Night 8 - More spending money we soon won't have - when the ARPA funds run out.
Bluebikes are great, but Arlington faces a large and growing fiscal deficit: $7.9M in 2 years, then increasing to $20M or so in the years following. For this reason I hoped it wouldn't go through - pushing our deficit to $8m! I wasn't allowed to speak, due to debate being terminated earlier.Article 60 Blue Bikes - providing $100,000 subsidy to let them expand.
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $100,000 for the support of “BLUEBikes” operations, including storage, relocation, and maintenance of bicycles and docking stations, and a pilot program assisting income-eligible users with bicycle access, including costs incidental and related thereto, and to determine how the appropriation shall be raised and expended including the possibility of borrowing all or some of same; or take any action related thereto.
| Article 65 $50,000 for the Planning Dept to pay a consultant for building styles |
APPROPRIATION/DESIGN STANDARDS To see if the Town will vote to appropriate or transfer a sum of money to fund development of design standards to enhance the economic vitality of Massachusetts Avenue and Broadway through attractive and consistent design in alignment with the Arlington Master Plan, including payment of consultant fees in furtherance of the process; or take any action related thereto.
