recording in progress yep good to go okay uh welcome to the lunenberg zoning board of appeals I'm going to tell you how we are going to proceed but first I have to give you a notification that this hearing is being
recorded in accordance with the requirements of the open meeting law please be advised that this meeting will be broadcast live through local access cable on Facebook live on the public access Facebook page and will be able to be found on the lunberg public access
YouTube channel Within 24 hours after the meeting to participate remotely from a computer go to zoom meeting computer and app users may use the raise hand feature to request to speak so that I'd like to introduce you to the board to my
left is Chris Riley he's the land use director but he is filling in F Lisa NORAD in tonight I'm Alfred grel James bakosi Tony necastro Patrick Callahan and Don gy Mr chair I believe Brian gingis the
building commission has graciously uh offered to intend on oh yeah he's on Zoom okay and Brian ging is on Zoom okay um with that uh the way the hearing will proceed is uh Chris will
read the application and any other submitted Communications the applicant will have the opportunity for comments on the application or submission of additional documents please come forward to the mic and give your name and address board members will have the
opportunity to ask questions they might have on the application while you at the mic there will be a public comment period if anyone from the public would like to speak please come forward to the mic give your name and address and please address all questions and comments to the board and with that I
would ask Chris to pre read the application thank you Mr chair notice is hereby given that the zoning board of appeals will hold a public hearing on February 26 2025 at 700 p.m. at the lunenberg Town Hall second floor Joseph bad room 17 mainstream lunenberg mass
and available by Zone the lunenberg zoning board will hear the petition of Heidi solowski oh good I got it right 135 Highland Street lunenberg Mass 1462 the property which is the subject of this
case is located in 135 Highland Street lunberg mass4 462 and owned by MCM State realy trust care of Margaret McLean 605 Oaks Boulevard San Leandro California
94577 cessors map 52 parcel 1 the petitioner is Seeking a special permit for an extension of the 2-year time frame for reconstruction of a non-conforming structure the construction has not reached substantial completion at this time as the extension
expired on October 5th 2024 the zoning board of appeals will consider authorizing the special permit wish to appear in support or in opposition to the petition you may do so in person by agent or by attorney copies of the application were available to be
inspected in the town clerk's office of the Zoning Board office during normal business hours Alfred G graille chairman thank you okay um with that I would invite the
applicant to come up if you would like graille course good evening everyone hello I'm anded 135 Highland Street so thank you for being here tonight thank you for working in case no one says thank
you thank you um okay so you're here tonight because you went over the 2year and uh as we read in the first meeting that it's all special permit's only good for 2 years unless substantial construction has begun yes sir and that
ran out on October 5th yes correct yes and also on Zoom I have um from MCM realy is Marge Margret so she is my trustee she's on there my contractor should be on there and also um I believe
my architect is trying to log in okay just in case um was the original house did you have a fire is that what it was yes yes I had a house fire um and it just kind of like went through like a Chinese dragon unfortunately and um it needed to
be torn down and rebuilt so that's what we're doing but unfortunately I had some a hard time getting a contractor in the very beginning my contractor that I originally picked was conflicting with his partner and it was a lot um but I do have a great contractor now um and they
have been you know moving right along up until the point where we had to stop because the permit needed to be renewed okay all right but in the meantime I've I've kept up the property I've uh maintained the grass and anything that
needs to be done to the property even though I'm not able to live there I've made sure that I've maintained and you know made the neighborhood still look the best I can considering okay and I believe you've put in a septic system new septic system
yes even before they asked me to I took the old one out and I had a new one put in okay yes uh and the house is framed is that it is yes so it it has a roof on um it's framed it has some of the windows in um
the doors some of the doors are on the property uh we had some a hard time with the windows because the windows came in wrong two times from the manufacturer uh so we had had a little delay there but but yeah it's coming along it looks beautiful okay thank you I'm going to open up to the board if
they have any questions or Brian has uh anything he would like to add I don't have any questions or comments Brian is uh does have his hand raised so turn it over to you
Brian good evening um actually there was no initial special permit received so it's not really an extension of special permit um they exceeded the 2-year window to reconstruct a non-conforming structure was damaged by fire um so this is actually now for an extension of that
time period but not an extension of a special permit okay that means that's okay any other questions from the board no questions Mr chairman what's that no questions no questions no no questions no questions it's pretty
