Public Hearing - 8 PM

Transcript (~1 min @ 38:38)

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▶ 37:41 Speaker 3: decision to re-turf their Fried Green Field is made to really make sure that the due diligence has been done. I'm not suggesting that you the council that it's your job to go and read every research paper and interview all the communities who are having problems with their fields and those sorts of things but someone should do it and that someone should be the folks in the city who are proposing that this retiring is the right idea because presumably, you know, they should do that due diligence. You know, I have they really looked at all of these Studies have they understood by the effects are Etc. I didn't mention the injury data related to artificial turf as well. I know we have limited time for public comments, but I would just really encourage the community as Melrose that we are committed to a healthy community and a healthy environment that this decision to meet her and kind of double down on this decision of the Fred Greenfield is just really not consistent with with our values and goals as a community.

▶ 38:41 Christopher Cinella: Thank you could just pause you right there because we do have to open up our public hearing on another matter or a little past the time to do that by law. So if we pause you there for like a minute. If there's no objection at this time seeing that it's 8 o'clock. I'd like to open up our public hearing. under the National Grid order 22 -113

▶ 39:07 Speaker 2: okay, that order is now before us for Public Works.

▶ 39:12 Christopher Cinella: is there anybody here this evening to speak on the we are we I think we don't. We don't need you to present at this time. Yeah, we heard early in committee. But it as of now if there's any folks here to speak on that on that order.

▶ 39:31 Christopher Cinella: Seeing nobody. Okay. What is the well, there's no objection. We'll close the public hearing. Public hearing is now closed.

▶ 39:40 Speaker 2: and he may just a formality, but you can continue now with public comments. Sorry.

▶ 39:46 Speaker 3: I just wanted to add a couple of points. on the plastic pollution issue people that are younger than any of us sitting here are very much.