hello and welcome to the belmont journal your source for hyper local news and community updates i'm michael crowley your host this week just to remind you just a reminder you have until october th to register to vote for the november  election you can check your registration status at the secretary of the commonwealth's website if you're registered you can also participate in early voting from october nd to november at the belmont town hall and if you don't vote early be sure to vote on november th also the board of selectmen is looking for volunteers to serve on the transportation advisory committee a new committee to replace the traffic advisory committee the deadline is november st and you can get more information on the town's website question number four on the de belmont's new seven to twelve school the debt exclusion is voter permission to raise property taxes to pay for financing construction of the new school the belmont media center your community t v station has followed all of the meetings about the project we've also produced a video explaining how this school project has come about be sure to check the website at belmont media dot org for more information whilst week there was an energy summit to discuss the energy future of the new school building bill will follow the chair of the high school built building committee was there to talk about how sustainability was factored into the design of the new school building here are the highlights with zero that energy st are starting to reduce as much of the buildings any of the energy needs as possible and then with efficient designs and so forth  the skin to volume ratio trying to be compact trying to use very good materials on the exterior of the building for insulation purposes we did all that check the boxes having a good window percentage in other words not being too excessive with windows still valid sing out that they like and finally making sure that buildings aren't in the right direction to capture the best solar the solar aspects so that got us down a little and then you go to the next one energy reductions through services so one hundred percent only the lighting well that's pretty much the norm these days but that certainly helps out and then we started doing some new things with ventilation we have sensors in the rooms now that will shut the system down to an occupied mode when it doesn't sense anyone there have to worry about the light switches anymore although it's still good to do it still that the the the building's going to be smart so it's and then finally you probably heard this but we have here it's good to have you back so let's talk about the high school traffic advisory group or working group yes i'll give you an update on that they've they've been meeting i haven't been able to go to any of their meetings unfortunately i'm hoping to go to an up coming one and paulson is the chairman right but what they've done recently is they have a memo of understanding that they want the school committee selectman and high school building committee to sign that it commits to resolving so basically they want them to resolve or commit to resolve the outstanding issues regarding related to the high school traffic on or before november th which is the debt exclusion vote rights so some people are concerned about traffic or around the nuisance a lot of public safety issues that remain unresolved and they're concerned such as drop offs parking safe walking biking driving to school consideration of entrances and exits to and from the site from both concord ave and underwood and head injury or street signage turning from  streets into neighborhoods tables and speed bumps on adjoining streets there are a lot of outstanding issues so all reasonable issues i'm wondering if if they're looking for assurances that we will not see an increase in traffic well i think they're really just want to know that these issues will either be resolved or you know that at some point down the road they will be you know there will be solutions ok but basically the school committee sent a response to the of understanding which says you know we agree that this is these are problems and we we want to commit to resolve them we just can't do it by november th we can't have a deadline so that these are ongoing issues that they're looking at and they you know they're hoping to resolve them and they can't necessarily resolve them by a certain deadline and they can't necessarily commit to resolving them by a certain deadline either because it could it could take time take a lot of time and just one example of a potential mitigation measure that alexander avenue underpass you know could take up to a couple of year right to to get that in place yeah well next week i'll have an update because i'm definitely going to go to  and the high school boys and girls swim teams the bats program the dolphins program any member of the recreation program special olympics we're talking or talking or at least three hundred and fifty swimmers that will be i will find an alternate pull if it means they have to practice at five am in the morning so be it all the meats will be off site patrice garvin town administrator has also said she will look for an alternate pool and i will see what happens all right and  one particular neighborhood we have a home next door is an air b and b and his people come in and out daily weekly and this homeowner said i did not buy the house to live next door to a hotel so they're going to do something about it  well thank you we'll talk to you next time thank you now it's time for our community counter with jane peters of all the exciting things happening in belmont this week jane also has an interview with gavin for all the executive director of very welcome we've got an awesome weeklong series of events that you guys are going to be holding at the end of october so he tells little bit about what that's going to be and what's going to look like sure so this is our st workshop week this is a new thing for powers  in an effort to connect with belmont and the surrounding communities where we stop regular classes and lessons for a week and invite the community to join our students and families in a week of fun and interactive workshops are great and this is open to anyone within powers and outside general public to yes that's absolutely right so power students and their families come for free everyone else just pays five dollars per workshop and it sounds cliche but there really is something for everyone yet cool looking to g options that are out there yet so there's things like you'd expect workshops for piano and violin but