to the project prior to the issuance of the certificate of occupancy. So these would be things like what Andrew was talking about and what Tom Davies was talking about with regard to making the existing crosswalk and its connection to the sidewalk be more navigable by someone who has disabilities. So, you know, this is in light of the fact that the secondary crosswalk may not be built. So you may wanna discuss this a little bit and see if you want to have this condition in here or not, but given what we've heard about the difficulty in navigating from the existing crosswalk up to the new building, it may be worth it to have this condition in here. All right, why don't we... Well, let's see. I don't know how many more of these there are. It looks like you're about halfway through. Are all the rest of these related to construction? Yeah, I think so. Let's quickly skim through the rest of them. I don't think there are that many. Just, oh, here's one. 29, the project site shall be fenced during construction. Do you wanna say anything about signage that goes on the construction fencing or any other temporary construction signage? Often contractors will put large, colorful signs on the construction fencing. We've seen that with some of the archipelago projects downtown. So if you wanted to have some control over that type of signage, this would be the place to put it. You would ask to have any thing like that come back to you for review and approval, but if you don't care to be getting into that, then just say that the site should be fenced. Okay, so that's a second topic we should come back to. Tom, do you wanna comment on that now? Just truth and advertising, there's already a sign that says DOC. It's probably four feet high and six feet wide on the fence to identify the site to vendors and suppliers. Okay. All right, why don't we scroll through the rest of these and come back to this and question about the crosswalk. Okay, so keep going, Pam. Okay, so number 36 is just acknowledging that Emmer's College is having ongoing conversations with the use of 211 South Pleasant Street. And you're saying that use of the adjacent property shall be subject to conditions provided in article 14 temporary permit. And then we would fill in whatever permit number the building commissioner granted for use of that property. Okay, so. Chris Chamberlain. Yeah, it looks like 33 is a repeated condition. It's about inspection of the paved areas. That's right, so next 33, okay. All right, and is that it? That's it, yep. All right, so why don't we, board members, how do you wanna deal with the second crosswalk? It sounds like Emmer's College would prefer not to, I mean, maybe not prefer is probably not the right word, but at the moment you're not sure you're gonna build that. So do you want Emmer's College to come back to talk to you about these issues of access and safety if they definitely decide not to build that second crosswalk or do you want it just to be left up to them? Right, Janet? So I think this is a hard question because it's about the use of the building and how people get to it safely. And I wonder, if Emmer's College is not gonna ask for the crosswalk, we should talk about it and have a good plan in place. If they are gonna ask for it, it still looks like a long ways, it's gonna take a while to get to the town council and all that kind of stuff. So I feel like a little bit of a dilemma, but I do think that it sounds like they don't wanna ask for it because it's too much of it, whatever. And then it isn't, I would have a lot of questions about the steepness of that from all that avenue and crossing and where students were coming. So we did talk about that at the site visit. So I'm wondering what the Emmer's College is thinking. All right, thank you, Janet. Ander? I don't know if someone wants to answer Janet's question first or... Well, I was hoping to get the rest of the board comments about... Yeah, no, fair enough, fair enough.  I thought kind of what I was hearing from Tom was that addressing the wood side crossing or walnut crossing, I'm sorry. Was something that you would consider that, but that the crossing, the new crosswalk was really the more of the challenge because there's aspects of that that weren't under your control but you acknowledge if you wanna make this work and I know that you do any of you guys, the college is working hard to do that. So I think it would be a reasonable request to have them come back and discuss with us how they think they can address that. All right, so you'd vote for keeping it in? I would, yes. Okay. Any other comments? Nate? Sure, yeah, in the town engineer's letter, there was some concern about the secondary crosswalk further up the hill just in terms of stopping distance and sight lines and I think it becomes a bigger conversation than what we can deal with tonight. So there's also, if it's not a condition, the planning board also has the ability to make recommendations if this were to come forward as another product and review by town council. So I think there's, there would be time in the future if this were to move forward to provide comments. May I just point out that this doesn't require approval by the planning board and it doesn't necessarily hold anything up with Amherst College. It's just an opportunity for the planning board and Amherst College to discuss the issue once a decision has been made. All right, Chris, Tom Davies, you are muted. Thank you. I guess I want to say that two things. One is we're of course happy to come back and talk about this more and it is our intention to improve the connectivity between the two sides of the street. But I also wanted to mention, because I don't think it came up previously. Maybe it did when we met back in June, but that's a long time ago and I can't remember. But we are in conversation and have been working with a traffic engineer on traffic calming measures for the entire stretch from the intersection at Northampton Road South down to where the rail trail is. Because it is, the design of the roadway is, I'll say it's not best practice for traffic calming. And so related to this is an effort to make some changes there that will slow traffic down through kind of visual cues using best practices. That's not part of this at all. But I figured I'd mentioned that because it ties in with the goal of making a safer, more pedestrian friendly campus connection. All right. Thanks, Tom. So I guess we've heard a couple of people on the board thinking this was a good provision to keep in.  I'm fine keeping it in there. Okay. And I think I am too. So that's at least four of us that are supporting that. So unless there's strong objection from anyone else, why don't we leave this in for the moment? And sounds like it's likely we'll have more conversation about this at a future meeting. Then we wanted to talk about the signage drawn the construction fence. Does anybody feel the need to dictate the characteristics of that signage at this time? I'm seeing Andrew shake his head, no. Tom shake his head, no. Maria, no. And I'm probably a no. So Chris, I think we can remove the bracketed red text and just leave number 29 with the single sentence in black. All right. So this was the conditions. I wanna go through the findings for this morning, Eli-Sam. I mean, is it realistic to think that we're gonna get through this tonight and make a proof of everything and move on? Well, what you would have to do is go through the findings for the Lyceum. Then you would go through the conditions of which I don't have any, no conditions, but I do have findings for the special permit related to the front setback. And then I have conditions for Newport House. Now, if you wanted to postpone this discussion till your next meeting, you have another meeting on February 2nd. So we could go through the remainder of these things on February 2nd. And is that a fairly full agenda on February 2nd? So far, the only thing you have on that agenda is hearing about the demo delay zoning bylaw from Ben. But we are, we have kind of got the solar bylaw. It's lingering in the background and we haven't had a chance to talk about that yet this year, I guess I could say. Amherst College, does it matter particularly to you whether we finish this up tonight or not? It matters greatly, Doug. I'm sorry to say, it matters very significantly. We've got millions of dollars of contract that are being put in place in the very near future.  All right, thanks for that clear expression. Unless the board, Janet. Before we move on to, I think if we're going to go through all the documents, we're not going to get to the solar bylaw. I think that's, I agree with you. We're not going to do that tonight. I would like to add a condition of just putting in the second parking space because it's a requirement state law that there'd be within 200 feet of the building. So I don't think we can waive that. And I just think we should do it. But, you know, otherwise I'm happy to plow on. All right. Board members, how do you feel about Janet's almost move that we add a condition for a second parking space? Andrew? Yeah, I would like to know whether it actually can fit. I think Lorne said that it's something he could look into. It's not preferred, but I wonder if, you know, something could be added on the, not adjacent to the building, but adjacent to the basically third spot out. And if the trail could just meander a little differently to make it fit, it seems like it's something that probably could, could at least be researched. I don't know. Yeah, I'd like, I would love to kind of see the results of that, yes. Okay. So I would be supportive of at least some language that asked them to come back. And I could probably also be supportive of Janet's language as well. All right. Other board members, Chris? I was just gonna say you could have a condition that says that you, that Emmer's College shall study of the location of a second parking space and come back and discuss it with you at a future date or prior to the issuance of a building permit or something like that. Okay. Tom? Tom Long? I support the investigation, but not a condition that it has to be built before permit. Okay. So that would be a condition similar to what Chris described, that Emmer's College shall investigate the possibility of adding a third, a second accessible space and come back to the board with their findings or something like that. Correct. Yes. Whether it can or it cannot be done. I just would love to see that tested. Okay. Janet, do you have a quick thing? I wanna pull the rest of the board on it. Okay. I just wanted to say very quickly, I think they can obviously do it and I don't think we can violate state law. And so let's just say, please do it. So I don't know how we can approve something that's against state law and why we'd want to. Well, can you quote the chapter or verse or guideline or whatever you're citing for the state