Office of Outdoor Advertising
Public Meeting
July 10, 2014
11:00 AM
Ten Park Plaza
Conference Rm 5 & 6
Boston, MA 02116
Present:
Edward Farley, Executive Director
Chris Quinn, Esq., Counsel
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EDWARD FARLEY:
Good morning everyone.
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Welcome to the Office of Outdoor Advertising Public
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Meeting for July 10, 2014.
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is Ed Farley.
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my left is Chris Quinn our legal counsel.
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meeting is called to order.
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done so, please sign in at the side of the room here.
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There are also agendas and minutes available for your
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review.
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It is 11:00 AM.
My name
I am the Director for the office and to
This
If you haven’t already
With that I would like a review of the
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June 12, 2014 OOA Public Meeting Agenda Minutes.
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there any comments from the June 12, 2014 meeting
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minutes?
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Meeting Minutes are approved.
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Are
Hearing none, the June 12, 2014 Public
Moving onto our first agenda item we
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have an application for new license from Northvision,
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LLC.
Is the applicant present this morning?
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PETER MCCLEARY:
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representing the applicant.
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Capolupo.
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ED FARLEY:
Mr. Farley, I am
The applicant is Wayne
Okay.
For the record, the
application is in order and the accompanying documents
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to include the W9 and Certificate of Good Standing are
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in order.
Do we have any public comment about --
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CHRIS CHAVES:
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ED FARLEY:
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CHRIS CHAVES:
I have a comment.
Okay, Mr. Chaves.
On August 20, 2012,
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after receiving a phone call about a couple of VMS
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boards being used as off-premise advertising on Route
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110 and Route 1 in Salisbury.
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SPS Construction logo affixed to them and they were
The VMS boards had a
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advertising for shows for the Blue Ocean Music Hall.
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Letters were sent to the president of SPS Mr. Phillip
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Capolupo as well as Cathy Aiello from the Blue Ocean
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Music Hall.
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The reason why this is being brought up
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now is Mr. Capolupo is the proposed licensee and he is
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also involved in SPS Construction, as well as the
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addresses for SPS, and the license to Northvision have
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the same address in Salisbury.
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any kind of notification from them whether they have
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taken them down.
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We haven’t received
Letters were sent certified mail.
ED FARLEY:
So, Mr. McCleary, is there
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a relationship between the company in question and the
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applicant, Northvision LLC?
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PETER MCCLEARY:
They are two separate
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corporations completely.
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LLCs.
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talking about.
I have no knowledge of what the gentleman is
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ED FARLEY:
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letter.
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advertising taking place.
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letter out.
Did you hear back from the company?
CHRIS QUINN:
Do we know if they are up
or down?
CHRIS CHAVES:
We don’t know at this
time.
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ED FARLEY:
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that for the record.
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up or down?
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We haven’t heard back
through email, phone calls, through anything, so no.
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The field inspector sent a
CHRIS CHAVES:
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I can get you a copy of the
The point is there was some unlawful outdoor
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They maintain two separate
All right, I will include
You don’t know if the signs are
CHRIS CHAVES:
As of this time, we
don’t know.
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ED FARLEY:
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PETER MCCLEARY:
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Mr. McCleary?
I have no knowledge of
the signs, period.
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ED FARLEY:
Okay.
All right, for the
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time being we will take the application under
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advisement.
We will send the applicant a letter and
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just for clarification to make sure those other signs
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have been removed.
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PETER MCCLEARY:
May I ask, if the
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signs are there or have been removed is there a
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problem -- any additional problems with the
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application?
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CHRIS QUINN:
No, I think we would just
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like to take a look at the connection between the two
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entities.
They do have the same address and we would
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like clarification that they are in fact separate even
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though they appear to have the same address.
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right, Mr. Chaves?
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CHRIS CHAVES:
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ED FARLEY:
Is that
They do.
So we will take it under
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advisement and send a letter out, and hopefully the
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applicant will respond.
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PETER MCCLEARY:
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ED FARLEY:
Okay.
Moving onto agenda item B,
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Carroll Advertising.
Application for an electronic
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permit, application number 2014D028 and 2014D029.
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the applicant present this morning?
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JOHN CARROLL:
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ED FARLEY:
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Is
Yes sir.
And for the record, can I
have your name please?
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JOHN CARROLL:
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ED FARLEY:
John Carroll.
Is there anyone here
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representing the municipality?
