===PAGE 1=== TOWN OF L UNENBURG Office of the Planning Board Matthew Allison, Chair Tel: (978) 582 -4147, ext 5 Matthew Brenner, Vice Chair Fax: (978) 582 -4353 Amanda Reid, Clerk 960 Massachusetts Avenue Erik Torgersen , Member Lunenburg, MA 01462 Member Adam R. Burney Land Use Director Marjorie J. Boggio Administrative Assistant Minutes Public Hearing 260 Falulah Road October 24, 2022 Meeting Posted: Yes Place: Town Hall, 17 Main Street, Lunenburg, MA Time: 7:21 p.m. Present: Matthew Allison, Matthew Brenner, Amanda Reid, Adam Burney Absent: Erik Torgersen The Hearing continuation was to hear and review application s for site plan approval and stormwater management permit under Chapter 250 Section 8.4. and Chapter 204 respectively of the Code of the Town of Lunenburg for construction of a 367,000 sq.ft. warehouse and distribution building on Airport Road/Crawford in Fitchburg, MA, with a portion of the development extending into Lunenburg at 260 Falulah R oad. Owner - Fitchburg Redevelopment Authority, Fitchburg, MA. Applicant - Fitchburg Land Property Owner, LLC, Boston, MA. Christopher Anderson, Hannigan Engineering, represented the applicant. The initial hearing was held in May; since that time the applicant had been working with the Planning Board and Conservation Commission from Fitchburg, and also the Lunenburg Conservation Commission. The property was currently vacant land. Access to the site would be on the Fitchburg side from Crawford Street/Airport Road. There would not be any tie -ins to Lunenburg roads. There would be two a ccess points; one of them being specifically for trucks and the other for employees and pedestrian vehicles . The majority of employee parking would be located in Fitchbur g. Stormwater was split between two systems. One in Fitchburg on the westerly side of the building consisting of two infiltration basins designed to accommodate the flow from ¾ of the site. The second system consisted of underground storage systems and infiltration basins directing flow to the southerly entrance (truck entrance). Sewer and water would be provided by Fitchburg. Both Fitchburg and Lunenburg had its own individual peer reviews. The Plan was revised to October 7, 2022. The Board ha d not yet received an updated review from Graves Engineering, Inc. It was noted that in the initial review, Graves Engineering, Inc. had concerns with the site slopes. Several slopes were proposed steeper than 2H:1V (two high : one vertical). To address that issue, the applicant made the slopes shallower. The driveway was shifted along Airport Road for the pedestrian entrance to increase the sight line distances at the Nashua River bridge (in Fitchburg). The following waivers were requested from Board Rules and Regulations for Site Plan Approval & Special Permits, Section 4.0: Section 4.1 f. 2), Project drawings are based on the Massachusetts State Plane, North American Datum 1983, with units in U.S. Survey Feet. Section 4.1 f. 16), Existing significant trees (6” trunk width at 4’ above ground level) or vegetation. ===PAGE 2=== Minutes, 260 Falulah Road 10.24.22 Pg 2 The following waivers were requested from Town of Lunenburg Zoning Bylaw: Article IV, Section 250- 6.4 C (5)(a)[1], Dimensional Requirements for parking stall. Article IV, Section 250 - 4.6 B (1)(b), The buffer strip shall be at least twenty (20) feet deep at all side and rear property lines, except as provided. M. Brenner made Motion to approve the four requested waivers for 260 Falulah Road, A. Reid Sec onded, passed unanimously. M. Brenner made Motion to continue the hearing to November 14, 2022, 6:05 p.m., A. Reid Seconded, passed unanimously. Hearing recessed 7:41 p.m. Documents used at meeting: Applications for Site Plan Approval & Stormwater Permit dtd April 19, 2022 Review letter dtd May 23, 2022, Graves Engineering Inc. Response letter dtd Oct 7, 2022, Hannigan Engineering