What was said
Planning Board, January 22, 2018
the recording · 2:34 long, about 19,136 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/2018.json
The town published minutes (text) and an agenda for this meeting. Those minutes are the record; what follows is a guide to the recording.
The short version
- ▶ 29:26The board released an old subdivision covenant off Northfield Road on condition that the owner requests rescission of the subdivision and pays advertising costs.
- ▶ 22:33A public hearing on the rescission is to be advertised for February 12th.
- ▶ 4:08The board accepted a de minimis change to the approved site plan at the Unitil building.
- ▶ 1:19:34Staff are to draft sign bylaw changes allowing a pre-approved standard sign, after a resident asked for relief for small business signs.
- ▶ 2:23:14A workshop on definitions and the use table is set for January 29th; the planner is to write up Wayland overlay wording changes for next week.
Why it matters — our reading
- Sign rules and the use table decide what small businesses may put up and where, so the drafts could change what a local business needs to get approved.
- The covenant release and rescission hearing affect how an older subdivision off Northfield Road may be treated, and the hearing is open to the public.
Watch next
- Workshop on January 29th on definitions and the use table.
- Public hearing on the rescission, to be advertised for February 12th.
capitaleconomic developmentmsbaplanning and zoningpolicypublic commentpublic safety
Present: mr. Park view (member (absent)); mr. Burney (town planner / staff); mr. Janus (member); Marjorie (staff). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.
Votes
- ▶ 4:08Accept the de minimis change to the approved site plan at the Unitil building as documented — moved by a member, as heardpassed
- ▶ 29:26Release the covenant on condition that the owner requests rescinding of the pre-existing subdivision and covers advertising cost — moved by Ken, as heardpassed
And 1 procedural: adjourn (second and vote heard, motion itself not captured) (▶ 2:34:06).
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, 8 substantive differences. The town’s minutes are a partial record.
recording Accept the de minimis change to the approved site plan at the Unitil building as documented — passed
town’s minutes —
Our minutes record this vote and the official minutes do not; check whether the official minutes are for a different meeting or omit the item.
recording Release the covenant on condition that the owner requests rescinding of the pre-existing subdivision and covers advertising cost — passed
town’s minutes —
Our minutes record this vote and the official minutes do not; check the recording and the official record for this item.
recording —
town’s minutes “m. jeffreys made a motion to grant the waiver as requested, seconded by d. prokowiew, all aye.”
The official minutes record this vote and ours does not; check whether it occurred in the recording.
recording —
town’s minutes “d. prokowiew made a motion to release $ 740,984.25 from the remaining balance of $ 767,984.25; to leave a balance of $ 27,000.00, seconded by m. jeffreys.”
The official minutes record a bond release vote and ours does not; check whether the recording covers this item.
recording Staff to draft sign bylaw changes allowing a pre-approved standard sign, for the board to revisit.
town’s minutes “there will be continued discussion at the board's january 22nd meeting.”
Ours says staff will draft changes, while the official says only that discussion continues; check whether any drafting direction was given.
recording Workshop set for January 29th on definitions and use table; regular meetings February 12th and 26th.
town’s minutes “january 22 - continued discussion of sign bylaw and lwod bylaw”
Both name a January 29 workshop, but the official schedule stops at January 22 and has no February dates, and it calls the workshop 'potential'. Check the dates and whether this is the same meeting.
recording Special permit engineering cost: $1,500
town’s minutes “the engineering could end up costing more than the sign.”
The official minutes print no figure for engineering cost; check the recording for the $1,500.
recording mr. Park view (member (absent)); mr. Janus (member)
town’s minutes “present: gregory bittner, matthew allison, david prokowiew, michael-ray jeffreys (left at 9:50 pm), adam r. burney”
Names do not match well. 'Janus' may be Jeffreys, 'Park view' may be Prokowiew, but the official says Prokowiew was present while ours has Park view absent (the official absentee is Kenneth Chenis). Check who was absent.
1 caption error the town’s minutes resolve
- Town planner name:mr. Burney (town planner / staff)→Adam R. Burney▶ 0:00
In one record only: 4 from the recording, 3 from the town’s minutes
- Recording only — Public hearing on rescission advertised for February 12th: Public hearing on rescission to be advertised for February 12th. ▶ 22:33
- Recording only — Wayland overlay wording changes: Planner to write up proposed Wayland overlay wording changes for inclusion in the bylaw package for next week. ▶ 1:33:34
- Recording only — School building project close-out and capital planning figures: School building project close-out: sixty eight million one hundred and six thousand four hundred and seventy five seventy nine, thirty six million one hundred ninety thousand eight hundred and twenty, 238 million one hundred ninety thousand nine hundred and forty one; Capital planning requests: 2.3 million dollars, six hundred thousand ▶ 1:38:47
- Recording only — Staff attendee Marjorie: Marjorie (staff) ▶ 0:00
- Town’s minutes only — Planner to ask BC/ZEO about ZBA relief from ten-acre requirement: “a. burney will ask the bizeo if an applicant can seek relief through the zba for the ten 10) acre requirement.”
