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I'll rise. Good evening, everyone. I'll call the city council to order at 8:00 on Monday evening, April 27th, 2026. The meeting is being recorded. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay, we have 21 items on this evening's agenda. And I will ask the city clerk to

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please read agenda item number one, >> minutes, city council meeting, April 6th, 2026. >> Council vital. >> Mr. President. I'd like to make a motion to accept and place on file the minutes. >> Motion's made and seconded to accept and place on file the minutes. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none of

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those in favor? Opposed. Minutes are approved and the vote is now. It's 90. Uh, agenda item number two. Now is the time to continue public hearing on the petition of Mass Electric and Verizon to install one joint joint owned pole on

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Simono Drive beginning at a point approximately 340 ft south of the center line of the intersection of Forest Street and Simono Drive. National Grid is proposing to install a new pole labeled P35-50 on Simono Drive order number

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26-1009702A. Additionally, we have a communication from city engineer Tom Dersio regarding recommended conditions. >> Okay. This public hearing will taken up in four stages. First with the public speaking in favor. Second, questions from the public. Third, public speaking

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in opposition. And then finally, questions from the city council. So, we'll open the first part of the public hearing with the public speaking in favor. Starting with the applicant. Come on up. Please state your name and address for the record, please.

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Good evening. My name is John Rupia. Address I'm coming from 245 South Main Street in Hogdale. I'm here for as you said the petition. Um the pole is going to be a midst pole

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to minimize the sluggish of the of the of the of the wires because because of the weather during the winter time the wires become really sluggish. So we since we are putting a

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new device on top of this pole so we prefer to have a support to avoid the slug. Yeah. Thank you, John. Any other members of the public speak in favor?

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Any other members of the public speak in favor? Any members of the public speak in favor? Hearing none, I close that portion of the public hearing. Any questions from the public? Any questions from the public?

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Any questions from the public? Hearing none, I close that portion of the public hearing. Any members of the public speaking in opposition? Members of the public speaking in opposition. Members of the public speaking in opposition. Hearing none, I close that

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portion of the public hearing. Questions from the city councilors. Questions from the city councilors. Questions from the city councilors. Hearing none, I close that portion of the public hearing and the entire public hearing. Councelor Fillo.

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>> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh, as councilors remember, we continue this public hearing from last time. The city engineer did get the information he needed. And with that, move to approve with the conditions submitted by the city engineer. Motion made and seconded to approve the petition subject to the conditions submitted by the city

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engineer. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed? The petition is approved and the vote is 90. John, thank you very much. >> Thank you. Nice evening. >> Agenda item number three. Now is time for public hearing on the petition from

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Light Path Fiber Infrastructure LLC to install approximately 1,315 ft of 21.25 25 HDPE communications conduit from existing pole number 43 on Forest Street

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to pole number 36 with three 3x3 ft hand holes placed along the running line in front of 455 forest street order number 26-1009720. Additionally, we received a communication from city engineer Tom

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Depersio regarding recommended conditions. >> Okay. This public hearing be taken up in the same four stages. First with the public speaking in favor. Second, questions from the public. Third, public speaking in opposition. And finally, questions from the city councilors. So, I'll open the first part of the public

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hearing with the public speaking in favor. Starting with the applicant. Please state your name and address for the record. Hi, I'm Herb Berton from Light Path Fiber. Um, we are at 100 Quantum Parkway in Wakefield, Mass. Due to the pole

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conditions, all the poles would have to be upgraded. So, it was easier to go underground, place the conduit, some small conduits underground, pull a cable through that to continue the connection to 5554 Street, and then on top of that, we got another order for 11 Apex Drive.

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So, now we have two. So, um, so that's where we're at. >> Is that it? >> That's it. Thank you. >> Thanks, Any other members of the public speaking in favor? Any members of the public speak in favor? Members of the public speak in favor? Hearing none, I close that portion of

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the public hearing. Questions from the public? Any questions from the public? Any questions from the public? Hearing? None. I close that portion of the public hearing. Public speaking and opposition.

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Public speaking in opposition. Any members of the public speaking in opposition hearing? None. I close that portion of the public hearing. Questions from the city councilors. Questions from the city councilors.

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Questions from the city councilors. Hearing none. I close that portion of the public hearing and the entire public hearing. Councelor Villo. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um move to approve the condition with the comments and oh sorry, move to approve the petition with the comments and conditions submitted by the city

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engineer. Motion made and seconded to approve the petition subject to the conditions submitted by the city engineer. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor? Oppose. The petition is approved with the conditions of the city engineer and the vote is 90. Thank you very much.

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>> Thank you. >> Agenda item number four. Now is the public hearing. Now it's time for the public hearing on a proposed zoning amendment to chapter 650 zoning to add a new section to create forest street residential overlay district and to amend the zoning district map to reszone

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certain parcels to the four street residential overlay district order number 26-1009705. Okay, this public hearing will be taken up in the same four stages. Public speaking in favor, questions from the public, public speaking in opposition, and finally questions from the city

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councilors. I'll open the first part of the public hearing with the public speaking in favor starting with the applicant. Please state your name and address for the record. >> Uh thank you uh Mr. President, members of the council. For the record, Robert Buckley, Reman Bronstein. I have with me

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this evening my partner Christine Hung and Elizabeth B uh Bellow from um uh the proponent um Redgate. Um we're here this evening to propose a zoning amendment and overlay district for property that is located at the uh on Florest Street

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August of 2024. Uh the applicant u or the proponent uh sought a special permit site plan. >> Oh, sorry Mr. Buckley. I just know if you want to run the clicker or you want us to run the clicker. >> Oh, I thought it was so right.

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>> You're welcome. >> Thanks. I'm talking and I apologize. I know some people have heard this. >> Um about 50 years ago, a defensive tackle from Yale knocked my front teeth out and told me that I would remember it someday. And now I remember. I'm having

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my teeth replaced. So if I slur, I apologize, but words with F and S I'm having a real difficult time with. So um so um as I was in as I indicated um that is the site uh Forest Street and

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Williams. Williams is not lo located labeled. There are two buildings there that uh were unresponsive. There are some tenants in one of the buildings but u there are two buildings that uh have languished in as people are aware in the

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in the audience I'm sure that uh the market for office and uh and other types of uh real estate is not very strong right now and it's having a a declining value also on municipal budgets. So about two years ago, the applicant uh

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proposed going to res to get a site plan to adopt three buildings and upgrade the uh in phases the site. That has proven to be a difficult challenge in today's marketplace. So uh over the last year we've discussed

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uh pursuing a reszoning to permit a mixeduse overlay uh based upon the market data that uh not only here but uh through the uh nationwide indicates that those properties that respond are the ones that have the flexibility uh to

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adapt to the mixed uh conditions in the marketplace. For those there are a few councilors that probably remember about 15 years ago, 10 years ago, the old HP site in Albero Hills. Uh I appeared before the council and proposed a similar type of an approach. And I think

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that my view of zoning has to be that it's it's predictable and flexible. Predictable so that the applicant or the proponent knows exactly what is demanded of them and flexible to react to the changing marketplace. Um, but also you

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want to make sure that the city uh controls the development. So, we proposed a zoning ordinance that would allow for predictability, flexibility to allow some mixed uses um including uh residential and flexibility to react to

