2026-03-13 Mohave County, AZ YouTube / BCSD Board transcript source: youtube BCSD Board Meeting 03/12/2026 · passage 157
Would that be too late for you? Nope. So I come back. I could do if we do morning. Yeah, I could do So I'm sorry, Charlene. I wasn't listening. I could do Friday. You can do Friday. Friday morning. 8:00. 8:30. That would get you out of town, right? And you wouldn't. You'd still be in town. Uh I get back Thursday afternoon, leave Friday at noon again. So, yes, I will be in town until noon on Friday. Would you be willing to come over here and have a meeting? Or if you want to do Thursday evening evening because I can be back in town Thursday evening. No, not for me. Not with a three-hour time difference. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. You'll be back east. So, at 8:00 on Friday, that would still be an okay time for you, wouldn't it? Yeah. I can step out of training.
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2026-03-13 Middlesex County, MA YouTube / WACA-TV Ashland transcript source: youtube Planning Board (March 12th, 2026) · passage 157
Um so um they talked about they made a comment. This is on page 18. Um couple things on page 18. Um first of all they they looked at a possible zone for redevelopment was uh was Ashlin Lumber. And I said, and I think someone from select board must have said the same thing because there was language there that I didn't come up with, but it was a note that's saying, "Hey, this is an important local business. This is the only one we have in Ashland. That's a lumber. It's it's a hardware store. It's a lumber yard. We don't have another one." And looking at that for as a as a hey, this would be a great place for redevelopment is really taking something that we kind of use, right? So what why is that thing? >> It's funny. >> So I just don't think they were familiar with it like knowing every person in town.
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2026-03-13 Mohave County, AZ YouTube / BCSD Board transcript source: youtube BCSD Board Meeting 03/12/2026 · passage 158
That's not a problem. 12:00 in the morning. That's not good. Hm. Oh, no. You guys are the It would be you guys that would be up early. Yeah. Yeah. It should be a fairly short meeting. Yeah. Whatever you guys decide on on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, I can probably muster and I can provide you with some more detailed information about u uh I can provide you with some more detailed information. Okay. So Friday. Okay. For instance, which of these positions are currently vacant? Yes. That would be good for you to know which positions are currently vacant. Yeah. And which ones can move to another position might be helpful as well. Yeah. Um Okay, Cassie. So, is it a motion to table or is it a motion? It's a motion to table until Friday at 8:30 in the morning or 8 o'clock in the morning. Well, you can say until your next meeting and then you deal with your meeting at the end.
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2026-03-13 Middlesex County, MA YouTube / WACA-TV Ashland transcript source: youtube Planning Board (March 12th, 2026) · passage 158
>> So um >> for a consultant to come in and be like >> well I think it looks like a lot of open space maybe you know. So anyway I think that's I think that's probably coming out because like I said someone >> I say we have too many coffee shops. Let's tank one of those down. >> True. Um, so someone I think on select board commented the same thing. >> Um, >> I'm with you. I'm with you, Anna. Don't take the coffee shops down. >> No, I was saying if we're going to remove something that we have too too much of, that's one thing. >> I do I do have a question about the the list of these possible sites. Has anybody reached out to these business owners to let them know they've been put on these lists? >> I I I don't know, but it's not really about that.
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2026-03-13 Mohave County, AZ YouTube / BCSD Board transcript source: youtube BCSD Board Meeting 03/12/2026 · passage 159
All right, Madam President, I make a motion that we table this measure until uh our next meeting. Do I have a second? I second it. All those in favor? I'm Melinda Sabroski. I Fred Rushton. I Charlene Diaz. I Barb Zerziki. I Sheila Bernett. Okay. Is it 8 or 8:30? No, they haven't set it yet. We haven't set a time yet. They haven't set a time. Um, would it be appropriate to set the time right now? Yeah. Later when you're doing future meetings. Yeah. Okay. Thank you guys. I I really feel better about that. Thank you. So, what time are we doing this? And we can always just hope that somebody in the community has a free million bucks that they would like to supply to us. We'll see what happens. Never know. She's got to wait until the future meetings. Wait till the future meetings on the agenda.
