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MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: -Gj4Hveo5s8):
- 00:00:15: Meeting Called to Order, Agenda Approval
- 00:01:23: PSPR 26-1: Site Plan Modification Discussion Begins
- 00:05:34: Public Comment: Drainage Concerns at 34 Street
- 00:09:20: Public Comment: Snow Removal and Fence Requests
- 00:14:17: Public Comment: Drawing Revisions Clarification
- 00:15:45: Public Comment: Neighbor Disputes Fence Demand
- 00:22:18: Public Comment: Tree Alternative to Fence
- 00:23:40: Fence Placement Discussion, Property Line Clarification
- 00:31:52: Finalizing Motion: Snow Removal, Fence, Drainage
- 00:37:58: Motion Passes: Proceeding to Next Business Item
- 00:38:19: PSPR 26-2: Solar Project Site Plan Modification Begins
- 00:39:50: Potential Recusal, Applicant Qualification Questioned
- 00:41:13: Solar Array Modification Details Presented
- 00:47:35: Public Comment: Fencing and Screening Considerations
- 00:49:28: Public Comment: Screening Industrial Image Concerns
- 00:53:13: Public Comment: Concerns about Overgrowth
- 00:55:43: Fire Department Comment on Site Plan
- 00:58:10: When will Construction Start?
- 01:00:07: Discussion of Approvals vs. Waiting for Final Plan
- 01:01:13: Motion to Accept Plan, Contingent on Approvals
- 01:04:17: Motion Amended to Include Aprons, Construction Fence
- 01:04:34: Point of Order: Bylaw Review and 30-Day Timeline
- 01:07:34: Motion Passes, Proceeding to Signatures
- 01:09:11: Starbucks Construction Status Update
- 01:14:03: Walmart Expansion Plans Discussed
- 01:17:32: Motion to Approve Invoices
- 01:20:13: Adjournment Motion, Meeting Concludes


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Uh, it is in fact 7:00, so I'm calling to order the meeting of the Town of Halifax Planning Board for Thursday, May 7th, 2026. Now it's 700 p.m. I also need to announce that the

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planning board meeting is being recorded by Area 58 Community Access Television and can be viewed on YouTube. Our location is Town Hall at 499 Plymouth Street in the Select Meeting Room, also known as meeting room 1 on

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the second floor. First order of business is to approve the agenda before Amy reminds me. I'll make a motion to move everybody agenda an opportunity to look at second move and seconded to approve the agenda. All those in favor?

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>> I I >> Anybody opposed? Eyes have it unanimous. And unless I forgot something else, we can go on to our appointments. Our first appointment is PSPR 261 which is

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318 Plymouth Street. The continuation of the site plan modification and I think we had a couple of things left over from the last time I think have been taken care of which was basically providing some plans. Right. >> Pretty much.

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>> Has everyone had an opportunity to look at the revisions? I believe there's five pages. Am I not correct? >> Well, there's actually 20. >> Yeah, but five pages of revisions. >> Yes, sir. >> Yeah, >> I came in the office and looked at them

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>> actually the day they came in. >> I just got one question. Can you uh tell me what this red line is down here? Is that the water? because it says proposed want to be here, but then this

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what what's that written? >> That's the center line of the roadway. Sorry, I didn't turn it off. >> Okay, >> that's the that's the driveway center line. >> Thank you. My recollection is that our concern was that we wanted a complete set of plans

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including the revised plans which I now believe has been satisfied. >> Correct. >> Do we have the um engineers report on these plans? >> We have the engineers original report.

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They were of the plan. All we asked them to do was include it into the entire package. >> So you didn't review these plans in writing. >> What was to review? >> The modification. >> It's the same. It's the same thing.

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Nothing could change inserted into >> Do we have that in writing? >> The drawings are stamped. Correct. >> Yes. Well, I meant like all of the information so that we have any comments and everything going on from

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>> our engineer. >> It's the same plan that was submitted last month. The engineer stood here and actually gave um testimony to that. So, nothing has been changed. The plans have been put together from the original set

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to the modification as per asked. When we started this back in March, I think it was like March 5th, he bought the plans at that time, right? And sent us a letter saying that you do the plans and no changes. He he looked at the the change in the elevations and

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that's what he commented on. And at the last meeting, >> what came up was it was asked to have a complete set of plans including the revised drawings included in the in the plans and that's what in fact >> No, just to Amy's point though, we do

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have a letter that he reviewed this and finds no issues with the plans with the modifications. Right. I don't know that I have it in front of me, but >> that several letters and just so you understand the project's only halfway

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through. So this continuous letter is going to continue to come as things get done. >> No, I get that. I just think >> and he has multiple site visits yet to make and it's not like we're asking to release it. were asking, >> but he he did No, I get it. He he was

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saying when this started back in May 5th, >> we voted to send these plans that we didn't have at the time. Gary, you were here doing your little presentation. We voted to send it to PB Engineering. >> Correct. >> PBG Engineering came back and said, "I don't see anything wrong with this." And

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at that time, it was the whole full set of plans stuff. So, I'm good with it. Anybody else have a question? >> Yes. 34 Street. Um, so at the last

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meeting, I think that uh your engineer said that he'd write a letter because I'm concerned about any sort of uh drainage that may come through one 34 street. So, he was going to write a letter to that effect. >> Right. >> Okay. I don't recall neither

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specifically other than the letter asked about it whether and it was a request to put it in writing and he said dealing what I have in writing is the letters that I've submitted to the board >> that's nothing about an individual or letter >> you going to write a letter to the board

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stating that >> well it was his review of it is came to the board right >> he said that all I know is so is there a letter after that meeting till now stating something to that effect.

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>> Uh other than other than his testimony like uh you know the building commissioner said his testimony that he gave while he was here that is certainly to date up in compliance and and his uh inspections is he agrees and is satisfactory.

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>> Correct. But he also said he read a letter as well to the board. You know, he had he had a conversation with you outside in the hallway. I mean, your brother, I'm sorry, the other gentleman outside in the hallway and they had a private conversation, not conversation

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regarding that in front of the board. >> Just to clear that up. All right. >> So, I'll go back and I'll and I have no issue to get something from that >> down that avenue when the project gets more to a stage.

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>> But then it'll be too late. No, cuz we we have to have a completion. So, it's not too late. >> They >> So, so let me So, let me get this. >> The drainage. >> Let me get this straight. So, when they when they tar and they do all of that >> and the drainage isn't working, you're

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going to have them rip it all up. >> So, the engineers have looked at the plants. Nothing has changed on the plan from day one of height of pipe. No, nothing has changed on height of height or height of structure. The only thing that has changed is from the top of the

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structure to the iron grate. All right, it's called a riser. And you have to build those according to your road height. So they in turn, every structure was set exactly to the plan. They now have less risers is all it is between

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the top of the structure and the and the steel plate that you can take. >> So So the buildings are actually lowered by >> 1T 2T and 3T down. All right. So all the structures were set.