law? I thought that that's what Nate had said and Kat and Christine had said. Can I say something? So if you're providing parking at a site, then you have to provide handicap parking, but in this case, they're not providing parking at the site. So they're voluntarily providing a handicap space at this particular site. So I don't think they're actually required to provide two parking spaces adjacent to the site. I think it's kind of a bonus that they're providing one parking space adjacent to the site. If they were providing a parking lot adjacent to the site, then they potentially have to follow the state law. That's my understanding. Nate, did you have a comment? No, I wasn't, I mean, Chris said it. I spoke with the building commissioner and there is no requirement, as she said. So what they're providing is exceeds the requirement. So if they did have a parking space or parking lot, they would have to meet those requirements. But in terms of the accessible route, the number of parking spaces, they're providing all what is required. So there isn't anything that's illegal or against state law. Okay, thank you. Chris, I'll assume Chris Brestrup, that's a legacy hand. Sorry, yes it is. So I'll make that addition. I'll say quickly that Chris Chamberlain had said that in the Newport parking lot that they were providing two handicap parking spaces. So that's, you know, and according to our bylaw, we have, you know, the zoning bylaw has a little stricter requirements than the AAB, Mass Architectural Access Board. So the two parking spaces required or that are provided in the Newport parking lot meets, you know, our bylaw standards and the AAB standards. So those two spaces are required in the Newport lot, but they don't necessarily have to be adjacent to the ICM building. All right, thanks, Nate. I guess I'll, why don't we, I'll propose, I'll move that we add that condition. Chris, as you articulated it, that they investigate the possibility of a second space and return to us with their findings. Tom? I'll second. Okay. Chris Chamberlain, do you want to comment? Yeah, I just want to be clear because there was talk about tying the building permit to that condition, which I think would be very problematic for the project. You want to tie the certificate of occupancy? The study need to be done before a building permit is issued. How about before a certificate of occupancy is issued? I, that, that's certainly fine for us, I do. Okay. All right, Johanna, you're muted. Sorry, thank you. Doug, you have a motion on the table right now, right? I think so, I could use a second. I think I seconded it. Yeah. Okay, good. Thank you, Tom. All right, so why don't we run through any more conversation on my motion before we quickly vote on that? Johanna. I mean, I think, I don't know that it does much harm for Amherst College to investigate it, but my guess is they've already kind of looked at it and decided they're already going above and beyond. And it's not going to get used most of the time. And so, you know, happy to have the vote, but it feels a little bit, I don't know, like they're going to investigate it and they're going to decide, you know, we like what we did, what we're originally proposing better for all the reasons that they've said tonight. So, you know, my inclination is not to send them on a wild goose chase and just accept that they're above the standard and it complies with the law and this is their proposal. But those are my thoughts. All right. All right. Anybody else want to comment or why don't I just run through our roll call here? Maria? No. All right. Jack. I have to admit, I'm utterly confused. I think I might just have to recuse myself because I'm all twisted up. And I mean, for me, it's like Amherst College does so much, you know, independent of us. And it's odd that this isn't, you know, educational districts. And anyway, I just feel like we've been deliberating excessively on the project. So I'm going to abstain. Okay. Tom? Hi. Andrew? Hi. Janet? Hi. Johanna? No. All right. I guess I will vote I. So that's four in favor, two opposed and one abstaining. So Chris will add that condition. All right. I'm going to tackle the findings now. Yeah. Let's go ahead to the findings. Okay. Pam, can you find the findings and put them on the screen? Bear with me. Let's see. Oops, that was fine there. Okay. Are you looking at them? Yes, thank you. Perfect. So these are the findings for the Lyceum project. The board found under section 11.24, the zoning bylaw site plan review as follows. 11.2400, the project is in conformance with all appropriate provisions of the zoning bylaw. The applicant has applied for a special permit to modify the front setback requirement under footnote A of table three. 11.2401, town amenities and abutting properties will be protected through minimizing detrimental or offensive actions. The proposed academic use of the property as a location for the center for humanistic inquiry and the history department is unlikely to create detrimental or offensive actions and is expected to be a relatively quiet and unobtrusive use. Exterior lighting will be downcast and will not shine onto adjacent properties or streets. 11.2402, abutting properties will be protected from detrimental site characteristics resulting from the proposed use. Lights will be downcast and or shielded. 11.2403, provision of adequate recreational facilities, open space and amenities has been addressed because the property is part of the Amherst College campus where such amenities are readily available to the Amherst College community. 11.2401, unique or important, natural historic or scenic features will be protected. The demolition of portions of the historic existing residential building has been reviewed and approved by the historical commission. The demolition of the historic house at 205 South Pleasant Street was approved and the house was relocated to Baker Street. 11.2411, the project provides adequate methods of refuse disposal as described in the management plan and on the site plans. 11.2412, the project will be connected to town sewer and water. The town engineer has reviewed the proposed plans and has issued a letter of comment dated December 16th, 2021. A condition of the site plan review approval will require that the project comply with the town engineer's comments and recommendations outlined in his letter. 11.2413, the proposed drainage system within an adjacent to the site will be adequate to handle the stormwater. The town engineer has reviewed the project and has issued a letter with comments dated December 16th, 2021. A condition of the site plan review approval will require that the project comply with the town engineer's comments and recommendations. I should have put in that he didn't have any comments about stormwater. So I will add that. Okay. 11.2414, the provision of adequate landscaping has been addressed. The project includes new plantings on site as well as proposed new plantings in the town right of way. 11.2415, the soil erosion control methods are considered adequate to control soil erosion both during and after construction. The town engineer has reviewed the plans and has not expressed concerns about soil erosion. 11.2416, adjacent properties will be protected by minimizing the intrusion of various nuisances. The construction logistics plan is required to be submitted prior to the issuance of a building permit. They did already include a construction logistics plan but I'm not sure how closely that the building commissioner has looked at that yet. 11.2417, adjacent properties will be protected from the intrusion of lighting because the condition of the permit requires that exterior lighting be downcast and are shielded and not shine onto adjacent properties. 11.2418 is not applicable because the project is not located in a flood prone conservancy district. 11.2419 is not applicable. There are no wetlands on or within 100 feet of the property. 11.2420 is not applicable because although the property is in a residential zoning district, it is not within the boundaries of a National Historic Register District. Therefore can be struck. 11.2421, the development is reasonably consistent with respect to setbacks, placement of parking, landscaping and entrances and exits with surrounding buildings and development. The applicant has applied for a special permit to modify the front setback to make it consistent with the existing building to which it will be attached. A plan has been submitted to the planning board showing the front setbacks of other buildings along South Pleasant Street in the vicinity of the proposed project, showing that the proposed setback is compatible with the setbacks of the surrounding properties that semi-colon should turn into a comma. 11.2422, buildings type. Can I interrupt you here? Is this section that you just read about the special permit, is that a place where we could put more reasons that would support the special permit or would that come later? That would come in the findings for the special permit. Okay, good. So we can put those there, yep. Okay. 11.2422, building sites shall avoid to the extent feasible, the impact on steep slopes, flood plains, scenic views, grade changes and wetlands. There are no steep slopes or flood plains on the site. There are no severe grade changes proposed. There are no wetlands on or near the property. Scenic views within the property consist of views to other Emmer's College buildings or to Emmer's College properties across the street, which will not be affected by the proposed project. 11.2423 is not applicable. There's only one building on the site since the new structure will be added to the existing building. 11.2424, screening has been provided as appropriate. All trash and maintenance equipment will be stored within an enclosed area. 11.2430, the site has been designed to provide for the convenience and safety of the Hickular circulation and pedestrian movement both within the site and in relation to adjoining ways and properties. The Hickular access to the site will be from Woodside Avenue. New pedestrian walkways are proposed to connect with the parking lot at Newport House and the main campus of Emmer's College. 11.2431, the location and number of curb cuts will be such as to minimize turning movements and hazardous exits and entrances. There will be only one curb cut from Woodside Avenue. 11.2432, the location and design of parking spaces, bicycle racks, drive aisles, loading areas and sidewalks will be provided in a safe and convenient manner. There will only be one parking space on site while that may change. So maybe I should strike that. Parking, the parking space will be accessed via Woodside Avenue. Walking paths will connect the new building with parking spaces at Newport House and with the main campus of Emmer's College. Bike racks are located to the west of the Lyceum at the end of the driveway and the loading area is located to the west of the Lyceum. 