Wow......I'm shocked..again.  call the town administrator Higgins

On Thu, Oct 19, 2023, 8:13 PM ٍSarah Postlethwait <[email protected]> wrote:

> Im aware that there are 6 total meetings posted since December 2022, and 5
> are missing meeting minutes that must be posted within 30 days of the
> meeting per the open meeting law in MA.
>
> Since their last posted working meeting was almost 2 months ago on August
> 22- I’m also finding it hard to believe that the HCAWG hasn’t met to go
> over what additional proposals they would like Utile to work on; and they
> haven't met to review any additional proposals Utile created that the HCAWG
> will be presenting to the planning board on Tuesday, as no upcoming meeting
> has been posted.
>
> At the Oct 10 meeting and the Oct 16 meeting there was not a clear
> consensus on what the additional proposals should include. It was also
> stated that they would like to hear proposals and input from the public.
> How is that possible without a HCAWG meeting?
>
> Since the HCAWG is a subsidiary of the Planning board, I’m asking the
> chair of the planning board to confirm that there are no upcoming meetings
> other than the presentation to the planning board on Tuesday. I have asked
> the HCAWG directly for this information and for missing minutes and have
> not gotten a response.
>
> We would like to know before a meeting happens- not after. I’m just
> requesting that you find out if they are meeting or not, and if they are
> can you please have someone add the agenda to the town website.
>
> Thank you!
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 7:42 PM Margaret Olson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> The HCWG meetings are posted. You can see them all on the town website,
>> in the agenda section. Note that the joint meeting was a meeting for HCWG,
>> Planning Board, and the Selects. All three were called to order and all
>> three voted.
>>
>>
>> ‪On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 7:13 PM ‫ٍSarah Postlethwait‬‎ <[email protected]>
>> wrote:‬
>>
>>> Margaret can you please confirm if the HCAWG is meeting on their own or
>>> not. I tried to request it privately and have emailed both Paula and
>>> Jennifer Curtain and not received a response.
>>>
>>> It’s very odd that no meeting in between the last presentation and the
>>> upcoming presentation has happened.
>>>
>>> Utile should be giving the proposals to them and they should meet to
>>> review them before presenting to the planning board. Otherwise wouldn’t it
>>> be a Utile presentation to the planning board?
>>>
>>> How can they present two additional options to the planning board if
>>> they haven’t met to create or discuss these options- they didn’t even have
>>> (a public) meeting after the Oct 16 presentation to come up with guidance
>>> to give Utile for what is being requested.
>>>
>>> Furthermore, in a direct violation of MA’s open meeting law, one
>>> meeting’s minutes have been made available online since the entire HCAWG’s
>>> conception. Minutes are missing from the December 5, 2022, February 7,
>>> 2023, March 16, 2023, August 22, 2023, and October 16, 2023 meetings. Other
>>> than the October 16 meeting- every one of these should have been made
>>> available by now.
>>>
>>> Why the secrecy?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 6:54 PM Margaret Olson <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Utile crafts the proposals based on direction from the town. I think,
>>>> but am not 100% sure, that that was authorized at the multi board meeting.
>>>> There have been many HCA meetings and public forums recently and they are
>>>> starting to merge together in my memory.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 6:08 PM Sara Mattes <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Margaret,
>>>>> What meeting crafted the D1 & D2?
>>>>> Is it recorded?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------
>>>>> Sara Mattes
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 19, 2023, at 11:12 AM, Margaret Olson <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On *Tuesday October 24th *the Planning Board will be discussing the
>>>>> new HCA options D1 and D2. The meeting starts at 7:00 pm with one other
>>>>> (likely very brief) agenda item before the HCA discussion. Come learn 
>>>>> about
>>>>> the new options:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85285483868?pwd=7IFpRj7vhxQbqxMaLAwHCnveUBFUCq.1
>>>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85285483868?pwd%3D7IFpRj7vhxQbqxMaLAwHCnveUBFUCq.1&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1698076562934016&usg=AOvVaw2Uq35PFcU7iOCmaapODZ50>
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