media podcast network and now on to the talking news stocks expected to reopen in may just residential and retail development the brad pitt and cushing square broke ground two years ago when completed there will be three separate buildings with one hundred and twelve luxury apartments and thirty eight thousand square feet of retail space the st of the three buildings to rise from the ground was the winslow where stocks will be opening in may last july the zoning board of road at the july th public hearing the operating hours were approved for five am to ten pm it is the anchor tenant of the winslow located on the corner of her pillow and williston roads exterior and interior finish works are in progress in a press release from toll brothers apartment living project manor manager auto weiss said the highland which is on the corner which is the largest of the three buildings located on the corner of propeller road and common street will not open until march of two thousand and twenty structure steel and wood framing has begun the will be the last of the buildings to be completed and will finish in early two thousand and twenty the entire project is expected to wrap up by the spring of two thousand and twenty in september of two thousand and seventeen smith legacy p series filed a lawsuit in the middle six kodi civil court against the toll brothers the developer of the bradford formerly known as cushing village for twenty million dollars a total of six lots were sold bu toll brothers on october th two thousand and sixteen for fourteen million two hundred and sixty thousand dollars according to mass land records dot com the lots in belmont lot toll brothers would not comment on the lawsuit other than to say that there can be no progress on the retail end of the of the development and they will not be able to sign  is resolved as previously reported in the belmont citizen herald the lawsuit centers on the toll brothers requirement to perform the environmental cleanup in accordance with a special permit that to sell out its retail option to its bottom as if they would not cover the cost increase the lawsuit alleges toll brothers did not provide enough documentation and failed to acquire s l p approval as required under the purchase and sale agreement they said they weren't there wasn't any chance of the sites environmental conditions to justify the massive increases in cleanup cost as previously reported in the citizen herald damages are being sought in excess of twenty million s l p is asking the court to triple damages based on toll acting in bad faith and unfair deceptive business practices they're also seeking more than sixty million in direct and punitive damages we assume because we have reason to believe that they are using these unjustified increases in environmental cleanup costs to eliminate retail option and participation in the future of the bradford said christy managing partner of s l p weiss would not comment on the pending lawsuit and over to my colleague clare thank you b police public work projects going out to be a good fight to win a case of alice plans have been drawn up and approved for renovations to the belmont police station and department of public works facility memory monye chairman of the building committee for both projects said the projects should be out to bid by march st they hope to start construction on both in june the police station will take about one year to complete the committee is working to determine the best location for placing the police department and its many functions during the construction town hall with the additional trailers is presently the main consideration according to mahoney the final location will be announced february th the public's works project is expected to be completed by the end of this year public works renovations the public works facility located at thirty seven c street is getting one thousand nine hundred and eighty four square foot addition on the back of its existing building monye said the addition will be less expensive than adding a model to the building and it will add another ten years of life to the building before it needs to be completely reconstructed the addition will add locker space laundry area multipurpose room now it can be converted to a sleeping space will be handicapped assessable and have better ventilation office for temporary contractors and a break room the total cost of the story addition adding fifty years of life to the building starting from the ground up the addition will add storage space equal male and female locker shower and restroom facilities three big garage so we poured office space gun lock up interview when booking space new prison cells for males and females a public meeting room roll call room new staircase handicap assess a bow elevator handicap entrance parking and sprinkler system the total project is estimated to cost seven million dollars over generally the estimate was six dollars but it has gone up to two the additional renovations of the existing building that will now be part of the project monye so they may have to ask town meeting to approve the additional funds now over to max election season precinct town meeting member for twenty two years a graduate of bill maher high school class of one thousand nine hundred and fifty and a korean war veteran who served in the air force after a long battle with bladder cancer scally passed away on february st other contributions scally made to the town to include serving as belmont's representative to the minuteman technical school committee co founding of the soccer program coach of basketball baseball and treasurer of the belmont hall of fame scally was a semi pro soccer player for the air force scally was married to his wife mary ann for fifty eight years and the father of three children mary and joseph and richard he also leaves behind nine grandchildren and one great grandchild he would have turned eight thousand six hundred and sixty he was born in the belmont home where he grew up on a hill on a whole street marianne said she st met joe when she was fifteen and he was seventeen when they were in a wedding together she met him again when they were paired as bridesmaid and usher at another wedding they served this town meeting members together and they served as work and clerk for precinct three from nineteen million forty two thousand and eighteen mary ann describes joe as a numbers guy who could analyze the financials for a project he always believed in technical education she said which is why the minuteman was so important