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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-04-14 Select Board Packet1 Saunders, Caitlin From:LeLacheur, Bob Sent:Tuesday, April 07, 2020 6:24 PM To:Reading - Selectboard Subject:Covid-19 sad news I am sorry to report that Reading has lost a member of the community to COVID-19, our first such loss. Thanks, Bob 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:LeLacheur, Bob Sent:Wednesday, April 08, 2020 9:54 AM To:Reading - Selectboard Subject:FW: [R-TownMeeting] Registrar meeting about Recall Election, Wednesday, April 8, 2pm As requested: From: Anne Landry Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 9:53 AM To: LeLacheur, Bob <blelacheur@ci.reading.ma.us> Subject: Fwd: [R-TownMeeting] Registrar meeting about Recall Election, Wednesday, April 8, 2pm I think it would be helpful for status updates like this to be sent to the Board. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Bruce Mackenzie gm <BMackenzie@alum.mit.edu> Date: Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 12:15 AM Subject: [R-TownMeeting] Registrar meeting about Recall Election, Wednesday, April 8, 2pm To: <ReadingTownMeetingMembers@googlegroups.com> Cc: Bruce Mackenzie gm b <BMackenzie@alum.mit.edu> The Town's Board of Registrar will meet remotely on April 8, 2020, at 2pm The agenda is Recall Process Petition Objections Response to Objections Next Steps Call in number: 646-558-8656 x 180.238.543# Source is https://www.readingma.gov/sites/readingma/files/agendas/2020-04-08_board_of_registrar.pdf Other Town News: https://thereadingpost.com/2020/04/07/school-committee-reviews-crisis-plans/ https://thereadingpost.com/2020/04/06/easter-bunny-parades-through-town/ https://thereadingpost.com/2020/04/06/police-log-april-3-5-2020/ [ Homeowner unaware of Oil Tank Removal. ] [ Officer Assisted With Birthday Parade on Bond Street. ] - Bruce Mackenzie -- -- Unofficial group for Town Meeting members & friends of Reading, Mass. 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To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ReadingTownMeetingMembers/CAJFoi2G5HV4czsq0uArEc- h%3D0JYZoQ%3DZ6bwn%3DosNKJ5H%2B7%2BtHQ%40mail.gmail.com. 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:LeLacheur, Bob Sent:Wednesday, April 08, 2020 10:09 AM To:Reading - Selectboard Subject:FW: Cancelled - Tomorrow's Road Diet Pilot Outreach Meeting Good morning – an update from what was in your meeting packet for tonight. Thanks, Bob Robert W. LeLacheur, Jr. CFA 16 Lowell Street Reading, MA 01867 townmanager@ci.reading.ma.us 781-942-9043 (Fax 9071) Town Hall hours 7:30am-5:30pm MWTh; 7:30am-7:00pm T; closed Friday Please remember when writing or responding that the Massachusetts Secretary of State has determined that general email is a public record From: Schaeffer, Erin Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 9:56 AM To: LeLacheur, Bob <blelacheur@ci.reading.ma.us>; Delios, Jean <jdelios@ci.reading.ma.us> Cc: Wellman, Jayne <jwellman@ci.reading.ma.us> Subject: FW: Cancelled - Tomorrow's Road Diet Pilot Outreach Meeting FYI- Here is the latest on the MassDOT project. It’s moving forward and there will be some visible changes this week and moving forward. From: Nathanael Lash <NLash@hshassoc.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 9:54 AM To: Nova, Eric I. (DOT) <eric.nova@state.ma.us>; Paul, Andrew K. (DOT) <andrew.paul@state.ma.us>; Lemrise, Koby J. (DOT) <koby.lemrise@state.ma.us>; Schaeffer, Erin <eschaeffer@ci.reading.ma.us>; Wellman, Jayne <jwellman@ci.reading.ma.us>; Pennucci, Kristen E. (DOT) <kristen.pennucci@state.ma.us>; Suszynski, Frank G. (DOT) <frank.suszynski@state.ma.us>; Stedman, Paul D. (DOT) <paul.stedman@state.ma.us>; Maloy, Paul (DOT) <paul.maloy@state.ma.us> Cc: Jeff Dietrich <jdietrich@hshassoc.com> Subject: Cancelled - Tomorrow's Road Diet Pilot Outreach Meeting Good Morning All, Several folks will not be available for tomorrow’s weekly Route 28 Road Diet Pilot outreach call so we are going to cancel tomorrow morning’s meeting. I have some outreach updates in lieu of meeting tomorrow. 1. The presentation slide deck has been finalized: https://bit.ly/3eb5K5x 2. MassDOT and HSH met yesterday to test-run using GoToWebinar to record the audio for the presentation. We’ll likely use this platform for future virtual meetings. Once Andy records the presentation with audio (sometime 2 this week), it will be transcribed and posted to the project website. We aim to get this on the project website by the end of this week or early next week. 3. Road signs are going up today on Main Street. 4. Overnight work and lane closures will take place next week to install temporary pavement markings. A project advisory has been approved by MassDOT Comms and they will post it on their Twitter account this week: https://bit.ly/2UQ0s7A. Erin and Jayne, we would appreciate it if you could help amplify our outreach by sharing the advisory with your contacts. 