hello everyone welcome to the belmont journal belmont's own program for hyper local news and community updates i'm your host roger co this segment we explain what a yes vote and what a no vote means on september th the town of belmont will hold a special election on tuesday september th there will be only one question on the ballot and it's all about marijuana a proposed new general by law was approved at a special town meeting on may nd but under state law it does not go into effect unless the voters also approve it under a local ballot question what does a yes vote mean this article would prohibit the state's cannabis control commission from licensing any kind of marijuana establishment in belmont other than a retail store the other types of  marijuana stablish months though like a marijuana cultivators marijuana product manufacturers and marijuana testing facilities can't be licensed by the state it's important to note that registered medical marijuana dispens would continue to be allowed under a separate statute the number of retail marijuana establishments would also be capped at twenty percent of the number of licenses issued for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises rounded up to the next whole number belmont is authorized to issue and has issued six such licenses which means that the state could issue a maximum of two licenses for the retail sale of marijuana and marijuana products that number would remain at two unless and until the town obtained authorization from the state to issue and did issue more than ten package store licenses a yes vote doesn't mean that marijuana retail stores would be located in belmont nor would it determine where they could be established those questions would be resolved through the state's licensing process and through local zoning bylaw provisions and other time place and manner restrictions that may be adopted and amended from time to time by the town what does a no vote mean the vote no would allow all types of marijuana establishments and belmont and would not limit the number of retail establishments all those establishment that could apply for a license to operate in belmont issued by the states cannabis control commission note neither yes nor a no vote would opt out belmont from marijuana establishments we hope this video helps you to make your choice so please do vote on tuesday neighborhood there have been efforts to at least talk about in figure out how to improve pedestrian safety in town absolutely there was a traffic advisory committee meeting september th was in the town hall auditorium and it was filled with concerned residents and people got up and made suggestions they made good suggestions yes more than thirty people there were there was a constant line for three hours there was no time limit on what you know how long they could speak and there were at least fourteen issues brought up that that assistant police chief jamie mcisaac was taking notes and he said there were fourteen recommendations that came out of that meeting and you know concerns that residents had not just about the intersection of lexington and sycamore but about many other intersections but the biggest thing that came out of that meeting was residents want the town to focus more on safety not just cars and traffic so they talked about how there's really a transportation issue in town rather than a traffic issue in town pretty much pretty much and i did some really good suggestions and there were two that were adopted two word opted so i'll tell you about the st the st one there is a sign that they're going to install on the stop signs on sycamore street it's an orange sign and it says cross traffic doesn't stop that warns drivers on sycamore street that the traffic on les in lexington street doesn't have a stop sign so you should stop for that traffic right cross traffic doesn't stop  are going to go up very soon and it would warn pedestrians as well i brought yes yes i would think so so people won't cross the street thinking that the cars coming down yes are going to pull up to a stop sign of some yes and the other thing that i think will get cars to slow down and pay attention more is they're going to put a speed feedback sign on lexington street at chandler that is for twenty miles per hour so if you're above the yeah i'm not sure if that's what this one will do but if it does then that's great that's even better that's going to be going up very soon as well the other one that's going to take a little bit more time is that they recommended glenn hire a traffic consultant to landing glen clancy and the head of community development exactly to hire a consultant to see if that intersection lexington and sycamore warrants a full traffic light now all of this isn't cost free now in this in last free glen said that if the traffic light is warranted it's going to take up to a year to install it and it's going to cost north of one hundred and seventy five thousand dollars and he doesn't know where the funding for that's going to come from but residents really roger they don't want to wait a year they want quicker action and they don't want quicker action just for that intersection they want to see action for other pedestrians so in man has a realtor she put a call out on her facebook page and she asked people to sponsor aside those who actually cost four hundred dollars and glenn said the town doesn't have funding for that so they're going to they're going to i think september th you're going to see an man at the select meeting presenting a gift of this i don't know how many signs at this point maybe ten maybe more and she's going to let the town decide where to put them glen said you know if we do get these donations public works will remove the signs during snow and mark pull a selection pulis said you know if we didn't have residents who could sponsor science why don't we ask special town meeting to fund them and i put an article for ten thousand dollars but we're not at that point yet let's see what we get from from residents so we can look forward to to increase safety for yes we've been speaking with joanna jubilance today who is the senior multimedia journalist for the belmont citizen herald you can read about this story and more not only in the print edition of the citizen herald but on the or in the online edition of wicked local belmont welcome to this week in the belmont county and i have with me today franklin tucker who is the editor and there that's right it's it's it's the building that is being called the winslow it's the one that's on pole road anybody who goes through square will see will see it because it's already on the they've already framed up the nd floor and what we're going to see in the next week or two is that the public will have one day i think it is saturday will still have to confirm that in which they will be allowed to come to the site and look at the material that will be used on the site whether it's the sighting the  window framing and many other baseboard in things like that so you can see it in the light so you can actually see what they're going to be putting up because it's going to be put up pretty quickly it's really going very well the in the whole project and went t december but that doesn't look like it's possible there's a lot of work that still needs to be done especially with the parking that's going to be on the side but it's going to be there it's actually you know the entire project like i said is being faster than was expected is just a  guess of the good weather they had over the summer and it was hot for us but i guess for construction it was