What was said

Planning Board, June 22, 2020

the recording · 1:49 long, about 11,947 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. ▶ 1:30:24The Planning Board approved the 190 Electric Avenue solar stormwater permit with conditions, including a sediment basin first and a funded construction monitor.
  2. ▶ 18:53The board approved an ANR plan for 300 Holman Street West on a roll call vote.
  3. ▶ 37:51The board continued the 60 Elm Street common driveway hearing to July 13 at 6:35 p.m., pending building inspector feedback.
  4. ▶ 1:34:28The board agreed not to take the earth removal bylaw back to Town Meeting, after the director reported it failed, and to turn to stormwater and open space bylaws.
  5. ▶ 1:42:30The director said the population study contract falls within the amount Town Meeting approved for master planning and implementation.

Why it matters — our reading

  • The solar project's monitor is to be paid by the applicant under the state review-fee law, so the cost of oversight is set to fall on the developer and not on the town budget.
  • With the earth removal bylaw dropped, the town has no new rule on earth removal, and the board's next bylaw work is stormwater and open space, which could come to residents as Town Meeting articles.
  • The population study is paid from money Town Meeting already approved for master planning, so it is not a new request on the tax bill.

Watch next

  • The 60 Elm Street common driveway hearing resumes July 13 at 6:35 p.m., with building inspector feedback due.

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Present: Adam (planning director / staff); mr. Cole (member); Miss Bertram (member); Tanner (member). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 18:53Approve the ANR plan for 300 Holman Street West.passed (roll call, three ayes as heard)
  2. ▶ 37:51Continue the 60 Elm Street common driveway hearing to July 13 at 6:35 p.m.passed (roll call, three ayes as heard)
  3. ▶ 1:03:31Close the public hearing for the 190 Electric Ave stormwater permit.passed (roll call, three ayes as heard)
  4. ▶ 1:30:24Approve the 190 Electric Ave stormwater permit with the conditions stated by the director.passed (roll call, three ayes as heard)

And 3 procedural: approve minutes of the earlier meeting. (▶ 1:31:26); approve minutes of the 6/8 public hearing for 190 electric avenue. (▶ 1:31:57); adjourn. (▶ 1:49:05).

Against the town’s minutes

The town published minutes (text) for this meeting; ours were compared item by item. 4 agree, 3 caption errors resolved by the official reading, 2 substantive differences. The town’s minutes are a partial record.

  1. differsThird-party monitor funding at 190 Electric Ave▶ 1:04:59

    recording Third-party monitor funding: 53g

    town’s minutes “the planning board will retain the services of a construction monitor to be funded by the applicant”

    Our figure is garbled and the official minutes print no dollar amount; check the recording for any amount stated for the monitor.

  2. differsElm Street driveway: reason for continuation▶ 37:29

    recording 60 Elm Street common driveway to return July 13 with building inspector feedback.

    town’s minutes “board consensus was to wait on input from the building commissioner.”

    Both point to feedback from the building official, but the official minutes describe a consensus to wait while ours describes a return date; check the wording and the address (60 vs 68).

3 caption errors the town’s minutes resolve
  • Elm Street common driveway street number:Continue the 60 Elm Street common driveway hearing to July 13 at 6:35 p.m. — passed (roll call, three ayes as heard)→68 Elm Street▶ 37:51
  • Attendee: Miss Bertram:Miss Bertram (member)→Paula Bertram▶ 0:00
  • Attendee: Adam Burney:Adam (planning director / staff)→Adam Burney▶ 0:00
In one record only: 4 from the recording, 3 from the town’s minutes
  • Recording only — Vote to close the 190 Electric Ave stormwater public hearing: Close the public hearing for the 190 Electric Ave stormwater permit. — passed (roll call, three ayes as heard) ▶ 1:03:31
  • Recording only — Deposit on land purchase: Deposit on land purchase: one hundred and seventy five thousand dollars ▶ 11:09
  • Recording only — Population study / master planning figure: Population study / master planning: 50,000 ▶ 1:42:30
  • Recording only — Earth removal bylaw decision: Board agreed not to take the earth removal bylaw back to Town Meeting and to move on to stormwater and open space bylaws and the master plan. ▶ 1:34:28
  • Town’s minutes only — 27 The Clearing tabled: “tabled due to zoning issues the applicant needs to take up with the zoning board of appeals.”
  • Town’s minutes only — Attendee: Matthew Allison, Chair: “roll call conducted by adam burney, land use director:”
  • Town’s minutes only — Applicant representatives present: “presented by ed mcsweeney, bray ave 9, llc”

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. ▶ 1:42:30Population study / master planning

    The population study contract with Donahue falls within the amount approved at Town Meeting for master planning and implementation.

    as heard:50,000

  2. ▶ 11:09Deposit on land purchase

    The applicant said a deposit had been paid to the owner for the five lots.

    as heard:one hundred and seventy five thousand dollars

  3. ▶ 1:04:59Third-party monitor funding

    The monitor would be paid by the applicant under the state review-fee law, with funds drawn down and replenished.

    as heard:53g

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 1:34:28Board agreed not to take the earth removal bylaw back to Town Meeting and to move on to stormwater and open space bylaws and the master plan.
  • ▶ 1:48:03Committee reports will be put back on the Planning Board agendas.
  • ▶ 37:2960 Elm Street common driveway to return July 13 with building inspector feedback.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

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

  • Minutes 06.08.2020
  • 06.08.2020, 190 Electric Avenue (minutes)
  • ANR Plan - 300 Holman Street West
  • 68 Elm Street, Common Drive Plan

Heard in the recording

  • ▶ 40:05peer review letter from graves engineeringreport, shown· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
  • ▶ 1:07:28stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP)report, shown· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
  • ▶ 1:43:16updated stormwater bylaw from CEIdraft policy or bylaw· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes

In the minutes’ list and not identified in the recording: Minutes 06.08.2020; 06.08.2020, 190 Electric Avenue (minutes); ANR Plan - 300 Holman Street West; 68 Elm Street, Common Drive Plan.

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. ▶ 2:08Mr. McSweeney on the phone for the 300 Holman Street project (hearing item).
  2. ▶ 1:46:32Mr. Finnegan (cable access) asked about restoring committee reports to the agenda and raised a multi-board meeting.

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. ▶ 0:00Remote meeting notice, public and board comment, economic development committee talent bankinformational · 3:54 long · public comment, economic development
  2. ▶ 3:54300 Holman Street West ANR planvoted · 15:43 long · planning and zoning
  3. ▶ 19:3760 Elm Street common driveway hearingcontinued to July 13 · 18:59 long · planning and zoning
  4. ▶ 38:36190 Electric Ave solar stormwater permit hearing and conditionsvoted, approved with conditions · 52:29 long · planning and zoning
  5. ▶ 1:31:05Approval of minutesvoted · 1:13 long
  6. ▶ 1:32:18Director's items: earth removal bylaw failure, population study contract, stormwater bylawinformational · 11:22 long · town meeting, planning and zoning, contracts and unions
  7. ▶ 1:43:40Meeting schedule, committee reports, multi-board meeting, adjournmentvoted to adjourn · 5:40 long · planning and zoning

What the captions could not carry

  • Roll call counts were rendered as ayes of three members; no explicit tally stated.
  • Stretch around 3583-3640 garbled by audio breakup.
  • Stretch around 4375-4414 missing.

These are ours, and they are not the record

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What changed

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