What was said

Planning Board, March 26, 2018

the recording · 2:49 long, about 22,518 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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The town published minutes (text), minutes (text), minutes (text) and an agenda, an agenda, an agenda for this meeting. Those minutes are the record; what follows is a guide to the recording.

The short version

  1. ▶ 5:05The Planning Board closed the AT&T hearing at Chase Road and approved a modification adding three antennas, with a waiver on the supplemental information deadline.
  2. ▶ 1:16:59The hearing on a three-family dwelling at 654 Mass Ave was continued to April 9; the vote was not audible in the captions.
  3. ▶ 1:17:21The applicant was told April 3 at 4 p.m. is the deadline for supplemental information on the Mass Ave plan.
  4. ▶ 1:56:52On May Town Meeting zoning articles, the board agreed to research a vehicle storage yard use but not add a definition now, and set accessory dwellings to require single ownership with one unit owner-occupied.
  5. ▶ 2:44:25The warrant articles hearing was continued to April 9, and the planning director is to consult town counsel and return language at the next meeting.

Why it matters — our reading

  • The warrant articles, covering chickens, tow yards, accessory dwellings and marijuana provisions, are zoning changes residents will be asked to vote on at May Town Meeting.
  • The 654 Mass Ave plan is still open, so neighbors' concerns about drainage, traffic and lighting can still be raised before the board decides.

Watch next

  • April 9: continued hearings on the 654 Mass Ave site plan and the May Town Meeting warrant articles.
  • April 3 at 4 p.m.: deadline for the 654 Mass Ave applicant's supplemental information.

executive sessionlegalplanning and zoningpublic commenttown meetingwarrant article

Present: mr. Jeffries (member); mr. Proctor (member); mr. Janus (member); mr. Allison (member); mr. Bittner (member); Jeff Walsh (presenter). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 3:41Close the public hearing on the AT&T tower modification at Chase Roadpassed
  2. ▶ 4:43Approve the waiver for the shortened time for submitting supplemental informationpassed
  3. ▶ 5:05Approve the modification to add three antennas at Chase Roadpassed
  4. ▶ 1:16:59Continue the 654 Mass Ave hearing to April 9not audible
  5. ▶ 2:18:30Strike 'small flock of' from the accessory use languagenot audible
  6. ▶ 2:44:25Continue the warrant articles public hearing to April 9not audible

And 1 procedural: enter executive session on litigation with settler solar, roll call (▶ 2:48:08).

Against the town’s minutes

The town published minutes (text) for this meeting; ours were compared item by item. 1 agree, 2 caption errors resolved by the official reading, 4 substantive differences. The town’s minutes are a summary.

  1. differsVotes on AT&T Chase Road tower hearing (close hearing, waiver, add three antennas)▶ 3:41

    recording Close the public hearing on the AT&T tower modification at Chase Road — passed; approve waiver; approve modification to add three antennas — passed

    town’s minutes —

    Our minutes record three passed votes on the AT&T Chase Road item; the official minutes record no votes and do not mention this item, so check the recording and the full official minutes for whether it was heard and voted.

  2. differsVotes to continue 654 Mass Ave hearing and warrant articles hearing to April 9; strike 'small flock of'▶ 1:16:59

    recording Continue the 654 Mass Ave hearing to April 9 — not audible; Strike 'small flock of' — not audible; Continue the warrant articles public hearing to April 9 — not audible

    town’s minutes —

    Our minutes list these motions (outcome inaudible) but the official minutes record no votes at all; check the recording and whether the official minutes are incomplete.

  3. differsMeeting subject matter: our minutes vs official minutes▶ 1:17:21

    recording AT&T tower, zoning/accessory use language, vehicle storage yard, accessory dwelling, warrant articles

    town’s minutes “signage will not be erected for no parking near the massachusetts avenue end, but the board will condition no parking with the stipulation that it can be enforced”

    The official minutes cover the Mass Ave site plan (DDCDG/Signature Living) while ours focus on different items; confirm both are the same meeting and which items each covers.

  4. differsAttendee Proctor vs absent Prokowiew; Burney

    recording mr. Proctor (member)

    town’s minutes “absent: david prokowiew”

    Ours lists Proctor as present but the official minutes list Prokowiew as absent, and Adam Burney as present is missing from ours; check attendance.