5. Jeff and I have another call with the PIMA administrators today to try and fine-tune the online comment form. We’ll keep folks posted on our progress. If anyone else has any updates, please let us know! Best, Nate Lash Staff Public Involvement Specialist (He/Him/His) direct: 617.348.3382 office: 617.482.7080 11 Beacon Street, Suite 1010, Boston, MA 02108 www.hshassoc.com Facebook LinkedIn 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:BORIS <borisnusinov@comcast.net> Sent:Tuesday, April 07, 2020 11:18 PM To:Reading - Selectboard Subject:Recall I am truly puzzled. Over 2k people signed the petition. Obviously the person did something to garner such vitriol. The Town doesn’t want the person there. The people have spoken. Why fight it by hiring an attorney and angering the voters even more? This to me seems highly illogical as it will only further fuel the flames of discontent. Boris Nusinov 46 Johanna Drive Sent from Xfinity Connect App 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:Brook Chipman <bwchipman60@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, April 08, 2020 8:11 AM To:Reading - Selectboard Subject:SB meeting public participation limits Hello, I am writing to request the Reading Select Board improve the public participation portion of its meetings, starting with its 4/8/20 meeting. At the minimum, all emails from the public need to be read verbatim, aloud, providing the name and address of the sender. Better, a direct public comment period should be made available, even if limited given COVID-19. Perhaps those who speak can be selected by a lottery conducted by Town Clerk and Town Counsel? Given the overreaching legal challenge to the recall petition, an appearent attempt to silence over more than two thousand Reading voters who fairly signed the petition, it is even more important to have reasonable public input at SB meetings. Regards, Brook W. Chipman 21 Bond Street, Reading 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:Lorraine Conway Sent:Wednesday, April 08, 2020 12:43 PM To:Gemme, Laura; LeLacheur, Bob; Reading - Selectboard Subject:Recall Petition and Objection Hello, I have several questions about the notification to Ms Alvarado, as well as the objections to such recall petition. I hope these questions will be answered tonight during the meeting. First, I would like to know exactly how the first notification was made to Ms Alvarado, which should includes the date, method, and person making the notification. I would also like to know who objected to the notification, why it was deemed necessary to do the notification again, and why the wording was changed to make it appear as though the first notification did not take place. I would also like to know specifically how the first notification did not meet the Town Charter. All these facts should be readily available to taxpayers in town. Second, I was completely appalled to see that several hundred taxpayers in this town have had their integrity questioned, as their signatures have been considered invalid because of supposed fraudulent activity. I know of a few people who signed in my presence, and I also noticed many others who told me they signed. How can something like that happen without any proof? I am reaching out to those individuals on the list that I personally know to make them aware, and I am sure that many will be in contact with the board of Registrars to let them know of the legitimacy of their signatures. I also noticed many first responders on the list, whether it be law enforcement or medical personnel, and to think that these people need to take any time out of their very limited time during this pandemic to prove they are not engaged in unlawful behavior is an absolute disgrace. I hope you all, as well as your families and loved ones, are staying healthy during this pandemic. Personally, I have been doing checks on neighbors, making large quantities of masks to help protect my friends who are directly working with Covid 19 patients, and trying to keep my medically-fragile daughter safe from catching the virus. I shouldn’t have to be taking the time to write to you to express my disgust at taxpayers being falsely accused of crimes instead of doing things to help others during this crisis. I hope each of you agree, and I hope you will express that during tonight’s meeting. -- Sent from Gmail Mobile 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:Lorraine Conway Sent:Wednesday, April 08, 2020 1:07 PM To:Reading - Selectboard Subject:Recall and Objection Hello, I have several questions about the notification to Ms Alvarado, as well as the objections to such recall petition. I hope these questions will be answered tonight during the meeting. First, I would like to know exactly how the first notification was made to Ms Alvarado, which should includes the date, method, and person making the notification. I would also like to know who objected to the notification, why it was deemed necessary to do the notification again, and why the wording was changed to make it appear as though the first notification did not take place. I would also like to know specifically how the first notification did not meet the Town Charter. All these facts should be readily available to taxpayers in town. Second, I was completely appalled to see that several hundred taxpayers in this town have had their integrity questioned, as their signatures have been considered invalid because of supposed fraudulent activity. I know of a few people who signed in my presence, and I also noticed many others