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>> All right. So my misunderstanding. So the the the ground is going to be the same level as it was originally. It's the buildings that are going to be higher and lower. >> So, here's the plane. >> Yep. >> Take the plane down. It's the same

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plane. Okay. None of that elevation, none of the angles of the elevation change. It's the exact same soup bowl that they had other than they lowered the soup bowl. >> Okay. >> And that's what he commented. >> I'm sorry. That that's So, the next

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question I have is, is there going to be a decision on this? Yeah. >> Okay. >> So, if there's going to be a decision letter, >> I would like the chairman to answer and not you because I don't think you have

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the authority as the chairman does. >> Um, so with the decision letter, what I would like to have is um a requirement that Mr. White have a snow removal plan put in place. Okay. and also um a

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requirement to put a fence along my property. I >> I have to take the temperature of the board. I personally don't have a problem with a snow removal plan because there's no place on the property to keep snow.

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So that that's that's fine. I'm I'm not so sure about the me personally about another requirement, but like I said, I'll take the temperature of the board. Wasn't there a snow plan cuz this last

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winter they they were basically putting the snow in the retention and kind of caused some problems. So then >> that was so You're right. You're right. We we never touched it. >> The snow was going to be removed

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from the property. >> So was that that's that is the snowman. We still >> have can of course I asked last week for a fence. >> Yeah. And the board has taken it into

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consideration and said no minutes my property. >> We never said no. >> I just took it by what you said. >> Yeah. I I I think we never actually voted. >> Okay. From that wall to the end of our

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property is wide open and across the back is wide open. It's only common sense to know that the people that are coming there for the storage. They have a dog. Well, they're not going

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to walk the dog on the golf course. They'll walk it onto our property. And I don't want a doggy park. I don't want number one the liability that we would face. I don't want people walking on our

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property. We have shortcuts from Mont Poncha Street coming down our property now. I don't want that. I don't think it's I think anybody on this board if they

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lived where I live, they would want our fence and there would be no question about it. I'm still the only resident there. I have commercial all around me.

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The bank has put in a fence. I want a fence up back. I want that property locked off. I don't want the doggy park. And I don't want people walking on the property for a shortcut

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to Dunkin' Donuts. And I don't think that's much for me to ask. >> What's different now than it was prior? >> What different now? >> Yeah. We have people from Montzeta Street taking the shortcut to Duncan

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and they come down our property to do it. I don't want that. I don't want the re liiability for that. >> And we're going to have people that are going to be using the uh storage facility and they're going to be going to Duncan. But also more importantly is

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this is the relationship that Mr. White has with his neighbors. They're not very good. Um, so I think that, you know, by putting up a fence, fence be good neighbors, um, I think that that would solve a lot of problems that's going to

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happen in the future with Mr. White. >> I I I find that comment difficult, but >> what No, no, no. What do you find difficult? >> Well, I find that you're accusing somebody of being difficult to work with. >> Well, he is. Well, >> he is because he has already trespassed

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on our property. Okay. Saying he didn't know. Well, he didn't have uh signed off uh plans. And there are signed off plans because I have a copy of those signed off plans that were signed off in 23.

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Okay. So, he needed to have his engineer uh get the approved plants uh which he never did. He just got a set of plans uh and he just assumed and then then he did all of that and then he took his time to

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correct his trespass. >> This gentleman >> I I just want to back up Van Dali 2011 Kanbury Drive. I just want to back up. You mentioned when you came in here that you've changed some drawings and the rest of them come with

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it. So to be clarified here, you changed the rev drawings in that plan and you you had if you showed the revs on any other drawings like E1-1 affected three, you went ahead and highlighted the the effect it would have had to the other

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drawings. You said you gave a bunch of new garments, right? So my only question was did you just complete the set or was there on those revs? Was there a change on all any of those other DRS that needs to be looked at by the town? That's I

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think I I heard you say you submitted a bunch of DRS and I don't clarify if somebody could clarify the fact rev the ones they asked you to rev. >> Um the question is if you if those drawings in fact another print then

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those would have been clouded or identified. So somebody in the town can go back and look at that and determine, okay, we looked at the revs, the revs are good, and then we went over to the clouded area and say, okay, but now it's going to affect this, so we changed it cuz the county is still good. That would

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be my only question to that. Uh, that's what I didn't get that conversation. >> I thought that was covered at the last meeting. Tina >> Tina Alger when we first met Mr. White he was

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coming across the field with one of his surveyors and he waved to us. We stopped and wait for him to come to us through the field. He said he was the new owner of the

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land. I wished him luck. I said to him, "You'll have no problems with us. Just don't touch our boundary markers." We went for a ride the next day with the golf cart up to the bat field. All the

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boundary markers are down. Now, my opinion to that was, "What's this all for? We just got through talking about this. So therefore, my interpretation was he's not going to

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be a good neighbor. And I want the fence. I want the fence. I don't want no doggy park. I don't want any trespasses. And everybody knows where the boundaries are. If there's a fence up there, there's no question.

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And I demand the fence. >> Okay. Like I said, we'll take the temperature of the board. And >> wasn't it shortly after that that you and I had walked the property with their attorney? And uh he had the uh the GPS

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uh satellite uh survey and the stakes and everything that were there were right on the money. I mean like to the inch. What you Yeah. So I I know I know there was Excuse me.

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>> Sure. Go ahead. Yeah, thank you. >> Uh, you know that, uh, they were supposedly moved or changed or pulled out, the orange ones that were there, the other ones that were there. I mean, that that stick was like right on the money as I recall it. Uh, >> I think

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>> and I know also that uh, bottom line, there was a discussion and I think Fred can help us out with this that uh, they wanted the alges wanted uh, abides and uh, lights. C can I finish? you. Thank you.

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>> Right, >> Fred. They were supposed to be 12 feet high and they specifically went back and forth, but then they were putting them up and then they changed their mind. Uh they didn't want the above on the wall by the wall on the other side instead of

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this one. And uh and I know also that uh the other neighbor on the other side, they wanted abroad to to block off the the site, but they didn't have room for uh you know the to to put them up the

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the fence. There's actually a fence on that side. And uh Mr. White gave them permission. He he said if you want to if you want to you know spend the money for the abroad you know you can certainly put them up on on his property

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but of course he was going to not maintain them and be liable for them in case some of them died or or whatever but but bottom line uh he allowed them to put up the abites or I don't even I don't think they're up yet but uh he did

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agree to allow the the barrier put up on on on the other side. >> Uh I know again Mr. Millius and I when they were when they had the the problems with with that crazy rain that we got, I mean the insane amount of rain that we

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got, we walked the uh the fourth hole where uh they had problems with the rain coming down and uh he had the engineers come in. They they reshot it. They fixed it. This was at the country club. So, uh, I'm trying to think of what other

