he llo and welcome to the belmont journal your source for hyper local news and community updates i'm michael crowley your host this week by now you've probably received your new trash and recycling bins from the town and you're wondering what to do with your are all the trash barrel well don't put it out by the curb and expected to be taken away because that's not going to happen if it's thirty two gallons or less you can repurpose  for yard waste or you can hold onto it until september th and on that day bring it to the d p w yard at thirty seven c street between nine and nine a stern who was the former chief u s negotiator for the paris climate accord if you weren't able to attend and it did get quite crowded you can still catch the video from the event on demand at belmont media center we also have some highlights for you i will tell you this this is for me a time for massachusetts to be that special state we're not just the bay state we are the brain st we believe in science science is not a dirty word science is something that we revere we have to stand we have to fight and that is why i have asked this incredible trio of leaders to come to belmont to come here so let me just begin by asking the great former head of the environmental protection agency if you want people to get action oriented if you want them to move forward with you if you want them to take action which is what we want then you have to be hopeful you have to show people that we do not give up and america is still in and it's all about what happens at the city and state level watching did has never had its own serious idea that it thought up on its own everything good starts at the grassroots level so it's all about your family your kids it's all about belmont it's all about massachusetts it's all about all the states in the cities and now business is us stepping up and understanding that climate change is the biggest challenge we have not just to our planet as a whole  but it's a it's a challenge to us our families our kids and their future get real let's stop getting down washing what's going on in washington d c and let's start acting again that's what  if you look at the effects on health gina mccarthy referred to them briefly i mentioned already heat stress and heat stroke in addition the geographic range of tropical diseases pathogens and vectors has been spreading toward the higher latitudes we have longer and more severe allergy seasons we have more tick based disease in many many different respects we are seeing the direct impacts on public health of climate change and we're seeing them already what does all this mean for what we need to do i often say that faced with the climate change challenge society has three choices mitigation the steps we take to reduce the pace and the ultimate magnitude of the changes in climate that occur adaptation the steps we take to reduce the damages that occur from changes in climate that we can no longer avoid and the rd option is suffering and if we want to minimize the human suffering that comes from climate change we have to maximise mitigation we have to maximize adaptation they are not alternatives they are complements we need them both we need them both in abundance and i would point out that although the dynamics of climate change are global the actions we need to take in this again reinforces a point that gina made the actions we need to take are all local the action that the name of the game here is about the transformation the global economy from like carbon to low and and before too long no carbon so you need action at the national level of the state and city level and among companies holding global average temperature to well below two degrees is a daunting task this is not easy but i want to tell you that it is absolutely doable welcome to this week end the citizen herald and welcome back joanna jubal us senior multimedia journalist with the citizen herald and local belmont happy to be here mike so glad to have you back and today we're talking about tobacco yes tobacco regulations in belmont will be changing so so what's what's what's the change s already has a corporate policy they don't sell tobacco products right so so this is this is really aimed at you know in case they ever change their policy or in the case that another  pharmacy i located in belmont yes so it's just to protect this from happening in the future ok so that's one big change and the other big change is putting a cap on the number of tobacco sales permits allowed in belmont currently it's fourteen and so that cap would mean that it could never grow we'd never see more establishment yes but it's also a cap and retire yet they're hoping they're hoping that let's say a store like l c variety decides to sell its business that if the new owner decides not to renew the tobacco license it within thirty days that license will automatically be retired and then the number of sales permits in belmont will be down to thirteen that's just an example but that's what they're hoping they're hoping that this will go down and the reason mike is that there are a lot of kids under twenty one you know that the regulation of belmont is one you want to older that are getting their hands on tobacco and in fact four retail establishments in belmont this past week were caught in a sting violating the tobacco regulation they were selling to people under twenty one now each of these stores are paying a fine for this and we hope that it doesn't happen again right but it is a big problem it is a big problem nationally it's a big problem says to six show that eighty percent of all adult smokers began smoking before the age of eighteen so it's a big problem nationwide well hopefully things will improve with the new regulation hopefully it will help we also have a building that's going to be coming down yes we do this is a building on concrete avenue right next to the post office three hundred and ninety five concord avenue do you know what the building is like i do it's this is always a mouthful for me although it's a very important organization it's the national association for armenian studies and research right otherwise known as and a s r which is a lot easier to say so that building is coming down they've owned it since one thousand nine hundred and eighty eight right and they were going to renovate and add on to the building but then they frontispiece in the front and it's going to reflect they want to reflect in that their goal with the architecture was reflecting the armenian culture and history and that's what they're hoping this building will be for everybody to enjoy to to really embrace the armenian culture and history so we have we have a comparatively large armenian ethnic population in the area it's there for them but it's also there for everyone out as yet everyone else report from want to understand the current facility has forty thousand volumes of books and very rare books from as far back as one thousand six hundred that's amazing so the new facility will will be able to house those books and also more all right so it'll be great to see that building completed do we know what the timetable is i believe the end of next summer ok i was told summer of twenty one thousand dollars right that sounds great yeah so so glad to talk to you again and we'll talk to you again next time oh yes i'll be lots more news next time ok see you next time john thank you mike lots of area families enjoy summer time by going to the underwood pool but keeping everybody safe and secure while they're enjoying the pool is a big job we have an interview with caitlin filoni the chief lifeguard or the lifeguard supervisor to see how she trains or staff to make sure that everyone has a safe experience my name is caitlin flown e i am a supervisor