We have this review of our annual charter school visit which is typically very short list and athletic sustainability update. So it's a pretty agenda. So, I know that I have a conflict with the workshop. Tom has a conflict that he can't miss for the regular board meeting. So, knowing that we had two short agendas, I wanted to propose that we have a meeting on the 14th and we treat it as a regular board meeting. We start at 5:00 in close session. We go out We hear from students, we award staff recognition. We'll do our board workshop and then items that we have from the regular meeting. It would allow us to have one meeting instead of two participation. So just toss that out there and see what the rest of the board was on that.
Prove me wrong." So, it was it's very quaint. I I have to say, you know, I I was up there a couple of times. My grandchildren have been up there several times and um you know, they had a fire pit um and you could really I was thinking at night you could go in. Yeah. It was all lit up. It it really looked like something from my youth. Um and you you know as adults you could go into Henry's and have a little cocktail and while your kids were skating cuz the fire pit wasn't that didn't throw that much heat. Wow. Wow. There's a hundred things we could say right now. Yes. Yes. Well, just and Joe, you'll probably say 99 of them. No, anecdotally, I don't know if you remember, Michael, but at some point this summer, a resident came up to us and said, "H, we need to do more things like Gilmore Girls, if you know that show, right?
So, just like everything else, do you guys have any questions about what we're right here? I like it. And do we have any anybody from the public want to comment about this calendar change? No. All right. In that case, yes. Um um I will go ahead and move um I would like to move that we uh switch our board calendar so there's only one meeting in May held on the 14th combining both our regular and Do we have a second? Thank you very much. Um, any debate or other discussion about that one? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying I. I.
Do you remember that, Michael?" Yes. And I think about when I saw the skating rink and my girls when they were both home over the holidays, they went up there and they skated and they took video and stuff and I'm like I'm like, "So, that's sort of like that. It's that community and it's it wasn't downtown with the gazebo and everything, but it was still something." So, it's great downtown's getting close to it as well. Yeah. Yeah. So, anyway, it was great to have that and once people know about it next year, it'll get even more use and stuff. So, one thing they have to do though, I think, and I know the plans are to eventually rent skates, right? Because so many kids, you know, when I was a kid, everybody had a pair of skates. That isn't the case anymore if you're not Yeah.
Any opposed? Along those same lines, can't do much about it right now, but I did have a request from to be superintendent Blake that you guys thinking about moving it back in formally agenda as item about moving the July board meeting to the very last Wednesday in July to give staff a break and they said hey I'm going to be on the job by that first board meeting they walk in seven days so probably not going to be very valuable to anybody at that point so um in the past we have not had board meetings in July I think it is important this year in July just because you do have someone coming to move that to the very end um would give who has to be here to put the whole agenda together in July and let people have a little bit of flexibility and then on the future.
Um Yeah. Ours were dug out of the basement when they So, great. Okay. Um, one last project update, Michael. Upper Charles Trail. We chatted a little bit about it when we were talking about the land taking, but where are things at with that, please? Yeah. So, we, like you said, I was going to expound a little bit more on the land taking if we didn't have a chance to do it during the warrant, but um, you know, Jen has, uh, Jen and Diane have been working with, um, the the committee on the RFP. Jen, this is what, like the 10,000th RFP you've done? Gosh, not quite, but Thank you, Jen. It feels like it. So, sure does. Um, but, uh, you know, that's that's continuing to get worked on and refined and um, and and Michael, that RFP RFP is for the design, correct? That is correct.
Yes. Thank you. Can we ask you a question? Sure. So just so I'm just not I'm just not following are we doing the where you're saying just have one and have it at the very end. July is only July doesn't have a workshop. So there's only one in I see. All right. For the last four years we haven't the very last I'll bring it forward in a formal. Okay. Thank you. No. No. It's good. Well, we also want to run Brown because it's not on the agenda. someone who could have been really angry about this this idea and wanted to have input while we talked about it. No. So, we'll have to bring as an actual agenda item so people who really want Greg to show up immediately can come talk about. Exactly. Um, in the meantime, I think that's all we got. Um, do I have a motion to move to close session?
