Beverly Candidate Profile: Euplio Marciano For City Council

BEVERLY, MA — Beverly will have contested races for City Council in Wards three and five and a contested school committee race in Ward Four this fall. Beverly Patch asked candidates in the contested races to answer questions about their campaigns and will be publishing candidate profiles as election day draws near.

Euplio "Rick" Marciano is running for city council in Ward Three. He and his wife Maria Teresa have three daughters. Marciano is a retired Green Beret who spent more than 20 years in active duty with the U.S. Army.

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Previously on Patch: Beverly Election 2019: Here's Who's Running

The single most pressing issue facing our (board, district, etc.) is _______, and this is what I intend to do about it.

The single most pressing issue facing our City is Property Tax Relief, and this is what I intend to do about it:

To provide municipal legislation that requires 25 percent of all new growth to be used as an initial form of Property Tax Relief for property owners and indirectly for renters. Currently zero monies from New Growth are used to give Property Tax Relief to property owners. This is one of the many reasons why property taxes are legally going higher than 2½ percent annually. “Keep in mind that new growth does not lower property taxes”.

As an example: By law the City of Beverly as a constant continues to multiply the tax levy times 2½ percent of the max allowable amount created by Proposition 2½ which was voted on and passed by the voters. If a 25 percent portion of the 2½ percent portion of the new growth calculation goes to the property owners by law and if the tax levy is $100 million and the annual new growth is $1 million, then the $100 million will be multiplied times 2.225 percent instead of 2½ percent. This is an average of $20 of relief per property owner.

What are the critical differences between you and the other candidates seeking this post?

We can let the Ward Three Councilor Debate questions decide the critical differences between the candidates which is currently scheduled for September 12th at 7 PM. The location is the Beverly High School.

Describe the other issues that define your campaign platform:

I support Public Safety measures like flashing crosswalk lights located in front of the Middle School on Balch Street, a new crosswalk with flashing lights at the Herrick Street exit from the Beverly High School connected directly to the sidewalk, sidewalk improvements that directly impedes the safe travel for wheel chair type devices used by the disabled to keep them from going directly onto the streets outside of the crosswalks lines and competing with the motor vehicles/bicycles and so on.

I fully support a mandated 12% inclusionary housing for all new multiple apartment/condo complexes that require a Special Permit. The use of Inclusionary Housing Credits should be denied for Special Permits.

I also fully support a 75% requirement for subsidized senior public housing for Briscoe High/Middle School.

Most surplus municipal buildings are of better quality and of course have already been built at taxpayer’s expense. Refurbishing these quality municipal buildings is a win-win for our senior citizens and our local housing authority that has a very long waiting list for many qualified local residents as rents continue to skyrocket.

If we were to build the same Briscoe High/Middle School today which is a solid structurally sound aesthetically pleasing building which includes the priceless auditorium with large light roofless open court areas to each side, it would cost the taxpayers over $250 million today.

I have spoken years ago in the Beverly City Hall Chambers about the catastrophic increase in the senior citizen population in the near future.

What accomplishments in your past would you cite as evidence you can handle this job?

I have been a direct part of Beverly politics for over 17 years. I have self initiative. I have retired twice with 22 years of active military service that entails multiple different careers. I retired in 2000 and I was called back to serve my country again from 2008 to 2010. I have documented success and continued experience in leadership, planning, resource management, training management and organizational development under extremely challenging conditions of time, resources and cultural constraints. Played a significant role in the planning, coordinating and executing of peacekeeping and disaster relief missions throughout Central and South America, Eastern Europe (Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia), Sub-Saharan Africa (Cameroon, Mozambique, Zimbabwe). Assisted governmental and non-governmental institutions in disaster management and other humanitarian relief activities, providing operational support and expertise. Worked with local populations to develop awareness of basic human rights; conducted operations in border areas, camps and other areas to address human rights issues and provide assistance to protect their safety and rights.

The best advice ever shared with me was ...

The best advice ever shared with me was to “keep the citizens informed on what's going on.”

What else would you like voters to know about yourself and your positions?

Working with the City Hall and the community:

I sent a letter to Mayor Cahill on July 22, 2017 requesting a sidewalk on the west side of the senior housing complex located at 45 Balch Street and the connection of a pedestrian crosswalk located near the former Ward 3 McKeown Elementary School, so the residents could safely cross the street to go visit the Cummings Center. Mayor Cahill had me put on the agenda of the Beverly Commission on Disabilities to bring this issue to their attention. After the meeting with the Commission on Disabilities, I kept in touch and the ADA Coordinator informed me that a sidewalk was going to be put in. The sidewalk has been installed and the crosswalk is connected.

I sent a letter to Mayor Cahill on March 23, 2018 making him aware that a developer was not in compliance with a deeded pedestrian Right of Way (ROW) Agreement located at 131 McKay Street. The property management contacted me and I let them know the specifics of the public path being blocked by plowed snow and other issues. I personally met with management and the leadership at the site. After a discussion and site review they came up with a plan to keep the public path unobstructed and have since added the Public Path signs and parking blocks to keep vehicles and plowed snow from completely blocking the deeded ROW.