8.1.2022 Redevelopment Authority

call to order uh pursuant to the um open meeting law any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible this is a remote meeting with all members

participating remotely and i'd like to start with a a roll call um joe marshall here joan medeiros here ann keane here those are the members that are present also participating are sarah page john coughlin our council and ken fiolar administrative services consultant the first item on the agenda is the approval of the warrants sarah did send everyone the warrants is there any any discussion or a vote to approve

anyone a motion to approve the warrant as presented is there a second second thank you could you also state your name when you vote please uh joan oh joan medeiros uh motion to approve the warrant as presented okay and and could you do the same yep and keen second okay all in favor joe marshall i john madarasai and kenai okay okay so approved uh next item is to approve a change order change order number four

uh for forty six thousand seven sixty six uh point seventy four regarding the city peer project and we all have a copy of that change order is there any oh sarah could you um highlight the purpose of the order for the for the audience sure so this change order incorporates a number of items that really were required because of uh unexpected conditions at the site or the requirements that were unexpected by

national grid and so um it includes bollards that were required around the transformer pad that were significantly more than anyone expected them to require um they tested the water system found some um that had been put in um prior to this work and found a couple of leaks and so there was repair and testing then they had to change loan providers and the vendor the vendor all of a sudden said they couldn't

provide the loan so that meant the loan had to be retested and we got a credit for that and um because we were billed for it and then we got a credit um they had to remove sidewalk that existed on the walkway um that was much thicker than ever anticipated and when they joined the boardwalk to our walkway at city here it there was quite a hole um that really needed to be filled in and

uh it was a danger and a concern um so those were all just necessary um changes that were made right and we did receive a a memo to that effect yes in our uh in our board package is there any board members any discussion or even comments change order it's joan i have none i think that they did a good job of outlining what occurred here good good so i'll entertain a motion to uh approve

the change order and so uh sarah can take care of that uh harrison um a motion to approve the change order as proposed is there a section diane keane second uh all in favor uh signified by saying aye joe marshall i don't medaris eye and keen eye okay so moved thank you next item uh to discuss uh executing the mass dot right of entry form regarding 79.

so we've talked about this a number of times and here we have and it required significant work which um massdot had really underestimated eventually we got trans systems involved because as they really looked at it and we're very glad we had beta really look into it um some of the curbing and where we were putting the crosswalk across the driveway we created has to be taken apart and redone

because we want people to move from our walkway onto the pedestrian walkway that is being created by route 79 and so plans were revised um john and i had the um engineer engineering beta really describe what needs to be uh paid attention to looking at the plans that massdot has and um you know the original plans and the plans that we've provided that show all the changes that need to be made

so now sarah said when you refer to john you mean john coughlin right yes okay i mean john coughlin so he and i made sure that this all ties together and is more detailed than mass d.o.t would have typically expected and so we're confident that this addresses our needs okay so so what you're uh what you're looking for what we're looking for is a vote to authorize me as chair to execute the

the mass d.o.t right of entry document that's been prepared that authorizes route 79 the route 79 contractor to enter the city peer property and make changes at the entry drive as detailed in the exhibit that was attached to our package correct that's right okay members of the board is there someone who would make that motion uh joan medeiros a motion for the board chair to enter into the um agreement with mass d.o.t

as proposed okay is there a second second by ann keen okay um all in favor please signify by um voting i joe marshall i stoned madarasai dan keane aye okay so moved so um you'll uh you'll take care of that uh john coughlin and sarah page yeah yes okay all right um next item to discuss a proposal from beta for design of a doc system at city pier uh just an aside um i mentioned it to

you sarah that a uh individual who has sent a a couple of open meeting law violations this is good news open meeting law violation uh was down at the city pierre went by the city pier and took it upon himself to give me a call and praise us uh for the the work that's being done so that's uh that's a feather everybody that's on this call had something to do with that so uh

it's always good to get those good calls and i think that was the impression he was trying to make too so anyway um going on i digress uh to discuss a proposal from beta for the design of a doc system at city pier you want to just uh briefly give us a summary on that even though we do know about it but publicly yes so um this includes the design services

