Yep. So, I think that I think the they said okay in the booth, but Yep. Go on air whenever ready and I'll start. Perfect. Good evening everyone and welcome to
this the Monday February 9th 2026 meeting of the Lunberg Planning Board. We this is a hybrid meeting. So we are in person here at the Bulada meeting room at our beautiful town hall. In addition, you can also attend this
meeting remotely. Um the meeting is being recorded. And if you're watching at home on public access and you want to join in the fun or if you're watching on Facebook and want to join in the fun, you can. And what you're going to do is you will go and you well one you could drive
downtown and join us or two you can go on to the town website uh to the agenda center get the agenda and click on the link for Zoom. It also gives you the call-in info if you uh would rather call in with your phone. So you have options
for participating from home tonight. Thank you very much. Um, I do want to let people know a couple things before we dive into the rest of the meeting. Um, and those being that we
have currently two members remote tonight. Um, Tim Wils and Amanda Reed are remote. Adam Bernie will be joining us remote in a bit is the plan. So, he will be coming into the meeting later.
Um, but I am the only board member who can be physically present tonight. That changes very little for people who are in the room aside from really wanting to make sure we can get uh the presentations. Just make sure you're using the
microphone well, please. Um, great. We have that. I also want to let people know that um if you are here tonight for the one main street project
which is the uh that was that is their proposed dunks at the old bank that had everyone's uh pants in a twist on Facebook. Um that is they have withdrawn that application. Um there was I don't need to get into
everything right now, but there were other issues. It wasn't planning that that's a zoning issue separate, but they have withdrawn that application. So we will not be covering that tonight even though it's on the agenda. Similarly, if
you're here for 30 Summer Street, um they uh I believe they're they're requesting a continuance. Correct. Okay. So, we do not plan to be hearing from them tonight. Great. Um,
now with Oh, that's I keep thinking I can hear myself in a little bit. It's because my laptop audio was on, so I had the echo. That's better. Okay, great. So, with all of that said to get
us going, um I next on the agenda would be board comment. As a reminder to the public, uh the playing board is not does not have an open public comment section. If you are a member of the public and want to speak
on something we're covering tonight, even if it's not a public meeting, oh, not it's obviously a public meeting. even if it's not a public hearing, we're generally receptive to that. So, feel free to raise your hand and let us know. And we of course have to take
public comment during public hearings. Um, if you there's ever something you want want to bring up as a public comment before the planning board and we're and it's not something that's on the agenda, reach out to the office or reach out to
me ahead of time and we can work to get you on the next agenda. uh we can put something on there that would be appropriate for that topic. We're not looking to stifle. We are looking to keep things focused. Great. Is there any board comment uh to
open the meeting? >> Uh I have none. >> All right. >> Thank you. Thank you. Okay, then I will move us on
to uh chair and director's reports. Um and well, this is my favorite chair report of the past two years. Friends, I would like to introduce you to Mr.
Steven Wallace. Stephen is our new director. Oh, we can applaud. We can apply. I'm happy. Um, Stephen joins us from the town of Sterling. Uh, he has worked in other towns as well in North Central Mass. He
knows the area. He is extremely well-versed, highly competent and with a lot of history in planning. He is going to be an excellent addition to our team here. And our office is fully staffed.
I'll take that. Um, that is a wonderful feeling and I am looking forward to the productivity and ease of mind we will have with an expert in the office. Thank you, Stephen. Um,
that is looking at my notes. I think that's all I have for my report things. Now I would hand it over for the director's report.
I have nothing to report at this time. >> Why not? >> He's been with us a week. That's fair. Um, excellent. Okay, great. I'm going to hit things in a slightly
different or in a different order than the agenda tonight. That's the other thing I wanted to bring up. Um, normally we hit ANRS first. I'm going to move that to later in the meeting. I want to open with our scenic roads public
hearing because we do have Bill Bernard, our DPW director with us tonight. Um, so we're going to open with that because he's the town tree warden. he's involved in that. I want to respect our employees times. From there, we will move on to
the other public hearings and we will put the ANR uh for 1083 Northfield Road with the other content for Northfield Road. So, we're not making you get up and down a whole bunch um in the second portion.
Great. Um, so I'm going to move us forward to the continued I think it's this. We're not opening it for the first time. Are we opening it for the first time tonight? >> I listed it twice because we continued it because of the hearing that has to be
opened >> and we're >> Oh, because it was for our last meeting which was snowed out and that's why it's continu. >> Yes. >> Got it. Okay. So, we do need to open this public hearing. Um, Amanda, are you good to read that or if not, I have the stuff here, too?
>> No, I can. Uh, just to confirm, it's the 1083 Northfield Road for the Scenic Road alteration. >> Yeah, was the scenic road. That's correct. >> Okay, perfect. Uh, the Lunberg Planning Board will hold a joint public hearing with the tree warden in accordance with
provisions of Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 8, sections 3 and 4 on February 9th, 2026 at 60:05 p.m. Town Hall 17 Main Street, Lunberg, Mass to hear and review an application for scenic road
alteration pursuant to MGL chapter 4015C by Ryan Proctor on behalf of Tanner S. Cole for removal or relocation of approximately 40 linear feet of the existing stone wall along the property
frontage and the removal of two white pine trees 30 in diameter each. Subject property information. The location is 1083 North. >> Recording in progress. >> Sorry, >> that's okay. 10 The location is 1083
Northfield Road, Assessor's Map 55, parcel number two. Owner is Tanner Cole, 856 Mass Avenue in Lunberg, Mass, 01462. Objections to the removal of these trees must be received in writing prior to or
at the public hearing. Please direct questions about this proposed removal to the tree warden. Uh information is William Bernard, DPW director and tree warden at 520 Chase Road, Lunenberg, Mass. Uh email is wernard
lunenbergmma.gov. You can view materials online at lunbergmma.al.opengv.com/arch opengv.com/arch with record ID PBSR-25-2 via an email request to the planning
office planning at lunenbergmma.gov or in person at the planning office at 960 Mass Avenue in Lunberg. >> Excellent. All right. So, um we haven't had one of these before uh before the board in a
bit. So, the quick reminder for uh the people watching at home, we have four roads in town that are designated as scenic roads. Um, super paraphrasing the bylaw to make it quick and easy for everyone.
If you're doing work on a scenic road that involves either hurting hurt I mean it doesn't have feelings um but that involves altering a an existing stone wall those quintessential New England stone walls
or um removing trees above a certain di I don't remember the diameter off the top of my head is it 8 in 6 in have to look. >> Yeah. Do you know that one off the top of your head? >> Pretty sure it's Aiden. >> I think it's Aiden. Okay. But so what it
is is basically to help keep roads that have been designated as scenic scenic. If you're doing work in the town's right of way, you need to be maintaining what the state has considered scenic in those
cases. Stone walls and large shade trees effectively. Um, all right. And so this is to hear about that. Uh, I would go to I think I'd go to Mr. Roy first who is presenting on it. Unless Bill, if you wanted to speak
first on it in some way, I don't care. That's >> well and just um, Mass General chapter 87 also says any shade tree within the public rightway cannot be cut without a hearing.
>> Perfect. Thank you. Thank you, Greg Roy, Doulson Roy. I'll be really brief. We did open this actually, but we didn't have the hearing scheduled because at the time we didn't think we're cutting trees, but I corrected that record and that's when we determined that we had to table it. And
uh so we um we prepared this exhibit plan in uh in advance of this meeting. There's two trees. It's a little difficult for you folks to see and probably for the folks at home almost impossible, but on either side of the driveway and this this light
can signal an aircraft, I think. Um there's a tree here and there, one on both sides, and they're 30-in white pines inside the rightway. Um so those are the two shade trees that we're we're proposing to remove. The um the other
thing and we did mention this last time, we are proposing to remove approximately 40 uh lineal feet of um existing stone wall. Um at the at the hearing, and you may recall this now, you asked us to um
add some notes to the plan um requiring that the the stones not be disposed of but be used to supplement the wall um the existing wall on site. the existing wall. It's not um while it is a stone
wall, meets the definition of a stone wall, it's not a pristine New England stone wall. So, it could definitely used to have some augmenting uh to it. So, we we'll propose to, you know, to place those um those stones on the existing on the existing wall to
supplement that so that they won't be um won't be lost. Um and uh if we can, you know, we we may have to remove we're removing 40 ft of the wall. We may be able to rebuild some of it. Um so just up to where the driveway is. So we have to remove it to
grade, but then once we grade, we can kind of build, you know, a couple feet on each side of the wall back in. >> Share driveway. >> Correct. Yep. Um so that's it. um two trees, removal of 40 lineal feet of wall, and the wall stones will be uh
reused on site on the existing to augment the existing wall. >> All right. And you've proposed to replace those two trees with red maple. Is that correct? >> I think so. >> Was that a you think so or you don't think so? >> Yes, I think so. Okay.
>> Yes. Down here. >> Great. Okay. I have that in my notes, but I'm not looking at the formal dock at that moment. Okay. >> Do you have a size on those trees that you're going to put the red maples that you're going to put? >> 3-in caliper is what we have in the
plan. So, not a, you know, a fairly good size. >> Okay. Okay. Mr. Bernard, please. Okay. So, I did not receive any feedback
on this at all. So, at this time, I would ask the public or anybody if they have any objections to removing the two trees. Great. And this is a fine time for public comment. I'll hear board thoughts as well. But let's let's hear from the
public. Um, again, it's a public hearing. Now, if you are at home on Zoom, go ahead and use that hand raise feature to let me know you want to speak. If that's not working and you need to unmute and say, "Hey, Matt, me." That that's fine. Okay. Works a little better with the hand
raised, but they keep changing the layout. I get it. I am seeing no public comment in the room. I am seeing no public comment in Zoom. I do have a couple comments from
planning board um Adam uh that he sent over this morning. A couple proposed conditions that I'd like to run by you here. >> Absolutely. The proposed red maple trees will be installed and certified by the tree
warden before an occupancy permit is issued for the first house, the first one. The work proposed as mitigation on the stone wall will be completed and certified by the planning director before the issuance of the first
occupancy permit. And lastly, the stonewall restoration will begin with the areas most closely adjacent to the proposed driveway and move as much as practicable equally equally along the wall on both sides
until all the stones removed from the driveway entrance have been placed back into the wall. Any issues? We are getting a thumbs up of support from the applicant. Um,
okay, great. I'll turn to board members. Um, do we have other thoughts or comment? Uh, again, that was those were thoughts from Mr. Bernie who will be joining us later in the meeting but knew he was going to miss the beginning of it. Um, Miss Reed or Mr. Wilsmer, do you
have any other questions or thoughts or anything of that nature? Um my only concerns was making sure that there was some kind of uh replacement happening and that we had uh something in place to make sure that happened. So I am happy with what uh Mr. Bernie outlined.