11.2433, provision for access to adjoining properties is provided via a driveway through the property that houses the Categan Center for Religious Studies and via a walking path to the Newport House parking lot. 11.2434 is not applicable. The property is located in a residential district not in a commercial or business district. 11.2435, not applicable. Joint access driveways between adjoining properties is not an issue. 11.2436, the requirement for submittal of a traffic impact statement is requested to be waived. There's no significant traffic expected to enter the site. And 11.2437 is not applicable. No traffic impact report will be required. Is that okay? All right.  Yes, Janet. So Chris, I have an ad to, let's see, I lost track of it now. 11.2403 about the recreational facilities because I would add in the garden that they've provided and even the seating and steps out front because those are really lovely additions to the site and they'll be used by students. Okay. I just thought, okay, thank you. All right, would this be a good time to have the board adopt the conditions and findings for this particular site plan review? I think what you would want to do is close the public hearing on this project. And approve the, what is being proposed with the conditions and findings as we just went through them. And also that you approved the waivers. So this is site plan review 2022-08. Tom. I was going to move to close the public hearing on the Amherst College Lyceum project. Okay. This is the site plan review, right? Oh, sorry. We have three hearings that are open at the moment. Two are on the Lyceum and one is on the other property. So say that again, Tom. Yeah, I don't have the, I mean, I'm looking at the document and the document just says the Lyceum project. So I don't have the actual number. It's 2022-08. Yeah, that's the plan review. So that's, so Tom's moving that we close the public hearing for site plan review 2022-08. Yes. And I, did I hear you right that we were, you were moving that we adopt the findings and conditions as modified with the minor changes that Chris noticed as she read it and that there were several waivers of submittals like the traffic study and such that would need to be waived under that site plan review. So moved. And that you approve the project? So moved. Sure. Jack. Second. All right. Thank you both. Any more conversation on this, on the site plan review for the Lyceum? I don't see any. All right. All right. We'll do a roll call. Maria. Jack. Hi. Tom. Hi. Andrew. Hi. Janet. Hi. And Johanna. Hi. And I'm an I as well. That's unanimous. So that's 2022-08. All right. And we'll go through the special permit findings and conditions. Okay. So this is special permit SPP 2022-03 request a special permit under article six, section six and table three footnote A of the zoning by-law to modify the front setback requirement for the new academic building to be known as the Aliki Parati and Seth Frank Lyceum. And so I sent you this in email today. And the first two paragraphs are really just for your reference. So you can see what footnote A says. And also footnote A refers to section 10.395 of the zoning by-law. So I put that in there too. But the findings start where it says findings under footnote A. So if Pam could scroll down, that would be helpful. Great. Thank you. Oh, and by the way, I felt that there weren't any conditions related to this special permit. You had all your conditions for the site plan review, but I didn't think that there were any conditions related to the special permit. Perhaps there are, but I wasn't aware of any. So anyway, okay, findings under footnote A. Number one is the front setback requirement is 15 feet in the RG zoning district. Number two, for educational and religious structures, article six, section 6.60 of the zoning by-law requires that all structures approved after January 1st, 1994 by a permit granting authority for educational and religious uses shall have a minimum front side and rear setback twice the distance shown in table three for that zoning district, except in the BG districts where setbacks in table three shall apply. Number three, therefore section 6.60 would typically require that the front setback of 15 feet be doubled to 30 feet for an educational structure. Number four, the Lyceum will be an educational structure and therefore the required front setback is 30 feet. Number five, the applicant has requested that the front setback for the Lyceum be modified to allow the building to be built with a front setback of 20.4 feet to match the front setback of the existing brick building. Number six, the front setback of the existing brick building on site is 20 feet. And number seven, other existing buildings in the vicinity of the site have front setbacks as follows and then I listed the ones that Nate had shown in his plan. And number eight, therefore the planning board finds that the proposal to modify the front setback from 30 feet to 24.4 feet does not create disharmony with respect to the terrain and to the use scale and architecture of existing buildings in the vicinity which have functional or visual relationship there too. Now that was taken from the first sentence of section 10.395 which was something that you needed to refer to in order to approve a foot node A modification. So, all right, thanks Chris. Any conversation from the board? Any modifications to these findings that you wanna make? Seeing at least one head shaking and seeing no hands. All right. All right, so this is site special permit application 2022-03. I need a motion to close the hearing and approve the special permit for the deviation from the setback. Andrew. So moved. Jack, you were muted. Sorry about that. Before I second, I was wondering if there's any public comment on this particular hearing. All right. Do any of the public wish to comment on this? You don't see any hands, Jack. So do you also wanna include that you're approving the findings? Yes. And then, yeah. Jack. Yeah, so I second with that amendment. So close the hearing, approve the request for the waiver and adopt the findings. Is that right, Chris? Yes. Okay. All right, let's do a roll call. Johanna. I. Janet. I. Andrew. I. Tom. I. Jack. I. Maria. Approve. And I will approve as well. It's unanimous. All right. So two down, one to go. This motion is taken upon. This doesn't have as many conditions. Conditions and findings for the Newport House property. Yep, and that is, let's see if I, so I plan to review 2022. Oh, no. Yep. So if Pam can bring up the conditions, that'd be great. Yep. So number one, the development shall be built substantially in accordance with plans submitted to the planning board and approved on X date. Number two, development shall be managed substantially in accordance with management plans submitted to the planning board and approved on X date. Chris, can I say these look remarkably like the earlier conditions? They do. There are fewer of them. Okay. Number three, changes to the project and or substantial changes to any approved site plans or to the exterior of the building shall be submitted to the planning board for its review and approval prior to the work taking place. The purpose of the submittal shall be for the planning board to approve the change and or to determine whether the changes are diminished or significant enough to require modification of the special permit or site plan review approval. Number four, landscaping shall be installed in accordance with the landscape plan prior to the issuance of the certificate of occupancy. In this case, there wouldn't be a certificate of occupancy. So I'm not sure. I guess we'd just leave that out. And there's a very little bit of landscaping here anyway. And once installed shall be continually maintained. All disturbed areas shall be lumped and seated unless otherwise specified. Number five, this site plan review approval shall expire within two years of the date that it is filed with the town clerk unless it has been both recorded at the registry of deeds and substantial construction or use has commenced within the two year time period. Number six, construction shall be completed within 24 months from the date of the issuance of the building permit. If more time is needed, the applicant shall come before the planning board at a public meeting for review and approval of an extension of time. Number seven, the town engineer and building commissioner shall inspect the construction of the entry driveway and all onsite paved areas for conformance to town standards. Number eight, all onsite utilities shall be underground. Number nine, all exterior lighting shall be dark sky compliant. Exterior lighting shall be downcast and shielded and shall not shine onto adjacent properties. The rest of these things I think are mostly related to construction except we have that one item about number 17 is the site fence and whether you want it to, whether you want signage to come back to you and you decided on the other project that you didn't. So I assume that would be the case here as well. I would agree with that. Any objections from others? No. I don't think you'd need to review the other items. And number 21 is a duplicate of number seven. All right, so we could have a, so there are no conditions that we've imposed at least. These are the conditions. I'm sorry, there are no findings then. So the only findings I would recommend are that the, you find that the proposal for Newport House parking lot meets the relevant findings of section 11.24, the zoning bylaw. Okay, that's kind of a blanket that you use. Nate? Sure, one possible condition too would be that the dumpster location is being moved. So it's further east of the house of Newport house and that it'd be screened from view from Northampton road. So it wasn't clear in the plans if, you know, how visible the dumpster would be and if there was any plantings around it or enclosure that would be screening it. Chris, do you wanna comment on that Chris Chamberlain? Sure, yeah. It is, it does become slightly more visible in the new location. It's set quite a ways back from the road and there is some existing vegetation screening it. We are more than happy to add a few more shrubs to screen it if appropriate. Okay, thank you, Janet. I'm wondering how to handle the waiver, the parking waiver. Do we need language in here saying what we're waiving and why or that there's a waiver? I don't think there is a waiver. They've told us that this parking lot is not directly associated with Newport house or not Newport house with the Lyceum. So they're improving this parking lot, they're adding spaces, but I don't feel like we can really determine the number of spaces that would be required because it's an overall calculation based on, you know, the campus in general. But did you, did Janet have some particular language that she thought would be helpful