Planning Board, December 10, 2018

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.

capitaleconomic developmentexecutive sessionlegalplanning and zoningpublic commentrecreationtown meetingwarrant article

Present: Mr. Chairman (chair); Karen Chapman (presenter, principal planner, regional planning commission); Adam (town planner / director); Jeff Walsh (presenter, peer review consultant (Graves Engineering)); Brian Marchetti (presenter, civil engineer for applicant); Mitchell (member (roll call)); Mr. Cole (member (roll call)); Mr. brookview (member (roll call)). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

1. ▶ 2:46Accept the ANR plan for 811/813 Chase Road (lot-line swap).passed
2. ▶ 14:17Accept the Asian Imperial de minimis change with a note documenting seats and required parking.passed
3. ▶ 1:11:22Accept the waivers as documented for the Powell hearing.passed
4. ▶ 1:11:52Continue the Powell hearing to the February meeting (amended).passed
5. ▶ 1:56:01Draft a letter to the Cannabis Control Commission with the board's questions.passed
6. ▶ 3:03:11Send a letter of support for the open space plan.passed
7. ▶ 3:15:41Recommend the selectmen waive their right of first refusal on the Northfield Road parcel.passed

And 3 procedural: accept minutes of 11/26/18. (▶ 2:21:56); accept executive session minutes from 11/26. (▶ 2:23:49); enter executive session to discuss litigation strategy (o'brien homes cases), not to return to regular session. (▶ 3:34:51).

Against the town’s minutes

The town published minutes (text) for this meeting; ours were compared item by item. 5 agree, 3 caption errors resolved by the official reading, 6 substantive differences. The town’s minutes are a partial record.

1. differsDe minimis change (Asian Imperial / 5 Electric Avenue)▶ 14:17

   recording Accept the Asian Imperial de minimis change with a note documenting seats and required parking. — passed

   town’s minutes “d. prokowiew made motion to accept the request for a de minimis change with a note added documenting number of seats, k. chenis seconded, all aye.”

   Same item and outcome, but ours adds required parking to the note; check the recording for whether parking was in the motion.

2. differsPowell hearing waivers and continuance votes▶ 1:11:22

   recording Accept the waivers as documented for the Powell hearing. — passed; Continue the Powell hearing to the February meeting (amended). — passed

   town’s minutes —

   Our minutes have two Powell hearing votes that do not appear in the official minutes; check whether the official minutes omitted them.

3. differsWaive right of first refusal, Northfield Road▶ 3:15:41

   recording Recommend the selectmen waive their right of first refusal on the Northfield Road parcel. — passed

   town’s minutes “to recommend that the board of selectmen waive their right of first refusal, k. chenis seconded, p. bertram, aye; t. cole, aye; k. chenis, aye; d. prokowiew, nay; m. allison, aye.”

   Both pass, but the official minutes give a 4-1 roll call with one nay and ours records no split; check the recording.

4. differsGuidebook printing cost▶ 17:36

   recording Guidebook printing: twenty or thirty

   town’s minutes “mrpc is crafting the guidebook at no expense under dlt a (district local technical assistance).”

   Ours heard a printing cost of twenty or thirty while the official minutes say MRPC prepares it at no expense; check whether printing is separate.

5. differsMaster plan discussion with selectmen▶ 2:56:33

   recording Master plan discussion with the town manager deferred to the January 14 meeting; board chose not to discuss it without it being on the agenda.

   town’s minutes “the board stressed that the master plan comes under the jurisdiction of the planning board and that the board of selectmen should table any discussion of the master plan”

   The records describe the decision differently (deferral for the agenda versus a jurisdiction position); check the recording.

6. differsCCC letter drafting and transporter questions▶ 2:21:04

   recording Planning staff will draft the CCC letter, send questions to town counsel separately.

   town’s minutes “transporter questions will be included in the letter to the ccc.”

   Ours sends questions to town counsel separately and the official minutes put transporter questions into the CCC letter; check which is right.

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. ▶ 2:51:26Master plan consultant

   A capital item to hire a consultant for the master plan was discussed, with a rough range given.

   as heard:fifty to a hundred

2. ▶ 3:17:02Appraisal for first refusal

   An independent appraisal was said to cost a sum in the tens of thousands.

   as heard:twenty-five to forty thousand dollars

3. ▶ 2:24:38Capital requests

   Capital planning reported requests far exceeding funds available.

   as heard:600,0002 something million dollars

4. ▶ 17:36Guidebook printing

   Printing line money was set aside for a limited number of printed guidebooks.

   as heard:twenty or thirty

Settled without a vote

• ▶ 15:47Land use guidebook final to be re-sent for board review before approval.
• ▶ 2:56:33Master plan discussion with the town manager deferred to the January 14 meeting; board chose not to discuss it without it being on the agenda.
• ▶ 2:21:04Planning staff will draft the CCC letter, send questions to town counsel separately.

Documents and exhibits

In the minutes’ list and not identified in the recording: Minutes 11/26/18; Minutes 11/26/18, Executive Session; ANR Plan, 380 Electric Avenue; ANR Plan, 811 & 813 Chase Road; Draft Articles.

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. ▶ 3:22:32A speaker raised the Planning Board's silence on reuse of vacant municipal buildings; discussion followed on economic development and the master plan.
2. ▶ 3:31:59A speaker noted the Lunenburg Grange is being rechartered and the 300th anniversary of settlement in December 2018.

Where the time went

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

• planning and zoning177 min · 83%
• warrant article75 min · 35%
• recreation30 min · 14%
• public comment12 min · 5%
• economic development12 min · 5%
• legal10 min · 5%
• capital9 min · 4%
• town departments9 min · 4%
• town meeting6 min · 3%
• executive session2 min · 1%

The whole meeting, in order

1. ▶ 1:18ANR plan, Chase Road lot swapvoted · 2:15 long · planning and zoning
2. ▶ 4:34Asian Imperial addition and parking countvoted · 10:28 long · planning and zoning
3. ▶ 15:02Land use guidebookinformational · 3:15 long · planning and zoning
4. ▶ 18:17Powell stone and gravel site plan hearingcontinued to February · 55:03 long · planning and zoning
5. ▶ 1:13:42Marijuana craft cultivator regulationsvoted to send letter to CCC · 1:08:14 long · planning and zoning, warrant article
6. ▶ 2:21:56Minutesvoted · 2:20 long
7. ▶ 2:24:16Committee reportsinformational · 9:02 long · capital, town departments
8. ▶ 2:33:18Open space plan and master planvoted letter of support · 30:16 long · planning and zoning, recreation
9. ▶ 3:03:34Marijuana prohibition ballot questionsinformational · 6:23 long · warrant article, town meeting
10. ▶ 3:09:57Northfield Road first right of refusalvoted · 7:48 long · planning and zoning, legal
11. ▶ 3:18:05Communications and scheduleinformational · 4:27 long
12. ▶ 3:22:32Public comment, municipal buildings reuse and Grangeinformational · 11:35 long · public comment, economic development
13. ▶ 3:34:07Executive sessionvoted · 1:53 long · executive session, legal

What the captions could not carry

• Results of the minutes votes and the executive session roll call are not clearly in the captions.
• Several members spoke without identification.

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.

• ▶ 2:47:19Master plan fundingHow much would a consultant-written master plan cost and who would lead it?

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