>> Great. Thank you, Jim. >> Um I have a general I guess question. I know um we thought about working on the scenic road bylaw a couple years ago and we were going to get more specific when
it came to replacements of trees that are taken down on these scenic roads. Personally, I don't think a maple really is a great replacement for a white pine. Um but I do understand the need. Um and
I'm okay with the need of taking those trees down. They're probably about middle-aged right now at 30 inches. Um, so I understand that. I'm just wondering in the future if that's something that we can look into cuz, you know, we've
had some tree replacements, not specifically this one. Uh, we did another one um where the replacement trees I don't think were adequate um in comparison to what was there before. Um, so I just want to make a comment. I'm
fine with this uh you know going forward as presented, but I just you know I think we it's worth taking a look at that. >> Amanda, I I just want to echo and say I appreciate that. Um you're never going to hear me complain
about more maple trees in the world, but that comes from someone who taps his own. So maybe I've got a an inherent bias in my heart. But um no, and I know the project you mean. I remember one of our concerns being that effectively they weren't
even native trees, nor did they match the natural landscape of the area. So, I would agree on that. I'd hope we can look at that going forward. I think as we um get that ma the final steps in the master plan solidified, that will help
arm us with some recommendations from the public along that regard as well. Um, >> as your new planning director, one of the things I'm asking the board members uh for homework is I'd like to get your
prioritized list of things you want your planning department to work on over the next couple years. Um, if you could if each of the members could put that together and send it directly to me, uh, not the full board.
Let's see uh what agreement the board members have in terms of priorities and we can discuss this at one of our upcoming meetings and put together a work plan. >> And again, that's always
that email process is always handled that way for open meeting law. It prevents that scenario where it even appears that we're having discussions in private. Um, great. Okay.
Um, I have we have so I'm hearing general support from the board. I am hearing uh no public comment against. I am hearing I have seen or heard and seen in
front of me three um uh three conditions to be tacked on that the applicant has signaled there they find acceptable. Uh Mr. Bernard, do you find those conditions acceptable as well?
>> Yes. So, hearing no um objections to taking down the trees, I would give permission to take down the trees with those conditions. >> Okay. And that still requires I believe that requires a vote from the board as well because they need the two-pronged
if I remember correctly. So, um well, first this is a public hearing so we do have to close the public hearing then vote. Um any anything else on this before or I would accept a motion to
close the public hearing? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Um I am always going to go Amanda then uh Tim in order of operations for calling the vote. It is a
roll call vote. Miss Reed >> I. >> Uh Mr. Wilsmer. >> I >> Oh. Oh, yeah. And an I from myself. Public hearing is closed. I would look for a motion uh such as to approve the
um it's not special to approve the >> scenic road alterations. >> Thank you. Scenic road alterations with the three conditions as previously discussed. Uh so moved >> second.
>> Moved and seconded. Miss Reed >> I. >> Mr. Wilsmer >> I. >> And an I from myself. All right. Okay. So tomorrow I will write up the decision, forward it to the board to make sure that um I've got the
language right. Um once it is right, uh we'll we'll get it signed and filed with the town clerk. >> Great. Super. Bill, thank you for joining us tonight. >> You're welcome. >> Okay. Um
I am looking I I had the attack plan that I thought made sense. What is le is what's left on 1080 on 1083 Northfield for >> uh let's move on to the decisions that you're
>> right cuz that was the >> Okay, thank you. That is correct. I'm like, >> um, we were going Oh, cuz the decision cuz we were going to look at the That's right. Be we were Okay. >> You've got the shared driveway decision.
>> So, what I'm going to >> the storm water decision. >> Okay. and the applicant has proposed some dimminimous uh changes. >> Okay. So, what I am going to have us actually what I'm going to have us do then because this is going to be I think because we have to review a couple
decisions and that reviewing those decisions could impact the other items and I'm going to put this just a little later in the meeting. I want to get through what I think will be briefer things first and then we will return and wrap up all of that at once. So, I'm
going to move us on to 301 Massav site plan approval. This is a new public hearing. Do we have um do we have the applicant here for 301 Mass A?
>> Yeah. I actually I'm online with Bowler. >> Mr. Bowler, thank you. I am going to We have to open or Mr. Mr. Deona, I'm going to uh have us open the public hearing and then we can get going.
>> Right. Give me one second. I'm just pulling it up now. Okay, just to confirm this is for PBSA-259. >> Um, let me go back to the sheet. Yes. >> Okay, perfect. Uh, the Lunberg Planning
Board will hold a public hearing on January 26th, 2026. currently moved to February 9th, 2026 at 6:05 p.m. Town Hall 17 Main Street, Lunberg, Mass, to hear and review an application for site plan approval
pursuant to 250-8.4 of the code of the town of Lunberg by Lauren Sagaser Bowler, Walmart Real Estate Business Trust. uh modify the existing parking striping and signage
resulting in an overall reduction in the number of parking spaces while expanding the number of pickup parking spaces. Subject property information. The location is 301 Mass Avenue, assessor's map 74, parcel number 73. Owner is
Lunberg Village Realy Incorporated, 1 Main Street, Lunenberg, Mass 01462. You can view materials online at lunbergma.portal.opengv.com/arch with record ID PBSA-25-9 via an email request to the planning office planning at lunbergmma.gov
or in person at the planning office 960 Mass Avenue in Lunberg, Mass. >> Okay, great. Thank you. And um Mr. Deabona, if you wish to begin. Um, >> yeah, great. Appreciate it. Thank you. Uh, again, Greg Dabona with Bowler, um,
civil engineering, uh, partner with Walmart on this project. Uh, so we're here basically just to talk about the changes to the Walmart parking lot. Um, some pretty minor adjustments that we're trying to make. um mostly relating to
relocating their online pickup parking spaces. Uh they have eight spots out there today. Uh they're located right in the front parking field uh directly across from the main entrance to the store. Uh we're actually looking to move
those to the side parking lot directly adjacent to where the garden center is. So much further away from the main flow of travel. um definitely provide better separation from uh for the employees and for the customers and people that are actually going into the store versus
those who are using the online um grocery ordering feature. Um as part of the relocation, we are looking to increase the pickup st uh stalls. Uh right now there's eight. We're going to increase it to 13. um and you know
provide a new crosswalk uh from the uh pickup door that's kind of facing the back of the store uh over by the garden center over to the side parking lot. Um the rest of the parking lot will get restriped uh and cleaned up
uh improved with new pedestrian crossings, stop bars, stop signs. Uh basically just kind of a refresh of the entire Walmart parking lot. uh make it look new and clean uh when it's all said and done. Um we do lose a total of 16
parking spaces uh as part of these adjustments. And and one part of that, a large piece of that is just uh improving the amount of cart storage containers that are out u in the parking field as well. So that helps to uh just again
avoid as many loose loose carts. um the more storage containers we have, the more likely people will use them uh and put the carts in those designated locations. Um and that that's part of what generates some of that reduction in parking. Um but overall, uh the site
definitely complies with the parking requirements of the code. Uh we have substantial parking on site. Um so we're not asking for any sort of relief. Uh it's really just the approval to uh adjust the location of those stalls and move them from the front to the side.
>> Okay. Um I've called up, excuse me, I've called up the plans uh on the screen share so people at home can see as well and people in the room if you can you're welcome to turn to the um monitors and take a look. Um, currently for those who
have uh been to Walmart in town, the previous or the the current pickup location is here on the plans and that's not showing on the I don't think my cursor is showing on
the uh map. That's unfortunate. >> It does. >> Oh, it is. >> We can see it online. Yeah, we can see it online. And we uh and we're looking over and the new parking is going to be over here uh by the seasonal garden
center on the side. Is that location correct? >> That is correct. Yep, that's correct. >> Okay. All right, great. Thank you. Um, what would you like us to know about this, M?
>> Okay. Uh, well, we'll start with the board comments. Adam Bernie did submit a few comments that I'll read here tonight. Uh, other Walmarts that have installed similar facilities have included the installation of a canopy in the pickup
area. Uh, this is a question. Is this a long-term plan that may include uh a canopy at this location? If so, it may be a good idea to include the canopy in this application as a phase two to
avoid having to file for another site plan approval if you do go for the canopy. And then lastly, what is the anticipated time frame for the start of this project and how long will it take to complete?
Great. I I can jump in on both those. Um, please. So, the Canopy project was something that Walmart was implementing over the past couple years. They've actually gone the opposite way now. Uh, we actually have a lot of these sites throughout New England uh that were
taking the canopy out. So, the canopies are going away. Uh, most locations that you see them at now will not have them going forward. Um, so this store will not have a canopy. We were not proposing to add any new canopies. Um, as far as
the timing goes, uh, right now on Walmart schedule, this would be starting this summer. So, an an ideal start would be July. Uh, and the project, uh, typically on the exterior work is about a month of work, mostly just all restriping and new signage. So, it's a
pretty quick project. >> So, over the summer and into fall. >> Yes. Should be wrapped up by fall. Yep. Okay, thank you. Um, questions from board members at this
time or comments? >> Uh, no questions from myself. >> None for me. >> Okay. Um, I have I have a uh I have a question that's kind of a a vague concern as I'm
processing the plans and as I look at them. I just want to make sure I understand because I do see that um this pickup would be along the primary truck access as well. Um, >> that's correct.
>> And I'm just I'm envisioning a scenario where you have cars backing out into that truck lane. Um, and I'm assuming there's been thought put into why this won't be an issue. And I'm just curious
what causes it to not be a concern here or are are what have you worked in mitigating factors or is it timing or >> Yeah. So, so again the the the most of the activity for the pickup where it
gets the busiest is the evening time. Uh after work is the most popular pickup time. Um and that that tends to not correspond with the busiest time for the truck deliveries and the truck movements. Uh they tend to happen very early morning uh as opposed to the later
evening time. Um we do add the pedestrian stop stop pedestrian crosswalk delineation out there whereas there isn't one now out in that area. Um so that also helps kind of basically create that stopping condition where any traffic that goes on the side of the
building whether it's truck traffic or anybody from the public that decides to drive on the side will now be sitting at basically a stop condition. So, if people are going there to pick up their groceries, they will be able to have pretty pretty much full movement in the
drive lane uh without worrying about interacting with others. Um, plus the turnover, the the amount of activity that takes place in the front of the store directly where all the rest of the customers are coming in and out, there's a much higher turnover. There's a lot more interaction there with the rest of
the shopping, uh, rest of the people pulling in and out of the ADA accessible parking spaces. So that that turnover is actually has more potential of concerns than being on the side. That's that's really what's motivating Walmart to move them um from the front of the store to
the side of the stores and which we're doing at all their locations. >> You know, you bring that up and I think of how much I enjoy not hitting people with my car in that parking lot and that sounds better by the minute. Um, >> yeah,
>> that Walmart is popular during the day. >> Yes. >> All right. Okay. Um, I'll turn to members of the public. This is a public hearing.
