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41.86 SPEAKER241.86 -41.86 Councilor41.86 Feltner.42.19

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43.47 SPEAKER243.47 -43.47 Councilor43.47 Gannon.43.86

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46.27 SPEAKER246.27 -46.27 Councilor46.27 Gardner.46.74

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111.12 SPEAKER2111.12 -111.12 Councilor111.12 Palumbo?111.6 Yes.112.24 Councilor112.56 Piccherelli?112.96 Yes.113.6 Councilor113.92 Bass?114.4

114.8 SPEAKER3114.8 -114.8 Yes.114.8

115.12 SPEAKER2115.12 -115.12 Councilor115.12 Fehlner?115.52

116 SPEAKER3116 -116 Yes.116

116.32 SPEAKER5116.32 -116.32 Councilor116.32 Gannon?116.72 Yes.117.76 Councilor118.4 Gardner?118.96

119.6 SPEAKER3119.6 -119.6 Yes.119.6

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360.39 SPEAKER2360.39 -360.39 Councilor360.39 Feltner.360.55

361.35 SPEAKER3361.35 -361.35 Yes.361.35

362.23 SPEAKER2362.23 -362.23 Councilor362.23 Gannon.362.71 Yes.363.83 Councilor364.95 Gardner.365.43

366.15 SPEAKER3366.15 -366.15 Yes.366.15

367.19 SPEAKER2367.19 -367.19 Councilor367.19 O'Faye.367.59 Yes.368.23 Councilor368.95 Palumbo.369.35

369.99 SPEAKER5369.99 -369.99 Yes.369.99

370.47 SPEAKER2370.47 -370.47 Councilor370.47 Pietrally.370.95

371.59 SPEAKER7371.59 -371.59 Yes.371.59

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648.93 SPEAKER2648.93 -648.93 Councilor648.93 Gannon?649.41

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651.01 SPEAKER2651.01 -651.01 Councilor651.01 Gardner?651.57

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653.04 SPEAKER2653.04 -653.04 Councilor653.04 O'Faye?653.51 Yes.654.15 Councilor654.79 Palumbo?655.2 Yes.655.92 Councilor656.48 Piccirilli?656.88 Yes.657.51 Councilor658.08 Bass?658.48 Yes.658.96 Councilor659.27 Feltner?659.67 Yes.660.15 President660.39 Sedaris?660.88

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791.9 SPEAKER2791.9 -791.9 Councilor791.9 Garner.792.38

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797.18 SPEAKER2797.18 -797.18 Councilor797.18 Palumbo?797.58 Yes.798.06 Councilor798.38 Picheruling?798.7 Yes.799.35 Councilor799.66 Bass?800.14

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1231.76 SPEAKER31231.76 -1231.76 Yes.1231.76

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1806.96 SPEAKER21806.96 -1806.96 Councilor1806.96 Columba?1807.29 Yes.1807.85 Councilor1808.24 Piccirilli?1808.57 Yes.1809.37 Councilor1809.92 Bass?1810.33

1810.81 SPEAKER11810.81 -1810.81 Yes.1810.81

1811.68 SPEAKER21811.68 -1811.68 Councilor1811.68 Faulkner?1812.01

1812.64 SPEAKER51812.64 -1812.64 Yes.1812.64

1812.96 SPEAKER21812.96 -1812.96 Councilor1812.96 Gannon?1813.37 Yes.1814.57 Councilor1815.2 Gardner?1815.61

1816.16 SPEAKER31816.16 -1816.16 Yes.1816.16

1817.13 SPEAKER21817.13 -1817.13 Councilor1817.13 O'Faye?1817.61 Yes.1818.4 President1818.96 Cedars?1819.37 Yes.1819.92 1820.51 SIDERIS1820.51 -1820.51 Thank1820.51 you.1820.67 Can1820.83 I1820.99 get1821.15 a1821.39 motion1821.47 to1822.27 confirm1822.43 Antonio1823.15 Moly1823.63 for1823.95 an1824.19 appointment1824.27 as1825.15 a1825.31 member1825.39 of1825.63 the1825.71 Board1825.79 of1826.11 Election1826.19 Commissioners1826.59 for1827.55 a1827.71 term1827.87 expiring1828.11 04/01/2030?1828.75 1830.59 PICCIRILLI1830.59 -1830.59 So1830.59 moved.1830.75 1831.15 SIDERIS1831.15 -1831.15 Is1831.15 there1831.31 a1831.47 second?1831.55 1831.95 FELTNER1831.95 -1831.95 Second.1831.95