who told me they signed. How can something like that happen without any proof? I am reaching out to those individuals on the list that I personally know to make them aware, and I am sure that many will be in contact with the board of Registrars to let them know of the legitimacy of their signatures. I also noticed many first responders on the list, whether it be law enforcement or medical personnel, and to think that these people need to take any time out of their very limited time during this pandemic to prove they are not engaged in unlawful behavior is an absolute disgrace. I hope you all, as well as your families and loved ones, are staying healthy during this pandemic. Personally, I have been doing checks on neighbors, making large quantities of masks to help protect my friends who are directly working with Covid 19 patients, and trying to keep my medically-fragile daughter safe from catching the virus. I shouldn’t have to be taking the time to write to you to express my disgust at taxpayers being falsely accused of crimes instead of doing things to help others during this crisis. Sent from my iPad 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:Lori Conway <lorikubilisconway@me.com> Sent:Wednesday, April 08, 2020 1:52 PM To:Reading - Selectboard Subject:Re: Recall and Objection My address is 53 Riverside Drive. Sent from my iPad On Apr 8, 2020, at 12:48 PM, Lori Conway <lorikubilisconway@me.com> wrote: Hello, I have several questions about the notification to Ms Alvarado, as well as the objections to such recall petition. I hope these questions will be answered tonight during the meeting. First, I would like to know exactly how the first notification was made to Ms Alvarado, which should includes the date, method, and person making the notification. I would also like to know who objected to the notification, why it was deemed necessary to do the notification again, and why the wording was changed to make it appear as though the first notification did not take place. I would also like to know specifically how the first notification did not meet the Town Charter. All these facts should be readily available to taxpayers in town. Second, I was completely appalled to see that several hundred taxpayers in this town have had their integrity questioned, as their signatures have been considered invalid because of supposed fraudulent activity. I know of a few people who signed in my presence, and I also noticed many others who told me they signed. How can something like that happen without any proof? I am reaching out to those individuals on the list that I personally know to make them aware, and I am sure that many will be in contact with the board of Registrars to let them know of the legitimacy of their signatures. I also noticed many first responders on the list, whether it be law enforcement or medical personnel, and to think that these people need to take any time out of their very limited time during this pandemic to prove they are not engaged in unlawful behavior is an absolute disgrace. I hope you all, as well as your families and loved ones, are staying healthy during this pandemic. Personally, I have been doing checks on neighbors, making large quantities of masks to help protect my friends who are directly working with Covid 19 patients, and trying to keep my medically-fragile daughter safe from catching the virus. I shouldn’t have to be taking the time to write to you to express my disgust at taxpayers being falsely accused of crimes instead of doing things to help others during this crisis. I hope Sent from my iPad 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:Billy Corley <billycorley@hotmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, April 08, 2020 8:56 AM To:Reading - Selectboard Subject:Recall Just follow due process and things will work out .Bill Corley Reading resident for over 40 years stop embarrassing our town with the attitude of this person . Sent from my iPad 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:DLS Alerts <dls_alerts@dor.state.ma.us> Sent:Thursday, April 09, 2020 9:39 AM To:Reading - Selectboard Subject:DLS Alert: MA Inspector General COVID-19 Information and Resources To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Office of the MA Inspector General: COVID-19 Information and Resources The Office of the Inspector General has developed a COVID-19 Information and Resources page dedicated to providing "COVID-19 procurement and fraud prevention information." To view the this online resource, please click here. 