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marketplaces. Because what we're seeing in the marketplace is that those locations that have the ability to have their employees uh live in and and around the places where they work, achieve a number of

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objectives, desiraability, reduce traffic, um and um um it distinguishes the property from others in the marketplace. So that's what we have before the council to consider. The uses are very tailored uh based upon

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the research that we've done. The the underlying uses remain in place for the flexibility. The control comes through a special permit through the council. Um and we're not trying to skirt any regulations. We're just trying to respond to uh changing conditions which

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if you read the literature, we're not I don't think we're ever going back to the traditional office uh industrial type of uh office park that uh populated the eastern portion of Massachusetts for years. Um the benefit uh our preliminary

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indications are that um that would probably generate north of $1.2 million in net tax revenue for the municipality. Um if it if we are lucky enough to obtain the approval um we would then have to

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come back with a plan and have that approved through the regular regular process and um you know we would have the detailed data as to uh traffic uh fiscal impacts and all the usual conditions that one would want to

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consider in approving a project. Um as I uh indicated that um you know we we we take a at least my practice is a collaborative p practice. We've always tried to articulate what is the

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objective of the municipality and and the developing uh entity and try to find where there's some overlap and and consistency and work through the issues over the long term. With that, I'm gonna ask my partner, Christine Hung, to um

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Oh, I'm sorry, Liz. I'm gonna have Liz tell you who Redgate is. >> Thank you. >> Um, good evening everyone. Mr. President, city councilors, thank you for having us tonight. My name is Liz

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Bejo. I'm with Redgate. We're located at 100 Federal Street in Boston. Um, I've met with some of you previously and some I haven't had yet the pleasure. So, we want to just take a couple minutes uh just to talk a little bit about

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Regggate. Um, Regggate in simple terms, we are an investment development firm as well as an owners project management firm. Um, we are based in Boston. We're hyper local. Um, and we're a multiaceted firm. So, we've worked a pretty broad

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variety of uh product types across commercial, industrial, residential, and given that the new use that we're looking to introduce on this property is residential, the images that you see here are some of our multifamily

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developments. Um, we're not we don't do cookie cutter projects. Um we work with a very uh thoughtful team to make sure that we create projects that are um contextual and unique. So no two projects of ours

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are going to be alike. Um and historically we've partnered are good things for a project. Um so I'm happy to be having these conversations with you. I'm keeping it short and sweet. Um but you know happy to answer any questions

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about us. Good evening, Mr. President, members of the council. For the record, Christine Hung, attorney at Reamer and Bronstein. Um, I just want to talk a little bit about the proposed zoning. And as this is just a zoning, we don't have a specific project. We just wanted to give

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you a little vision of what the zoning would allow in terms of a development project. So, as Bob mentioned, currently the site consists of two office building. One is completely vacant, has been vacant for quite some time. The other one is partially tenated. We would

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keep that uh office building in place and then uh develop potentially two residential buildings, rental um approximately 200 units in each um in each building with some underground parking and surface parking. Now, with

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these type of mixeduse developments, to have the high quality attractiveness, there has to be amenities, public amenities, open space. And so what we um would also envision are pickle ball courts, paddle courts, lots of open

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space, um a dog park, a park for children, as well as walking trails, um as well as a retail as part of the office building to really activate the whole office park so that it isn't just 9 to5, that it is really a full 18-hour

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after hours that will activate this this entire park. So these are just some um depictions of what we kind of envision as a future of what this potential site could be. Um traffic as Bob Buckley mentioned we

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have preliminary traffic data um overall the traffic will be less from what the site was originally approved for and more importantly they're going to be off peak hours. So when there is a project, the the development team will come back

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with a full uh traffic impact assessment as well as economic, you know, a a fiscal impact statement as well. Um the next rendering I'm just going to go through really quickly because there really is no project, but I just wanted we just wanted to give us the the council members a sense of what the

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environment could feel like with some multifamily residential um in the park. So just quickly go through this just representative and very conceptual. Oops.

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So you'll see this last slide there's just an open space area public realm with um you know a gathering place essentially. Um that's it for our presentation. We wanted it to be short and sweet. We're before the planning board next week. Um,

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but we're happy to answer any questions that the council may have. >> Thanks, Christine. Anything else? Attorney Buckley. Any other members of the public speak in favor? Any members of the public speaking in favor? Any members of the public speak in

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favor? Hearing none, I close that portion of the public hearing. Questions from the public? Questions from the public? Please come over. State your name and address. For the record, please. >> Hello. Uh, for the record, my name is Axel Koff. I live at 502 William Street.

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So, I'm a I'll say a direct butter to what is being proposed here. Um, I will say that as a resident of William Street, I'm against this proposal. I believe that, you know, the city has uh plenty of apartments all over the place. If we want to raise some buildings and

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put in single family homes, I think that would be more ideal than more apartments. I don't know where or what the city is going to do with the extra million dollars that the team here presented is going to be in revenue because I don't see where it's going in the city. The streets aren't any better. The schools aren't any better. So, it's

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great that we get all this money, but where's it going? Um, and in terms of just overall traffic, I know that on William Street, not too long ago, another building was built and now there's 18 wheelers going down the street 60 m an hour. So, I don't think

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your traffic study is going to really decrease the traffic. It's actually going to increase the traffic, especially on that windy narrow street that I live on. So again, as a resident, I'm opposing the view and I will be here for the other meetings as well, so I can

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hear more of what uh the team here wants to present. I I have no ill will to Redgate because I don't know who you are, but I do as a resident have, you know, a stake in in the neighborhood. >> Okay. So, any questions or you're good today? >> I'm good. That was my statement to say I'm dis disavowing

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of what you're planning. >> Thank you. Any other questions or any any other questions from the public? Please state your name and address for the record, please. Pete Sharon, 95 Lakeshore Drive, Malbor.

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I just had a couple questions. One was uh what would be the maximum buildout with this overlay? Well, there's no product uh that's been uh designed yet, but it would probably be about 400 residential units at various phases in an existing office

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building of 120 120 to 128,000 square ft. That's the existing office build. >> So, would that be a cap like of the 400 and >> that could be worked out. >> That would be a cap. >> Yeah, that could be worked out. It is requirement. So, that's what it translates into. >> Okay. Thank you. Again, there's no

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project there's no product yet or project yet because we don't have the zoning, but that that could be addressed. >> Yeah, I've just seen so many projects come in and they creep up a lot more the when they come further on. I was just curious if there was a if there was a

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cap or what you with the green space and everything what you could build in there because with an overlay there's a lot of uh there's a lot of leeway. That's it. >> Thanks, Peter. Any other questions from the public?

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Questions from the public? Questions from the public? Hearing none, I close that portion of the public hearing. Public speaking in opposition. Damon, please state your name and address for the record, please. >> Damon Michaels, 93 Chase Road.

