Ken Kligman participates in his first commission meeting

The commission opened its meeting and the chair confirmed a livestream and a quorum at the start of the session. "Welcome, Ken," the chair said when introducing the new member, noting it was his first meeting as a sworn-in commissioner.

Ken Kligman introduced himself during roll call: "I'm Ken Kligman," and stated he lives off Morris Street. He later raised a substantive concern about landscaping adjacent to water, asking what would happen "a year from now, if the plan isn't working and the runoff is coming from Bank Street." The chair and staff explained the review process and emphasized that stormwater engineers review plans and that property owners bear much of the maintenance responsibility. The chair added the commission can make recommendations to property owners but that there is "no code that says that the vegetation at the water has to be a certain height."