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2026-03-13 Middlesex County, MA YouTube / WACA-TV Ashland transcript source: youtube Planning Board (March 12th, 2026) · passage 159
It's like it's like and the MBTA zoning like we didn't reach out to those properties and tell them that we were going to put them on zoning. We decided because it was the best for the town. >> I I just wonder like you know Rick over at Ashlin Lumber finds out his property's on this report and is not aware of it. He's going to be quite aggravated that nobody reached out to >> it could but there it's not associated with any zoning. It's it's private property. It doesn't, >> you know, he might be like, "Great, maybe I can sell for a lot." You know, I don't know, right? >> I don't know. >> I think he knows that. >> But um Okay, >> another note I made was that um within this report, they had talked about the photo photovoltaic installation overlay district. >> Um and it's it always said which prohibits residential uses and I'm like that doesn't make sense.
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2026-03-13 Mohave County, AZ YouTube / BCSD Board transcript source: youtube BCSD Board Meeting 03/12/2026 · passage 160
Future meetings on the agenda and then she sets the time. Is this um Okay, we're at 6.7. I have my calendar open. Which one of these is your the last one? And you can table it if you want. Can we table that? Yes, you can. The second one is Well, except in our in our Oh, no. Is it law that has to be I didn't check that. Okay. Let's do let's do um 6.7. Okay. And then we can consider the other. We when we come back out when we come back next month. No, no. When we come back out the second executive session. All right. Okay. Because it's getting this one we have to do. I know. And this one we have to do. Okay. Item 6.7 convenient to executive session to discuss a personnel matter pursuant to ARS 38431.03A1. Discussion or consideration of employment, assignment, appointment, promotion, demotion, dismissal, salaries, disciplining or resignation of a public officer, appointee or employee of any public body except that with the exception of salary discussions, an officer, appointee, or employee may demand that the discussion or consideration occur in a public meeting.
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2026-03-13 Middlesex County, MA YouTube / WACA-TV Ashland transcript source: youtube Planning Board (March 12th, 2026) · passage 160
So, they they took that out because that doesn't have anything to do with residential uses or non-residential uses. Um, a lot of different properties. This thing, this thing they did not change yet. This is the green box or blue on page 22. It could be they could be slightly off because they remember they changed all those page numbers. >> I think you are further down. Yeah. >> Right there. >> In the second line at the end of the second line they say associated with former school property and I don't know what that's about. >> So remember I asked that question >> the Valentine's tape. It just talks about feasibility studies. >> Well, because I asked like where where do you actually like is any of this even feasible? And they're like, well, a lot of towns do this where they give up like old school buildings and they give it away for free so that the developer can come in because I was saying how do you make it affordable or how does the builder become, you know, they're not going to build it if they lose money, right?
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2026-03-13 Mohave County, AZ YouTube / BCSD Board transcript source: youtube BCSD Board Meeting 03/12/2026 · passage 161
Do I have a motion to move into executive session? Mr. President, I move that we convene into executive session. Is there a second? Second. All those in favor? I Melinda Sabraski. I Fred Rushton. I Charlene Diaz. I Barb Zerziki. I Sheila Bernett. Okay. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. N. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Quick me up when it's over. When it's over, I need a motion to return to um regular session. Madame President, I move that we return to executive sess or I'm sorry, regular session. I'll second that motion. All those in favor? I Meinda Subski. I Fred Rushton. I Charlene Diaz. Hi, Barb Zarsiki. I Sheila Bernett. Item 8.2 action resulting from the consideration request for resignation of Nicole Hart. Madame President, I move that uh we accept the request for resignation from Miss Hart.
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2026-03-13 Middlesex County, MA YouTube / WACA-TV Ashland transcript source: youtube Planning Board (March 12th, 2026) · passage 161
So, how do you make it so they can still make money and trying to get them to affordable levels? and they said, "Well, sometimes towns can give the building or give the land and then that makes it obviously that lowers the price of the cost of it." Um, but we don't actually have any >> Yeah, this to give away from >> To me, this seems like a comment left over from a different statement. Like, I don't think we have any school property that like what former school property? >> Well, I I think they just meant it as an example, not as Ashland has one that's just sitting in >> Right. But it it doesn't make sense in the sentence. Anyway, I'm going to let them know. I think it I think it it's supposed to be taken out, but I don't um >> it's an example, but that's supposed to that's general conditions and it doesn't make sense in the context.
