As a preliminary matter, this is Woody Knight, chair of the Newbury Planning Board. Permit me to confirm that all members and persons anticipated on the agenda are present and can hear me. Uh, planning board members, when I call your name, please respond in the affirmative. Uh, Larry Murphy >> here. >> Scott Kent
>> here. >> Steve Manian >> here. and town staff. We have Krista Grubs, planning director. >> Yes. >> And Satie Woodward, uh, assistant planning >> here. >> Thank you. >> Very good. Good evening. May 6, 2026,
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And finally, each vote taken in this meeting will be conducted by roll call vote. All right, there's the opening statements. We'll go to the first item in the agenda. We have um 8 and 10 Lenway Road.
Uh submission of form A and approval not required plan for proposed lot line change. Newbury assesses map U1-38 and U1-39. owner and applicant. Uh, Stephen
Castton, 8 Lenway Road, Bfield, Mass. Do we have Steve on here? Hello, Steve. You're muted at the moment, but >> yes, welcome. >> Okay, I'm on. >> Um, if you'd like, would you please explain uh this ANR plot line change?
>> Sure. Uh, I don't know if you've got the plans in front of you, but uh uh what we have is a fence that is on our neighbor's property or 10 Lenway. uh it's over the over the lot line. So, what we wanted to do was add enough
footage about 10 ft uh along the along the uh lot line here. Uh so, the fence is right here. Uh and uh uh and what that does is give us put puts the fence back on our property
and at the same time it addresses the distance between the house and the lot line which there was a variance when the house was first built because there wasn't enough room there. And this will also uh address that giving enough distance between our house and the lot
line. So, it's it's just simply to uh correct two things that maybe should have been dealt with a long time ago before we were here. Um I don't know if you have any other questions other than that. >> Okay. Thank you uh for your the explanation. Um I'll turn to the board.
Um Larry, do you have any questions? >> Just to clarify, so you'll have the required setbacks then, >> correct? Yeah. uh in terms of the uh lot size will be at least the required
40,000 and the uh uh frontage will be at least 125,000 for both lots there's no uh uh no issue there I believe >> yeah I know I was talking about >> and the setback from the house will have the required set back from the house right
>> um that's all I have >> okay thank you Larry uh Scott do you have any questions for Steve >> no I do Scott. >> Oh, that that was Steve that answered. Okay, Scott, do you have any questions for Steve?
>> Um, this is Scott. Uh, no questions. >> Okay, great. And I don't have any questions either. Um, Steph, do you have any questions or comments? >> No. Satie and I reviewed the plan and it's all completed according to the
regulations in terms of formatting and looks good to us. Okay, great. Thank you. Well, that being the case, I would entertain a motion to endorse the ANR plan entitled number eight and number 10, Lenway Road, plan
of Newbury uh plan of land in Newbury, Biffield, Mass, surveyed by uh Steve Cashion by Hancock Associates, dated April 8th, 2026. >> So moved. Thank you, Scott. Do I have a second?
>> Second. >> Thank you, Steve. Roll call vote, Larry. Larry, roll call vote. >> Oh, thank you. Uh, Scott, >> yes. >> And Steve, >> yes. >> And I vote yes as well. Um, thank you,
Steve. cash in and uh good luck with everything and I'll be into signing that tomorrow. So it should be ready tomorrow. >> Tomorrow it would be ready. Okay. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. >> I do believe correct me if I'm wrong, staff, but otherwise sometime after
12:00. Thumbs up. Very good. Have a good night, Steve. >> Okay, great. Thank you. Thank you. >> Yep. You're welcome. All right. Next item on the agenda, we have our meeting minutes. Um, we have meeting minutes for April
15, 2026. Um, has everyone had a chance to review the meeting minutes for April 15th, 2026? Does anyone have any >> I have and that looks good to me. Woody.
>> Okay. Everyone else had a chance and any corrections or comments on the minutes? Hearing none, I'd entertain a motion to approve the April 15, 2026 meeting minutes. >> So move.
>> Thank you, Larry. And do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Steve. Uh, roll call vote. Larry, >> yes. >> And Scott, >> yes. >> Steve, >> yes. >> And I vote yes as well. So the meeting
minutes for April 15, 2026 approved by the board. Um next item on the agenda we have u leaison meeting reports. Um so we'll start with ZBA. Larry
have you had meeting? >> The ZBA will be holding their um regular monthly meeting, excuse me, on the third Thursday of the month. Um but I think as uh the members all know now um the town meeting last uh night approved a zoning
bylaw amendment to increase the number of voting members on the ZBA from 3 to five. Um that won't take effect immediately. It still has to go to like all bylaw amendments. they have to go to the attorney general's office for approval,
but I expect that will be approved fairly quickly and um that we'll we'll see a new uh some new members on the ZBA in the near future. That's all I have. >> Okay, thank you Larry. Um next is
conservation commission. Uh we met on Monday. Um we had a lengthy agenda, lengthy meet, a lot a lot of items on the agenda. U the only thing that I think pertained to us that I recall I don't
have my notes in front of me unfortunately but um the only thing I recall that pertain to us was 34th Central Street. They are um vetting the um exit road, the oneway exit road, and
they need some more information um storm water calculations because it it wasn't done before from our peer review and um there was a some discussion on that. And
so they're going to get that ball rolling and be on the next agenda for our next meeting. And I believe that's all I recall for conservation for Monday night. Um let me just think about that for one second. I
think that's all that pertain to us. So uh that's my report. Um next next leaison meeting report uh MVPC Kristen.
