pursuant to chapter 2 of the acts of 2023 this meeting will be conducted via remote means in accordance with the applicable law This means that members of the public body as well as members of the public may access this meeting via virtual means Participants may access this meeting through the remote meeting
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Please take care to mute your microphone unless you have been recognized by the chair We will now confirm attendance of members Please respond with present if you are on the call Elise Mosowski present Lucia Lopez present
Matthewa present Michael King Parker Hap Jane Moran present Karen Wills present Vicas Pratti present And Rob Benson is
here Uh and then the staff uh John Gich And Lorie St John present All right Great All right let's just jump right into the agenda Um so the first thing on our agenda is item 1.1 Uh a vote to remove South
Street resoning article from annual town meeting or uh town meeting warrant Does anyone have any comments uh on the board or in the public they'd like to make about this uh about this item
chair um I I would like to accuse for this voting So just because Okay sure thing Vic Anyone on the board does anyone have any comments about this so I'll just give my perspective Uh I
don't I can't recall any time since I've been on the board I think five almost maybe six years that we have voted not to allow this to happen So that's my that's my
perspective Um like if a if an applicant works to get a zoning change on the town warrant um and we put it on the town warrant and then they decide to change their mind after the fact Uh I don't I can't think of a time we've said no Uh
um I think that's that's how we've always handled it Does anyone have any additional information or thoughts is there anyone in the public that has any comments for this uh good evening Mr Chair Attorney David
Click on behalf of what was previously the applicant here Um I had contacted um uh John Gelsich um I believe a couple weeks ago just to let him know that we were seeking to remove this article from the town warrant Um and I I don't think
there's any reason why to keep it on and certainly um for purposes of uh uh economy time economy at during the town meeting I'm sure it would make sense just to have it removed because the applicant's not seeking to go forward
All right I uh I tend to agree Anyone uh at last chance or we'll move it to uh All right I'd like to uh I I'd like to entertain a motion that we remove Cell Street resoning article
from the annual town meeting warrant So moved Second Thanks Jane Thanks Michael Uh roll call vote Elise Mowski Yes Lucia Lopez Yes Matthew Rona Yes
Michael King Yes Uh it is Parker Parker Hap [Music] Parker we I can see your name but I can't hear you Uh Jane Moran yes Karen
Wills yes Vic Southprati oh you recuse And Rob Benson is a yes Hey Rob Uh someone muted me for some reason Um I am a yes on that All right Thanks Parker All right 8 to zero with one recusal So it's uh effectively
removed from being Is it going to be in the printed material John or is it Are we early enough that it's not going to be in the printed material at this point uh no So the select board is reviewing the warrant tomorrow and um they should then be signing a version that doesn't
have this in it The one tomorrow has already been distributed for their meeting So the one that they actually sign will pro probably be different but come town meeting time it should not be on the warrant Okay All right Thanks Mr Click for your
uh explanation And thank you Mr Chair Thank you members of the board All right Minutes uh for March 24th 2025 Uh Matthew had a suggested edit to Lori
Lori I don't know if uh you did correct it You did correct it I did Does anyone else have any additional comments about the minutes is the is the latest so is the version of meeting minutes in our in the folder
the one yes Has that changed all right So I'd like to entertain a motion that we've approved the meeting minutes uh that are currently in our folder of files uh for March 24th 2025 So moved Second Thanks Karen Thanks
Parker Roll call vote Elise Moloski yes Lucia Lopez yes Matthew Rona yes Michael King I'm gonna abstain just because I was out last time and I haven't had a chance to rewatch it yet Okay Uh Parker Hap yes Jane Moran yes Karen Wills yes
Vicas Proy yes And Robinson is a yes All right moving right along Item two is going to be quick because they've asked for continuation Um do we need to extend a decision
criteria uh to extend do we need to continue this to the next meeting I'm assuming and then do we need to extend a decision deadline for either the special permit or the storm water management permit uh yes you
do Trying to find the date Stormwater management permit is the only one that you need to continue And let me just see what date we agreed on Uh decision deadline for the
stormwater management permit to May 7th So that's what we want to continue it to just the deadline the uh hearing to the next hearing on the 28th or meeting on the 28th All right I'd like
to entertain a motion to continue the public hearing for the special permit common driveway and storm water management permit for zero and 109 Winter Street to April 28th and extend the decision timeline for the
storm water management permit to May 7th So moved Second Thanks Smith Thanks Matthew Thanks Lucia Uh roll call vote Elise Moloski yes Lucia Lopez yes Matthew Rona yes
Michael King yeah I missed the kickoff on this one as well I think So I'll abstain Okay Parker Hap yes Jane Moran yes Karen Wills yes Vicas South yes And Rob Benson is yes All right moving right
along Item three on our agenda uh new public hearing for Katherine Drive uh definitive subdivision plan So I'd like to entertain a motion to open the public hearing for Katherine Drive So move second