I'm sorry. That's a a good point. The 25% design for for the entire trail, I should say. you know, with the hope that uh if if everything goes relatively smoothly, relatively being the operative word in terms of the design, um we'd be able to get um that project on the TIP transportation improvement plan, which we don't know if that'll still be here in three years, but so because that's a federal program. Hopefully, we'll be um yeah, in a place in a position to take advantage of it. Okay. So, one one last thing. Um Oh, I'm sorry.
Unless anybody had any questions on the Go ahead, Michael. You're good. Oh, okay. Uh just one last thing. Uh I think this the second annual link inclusion uh run event is happening on Sunday morning starting at 9:00. Um uh you know I think um Jamie and Seagull Marks um I'm sorry that's her maiden name Jamie and Steven Marks um uh their little son Lincoln. Um he's just such a terrific little kid and he's inspired like really this whole movement. Um and we're going to have a pretty sizable contingent of people on Sunday morning at the community center. I think uh I think the last update I received was about 500. Wow. Racers, if you will. So, um great congratulations to them and congratulations to everybody. And uh hopefully we'll see you there on Sunday morning and if you can't make it there, I think there's going to be a little get together at Clover Road afterwards.
So, um should be busy again. Great. Okay. A local restaurant. Well, if you find it, share it so we all know. Great. Sorry. Sorry about that. That's okay. Good. Okay. Uh, with that, we will go to board reports. Joe, I'll start with you. Uh, thank you, Madam Chair. A little. Yep. Not a problem. Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh, just a couple of quick things. Uh, Ashlin Day is uh out and started again. Uh we uh sent out applications for booths uh not too long ago. Um we're discussing uh the summer concert series program which would start uh uh the last week in June and it'll run right through uh the second to last week in August. So we're working on that with Mike Dy uh planning um the bands and everything. It'll be every Tuesday evening uh from 7:00 p.m. and then in August they start at 6 p.m.
Uh the pavilion will be available uh will be opening up uh after the uh 17th I mean after the 14th uh the water will be turned on and we'll be having uh the restrooms will be available and the uh the ADA committee will continue uh maintaining that uh that area for for the residents as well. the um I'm sorry, the um uh railroad yeah railroad traffic study committee will be uh meeting on the 25th and the um we'll be having our um another meeting with uh Steve Greenberg and the affordable housing trust uh next week uh to go over some things. And one of the questions I'm going to ask is with the the new ADU uh bylaw that's coming in, I was wondering if that could be considered uh lowincome housing and could those units be added to our to our side of the uh the ledger.
So that I don't know if anybody's asked that question or not, but I'm going to ask it and see if Lisa can give us a So Joe, I know that's being talked about as to if ADU one if the ADU if the you know those accessory dwelling units will actually count toward your housing stock. Yeah. And then if they are then you have to increase you know to get to 10%. it could be harder because if you know if 50 homes add accessory dwelling units. So I I know that there are some people asking the question are are those accessory dwelling units counted as housing stock? Gotcha. Um so I there's a lot of questions around it. I would think it would have there would have to be a deed restriction on the property if it was going to be if it's going to be affordable.
There would have to be a deed restriction which I don't know that they can do with an very complicated with Y. Yeah, good point, Brandy. Thank you. And that's all I have, Madam Chain. Again, thank you to uh everybody who reached out and well wishes and speedy recovery. Almost there. Give me another week or two and I'll be back to uh do what you need to do, Joe. I'm working on it. It it it kind of it kind of bothers me that I can't be there in person to do the things that I need to do, but uh we're getting there. Good. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, Joe. Uh, Makita. Oh, thank you, Madam Chair. Um, let's see. Uh, like, uh, many of us, I got a chance to attend the volunteer breakfast. Um, and, uh, that was a really special event, I think.
