Thank you so much on behalf of wind companies. We're very grateful for the work of the team to get us to be able to come before you tonight to hear this uh these changes and we're certainly grateful to the uh planning board for hearing the petitions and obviously your favorable vote and we look forward very much to working with you and in the town to see this project come to fruition. We're excited excited to be in Asheville. It's a wonderful community. We look forward to being part of it. We're going to be a good corporate citizen as well. So great expect to see us around. Thank you. Thanks for the information. Thank you very much. Okay. Oh, there she is. All right. So, we will go back to item four on our agenda, which is the public hearings. Um, and these are four um three bylaws that are on the warrant for um May 7th or May 7th.
Um, anyone have any questions or comments about this? Do we need to state the amount of the bid? We did that. I can't remember if we normally do that. Don't know. Okay. Yeah. Would you like to amend your motion to include the lines figure of $33,745? Was that you okay with that? Yes. $33,7 with the figure we discussed earlier. Okay. Thank you. Um, anyone else have questions or comments? All those in favor, please say I. I.
Thank you. [Applause] My number is Susanna Burgos Latin Control Cancer. My name is um Susanna Burgos and I I work with Latinas Against Cancer. Latinos Contact Cancer. I'm here to talk as a mother and a grandmother of our community in Mayfair. I want to express my support to preserve the Moxa building. As a parent, I enjoyed the space. I had the privilege to have that space where my children and I could run in their fields and in their spaces. We had a gym, karate classes, dance classes. I'm saddened to see that space with such a huge [Music] potential. I would like to see someday my grandkids enjoy this space. So they could be develop their leadership skills. Um it would be helpful for them to have those art classes, music classes. It would help them mental health. Please consider this space so our youth can continue.
Three minutes. Got it. Okay. graduation. Yep. Yep. Oh, yeah. What do you mean? Never mind. Okay. Yes. Do you guys need water? Water. All right. Anyone still need more time? Okay. Okay. I'm gonna introduce you. Sorry. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I got you. I'll introduce you right now. Okay. So again, we're not perfect. Technical difficulties. Thank you guys for being patient. We appreciate it. Okay. So now it's my distinct pleasure to call up to the podium here our director of learning and development, Dr. Sema Sudu, to continue our our uh journey here with our LCAP season. Let me get you to your right page. Dr. Sidu got it. You got it. I have a new uh found uh respect for for like religious clergy, pastors, priests. When they're up there, they know what page to go to exactly. I'm over here fumbling through pages and like where are we supposed to be?
Let's just be careful about that. That's that's all. Commissioner Graham, you're muted, Chris. Sorry. Council member Cornell, I don't know what ecological benefit comes from building densely densy dense housing, especially if there are not there are not controls written into the code to make sure that development you're talking about increases biodiversity and protects old trees. protects native forest fragments. The the ecological benefit of having them goes uh I'm uh let's talk about a project on Lincoln in North Burns Park where the zoning already has been changed. Uh an old house that needed work was torn down. It had trees on the property. The property is completely clearcut down to bare soil. In that neighborhood, the traditional zoning allowed a duplex to replace a single family house. And because the zoning had been changed, there was a duplex put on the front half of the property and a duplex put right behind it on the back half of the property.
Any discussion? All those in favor 70. Next, we'll move down under support staff. We have a permission to post. Would you like me to read it? Um, permission to post one kitchen manager position, please, for the summer food program. I have a motion by Travis. Do I have a second? Second. Second by Pat.
Um, so what we're going to do tonight, this is a public hearing for all three of those bylaws. Um, one is uh section 7.6 accessory dwelling units or ADUs. section 8.1 blood plane overlay district and section 9.4.3 9.4.5.3 um which is just a small change in our review process. Um so I think we'll just we'll take them in in that order. Um um madam chair do we with public hearing has been tradition we read that? Do we have to just I guess just for the record yet to I think we usually read I don't know that we need to but I'm just for the um like the legal ad that was posted legal ad I will read the legal ad unless you want to I'll read it. Um, so the legal ad, uh, 2025 town meeting zoning articles. In accordance with the provisions of Mass General Law, chapter 4A, section 5, the Ashlin Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Thursday, April 24th, 2025 at 17 7:15 p.m.