great so as construction continues is there talk about when occupancy might start to occur if your apartment that's right the in early next year and what i've heard is that by next year two thousand and nineteen all three building all three all the all three building not finished but well on their way that's right in the next building that you'll see go up is the really the most impressive one because residential also so they're going to get those residential portions done and get some start to sell those or rent those out so it's so they can complete their project ok let's talk center you could say but also from people who just come by to walk their dogs in the morning and it's a very popular so this is a great news for them because what will happen is you'll have a true path and it's going to be with crushed unfortunately there are some portions of the veterans memorial that is that in china being made over the ground there gramp locks sold take a little bit longer before that is completed maybe we'll have a memorial day service there that's great we've been talking with franklin tucker who is the editor and publisher of the belmont county and belmont's online source for hyper local news in two thousand and nineteen year old nicholas murat tragically died when he was hit by a tree limb when he was playing at a neighbor's home here and belmont his tennis coach heath warner organizes a tennis tournament every september now in its th year that tournaments raises money for the children's room in arlington here's jane peters with a look at what there is to do in belmont in the coming week on community calendar again as paul roberts who will tell us in particular about the upcoming dan charmin memorial r bit about what dan was like and what his passions were way dan was a really big part of this community as many people watching know yes so he was a member of the school committee the candidate for board of selectmen and somebody who was very involved in town events both as a as a father and as a community member and he was really dear friend of mine as well as a running partner of mine he was a very active  dorismond and runner he ran his st marathon quite late in life i think in his forty's or maybe even his fifty's when he ran his st marathon but he had kind of recreationally been doing you know eighteen and twenty one mile runs just just so for kicks for a long time before that so he was he was a true runner and when he tragically passed away myself as well as the folks at the foundation for belmont education  together and said you know we really need to remember dan and ron would be a great way to do it great and now so this five k really kind of combines a lot of things that he was passionate about the money from the races actually going to the s b a for their innovative teaching initiative that's right so right so the race really raises money to fund a program said i think we think we're really in keeping with dan's background and his interests  was a worked in technology himself helping nonprofits to kind of streamline their operations and make and make them you know use technology to be more efficient and he was a school committee members who's really interested priorities from helping teachers to get familiar with technology learn to integrate technology into the classroom kind of professional development and just kind of look at ways that this district can use technology to educate its children better this is our six year doing the race and in that short time the sharman memorial run has really become one of the biggest money raisers for the foundation so it's been a very very successful event  ideas in kind of putting a course together so it has a lot of lot of scenic views of belmont public schools and then the two k race is after that that's that is just a loop around clay pit pond and back to the belmont high school track where both race starts and it's a great event for runners of all ages who get a lot of younger runners who maybe aren't up to the full five k distance into the two k and it's a great family event you get a lot of parents who do the five k and then stick around into the two k with their kids and there's a lot going on at the field that day so st races yes as you said nine hundred and thirty but we've got music and a workout session with donna from body trio before that and there's food and music and a d  j so it's a lot of fun for everybody even if you're not running great so can people still sign up to race can they show up on the day of and registered you need to register beforehand yes and yes registration online goes through the th of september ok and that is said or through the belmont foundation for belmont education website which is f b dash belmont dog org slash run and then if you don't manage to register out whether you're running or not i write well thank you so much for being here thank you for having me raise right in with that we'll get into next week's events there are many animals that can sniff things out better than they can see families can visit some of the more aromatic spots that happen tat and use their sense of smell on tuesday from ten am to eleven am this program is suitable for all ages you can register for this and other programs at mass autobahn dot work do you have the culling area skills to turn the regular pack of ramen noodles into a delicious masterpiece but your know how to the test at the library on wednesday at two in the top chef rahman challenge for grades six through twelve registration is required on the library's website interested in learning about how a ride share like you were or left can work for you join a free three part class at the beach street center to learn how to use your smartphone to request rides learn how these applications work and take short trips around the community using both and lift participants must have a smartphone and come with their apple or google password beaumont's id advisory committee and library have invited experts to talk to the community about fake news an artificial intelligence on thursday from seven to nine experts include a local resident technologist researcher and entrepreneur dr brian loyal but not books has a lineup of authors coming in next week on tuesday me edwin hill and hank filippi ryan crime fiction authors on wednesday sherry sutures will be in to speak on her new memoir forty eight peaks hiking and healing and the white mountains on thursday seventy gail will read from her rd book in the thomas lynch series idle hands and on friday raymond arsenault will speak on his relevant tory biography chronicling author ashes rise to stardom author talks take place from seven to nine at belmont books flat and dry corrugated cardboard old trash barrels and recycling bins and storage containers can be dropped off at the town yard on saturday from nine am to noon used barrels in like new condition will also be available to take for your own use you can learn more on belmont's town website and that's it for this week if you like your event featured on belmont journal's community calendar you can send your event round this whole drive has been on the ground much like that one i guess you got to go back to what works and it works it's a touchdown from a guy like himself st time tonight the marauders have attempted a two point or they're going to joseph again joseph fighting for the goal  well that's it for this week's edition of the journal let's now take a look at what's happening on the b a m c community programming channels in the coming week this is been the belmont journal i'm your host roger called and i will see you again next time