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neighbors they possibly could have had a problem with since everything that was brought up to Mr. White, he took care of. So, uh, >> I I don't know what I know. They walked the property that day with with your

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brother and I and you and yourself and took care of that other drain that was going across the back going over towards the first hole. I think it could have been the second T or whatever it was that was blocked up and he had a crew come in and and take care of that. I

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don't know where uh I I don't know >> was that his drain or the country club >> so let me can I respond >> well it was the country club's drain but it affected their property. >> Yeah. No, I understand. >> Yeah. Oh, >> so um I'll respond to all that. So yeah, I mean the apparatus has been great but

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that's what I found out that it would be on my property and not on Mr. wife's profit and that's where I had an issue because I didn't want it to be on my property. As far as that drain piece that you're talking about by the first hole, uh we have a lawsuit right now on

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that in um superior court. >> Uh to force uh the country club to maintain that because they're not maintaining it. >> Okay. >> That's all I was trying to point out was it it was a country club issue. >> Yeah. >> Tracy's I just have a couple questions. Um,

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>> can I make my >> I'm sorry. Sorry. Go ahead. >> No, it's okay. Um, the decision letter did state that those Abraitees were to be on the property. Oh, okay. On the property of >> the applicant, right? >> No. >> Okay. >> And that's what the decision letter

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stated. It never talked about an easement. The decision letter specifically stated that those abroades would be on the property of the storage facility. Stated. But if you went back and watched the meetings, they talked about how there's not enough room in that corner. They have to go in. My

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question is, if they were supposed to put abide and they're not anymore, wouldn't that just put a fence up and it would be the same? They planned on putting up 12 12tes that's going to cost x amount of dollars. Wouldn't a fence be a reasonable >> I don't know with that >> trade-off?

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>> Yeah. >> I wish Mr. White was here. Um >> that >> Yeah, I know. I I'm not looking for you to say yes. >> No. No. But I I'm not going to, >> you know, the fact that the the IDs are

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no longer there on on the basis of an easement that was incorrectly shown on the original plan. Yeah. That's, you know, if you want to replace it with a fence, just tell me what. Is it going to be chain link? Is it going to be plastic? What? What do you want?

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Um, somebody named Darren Welde is raising their hand on the Zoom call. >> Who's Darren Welde? >> He's from He's for Starbucks. He's the third meeting. >> Sorry, I not intentionally raising my hand.

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>> I didn't think so. >> Yeah, he's the third meeting. >> Thank you, Dad. Could we take that as >> everybody would be amendable on that end? >> Everybody would be amendable on that

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end. Yes. >> You're just looking to see what kind >> I'm not going to have to put in the 12 trees. Yeah. It's it's a wash. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Good point. >> But it would be on Mr. White's property and not on my propert. Yeah. >> Right. Yeah. Fence doesn't take up a

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whole lot of room where the abides take up some serious room. >> So, can I add to that? Can we just make it a black chain link fence so it goes away? I don't I don't want to see change from the road, right? Driving by. Don't want to see change. Just a chain link.

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Black chain link, you know, it's got behind a lot. It's not going to >> What are we We're talking about. >> So, it's 180 ft black chain length fence across the back. >> 180 ft. But >> do you want to specify

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30 or 40? >> Yeah, that's what I thought too. So, so we change >> I think that we should be clear on this. Well, it's just >> where are you expecting an act? >> I thought it was 180. >> So,

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I thought >> So, I would um along here already stone wall. >> Okay. What are you looking for? Huh? >> Oh, this. Okay, there we go. Okay, so it would be

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uh from here over and then up and then over. >> Gentlemen, >> I think I believe that they have to do >> we have a little bit of work. What if it tailed back on that property? >> Whose property?

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>> That's the country club. So >> I needed to block anyone from coming like off of this property and then down and walk. Take a look at this. >> Show me where you want it to start again. Ideally, I like the stove here.

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>> So, that's the country club. What if it went back this way? >> What if it even went I don't want anyone in between that brick wall >> down the we had a discussion on this location of

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the fence over here. See, that's what we don't want is so we don't want people from the storage facility sneaking sneaking down in between the fence and their brick wall here. So, let me

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>> Yep. >> You know, it's or or maybe it's it's like this. It just blocks them from coming this way. >> Yeah, if you would turn it up a little bit. So, just so they're not going to the corner. No, actually from their

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brick wall right there because it' be on their property and that they blocked that off. >> That's the wall there, right? >> So, where does their wall end? It must It's like right. >> Is that on a different plan?

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>> There's a picture of it somewhere >> because if that's our problem just >> it's better to be right. >> Let me get a different plan out. Maybe that'll help. They're just talking about like here. So they're brick wall cutting it off. So it

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couldn't go from here over to the >> wall. So >> yeah, >> it's going to go like that. >> Where's the picture? >> You want to say you're right here with the brick wall. Just wrap it around >> because the brick wall is high enough

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that you don't think >> we want to go like this. Yeah, they own this house from the end of the wall >> cuz they have to jump up and country club over across. >> They can't put a fence this way cuz do they own this? >> No, that's

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>> the So it' be like this right here. >> Where's the end of our property? >> Right here. >> Oh, so you want it to be like >> down here. >> So are you talking about like going here >> to our property? This our property up

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there are closed in. >> So what you're saying so they can't >> So right here, right? This is the whole This is the end of the wall. Bill, >> this is the end of the wall. This is your lot that comes all the way up in here. End of the wall. So up here into that corner.

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>> You can't go on that. No. So this here and this here. And listen, I will make sure that that they they bring the fence till there's 4 ft of concrete. So nobody's going to just jump up honestly. Right.

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>> The wall ends and I want the fence up our property and over >> it will come a little. That's perfect. >> Yeah. So just on the one back of your lot, not >> this side just protect

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>> I can't go any further here. Yeah. No, I know. I'm just making sure that we're hearing them correctly. >> 6 in off here to a post here to a post. >> No, it's just a G. >> That's it. >> Yep. >> It's so done. >> That's right.

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>> Well, then it's on the country club. I think it's their they don't want it to from what I'm understanding, they don't want it to be that they're walking through their garden, >> you know, all of that. Does that make sense? Yeah, >> that's what you want.

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>> I My only concern is wording it so that it makes sense up to >> Well, right. I mean, I I wouldn't think that. >> Um, so you're saying from the end of the stone wall across the back of your property to the end of your property line. >> We're not going to walk that far.