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Bulletin 2020-03: Alternative Procedures for Notification to Taxpayers Bulletin 2020-03 has been issued. Please review Bulletin for entire text. This Bulletin is an addendum to Bulletin 2020-2 and explains alternative procedures for notification to taxpayers when local options are exercised under sections 10 and 11 of St. 2020, c. 53, including extending property tax bill due dates or exemption filing application due dates. Instead of mailing notice to taxpayers, notification in Bulletin 2020- 02 may be posted on official municipal website and other official electronic media. You are receiving this message through the Massachusetts Department of Revenue's Division of Local Services DLS Alerts system. These periodic notices include our City & Town e-newsletter, IGRs, Bulletins, Cherry Sheets and other municipal finance-related information. To unsubscribe to DLS Alerts and the City & Town e-newsletter, please email dls_alerts@dor.state.ma.us. This email was sent to selectmen@ci.reading.ma.us why did I get this? unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences Massachusetts Department of Revenue - Division of Local Services · 100 Cambridge Street · Boston, MA 02114 · USA 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:cmsmailer@civicplus.com on behalf of Contact form at Reading MA <cmsmailer@civicplus.com> Sent:Wednesday, April 08, 2020 12:34 PM To:Reading - Selectboard Subject:[Reading MA] comments on recall petition/Board of Registrars (Sent by Marianne M McLaughlin-Downing, mariannedowning@comcast.net) Hello Select Board, Marianne M McLaughlin-Downing (mariannedowning@comcast.net) has sent you a message via your contact form (https://www.readingma.gov/user/475/contact) at Reading MA. If you don't want to receive such e-mails, you can change your settings at https://www.readingma.gov/user/475/edit. Message: Select Board - I was unable to forward this to you via the regular email selectmen@ci.reading.ma.us, so I am pasting in the mail I sent (to which the Select Board was cc'd) Dear Town Clerk and Board of registrars: As a town meeting member and citizen/voter of Reading, I am hereby notifying you that I will be calling in to the Zoom meeting of the board of registrars at 2pm today. I hope I will be allowed in on the call. My email is listed above. In addition, regarding the topic of the meeting, I am very troubled by many of the allegations made in the response to the recall petition. In particular, one concern is about the allegation that many signatures are allegedly invalid because they supposedly are “illegible”, allegedly “do not match” voter affidavit cards, and/or that the signatures allegedly were not personally made by individuals. These are very serious allegations being made here, including allegations at the very least that possibly multiple people have allegedly violated one or more Massachusetts General Laws, such as MGL Ch. 53 section 7 (as the response specifically states). The response does not, however, provide any actual proof of these allegations, and I hope the Reading Board of Registrars, who certified these signatures as valid, demands actual proof from Ms. Alvarado and her attorney of each and every allegation made in this response regarding grounds for declaring ANY signature to be invalid. A mere statement that a signature is “illegible” s eems subjective as does the allegation that signatures do not “match”. I do not see any indication that any certified handwriting expert has analyzed the signatures and come to such conclusions. Thus, it becomes a comparison of the presumption of validity after review by multiple members of the Reading Board of Registrars, whose job it is to do this all the time, vs. a subjective allegation of invalidity by Ms. Alvara do and/or her counsel. Perhaps those whose very signatures are being challenged will dir ectly notify you once they learn of this to affirm that yes, indeed, that is their valid signature. But, it seems that there is a troubling lack of any proof of this allegation. Shouldn’t the response have provided direct side by side comparisons of each signature that is being alleged to not match the voter affidavit and/or to allegedly be “illegible”? The burden of proof would seem to be on the party making the allegation. The allegation in connection with Appendix F is particularly troubling to me, wherein the response states “This Appendix F is divided into groups of signatures that one voter signed for other voters. In each of these groups, the voter who signed in person, signature, should be counted, but the other 2 signature(s) in the group should not be counted.” How does Ms. Alvarado or her attorney know this to be factual for each and every allegation they have made (and the response contains approximately 160 different groups of two or more individuals where this is alleged that “one voter” signed)? Were either of them there at the time of the signing in each and every case? Have they taken any statements from any witnesses who observed alleged acts of signing for others? No proof of any of this has been provided in the response, nor has any indication been made as to “which” person in the group is the genuine signature and which other(s) were allegedly not made personally. I assume actual proof of this serious allegation must exist, because it is being made by an elected official of the town of Reading and by a member of the Massachusetts bar. Note that the Massachusetts Rules of Professional conduct, Rule 4.1, states clearly that “A lawyer In the course of representing a client a lawyer shall not knowingly: (a) make a false statement of material fact or law to a third person…” . One would hope, therefore, that all statements of “facts” in this response by attorney Newman, such as the allegations about some signatures not being signed by the actual person, have a basis in fact, are known to be not false, and can be proven. I look forward to hearing about their proof for