at the underwood pool i'm so today we are practicing our emergency action plan which is basically when we bring our staff both returning and new and we go over r st aid different saving skills to refresh their memory and we also go over our own emergency action plan so if there were to be an emergency at the pool everybody would be equipped to know how to act quickly are away and then we have four supervisors on staff praying so during the day when we have peak capacity we are usually around twelve to fourteen and then when we open a mummy close when we see the least amount of patients at the pool we have between five and six on staff in order to be hired at the end would call and point you have to take a lifeguard certification course which entails being certified in c p r st aid and the saving skills necessary to be a lifeguard so in order to work here you must present us with that certification from the red cross and then in addition to that we do our own in service training weekly where we were view those skills you have learned in math course as well as specifics to the underwood pool so our biggest rules are no running on the pulled back no flotation devices because we believe they create a false sense of security for both child and guardian and also if you have not passed the deep end test please do not go into the deep end we offer the deep end test at i'm doing fine it's hot outside i know it's a heat wave it's horrible that was one of the reason you know that was the official reason why some people did not receive their their trash and recycling card i know it was because the heat can you believe that are now i don't know how that happened but let's go for it so what's happening this week so there's two things that i'd like to bring up one is the starbucks will be coming back to cushing square and you see their special permit from the zoning bo september th and be done on the last week of november after thanksgiving but before christmas so they might be opening up before christmas yes can you believe christmas cappuccinos i think that's within the sort of sort of the same time frame that we might be what else ok you know the other interesting thing that happened was the planning board basically outlined what the process will be to obtain a marijuana license in the town of belmont ok and  and they basically said as as the chairman said quite simply this is not going to be some process where joe blow can quit his job one week and then open up a store it's going to take a long slog for anybody to get a  license in belmont and they're predicting right now about eighteen months eighteen months and we also a town vote coming up that would determine whether we have potentially on limited permits or only two that's one september that's a special that's a special election it's not going to be in november it's not going before the november election but will be in september so get ready for that i don't know how many people are going to be coming out for that hopefully more than ten percent so with an eighteen month one will be going to the going to the neighborhood that you're going to be opening up this marijuana shop nd will be going to the state to apply for the license then you'll be coming back and talking to various departments and then the last process is getting ready to just open up the place which will include because cash business very strict security process you know this is not going to be something where it will just be somebody can come in with a adopting a regulation by the have the board of health as has applied a twenty five year old age limit for both use and purchasing so most of the state is already if you look at what lester is doing they're going to be the years before you can buy so given the process that we have here in belmont and the regulations that have been adopted if it is entirely possible from your perspective we would just see establishments potential marijuana establishment going to another that's why if you look at the ready you know there's a there are people who are talking about fresh pond water town is another example because they have a large a lot a lot more retail space that they can do it in in belmont it's going to be limited to basically the business area see what happens thank you very much senator will brownsburg or recently sponsored a senior charlie card event at the beach street center on july th the senior charlie card offers a discount on regular  and then we're just going to do  artist and i'm not into being an artist but i have a new urge to create and i like making things and like doing things i remember looking down from where i had my home office and i looked down onto the neighbor's dock and she was there painting watercolors other friends and i thought ha claire was interesting so i got myself cherish those times that i was in beautiful spots so that's that's what drew me to landscapes and i also and that's what this show is mostly it's landscapes and creatures and  the important things happening in belmont this week where you stay tuned hi everybody i'm jane this is your community calendar for this week the street member claire stanley visited romania for her nd folk dance tour last year she'll present videos of her trip along with background and commentary her videos include singing dancing performances monasteries and more this travelogue will take place on tuesday at one hundred and fifty dollars visit beaumont books on tuesday from seventy nine dollars for a fundraiser for rosie's place with authors juliet fay meredith goldstein and randy susan meyers join in for round robin interviews giveaway prizes and refreshments rosie's place provides a safe and nurturing environment for poor and homeless women since  and was the st women's shelter in the u s learn more about the fundraiser and all about the authors visiting belmont books at belmont books dot com and while we're on the topic of books the libraries book discussion group meets on the rd wednesday of every other month join them on wednesday at three to discuss the whip inspired by the true story of charlotte charlie parker sed who lives her most extraordinary life as a man in the old west and get started on september's book the kitchen house to be discussed on the  get reading on wednesday the payson part concert festival hosts the blues dogs with belmont resident bob jones head down to pace and park at six hundred and forty five to enjoy this free concert sponsored by the alper family powers music school concludes its three week chamber music program music on the hill with concert on thursday and friday evening enjoy music from the chamber on thursday and on friday the orchestra jazz and fiddle concert takes place both concerts begin at six  church in belmont belmont recreation presents summer movie nights at the underwood pool on friday at eight hundred and thirty dollars grab a blanket lawn chair family and friends and head to the pool to catch new topia on a sixteen foot inflatable screen the event is free and popcorn in fact will be available for purchase all month long you can hunt for waldo at local belmont businesses pick up a pass for at belmont bucks and start hunting find ten waldo's and win a one dollar belmont books coupon if you find twenty you'll be entered in a raffle for some awesome waldo prizes and that's it for this week if you like your event feature in belmont journals community count or you can e mail your event info to jane at belmont media dot org we end our show with a programming update for your belmont media center channel's be sure to watch also if you'd like to get involved in our program or if you have news or community updates please contact our producer frederick regal oh at fred at belmont media dot org that's all for now we'll see you next time