Do we have members of the public who wish to speak on this topic? Uh you're welcome again to use that hand raise feature in Zoom or let me know if you're here in the room. I see applicants and our select board contact in the room. So nothing here. I
do not see anything in Zoom. All right. Okay. Um, Stephen, is there anything that uh in your estimation we are missing here or
will want or should really have called out to us that? >> No, I think your standard conditions for site plan approval will suffice in this instance. >> Say this looks really in the grand scheme this looks comparatively straightforward.
this. Yeah, I would consider this a minor site plan. >> Great. All right. Um, if there are no more questions from the board and you feel satisfied that we can reach a decision,
um, I would accept a motion to >> to to >> close the to close the hearing. Yeah. Okay. To close the public hearing. >> So moved. >> Second. moved and seconded. All right. Roll call vote. Mrs. Reid
>> I. >> Mr. Wilsmer >> I. >> And an I from myself. The hearing is closed. Um I do. You all feel this is to me this feels very straightforward. Are we on
the same boat here? >> Yes. >> Yeah. I mean the only concern was making sure they you know hit their parking spot metrics and that's easily surpassed. So I see no problems. >> Great. Then I would look for a motion
such as to approve the site plan for 301 Massav um as presented tonight with standard conditions. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. And will that meet
your needs? Great. All right. Miss Reed >> I. >> Mr. Wilsmer >> I >> and an I from myself. Bangarang. >> So, Mr. Chairman, I'll write up the decision tomorrow, share it with the
board, make any edits as necessary, and then the board members can come in and sign. >> Perfect. Thank you, sir. Okay, so that gets 301 Massav
off our list. Next up would be uh we are continuing we have 30 Summer Street has been continued. So let's get back to 30 Summer Street. Um
wait oh that's continued. Oh that's No, not 30. That that is being continued. I was thinking um I meant zero reservoir, but you might want to wait because I see
that Adam hasn't joined us yet. Um there's because it is a special permit for the common driveway. >> You need four.
>> You need four. So, let's I'm going to bump you back then if that's okay. >> Great. I I that seems more more likely to work out. Okay, great. Go back to my notes.
I set up my notes tonight assuming two windows and I kind of have it. Um, all right. That would >> decisions for Northfield. >> Yep. And so now we're going to move on to 1083 Northfield. We're going to begin uh Greg, you can probably sit for a
moment because we're going to begin by looking back at the decisions we have pending and making sure those are solid because I believe tonight that your request otherwise tonight could rely on those decisions. That's
why we were doing that order. Correct. >> Well, for why don't we let Greg u go over the dimminimous changes? >> Okay. And then you can decide if they are dimminimous or not. >> Fair. Okay, I'm fine with that.
>> Thank you, Greg Roy. Dillson Roy. Um, and Tanner is in the audience, just for the record. Um, we're here before you tonight. So, several months ago, your board reviewed and approved a
um common driveway special permit and joint storm water permit for uh the common driveway at 1083 Northfield Road. Um, subsequent to that, we were still at that point, I should say, we were still
in the conservation commission permitting stage. Um, and we ended up making u one tweak to the um alignment of the common driveway uh at that came out of uh the peerreview
process that the um conservation commission did uh relative to the wetlands on site. Um, so I just want to go over this. It's right, And again, I'm sorry I'm gonna blind everybody in the room, but right here. So again, Northfield Roads over here. The entrance
that we just talked about with the scenic roads right here. The alignment stays the same. The only thing we did was move it up gradient about 10 or 15 feet. We put a little bit of a a bend in there in the driveway there because there was a a wetland flag that kind of encroached a little bit further than we
had than we had uh identified. So we we moved the alignment slightly uh there. So um again pretty minor change. Uh no real changes to um storm water. Um we just moved moved it about I think it
was about 10 ft north. Um excuse me east. That's number one. Number two in the process of and I'm going to switch plans so bear with me. Um, as we were sort of closing things out, we um, we discovered a little bit
of a discrepancy with the septic system areas that we were showing on lot five and lot four. Um, so change number two is just to add this area uh, in the limit of disturbance as you indicate. We
we did issue a letter on these to summarize this that added about 9,000 square ft of of land disturbance. Um and again we'll be surrounding that with erosion control barrier but that's for the septic system area which has been uh tested already. So we needed to uh we
needed to accommodate for that. Um I guess I'll I'll say we did analyze the storm water reanalyze the storm water relative to this and there's no change. Um there was no um no additional off-site runoff. All design points at all points where we're discharging
runoff, which is generally to the west and um west of the site downhill of the uh golf course, if you will, um are still there's still reduction in storm water offsite. So that made no change to the uh to the metrics of storm water.
It's all it's all lawn. It'll be all lawn. So it's a woods to lawn conversion. So, it's not a real significant thing, but one of your conditions to your point um in the um in the decision was that there would be no change to the limit of work as shown in the on the approved plan. So,
we we knew we needed to come back before you for uh for this uh minor change. The third thing, which I think is even more minor, is that we tweaked the property line, and it's also one of the reasons we're here for an ANR plan uh for the same thing, which you'll review uh later
in the meeting. Um the lot line between lot four and five right here. We sort of put a little bend in it again to accommodate a reserve leeching area on lot 4A. Again, no uh no change. We're actually not proposing any change to the
limit of work there because it's for a reserve leeching area. So it would not be built. Um it's just a uh um part of title five requirement. We have to show a expansion area if you will or reserve leing area. So it's those three things. Um, in in our view,
um, really what we're asking you to do is to find that these are minor dimminimus. Um, and I think all we would need is just we did reubmit the entire plan set for you. So you could essentially we're essentially asking you to include
this plan set, the date of this plan set instead of the one that you would you had initially approved based on those three changes. Um, and that's it. The date of the new plan set, >> January 15, 2026. All right. And so, um,
one thing that's before the board tonight then is to determine if these are dimminimous changes. If the board agrees with the applicant that these are dimminimous changes, then you are free to sign the decision for the driveway
special permit and the storm water permit. If on the other hand, you do not agree that they are dimminimous, you can ask that they refile and have another peer review. So, it's up to the board as to
>> and you have the guidance on what constitutes dimminimus as part of your site plan, >> right? and and I have I was going to call that up in a moment for members of the public and for our board members at home as well. Um what
I will share that screen now. So what you have there is just from my notes this is um this is uh the language we've we've traditionally used from our rules and
rags to determine dimminimous changes. Um and um so uh Mr. Roy, to make sure I understand, we're looking at moving the part of the driveway upgrade about 10
ft. Correct. Just so I can point it'll be easier. >> Yeah. >> Um, right in this spot here, this kind of came it it went straight. So we we just put a little bit of a bend in this because this wetland system here kind of came up a little bit further. So we
moved that as far up grade in as we as we could to satisfy the conservation commission which it indeed did and they have now issued an order of conditions but it really it didn't didn't really change the length of the driveway any it just sort of re >> and that didn't change when you ran the
calculations that didn't change the runoff. >> Not in No, not at all. Matter of fact, it didn't even I don't even think it significantly changed the um limit of work because again, it was just a slide. So, we had the same amount of limit of work. It's just in a slightly different location. So, it didn't change anything.
>> All right. And >> and then the Go ahead. Sorry. >> And the second one is Could you talk me through the second one one more time, please, for my own sake, cuz I've lost the gist of it. So the
sort of the last house lot five um we had initially defined the limit of clearing kind of around in this area here. Um we had failed to include the um the the leeching area on that portion of the lot. So we just added this here.
Again no impervious area. It's all wooded today. It'll be converted to a lawn area for the septic system. Um and we did analyze the re look at the uh storm water and that we did provide a summary in the letter. There's no change
to the uh metrics on the storm water in this case. There's really not much of a difference with the type of soils that we have out there between a woods ground cover and a grass ground cover as it turns out. So if it had been extra driveway or something like that, it
might have been different. But so that was number two that impacted the limit of clearing. Um and then the um we I think we had this line on the ANR kind of came straight in and it just didn't give us enough area
for this reserve uh leeching system for lot four. So we just put a a little bend in that lot line there. So again, no change there other than just a lot line change. >> Perfect. All right. Thank you. Um,
so when looking at our guidelines and I mean these are just guidelines. We use them as a basis but ultimately it's the board's decision if something is or is not a dimminimous change um because it
is may approve dimminimous changes um and then we give including but such changes including but not limited to. So, we have flexibility either way. Um, but I you have the list there in front of you if you're reading along, but I
would call out specifically um number three, minor drainage for surface storm water. And um the number eight, changes site building
elevations and topographic changes on portions of the site. um for whatever regrading the driver we would have in that instance. Um would you agree with the am I summarizing the points that would likely be? >> You summarized it correctly.
>> Okay. Wonderfully. Uh wonderful rather. Um all right. I would turn to uh the board members for your thoughts on this. Do we wish to regard this uh as a dimminimous change or do we wish this to
go back out for peer review? >> Hello. Hello. >> Um the the things outlined uh make sense to me. I think I'm okay with it going forward. >> Okay. I think it qualifies as dimminimous
change. >> I I think I agree. I I think personally for me this is the edge of what I'm comfy with as dimminimous, but I think it for me it falls within that dimminimous size. I'm
always hesitant about I'm always hesitant about anything storm water not getting reviewed a million times over because we water is so hard to protect and only getting harder to protect. That said,
this is I don't see an issue either. Um all right, what is the vote we need on this then? Uh uh you're you're voting to agree with the applicant that the changes are
dimminimous and that then you are free and clear to sign the decisions. Okay. I would look for something such as a so moved. >> So moved. >> Second.
>> Moved and seconded. Ms. Reed. >> I. >> Mr. Mr. Wilsmer and an I from myself. The board is in agreement that this is a change is indeed demis. Thank you. >> So the decisions have been written. It's
now time to bring the board members in to sign. >> Yep. >> Okay. >> Okay. Great. So >> we are going to do the ANR. Let me just um so we don't need to go over those
tonight cuz people can come in and sign them then otherwise. Correct. >> You are correct, sir. >> Great. Okay. So, friends on the board, um we're not going to review these unless you have a need to. We can do that later
in the meeting then to review these uh together as a group, but you can review them individually. assuming it feels good, please come in in the next couple days to uh place your John or Jane Hancock on the um decisions.