All right I think that was Michael with a motion and Matthew with a second Uh roll call vote Eliaski yes Uh Lucia Lopez yes Matthew Rona yes Michael King yes Parker H yes Jane Moran
yes Karen Wills yes Vicas Pratti yes And Rob Benson is a yes All right Joe I believe are these are you going to kick us off on this uh I thought I would Yes All right Great Thank you
Possible to share my screen Yeah I think John's uh making that possible Should be all set in We all see that now we do Yep Okay
Um this uh proposal the plans we put together uh are on behalf of the Holman family I'm joined on the call uh by John Remy His wife Gail is the point person for the Holman Family Trust And uh Brian
Gassid is also here with us He is a friend of John and um land that he abut owns abudding the subdivision is part of our proposal Um we are talking about Katherine Drive uh a short culdeac to
the east Uh this is number 27 um Ash Street We're about oh a half mile from Main Street just up the street from the center school Um what we're talking about is access to
uh this land here Um the previous version of this board uh approved a subdivision April 20th of 1988 This feels like the second step in a long process Um in 88 John received
approval for uh the two lots but one was to be built on immediately That is this one number two Um John built his home here raised his family here What we're talking about is this lot three at the
end of the culdeac which sits in its natural state There is a strip of Eversource land which is an electric transmission line that uh terminates at Main Street and
then there's 1.9 acres beyond that which is landlock land Um the Holmans have a an easement over the Eversource land 10 foot wide for foot traffic only So in essence there's no access to this larger
piece So we're kind of focused on lot three with this subdivision Um the access now is at this point here along Ash Street It is a hodgepodge of paved
driveway and gravel driveway that accesses John's home right here What we're talking about is formalizing that access to utilize lot three So we've got a 12 foot puma surface 12t asphalt
surface to a modified turnaround here culde-sac through there We are uh following the grades uh as closely as we can uh to a high point somewhere in here The rest will flow back towards the east
towards the rear of the property Um we have set aside a 12t wide surface We have uh two foot clear on either side to get the 16 foot um envelope that the Hopkin Fire Department is looking for
What is a big part of our proposal are waiverss to reduce the construction standards from the normal roadway to the 12t wide width given the limited number of homes that are going to utilize that
roadway Our utilities are in to about the front of John's home So we'll be extending power gas um and um municipal sewer to the home and installing um a
private on-site drinking water well Um what's a little different about this one and the reason that uh Brian has been involved is Brian um built the Hannes Farm roadway which is just offscreen There is an infiltration basin that was
built many years ago here Um we flow with the grades from this point to the east What we are proposing is to take that basin and expand it southerntherly over the boundary line to get the storm
water mitigation that we need Um we felt it was the most efficient way to go about this rather than a basin standing here on its own a 40 foot wide swath between the two and another basin back in here made the most sense to join the
two get the storage we need through here and eliminate the need to cut more land cut more trees make more changes on uh our lot three So that's something that's just a little bit out of the ordinary
with this proposal is that we are uh straddling the the boundary line with this site work um wetlands up here to the to the north wetlands well to the east but nothing uh within the the
project site or within 100 ft of the project site So we don't need to seek many permits from other groups here in town um we will have to uh seek the federal storm water pollution prevention permit from the federal government and
uh we'll be happy to to chase that and submit that um permit to uh the board before construction begins So it's it's really kind of a in summary kind of a reactivation of the 88 approval modified
to 2025 planning board standards Thanks Thanks Joe Is there any preliminary questions for Joe or maybe next best step is uh John would you like to give us your perspective of the project and then we can open it up
for questions Sure Uh so excuse me The previous approval uh stipulated in its conditions that any change to the road or development of the area for an additional lot needed to file a new subdivision plan and not amend the old
one which is why they're filing a new subdivision plan So that's the process that we're in right now Uh it's basically you can grant the new subdivision or they can uh leave how they currently have it um set up
So don't really have much more to add It's we haven't gotten the review yet from the engineer so there's no technical details to really discuss at this point but it is just uh building out of Katherine Drive widening widening it creating that new dwelling unit putting in the storm water uh
infrastructure Um and then potentially connecting a driveway or garage from that existing unit that fronts on Ash Street to Catherine Drive Um so we do have the engineer on board They've gotten us the uh scope We just haven't the timing hasn't worked out to get it
done by tonight Um so we'll hopefully have that for the next meeting Um but other than that no other comments One one initial question What's the length of the what will be the new road
