What was said

Planning Board, June 8, 2020

the recording · 2:08 long, about 14,460 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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

The short version

  1. ▶ 1:10:00The Planning Board voted 3-0 to continue the 190 Electric Avenue solar stormwater permit hearing to June 22 at 6:35 p.m.
  2. ▶ 1:08:59The applicant is to revise the plan to show fueling and vehicle washing areas and forward it with the reviewing engineer's response before the continued hearing.
  3. ▶ 5:21The board endorsed two ANR plans, for 71 Wildwood Road and 46 Arbor Street, each by a 3-0 vote.
  4. ▶ 1:57:29The board voted 3-0 to authorize the land-use director to work with the building commissioner on guidelines for safe temporary outdoor dining.
  5. ▶ 2:04:41A member said spending on the master plan population study had been halted; the land-use director will ask the town manager again about contracting for it.

Why it matters — our reading

  • The solar stormwater permit sets what runoff controls are required on the 190 Electric Avenue site, and the open question about fueling and washing areas will be settled at the continued hearing.
  • The master plan population study feeds the town's long-range planning, and a spending freeze on it delays the data that planning depends on.
  • Outdoor dining guidelines tied to matching parking reductions affect how local restaurants can expand and how parking is counted.

Watch next

  • Continued public hearing on the 190 Electric Avenue stormwater permit, June 22 at 6:35 p.m.
  • The land-use director's follow-up with the town manager on whether the master plan population study can be contracted.

economic developmenthousingplanning and zoningtown departments

Present: Adam (land-use director); Matthew Allison (chair); Paula Bertram (member); Tanner Cole (member); Nick Christopher (presenter). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 5:21Approve the ANR plan for 71 Wildwood Road as submittedpassed 3-0
  2. ▶ 11:40Approve the ANR plan for 46 Arbor Streetpassed 3-0
  3. ▶ 1:10:00Continue the public hearing for 190 Electric Avenue stormwater permit to June 22 at 6:35 p.m.passed 3-0
  4. ▶ 1:57:29Authorize the land-use director to cooperate with the building commissioner and set guidelines for safe outdoor diningpassed 3-0

And 3 procedural: approve the minutes of april 13 (▶ 1:41:07); approve the minutes of the april 13 hearing for 1325 mass ave (▶ 1:41:31); adjourn (▶ 2:07:53).

Against the town’s minutes

The town published minutes (text) for this meeting; ours were compared item by item. 4 agree, 1 caption error resolved by the official reading, 3 substantive differences. The town’s minutes are a partial record.

  1. differsContinuance of 190 Electric Avenue stormwater hearing to June 22▶ 1:10:00

    recording Continue the public hearing for 190 Electric Avenue stormwater permit to June 22 at 6:35 p.m. — passed 3-0

    town’s minutes —

    Our minutes record a 3-0 vote to continue the hearing; the official minutes as given have no such vote. Check the official minutes and recording for this item.

  2. differsMaster plan population study / spending freeze follow-up▶ 2:04:41

    recording Land-use director will ask the town manager again about contracting for the master plan population study.

    town’s minutes “a. burney will approach the town manager regarding the status of the spending freeze.”

    Both have Burney approaching the town manager, but the subject differs (population study contracting vs. spending freeze status). Check the recording.

  3. differsMaster plan population study and TC Passios engineering figures▶ 2:01:46

    recording Master plan population study: seven thousand dollars; TC Passios engineering: two hundred and fifty thousand dollars

    town’s minutes “this has been amplified as parts of town spending have been put on hold due to covid -19.”

    Official prints no dollar figures for these items. Verify the amounts in the recording; the engineering figure especially may be misheard.

1 caption error the town’s minutes resolve
  • Attendee Nick Cristofori (CEI consultant):Nick Christopher (presenter)→Nick Cristofori▶ 0:00
In one record only: 3 from the recording, 4 from the town’s minutes
  • Recording only — Applicant to revise plan for fueling and vehicle washing areas: Applicant to revise the plan to show fueling and vehicle washing areas and forward it with the engineer's review before the continued hearing on June 22. ▶ 1:08:59
  • Recording only — Signing of ANR plans in person: Board members will sign ANR plans in person at the office; no single signer designated. ▶ 1:47:13
  • Recording only — Chapter 40S payments for Tri Town project: Chapter 40S payments for Tri Town project: 40s ▶ 1:43:39
  • Town’s minutes only — Stormwater bylaw: eliminate clause D.[5]: “it was decided to eliminate d.[5].”
  • Town’s minutes only — Stormwater bylaw D. Applicability left as is: “board was in agreement with leaving d. applicability as is, which complied with epa requirements and kept it strictly to the ms4 permit.”
  • Town’s minutes only — CEI to review F.(2) Standards: “cei will review as there is no longer a massachusetts stormwater management policy”
  • Town’s minutes only — Applicants and representatives: “the applicant gerard croteau, 55 wildwood road was represented by frank preston, whitman & bingham”