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2026-03-13 Mohave County, AZ YouTube / BCSD Board transcript source: youtube BCSD Board Meeting 03/12/2026 · passage 162
Is there a second? I second it. All those in favor? I Meinda Sabroski. I Fred Rushton. I Charlene Diaz. I Barb Zerziki. I Sheila Bernett. Madame President, point of order. Um uh for the next item um uh if you choose if you wanted to you could table this and uh until your April meeting. Till the April meeting you can. Yes. Okay. As long as the April meeting is before the 15th. I believe I believe it will be. It'll be on the 9th. I hope so. Yeah. It's the 9th. Yeah. Because Yeah. I get it. I I finally just I move that we uh table item 8.3 executive session actually it's 9.1 well no it's 8.3 and then is it okay don't Oh yeah because we'd be moving into executive session I make a motion and that we table 8.3 until our April meeting. All those in Whoops.
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2026-03-13 Middlesex County, MA YouTube / WACA-TV Ashland transcript source: youtube Planning Board (March 12th, 2026) · passage 162
So, >> you passed over the maps. Are they going to update those maps? They mentioned that updating them before. Um if you go up the next >> updates were you looking >> Can you go up again? Uh, sorry, one more. >> Yeah. So, like those pink Yeah. The purple and blue, those are not actually available. >> Yeah, they had no >> Seven Pine Street, the Oregon Road ones. Those are not actually available. >> Yeah, I assume they were just focusing on the text instead of the graphics because I noticed that in other graphics, too. Things >> were asked them to update those. Yeah, >> because we also they did confirm that that they would take those off. >> And then like I know like the one in the center of town, if you go down one more, you know that that big one in the center.
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2026-03-13 Mohave County, AZ YouTube / BCSD Board transcript source: youtube BCSD Board Meeting 03/12/2026 · passage 163
Second. All those in favor? I Meinda Sabraski. I Fred Rushton. I Charlene Andas. I repres Bernett. Thank you, Carolyn. And it's really through 10.1. So it's 8.3 through 10 through 10.1. Yeah. But that's okay. If you do 8.3, you've got it covered. Either way, it's.3 is good. Um, so we're moving on to 11.1 future topics. I think we've got a lot of enough of future topics. Yeah. Yeah, there's a lot. Got enough to talk about. Yeah. Anybody have any future topics? Not right now. Okay. 11.2 upcoming board events. Kindergarten registration expo. Are we going to be produc in the expo? Absolutely. Okay. April 9th is the next governing board meeting. Okay. Retiring PIO officer over the Is there anything on here that we should be aware of to actually attend that you'd like to see us? See if any of the chamber mixers or ribbon cutings or the annual winter visitors expo.
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2026-03-13 Middlesex County, MA YouTube / WACA-TV Ashland transcript source: youtube Planning Board (March 12th, 2026) · passage 163
Yes. That's like the end piece is where they do the um the farmers market, but the rest of that is the parking lot around the Needm Bank. So it's not like you can really throw up some affordable housing in a Needm Bank parking lot. Um I well at least I don't think so. But I don't know. >> Yeah. >> Little tiny >> but that I know that that piece was that was purchased by the CPC, right? That was for under affordable housing thing. >> Yeah. So I mean it is possible that housing would go there at some point >> on top of what? >> On top of the bank. >> No, on on the other end of it >> the bank is zeroed out. You can you can still have the bank there. It's good. You can just go all the way around the bank.
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2026-03-13 Mohave County, AZ YouTube / BCSD Board transcript source: youtube BCSD Board Meeting 03/12/2026 · passage 164
We're not going to have a a table or a booth. We haven't for a couple of years, but if anybody wants to go and smoo and just spend any time and get any ideas, you're certainly more than welcome to do that. There's no admission. Um, it's back at the chamber auditorium after a few years at the fieldhouse and a few years at Mojave. Um, so it's relatively convenient. um kids expo um in a couple of weekends um big Kuanas event. We will have three tables there. You're certainly all welcome to come and take a look not only at what we are going to be doing but what other community organizations are going to be doing as well. Um trying to think I would love to be there but I can't. I already have my own booth can't be there. And of course the U although it doesn't directly involve us um the U community um forms for the MCC uh presidential candidates I think will be good for anybody who's interested in in education in this community.
