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City of Groton, Connecticut municipal meeting: Committee of the Whole - August 30, 2021. Click the link below to view the agenda.
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B
Please
call
the
roll
thank
you
present.
We
have
mayor
keith,
hedrick,
deputy
mayor
guenevera
depot
counselor
lisa
mccabe
councillor
christine
piazza
councillor,
stephen
sheffield,
finance,
director
ron,
yuhas
city
clerk,
megan,
peters
and
excuse
tonight
is
councillor
rashad
carter
and
councillor
paul
norris.
A
D
C
This
project's
been
probably
about
two
years
in
the
works
we
have
finally
gotten
through
dot
approval
and
then
subsequently,
we
needed
the
connecticut
commission
on
human
rights
to
provide
their
approval
for
the
contractor.
So
we
have
received
both
of
those
approvals.
So
what
we're
asking
of
you
is
to
approve
the
contract
with
b
w
paving.
C
C
C
The
city
will
be
responsible
for
about
thirteen
hundred
dollars
on
that
project,
since
there
were
some
additional
what
they
call
non-participating
items
that
the
city
will
be
responsible
for
paying.
So
out
of
the
two
point,
two
million
dollar
project.
We
will
only
be
responsible
for
about
thirteen
hundred
dollars.
E
C
So
we
don't
have
an
anticipated
start
date,
yet
one
of
the
things
that
we'll
have
to
do
is
once
we
get
through
this
approval
process.
We
will
start
the
conversation
with
the
contractor
and
getting
all
of
those
documents
and
getting
the
contract
signed.
Ultimately,
we
would
have
hoped
to
have
been
under
contract
earlier
this
summer.
It
just
timing,
it
didn't
work
out
that
way.
I
would
hope
by
the
end
of
september
we
could
at
least
have
shovel
in
the
ground
and
have
a
timeline
for
what
we're
able
to
get
done
for
for
the
fall
season.
C
E
And
have
we
talked
to
all
the
businesses
on
that
road
like?
Are
we
going
to
put
up
additional
signage
for
them
so
that
we
can
say
like
parking
for
buford's
here
or
it's
the
first
one
that
comes
to
mind,
but
because
there's
several
businesses
on
that
road,
like
when
I
go
to
buffers
I
park
on
the
street,
so
where
you
know
people
are
going
to
have
to
find
places
to
park?
Do
we
plan
on
helping
them
with
that
or
just
saying
this
is
when
the
problem's
going
to
be
good
luck.
C
I
mean
I
I
don't
know
so
much
that
we're
able
to
help
in
terms
of
where
people
can
park.
We
have
been
in
communication
with,
with
all
of
the
businesses
multiple
times
I've.
You
know,
I've
walked
in
I've
knocked
on
doors.
We
have
actually
mailed
a
letter
to
everyone
who
lives
within
the
construction
area.
I
believe
just
about
two
months
ago,
letting
them
know
that
we
are
hoping
and
anticipating
that
this
project
would
start
sometime
this
fall.
C
What
that
means,
I
don't
know
yet
we'll
have
to
have
that
conversation
once
we've.
You
know.
Once
we
get
into
discussions
with
the
contractor,
then
we
can
kind
of
work
out
some
of
those
details,
but
there
is
a
provision
specifically
in
the
contract
for
for
the
businesses
to
ensure
that
they're
they're,
open
and
accessible
okay.
C
So
that's
one
of
the
things
that
will
work
out
with
the
contractor.
Once
we
have
the
the
contract
signed,
we'll
have
a
pre-construction
meeting
because
of
timing
going
into
this
construction
season.
I'm
not
really
sure
how
that's
going
to
work
out
this
fall.
I
mean,
I
think
what
we
had
hoped
initially
was
that
they
would
do
sidewalks
and
drainage
dirt
down
the
entire
length
of
the
project.
C
Then
come
back
potentially
in
the
spring
and
do
you
know
any
remaining
drink
drainage,
catch
basin,
work
and
then
the
the
paving
but
again
because
we're
in
a
shortened
season.
Now,
I'm
not
100
sure
how
how
that's
going
to
play
out
but
that'll
be
absolutely
be
a
discussion
with
our
in
our
first
meeting
with
the
contractor.
C
C
So
the
project
begins
in
five
corners.
It
actually
encompasses
the
five
corners
intersection,
so
it
will
go
slightly
into
each
of
the
surrounding
roadways
and
then
we'll
stop
just
prior
to
the
rainville
intersection,
so
not
to
affect
the
the
state
traffic
loops
for
for
the
traffic
lights.
Okay,
thank
you.
A
A
H
Thank
you
maker.
Thank
you,
mayor
and
council.
This
resolution
comes
to
us
for
the
body
cameras,
our
exxon.
This
is
our
actual
third
payment,
installment
that
we
have
budgeted
in
our
budget
already
for
a
total
of
nineteen
thousand
three
hundred
and
fifty
six
dollars
zero
cents.
This
is
a
axon
is
a
sole
source
provider
for
our
body
cameras,
and
this
is
our
annual
payment
for
software
and
equipment.
E
H
A
I
A
H
G
H
G
H
G
H
B
I
A
I
A
J
J
J
Groton
utilities
had
in
their
budget
six
thousand
dollars
for
the
fall
festival.
This
is
an
event
that
is
replacing
the
fall
festival
for
the
groton
or
for
the
greater
mystic
chamber
of
commerce.