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>> Yes, that would be really need to look at. We need like larger tables. >> That that is not owned by >> that is not owned by that is an easement that's owned by the country. >> Okay. So that that piece you we you

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would have to get a permission from the country club. I have no issue doing that piece that that's on their propert but their property ends. That's that's the end of their property. They don't own this. >> But this is theirs, I think, is what they're saying. >> No, this isn't the fence has to stay on

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this property, >> right? So the only place that we can put fence is on this line. We can't go across that. It's owned by the country club. >> No. That's the alga's property. >> Oh, no, no, we're not putting a fence on their property. We just said that the

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fence has to stay on the storage facility property, right? >> So, the storage facility owns no property here. They'll put a fence across the back so that nobody can exit this way and come around that wall if

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you want. But this is all of attention. >> What are you saying? >> That wall comes from >> right here. is the tree and the stump the iron post was in that clump of trees and that's at the end of our property and it's about

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>> I'm not questioning the end about 6 ft >> but it's not their problem but it's not theirs the storage facility >> so it's not theirs so just put the fence up there that's the best and I'll go all the way I'll go back >> then they

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just go all the way >> to be honest that's where the snow's going go and have a fence there would be better because that limits that they have to haul it out. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> All right. So, across >> I don't know where the north arrow is, but Oh, but we'll say we're going to use

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this plan here. >> All right. So, so it's going to go straight across here only >> and access this. Okay. >> That's fine. That's fine. >> Yeah. I can't put it on somebody else's

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land. >> All right, >> and they're so >> Yeah, >> we're going to put a fence where I need to put it in the in the decision. >> Yeah,

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>> as per outlined on sheet whatever. >> So, >> four. >> Well, we'll make >> that will be the one you all signed. Okay. >> Well, we'll have to have it updated. >> Yeah,

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that sheet will have to be updated properly. >> Yeah, I'll make sure. >> Yeah, we're going to have a motion to approve with entertaining a motion to approve with the stipulation that

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>> there was another one too. I'm already losing track. So, the last meeting we did speak of, hold on, which meeting was this? Sorry. March 18th, we did talk about snow removal. >> Yeah, snow removal. That's the

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>> I wrote that down. Snow removal >> plan. A snow removal plan. >> And I will uh I will get an updated sheet for both to put both on one. the fence will show and the stone removal area will show

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and um I think that we should get in writing from PGB like he stated at the last meeting that the um issue wouldn't come on to their drainage. He said he would do it at the last meeting. I recall it. That has to be in

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as part of the decision letter. >> All I remember him saying was nothing's changed in the drainage. Yeah, I don't remember him saying >> he said he would put it in writing. >> He did have it in writing. I mean, not specifically, but he said it was the same exact thing that was approved originally. >> Well, I mean, he said that he would put

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it in writing though that the drainage wouldn't be affected. >> I don't recall that, but I'll have to look at the meeting. >> That's true. >> All right. So, what we're looking for

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>> is a motion to approve the site plan >> SPR26-1 modification for site plan >> updated. What page was it? >> Do you remember, Jamie? >> Uh, 14. >> Well, updated that the fence would be on

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the um west end of the property. the west end of the property >> abuing the elders, >> right? >> Yes. >> Snow removal. >> It's not above. >> No, it's not abing the elders. It's just on their properties.

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>> That's right. It doesn't. >> All right. >> I think we make reference to the to the to the page. >> I think we make reference to the >> just do like one very clear motion. Yes. >> Yes. That's what we're going to try. >> Why do you think you'd have trouble with

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that, Daniel? >> So, we'll call it for lack of um >> on the west end of the storage facility property. >> Correct. >> All right. I don't know if it's like southwest or anything, but we all all will understand that the west side is

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the area >> on the plan that you're all going to sign. That would be the western side. >> I'll upload that to the to the >> so with a snow removal plan >> and a letter from PGB stating that the

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I I >> that the drainage would wouldn't be affected by these changes. >> Okay, that's fine because that's what he had on his other letter. I I think that's all you're going to get from anybody. >> A reiteration would just be great. That way we have everything all intact.

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>> So let's let's write this motion down so that we have no >> snow removal fence and um no no change to the uh to the flow >> and a copy of the engineers's last

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letter of compliance regarding uh drainage >> reflecting what he stated in the last meeting on April 16th. Just a reiteration of the last letter. >> But the last letter

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>> from April 16th that he did state that I want that specifically in it. >> I have a question. >> There's a motion. >> There's a motion. >> We haven't seconded it. >> Do I have a second? >> I thought I heard a second. >> No, >> we don't. Actually, it's because we

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never really >> finished the motion. We're just discussing it. We might as well make sure. What do you got, Tom? >> Will it continue? Would it be a continuation of the previous uh decision memo? >> It's be an addition to it would be

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specifically for the modification. >> Amen. >> Yeah. Okay. So, let's just do this one more time. It was you that made the motion, right? >> Well, we were discussing. >> Yeah. So, let's let's solidify this motion so that we're all on the same

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page. approved a modification for the site plan for PS >> PR 26-1 with the following conditions. To provide the board with a snow removal plan

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to install a fence on the left andor westerly end of the storage facilities property and >> adjacent to the country club >> country club. Okay. adjacent to the country club and a follow-up letter from Pat Brennan,

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the review engineer, reasserting the conditions for the modification have not altered any of the drainage. >> Sound reasonable to everybody? >> Second. I'll second that motion.

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>> Moved and seconded. I'm going to ask for a roll call vote. Mr. Sylvester, >> yes. >> Mr. Troop, >> yes. Mr. Walsh, >> yes. >> Mr. G, >> no. >> Mr. Millians, yes. It passes.

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And we can now move on. Thank you. >> Next item up. >> Thank you. PSPR26-2 which is 69 Summit Street solar project site plan modification. >> Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank

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you. >> Did you say modification? >> Sorry. Did I hear you say modification? >> I heard you. You Yes, I did say modification >> for this, right? >> Yes. >> Okay. It was an original plan. >> I thought so, but I just wanted to make sure I heard you correctly. Okay.

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I don't know. >> I got this one. >> This is the original. >> That was what was >> I would love to see. Yeah. >> All right. Just for a little bit. >> Introduce yourself, please.

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>> Do we have any recusals from the board? >> What's that? >> Do we have any recusals from the board? I don't know why, but I don't see anybody recusing themselves. Do you have a specific issue? >> I believe one of our members works for the applicant.

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>> Who's that? >> You. >> I don't work for Mr. President. Am I an employee? Am I >> Am I on your books in any way? Are you Am I being paid or compensated? >> I I don't know. Where where is it then?

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Where's the >> You're there every day driving around in the dump truck. >> I'm not allowed to drive there. Is that what you're saying? >> All right. All right. We're going to stop this right now. >> Thank you. >> If Mr. Gainer is not recusing himself, if you have a problem with that, Amy, you can file a complaint.