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We've all seen a lot of changes here in Malber in regards to overlay districts. We've seen a lot of apartments come in over the past few years. We've seen a lot of money promised, but we have not seen any improvements happening in the

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city. If anything, our roads are worse. Our schools are still underfunded. So why do we need yet another developer to come in and tell us that they don't want to live with the property restrictions

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that they bought the property for? It's well and good to have more apartments, but we've put in a serious amount of apartments in Malboro. And if the feeling is the feeling seems to be here in the city that they're tired of it, that the residents are tired of

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these changes and tired of the big apartment buildings and that the planning board and the city council need to start listening to what the people are saying. They are tired of the changing of districts from what they

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were bought under. They're tired of huge apartment buildings going in basically unobstructed. Thank you. Thanks, Damon. Any other members of the public speaking in opposition? Any members of the public speaking in

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opposition? Members of the public speaking in opposition. Hearing none, I close that portion of the public hearing. Questions from the city councilors. Councelor Ducet. >> Thank you very much, Mr. President. Um

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it's an interesting premise and I think uh you know the zoning is something that we can talk through through urban affairs. Um I'm not necessarily a big fan of more apartments. I think affordable housing, owner occupied

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housing is more important at this point than apartments. So something of more condominiums uh garden style condominiums or something like that um versus apartments I think is something that is has greater demand in the market than apartments. We got plenty of

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apartments. We do not have much owner occupied affordable housing. I think that's critical. This is all speculation what it needs to look like. I get that. Uh putting an overall cap on housing a number of units I think makes a lot of sense. Um as well as other types of uh issues that might need to be addressed

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as part of this. But thank you. Appreciate it. >> Thank you, Councelor Ducet. Any other members of the councilors with questions? And councelor Paciato. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh, thank you for being here. Um, I sympathize with your speech because I recently had some dental work done and sometimes it's

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still hard to speak. Um, I just had a few questions. Do you know what the uh previous tenants were of these buildings? >> I'm sorry. >> The previous tenants. So the um the 26 Forest Street um office building has about six tenants. Um the

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largest of which is Riley Power. Um they they work on electronics. Um and there's some other Angio Dynamics is another tenant. Um um All four um

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>> Main Street Bank. Main Street. Yes. Um so and so those are um some of the tenants that make up about 80% right now um of the building that's leased. And then the building uh the 62 Forest Street building and it's actually about

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30% leased right now. It's got just three tenants and the long two of those leases actually will run to its end um in early 27. Um and the uh remaining

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lease would run through 29 2029. >> Thank you. How long have have you had uh problems with filling those spots? >> Um so we acquired the property at the end of 23 and um we have not uh received

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any uh tenant interest in 62 Forest Street. >> Thank you. Um so you have plans to keep one of the current buildings as office space. Do you have any plans to update it in in any way or are you going to keep it as is? >> Um, I think it's going to be dependent

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on whether we're able to um to obtain the reszoning um and be able to move forward with a residential project. Part of our uh goal would be to add some retail amenity to the ground floor of

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that existing office building. It would help activate um you know o overall the outdoor space spillover effect, but it's also going to help reinvigorate the existing office building and potentially make it more attractive to other tenants.

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>> Thank you. Um just backing up, I do agree with my counselor here um on the fact that we do need a lot more affordable housing. We do have a lot of units going up online soon. Um and a lot of them are not affordable to the residents that live

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here. Um, do you have any plans to provide any substantial affordable housing or what um are you going to let the market dictate the prices that you guys set for these units? >> The zoning proving provides that we would comply with the

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the city's guidelines and I believe it's 12% affordable. >> I'm just always curious if developers are willing to do more than that. I know that there are some people here that say that 12 is 12 and that's it, but just always curious. Yeah, it's it's very interesting because for instance, the

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city of Boston and other places that tried to increase it, it brought the market to a halt. No one was building it >> and 12% of zero is zero. So you want to you want to make sure you have product that could be built and occupied. >> Understood. Um

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so there is a big traffic concern as well because this traffic study is based on just this building alone and what it would bring in. We do have um Lazot uh the uh Glenford coming online soon. We also have force names which just got approved. Um so it's 170 units plus 90

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units plus the proposed 450 units that you would have here. So this traffic study doesn't really mean much to me. Um would you guys take into consideration adding those units onto that >> through the Absolutely. If we were to come forward with a permit, we would have to address

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not only our traffic impacts, but any background traffic impacts and conditions would have to be imposed on on any permit. But at this point, it's just speculative. But what we're saying is that anything that goes on here will go through the regulatory process. It

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will have we'll have to provide a detailed traffic report but intersections what what streets to be studied and that's generally uh through the planning board um and mitigation would have to be appropriate to handle any impacts. The fiscal analysis we

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would know who the user would be what type of users are being attracted to it um what the other amenities are. So all those issues would be addressed during a permitting process. We're not trying to avoid that. But to spend the money now to do that type of deep analysis without

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having the zoning in place, it just doesn't make any economic sense. But >> understood. Yeah, this is kind of a kind of just throwing stuff at the wall kind of deal, right? Um, which is completely understood. >> What what I say to a lot of communities is that zoning is the key to a room.

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If you don't have the zoning, you can't go into the room. The zoning opens the door and lets you in. Now you have to design the room and furnish the room and that's where the permitting comes in and that's where the project is presented to the council as well as the planning board or other regulatory boards to vet

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the various impacts and to mitigate them and to come to a a conclusion that is serves the best interests of the city as well as the developer because no one wins if the project isn't vibrant and exciting and Marorrow at least my

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experience at Marorrow has been somewhat forward thinking and they were took a great leap and probably 10 years ago. Time goes by and as a result Marro is a a great location attracts with questions. Any other councilors with

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questions? Any other councils with questions? Hearing none, I close that portion of the public hearing and the entire public hearing. This is in urban affairs. >> Thank you, Liz. Christine, thank you very much. >> Thank you very much for your time and consideration.

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Okay. Agenda item number five, communication from the ward counselor, I mean W 2 counselor David Ducet, regarding request that the city investigate geother geothermal energy. I'm sorry. >> You're good. >> Thanks, >> Councelor Ducet.

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>> Thank you very much, Mr. President. Um, this uh communication that I did, I've spent a quite a few months doing some research on. I've touched base with many of the counselors. I confess I didn't get to all of them at time. Um but uh I thought it was important to get this submitted on Earth Day. Um and I

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appreciate all the input uh from the people within and outside the city. Um specifically I appreciate uh Audrey Shman and Karen Kraut from Black Swan Lab who are here. Uh they helped me with some feedback. Uh most importantly, it's not a geothermal utility. It's actual um

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a thermal exchange utility because Geotim was one of many technologies that could be applied to extract heating from um including um extracting heat from sewer and using that to uh heat uh buildings. That's been actually proven

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and demonstrated um in Vancouver, British Columbia. Uh other technologies we need to look into as part of the process. This is really just starting the ball rolling and really focusing on rec requirements gathering stage. Um, and I appreciate input uh from

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specialists both inside the city and outside the city. Um, and the goal here is to deliver uh rocksolid heating cooling costs and locking in prices for decades. So you know the business model and it is a business model is to to deliver a service and then to lock in a

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price to deliver that thermal service for you know a significant amount of time and not worry about the fluctuation of gas and oil prices during the future. So um I'm hoping that this works forward. I want to submit it to the climate resiliency committee and we'll

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cover it at that point as well as sending it to um the planning board and site plan review. >> Motion's made and second to defer this communication to climate resiliency committee site plan and the planning board. Any discussion on the motion?