helping us so we're basically putting a doc system on the north pier funding has been provided and we're applying for more funding the goal is to get the piles in by the end of december before a time of year restriction is imposed because of the spawning of fish in the river and then in the spring we would add the docks to the piles and this proposal is to do the design to do some surveying

um and then to put it out to bid help us choose the low bidder presumably and uh it's a total of 61 000 they would then provide us another um estimate to actually supervise the construction so this would get us through uh december basically so you would suggest that um that we the the board authorized myself to chair to execute an amendment to our existing beta contract for design and bidding for

a doc system on the north side of the city pier correct yes okay um jonah and any discussion i i have no comments and well i'll entertain a motion okay authorizing me to execute the amendment to our existing beta contract yep joan medeiros a motion to approve for the board chair to enter into an amendment with vader beta for the docking system at city pier thank you is there a second we may have lost hands

all right yeah second from ann keene oh we found her okay good thank you uh uh all in favor signify by saying aye joe marshall i doane medeiros aye and keen eye okay so move thank you uh number six is to discuss a uh proposal from a consultant regarding the historic district but do we have anything on that at all sarah i sent you a few pages of the person's proposal uh ken and i interviewed him

uh we feel as that we should connect within and make sure our committee is in agreement after i check all of his references and bring it to the august 24th board meeting does that sound right to you ann yes that's fine ken do you have any comment on uh on that i mean you've discussed it with uh sarah um no i i think we were hoping that we'd get more than one bid okay because of the

specificity of the bid and quite frankly not that many people out there that do this sort of stuff with the amount of people that would actually be submitting a proposal so you know i we have not looked at at least i have not looked at the course proposal as of yet okay um however you know based upon the uh the interview that sarah and i had with them he seems to be

to be a competent individual and someone that's um you know going to be committed to the project so at least from that perspective great all right well thank you for your input um the the next item is a is going to be a request to go into executive session um i make the finding that an open session would have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the public body roll call vote to enter into executive

session for the below item on the agenda and to return to open session so i'll entertain a roll call vote to go into executive session and joe i would just read the item on the agenda so that everybody oh yeah okay uh well the item one item is to discuss real estate transactions on innovation way fall river slash freetown massachusetts do you do you want a detail no i think it we know that's all okay

we'll call vote to go in and to return to open session that's correct so we need a motion yes please okay joan medeiros a motion to enter into executive session and to return to open session to discuss the real estate transaction at innovation way slash free town massachusetts thank you is there a second second by anne keane okay all in favor signify by saying hi joe marshall i don't medarassai

and kenai okay so moved uh we will now go into executive session

um let's uh let's do a roll call coming back uh into open session uh joe marshall here joan medeiros here ann keane here okay and um sarah why don't you announce your attendance yes sarah page here okay john and ken yes ken triola john coughlin okay good all right uh we're back in open session we've got two items um that require a vote after discussion i'd be entertaining a uh

a motion to authorize me as chair to execute an amendment to the land disposition agreement with the vitis management and development is there a motion to have me do that uh joan medeiros a motion for the board chair to enter into an amended land disposition agreement with vitis management and development company okay is there a second second by ann king okay all in favor signify by saying aye joe marshall i

john madarasai and keen eye okay so moved thank you one other item um vote also vote to authorize myself as chair to execute any and all documents in order to grant a conservation restriction on the buffer area on um innovation way is there a motion uh to do that or allow that a motion for the board chair to enter into account to vote to sign sorry to sign a conservation restriction on the

buffer area at innovation way fall river slash freetown massachusetts thank you is there a second to uh joan medeiros's motion second by anne keane okay all in favor signify by saying aye joe marshall i don't medarisai okay so moved last item on the agenda is a roll call vote to adjourn is there a motion to adjourn or is there any other discussion necessary uh joan medeiros a motion to adjourn

second by anyone one second okay uh uh all in favor of the motion to adjourn signified by saying aye joe marshall i john madarasai and i okay so moved thank you see you later on in the month for our next meeting thank you thanks have a good morning thanks thank you bye-bye