Okay, then I would have us now move to I'm going to stop sharing my screen. uh will have us move to the uh ANR for 1083 Northfield Road. And this does not require an opening
because it is an ANR. Thank you. Again, for the record, Greg Roy with Doulson Roy representing the applicant. Um, so we're here again, same project, 1083 Northfield Road, uh, with a five lot ANR plan, which is the exact
same that you endorsed about two twoish years ago, uh, in terms of number of lots. Um, as we advanced into the preparation of the shared, excuse me, common driveway, um, we had made some tweaks even as part of the common driveway process to the
lot lines as we were laying out driveways and things and really micromanaging the getting into the nuts and bolts of the drainage. Um, we had made some tweaks to the um to the lot lines. Um, so we had anticipated as part of that process coming back before you
with a with a revised ANR plan. Um, this plan before you has the benefit of um, incorporating the change that I just mentioned to you in the in the dimminimous change, which was the lot line, def the further lot line shift between lots four and 5A. Um, the
frontages essentially remain the same. There's um, going from top of the page to bottom of the page, there's two reduced frontage lots with 50 just north of just just more greater than 50 feet of frontage. Um there's a conventional
lot with a 100 followed by another uh reduced frontage lot followed by a conventional uh 100 foot frontage lot. Um they all have u well in excess of your required area. Um there's a one lot
I think it might be lots four there might be one other one that has one a few short areas of of uh land less than 50 ft. Uh we did in the zoning table include based on very recent plans
where we've uh where we've highlighted this uh for the board on other projects. We did include the as a footnote to the zoning table on the bottom the resulting area if you exclude the portions of the lot that are less than 50 ft. Um so I
think u we don't um so uh it's really not a significant change from what you endorsed a few years ago. just some difference the the lot lines are between you know essentially in the back um have been changed uh really in accommodating the uh common driveway. We also did add
the easement for the common driveway on the record plan. So things like that just to kind of clean things up now that all the other permits are in order. >> Great. And um >> I do not it isn't shown directly on here,
but I just want to verify that the lot to the east of lot 1A is a full is a full frontage lot. Correct. >> I believe it is. Yes. >> I mean, >> and but that's one of the reasons why we put the full frontage lot next to it. >> Yeah. Because there's two reduced
frontages next to each other, which only works if they're flanked by >> Oh, the east. Sorry. >> Sorry. East on this page is up. >> I meant to clarify that when I said my apologies. >> So, going east, which is
>> north on the page. >> Yeah. No, right under. >> Yeah, that one. >> And you can see it on the locus. >> Yeah. No, it looks like it's got plenty of frontage there. >> Yeah, it has well in excess of 100 feet.
>> Yeah. Okay, super. Um, all right. Wonderful. That's it. >> Yep. >> I will remind the board members of the three-part test for approval not required plans. Do the lots front on a qualifying way?
Northfield Road is a qualifying way. Do they have the frontage required by zoning? They have the frontage required by zoning. Can you get to the buildable portion of the lot from said frontage?
Looks like you can. So, if if a plan meets those three that three-part test, then you are obligated to endorse. >> Mhm. Um and as a matter of working together um that one thing less an issue
here because this is a slight variant of an ANR that we've already approved. Um you will often hear us ask a few other questions during it and we'll be clear with the applicant. Uh Mr. Ro has heard it from from me many times. We'll ask a
few other questions that aren't going to impact our decision. But we want to make sure that applicants because we've had applicants come in and whatever the informal version less legal version of creating your own hardship is where they come in, they have a plan and then have
to come back again and uh go oops. And if we can avoid oopses, so much the better. But in this case, something we've already seen as well. Um, Mrs. Reed, Mr. Wilsmer, do you have any
questions or thoughts? >> Um, I do not. It uh checks all the boxes we need to check. So, I'm ready to move forward. >> I agree. >> Okay. I would um make a motion to endorse. >> Yeah. I'll say look for a motion such as
to endorse the ANR for 1083 Northfield Road as presented. >> So moved. >> Second. moved and seconded. Mrs. Reid >> I, >> Mr. Wilsmer, >> I.
>> And an I from myself. >> Thank you. >> Great. >> So, how do you folks work it? Do you sign the myar here tonight or >> We would typically sign the myar here tonight, but that is less useful because we're missing >> two signatures.
>> Okay. So, all board members sign it. You don't designate a single sign signatory. >> Uh, no. I would suspect if that is a choice we have that the board uh would likely be interested in pursuing that in the future. >> Okay. Okay.
>> Um in in the >> are we good with having that discussion that might meet mean you need to come into the office less to sign? I'm not saying you have to like it. I'm like I'm not we're not voting now. Are you guys are you too good with that being on the agenda in the future?
>> That's fine. >> Super. and we'll see. Um because that might make that might streamline things for us and applicants so much the better. >> Yeah. And you can do that with decisions as well. >> Yeah. Super. >> Thank you. >> Great. Okay.
>> I think I'm done. >> All right. Wow. Oh, and just in time, I see Mr. Bernie logging in.
Good evening, Adam. Give you a moment to get your audio together. Okay, I am looking at what we have left for the not just business section and what remains is Zero Reservoir Road
and that is it tonight. All right. Um Mr. Bernie, if you are uh if you have audio and are all set, could you um uh just give us a an acknowledgement so
we can hear you? >> I'm here now. >> Great. >> Okay. So, wonderful. You now have board members. Um, now we have both the
This is a very complex schedule I'm looking at. The storm water permit has already been opened. >> Yep. >> We have not yet opened the special permit for the common driveway. >> Correct. >> Okay.
Um, I think it might make sense to open the common driveway, have that discussion a little bit separately just because I mean it's all going to
flow together between the two, but we I I think >> at least the hearing will be open for the special permit to the common drive. Yeah, I'd start there and >> I was going to divvy it up anyway. >> Great. So, >> okay, >> I think we can make it work.
>> We can open it. You have four people here, so that's not going to create any Mullen rule issues later on. Wonderful. In that case, could we please open the public hearing uh PBSP 2510
uh for the special permit for a common driveway at Zero Reservoir Road. The Lunberg Planning Board will hold a public hearing on February 9th, 2026 at 6:05 p.m. Town Hall 17 Main Street, Lunenburgg, Mass to hear and review an
application for a special permit pursuant to 250-6.4 4 C7 common driveways of the code of the town of Lunenburgg by Justinair for construction of a common driveway to serve a residential development
consisting of four single family homes. Subject property information. The location is Zero Reservoir Road. Assessor's map 137, parcel number 38. Owner is Mary C. Coburn, 998 Reservoir
Road, Lunberg, Mass 01462. You can view materials online at lunbergmma.portal.openggov.com/arch. Record ID is pbsp-25-10 via an email request to the planning office planning at lunbergmma.gov or in person at the planning office at
960 Mass Avenue in Lunberg. >> Great. Take it away. >> All right. So for the record, Justin McCarti engineering here tonight on behalf of SDP Reality Trust, the applicant/ future owner of the development here. So I'm going to
backtrack and go to the Stormar permit section to give the board an update. So we did receive the comment letter from Graves Engineering last week. We did review it. I did have a discussion with Mr. Walsh regarding the letter. The gist is the majority of the comments are
easily addressed. We have addressed them. I'll get that submitted back to Graves for review. The two tonight I want to point out was one and I'm going to start at the intersection of the common drive. So Graves had a comment pertain to the peace diaphragms located
at the intersection of the common driveway as well as Goodrich Street. Their recommendation was because everything is flowing downhill to that point and then off to the rain garden as discussed that they had asked a
clay barrier and perforated pipe be installed at the bottom to direct the water from the northern peone diaphragm which is shown on page left here to get to the rain garden. So we did add that to plan. We did note it. So essentially
the water will run down the piece diaphragm. it will get blocked by the clay dam and then into the perforated pipe underneath the common drive to the rain garden. That just helps prevent any potential over topping onto Goodrich street and having storm run onto the
road. The second comment was pertaining to excuse me a potential offsite issue not a major one but one that Graves had brought up. So the adjacent land here is there's
about 38 acre area that and I'm going to take this just to just so I can point a little bit easier. So there's all this land over here that's part of the previous kin parcel. There's a point where it comes down to a
low depression spot here on the plan where it acts almost as like a existing infiltration basin. There is a burn between this basin I'll call it and our proposed what three here where if the basin does
fill up it could potentially over top and come into our basin. Graves engineering had the recommendation to provide a hydraologic connection from the proposed depression here to allow the water in the event that
there's any issues to bypass the development and discharge into the existing soil back to the wetland as it currently does in today's condition. So we did propose a outlet control structure with a wick drain and then a
HTTP pipe flared in that will miss the rain garden so we're not impacting our storm water basin and rain garden there and that flow will go to the wetland as it does today. Again, Graves Engineer in their comment wasn't pertaining so much
to your regular flows, but also to your winter conditions. If you have kind of like we have now, we have the thaw, the freeze, the thaw, the freeze, and a lot of snow. Come springtime, you could
potentially have a excess water coming down to that area. So we did provide as I showed the change on the plan there as well as the one at the intersection of the common driveway and the good rich street. Other than that the our comments
are easily addressed and will be sent back to Graves. >> Okay. >> So that's the storm water. >> Yeah. >> Before we discuss the storm water. >> Yep. >> Um and if board members would like me to handle the different this differently
um Yeah. Please forgive me. I am having a lacking a better term. I'm having a bad postcancer tongue night. So speaking is a little bit trickier at the moment. I'm going have to be a little more thoughtful. Um before we look at that and if the board
members would like me to focus on storm water first, I'll bring us back there. I'll just say the word friends. But I in the common driveway application, there may be a technical issue that could make this storm water plan null
and void in terms of there may I I to my reading and to my understanding there may be an issue with combining these into a common driveway. If that ends up being the case,
this storm I I hate to take time discussing a storm water in >> No, no. And not to cut you off. >> Please go ahead. >> If I have a understand of where you're going, I was going to discuss that during the common driveway portion. Yes. >> Of the presentation.