1832.8 Councilor1832.8 O'Fay.1833.24 1833.68 THEOPHILUS1833.68 OFFEI1833.68 -1833.68 COUNCIL1833.68 MEMBER1833.68 -1833.68 Okay.1833.68 Just1835.2 to1835.52 finish1835.61 what1835.85 I1836 was1836.09 saying1836.33 that,1836.96 it1838.16 is1838.4 deeply1838.64 important1839.13 to1839.61 me1839.85 that1840.24 anyone1842.09 who1842.64 serves1842.88 on1843.37 the1843.52 election1843.61 commission1844 or1844.4 an1844.57 election1844.72 official1845.2 is1845.68 able1845.85 to,1846.16 attest1847.71 and1848.03 affirm1848.27 who1849.39 won1849.47 the1849.71 201849.87 201850.11 election.1850.51 So1851.79 this1852.03 was1852.27 my1852.43 other1852.67 question1852.83 for1853.15 Mr.1853.39 Moll,1853.79 and1855.07 he1856.27 answered1857.71 my1858.19 question1858.43 by1858.91 saying1859.15 that1859.55 secretary,1860.88 Gavin1863.37 did,1863.85 1866.33 did,1866.33 what1869.68 was1869.85 we1870.09 looking1870.4 for?1870.72 Affirmed,1872.4 President1873.53 Biden1874.01 at1874.4 the1874.48 window1874.64 of1874.97 the1875.05 20201875.37 election.1875.77 I1876.32 was1876.48 a1876.56 little1876.64 concerned1876.72 that1880.24 that1881.2 wasn't1881.44 his1881.84 personal1882.08 view,1882.56 but1883.92 it1884.24 was1884.48 it1884.88 was1885.04 because1885.28 the1886.48 state1886.64 official1886.96 or1887.68 the1887.84 secretary1888.08 is1889.65 the1889.89 one1890.13 that,1890.46 affirmed1895.1 the1895.49 president1895.58 of1896.54 the1897.17 obvious1897.26 winner1897.58 of1897.89 the1897.98 20201898.3 election1898.7 as1899.1 the1899.26 winner.1899.34 I'm1899.89 still1900.13 gonna1900.38 vote1900.7 to1901.41 confirm1904.8 him1905.2 that1905.6 I1906.64 was1906.8 a1907.04 little,1907.28 unsettled,1908.88 because1910.16 I1910.4 do1910.56 think1910.72 that1910.88 is1911.12 important1912.08 for1912.72 any1913.12 elected1913.44 official1913.84 to1914.32 be1914.4 able1914.56 to1914.8 just1914.96 make1915.2 that1915.44 statement.1915.68 1917.9 SIDERIS1917.9 -1917.9 Are1917.9 there1918.14 any1918.22 other1918.46 comments?1918.7 Can1920.7 I1920.87 get1920.94 a1921.11 roll1921.18 call,1921.51 please?1921.74

1922.38 SPEAKER21922.38 -1922.38 Councilor1922.38 Palumbo.1922.79 Yes.1923.66 Councilor1924.38 Piccirilli.1924.79 Yes.1925.51 Councilor1925.9 Bass.1926.38

1926.79 SPEAKER31926.79 -1926.79 Yes.1926.79

1927.27 SPEAKER21927.27 -1927.27 Councilor1927.27 Feltner.1927.66

1928.31 SPEAKER31928.31 -1928.31 Yes.1928.31

1928.87 SPEAKER21928.87 -1928.87 Councilor1928.87 Gannon.1929.27 Yes.1930.22 Councilor1930.79 Gardner.1931.27 Present.1932.84 Councilor1935.24 Beggin?1935.8 Present.1936.28 President1937.8 Sedaris?1938.2 Yes.1938.84 1941.08 SIDERIS1941.08 -1941.08 It1941.08 carries1941.32 602.1951.71 New1951.71 business.1951.96 I'm1952.99 looking1953.23 for1953.63 a1954.84 motion1954.91 to1955.39 refer1956.28 to1956.52 the1956.67 Committee1956.84 on1957.15 Public1957.71 Works,1959.24 an1959.24 update1959.48 on1959.96 the1960.04 Watertown1960.2 Square1960.68 intersection1961.08 roadway1961.8 improvement1962.28 plan.1962.76 This1963.08 has1963.24 nothing1963.4 to1963.72 do1963.88 with1964.04 the1964.2 garage.1964.36 I1965.24 think1965.4 that1965.72 we1965.96 need1966.2 to1966.44 we've1967.48 had,1967.8 it's1969.48 been1969.72 some1969.96 time1970.2 since1971.24 we,1971.64 got1973.11 an1973.35 update.1973.51 And1973.9 this1974.14 is1974.38 not1974.47 a1974.71 full1975.51 scale1975.9 public1976.95 discussion.1977.59 It1978.31 is1978.47 a1978.63 public1978.79 discussion,1979.11 but1979.83 I1980.07 think1980.14 that1980.38 the1980.79 committee1981.18 should1981.59 take1982.07 a1982.31 look1982.47 at1982.63 where1982.79 we1983.03 are1983.27 in1983.74 respect1983.99 to1984.38 how1984.55 we1985.13 are1985.29 moving1985.53 to,1985.85 when1986.81 we're1987.05 going1987.21 to1987.45 start1987.61 getting1988.17 gathering1988.57 more1988.97 input.1989.21 Because1989.77 I1990.09 know1990.17 this1990.33 this1990.73 this1990.97 particular1991.05 plan,1992.25 even1992.57 at1992.89 Saturday1993.13 at1993.53 the1993.69 fair1993.77 on1994.01 the1994.17 square,1994.33 we've1994.57 got1994.73 a1994.89 lot1994.97 of1995.21 people1995.29 wondering1995.61 what1996.01 we're1996.17 doing.1996.33 So1996.81 I1997.05 think1997.13 it1997.29 was1997.45 appropriate1997.69 that1998.09 we1998.33 just1998.49 have1998.73 a1999.45 brief1999.53 overview2000.6 of2001.08 where2001.23 we2001.39 are2001.55 in2001.8 the2001.88 plan2001.95 for2002.28 the2002.43 Committee2002.6 of2002.91 Public2003.39 Works2003.71 to2003.71 report2003.88 back2004.28 to2004.67 the2004.84 city2004.99 council.2005.23 So2006.04 is2006.76 there2006.91 a2006.99 second?2007.55 2008.52 FELTNER2008.52 -2008.52 Second.2008.52 Any2008.52 discussion?2008.91