straightforward um okay let me see if I can any other comments from the public at stores there no public I think we have a couple well we know there is one so would you like to speak is anybody from the public or anybody on Zoom at
all uh I do have one hand raised on Zoom uh so John bone if you'd like to take the floor it's yours fantastic so I live at 162 Island Street here with my wife and my son um Heidi's been our neighbor for 5 years um
I just want to say that you know the process has been uous over there um the septic system took a little bit of time they had some issues with Machinery trying to get up that hill um you know it took some uh took some extra time on that property uh but uh I know myself
and a lot of our neighbors around us uh the majority are very supporting of the direction that she's taken with the property uh she hired an architect uh I've seen the plans I think it looks fantastic um they really went out of their way to be able to make sure that you know it was all up to date and all
taken care of and you know the radon testing is done I know she had some issues with that cuz we're neighbors and we had talked about that and that's been resolved and uh you know it like I said it's been coming along but you know the law is the law and you know they stopped
working when it was time to stop working the delays you know with Windows and stuff like that we know how that works you know what I mean but but I think for the most part most of the neighbors here are very very supporting of what she's been doing there and the direction that she's been taking has been quite the tragedy having a young daughter and you
know having to live away um but the property has always been maintained there's always a landscaper over there all summer long uh the driveway's always been plowed um it's always been cleared out uh it's never looked overgrown or anything like that um any concerns any neighbors had I can almost assure you
that you know Heidi has addressed those um because she that's just the person that she is so I just wanted to support that and uh let you know that you know I think it's a great idea that we extend this so that uh you know her and her daughter can get back moving in and actually have a home finally instead of
uh you know couch surfing uh to be able to you know uh it's difficult for a young girl at 12 years old to be couch surfing for a year and a half so be nice to be able to get her back in there this year it' be fantastic that's all thank you okay thank you
um do you have any comments and this one person and he's here for support yeah come to your mik give your name and address please uh Pastor Dale PR 138 Beal Street lunenberg so pastor at Pilgrim Covenant Church so Heidi and I came to know each
other when she had the house fire so as a church in the community we will reach out to people and just try to be supportive especially if people are going through a hardship but I've maintained a supportive relationship with Heidi since then and so I've been very struck by how capable she is as a
person conscientious uh just really a high quality person so there's been a number of challenges that have come up uh all along for her which she has persisted and so just myself and my church Pilgrim
Covenant Church we have been in a supportive relationship with Heidi for the last two and a half years um so some of those supports we give is we pray for people and so we've been praying for God's favor for her in the rebuilding of her house and uh I've had several groups
praying for your favor with this permanent request for her for this evening so just in our capacity in our community and the work that we're trying to do we just highly uh commend her to you as someone to support and to work
with to help her bring this to a successful uh conclusion thank you thank you do you have anything to add no no okay nobody else on Zoom um if anyone on Zoom has anything
to say you can raise your hand otherwise uh I see everyone seems to have themselves muted so I I think we're good we're good okay with that then if there is no more questions from the board I'll uh entertain a motion I'll make a motion
that we accept the extension and and or Grant an extension for another two years yep second okay we have a motion in the second all in favor I I I I and
I and with that uh I do have a post decision I have to read for a special permit special permit is granted with the contingency that the petition is comply with all licenses regulations stat
ordinances of any and all applicable local state and federal boards or agencies with jurisdiction over the premises the special permit is subject to Peri Artic review by the permit granting Authority or the enforcement officer to ensure compliance with any
conditions non-compliance to such conditions may result in revification a copy of the board's decision shall be filed with the town clerk within 14 days any party agreed by the board decision May appeal to Superior Court 20 days
after the decision is filed with the town clerk after certification by the town clerk that 20 days have elapsed since the decision was filed you should have it recorded in the registry of deeds no special permit shall take
effect until it has been recorded and special permit shall elapse within 2 years unless substantial use of construction has commenced with that good luck thank you good luck luck thank
you thank you if there's have a good night if there's nothing else before the board I'll make a motion to adjourn second second motion to adjourn seconded all in favor I I I all right
with that that's that's it for tonight thank you station C of business recording stopped