here? You know, I think I might have missed the boat because on the Lyceum because the Lyceum is the one that's supposed to have 45 spaces. And even though I understand that the theory of the campus wide idea, but they are, it is in the RG. And so that is the requirement, which, you know, we could wave, but I think we just failed to wave it at the right time. Does that make sense? For some reason, I thought that would come here, but now that I think it through what you're saying makes sense. Chris or Nate, do you have a- We should we have done a waiver previously? I don't think a waiver is really necessary. I think every time we review an Amherst College project, they state that they have an overall campus parking plan and the planning board approves that. If you wanted to put some language in that said that, you know, you waive the parking requirement for the Lyceum in this, you know- I don't think it makes sense here. Yes, and connect. Yeah, I'm sorry. I should have brought that up earlier then because I know that this should, you know, we want this to be an ED, but it's not. So I think I missed that vote. Chris Chamberlain? Yeah, I would just suggest that by approving the site plan with conditions, you know, that was approved with the parking as shown. I just, I know working in many other towns that rarely do they tick off each and every waiver if that is helpful. All right, thank you. Next time then. All right, so, all right. So we need, unless there are other comments, we need a motion to close the hearing for site plan review 2022-09. Accept these conditions as modified while Chris was reading them and approve the site plan review application. Do you want to add a condition about screening the dumpster? How do folks feel about that? I mean, it does seem fairly far back from the road. Andrew? I was just gonna say, Chris suggested he wouldn't have a problem with it. I think if he doesn't have a problem with it, let's go ahead and put it in. Okay. Anybody want to nod their head or shake their head? Jack? I'd second what Andrew. All right. Justin. All right, I'll take that as enough of an indication that we will add it unless somebody objects now. All right, Chris, you have that. Yep. All right. Does anybody wanna give me a make a motion? All right then. All right, Andrew. I will make the motion. I don't. Close the hearing. Accept the findings as modified in the discussion and approve the site plan review application. Accept the conditions. So there are conditions. Oh, I'm sorry. And then the finding was that this Newport House parking lot meets the relevant criteria of 11.24. All right. I would say that or Doug, since you said half of it, you could do it and I'll second it, but... All right. Either way.  Yes. Pretty much so moved from what Chris has said. So I think that's what Andrew is saying as well. Yep. We have Jack, you seconded it. Yes. All right. So we'll vote. I don't see any hands raised at all. Maria. Jack. Hi. Tom. Hi. Andrew. Hi. Janet. Hi. Johanna. Hi. And I'm an I, unanimous. All right. So we have closed all of our public hearings. The time is 10, 18. And I think we can go to an old business. Thank you everyone. Yeah. Thank you all from Amherst College. I hope this lets you get on your way. Thank you. All right. Oh, the next item we had on our agenda was more discussion about the solar bylaw. Unless anybody objects, I think we should postpone that to the next meeting. Janet. I'm not objecting, but I was a little confused about this agenda item and what we should be doing to prepare for it or what we'd be working on. So I did read a whole pack of bylaws, but I just wanted to know like, what are we doing? Well, at least the way it's written here, you know, we were gonna be generally continuing our discussion, but we were gonna be talking about some of what we saw in some of the examples from other communities and from Pioneer Valley Planning Commission in their models or their adopted bylaw. And so I think we received a lot of those for the last meeting. So if you still have that packet available, you probably ought to read, look through some of those things. Chris. So just to let everybody know, the CRC will be taking up the moratorium on next Thursday at their meeting, which I think is the 26th of January. Is that right? 27th of January. 27th of January, yeah. So they're having a meeting in the evening to talk about that. We've had a lot of internal discussions about the solar bylaw and we're moving ahead with thinking about that and working with Stephanie Ciccarello and trying to get the solar study off the ground. And so there's movement here in town hall, but we haven't presented anything on that to you yet. And then Doug asked me under item D for D to give you an update on zoning priorities. And I'd be happy to do that at the next meeting. If I did it tonight, it would probably take a while. So I think it's probably better to postpone that till the next meeting, but hopefully I'll be able to write something up before the next meeting, okay? Yeah, and as a part of that, I was hoping you would give us the status of all the zoning initiatives that we talked about last year, just so we can all be clear about what passed and what was adopted and is yet what didn't get completed. All right, so we'll move on. Time is now 10, 21 and old business. Do we have any old business, Chris? No old business, nope. All right, new business. Any new business? No new business. Not anticipated? Nope. All right, Form A, A&Rs? Nope. Nope. Upcoming ZBA applications, any changes? Nothing new. All right, upcoming special permit, site plan review, subdivision applications? Yes, we just had a site plan review submitted, excuse me, for Ronald Verdeer's property down on West Street and he's reconfiguring access to one of his buildings and the little planting area there. So we'll be bringing that to you in the next month or so. Okay. All right. Item 10, Planning Board Committee and Liaison Reports. Jack, anything you wanna say about PBPC? I have no news, but I did have a conversation with Chris with regard to the technical assistance funding and using Pioneer Valley Planning Commission's expertise with regard to that zoning bylaw or excuse me, solar bylaw. So we have a meeting later on this week, I think maybe Friday to talk about the DLTA application, the District Local Technical Assistance Application. So we have a number of different ideas about how we could manage that or take advantage of that. And now solar bylaw is one of the things. Okay. Other than that, nothing. Okay. Yeah. Andrew, CPAC? No significant updates. Our report was finalized that the kind of Friday. We may hear from the high school. So they've submitted an application which they then rescinded and indicated they might come back. If they do, we'll get the band back together, but right now it's quiet. Okay. Thank you. Tom, DRB? No news. All right. And Chris, anything else you want to say about CRC? Nothing else, no. All right. I have no remarks this evening as chair. Any report of staff, Chris? I'd just like to say that this year is starting off with a bang. I was expecting to have a month of kind of quietness, but it seems like that's not to be true. So anyway, fasten your seat belts. All right. Well, let's try not to make our 1030 adjournment regular thing this year. All right. So the time is 1024. And unless anybody has anything else to say, we will adjourn. Thank you. Thank you all for your time. Good night, everyone. Good night. Good night. Good morning. Good job, Doug.


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On Wednesday, September 13, the first phase of the Palmist Roofing Project commenced. This initiative, spearheaded by the Member of Parliament for Sufra, promises multiple benefits to the community, ranging from employment opportunities for local youth to improved housing conditions for residents. The contractor on the project, Darryl Thomas, says this initiative was overdue and has brought renewed hope to the community of Palmist. So basically what we're doing is changing the old galvanising list for the structures in Palmist. We have a few subcontractors, we started today, today Wednesday, so it will probably last like two weeks max, probably 82 houses, changing galvanise, some bad posts, two by fours, whatever the people wants to be changed on their houses. Yeah, that's basically it. Alright, right now there we have four groups, basically each group has like six workers employed, so unless you have something good going on in the community, unless you have guys engaged in young fellows in the community, engaged in something doing, instead of sitting and staying idle. I think it's a good initiative for the district, I can say that the people on Palmist needed that. Basically now you can see when it's raining, Palmist go down to put the air outside or put blocks on the roofs or anything. So I guess it's a good initiative moving forward when they find the Labour Party and the district rep. As the roofs and posts of these houses are replaced, the project is expected to not only provide much needed jobs but also contributes to the overall beautification and modernisation of the community. Member of Parliament for Sufra for Sejaq Emma Hippolit expressed her commitment to improving the lives of all her constituents. It's really rainy season, people are coming to my constituency saying they need assistance to repair this, that and the other. I felt I just needed to do it as a home and as well after the heavy storm, the block that is covered if asbestos, what I'll call the Blackstone Block, maybe one or two units they got damaged. So again, that really caused us to act urgently. And maybe even the next two weeks what we're going to do is to focus on these two of the project which is the removal, the safe removal of all asbestos, not only those that are damaged, all asbestos in the Blackstone Block and replace them with completely new things. The project has been met with enthusiasm from the local population. The project is also expected to raise the standard of living for palmist residents ensuring safer and more comfortable housing. One resident Joseph Valens Abel expressed immense gratitude for the project. We try and we best to put that in good condition because the way it was, the process, it wasn't good at all, at all, at all. Now we have the priority to make it right. So we try and we best to make it the right way and we thank the minister, we thank she a lot for she to get this work to be going today. Which means everybody appreciated, young and old. The young one appreciate it as well, they get in their days work to be done. They're old ones, they have a proper shelter now, they can't get wet. Which best we want? We don't want nothing else again, we're good to go. As work on the roofing project continues, residents say they are excited to see what other initiatives are in the pipeline. From Sufra FM, I am Jeanif Gonzaga.


