Watertown City Council
Tuesday March 26, 2024
The order of items in transcripts appear in the chronological order in which they were taken up. Some Agenda items may have been skipped.
Public Forum
Arik Kulbath, a resident at 26 Westland Road, spoke at a public hearing to seek clarification regarding the ban on renting out guest rooms on Airbnb, as it affects his supplementary income used for mortgage payments. Council President Mark S. Sideris responded, advising Kulbath to wait for a moment, indicating that information on the matter would be provided shortly.
118.75 ARIK
118.75 KULBATH
118.75 -
118.75 RESIDENT
118.75 -
118.75 My
118.75 name
118.83 is
119.07 Arik
119.23 Kulbath.
119.47 I'm
120.03 at
120.19 26
120.43 Westland
121.07 Road.
121.55 I'm
122.27 here
122.59 to
122.91 find
124.17 out
124.5 more
124.58 information
124.97 about
125.38 this
125.69 Airbnb
126.02 ban.
126.73 I
127.22 am
127.38 a
128.5 owner
128.66 of
129.06 a
129.38 guest
129.62 room,
129.85 and
130.42 I
130.66 have
131.19 been
131.35 told
131.59 I'm
131.83 not
131.99 allowed
132.15 to
132.47 rent
132.71 that
132.95 out
133.19 on
133.67 Airbnb.
135.11 I
135.83 Eould
135.99 like
135.99 to
136.11 know
136.23 if
136.47 that's
136.63 something
136.87 that
137.27 will
137.59 be
137.83 discussed
137.99 in
138.47 the
138.63 future.
138.71 I
139.69 don't
139.84 do
139.93 it
140.17 as
140.41 a
140.65 business.
140.81 It's
141.28 just
141.53 more
141.77 income
142.09 to
142.49 help
142.65 pay
142.81 the
143.05 mortgage
143.21 when
143.61 my
144 100%
144.25 commission
144.89 job
145.28 is
145.61 down
145.84 in
146.17 the
146.33 dumps
146.41 with
146.72 the
146.97 economy.
147.13 So
147.61 i
148.97 just
148.97 want
149.29 to
149.61 know
149.61 if
149.77 there's
149.93 going
150.25 to
150.49 be
150.49 a
150.65 timetable
150.73 or
151.37 a
151.61 discussion
151.69 on
152.09 that.
152.25 That's
152.97 it.
153.13
154.25 MARK
154.25 S.
154.25 SIDERIS
154.25 -
154.25 COUNCIL
154.25 PRESIDENT
154.25 -
154.25 If
154.25 you
154.49 wait
154.57 just
154.73 a
154.97 few
155.05 minutes,
155.29 we'll
155.61 give
155.93 you
156.09 that
156.25 information.
156.41 Have
158.2 a
158.28 seat.
158.36
158.84 KULBATH
158.84 -
158.84 Okay.
158.84