Any opposed or abstaining? All right. On to the computers. Could we have a motion, please, to approve the bid waiver to award CDW the bid for the 84 computers and 20 monitors for the amount of $86,500. I think that changed, but it's $94,350. Sorry, that was I think Monica got a late late afternoon transferring. We're okay with the transfer. There's money for the transfer. Crystal said we didn't need to make any more transfer. We just need to okay to do this for the bid. Okay. So, we don't need to transfer more money, but um I'll just reate that. We have a motion to approve the bid waiver to award CDW the bid for the 84 computers and 20 monitors in the amount of $94,350. Make a motion. Second.
continue. Thank you for your excellent work. Thank you. [Applause] Good evening. My name is Olivia Ortiz. Um I'm not going to repeat what people said. I think they I agree with everything they said, but one thing that I'm sure and I really truly believe in my heart that Maxa was great back then, but I know that we can make it better. We can make it greater for our kids. Our kids need a space where they can, you know, have time after school. They can have programs. But most important thing is that we need time. We need time so we can figure out we can do a great job. We can't do this in just in a certain amount of time. So please give us more time. Give, you know, uh, the collective and the articulture more time to figure this out. I know we can do it and it's going to be great.
Oh my gosh. Okay, you're good. You got it. Dr. Sidoo, everyone. Thank you, Mr. Seldear. Okay, at this point in our meeting, we're going to take a moment to spotlight the voices that truly bring the LCAP to life, our students and our families. One of the most powerful aspects of the ELCAP process is that it is not just written for our community, but it's written with our community. Thank you. It's about your voice and the partnership that we have together. It's about making sure that the programs and supports, the services we invest in are actually felt and experienced by those we serve. Our first speaker is one of our own AUHS parents who has been an active participant in the LCAP engagement process. Her voice reflects so many families in our district who have shared ideas, who have asked the important questions and reminded us of what matters most.
No trees were planted. um almost no parking. There was some in the back. Whether it was enough for the tenants in that property, I don't know. But that's exactly what I'm talking about. There could be big buildings on my property and no trees anymore. I This is not going to take 20 years to play out. It's starting already. And I'm just asking if you mean what you say that you think there's no problem then let's write into code the ability control based on natural features side by side. Thank you Commissioner Dale. Um yeah I think uh well I I I agree with Jen too. I mean from like I have a urban planning background and have lots of uh there's lots of stuff out there that says the best you can do environmentally is live close to where you work and in as smallest space as possible right um and so yeah I'm you know absolutely but I think that I think that that is even more why having some sort of being able to have metrics for biodiversity is important because not all green space is created equal and not all tree stands are created a equal.
Any discussion? All those in favor? 70. Also asking permission, please, to post up to four cook positions for the summer food program. Motion by Earl. I have a second. Second by Chelsea.
on propo proposed amendments to the Ashlin zoning bylaws. Changes are being proposed to one, comply with updates in the FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency watershed maps and NFIP, National Flood Insurance Program. Two, update the current ADU accessory dwelling unit bylaw to meet the new state regulations as per the Massachusetts section 8 of chapter 150 of the acts of 2024. And three, to update the language of section 9.4.5.3 4.5.3 of the Ashlin bylaws which is the procedure for site plan review and design plan review to have a consistent filing and application process within the planning department. Hopefully everyone understood that this hearing will be held in person in Ashlin Town Hall in the select board hearing room second floor and remote participation is available via Zoom video conferencing platform. To join this meeting via Zoom, please see the planning board agenda. The proposed zoning amendments will be to the following sections of the Ashen zoning bylaws under chapter 282.
Uh does anyone have any questions about this? Why why did the bed go up? Monica, I think you better. What's up? It's It's a price increase and we're making as much as immediately as we can to avoid any further price increases. Yeah. It's just I mean it's in Yeah. It's been all over the place even today. And the other two Yeah. And the other two vendors um and I think part of it's partially what companies are doing. The other two vendors haven't even been able to commit to a price break. We've been asking since late February. Could we go back even after today to see if their price will change just because I'd be very nervous that it's going to go up. The original expectation is we were told to expect a possible increase of up to 30%. Um and this is not anywhere near that yet.
