What was said

Planning Board, November 5, 2018

the recording · 0:35 long, about 3,659 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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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

  1. ▶ 11:37The Planning Board took up final edits to the Settler's Solar stormwater special permit and a motion to accept it was made; the outcome is not audible.
  2. ▶ 5:28The permit is to name a construction monitor for the Northfield Road solar project, paid by the applicant rather than the town.
  3. ▶ 22:51A motion to appoint an at-large member to the open space ad hoc committee was made; the outcome is not audible in the recording.
  4. ▶ 14:47The board will leave the Green Communities liaison open until it reorganizes, and wants to use free GIS hours that expire at year end.
  5. ▶ 29:53A resident asked for a formal process to fill the board vacancy and described the Town Meeting marijuana moratorium vote as a vote for time.

Why it matters — our reading

  • The stormwater permit sets erosion and monitoring conditions for a solar project, and having the applicant pay for the monitor keeps that cost off the town budget, mostly taxes.
  • Residents will be asked at Town Meeting to vote on the marijuana moratorium, and the board vacancy affects who reviews future projects.

Watch next

  • Town Meeting vote on the marijuana moratorium, discussed at this meeting.
  • Whether the board fills its vacancy and uses the free GIS hours before the calendar year ends.

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Votes

  1. ▶ 11:37Accept the stormwater special permit dated November 2018 for Settler's Solar.not audible
  2. ▶ 22:51Appoint Ashley to the open space ad hoc committee as an at-large member.not audible

And 2 procedural: accept the minutes from the earlier october meeting. (▶ 12:36); adjourn. (▶ 35:16).

Against the town’s minutes

The town published minutes (text) for this meeting; ours were compared item by item. 1 agree, 0 caption errors resolved by the official reading, 3 substantive differences. The town’s minutes are a partial record.

  1. differsStormwater special permit (Settlers Solar) vote▶ 11:37

    recording Accept the stormwater special permit dated November 2018 for Settler's Solar. — not audible

    town’s minutes “d. prokowiew made motion to accept the special permit dated november 5, 2018 with edits as discussed, t. cole seconded, all aye.”

    Our minutes could not hear the outcome; official records it passed unanimously with edits as discussed. Check the recording or the signed permit for the result.

  2. differsAppointment of Ashley to Open Space Ad Hoc Committee at-large seat▶ 22:51

    recording Appoint Ashley to the open space ad hoc committee as an at-large member. — not audible

    town’s minutes “d. prokowiew made motion to appoint ashley maillet to the at -large position, t. cole seconded, all aye.”

    Our minutes show the outcome as not audible; official records it as passed unanimously, with the surname Maillet. Confirm the vote on the recording.

  3. differsBoard reorganization / Green Communities liaison▶ 14:47

    recording The board will leave the Green Communities liaison open until the board reorganizes.

    town’s minutes “board consensus was to put reorganization on hold until a fifth member has been voted on to the board.”

    Ours says the liaison stays open until reorganization. Official says reorganization itself is on hold until a fifth member is seated, and does not mention the liaison. Check the recording for what was decided.

In one record only: 0 from the recording, 8 from the town’s minutes
  • Town’s minutes only — Vote to endorse ANR Plan for 83 & 99 Oak Avenue: “d. prokowiew made motion to endorse the plan, t. cole seconded, all aye.”
  • Town’s minutes only — Vote to approve Board Warrant Articles of 10/22/18: “10/22/18, board warrant articles- d. prokowiew made motion to approve, t. cole seconded, all aye.”
  • Town’s minutes only — Draft decision edited to include Town Counsel recommendations: “the draft decision will be edited and finalized to include recommendations of town counsel.”
  • Town’s minutes only — Zoning for processing facilities and testing labs: “both m. allison and d. prokowiew agreed that the industrial zoning sounded reasonable.”
  • Town’s minutes only — Parking at Asian Imperial; Burney to speak to DPW Director: “a. burney will speak to the dpw director.”
  • Town’s minutes only — 319 Grant for upper Mulpus not received: “the task force did not receive the 319 grant for the upper mulpus.”
  • Town’s minutes only — Attendees: “present: matthew allison, david prokowiew, tanner cole, adam r. burney”
  • Town’s minutes only — Public comment by Katey Adams: “likes to see consistency in government. would like to see the same appointing process every time.”

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. ▶ 5:28Construction monitor for the solar project

    The construction monitor is to be funded by the applicant, not the town.

  2. ▶ 17:42Free GIS hours

    The town has unused free GIS hours that expire at the end of the calendar year, and the board wants to use them.

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 5:28The permit will name Thomas Christopher as construction monitor, funded by the applicant.
  • ▶ 14:47The board will leave the Green Communities liaison open until the board reorganizes.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

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

  • Minutes 10/22/18
  • 10/22/18, Board Warrant Articles
  • ANR Plan, 83 & 99 Oak Avenue
  • DRAFT Stormwater Permit, Settlers Solar, 994 Northfield Road

Named in the running text, not in a list:

  • Talent Bank Form from Ashley Maillet
  • Special Town Meeting warrant

Heard in the recording

  • ▶ 2:03draft decisiondraft policy or bylaw, shown· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
  • ▶ 11:37stormwater special permit dated November 2018application or permit, shown· in the minutes’ list (“DRAFT Stormwater Permit, Settlers Solar, 994 Northfield Road”)
  • ▶ 12:36minutes from 10 20 to 18prior minutes· in the minutes’ list (“Minutes 10/22/18”)

In the minutes’ list and not identified in the recording: 10/22/18, Board Warrant Articles; ANR Plan, 83 & 99 Oak Avenue.

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. ▶ 29:53Asked for a consistent, formal process when the vacancy is filled, and said the marijuana moratorium vote at Town Meeting is a vote for time, not a yes or no on marijuana. — Katie Adams from Williams Drive, as heard

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. ▶ 0:00Marijuana zoning discussioninformational · 1:41 long · planning and zoning
  2. ▶ 1:41Settler's Solar stormwater special permitmotion made, outcome not audible · 11:45 long · planning and zoning
  3. ▶ 12:36Prior minutesmotion made, outcome not audible · 0:50 long
  4. ▶ 13:27Committee reportsinformational · 7:13 long · planning and zoning
  5. ▶ 20:41Open space ad hoc committee appointmentmotion made, outcome not audible · 2:53 long · personnel
  6. ▶ 23:35Town Meeting, meeting schedule and board vacancy processinformational · 6:17 long · town meeting, elections
  7. ▶ 29:53Public commentinformational · 1:51 long · public comment
  8. ▶ 31:45Director items, marijuana ballot question, parkinginformational · 3:31 long · planning and zoning

What the captions could not carry

  • Vote outcomes and counts were not stated in the captions.
  • The names of the speakers and the members present are not identified.
  • Some of the opening marijuana discussion is garbled.

These are ours, and they are not the record

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