fullerton and one was held at Fullerton College in addition Our Community School's model and approach to learning provides opportunities for our students families and staff to connect and work together to expand experiences and address the needs of the whole child as we as a demonstration District we are Mo we are a model to many we have coordinated several leading and learning visits where we have been able to showcase the assets of our students parents and schools our guests have left inspired when they our community school model through the lens of the classroom experience and as evidenced in our performance task assessments ptas student engagement in the classroom on campus and student voice thus far we have had 75 different districts and organizations pay us a visit and close to 400 guests lcap goal 3 focuses on providing and nurturing a safe positive and inclusive School culture that is responsive to the assets and needs of all students our attendance rate for the first semester this is a correction is actually 92.7% all Sites have been diligently focusing their efforts on attendance and are working hard at implementing the attendance task force recommendations and you can see the difference between 23 24 and our current year first semester a safe and positive School culture is being supported through ongoing collaboration with the goal of decreasing our suspension rates maintaining our campus safety AIDS and focusing our efforts on school safety okay as you can see we are making good progress on meeting and exceeding our desired outcomes in the same way we are utilizing our planned resources and expenditures to support our work we held our first elcap meeting on February 6th with approximately 300 in attendance despite the rain and despite the challenges that some of our families are facing it was a diverse mix of students staff parents and community members and here's a just a little snapshot of some images um I think people overall um enjoyed the first meeting we have our second meeting coming up next Thursday I would like to close with this quote and have you reflect on the current state of public education public education is an investment in our future because it is it is an investment in our students thank you for your time thank you Dr s does the board have any questions it's okay thank you for this presentation page talk about two in this number two in this in the county I'm sorry my number two in the county yes um would you mind proc that's a great question I was actually working on that today um so the first meeting is supposed to be really an overview and a kickoff and really with the focus of getting everyone engaged with the lcap process um what should happen there right which is I think what did happen is really try to get people to think about the state of education our district to share and tell our story right and to kind of lay the foundation of the lcap process you know it's important to also note with that that some districts only give a survey there's just a survey that's sent out and that's all you get I've been in two different districts and even know what lcap was you know or I just completed the survey so it's really an opportunity at the first meeting to get together to collaborate to engage um you know to enjoy some food right it's like bread breaking um and to get ready for this process to give an overview of the process meeting number two is where we get to focus on the data so in focus groups our parents students staff right everyone's going to come together and review our data this year we're going to do a little bit of an overview of you know how to even how to look at this data what are we looking at what is Trend data and then talk about how have we improved what is the data telling us and showing us um what are some things to celebrate so that's really going to be meeting number two meeting number three we're going to look at the actions that are already in our lcap so the LC cap was approved in June so we're going to look at the actions that are in the lcap to see what is already being addressed how it's being addressed and then also come up with some recommendations what do we want to see more of perhaps right and what is working well and then at the final meeting we really need to come together everyone will share their recommendations and then we'll come up with a consensus in terms of what to actually um draft I get the pleasure of writing the lcap and so I would love you know this is an opportunity to incorporate our students voices our parents and Families Our Community Partners our staff really their voices and gather their input and recommendations for our 2526 lcap so that is truly the process and I get to draft it present again in June and then uh have ELC cap board approved and um in the past um uh there have been folks that were a little critical of um you know they don't understand how extensive ahsd um uh process has been um but folks have um not knowing that information but uh been a little critical about Gathering like students and parents that have no idea what this is so what have we done to uh pre prepare our students um and our um parents and little give them a little bit of Education uh before we take this process because it can be a little intimidating it it is a lot and can and it can be really overwhelming so we met actually with the student ambassadors shout out to the student ambassadors who have done an amazing job with getting students to the lcap but then also we had a student Workshop we also had a parent Workshop which I think you know that's something that I would like to work on next year is getting more parents and student at these workshops because they get a preview of what the lcap process is and especially if it's their first time kind of go over more information give them the background the process um expectations their role uh in the lcap process so I'm definitely going to work on that for next year we I'm also working on creating um a video because a lot of people gave me feedback and said they weren't able to make it to the first meeting but they want to make it to the focus group meetings and really be a part of this process so I said well why not make a video to explain what the lcap is lcff and then also send out information on the eight State priorities I talked to some parents afterward um after the first meeting so they'd love to get that information I'm planning on sending it out and then having them sign up for the focus groups and give them more descriptions of the focus groups I was a little rushed um at the first meeting so we're going to we're going to work on that and slow it down and then also in terms of the meetings and the structure I'm going to try to scaffold it a little bit more and give them um a little bit more of information even you know terms and definitions and how how are we looking at this data because you know if you're not used to looking at it you're like what am I looking at and what am I looking for um and how can I you know have my voice heard so I think that's what we're trying to work on okay fantastic if I may we also have the um we're fortunate to have a partnership with OKO who also helps to provide workshops for our parents additional workshops in between each of our um outc cap meetings yes where there have our parents have the space to ask clarifying questions additional questions regarding the data regarding whatever it is that that they uh were exposed to in the previous alcat meeting so that's just another another layer of support for for our parents as well and maybe they little intimidated at our meeting but at that meeting they can they can be feel a little bit safer exactly it also helps to build their capacity so there's more confidence at the next upcoming meetings to ask additional questions to to be a little more engaged if if need be so they actually asked they didn't ask but basically we're not there we're we're there to make sure you know everything's set up for them they meet here at the district office but you don't have District folks there it's it's really OKO and then our our parents that are there that can then debrief and you know have honest conversations and really prepare to participate in the in the meetings fantastic thank you I do want to acknowledge Dr sidu because I was at that student workshop and um and the ambassadors did did a they did a great job at recruiting if you went to the alcap meeting the first one we had great student representation and also I know that that you worked with our faces to get parents there and we had great representation from our parents from PTSA and across the district so um we're we're really getting authentic feedback and it's just not through surveys a lot of a lot of people do get their feedback strictly through surveys but we get really we get to hear people and if you go to the second and third meetings you'll see students a lot of students getting up presenting and I think that's kind of like one of the highlights for me so Dr do thank you so much for your hard work because I know to do the presentations for the students and for the parents it takes extra time and I want to thank uh Mrs Vasquez and Mrs Brown too for the ambassadors and and um working with their respective RSVP advisers to get um a lot of students involved student voice is is really important to us absolutely um I want to Echo my colleagues thank you for all your work I was able to attend the first elcap uh meeting I know a few of us were there as well um I just wanted to make a plug that we have free bus fry transportation for all of the elcat meetings from our school side so please uh check the schedule online I know is also sent out uh via our Aries or Communications and then free child care during all our meetings and then free I mean translation as well right translation services will be provided even for the small focus group not they're not not small but the focus groups that we have we will have translation and uh we now so again making improvements right we make mistakes we learn we grow so now on the uh communication that we're sending out um we'll make sure we put like you know where the bus will actually be because sometimes the route might be a little different and then students you know or parents family members are looking for you know where the buses are so just little things like that so I'm adding that and then we'll resend out the information for sure and make sure everyone attends as many people as possible great thank you so much Dr sidu what languages are we translating so we are required for well uh Spanish but we always have well I don't want to say always we do have Korean um and Vietnamese it it also depends on you know the availability but that's mainly what we have at these meetings thank you yeah thank you and I have to give where's Brian bsky because I think he's next no oh no okay well whenever he comes up here my my presentation very plain I'm definitely looking forward to seeing his presentation it's pretty [Laughter] [Applause] cool I think we have a recognition I think um Mr cro has walked in the door so board [Music] yes please come forward Mr C please go over there so we're we're recognizing Donald Croy Partnerships Inc dkp which has provided professional architectural and Engineering Services since 1974 The Firm has specialized in the design and Rehab reil re reabilitation of public work for commercial Municipal and educational facilities in excess of $1 billion in construction costs more than 50 buildings are members of the national register of historic places on behalf of the Board of Trustees we would like to recognize and thank Don cro for the generous donation of $6,000 accepting the recognition on behalf of dkp is architect Donald cot AIA principal and president of the firm thank you so much [Applause] sure you know I was really um flattered to be invited to be recognized and it it really is a great um thought and gesture that you've made thanking me for this and I appreciate it I was really moved by the presentation just prior and in a way glad I was late because the the contribution that we all make for public education is the investment in the future that we all imagine it's very real and it's not just this community it's all the communities in which I work and that you see so thank you again very much [Applause] okay Mr salivar Right yes so as um as our board knows our district has long recognized the value of Arts education in preparing our students for college uh life and Career Success um so it's no surprise that we have prestigious vapa programs across our district that are year in and year out winning Awards and and different accolades um so what we have today is it's my pleasure now to introduce Brian Mr Brian bsk director of Arts education who will be providing a brief update on the current state and future for Arts education in our district okay and just before he comes up thank you for the introduction but we have a speaker uh for this item and Shannon Zer no you come before good evening board M president cabinet um I just just want to say that I first I have a lot of hats I wear you've seen me before I'm Shannon zemer I'm the Arts now ambassador to Orange County from create California but you are my home district and so you are my heart is my mother went to Kennedy High School my son went to Kennedy High School I went to Kennedy High School we have a lot of history in this District my D went to Oxford you know so we don't hold it against her um I actually had Wan hosi as a choir teacher a while ago oh thank no not very long ago we're we're young I would just like to say first I want to thank one of the hats I wear is I have worked as a case manager with social workers and I often send people to the ahsd website as a source of resources for our community and I want to thank our district for being so supportive of our community in need but tonight I'm here actually to support um Brian bsky and his strategic Arts plan proposal that going to be presented to you I am so excited about this as you know I've been here many times before you talking about the Arts and the value of the Arts as a career path and as an important aspect of life the skills learn through the Arts prepare you for all sorts of things through life that we don't even realize until we're a little bit older um and I am particularly excited about the Strategic Arts plan because of its comprehensive nature it includes things one of the things I really want to highlight and I I I'm assuming Brian will and I was just going to do it after the fact but as I'm here first the student Arts Council I am so excited about this aspect of student voice in our Arts Council around our and around our district I will tell you that I actually work through um with in partnership with Arts Orange County and the Orange County department of education training um parent leaders and working with school districts around the county you're okay I'll just say very quickly I send them here to see a good example of our lcap process so I also want to add that the lcaps in our district are an example for everybody so as my time is up it seems I don't leave you but thank you very much thank you for being such a supportive district for the Arts and I really hope this um support will continue and Bravo to Brian for the presentation in advance that you're going to be so impressed [Laughter] with all right all right Mr bsky now you've been put on the spot this better not be terrible we'll grade you well thank you very much for the opportunity um I can I'll go off script for just a minute um talk about the support that we have for Arts education in Anaheim Union um a lot of folks look to what we do here uh as an example um not the work that I'm doing as much as the work that we all do together um to support our students uh that elcap process uh is is no joke uh here in Anaheim Union um sort of legacy of Manuel cologne and the things that that he left behind as well in this District um as a parent in another District um it's uh it's a wonderful thing to see students and teachers and community members and parents engaged in the process and truly uh having a voice that matters in the in the the outcome uh the educational outcomes of their students so um uh I'm I'm grateful so uh thanks to the board for their continuing support of Arts education uh we've had at least four major events like in what the last three weeks and there have been multiple board members at every single one of our events uh whether it was honor band or Coral showcase an event yesterday with the Save the Music Foundation uh an event last night down at the at the County uh uh for the Orange County uh music and arts administrators Awards uh also shout out congratulations to Joe Carmona our controller received an award received an award last night for his work in supporting Arts education through uh developing the systems and and and structures for how we're able to uh move very very quickly in our adoption of proposition 28 and uh staying true to the bill text and staying true to the guidelines uh that are contained within the Arts music and schools um act that were U passed by prop 28 so uh I'm just I'm I'm grateful to be here uh so much support um from uh teachers and board members MERS superintendent cabinet uh I'm just grateful to be here so um okay into this into this report this is really three reports in one so it's uh I'm going to hit highlights I'm not going to get into details if you have questions uh I'll I'm here to answer them so um here we go um this first slide comes from these are some highlights some bullet points that I put in uh from the position statement that was created by our strategic Arts plan revisioning committee uh it was comprised of over uh over 45 students parents teachers administrators District district administrators cabinet members board members uh it was a 360 view on Arts education and um I'm actually going to read the position statement because it says everything about why we do what we do in Arts education and I'm just going to go for it the Arts are not optional they are essential Arts education is a critical component of a well-rounded education equipping students with the creative cognitive and technical skills needed to thrive in an Ever evolving world it's not a luxury or an extracurricular add-on it is a fundamental right that Fosters Innovation builds community and prepares students for success in both life and career Arts education integrates all elements of the career preparedness systems framework the cpsf here in ahsd it encompasses encompasses a wide range of Technical and transferable skills it reinforces the 5c's embeds Equitable decision-making and encourages student agency in all four artistic processes that's from our state our our new state framework and uh art standards the four processes that we use in arts education creating presenting responding and connecting that is the essence of what we do in the Arts they Pro Arts courses provide asset-based environments where creativity is hone through self-expression and visual Performing Arts students cultural and life experiences are affirmed through the pedagogy through the materials and the performance and the presentation of their experiences in the arts arts Rich environments also support students well-being by promoting social emotional learning self-awareness empathy and resilience the Arts build community collaborative experiences connect students from diverse backgrounds and ability levels fostering a sense of belonging and shared purpose sequential standards-based Arts learning how many times has the board heard me say that over the last five years uh empowers the next generation of designers creators and performers to be stewards of their local and their Global communities the research is clear Arts education drives Student Success schools with robust Arts programs they see lower chronic absenteeism they see higher engagement they see improved academic performance students involved in the Arts are more likely to graduate they're more likely to pursue higher education more likely to develop the problem solving adaptability and Leadership skills that are necessary for the modern Workforce Arts education is particularly impactful for English Learners students with disabilities Foster Youth and those from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds helping them also build community resilience confidence and a sense of identity the Arts prepare students for the future California's 650 billion doll creative industry encompasses more than 2.7 million jobs offering real career Pathways for ahsd students Arts education equips students with highly refined technical skills while also developing their ability to self- Advocate collaborate and lead in industries that value innovation and adaptability and moreover creating art is a deeply personal experience students draw upon their understandings and their resources to bring ideas to life the Arts the Arts develop young people's abilities to express their personal vision and communicate it to others Arts education in auhsd is more about is more than learning a craft it's about helping students connect with themselves connect with each other and connect their limit Limitless potential we're here to help them discover their unlimited you thank you so that's my position that's our position statement uh it will be in the draft of the student it's in the draft of the uh the Strategic Arts plan uh that you'll look at for adoption uh next at next month's board meeting um and I just I want to jump a little bit into an overview of ahsd Arts programs uh here on the screen there are uh we have over we have 32 Arts focuses Focus areas uh across the dist now you know I'll put up here on the list is you know concert bands but we're talking about band One in seventh grade band One in and two in junior high school we're also talking about at the high school level concert band symphonic band win Ensemble that's all contained there in like that one bullet point of concert bands on that line um so these are just the focus areas we have 87 sections being taught across the district 30 different courses at the junior high level 277 sections of 83 different courses at the high school level being taught across the district we have 11,500 students which is a little bit different than the data we had before um we actually thought the number was a little bit different um and as we get I'll talk a little bit in a minute about data but um Eric Greenwood's team uh along with Jason Jones and uh Danny Warez uh the work that they have done to help us begin to build an Arts dashboard to be able to track not just grades and not just attendance and all that kind of stuff but looking at real data like you know 10 year 12 year look at enrollment in different curricular areas different Focus areas matriculation rates how many how many folks are actually going from an eighth grade to a ninth grade arts program uh persistence more than you know it's it is so cool to begin to actually look at the things that we have had to dive in and look at kind of weird ways to get to the data uh over the years but um I'm really really excited I'm excited about data it's crazy but um I I really am uh because it's given us uh you know we we act on what we believe to be true and we go after and try to find what's true it's so nice to be able to look and just see what is and uh and not have to try to figure out how you're going to get to the answer um so my my thanks to Eric and his team um we have 95 full-time credential Arts teachers we have 200 part-time Arts assistants uh that we have hired uh through classified HR courtesy of the Arts music and schools we'll get to that in a minute um all of these non-arts outcomes that are addressed by Arts education chronic absentee ISM um there's you know there students who are in schools have who are in arts in schools that have greater access to the Arts significantly less to likely to be chronically absent Arts are in the Arts incentivize student attendance they incentivize they maximize student engagement we look at suspension rates in California art students were 20% less likely to have an out of school suspension for every single year of Arts studied there's the citation is down there