2026-10-13 - Board of Representatives Steering Committee

Okay, I think we can go get started. Good evening, everyone. Today's Monday, October 13, 2026 and I ordered the steering committee meeting of the 32nd Board of Representatives. The time now is 701pm.

Miss Monto, would you please call the roll. Thank you, President Shaw. Representative Adams. Present. Thank you. Representative Bouchard. Present. Thank you. Representative Camparelli. Present. Thank

you. Representative Gardner. Present. Thank you. Representative Hughes. Present. Thank you. Representative Johnson. Okay, Representative McKeown. I think Representative Flipp Johnson is excused. Okay,

I'll mark that. Representative McKeown. Present. Thank you. Representative Wilson. Thank you. Representative Pollack. Present. Thank you. Representative Price. Present. Thank you. Representative

Sanford. Present. Thank you. I already see President Shaw. Representative Shore. Present. Thank you. Representative Silvestri. Present. Thank you. Representative Weinberg. Present. Thank you.

Representative Wiers. Present. Thank you. Representative Zachary. Present. Thank you. And then as far as ex-officio members of the board, I see and acknowledge that we have present Representative

Stone. And Representative Wollston. And if anyone else, oh, Representative Palicia. If anyone else should arrive, I will add them to the list. But there is a quorum. Thank you. Thank you so much. The

regular board meeting for the month of November will be held on Wednesday, November 4th, 2026. We have no honorary resolutions this month, so we will move on to our standing committee. Starting with

the appointments committee. One of the co-chairs will be moving the items today. Yes, it's me, President Shaw. Go ahead, Co-chair Gardner. Thank you. So the appointments committee will meet on

Wednesday, October 28th, 2026 at 6 a.m. in the Democratic Caucus Room and by webinar. We have nine or eight candidates who will be interviewing. I'll talk about that in a second. Item number one,

Alpha 32.066 for the zoning board, William Morris, term expiring December 1st, 2028. Item number two, Alpha 32.069 for personnel commission, Isabelle Bonar, term expiring December 1st, 2028. Item

number three, Alpha 32.070 personnel commission, Stuart Edelberg, term expiring December 1st, 2028. Item number four, Alpha 32.071 personnel commission, Susan Johnson, term expiring December 1st,

2028. Item number five, Alpha 32.072 patriotic and special events commission, Melissa Faye, term expiring December 1st, 2026. Item number six, Alpha 32.073 Stanford Golf Authority, Michael Miller,

term expiring December 1st, 2028. Item number seven, Alpha 32.074 Stanford Golf Authority, Duffy Sasser, term expiring December 1st, 2028. Item number eight, Alpha 32.075 Zoning Board of Appeals,

alternate, Isabelle Arillo, term expiring December 1st, 2029. And finally, item number nine, Alpha 32.076 Zoning Board of Appeals, enter Nikai, term expiring December 1st, 2027. It should be noted

that for item number nine, enter Nikai for the Zoning Board of Appeals, we very recently interviewed Mr. Nikai for an alternate position on the ZBA. And now he is getting upgraded to a full seat on

the ZBA. Only about two months later, I believe they had a resignation. So we will not be interviewing him in person, we will just be voting. And I move items one through nine. Okay, that's a motion

to move upon appointments committee agenda items one through nine. Is there a second? Okay, so any discussion? Yes, a point of information. One of the one of the appointments expires at the end of the

beginning of December. Is that correct? Which one are you referring to? Okay, 32.072 expires 12/1/2026. So it's for six weeks out of five. Yes. Sorry, may I answer Representative Zachary? Yes, go

ahead. Representative Zachary, I think we've seen that before. It's not uncommon for that to happen. And they will likely just be reinstated on the second term or new term. Very soon, we likely won't

interview them again. It's probably because they had a resignation, although I don't fully know this case. All right, thank you. I think Rep. Shaw has a sign up as well. Yes, go ahead. Or actually,

yes, go ahead. Thank you, President Shaw. I don't know if anybody else saw this letter landed on my desktop at 533. So I was preparing dinner, I was able to read it, but not go much beyond that. It

was from Dave Adams, and it's regarding a 32.066 and his reappointment. And then the letter goes on. I'm sure we will discuss that, and we will get some consultation, and we will get along later. All

right, so just leave it for now. Sure. Point of information. Go ahead. I yield. I didn't get that email through you, Chair, to Representative Shaw. I did not get that particular email. I was wondering

if you could forward that to me. It was sent to all members, but if you didn't get it, I'm happy to forward that to you, to Boston. Let me know. Text me if you don't see it, and we'll send it to you.

