What was said
Planning Board, July 24, 2017
the recording · 1:50 long, about 13,418 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 minutes (text), minutes (text) and an agenda, an agenda for this meeting. Those minutes are the record; what follows is a guide to the recording.
The short version
- ▶ 1:29:46The Planning Board continued the public hearing on the Pioneer Drive warehouse and office addition to August 14.
- ▶ 1:22:27A motion to approve the four requested waivers was made and seconded; the vote result was not audible in the recording.
- ▶ 1:21:26The applicant is to formally request one more waiver, for the vertical datum, at the next meeting.
- ▶ 1:16:02The review engineer went through his comments, and members asked about curb cuts, parking, traffic, lighting, stormwater and fire protection.
Why it matters — our reading
- The addition at 40 Pioneer Drive and 98 Leominster Shirley Road is still under review, so site conditions such as traffic, stormwater and fire protection can still change before approval.
Watch next
- Continued public hearing on the Pioneer Drive addition on August 14, including the applicant's request for a vertical datum waiver.
economic developmentplanning and zoningpublic safetywater sewer
Present: Michael ray Jefferies (member (new)); Jeff Walsh (review engineer, Graves Engineering (presenter)); Adam (town planner (absent for the hearing, arrived near the end)); Anthony Cleaves (presenter, design engineer for applicant); Dave Robbins (presenter, vice president of ecological fibers). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.
Votes
- ▶ 1:22:27Approve all four waivers that have been requested.not audible
- ▶ 1:29:46Continue the public hearing to August 14th.not audible
And 1 procedural: adjourn. (▶ 1:49:56).
Against the town’s minutes
The town published minutes (text) for this meeting; ours were compared item by item. 0 agree, 1 caption error resolved by the official reading, 4 substantive differences. The town’s minutes are a partial record.
recording Approve all four waivers that have been requested. — not audible
town’s minutes —
Our minutes record a waiver vote that the official minutes do not mention at all; check the recording and the official record for the waiver votes on the hearing item.
recording Continue the public hearing to August 14th. — not audible
town’s minutes —
Our minutes record a continuance of a public hearing to August 14; the official minutes record no votes and no such hearing, so check whether the official minutes omitted this item.
recording Hearing continued to August 14, with the planner to correspond with the applicant beforehand.
town’s minutes —
Official minutes contain no continued hearing; they say the Land Use Director was absent, while ours has the planner arriving near the end, so check attendance and agenda.
- differsTown planner / Land Use Director attendance
recording Adam (town planner (absent for the hearing, arrived near the end))
town’s minutes “absent: adam r. burney”
Ours has Adam arriving near the end; official lists him absent for the whole meeting, so check.
1 caption error the town’s minutes resolve
- Attendee Michael-Ray Jeffreys:Michael ray Jefferies (member (new))→Michael-Ray Jeffreys
In one record only: 2 from the recording, 6 from the town’s minutes
- Recording only — Additional vertical datum waiver request: Applicant to formally request an additional waiver for the vertical datum at the next meeting. ▶ 1:21:26
- Recording only — Presenters and review engineer: Jeff Walsh (review engineer), Anthony Cleaves, Dave Robbins (presenters)
- Town’s minutes only — Decision and Plan endorsed for 1079 Massachusetts Avenue: “decision and plan endorsed. decision will be filed with the town clerk and enter into a 20-day appeal period.”
- Town’s minutes only — Definitions and Use Table tabled: “tabled due to absence of land use director.”
- Town’s minutes only — Bylaw priorities for May 2018 Town Meeting: “g. bittner reiterated, as mentioned in the minutes, that the board will focus on completing the bylaw priorities for may 2018 annual town meeting”
- Town’s minutes only — Flag placement comment passed to Town Manager: “his comment will be passed on to the town manager's office.”
- Town’s minutes only — Municipal ADA Grant Program: “towns can get grant money for ada improvements.”
- Town’s minutes only — Other board members present: “present: gregory bittner, matthew allison, kenneth chenis, david prokowiew, michael-ray jeffreys,”
Compared 2026-11-06. Neither record is treated as the referee: a caption error is the same fact heard badly; a difference is for a person to check at the timestamp.
The money
Nothing touching money was heard beyond the transfers.
Settled without a vote
- ▶ 1:29:46Hearing continued to August 14, with the planner to correspond with the applicant beforehand.
- ▶ 1:21:26Applicant to formally request an additional waiver for the vertical datum at the next meeting.
Documents and exhibits
The town’s minutes
The minutes print a list, headed documents used at meeting:
:
- Minutes 07/10/17
- 07/10/17, 1079 Massachusetts Avenue (minutes)
- Minutes 07/18/17
- 1079 Massachusetts Avenue Decision and Plan
Named in the running text, not in a list:
- July 10, 2017 memo from the Land Use Director
Heard in the recording
- ▶ 4:54colored rendering of the site planplan or drawing, shown· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
- ▶ 52:22review letter from Graves engineering July 20thletter or email, shown· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
- ▶ 1:31:05July 10th 2017 memo on bylaw prioritiesmemo· named in the minutes’ text, not in a list (“July 10, 2017 memo from the Land Use Director”)
In the minutes’ list and not identified in the recording: Minutes 07/10/17; 07/10/17, 1079 Massachusetts Avenue (minutes); Minutes 07/18/17; 1079 Massachusetts Avenue Decision and Plan.
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
- ▶ 1:47:12A speaker suggested sending questions to the town planner when he is absent so hearings can proceed.
Where the time went
Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.
- planning and zoning93 min · 85%
- economic development74 min · 67%
- grants11 min · 10%
- water sewer11 min · 10%
The whole meeting, in order
- ▶ 0:00Opening, welcome to new member, announcementsinformational · 2:09 long
- ▶ 2:09Public hearing: ecological fibers addition, 40 Pioneer Drivequestions and engineer review · 1:13:53 long · planning and zoning, economic development
- ▶ 1:16:02Waivers and continuation of hearingwaiver motion made; hearing continued to August 14 · 14:41 long · planning and zoning
- ▶ 1:30:43Minutes approvaldiscussed · 3:09 long
- ▶ 1:33:52Committee reportsinformational · 11:16 long · grants, water sewer
- ▶ 1:45:08Schedule, public comment, board commentsinformational · 4:48 long · planning and zoning
- ▶ 1:49:56Adjournmentmotion made · 0:24 long
What the captions could not carry
- Outcomes of the waiver, continuation and adjournment votes are not clear in the captions.
- Several stretches of the applicant's presentation are garbled.
These are ours, and they are not the record
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