Thank you for joining us today for this virtual town hall for our students and their families. I want to start out by thanking our students for your resilience and courage to continue to pursue your dreams and make your education a priority. Thank you for the following, for following the CDC guidelines, holding each other accountable to those guidelines and doing what is necessary to stay on campus. I know this semester was not what you all hoped for, but I am thankful we are able to return to campus and have a wonderful fall semester. I also thank your families for all the support you have provided during these challenging times, providing a quality education for our students and the health and safety of our students, employees and guests were our top priorities. For those of you who returned to campus, you saw the many changes we made to our campus to ensure the health and safety of our students, faculty and staff. Those changes will be maintained during the spring semester. As long as the CDC guidelines are in place, we will continue to wear our face masks, social distance and clean and sanitize. Tonight's Town Hall event is to provide information on wrapping up the fall semester, critical tasks you will need to complete prior to spring semester, along with their deadlines and how to stay active and healthy during your extended holiday break. I have invited two of my colleagues to provide this important information. Our ECSU Provost, Dr. Fair Ward and our Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Dr. Gary Brown. If you have questions during this session, please email those questions to VikingCompassatECSU.edu and Compass has two S's, COMPASS, again VikingCompassatECSU.edu. We will try to answer as many questions as we can immediately following the presentations from Dr. Ward and Dr. Brown. So now, I will turn it over to Dr. Brown for our first presentation. Well, I'm sorry, Dr. Ward, our Provost for our first presentation. Thank you so much, Chancellor Dixon. I'll start by doing a little recap of the fall semester. As you all know, we began the fall semester one week earlier on August 11th, instead of our initial start day of August 18. We also did not celebrate fall break Labor Day in order for us to end the semester on Tuesday, November 24th ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. About 41% of our courses for the fall semester were offered online and about 59% were either offered face-to-face or using a hybrid model. In order to support students who were still experiencing challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ECSU did establish the pass-fail option, which included students' options to either take a course as pass, low pass, or fail for the fall semester. Students will receive grades for each of their course and will have the option to retain the grade that they received at the course or to opt in to the low pass, pass, fail option. Students may choose none, some, or all of their courses as pass, low pass, fail. Students have until January 29th, 2021, in order to opt in to the pass, fail option. Students are strongly encouraged to speak with their academic advisor before they select the pass, low pass, fail option because once a student selects that option, that option is final. For the spring 2021 semester, we will begin the semester one week late on January 19th. We were initially scheduled to begin on January 12th, but we are currently going to start one week late on January 19th. While we will not have a spring break, we will celebrate two days off in April, April 2nd, and Monday, April 5th. Similar to the fall semester, about 45% of our courses will be offered online, and 55% of our courses will be offered either 100% face-to-face or using a hybrid model. As the chancellor indicated, we will continue the similar protocols as we did in the fall semester. We will have room signage where we're social distancing, seating will be six feet apart. Classrooms will be cleaned multiple times a day, while students will not be able to take all of their courses online if they are offered face-to-face on campus. Because we are part of the UNC system, students may take courses online at our sister institutions through the UNC online exchange program. In order for a student to participate in the UNC online program, they will have to complete a transient study form and submit it to the registrar's office to get approval prior to enrolling in the course. Students who have specific need accommodations, whether it's an illness or any other situation, may actually apply for those accommodations by contacting Dr. Felicia Brown, who's the director of student accessibility services. Her telephone number is<PHONE_NUMBER>. They will need to submit a formal request if they're requesting accommodations and submit appropriate documentation. If the accommodation is approved by Ms. Brown, Ms. Brown will submit paperwork to academic affairs, and we will notify each of the students' instructors. Receiving accommodation does not necessarily mean that a course will be moved to online 100% online. What it does mean is that we will create some type of accommodation so that the student will not have to come to class on campus if it is approved. Chancellor Dixon-Bells are all of my updates from the Division of Academic Affairs. Thank you so much, Provost Ward. I'll now turn it over to Dr. Gary Brown, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. Good evening. As the Chancellor already mentioned, a word of thanks to all of our students and family members for the support and the good choices that you made during this past semester. If our spring semester is going to be as successful or better than the fall, it certainly will take the same level of commitment and support from each one of you. So we thank you in advance for your contribution to our institutional process. And over the next few minutes, I want to share with you some updates for your planning ahead of spring 2021. For new and transfer students, orientation is being facilitated virtually again. That will be held on January 15. Please be sure to check your email for the specifics related to how you access your virtual sessions. As it relates to moving and housing, we have determined that reentry testing will be conducted on all residential students. As such, the moving process will be facilitated over a series of days beginning January 14 and concluding on January the 18. The process itself calls for negative COVID-19 test results prior to your being allowed to move into your residence hall assignment. We are encouraging each of you to take a test prior to your return as those test results can be provided on your scheduled move-in date. Please note that the results you provide must have been garnered from a medical practice not more than three days or 72 hours prior to your arrival to campus. If you did not have test results to provide or if for some reason your results fall outside the three-day 72-hour window prior to your arrival, student health services will conduct reentry testing on you prior to your being cleared to proceed to your residence hall. Let me reiterate, you must have a negative COVID-19 test result before you are allowed to proceed to your residence hall. Students should be expecting detailed instructions on when your scheduled return date for move-in will be. Many of you have already received those. You receive those at the moment in which you checked out of your residence hall in the fall, but please continue to check your email over the break for any updates. If your COVID-19 test returns positive on the date of move-in, students will not be allowed to move into their residence hall assignment. Instead, you will be required to quarantine for the recommended timeframe based on CDC guidelines. Therefore, if for some reason on the date of your move-in you are experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19, please do not come to campus. Instead, feel free to contact the Dean of Students Office at<PHONE_NUMBER> or email Dean of Students at ECSU.edu. You can inform us of your status so we can communicate the housing and residence life so we can hold your room, the Division of Academic Affairs so that we might be able to hold your schedule, and we'll also coordinate communication with student health services so that you might have the necessary health support. Again, if on the date of your move-in you are experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19, you're encouraged not to come to campus. Instead, proceed to your medical provider in order to be tested and remain home until you garner those test results. In the meantime, if you contact the Dean's Office, we will provide you the necessary support from a distance to ensure that your room assignment and your classes are held appropriately and to provide you the support that you need. The move-in process itself is designed to be as safe as possible and it considers the limits to the amount of individuals who can be in their residence hall at any given time. It's meant to ensure that the process is as efficient as it can be. As such, the following guidelines for move-in have been created. We will require the use of masks by students and their guests. Move-in appointments are being assigned to each resident in order to ensure that there's minimal congestion and social distancing. Additionally, we ask you to be strategic again this semester and what you choose to bring so that you ensure your move-in can happen within the allotted timeframe that's been provided to you. Each student will be able to bring two guests for move-in. But remember, they also must adhere to the guidelines related to the appointment time, the use of PPE, and also being strategic about what you actually bring. For returning students, all move-in appointments were already communicated upon your exit at the conclusion of the fall semester. For new and transfer students, as your room assignment is communicated, your community director is emailing you individually to communicate your scheduled move-in date. Reminder emails related to your particular scheduled move-in date and time will be sent to all students the first week of January 2021. If for some reason, after January the 8th, you have not received your appointment date and time, please reach out to the Office of Housing and Residence Life at<PHONE_NUMBER> and the staff there will respond to your request. Special note, if you opted out of housing in the fall semester and now you want to return to housing for spring semester, you will not have to pay a second housing application fee, as the fee you already paid prior to fall semester actually covers your ability to be assigned to a room in both fall and spring of the same academic year. But if you are planning on returning for spring and you counseled your housing in the fall, you must contact the Department of Housing and Residence Life via phone or email in order to request a spring room assignment. Because you counseled your housing in the fall, you're not guaranteed the same room assignment that you were originally assigned to, but our staff will do its very best to accommodate your request based on the current availability within our housing inventory. Housing and Residence Life can be contacted again at<PHONE_NUMBER> or by email at ecsuhousingatecsu.edu. Just as in the fall within our residence halls, common areas, lounges, computer labs, and