>> So the area change that you see on the plan right now are two red lines. And again, I'll take the mic and walk back over there. So, there's two red lines shown right now. One is here. The
second one is here. So after discussion with the building department and the planning department, there's a nuance in the definition of driveway and frontage where your driveway has to be on
>> frontage which is on a defined street >> here where we have Reservoir Road and Goodri Street almost in parallel. the demarcation where the line changes from Reservoir to Goodrich Street,
>> lot three is technically on Reservoir Road. So, as part of the revisions for the common driveway application and the updated ANR plan, >> we're going to re revise the lines
accordingly to provide the required frontage and legal frontage for lot 3 onto Goodri >> would allow the common driveway to serve lot three. >> I think I understand. I want to call up
this site plan again for myself to look at it in a little more detail. >> Sure. >> Um, so we had the discussion with the building commission. >> And when you're walking over your house,
>> if you're going to have lots served by a common driveway, they all need to front on the same roadway. That was the issue. >> Correct. >> And you revised the plan. How to to accommodate that? So the plan in front of you tonight, this one hasn't been
submitted tonight. I wanted to come in front of the board and >> get the feedback. >> Oh, so we don't have this plan >> with the red lines. You do not. >> No, we just had that discussion I think Thursday afternoon. >> Yeah, I believe so when I when I came into the office. >> Oh, great. This makes I'm I'm going
through open gov going I'm like I don't see this. What am I? Super. Great. Now I understand. So the two red lines on the plan in front of the board tonight is what the modified property lines would be. That would give 100 ft of frontage
on Goodrich Street for lot three, which is what's required in this zone and that would be the legal frontage to serve for the common driveway. >> Okay, we'll have to take a closer look at that. Yeah, we'll have to >> leave
>> and again with knowing the status of storm wire engineering has to review it fully on anticipate the continuence for tonight to next meeting in that time the board would get the update plans accordingly in that and then can be reviewed.
>> Okay. Okay. And just to lay this out for the I want to lay this out a little more clearly for the discussion. There's three of us who have a more intrinsic discussion. that others who haven't been as involved as involved or not sitting in the room looking at the plan may not
have. Our common driveway bylaw requires that if you are putting properties with a common driveway that spits out onto a road, the road that common driveway spits out onto must be the road that those properties
have frontage upon. So, um, if you are in a situation where if you live at the corner, I mean, not the corners, but so if you live on Smith Street, if your property has frontage on
Smith Street, but you're going to have a common driveway that spits out onto Jones Street, that's a no-go. This one's more tricky because just due to the angles of how the roads come together
and what you might look look at and be like, "Oh, that looks kind of straight." And even though it is, it's a different roadway. Our common driveway, the bylaw we put together for the common driveway does
not give the planning board flexibility in saying, "Oh, good enough. is close enough. We can we can finagle that. We have strict requirements and so the discussion is about giving frontage for one of the properties that doesn't have
frontage on on the correct road to then have frontage on the correct road. Uh was that just in >> in summary that uh that almost nails it? >> Great. Are there any details I'm missing there that people should be aware of?
The bottom line is if you're going to have create lots that are served by a shared driveway, all of the lots served by said shared driveway must front on the same road. >> Mhm. If you want to be fancy and say it's
simple, you pay me for it. >> Yeah. Amen. And about a million other things that I don't have to do. Um which is great. Okay. So, if I may continue with the common
driveway, there was some items that were brought up at the last meeting that we were discussing that is changed on this plan that was submitted with the common drive application that I'd like to speak to real quick.
>> Uh, please. So just to refresh the board's memory, this was the original plan that the board had seen with the common driveway still serving the same three lots, but the intersection of the common driveway and Goodrich street was more in line
with the island there in the middle that divides Goodrich Street and Reservoir Road. And then you have the cutoff road between the two of them. At the last meeting, it was brought up that to take a look at the location of this, if we could do something better that benefits
DPW, fire, police, something a little bit different than this, just because of where it's located in the condition of this intersection. So, as part of this revised plan that the board sees in front of them tonight, we did shift the common driveway up
approximately 15 ft or so. So, that way the intersection of the common driveway on Goodrich Street is in line with the cutoff that comes from between Reservoir Road and Goodrich Street. So
for those unfamiliar, if you're driving up Reservoir Road, the road forks, left brings you to the Goodrich, right brings you down the reservoir further. On the back side of that is a little cut off in between. So we have the common driveway in line with that and that was at the
recommendation of Chief Sullivan of the fire department. The police chief did not have any comments other than that. And >> Mr. Bernard DPW DA Arthur had a comment to cut back and clear if you're in the
in the driveway looking out to Good Rich Street to the left because it is shrubs, some white trees, things of that nature, and also to cut back that slope a little bit to provide a better sight distance
looking up the hill on Goodrich Street. So that was revised and done as part of the common driveway application. So with that, if there's any additional questions answer, >> this is where I will turn to the board
and um ask for and say I'd love to hear your questions or your thoughts or your concerns. >> I don't like it. I I I continue to find that it's too close to
the intersection of reservoir. Um you've cleared the island a little bit. I still think that uh well, first of all, I'd like to see the the turning movements for the fire truck on the plan. Um we discussed or or I discussed my thought
that it could be moved further up Goodri Street. you indicated that you'd done that or you had tried that and it didn't work. I'd like uh at least some information uh graphically would be wonderful or at least a a more thorough
understanding of why we can't bring the grades are are incredibly similar at the west side of the lot as they are where you're putting the the driveway. I understand that you can sort of chase that that grade down to the wetland a
little bit to bring the driveway in, but I think that if you were creative, you could probably still get the same three lots on the driveway. Um, it might it you might lose a lot. I don't know. But I think at that intersection, it's a
little challenging. Um, and I would love to see graphically that it's 100 ft from the intersection center line as the bylaw requires. >> Don't mind me, Adam. I'm just taking notes. >> No, that No, that's fine. I I I didn't
expect you to respond. I don't have we have digital plans so it's not easily scalable for us but um it's it's questionable to me whether you make that 100 ft intersection center line
um distance. >> Okay, >> great. Other thoughts or questions from the board hearing? None. I'm also going to go out for public comment. Uh we do have
members of the public in the um in the participant list. We uh at least one member of the public in the room. Are there any is there any public comment on this? Seeing none.
Okay. Um so you've heard a few concerns about um about the common driveway. >> Yep. And I had one initially that you were
already aware of as well about the um about the proper frontage. It sounds like you have a plan in place to be to be addressing that. >> Correct. >> Um Mr. Bernie has brought up um >> some other concerns similar to his
previous. you've made some changes as well as some clear kind of could you walk us through it in the future? >> Yep. >> Um Okay. And is there Oh, please. M >> My one suggestion is when you submit the
uh revised driveway plan. >> Yep. >> Um if if uh when you address Adam's concerns, submit that along with it. >> Yes. >> Okay. So we'll just have one resubmission of the
>> Yeah. And that was the point for tonight to get any on top of the feedback we already had any additional and resubmit all >> uh have you put together a response to comment letter for Graves yet? >> Yes. >> Have they got it? >> They have not gotten it yet. >> Okay. So do all that at once?
>> Yeah. All at once. That's that was the intent. >> Okay. Great. >> You're clear to continue then. >> Yep. Okay. If there is um nothing else from the board, we've heard no public comment, I would look for a motion such
as to continue the uh storm the public hearings for the storm water permit and the special permit for Comet and Driveway for Zero Reservoir Road to is to our next meeting
work for you? >> Yeah. to our meeting on the 23rd of February, 2026 at 6:05 p.m. >> Perfect. So moved. >> Second. >> Okay.
>> I think I heard a second in there from Mr. Wilsmer. Was that a second? >> That was a second. >> Okay, great. Uh, all right. Mr. Bernie, >> I. >> Miss Reed, >> I. >> Mr. Mr. Wilsmer
>> I >> and an I from myself. All right. Very good. I believe thank you for coming in. >> Thank you. >> Um I believe that wraps up the
public hearings for tonight and all of that um the business others are bringing before us. I did want to with all of us here. Um, we got an email about it last week, but
um I do want to remind you that the select board has asked us to attend um and join in their meeting tomorrow when the storm water task force is presenting.
Um they've asked planning to join in there. So, we all got the email to the planning list about that last week, but I wanted to put that on our radar that we've been asked to join the select board tomorrow night. >> Mr. Oh,
>> please go ahead, Amanda. >> Oh, sorry. I just wanted to point out um we were going to continue 30 Summer Street, but I don't think we voted to continue 30 Summer Street to our next meeting. >> Oh, we are going to need to do that. Thank you. You are correct.
Um, >> Summer Street. >> Yep. Summer Street. Drop me a quick drop me email at some point tonight early tomorrow. Um, just if you're going to be able to make it or to not for tomorrow night's s uh select board meeting so I'm aware as well and I
know who we're expecting and who won't be there. Um, >> we know what they want from us. Uh this is the uh well Tim could explain exactly what stormwater is presenting but they want us there as well. Uh >> I mean I understand what storm water is
presenting. I guess it's a for funding mechanism for operational items that are under the control of the selecters road commissioners. the town manager as the overseer of town staff
and the DPW as the facilitators of the work. The planning board as an entity granted has sort of w somewhat wide reaching powers, but they're fairly limited. And
I I don't I guess I'm I'm unsure what their expected what our expected role is. Do you know exactly what they're looking for? >> I do not. Okay. I'm planning to attend and just hearing what they have to say.
>> Um I I believe this falls under the realm of we have a lot of nebulous we have a lot more nebulous related experience to some of this than the select board does. Even
though maybe not on the funding component, but we are more aware of storm water in general in town. I'm not sure that's 100% true, but I think you know what? If only there was a member of
the select board in the room who could help tell us for the love of God who could have been waving us down and saying, "I can tell you." And that would have been lovely. He was enjoying that too much. >> Yeah. Unfortunately, I do not have a
specific answer for you other than our commitment to try to keep everybody on the same page in communication um and just be as effective and as efficient as possible, but I other than that, I don't have a specific answer for you. >> Okay,
fair. Um um I have a quick question. Uh I didn't see an agenda posted for tomorrow. Are we allowed to like uh officially be there beyond quorum? >> If we are going to listen, then we do not need to post it as a meeting if
we're not deliberating. >> Discussing or making a decision. If we were if we were discussing and making decisions that we would need to post this. >> Ah I were you looking for us to have input or you >> I don't >> don't know.
>> Don't know is the answer. Well, so we w there was a mixup um for storm water and I never provided an agenda in time. So we're trying to determine who is and isn't showing up for it so that we don't have to deal with quorum issues for the
task force itself. Ah, so this Okay. >> Um, if I had realized this was >> there's no like guarantee there's going to be any kind of discussion. Um, but
since like we may have to answer questions, we're trying to keep the the stormwater task force itself, we're only sending uh, as I understand it, two people um, you know, so that we don't run into quorum problems. >> The two people. >> Yeah, that's fair. Um, so it might be
worth in case discussion happens, it might be worth us only having two of the board members there because we don't have an agenda posted. Um, I'm planning to So that could be me and Tim. Um,
unfortunately I am working uh emergency snow operations for the state. Uh, so I am likely going to be occupied tomorrow evening. Um, is there another board member who uh can and would like to join tomorrow or am I
soloing? If I'm soloing, that's not the end of the world. So, I guess I have a question. It's posted as a joint meeting of the select board planning board and stormwater task force. If the planning board and stormwater task force haven't also posted a meeting, then I don't know
that you can hold this. >> Yes. the select board agenda has it posted as a joint meeting. >> So that to me says they have an intention for us to deliberate in some way. And I think it's worth checking if
they should they should even go forward with this. Our intention, my understanding of our intention when this happened was this was presenting the select board our um your plan. Oh, I understand that. And I
think that that would have been fine if they had said presentation from the storm water task force with other boards in attendance. But the way they've posted it is as a joint meeting and and I would recommend that we don't send a quorum because we haven't posted an
agenda. They haven't posted as a joint meeting and I would rather just avoid that whole mess. >> Yeah. >> Um >> can I >> What's that? >> I have an email from Melissa, the executive assistant that said it is not
a public hearing and that it there was nothing that had to be published. It just had to go on on the agenda. >> Correct. It didn't have to be published because there's no legal advertising requirement, but it's posted on the meeting as a on the agenda as a joint meeting.
