member and we're here to receive an update really from the like department about the substation project which i'm sure we're all you know anxious to hear about and there's some progress made certainly then we'd like to online by two thousand and sixteen like take this opportunity tonight to update the whiteboard tommy members and residents as well as all of the stakeholders of this very important project on the project in february two thousand and twelve from on town meeting approved fifty three point seven million capital bonding limit to address belmont's critical water power required directed belmont light to work in conjunction with belmont whiteboard and then start to example potential voltage transmission options german the best solution for government at that time there were several options on the table it was a couple of options the project directive was clear it was determined that the best solution for government is a new substation with a one fifty single loop transmission line it was determined that it was in the best interest of belmont t partner with and start on the development and ownership of this project the project director direction was announced by the beaumont light board in may of two thousand and thirteen so with the direction set m y o b accept the project schedule budget estimates cash flow financing strategy jack and we're all professional you'll buy you'll see throughout this whole presentation does a lot of check marks i want to say that every time off affectional service agreements signed belmont light and joint development agreement sign categories new substations site building transmission route regulatory permit in process we're first going to start off with the site we identified a it was built so there was a party wall which complicated matters so this just is an indication of how complex this project has been and all of the accomplishments that we've had so there's a check mark next to that glad that's behind us purchase and take control of the site property design site plan for twenty flinders road order of conditions received from the belmont conservation commission site plan approval received the belmont  review with the neighbors and we completed the completed complete and issue the site demolition party wall reconstruction our of p awarded the contract for demolition of twenty flinders road commenced demolition of twenty flanges road complete design and publish our piece for substation construction receive author of conditions from belmont and city of cambridge conservation commission huge milestones for transmission route because it was an easy enough just to want to site and we got the transmission route identify preferred transmission route from l wife to boston and boston to belmont  that was a lot of work we had several routes that we identified one of them was coming down can't get out of and then coming through some of the secondary roads to either cambridge plaiting or twenty and then the the other route that was it was never was fully vetted when i took over was the railroad so we had taken a look at that rail and we i did everything within our power to secure that transmission that agencies to secure access to the preferred route coordinate project schedule with m b t a fitchburg commuter rail a proven project environmental and soil testing of transmission route property research all easements and titles of property of budding transmission route finalize consent with all transportation agencies mass d o t every ga mass commuter rail sign easement agreement for transmission replacing property in our control regulatory process the fine ownership regulatory and construction responsibilities in the joint development agreement with begin you host formal public hearing with d p you in belmo cooperation with all stakeholders best project ownership option for belmont determent in collaboration with all interested parties signed joint development agreement identifying ownership responsibilities between belmont and then negotiated inside the preferred new substation site identified negotiated and purchased immediate neighbors concerns and party wall needs addressed designed and agreed upon a lot of work demolition of twenty flinders road contractor water and in progress land approved by belmont planning board and authors of conditions received from belmont city of cambridge conservation commission r p for construction of substation issued that our people construction was issued on the seventeenth of september and there was a walk environmentally environmental assessments title research completed along transmission line route burglary regulatory proceedings begun presentation die so knowing and stuff wild petition with d p u d p u site visit we've come a long way what's next complete demolition a rough grading this fall and you have a people i can see reconstruction a three significant challenges that we're looking at that we've got the d p you approval process the schedule we don't have a lot of control or influence over you know that massachusetts d p u and what they do we're not governed by them this isn't star filing so a lot of the a lot of this is out of our control we don't anticipate any issues but you know in the event that there are we don't have a lot of a lot of control over that changing market conditions the market is changing we're seeing that trending  those those of you that may not know what's going on with fitchburg communal real the real line there's straightening lines of the some construction going on there removing a lot of the the old communication lines along the along the ro the pole lines coming down putting everything on the ground going fiber optic cables and so is a lot of construction out there so that project could impact our schedule and where we're monitoring that closely but that's just another challenge that we could have ahead of us