uh Katherine Drive is currently approved at 501 ft Okay All right Uh let me open up to the board to see if there's any initial questions Hey Rob I had a question actually Go
ahead Michael Um so Mr Maron uh for the infiltration basin I'm just curious is this something that's underground or is it kind of like a retention pond where like standing water is going to be sitting above ground it's um it is an open air um
infiltration basin It's I guess it's to answer your question It would be what you're picturing a retention basin only the the um the water will not be allowed to stand in the basin for long periods of time It's an open air basin rather
than underground a series of underground chambers Okay Yeah I was going to say I think the board of health would just say something if there was standing water but yeah other than that that was it Awesome All right Thanks Uh I have a question You You may not know the answer but you said uh I think it was Eversource Is it
Eversource that owns the strip of land that's 100t wide correct And it's only allowed for foot traffic uh as there's a easement for foot traffic over that land to the back parcel
Right Is that owns that in fee but part of the uh agreement negotiated by past heirs past uh members of the homeman family They're allowed access to that but only in a 10- foot wide area
and only um by foot So on the actual ground is there like a designated area or is it not that I can find in the deed it seemed to be one of those things that would be negotiated down the road Okay It has from the
existing records that spot has not been chosen yet All right And the um there's basically uh parcels on either kind
of the Eversource uh strip of land kind of does this on the parcels on either side is is that do you have any idea I don't know if in your research if you know anything about those properties and we were involved with the permitting of
the Hannes farm subdivision this area to the north is only an easement so it's a hodgepodge if the ever source they were Boston Edison at the time if they were able to negotiate with local land owners
to buy the strip they could if not they would settle for an easement for their transmission line There's a series of poles with wires that lead north south to Main Street So the majority of it is owned by Eversource but in a couple
spots it's simply an easement Okay that's uh interesting to know I um I think that historically is just interesting Uh any other questions from the board
all right So at this point we typically try to schedule a sidewalk to actually see what it looks like on the ground What does the board uh feel like uh in terms of needing a sidewalk requiring a sidewalk wanting a sidewalk
i think sidewalks are always helpful All right I think that's our next best step We don't have the step uh the report from our our engineer to really dive into the next steps beyond uh that
So I think that's the the next best step Um what's your availability Joe this this weekend uh say Saturday or next weekend is one better than the I don't is so I guess that would be the 12th or the
19th Yeah either ones work on my end How about we schedule a sidewalk for this Saturday uh April 12th at 9:00 am 9:30 What's that can we do 9:30 go ahead Vic No I was about to ask can
we do it at 8:30 me the kids activity start at 9 So uh uh that that's fine If a top majority of the board is okay with 9:30 I'm fine but I have to skip skip it Like
I I am fine with 9:30 I I don't know about anybody else Hey any comments i won't be able to make it Yeah me neither I have a kids uh
priorities at that point No I can't make it either All right we're getting quite a few can't make it Uh is the seven Is the 19th any better or is it just soccer season and this just is what it is 19th is between Good Friday and Easter right oh so that I don't think that's a good
time Just uh I don't think we should schedule it then It's just the soccer season and everything right so 9 a.m is a challenge any Saturday Um week nights were the days staying
brighter longer Is that ever a possibility could do 4:30 or 5 on some days if that works for people Yeah I can make that work as well Yeah I probably can too Um I'm sorry What was the time of that one
we were We were throwing out the idea of uh like 4:30 or 5:00 on a week night Okay Yeah I could make that What do people think about say 4:30 on the 15th Tuesday the 15th
that worked for me I can do it All right let's let's go for Tuesday the uh the 15th at 4:30 Joe does that work for you yes that does That work well All
right Um is do I need to uh I assuming I'm assuming I need to continue the public hearing but do I need to do anything else john the subdivision plan approval decision
is due by June 6th So we are good for now Okay All right I'd like to entertain a motion to continue the public hearing for Katherine Drive to April 28th So
moved Second All right Roll call vote Elise Mosowski yes Lucia Lopez yes Matthew Rona yes Michael King yes Parker Hap yes Jane Moran
yes Karen Wills yes Vicas Pratzy yes And Rob Benson is a yes All right Joe we'll see you on Tuesday night at 4:30 Uh and should we just park in the driveway or where do you want us to
park yeah that's a tough section of of Ash Street I think we pull up into the driveway uh adjacent to number 27 Plenty of room up in there Okay All right All right Moving right along
to we are at the end of our agenda Um so our next meeting is April 28th Uh but at this time I'd like to entertain a motion to adjourn for this evening So moved Second Thanks Matthew Thanks Michael Roll call vote Elise Mosowski
Yes Lucia Lopez Yes Matthew Rona Yes Michael King Yes Parker Hap Yes Jane Moran Yes Karen Wills Yes South Prati Yes And Rob Benson is yes All right I'll
see everybody that can make it on a Tuesday evening at 4:30 uh on the 15th Thanks everybody Have a good night Bye Cheers