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Seeing none, all those in favor opposed. The communication is going to the climate resiliency committee site plan and the planning board and the vote is 90. Agenda item number six, >> communication from the mayor regarding a reappointment of Dr. Joseph Tennyson to

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the board of health for a three-year term to expire on February 5th, 2029. >> Mr. President, >> council det. >> Thank you very much, Mr. President. Uh motion to uh approve since this is a reappoint uh to send him to the uh board of health. Uh I appreciate the work that

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he's been doing and uh hopefully uh he will continue to be an asset to our community. >> Motion made second to approve the reappoint of Dr. Tennyson. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed? The reappoint is approved and the vote is 90. Agenda item number

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seven. Communication from the mayor regarding appointment of Dr. Sandeep Jabal to the board of health for a three-year term to expire on February 5th, 2029, replacing retiring member James H. Griffin, who have served on board since 2013.

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>> Council Det. >> Thanks very much, Mr. President. Um, also like to uh put a uh gratitude to James Griffin who served on the board um with his retirement. And I'd like to send the appointment of uh Dr. Jubal to

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the uh personnel committee. >> Motion's made and second to send the appointment of J Dr. Jubal to the personnel committee. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed? The appointment of Dr. Jubal will go to personnel and the vote

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is 90. Agenda number eight, >> communication from assistant city solicitor Jeremy Mcmanis regarding an application for special permit from attorney Brian Faulk on behalf of Marorrow Northboro Land Trust to build and operate two multif family dwellings

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with a total of 90 residential units, accessory parking, resident amenities, landscape areas, and open space areas to be located at the corner of Ames and Forest Streets in proper legal form. Order number 26-1009664 C. >> Councelor Robi.

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>> Thank you, Mr. President. Move to accept and place of all the communication from the assistant city solicitor and to refer the application for the special permit uh down to number 19 on the agenda. >> Motion made and second to accept and place on file the communication refer

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this down to agenda item 19 on our agenda. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed? The communications being filed. We'll move this down to agenda item number 19. And a vote is 90. Agenda item number nine.

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>> Application for renewal of junk dealer secondhand dealer license. Gerald Dumis DBA Dumis and Suns secondhand store 65 Mechanic Street. Council >> Pillo. Thank you, Mr. President. I know we had uh Mr. Dumis in here last year. Took him to the public services committee where we had a good conversation. Um did check in with code

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enforcement. They've had no complaints about the property in the last year. Um, and with that move to approve the renewal. >> Motion made and seconded to approve the junk dealers's license. Any discussion on the motion? >> Councelor Irish. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um, you know,

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I went through this last year. I still believe I I I'm a believer that um with this particular applicant, he could do a lot more to improve that part of Lincoln and Mechanic Street. Um, as a prime example, we have the uh uh French Hill Alta project. Now, we have the Armory

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project going online. Um I still believe that there's other things he could do to help to revitalize >> same line of thought. Um I I'm familiar with um some of the other properties owned by the same applicant. Um and I've seen the um I mean I drive by the establishment every time and it is a

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stark uh difference in between um maintenance between the Alta uh the business that's right on the corner of Lincoln um Mechanic um and the other um surrounding businesses. So, it would be nice to have some kind of updated uh presentation on that building as well.

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>> Thank you, Council Presiato. Anyone else on the motion to approve the junk dealer license? All those in favor? 2 3 4 5 6 7. All those opposed abstaining. Opposes one with one abstension. So, the

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junk dealer license is approved. Seven in favor, one opposed, one abstension. Agenda item number 10, >> application for renewal of junk dealer, secondhand dealer license, TVI, Inc., DBA Savers, 222 A East Main Street.

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Council >> Fill. Thank you, Mr. President. Um, also had an opportunity to talk to the code enforcement officer. We uh, no complaints have been received in the last year. It is another renewal and with that move to approve the renewal of the junk dealer secondhand dealer license >> with the conditions with the conditions

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from last year. Right. >> With the same conditions as last year. Yes. Motion made in second to approve the SAS junk deal license with the conditions from last year. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed? The junk deal license is approved with the conditions and the vote is 90.

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Agenda item number 11. petition of Mass Electric and Verizon to install one joint owned pole on Farm Road beginning at a point approximately 540 feet southwest of the center line of the intersection of Cook Lane National Grid

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to install a 50-foot class H1 midspan pole between P28 and P29 on Farm Road. Pole will be located on city property intersected by Cook Lane and Boven Drive. A new poll will be labeled P28-50.

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Council >> Fill. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Move to set a date for a public hearing on May 4th and to send to the city engineer for review and comment. >> Motion's made and seconded. We will set the public hearing for May 4th and send to the city engineer for review. Any discussion on the motion?

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Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed? item is going to have a public hearing on May 4th and have the city engineer provide his comments and the vote is 90. Agenda item number 12, petition of Mass Electric and Verizon to install one

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joint own pole on Hudson Street beginning at a point approximately 95 ft south of the center line of the intersection of Kenny Lane National Grid to install a 45 foot class H1 midspan pole between P15 and P16 on Hudson

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Street. Poll will be located on city property intersected by Kenny Lane and Union Street. The poll will be labeled P15-50. >> Councello. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Move to set a date for public hearing on May 4th and send to the city engineer.

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>> We will set a public hearing for May 4th. So motion we'll have a public hearing on May 4th and send to the city engineer for comments. Any discussion on the motion? Councelor Ducet. >> Thank you much, Mr. President. Sorry, I uh there's the second one from May 4th, but that is one week from today.

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>> So, we checked last week with the city engineer and Mass Electric. They're all good. Sit. Tom said he would get >> We have to do a longer hearing, longer notification for a hearing. Is seven days. Okay. >> For tele for petitions, it's fine. >> Okay. >> Yeah, it's not going to all stuff. So,

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>> thank you for the clarification, sir. >> You are welcome. On the motion for the public hearing, councelor Roby. >> Thank you, Mr. President. I could be wrong, but I believe there's an error in this. I don't think it's intersected by Kenny Lane and Union Street. I believe it's Kenny and Hudson Street.

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>> So, we had that discussion with Mass Electric and it's how they write their petitions to the nearest big street. So, it's we because we and you'll see it for the one above it and below it. They just

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I I don't I I can't do their work, but their drawings depict where it's going to be and it's on Kenny and uh Hudson Street. >> Thank you. >> All right. For the public hearing on May 4th and go to the city engineer for comments. Any discussion? Seeing none,

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all those in favor? Opposed? It's going to have a public hearing on May 4th and go to the city engineer for comments. And the vote is 90. Agenda item 13. petition of Mass Electric and Verizon and continuing approximately 22 feet in a northwest direction national grid to

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install a 45 foot class H1 midspan pole on Hudson Street. The new new pole will be labeled P42-50. >> Councelor Fill. >> Thank you, Mr. President. The uh city clerk will be very proud Wilson. Thank you for sticking with us on those three.