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>> Is Can I ask a question? Who is the applicant? I don't believe it's himself. I believe it's a solar project, isn't it? >> Yeah, it's on. >> But isn't isn't the applicant the solar project just

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>> but it's on somebody's land. >> But it's least >> Yeah. It's not like he's putting a personal solar system up there in his back. Yeah. >> Okay. I just want >> And he has a profit on it, right? He's losing it, right? >> Well,

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I I I'm going to refrain from going down this road. >> I'm going to be the better guy once. Good evening, Richio from Field Engineering on behalf of Aqua Energy. Um, this is a solar array you've seen a

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number of times at 69 Southern Street. We was first permitted back in 2015 and then we were here in uh 2022 to to repermit the site plan approval on the site. Um we're here tonight for for a

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modification uh for the site plan approval for this array. Um basically what we've done since the previous approval has um reduced the size of the array due meeting requirements um with

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the state. Um it's reduced from 1.6 megawatt DC to 1.57 1.64 to 1.57. um previous approval at 3600 modules on the site. We're at 2934.

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There's also a reduction in the fenced area um from 5.3 acres to 4.7 acres. In addition to that, the the electrical design has been modified as well. The previous plan had a uh 2600

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square foot um uh concrete pad for equipment which would was going to include energy storage uh centralized inverters and transformers. Um the new plan will have a um a much smaller footprint um pad

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which will just have um a transformer and um I believe um what's the other and um the utility meters and stuff on on the pad. >> Um so the the inverters are what they call string inverters and they're set on

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the post throughout the array. Um >> that must be newer technology, right? >> Yes. Instead of a central a central inverter. Um >> don't most panels in have inverters built in >> on on on like on like your rooftop type of thing. Yeah. But on on these types of

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arrays, they usually bring it all to a centralized inverter to convert it to the to the voltage it needs to be to get into the uh into the grid. They do that. you know, it's disperse it throughout the array now. >> So, there's no battery storage proposed

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>> and there's no battery storage. No, that the plan >> and there and there was battery storage. >> Correct. >> Approved. >> Our original plan had a battery storage system. >> So, so the reason why you're taking it down is to get it under the battery storage requirement,

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>> I believe. So, yeah. >> I just >> Yeah, cuz if you if you had it as large as you did, you need battery. I think that's part of Yeah, that's definitely part of how the networking works. Um, in addition to that, we've also revised the

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the layout of the the driveway in to be parallel with the utility poles for the interconnection as shown. Um, this uh presentation plan here shows a um a paved apron which was a request of the highway department today um onto Summit

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Street. I will have to revi resubmit the revised plans that reflect that that that did come in today and I'd already produced the um the copies that I submitted tonight. We've also um we didn't change any of the the details from the previous

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approval with regards to um the locations of screening and fencing. I do have a note on these plans that the um what we'd like to do is review the screening in the field because a lot of these areas have overgrown in the last

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10 years where it's not may not ne might not be necessary for the number of plantings we have shown. So, um, one of the conditions we we would like to discuss would be to review those screening locations in the field

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with the tower official prior to prior to construction. The intent would be to retain as much of the existing vegetation around the perimeter of the property of the of the array as we could. Um, another request that we did have, uh, with regards to

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the approval, um, it was the the time of construction was limited to Mondays through Fridays. Um, if at all possible, they'd like to be able to work on this on Saturdays if possible. Just, uh, they have a very tight timeline to get this installed prior to um, when is it to the

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end of the end of the summer, basically. >> Yeah. Before the winter. So, if if it would be possible to to add some some limited hours on Saturdays, that would be appreciated. And like I said, uh finally, the highway

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department had commented about having adding a pavement onto the onto the roadway since we have no issue with that. I I I wasn't here when the original approval came through. I'm just curious, you've got your three phases already in or does that still have to be accomplished out on the street or is >> No, I believe that I believe the

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infrastructure is in place now. They've got the the uh the ISA with the with the other source. Is it ever source in this stuff? >> But that they that's what took a lot of time. >> I was going to say they're the problem >> to get all that stuff >> to get that all all that stuff, you

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know, wound up and it's finally they've crossed that stage. They've got a signed ISA with the utility and they're ready to finally get this thing in the ground. I know it's been a long road for for the land owners and for the applicants. Um so whatever we can do to expedite

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getting this through. Um we are going to conservation commission next week because some of the work is within the buffer zone to the existing wetlands on the site. Um no panels are within 100 ft of the wetlands. There's only some um

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limited clearing and the fence line that'll be at least 60 65 ft away from the wetland. So we filed with them. We have a sitew walk with the uh conservation agent on Monday and we'll be for the commission on Tuesday. With that I take any questions you will

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open questions for discussion. >> Uh is the uh fence height and everything uh remaining the same changing everything? >> No. Uh, as far as uh working on Saturdays, uh, is the fence going to be up and uh, installed during uh,

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construction? The reason I ask is that's a soccer field for the kids right next door. And if the fence was up, you know, >> early on protecting, I think that would be a reasonable thing. A reasonable request would be that >> get the fence up once the the ground is cleared and close the road

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>> at a minimum,000 construction fence around it as well. But yeah, I mean they they >> I've seen dozens of these get constructed and that's the first thing they put up is at least a temporary construction fence around it to secure the site at all times. >> What kind of fence is going on? Uh we

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we're proposing it's a a 7 foot chain link will be raised 6 in above the ground so that >> I think that's what we did on River Street. >> And then we do have a couple sections of um >> of white vinyl along the front corner here just to match into what was existing out there. Once again, none of

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that's changed from what was previously approved. >> I I personally would definitely like the fencing up brighter. >> I would definitely want that too. >> Yeah. I'm sorry. Can you drive around the whole entire solar array >> on the inside within the fence? Yes,

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there's a 20 foot wide. >> That was required by >> it looked like that, but I just wanted to make sure. >> I mean, you have a 20 foot minimum around between the fence and the panels. >> Chris, temporary fencing, you mentioned just you're talking about the big metal

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panels that are 5 foot high. >> Yeah. Yeah. You're not running, you're not running a, you know, a um >> seven foot 7 foot chain. >> Yeah. No, no. I was just wondering No, the temporary fence you you'd mentioned. You're just talking about >> the It's It's going to be one of the

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It's the high panel ones. You're >> talking They put the concrete blocks. Yeah. >> They bolt it together. >> They want to secure the site. So, they have to >> Chris >> Chris 129 Circuit Street. I heard you say to reconsider the screening. I have

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to say those fields are beautiful for all the families in Hellifax and not to have it look like industrial now. And the other thing you said about the overgrowth because I took care of those fields for 6 years lining the soccer fields. >> Every so many years we have to trim all

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the vegetation back. The screening that you're talking about is probably overgrown right now because for the safety for the soccer field, it just fits enough in and then you're gonna have a set back like four feet from the boundary line before the parents can sit

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and then you'll get the narrow space to where those trees are overrowing and they start encroaching onto the soccer field. So you don't have the safety with the parents to sit back enough far from the soccer field. >> But the fence is the boundary line. Correct. So they'll come every few years. When I was there, we had to do it

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twice and then the previous they'll come and trim all the trees right down the side to keep them from growing into the sock. >> Who did that? >> The highway. >> Yeah. Who does want to maintain the uh the property as far as cutting grass and that type of stuff? >> The owners of the the array. Mhm.