The
rest
of
this
budget
will
be
paid
by
sponsors
of
the
event,
and
then
any
proceeds
of
the
event
will
be
going
to
the
greater
mystic
chamber
of
commerce,
so
the
city
itself
is
not
using
tax
dollars.
For
this
event,
at
all.
J
E
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
the
breakdown,
because
I
think
this
is
exactly
what
we
were
looking
for
and
it's
nice
to
know
that
the
sponsorship
is
going
to
pay
for
it,
because
I
know
a
lot
of
you
see
a
lot
of
events
in
different
cities
and
they're
like
oh,
we
need
to
be
reimbursed
for,
like
the
police
is
a
big
fee,
because
it
costs
us
a
lot
of
money
to
have
our
police
monitoring,
especially
for
overtime.
So
thank
you.
E
A
F
F
So
what
we
did
working
with
the
mayor
and
with
jill
is
we
kind
of
group
the
different
buckets
per
se.
We're
going
to
keep
this
very
high
level,
not
go
into
details
as
to
certain
organizations
or
anything
like
that,
but
just
kind
of
the
general
thought
process
of
where,
where
the
council
is
and
what
means
the
most
to
them.
As
far
as
these
buckets
go,
so
jill
just
did
handed
out
a
sheet.
B
J
F
Don't
have
the
one
in
front
of
me,
steel,
I
think
that's
it!
You
can
have
this.
I
can
put
it
back
on
okay,
so
we
put
it
into
different
buckets
and
what
we
want
from
the
council
is
to
rank
the
bucket
five
being
your
highest
priority,
one
being
your
lowest,
but
you
only
can
use
the
numbers
once
so
there's
going
to
be
empty
lines.
So
that
way
you
don't,
we
don't
want
fives
in
all
of
them
or
ones
in
all
of
them,
or
so
it's
kind
of
to
just
get
an
idea
of
the
council.
F
So
there's
going
to
be
the
resident
piece
of
it,
there's
going
to
be
the
small
businesses,
the
non-profits,
slash
social
social
services,
and
then
we
split
that
up
to
municipal
social
services
as
well
that
be
something
with
the
town
or
a
program
that
we
did
internally
as
opposed
to
a
non-profit
or
outside
organization.
Doing
it,
then
we
have
tourism
travel
hospitality,
which
would
be
like
an
edc
parks
and
rec
program.
Slash
infrastructure
lost
government
services
due
to
reduction
in
revenue,
which
we
didn't
really
have
a
lot
here
in
the
city.
There
was
no
real.
F
The
conversation
to
keep
it
very
high
level,
what
we
just
don't
want
to
do
is
want
to
try
to
keep
it
high
level
and
not
get
down
into
the
weeds.
Quite
yet,
and
this
will
give
us
direction
because,
as
you
are
aware,
like
we
talked
about
the
last
meeting,
we
are
trying
to
form
a
plan,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
do
incorporate
what
the
council's
interests
are
into
that
plan.
F
So
what
we
want
to
do
is
take
a
couple
minutes
and
rank
the
different
categories,
and
you
have
the
numbers,
five
being
your
highest
priority,
one
being
your
lowest,
but
you
can
only
use
the
numbers
once
so
you're
going
to
have
some
some
buckets
that
won't
have
anything
in
it
and
then
we're
going
to
kind
of
group
it
together
to
see
where
the
council's
focuses
are.
And
again.
F
F
I
I
F
I
J
J
F
F
I
said
we
wanted
to
keep
it
very
high
level.
I
mean
we
do
want
to
have
a
little
bit
of
discussion
too.
We
don't
want
to
say
here's
your
survey,
here's
your
results,
let's
just
okay!
Now
we
have
our
direction,
but
it
does
appear
that
there
is.
It
does
give
us
a
definite
direction
of
to
where
the
focus
is
with
a
lot
of
the
council
being
very
consistent
with
with
their
with
their
selections.
F
G
F
G
E
Have
you
married
anybody?
I
I'm
I
don't
want
to
assume
that
you've
already
thought
of
this,
but
when
so,
when
the
projects
are
brought
to
us,
can
we
maybe
like
label
it
which
of
these
categories
it's
in,
which
I
know
might
seem
like
we
should
be
able
to
figure
that
out,
but
sometimes
it's
kind
of
nice
to
say.
Oh
yeah,
remember
you
guys
this
was
the
top
of
your
list.
This
was
the
most
important
thing
on
your
survey,
residential
whatever,
and
so
that
we
can
kind
of
see
when
we're
getting
them.
E
A
F
Prefaced
that,
even
even
though
the
highest
vote
getter
in
this
little
exercise,
that
may
not
be
where
the
most
funds
are
going
to
be
expended
either.
It's
just
to
make
sure
that
we
know
the
focus
of
where
the
council
wants
to
go
to
make
sure
we
incorporate
everything
and
if
especially,
if
there
is
something
with
the
zero.
But
there
is
a
great
plan
or
program
that
we
can
do
we're
obviously
going
to
look
into
it
and
try.
E
A
A
G
I
A
A
So,
when
you're
looking
at
the
residential
you're
talking
about
you
know,
would
we
do
loans?