I've actually got one that's got a a QR code but I didn't get it to the in time to when I got it for the board so um but that link does work um so you can you can kind of check some of this stuff out but all of these things are addressed and there's positive outcomes for Arts education multiple research studies um but because I want to keep the board meeting moving I'm going to move to the next slide a lot of questions about Arts and Music and schools or prop 28 uh Arts and Music and schools Act is was um a public a 66% yes vote from our uh from the California voters uh the idea is that it is to supplement and not supplant existing funding it is for new Arts experiences or to expand Arts education for uh for the students of California um I love our District's approach to this uh it's been a hard no on supplanting and anybody has an idea of oh well maybe we could move we can we can do this with these funds and we can move oh we're we're not talking about moving around money to be able to pay for something that was already happening before if we're paying for it with proposition 28 money this Arts music and schools money it is something that is new it is a new experience it is a new coach it's a new choreographer it's a new uh accompanist it's a new clarinet coach it's a new marching instructor it's somebody to work on drawing and painting ceramics photography that are in the classrooms these are part-time classified employees Arts assistance um yes sir had a quick question Brian um you make a really important point in terms of this distinction between supplanting and supplementing how does our district do in your opinion stack up to other districts in that approach it is a uh I'm very confident that we are upholding the bill text of prop 28 um there have been uh I I am aware of some things that are happen that have happened in some other districts uh some of them quite publicly uh recently uh of where some of this funding has been used to uh transfer a teacher from the general fund who was paid they've been there teaching three years for music and well now we have prop 28 so we can pay the we can pay them out of prop 28 and then we can move that general fund over to another teacher um that's a that was a hard no from the beginning uh for for what we do in the district like nobody uh there were questions asked I think of course of like well can we do this and it was the answer was well no we're we're not going to do that it no and supplant means to replace and we're not going to replace any of our existing funding whether it's through uh general fund whether it's through lcff whether it's through uh title one two two title four none of that money is we're not doing anything with proposition 28 money that we would have done otherwise or that we were doing before uh and I'm really confident about that uh Joe Carmona again our controller um has been a strict guardian of those things he's given very clear instructions not just to not just to me but to every single site administrator in the district um about what can and cannot be done and the message has been clear so I'm I'm confident uh the money is allocated by site they can pull their funds uh they can't transfer money from one site to another we can't use funding that was allocated to one site and say well now we're going to they're not going to use it we're going to push it over there uh they can pull resources though like for example we have one we have a an example where uh two campuses are sharing a teacher uh and that was their part of that teacher is being paid for out of prop 28 from one site the other the the rest of that teacher salary is being paid paid out of prop 28 from the other site and uh we're only interested in you know when we're talking about adding Staffing which is that that next bullet point um that that means folks who are actually working with students folks who are actually like providing education providing Arts instruction um it's a minimum of 80% of the funding has to be used for Staffing a maximum of 20% for other expenses um it's a very limited scope of what we're able to spend that on and that's great honestly there's I don't think there's a we're not having a problem spending the money we're not having a problem spending it within the guard reils provided by the Department of Education and the state because as soon as the the voters passed it it became part of the state constitution right the prop the prop it's 1% of the prop 98 minimum funding guarantee the gets 100% of its funding guarantee and then we get another 1% on top of that that is fun that is additional funding for Arts instruction and that's the way that they funded um the Arts music and schools act through prop 28 and it wasn't through adding taxes which was beautiful Mr bski I have a quick question when you say it's allocated by site is that the enrollment of the student body and then there's a uh versus you know and then my question is if there weren't programs and we needed to expand that program or create a program that is needed at that school site I mean so I wanted to find out a little bit more about that allocation by site sure it's 70% of the funding uh the way that the funding model is generated 70% of what um is going to ultimately be spent uh goes based strictly on the the student enrollment at the school site um now not the current participation of the students in the Arts no it has nothing to do with that it is purely based on the student enrollment at the campus it's not based on Arts enrollment then that's a good question uh then beyond that there the remaining 30% of the funds are allocated based upon um schools that have uh there are Title One schools free and reduced lunch they have they have additional uh needs socioeconomic needs there's a sort of a 30% of the funding is really sort of a an addition uh bonus on top of that that that 70% Baseline funding to help provide students uh funding for those those students at schools that may need additional uh they need add additional support uh traditionally the you know the reason behind that traditionally the the students at schools with low uh families with low socioeconomic status students that have um um that have low socioeconomic status tend to have less access access to Arts education throughout their upbringing they tend to have less access to it in in the home they tend to have less access to things like outside lessons and dance classes and those kinds of things and it very very important to try to provide opportunities for students um to have a broad Arts education uh within within their school day and then the remaining funds that are not used on staff can they be used for facilities or for no okay and or for equipment equipment yes the 20% is for other expenses it can go to equipment it also goes to professional learning um it also goes to um anything that is expanding those exper we can we're sending students on field trips to see professional production or a a concert of like here's what this would really this this is the the sound we want to get you in your have to have in your head when you're beginning to work on a performance um that's something that we were never able to do before so I'm grateful and we have three years to spend each single Year's allocation I've talked about all of this these are all the things that we've done so the the questions that you have asked have led me through all of these all of these slides we are we' have expanded Staffing we have 200 uh 200 plus 220 something I think um part-time classified employees that uh are their classification is um Arts assistants and and they are in classrooms they are working with kids you go to and go to any campus and you will see the teacher and most days you at if if you're there especially if you're there for a couple of periods you're going to see somebody maybe one maybe two maybe three people that are coming in and working and providing some some real detailed level instruction of of what's actually happening in that class you're talking about Claret coaches we're talking about choir directors that have the ability to get out from behind the piano and actually go on the other side of the piano because there's an accompanist there now and they're actually able to teach voice they're actually able to really hear what is happening because they're not there pounding away at the piano which is part of what's happened you know in in choir because you have we have uh you know we don't haven't had the funding to have somebody in there to be able to do that all the time and the proof shows up in performances like at the coral showcase those of you that were there you heard the quality of those ensembles it's not even close to what we what we had even just a year ago and it was the same it's the same thing with the honor band you went if you went to the honor band concert you heard things that uh I mean we are we took a huge hit in 2020 in the Performing Arts in terms of student enrollment F you know visual art went way up um students having trouble they didn't really want to take a chance and put themselves out there in a Performing Arts kind of a setting all those numbers are not only back well mostly back in some areas uh but the quality uh when you include what's happening with these Arts andru Arts instruction is um it's really tremendous the experience that these kids are getting it's it's uh this was the first time that the honor band and the Honor Choir uh sounded like they did or even better than the the uh before times the pre-co years how we're planning to use it we're filling program gaps improving course access expanding course offerings hiring teachers that's the long that's the long game um it's a challenge to do that because in ahsd we're pretty well built out in arts education we haven't had we didn't cut Arts teachers in 20072 2008 when things got rough the board dug in and said no we're not willing to do that uh so we were pretty well built out we do have gaps there are campuses that don't have dance there are campuses that don't have choir there are campuses that don't have theater um there are no campuses that don't have instrumental music there are no campuses that don't have visualart but the other three areas um we need to address we don't necessarily need we're not trying to do everything all at once we're trying to be very strategic and we're doing that in partnership with the site administrators and the vapa department chair and all of the vapa teachers on each campus okay strategic Arts plan part three uh what is it it's a it's a bold Visionary I believe road map um designed to transform the lives of our students um through the power of the Arts with this plan we're setting a stage for the future where every students empowered to express themselves creatively at the heart of the plan is a commitment to Equitable access for all students regardless of their background or C circumstances by creating Pathways in visual Performing Arts we're not only preparing students for careers in the creative Industries we're providing them for the foundational skills that can drawn on any in any div any Endeavor there are three Focus areas in this plan content infrastructure and sustainability and we can get into those a little bit but again it's just it's a highlight um of the plan tonight um we're committed to providing transformative experiences which cultivate creativity Foster cultural appreciation and promote student agency while also building strong connections with the community and that's what the Strategic Arts plan is all about that's kind of a funny AI graphic of what the Strategic Arts plan looked like in my head the the planning committee the reality is we were over there in the PDC and and uh across the parking lot and we were doing our thing um but uh it really was it was a diverse group um like I said board members we had our County Office of Education Arts coordinator we had a community members some of them here side administrators District administrators students and parents teachers from every single campus every single grade level and every single curricular area contributed to the Strategic Arts plan notably uh I I I want to thank well in in here U anarie Randall tro board member um who served on the Strategic Arts revisioning committee uh and also former board member uh Anna piery um who uh attended all of our meetings and made sure to have my ear when uh she wanted to talk about something that uh she thought maybe we could talk about this a little maybe we can look at this a different way Brian maybe we maybe we want to talk it was you know always that that Anna thing um she she she was instrumental in the creation of this plan and so I'm grateful to her and for her guidance in and out of the meetings the introduction of the plan it talks about the why behind it it there's a lot there board policy 7605 on Arts education um which we have a first reading on the the board tonight um is included as part part of the plan which is why we moved the Strategic plan to next month so you could have a look at the that board policy first uh Focus area one uh in each Focus area there's three there are three strands Focus area one is content uh this is all about ensuring every student has access to meaningful Arts learning there there's a ton of initiatives in each one of these things the key initiatives aligning curriculum across schools for better Pathways expanding College and Career Connections through Arts pathways that lead to real world opportunities and professional learning for teachers so that they can bring the most engaging and relevant Arts uh experiences to students this ensures that students get their technical skills creativity and self-expression needs met while connecting to the Arts uh in their future careers Focus area two is about infrastructure strand one course access strand two is Staffing and scheduling strand three is facilities and Equipment um we're also focused on focused on building all these necessary system systems this includes highlights hiring additional support staff like accompanist choreographers instrumental coaches improving course access so that more students can participate in sequential Arts instruction without scheduling conflicts uh as much as possible uh upgrading Arts facilities and Equipment such as modernizing performance spaces music rooms and visual art studios it's important to note we did talk about uh prop 28 is not facilities money that doesn't mean we don't have plans for what we need in terms of facilities as a district we do have those needs Focus area three sustainability how are we going to keep this going we for long-term success we need to sustain and grow our Arts programs this includes empowering student leadership um as Shannon Zer brought up the youth Arts Council which is something that we will launch next year is sort of something that is akin to uh a student ambassadors Group which is focused on Arts advocacy and addressing public policy and the the the decision makers around what art looks like in their Community um so I'm very excited about that um and also through building Community Partnerships through we have Partnerships with organizations like back house dance Chance Theater lagona Art Museum um Save the Music Foundation that was there the Drake gives that was there yesterday uh folks that are supporting our kids that are doing after school programs or supporting through funding or grants um we also got another Grant from Mr Holland Opus foundation so um very excited with our Partnerships um and exploring new funding streams as well as leveraging prop 28 funding and other state and federal funding uh so we can enhance the resources we can track progress uh all of this to ensure that ahsd programs remain strong and impactful that's what we're doing current currently we're we're already working on curriculum alignment there's a beautiful uh and the these two slides were out of order in what went to the board sorry I put the future before the current so um but the current and this was another AI graphic and this is like us getting on the already moving train um of the Arts plan so the curriculum uh alignment is already in process uh the instrumental music teachers we had a pullout day and met uh and they worked on a 7 through 12 curriculum uh and working on alignment and development so we can have that and scale it out across campuses professional learning for our teachers that's already happening um monthly plc's we're also doing that through them to conferences in every single one of the curricular areas teachers have attended conferences um we have we've hired two Arts curriculum Specialists Scott and Angela are killing it doing work supporting our teachers and being in the classrooms and we're out every single week seeing how they can support they're supporting District events they're leading professional learning they are really providing focused attention to support our teachers um Partnerships data dashboards all of these things that we talked about these are all things that are in in play right now future more curriculum alignment outside of that using that as a model courses and programs More arts teachers uh Community involvement uh as we work on building that youth Arts councils adding some additional aim Partners uh we have a couple of those that are waiting to have they're just they they're just waiting for me to to call and set up the meeting I think so I'm I'm really looking forward to to that with major players in the Arts in Orange County and extracurricular programs because not everything is going to be a a ction right off the bat we may need to we may want to Pilot something as an extracurricular to to just gauge student interest for that program to see how that is to check that curriculum as one that we want to add for our digital music production pathway that uh I met with a DJ when I was at the N show he actually has a DJ curriculum that he's teaching around the country and would love to come to aohd to help that be a component of what we're doing for digital music um on their dime the dime of a donor so um I'm excited about that too anytime we can get stuff for uh and that's it uh it's it went longer than I thought but I mean we got a we got a lot of questions out of the way F at first right so um uh my again my thanks um and recognition for the systems that exist uh that supported Arts education long before I got here to aohd in 2003 and hopefully we can leave it in better shape than than we found it in when it's time for all of us to leave so um thank you very much thank you are there any questions any more no I I do I'm sorry um when you were talking about the um you said 32 Pathways um and then you said there were 30 sections in the junior high and 20 something for the high school we have at the junior high school we have 30 different courses being taught but there's 87 sections okay 87 SE of 30 courses that are taught at the junior high level and then at the high school level there are 83 courses different courses um of that uh and there's 277 sections that's okay in those 83 courses at the high school level okay thank you for that um thank you for the presentation thank you for putting this all together um you know I've been asking uh for this so I'm really excited um to see all of this together um and yes there has been um major improvements um the quality of the of the programs in the last couple of years it went to both of the district um the coral and the and the band and um our programs are phenomenal phenomenal um I wanted to know um so now the hard questions if the uh about the 30% um you said you broke down the 70% and the 30% for the 30% the prop 28 funding model yes um for um like Title One um sort of like our lcap funding for our um uh our our students uh socioeconomical disadvantage the unduplicated count special needs I'm wondering if um in order uh to create build equity um that's part of your um your plan um would or could um development uh teacher development um uh CL courses be uh uh planned for students with disabilities for professional development absolutely those students um you know they want to be involved they they all want to it's not just one school that we have that did a phenomenal program but we have a lot of our students that really want to be part of and involved and I understand um you know it's hard when you didn't haven't been exposed or you don't have that license to teach um uh the demo that demographic but are we thinking about that funding to help those teachers with that demographic we are in fact uh one of the things that um uh is really I think interesting and kind of unique about that plan is that it it actually kind of calls that out um it's it it's it is in there somewhere in one of those strands um where we are intentionally talking about students with all ability levels students with all backgrounds and that we don't use that word lightly um now it does present a challenge sometimes with scheduling it prevents sometimes a challenge with how you build an ensemble rehearsal um but um we are committed to making sure that we have those opportunities for those students uh we just prior to um the the covid closure um we uh had started a partnership with a a an organization called United sound which um provided a it was a a band program instrumental music program uh that we piloted at uh very successfully at both Savannah and Kennedy high schools with their band students Uh current Kennedy band and Savannah band students who were um supporting and teaching U students with disabilities supervised by a a a special education teacher and supervised by the band director uh they would actually participate in rehearsals together they learned they learned literature together and those students performed on a Savannah Band concert or a Kennedy band concert um those parents were in the audience um um and it was an incredibly powerful experience as you can imagine uh for them to be have their their student up there and doing something that they honestly didn't think that their student would have the opportunity to do um because there's there's uh there are so many different different forces at play there um that is something that we want to bring back I've been talking with some uh some of our our teachers about doing that it is a an extra time commitment to be able to do that uh there is another additional model that U we're looking at that um Huntington Beach Union High School District and Saddleback Valley uh un Unified School District um have started a a unified Arts um program where it's it's not all day it's not every every single day but there are SK structured times where this is hap that kind of instruction and peer leadership um is happening and it's happening in dance and it's happening in vocal music and it's happening in visual art um and they actually um are I think they're they're working on like a districtwide um sort of Celebration or Showcase of that and that's something that I would like us to to work toward as well um the the more involvement the the better as far as I'm concerned it Arts is good for everyone sure Scott students now we have okay right thank you Scot I was my next question uh if we if that funding allowed for you know AIDS or or you said tutors that's fantastic yeah it does absolutely and I'm um I'm assuming lessons as well okay yeah actually those are embedded into our existing uh professional learning plan uh for those monthly PLC meetings that we do with the the teachers in every curricular area Okay um and not to put you on the spot but you know how I feel about our um you know cultural life experiences uh with uh ethnic uh studies courses so are we trying to we have and we yeah we have embedded ethnic studies courses in uh theater we have ethnic studies theater we also have ethnic studies dance and we Al we also have uh ethnic studies photography a course which was written by our curriculum specialist for U visual art Angela ster um and is a model uh countywide U for how to actually like really do a great job of embedding the ethnic studies um course material and Concepts uh and sort of braiding that with the art standards so um we are I think we're doing a a pretty darn good job of it right now there always always room for growth I'd like to see uh it more in