It's a it's going to be a great place. So, I also want to thank you guys for giving the time today to speak all of the members and the community members and parents. I appreciate that a lot and hopefully, you know, we can keep this competition going. It's really important for my son goes to Renaiss Madson and it breaks my heart whether to have a a place to practice for sports cuz it's raining, it's hot and it's it's hard for them. Thank you. Thank you. Hello. Hello, how are you? My name is Mendoza. I'm here with Amigos Gual Lupes onto your empowerment and this is a collective. Uh what we asking here today, I'm not going to repeat it again and stuff, but we asking for a little bit more time. You guys been doing the right thing for a long time. Keep doing the right thing by our families.
Mrs. Jenkovich is a former Walker Junior High School and current Kennedy High School parent. Please join me in welcoming Mrs. Jenovich. Wow, look at all of us. Participating in the AUHSD LCAP process was amazing. I hadn't done it before this year in this district. And when I did it 15 years ago, it was much different, much smaller. This was a massive labor, but as a participant, I never felt overwhelmed. I could see how the sequence of meetings was connected. But I was surprised and impressed by how much we did and how quickly we moved through. We had one meeting to look at data, one meeting to notice what went what what is going well and what might need fine-tuning, and then one meeting to create priorities and actions. In a couple of instances, I wasn't quite sure what I was supposed to be doing, but the group helped each other.
You know what I mean? There there's you to to pick and choose um what areas to focus on or how to even just build on a site, you know, um to to avoid certain species. It's it should be part I know it is part of the consideration, but it's not codified to the degree that I think that that we're hoping it could be. And in order to do that, you need the biodiversity metrics um to to to be have a more informed decision to sort of just understand what those trade-offs are. Um so I I just I think that that's I don't think we're talking that different of a language, you know, for for any of this. I think for me, part of it is just having having more explicitly calling for that information to be part of the decision-m process. Commissioner Murski I I would posit that uh within the biodiversity committee as well as in the commission as well as in the city there's a range of uh opinions and thoughts on these matters.
Any discussion? All those in favor. And then one more, please. I'm asking approval for the following individuals to be employed um at JCHS as custodians. Um Mil Phillips as a JCHS custodian and Andrew Oh, I'm going to need help with this one. Um boy, boy, thank you very much. Thank you. I need that. Um as a JCO custodian, but it would also include the groundskeeper position. Entertain a motion to approve those two recommendations. Motion by Pat. I have a second. Second by Cheryl.
And actually just read them, but I'll read them again. A section 7.6 accessory dwelling unit ADU section or number letter B section 8.1 floodplane Overlay district FPOD. C section 9.4.5.3 procedures for site plan review and design plan review. Okay. So again, the first one of those we are going to look at is the um accessory dwelling unit. So um briefly the um um the state and I don't remember at what the date was um but uh the state in the in the last year u passed regulation that allows um ADU accessory dwelling units in all uh communities um or single family zone in single family zoning districts. Yes. Right. So, what this does what this bylaw does is simply bring our bylaw where we did we did have a a bylaw for accessory dwelling units. Um but to bring that up to the size required by the state and also make sure that it allows um the accessory dwelling unit to be available basically as a rental unit.
Yes, it just it's it's interesting. It's a it's a large item for us. Um very uncertain times, but at the same time, I'd like to give it some time to shake out. Um yeah, I mean that's a very fluctuating situation. Correct. I mean most of the tariffs were put on pause. So yeah, unless they come from China then are Yeah. Wish I could control that. It's a $7,800 difference. Yeah. Currently. and we have to commit to the full amount right now. Um, if we could break it up, but I don't think it's going to result in much greater change. I don't see anyone cutting your phrasing right now. Correct. Right now. Right now. So, we're going to be looking to move if you if we immediately. And if prices do go down, then too bad for us because they go up. I mean like I just I'm have my roof done for instance and like we got fear-mongered and now we just like have all these shingles sitting in our driveway but they're going to be there for a month because we have we have our chimney roof on like but now it wasn't a thing but they went up anyway and they're not going to come down I guess.