What was said

Zoning Board of Appeals, November 14, 2018

the recording · 0:18 long, about 2,637 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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The town published an agenda for this meeting. No minutes have been published; the recording is the only record, and what follows is a guide to it.

The short version

  1. ▶ 16:05The Zoning Board of Appeals appeared to approve a special permit for a reduced front setback at 54 Maple Parkway, with conditions; the vote count is not audible.
  2. ▶ 16:05The condition attached is that the Conservation Commission's existing requirements continue; the captions record only 'aye' calls, not a count.
  3. ▶ 2:47The application would let a new house replace a trailer on a lot split by wetlands; the Conservation and Board of Health memos were read.
  4. ▶ 2:07The chair explained that a special permit needs all four members present to vote in favor, and offered the applicant the choice to continue or wait for a five-member board.
  5. ▶ 12:20No one from the public spoke on the application.

Why it matters — our reading

  • A setback permit decides how close a new house may sit to the street, and on a wetland-split lot the Conservation conditions govern what can be built.
  • Because the count is not audible, the official minutes or decision filing are the place to confirm that the permit passed with the required number of votes.

Watch next

  • The written decision and the appeal instructions given at the end of the hearing (around t=1068); the minutes give no date.

legalplanning and zoning

Present: Al Gribble (chair); Lisa Norman (board secretary); James Meza Coski (member); Paul Doherty (member); Pat Cali (member); Jimmy sands Ellis (presenter). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 16:05Approve the special permit with conditions, including that the Conservation Commission's existing requirements continue.not audible

And 1 procedural: adjourn the meeting. (▶ 17:48).

The money

Nothing touching money was heard beyond the transfers.

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 2:07The chair explained that a special permit needs all four members present to vote in favor, and offered the applicant the choice of continuing tonight or waiting for a five-member board.
  • ▶ 16:05The permit was approved with the condition that the Conservation Commission's existing requirements continue. The captions give only 'aye' calls, not a count.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

The town has not published minutes for this meeting.

Heard in the recording

  • ▶ 2:47application for a special permitapplication or permit, shown
  • ▶ 3:52building permit plan dated September 18th 2018plan or drawing, shown
  • ▶ 11:33Conservation administrator memomemo, shown
  • ▶ 11:53Board of Health memomemo, shown
  • ▶ 3:29deedcontract or agreement, 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.

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, hearing procedure, findings required, supermajority explanationinformational · 2:47 long
  2. ▶ 2:47Reading of the application for 54 Maple Parkway and the Conservation and Board of Health memosinformational · 9:33 long · planning and zoning
  3. ▶ 12:20Applicant presentation, board questions and comments, no public commentinformational · 3:40 long · planning and zoning
  4. ▶ 16:00Motion to approve with conditions, vote and appeal instructionsvoted; count not audible · 1:48 long · planning and zoning, legal
  5. ▶ 17:48Adjournmentvoted · 0:22 long

What the captions could not carry

  • The vote count on the special permit; only 'aye' calls are in the captions.
  • Who made and who seconded the motion to approve.

These are ours, and they are not the record

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