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Um and thank you to my colleagues for pointing out these these minor errors. But with that move to approve or move to set a date for public hearing on May 4th uh and to send to the city engineer. >> Motion remains seconded to set the public hearing date for May 4th and send to the engineer for any conditions. Any

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discussion on the motion? Seeing none, are those in favor? Oppose. This is going to have a public hearing on May 4th and ask the city engineer to provide comments and the vote is 90. Agenda item 14, >> communication from James Hall on behalf of Kobia Enterprises LLC regarding

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requests pursuant to chapter 342 gasoline stations and car washes per permission to continue operation at the hours granted at 342 Boston Post Road East for 5 years. >> Councelor Roby. >> Thank you, Mr. President. So we have a

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similar f uh gasoline station on Lincoln Street that was approved in 2022 that has come to us annually for request to approve up to five years. We choose for me personally. So I am very comfortable

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with keeping both of these um similar with having them come to us. We've never not approved them, but at least it does does give us an opportunity to check in with the police department to have uh residents who may have issues. Um so I

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would move to approve the extension but for one year. >> Motion made and seconded to approve their hour extension which is 5 to 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. for an additional year. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed? The hours extension is granted

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for an additional one-year period and the vote is 90. Agenda item number 15, >> communication from Department of Public Utilities regarding investigation of DPU on its own motion into gas and electric delivery charges and bill redesign.

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>> Councelor Fello. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um, just for those watching at home and for those in the audience, um, the, uh, Department of Public Utilities is inviting folks to submit written comments and questions to their order, um, as well as their own experience with gas and electric

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delivery rates, uh, by 5:00 p.m. on April 30th. So, time is ticking. Uh, you can send those over. There are two emails listed in tonight's agendas um, for DPU. Uh, and there are a couple of instructions that they request along with, uh, the emails that you do send over. Please have them in PDF form. With

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that move to accept and file the communication. >> Motion's made and second to accept and place on file the communication. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor opposed. Communication is filed and the vote is 90. Agenda item 16.

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Communication from Mass Commission regarding Kino monitor being offered to the following existing Kino to go agent Marorrow Country convenience 286 West Main Street. Council Roi. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um, I think in

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the past we have dealt with these as saying >> Katie microphone. >> Sorry. Uh, in the past we have dealt with the keynote request by sending a letter stating that we don't object to

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the keynote. We do object to now I'm going to blank on kino monitor. So, I would uh suggest that we authorize the city council president to write that same letter that's been written in the past. I believe a copy is in our packet

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um for this particular site so that they have us on record as um our position. I don't do I need to move to approve move to have the president write the letter >> um for the keynote

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to go. >> I would ask if councelor Naven would come up and take the chair please. >> Anyone else wish to speak? >> Mr. President Council Ring. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um, why why this is different? All right. So, I

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contacted the lottery commission last week, asked them how many monitors do we have in the city. We have 15 monitors in the city. Five are in restaurants, and they're on my computer, but if you need to know the names, I can give them to you. Eight of them are convenience

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stores. Two of them are considered other, and the other is ITAM in the fishing game. All right. So, I went and spoke to the owner of 286 uh West Main Street. He's owned it for a little over a year. Um he also owns one of the

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convenience stores that has a kino monitor at 505 Boston Post Road West. Ask, "You have any issues? How many people?" He says, "No issues." And people don't stay very long because for those of you that are keynote fanatics,

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it's 3 minutes a shot. So if you're going to sit and hang out in a place and and play a whole bunch of them, you're looking for a seat. There are no seats. He says a typical person playing Kino there is his facility stays there for two or three games and hits the road.

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Right. We have denied items in the past, specifically for gas stations, both the one that we just approved the extended hours for and the one at 431 Lincoln Street, the vape shop on Pleasant Street because we didn't want they wanted to set up tables and we said, "Uhuh, we're not not doing that."

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And Monty's Mini Market. This particular one, based on what I saw, I would recommend we just accept place on file and let them install the Kino monitor. I went in, I saw the place. There's not a whole lot of room to hang out. The space

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is pretty tight. So, there's not going to be crowds of people playing Kino at this facility, just like there aren't at I'm going to go from memory pizza on Maine, the Capital One at Wilson and Farm.

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Um, General Store, uh, the the one on Chestnut Street. Oh. Um, and I can go read the other four or five that I'm missing. Point is, this guy has one. He's done a good job. Seemed very committed to it. He told me he doesn't

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tolerate any, you know, foolishness at his places and he seemed reasonable enough to me. So, I would say don't make me write a letter for something that I don't believe in, but I will if that's the will of the council. I would recommend this gets approved as or just accept and place on file and let it go.

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Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you. Councelor Russ call. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, there's been a motion to have the president write a letter objecting to the um

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uh uh having a monitor sto installed at 286 West M. Motion made and second to accept and place on file. Any discussion on the motion? Counselor Vital. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um, in my new position at the addiction referral center, I've been in contact with a

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about three or four young men who are very much addicted to gambling. Um, and I would ask that the city look at opportunities uh for state funding to have prevention uh to our young young adults that are getting way too involved

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in gambling these days. I don't think we should be offering more opportunities to gamble. We should be offering less. But because this has been this way forever in a day, I will support it. But I do ask that we as a city, we we try to address it from from a prevention side of things. Thank you, Mr. President.

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>> You're welcome. Council of Vital. Any other discussion on the motion to accept and place on file? Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed? The motion to allow the deep uh the mass lottery to install a kino monitor at 286 West Main

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Street is basically filed with no objection. Vote was 90. Agenda item 17. >> Minutes of boards, commissions, and committees. >> President Council Ducet. >> Thank you much, Mr. President. Motion to accept and place on file the minutes.

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>> Motion's made in second. Accept and place on file the minutes. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed? Minutes are filed. Votes 90. Agenda item 18 claims. >> Mr. President, >> Council Ducet. >> Thank you very much, Mr. President. It

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looks like there was quite a bit of claims from the snowstorm. Um, but in any case, uh, motion to accept and send them to legal department. >> Motion made second to send all the claims to the legal department. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed? Claims are

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going to legal and the vote is 90. reports of committees and just for public service announcement you'll notice on the agenda counselors the reports are now listed on the agenda. Uh the reason being the

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solicitor asked that from a public awareness item and an no open meeting law violation if we're going to be suspending rules to report stuff out it is good to have those on the agenda within the 48 hour recommended time frame. So with that, Councelor Irish.

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>> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh, finance committee met on April 13, 2026. Meeting convened at 6:30 p.m. Uh, we had two items on the agenda that evening. Uh, first order was number 26-1009716. Uh, the transfer request in the amount

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of $87,524 from economic development to MEEDC. uh funding for the FY2027 operating budget of MEDC. On a motion by Council Fillo, seconded by the chair, the committee recommends approval of the transfer request in the amount of

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$87,524 from economic development to MEEDC funding for the FY2027 operating uh budget of MEEDC. The vote carried 421. Uh council or was opposed. Uh next item was also order number 26

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uh-1009716 uh the transfer request in the amount of $150,000 uh from economic development to MEEDC funding for the economic development toolbox on a motion by council or seconded by the chair. The committee recommends approval of the transfer

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request in the amount of $150,000 from economic development to MEEDC funding uh for the economic development toolbox. That vote did carry 520. Uh the meeting adjourned at 7:11 p.m. Mr. President, that's the end of my report and I will

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be asking for two suspensions this evening. Um do I ask for >> ask for them right now. >> Okay. I will ask for first one I will ask for it will be on order number uh 26-10097166. Uh the transfer request in the amount of $87,524.

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There's a request for a suspension. It's been made and seconded for order number 9716. All those in favor of the suspension opposed. Suspension carries. The vote is 90. Councelor Irish. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Move the recommend recommendation of committee uh to approve the transfer request in the

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in the amount of $87,524 from economic development to MEEDC funding for the FY2027 operating budget of MEDC. >> Motion made and seconded to approve the transfer. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor?