uh some of the other curricular areas but um uh we're definitely on our way okay fantastic and um I did have one more question um a lot of students um love to be in on the stage but there are a lot of students that like to be backstage so uh plans for uh backstage crafts backstage or even business uh music business we have those are these are all great questions um the stagecraft class uh at the high school level was actually revived this year um we and I believe it is on the it's in the master schedule students are enrolled there at Cyprus is that right Scott students yeah there's and um the other High School um uh programs that may not have had enough students that were interested in technical theater whether it was lighting sound design whatever um to create a separate section of it or you know sets or props or whatever um those students are enrolled in the existing theater courses and um we're provide they're providing instruction we actually have the ability with some of those Arts assistants to come in who's somebody who is a technical theater expert somebody to come in and and work on lighting somebody to come in and work on sound while the teacher is working with the rest of the students on scenes and character development and those kinds of things so um this uh we we have that we're moving that way um especially if we're going to get kids involved in that that creative economy that I was talking about because if you're you're you're a good sound person you're a good lighting person um you're a good set design person uh you're working right out of high school you're paying your way through college absolutely um and then in the spirit of our career prepared um uh I'm always looking for that type of um certification so anything that we can do to get students certified you know in high school uh that would be fantastic yeah I think we'll see more of that as we see a little more build out in the technical theater side uh I personally would like because I'm I'm like an audio geek so um I kind of like that stuff thank you mhm just yes thank you thank you for your presentation and your team for all their work um I'm really excited about the youth Arts Council so looking forward to that coming to frion I had a few questions uh my first one is for the prop 28 money are we reviewing the programs of our feeder elementary students to see like what's coming up that they're interested in how we could Implement that we are that's a another great question uh we are we have already we've been working with Anaheim elementary and Cypress Elementary um in terms of uh developing pathways and developing K12 um Arts Pathways um the I have a meeting next week with um the folks in the Cilia District who reached out and they are interested in aligning um their what what they're doing with what we're doing um I also have met with the folks in the the Savannah and Magnolia districts um I that's a the in the middle there in the savannah and Magnolia districts I I need to get back to that part kind of been working at the uh around the outsides um the since the the bulk of our students have come they come to us from Anaheim elementary um that's kind of a focus for us right now um but I will say also that there are uh a ton of things that we're do we're doing we've been doing uh area concerts in the band and choir side uh for you know where we have the the students from an Anaheim elementary U school or or two or three together that feed into one of our Junior highs um we'll have a concert where we have the high school band the junior high school band that feeds that and an elementary composite band made up of the elementary school students that feed into that Junior High um and then they'll fill up a gym and they'll do a concert for everybody and then we'll clear the gym and then we'll bring them those folks back in and we'll do or different folks back in and we'll do one for choir uh that's something that um has been a great model uh for for us I'm really been excited and pleased and grateful for the um the collaborative spirit that the the Arts teachers and administrators in those districts have had with us thank you um and then my second question um you shared about prop tunate um and then you mentioned uh the Drake givs Foundation can you elaborate on what the foundation has given us and the partnership that you and your team brought uh for the Arts sure absolutely the Drake gives is a nonprofit funded uh it's a nonprofit organization that's um if if anybody's ever been down to lagona Beach and you've been down to the Drake restaurant um it's uh you know it's up here on the uh on the uh the experiences down there uh in lagona Beach it's an incredible experience um the owner of the Drake is Alec Glasser Alec um is a product of the New York Public School System played saxophone in Queens growing up and was busted to school outside his his home area he he went to a school where he didn't know anybody and music is what kept Him from making bad choices uh when he was in school and he always wanted to give back and now he had the opportunity they found it they they they created the Drake restaurant as soon as they created the Drake restaurant they also created the the Drake gives uh 501c3 that is the major funer of the grants that we have received from the Save the Music Foundation they they donate to us through the Save the Music Foundation Save the Music coordinates the the grants uh the Drake gives is actually the funer behind it and they are in eight of our schools in the last two years thank you thank you so much for your presentation I long but uh covered a lot of territory it is very good all right thank you thank you thank [Applause] you okay next uh public comments and we have nobody has turned into anything at the moment uh for general public comments so we'll move on to really um item 12.1 School sponsor student organizations so move second motion to Second all in favor say I I I opposed 12.2 resolution number 20 uh 24-25 db-1 emergency resolution for gas line repair at Cypress high school so moved second uh any discussion unfortunately that we have these emergencies that pop up so Mr hosi i m r tro i m gr I and I vote I uh 12.3 resolution number 2024-25 db-12 establish the building fund number 2128 for series 2025 bonds so move second motion to Second any comments seeing none Mr hosi i m r tro I Mr Guerero I and I vote I 12.4 resolution number 2024-25 e-12 Career and Technical education month so moved second we have a motion in a second Miss Randall tro would you want to say something about technical education and we have Leia Holstrom Dr Leia hrom from Roop in our audience uh and Scott yes dingz uh we um we uh um by the way Mr R is the president of the r that's why I'm having her talk I don't know why um I I we I've always said um that Roop has been um you know right arm of of our school district because it aligns with our values aligns with what we are uh trying to um do for kids um giving them opportunities you heard me talk a little bit about um you know our students being um given the the opportunity to go to college or opportunity to start a career right after um high school and Roop has been um uh doing both in that area um a a lot of their um I think all of their courses are a through G um aligned so that um students don't have to choose um used to to be that you took an Roop course and kind of um you had to uh you know not think about your college and um but uh we've been working in the last uh probably seven years um in aligning our um the Roop courses to um have a through G alignment um and a a lot of the courses are um um are uh what's the word I'm Lear I'm trying to think of it's they're very sophisticated courses now um used to be that people thought that Ro was for um you know those kids but um a lot of the courses are very highly sophisticated technical um biomed and things like that um students have been asking for handson Learning and that's the way I see um Ro courses so um I am so happy that Leia is here so happy to be serving on um ahsd board so that I get a chance to serve in another capacity on the Roop board um so we give our students um more and more opportunities to learn and to grow yeah we're we're fortunate to be I think leading the way uh it only took the state about 40 years to swing around from where it used to be Hands-On technical to back where we're now really seeing the light of why we need to be Hands-On technical so thank you so much for being here and representing the Roop so with that said all Mr hosi did we already vote on that one no we had no Mr hosi I Mr R tro i m AG Guero I and I vote I so that is 12.5 resolution number 2024-25 e-13 National parent teacher Association founders day so second a motion in a second this is always a special time especially rep recognizing all that has been done over the years the last 100 years now has been was it 1920 something when it when it was founded so uh with that said Mr hosi hi Mr an fro hi and uh as a um PTA former PTA leader um I wouldn't I don't think I'd be able to sit in this seat um had I not had the experience of um learning and growing in the PTA organization um they taught me a lot about um educational um um uh all of the financials and all of the part of the advocating for students and so I'm a proud PTA um uh member and um will always be grateful for this organization thank you m m Guero I and I vote I uh 12.6 resolution number 24 uh 2024-25 e-14 Black History Month this is a roll call vote and I'll just say that there is a presentation uh coming up at Kennedy uh Performing Arts Center on call thee 28 is the 28th of the month so everybody that's listening uh come to the presentation it's a a nice evening to uh recognize this event so Mr hosi i m r Trejo I miss Guero I and I vote I resolution number 2024-25 e-15 read Across America 2025 this a roll call vote so moved second thank you Mr hosi I miss uh r tjo i m Guerrero I and I vote I resolution number uh 2024-25 e-16 preserve music music in our schools month so mov second we have a motion and a second didn't we just talk about all this Mr bsky just a few minutes ago so yes we shouldn't just get do away with this we don't need this right Mr hosi I Mr Anjo i m Guero I and I vote I uh uh resolution number 2024-25 e-17 Arts Education Month slow moved motion and a second Mr hosi definitely I Mr and tro and I would just like to say um you know in the spirit of thinking about our former trustee um ancy I would like to say I miss Guero I and I vote I resolution number uh 2024-25 e-18 women's history month so move second Motion in a second Mr hosi I M Rand tjo i m Guero I and I vote I we had moved uh 12.11 forward so we're now uh 12.12 under Business Services new board policy 1230 School connected organization second reading uh I I'm sorry do we have ation a motion motion motion and a second any discussion yes I had one question can we uh can we provide just a quick summary to the public watching for some of the implementations that we put based on the feedback from our yes definitely we're going to have our controller Joe Kona to come to the podium um and give a short summary um and then once this um is approved by the board we also have training that will be rolling out um at the end of this month as well as next month as well and so Joe can talk about those trainings we have one virtual and one one uh in person as well so then people can have the luxury to either do it online or come in person as well so Mr Crona so much good evening board cabinet uh I heard Dr nen say short summary so I will be uh uh modeling for my fellow colleagues Mr bsky um so our uh the this this board policy um is a a long time coming and it is uh for from my perspective it is uh the board's uh public acknowledgment of the tremendous contributions that our community and parents make to various programs around the district uh so this policy will sort of bring those groups that um we've kind of kept it arms length to some extent uh rightfully so uh bring them into uh the light so to speak and really legitimize their contributions to our District programs while also ensuring that the board and District uh maintain its fiduciary responsibility um so the policy and the uh manual and accompanying documents uh the booster organizations will be uh required to apply to operate within the district on an annual basis uh there'll be a number of required documents that they'll have to provide to legitimize their status as a booster uh those will be reviewed uh by District staff and then presented to the board for approval um again annually uh and it's both an acknowledgement of the contribution uh and also gives us some ability to um you know regulate any potential uh Bad actors um out there in the community who may trying to be Tak advantage of a situation or or uh you know another group of parents so uh this is a I think a really exciting opportunity uh for us to continue to uh broaden and expand what we provide as a district really supported by our our community with um their Blood Sweat and Tears uh in in many cases um and uh us to provide support for the school sites uh to to work collaboratively together uh and have a positive and productive relationship and eliminate any potential issues uh that we know have occurred over the years and this really gives us the ability to manage them effectively uh and to you know continue to uh meet the needs of our students in a positive manner for all involved so there'll be an application process there'll be training um as Dr Nan said we have two trainings uh tentatively scheduled pending your your approval this evening um and then I anticipate we'll have a potentially a few more as we get closer to the end of the school year just to ensure any organizations who may not be able to participate initially uh get the opportunity to go through that training submit their application um and be prepared to uh support their programs heading into uh the summer and fall months of the upcoming school year any other questions that I could answer yes um I was a little confused because um in the past um maybe I I remember this different ly uh I thought we were filtering funds through the ASB so we're we're not doing that anymore so the there's really two types of organizations that will be Associated there are student organizations and those are the ASB funds right so there are very um particular rules uh for student organizations that are governed by uh fmat um which is our uh Statewide organization uh you obviously see all of those applications to start student organization right so they fall under uh the direct supervision of the district ASB funds are actually considered public funds as part of the district right and so um the students have a very uh integral voice in deciding how those funds are spent booster organizations are organizations for adults the adults run make the decisions do the bul of work yes you might be support supporting a visual performing arts program or an athletic program and you can ask that the students help out in those right but they don't have to participate in that and really the bulk of the activity is uh the responsibility of those adults who are part of the organization the adults are the members of the organization whereas the ASB is the students are the members of the organization our ASB um clubs require the supervision of certificated employees right so their teacher or Club advisor uh who works with the students and helps you know plan all of the activities where the boosters that will be totally outside right those are run by those community members or parents who've chosen to uh participate in that organization so Mr Carmona if you have a team that's really small like a water pole team would they they and they they don't have the manpower to do a booster club would they they would run their their funds through through ASB then correct correct correct many of our programs are doing that already right they they uh do not have the uh you know ability to have a full-blown booster organization and so they run their fundraising and sort of their additional types of activities through uh ASB and through our school sites and one more question is who is ultimately responsible to make sure that that we're following this Poli policy cuz we've had trainings under like casbo and some other things and um like some some things haven't changed and so like who holds groups accountable is it your office or is it um the administration is it the person that that's assigned to in their Lane to identify and then to address it right so uh with the again expected uh passage of this policy aray really gives our site administrators um the authority to um both approve uh and revoke the operation of a potential booster organization right there is a relationship between us and the boosters um so they are a separate legal entity right so ultimately the members of that organization are responsible for the running of that organization however they interact with the campus the students the the staff and so if there's anything that is um detrimental to the program or to the students now this uh policy gives our administrators the right to uh essentially tell them to cease and assist right operating on behalf of the school Our intention is that if someone does you know uh unfortunately make a mistake or do something that we can work with them we can correct that and they could be reinstated right and continue to support you know the students in whatever ways possible but this really gives us uh now kind of the ability uh to to do that again if there were to be an accusation of criminal activity that would be a separate thing that we would refer to our local law enforcement but in terms of you know our policies and and sort of you know the the I don't like the way this is going right now we have a a opportunity to really um uh get into that situation and help kind of resolve that and ultimately if need be say like Hey we're gonna you know ask you to cease your operations temporarily right uh but but again I anticipate that you know the groups that have been doing this for a long time have the best interest of the schools and students um at heart and so you know I I expect we you know nothing will be without um some work but uh you know the bulk of those organizations are happy to I think have this increased uh ability to really interact with the district in a positive and and clear way so two two questions or or comment maybe um how does the uh how do foundations play um a role in this foundations are separate organizations also um in that sense uh you know this policy speaks to a school connected um organization right so a foundation there might be a foundation for a a a school um um or in you know know we have a district Foundation right so again that's a different relationship a different type of organization than uh the these booster organizations well like um like uh Kennedy has like a Scholarship Foundation um and not to call out Kenedy but that just comes to mind um you know that kind of Falls in this as well so when this policy speaks to uh groups who are associated with a particular student group right so there School connected organization right so they are the boosters for the band program or the boosters for the Athletics program right so um a foundation isn't necessarily connected to a school program in that sense right so again they are a charitable organization right but their constitution their mission is distinctly different than what a booster organization would do and um again shout out to PTA a lot of these um IDE as were are already founded in that in that organization what about uh PTA does that fall with so so we will also have our ptas come along as part of this training uh you know they're a little bit different because they have a National Organization which provides them a significant amount of um guidance and um advice in terms of how to set their things up they have a structure of folks to kind of go to when they need help um you know where many of our school sites there's a group of active parents and they don't know who to talk to in potential trying to you know get something like this off the ground so we will be inviting those groups to come and participate as part of this training as well so that they receive the information or brought along at the you know in the same way as the the rest of these other uh booster organizations okay one more thing sorry um I love the spirit and um which this is um printed and and written um I just had a couple of addition uh could I we pass this tonight and then um add in those um little additions could this be addendums or could this be a living document or so the manual is part of the administrative regulations right so we can make changes to that without having to update the whole board policy okay um we did send a response to your okay suggestion so you look those over but we're definitely going to have time to read that but those were in there yeah okay I'm good then thank you I want to thank you Dr nien and you for your work on this it's it's I feel it's been long overdue and but but more so um I just really loved how thorough you guys were and the question and answer portions and the dos and do Nots I think is very clear for um um for our parents and for the parents who support our kids right and this is really to protect the parents as well and so we want to make sure we have a lot of very involved parents very very giving um you know willing to do anything for our children and really really appreciate that um we also have a lot of parents that wanted the training and and asked for um for guidance and so we want to make sure that we're providing that um you know as as Joel mentioned we will be providing more training down the road um our external auditor e Bailey the partner um Andrew Park will be coming to do the presentation for us so uh we we just want to make sure that it is something that our our aitor can also provide the guidance for us as well um we do provide additional training for our own staff um from fmat as well as from caspo as well we make sure that they come every year we partner with ocde as well as other District to bring those trainings to our um um athletic directors our ASP advisors assistant principles and principles as well so this is now the next level to provide the parents and increasingly more and more districts now are coming through this the same um doing the same kind of process as we're doing um and so a lot of them are coming just due to different things that have come up and so we're continuing to learn from other people as well um but we are maybe one of the few districts that were like kind of trailblazing the front as well and as you know we wanted to protect our parents as well and so as the parents as a parent in this District I think this is also very beneficial for the parents so just want to make sure that the parents understand that piece um just need to have some anybody from their organization to come to one training we're not asking them to come to everything just come to one um and then so that at least one person understand in that group and so we we're providing it so the the DAT we're looking at is on Thursday February 27 6: PM a virtual um presentation and then um on Wednesday March 12th it's a in at 6 p.m.

items of discussion were the overview of the committee and its members Administration introduced themselves to the committee and explained what they do and the purpose of the committee budget overview the administration reviewed the budget noting that many uncertainties remain until state aid figures are released the governor's address is scheduled for the last Tuesday of February with state aid allocations expected to be sent to the district two days later the committee of the whole budget meeting is scheduled for March Tuesday March 11th the preliminary budget approval for County submission for compliance purposes only will take place on March 13th however the budget will remain open for discussion and adjustments until May 1st does anybody have any questions okay thank you commissioner brunak um for municipal Alliance uh commissioner siano please thank you Mr President the municipal Alliance committee met on Monday February 3rd at the administration building and started at 5:03 p.m.