- Town’s minutes only — Inform Board of Selectmen on Lot 5 Chapter 61B: “a. burney will inform the board of selectmen.”
- Town’s minutes only — Stone Farm retained amount and developer engineer estimate: “the suggested amount to be retained, provided by the board's reviewing engineer, was $27,000.00 based upon a 15% adjustment”
Compared 2026-11-05. 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
- ▶ 1:38:47School building project close-out
The school building project closed on time and under budget, with total, state share and local share figures reported.
as heard:sixty eight million one hundred and six thousand four hundred and seventy five seventy ninethirty six million one hundred ninety thousand eight hundred and twenty238 million one hundred ninety thousand nine hundred and forty one
- ▶ 1:38:05Capital planning requests
Capital requests total more than the money available and must be prioritized.
as heard:2.3 million dollarssix hundred thousand
- ▶ 1:09:05Special permit engineering cost
A member said engineers charged for drawing parking spaces for a contractor's yard special permit.
as heard:$1,500
Settled without a vote
- ▶ 1:19:34Staff to draft sign bylaw changes allowing a pre-approved standard sign, for the board to revisit.
- ▶ 1:33:34Planner to write up proposed Wayland overlay wording changes for inclusion in the bylaw package for next week.
- ▶ 2:23:14Workshop set for January 29th on definitions and use table; regular meetings February 12th and 26th.
- ▶ 22:33Public hearing on rescission to be advertised for February 12th.
Documents and exhibits
The town’s minutes
The minutes print a list, headed documents used at meeting:
:
- 40 Summer Street- Request for Waiver
- Stone Farm Estates, Riley Road- Request for Bond Release
- 274 Prospect Street - Conceptual
- Minutes- Executive 12/04/17, 12/11/17
- Definitions and Use Table, DRAFT
- District Local Technical Assistance, Request for Service Delivery
- Minutes/2017/12.11.17
Named in the running text, not in a list:
- Lake Whalom Overlay District (LWOD) Bylaw
- Code §250-4.12.E.(2) (LWOD density language)
- Town's Housing Production Plan
Heard in the recording
- ▶ 1:01approved site plan at unitilplan or drawing, shown· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
- ▶ 6:50plan A in your packetplan or drawing, shown· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
- ▶ 30:33sign bylawdraft policy or bylaw, shown· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
- ▶ 1:34:03minutesprior minutes· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
In the minutes’ list and not identified in the recording: 40 Summer Street- Request for Waiver; Stone Farm Estates, Riley Road- Request for Bond Release; 274 Prospect Street - Conceptual; Minutes- Executive 12/04/17, 12/11/17; Definitions and Use Table, DRAFT; District Local Technical Assistance, Request for Service Delivery; Minutes/2017/12.11.17.
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
- ▶ 1:03:07Resident Mr. Cole asked the board to consider allowing small business signs larger than three square feet without full site plan review.
Where the time went
Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.
- planning and zoning132 min · 85%
- economic development50 min · 32%
- legal26 min · 17%
- capital9 min · 6%
- msba9 min · 6%
- policy9 min · 6%
The whole meeting, in order
- ▶ 0:00Opening and public commentprocedural · 1:01 long
- ▶ 1:01Unitil de minimis site plan changevoted · 3:27 long · planning and zoning
- ▶ 4:28Discharge of subdivision covenants off Northfield Roadvoted · 25:44 long · planning and zoning, legal
- ▶ 30:12Sign bylaw modificationreferred for draft language · 50:08 long · planning and zoning, economic development
- ▶ 1:20:20Wayland overlay district densityinformational · 13:43 long · planning and zoning
- ▶ 1:34:03Minutes approval editsedits made · 3:20 long
- ▶ 1:37:23Committee reportsinformational · 9:17 long · capital, msba
- ▶ 1:46:40Definitions and use table reviewcontinued · 30:14 long · planning and zoning
- ▶ 2:16:54Bylaw schedule and marijuana regulationinformational · 8:44 long · planning and zoning
- ▶ 2:25:38Meeting length and scheduleno resolution · 8:49 long · policy
What the captions could not carry
- Vote count on motions not stated beyond ayes
- Portions of the use table discussion garbled
- Several speakers unidentified
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