to him my husband's philosophy of life was to keep going said mary and she said that is helping her get through this difficult time selectman chairman adam dash served on the community preservation act study committee with scally he always raised questions about what was going to be best for the town he also worked hard as the town's representative to the minuteman technical school and was a proponent of technical education as he stated often in town meetings joe's selfless giving of one's time to help the general community will be sorely missed wrote dash in an email to the citizen herald town moderator michael michael moore said when he thinks of scally he thinks of sincerity and kiting this over to you bonnie thank you max belmont is a climate action leader but there's still work to do this is submitted by the belmont late as a recent newcomer to town belmont lite general manager chris roy said that he is proud to have joined a team of belmont residents town officials and belmont light employees with a proven record of climate successes but he said there is still more to be done for belmont to reach its climate goals among the many noteworthy accomplishments the major highlights were as follows over the past two years in one single month bringing the total number of electric vehicles in belmont to over two hundred dollars according to the state's website for electric vehicle rebates belmont light was designated the top municipal light plant in the state for clean energy and climate action by the massachusetts climate action network which noted belmont has been a leader in transparency with their customers about what qualifies as non and renewable energy m c a m l the energy portfolio page on belmont lights website as a model for other m l p's to follow the resident group behind the tw sixteen melbourne coast solar campaign created the most successful residential solarization campaign in the state the group shattered its original goal of one hundred dollars new solar installation in belmont as of this month there were over three hundred new solar installations in town since the beginning of the b g s campaign belmont light quadrupled the number of home energy assessments performed for roy praised past achievements he pointed to a number of opportunities for belmont to keep the momentum going to attain the claim of goals including it was announced recently that belmont will be one of six communities chosen to participate in the twenty one thousand dollars heat smart campaign an educational and group purchase program that aims to convert older less efficient cooling and heating systems to cleaner more efficient heat pump systems that actually save money in energy throughout the spring belmont residents can expect to hear much more about this program as a new promotional campaign in the spirit of belmont goes solar and belmont drives electric kicks off the bellman energy committee is developing a roadmap to set achievable benchmarks in the town's pursuit of its climate action plan goals in concert with the roadmap belmont light will be releasing a strategic plan incorporates the road map energy goals including beneficial electri ication switching appliances and other items that traditionally use fossil fuels over to lecture city while increasing energy efficiency and reducing pollution belmont light also as a goal of sourcing one hundred percent of its electric supply from renewable energy by the two thousand and twenty two and now over to clare thank you bob how to tell captivating stories by joanna case of alice belmont resident in communication strategist greg stone recently published his nd book branding with powerful stories the villains victims and heroes model stone uses his life and work experiences to demonstrate how people and companies can convey a compelling message in any setting by incorporating villains victims and heroes and he thinking manager who wants to improve his or her communication skills including newcomers to leadership seasoned speakers senior executives or anyone who wants to rise in prominence or rank the techniques are useful for many different audiences customers colleagues job interview words or the media said stone stone has lived in belmont for twenty four years he received his bachelor's degree from harvard university and two master's degrees from columbia university in business and journalism he has received three i mean nominations over the years and founded stone communications and nine hundred and eighty nine in two thousand and sixteen he published his st book artful business fifty lessons from creative geniuses when he's not writing stone conducts media and presentation skills workshops for a broad range of clients including fidelity harvard business school i b m mass general hospital temple and and world wide web the belmont citizen have wrote recently as stone about his newest book what inspired you to write this new book ever since i was a young boy i have always appreciated a tale well told in my consulting practice i have found that most executives find storytelling difficult they resort to abstractions or generalities when they should be putting the audience on the scene with specific sensory details hope the book will help what was your greatest challenge during the writing of this book summarizing many complex thoughts cold from literature the arts and businesses what is the main message i take away you hope readers will get from this book of the three parties in any effect just story the villain the victim and the hero the scoundrel is the most important why because great villains make great movies as hitchcock said the same is true in business where quoting the bad guys need not be intimate they can be anything that causes pain expense or frustration for the customers who are in effect the victims their heroes of course are the companies that improve the lives of those who buy their products or services now here's max thanks claire we exposed coming to town let's see it's the morning of your dream wedding and after over a year of stressful planning with your spouse to be everything has finally fallen into place your outfit looks amazing the  centerpieces pop just like you want it and you're going to just set off a smoke detector with a six for their rig you rented for the reception while your entire family cheers her on sounds like you're going to party while a man size  rate might be a bit over the top in states with legal recreational recreational marijuana a small niche market that provides high end cannabis catering for weddings is