in person at the district office right here and so we are providing multiple uh platforms right we want to make sure people have the access to it and then um if we need more down the road we can absolutely do that as well and so we're hoping we get this done sooner so that people can start getting training and start applying for um their application for to be um viable for um the School start school year great thank you long time coming and I'm sure it will answer a lot of questions we'll probably raise some questions but I think it'll answer a lot and help out many many many throughout the district and congratulations Joe for your award last night okay so we have a motion in a second all in favor say I I I opposed that's 4 z uh item 1213 ratification lease lease back agreement NP constru Construction Inc cook Auditorium theatrical rigging upgrade RFP number 202 24-14 slow moved second Motion in a second any discussion seeing none all in favor say I I opposed that's 4 z uh item 12 yes yes out there okay item Pro 14 revised board policy 7605 Arts Education First reading yeah you looked at me like what are you doing no okay what did I do okay that's just information item only uh item 12:15 adoption Arts music and instrumental materials block grant action item slow moved second Motion in a second any discussion questions seeing n all in favor say I I I opposed that's 4 z uh 1216 memor memorandum of understanding mou West Ed and urban Arts slow moved second Motion in a second any questions yeah I was wondering um like it says there's a sing for the teachers is like what's what teachers how are they selected and like does anybody know on like like the impact on that okay SC got thank you yeah thanks for the question so so we have uh a total of 10 teachers selected um they're Junior High teachers because we were looking these are exploratory computer uh programming lessons using Minecraft so we reached out to pretty much every teacher who teaches any sort of computer science related election Ive CT at the junior high level so uh we have almost all of our Junior highs I can't remember the exact list but it but it's several of our Junior eyes and and Oxford Academy as well participating so and then that stien is kind of tiered based on their participations so uh if they participate in the initial study and then there's a follow-up study that goes into next year thank you yeah abely this is exciting uh are we the only District doing this that's a good question I'm not sure I can find out though it seems um pretty Innovative yeah yeah yeah we're excited about it uh and it aligns well with a lot of the the work uh Jason caller South has been doing with Minecraft uh education so yeah exciting thank you Scott thank you thank you okay all in favor say I I opposed that's 4 Z Item 127 proposal purchase through public corporation or agency Bard Borderland Inc for line wise slow moved second have a motion of second any questions none seeing none all in favor say I I opposed 4 Z 1218 agreement hydreon Corporation so moved second any discussion seeing none all in favor say I I opposed 4 Z 1219 agreement Elevate learning so moved second motion a second any discussion seeing none all in favor say I I I opposed that's 4 Z 1220 agreement scholar system LLC slow moved second excuse me a motion a second any discussion yes I wanted it it says that the fees are not to exceed 18,000 for two years um are we going to get updates on the work that's being done there um yes so so uh Jose Lara will be this is going to take place at Gilbert so he indicated that he would be providing updates to the board and and this is being paid by a two-year $25,000 Grant so thank you that was my question as well yeah okay all in favor say I I opposed 4 z uh 2021 is membership California School uh based Health Alliance so moved second motion second second questions see none all in favor say I I I opposed 4 Z 1222 uh information item only it's a public hearing so we open the public hearing disclosure of 2024-25 collective bargaining agreement with AA anybody wishing to speak seeing none we'll close the public hearing 1223 adoption of the 20 2425 collective bargaining agreement with Asa so move second motion a second any discussion see none all in favor say I I I opposed 4 Z thank you uh 1224 initial contract proposal ahsd to ask me that's information only 1225 public hearing initial contract proposal ahsd to ask me open the public hearing anybody wishing to speak seeing none close the public hearing 12:26 initial contract proposal ask me to a ussd information item 1227 public heing initial contract proposal ask me to ahsd open public hearing anybody wishing to speak close the public hearing uh 1228 uh public hearing disclosure of collective bargaining agreement with apga open the public hearing anybody wishing to speak seeing none we close the public hearing 1229 adoption of the 20242 collective bargaining agreement with apga this is an action item so mooved second we have a motion a second any discussion see none all in favor say I I I opposed that's 4 Z consent calendar anybody wishing to pull items we're going to pull um 136 uh I I and 137 motion for the balance second motion a second all in favor say I I I opposed okay uh I pull 131 because we have two uh speakers uh first so move okay we second yeah open we have a motion in a second okay now we can have speakers Brian fi please come up to the podium I don't need to speak you do not need to speak thank you Mr fi um uh Logan I don't need to speak oh very good that that makes everything really easy um okay so 131 all in favor say I I opposed okay uh 136 I I and 137 still moved second motion a second all in favor say I I opposed abstain I okay that takes care of that we are now back to oh where are we uh uh a Board of Trustees reports cabinet Board of Trustees superintendent office Board of trustee meet where is we didn't have any oh okay that's right we moved thank you for the reminder uh all right Board of Trustees okay Mr hosi you know I get asked this question um when I go out and uh they people the first question they ask me is what do you like about being a board member and I tell them well I get to attend events and I get to meet uh parents and staff and also connect with students so we've had a really busy month especially in the Arts um on the 18th of January I got to go to the Pongo celebration uh with Dr Bryant and it was just great um learning about the culture the Tamil language I didn't know there I mean there's so many languages in India and I was just um overwhelmed by the talent of the students and also the great food I got to experience um we had a coffee with the principls at Cypress Elementary District where four of our principles from Kennedy um Lexington Walker and Cypress High School met with the Cypress Elementary School District parents and I thought it was great because they got to find out about the amazing things that our district is doing uh with the cpsf with our five C's and so parents were there and it just so happened there were a couple of parents there from the Pongo celebration and they recognized me so they said you were there Saturday and I was yeah so that was great um I went to senior night for Cypress high school basketball went to the budget perspectives Workshop presenting the governor's budget for the 25 26 year and as a board member I feel it's gosh I wanted to hear um boy Nancy uh what you and Joe and your team do gosh I was like a deer in headlights but I was a sponge and just taking all in information cuz I feel like I should know what we're doing um the 22nd Anaheim Public Utilities trusty Guerrero and board president O'Neal joined me at the awards recognition for the sustainability um schools in our district so CVA and South were both recognized and students from both those uh programs were there so congratulations I got to go to open house um for Savannah and Kennedy on the 22nd and then Dr sad got to go to her alcap meeting on the 23rd and it was presented so well kids could understand what alcat was all about and uh I think we're going to get more participation and more student voice on the 24th uh was the coral showcase and we had the district honor at the end so I was really it's really excited exciting to hear the progress that these students are making um the 25th Saturday Walker had their junior high showcase and they invited parents to come in from the community to to experience what life at Walker is going to be like talked about their dual language their Korean dual language program their Esports program and then their AI pathway um and one of the things that I really liked about their ASB did a like a um um what was it a blessings blessing bags for fire victims that was their servathon project I thought that was great and um so laa High School the 27th um Jessica uh trusty Guerrero joined me for the dedication for the building the wrestling room for John dalm and then um the next night on Tuesday the 28th Anaheim Union High School years of service I really enjoy going to that event just to honor all these people that have had 20 plus year 25 and to also hear uh Brad Jackson's um little quips of what happened during those years you know so I look forward to that Cypress High School had their open house and on the 29th the 30th I got to go to the historic Orange County Courthouse for a Riv cutting for the omnivision art across boundaries uh which supervisor um sento was there and it was ribbon cutting ceremony Kennedy Performing Arts the honor band oh my gosh these students sounded like professionals and I was just so amazed um at the level professionalism and the difficulty of the pieces they they played I mean I had had to go over there and look at the score of what the percussion kids were playing because it was so difficult and I'm like how do you do that and um so um I'm going to tell the audience future uh performances um please attend our our Arts um people are doing a phenomenal job uh Western High School had their staff development and we talked about the redesign and the envisioning process and then I went over to to Cyprus uh for their staff development and they did a a presentation on the same work and the dashboard for EC Cadence uh City of Westminster um on Saturday February 1st I got to represent our district at the te parade and that was a fun event and um want to thank uh Ricky fam for organizing a group of 60 ahsd students who showcase their talents doing the lion dance and um also providing a drum line uh for performing for 15,000 Spectators um Kennedy High School I went uh um to um the discipline committee and uh Kennedy shared and Walker shared uh what's working and some of the things that is working at their school sites in regards to discipline and um Dr freed we went over again the cell phone policy that's going to be implemented shortly Oxford Academy senior night for boys and girls I love seeing how we're doing this across the board with our athletes at senior nights at various School sites but we honor the seniors for their dedication to their Sports and um it's really nice to see the families join them on the court or wherever they they uh assemble but um it's just a great acknowledgement um uh orange view had an honorable a ceremony um and it was great to see Scholars there was so many scholars there and um it's a great job that um the administration does I went to coffee with the principal on February 6 and then to the first outc cap meeting um on February 6 Thursday night here at the district office and um thank you Dr s do once again and Mr salivar for your leadership with that coffee with the principles at Western and orange view to give an update on the redesign where we're at talk about block scheduling uh the promising practices and the pathway offerings for the students so it's it's really exciting to see this all come together and um the great things that are going to be happening at Western High School um Kennedy High School and Walker did their show choir showcase they're getting ready for competition so I just want to tell some of our neighboring school districts that have national champions to be careful because um Walker and um actually Cyprus Walker and um Kennedy and they're going to be competing very shortly so their competition season is coming up um yesterday I got to go to and join trusty Guerrero at um catella high school I want to thank Chuck Hernandez and his staff for just really being great host and um and like Mr bsky said eight of our schools are getting funding uh for that they are ball Sycamore Orange view dale dale junior high schools and then at Brookhurst they even have launched a mariachi program connecting students to their culture through Music Savannah and catella high schools along with South Junior High received the J dilla music tech grants providing students with access to modern music production and Technology preparing them for careers in the music industry so proud of this partnership with uh the Drake um restaurant and so forth and and music saves because our students were so alive and I want to thank orange view Jody Reyes and um and um also jod ritas Jo Rees yeah and for their kids performing yesterday so again thank you our Arts people for your support of those students um and then last night we went and celebrated our very own Joe Carmona last night for being the Arts administrator of the year for Orange County so thank you and uh the other Stu uh the other teachers that were acknowledged were Chris Johnson um and administrators Jose Laura Emy Leon teacher Heather Massie Deanna Miner Mike pulley principal at Savannah Maryann Stewart Taylor Thorne and Heather Sagara so it's been a busy month but I've enjoyed every minute of this and thank you so mucho is that [Laughter] all I had to say that no thank you so much um I every time I look on Facebook um you know he's there and you're doing a great job as truste I have to tell you that I'm very proud to serve with you uh I um was fighting that flu thing that everybody uh got so I didn't get to go to a lot of the things I missed um the T parade and the um Black Culture History Parade and so um years of service you know all those things that I I I really look forward to but um I was there in spirit um so uh one thing that I did get to do uh was a surprise uh Robert pce um our um Ro teacher of the year um and he's uh going to be uh celebrated at the great um Disney um event that they have at the Disneyland Hotel um so it was really moving to um to go and surprise him at Anaheim High School uh he was right in the middle of cooking doing a cooking lesson and uh we were all we all got hungry because uh they were sizzling uh burgers and so like H can we have lunch afterwards but uh the students were really excited um and we were able to celebrate him and uh he was very moved moved to tears as a matter of fact so that was wonderful uh the district honor ban and District uh Coral showcase um uh as you said um those students were um uh they were led by um you know Professionals in the industry and the music was difficult and they only had a couple of rehearsals and they were impeccable um just blew us away um as a musician um you know I I hear a lot um with my ear and um those students were just amazing and I had to go look at the actual score um to to just I was just amazed at um the uh expertise um and the quality um uh performance that our students uh exhibited uh the district Coral showcase um you know as you said our our other students in other school districts um they're going to have a lot of competition with our kids um and just um the joy and their faces um all performing and um very very very moving piece um with our hope school um just I can't really I can't really describe um just how moving it was um and it wasn't because it was um in spite of those students disabilities those students were amazing they were excellent in their performance um all of them were attentive and just giving us all of them and um I think uh the whole audience just um really were moved to tear so um I want to thank all of our um uh coral and band teachers for um giving us that opportunity to uh showcase our students in that light um Roop meeting uh last night where we honored um again um Robert police for the um uh educator of the year um uh Dr Leia hollstrom was also honored um administrator of the year and uh Bob um mwami um from s Savannah High School our Chef Bob was also Al honored as um a teacher um and uh I think that was that was it for ours um I uh attended my greater um Anaheim Sela um meeting and um I was only uh able to go to one school and that was catella for the Day of Service um and I had intended to try to go to a couple but got stopped at catella because um you know um you know when people are really excited about what they're doing they stop to talk to you and and um so a really cool thing um um to see our our students teaching other students um the cheer um did a day of service and taught um The Littles uh some cheer and dance routines um I got to see um the sprucing up of the garden that's over at catella and um a couple of other events were going on on um uh collecting they were collecting um uh toiletries and clothing for um the fire victims I mean it's just an amazing um event Mike that you started for our district so many years ago um our students they're just um it's a spiritual experience I think for a lot of our kids um if they don't have that opportunity to to connect with what they believe in their higher power I think this is really a um a the Day of Service really helps our students connect in their spirit and then in their soul and to give back is just the greatest gift I think that um above and beyond our education their educational experience giving those students that gift to give back um is uh I don't have the words but uh thank you for establishing that um I also got to see the flooring going into the kitchen uh gella and got to talk to uh the construction uh workers there just delightful people they really love our district um and they really um really want to do their utmost best for our kids so it was really a cool opportunity to talk to um you know and you heard our our gentleman speaking I mean just um the people that connect with our kids and our um teachers and our administrators and um employees here at ahsd once they get to meet us I think they really fall in love with us um um and I also that day got to go to the uh PTA Reflections um Laura was there um over at the um Orange County Department of Ed to see um our students uh art um at um at that really nice venue um they do a great job of displaying that um I am uh looking forward to uh the uh black uh history um event and for some reason they've asked me to speak at it so um I'm happy to do that and I'm uh extremely honored so thank you thank you it has been a busy month um so I was um also able to attend the Anaheim Public Utilities meeting to recognize South Junior High School and Cambridge Virtual Academy for being recognized as sustainable school awardees um I attended the open house at Savannah high school and then was also invited by the Savannah High School Filipino American Youth Organization for their new year in the neighborhood event which was a benefit Gala and silent auction to support donations to the LA fire victims and Filipino culture programming so that was a really good event um I also attended the new cumber student event at n High School had the opportunity to meet with our ELD uh students and families and just welcome them to Anaheim and uh answer any questions that they had I joined my colleagues for the dedication of the John dalan wrestling room at Laura high school and to also celebrate our ahd years of service Awards also at Laura high school and then I had the honor of uh being part of the 45th annual OC Black History Parade at the city of Anaheim and you were missed um so I would I want to say thank you to catella high school jotc and the students and staff from the black student unions at catella High School Savannah high school and Cypress high school for their participation in the event and also catella High School's boys basketball team was actually uh part of throughout the parade they opened the parade holding uh the main sign and then they were U volunteering throughout the entire parade so I want to thank them uh for being there uh president O'Neal and I attended the immigration know your rights Forum at Savannah high school and I want to thank our community schools team for putting that together um I also attended the elcap meeting this past Thursday and then uh was also part of the Western High School and orange view Junior High School parent meeting on the consolidation and redesign process and just want to thank uh principal Crawford and principal Morano for all of their work throughout the process making sure that our parents continue to stay updated um as we move through that process for the upcoming school year I attended the international night uh at Magnolia High School and um so when I first started on the board actually our U former late trusty uh trusty piery told me this was her favorite event one of her one of her favorite events um in the arts program I know she's a very big uh supporter of the Arts and she told me to attend and I it it's one of my favorite events and I've gone every year um so it was a great event um also attended the save the music so Showcase Event uh which included Dale Junior High School Orange be junior high school and catella high schools and then last night was the health insurance committee and then I was able to stop by at and I'm high school four of our Sports M were in CI round one it was girls water polo girls soccer boy soccer and boys basketball and all four of them won last night so they're now CSF CIF round two um so looking forward to those games and um hopefully a win so thank you thank you well they've covered all of my 17 items ex except for one nobody said anything about open houses I 10ed three uh that's my report uh Advanced planning future meeting dates are listed any suggested agenda items not uh just to um ask that all of those resolutions um you know be posted um wherever wherever they can um I know this is a month where we kind of compact all of those things in there but um you know this board really um uh truly um you know we put we put our money where our mouth is with you know all of these resolutions they're not just pieces of paper um you know we we truly believe in them so um if we could just make sure that these are posted um that would be great and um I forgot to say Happy Valentine's Day thank you oh move to J second Motion in a second I'll