Would
we
do
loans
for
small
businesses
and
those
kind
of
things
we
already
have
a,
not
a
loan,
sorry
grants
loans
are
a
challenge
and
we
don't
have
a
program
set
up
for
loans,
but
grants
for
residents
and
then
the
question
that
we're
asking
here
and
I'm
gonna
talk
to
john
about
how
they're
looking
to
do
it
is
how
do
you
qualify?
What
kind
of
forms
do
you
fill
out?
What
proof
do
you
need.
E
A
Is
your
priority
on
on
doing
that
on
using
those
on
using
those
funds?
So
that's
the
thing
behind
the
residential
and
then
you
also
have
the
businesses.
We
have
a
business
facade
program
that
we
could
also.
We
could
expand
that
one
you
could
add
to
that,
but
you
could
also
expand
that
using
criteria
that
hasn't
been
developed
yet,
but
using
criteria
to
determine
if
somebody
was
if
a
business
was
negatively
impacted
due
to
coven.
A
A
Well,
I'm
I'm
sure
it
is.
I
mean
this.
This
gets.
It
gets
complicated
for
this
council
because
we
do
not
have
our
own
social
services
right.
We
do
not
have
our
own
school
system.
We
do
not
have
there's
other
programs
that
we
do
not
have
that
the
town
provides
as
part
of
the
tax
base
based
on
the
funds
that
district
2
and
district
3
provide
to
the
town.
A
A
We
may
want
to
supplement
them
from
the
city
so
and
I'm
not
sure
where
the
council's
going
to
be
that
that's
going
to
be
a
discussion
that
you
guys
will
need
to
have
and
then
provide
guidance
on
where
we
want
to
go.
We're
going
to
come
to
you
with
some
programs,
the
the
brick
and
mortar
stuff's,
pretty
easy.
Once
we
find
our
projects
we're
going
to
come
to
you
with
a
brick
and
mortar
and
you'll
say
well,
you
know
you'll
get
the
details
on
that.
How
long
how
much?
What's
it
going
to
do?
A
What's
the
roi
those
kind
of
things
we
can
provide
that
to
you,
the
the
soft
things,
for
example,
the
social
services
is
harder,
and
so
you
know
it's
a
little
more
squishy
and
so
to
put
excuse
me
solid
values
on
that
is
difficult.
I
mean
you
know
you
may
decide
that
that
the
ambulance
services
need
some
extra
funds.
K
Just
one
thing
that
I
think
I
would
like
to
add
to
this
is
during
kobe,
we
know
that
it
created
a
lot
of
family
devastation
in
terms
of
social
engagement
and
also
with
wellness,
for
example,
folks
that
may
have
had
some
precondition
illnesses
or
those
that
may
have
got
coveted
and
trying
to
recover
long
haulers,
so
to
speak,
is
that
somewhere
in
this
plant
we
talk
about.
How
do
we
get
city
residents
to
socially
engage
again
with
themselves
their
neighborhood
and
outside,
as
well
as
their
fitness
levels,
dealing
with
wellness
type
issues.
F
E
A
To
a
couple,
so
the
parks
and
rec
part
of
it
could
be
one
additional
programming
that
we're
not
providing
now
or
expansion
of
programming
that
we
have,
and
it
could
also
be
an
expansion
of
physical
park
activities
because
we
have
parks
in
the
city
that
are
just
open
landscapes
for
walking
or
sitting
or
or
those
kind
of
things.
So
the
question
is:
do
you
want
to
put
something
on
those
you
know
a
playscape
or
something
like
that?
A
The
ms4
could
have
waited
until
later,
but
I
wanted
to
bring
that
to
you
as
a
type
of
project
that
fits
under
the
infrastructure,
so,
but
what
we
will
probably
do
at
this
point,
based
on
the
reaction
from
last
time,
is
that
we
may
bring
external
requests
to
you,
but
I
will
probably
not
bring
the
the
city
infrastructure
projects
to
you
until
I
have
a
list
of
them
and
have
them
all.
So
you
can
look
at
all
of
them
so
to
try
to
minimize
any
confusion
or
questions
or
anything
else.
Counselor
mccabe.
G
In
thinking
about
what
counselor
norris
just
said,
do
we
have
any
parks
and
rec
programs
for
adults
that
would
kind
of
bring
some
of
that?
You
know
getting
people
back
out
and
socializing
in
an
outdoor
environment,
some
sort
of
gatherings
or
walks
like
I
know
sierra
is
trying
to
get
the
walkability
to
get
groups
and
and
just
meet
once
a
week
or
something
like
that
that
might
bring
people
together
that
have
been
struggling.
A
A
Working
on
that
we've
had
the
concerts
in
the
park.
So
that's
one
thing:
we
have
the
farmer's
market
that
we
have
every
tuesday
so
that
helps.
I
can
talk
to
mary
to
see
if
she
has
any
adult
programming
scheduled
for
the
fall.
I
know
that
you
know
they're
having
an
outing
like
for
the
rockettes
or
whatever,
but
that's
not
those.
G
G
D
I
just
want
to
say
that,
with
these
items
here,
I've
done
a
few
phone
calls
that
representative
courtney
has
had,
and
so
it
seems
very
similar
amongst
all
the
towns.
All
the
I
mean
there's
thousands
of
calls
on
there,
but
some
you
know
where
they're
calling
from
some
you
don't,
but
a
large
amount
of
them
concerns
even
as
during
the
american
rescue
act.
