Board of Aldermen Page 17
May 10, 2016
we are a very invested group of neighbors and citizens are really concerned about quality of life, quality of our
properties and how we move forward based on a history. Linda Panny in the planning office was very helpful
in pulling minutes from a Board meeting back in 1987 that stated the property owners abutting the property at
that time had risen as well. Thank you for your time.
President McCarthy
| would just like to make sure that all of you understand that subdivisions are actually the purview of the
planning board and not this board. | did have an opportunity to go out and take a look at that property. | would
encourage you to carefully think about what you are going to say at the planning board, bring up the things that
were brought up the last time that apparently a subdivision was proposed there.
REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Alderman Dowd
Last night | attended the Board of Education meeting. Just a couple of points. They did pass capital reserve
requests which will be coming to this board for approval. That’s to address some of the issues they have with
some of the schools and most critically the Mount Pleasant Street School with the excessive heat you’ve heard
mentioned a number of times. | think it was on the front page of the Telegraph today. That bill will be coming
to us shortly. There is no action whatsoever on the part of the Board of Education to close any school. They
have four open classrooms in the entire district. Those four are being used for other services. Closing a
school is not even an option. Also they had some funds to redo the planetarium and update the software, put
in seats. | believe the rededication is the 25 of May. I’m not sure of the time. | will try to find the exact
information and get it out to the Board.
Alderman Siegel
I’d like to thank the members of the Senior Center and their Board for putting the Fire & Fusion dinner together.
It was very successful and an enjoyable fundraiser. | think a whole bunch of us were there. Thanks to
Alderman Caron, who did a lot of work on that? The other thing is | was asked by a letter carrier to remind
everybody that this Saturday, the second Saturday in May, as in every May, you can put out a box of
nonperishable foods or a can of nonperishable food by your mailbox prior to when your mail is picked up and it
will be distributed to a food bank in the area. So help them out this Saturday.
Alderman Schoneman
Mr. Gallagher from the Conservation Commission was in and spoke earlier tonight. He reminded me, and all
of us, | guess, of the trails opening event which is May 14 at 10:00 a.m. down at the Southwest Trails Park.
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja
| would just like to remind everyone that this Thursday evening from 6:00 — 8:00 p.m. at Nimco will be the
kickoff for the Sculptures Symposium. This year the sculptures are from India, Greece and Lithuania.
Alderman LeBrun
Alderman Dowd, | believe you scheduled a meeting for May 23. That is also the evening of the County
Delegation which myself and Alderman O’Brien would be mandatory that we attend that. Could that possibly
be changed?