So, even if it's not a public hearing for open meeting law, you can't have three of us discussing directly or indirectly. An indirect is the weird thing where if I talk to Adam about it,
>> right, >> and then Adam talks to Tim about it, >> that is still three people, >> even though so that is still if it is business of the board, the kinds of
things we're supposed to deal with, then open meeting law still applies even if it's not a public hearing. >> Yeah, I had said that and that's what I got back. Okay. It it sounds like there may have been some well somewhere there's a misunderstanding. don't know exactly
where yet I am fine sending I think it is necessary to send less than a quorum of people to be more clear um because I think we can't I mean otherwise it if we start discussing it
becomes an open meeting law violation to my understanding as well >> I I'll volunteer to not go >> yeah um >> it'll be you and Yeah, I Amanda, I don't know if you're available for that. And if you're not,
if I'm the only board member, that is still not quorum. And also, we can we can work with it. >> I won't know till tomorrow afternoon, but if I'm able to come, I'll let you know. >> Okay. Um All right. So, not an issue. I
wanted to put that on our radar. Um, I some of the similar concerns about the way it was posted and yeah. All right, we will get through. No worries. Um,
looking at our agenda the Oh, okay. Decisions in business because we have some things there that aren't decisions. um for 925 Massav
the um town is putting to now that's the old abandoned gas station that was that the town got grant money got cleaned up um at one point some consultants with grant money came before us as a playing
board and said here's a couple things you could do with that property um but it has the issue of if you're rebuilding It has to be twostory. And if you're doing that, the parking on the site
is it's going to be virtually impossible to put parking on that site for any two-story use, sufficient parking. Village Center District lets us do the parking, you know, slush parking, but that doesn't mean there's more space to be had.
To that end, we've been asked to send um a representative of the board as well as the planner to a group to make an RFP for that site. Um and they want to know who would like to do it. I am willing to step into that
role, but I don't know if there's someone who's going, "Oh boy, I really want to help write the RFP for 925 Massav." And if there's someone who wants it, I'm real happy to give it to you. What's the What's the intended schedule or meeting times?
>> Oh, I would Do you know that off? >> Ma Matthew, >> it's okay. It's okay. It's okay. >> Um, they specifically wanted somebody that could make meetings during the day. >> Yeah, daytime meeting. >> Daytime meeting. Oh, thank you. I missed
that. Okay. Um, I think daytime meetings means it's most likely me for members of the board because I think everyone else Thank you, Tony, by the way. I should say that more clearly. Um, has a have commitments that get in the way.
>> How how often >> do you know that one, Tony? people. >> No, but I was going to make a comment based on uh emails that I had shared with um the time manager. That site's still dirty.
and and um if you if you read the the documents that were associated with the request to join the uh working group um you see that uh while the remedial action required for removal of the
source of contamination has been successfully completed the um site still contains uh levels of contamination above the public safety level and uh I had suggested at the time
manager that she go back to both uh the state EPA or DER and US EPA which funded the removal action and see where they are with regards to the um the report
that went to them in February of 2025. So I I have not heard back from uh from the from the town manager based on my recommendations and I've not seen anything with regards to actually having a meeting. The other thing that uh was
uh really interesting is there was an appraiser appraisal done by an appraiser and the appraiser basically said my assumption is the site's clean which is not true. So, I I think that uh you know, while they still might be
gathering up uh people who would be interested in being on the working group, I think that we're some time away from actually putting out an RFP >> for um selling the the lot. You know, that's that's my two cents worth. But I
can tell you that anybody in their right mind who would take on that project with the the uh site still being a source of contamination uh enters a a great amount of risk in doing a great amount of financial risk and ranging from letting
it letting it um you know clean itself up naturally to the expense of maybe $50,000 for continued monitoring and testing to uh about a quarter of a million to a half million for remediation using um pretty standard
techniques for the type of contamination that's there. Basically, you accelerate the degradation by introducing uh both oxygen as well as some bacteria into the soils. >> Okay. >> So, I mean that's that's where that's
at. I I do want to be cautious in that we only have like just assigning a group member on our agenda and I don't want to bring the >> I know that that should should give you some perspective as to when and how much time you have. >> That's fair. That's a good point. >> Yeah.
>> But thank you for the background. Um >> Okay. >> Yeah. And I I checked my email quickly. We uh they did not share an expected meeting cadence or duration and I did not think to ask. ask you if my apologies on that. >> Nope, that's no worries. Um,
it's something I could possibly be interested in and might be able to squeeze in depending on timing, but uh I don't want to commit to it without having a better understanding. >> Um, Tim or Amanda, are you interested in the
group? >> Um, I I would have difficulty working that into my schedule. completely fair. >> Um I, you know, if there's somebody who is wanting to take it, I'd say
absolutely. Um it is a possibility that I could cover it. Um I only teach on Mondays and Wednesdays. So if the meetings are any time other than Mondays and Wednesdays, I should be able to cover that schedule.
So, how about you be the >> the >> the point person and she be the alternate. >> Yeah. I I don't know if they want an alternate for the committee, but I think what we can do >> in case you can't go. >> Yeah. Um I'm fine with that. What I was going to say is what I might recommend in this
case based on what I'm hearing is if we put me until we have a clue of what the commitment more thoroughly looks like, I'm happy to either take the role or be your initial person on in the role and then as this shakes out in the in the next couple
weeks if there's a more clear image of what it's going to be, we could revisit if I'm the correct person. That works. >> That sounds great. >> Okay. >> And I don't know if they're looking for alternates, but if they're taking alternates, Amanda, do you want to be
the alternate? >> Yeah, I'm fine with that. >> Okay. >> Uh, I would look Do we need a vote on that or no? As a com because it's not a official committee. Do we need a vote? Do you want a vote? >> I go just to be safe.
>> No, I'm fine with that. I would look for a motion such as to appoint Matthew Brunner as a member as the playing board's member to the RFP group for 925 Massav
with Amanda Reed as the alternate if they are looking for an alternate. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Uh Amanda, was that a second? >> Yes, second. Okay, great. Moved and
seconded. Mr. Bernie, >> I. >> Mrs. Reed, >> I. >> Mr. Wilsmer, >> I. >> And an I for myself. Perfect. Um,
we have the Okay, so we have three decisions we need to look at and would normally look at together, signed together. Are we comfortable reviewing the
decisions? Well, we've already kind of said we would for 1083 Northfield. Are we comfortable reviewing the decision for 485 Leister Shirley Road and coming in on our own and then coming in in the next few days to get that signed or do
we want to look at it as a group now? >> I'm fine just signing it. >> Okay, that that's where I am. If you want us to look at it together, speak up. Otherwise, look it over. come in in the next few days and sign it so we can
get that back to the applicant. Uh once you look at it, etc. If you have a concern, raise it to Mr. Wallace. Great board discussions, master. >> Are we not going to >> What's that?
>> Are we skipping over Are we skipping over the 61A or the 61 intent to sell? Oh, is that >> Yes, we are. Uh, >> okay. >> The uh Sorry. Yeah, the notice of
intent. Um, we are going to be skipping that over because we don't act >> I don't remember all the technicals we just discussed with uh the town manager. >> It's not a qualified offer. >> Yeah, there are things that have to happen at the town manager's office
before that could even be an option. >> Okay. Yep. Um, >> that's what I get for coming in late. >> No, we haven't talked about like I don't think we've actually discussed that out loud so far at this meeting. We did
other 1083 stuff, but we're not looking at that yet and we hadn't discussed it. Um, we're waiting for more info from town hall that may be on our next agenda. It may not be. How exciting. >> Uh, Mr. Chair. Yes.
>> Just a reminder, I don't think we continued 30 Summer Street yet >> for 30 Summer. >> This is why they pay you the big bucks. >> I would look for a motion such as to continue the public hearing for 30 uh
whatever street. >> Yeah. I want to see what the stor the public hearing for 30 summer street for the storm water permit site plan approval and had we opened the special permit. So that does that still that doesn't need a
vote to continue then. Okay. For the site plan approval and the storm water permit to our meeting on February um 23rd, 2026 at 6:05 p.m.
>> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Mr. Bernie >> I. >> Mrs. Reed >> I. >> Mr. Wilsmer >> I. >> And an I from myself. Thank you, Amanda. >> Uh one last thing on that. Do we have a
continued uh request from them to extend the opening of the public hearing for the special permit as we are well outside the 65 days and I want to make sure that we don't get a technical failure uh based on not having
opened it because they keep continuing the other hearings. >> Hold on. I'm reading it right now. We have eyes double-checking computers. >> Site plan storm water flood
>> flood plan permit >> prepared request an extension to the next available meeting. >> So we do have something from Dillis and Rory requesting an a time extension. >> That works for me. Thank you. >> Thank you, sir.
Okay, moving us on to master plan draft. I um I sent us all um a copy of the master of
the draft of the master plan. Um and they would love our feedback on it. uh they being over under at all. Um I hope we've had time to look it over. We can take some more time. Hey,
you're not going to read the whole dang thing now. I'll say that. But looking for feedback that I can bring back to them as they um narrow in. A lot of the stuff they might be looking for especially would be making sure that
those tables at the end are are are specifying the correct groups and everything else. But as a general look over as well, do we have feedback? I'm sure they would appreciate receiving feedback um in written form.