D
If
he's
speaking
of
anything
about
covert
or
anything
outside,
there
always
seems
to
be
a
majority
of
the
calls
and
reference
to
things
that
the
residents
are
struggling
from
and
the
other
one
is
broadband
that
those
seem
to
be
the
really
two
top
things.
So
it's
nice
to
see
that
these
kind
of
hit
the
top
list.
So
it
obviously
is
trickling
all
through
the
different
towns
and
cities.
So
I
just
want
to
mention
that
seems
to
be
like
we're
right
on
target
with
that.
A
So
when
we
talk
about
broadband,
we've
already
started
talking
about
that
broadband
is
going
to
be
a
challenge,
because
where
do
you
take
broadband
because
the
municipality
doesn't
have
jurisdiction
in
private
locations
right?
So
we
can
take
it
into
public
locations,
for
example
the
beach
we've.
We
do
have
some
wi-fi
down
there
now
and
we
will
continue
to
expand
that.
But
you
know
who
does
that
benefit
and
when
does
it
benefit
people?
A
A
And
then,
lastly,
we
looked
at
coming
here
inside
and
the
5g
doing,
the
upgrade
for
a
broadband
here
would
be
looked
at
for
a
couple
different
ways:
one
where
the
expansion
may
be
into
the
auditorium
where
it
could
be
used.
But
then
you
talk
about
well,
if
it's
going
to
be
in
the
auditorium
and
we
want
people
to
use
it
who's
going
to
staff
it
on
the
weekends
who's
going
to
cover
that
you
know
those
kind
of
funds
and
things
like
that.
A
The
other
thing
that
we're
looking
at
is
possibly
expanding
the
broadband
for
the
eoc
for
an
emergency
operations
center.
That's
here,
out
of
this
room
that
we
operate.
So
we
are
looking
at
those
kinds
of
things
and
we're
looking
looking
at
the
expansion
and
seeing
where
we
can
do
that.
So
if
you
do
have
ideas
or
suggestions
or
if
you
know,
if
people
come
to
you
and
say
hey,
they
thought
about
this.
Get
it
to
me.
A
A
A
A
So
with
the
goal
setting,
this
is
the
council's
opportunity
to
decide.
You
know
what
what
kinds
of
things
are
you
interested
in
and
they
don't
necessarily
it
can
be
detailed
down
to.
I
want
to
see
this
specific
thing
accomplished,
or
it
could
be
a
larger
topic
and
then
the
council
gets
involved
and
then
dissects
it
and
figures
out
where
to
go
with
that.
So
this
is
finding
out
where
you
guys
want
to
go.
A
What
is
important
to
you
and
then
that
way
I
can
see
how
that
corresponds
with
what
I'm
doing
and
where
the
city
is
going
now
and
whether
or
not
I
need
to
to
adjust
or
need
to
come
to
you
and
say,
okay,
I
hear
what
you
want
to
do
here,
but
here's
how
we're
going
in
this
direction
and
it
may
be
in
a
similar
direction.
It
may
be
a
little
bit
different,
so
anybody
want
to
start.
A
A
E
Mayor
depot,
okay,
well,
I've
been
thinking
about
it
for
a
while
and
thinking
about
some
things,
and
I
was
actually
thinking
about
the
things
that
we've
already
accomplished,
and
so
it's
not
to
repeat
those
as
goals.
For
example,
you
know
I'm
really
happy.
We
have
the
newsletter
because
increasing
engagement.
Thank.
A
E
Been
kind
of
high
on
our
list
the
last
couple
years,
but
I
think
there
are
some
areas
that
I
would
still
like
to
increase
engagement.
We
have
the
pact
committee,
that
is
the
policing
community
together
committee
in
the
membership
on
that
has
kind
of
dwindled
a
bit
and
I'd
like
to
see.
If
we
can,
I
don't
know
how
we
would
do
this,
maybe
even
if
we
were
to
design
a
logo
for
it.
E
That
was
a
little
more
catchy
to
get
some
younger
people
involved,
because
what
it
is
now
is
it's
a
lot
of
people
who
volunteer
a
lot
already
are
engaged
already
in
the
community
and
are
always
available,
which
is
great,
but
I'd
like
to
maybe
see.
Even
you
know,
we
have
certain
volunteers
on
that
committee
who
will
volunteer
at
stuff
and
we'll
introduce
them
and
to
another
community
person
they're
like
oh,
this
person
is
cool
and
they'll
kind
of
learn
from
them
about
engaging
and
volunteering
in
the
community.
E
E
A
E
E
J
J
Hopefully
we
will
be
reinstated
the
following
month,
so
we're
hoping
that
in
october,
we'll
be
back
as
a
regular
united
way
site.
In
the
meantime,
they
have
the
option
of
sponsorship
and
groton
utilities
we'll
be
sponsoring
our
next
food
distribution
site,
there's
nothing
better
than
giving
back
to
your
own
community,
and
that
is
the
reason
why
one
of
the
reasons
I've
groton
utilities
is
to
give
back
to
our
community
and
we
we
really
couldn't
think
of
a
better
way
than
for
this
food
box.
Distribution
is
desperately
needed.
J
Anyone
who
was
at
our
site,
deputy
mayor
deeper,
was
able
to
come
and
we
were
packed.
We
were
non-stop
for
about
two
and
a
half
three
hours
or
two
two
hours
non-stop.