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>> They would they have a they have a a maintenance plan um as part of their their package of maintaining the vegetation within the site and also maintaining the the perimeter of the site. >> This was probably already discussed with the prior >> sorry fig it' be better to go over it

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now the screening to make it look okay for when they do have to trim the face back the brush stock >> instead of show you're saying keep the original. Is that what you're talking about? >> Yeah, that's we are showing >> Yeah. the what was always on the plan, but if there's some areas that are

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heavier on our site already that we don't may not need that anymore. Okay, >> that's that's the intent of that discussion. >> You were talking about the property, Brian. If it looks overgrown now, it might get trimmed back at some point. >> I'm sorry. Yeah. >> Yeah. Here's a quick question. You said

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you did away with the battery energy storage and the transformers. >> This will be a transformer. >> Okay. Padmount. >> Yes. >> Okay. Is it oil filled? >> It would have food based um oils that >> Okay. >> And self-containment as well. >> Okay. The only reason I bring that up is

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you talk about the wetlands issues and all that, right? You got to have containment for that transformer, right? In case those fluids come out, that has to be done one or you go to a dry type transformer like a cast coil unit or something like that. That would be in the area. So that that would be the one

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thing I bring up cuz you're going to go into that, you're going to convert the DC to AC, then you're going to ship it up the pole to the utility, right, with recloses or whatever they're going to use, right? >> Correct. >> So that's the only thing I would look at on the transformer, right? Is the type of fluid you're going to use, right?

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Environmentally friendly or whatever. I think that some of them build that they always call it cooking oil. It's not, but it's >> it's on that type of oil, >> but but the gist is something like that that goes in with that wouldn't leak into the transformer clos. Okay. So, if

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you do that, then you're going to get all your oil leaking in everywhere. So, you need to consider that fluid and uh and the containment of that if that happens. >> Yeah, those are designed with secondary containment within them as well. So, that's all part of the code. >> You're going to have a concrete. It'll be on It's actually within the structure

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itself that there'll be there's within the transform and >> it's rated for the fluid capacity. >> Exactly. Yes. Yes. >> All right. >> And the good news is the wetlands is on the extreme other end of the property. >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> N 697 Street. Uh so what Chris was talking about is the overgrowth on the

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edge of our property. Um there's actually a 10ft hill. Uh they took out all that material when my father sold that property to the town Halifax to build soccer field. Um, and they put trees in in front of the hill on like a little bit about 2 feet up onto the

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hill. So, everything else was mowed every year. Uh, I mowed it on our side, they mowed it on the town side, and it was clear. I don't know how many soccer balls we got onto our propert. >> Um, I mowed it back

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two years ago now, and I left most of that overgrowth. You can't see the soccer field at all anymore. Um, but I did mow it back to brush cut it to the edge of our property line. Uh, because the hill technically is the town once we halfway down, I believe, is where the

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town starts and we take over. That stuff is seven or eight ft tall. There's nothing coming over there unless a little kid kicks a ball and it goes skyhigh. So, uh, but again, there's no one getting through it. I couldn't get through it. There's no little kids getting through

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it. Um, but that obviously we still want the fence, but that overgrowth I'm most likely going to mow down in the next week or two cuz I want to mow the field cuz my mother doesn't like the eyesaw. So, >> one last question is uh on the size of that transfer, you got one and a half

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megawatts you're going to be running here, right? And so, this system's designed for the max at one and a half, right? It's not always going to be running at that, right? >> Right. Right. >> So, the question, what's the size of that transformer? Is it a 3,000 KVA? 5,000 >> missing two sorry 2,000 KVA okay so just

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again back on the oil how much oil is in that tank talking about there's a lot of oil so they could be leaking out so I just want to go back that there is it's considerable but if they got the containment in there you know they're going to do it the whole total value of what that transformer is then you got a better scenario

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>> yeah the internal containment I'm actually familiar with dealt with a couple of them >> are there any type any type of alarms that are required on um Well, no. >> This is remotely monitored by the operators of the of the facility, but there's no like there wouldn't be any

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buzzers or any kind of things. If something went wrong, they would just be moni their site if there was any any issues. >> Is there a lighting plan for this? >> There's no lighting proposed. Okay. >> Yeah. I >> I just didn't know about the original.

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>> Anybody else? Have we sent this off to all of the boards to have them write to the planning board? Any comments so that we have it all in one file? >> Everybody's commented. >> I was just asking.

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>> Okay. Sorry. >> I thought Yeah, it goes through goes through steps every door. >> Do we have that here available to us? I want to see the uh the resolved plans

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first anyway myself because you indicated that you didn't have an opportunity to modify the plans as of the change for today and there was something else you alluded to uh that needed to go on the plan. Oh, you wanted to have a site visit with

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somebody. Well, that's just there's a notation on the plan that I thought that would be a a condition in the in the approval that that would be that would take place to review review the screening. >> Is the fence see through or does it have slats? >> It's No, it's a see-through train like

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along the back side and we do have some solid >> I meant the side of the soccer field. >> No, that's the you you'd see through it. >> Is the fence going along the soccer field too or just the uh just the trees or whatever's listed? No, the fence this whole site is enclosed in the in the

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fence. >> I just to be assured it just doesn't look, you know, with all the families and doesn't look like an industrial. >> I mean, that was on the original plan, correct? >> Yes.

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>> So, do we have the um documentation from um gov so that we can look at it since that's really important? Can I interject here? Yep. >> Um there was no other comments from any other boards. I included the ones that

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are in your binders. Um I think Steve Hayward was the only one that had concerns about this. So um that's all that >> and it's going to conservation. Correct. >> Yes. You mentioned it was going to conservation or it might have been

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>> it was an Yes. So, they're still waiting for their hearing on that. I believe >> I'm sorry. You said it was just an RDA, right? >> Yes. Tuesday. Yeah. We kept all the work outside like greater than 50 ft away. The road controls are in place.

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>> And you have a sitewalk with the conservation agent with >> Okay. >> You had a filing originally, right? >> Was there an original filing? >> Well, we we didn't want to file with them until we were ready for construction. >> All right. We knew that was

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>> all right. I'm just curious. >> When is construction going to start? >> It's basically as soon as possible. I mean, once we can get through to get the approvals, we want to do this. This needs to get done in the summer. So, >> yeah, like start in June or start like in May. >> Well, to to Chris's point, soccer's over

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like May. >> Yeah. Obviously, I mean, honestly, we'd like to be able to start in May, but if we have to res, you know, resubmit the plan for the second meeting, we'd be stopping June 1st as soon as possible. But we probably get the the building permit stuff going in the meantime as well.

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>> It'll take you that long to get a permit anyway. >> Did we get anything from the fire department because the fire department made a comment about the road going around? Did we have that in writing? Danielle, >> that would have been with the original,

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right? >> I don't remember the fire department making um that comment. I thought that was the highway department's comment, but I can double check on that. No, it is the highway department's comment that's on here, but we should make sure that the fire department sees the modified plan.