present at the meeting from the Board of Education were myself committee chair president Paris vice president Santiago and from the administration Dr Danny Roberto superintendent and Mr Mark Jenaro assistant superintendent president from the city were Nick volano the city manager councilman Joe Cog councilwoman Rosemary Pino and councilwoman Mary cedula the agenda consisted of nine topics number one was school safety traffic control we request for CA B morning dropof and afternoon pickup SLC candlesticks the committee acknowledges the ongoing challenges with drop off and pickup at the ca prek program and remains committed to finding effective Solutions through collaboration the city and the Board of Education continue to prioritize the safety of students and Community stakeholders both parties agree that the ideal solution would be the presence of a permanent law enforcement officer with the authority to enforce traffic and parking regulations at all times however due to Staffing limitations the level of enforcement can only be provided intermittently to help address this the board of education has expressed its willingness to enter into a shared services agreement with the city to contribute to the cost of such Personnel additionally Candlestick bards are being installed along Brighton Road in front of the school this safety measure is designed to prevent working in areas where students and families cross further enhancing pedestrian safety number two was additional crossing guard near Maine Memorial Library this concern was raised by a staff member at Christopher Columbus Middle School after witnessing a near- Miss incident in which a student was almost struck by a car that ran a red light in response president Paris asked whether the city would consider assigning a crossing guard to that location to enhance safety the city manager suggested bringing this proposal to the CPD traffic division for further evaluation and input number three was Clifton High School enforcement the committee requested that CBD conduct routine drive-bys around Clifton High School during dismissal to help deter double parking illegal parking blocked parking lot entrances and unsafe driving Maneuvers this initiative aims to enhance student safety during its high traffic period in response the city manager suggested presenting this request to the Chief and CPD Traffic Division for further input and enforcement consideration number four was the on three Apartments proposal pilot Mr volano informed the committee that there were no updates on this topic in response president Paris asked whether the Board of Ed could be included in the process given its direct impact on District Operations Mr volano explained that the city negotiates the pilot agreement with the developer and provided examples of how income percentages would be allocated committee chair sieno shared his real estate knowledge noting that 6 100qt apartment in Clifton could legally house a family of four potentially placing a strain on the school district as a result the city will review this code number five was the CCMS tunnel update Mr volano provided the committee with an update on the CCMS tunnel project reporting that it's progressing and remains in development the city has partnered with an engineer who recently met with both City and school administrators to discuss the project while a specific start date has not yet been determined the anticipated complete comption time frame is approximately 9 months Mr volano and Mr jenero will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available number six was officials day Mr jenero and Miss Debbie Oliver will work together to ensure the success of the event continuing the tradition of providing a meaningful experience for both students and officials the first meeting between Miss Oliver and the Clifton staff members serving as building representative liaison is scheduled for Tuesday February 4th 2025 officials day is set for Tuesday May 20th 2025 Mr jenero will keep all parties informed as he plans progress number seven was the charter school update Dr Roberto informed the committee that the NJ dooe has renewed the Pake Arts and Science Charter Schools Charter for another 5 years however the NJ doe denied their request to expand enrollment from 2276 to 2600 students additionally Mr volano explained that the Pake Arts and Science Center has not appealed the zoning board's decision which denied permission to expand the school on Hazel Street in Clifton the deadline to file an appeal was January 9th 2025 number eight was new business councilwoman Pino shared exciting news about a Clifton student who has set a record as the youngest individual to obtain a pilot's license she plans to present this achievement to the board of education so the student can be recognized at up at an upcoming public meeting councilwoman p also provided two Flyers to the committee requesting that the Board of Education distribute information about the echo youth program and Clifton behind the scenes through the district's various communication channels the next meeting was scheduled for Monday April 7th 2025 the municipal Alliance ended at 553 minutes were taken by Mark jenero respectfully submitted by Joe sieno thank you commissioner siano uh any discussion any questions commissioner Kenova yeah I had a question about the CCMS tunnel update so what exactly are they doing to update the tunnel do they have a plan of so they're actually do you want to take that Yep they're they're actually going to make it handicapped accessible so they're going to build a an an elevator on one side I believe and then reconfig re-engineer the tunnel so it's kind of rampike to the other side um so it's handicap friendly was there any ever conversation about making it an overpass instead of tunnel no the the funding was was directed towards the tunnel it was a a grant Mr Canova that I believe it was safe safe safe rout safe routes to school Grant um in addition to the elevator they're going to upgrade the lighting surveillance cameras upgrade the entire tunnel I believe there was there was that one meeting where an overpass did come up but I believe because of is that a County Road there there was some sort of restriction on why it couldn't be an overpass because of height with trucks or something like that that I remember I don't remember the specifics it did come up but um it's it it's all grant money and it's going to be topnotch with the with an elevator right with brand new lighting with anything else I missing talk about the surveillance cameras surveillance cameras um it's going to be a ramp out towards the Columbus parking lot there's no more stairs on the on the Columbus side so whether it's football games School graduation easy access for all pedestrians because the way it is now I know it's open obviously for students to to cross before and after school but I don't know how long it stays open for I know we have after school programs and things I just don't know you know what that means for this new renovation we close those it's the responsibility of the custodian from uh Christopher Columbus Middle School at the end of his shift uh to lock both sides of the of that tunnel so there has been no conversation specific to what that would look like afterwards uh but it's something we could definitely bring up to Mr volano the next time we thanks anyone else vice president Santiago thank you president Paris do you mind giving a quick one minute refresher on what pilot is explanation of pilot a a pilot is um an abbreviation for payment in lie of taxes so a developer can work with the municipality uh on a new development and instead of being assessed at the regular doing it an assessment of the property and the regular tax rate of the city they can negotiate their own uh terms instead of taxes in L of taxes um one thing that's different is the component that is based on property assessments there is a school tax that is collected and that is provided to the local school district but the remaining part of the pilot there is no uh carve out specific Ally for schools it can be in a negotiation but it is not um a requirement of a pilot and it is these rules are under the under the state you can go to a you can Google it there's a state site tell you all the terms tell you every pilot in every city you look up Clifton and see what we've got existing currently Etc anyone else so I I have a question based on that so out of that negotiation piece is the board event included any that or is is this totally the council to to date we haven't been a part of it that discussion came up during the municipal Alliance committee and we requested that we have some representation whether it be someone from the board or whether it be at someone from the council representing the interest of the school and impact on schools that might be uh Pilots developing a residential units so and there was that was met favorably so right now there's currently nothing in process process for for a residential pilot uh in the city of Clifton that I'm aware of okay thank you anyone else okay um moving on commissioner bassford could you please do both the uh uh booster club HSA and Athletics minutes please sure I'll read the Athletics uh we met February 11th at 2 pm during with platform of Google meets president was uh president Alan Paris uh commissioner mark Brak myself uh from Administration it was Dr robotzi uh ahed shahada Mark jenero and Mr Maly the agenda items were winter sports midseason review boys wrestling competing in sectionals finals uh B TR uh County Champs uh the state tournaments are upcoming the girls wrestling uh would did well first ever season um as a team we're recognizing the teams individuals and coaching accomp accomplishments academus B basketball had 100 wins lri GB soccer was 300 wins and galletta's wrestling was 300 wins um Mr Malle he talked about the spring uh preview his he said registration is going strong he's waiting on outdoor individual meets but otherwise all spring schedules are online uh events at the stadium are um on a holding pattern as we monitor the progress of the upgrades that are going on right now new business it was good for the order once uh cheer season is over a banner will be created to reflect their success uh discussions on revamping the hallways and the outside lower gym um the athletic collab is working on ways to make the area more modern but at the same time preserving a rich athletic history of the department um there was some suggestions made and um the district is um the administration is going to come back and uh kind of share what they plan on doing the district needs to plan on replacing the track and football field as it is hitting its 11year Mark so that has to go to finance we took about an hour we end at about 3:00 any questions so I did have one question um that's kind of tied to this redesign I don't know if if it is or if it isn't so I know we brought up into technology how cell phones inside of that area and these common areas where we have like games and U you know the auditorium where they don't really function correctly and specific spefically there I know the other day there was a a wood Wilson versus Columbus game and they were taking like venmo and people's phones couldn't even work there um and then it also made me think about security like if something happened if something was a breakout and people were trying to call 911 or something I don't know if they could get through now I realize that's not necessarily our like there's nothing we could do we don't provide the internet service but can we send like a letter from our Board of Ed to Verizon T-Mobile whoever and say like hey this is an issue for us is there a way of doing that I I believe that I believe that um Mr mountain is already working on that with Verizon is it Mr sh yes yeah so they're aware of those dead spots and he is working with them and there may be some equipment we need to install to to help um so yes those that's already in process to some degree I don't know where we're at with it uh we still in negotiations about getting the thing about getting the router or whatever it's called I don't even know the repeater stengthen the booster booster is a good word too so because if we're doing a redesign if we have walls open and they could put their device in or what I don't know I don't know what it entails but I know go on the Roof oh okay all right so not resolved yet but in process and we can put that on the next uh technology y schedule thank you thank you commissioner kova uh the booster committee met booster HSA committee met on February 4th um with the Google meets platform we started at 6:35 p.m.

presid from the Board of Education was uh president Alan Paris vice president and um at the time some of this is wrong it's LC Dr Lucy Danny commissioner T Tanya Suarez and myself from admin was Mark jenero Janina cevich um Amed shahada Tom meany and various building principles and representative from prek elementary middle school and high school from the community we have hsas uh pto's PTA board members representing multiple building uh buildings we do not want to put their um their identity Out Mr jenero uh led the meeting outlining its twart structure the first focused on the booster clubs while the second addressed the HSA PTA and PTO matters move moving forward it was decided that each group uh would hold separate meetings to ensure dedication attention to to the specific needs during the booster club portion of the meeting uh Tom Maly provided an update on current fundraising efforts highlighting that a small group is handling the majority of the workload he noted that uh various programs have set up school stores but each sport uses a different brands and pricing structure to create a more efficient system Mr Malley suggested cons consolidating orders through a single company Swan Brothers which previously managed large scale orders and in-house screen printing was mentioned as an option additionally fundraising platform snap raay uh have become increasingly frustrating due to the resilience on the email and its representative have stopped visiting the district due to the company's broad uh reach as an alternative a newer platform uh Leading Edge was introduced some of the coaches are are currently testing it and the cheerleading booster club which has already met with Leading Edge reported positive uh feedback they find it f user friendly appreciated its text-based communication and noted that it is actively involved Athletics in fundraising and by requiring them to make phone calls Mr Malle he emphasiz that the importance of keeping the district informed about booster club activities while reminding attendees that the Box pools are strictly prohibitive uh he also expressed a willingness to explore partnership sh with local businesses for fundraising opportunities to assist with Spirit Weare purchases Miss Fitzpatrick and Miss Vega will provide a list of vendors previously shared by the hsas additionally miss m myself inquired about uh integrating booster clubs into the district uh email system a suggestion that was also raised for the hsas the decision the decision has shifted um to snack sales at the stadium concession stand uh with a plan to ensure equitable process for all student athletes this this initi initiative is set to launch in the New Year along with the football season regarding sponsorship policy 616 3.1 was reviewed outlining that all proposals must be submitted to the assistant superintendent Mr shahada for approval certain businesses such as a gentleman's club bars alcohol venues and dispensaries are prohibited from sponsorships however proposals are considered on a case-by Case basis and the businesses may be submitted for pre-approval before Outreach efforts begin the HSA committee um meeting commenced at 6:30 uh 6:23 p.m.

with a warm welcome and appreciation from Administration parents and Guardians contributing to the one Clifton initiative Mr jenero announced um that the hsas and pto's will formally be recognized by the Board of Education meeting June 10th 2025 in gratitud ude for their dedication and their efforts U Mr RZA the district's pbsis coordinator provided an update on pbsis highlighting the success of the tier 2 check-in checkout framework she also encouraged parent representatives to connect with their building principles for updates specific to their schools the field trip transportation process was clarified Mr shahada stating unequivocally and he makees sure that this is on the record um that the district will cover the cost of any operated or outsourced yellow school bus but will not fund coach bus services in response to the HSA president's inquiry about the policy re requiring parent contributions to field trip it was confirmed that while no formal policy exists the school May request donations ensuring that no child is excluded from the participation Miss Fitzpatrick and Miss Vega um assistant principal at school number 12 and 14 shared the results of recent surveys which centered on creating a more unified approach to fundraising those fi findings highlighted the need for a dedicated committee on this topic the next session uh set to focus on success fundraising strategies Additionally the survey included an interest in Pro potential benefits for reviewing how to obtain a 501c3 designation and a gaming license to support fundraising efforts the meeting concluded at 77 17 p.m.

any questions yes commissioner Suarez thank you um president parison thank you commissioner bassford uh for reading that um I was a part of the meeting and a question came to mind um Mr shahada if you're able to help me understand who pays for field trips the hsas cover the field trips we cover two educational assemblies a year two educational assemblies year so when I heard that I was actually surprised um because experential learning is a critical component to Student Success so I was surprised that the hsas were responsible for field trips are we able to fund field trips at all for schools may I um Mr sh M War just so um just to to be clear M up until a few years ago the HSA has paid for everything yeah it was until I found that there was some inequity going on that I came to to the board and said we should be paying for the transportation so the HS says we're paying for transportation we now pay for transportation for all of the field trips the the money that the hsas are paying for these are for your not necessarily your although all field trips are educational these are your kind of end of the year big kind of fund trips and they're covering like admissions costs and things like that um if we want to have a discussion on whether the board wants to cover that happy to have that discussion that's a finance discussion not a problem but I just want to be clear that there was a time where the hsas were paying for everything today we took Transportation off of their um payroll so and that saved them a lot of money that I think they were thankful for that sure and and they were prior to us they were paying for educational assemblies so I'm like you know well and my concern was that some schools getting assemblies and others weren't I can't have that so we offered to pay two for two educational assemblies um each year which takes a lot of fundraising Miss bassford as you know is a former HSA thank you Dr Robert sui anyone else I just I just want to reiterate um and I thank Administration for doing this because the hsas and the boosters they do want separate meetings their their issues are different when we have one on before the other it just it's not fair to the each group so I I thank you for guys for doing that and if we can get a date set for them that would be helpful because these groups start in the spring get really busy so I want to if we can get a a date out there for them I would appreciate it and so would the rest of the people in the group thank you thank you commissioner basser all right um so up to adoption oh I'm sorry one more you thought I was going to forget but I didn't um I'm was betting on me forgetting uh commissioner Brun Shack facilities please thank you Mr President we met on February we met on February 5th 2025 those present were myself commissioner bassford commissioner siano and president Paris Administration who attended was Mr jenero Mr shahada Mr Maldonado Mr oido Mr Toronto and uh Mr Watkins started at 3:30 ended around 3:45 p.m.