We
were
down
the
road
and
we
ran
out
of
food.
To
be
honest,
so
if
there
are
other
agencies
who
would
like
to
donate,
the
united
way
does
take
donations,
you
can
specify
a
site.
The
the
city
of
groton
is
a
great
site
to
give
to
so
this
month
we
will
be
covered,
it
will
be
september.
24Th.
A
And
she
can
give
you
the
information
and
we
can
work
with
you
to
sponsor
a
food
drive
from
the
united
way
here
in
the
city
of
groton.
He'll
be
greatly
appreciated.
You,
it
is
food
insecurity
is
still
here.
Kova
did
not
help
that
and
we
had
a
lot
of
people
coming
through
I
mean
we
were
bumper
to
bumper
for
a
couple
hours
giving
food
out.
We
were
moving
as
fast
as
we
could
and
we
were
flat
out
for
two
hours.
A
G
You
know
all
ages,
hopefully
and
include
including
the
if
we
can
get
younger
people
to
get
involved
in
that
they
could
be
potential
volunteers
or
you
know,
so
it
kind
of
feeds
back
into
increasing
our
engagement.
Other
things
is
that
I
off
the
top
of
my
head
for
community
building,
is
even
getting
like
christmas
light
display
going
around
the
the
municipal
parking
lot
and
we
could
even
have
families
sponsor
and
build
their
own
displays
and
and
maybe
have
a
plaque
with
their.
You
know.
You
know
the
mccabe
family.
C
A
J
Great,
I
get
all
the
good
news,
so
what
we
did
learn
is
that
faiza
will
be
sponsoring
the
chris
or
the
holiday
lights
event
again
this
year
the
city
will
be
helping
with
that.
We
will
be
dressing
up
and
helping
probably
collect
food
again
this
year,
but
that
will
be
happening
again
this
year.
But
I
understand
your
interest.
One
of
the
things
that
first
came
to
mind
was
halloween
parks
and
rec
used
to
always
do
an
event
at
halloween,
where
you
could
decorate
your
trunk
I'm.
G
A
Go
around
the
judge,
christmas
lights
in
certain
categories,
and
then
we
provide
you
know
we
give
them
a
plaque
and
similar
to
what
we
did
last
year
when
we
judged
the
halloween
decorations,
those
kind
of
things.
So
we
did.
We
have
we've
done
that
in
the
past.
We
didn't
do
it
last
year,
the
year
before.
I
don't
think
so,
but
that's
that's
something
too
so
anyway.
I
want
to
thank
pfizer
for
continuing
to
do
the
holiday
light.
A
A
E
Go
ahead
and
apply
this
conversation,
another
thing
that
I
think
you
know
right
now,
as
we
probably
all
know,
the
town
council
is
going
through
an
election
cycle.
I
would
like
to
once
the
new
council
is
seated.
I
would
like
to
go
back
to
having
periodic
joint
meetings
with
the
council,
like
we
were
doing
before.
E
I
think
that
I
even
just
watching
topics
that
are
coming
up.
It's
we
have
our
meetings
here.
It's
hard
to
also
watch
all
of
their
meetings
there.
So
I'd
like
to
go
back
to
being
kind
of
better
communicating
with
the
town
council
with
what's
going
on
there,
because
again,
all
their
stuff
affects
us
and
I
feel
like
we
were
moving
in
that
direction
and
then
covet
happened.
A
Talk
to
john
burt
and
mayor
granitonski
about
recommencing
that
and
we
were,
we
were
getting
ready
to
start
and
then
the
delta
variant
peaked
set
out.
So
we
said:
okay,
we're
not
going
to
do
that
and
then
mayor
granitoski
was
concerned
about.
If
we
had
a
joint
meeting
right
now
it
might
look
political,
and
so
we
didn't
we
decided
not
to
do
that.
But
but
that's
a
good
idea.
We
do
intend
to
go
back
to
that,
we'd
like
to
get
it
pers.
A
A
K
Paul
is
fine;
no,
it's
not
so
that
your
hand
gets
doesn't
get
tired
and
I
promise
each
one
of
these
of
like
10
seconds,
but
just
some
quick,
quick
things.
You
know,
let's
talk
thinking
about
economic
growth
and
also
helping
administrative
services,
and
particularly
for
parks
and
recreation
down
at
the
beach
that
if
we
had
a
more
robust
internet
fiber
optic
system
where
they
could
do
registrations
beach
passes
daily
sales
right
there.
K
A
I
K
Thank
you
and
then
moving
forward.
Sticking
with
the
same
concept
of
competitive
and
sustainable
economy
is
potentially
putting
together
some
type
of
summer
youth
employment
program
where
we
would
hire
a
handful
of
kids
either
work
within
various
departments
in
the
town,
maybe
city,
sorry,
maybe
public
works
or
at
the
beach.
But
it's
a
younger
age
group.
So
it's
that
age
group
that
aren't
quite
16
17.
That
can
be
camp
councils,
for
example.
K
But
how
do
we
get
the
eighth
graders
or
the
ninth
graders
to
start
to
think
about
job
opportunities
and
job
counseling,
that
kind
of
stuff
and
then
moving
on
thinking
about
so
every
september
is
senior
national
senior
month
and
I
was
thinking
maybe
in
the
future.