2010.67 Oh,2010.67 yeah.2010.99 Councilor2011.32 Feldman.2011.8 2012.19 FELTNER2012.19 -2012.19 Thank2012.19 you.2012.36 I2012.99 would2013.08 just-2013.47 I'm2013.95 assuming2014.19 I2015.18 don't2015.26 wanna2015.5 assume,2015.82 but2016.14 I'm2016.3 assuming2016.46 that2016.94 because2017.98 the2018.7 Arsenal2019.02 Street2019.5 Corridor2019.82 and2020.46 Community2020.78 Path2021.18 was2021.5 mentioned2021.74 recently2022.14 as2022.62 being2022.94 related2023.26 to2023.66 this2023.74 plan2023.9 that2024.22 that2024.38 would2024.54 also2024.7 be2025.02 included2025.66 in2026.14 the2026.3 discussion.2026.46 So2027.28 we2027.52 have2027.68 a2027.85 over2027.92 like2028.72 you2029.04 said,2029.13 a2029.37 summary2029.52 update2030.01 overview2030.33 of2030.88 that2031.04 area.2031.52 2035.13 SIDERIS2035.13 -2035.13 Any2035.13 other2035.52 comments?2035.77 Roll2037.2 call,2037.52 please.2037.85

2039.2 SPEAKER22039.2 -2039.2 Councilor2039.2 Piccirilli?2039.61

2040.57 SPEAKER52040.57 -2040.57 Yes.2040.57

2041.13 SPEAKER22041.13 -2041.13 Councilor2041.13 Bays?2041.68

2042.09 SPEAKER32042.09 -2042.09 Yes.2042.09

2042.75 SPEAKER22042.75 -2042.75 Councilor2042.75 Feltner?2043.15

2043.79 SPEAKER32043.79 -2043.79 Yes.2043.79

2044.27 SPEAKER22044.27 -2044.27 Councilor2044.27 Gannon?2044.67 Yes.2045.79 Councilor2046.43 Gardner?2046.91

2047.47 SPEAKER32047.47 -2047.47 Yes.2047.47

2048.35 SPEAKER22048.35 -2048.35 Councilor2048.35 Rolfe?2048.83 Yes.2049.31 Councilor2049.87 Colombo?2050.43 Yes.2051.31 President2051.71 Sedaris?2052.11 Yes.2052.75 Thank2052.99 you.2053.23 2053.47 SIDERIS2053.47 -2053.47 Communications2053.47 from2054.11 the2054.35 manager.2054.51 2056.16 PROAKIS2056.16 -2056.16 Thank2056.16 you,2056.24 Mr2058.07 President.2058.39 A2058.39 couple2058.39 of2058.8 items2059.04 here2059.43 this2059.68 evening.2059.91 The2060.24 first2060.39 is2060.64 I2060.88 wanted2060.95 to2061.28 share2061.36 with2061.59 you2061.76 that,2061.99 last2062.95 week,2063.2 we2063.59 and2063.84 vice2063.99 president,2064.24 we2064.55 particularly2064.88 say2065.43 Tyler,2065.68 from2067.04 our2067.2 communications2067.36 team2067.99 delivered2068.24 9762068.8 community2070.39 letters2070.95 supporting2071.49 the2071.65 Watertown2071.81 Square2072.29 post2072.61 office,2072.85 to2073.81 the2073.97 folks2074.13 at2074.37 the2074.45 Newtown2074.61 post2075.09 office.2075.41 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