Eastern Standard Time number one was an overview of the committee and its members Administration introduced themselves to the committee and explained what they do on the purpose of the committee referendum update school8 has a Transformer meter switch gear installed has new service connected needs the old old service disconnected School 9 has a trans Transformer meter switch gear installed needs new service turned on by psng school 12 trans Transformer installed switch gear being wired in the electrical room School 13 the Transformer meter switch gear being installed needs new service turned on by pscg school 15 Transformer meter switch gear installed needs new service turned on by psng wood draw new electrical service up up grade complete Columbus switch gear installed need Transformer and the meter b& updates capital reserve projects for the upcoming fiscal year 2526 Administration gave an update of projects taking place throughout the district woodro gymnasium wooden bleachers would be replaced with new plastic slip resistant tread bleachers that can accommodate approximately 176 net seat and will be motorized maroon color cost is $75,400 ton and a 12 1/2 ton unit cost is 9,495 roof repairs are made at school 11 and 12 Annex are scheduled to be working at CHS next Mr shahada discussed tentative capital reserve project for the 25 26 years they included gym floor replacements at school 8 and 12 in addition there will be remodeling of the amphitheater at CHS as well as adding an enclosure for the loading dock for security reasons referendum signs placed on site near the trailers discussion ensued about the store storing of these signs bleachers locker room update the bleachers are expected to be complete in the spring in time for graduation barring any unforeseen weather delays the locker room renovation is on track to be finished around the same time the project is currently running two weeks ahead of schedule school 12 area parking discussion ensued about acquiring uh neighboring property for additional parking spaces new business discussion ensued about renovating the concession stand at the stadium Mr shahada said this is something they will look into does anybody have any questions I just wanted to tell the committee uh Monday the transformer for Columbus came in so we're up and running with that commission can um so I have a few questions uh the elevator CCMS do do we know where we're at with that the Transformer we just got um waiting on psng now to put it in it's going to power up that elevator okay so um PSG is psng so maybe I don't know 2027 yeah it feels like they're holding up all these projects um the the seats they're going to be installed in and the bleachers are going to be installed in W Wilson you mentioned that they're motorized is there an override in case it jams and then they they need to put them in or take him out or something yes we could do it manually as well okay I think that's so yeah that's it thank you anyone else hold on no no I had one more oh one more the bleachers that are in Columbus you said they're they're not going to be done till uh bleachers not mean the stadium yeah in the stadium um are there any events where they use that uh in between that time no we spoke with Mr Maly they don't have that big all count track meet this year that usually takes place at the stadium so good all right thank okay thank you commissioner brunak okay we have uh two meeting minutes to adopt uh January 9th and January 23rd motion to adop commissioner bassford seconded by commissioner Mahia any discussion roll call Mr shot M bassford yes Mr brunak yes Mr kov Dr Mr Mia yeso M Flores yes vice president Santiago yes president Paris yes motion carries thank you uh the floor is yours dror robertto thank you Mr President good evening members of the Board of Education one Clifton Community it is nice to see so many staff members here tonight welcome thank you red means good right all right good it's good to see you guys I want to start off by uh reiterating what our student read uh Mark mentioned first tonight and that is a big big thank you on behalf of the Board of Education and the administration the entire Public School District a big thank you to the Clifton Police Department um and our high school principal detective Mr hamda Meg zenola our director of school security Vicki Rogers vice principal and Mark jenar our assistant superintendent who worked very closely with the Clifton Police Department um investigating the recent threats that had been going on for two months um and finally uh through their hard work led to the apprehension of a suspect and we are very very grateful for that so thank you to the Clifton police department and our dedicated staff Lori what you said tonight was uh very moving for me thank you so much for taking the time to say those nice things so let me say a few nice things about you it's almost six years ago that we started you and your position maybe two months before I came in and when we first met we knew that we had similar philosophies that we knew that we would solve More Problems by working together than by fighting with each other and that informal relationship suddenly became a formal relationship where we started working with the Labor Management collaborative at Ruckers University which initially started as one District team of Administrators and teachers and now is a district team of 30 something staff members representing every bargaining unit and um every um position in the district and every single school has a labor management team or a school collaborative team is what we call them and what their role is they problem solve they work on issues to try to make their schools better so what started as an idea is came to fruition and our goal was always to make sure that whatever we put in place outlasted both of us so you just happen to be the first one leaving me you're like a flat leav um but I believe that um what we've built will continue for many many many many years to come and I knew we were on to something I knew we were working well together and I knew that things were going well when I heard from some of my administrators you know Danny you always give into the union and then I talked to Lori and Lori said you know my teachers say I always give into the administration and that's when I knew that we were doing something good you've touched the lives of thousands of students over your career you've changed people's lives and you've represented your staff uh fiercely when NE necessary um and people like to think of all the times that we agreed and maybe came to a solution but there were plenty of times where we disagree behind closed doors but we always did it respectfully and we were always able to have civil conversations I thank you for that um and I thank you for your collaboration over the years I will miss you personally and I will miss you professionally and I wish you nothing but the best in your retirement thank you there's also another retirement on the agenda actually one of my first hires when I came here in Clifton in July of 2019 I think I've told the story about how when I started on July 1st and I walked into the office and I said hey I'd like to send a a message out to the community to say introduce myself and say I'm here how do I you know get that into that email system to do that and they're like what do you mean email system we we don't do that here but if you want we'll type a letter for you and we'll use the US mail and we'll mail it out to 11,000 homes and I did the math on that and I said no let's save the stamps that was when I knew we needed a communication system we needed Communications uh Department we didn't have social media on July 1st 2019 and one of my first big hires was I came to the board and I said we need Samantha D Rose and Sam for the the last six years has built our District's Communications from the ground floor I can't take any credit for it other than realizing it was needed told her my expectations and she flew with it so we are now on every social media platform every school almost every Club at the at Clifton High School alone if you search on Instagram you find like 50 different accounts with clubs and um departments and I can send an email right now that'll be a text message and a phone call I could do that in about a minute all right our Communications one thing I'm very proud of H over the last six years have improved immensely and that is solely because of you I congratulate you on your retirement I will miss you immensely for all of this the things you did publicly for me and many things behind the scenes for me that nobody would ever see um and how hard I always saw that you worked I appreciate you I value you and I wish you nothing but the best in the future that concludes my report Mr President thank you um one thing I might ask you to address uh earlier on Elias mentioned about the track naming whether you have an update or Mr shahada yes uh thank you Mr President Mr shahada I I'm pretty sure I know the answer but I know you know the answer so would you mind addressing that please yeah the sign was done earlier last week uh we are getting it dropped off and just waiting for the weather to break we have to break into the asphalt at the stadium it's going to be right at right before you enter the track so the sign is ready it's just uh Mother Nature is holding us [Music] up okay so hang on Elias it's on the way and we'll have a nice hopefully nice new refurbished Stadium to presented through um okay any unfinished business all right moving on uh we have National School counseling uh month recognition uh vice president Santiago can you please read that Proclamation sure thank you president Paris where at school counselors are employed in public schools to help students reach their full potential and whereas school counselors are actively committed to helping students explore their abilities strengths interests and talents as these traits relate to Career awareness and development and whereas school counselors help parents focus on ways to further the educational personal and social growth of their children and whereas school counselors work with teachers and other Educators to help students explore their potential set realistic goals for themselves and whereas school counselors seek to identify and utilize Community Resources that can enhance and complement comprehensive School counseling programs to help students become productive members of society and whereas comprehensive developmental School counseling programs are considered an integral part of the educational process that enables all students to achieve success in school now therefore be it resolved that the Clifton Board of Education recognizes February 3rd through February 7th 2025 as National School counseling week thank you thank you vice president Santiago uh February is Black History Month commissioner Suarez can you please read our Proclamation yes thank you president Paris whereas Black History Month celebrated during the month of February originated in 1926 when Dr Carter G Woodson set aside a special period in February to recognize the Heritage and a and achievements of black people in the United States and whereas since 1976 February has been recognized as Black History Month throughout North America and whereas this year's theme for Black History Month Mon africanamerican and the Arts is infused with African Caribbean and the Black American lived experiences in the fields of Visual and Performing Arts literature fashion folklore language film music architecture culinary and other forms of cultural cultural expression the African-American influence has been Paramount whereas we encourage the celebration of Black History Month to provide a continuing opportunity for all people in the United States to learn learn from the past and understand the experiences that have shaped the United States and now therefore be it resolved the Clifton Board of Education proclaims February 2025 Black History Month and encourages staff and students to honor it during February and throughout the year with interactive research classroom lesson plans guest speakers displays lectures practical activities and cultural celebrations thank you commissioner Suarez I'm uh looking for a motion to approve uh under B education Administration items one through six motion second motion by vice president Santiago seconded by commissioner Suarez any discussion roll call Mr sh Mr bford yes Mr brunak yes M Canova yes Dr Danny yes Mr Mia yes Mr Tano yes Mr Warez yes vice president Santiago yes president Paris yes motion carries thank you Mr shot um our next is a long one okay under Personnel C Personnel items number one through 34 Mr President I would like to uh pull an item number 33 as a separate vote okay item number 33 as a separate vote so we'll be voting on uh items 1 through 34 excluding 33 at this point um any discussion motion to approve first second motion by vice president Santiago seconded by commission Mia any discussion roll call Mr shahad M bassford yes Mr brunak yes Mr Canova yes Dr Danny yes yes oh um just abstain from p 29 uh 28 uh my name only excuse me abstain for my name only p28 no problem um Mr Mia yes Miss siano yes Miss Suarez yes abstain p28 my name only vice president Santiago yes abstain on p781 2933 president Paris uh yes but abstaining on 7829 and and my name only on 28 motion carries thank you Mr SH now we'll uh looking for a motion to approve item c33 motion second motion by commissioner bassford second by commissioner Mahia any discussion yeah I have something to say um a long time ago there was a wronged and I'm not speaking to you I'm speaking behind you um with this is p33 we have Standalone vote on that we have a standalone vote Yes a long time ago there was a wronged I didn't know any better I vote I was the uh descending vote on that wrong I I have to choke this back I learned very quickly what the wrong was I went and investigated how to fix it and when that wrong was able to be repaired I approached this former superintendent you were not here Danny and I asked for that wrong to be writed tonight after 13 years of being on this board this solidifies the wrong that was done and it was writed so I vote I'm going to just say that to you I'm sorry that that was done to you heartly sorry and I hope that you understand that when we found out we fixed it so thank you any other discussion okay so roll call Mr shot motion oh motion I thought I did that already but okay motion to I did motion to approve I did already yes so call the RO please uh Miss bassford With Honor absolutely Mr Brak yes Mr kova yes Dr Danny 100% Mr Mahia yes Mr siano yes M Suarez yes vice president Santiago yes I have to abstain on that okay wasn't there abstain on 35 president Paris uh OB stain on 33 only because I have to 33 right correct okay um moving on to under D finance and Facilities uh looking to approve items one through 7 motion motion by commissioner second by vice president Santiago any discussion all right hearing none roll call Mr Shad M bassford uh yes I'm abstaining on number six item number 5281 I am affiliated with praise rest yes Mr brunak yes Mr kova yes Dr Danny yes Mr Mia yes Mr siano yes I'm staining on use of facilities 5365 the school 16 HSA because they just did a fundraiser at my office I'm abstaining on check 22306 for the Clifton times business relationship and 22116 the Center for Family Resources because I have a relative that works there miss Suarez yes vice president Santiago yes president Paris yes motion carries thank you okay up the board member comments and if I remember correctly we'll be starting with commissioner brunak thank you Mr President want to give a personal congrats to miss L Lama and Miss Samantha D Rose on their intentions to retire I hope and pray that the both of you enjoy the qtr your quality time remaining is I hope you both enjoy it I am grateful for your service to our district finally a prayer for a wonderful husband brother colleague and friend commissioner siano Lord I pray for your healing touch upon Joe's body during surgery guide the hands of the surgeon and his staff who assist in the surgery use their skills to health and wholeness I ask you to remove any fear or anxiety from Joe's mind to fill him with peace that you alone can give may your recovery be swift your strength renewed and health restored Lord you are the Divine healer amen thank you everybody for your time and God bless America have a good night everybody thank you commissioner rack commissioner Canova uh good evening first I just want to say thank you to our Clifton police and our security team um I know the safety of the schools are are the most important thing to us I'm glad to hear we found the culprit and we're able to figure all that out so thank you um Mr Lama um congratulations on your retirement uh I no you were someone who fiercely advocated for cl in up and down the state and and I appreciate all that you did for us so thank you and I wish you well in your retirement um Mr Rose you were a staple here in Clifton every event we go to you're there um taking images uh working with us on communication Bridging the Gap in Clifton keeping Gus one Clifton uh much appreciated another one thank you for for your service um and the only other thing I had was uh Happy Valentine's Day but now I learned about Mr siano and and I'm wishing you well on your surgery as well but thank you thank you commissioner kova commissioner Dr Danny uh thank you president Paris um so I would like to say thank you to all the speakers um to the student representative mark thank you for your report it's always nice to know what the students are thinking um congratulations on your retirement Miss Lama I'm sure that uh you will be missed by your staff um uh all the things that you do for NJ AA um just being part of that organization starting to get more involved in that and like everybody knows Lori Lama so very well known um and um uh Mr Rose so nice working with you all this time seeing you at all the events um I hope retirement brings a lot of um you know time for you to do things you want to do both of you and um so I wish you the best on your retirement both of you and Mr sieno just want to say um you know we've had some talks I'm glad that you you know took the route that you did to find things out and um as Mr brunak said and I always say you know that may God be guiding the hands of the surgeon and you know that you have many years to come of you know health and happiness and thank you that's all I have for this evening thank you Dr Danny commissioner Mia um thank you very much president Paris um as we all stated before I like to thank Clifton PD and our district security for such a great job on what they recently did happy Black History Month um I want to share a quick story about Miss Lor Lama um we always talk about this when we do see each other um I was about to fail a class because I didn't have it have the word doc in I didn't I by accident I had everything in all caps and at the time I did not know how to change it so luckily enough for me I was taking Miss Lama's class at the time so I went down there and I told her could you please help me because if not I am going to fail this class um and luckily enough she didn't know how to do it so we ended up working on it together and we reverted it back from its original state in all honesty I don't know how I got it in all caps if I'm being completely honest but back then computers were a little bit different and we press you know a certain button it would change everything um on part of that I do also want to thank um Sam for all the efforts that you have done in terms of our Communications I remember this happened right after I graduated high school too so right after I graduate I'm like damn everything is being so much better in terms of communicating what's going on in our district so thank you for all that hard work that you've been doing um and in honor of National School counseling week um I'd like to thank my old high school guidance counselor because without his guidance without everything that he's done I wouldn't be so far ahead in my own personal career and I don't think I would be in this very same position I am today without all the help that he gave me um so thank you and have a great night thank you commissioner Mahia commissioner Siana thank you Mr President uh first I want to thank Mark for the student rep report and express my gratitude to the speakers who joined us this evening um I want to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Samantha D Ro and Lori Lama on their upcoming retirements although I have only known you both for a short time your unwavering commitment to the district has been evident and your contributions have left a lasting impact while I am saddened to see you leave I am happy for you both as you begin this next chapter of your lives I would also like to recognize Vincent Farrell a teacher who has profoundly shaped my life who you guys hear me talk about all the time everyone has that one educator who leaves a lasting impression and for me that was Mr Farrell his guidance honesty and persistence during my eighth grade year were transformational even if I didn't fully realize it at the time his belief in me and his unwavering encouragement have played an integral role in making me the person I am today Mr Farrell your dedication as an educator and Mentor is deeply appreciated and I am forever grateful for the wisdom and lessons you imparted you deserve the very best in life and thank you for everything National School counselor's week I also want to point that out cuz I was in that office with the counselors quite often so thank you all of them uh I want to address something that all you brought up I Feel Love in the room tonight so thank you very much so on February 27th I'll be undergoing surgery for prostate cancer since my diagnosis in October I have been fortunate to have coted early though we will really only know the full extent until after the surgery they're going to be removing the prostate and all the surrounding lymph nodes around the prostate just in case it did spread because the cancer was very close to them I remain being optimistic and hopeful for a positive outcome I want to take this opportunity to urge all men and everyone who has men they care about in their lives to prioritize health and get regular prostate screenings early detection is critical and it can make a significant difference while I won't be able to attend the strategic planning meeting I do plan to participate in the budget meetings on March 11th and 13th thanks to the support of commissioner brunak who's going to be driving me there he's going to be My Chauffeur I hope he wears the hat that is mandatory sir all right uh I also want to extend my gratitude to those of you have who are constantly calling me and offering me help and support and rides Allan Mark Judy Amed thank you your thoughtfulness and constant Outreach have truly meant the world to me and I really appreciate it I want to wish everybody a Happy Valentine's Day and I look forward to seeing many of you at the special award meeting next Thurs day thank you all and have a wonderful evening thank you commissioner siano commissioner Suarez thank you president haris um to reiterate what others have said Thank you to the Clifton PD um I really appreciate knowing that our students are safe and our community is safe um and congratulations to your retirement Mr Rose and U Miss Lama it's been a pleasure knowing both of you in this one year but thank you for all that you've done um and happy Black History Month and definitely to the counselors um as a former School social worker I definitely just appreciate all the work that goes into to what you do for our students so thank you um Joe I truly trust in your full recovery and um I'll be praying for