I
know
that
town
does
things
for
seniors,
but
is
this
an
opportunity
for
the
seniors
to
do
some
type
of
activity
or
special
event?
K
Another
thought
I
had
was
driving
to
work
one
day.
I
noticed
right
in
front
on
route
17
117,
where
the
groton
senior
center
is
of
the
library
they
have
like
a
digital
information
center,
and
I
just
think
right
here
where
this
municipal
building
is
right
on
the
corner
would
be
a
perfect
idea
for
something
like
that.
The
city
does
an
amazing
job
of
putting
out
information
on
that
green
space
there.
F
This
is
the
same
topic
but
different
location.
I
believe
utilities
does
have
it
in
the
budget
to
put
one
in
front
of
the
operations
complex
again.
Different
location
it'd
be
in
front
of
operations
on
the
quantic
road,
but
they
were
talking
about
a
digital
sign
which
obviously
would
be
able
to
use
as
well
right.
H
A
But
just
so
you're
aware
of,
but
that
would
get
some
information
out
in
that
part
of
town
and
then
putting
it
here
would
be
a
good.
You
know
that
would
be
a
good
thing
to
put
out
digital
information
here.
We'd
have
to
you
know,
figure
it
out,
get
somebody
to
check
it
out,
which
way.
Do
you
turn
it?
Where
is
it?
Is
it
the
corners
in
the
middle?
You
know
those
kind
of
things,
but
I
think
it's
a
good
idea
and.
A
A
K
K
I
have
that
on
here
and
that's
going
forward
and
then
the
last
two
things
is,
and
I
don't
know
how
this
would
play
out-
one
be
if
we
could
potentially
have
with
council
a
pre-budget
101
identifying
what
the
assumptions
are
for
so,
for
example,
staff
will
receive
x,
number
of
dollar
pay
or
percentage
increase.
So
we
already
have
that
in
our
brain,
so
we're
not
asking
different
departments
how
they
came
up
with
dollars
or
how?
What
is
the
expected
increases
due
to
medical?
K
You
know
and
healthcare.
How
does
so
just
those
bullet
points
that
we
can
at
least
wrap
our
head
around
that.
So
when
we
start
to
meet
with
the
departments,
it's
a
question.
We
don't
need
to
ask,
because
it's
already
there
and
then
the
most
challenging
one
is
that
I
wrestled
with
I
absolutely
loved
the
day
we
went
out
and
we
picked
up
litter
on
our
streets.
K
It
was
absolutely
a
smashing
time
to
meet
folks.
They
literally
came
out
of
their
houses
and
asked
hi.
Who
are
you?
Why
are
you
doing
this
and-
and
I
I
just
think,
if
we
could
do
some
other
type
of
activity
could
be
the
same
thing
that
involves
implementing
a
council
member
driven
engagement
process.
It,
I
don't
know,
maybe
we
go
pick
up
litter
three
times
a
year.
You
know
I
thought
that
was
pretty
cool.
A
Well,
we,
I
think
we
tied
it
into
earth
day,
if
I
remember
correctly,
but
we
could.
One
of
the
things
that
that
we've
been
looking
at
in
the
mayor's
office
is
the
greening
of
groton
right
and
so
that,
but
that
ends
up
you
start
our
thought.
Is
you
start
in
the
water
and
you
work
your
way
back
right.
We
get
plastics
and
styrofoam
and
other
stuff
in
the
water.
How
does
it
get
in
there?
A
What's
the
pathways,
you
work
your
way
back
and
eventually
you
come
up
with
some
kind
of
an
ordinance
that
addresses
certain
things,
but
tying
in
with
that
could
be
we
go
around
and
we
collect
we,
we
clean
up
certain
streets
and
we
collect
and
analyze
the
the
debris
that
we
have,
and
that
may
help
give
us
some
guidance
on
where
to
go
with
our
ordinances
and
our
direction
on
the
greening.
A
croc.
K
K
E
A
E
E
What
if
we
did
like
a
garbage
pickup
program
where
we
supplied
the
little
garbage
grabber
things
and
we
did
like
a
season
so
like
maybe
the
spring
or
the
fall,
and
people
could
come
to
the
municipal
building,
get
their
pickup
thing
and
they
go
on
their
hike
and
then
they
bring
it
back
and
they
get
like
points
or
something.
And
then
we
do
like
awards
for
people
doing
that,
because
for
me
I
know
if
I
go
on
a
hike,
I'm
not
immediately
thinking.
E
E
But
I
think,
if
we
kind
of
made
that
more
in
the
forefront
of
people's
minds
and
said,
hey
we'll
give
you
the
supplies.
Here's
a
little
grabber
thing
and
a
couple
trash
bags
and
then
you'll
get
you
know,
recognition
for
doing
it.
I
think
that
oh
yeah,
you
could
reward
people
with
a
beach
pass.
No,
but.
G
A
I
agree
and
you
get
into
community
engagement
and
it's
about
us
getting
involved
in
our
community.
It's
our
community
getting
involved
with
the
community
and
making
the
city
of
groton
a
better
place
to
live
right.
I
would
love
to
have
a
waiting
list
of
people
trying
to
get
into
the
city
to
live,
because
we
here
on
the
council,
you
know
what
a
gem
the
city
is.
A
Okay,
we
have
our
blemishes
just
like
everybody
else,
and
there
are
people
out
there
that
that
are
geared
to
want
to
focus
on
the
blemishes
and
they
overlook
the
gems.
