What was said

Zoning Board of Appeals, July 11, 2018

the recording · 1:25 long, about 7,880 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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The town has published neither minutes nor an agenda for this meeting. The recording is the only record, and what follows is a guide to it.

The short version

  1. ▶ 1:24:46The Zoning Board of Appeals continued the Gilchrist Street land-swap special permit hearing to July 25 at seven o'clock.
  2. ▶ 1:00:20The continuance was sought because only four members were seated and a supermajority was needed, so a full five-member board can sit.
  3. ▶ 14:45The board treated the Whalum Road 40B parking realignment as a minor change within the building inspector's scope.
  4. ▶ 19:37The board also placed the proposed maintenance garage at the Whalum Road project within the building inspector's scope as a minor change.
  5. ▶ 1:13:41Residents spoke on the land swap, raising driveways, clear-cutting along the 15-foot strip, and ATV use and parking, while others supported it.

Why it matters — our reading

  • The Gilchrist Street land swap with the town is undecided, so neighbors' concerns about driveways, tree clearing and trail access have not yet been ruled on.
  • Treating the Whalum Road changes as minor means they go to the building inspector instead of a new public hearing on the comprehensive permit.

Watch next

  • Continued Gilchrist Street special permit hearing on July 25 at seven o'clock, with public comment after the presentation.

housinglegalplanning and zoningpublic comment

Present: Alfred Gravel (chair); Lisa (board secretary); James Meza kasky (member); Hines Winthrop (member); Paul Dorie (member); Gary Lordan (presenter); Jamie roll (presenter). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 14:03Consider the parking reconfiguration a minor change to the comprehensive permit and allow it. — moved by a member, as heardnot audible
  2. ▶ 19:16Allow the applicant to build the maintenance garage as a minor change.not audible
  3. ▶ 1:24:46Continue the Gilchrist Street hearing to July 25.not audible

And 1 procedural: adjourn. (▶ 1:25:06).

The money

Nothing touching money was heard beyond the transfers.

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 14:45Parking realignment declared a minor change, within the building inspector's scope.
  • ▶ 19:37Maintenance garage also placed within the building inspector's scope.
  • ▶ 1:00:20Gilchrist Street special permit hearing continued for two weeks so a full five-member board can sit.
  • ▶ 1:24:05Continued hearing set for July 25 at seven o'clock, with public comment after the presentation.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

The town has not published minutes for this meeting.

Heard in the recording

  • ▶ 0:41comprehensive permitapplication or permit
  • ▶ 2:05applicant's request letterletter or email, shown
  • ▶ 4:11fire chief's letterletter or email, shown
  • ▶ 2:49new parking planplan or drawing, shown
  • ▶ 46:49special permit applicationapplication or permit, shown
  • ▶ 1:03:28land use director letterletter or email, shown
  • ▶ 1:05:52Conservation Commission letterletter or email, shown

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. ▶ 1:11:27Supports the land swap as protecting land and trail access. — John Jones, as heard, resident of 50 Valley Road
  2. ▶ 1:13:41Concerns about seven driveways, clear-cutting along the 15-foot strip, and possible ATV and snowmobile use and parking. — Cathy Mosca, as heard, resident of Valley Road
  3. ▶ 1:16:24Questions seven houses and why a second easement is needed beside her driveway easement. — Jane Gallagher, as heard, direct abutter, nine Valley Road
  4. ▶ 1:18:17Strongly in favor; the choice is five or seven houses; ATVs not allowed on the trail. — Bob peas, as heard, Conservation Commission member
  5. ▶ 1:20:02Worries about construction disruption, clear-cutting, and use of the 15-foot strip; wants clarity at the next hearing. — Yvonne real Mosca, as heard, resident of Valley Road
  6. ▶ 1:22:12No designated parking; foot and bicycle traffic only on the easement. — Ken Jones, as heard, Conservation Commission member, 50 Valley Road

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. ▶ 0:00Whalum Road 40B modification: introduction and letters including the fire chief'sinformational · 5:14 long · planning and zoning, housing
  2. ▶ 5:15Parking layout change: applicant discussion and decisionvoted, minor change · 9:50 long · planning and zoning, housing
  3. ▶ 15:06Maintenance garage 24 by 24voted, minor change · 4:50 long · planning and zoning, housing
  4. ▶ 19:57Recess and waiting for next hearingno resolution · 24:23 long
  5. ▶ 44:21Gilchrist Street special permit: procedure and application readinformational · 7:29 long · planning and zoning, legal
  6. ▶ 51:51Supermajority issue and request to continuecontinuance requested · 9:09 long · planning and zoning, legal
  7. ▶ 1:01:01Letters from land use director and Conservation Commissioninformational · 9:59 long · planning and zoning, housing
  8. ▶ 1:11:01Public comment on the land swapinformational · 12:59 long · public comment, planning and zoning
  9. ▶ 1:24:01Continuance to July 25 and adjournmentvoted · 1:28 long

What the captions could not carry

  • Vote counts for all motions; only results stated by the chair.
  • Recording gap between roughly 1260 and 2660 seconds.
  • Audio during applicant's side conversation about the Harvey Lane easement was garbled.

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