you and um finally to the Clifton Community I simply want to share with you that I am a steadfast advocate for public education please know that I am watching closely um the events about public education within our state and Nationwide and I am doing things that I'm able to in my capacity to uplift our community uplift our students and work with our colleagues to make sure that we maintain an equitable public education in our community thank you everyone and have a good night thank you commissioner Suarez commissioner Bast thank you uh condolences to the Nick family I would like to highlight that njsba offers a valuable training now it's it's new for the student representative I look forward it's a it's a training um and I encourage the district to look into this about getting our student representative trained uh it tells them it speaks about um what the student representative can do and what their duties are and also what a board member can do and what their duties are Samantha as you embark on your new chapter I want to personally thank you for your incredible influence you have had on the students of this District especially someone very close to me your passion and dedication to the field of communications has left it lasting impact shaping young minds and inspiring Future Leaders The profound influence you had on these young adults will extend far beyond the classroom the love and your enthusiasm you poured into your work have planted seeds that will come to grow shaping their future in a way that is both kind and meaningful uh your legacy will live on in the lives you touched and the impact your of your guidance will be felt for years to come and I can say that personally I know that you have done that well whenever I attend the Schoolboard function throughout the state I am frequently approached by county and state colleagues uh who can conly praise Clifton's outstanding social media um presence and their recognition their recognition is a testament to your exceptional work uh being done to keep our community informed and engaged so and I give you full credit wishing you all the best and deserved in your retirement you will be deeply missed but never forgotten Lori congratulations on your new journey I am truly sorry to see you retire from our district your unwavering dedication to the cea and your passion for Education have made it lasting impact it was an absolute pleasure to collaborate with you on numerous initiatives and I witness firsthand especially during our week in Los Angeles How Deeply you cared for your students your colleagues and your our district you will be missed your leadership will be difficult to replace I cannot thank you enough for your years of commitment and service wishing you all the best in your next chapter Nico is fortunate to have more time with such an incred incredible educator I want to take a moment to address those who have reached out to me regarding the use of social media and my frequent in um disclaimers the reason I make these disclaimers so often is simple it's how I was taught by those that came before me at njsba I do not speak on half of anyone on the stus nor do I grant anyone permission to speak for me if you find yourself offended by a social media post from someone else in this group I uh I can only reiterate what I've told you when you've called upon me I am sorry but this goes beyond my control uh the reality is that I'm not even acknowledged as a human being by this individual so I will not engage with them directly in this role you learn quickly when you take a position you wear this hat 247 may I continue it's just brief yes uh every action every word every reaction reflects upon your position you hold the responsibility is something I take Serious and I will conduct myself accordingly um happy Valentine's Day to Maya Laura thank you very much for helping me out in Pake today uh siano AKA HJ you know what that means wishing you the best of luck on your upcoming procedure sending you positive vibes um thoughts and uh vibes your way your green wear is needed so take time to heal rest and get back to us soon thank you happy Valentine's Day thank you commissioner bassford vice president Santiago thank you president Paris thank you to uh the public and our staff who came out tonight um glad to see the cheer team is getting their recognition and Banner they've uh hopefully will threee and so it's welld deserved and overdue uh Lori Lama and Sam doose thank you so much for your many years of dedication and commitment to our students and to our district um it's an end uh in in one respect but it's New Beginnings so I just wish you all the good things in your new beginnings in the next part of your chapter um thank you to all our counselors um happy counselor week they do amazing work um thank you for everything you do um happy Black History Month to all of our parents and staff and school Community celebrating our special Awards meeting is on the 20th our strategic plan meeting is on the 27th that meeting is so good because it's not just your voice but you actively participate I continue to say that you are we break out in in groups and you actually um you know roll your sleeves up and have a time and opportunity to create um you know change in our district over the next five years so I highly encourage everybody to come out uh looking forward still again to Sweeney Todd March 789 happy St Valentine's Day uh to everyone good luck commissioner siano godspeed thank you to CPD again one one quick PSA if I can on swatting or pranking to our parents to anybody who you know a guardian anybody has a kid in their life please please please talk to your kids about you know swatting it's not a joke it's very serious um our law enforcement is taken away from other people they can be saving lives um or other calls they be can be going to it creates fear it's not funny at all and there are serious consequences so um the same day that CPD announced uh their arrest there was a you can Google this there's a 18yearold in California I believe who was convicted and he had done I think like a few hundred of these and public officials and religious institutions and schools he was um given four years so imagine your 18-year-old kid right now is going to jail for four years it's serious so you know just talk to your children and I mean I'm a parent I know it's hard but till it's till you're blw in the face till they're annoyed and and tired of you and like my wife always says continue to tell them make good choices make good choices um that is it for now thank you so much have a great night thank you commissioner Santiago um our condolences to the the Nick family um thank you also to Clifton PD for keeping us continue to keep us safe uh congratulations uh Miss Lama and Mr Rose um for your service to the district our students um you'll be missed and you'll be leaving some big holes that need to be filled um all the best to commissioner siano for Success sucessful uh surgery we look forward to welcoming you back you'll be in our thoughts thoughts and prayers um just reminder I know that vice president Santiago mentioned the Strategic plan but it is so important that we we started out so well we have some good momentum um please remember the 27th of February this is our next followup um if you didn't come to the first one you're certainly welcome to come to this one and the next one as well uh the more the merrier and um it's we had a very productive first meeting and I'd like to continue that momentum and Happy Valentine's Day to everyone all right any business yes commissioner Suarez I think I this is the wrong place and if we can put it on for the next meeting that's fine as well I just wanted to revisit the calendar conversation on juneth um but that is not a pressing matter so if you want to put it on next agenda that's fine Mr Paris Miss Suarez I I think we were going to discuss it at Ed committee if not we will got it and um if we're going to make any changes we would probably it would probably come from the education committee to the full board okay thank you very much okay we'll put on the next uh education agenda all right anyone else okay hearing none last item of business is um approval of the items from our executive session uh that would be items under G executive sessions number two through five motion to approve approved by commissioner bassford second by commissioner Mahia roll call Mr sh M bassford yes Mr brunak yes Mr kova Dr Danny Mr Mia yeso M Suarez yes vice president Santiago yes president Paris yes motion carries motion to journot motion by Dr Danny seconded by commissioner Suarez have a great and Happy Valentine's Day for

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the reason why I've named this show for this for years we have a local town meeting and the town has the opportunity to come sit in a room and vote up or down on the budget and if there's questions on the budget people are welcome to come up to the microphone and speak to the moderator and and have the town manager and the board of Selectmen answer questions about the budget why we can't do that on the federal level is just because we've become lazy and we've become complacent and that's why we have these huge deficits that we have now the party the parties have become I say parties just to be inclusive have become giant moneya laundering machines uh for whatever cause they feel is more most appropriate but it's all based on political power is what they're trying to do and it's our money as taxpayers and

which leads us into our first topic and it's the greatest thing I think I've seen in my lifetime in politics Doge Doge the word itself is kind of getting cute now people are liking it more and more as they figure out what it is although I will say that the left wing is freaking out John because they know The Jig Is up uh the money is no longer going to be as easy for them to uh hide and accumulate for their various programs doge is unbelievable and the numbers are staggering anybody should pay attention to Doge if you're extreme radical conservative or if you're Ultra uh wacko you know socialist and anybody in between of those things everybody should be paying attention to where this is going because it's not Republican a Democrat a socialist agenda this is just corruption Gone Wild

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all politics is local with John featherston an in-depth and comprehensive look at Massachusetts political news and current events hi and welcome to another edition of all politics is local I'm your host John featherston with the distinct pleasure and honor to be joined by Mike Adams today Mike is everybody knows is a broadcasting Legend welcome Mike well not everybody knows that and that's it's a shame so let's just tell them now sure tell them yeah well I I worked at wbii for 23 years had a lot of fun doing that talking about sports and uh worked at a a TV network called NECN back in the 90s and did a show called Mike Adam Sports World so I've been kicking around a little bit but the things we're going to talk to you about John are much more important than anything having to do with sports anything did you by the way did you see how awful that NBA Allstar broadcast was last night I the NBA has become unwatchable for me and you know big Celtics fan enjoyed watching the Celtics but I I I don't the NBA does nothing for me anymore no and it was weird last night it was like a circus atmosphere it wasn't about a basketball game it was about showing off but meanwhile you are probably the guy that I respect most when it comes to political positions and knowledge of of what's going on in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts thus you're a Twitter handle all politics is local and this program well that was very nice of you so you would you describe yourself as a Libertarian yeah Centrist libertarian C libertarian uh you know not a hardcore libertarian but I do believe in smaller government and the centrest part is the I'm I think I'm a social moderate I don't I think there should be a safety net uh but I it's when it gets to be used and abused and Fraud and Abuse and all that bad stuff that can happen with money going out the door that's where I draw the line because I'm a fiscal conservative no question which leads us into our first topic and it's the greatest thing I think I've seen in my lifetime in politics Doge Doge the word itself is kind of getting cute now people are liking it more and more as they figure out what it is although I will say that the left wing is freaking out John because they know The Jig Is up the money is no longer going to be as easy for them to uh hide and accumulate for their various programs doge is unbelievable and the numbers are staggering anybody should pay attention to do if you're extreme radical conservative or if you're Ultra uh wacko you know socialist and anybody in between of those things everybody should be paying attention to where this is going because it's not Republican a Democrat a socialist agenda this is just corruption gone wild it's your money too it's it's everybody's money and everybody should be mad about it because this is the byproduct of years probably 30 years of politicians not knowing what they're voting on you know Nancy Pelosi we have to pass the bill to know what's in the bill this is that's what this is and you know honestly it it seems to me like all those weird uh causes they were giving money to in foreign countries should be line by line items with up or down votes thumbs up or thumbs down votes that everybody has to answer for it because it's a ridiculous waste of money when there are people in this country that need money all politics is local the reason why I've named this show for this for years we have a local town meeting and the town has the opportunity to come sit in a room and vote up or down on the budget and if there's questions on the budget people are welcome to come up to the microphone and speak to the moderator and and have the town manager and the board of Selectmen answer questions about the budget why we can't do that on the federal level is just because we've become lazy and we've become complacent and that's why we have these huge deficits that we have now the party the parties have become I say parties just to be inclusive have become giant money laundering machines uh for whatever cause they feel is more most appropriate but it's all based on political power is what they're trying to do and it's our money as taxpayers and this Elon Musk is now taking more heat than anybody except for Trump that I've ever seen in my life this guy is getting hammered and you know he's not the world's richest man because he's stupid and he certainly knows how to cut corners and and save money as a businessman but to save the government the kind of money we're talking about right now this is the tip of the iceberg what we've been hearing did you see Maxine Waters with her wig falling off of her head in front in front of the Department of Education just going on and on about how Elon Musk has yours and my social security number you mean like how my bank has my social security number you mean like how the DMV has my social security number your doctor your mortgage company like a lot of people have our social security numbers and do you really think Elon Musk is GNA steal from Mike Adams or John fell do you think he needs the poultry sums of money that we might have in our bank accounts compar but you know this guy is obviously very smart individual there's no question about it he's not getting paid for this job so but people are just every up and down the street on the left say well what about this this is going to get CAU on this just calm down and wait see the numbers before you react because uh it's trillions I am ecstatic about Doge but I also have to be fair because one thing in all politics is local I'm an equal opportunity person to point stuff out Elon Musk if you're going to go into the Oval Office take your hat off leave your kid at home put on a jacket and tie I'm not saying a suit kid and don't have your son wipe his boogers on the on the desk of the president of the United States do humanize him a little bit it does humanize him but I mean there's a time and place for everything and you know what I got to tell you this really quick story though my son Scott who's now an full-grown adult when he was a little kid maybe three four years old I had a brand new car I loved it it was a Volvo and I L was driving I looked over and I see him pick his nose and then reach under the seat of the Volvo what little boy doesn't do that or grown man don't wipe your boogers in my car he turns to me and he goes he must have been three he goes I wiped them all over this car he's a kid and as cute as that little kid is I think you're right about the you know it detracts from the messaging you're trying to do from the M but the Doge thing is huge John I'm big on it I you know I I I and you see certain people screeching about it one of them is one of our Senators Elizabeth Warren yeah we could do hours of topic on Elizabeth Warren but why don't you uh inform the uh viewing public about uh Elizabeth Warren as I refer to as the fake Indian yeah liwaa do you think she's bought and paid for by big Pharma I know she is in that there they've already revealed the fact that she's the third she received the third most money Bernie Sanders leading the pack in money donated to the campaign by big Pharma uh I think Rafael warno came in second and just right behind rafhael waro and money donated to his campaign by big farmer was Elizabeth Warren so when she gets on and acts all crazy and you see the sound bites with her all the time she gets like nutty shaky uh talking about uh interview rather questioning Robert F Kennedy Jr on the you on his confirmation hearing she was insane in that moment um but clearly she has something to hide when it comes to her connection to Big farmer and in every respect she just automatically goes for the kneecaps as best she can any Donald Trump ever said or planned to do is is a threat to our democracy you know and it's it's insane to watch her uh but then again Massachusetts has some very unusual U representation in the national government Ed Mary Ed Mary is the ice cream well I have a quote from him can I read this please Democratic senator Ed Mary says quote public school is not a con job it's equality for every student he apparently hasn't been to some of the schools that I've been to uh and he went to a private school so what would he know about public schools if he didn't go to one right I don't know what does Ed Marky know about Massachusetts I don't think Ed marky's been in Massachusetts for more than maybe a night in like 30 years so I mean but let's get back to Elizabeth Warren because if Elizabeth Warren got 1, 224,000 from Big Pharma how come she can't afford more than two different outfits well that's a good question yeah you know I think it's maybe it's time for her to upgrade her tee as well do some Renovations uh you know why by by the way you know why she wears feathers just to keep her Wigwam okay I'm sorry see that I'm we got to we got to put it in the soundtrack that's right uh why we're dumping on and we could do it all all afternoon uh Massachusetts uh elected officials I will call them yeah uh one of my favor ones to pick on because I I'll say it she's a Flatout racist aana Presley she is a racist I believe you know she Eno does not like white people no and it's clear that she doesn't and every time she opens her mouth it's kind of like and that racism is bad no matter which side of the coin you're looking at Joy Reed never learned that lesson she still has a job but Ayanna Pressley has seems to have equal amount of anger uh in in her presentation it's like and everything always boils down to uh you know slavery 150 years ago reparations reparations y it's just it's just it's counterproductive or it's unproductive completely when she opens her mouth but she's been in office now for more than six years name me one accomplishment that she has done well I can name you one I have it written down right here on this see this notes this I do this is where she Ayanna Presley uh has been responsible for the establishment of the pride that's p r yde it's a senior housing um facility for lgbtq seniors uh and she was able to raise $850,000 so that the pride p r yde uh could put up people who are you know they're elderly people so more power to them they have a place to live that's nice but it's for LGBT people not everybody so I again it's a it's a is that the biggest priority in my and listen everybody needs a a roof over their head everybody needs a home I don't care gay straight or anything everybody needs a home to live but is if that's all you've accomplished in more than six years working for the federal government maybe a little less you know attacking people and you know posting things that you're you're going to fight and okay you don't like Donald Trump but you know I I've had this conversation with Jim McGovern for many many years okay Jim McGovern does not like Donald Trump Jim McGovern's entitled to his opinion but I have challenged Jim McGovern okay you don't like them you don't have to like them but you still have to represent the people of your district and you still if you're were not willing to pick up a phone and have a conversation or meet for lunch or have a dinner you're not doing your job well that's right and you're not doing your job and not only that but uh you know you can't just automatically lamb base somebody for having a different viewpoint which is what they do like when it comes to uh anything Donald Trump says is automatically no good right and he's and he's he's a jerk and he's a Nazi and he's a racist and all they they just start with immediately the attacks on Donald Trump the person without listening to what he's proposing or why he what he's trying to accomplish by his proposals and that's just ridiculous uh but in Ayan Presley's case it's clear that she is a race uh a industry race baiter and she throws the stuff out there because it gets her more clicks amongst those MSNBC Watchers or what have you and that increases her power and what she thinks is popularity I disagree I think that there's a lot of people out there that just automatically say what why do you hate white people it's racist to do that it's not right if Donald Trump came out today and told you oxygen was good Presley and her followers and you know the squad they would all stop breathing today I mean I mean just because just because Donald Trump said it you know and listen I agree with a lot of things that Donald Trump says I don't agree with everything Donald I don't agree with everything Mike Adams says I don't agree with everything that should I should but I should but I mean but that is politics that is working towards the middle is what has always made this country great and something has happened in the last 30 35 years where that has has broken down to the detriment that you need a doge that you we are no longer perceived you know at you know internationally as the superpower that we are I think we're getting back to that now but it's okay to disagree with somebody it's okay not to you know like somebody but you still got to do your job well and it all reverts back to stupidity in making bad decisions and and misspending American taxpayer money or Commonwealth of Massachusetts taxpayers money as more has done we talk about this with the the immigration situation now it's one thing to say we're losing population in Massachusetts because the taxes are too high and that is a known fact that 27,000 people left Massachusetts because they fiscally couldn't stand it anymore but what they don't know is that those 27,000 people were replaced by 67,000 illegal immigrants who are not only you