We
have
a
lot
of
gems
here
and
we
have
areas
that
we're
going
to
work
on
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
on.
Sometimes
things
take
some
challenges
or
take
some
time.
A
One
of
the
things
that
I'm
going
to
do
in
the
next
week
is
I'm
going
to
put
out
a
video
on
blight
because
that
seems
to
have
gained
some
traction
on
facebook
and
there's
some
confusion
on
what
blight
is
people
don't
understand
what
blight
is
they're
like?
Well,
it
doesn't
look
like
my
house,
so
it's
got
to
be
blighted
or
I
don't
like
this
or
I
think
that's
wrong.
So
it's
got
to
be
black.
They
don't
understand
what
real
blight
is.
The
other.
A
We
have
some
older
people,
older,
fixed
income,
folks
and
in
the
past
we
have
paired
them
with
service
agencies,
boy
scouts,
other
people
that
have
helped
them
with
that.
And
then
you
have
other
people
who
are
just
trying
to
to
skirt
the
issue
and
are
taking
advantage
of
the
any
holes
that
may
be
in
the
blight
situation,
bite
ordinance,
and
so
you
know
I'm
going
to
do
a
video
and
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
because
and
here's
the
other
thing.
A
People
think
that
if
you
have
a
boarded
up
building,
that's
blight,
it's
not
blight,
it's
not
pretty,
and
it's
not
what
we
want.
We
want
all
of
our
storefronts
feel
filled
with
stores
and
with
businesses,
but
just
because
a
storefront
doesn't
have
people
in
it
doesn't
automatically
make
it
blight.
There
may
be
things
other
things
that
are
going
on
that
get
it
over
into
blight,
but
you
know
we
are
working
as
economic
development
in
order
to
get
those
filled.
So
that's
that.
J
Else
on
goals,
just
one
thing
that
you
guys
had
talked
about
was
the
garbage
pickup.
We,
I
have
been
in
communications
with
the
town
of
groton
beautification
committee,
about
doing
a
fall,
garbage
pickup,
hopefully
in
october,
so
we'd
love
some
help.
We'd
love
some
help
from
everybody
out
there
and
we'd
love
some
help
from
you
guys
so
and
if
there's
a
counselor
who
would
like
to
champion
that
I'm
happy
to
work
with
them
and
kind
of
pass
over
the
reins
on
that.
So
I'm
just
giving
a
call-
and
let
me
know.
D
Thank
you,
I
think
I'd
like
for
the
goals,
I'm
looking
back
as
far
as
chairing
the
community
committee,
and
I
think
it's
always
been
on
my
heart.
I've
worked
with
youth
a
lot
and
I
I
I
do
find
in
groton
city
speaking
with
youth
having
children
myself,
that
there
just
doesn't
seem
to
be
available
assets
for
them
to
use,
and
I
know
long
ago
before
I
was
even
on
the
council.
They
had
a
it
was
down
actually
at
washington
park
and
they
had
boards
such
as
this.
D
And
what
would
you
like
to
do
with
these
places
and
so
forth?
And
one
of
the
things
that
a
lot
of
youth
had
said
was
like
a
social
cafe
with
internet
access,
because
some
don't
have
them
all
the
time
at
home,
and
I
thought
that
would
be
a
great
place
on
thame
street
to
have
you
know
where
they
come
and
go.
Of
course
you
have
to
have
you
know
it's
a
long
time
planning,
but
that
came
up
a
lot
with
youth
or
something
like
that.
D
But
then
again
too
I
mean
we
do
have
a
basketball
court
here.
I
know
our
base,
our
baseball
fields
are
used,
but
also
too
you
know
do
I'm
not
sure
if
we
do,
if
we
have
any
basketball,
leagues
per
se,
that
actually
play
at
washington
park,
because
I
know
some
people,
my
family
used
to
play
at
west
side.
It
wasn't
actually
a
set
up
league,
but
they
did
have
teams
and
I
thought
geez.
You
know
people
down
there
all
the
time.
D
Why
can't
we
have
teams
play
down
here
just
as
much
as
that,
but
I'd
really
like
to
see
something
going
with
the
youth.
My
other
heart
is
the
military,
so
I
mean,
even
with
the
present
situation
going
on
with
you
know,
it's
flooded
with
facebook
and
all
kinds
of
social
platforms
as
far
as
the
soldiers
that
we
just
lost.
You
know
when
we
look
within
our
city.
What
have
we
done
in
reference
to
that?
D
D
You
know
be
more
involved
with
the
military
where
they're
hurting,
but
also
be
more
involved
when
there
is
a
loss
in
the
family,
and
could
we
develop
a
team
that
actually
we
would
have
a
point
of
contact
and
we
could
actually
go
in
and
be
a
representative
for
the
city
and
see
what
their
needs
are
in
those
moments.
But
you
know
how
do
we
pay
tribute?
D
D
You
know
and
just
hear
this
culture,
and
we
can
then
that
way
we
can
actually
interact
with.
You
know
the
people
in
the
city,
people
with
cultures,
people
that
they
would
like
to
see
things
within
their
community
and
a
large
part
of
when
I've
been
a
volunteer
either
a
leader
of
a
non-profit
or
just
being
involved
in
it.
A
large
part
people
want
to
volunteers,
just
they
don't
know
how
to
get
there.
