What was said
Zoning Board of Appeals, December 14, 2022
the recording · 0:13 long, about 1,920 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/zoning-board-of-appeals/2022.json
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
- ▶ 10:44The Zoning Board of Appeals continued the Pond View Commons 40B comprehensive permit hearing to January 11, 2023, by voice vote.
- ▶ 1:27The traffic report review and the naming of a peer review civil engineer were deferred to the next hearing; the engineer has not been retained.
- ▶ 5:54The applicant's attorney wrote that the applicant will not fund peer review until the board decides whether it can override town meeting and water district approval for sewer and water extension.
- ▶ 2:29A neighbor's letter about runoff and icing from the new access road on Howard Street was read into the record; no one spoke in public comment.
- ▶ 12:07The board will ask the applicant to make up the peer review delay, and town counsel is to address the applicant's position.
Why it matters — our reading
- The independent review of a 200-unit apartment proposal on Howard Street, covering traffic and civil engineering, cannot start until the applicant funds it, so the timeline of the decision depends on a dispute over the board's authority.
- The applicant's position that the board may not override town meeting and water district approval bears on whether sewer and water extension for a 40B project is decided locally or set aside.
Watch next
- Hearing resumes January 11, 2023, at about 7:05 pm.
- Town counsel's response on the applicant's refusal to fund peer review and on the board's authority over sewer and water extension.
housinglegalplanning and zoningpublic commentwater sewer
Present: Alfred gravel (chair); Lisa Normandin (board secretary); James bezakowski (member); David Blatt (member); Patrick Callahan (member); Tony nacastro (member); Don Gurney (member); Heinz with Winthrop (presenter, remote). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.
Votes
- ▶ 10:44Continue the Pond View Commons comprehensive permit hearing to January 11 at about 7:05.passed (voice vote, ayes heard; no count or opposition audible)
And 1 procedural: adjourn the meeting. (▶ 12:28).
The money
- ▶ 11:47Peer review civil engineer funding
A revised quote from the chosen civil engineer arrived in November, and no money has yet come from the applicant to authorize peer reviews. The board intends to ask that the delay be made up.
Settled without a vote
- ▶ 1:27Traffic report review and naming of the civil engineer deferred to the next hearing; the engineer (PSC) has not yet been retained.
- ▶ 11:05Hearing continued to January 11, 2023, shortly after 7:05 pm.
- ▶ 12:07Board will ask the applicant to extend/make up the delay in the peer review timeline; town counsel to address the applicant's position.
Public comment
- ▶ 10:02Chair offered public comment on the continuance; no one spoke in the room or on Zoom.
- ▶ 2:29Letter from a resident's daughter (read by the secretary, not a speaker) about runoff and icing from the new access road across from 397 Howard Street; asks the board to require mitigation or move the road.
Where the time went
Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.
- housing8 min · 59%
- planning and zoning7 min · 54%
- legal6 min · 41%
- water sewer4 min · 31%
- roads and dpw3 min · 25%
- public comment1 min · 10%
The whole meeting, in order
- ▶ 0:00Open meeting notice and introduction of the Pond View Commons 40B hearinginformational · 1:27 long · planning and zoning, housing
- ▶ 1:27Traffic report received; civil engineer selected but not retaineddeferred to next hearing · 1:02 long · planning and zoning, housing
- ▶ 2:29Neighbor letter on runoff and icing from new access roadentered into the record · 3:25 long · planning and zoning, roads and dpw
- ▶ 5:54Applicant attorney letter on board authority over sewer and water extension and refusal to fund peer review until determinedinformational · 4:08 long · water sewer, legal, housing
- ▶ 10:02Public comment offered, then motion to continue to January 11voted to continue · 1:23 long · planning and zoning, public comment
- ▶ 11:25Member question on effect of applicant's position on timeline and peer review fundinginformational · 1:25 long · legal, housing
- ▶ 12:28Adjournmentvoted · 0:42 long
What the captions could not carry
- Vote counts for the continuance and adjournment were not stated, only ayes heard.
- The attorney letter's date and a few terms are garbled (e.g. an October letter dated as 2002).
- Who asked the question at 685 is not identified.
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