>> Mhm. So >> that would be ideal, but I think the board also discusses well. So, I want to give us that opportunity. >> And if we can put discussion uh written feedback together, that would be great. >> I would like to put some written
feedback together. Overall, I like the layout. Um I'm hoping that if we do print it, it's in it's not in this the goofy landscape. I don't I don't like that as a a printed
form. Um it works well on the screen. Uh, I wish that in the uh the goals and objectives section the actions were more prominent than looking
like a little text bubble shoved off to the side uh to the right of some dollar signs. uh because those are the actual meat of that whole section and they feel like um
I don't know they feel like they're you know they're introducing the new marshmallow on Lucky Charms or something as opposed to actually being the action that is intended for moving that that forward. Uh and I
haven't really had a chance to go through the table yet. Um, it feels like, you know, and and this is probably just me being uh a grizzled planner that I'm used to seeing
population charts and tables and and none of that's in there. So, it it doesn't feel as master planny as the way the way we used to do it back in my young days. But um >> Adam, >> overall I think it's an easy way to read
it. Yes, Steve. >> Um that was my initial assessment too. Where's the tabular information? >> So apparently there is a second volume that contains the tabular information that um we can send out to the full
board. >> Yeah. >> So this is the sexy version and they kept the old man version in like the appendix. >> The um we can send that out. the the tabular data you're referring to is in the initial conditions report. >> Okay.
>> That they already published and is on plan and for those at home as well is on plan lunenberg.org. Um but there is the initial conditions section of this plan. Uh, I can also follow up and make sure
that um, how will I can find that? You don't need to send it to me. And and again, it I just think it's a it's a valuable thing to have. This is the part that everyone's going to look at. Um, because this is the what
do we do? And it's it's colorful and, you know, all of that. Um, so that's fine. I just it it it struck me as as odd that it was in two different volumes. I have in my notes to follow up
with a how are they how are they being should are they remaining separate? Uh basically what's their intent there? Is the intent that they will remain separate? And I guess I would ask us, do we want them together in one volume? Cuz
that that's a very fair request on our end. >> I would like to see them together. >> Well, I I guess I look at it as there should be a file or a document that has them together. I have no problem with
what was sent to us being also a standalone document and maybe that's the easy front-facing version of the master plan that goes on the website that gets handed out to kids at school all all those kinds of fun things. uh
because it is approachable and I think some of the the biggest problem with some master plans is it's all tabular data and you know very jargony descriptions and people look at
it and their eyes glaze over and they're like I'm just going to go to bed. Uh but I I think it's a it's a critical component of the plan as a whole and should reside as a singular document somewhere.
Great. Um, and Adam, just um, for my own notes and for discussions with Ramy, um, you mentioned again the what did you wish were more prominent in your first >> uh, recommendation?
>> Yes. the I I'm going to open the plan so I can look at it and give you a good answer or I can even share it. And uh I hate PDFs these days. Let's see. >> Oh, okay. um the
the portions the possible actions um I don't know may maybe they're maybe they are I just feel like they feel like uh they should they should pop more because
that's those are the things that are supposed to be done or re were being recommended to be done like in the '05.02 O2 possible actions review formally adopt a clear policy governing community access to school grounds and
facilities. Um so it has the you know the goal, the cost, the time frame, the description and then the possible actions and maybe it's the color scheme. I don't know. It it
>> it all just kind of >> blends. Yeah, it it it should be easier to that that comes out as what we're looking for. All right. So, I just called up on my screen a page as an example >> and Mr. Bernie is saying that since the
possible actions here in kind of this lower right semi quadrant of that page um quasi quadrant um getting that to pop or at least stick
out more in a clear way that this is what we should be doing and I think that's very valuable feedback. >> Bold it larger font >> something. Yep. Um, uh, Tristan Sebrite, the their graphic designer is, uh, fortunately super
top-notch and we say the we say Ramy's name a lot, but that whole crew has a lot of skills and I think Tristan's been with us a while on this and has been doing a lot of this graphic work um, both for the public facing communication and in this project. But that I think is
a great reference and I will feel free to include that in your written feedback as well. But I >> I will >> um >> and this feels like a dumb comment, but where did we go? Why do why did we go with orange and green? >> What was that?
>> Why did we go with orange and green as the color scheme? Because that is what they picked. I believe I don't think there I think that was what they did and we never requested any changes.
>> Fair enough. >> And they've been doing it for the entire time. >> Do we have a town seal that that is color? Maybe they could use the color. >> They pulled the green from the town seal. I think
>> was that >> I said I'm guessing they pulled this the green from the town seal. They may have killed the orange from the town seal, too. >> Yeah. >> From the rooftops or something >> like >> I'm looking at the uh Yeah, >> cuz you say that. You say the town seal
and that reminds me. Oh, yeah. It now I it was a conscious choice on their part to try to pull in. >> Yeah. The the the orange from the wheat thresher and the roof and the green from the field. >> Yep. Now, it's awkward because for many
people think of Lunenburgg as blue, but that's because our high school colors are blue and white. And often whatever your high school colors are become default colors for community in many people's mind. >> Mhm.
>> Um, okay, great. Other thoughts or feedback from the board? Hearing? None. What? Uh, Tony, by all means, Mr. Skillbrini, >> let me go. Let me go. Um,
>> again, just for the sake of, it's not a public hearing, but since you're speaking at the meeting, do please share your name and your address. I realize we should be thorough. >> I'm Tony Scullenbriny, uh, the elder. There's two of us. My son's the chair of the school committee. Um, and I live at
Five Valley Road and I'm actually speaking as the vice chair of the master plan steering committee. Uh, Kim had hoped to participate, Kim Duffy, the chair of the master plan steering committee had hoped to participate in our discussions tonight. And the only
thing that uh that together she and I are both um very uh very interested in seeing this plan get approved because the master plan steering committee spent a significant amount of time since April working on the document that's been
submitted for approval by the planning board. And you know when we uh when the master plan steering committee last met as a group um prior to the end of the calendar year 2025, we had talked about you know how this
the plan approval process was going to work. And then we kind of targeted us going out of business uh at the end of February, approving meeting minutes um and then going out of business at the end of February. And I think that u
because we have so much invested in in the plan at this point in time and the work of the committee that we'd like to um to to say we're going to stay in business until the planning board has actually made the approvals and then and
then we can transition to uh we can sunset at that point in time. But something might come up, you know, and and we want to make sure that there's a committee that's still intact that can support the planning board in dealing with any particular comments. You know,
we've gathered input from a lot of different people. We gathered a lot of input, a lot of input, um, from the various committees, you know, as the plan was, you know, coming to a close, coming to a draft that we could share with them. And uh you know, thank
goodness Kim, you know, she spent an incredible amount of personal time going through um disseminating those that draft plan and the recommendations and the objectives and then getting comments and then taking those comments back to
the consultant. So there's a there's a a lot of um you know, a lot of skin in the game, so to speak, for the master plan steering committee. And uh we we may still meet on on the 25th of February, but I I think that the consensus at
least wise between Kim and I as the chair and vice chair that we wouldn't go out of business until the plan's completely approved and uh then we could stand by and be available if any additional work is required. So that's our comments.
>> Okay. Well, uh, Tony, thank you for that feedback as well because, um, it is this board that eventually makes the I mean, we're the, uh, it's a well, I don't remember what the term is the correct term, but it's a committee
that's owned by planning and so it is our job to eventually disband that committee. Um, I don't know that we will be I don't know there's much steering left. because I think we are in that home
stretch. Also, uh, good news-wise, I think we will shortly be, um, I mean, what you're not hearing here is a whole hallelu about deep-seated concerns. We're looking at much more nuance, the
smaller details that have been brought up. We'll see as people do another deep read what comes out in the wash over the next week or so, but I'm anticipating that we are close to approval and being
all set. And even if the committee because there's an I there's an argument to be made I think fairly that the steering portion is done for the love of God. I'm going to ask you that doesn't mean you have to abandon the process.
Those who have spent time in it I hope will continue to be involved now and in the future. And also I hope frankly once the time comes for an implementation committee as we figure out what that looks like that people will continue to be involved. It will be a smaller group. I
hope people will continue to be involved there as well. that would be the proper transition from the master plan steering committee to the implementation committee. >> We um our steering committee is huge is
about a 15 member committee and that was an intentional action by this board to try to make sure the constituency of the the town >> Yeah. that every sub constituency
was properly represented. So you have the council on aging, you have schools, you you have >> uh but it led to a very large committee and that's why any transition that happens can't be and and no one wants it
to be a onetoone transition because you can't have a 15 person. >> No. And you're going to have a lot of those members who um want to step away from the process and get on with their lives. So, >> and we also >> you had a lot who stepped away from the process during the process.
>> Yes. >> We had to adjust the quorum for that committee to a lower than the default 1/ half number. We adjust it lower so they could do business. >> I understand. >> Yep. But great. You know, Matt, I think
I think that, you know, because the there's two things. One is because the committee, you know, it it it waffled and it kind of drifted along for such a a long period of time. It's we're so close to this process being finished.
And I completely agree. It's the planning board's decision to approve the plan. And it's kind of like, you know, let let the let the group stay connected until it's completely done and then we go out of business. There's one other issue here. Contractually, the master
plan steering committee is mentioned in the statement of work which has guided this development of this plan. And and I think that you know when you when you get right down to completing every single piece of the of the contractual
statement of work, which includes the town approving the plan or the planning board approving the plan, I think you ought to keep all the pieces intact where that happens, you know. So, you know, we're we're not trying to supersede or say, "Hey, we should have some some say in in the in the plan
approval." We what we want to say is that we're here to help finish the process. >> Excellent. And Tony, uh I I think that in practice that I think we are that um there is a hard
speaking night. My golly. Um, in practice, I think we are going to find that this is about to be a very close to or an actual non-issue. Um, as the board looks at it and now a ton of feedback comes in, that's one
thing. But if the pattern I'm seeing here holds, there is a we will likely be ready to approve. we may be ready to approve or hold a vote for approval in short order.
So, we'll see how that plays out. I hear your concern and I think that's valid, too. Um, I'm going to turn to the playing board. I'm going to say, "Friends, what I'd like you to do, give it another read. Get your written statement to me. I I would really need a
written statement from everyone. Your statement can be I think it is fine as is." >> You want to give them a deadline? Um, I'd re >> I would like it by the end of this coming weekend. Is that doable for
because it is a big dock. I hate to not give people another weekend to read. Is that doable? >> Nope. >> No. >> Okay. I >> I need at least two I need at least two weeks to to sit down, go through it, and then >> put my thoughts in writing. >> Um, I think that the board should take
this up again in early March. Uh, are we planning to bring this to town meeting for either presentation or secondary approval or are we just going to approve it as the planning board and hit the ground running?
I would my thought and this is just one person on the board really. I would like us to bring it to town meeting for demon for to show them the conclusion of the work
>> as a committee report. >> Yes, as a committee report. I would also like us to hit the ground running. I don't see a reason if we have once we've approved it. I don't see a reason to sit
on it for an extra month and go, "Hey, town meeting, now that you've seen it, we're going to work when there's maybe another a chance to get working quicker." So when I ask the planning board members to give me their prioritized list of projects they want
me to work on as their planning director, I'm expecting much of that is going to be the master plan recommendations. I think we will see that I I expect I could be wrong. We'll also see some backlog of things we identified and
thought we were going to be done with by now. Um, but we'll see. Um, okay. Could I get written could I have everyone's written feedback
for our next meeting on the 22nd that is two weeks and that lets us put it together and have a discussion then as appropriate on that written feedback kind of co cohesively. Does that work for everybody?