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>> They did check. >> Fire department has seen the modified plan. They have no comments as I stated before. >> Okay. Well, it comes down to do we want to approve the subjects or do we want to wait and get a finalized plan in two weeks? I think we should wait for

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conservation and um make sure that we have everything in line before we make any motions and the modified plan would be a great idea too. >> Anybody else have a comment?

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>> We would be producing myars for for the signature. Correct. Is that still the procedure is to to have a myar set that the board would sign or >> that that actually you need two if you want to go by the book you need 44 sets of plans bylaws. Okay. But bylaws have

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been out for a long time. >> Yeah. >> So so we'll we'll um we'll come back in two weeks present the changes and then I >> Yes. And you'll have your conservation. >> Can I ask a question? is the only change that we're waiting for

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>> the >> to show the apron coming in off of the roadway. Is that the only change >> and conservation? >> No, that's not that's not a change. >> We we should make sure that conservation approves. >> That's not >> it's not a change.

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>> Conservation approved this the last time went through, >> right? >> Yeah. >> But with the larger size, >> correct? So different. >> So it's less it's less. >> If anything, this has gotten better. We don't have battery storage and and everything. That's great. But we should just cross that. >> So we don't have the battery storage. It's smaller than what was previously

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approved. >> Right. >> It's less >> and all that missing is a an apron. >> I'll entertain a motion for anything anybody wants to move. >> Wait, >> I'll make a motion to uh accept the plan

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as presented. uh contingent upon uh certainly approval of Quoncom >> and uh and the apron. I mean that's uh where everything else was pre-approved before. It's we're not guessing on anything. It's it's smaller than the

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modification. >> I just like >> that was presented. >> There's no battery. >> Yeah. >> What about the uh Saturday work? >> Is that going to be >> the Saturday work schedule? >> What? >> Can I address that? Yeah. Yes, please. >> There's no limitation on this town as to

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work on Saturday that it it is Monday through Saturday. I mean, there's no like Sunday you can't >> But I think the original >> Yeah, it was it was preluded in the original plan. >> Just so you know, on Saturdays during soccer season,

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>> but what we did talk about is that the fence would be up prior to construction. So again, like you said, if Saturday work Saturday is uh permissible as long as the fence was up, you know, uh prior to the construction,

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>> the whole site. >> Well, that would have to be included in the motion. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> Would you like me to amend my motion >> before you amend it? But one more. The only other item is the are we going to allow the bushes to be removed or how is

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that going to work? >> We have any. >> So they were asking to we have to go out there and look to say all right the overgrown here we don't need to add that. >> Can I make a suggestion? >> Can I make a suggestion? Why don't we just put screening on that side in the

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fence and never mind the appetite. the screen. >> Yeah, that's >> we haven't had it 30 days. >> Gentlemen, please. >> Sorry, let's keep it over here. Um,

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there was a recommendation made about putting U >> privacy screen. Yeah, >> privacy slats in the in the fence on the side abudding that side. Is that something that you would be amendable to? Then another thing that's I almost

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think that's an issue. You know that just the slats on that one side >> and then then the screening doesn't become an issue. >> Perfect. >> Try that again. >> I'll amend my motion to include um

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the aprons on the uh entry exit egress into the property. The uh fence being constructed uh before construction starts. Uh >> construction's on Saturday. What's that? Construction on on Saturday

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to include the a privacy slats on the fence bordering the soccer field side. That would be what? The north side or north west side? Whatever. >> And uh >> I think that's conservation. >> What's the other thing? >> Conservation approval >> and subject to conservation approval.

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Thank you. >> You get all that, Danielle. >> Point of order. >> Yeah. uh chapter 167-28 site plan requirements. I'm going to go right down to because we've all know at the last meeting I read out loud the um

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main premise but we'll take us down to um letter B. The planning board shall not act without considering the reports of the review boards and officers unless 30 days from the date of filing have passed without receipt of such reports.

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That makes it not viable to vote per Rab bylaws today. >> When When was the submission? >> Second. >> Yes, please. I was just going to ask you when the submission was. >> Yeah. I mean, we we do put a 30-day timeline on these. So, if they complete

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their step prior to that and they are okay with it, then that >> then that's just what it is. >> It's a bylaw. I mean, >> that's fine. But I think you're misunderstanding what it's saying. >> No, I'm not. It >> have >> from the date of filing have passed.

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>> They have to respond within 30 days. >> They they have to respond to us or to me within 30 days. >> 30 days. >> And if we don't respond back to them in 45, it's approved and that's what the verb >> and the 30 days has elapsed. I just want to establish that.

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>> It's not on >> or no. What was that for? >> Has has the 30 days elapsed since the uh the other boards were notified? >> No. >> All the other boards it was an immediate

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yes except for Steve Hayward who's came in today I believe and it was less than 30 days >> and you you have all the documented correct >> 30 days >> correct >> Mr. Sure. I I I believe the the concern is that you don't have formal approvals

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from every department in the town. Is is that correct? >> And >> or no comment, >> but they have commented on every department has completed that review. >> That that's what I'm trying to >> No. >> No.

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>> And we and it hasn't been 30 days. So, we are not following how. >> Well, it doesn't have to be 30 days. had the responses if they responded 30 days up to 30 days >> up to 30 days. >> We're being told that we have had responses from everybody including Steve Haywood today

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>> and if we didn't the last one, right? Steve Haywood was the last one everybody else. The >> only one we have in writing is Highway. >> I have a motion on the floor. Do I have a second? >> Not following the bylaws. >> Do I have a second? >> I'll second it. >> We have a motion and we have a second.

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I'm going to take a vote. I'm going to take a roll call vote. I'm going to put Mr. Sylvester on the spot again. Mr. Sylvester, >> yes. >> Miss Troop, >> absolutely not. >> Mr. Walsh? >> Yes.

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>> Myself. Mr. Millius? Yes. Mr. Gainer? >> Yes. >> Past you guys for endorsement. >> Okay. Thank you. Nice. >> We followed the

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book one. >> There's a stamp up here, too. I bet you'll put the stamp in >> this one. >> We need a modified stamp. >> Yeah, the top sheet. >> Mike, you want the top sheet of one of those sets, right? I want the sheet that we showed the fence on here before I

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forget to get over here. >> Yeah, Jamie's got it. >> What's that? >> We need a modified. >> He's talking about the the storage. >> I know. We need the modified plan. >> You're going to sign this right here. >> Oh, you're not? >> I'm a planning board member. I don't

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listen to you. I We need the updated plan. We said that they would >> We wanted to sign a plan showing the fence on here. I don't know. >> When he gets it in next week, then we can come in and sign it. You know what? This isn't worth arguing about.

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>> Next order of business. We just have some upcoming information. >> Mike 314 is on down in the >> You should agree with what I say. I'm following this down.