Okay, I got it. Thanks. Okay, thank you. Representative Weinberg, you have your hand raised. Yeah, thank you. Just regarding the confusion on item number five, it looks like this person will be

replacing someone who must have resigned. And that's why that's the reason for the truncated term. So, so that person is fulfilling the balance of, of ourselves, term. I yield. Thank you. Any other

discussion? I see no hands. I see none. Let's take this by way forward. All those in favor of adding agenda items one through nine of the Appointment Committee, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any

abstentions? Okay, those items will be added to the agenda. Thank you, Co-chair Gardner. Thank you. Moving on to Fiscal Committee. Which one of the co-chairs will be moving the items today? I will,

Madam President. Go ahead, Co-chair Zachary. The October meeting of the Fiscal Committee will take place on Monday, October 26, 2026 at 7pm, both in the Democratic Caucus Room and by webinar. I'm

going to move the following items. Item 1, F32.092, approval of an agreement with Graviton Consulting Services to provide support and optimization services for the city's Oracle Cloud Platforms

Enterprise Resource Planning Program. Item 2, F32.126 for $150,000, an additional appropriation capital project. Sorry for me to read. C56174, maybe I should put on my glasses, that would help. Yeah,

that helps a lot. Citywide signals, operations, traffic engineering, traffic signal improvements on Long Ridge Road from the development at 120 Long Ridge Road. Item 3, F32.127 for $991,192, an

additional appropriation capital project CP2214, parking meter replacement, installation of all new parking meters in the city to lower operating costs. Item 4, F32.128 for $50,000, an additional

appropriation capital project CP7306, High Ridge Road and Long Ridge Road, roadway and pedestrian improvements at Bullhead from the development at 120 Long Ridge Road. Item 5, F32.129, $1 million

even, an additional appropriation capital project CP8500, parking improvements for parking garage, capital upgrades. Item 6, F32.130, an approval of an agreement A26-0406 with municipal evaluation

services LLC for citywide property reevaluation for 10/1/2027 RFP2026-0289. I'd like to move items 1 to 6 please. There is a motion to move items 1-6 of the fiscal committee agenda. Is there a second?

Second. Any discussion? Seeing no hands, let's take this by voice board. All those in favor of moving items 1-6 of the fiscal committee agenda please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Okay,

those items will be moved to the agenda. I yield. Thank you very much Madam Chair President. Thank you so much Co-chair Zachary. Moving on to Legislative and Rules Committee Chair McEwen. Thank you

President Shaw. The Legislative and Rules Committee is going to be meeting Tuesday, October 27th at 7pm in the Democratic Caucus Room and by webinar. There are two items submitted on the agenda for

legislative and rules. The first one is LR 32.021, a resolution urging the Connecticut General Assembly to enact statewide window safety legislation for the protection of children. And before I read

item number, excuse me, I have a potential conflict of interest with respect to item number 2 so I'm going to have Vice Chair Capriale take over for that one. But before I do, I'll just move item

number 1 onto the legislative and rules agenda. Second. Is there a motion to move LR 32.021? Is there a second? Second. Any discussion on just that item? Okay, seeing none, let's take this by voice

board. All those in favor of moving LR 32.021 please say aye. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Okay, that item is moved. Thank you President Shaw. Yeah, I'll hand it over to Vice Chair Capriale. Okay,

Vice Chair Capriale, would you like to? Thank you, Madam President. I'd like to move LR 32.023, Ordinance for Publication Establishing an Urban Grocery Store Development District of the City of

Stanford. This was recommitted to steering by committee 700 and I so move. There's a motion to move LR 32.023. Is there a second? Second. Okay, any discussion on this? Seeing none, let's take this by

voice board. All those in favor of moving LR 32.023 please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Okay, that item also will be moved to the end. Madam President. Thank you. Yes. If we could

please have Ms. Montalvo note for the record that I was absent for that vote on item LR 32.023. Okay. Thank you very much and that concludes our portion. Thank you so much, Chair and Coach and Vice

Chair. Moving on to Personnel Committee, Chair Weinberg. Thank you. The Personnel Committee will meet on Monday, October 19 at 7pm in the Democratic Caucus Room and by webinar. We have one item that

I'd like to move for the agenda. And that is P32.016. It's an approval of an agreement with Consentra for occupational health and random drug testing and I so move. Okay, there's a motion to move

P32.016. Is there a second? Second. Any discussion on this item? Seeing none, let's take this by voice board. All those in favor of moving P32.016 please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstentions?