these serious allegations. Speaking of the Massachusetts bar, Mr. Newman has repeatedly signed his name listing a listed a BB0# (Massachusetts attorney registration number) that does not exist in the Mass BB0 system and does not, in fact, match the number that the Mass BBO lists for him. Mass BBO website lists the number as 370380, but he is repeatedly listing it, on officially filed documents, as 37380. This has happened multiple times in multiple filed documents he has made in connection with this matter. Marianne Downing 13 Heather Drive 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:Lisa Egan, Reading-North Reading Chamber of Commerce <legan@rnrchamber.com> Sent:Tuesday, April 07, 2020 1:30 PM To:Reading - Selectboard Subject:Confused about SBA programs? Join our Webinar with MA SBA Director Thursday at 10am To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. SBA Overview Webinar Thursday, April 9th 10 am - 11 am Go to Meeting Confused about the SBA programs and resources for businesses? Check out our tool, which is also attached. Join the Reading-North Reading Chamber of Commerce’s webinar on Thursday April 9th from 10 am - 11 am with Senator Jason Lewis and Bob Nelson Massachusetts District Director for the SBA. Mr. Nelson will give an overview of available SBA programs. We will then address questions you and others have shared with us, focusing on the questions we get most frequently. We will follow up on any questions we are unable to ask during the call due to time or other constraints. This webinar is available to anyone interested; you do not need to own a business or be a chamber member to participate. Questions can be email to Emily in Senator Lewis' office at Emily.granoff@masenate.gov, as we expect a large number of participants. This call is open to the public and a recorded version of the call will be available afterwards for anyone who is unable to join us. 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Try email marketing for free today! 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:cmsmailer@civicplus.com on behalf of Contact form at Reading MA <cmsmailer@civicplus.com> Sent:Wednesday, April 08, 2020 2:25 PM To:Reading - Selectboard Subject:[Reading MA] Recall of Vanessa Alvarado (Sent by Nick Face, nface@sportszone101.com) Hello Select Board, Nick Face (nface@sportszone101.com) has sent you a message via your contact form (https://www.readingma.gov/user/475/contact) at Reading MA. If you don't want to receive such e-mails, you can change your settings at https://www.readingma.gov/user/475/edit. Message: To the members of the Select Board, I am appalled and disgusted that I am taking the time out of my day to write this email to you. Last night, members of this community were notified that many of our signatures of the petition to remove Vanessa from her seat were either illegible or ineligible in the voter count. My entire family was witnessed at the Reading Quick Stop signing this petition. To have to take the time out of my day to write this message when I have a very sick family member at home is disgraceful and unacceptable. To question, not only my integrity and my families, but many members of this community is a total lack of respect to so many of us in the Town of Reading. For an individual to stoop this low in this community to question so many of us citizens is awful! 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:Robert Holmes <robertholmes630@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, April 08, 2020 7:30 PM To:Reading - Selectboard Subject:Reading death Certainly understand privacy concerns, but can you tell us whether the individual who died is a man or woman? Age maybe (or is that pushing it)? Bob Holmes, Gleason Road (and chronicle guy). Sent from my iPhone 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:Robert Holmes <robertholmes630@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, April 08, 2020 7:33 PM To:Reading - Selectboard Subject:Registrars I assume you all are aware of the Board of Registrars meeting today. They’re waiting for your guidance on when to hold a public hearing. Will guidance come tonight? Bob Holmes, Gleason Road (chronicle guy). Sent from my iPhone 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:dgaul@mbtaadvisoryboard.org Sent:Tuesday, April 07, 2020 4:22 PM To:'Town of Ipswich'; 'Town of Kingston'; 'Town of Lancaster'; 'Town of Leicester'; 'Town of Leicester'; 'Town of Lexington'; 'Town of Lexington'; 'Town of Lincoln'; 'Town of Lincoln'; 'Town of Littleton'; 'Town of Lunenburg'; 'Town of Lynnfield'; 'Town of Manchester'; 'Town of Manchester By The Sea'; 'Town of Mansfield'; 'Town of Mansfield'; 'Town of Mansfield'; 'Town of Marblehead'; 'Town of Marshfield'; 'Town of Marshfield'; 'Town of Maynard'; 'Town of Medfield'; 'Town of Medway'; 'Town of Merrimac'; 'Town of Merrimac'; 'Town of Merrimac'; 'Town of Middleborough'; 'Town of Middleton'; 'Town of Middleton'; 'Town of Millbury'; 'Town of Millbury'; 'Town of Milton'; 'Town of Milton'; 'Town of N. Attleboro'; 'Town of N. Attleboro'; 'Town of N. Attleboro'; 'Town of N. Reading'; 'Town of Nahant'; 'Town of Nahant'; 'Town of Natick'; 'Town of Natick'; 'Town of Natick '; 'Town of Needham'; 'Town of Needham'; 'Town of Newbury'; 