suites and apartments have had furniture removed, we are doing deep cleaning on the residence halls as we speak to ensure that they are clean and ready for your return. We have a plan in place to increase the cleaning within the residence hall just as we did in the fall semester, and that includes individual restroom cleaning within your residence hall space, and that will be on a bi-weekly basis. Remember, it will take a collective effort among each of us to ensure the safety and wellness of our entire campus community. For the spring, just as in the fall, there will be no guests allowed within our residence halls, not from the outside, not even room-to-room visitation because we are trying our very best to keep every member of our campus community safe. As it relates to testing, we do have a testing program that we are operating on our campus that involves surveillance testing, where we will specify specific days and times in which we would like you to come over to be tested so we might be able to mitigate the spread of the virus. If for some reason you test positive, we do have quarantine space on our campus, but that is limited, and so we are encouraging our students to make the very best decisions once you return. The use of PPE will be required for spring semester, just as in the fall, and even our dining services will operate just as it has been during the fall semester as well, or 50% occupancy. We expect and anticipate that our food service provider will provide to you the same nutritious meals that they always have, and you'll be able to gather within your individual room to eat your meal, or you can choose to eat within a dining facility, but just know the seating capacity will be limited. Student programming will be offered from a virtual pick up and go opportunity, operation standpoint just as in the fall semester, and we are watching the guidelines that are being placed upon us by the governor's executive orders in terms of informing our decisions from there. At this point in time, those are all of the updates that I have for you now. Chancellor is back to you. Thank you, Dr. Brown, and I just want to say our students, faculty and staff were just outstanding this fall semester in following these guidelines presented by Dr. Brown, and we are doing all we can, as he stated, to make sure that we follow the same type of format structure to keep everyone safe in the spring as we did in the fall, and we learned a lot of lessons as well from the fall, what worked and what didn't work. And so the spring semester, I'm optimistic that our students will be able to stay the entire spring semester as long as they continue to build this culture of expectation, and that culture of expectation is holding each other accountable for wearing your mask, social distancing, washing your hands, and abiding by all the CDC guidelines that Dr. Brown mentioned as well. And that's the way that we're on the path to a successful spring semester, just as we saw in the fall. So thank you, thank you, thank you, students, for holding each other accountable and parents, family members. Thank you for holding your child, your student, accountable for doing the right thing while here on the ECSU campus. So at this point, we will start with questions. And do remember, if you have a question based on any information you heard this evening, please email your question to Viking compass, and that's compass, C-O-M-P-A-S-S at ECSU.edu. Email us now your question because we're trying to take as many as we can within the hour before we conclude the session. So I will go over to the chat to see if we have questions coming in. Okay, our first question I see is, why are coaches making it mandatory for players to return for the spring semester? Well, thank you for that question. It's a really good question. And as of now, we are operating based on what we know today. Could that change? Yes, it could change tomorrow. It could change a week from now, depending upon how quickly this virus continues to spread. However, the Department of Athletics is planning for a safe return for action for our student athletes in the winter and spring sports. Just as we are following the protocols for all students, our student athletes are being held to the same protocols, plus the established protocols from the NCAA, the CIAA, and as I mentioned ECSU. So in order to successfully implement this concept, student athletes being on campus provides an opportunity to consistently test our student athletes and educate them on the importance of the three W's. And as Dr. Brown said, what we saw, even with our student athletes that were not in competitive play in the fall, the surveillance testing was very beneficial. And we're going to continue to do that. So when you think about from the standpoint of athletics, their health and their wellness, their mental health, their success at ECSU, we are anticipating their return just as we are for all students, and we are putting them in a position to be supported to make sure that they are safe and well during the spring semester. As things change, parents, family members, you will be notified. As I said at the start of my comments, you know, it's still an area of some uncertainty and we will do all we can to be transparent and to make sure that our student athletes, all students, our faculty, our staff are safe and well to the best of our ability. So thank you so much for that question. Now let me see if there is another question. Okay, another question here is, will we still be able to live within the residence halls if our classes are online during the spring semester? And I will turn that over to Dr. Brown and Dr. Ward to provide your perspectives on that question. So the answer to the question quite simply is yes. We made a decision in the fall semester to support our mode of instruction to ensure that students could take advantage of living on campus and being close to the services and supports that exist on our campus while also taking online courses. So we will not be making a shift from that for this semester. So you will be able to live within the residence halls if all of your classes are online during the spring semester. Thank you Dr. Brown and Dr. Ward, do you have anything to add in regards to the academic experience for this question? You know, I concur with Dr. Brown. We recognize that some of the courses that we are offering online for various reasons may not have been the initial mode of instruction chosen by the students, but it's the only section for the particular course. And so for that reason, Dr. Brown and myself have made a conscious effort to make sure that students are not penalized. Those who do want to live on campus, even if their courses are 100% online, we'll be able to do that. In addition, we will still have resources on campus tutoring as well as the library open and continue to do all we can to support students who are enrolled in the spring. Okay, thank you Dr. Ward for that insight as well. If you have a question, please email Viking Compass, c-o-m-p-a-s-s at ecsu.edu. We are happy to answer any question you have.  No question, all questions are valued because we want to make sure that everyone is on the same page, especially as we welcome our students back in the spring. So please email your questions and we'll be happy to answer those. But as we wait a couple of minutes to see if we have additional questions, just wanted to say to the entire campus community, but specifically our students, this was not an easy task. These are unprecedented times, filled with uncertainty, and our students were resilient and they were able to be patient with us on many occasions in transitioning to the online instructional space. And they did so in conjunction with their faculty members who were also some of them experiencing this for the first time. And so during these times, these are times that we have to stick together, work together to be successful. And we were able to do that. And the president of the UNC system, Peter Hans, acknowledged ECSU for the great work that we put in in minimizing the spread of COVID on our campus. So for that, I am thankful and I am grateful for everyone coming to the table, being on the same accord and building a culture of expectation. I do see that we have one more question. If we don't get tested before moving in, then when would we be tested? Would it be the same day of move in? It's the second part of that question. So I will turn it over to Dr. Brown to address that question. Yes, if you don't, if you come to the campus and have not been able to garner test results prior to your arrival, we will test you on the date of your scheduled move in. So when you show up to campus before you are allowed to go to your residence hall, you will be tested at that point in time. You'll have to wait for your results for to return negative at which point in time they return negative, we will send you on to your particular residence hall for you to follow the check in process. So yes, we will test you the same day of your scheduled move in date if you're not able to garner your test results ahead of time. We are truly encouraging each student if you can to get tested ahead of time, because that ensures it will be able to have a very efficient process. It will cut down on any sort of delays that you might experience on the date of your scheduled move in. Thank you, Dr. Brown. For those of you who have just joined us, we have presented information about the student return to campus for the spring semester. Dr. Gary Brown, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs provided insight on the move in process to the residence halls and our Provost, Dr. Fair Ward provided insight on the academic calendar and the expectations for the spring semester as well as conclusion of this fall semester. And if you have questions, please email us at Viking, no s Viking compass C O M P a s s so two s's and compass at ecsu.edu. So we are now addressing addressing questions. And I'll go back to see what we have here. Okay, our next question is, is visitation still not allowed? Dr. Brown? There will be no visitation in the spring semester. No room to room visitation. No visitation from external guests as well. Okay, thank you, Dr. Brown. Our next question is for students who wish to get tested on campus before they move in to their residence halls. Are they expected to go straight to health services? And will her will health services be open during all? Be open during all the student all the time students are expected to move in? So we have are developing a plan, our plan is actually already developed. But there will be a specific way in which we instruct you to come into campus, so that you might be able to go through the testing zone that will be created and managed by student health services. So you will not go straight to student health. When you get here, you will follow the direction is given to you by those who are standing there to direct you will be able to give you even more detailed information on this during our next town hall, which is at the beginning of January prior to your return to campus. Thank you, Dr. Brown. And I'm also glad that you mentioned that because we will have another town hall, as he mentioned in January to reiterate some of these things that we're discussing tonight, so that everyone's on the same page. We're just having this town hall early because