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UH, WELCOME TARA TOWN BOARD, UH, WORK SESSION AND, UM, TODAY IS MARCH 16TH AT SIX O'CLOCK, UH, 6:06 PM AND UM, THE FIRST ITEM WAS, UM, JUST A VERY BRIEF DISCUSSION OF THE TRAFFIC, UH, YOUR SAFETY COMMITTEE.WE, UM, TALKED ABOUT IT ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD IS IN TERMS OF, UM, HOW WE WOULD WANNA FOLLOW UP.
SHOULD WE SEND OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS DO WE NEED AND, UM, WHEN DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY MEMBERS AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN DO WE WANNA FORM IT? YOU KNOW, MAYBE GARRETT, WOULD YOU WANT TO GIVE US ANY, ANY THOUGHTS OR, OR RICH SINCE
UM, O ONE THING THAT WAS DISCUSSED, UM, PREVIOUSLY WAS THE FORMATION OF A, UH, I GUESS A FORMAL TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
UM, THAT, THAT WOULD, UM, THINK ABOUT VARIOUS TRANSPORTATION PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS IN THE TOWN, UM, AND ADVISE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON PLANNING THOSE, THOSE, THOSE ENDEAVORS.
AND ONE RECOMMENDATION THAT I WOULD HAVE, UM, WOULD BE THAT THE TOWN BOARD FOCUS, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, HE WANTS SEVEN OR NINE MEMBERS AND, AND ACTUALLY HAVE A DEFINED, UH, NUMBER OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
AND, UM, ONE THING WE COULD DO IS WE COULD WORK WITH RICH AND WRITE UP SORT OF A, A BIO OF, OF WHAT THAT COMMITTEE WOULD ENCOMPASS SO THAT, UH, ANYONE THAT THAT HAS INTEREST WOULD HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF TIME COMMITMENTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AREAS OF, OF, OF EXPERTISE AND THINGS TO CONSIDER.
UM, AND, AND HOW OFTEN WE WOULD MEET THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO IF THE BOARD LIKES, UH, I CAN WORK WITH RICH, WE COULD PREPARE THAT AND, UM, AND WE COULD EMAIL IT OUT TO THE BOARD AND ONCE, YOU KNOW, IF THE BOARD WAS SATISFIED, UH, WE COULD SEND SOMETHING OUT AND SOLICIT INTEREST AND, UM, AND, AND DO JUST THAT, ENSURE THAT WE HAVE GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY SO THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TRANSPORTATION IN THE ISSUE ISSUES IN THE TOWN, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE THOUGHT ABOUT FROM A, A BROAD SPECTRUM OF, OF THE RESIDENTS.
AND, UM, AND I, I, I THINK, UM, THAT WOULD BE OUR RECOMMENDATION.
AND, UM, YEAH, THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION.
SO GARY, YOU'LL, UH, COME UP WITH, UH, SOMETHING TO SEND OUT AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW UP.
YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK ON THE DRAFT, WE'LL SEND THAT OUT THIS WEEK AND TO THE BOARD MEMBERS.
AND ONCE WE, UM, HAVE YOUR CONCURRENCE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO E-BLAST IT OUT OR PUT IT ON THE WEB AND, AND SOLICIT INTEREST AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT GETTING, GETTING A COMMITTEE TOGETHER AND, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
NEXT WE HAVE, UM, THE DISCUSSION WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR.
DID THE BOARD WANNA, UM, DISCUSS THIS IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION OR AT A PUBLIC MEETING? WELL, WE, WE, WE HAVE TO NARROW DOWN THE CANDIDATES WE HAVE, WE'RE DOWN TO TWO CANDIDATES AND WE SHOULD DISCUSS, UH, THEIR ANSWERS, UH, TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONE IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE.
SO WE SHOULD DO THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE DON'T WANNA PUBLICLY BE SAYING WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, CRITICISMS OF EITHER ONE OF THE CANDIDATES PUBLICLY.
OR IF THERE IS CRITICISMS, IT MAY NOT.
IF THERE IS, IF THERE ARE, THAT MAY NOT BE RIGHT.
UM, OKAY, SO IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR THE OPEN MEETING? NO.
SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING CONTRACTUAL ISSUES AND LITIGATION MATTERS AS WELL AS INVOLVING INDIVIDUAL PERSONNEL.