What was said
Planning Board, December 9, 2019
the recording · 0:06 long, about 818 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/2019.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
- ▶ 0:38The Planning Board heard an engineer present an ANR plan that divides 322 Flat Hill Road into three lots; no vote is captured in the minutes.
- ▶ 2:49The Assessor said the land is in Chapter 61B recreation, so a town right of first refusal would apply before construction or sale.
- ▶ 6:14A member asked that a memo go to the Open Space Committee, Conservation Commission and Board of Selectmen about a possible Chapter 61B withdrawal.
- ▶ 6:14The ANR itself would not be held up by the memo; the captions end with the notification question unresolved.
Why it matters — our reading
- Chapter 61B land carries a town right of first refusal, so a sale or change of use of this parcel could give the town a short window to decide whether to buy, which would involve other boards and possibly a Town Meeting vote.
Watch next
- Whether the memo on the Chapter 61B withdrawal is sent to the Open Space Committee, Conservation Commission and Board of Selectmen, and whether the Planning Board endorses the ANR plan at a later meeting.
planning and zoningtown departments
Present: John Boardman (presenter). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.
Votes
No substantive votes heard. 0 procedural.
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, 1 substantive difference. The town’s minutes are a full record.
- differsVote to notify land use boards of potential Chapter 61B withdrawal (322 Flat Hill Road)▶ 6:14
recording A member asked that a memo be sent to the Open Space Committee, Conservation Commission and Board of Selectmen about a potential withdrawal from Chapter 61B land; the ANR itself would not be held up. (no vote recorded)
town’s minutes “p. bertram made motion that land use boards be notified of the potential withdrawal from chapter, t. cole, seconded, all aye.”
Official minutes record a seconded, unanimous motion; ours records only a request and no vote. Check the recording to see whether a formal motion was made and which boards were named.
In one record only: 0 from the recording, 10 from the town’s minutes
- Town’s minutes only — Vote approving ANR Plan for 322 Flat Hill Road: “p. bertram made motion to approve the anr plan as submitted for 322 flat hill road, t. cole seconded, all aye.”
- Town’s minutes only — Vote approving common drive at 335 Chase Road with stone wall stipulation: “p. bertram made motion to approve the proposed common drive at 335 chase road with the stipulation that the field stone wall be retained”
- Town’s minutes only — Vote approving ANR Plan for 335 Chase Road: “p. bertram made motion to approve the anr plan for 335 chase road, t. cole seconded, all aye.”
- Town’s minutes only — Vote releasing surety for Emerald Place at Lake Whalom: “p. bertram made motion to release the surety for emerald place at lake whalom, t. cole seconded, all aye.”
- Town’s minutes only — Robbs Hill Road/Sunset Lane common drive rescheduled to January 13: “application will be presented at the january 13th board meeting.”
- Town’s minutes only — Solar bylaw survey edits and continued discussion: “edits will be made to the survey and discussion will continue at the january 13th board meeting.”
- Town’s minutes only — Request that A. Burney contact Town Manager and Select Board about town-owned buildings: “board members requested a. burney rea ch out to both the town manager and the select board regarding same.”
- Town’s minutes only — Minutes of 11.25.19 tabled: “11.25.19- tabled for discussion on january 13th.”
- Town’s minutes only — Board members and staff attending, and absent clerk: “present: matthew allison, tanner cole, paula bertram, adam r. burney”
- Town’s minutes only — Other presenters: David LeRoy and Neil Gorman: “plan presented by david leroy, hannigan engineering.”
Compared 2026-11-04. 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
- ▶ 6:14A member asked that a memo be sent to the Open Space Committee, Conservation Commission and Board of Selectmen about a potential withdrawal from Chapter 61B land; the ANR itself would not be held up.
Documents and exhibits
The town’s minutes
The minutes print a list, headed documents used at meeting:
:
- 335 Chase Road ANR Plan
- Common Driveway Plan
- 322 Flat Hill Road, ANR Plan
- Minutes 11.25.19
- Solar Survey, DRAFT
- Open Space Residential Design Bylaw, State Model
Named in the running text, not in a list:
- RFQ (request for quotes) approved by TCP Building Design Committee
- Subdivision of Land Rules and Regulations
Heard in the recording
- ▶ 0:38ANR plan for 322 Flat Hill Roadplan or drawing, shown· in the minutes’ list (“322 Flat Hill Road, ANR Plan”)
In the minutes’ list and not identified in the recording: 335 Chase Road ANR Plan; Common Driveway Plan; Minutes 11.25.19; Solar Survey, DRAFT; Open Space Residential Design Bylaw, State Model.
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.
Where the time went
Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.
- planning and zoning6 min · 94%
- town departments2 min · 36%
The whole meeting, in order
- ▶ 0:15Call to order, quorum and public commentinformational · 0:23 long
- ▶ 0:38ANR plan for 322 Flat Hill Road presentedinformational · 2:11 long · planning and zoning
- ▶ 2:49Board of Health and Assessor comments; Chapter 61B right of first refusalinformational · 2:24 long · planning and zoning, town departments
- ▶ 5:13Notifying other boards of possible withdrawal from Chapter 61Bno resolution · 1:47 long · planning and zoning
What the captions could not carry
- Names of board members and the roll call are not in the captions.
- No vote on the ANR is captured; the captions end mid-discussion.
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.
- ▶ 4:11Chapter 61 first refusalHow does the town handle right of first refusal when Chapter 61B land is developed?
These are ours, and they are not the record
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Every other report
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