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Opposed. Transfer is approved and the vote is 90. Councelor Irish. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Next, uh uh suspension I would be asking for is for the transfer request in the amount of $150,000, please. >> And a motion made and seconded for spending the rules. All those in favor? Opposed? Suspension carries. The vote is

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90. Councelor Irish. >> Thank you, Mr. President. uh move the recommendation of committee uh to approve the transfer request in the amount of $150,000 from economic development to MEEDC funding for the economic development toolbox. Please motion's made and second to approve the

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transfer. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed? Transfer is approved and the vote is 90. >> Any other reports or committees? Councelor Dus. >> Thank you very much, Mr. President. Uh the personnel committee committee met on

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April 13th, 2026 at 7:15 p.m. in the city council council chamber and was open to the public. Meeting was televised on WMCTV and available viewing on the link. The voting members present was uh chair or counselors Naven and Ducet other councilors present councils

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vital Irish Belloing and also mayor Dumis. Uh, one item was covered. Order number 26-1009717, the proposed job description pursuant to chapter 125 personnel preparation of classification descriptions relative to

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the position of assistant fire chief. Council position is responsible for and in reporting to the fire chief. Mayor would then check with HR and legal through approval of the changes. On a motion by councelor Deette, second by chair Oron, the committee recommends the

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approval of the proposed job description pursuant to chapter 125 personnel section 5 preparation and classification descriptions relative to the position of assistant fire chief. The vote uh with noted changes the vote approved with 30

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on a motion by Ducet, second by Oram. Meeting was adjourned at 7:21 p.m. I'm looking for one exception to approve the job description. One suspension. >> One suspension. >> Okay. Motion's made in second to suspend the rules. Any discussion? No. All those in favor of the suspension? Opposed?

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Suspension carries. The vote is 90. Council Ducet. >> Yes. Motion to approve the uh job description for assistant fire chief. >> Motion made second to approve the job description of the assistant fire chief as noted in the personnel report. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none,

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all those in favor? Opposed. The assistant fire chief job description is approved and the vote is 90. Any other reports of committees? Council Roby. Thank you, Mr. President. I just want to let the public know that we are having

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an urban affairs committee meeting on Wednesday, April 29th to take up the MEEDC draft forward plan. I want to make sure that the public is aware that this will be done a little bit differently than a typical committee meeting where I

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will allow the public to speak on the forward plan to give the council some insight into what the public thinks of it. It's not an opportunity to talk about things we've done in the past. It's not an opportunity to say what you don't like

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about what we've done. It's talking about the future and the forward plan. So, um, once there will be a presentation first with some, uh, powerpoints to go over the plan briefly, then there'll be the opportunity for the public to speak

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and the city council will then have the opportunity to comment and uh, we'll see where we get. Thank you. >> Thank you, Council Roby. Any other reports of committees? Seeing none, agenda item 19,

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>> order number 26-100 19664 C, application for special permit from attorney Brian Faulk on behalf of Marorrow Northboro Land Trust to build and operate two multif family dwellings with a total of 90 residential units,

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accessory parking, resident amenities, landscape areas, and open space areas to be located at the corner of Ames and Forest Street. Recommendation of the urban affairs committee is to approve. >> Councelor Roby. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Move the

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recommendation of committee to approve. >> Motion's made and seconded to move the recommendation of the committee which is to approve. Any discussion on the motion? Council Naven. >> Thank you very much, Mr. President. Um, as one of the two counselors who um

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voted in opposition to this um in committee, I don't think it'll be a surprise to anyone. Um, I've been against the development from the beginning. Um, when we were discussing the zoning change last year, um, I found some concerns um, in making the zoning change. Um, mass law being what it is,

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um, you only need six votes for a zoning change. You need eight votes for a special permit. So, some people may sit here and say, um, what that what the heck is that council doing? Um, sometimes they're for something and then they're against it. Um, it's an odd hurdle that it's a lower bar for the zoning change and a higher bar for the

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special permit. Um but yet here we are. Um I want to start by saying a couple of good things. Um I'm heartened by the fact that this project will consist of condominiums. Um it's something that we've heard tonight. Um and we hear a lot. Um I think that is a benefit. Um I'm also heartened uh by the fact that

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the developers stepped forward with some mitigation um that would help the city um address some of these concerns. Um that said, I believe today as I did when we discussed the zoning change and during the public hearing um that this is um on balance. This is not the right project and this project should not continue. Um on balance I believe that

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um we will be disproportionately impacted as a community. Um I believe that the traffic impacts um the impacts to services being an ageargeted community while we still don't have a fire station on this side of the city um and that a disproportionate number of calls will be headed towards a development like this um and despite the

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fact that again it is an ageargeted community um there is still the potential for additional um school children in this development. Um those are the reasons I cannot support it at this time and I thank you for your attention. Thank you, Council Naven. Any other comments from the counselors? Councelor Fill.

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>> Thank you, Mr. President. I uh have counted the votes, so I do think I won't be up here too long. I think I have a feeling where we're at tonight as a council. I appreciate the conversation um you know, both in urban affairs and as we went through the zoning process, right? I think we've had a really robust conversation, but there are some things I want to highlight that I think are

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unique to this project, but also not so unique that we saw pretty recently with Lazot Drive, which is a project very close to this neighborhood. Right? So, when we're talking about balance and balance to our city services, you know, I I'm I'm having a hard time understanding why why some folks are against this project when they were just

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for the Lazot Drive project, which brought 187 condominium units online to the city, or will, I should say. Not only that, but the mitigation per unit there was $1,82. This we're getting $2,555 worth of mitigation per unit. Mind you,

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it's only 90 units with 12% affordable. So, I really do believe that this is a incredibly strong project, one that adds to the tax, you know, the tax base in our city, adds revenue to our city, which is so critical right now. Um, you know, I it's we we've had this conversation. We've hashed it out and

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and folks know how I'm very strongly in support of of this development. Um, I think it does bring balance to that side of town. I think it gives some of our older residents an opportunity to downsize and to open up some of the other units in our city, whether it be other condominiums, whether it be single family homes, right? It's going to

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really give us an opportunity, and I think it adds some incredible value when it comes to that, right? Having folks who are looking to downsize, giving them space. I don't think we've been creating product in the city, at least in developments that I've seen that do that. So, that's what makes this project so unique. Um, you know, the the idea

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that it'll create traffic or it'll be imbalanced on our city services. Um, I really do think there is balance. We've had the conversation that it's not going to be bringing um, you know, an exuberant amount of students to our district because it's age targeted. At the same time, could it require more emergency services? It may. I'm not

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sure. But again, we're working to build that Westside Fire Station. we're working as a group and the city is taking that issue seriously. So I don't think these things are mutually exclusive. I think they can happen at the same time. Um and that's why I'm very much in support of this project. I think it adds some incredible value. Thank you, Mr. President.

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>> Thank you, Councelor Fillo. Any other counselors? Council of Vital. >> Thank you, Mr. President. I agree with councelor Fillo but one thing he did miss um in in his excellent summary and that is that the vast the almost 100% of

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the abutters support this project. It's very rarely that we have all the abutters saying yeah this is the type of project we want in our backyard and in this case it was true. So that's all I have to say on that. Thank you family. >> Thank you councelor vital.

