##VIDEO ID:voDeDNfFH0Y## good evening and welcome to the uh later um Municipal vulnerability preparedness MVP Core group meeting this meeting will be held in a hybrid fashion with opportunity for both inperson attendance and remote participation please note that while an option for remote attendance Andor participation is being provided as a courtesy to the public the meeting hearing will not be suspended or terminated if technological problems interrupt the virtual broadcast unless otherwise required by law members of the public with particular interest in any specific item on the agenda should make plans for inperson versus virtual attendance accordingly the meeting will be held in person in the main meeting room of the municipal Deerfield uh Deerfield municipal offices in accordance with Mass General Law chapter 38 anyone intending to record the meeting uh must identify themselves to the clerk and that will be me uh and provide their name and address for the record um afcat is recording this so um so now the there is uh um a link on the website if you're happening to be watching you should already know about this um so uh first thing is to um make some recommendations to the select board so um I'm going to now switch to my email so that I can take us through this um where is it did you send this to a different email address maybe you sent it no I I sent it to your town email oh okay cuz I'm not seeing you in there oh well um we have to determine that there is a risk of flooding I think okay here we are okay so um basically in order to apply for this PL 566 program we got to do a few things so the MVB Core group is going to be asked uh first to agree that there's a risk of flug flooding in the downtown um so somebody want to make a motion to say that there's a risk I think uh we have enough historical and uh current observations to verify that there is a risk of flooding uh currently and that there probably is a greater uh increase in flooding due to more frequent intense events as well as um just general climate change now I don't know that we need to do this like with a motion or something but is that a motion or no we just have to agree that there is a flooding risk consensus um agreed agreed okay agreed so 0 okay um next um there appear to be solutions that would mitigate the situation do we all agree that there are potential solutions to some of the problems associated with flooding obviously 500-year flood you know 100-year flood nothing we do may make a difference but um certainly for run-of-the-mill 25e storms we could make a big difference with some of the solutions we could put in place yeah I agree I agree okay agree um is there um the next is um is there a reasonable interest in uh by town and other stakeholders to follow up on this consensus that there is a flooding risk based on tonight I think we can argue that there's plenty of interest in town to address flooding plus we um have a applied for and gotten uh the MVP Grant is a commitment on the town already and the state that recognizes that in fact we are at flood risk but that we also are committing to address it okay and the fourth thing is I'm going to make a motion that the Envy committee um uh recommends that the select board write a letter to Dan Wright from the state conservationist the state conservationist requesting to participate in the PL 566 program I will second that any discussion hearing none all those in favor I I I I I okay okay um now let me go back to the other screen we've already set the next meeting date right one quick thing about the next meeting speaking to the mic please one quick thing about the next meeting I heard from Pat um that the uh all of the meeting rooms are scheduled for that time so 24th yes so we can still have the meeting we just need to do it entirely remotely which I think will will actually be fine as long as it's I think if everybody's remote then you can hear everybody pretty pretty well so and you can share documents and everybody can actually see the recording and um we have enough accountants to do that if there's already I already checked into it yes okay so we'll just move to have that be a hybrid only meeting no remote remote only oh sorry Zoom only yeah yeah and what time is that did we say yeah we did that's the 24th at 5:30 p.m. okay yeah one thing did come up though which so Tim I believe there is a a joint one thing that did come up was there is a a joint select board Finance uh meeting that that might conflict with this so well that's okay with me because somebody you know as long as they can get a Core I okay I just I just wanted to be aware of that thanks what time is the start on the 24th 5:30 thank you okay yep all right um was there any other questions on the 566 program that anyone had Pete did you have anything I no I listen to your explanation and that's all I know I don't know if there's any other material that we could review um I had handed out that info sheet um the last meeting what what is good about this program is that there can be multiple stakeholders in other words you can work with Farmers individually homeowners individually where are private Crossings maybe um I'm hoping I I I don't have any clarification a on the state um if there was State uh like the um Culvert by fiser garage I'm not sure if the replacement would be picked up under the federal program but maybe um they were not clear they didn't have a clear answer because they didn't know how impactful it was um to the overall plan if it's impactful there's a better chance and that would encourage the state to actually replace it so is there also an opportunity to work Reg cuz you know everybody keeps talking about the Great Swamp yes and and actually what I'm hoping is that we can move this along and incorporate weightly into it because um that would be the solution as as John knows you you got to move the water along and um he's brought that up multiple times um in discussions with me and we we we know we have to do something in the Great Swamp one thing that would be interesting to look into is if is to test the water that's coming out of this artisanal spring that's creating ponds in the back of kellerer drive and if the water is actually