What was said
Planning Board, July 10, 2017
the recording · 3:29 long, about 27,471 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately welllunenburgbudgetproject.org — written by the Lunenburg Budget Project, an independent tool for residents. Not affiliated with the Town of Lunenburg, the School Committee or the school district. The data this page is computed from: /data/recording-minutes/planning-board/2017.json
The town published an agenda for this meeting. No minutes have been published; the recording is the only record, and what follows is a guide to it.
The short version
- ▶ 54:43The Planning Board voted to approve the Verizon monopole at 1079 Mass Ave, with conditions on construction hours and compliance with other boards.
- ▶ 36:52Before that vote, the board waived the balloon float and closed the public hearing on the monopole.
- ▶ 5:01Residents asked about radiation, other tenants and lease revenue; counsel described annual rent and an escalator that starts after the building permit issues.
- ▶ 2:18:58The board interviewed two applicants for the vacant seat and set a joint meeting with the Selectmen on July 18 to fill it.
- ▶ 3:09:25Members agreed to send bylaw comments to the director by Tuesday start of business, to be compiled into the packet.
Why it matters — our reading
- The approval allows a new cell tower on a school site, and the lease rent it brings the town is expected to go toward the high school track and field project, though the warrant articles are not formally tied.
- The vacancy appointment and the bylaw review process decide who sits on the board and how zoning changes are shaped before residents are asked to vote on them.
Watch next
- Joint meeting of the Planning Board and Selectmen on July 18 to fill the board vacancy.
- Compiled bylaw comments in the packet, and new town counsel speaking on host community agreements.
economic developmenthousingpersonnelplanning and zoningpolicypublic commenttown departments
Present: Adam (planning director); Marjorie (board staff); Gregg (member); Gary (member). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.
Votes
- ▶ 3:16Accept the Unitil changes as outlined in the plannot audible
- ▶ 36:52Grant the waiver of the balloon floatnot audible
- ▶ 42:49Close the public hearing on the Verizon monopolenot audible
- ▶ 54:43Approve the Verizon monopole with construction-hours and meet-all-boards conditionsnot audible
And 1 procedural: adjourn (▶ 3:29:00).
The money
- ▶ 5:01Verizon lease rent to the town
Counsel described the annual rent and annual escalator starting after the building permit issues.
as heard:$30,0003%
- ▶ 26:35Town Hall cell tower lease
A resident worried colocation could cost the town revenue compared with the existing Town Hall lease.
as heard:$32,000
- ▶ 7:05Lease revenue for track repairs
Lease money is expected to go to the high school track and field project, though the warrant articles are not formally tied.
Settled without a vote
- ▶ 3:09:25Members will send bylaw comments to the director by Tuesday start of business so he can compile them into the packet.
- ▶ 2:18:58Joint meeting with the Selectmen set for July 18 to fill the vacancy.
- ▶ 2:59:06Director to arrange for new town counsel to come speak on host community agreements.
Documents and exhibits
The town’s minutes
The town has not published minutes for this meeting.
State law asks minutes to list the documents and exhibits used at a meeting (M.G.L. c.30A §22(a)). Names from the recording are the caption model’s hearing; the two sides are matched by name, by script, so a document named two different ways can be missed. A place to look, not a finding.
Public comment
- ▶ 22:44Questions on the Verizon tower: radiation, other tenants, and lease revenue compared with the Town Hall tower lease. — Katie Adams, as heard, resident
- ▶ 34:30School department director clarified that the track and field are under the Parks Commission and the lease money goes to the town.
Where the time went
Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.
- planning and zoning205 min · 99%
- personnel84 min · 41%
- economic development52 min · 25%
- housing28 min · 13%
- policy25 min · 12%
The whole meeting, in order
- ▶ 0:44Unitil parking changevoted · 2:56 long · planning and zoning
- ▶ 3:40Verizon monopole hearing and deliberationvoted · 51:49 long · planning and zoning, economic development
- ▶ 56:00Applicant interviews for vacancyinformational · 1:24:23 long · personnel, planning and zoning
- ▶ 2:20:48Minutes and committee reportsinformational · 2:33 long
- ▶ 2:23:21Subsidized housing inventory and 40Binformational · 27:38 long · housing, planning and zoning
- ▶ 2:50:59Bylaw priorities and review processagreed process · 24:30 long · planning and zoning, policy
- ▶ 3:15:29Meetings, board comments, and permit complianceinformational · 13:31 long · planning and zoning
What the captions could not carry
- Vote outcomes and counts were not stated in the captions.
- Several stretches are garbled.
Reports this meeting suggests
Our reading of the discussion: questions where numbers were in play and a page laying them out would have helped. Every meeting’s suggestions are merged into one register.
- ▶ 26:35Cell tower lease revenueWhat would the Verizon lease bring the town, and how does it compare with the Town Hall tower lease?
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