'Town of Norfolk'; 'Town of Norfolk'; 'Town of Northborough'; 'Town of Northbridge '; 'Town of Norwell'; 'Town of Norwell'; 'Town of Norwood'; 'Town of Norwood'; 'Town of Norwood'; 'Town of Paxton'; 'Town of Pembroke'; 'Town of Pembroke'; 'Town of Pembroke'; 'Town of Plymouth'; 'Town of Princeton'; 'Town of Randolph'; 'Town of Randolph'; 'Town of Raynham'; 'Town of Raynham'; Reading - Selectboard; 'Town of Rehoboth'; 'Town of Rockland'; 'Town of Rockport'; 'Town of Rowley' Subject:FY2021 MBTA Budget Report Attachments:MBTA Advisory Board FY21 Operating Budget Oversight Report.pdf Importance:High Dear MBTA Advisory Board Members: Attached please find the report of the Finance Committee to the full MBTA Advisory Board. I am asking you to review this document and get back to me by Friday, April 10th with your comments and a yes or no vote. We have a statutory deadline of April 15th, but the MBTA’s Fiscal Management and Control Board is scheduled to meet on Monday the 13 th and the Advisory Board’s report on the MBTA budget is on the agenda. I want to thank the members of the Finance Committee for their help and guidance on this report. I recognize that this is not the ideal way to review the T’s budget, but I hope you can take a few minutes to let us know what you think. Thanks for your participation. Sincerely, 2 Brian Kane Acting Executive Director MBTA Advisory Board 177 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02111 phone: 617-426-6054 fax: 617-451-2054 MBTAAdvisoryboard.org 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:MA Municipal Assoc. <cpierce@mma.org> Sent:Wednesday, April 08, 2020 4:50 PM To:Reading - Selectboard Subject:COVID-19 DPH & MEMA Briefing F.Y.I. 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Message: I would like to know how many total dollars of legal fees the town has been billed for relative to the Vanessa Alvarado recall matter, as of the date of your hoped for response. 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:Mystic Valley Elder Services <shawn@www-mves.ccsend.com> on behalf of Mystic Valley Elder Services <doleary@mves.org> Sent:Tuesday, April 07, 2020 10:01 AM To:Reading - Selectboard Subject:News for You from The Beacon To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. IN THIS ISSUE Message Regarding Operations and COVID-19 Volunteers Rally to Deliver 10,000 Emergency Meals Fraud Surrounding COVID-19 Increasing MVES Pandemic Emergency Response Fund Funding Helps Continue Services During COVID-19 Respond to 2020 Census To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. A Message from MVES Regarding Operations and COVID-19 The past few weeks have been unlike any we have ever seen. The Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has forced Mystic Valley Elder Services (MVES) to take unprecedented measures to remain a viable resource to older adults, adults living with disabilities, and their caregivers. We continue to adapt with the evolving situation affecting our communities. MVES is taking proactive measures to ensure the safety of staff, volunteers, and the 20,000 individuals served on an annual basis. As a mission-based community resource, MVES is committed to meeting consumers’ needs during this uncertain time. However, we remain prudent in following the recommendations of national, state and local authorities so that our services are delivered in the safest manner possible. Our main office at 300 Commercial Street is closed to visitors with very limited staff working onsite while most staff are working remotely practicing social distancing. Despite challenges associated with adapting to a mostly-virtual setup, our dedicated professional team has stepped up in a big way and are working hard to keep our programs operational. All of us at MVES are trying to remain as nimble as possible during these uncertain times. Meals on Wheels will continue to operate, with MVES staff delivering daily meals. Earlier this week, 10,000 frozen meal emergency packets were delivered by 130 volunteers consisting of staff and community members. Care managers, protective services, and clinical counselors continue to connect with consumers by telephone to assess risk, provide care advice, reassurance and support and only visiting when absolutely necessary. 2 MVES appreciates our consumers, staff, volunteers, and community supporters’ flexibility and cooperation during this unprecedented time. We will provide additional updates as they become available. Volunteers Rally Together to Deliver 10,000 Emergency Meals to Mystic Valley Elder Services Consumers To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Terri Fitzgerald, MVES Resident Services Coordinator, helps deliver boxes of frozen food emergency packs to Mystic Valley Elder Service consumers. During a typical month, Mystic Valley Elder Services (MVES) delivers approximately 50,000 meals to more than 2,000 older adults aged 60 to 100+ years in their homes as part of the Meals on Wheels program. These individuals are our loved- ones, parents, grandparents, veterans and neighbors. The program provides hot and cold nutritional meals on a daily basis to these individuals as some may struggle to prepare meals for themselves, or because of physical limitations or financial