Okay, that item will be moved to the Personnel Committee agenda. Thank you, and I yield. Thank you so much Chair Burke. Moving on to Land Youth and Urban Development Committee. That's me Madam

President, we have no items for consideration this month and as such we will not be meeting. With that I yield. Great. Thank you so much, Co-Chair Price. Moving on to Operations Parks and Rec

Committee, Chair Sanford. Thank you Madam President. Operations Parks and Rec Committee will be meeting Thursday, October 22nd, 2026 at 7pm by webinar. We have three items. The first is OPR 32.018

resolution and public hearing approving the cost recovery fee model for electric vehicle chargers at the Bell Street Garage. Item 2, OPR 32.019, the resolution and public hearing approving cost

recovery model for electric vehicle chargers at the Government Center Garage. And finally item number 3, OPR 32.020 review item of the noise ordinance, and at this time I'd like to move items 1, 2,

and 3 onto the agenda. Okay, there's a motion to move operations items 1, 2, and 3. Is there a second? Second. Second. Any discussion on these items? Let's take this by voice board. All those in favor

of adding. Madam President, I had my hand up. Sorry, go ahead. I'm just I have a hard time seeing hands in mind. Go ahead, Chair Burke. No problem. Thank you, President. Deputy Majority Leader

Sanford, I was just hoping you could let me know for item OPR 32.020. Is that the existing noise ordinance on the books or is that a proposed revision to the that's part of the review or the idea. May

I answer, President Shaw? Yes, go ahead. Go ahead, Chair Sanford. We will be reviewing the current noise ordinance on the books with the potential for a noise ordinance revision based on the outcome

of that discussion, if that answers your question. That does. Thank you very much. And through President Shaw to you. Only a suggestion that we clarify just the item so that we reference the ordinance

that is subject to review, so that there's more clarity for for board members and also members of the public. And with that, I am. Are you suggesting adding the ordinance, the number or whatever that

is that currently we have? Chair McEwen, is that your suggestion? I'm just suggesting we just, you know, reference a section so that people know where to look. Sanford, do you have that handy? I do. I

have it in an email that I sent out to committee members. I can send that to Barbara and we can update it with the actual chapter and everything of the noise ordinance if that works. Okay, do you want

to just do it in the committee notice when that gets sent out? I can do it right after the meeting, I can send it out to clarify it. Okay, that sounds good. Mr. Kimberly, you have your hand raised.

Thank you, Madam President. Through you to Representative Sanford. I will actually, and also to you, for future, I'm wondering if it's possible. It's a review item that is intended to revise an

ordinance, if we can put that in the title because until Representative McEwen asked that question, I just thought it was a review item of the current noise ordinance. I didn't realize that there was

a potential of changing the ordinance. So I don't know if it's possible, but I think it would be a good practice for us to know internally and also for the public. I love that he asked for the

original ordinance to be put in the legislative record. And my question to Representative Sanford is, are we thinking about allowing more noise or less noise? I don't know. I think it would have to

depend on what the feedback we get from -- so the intent of the review item is to get feedback from members of the administration based off of other feedback from members of the community on what's

going well, what we can improve on, and then use that feedback to potentially alter or change the noise ordinance. So whether that goes up or down, left or right, I don't know. >> Okay. >> If I may

add, this is not the traditional way we would do for revising ordinances, but this one was specifically asked that we kind of get some more feedback from the administration as well, which is why we

thought, okay, maybe we just do it this way. And then obviously there will be, you know, once we amend and everything, there's public hearing and stuff, but just because it involves not just, you

know, the city, also like the Parks and Parks Commission group, there's others involved to help the health and safety people. So we thought it might just be a good idea to get more inputs before even

we put some more options in the ordinance. >> May I ask who's asking us to revise it? >> We were, it came from the administration. They had asked us to take a look at the ordinance. >> Safety or? >>

Yes, correct. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Anyone else? >> Thank you. >> Representative Walston, did you have a question? >> Yes, I do. Just a quick question. >> Go ahead. >> So

we're, we want to look over the old noise ordinance. Is that the same one that we had discussed before on the last board? Or is this to look at what happened a few months ago? Is it around the like

big speaker ones or is it like the, you know, at the parks? I'm just a little confused because I thought the decibels and all of that. So are we stepping it up because of what happened a few months

ago? >> Can I -- >> For example, would you like to address that? >> It's comprehensive, Representative Walston. So yes, there were some incidents that prodded us to take another look at it. But there

are other places where we're trying to get better alignment in terms of, and I'm throwing this out there, but stuff like construction start times, what we consider nighttime hours or quiet hours. So

it's more than just one incident, but there is a couple of things that sparked us to take another look at it. So again, we're looking at the noise ordinance in its entirety and where we can make

possible improvements if anywhere and what those are going to look like. I do not know at this time. >> Okay. Thank you. Thank you for the explanation. Thanks. >> Got it. Thanks. >> Any other

questions? Seeing no hands. Okay. Seeing none, let's take this five-voice board. All those in favor of moving items one, two, and three of the operations parks and recs committee, say aye. >> Aye. >>

Aye. >> Any opposed? Any abstentions? Okay. Those three items will be added to the agenda. Thank you, Chair Sanford. >> Thank you. >> Moving on to public safety and health committee, Chair Buschard.