>> Sure. >> Okay. Bang. >> It's just the point that the next meeting is on the 23rd, though. >> My name is Amanda. I like to point out things and make sure Matt's correct and he's not violating all sorts of rules by being wrong all the time. Thank you.
>> So, so sorry, >> Amanda. Thank you. Okay. All right. Great. So that puts us there. Um, and the other thing I want to ask in that feedback,
let me let Oh, can they know if we're can I collect their feedback on this or do you have to collect the written feedback on this? >> It needs to go to Steve. Yeah, I I realize that it's
I've developed habits that aren't necessarily correct anymore. Um, yeah. So, send all of send all of your feedback to Stephen, please. >> I will compile it and share it with your consultant.
Um, I'll make the introduction because you haven't talked unless you have otherwise, but Okay, >> great. All right. Um, okay. I'm going to move abuing community notices. Is there anything big
going on nearby that we want to know about? >> Oh, let's see. uh variance for a single family home, sideyard setback, accessory dwelling unit,
uh spray booth and body shop coming to Lemonster. That's it. Weighty matters indeed. >> Indeed. Do we know where they are on the Costco in Lemonster?
>> I don't. >> Okay. I was hoping maybe because I >> next summer it's supposed to be open. >> Okay. I I was under the impression that they had approved the plans and everything, but I realize I don't know I've seen anything official about that,
but good. I'm asking simply because I'm sick of driving to Nshawa. Um, >> you can drive to Sharon. It's just a different drive. >> Uh, it it is in fact with a worse parking situation.
>> You go to Waltham. >> The one in Sharon has the best parking. >> Oh, never mind. I'm thinking Waltham. You're right. I didn't know there was one in Sharon. I'm going to have to look at that. Well, hopefully not for too long anyway. Um,
my boys are getting big and they eat a lot. So, okay. Uh, committee reports, master plan steering committee. Um, >> I think we all know what that's looking like at this point.
>> What's that, Tim? >> I I mean, I think we all know what it looks like at this point. We've got the document to review. >> Yep. Um and and and as Tony alluded to, they have their final meeting planned for the 25th.
Well, what was to be their final meeting planned. Um but to certainly go over the last minutes and and and do that kind of it's a housekeeping meeting.
All right. Open space committee. Uh we have uh meeting this Wednesday. >> Okay. Municipal building design committee. Um we continue to meet. It continues to
be at times a difficult discussion. Um we have a subcommittee meeting that is myself uh Mr. Skullbrini and Ms. L Ms. uh Laura. I can't remember Laura's
last name. I feel awful. Uh, we're coming up with questions to ask the town employees about the work they do in their departments so that we can better figure out what the space needs actually will be. We're having that meeting
tomorrow and then uh we'll see where it goes from there. Capital Planning Committee is meeting on Wednesday to go over the new numbers and we'll have those and go over them. Then economic development committee next
meeting is tomorrow. Nothing new to report. Storm water task force. Um so we met with uh Fincom uh last week
um to give a a initial presentation. uh we meet with select board tomorrow um or uh I think uh Bill will be presenting tomorrow uh for the select board and then we have our next
uh meeting on the 19th and then March 5th we're supposed to have a kind of public information session. >> Okay, that's on March 5th you said. >> Yes. >> Okay, great. looking forward to it. Massachusetts
Regional Planning Commission. >> Um, we met last week. Um, not really much to report. Um, I did send uh, Mr. Chair an email um, a forwarded email about some new grant opportunities for
historic buildings. Um, I thought that Lunberg might be interested in that as we've had some back and forth about the historic buildings in town, but other than that, not much to report. >> Uh, board members, for your edification,
um, I've I'm putting in for two district local technical assistance grants from the regional planning commission. uh one to update our expired housing
production plan and another project would be mapping the development constraints for our commercial and industrial districts. Essentially updating that development
constraints map that was last done during the 2020 during the 2001 buildout. So, we'll be able to compare uh both maps and see how far we've come in terms of using our commercial and
industrially zoned land and how much we have left. So, I'm the select board have have to uh discuss this at at a meeting which they'll do tomorrow night. But those are the two projects I've submitted to the
regional planning commission. Um, and uh, Amanda, to follow up with you, you sent that email to me about the grant opportunity for historic buildings. I did forward that on to uh both Chris Ruth, our facilities
director, as well as Peter Beardmore, uh the current chair of the capital planning committee, because the size of that grant meshes really well with some of the
small to mid small size projects that we may have coming up on some of the historic buildings. buildings in town or potentially could be useful for some of the historic buildings that we
may want to consider preserving but we haven't really had the budget to in town. >> Excellent. Thank you. >> Montichus Joint Transportation Committee. >> Uh we have not met since our last
meeting. We meet this week on Wednesday. >> Okay, great. Minutes approval. We have minutes in the uh sh in the one drive. Um Lee
found a trove of minutes that had been written but not presented to us which is why you see some work there done by previous admin assistants.
So, we have a collection of minutes for June 9th. Uh, all dates are 2025, June 9th, July 14th, July 28th, August 25th,
September 9th, and September 22nd. I'm with six together. I'm hoping you've already read. If you want time to review, feel free. If you want to wait and push it off to the next meeting so you can review in depth, say the word.
Otherwise, I would look for a motion. Uh, I did have one question on the September 8 on the September 8th um minutes
for the ANR plan. It notes 823. Chair looks for motion to endorse. I don't understand what the 823 is. >> I don't know. I mean, I my I would just say if that
gets deleted, I would I would move that we delete that and approve the remainder of the package of minutes as they are unchanged. Yeah, I have no clue what that is. I would be
um Oh, I bet that is No, never mind. It's an I was wondering if it was an 8:23 at night, but if we were handling an 820 uh an ANR at 8:23
at night, I feel like it would remember that night cuz we do those first. >> I' I've gone I've gone through that same logic train. Um I would I would share the same opinion then.
So I would look for a motion such as to uh approve the package packet the the comprehensive package of minutes with dates as previously discussed with the exception uh with with the exception of
removing the line single line beginning that says 8:23. Chair looks for motion to endorse to have that removed from the September 8th minutes. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded.
Mr. Bernie >> I. >> Mi Mrs. Reed >> I. >> Mr. Wilsmer >> I. >> And an I from myself. Minutes approved. Meeting schedule. As a reminder, we meet here at the Bulada meeting room uh in
hybrid format at our beautiful town hall. Um unless otherwise noted, we meet at 6:00 p.m. second and fourth Mondays of the month. Speaking of which, our next meeting is slated to be and we've
set things for February 23rd. Um Mar is March 9th the town caucus? >> Yes. >> Yes. Okay. We have a meeting scheduled for March 9th. Um,
that is a town caucus. I am up for reelection, so I will need to attend the town caucus that night. Um, in addition, um, we have two other seats that are up as well. One of which is a
seat that is currently unoccupied. One of which is a seat that Mr. Bernie is currently uh occupying. And do we want to meet that night with just three members? Do we want to reschedu that meeting? Do we want to
cancel that meeting? I'm a little worried with how backed up we seem at the moment. Canceling doesn't feel great to me. I think rescheduling would be a better choice if we're going to go that route. >> I agree with reschedule. Tuesday the 10th.
>> Uh Tuesday is select board. Okay. I will we can pick a date. We don't have to handle that right here in the meeting. Um I think the Mondays are fairly open. So if we look forward or back one Monday from that.
>> Yeah. >> Um check your calendars. Let me know if there's a date that doesn't work. Otherwise, we'll pick one based on >> The only concern with moving back would be new applications and making sure that we we're meeting whatever time frames we
give folks. >> Good call. So, probably moving forward a week. Yep. Makes sense. >> And that would put us back to back. >> Yeah. >> I I'm I'm not uh I'm not poo pooing it.
I'm more just >> Okay. making sure that we're all on the same page about that. >> I'm quietly hoping that makes our meeting on the 23rd a light meeting. >> I Fair enough. >> Um
that won't happen. I know our life. Um I may be missing the fir I have to double check the calendar. I might be missing the first meeting in April. No, there's no way because we do I'll be fine. Okay. So, no, we're good. Great.
Okay. Um, so let's plan on moving the meeting on the 9th back a week. I'll just check your calendars later tonight and verify. Let me know if there's an issue. I got to double check mine. But I think that makes sense. >> What?
>> March 2nd. >> Sorry. Back as in forward >> as to the 16th. >> To the 16th. >> To the 16th. >> Okay. Yes. >> That's what I'm thinking. >> Yeah. No, read my mind next time, please. It would be helpful. Um, >> try and sorry. >> All right.
Okay. Board comment. >> I have a question. >> Excellent. >> Um, according to the town website, unless it's wrong. Um, speaking of town caucus, it it looks like you and Mr.
Wilsmer and Mr. Bernie are all >> That is incorrect. Um >> that's incorrect. >> Yep. No, the the numbers I gave you are correct. I could even tell you um I have in my email somewhere. Look,
I'm up for my regular election cycle reelect for a 5-year term. Um, as evidenced by the fact that I said I have to be a town caucus, it is my intent to um >> to run again. >> Um,
and the open seat in Mr. Bernie's seat uh are both mid uh what do you call them? Midterm appointment. >> Yeah, midterm uh not appoint election in this case, I guess. But yes, midterm elections. I don't know off the top of
my head what the dates are on those. Mr. Wilsmer is up next year if memory serves. >> Okay, got it. >> Or unless Did you beat Tim on onto the board? Oh, no. He was different. We'll see. I don't remember. I have it in my
notes. Uh, but I did confirm that with town clerk because the number the town website didn't make sense for how our terms work. >> Um,
okay. Any other board comment? Hearing none, I want to turn to the board and say thank you for dealing with a mostly remote meeting tonight. That's always a little trickier. I really appreciate the effort you put in. I want to turn to the public who aren't in the
room with us but are watching on TV and say thank you for putting up with another another planning meeting. Hopefully you learned a little and if not, well, >> at least you're helping out the town by watching. Thank you so much. I would
look for a motion to adjurnn. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Mr. Bernie >> I >> Mr. Wil Mrs. Reed >> I >> Mr. Wilsmer
>> I >> and an I from myself. All right. Thank you everyone out there in TV land. Have a wonderful evening. We will see you in a couple weeks. Have a good night. Lunberg. >> Thank you.