difficulties. However, these are not typical times. But despite the pandemic that surrounds us, MVES continues to serve home delivered meals to consumers, and the number of those needing meals delivered is increasing daily. To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. A group of volunteers stand for a very quick photo before collecting their frozen food emergency packs for delivery. “Along with daily meals, we have been delivering extra shelf-stable meals to our consumers and are initiating other methods to assist meal delivery personnel and provide the best services to our consumers,” says Angie Fitzgerald, MVES Director of Nutrition. READ MORE Take Caution: Fraud Surrounding COVID-19 Increasing Scams related to the Coronavirus COVID-19 are rapidly increasing as the public health emergency increases. Scammers are targeting older adults and those with serious long- term health conditions who appear to have a higher risk for serious illness from COVID- 19. 3 Please refer to the below Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) infographic: To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Help Support Mystic Valley Elder Services' COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Response Fund A day ago in a town near you, a rookie Mystic Valley Elder Services Meals on Wheels driver tentatively knocked on a basement apartment door and stepped back to create “social distancing.” An older woman answered the door. Her husband was sitting in a wheelchair behind her. When the volunteer driver explained that she had brought them some frozen emergency meals to make certain they had food, the woman took the box of meals and cried “we’re afraid!” We are all afraid in these uncertain times. But older adults and adults living with disabilities are especially afraid right now because they do not want to leave the only place they feel safe – their home. You can help make certain that despite their fears, their chronic health conditions and often their very limited incomes, they will continue to receive critical assistance such as food, personal care and medicine. You can provide essential support so that Mystic Valley Elder Services will have the immediate and substantial resources we need to adjust and continue to operate during these incredibly difficult times for so many of your neighbors. Please support the Mystic Valley Elder Services COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Response Fund READ MORE To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. MVES Receives Funding to Help Continue Services During COVID-19 With the COVID-19 virus in place we are continuing to make contingency plans for service continuity. MVES has put in place a COVID-19 Emergency Fund. To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. We want to thank Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation for their generous gift of $10,000 made towards this emergency fund. Their funds will make certain MVES has funding needed to provide meals on wheels and meet food security needs and more of vulnerable older adults during the pandemic. MVES sincere thanks and appreciation goes out to The Savings Bank of Wakefield and Winchester Savings Bank for their generous gifts of $3,000 each that will be used towards 4 the MVES’ Money Management Program. This program provides financial assistance to 93 consumers who are in our 11 community service area helping them with bill paying, budgeting and banking tasks. Seventy-nine Money Management volunteers service these consumers by helping them with their financial tasks. MVES also want to extend its appreciation to The Boston Foundation who presented a $25,000 general operating support grant to help provide support for MVES’ efforts to support older adults with home meal deliveries and other vital services. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Respond to the 2020 Census Today! Now more than ever, we should all respond to the Census online, by phone, or by mail. Responses are kept confidential, and it’s easy to respond in 12 non-English languages. The Census count directs federal funding for the next ten years to our communities. Visit www.2020CENSUS.GOV to respond to the census today. ABOUT MYSTIC VALLEY ELDER SERVICES Celebrating 45 Years of giving older adults their independence, Mystic Valley Elder Services is committed to working in partnership with you to build a tailored individualized care plan that best suits your needs. 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APPLY NOW VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Mystic Valley Elder Services | 300 Commercial Street, #19, Malden, MA 02148 Unsubscribe selectmen@ci.reading.ma.us Update Profile | About Constant Contact Sent by doleary@mves.org in collaboration with To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.Trusted Email from Constant Contact - Try it FREE today. Try email marketing for free today! 