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Any other questions from the counselors? On the motion to approve, I will have the clerk happily read the conditions. Take it nice and slow. Got it. City Council, pursuant to its authority under Massachusetts General Laws chapter

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40A in the zoning ordinance of the city of Marorrow, hereby grants the applicant a special permit to build and operate a two building multif family dwelling project with a total of up to 90 residential units as shown on the plan

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subject to the following conditions. Which conditions shall be binding on the applicant and its successors or an assigns? One, construction of in accordance to the applica applicical laws.

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Construction of all the structure structures on the site is to be in accordance with all applicable building codes and zoning regulations in effect in the city of Marorrow and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and shall be built according to the plans as may

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be amended during site plan review. Two, site plan review. The issuance of the special permit is further subject to detailed site plan review by the site plan review committee in accordance with the AVOD ordinance prior to the issuance

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of a building permit. Subsequent site plan review shall be consistent with the conditions of this special permit and the plan submitted, reviewed, and approved by the city council as the special permit granting authority. Any addition any additional changes,

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alterations, modifications or amendments as required during the process of site plan review shall further be conditions of this special permit and during conditions over the subsequent to the issuance of the special permit and site

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plan approval. The site plan review committee may authorize the phasing of site and building work to be issued for the first building completed at the site in earlier phases. If site work related to the building has

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been completed and the applicant has compile complied with all conditions applicable to the phase in the first building in accordance with the section 2J of the AVOD ordinance. The building commissioner may approve minor

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modifications to the special permit and the plans. Three, incorporation of submissions. All plans, fing photo renderings, site evaluations, briefs, and other documentation provided by the applicant as part of the application and as amended or revised during the

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application hearing process before the city council andor the city council urban affairs committee are here in incorporated into and become part of the special permit and become conditions and requirements

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of all same unless otherwise altered by the city council. The final architectural design of the site shall be reasonable, consist with the plans submitted by the applicant. The final exterior features of the site, including landscaping,

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shall be maintained in good condition, and shall be reasonable, consistent with the plans submitted and representations made to the city council. Four, storm water and erosion control management. The applicant shall ensure that its site

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superintendent during construction of the project in compet competent in um storm water and erosion control management. The im individual's credentials shall be acceptable to the engineer division of the city of city

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departments of public works and city conservation commission. This individuals shall be responsible for checking the site before, during, and after storm events, including weekends and evenings when storms are predicted. This

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individual shall ensure that no untreated storm water leaves the site consistent with the state and city storms water regulations. This individual shall ensure compliance with the approved sequence of construction

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plan and approved erosion control plan. The applicant shall grant this individual's complete authority of the site as it relates to storm water and erosion controls. Five phasing and con phasing of construction. Each of the two

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proposed condominium uh building may be organized as its own condominium and the building may construct in phases at different times. Site plan review in accordance to the condition number two may be addressed in phases with separate

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reviews from different buildings. Six, affordable units. 12% of the dwelling units at the site shall be made available as units for sale at affordable prices to home buyers

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whose annual income does not exceed 80% of the area median income as defined in section 650-5 of this zoning ordinance. in perpetuity the or the longest period allowed by law

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the affordable housing units in accordance with the provision of section 650-26 of the zoning ordinance and its condition the affordable housing units shall be distributed even among the two

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buildings if two buildings are constructed in separate phases no less than 12% of the dwelling units and each building shall consist constitute consistent um affordable housing units. The affordable housing

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units shall comply with all requirements for exclusion in the subi subiz housing inventory of the commonwealth of Massachusetts executive office of the housing and livable communities. Prior to obtaining the occupancy permit for

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any unit within given building, the applicant in coordination with the city and its community development authority shall file all required submissions to EOHLC for inclusion of affordable housing

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units within the specific building on the SHI and shall diligently take all actions necessary to include affordable housing units on the SH. HI including without limitation preparing

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and executing a reg regular regulatory agreement and declaration declaration I'm sorry of restrictive comments and or other restrictive instrument necessary to ensure compliance with the zone said zoning

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ordinance and this condition the market a market planning and all other required documentation all costs associated with complying with this condition including but not limited to the EOHLC process recording of all documents with the

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registry of deeds and the market planning for the affordable units shall be borne by the applicant. Seven, transportation alter alternatives. A information regarding public transportation maps, schedules, and fair information shall be posted in a central

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location and or otherwise made available to residents within each building at the site. B. A welcome packet shall be provided to residents detailing available public transportations, bicycles, walking. The secure bicycle

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parking shall be provided for residents and visitors, including weather protected bicycle parking within two parking garages on site. Eight, green design. The applicant shall utilize best practices to design energy efficient

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buildings and encouraged by design building and accessory structures to accommodate accessory solar energy facilities and or technologies as feasible. The applicant applicant shall

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use best efforts to provide all electric utilities contingent on upon the utility company being able to commit such service during the project's ordinary construction timeline. Accommodations for future electric vehicle charging stations or EV

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dedicated outlets shall be installed in at least 10% of the parking for each building, provided that each building shall have at least six parking spaces with EV charging stations or EV dedicated outlets installed prior to the

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issuance of the first occupancy permit for any unit within the building. Nine, school construction funding. The applicant shall provide payment to the city in the total amount of $90,000 to be used by the city for the

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construction of a new richer school and elementary school said payment to be deposited into city richer schools mitigation stabilization fund account number 836000-32730. The applicant shall make such payment to

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the city in two installments with $45,000 paid prior to issuance of the building permit for each of the two buildings. 10. Sidewalk funding. The applicant shall provide payment to to the city in the amount of $50,000

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to be used by the city for sidewalk improvements along Aim Street. said payment to be deposited into the city's AI as village mitigation stabilization fund account number to be established. The applicant shall make sure payment to

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the city in two inst installments. I'm sorry with $25,000 paid prior to the issuance of each building permit for each of the two buildings. 11s Westside Fire Station funding. Prior to issuance of the first building

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permit for each of the two residential buildings at the site, the applicant shall make a payment to the city in the amount of $1,000 for each multif family dwelling to be developed in the respective building for a maximum total of $90,000 for the use to be used for

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city for a proposed westside fire station said payments to be deposited into city westside side fire station mitigation stabilization fund account number 83600- 32701

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12 land shall be more robust than required by the zoning ordinance and shall provide shade canopy and native plants to improve habitat. Uh the applicant and subsequent owners shall

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maintain the landscaping at the site for duration of the use. 13. Lighting. Exterior lighting at the site shall be downward facing and shield to minimize impact of neighboring properties within the light plan lighting plan for the

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site to be reviewed. Further condition during the site plan review process. 14. open space as required by the by section F2 of the AVOD ordinance and the shown on the plans. The use will preserve

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approximately uh 5.87 acres of the site as a natural vegetated buffer. This open space shall be kept in its natural condition to create a buffer for a single family neighborhood to the north and east of

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the site. support wildlife habitat, provide environmental benefits, and improve livable aesthetics. As a part of as part of formal site plan review, the site plan review committee shall work with the applicant to develop

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a long-term management plan for this open space area. This plan outline tree a and plant management practices and re responsibilities include invasive plant management and have other land management

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considerations deemed necessary necessary by the site plan committee. No additional buildings or structures on this open area shall be permitted. The management shall also outline the maintenance needed, if any, to the

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existing bandit detention uh basin near the border of Teller Street. 15. Compliance with applicable laws. The applicant shall The applicant agrees to comply with all municipal, state, and federal rules, regulations, and ordinance as they may apply to the

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construction, maintenance, and operation of use. 16. Recording of the decision in accordance with the provision of Massachusetts general laws chapter 4A section 12 section 11 I'm sorry the applicant in at its own at its expense

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shall record the special permit in the Middle Sex reg middle sex south registry of deeds after the city clerk has certified the 20-day period for appealing this special permit has elapsed with no appealing file have been

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filed filed in before the applicant has applied to the building commissioner for a permit. Upon recording, the applicant shall forth with provide a copy of the recorded special permit to the city council's office, building department, and the city solicitor's office.