First off, again, thank you so much to all of the volunteers here in town that make, uh, make make this make make the town go, as it were. Uh I think it was really great though to see not only folks who are being honored for their service but folks they al folks were asked to bring along other people who are interested in volunteering for the town and we got quite a few new folks uh at that breakfast. So that was a good that was an excellent strategy. So thank you Rob St. Germaine for having a discussion with me to make me think about it. Yeah. Um and and that was really invigorating to see. So um so that was great. uh the related uh the we have not had another meeting of our uh subcommittee for boards and committees subboards board and committees. Uh so we're working on getting another one of those scheduled so that we can um put together some recommendations based on some of the research that we've done um and come back uh before folks uh to talk about next steps.
And uh oh, finally uh I got a wonderful chance to attend Putts for Pages at the Ashlin Library. Thank you friends of the library. And thank you to all of the local businesses who sponsored holes and donated items. We uh my my spouse and I ended up going uh during the grown-ups uh part in the evening and it was simply delightful and it was so fun to see folks out. So um congratulations again on such a wonderful community event. Great. Thank you Makita Claudia. Well I think I've the the volunteer breakfast was very very nice and uh it was really great opportunity to connect with a lot of people. Um so I do appreciate the effort um that it takes to make that happen and thank you for making that happen. Um and the ZBA meeting um I think I probably already spouted off about that a little bit.
Um, and linklusion uh fundraiser, the local restaurant is the ale house and it's tomorrow night. So, if you get uh food from ale house tomorrow night, it there will be a port proceed some proceeds that will go to uh the link inclusion program. So, I think that's it. Thank you. Okay, Brandy. Um, so I think the only thing I wanted to add because we, um, talked about the comprehensive plan a little bit earlier when we were talking with Mark, um, our next meeting for the comprehensive plan is the 17th and we are going to hopefully have a finalized list of strategies that we're going to look to um, start incorporating into like drafts. So I think that's the next phase of this comprehensive drafting this sucker. So, um so that is that is soon. Um the um one other thing, um I attended an Eagle Scout Court of Honor for Nathan Gerven on the 23rd.
Um it was a really special it was actually a really special court of honor for me. I've known Nathan, oh my goodness, for at least a decade. Wow. um he grew up with my son and so I've seen him literally grow from a kid on the soccer field to this awesome kid who's going to Dartmouth in the fall. Like he's a he is a great kid. So um and the Gerloven family. Um we've known them for for a long time. So it was special to be a part of that. Um Nathan had built as his Eagle Scout project this recycling center over at Ashlin High School. um which I think is really cool because um you know the high school really didn't have anything like that and so he worked with our sustainability coordinator and he worked with um the school committee and trying to get that project through and um then was able to finally get like the stamp of approval to get it get it um put together in the fall.
So, um kudos to to Nathan and um you know, just you know, I'm always impressed with our um Troop 232. I mean, they really do some amazing things. I talked a little bit about legacy and you start thinking about um the legacy that that that troop has left on on our community. And you think about it every time you go to the town forest and you walk across a bridge that they built or you go to the Warren School and they had painted all those classrooms. Um there was a bench and some work done at Stone Park for Tommy King's um Eagle Scout project and then obviously like Nathan and so these last forever. These changes are like the impact that these kids and and the community that they build is is so impressive. So, um we're lucky to have such a great great um group of scout masters and um and kids that are just, you know, wanting to to um serve our community.
So, just thank you to Nathan and um I don't know for sure, but I believe I've been told that our troop 232 here in Ashland has one of the highest percentage of boys that become Eagle Scouts. That's absolutely correct. In the state, I believe so. I at le I've heard that a few times and with the number of Eagle Scouts now I have to say that we haven't heard about all of them as often with since Merl's passing. I mean she would keep us really informed. Um so Claudia when you were like you didn't know about this one. I think you knew because you know the family. Yeah, that's what I Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So um but the number of of Eagle Scout ceremonies that we have been able to participate. I know John Joe has done quite a few of them. I've done a few early on, but um I don't know, maybe we can make a connection with the troop again to make sure we hear about more of them.