>> Thank you, Madam President. The public safety and health committee is scheduled to meet on Thursday, 29 October at 6.30 p.m. via webinar. There are three items proposed for the agenda. Item number

1, PS32.010. It is a review of the blighted property procedures for the city of Stanford. This is resubmitted. Again, this has been -- we've tried to put this in the agenda. I think this is the third

time, unfortunately, a principle that we'd intend from the administration has not been able to. So we'd like to add that to the agenda again. The second item in number 2 is PS32.014. It is a review

item. It is an overview of the e-bike laws and regulations at the state and local level, including enforcement by the Stanford Police Department. The review will also consider additional regulations

that can improve public safety for e-bike riders and the public. The third item is PS32.015. It is a review item of the Stanford air quality monitoring program. I would like to move items 1 through 3

to the agenda. >> There's a motion to move items 1, 2, and 3 of the public safety and health committee agenda. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? I see no hands. I just have a quick

question on the third item of the air quality monitoring program. I know we've done it in the past, but I didn't know if there was something specifically that you wanted to cover or if there's

something that sparked it. For now, just curious. >> Yes. This came from a discussion I had with Lou Durubas that he would like to provide or at least to have Bishop Pullen discuss the progress that

has been made in the air quality monitoring program within the city and share that with our committee. >> Okay. Excellent. Thank you so much. I see no other hands, so let's take this by voice board.

All those in favor of moving items 1, 2, and 3 of the public safety and health committee agenda, please say aye. >> Aye. >> Aye. >> Any opposed? Any abstentions? Okay. Those three items will be added

to the agenda. >> Thank you, Madam President. >> Thank you so much. >> And I yield. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> I'm Andrea Bouchard. Moving on to community development, housing,

education, social services, state and commerce committee, chess committee, which co-chair will be moving items today? >> That will be me, Madam President. >> Go ahead, co-chair Silva-Stray. >> Thank

you. So the chess committee will be meeting on Tuesday, October 20, that's 6.30 p.m. in the democratic caucus room and by webinar. We have two items this month, item 1, chess 32.024, which is an

adoption, final adoption, amending section 146, article 6 of the code of ordinances, Stanford housing, affordable trust fund, and item 2, chess 32.025, rejection of an allocation of 1.5 million to

Southfield village limited partnership, became communities LLC to rehabilitate and preserve 315 units of mixed income housing out at Southwood square apartments. And I would like to add these two

items on to the agenda. >> Second. >> Okay. >> There's a motion and a second to move items 1 and 2 of the chess committee. Any discussion? Okay. Seeing no hands, I'll take this by voice board. All

those favor of adding items 1 and 2 of the chess committee agenda, please say aye. >> Aye. >> Aye. >> Aye. >> Opposed? Okay. Those two items will be added to the agenda. Thank you so much, co-chair

Silva-Stray. >> Thank you, Madam. >> And I will turn it over to the transportation committee chair leaders. >> Thank you, Madam President. And good evening, everyone. The transportation committee will

be meeting via special meeting on Monday, October 9th at 6.30 p.m. by webinar only. There are two items. Item 1 is T32.006. It is a review item, an overview of the Stanford Road Restoration Program,

recent history policy evolution, and future strategy. That was a heading from a memo that was distributed to all of us in August from director Kenyonis. And I have invited him pending approval to

present at that meeting. Item number 2 is T32.007, an approval of a parking lot lease agreement between St. Leo Roman Catholic Church at 24 Roxbury Road and the city of Stanford. I would like to move

items 1 and 2 to the consent agenda. >> Okay. There's a motion to move items 1 and 2 of the transportation committee agenda. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion on these two items?

Representative Wallston? >> Okay. >> Go ahead. >> Chair, I'm just here for correction. It's October 19th, not October 9, he said. >> I apologize. >> Yep. >> October 19th. >> Just for the record. >>

Thank you so much, Representative Wallston. Any other discussion? Any other hands here? Let me see. Seeing none, let's take this by voice word. All those in favor of adding items 1 and 2 of the

transportation committee agenda, please say aye. >> Aye. >> Aye. >> Any opposed? Any abstentions? Okay. Those two items will be added to the agenda. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you so much, Chair

Wiers. The next item is the approval of the October 5, 2026 regular board meeting minutes. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? Seeing none, let's take

this by voice word. All those in favor of adding the approval of October 5, 2026 regular board meeting minutes, please say aye. >> Aye. >> Aye. >> Any opposed? Any abstentions? Okay. We'll be to the

agenda. Now, this is our month to review the pending agenda. Anybody wants to move anything in their pending agenda? Okay. >> I don't see any hand here. One's twice, one tries. Okay. Seeing no other

hands, I think we've concluded our business for this evening. A motion to adjourn? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Second. >> Great. We are adjourned at 7.30 p.m. Have a good night, everyone. >> Thank you.