Um, so we had our monthly uh Marmac Valley Planning Commission regional planners meeting last week and um Gerard Whitten, the executive director, had actually reached out to some of the towns who um have been working on um
housing projects related to MBTA zoning um since you know when that overlay district zoning was going through all the towns. it was a big topic among the planners. So now that you know the all
the towns in the region have now passed their 3A zoning. So he sort of opened the opportunity for people to talk about how it's going. Do you have projects coming forward? So he actually being a Newberry resident uh knew about our 34 central project. So he had asked me to
present a little background on that. So, I just did a sort of five minute presentation with some slides and talked about what you all uh worked so hard on during the permitting and you know what some of the challenges were and how you
know there's still some things before the conscom so complicated project um but you know uh sort of lessons learned and things we're looking forward to um and how it's all going also north
handover and or sorry Andover and um Aimsbury planners presented and shared uh about projects going on in their town. Ames in particular has I think more than 800 housing units um either
completed and permitting or or coming down the pike for a variety of you know different housing unit sizes. So, that was pretty interesting to hear about. Um, particularly what they call their golden
triangle, which is sort of when you come off 495 and and 95 and get on 110 and you're kind of heading into Amesberry um, past the stop and shop area. sort of all that land that abuts the highway is
under development for a mix of affordable units, single family, um rentals, a sort of whole variety of housing. So, um anyway, I found it interesting to hear from other planners about challenges they've had and um some
of the project going projects going on regionally. So, um, and the commissioner's meeting for May is later this month. >> That's it. >> Thank you. >> Yeah.
>> Good stuff. Um, what time do we have? I have 7:15. That leads us to the next item on the agenda, which is a public hearing continued. Definitive subdivision application for 15 central
street assesses map U1 lot 53 for a two lot subdivision applicant owner Michael Becker 15 central street LLC >> I'd like to welcome Michael and uh
Caressa Vidas >> hi >> and your engine engineer uh Paul Fenucci >> uh Paul Finocio is not here with us this evening Uh we did not make the submission deadline on the uh street work. Uh but as I understood it, we were
still on the agenda anyway. So I wasn't sure if there were uh things that we submitted previously that were to be discussed. >> Okay. Yep. We we continue to date certain. So yes, you are correct. You agenda.
Uh I do also have some draft elevations uh of what we are intending for the for the building to look like the duplex. Uh they are work in progress. So not finalized but uh I would be happy to
share the uh progress drawings with you if you're so inclined. >> Okay. We we could do that. The I'm sure the public's interested and we are interested as well. And then um I'll ask for some updates from Kristen and Sad after that. So sure, go right ahead if
Mike can do a share screen. >> Cool. Let me uh >> I'll let you in, I think, in a second. >> Document uh So, uh, this this is two different iterations of the, uh, of the same
house. Can you see what I'm sharing? >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Uh, so, uh, it's two dimensional. hard to kind of make out what it is, but uh the bottom one has a hip roof over the
uh the garage and primary and the top one just has a uh cable end roof. Um I'd also like to share the uh um uh the site plan first because that kind of
makes more sense. So, uh, after the sitewalk and discussion with the neighbors, you can see that the left side unit, we kind of shortened that up and, uh, made it, uh, pulled it more off the left lot line. Um, and we're trying
to hide it behind the burm and the rock, uh, partially so that there's less viewed from the street. And then also you'll notice on the elevation that the area that is the garage um I don't have a pointer is uh my phone decided to update right before the meeting. I'm
sorry my computer my desktop decided to update. So I'm on my phone but um you see the uh the area the rectangle that's closest to the ledge. >> Yeah. >> Uh so that's the uh that's like one and
3/4 stories two stories. uh that has the option of the hip roof. That's would be the primary for the left side unit. Uh and then the right side is kind of similar to the box of what uh we presented uh previously with a garage
under. And you can see the uh the driveways, two separate driveways, two separate walkways. Uh, do you want me to share the elevation now that you've kind of seen the the plan?
>> Sure. Yep. That'd be great. Makes more sense after you look at the plan anyway. But you see how the uh the right side is um sort of standalone and there's a demising wall. I'm of the disposition that uh it's more
neighborhood appropriate. It doesn't look like two mirror image uh boxes that are uniform and siamese that you know look clearly like duplexes. This looks more like it might be any other single family in the neighborhood. But there's two distinct front doors and it also
works with the topography of the site and some of the concerns of the neighborhood uh relative to being along closer to the left side lot line. >> Okay, great. Um
do we have any before I ask the board for questions um do we have any updates Kristen Mercedi on this project? Um I I'll I'll jump and say a few comments too. Um I just wanted to um
let's see. I just want to mention that the at the last meeting um we discussed getting an extension of the time for action related to the project. And I just want to thank um the applicant for
uh providing that written um extension and we have filed it with the town clerk. Um so we have an another 60 days till June 20th just to continue the hearings and come to a decision on the
project. So I appreciate that. Um, and then just thought I'd mention that um, there was a submission by some of the neighbors to the select board to discuss the question about um, closing Church Street at the at the Central Street end.