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notice of this Public Hearing was sent to the
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municipality and received on May 23.
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Carroll, can I ask was certified mail sent to abutters
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at least 30 days prior to submittal of this
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application.
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JOHN CARROLL:
ED FARLEY:
Okay, for the record,
Okay, Mr.
Yes.
Okay.
Are there any
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abutters present this morning?
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receive any comments or letters in writing relative to
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the proposed application?
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JOH CARROLL:
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ED FARLEY:
Mr. Carroll, did you
No.
I believe Mr. Plante
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conducted the inspection -- may I ask also is there
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anyone here from our District Office and/or Traffic
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Operations present this morning?
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Mr. Plante, you conducted this field inspection?
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MARC PLANTE:
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ED FARLEY:
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Okay.
All right,
Yes sir.
Okay.
Can you give us an
overview of your -MARC PLANTE:
This proposed monopole,
electronic, two-faces, facing North and South on Route
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It is a business character.
There are two major
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businesses within 500-feet.
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recreation issues within 300-feet.
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spacing issues with other signs.
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marked by a small red flag which you can see on the
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bush.
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direction noted on the highway to the small red flag,
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which would be facing the monopole.
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regulations.
There is no park or
There is no
The proposed sign is
If anyone is looking for it there is a
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ED FARLEY:
Okay.
It satisfies the
May I ask, Mr.
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Carroll, where the pin is is that where the proposed
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sign is to be located?
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JOHN CARROLL:
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ED FARLEY:
Yes sir.
Okay.
I just want to make
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sure in terms of the set back from the right-of-way.
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The nearest edge of the sign is going to be set back
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11-feet from the closest point of right-of-way?
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JOHN CARROLL:
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ED FARLEY:
Yes.
Okay.
Is there any
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additional information that you would like to provide
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us with?
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JOHN CARROLL:
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ED FARLEY:
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No.
Okay.
And for the record,
you find that the field inspection concluded the
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proposed application is in compliance?
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MARC PLANTE:
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ED FARLEY:
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Yes sir.
Okay.
Does counsel have
any comment?
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CHRIS QUINN:
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ED FARLEY:
No.
Are there any public
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comments about this application this morning?
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hearing none, application for electronic permit
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2014D028 and 2014D029 are under advisement.
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Okay,
Okay moving onto item C application for
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permits.
This is 1A through DD.
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applications for bike kiosks to be located within the
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cities of Boston and Somerville.
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take on these items in one conversation.
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applicant present this morning?
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SEAN MCDERMOTT:
These are proposed
We are going to
Is the
Yes, Sean McDermott,
Van Wagner.
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ED FARLEY:
Okay, Mr. McDermott.
For
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the record, municipal notifications were sent out to
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the city and received from the City of Boston and
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Somerville.
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part of the municipal governments and oversight, and
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part of the City of Boston and Somerville.
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any public comment?
The Street Furniture Program and also
Is there
Does the applicant have any
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comment?
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SEAN MCDERMOTT:
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ED FARLEY:
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No.
Are the structures in
place?
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SEAN MCDERMOTT:
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ED FARLEY:
Okay.
Yes, they are.
And should permits
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be issued we will insure that the permit numbers are
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properly posted on all of the units?
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SEAN MCDERMOTT:
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ED FARLEY:
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CHRIS QUINN:
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ED FARLEY:
Okay.
Correct.
Any comments, Chris?
No.
Okay application for
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permits Item C-1A through DD are taken under
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advisement.
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morning?
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agendas via an email blast and if anyone for some
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reason is not receiving those agendas, I welcome you
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to go to the OOA web page and you can subscribe.
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agendas are as of up to date on the date that they are
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sent.
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Are there any public comment this
I would just like to note we do send out
The
So one of the things that we have added
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if you will note on your agendas at the bottom right
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hand corner, it is last updated and it states 7/10.
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So when agendas are posted online they will note the
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last date they were updated.
So it is possible for
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agenda items to be removed or For the Record items to
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be revised if you don’t have the most current agenda
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items.
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I just want to note that for public record.
Any other public comments this
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morning?
Okay hearing no public comment, it is 11:11
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AM and this meeting is adjourned.
Thank you.
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(Whereupon, the proceedings were
concluded on July 10, 2014 at 11:11 a.m.)
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foregoing record is a true and accurate transcription of
the proceedings in the above-captioned matter to the best
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