Svob presentation to council
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_0PKejhg8Y0JcV4oA5lfxNBB3qwEBDbn/view
One page quick read
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bsAlxIbLAoyYqCfKfKqMSjWdRBHZgmbN/view
Here is the link to the audio/video recording
June 10 Pelham Council meeting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVTGOD9TCKo
Time stamp from 55:30 to 1:21;35
June 10, 2026
Presented our feedback to the town council this morning. I was allotted 5 minutes to present but the discussions continued for a while.
I am well convinced that council members, the Mayor, and town staff reviewed the entire 20-page feedback document. They have heard your voices via this process and in the feedback, you submitted directly to the town. It was stated that they have never received this much feedback for a public project before.
Unfortunately, the small teams concept is not going over well with town staff or David Cribbs. Mr. Cribbs answered a question from the Mayor late in the dialogue. He stated that no public works project ever had community involvement like what was being requested. They can't execute engineering and project management with the public involved. Well David totally missed the point here.
We are not interested in managing the project engineering, logistics or any other similar details that need addressing. I stated again for at least the second or third time that we want more engagement (small teams) to help set requirements.
The Mayor gave me an opportunity to retort to Mr. Cribbs' statement. You have to talk to your customers (read residents) to understand and agree upon requirements. That's what I thought we were doing here. If not, it should be.
Also stated that we need to set the date/time/place for the second public meeting well in advance to allow residents to arrange to be there. I asked for a summer date, before the fall, to hold this second public meeting. If they do not want to engage us in small teams earlier then this second public meeting will be of utmost importance. It may be your last chance to know what the town wants to do and respond.
I am getting somewhat concerned the town may push this second public meeting past the election date to avoid it becoming an election issue. It's such a critical milestone in project management that you can't let it float undefined like this.
As of mid-July September 22 is set for the second public meeting.