we want you to go ahead and start thinking and planning and giving you ample time to do so for the return in the spring. So thank you, Dr. Brown for that response. This next question is for Provost Ward. Will all classes be online for spring 2021? All classes will not be offered online for the spring semester. As I indicated, 45% of the classes will be offered 100% online. The remaining 55% of courses will be offered either totally face to face or using a hybrid model. So no, all classes will not be offered online in spring. Okay, thank you, Dr. Ward. Our next question for the people who are helping you, do they also need to be tested? And Dr. Brown? That's a really great question. And that's something that we certainly will be providing some additional information on as well. So be on the lookout for that. There is a probability that we will go ahead and test those individuals. But understanding that if someone who is helping you, someone who you are riding in the same vehicle with test positive that then exposes you in a way. And so we'll follow our stated protocols related to how we respond in those instances. We'll provide you some detailed information prior to your arrival to give you a heads up as to whether we will test those individuals. But we also will be facilitating temperature taking as well during this process. Okay, thank you, Dr. Brown. Next question is, how will we be able to get our room keys back? Also, if we did not have a roommate during the fall semester, is it possible for it to roll over into the spring? Okay, you will receive your room keys back once you have gone through and provided your negative test result or garnered a negative test result from the testing that we facilitate. And you get to your residence hall, then your community directors will check you in just as they did in the fall semester by providing you a key to your room. As it relates to having a roommate or not having a roommate in the spring semester, that really is based upon demand. And whether or not we actually have a student who has paid to be in a double space, if you have paid for a single, then you certainly will have a single just as you did in the fall semester. But if you actually paid a double rate, meaning that your room is typically assigned for two people, then there's always a possibility you could end up with a roommate within your space. So there's no guarantee that you'll have a single if you have not paid for a single. It's just it really is all based on what the need is as it relates to to student demand. Thank you, Dr. Brown. And to our listeners, these questions coming in are great questions. Keep asking us questions. We want to get your questions answered tonight. So please send us your questions. Again, the email address is Viking no s Viking compass and compass is C O M P a s s at ECSU dot edu. We want to answer any and every question you have. And thank you so much for those who have already submitted questions, because I think when questions come in, we provide remarks that benefits everyone. So thank you so much for your questions. As we check to see if other questions are coming in, I would like to see if Dr. Brown or Dr. Ward have any last remarks or comments before we conclude our session as we wait to see if there are additional questions. And I'll start with Provost Ward. Any additional comments closing remarks from you? No, I just think the students as well as the faculty for the resilience they demonstrated during the fall semester. I know that even the fall semester and I anticipate even in the spring semester was not as it was traditionally was in the past. And so I think that you know, I've asked our faculty to have patience and grace with our students. And I just asked the students to also give our faculty some grace because we are all living through these unprecedented times. Faculty are are dealing some of them are having to homeschool their children as well as students. I know that you too are dealing with things that while whether you're on campus or if you're taking the courses online. And so we will all get through this Vikings are resilient. And so we will get through this spring semester, but just know that this is not a traditional semester. And so we will have to make some adjustments and I know we will continue to move forward as only true Vikings do. Thank you, Provost. And I'll just add to what she said to say that we all agree. We want you to come back in the spring semester. We want you to come back. We're looking forward to new students coming in to the spring semester. There's so much energy and momentum at Elizabeth City State University. It feels good. And I want you all to feel that same energy. And as she said, you know, though these are unprecedented times, none of us have seen this before. So patience for each other and building this culture of expectation is what makes us successful and what's going to continue to make us successful. So Dr. Brown, if we can pause for a minute for your closing remarks, because we have two more questions that I see have come in. Okay, the next question is, if there's a class that is a, oh, wait a minute, it's moving. Sorry. If there's a class that is a face to face class, but we want to take it online, is there a way to do so? Provost Ward? There are two possible methods to take a face to face course online. Number one is you can take the course through the UNC online exchange program. What that means is that if we are not offering a course specifically for the spring semester online, but a one of our sister UNC institution campuses is offering the course online, you may complete a transient study form, which is all which is can be found on the academic affairs website under forms and documents, and request to take the course at another UNC sister institution. So that's option one. The second option is if you have a documented situation, whether it's an illness or a documented need for an accommodation, you may submit a request to Ms. Felicia Brown at 335 at area code<PHONE_NUMBER>. Again, that is Ms. Felicia Brown, and you may construct her at<PHONE_NUMBER>. If she deems that your accommodation is valid and you have submitted the appropriate accommodation, then you will be able to get an accommodation. Now that does not mean that the course would necessarily be transferred or offered in an online format. What it means is that the instructor would work with you one on one in order for you to make sure that you were actually getting the course material. So those are the two options that you have if a face to face course, you would like to take it online, you can either go through UNC online, if it's offered at another institution and take it online, or if you have a documented case, you can get an accommodation, which not necessarily mean it would be online, which just means that the instructor would work with you one on one to give you appropriate accommodations. Okay, thank you, Provost Lord. Our next question is, are incoming freshmen allowed to select a single room assignment? Dr. Brown? Yes, if you if you are in the system and you are trying to select a room of your choosing, if that room is offered in a single, or if you want to pay the single rate, and we are able to accommodate that request, then you certainly can do that. But singles are really offered based on availability within the residence hall. Thank you, Dr. Brown. I didn't realize I was on mute. Thank you. Our next question is for you as well, Dr. Brown. When will you find out your roommate's name?  And so housing staff should be able to provide you with an update as to whether or not you have a roommate. And if you do who that roommate is, if you contact the Department of Housing and Residence like they should be able to communicate that to you. At the latest, you'll know that by January the eighth, the week of January the eighth is when we are for communicating or sending out additional reminders about moving. So please feel free to check in with housing to see if they can provide that information to you. Okay, thank you, Dr. Brown. Here's an additional question. Will you be doing a graduation rehearsal? Dr. Ward? We will not be doing a graduation rehearsal. Of course, the commencement exercises are this Saturday, December the 12th at the Fine Arts Building. And so students should arrive during their allotted time. Once they enter, they will be given directions themselves as well as their guests. They'll proceed down the aisle in the Fine Arts Building. The student's name will be called and then the student will be escorted to the stage to take a picture with the chancellor, but there will not be a formal rehearsal for community. Thank you. Thank you so much, Provost Ward. And we're excited about this this commencement opportunity for graduates and their families, even though it's not ideal as how we would have liked to have done so. We were able to honor our May graduates during an August drive through ceremony, and it worked quite well. We learned a lot from it. And so we're going to make some changes to the graduation this Saturday. But our students and their families seem to really appreciate how we were able to provide an opportunity to celebrate this milestone for our graduates and their families, despite the fact that we had restrictions during this pandemic. So looking forward to being able to do so again on Saturday. Thank you, Provost. Our next question is, when do we need to purchase a parking decal? Or how long do we have until we get the opportunity to buy it? And I'm not sure, Dr. Brown, do you have some insight on that? Sure, you should be able to search online now to connect with the University Police Department so you might be able to purchase your parking decal. But typically, there's about a week's period at the beginning of every semester, this kind of a grace period to give people an opportunity to resolve any sort of business that they need to take care of. And that's the time when a lot of people go ahead and purchase their parking decal. So I believe when you get here, you have the time to do that. You just want to make sure you do it within the first few days of being on campus, so that you don't find yourself parking illegally and getting any any sort of tickets. Thank you, Dr. Brown. Again, for those of you who may have just joined or didn't check, didn't catch the email address. If you have questions, you can email us. We have about 15 more minutes, but we will conclude earlier if there are no other questions. But those who have questions, you can email us at Viking, no s Viking compass, c o m p a s s at ecsu.edu. And for those of you who have submitted questions, thanks. Thank you so much because everyone's learning from the questions that you have submitted and the responses that you hear to those questions. So we want to make sure that we're answering as many as possible. So two other questions, two more questions just came in. Well, actually, no, one more. Do students who anticipate graduating in spring of 2021 need to do anything to apply for graduation? Provost Ward? Yes, students who wish to graduate in spring 2021 will need to submit their application for graduation. Their applications for graduation will be due on February 2, 2021. There is an approval process. Students will submit it electronically, but they will have to get approval from their advisor as well as their department chair and dean. So