if  we end up trying to get out of work at the same time i don't very much that we'd be able to work side by side when both read our schedules so we'll see how that goes  to a summary of the projects that us you know as you can see by what's been accomplished to date we've made a great make great progress in a short amount of time we fully understand the steps the lie ahead of us and a fully resourced engaged to efficiently manage all ongoing aspects and challenges of the project we are therefore proud report that this time we maintain our expectation to be energized in two thousand and sixteen fifty three point seven million dollars capital limit is not expected to be exceeded closing we report that we took the time to truly investigate all options from the transition from a new transmission to ownership through our cooperative and transparent process to live in the best possible solution for dolma with done that we now have a joint development agreement negotiated and signed between government and stuff we have a transmission plan and project designs and we have secured all the property and easements necessary to complete the project in two short years we' tremendous progress on this project from voltage in order ship determinations to site a den of occasion negotiations and design work the project team has done a good job of moving us closer to a permanent solution to our current electricity challenges as we move into the construction phases symbolized by our recent request for proposal for construction of the new substation the public will now begin to see the tangible results of all the work has been done to date a public hearing you they come to belmont it is just a private sort of consideration of the project and i know that we've been socializing these with them anyway right for for the last two three years so it's not right something new to what we used to never say what what exactly  you the filing is that if you seventy two is the section seventy two filing and there's have to get permission that there's no impacts to the environment where they're putting it actually steve for asking knows a lot about it let me in the good thing is that the only intervene or what is the city of cambridge which makes sense there was nobody else that intervened that might hear an opponent say we healthy here they know the d p who holds a public hearing  and start controlling all these processes now so the schedule right now indicates that the system impact study id three nine will be approved in its final stage to be approved expected to be approved by mid december of two thousand and fourteen and then after that not one hundred percent sure when i'm going to probably i would expect it would be sometime in january jim bakker precinct two we are are we partnering with or we selling them the project at its completion and they're going to run it i don't quite understand that process ok well partnering and i suppose it's a partnering in in the sense that we will have an operational agreement at the end between both parties that we have to work together this partnership there in that respect but the actual transmission line in transmission components which is the switch here in the line themselves will be true that ownership be transferred and stuff and one of the main reasons for that's like one of the last of that we were doing that probably late two thousand and fifteen we have started that you said pretty standard that they favor yes they think they've paid they've paid a lease and i'm pretty sure we haven't gone down that road yet but i believe th there is some some obligation on their part to pay something dug up the prison think sex genet i know that we are in good shape now in terms of costs and that cost overruns aren't anticipated but should there be overrun since we're transferring ownership at the end of the project with the town where the risk of the overrun or with the purchaser there some of that risk  purchaser would if you depends on where the cost overrun is if it's on if it's the transmission project it would be incurred by the purchaser so the price could rise if the cost of building it rose he could like citizens wouldn't be the ones covering that over we don't expect mister i just to add i think one of the key features of the joint development agreement that i liked was the fact that the and start folks agreed to pay all costs basically we're acting on a cost reimbursement basis so any cost escalation took place in those pieces of the project that they're paying for all those costs go to them right ok that's great thank you talk just one i think on that is if there are cost overruns on the building component obviously that's the township and there might be but that's also the least complicated component of this project question first you know what we finish but it's actually two separate projects the project that you're that you're referring to is part of the master plan which is to retire the existing substations and convert the voltage  sir i'm trying to understand little bit more i'm to keep you from precinct two i'm trying to understand a little more about the management of the substation when it's turned over to n star will and star then manage the substation as well they will only be responsible for their portion of the building which should be the high voltage switch gear components so exactly how i guess you'd say half of the substation would be were you know in back to just a backers question you know are you in partnership pretty much you know we own the building but they have access to their portion but there are other portions in the building forrester asked the question about iowa seven new england does this have to do with cost chairing and i remember it so can you explain that a little bit more what that so that if the if the project is deemed to be the benefit to the region then the cost