You
know
they
just
don't
know
how
to
do
it,
and
I
so
I
think
that's
one
of
our
I'm.
D
Not
I'm
not
going
to
say
it's
a
weakness
here,
but
I
was
even
talking
to
my
daughter
about
it.
It's
like
how
do
you
think
we
could
actually
get
more
youth
involved
in
the
community?
How
do
what
would
what
would
inspire
you
to
want
to
be
involved
in
the
community
and,
of
course,
and
speaking
to
her
and
her
friends?
D
What
it
goes
back
to
is
what
they
enjoy
and,
of
course,
that's
either
art
or
some
kind
of
sport,
or
it's
some
kind
of
social
gathering
in
some
way,
so
you
know,
and
so
that's
what
I'm
saying
is
like
you
know:
if
we
start
with
food
and
get
them
all
together,
you
know
you
know
could
go
from
there.
So
those
are
my
big
ones.
I
would
really
like
to
develop
and
see
happen.
A
One
of
the
things
that
I've
challenged
mary
to
do
is
to
look
at
expanding
programming
in
the
age
groups
of
14
to
17,
because
it's
a
17
year
old
level.
We
expect
them
to
be
doing
camp
counselors
and
helping
with
that
kind
of
stuff
and
and
at
14
they're
too
old
to
be
into
cancer.
Typically,
they
are
so
we
have.
A
E
E
A
D
Thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
bounce
off
of
deputy
mayor
depot,
saying
that
I
will
say
that
rmms
for
my
daughter
went.
They
did
have
one
person
that
was
there
who
engaged
the
younger
students
to
visit
other
colleges,
so
they
would
go
as
a
group
and
go
to
the
other
colleges,
because
statistically
they
found
that
the
younger
they
are
when
they
engage
in
a
college
setting
the
more
apt
they
are
to
go
to
college.
So
that
might
be
that
the
job
thing
is
really
great
idea.
D
D
And
I'm
sure
others
have
here
is.
I
would
like
for
us
to
establish
I'm
not
sure
if
a
chapter
or
would
actually
be,
I'm
not
sure
it
would
be
a
committee,
but
one
of
the
biggest
things
that
so
I
belong
to
a
group
as
far
as
it's
a
loss
of
an
adult
child,
but
in
there
I
think,
looking
what
what
people
need
is
just
if
we
could
develop
here.
D
If
we
have.
What
I
want
to
do
basically
is
to
start
out
in
our
county.
Maybe
we
could
even
start
out
in
grant
city.
So
if
we
have
a
loss,
is
that
there
is
a
point
of
contact
and
that
we
could
actually
reach
out
to
them.
So
I'd
like
to
have
some
type
of
chapter
like
that,
because
you
know
we
have
a
lot
of
behavioral
health.
We
have
a
lot
of
things
going
on
mental
health
wise,
but
it
is
something
I'm
that
I
am
looking
at
that
I
would
like
to
are.
A
D
Yeah
we
could
even
I
mean
I,
I
go.
I've
been
to
a
grief,
support
place
out,
niantic,
it's
a
lot.
A
lot
of
people
know
about
it.
I
mean
it's
the
bryan
daigle
foundation.
It's
large,
I
mean
it'd,
be
great
to
have
something
like
that
over
here.
You
know,
because
some
people
just
can't
get
over
that
way
in
ionic.
So
that
would
be
great.
You
know,
but
I
mean
just
to
start
small
like
that
that
we
actually
have
you
know
a
point
of
contact
in
some
way.
D
D
D
Maybe
do
a
set
up
something
at
the
farmer's
market
or
some
other
event
that
we
have
I'd
be
more
than
happy
to
run
that
I
think
it's
important.
It's
asked
on
the
license.
When
I
talk
to
people
about
a
lot
of
people,
don't
know
how
it
goes,
how
they
have
other
questions.
You
know
it's
just
like.
Oh,
I
have
it
on
my
license
or
I'm
not
sure
what
I
want
to
do
and
education
is
really
big.
So
I
mean
it
was
just
a
recent
opportunity
that
I
wasn't
able
to
go
to
that.
D
I
want
to
speak
at,
but
I
think
somehow
somewhere
I
like
to
see
that
more
developed
here
in
granton
city,
where
we
could
actually
reach
out
to
our
community.
I
mean
because,
especially
when
you're
talking
about
youth,
it's
a
decision
they
have
to
make
when
they
go
get
their
license.
So
I
think
it's
a
it
would
be
important
to
have
that.
Maybe
at
the
events
I
could
be
the
person
and
bring
those
other
people
that
are
on
this
organization.
That
could
actually
come
also
and
I'd
like
to
see
that
to
be
developed
too.
A
D
D
E
D
E
A
So
there
is
a
difference
right.
There's
a
difference
in
protocol
there's
a
difference
in
formality
those
kind
of
things
now,
in
your
case
and
what
you
want
to
do.
It
doesn't
matter
whether
it's
an
open
blood
drive
or
whether
it's
a
schedule
by
appointment,
only
blood
drive.
You
could
still
have
a
table
or
whatever,
but
the
thing
we
need
to
do
is
we
need
to
understand
what
it
is
you're
looking
to
do
and
then
pair
you
up
with
them
and
get
that
set
up,
but
that's
something
that
that
actually,
I
think,
would
be
pretty
easy.