increasingly popular and like most other trends from the west coast states that have the vision to legalize before us it's coming east specifically the famed cannabis wedding expo is making plans to have its st east coast event this october in boston this already s an entire convention about it you'd be surprised the boston event is a bit early in the planning stages for any vendors to be announced but previous conventions saw dozens of vendors offering all kinds of services from cannabis infused companies hairdressers wedding menus and more the expos when its website says that hundreds of cannabis minded couples visit their conventions for ideas at ticket sales are up fifteen dollars even the lonely but curious could have a good time checking out the latest in cannabis event planning all right let's say i convince my in laws that this is actually ok to do what would it look like your mileage will actually vary but in two thousand and eighteen forbes article describes a california couple who spent a relatively lavish eight thousand dollars on cannabis services for their wedding a private reception for seventy guests the piece describes a quote two hundred dollars square foot outdoor death bar loaded with fifty grams of hash of a big area with twinkling lights and an edibles bar featuring sweets like macaroons brownies cookies organic rose and lavender cotton candy along with a large jar of chocolate as personal chocolates it was little drama mellow day the bride told the magazine if i had had cannabis i would have been more stressed but because i did i could be more creative and enjoy the experience and now people are asking me to help them plan their cannabis weddings in most states with legal budget including massachusetts its state its sale is tightly regulated most couples get around this by illegally purchasing marijuana from a rd party legal dispensary usually with the input of their event but tender and gifting the marijuana to their guests which is in most circumstances permitted some other legal considerations such as keeping the marijuana away from underage yes this will still apply so please make sure you speak with here to make sure any gifts you provide your guests comply with the law oh and keep an eye on grandma over you both that's quite a story max state police rol out body camera program by nate holeman state police debuted their body camera pilot program monday as part of a large scale operations reform official said that within the next two weeks approximately one hundred state troopers will be equipped with camera devices supplied from several vendors which will be evaluated over the next six months in order to provide an additional level of accountability and accuracy for troopers during their interactions with the public to increase office a safety and to enhance the ability to accurately document the actions of criminal offend as body cameras off of the potential to offer a new level of officer safety transparency and accurate documentation to the s of thousands of interactions our personnel have with the public every year state police superintendent colonel carey gilpin said in a statement other reforms include installing automated vehicle locat systems in all patrol cruisers eliminating the former troop he with his duties of patrolling the turnpike and tunnel system rolled into three separate barracks increasing oversight and capabilities including quarterly audits of the department's top fifty earners and increased internal affairs and staff inspections sections staff for increased accountability and new contracting with a major audit firm to review the pot departmental payroll functions these measures come in the wake of a slew of scandals which brought federal and state charges of multiple state police troopers and top officials ranging from interfering with the arrest of a judge's daughter involvement in drug distribution and abuse of overtime payments and now  february th meeting about the community path route from brighton street at the cambridge line to the clark street bridge the decision is an important step to obtain funding for mass dots transportation improvement planned for construction of the route a little more than one year ago the selectmen approved the route recommended by the pair corp the consultant that worked with the community path  advisory committee to develop a feasibility study to determine the best route the approved route requires riders to cross over the railroad tracks on brighton street on november  two thousand and eighteen town administrator patrice garvan received a letter from john wray community or commuter rail in ferry operations for the bta in which he expressed dire concern with the bike path changing sides of the rail line at brighton st the letter states it quickly becomes apparent that a child or other person either distracted or run away or out of the tracks could venture out into the path of a train without in conquering a crossing gate while the bell would be ringing and the flashes flashing a cellphone or headphones could create a distraction or interfere sufficiently to contribute to an otherwise needless accident this accident scenario would be avoided by keeping the bike path on the north side of the track and using an underpass to connect to the high school r year senior project manager for mass dot's highway division attended the january th selectman meeting to help board members determine if their chance for t i p funding is in jeopardy without m b t a support to pani or indicated that belmont would have a better chance of getting funding with the m b t a support of the route so like many vice chairman mark pay a little low asked if a gay could be placed on the community path for bicyclists and pedestrians that would be lowered at the same time as the gates for the arkell's when a train is approaching ray said this is something that he could look into makes it a contested race for the seat which has been occupied by selectman vice chairman mark paolo since two thousand and ten but it won't totally citizen harold january th he will not seek reelection for a th term he said it was a difficult decision for he would like to give someone else the opportunity to step in and run well he will spend more time with his family he said he said he is proud of what he has accomplished and feels it is a good time for him to lea alone with my colleagues clear and max we thank you for listening to the talking news and hope you'll enjoy the show we will return next week for another edition of local news happenings around belmont