of the project transmission project that's the network project if you will part of the transmission grid around not altering vision lines or part of the grid this one happens to be part of the grid if it's determined that the that the project is a benefit to not only belmont but the surrounding communities which which it is then that cost would be shared regionally so that would be throughout all of the new england the new england area that's traditionally done  good the on your slide about award contract for new substation this fall i assume that you have to have a architectural drawing and then construction drawings or those done already they are he is has already been issued advertised and there are theatres already we have responded that is a mandatory  project for that ok so during the public hearings that we had a while ago in the substation ok there was some discussion about putting solar panels on this substation there was and  i just wonder where that is if that's still being considered well you know i think i nothing's changed you know when we designed the building we had requested that the architects take into consideration the loading that would be needed for that we do in the building we need to clear within star anyhow so there's a lot of complexity with doing something and we're not but we were never opposed to doing something there but we made sure the building was structurally the integrity of the building was was such that we could do that at some point rep rather than do a i would imagine that if you design the building to have solar panels on it from the get go it would be a lot cheaper than building the building and then having somebody else and putting solar panels on it so is there any reason not to go in that direction yeah i think that the reason it's very designed number one i guess because we're addressing a critical infrastructure project  and if you notice all the check boxes that we had there roger has been it's very complex project this is not a simple project and to add a novel layer of complexity to it really wasn't something that we want to do at the time you can be you know what we did was you made sure that as far as the loading was concerned the roof was capable because like i said before when i was your mr backer the operational agreement between so it's above the flood one hundred year flood plain calculations that we that we had access to at the time when the building was designed so we don't expect to have any problems with that ok i'm more than one hundred year flood cambridge a liable to that storm storm surge flooding that's what i'm concerned about well i don't know if that's in your consideration is it you know i just i guess the answer to that would be to get back to you because you know we have you know all of this data and we're following all the just regulations so i can't imagine that they wouldn't have looked at that but i can't answer your question specifically as i don't have my my probing person with me let me jump in just jim you may want to mention what's happening on the site now that these auctions no i mean right now for those that you haven't haven't seen what what's going on down at the site we we start the demolition of the building used was complex in nature because it was you know the party wall once again so we strategically had to separate the structures and that was done successfully and we've had the real vibration and movement monitoring the to make sure that we didn't have any problems with the neighbors building a damaged well we did that and so we've removed the majority of the debris foundations are starting to be removed at this time and the party wall is being shored up now with the reinforced structurally so that it can be faced and whether proved so it's really moving along nicely we were expecting to have it done by the end of october i believe that's the that's the latest and latest date that we have for for that firm to get that evening michelle bank of precinct two i made my husband drive us over there but good after work on friday after the end of the day on friday it is so cool to see that the building of the sea that that old building here it is really terrific and that there are trucks hauling away all the cockrum is concrete it's really happening it it's really exciting i'm glad somebody else is excited ok so it was that was already there we were having an argument so yeah that was that's yeah that's right so the building to the left where you see the walls and that's the that's the particle that's the party well if you look on the roof you'll see g on a similar note of the area is you know businesses along flanders road renovating other businesses are getting together now and wanting to look at how to make the entrance i flanders road from brighton street more attractive and more inviting there's the access to blair pond at the end the flanders road that most of us don't even know about that where it's actually you can get on a very nice quiet nature trail and it's lovely and i think that what we're going to try and do on a bigger picture is where this is a component of that is obviously having a new substation that there is going to help  activate the kind of the feeling that this area is coming along but more businesses are doing things that are in there i think it's going to become a very very attractive area over time and i think over the next few years we're going to see quite a bit of improvement at men that actually will have a very positive impact on businesses they feel so they're all energized and wanting to do things i think it's good for belmont so in addition to all the great benefits that this substation  transmission project bring to the town and to each of us as ray payers there's other there are other benefits other spinoff benefits that it's actually you know spurring along so it's a very good thing thank