2 caption errors the town’s minutes resolve
  • Attendee Jeffries:mr. Jeffries (member)→Michael-Ray Jeffreys
  • Attendee Janus:mr. Janus (member)→Kenneth Chenis
In one record only: 4 from the recording, 5 from the town’s minutes
  • Recording only — Deadline April 3 at 4 p.m. for supplemental information: Applicant told April 3 at 4 p.m. is the deadline for supplemental information ▶ 1:17:21
  • Recording only — Vehicle storage yard research decision: Board agreed to research a vehicle storage yard use but not add a definition to the use table now ▶ 1:52:29
  • Recording only — Accessory dwelling ownership language: Accessory dwelling language to require both units under single ownership with one owner-occupied ▶ 1:56:52
  • Recording only — Planning director to consult town counsel: Planning director to consult town counsel and return language for next meeting ▶ 2:02:24
  • Town’s minutes only — Withdrawal of Traffic, Environmental and Community Impact Report waivers: “as a traffic impact report, environmental impact report, and community impact report were submitted this evening, ddcdg verbally withdrew those three from the waivers listed above.”
  • Town’s minutes only — Paving of Massachusetts Avenue entrance: “it was determined that ddcg will pave the first twenty/twenty-five feet (20-25') of the entrance and then blend it into the gravel shoulder.”
  • Town’s minutes only — No parking condition near Mass Ave end: “signage will not be erected for no parking near the massachusetts avenue end, but the board will condition no parking with the stipulation that it can be enforced”
  • Town’s minutes only — Condition on reviewing engineer's comments: “board consensus was to condition that all outstanding comments of the reviewing engineer were addressed to his (reviewing engineer) satisfaction.”
  • Town’s minutes only — Applicant representatives: “presentation was by gregory roy, ducharme & dillis civil design group inc. (ddcdg), p.o. box 428, bolton, ma.”

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

Nothing touching money was heard beyond the transfers.

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 1:17:21Applicant told April 3 at 4 p.m. is the deadline for supplemental information
  • ▶ 1:52:29Board agreed to research a vehicle storage yard use but not add a definition to the use table now
  • ▶ 1:56:52Accessory dwelling language to require both units under single ownership with one owner-occupied
  • ▶ 2:02:24Planning director to consult town counsel and return language for next meeting

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

The minutes print a list, headed documents used at meeting::

  • Stormwater Report, Revised 04/02/18
  • Site Pian, Revised 04/02/18
  • DDCDG Response Letter dtd 04/02/18
  • GEI Review Letter dtd 04/09/18
  • Minutes/public hearings 2018/654_658 Mass Ave_04.09.18

Named in the running text, not in a list:

  • Traffic Impact Report, Environmental Impact Report, and Community Impact Report (submitted with the April 2, 2018 response letter)
  • Graves Engineering, Inc. (GEl) review letter dated March 21, 2018

Heard in the recording

  • ▶ 1:18:33warrant articleswarrant article, shown· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
  • ▶ 1:18:55memo from the building inspectormemo, shown· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
  • ▶ 16:39waiver request letter dated March 1stletter or email, shown· named in the minutes’ text, not in a list (“Graves Engineering, Inc. (GEl) review letter dated March 21, 2018”)
  • ▶ 48:02Graves Engineering review letterreport, shown· named in the minutes’ text, not in a list (“Graves Engineering, Inc. (GEl) review letter dated March 21, 2018”)

In the minutes’ list and not identified in the recording: Stormwater Report, Revised 04/02/18; Site Pian, Revised 04/02/18; DDCDG Response Letter dtd 04/02/18; GEI Review Letter dtd 04/09/18; Minutes/public hearings 2018/654_658 Mass Ave_04.09.18.

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. ▶ 59:47Abutter at 680 Mass Ave raised drainage lines, trees, traffic speed, parking and headlights from the driveway. — Chris zarba, as heard, resident
  2. ▶ 1:28:54Asked for a vehicle storage yard definition in the zoning bylaw for his towing business. — Nick Goro, as heard, resident
  3. ▶ 2:06:58Comment on minimum bird purchase sizes relating to the chicken bylaw. — David Paseos, as heard, resident
  4. ▶ 2:47:06Congratulated the board on finishing the warrant article work. — Dave Pascal's, as heard, resident

Where the time went

Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.

The whole meeting, in order

  1. ▶ 0:03Opening and board commentsinformational · 1:26 long
  2. ▶ 1:29AT&T tower modification, 9 Chase Roadvoted · 4:16 long · planning and zoning
  3. ▶ 5:45Site plan hearing, 654 Mass Ave three-familycontinued to April 9 · 1:11:36 long · planning and zoning
  4. ▶ 1:17:47Planning Board warrant articles for May Town Meetingcontinued to April 9 · 1:26:38 long · warrant article, town meeting, planning and zoning
  5. ▶ 1:28:54Tow yard use request from residentreferred for research · 25:26 long · planning and zoning, public comment
  6. ▶ 2:44:49Minutes, public comment, executive sessionentered executive session · 4:21 long · executive session, legal

What the captions could not carry

  • Vote counts were not stated
  • Minutes approval outcome unclear

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