Compared 2026-11-03. 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. ▶ 2:01:46Master plan population study

    A member said the town manager halted spending on the study, which had been priced low and approved by capital planning. The land-use director will ask again whether the spending freeze has loosened.

    as heard:seven thousand dollars

  2. ▶ 2:01:46TC Passios engineering

    A member contrasted spending on TCP engineering with the halted master plan study.

    as heard:two hundred and fifty thousand dollars

  3. ▶ 1:43:39Chapter 40S payments for Tri Town project

    The land-use director said final paperwork goes to the state to secure payments for the senior units, which supplement school budgets.

    as heard:40s

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 1:08:59Applicant to revise the plan to show fueling and vehicle washing areas and forward it with the engineer's review before the continued hearing on June 22.
  • ▶ 1:47:13Board members will sign ANR plans in person at the office; no single signer designated.
  • ▶ 1:52:51Land-use director will work with the building inspector on temporary outdoor dining, using matching percentage parking reductions.
  • ▶ 2:04:41Land-use director will ask the town manager again about contracting for the master plan population study.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

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

  • Stormwater and Storm Sewers Bylaw
  • Minutes 04.13.2020
  • Minutes 04.13.2020, 1325 Massachusetts Avenue
  • ANR Plan, 71 Wildwood Road
  • ANR Plan, 46 Arbor Street

Named in the running text, not in a list:

  • Endorse Site Plan, 1325 Massachusetts Avenue

Heard in the recording

  • ▶ 19:20Graves engineering reviewreport, shown· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
  • ▶ 53:52stormwater reportreport· in the minutes’ list (“Stormwater and Storm Sewers Bylaw”)
  • ▶ 54:12O&M plan long-term pollution prevention planplan or drawing, shown· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
  • ▶ 1:11:03stormwater bylaw draftdraft policy or bylaw, shown· in the minutes’ list (“Stormwater and Storm Sewers Bylaw”)
  • ▶ 1:41:07minutes of April 13prior minutes· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes

In the minutes’ list and not identified in the recording: Minutes 04.13.2020; Minutes 04.13.2020, 1325 Massachusetts Avenue; ANR Plan, 71 Wildwood Road; ANR Plan, 46 Arbor Street.

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.

The whole meeting, in order

  1. ▶ 0:00Opening, remote meeting statement, roll callinformational · 3:08 long
  2. ▶ 3:08ANR plan 71 Wildwood Roadvoted · 3:18 long · planning and zoning
  3. ▶ 6:26ANR plan 46 Arbor Streetvoted · 6:19 long · planning and zoning
  4. ▶ 12:45190 Electric Ave solar stormwater permit hearingcontinued to June 22 · 58:18 long · planning and zoning
  5. ▶ 1:11:03Stormwater bylaw discussion with consultantconsultant to redraft language · 30:04 long · planning and zoning, policy
  6. ▶ 1:41:07Minutes approvalvoted · 1:08 long
  7. ▶ 1:42:15Director items: Tri Town senior building, plan endorsement, outdoor dining, 1325 Mass Aveinformational with motion on outdoor dining · 17:45 long · housing, economic development, planning and zoning
  8. ▶ 2:00:00Next meeting, master plan funding, stormwater task force, ballot, adjournmentadjourned · 8:14 long · planning and zoning, budget

What the captions could not carry

  • Whether the 3-0 counts were stated in full; the captions give each member's aye in part.
  • A stretch near 2335-2410 on detention time is missing from the captions.

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.

  • ▶ 2:01:23Master plan fundingWhy was spending on the master plan population study halted despite approval?
  • ▶ 1:11:23Stormwater permit costsWhat does MS4 compliance require of the town bylaw?already answered: thread:stormwater-fee

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What changed

Version 15 — updated September 20, 2026