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>> Terrifying. What just happened, right? who inadvertently had his hand up earlier. >> Yes. And uh um you want to give them uh you want to give an update?

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>> Sure. Uh so we're trying to check off the last few items on the list here. Um I believe the handrails for the handicap ramp were supposed to be installed today. They were not. Just so you know, so I can't confirm that.

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>> I drove by just before I got here. They are not installed. Just so you know. >> So you said they were not installed today. >> No, I just drove by there at 7:00. >> Okay. So, uh, so that's helpful for me.

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Y, >> that was the last update I got from them. Yesterday was they would be installed today. So, I'll follow up on that. So, we obviously anticipate those being installed >> any moment now. Um the light bond should be in place by next week. Um

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>> has pulled two out of the three poles. >> Um we haven't gotten a response from them why they haven't taken the center pole out. However, they did get the two out that were in the road. So now we can finish the last bit of paving there. And

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when we do that, we will fix the two low spots in the sidewalk as well and extend the extra couple inches in front of the traffic box there to make sure that we have a full 48 in in front of that box. Um

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Mike, the building commissioner, has been working with Starbucks to get the the correct HVAC ventilation parts in quicker. Um we anticipate those to be in within the next couple weeks. Um and then

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um the contractor that put the septic in, don't know why he's not renewing his license. So, we're in the process of talking to the health department. I'm waiting for a call back from one of the health agents in order to see what what

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we need to do there um in order to get that certificate of compliance signed off on. Um, so I I believe those are the outstanding items we have. Um, we're hoping that all those are going to be taken care of in the next couple of weeks here. Um, and hopefully be ready

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to start calling for final inspections. >> We have a uh bond number on the light. Did we come to a >> I think they're talking about putting it in, right? >> Yeah. So, it's it's 250,000. >> Yeah. He did 250,000. So, we're going to

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get a light bond >> or or or the >> mast and arm put in, >> right? One or the other. Either the town gets a check. Either the town gets check, meaning cash, nothing in return

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for the light until such time as it is installed and then the town will give the bond back. The town just gave their tax exempt number today to buy to pay for the bar because it is in all right

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and um because the town owns it. It's going to be tax exempt. So I do know that the arm is in cuz he's looking for a tax exempt certificate which I gave him this morning. >> But it's a mass too we're looking for. Right. >> That is the mast. I'm sorry. It is just

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the mask. The lights are already hanging. >> Yeah. It's a 45 foot mass that needs to go across. >> So, >> so either one one or the other and we'll know. >> So, I think we just can have have another discussion in two weeks.

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>> Yeah. Yeah. I mean, there's nothing for us to act on. It was just really an update. >> I just wanted to >> What about a paving bond >> for >> for the road? >> What road? >> The cut. >> What road? >> 106. The cut that >> was done. That was

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>> completed. >> We've already completed that. Yeah. >> And Steve has given us a letter stating that it's um >> First off, it's that's totally Steve's thing. >> Well, if we let go on the site plan, they cut the road to do this site. We have the power right now to make sure that it would happen.

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>> We don't own the road. The highway controls the road. That's up to him. >> Our job is to check the box. >> And I've met him there multiple times. Senator last meeting that said we redid the cut and it was actually more than he was looking for.

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>> Great handle. >> That's all that needs to be stated. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. We'll talk to you in two weeks. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> There's only one more, not exactly an

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item, but sort of a heads up kind of thing. >> Well, you guys get to get a pay bill. So, >> yeah, I we typically do that at the end. >> All right. So, uh this upcoming so I want to try to keep the boards aware so

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that they're not suffice. Um Walmart has just put in for a site plan approval for an expansion of their um pickup and delivery service. Now, how you do it is the when you call in your order, they

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have employees that go through the store and you see them and they're everywhere. >> So, they're going to make a 7,000 square ft building on the right hand side that's going to have all of the stuff that 90% of the orders are. So, to get

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those people off of the floor and just be in a much smaller space to pick orders and then they'll just go out for specialty items. So, it's it's the same idea as what's going on now, right? You drive up, you get in a parking spot, they bring it up. It'll be the same

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thing. They're just looking to put a condensed version like um I don't know, like a commissary really. It's just it'll be on the far if you're looking at the building, it's going to be on the far right front corner. Um and like I said, >> looking at the building from Plymouth

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Street, >> correct? >> Yes. Yes. So just so you the building >> Yeah. Yeah. Three sides will be off the building and one side will be like tied in. Um there's no cut through. It's it's

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not you know like the customers can't go there. It's very It's going to be high shelf and it's going to be able to pick orders much quicker is what they're >> It's going to be the most >> they would love to they would love to expand that store um to 180,000 square

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ft, but there's no sewer. They have their own septic system within the building. >> Yeah, they have a sewer treatment plant, >> right, which is at capacity. So, they actually asked when they were here >> if what's the town's thought on sewer?

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shop. I was like, I I I don't think there's any. Um, so they do kind of need to stay at that size. That's 100,000 square foot. That's the smallest store they have to be honest. >> So, just so you the right hand side,

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that's the parking lot. That eliminates like the parking lot. >> It takes a It takes a chunk out. >> Not the whole thing. Just trying to picture how big it is. >> It's not that big. >> Is it one lane? >> Uh, no. There's still parking all behind it. It's literally just they're taking

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7,000 square foot of asphalt out and making a building. So the parking stays behind it. That's where you would literally park to pick up your food. You'll pull in the side now. Instead of in that front, you'll come into the side. They're walking groceries out. >> That's going to have to alter the

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parking plan. Although they >> they have them all. >> They they had to provide a thousand spaces, >> right? which our our retail parking bylaw is pretty extensive. >> That doesn't intrude to the wasteland still there, does it? >> But the D's monitor.

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>> Okay. >> So, that's the update. Uh, >> okay. Just to let you know, >> what they talking about putting gas station into? Is that like gone? >> Well, that's a that's a dream. >> Um, it's not in front of us at this.

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>> No, I get it. What about find someone to the problem? >> Oh, they don't let no supermarket. >> They have the same thing in my town. Police and believe me, I I would love to see

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North the dollar still. I'll make a motion to take PGB engineering invoice 642A 642B 642C for addresses 314 Plymouth Street $3945

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318 Plymouth Street $3945 and 539 Plymouth Street $18965 >> second all those in favor I I have a set here for signatures. And I was told nobody can keep the fancy

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new pens. We have >> What's that? >> We're telling people not to keep the fancy new pens. >> My own two. >> You got two. >> I got two. Whoa. >> Yeah, his is missing already.

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>> Well, maybe that's one of >> the test. >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The only last thing remaining is to

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mention that the You want that? Next schedule meeting is May 21st, 2026. Can I get a motion to adjourn? >> Make a motion. >> Second. >> Move and seconded to adjurnn. All those in favor?

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>> I