know they don't have social security numbers they don't have they do have a driver's license though thanks to morah Healy which at Great cost to the taxpayer hiring interpreters for the DMV or the RMV uh and so they have cars and they have they have I don't know if they have insurance but they have their driver's license and they're all in in Massachusetts living in as you know as somebody who ran a migrant sh shelter in in marbor it's an amazing amount of money that is now added to the budget 1.8 billion dollar I believe in the last year year and a half year and a half y that morah added to the taxpayer burden in order to accommodate the right to shelter law in Massachusetts that's a lot of money for a state budget since 2003 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has allocated more than $3.5 billion dollar towards the migrant thing to accommodate them to accommodate them and feed them with still no end result what is the end result of all this because you're not going to find housing for everybody you know8 weeks ago 2 days after Christmas a gentleman was found in r with an AR-15 and enough fenel to kill the entire population of Massachusetts and Mory Hy comes out and says we're going to do reform we're going to you know do background checks on people we're going to limit stays in the shelters you fast forward to last Thursday night the Senate approves the bill already approved by the house for another $425 million to fund the Healy hotels or the migrant shelters until the end of July of this year okay now then what what happens at the end of July there is no more money left in the rainy day fund where do those people go where do those people go and what is the taxpayer of Massachusetts at that point will be over4 billion spent what what does the taxpayer benefit from that and you could even make the case that what do the migrants benefit from this the migrants have been set up to fail by Mor healing and it almost feels like it's by Design because to your point you know about the population the only reason that Massachusetts grew in population is because you're bringing migrants here that's it and it's already a state that has one out of five people in that live in Massachusetts were born in another country now I'm not saying look as you know and I know I I come from immigrants too mine came here in 1620 on the Mayflower it's perfectly okay we are a country of immigrants however there's got to be a limit to who you're bringing you got to know who you're bringing in you got to know who they are where they are what they do you know it's it's quality control thing if you just bring in all these people and and put them on on you know in housing and on the streets and jobless or whatever you you don't have a plan for those folks and and if you're if you're charging the taxpayers to support these people then you're doing yourself a disservice as well on the other side of the economic structure it's it's it's costing us it's not $4 million it's 4 billion with a capital B okay and there's a lot of problems in Massachusetts I will tell you that the Mental Health crisis in Massachusetts is probably the biggest crisis in mental you you put kids in a mask and in front of a a zoom computer for two years kids in middle school now that went through Co a lot of them are messed up Y A lot of them are messed up way behind way behind and but just even mentally messed up there was there's addiction problems in the state you know there's gambling addiction problems there's you know uh alcohol and Canabis addiction problems in this I'm not saying you don't take care of migrants I'm not saying you don't help people because that's been my Mantra in my whole life of Public Service you do you do have to help people but it you have to have a cause to you know an end game to like okay this is this is what the plan is there still is no plan yet only eight of the state senators voted for the bill that was proposed to make sure that the benefits of the shelter program went to Massachusetts residents not illegals the rest all voted nay borders are Tom homman on Friday morning with New York mayor mayor Adam sitting right next to him literally said on Fox News there is no more funding of Migrant shelters Federal money coming in for migrant shelters so the money's been cut off New York is closing migrant hotels yeah where do you think all of those people are going to go why you why why didn't Joe Biden realize that when you bring 10 million illegal aliens into this country all at once that there's going to be an impact financially Nationwide on the taxpayer but also locally because all politics is local you bring in a whole bunch of immigrants in Massachusetts leads the world in that the school systems suffer the school school uh classroom sizes get more crowded and less interpretive you got to have an interpreter in the classrooms now because a lot of the people don't speak English whether Biden did know what he was doing he think he did on purpose and the media doesn't like to talk about it the reason why Biden opened the borders is he wanted to ensure that the Democratic party kept its power base and he wants to increase the population throughout the states and if you look at the states that he sent in the middle of the night on flights it wasn't people walking over the Border he flew people into these states he wants to grow Senate and uh Congress seats and it's it's anybody who is willing to do 2 minutes worth of leg work because you won't see it on the you know the Nightly News you won't see it on the liberal media heck you you know Boston media doesn't even want to you know carry uh stories about you know the migrants shelter crimes that are happening every single day that they're happening well I'm glad you mentioned that because you more than anybody else are aware of and have been in in in contact with people regarding the pous stories that have gone on in some of these shelters rape murder drug pedaling you know sex trafficking of children yep you've I've seen it all you've been a witness to it and that what that's what makes you an authority on exactly how bad this problem is but how great is Tom homman he's coming in here I mean I'll just give you some examples of some of the fine people that are brought in under this program a Brazilian national convicted for his role in murdering 11 people mostly teenagers has pleaded guilty in Boston federal court for lying on his Asylum application at an immigration hearing he's a murderer okay so he's lying on an application do we expect him to tell the truth Antonio Jose De Vidal filo 31-year-old known for his involvement in the 2015 Slaughter in Brazil has lived in Malden Massachusetts which is where Ed Mary lives and I'm sure they probably almost bumped into each other on the streets but they're taking them off the street and they finally I mean the list is endless of course but he's just one guy walking around because he was released and set back they've arrested him in Ryan New Hampshire but he's had been living in Malden uh and he's been for 15 20 years now he's been skating around the country with fake driver's licenses trying to accomplish criminal activities an illegal immigrant has CED to being a fenel delivery boy for another man accused of pushing tens of thousands of f fenel pills in the Boston area Freddy artmo Guerrero sto a national of the Dominican pleaded guilty with conspiracy to distribute fenel now we all know fenel is a deadly drug the charges carry a minimum prison term of 10 years up to life and uh he's scheduled for sentencing in federal court in Boston on May 12th these are these are tip of the iceberg moments here but it there until someone goes out there and rouss these guys and Ice gets some kind of of U cooperation from the powers that be in Massachusetts we're never going to clean up this mess so now finally Tom homman and the guy's unbelievable he's a bulldog he's out there saying we're going to get worst the worst people first which is smart and he's all over the country now getting people off the streets that shouldn't be here to begin with well you hear this you know we're a welcoming Community I'm a welcoming human being you know I I welcome everybody anybody who follows the law as I welcome right you look at Somerville you know you've got something there about a gentleman that was picked up in Somerville as well you know in Somerville is now is oh woe is us you know oh ice is terrible they're coming to our community no I applaud ice for coming to Comm because not only is ice doing a dangerous job they're restoring Law and Order to your streets and if you're a restaurant owner that hired illegals and you now don't have help I don't feel bad for you okay go out and do follow the law I follow the law Mike Adams follows the law you know if if the worst I do is you know speed a little bit over the you know then if I but if I do give me a ticket and hold me accountable but you know this yes we we're a welcoming Nation we're all migrants here you mentioned sum we have to follow the laws that's right the laws are there for a reason the minute you don't the the Democrats are good at saying no one's Above the Law well except the 10 million people that cross the border they're Above the Law oh Hunter Biden he's Above the Law you know it's just ridiculous uh hypocrisy uh you mentioned Somerville Boston immigration officials blasting Somerville which is a sanctuary City by the way they're welcoming that means they allow all different kinds of birds to live in the trees here it's a sanctuary uh and they're also blasting Salem officials for allowing migrant assault and child rape suspects to walk free who Buran caramuru age 27 recently grabbed in Somerville by boston-based Ice en enforcement and they he now faces deportation the Turkish National was arraigned in late December for assault and battery on an intellectually disabled person and witness intimidation uh I said he was set free you know as is the custom in Massachusetts set him free then ask questions later but they tracked him down in January they wanted him off the streets another one here uh a Guatemalan National charge with three counts of forcible rape of a child and three counts of aggravated rape of a child has also been arrested by immigration agents out of Boston Jose Fernando Perez of Framingham was led out of the Essex County Jail in Salem he too was tracked down by uh the immigration officers in Donald Trump's worst first initiative where were we're we're recording this podcast we are less than a mile away from the city limit of Framingham and this guy has been walking the streets for years in Framingham and he's a child rapist how does anybody have any problem with ice picking this guy up oh that's right and if you do have a problem with it I have a problem with you and you've been on national news regarding a story that happened in the Marboro holiday in where you were in charge of the shelter program and you reported to the police an incident whereby a a man a Haitian man MH raped his own daughter impregnated her yet didn't get arrested for eight months for eight months they did move him to another shelter which I moved him to another you did unfortunately yeah but that was what they told had to be done and you know it's it's certainly not about me but I think if we hadn't made national news with that story he'd still be walking the street right he'd still be we I had to literally shame the attorney general and the governor to act on this when the Boston Globe finally wrote an article about it then something happened Boston globe's way behind the eightball on all of this stuff and there and being the big news source from a newspaper perspective in Massachusetts you'd think they would be on top of this story to earn some credibility uh but why is Massachusetts so uh averse to obviously proper behavior in a situation like a a child getting raped by your own father Mike if if I knew I would it's it's so frustrating to me you know I certainly don't know as many media pre personnel as you do but I do know a few media people and I've reached out to them in the local like this this story has gone National it's been on every news national news story but if you don't pay attention to national news and you only pay attention to local news you don't know this has happened I've reached out to local people here that I've known or people that you know know people and oh this is a good story we'll get back to you and the phone don't ring it's the Legacy Media in Boston afraid of losing their access to morah Healing right and and that's the only thing that it can be is they're afraid of losing their AES and they I have never heard a Legacy Media Station in Boston ask more Healy about the man who impregnated his own daughter the AR-15 guy with fenel the guy who crashed his car into my office the guy who raped another person down in Totton I've never heard anybody ask the question just a question not even an interrogate you know hey what what happened in Totton with that rapist nobody has ever asked her that so the public hears well Mor's proposing changes and mor is demanding accountability but there is inter action and then then the Boston media doesn't even report on the fact that she said8 weeks ago that she was going to piix something she never fixed it so the general public just goes well she said she was going to fix it so she's going to fix it morah he's word is not her bond and it's it's it's never been a proof of any forthcoming action uh to positively affect these situations now the all politics is local thing we go to what's happening in in Boston with with mayor woo mayor Woo is is like this little mini dictator now they had a 12 to1 vote against making sure that the shelter money went only to Massachusetts residents the only dissenting vote was Ed Flynn so they lose 12 to1 in other words that no that money can continue to go to migrants ahead of ahead of massachusett citizens how can how can Michelle woo just by mandate throw that down there and say this is what we're going to do and have the council say oh yeah she's right 12 to1 against fairness to Massachusetts citizens the Boston city council is that that's a you could do a a Netflix movie about that because they are pay to play hacks because you look at Boston under manino and I was pretty friendly with minino I I remember once saying to manino I was like you know what you're one of the few Democrats I really like you know and like he was very likable he was a very likable guy but he ran a tight ship Law and Order clean streets you know no Shenanigans yeah I mean did he do things you know you know some but he ran a nice city and you look at the city that monino had as as the mayor on his last day and you look at Boston today you cannot tell me your eyes just tell you the whole story damage is done now you look at I was in Boston last week Newberry Street does not look like Newberry Street anymore the streets are not as clean as they used to be there's potholes everywhere and okay you wanted woo you got wo instead you know I mean wo like so you know and they have nothing good to report the school test scores are down the you know the the truy in is like 40% and they they say well they say Boston's crime rate is got well you know what a lot of the crime in Boston isn't being taking place in Boston as we know from these stories the criminals are now scattered around Boston and they're everywhere in Massachusetts and many of them are illegal immigrants and that has to be dealt now the one thing you don't want to do is say oh well you know I'm anti-immigrant no I I'm anti- illegal immigrant I'm anti- anything illegal well but I mean the fact is we don't like it's not a dislike of immigrants we have we love immigrants if they're legal do whatever you want and come here and we welcome you with open arms you know I've told the story at times you know my you know there were a lot of good things about working in a migrant shelter you saw a lot of good story and then when you were actually able to help a family get their kid into school learn English find a job find a place to live it's a great American story and I'll tell you that 98% of the people that I worked with were great people M and good for them they were told to come here by America and everything was free it's not their fault and then you help them find a job and get a house great story but the 2% of people that rape their daughter domestic violence steal steal I don't care if one guy tried to kill you with his car with this yeah came very close you know by the grace of God you know you you were there doing good things for people uh and in a responsible way the one thing about you John is that you're you're truthful you're honest you're straightforward you don't have an ax to grind against individuals it's policy that you object to but you're you're against Bad policy and I'm against bad but bad policy I mean government is to help the people but Ronald Reagan said it the the most dangerous uh you know words in the English language is I am here for the government and I'm here to help because the government doesn't help anymore it just it has agendas and I think we've got to get back and it makes everything cost twice as much it makes things cost but what I think what we want to accomplish with you on this podcast is we want to be if you don't hear it on the Boston media come to all politics is local with John and Mike and you're going to hear it you know because we're going to call it out if it's if it's not being discussed in the local media this will be your source to go to we'll have candidate guests we'll have uh experts coming on to talk about it because you're not getting the full story in the Boston Globe or the Legacy Media here in Boston no and the Harold try as they might you know they're not the Boston Globe you know as far as the positioning in this Marketplace and it's it's really shameful that the Boston Globe doesn't do a better job at reporting both sides it's typical kind of a Massachusetts which is a onep party State and I think it's important for us to make any progress here to have it be a two-party State as best we can and to find people you know once you have a onep party system everybody gets the pay raise they want cuz cuz who's going to say no and no one's going to argue with bad policy because who's going to say no it's a it's a very dire situation it's going to be California East if we don't watch out for it but what you'll get here is you'll get truth you'll get honest opinion you get information you can't get anywhere else and you'll get people who are especially you John well-meaning people when it comes to educating the population I got to tell you when I was a selectman which was probably more than 12 years ago now every every and I stress the word every Board of selectman meeting that I had there was a reporter in the room the Metro West Daily News right every meeting there hasn't been a reporter in a select board meeting in five six years Co killed the local newspapers yeah there Metro West Daily News was a pretty you know welltoo you know newspaper in the Metro West area you you see it you see it now up in LOL You See It Up in peid there is no more local media so if the local media isn't reporting on your board of Selectmen your City Council meetings that just empowers bad behavior with your politicians because not that I ever was worried you know what I said in a meeting but the next morning you knew what I did you knew what I said or you knew what you know the Framingham bard of selectman did there was some accountability there was news on it now nobody has any idea what's going on in their back we're going to change all that you and me we're going to make this a place where people can come and get their opinions out no matter which party they belong to and I don't know that the Democrats won't be afraid to come on here you know they get get asked the right questions we've always run all Politics as local is being fair like I'm an equal opportunity you know right I call it out like you know if you're a Republican and you're talking BS I'm going to call you out Democrat you're going to call so we'd love to hear from you as as a matter of fact all politics is local on on X on x is your is your handle John featherston and uh I'm at at Mikey Adams 420 uh uh on Twitter as well and we will listen to you we will bring in great guests so we can learn more about what's going on and hear from them on both sides of the political coin and uh we're going to have a a lot of fun doing this because there's a lot of information that has yet to get out a lot to get out and you'll be able to find this podcast on iHeart radio Apple podcast Spotify uh so you YouTube we're going to do it as a video because I look really good on camera don't I you know I was made for YouTube made for YouTube that's what they tell me let's close out the segment on one last thing because we didn't get a chance to go to it but I think we really have to do what is going on in Worcester Massachusetts oh you know it's funny because I do a lot of driving in Worcester I uh enjoy the potholes um in Worcester they've had a sudden emergence of uh the the moniker a sanctuary City for lgpt l i k the alphabet soup lgbtq can't we just make it you know queer just say because that's what the Q stands for correct simplify just genericize it um they had a big meeting the other day and uh people were really going going a little crazy they were they're worried about their lives well you have to save us I don't I don't remember hearing about anybody threatening to kill anybody in the LGBT community in Worcester have you no well the people Worcester worried about is that a lot of migrants who rape children are sent to Worcester that's what you should be worried about yeah that's true yeah but I don't detect any anim you know any different animosity in Worcester than I do anywhere else for people who were of that ilk because nobody cares about that but no one's out to kill you either no and they're acting like oh we're in danger and and of course Worcester now is going to be known as The Sanctuary City for l lgbtq Comm community so they'll get more people there that are lgbtq so what does that do though nothing I mean what did it differ do going to hire a different police force did people stop going to Province Town because it was known as a a gay you know community no of course not it's ridiculous but it's also kind of sad in a way that these people get up there and get all this national attention based on a fox fear of some evil that's going to be done to them based on their sexual preferences it's ridiculous you know but we talked about the Boston city council you you know how they they're not doing their job you can be Pro any an agenda but to be a fair City Counsel you have to go okay listen thank you for coming tonight thank you for bringing this but let's you know we'll report back on this in 30 60 90 days and do a little bit more information you have 20 people come and yell and scream at you and then you change your whole policy that night in a meeting right that's not good government because I used to tell people all the time the will of the room is not the will of the people the will of the room is there's 20 people and they're upset okay and we're listening to you and we will report back but you can't change your whole no image of a city on one meeting uh that will say that if I had 20 people in my room it might change my opinion a little bit a little bit John featherson everybody he's a hero in this community for the reporting he's done and for the truth he tells this is fun we got to do this again soon we're going to do it uh do it every week once again follow us on Spotify iTunes uh iHeart Radio YouTube uh we'll put put it up on Rumble as well he's Mike Adams I'm John featherston and you're watching all politics is local [Music]