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:National Civic League <aac@ncl.org> Sent:Wednesday, April 08, 2020 3:01 PM To:Reading - Selectboard Subject:Social Distancing Meets Public Engagement To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. AAC Promising Practices Webinar: Social Distancing Meets Public Engagement Join the National Civic League and the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation to hear how two civic engagement experts are handling public engagement in the time of Coronavirus. Wednesday, April 15th @ 11:00 am MT (10:00 am PT, 12:00 pm CT,1:00 pm ET) Register Now Webinar Description Two civic engagement experts will showcase strategies for virtual public engagement in this time of social isolation. The webinar will include information about leveraging government access television at all times, including this current time, to enhance the efforts of local government to connect with their residents and stakeholders. Presenters will also talk about differences in various forms of online engagement and when it might make sense to use them, as well as tips for turning your in-person meetings into virtual ones. Presenters To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Wendy Willis Executive Director, Deliberative Democracy Consortium Wendy Willis is the Executive Director of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium, a global network of major organizations and leading scholars working in the field of deliberation and public engagement. Wendy is also the Founder and Director of Oregon’s Kitchen Table, a program of the National Policy Consensus Center in the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University. Wendy is also a widely published poet and essayist, writing often on issues of public life. To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Larry Schooler Director of Consensus Building and Community Engagement, CD&P After an award-winning career as a journalist across the globe, Larry Schooler became a mediator, facilitator, public engagement consultant, and educator. 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Try email marketing for free today! 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:Dennis Newman <dennewman@aol.com> Sent:Wednesday, April 08, 2020 6:46 AM To:Gemme, Laura Cc:LeLacheur, Bob; Reading - Selectboard; Vanessa Alvarado; ray@miyares-harrington.com Subject:Krissandra Holmes Dear Ms. Gemme, As Chairperson of the Board of Registrars of Voters, I respectfully request that you convey my request to Board member Krissandra Holmes that she recluse herself from all deliberations regarding the recall of Vanessa Alvarado. Ms. Holmes signed both the original Affidavit and the Petition to recall Ms. Alvarado. Clearly Ms. Holmes can not be impartial and objective in this matter. To remove this conflict of interest, Ms. Holmes should recluse herself on all discussion and deli berations on the proposed recall of Ms. Alvarado. Sincerely, Dennis Newman DENNIS NEWMAN ATTORNEY AT LAW 580 PEARL STREET READING, MA 01867 617-780-1793 Email: DenNewman@aol.com 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:cmsmailer@civicplus.com on behalf of Contact form at Reading MA <cmsmailer@civicplus.com> Sent:Monday, April 06, 2020 9:19 PM To:Reading - Selectboard Subject:[Reading MA] Concern about field usage (Sent by Tina Torman, tinatorman@gmail.com) Hello Select Board, Tina Torman (tinatorman@gmail.com) has sent you a message via your contact form (https://www.readingma.gov/user/475/contact) at Reading MA. If you don't want to receive such e-mails, you can change your settings at https://www.readingma.gov/user/475/edit. Message: Hi, Hope you're all well and healthy. I was out for my walk today and walked behind Parker Middle School where the fields are located. I was shocked and very upset to see so many boys playing soccer, very close together. I did notify the police and requested they send a patrol to remedy the situation. If this is happening at Parker, I'm concerned that youth are playing at other fields. How can you help? We need to do something immediately to keep people away from the playing fields. I assumed everything was roped off.. Can we have police patrol all the parks on an hourly basis to make sure everyone is staying safe. Thank you for your time and help in saving lives in this community. Stay well everyone. Regards, Tina Torman 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:Kevin Vendt <kevinvendt@aol.com> Sent:Wednesday, April 08, 2020 8:55 PM To:Reading - Selectboard Subject:Parks Dear Select Board, Are any additional steps going to be taken to curtail public gatherings in public parks? Kevin H. Vendt Contract Writer Thereadingpost.com kevinvendt@aol.com 1 Saunders, Caitlin From:cmsmailer@civicplus.com on behalf of Contact form at Reading MA <cmsmailer@civicplus.com> Sent:Thursday, April 09, 2020 11:58 AM To:Reading - Selectboard Subject:[Reading MA] Select Board Meeting Packets (and Minutes) (Sent by Paul Scharr, pjscharr@gmail.com) Attachments:sb_packet_directory_2019_empty.gif Hello Select Board, Paul Scharr (pjscharr@gmail.com) has sent you a message via your contact form (https://www.readingma.gov/user/475/contact) at Reading MA. If you don't want to receive such e-mails, you can change your settings at https://www.readingma.gov/user/475/edit. Message: Could you please advise on how someone can access Select Board Meeting Packets? The link on the Town Web Site goes to empty folders (see attached image). For upcoming meetings, are packets available? they seem not to be linked to the posted agendas. Thanks!