then everything from the ukulele to west african drumming to playing violin like a rock star and then there's a whole series of workshops for students in public schools and private schools that are getting ready for their district auditions there's a whole series of workshops to help kids knock their audition out of the park too and there are things for adults as well so there's  actually i think fifty five workshops we're putting on in the week and if folks come to our website powers music dot org slash workshop week they can find everything listed there are great and things i'm assuming for beginners through people who have some experience with  instrument yeah that's absolutely right so if you've never touched an instrument or sung before and you're just interested in trying something out without a long term commitment you can come and do that or if you've been playing or singing for a while there stuff for more and more seasoned musicians to great hockey talk a little bit about what what what's the goal with a week like this is that outreach or just kind of trying to offer more to the public or yes so it's a couple of things so for the community it's just a chance for us to connect with them or for our own students it actually goes back to some experiences i had when i was a kid and so for music students regular weekly lessons and classes and is what it's all about x but there were times when i was young where that routine got broken up or my teacher invited a guest artist in to talk to us or do something different and those were kind of flashpoint moments in my education things that really got me excited  some cases changed the direction of what i was doing so for our own students it's about having moments like that but opening the doors to the whole community gives everyone a chance to have that experience and maybe you know try something they've never tried before a great w sounds like a really awesome opportunity where can people go to see a list of the workshops and to maybe sign up sure you can go to our web site w w w dot powers music dot org slash workshop weeks perfect all right well we hope you have a great week and make sure you check out some of those workshops and see what might fit for you and why you might be interested in learning thank you so much for being here today you're very welcome thanks for having me on monday kids can participate in mad science radical robots at the library garden club will be hosting their monthly meeting on wednesday at ten am this month program is about celebrating fall with so get the binah at the best l temple center see a full list of the garden clubs program on belmont club dot org visit the beach street center on wednesday for coffee and conversation with town administrator patrice garvin at eleven patrice will share what her typical day is like her role and responsibilities and we'll answer some of your questions one of the most poignant and disturbing aspects of frankenstein is the monster's experience of rejection and isolation due to his physical appearance join a conversation about the monster within and the experience of the outsider in a program at the library on thursday from seven dollars to nine dollars as a part of one book and on friday enjoy a free field trip to the m g h museum of medical history and innovation the visit will include a guided and self guided tour of the museum followed by a tour of the famous bullfinch building and its either dome register for this event on the library website belmont gallery of art has a new show coming to its base on friday and the opening reception for the emotion of color will take place from six to nine pm this exhibit explores abstract expressionism in the st century featuring artist jean arthur andre on saturday visit belmont books for a frankenstein real loud marathon all day from eight am to five pm here local authors storing cafe staff town officials and local community members tackle sherry's who classic discover what chopped up family is all about in a fall open house on saturday at chop chop test kitchen learn about upcoming classes discover some quick tasty recipes and participate in fun food games and activities like pedaling a blender bike to make smoothies this free event takes place from three to five saturday october th is community media day and the media center is celebrating free speech with an audio visual open mike from one to five poets filmmakers authors and more are welcome to sign up for ten minutes slots to celebrate their freedom of speech as they see fit sign up and learn more at belmont media dot org slash open mike and that's it for this week if you'd like your team for the annual making strides breast cancer walk that walk took place on september th but the committee continues to look for ways to raise money both of the school and throughout belmont we spoke with high school senior david yam about their fundraising efforts and how we can all contribute to this worthy cause david i'm a senior at belmont high and i'm on the hot pink committee hopping committee is just anything and everything breast cancer we just did the walk it was great i think i believe all my years here at the high school we broke in the top five in the state of terms of fund raising kids  to rd on their pay night they're going to offer fifteen percent if they get eight hundred eight thousand five hundred they got offered twenty percent and over two thousand they're going to offer twenty five percent and they usually have great turnout and they're just so nice to still keep up with that promise on the rd they're doing it again so we're grateful for that yeah the bella community is very philanthropic a lot of people care and like just those businesses from bell and how watch too like the businesses in the senate they just don't donate the paf is as well of that cares we're really grateful for that very fine wines and belmont center is food drive which brings him a lot of food we're going to donating food food lazarus house in lawrence they're feeding a lot of the people who lost the houses in the recent explosion so they really need all the food that they can get and then we have gardening projects over burbank school and butler school and some clean up around clay pit car services something that unites all cares people get involved helping one another and when you do service it's a way to be part of something bigger than yourself and it's fun you know you get to interact with your neighbors i find it to be rewarding and so here i am i come every  with a programming update for your belmont media center channels that's all for now and i hope to see you next time