while the deadline is February 2, because it's submitted electronically, I encourage all students to please, you know, do not wait to the actual last day to submit their applications. But students must submit an application for graduation in order to complete their degree in spring 2020. Thank you, Provost. So I'll go to Dr. Brown. Dr. Brown, any closing remarks, comments that you would like to make to our students and their families? Sure, there were there was a fall semester was a very different semester. But I think all of us would agree that there was quite a bit of innovation and creativity that we saw exhibited not only in the administration but across our student body. We saw overwhelming Viking spirit. You all turned out and record numbers virtually for programming to involve yourselves in the voter engagement activities and those sort of things. And so we were really excited about the way in which your contributions to campus life were shown. And we really are looking forward to a spring semester where we can do the same thing. But in order to do that, we really need you all to make safe decisions, stay safe and stay well over this break. The CDC, the governors of all the states and health departments and so forth and talking about the surges in COVID-19 numbers. And they talk about this mitigation activities, you know, the three W's and ensuring that you're not doing a lot of traveling and those sort of things. Please do your very best to adhere to those guidelines because they are the best way for us to keep each other safe. It's my hope and prayer that you all do remain safe and well over this break. I look forward to seeing you all again in spring semester after you have had some time to rest and re-energize for what's ahead. And at the end of the day, it's always Viking pride. So thank you very much for your time tonight. Thank you so much, Dr. Brown. And I definitely agree with you on those comments as well. And you and the Provost, thank you for and I commend you for your leadership and your teams and everything that you did to make sure that we were doing the right thing for our students and their families, as well as our faculty and our staff. So thank you so much. So there there seems to be no other questions coming in. I'll check one last time. So if there are no other questions coming in, I want to thank everyone who joined us tonight for the virtual Town Hall. I want to thank my Provost, Dr. Fair Ward, my Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Dr. Gary Brown for providing such critical updates to our students and their families as they think about their transition back to campus in the spring as guidelines and protocols are ever changing. And I mentioned this before, what we know today could change tomorrow. And what we know tomorrow could change next week. So as they are ever changing, it is important that we all stay on the same page. And with that in mind, we've created the Viking Compass website. That is our way of being transparent to all of our stakeholders, our parents, our students, faculty, staff, our community members, our friends of ECSU, our everyone who wants to know what's happening on our campus in regards to our efforts to minimize the spread of COVID. The Viking Compass website has information there for you to see specifically on that website. We also have a database that shows the number of active cases, number of students who are in isolation or quarantine. All that information is there. We have nothing to hide. We want everyone to be informed. So go to that website and you'll see everything that's happening and be able to ask any additional questions if something is not there that you're looking for. But as we continue to update the website, we are looking to do all we can to inform our community to help us navigate the changes that may occur anticipated and unanticipated during the spring semester. We also plan to use social media and emails to provide updates to the Viking community. So what does that mean? Check your email, check your social media, because there's so much uncertainty as you've heard a number of times tonight, anything can change at any time. And if we need to get in touch with you about any changes in regards to coming back in the spring semester, we want to make sure we get that to you ASAP. We want to make sure we get that to you and get that to you as quickly as possible so that you are well aware of any changes we have to make. So please check your social media, please check your emails, and we may have to have a called meeting like this again, if we have to pivot, or if we have some other changes that may take place. So 2020 has been a year for the record books. And if you're like me, I'm ready for 2021. We have faced many challenges. However, in true Viking fashion, as you've heard so many times, we are resilient, and we have conquered those challenges for the fall semester. As we celebrate another successful semester, we want to thank you for your Viking spirit and your Viking pride. And don't forget Fridays, still wear your Viking paraphernalia on Fridays, because those are still our Viking pride Fridays that we want to celebrate our campus community and our great university. I hope everyone has a blessed and very safe holiday break. And we look forward to seeing you at Elizabeth City State University in January 2021, as we celebrate the new year. So thank you again, and you all have a wonderful night.


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Don't you love it when you email customer service of a company expressing a need for something and then they email you back and one of the criteria they say they need in order to continue is your email address.  I'm Rick. You can follow us on Instagram, Twitter for more juicy content. Thanks to Patreon, follow us through the comments, subscribe to the little like button. Hey, look everybody. It's Sylvester Shimon. What? Oh. Today, a new trailer came out of a new hot star special, The Night Manager, with Anil Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapoor. The Night Manager. So clearly this is gonna be a story about Camelot. Wasn't that Get It Nights of the Roundtip? It was like a limited series. I forget what it was on, but with the guy who plays House, why am I forgetting his name? Oh, yeah. I don't know. Yeah, yeah. And then the guy who plays Loki, what is his name? Richard Chamberlain. No, you're not playing Loki, it's the guy who plays Loki. They were in a thing, I think it was called The Night Manager. It's like it's just a limited, and it was about in an actual hotel. I don't know. I remember the movie Night Shift with Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton. So I don't know if there is any relation to this at all, but it has Anil Kapoor. I'm really liking his choices. I mean, maybe he's always had those really good choices. This is a series as well? No, I think it's a film. I think it's a movie. Okay. But it's just on Hotstar, so it's theirs. Probably we've seen a lot more of these, that just like, this is just an OTT film, kind of thing. Here we go. Nice shot. It's show time now. Dusty! I'm just doing it with my bare hands. Whether the sleep of Raja Chen can be slept or not, it depends on the quality of the bed. What's the matter with him? Are you pulling me or what? Oh yeah, Sorbita. It sure is. Hey, was that Bob? I'm pulling you on. Is it? Yeah, I think that's Bob. You're making a big mistake. I know what I'm doing. I'll get you out of here very easily. People can live. Hotstar Specials Presents. The Night Manager. Sintra Fervorice. Siv. Disney Plus Hotstar. The Night Manager. Hotstar coming to you. That looks good. That looks really good. Oh, heck of a cast. Really? What a great cast. That's intriguing to me just by itself is the... It looks like it's going to take a trajectory that's not unlike the kind of arc Michael Corleone has where he starts off very, very innocent but because of what happens as he goes deeper into family business, things start to turn dark. At least that's what the trailer conveyed and that seems really interesting. The cast alone makes me want to watch it. It looks like it is the remake of the... It is. That series you were talking about? The 2016 that had Hugh Laurie and... Tom Hiddleston. And Olivia Coleman was also in it. Oh, good grief. It was a fantastic series. I think it was Hulu. I don't remember where I watched it. I don't know about that. It was a great series. I think I won a couple of awards. We really enjoyed that series. But it says right here, the official... It looked different, but it looked similar as well. But anytime you put something... So maybe it's an inspired by kind of thing? Anytime you put something in India, it's going to change it quite a bit. Yes, because the culture is so different. The issues will be very different too. So it looks like it says the Hindi remake. Well, it looks great.  I thought it was underappreciated. And just that cast, if you just rattle off the names of the people in the film, I would want to see it on just them being involved alone. I'm interested in who... Producing. Interesting. I didn't see casting on there, but that's okay. Yeah, since it's a hot start... Hold on. Why is only people list... It might be a series. A series. Okay, great. Great. Which is what the other one was. Yeah, great. So maybe... I mean, when did it say it comes out? February 15. Shades comes out the 10th of February. February. I think... If it's a series, man, we got some good-looking series coming out. I wonder why everyone isn't listed on the cast. It's because I am to be for... Yeah. Indian stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's true. It's just the worst. It looked really good. I'd be interested in watching it just based off of the trailer. It's been a while since we've done a series. I don't remember everything. I remember it was good. I don't remember everything about that series, though. Yeah, I didn't even know it existed. A Hugh Laurie one with Tom Hiddleston back in the day. I just remember it was really good. And so, like him... Maybe he was an arms dealer. I can't even remember if he was an arms dealer. It's been a while. 2016, so it was... Almost 10 years ago. It's 2023, right? Yeah. So, seven's almost 10? It's close to the 10 and zero. It's true. Regardless, it was a little wide. Just reached the white lotus. Yo, you saw both seasons? It's all both seasons. Yeah! Fantastic series. Fantastic series. Such a great series. I really enjoyed it. I liked that white surface is getting her due. Coolage? Coolage. Absolutely. I'm also loving... I saw a clip of F. Murray Abraham at one of the award ceremonies on the red carpet. And it's so beautiful. He didn't realize that the girls were shouting for him. And he turns and he looks and he's genuinely me. And then he starts flirting with them and playing with them. Because if you don't know him... He's been around all along. Yeah, he's 83. I want to be exactly like him when I'm 83. Working and spry and quick. And if you've not seen Amadeus, that was the film that made me fall in love with F. Murray Abraham, which was a long time ago. He plays Solieri. One of the greatest roles ever. He won an Oscar for it. Deservedly so. Yeah, he's been around a while. Been a long time. Great, great. One of the great actors of our time. Yeah. Anyways, this looks fantastic. Let us know what you think about it. Down below.