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>> Okay, councilors, you heard the 16 conditions. >> A quick question. How many votes to approve considering there's nine here? >> Eight. It's always eight. >> They get clarification. That's all. Thank you. >> Any further discussion? Council Fill.

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>> Thank you, Mr. President. I will keep it very brief, I promise. Um, just a couple of things that I'm going back to, especially in hearing the conditions. Um, which thank you to the assistant clerk um for going through that with us. Um, right. $230,000 in mitigation funding and and I've heard this and I

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want to clarify. I've not heard from the residents about this project at all about, you know, other strains on services, schools, right? overarching planning that's not come up in this conversation that we've had about this specific project. Right? If we're

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looking at this special permit, right? Let's take it as it is, what's in front of us, we are not hearing that. But to address some of those concerns, right, this everything that was just read to us, we received comments from all of our city department heads, right? Including

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public safety, right, of this money, there's money going to school construction funding for the new richer school, sidewalk funding to address infrastructure concerns, westside fire station funding, right, to address the public safety concerns on this side of town. You know, I I I we worked very

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hard in committee. I know that there were many of us working together to try to figure out how do we create a mitigation package that helps because we're hearing these concerns from the city of Malro and you know time and time again I find myself working through these sort of special permits you know

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alongside fellow counselors but then when it comes time to look at the whole project these these efforts are are for not and I'm a little frustrated when it comes to that. So again, I just want to hammer home this point that we did our due diligence. This is a good project and we should approve it tonight. Thank you, Mr. President.

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>> Thank you, Council Fillo. Any other council dous? >> Thank you very much, Mr. President. I am completely in support of this. Uh there's been numerous projects proposed for this property area in the times that I've been on the council. Um and as was

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um referred to by councelor Vatal, the neighborhood likes it. So, I think that's the big win to this, you know. Um, we're we're trying to do the best for what the citizens say. And here we have the neighborhood saying, "Hey, this is good. They got a buffer here, so we

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don't see the the buildings here compared to the residential that's nearby." If you're going to put in, you know, normal housing, you know, small lot, whatever, those are going to be million-dollar homes that no one's going to afford anyway. So, there's real big benefits for this. Um, and I do think

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that it really does fit well within the community and that the local neighborhood wants it. So, I hope you anyone here reconsides to vote against because it's going to be a hair. But thank you. >> Thank you, Council Ducet. Any other comments? Council A phone calls around

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here. Um, and I do want to recognize the fact of the the neighbors that directly abut and the culde-sac right behind this property are, I believe, almost unanimously in support of this. I did personally hear from residents in the Glen Street area. Um, and we did hear from a couple of people during the

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public hearing that did question not specifically about the project, but this project in the way that it's going to fit in with some of the other projects that um, we have before us or we have coming down the pike. Um, so I can only speak for me when my phone rings. Um, it was not unanimous. Um, but I do certainly acknowledge that we did hear

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from the people who are directly behind this property and I can certainly appreciate that they would want this development. That is that is a direct benefit to them. Um, there are, I would say, a couple hundred homes behind that street. Um, and I did hear from more than a handful of them. So, I want to

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leave it there. I appreciate everybody's comments. Certainly not going to get into an argument. Um, I appreciate your request for me to change my vote. I will not be doing so. So, I think I'm ready for the roll call, Mr. President. Thank you, >> Council Piano. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um

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I just wanted to mention that um you know the way this was presented to the neighborhood um was almost a disservice to them. Um you know they essentially were given two options from the developer. Um this project or multif

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family housing which would clear the land. Um which I think is not true. They always had the third option of not building anything. So that was not presented to the community. Of course, the community is going to say, "Please don't tear down this open

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space." Because they were presented with only two options. So I would say that the neighborhood was in support of the one option that would not eliminate the open space without the third option of not building anything at all. Um, and I would also

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like to add that that mitigation money that is coming from the developer is only to offset the building of of this project. The sidewalks are going to be improved because this building is coming in. That mitigation for the school money is going to come in because this project may potentially bring in children. The

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fire station money is coming in because this will u be serviced by the fire station as well. So, um to say that that money is going to all these great things is is is a little untrue because that money is only going to go to improve this site

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and the services that this site will will need. Um, and that's all I have to say. Thank you. >> Thank you, Council Presiato. Any other counselors? Hearing none. On the motion to approve the special permit, a yes vote is to approve. A no vote is to deny. I will

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ask the clerk to please call the role. >> Councelor Naven, >> no. >> Councelor Orum, absent. Councelor Aling, >> yes. >> Councelor Roby, >> yes. >> Councelor G, >> yes. Councelor Vital,

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>> yes. >> Councelor Presiato, >> no. >> Councelor Fuchillo, >> yes. >> Councelor Irish, >> the motion to approve the special permit

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does not carry with seven votes in favor and two opposed. Agenda item 20, >> order number 26-1009639B, proposed salary ordinance amendment pursuant to chapter 125 personnel section six salary schedule relative to

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position of city solicitor. >> Councelor Irish. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh move the recommendation of committee to approve. >> Motion's been made and seconded to approve the recommendation of committee. This is a ordinance change. So we have to go through the four stages of the

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ordinance. All those in favor of suspending the first reading and approving the second. All those in favor opposed. That part carries. The vote is 90. All those in favor of the passage to be enrolled. All those in favor? Opposed. That carries 90. All those in

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favor of the passage to be ordained. All those in favor opposed. That carries 90. Is there any objection to passage in one evening? Seeing none, the ordinance change is

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approved and that is a 90 vote. Agenda item number 21. Order number 26-1009640B proposed salary ordinance amendment pursuant to chapter 125 personnel section 6 salary schedule relative to

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the position of assistant fire chief. Councelor Irish. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Move the recommendation of committee to approve, please. >> Motion's made in second. Move the recommendation of the committee, which is to approve. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, this is another ordinance change that requires to go

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through the four stages. All those in favor of suspending the first reading and approving the second. All those in favor opposed. That carries 90. All those in favor of the passage to be enrolled. All those in favor opposed. That carries 90. All those in favor of the passage to be ordained. All those in

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favor opposed that carries 90. Any objection in one evening? Seeing none. The ordinance change is approved and the vote is 90. Council vill. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Move to adjurnn.

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>> Motion made and seconded to adjourn. All those in favor? Opposed. We are adjourned at 9:27. Have a good evening everyone. Thank you.