good can the Town South Deerfield water district do something with it you know actually that was really exciting um for me to find out that the water districts can apply as stakeholders and be part of that this process so if the solution is to use water and that they could use that as a reservoir or develop as a reservoir and it would be paid for under the 566 which is is that ex I know that there's a the um well now the ice Fountain um in the town common is fed by some other stream I I don't know if it's that artisanal um water source or if it's another one but I've I've told I've been told that they can't shut that one off is that correct Chief no they can shut it off shut off in years past okay they usually like it to water and keep circulating it is it is it part of the regular water system I was told it was but I could be incorrect okay I think you are correct John part of the regular water system of the Town water system or part of the Sugarloaf uh Watershed South Water Supply District okay come to there okay so is there anything any other business yes oh Chief come up to the mic um Carolyn I I was just looking through my file I can't find what the information from last time could you resend that that you said you uh gave us last time or do you have it um I can uh I might have another one let okay thank you Chief right Chief your turn hi good evening thanks for uh giving me the mic quick I just would recommend that the MVP group who has uh done some amazing work for the town vote to recommend to the select board that we identify a funding stream and proceed forward with a modification of the bundled noi we should not be waiting any further at this point we're in the midst of winter right now Chris Miller's eager to get moving on cleaning out a couple different areas um the ground is frozen it minimizes the impact in the area with dump trucks with the mini excavator with everything because you have such a great Frost in the ground right now so you get an eager Highway superintendent that really wants to do some good work I would look at tyan Bond who did our last bundled notice of noi with concom and just look for a modification a renewal to include each Eastern A Grave Street and the possibility of the bloody Brook and that way we do have the authority to go in there legally and actually do some maintenance work so long as we notify Pete or somebody else on the Conservation Commission I think it's a week or two in advance prior to any work it's within the noi language but there is a notification that's required um modification or Amendment would be you want to make a motion to do that Pete to to to make a recommendation to the select board to chairing the uh the that committee I would almost avoid it I would have somebody else make the motion yeah yeah that's fine you're asking for a funding issue too yeah funding and proceeding forward with a modification of the bundle theni well I would make the recommendation that we do it it makes uh you know I I'm obviously push the bundled noi with you from the right from the beginning after I found out about it y um and I do admit we are only okay so let's make a motion so we can go home so make a motion to recommend to the select board that they identify a funding stream and proceed forward with a modification renewal of the bundled noi to include Grave Street Eastern na the blacksmith Brook also known as the Sugarloaf Brook and the Bloody Brook if possible I will make that motion a second can we discuss the motion discussion um I would caution um the spe specifity of that U Motion in that it may want to be a little bit more generalized if you're looking at the noi language uh to include other areas of town that we may or may not even know of at this point in time um because every time you come back if we don't have it included amend again so there might be some language difference just do we have to re-engineer those if we don't as we add do we have to re-engineer every time re-engineer no amend the bond do we need to get an engineering firm to come in and say this is what we're [Music] doing now that we've established the noi is it the amendment I don't know uh uh technically because I don't know how that whole contractual Arrangement was done uh and what can be done we're one of only a handful of towns that has a bundled noi so I'd have to reach out for some clarification on that if we can do amendments on our own if it has to go through the engineer that put it together if it has to go through a d okay let's let's throw out the old motion and let's come up with a new motion to um say move that the MVP Core Group request that the select board examine the the existing notice of intent um with the intention of modifying it to address farm swales and other um Water Resources in town that could potentially um benefit from main benefit from regular maintenance and Pete's going to abstain would you say fa swes per say because there's a lot of ss that are already Exempted in the WPA yeah if there agriculture you so it's gets it's all good Pete this is just a minor motion this is a recommendationer to come in and do this for us because it's obvious that we're not going to get through this without that that step so do we have a second I will second and I'll friendly Amendment will drop the farm swells we'll just say water resources in town that could benefit from you know uh y expanded noi bundled noi because it's not just an noi it's a bundled noi mhm Greg are you writing this letter I'm sorry are you writing this letter are are you going to put this letter together it doesn't have to be um put together he can just be brought to the the select board saying that the MVP wants you to look into this I'm just wondering if someone's got G to have the motion oh down yes yeah GRE Greg knows what we're the intent okay okay is there a second is there a second there is a second okay any discussion hearing none all those in favor I I I okay abstain yeah so that's 401 um great thank you guys you're amazing thank you John you need anything before I leave don't leave okay um is there anything else hearing none uh I'll take a motion to adjourn okay IJ I will second that all those in favor I show hands thank you thank you