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2026-03-13 Middlesex County, MA YouTube / WACA-TV Ashland transcript source: youtube Planning Board (March 12th, 2026) · passage 164
No more drag. >> So, what's page 27 for me, which is several pages after for you because I'm not sure. So, some of that read like I don't know. I didn't do that. I don't know. Okay. Someone >> Yeah. So that but that paragraph is talking about like just different ways to support home ownership or um >> so it must have come from select board >> but easy to read through for >> I mean look that changed where I said it's oh sorry go ahead >> um I'm looking for number 12 on that chart. Yeah. So, that was my look at number 12 and originally it said responsible entity planning board and I'm like I don't think we do that, you know. >> Oh, we don't do outreach. Yeah, probably not. >> Um and then especially this kind of outreach. >> Yeah, that's what I mean for >> and and now they've put planning board in into a supporting entity and I still don't think we do that.
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2026-03-13 Mohave County, AZ YouTube / BCSD Board transcript source: youtube BCSD Board Meeting 03/12/2026 · passage 165
I already plan on being being there on the 24th, I believe it is. As do I. What What day is this? It's two days. There are four candidates. And so there are four times that they're meeting one time with each of the four candidates. It's either Wednesday and Thursday or Tuesday and Wednesday, right? And like 11:00 to 11:45 and then like four to four to four. Yeah. 26th and 27th of Oh, nope. Sorry. That's not right. I have. When is it, Lance? I've got it. I just literally I do, too. It's on my calendar. The 25th. So, I think it must be the 24th and 25th. I'm pretty sure that's what it was. Tuesday and Wednesday. Yeah. 24th and 25th. Yeah. And you don't even have them on here of March or April. March. March. Yeah. And they're going to all three campuses is my understanding.
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2026-03-13 Middlesex County, MA YouTube / WACA-TV Ashland transcript source: youtube Planning Board (March 12th, 2026) · passage 165
>> I don't think that is planning board. I don't think we talk about those things. Like we do outreach but not about those not about seniors aging in the community. That's not what >> Yeah, that's seems like maybe. >> So I think yes. So I think planning board should come off of that entirely. It just doesn't fit what we do. Um let's see. While you're scrolling, I mean, technically, we could vote to approve this tonight with a couple of changes as our as our vote, right? Yeah. And that can then go to where? To the select board, right? >> We actually vote and then the select board will vote on >> Yeah. I mean, so far clarifying without taking out the gallons, getting rid of that school word and removing the planning board. These seem really straightforward. >> I thought they were pretty, you know.
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2026-03-13 Mohave County, AZ YouTube / BCSD Board transcript source: youtube BCSD Board Meeting 03/12/2026 · passage 166
You have the interviews and deliberations on the 26th and 27th. I have Yeah, those I have those down just because it's governing board. It's on the 24th and 25th for the public four pe the four candidates. Two on on the 24th and two on the 25th. Okay. I can't make it. Okay. Okay. Well, thank you, Lance. Thank you for your service. Yes. We're going to miss you. Well, we're putting a collar on him that zaps when he hits the uh city limit sign. So, he can't leave the city like the dog collar. He's only going to have We need to decide about a time on Yeah. Friday. So, Lance has to get a thing out, right? Um the next regular board meeting is on April 9th, 2026 and uh doors will open at 5. We have a a workshop at 5:30. Regular meetings at 6:00 p.m.
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2026-03-13 Middlesex County, MA YouTube / WACA-TV Ashland transcript source: youtube Planning Board (March 12th, 2026) · passage 166
Yeah. >> Um >> Yeah. And one of Okay, my next one is on page 39. It's Well, it's like it's that one. All I said all I said on that one is like you don't have a key, which they didn't at the time. So, they added a key. That was nice. >> That is nice. >> Um Let's see. So again, oh, so on the bottom of these graphs, see which one? I'm on page 41, which means you must be I'm on this graph. But my question again was do any of these numbers. I think it they talked about scenario two assuming approval for the three ongoing proposals, right? and they talk about different numbers of units and I said, "Do any of these numbers take into account the planning board approved project for 120 units at 100 105 sorry no 501 H Street or the 29 units at 9 to49 Homer like they're only including they always seem to be including 40Bs but they're not including projects that we actually approved.
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