So, just wanted to share with the planning board that that, you know, has been received by the select board. I don't think they've scheduled a date on their agenda yet. We've all been kind of overwhelmed by getting through town meeting which was last night. Um but I I
you know Satie and I are in touch with the town administrator and um select board chair to provide information and background. Um they have reached out to other department directors to get input
on um on the request by the by the um neighbor. And if Tom, if you're on, let's see, I'm looking through the the list. Anyway, if any of the abutters in the public want to speak to that, I just
wanted to let everyone know that's been received and is going to be under review by the select board. >> Thank you. I appreciate that. >> You're welcome. Um, that's it.
>> Okay. Very good. So, I'll start with the planning board. Um, Larry, do you have any questions? No comments and I I can't see. Sorry, I was muted. No, I don't have any questions at this point.
>> Okay, thank you, Larry. Um, Scott, do you have any questions or comments on the project? >> I don't have any questions, Woody. >> Okay, thank you, Steve. I'm all set. >> All right. And I don't have any questions either. was uh
it's the updates were good and the ball's rolling for the uh request for Church Street and I think the drawings look great um of the of what you're proposing
for a building and tucking it in behind the ledge there so that it it blends in with the neighborhood. Sounds good. Looks good to me. Um, thank you. >> Thank you for Thank you for putting that together. That actually for me it gives
me an idea kind of picture what it's going to look like in there. Um, well, with that said, um, I will see if there's any raised hands and any comments from the public at this time.
>> Um, I don't see any raised hands. Um, if anyone from the public would like to speak, please raise your hand or speak now. >> I have one. Melissa, go ahead. >> All right. Melissa Gasper, please state your name and um your address, please, and then your question or comment.
>> Hi, I'm Melissa Gasper, 3 Johnson Lane. I live um behind where the development is going in and I just want to say I appreciate the developer making the look of the buildings to be
more in harmony with a neighborhood and less like you know the Siamese or city like you know I I really appreciate that effort and um and although I'm not on the street.
I would like to go to the meetings about um you know turning it into a dead end because I think that the traffic could people could easily go down Central Street, take a right onto Lent Street
and then go back onto Church Street. They don't have you know they'll have a couple options. I think people can circumvent that little section of Church Street. So, um, that's all I wanted to say,
>> right? Thank you, Melissa, for your comments. Uh, any other raised hands. >> Uh, yes, Mike F. >> Okay, Mike F, if you would please your name and address and, uh, your questions
or comments, please. Mike Fabiano over at 17 Church Street. Uh, quick question for Mike Becka. Um, I think last time we had you had the plans up, it was about 38 feet from the lot line. Um, is that going to increase a bit with this design
of the structure being kind of tucked behind the ledge? >> Yes. Yeah, I'll get an exact number on that uh site, but I think it's four to six feet further >> uh from the lot line. And the back corner uh I can pull that I can reshare
that uh site plan. The back corner that's closest to uh your property, it the part that would be the most visible also gets clipped. >> You can see it's shorter than the box on the right side.
Uh, and there's the kind of primary bedroom there, which you can't see for the the site plan, but there's there's some trees kind of between that and uh what the view of your house would be. Um, there's a
10-in tree and a bunch of smaller trees that are kind of near the lot line. Uh, that would remain. >> Okay, sounds good. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Thank you, Mike. Uh, and Mike, but thank you, Mike, for your
questions. Um, any other raised hands, Satie, if you see any. >> Um, I don't see any at this time. >> Okay, very good. If any members of the public have questions or comments, speak
up if you can't find the raised hand. And otherwise um I will ask the staff um we haven't had any written comments uh submitted other than the request of the select board. Correct. >> Correct. We haven't had any others.
>> All right. And uh planning board members uh if you have any additional questions uh speak up now please. >> Well yeah I do what you just uh maybe it's um well I'll just state it. Uh, are we in a position now where we should be thinking
about drafting a decision? >> I that was my next thing I was going to say. So, yes, I think we're getting to the point of um we can start drafting a decision. Yes, >> I have uh begun a draft. Um, I I plan on
going over it a bit with Kristen and then um I can bring it to a subsequent meeting and we can begin to review it together if that that works for everyone. >> Yep. Sounds good. And uh Yep. We that's something we can
uh do for our next meeting which would be May 20th. So any additional comments from anyone applicant uh public planning board I hearing anything. Well then uh we'll
get the draft decision rolling Mike Becker and um we'll see you after I get a motion. We'll see you on the 20th. Um I'd entertain a motion to continue the public hearing. for
15 Central Street uh to May 20th at 7:15 via Zoom. >> So move. >> Second. >> All right. Thank you, Larry. >> And Steve, that was you. Second. >> Yes. >> Roll call. Roll call vote. Larry.
>> Yes. >> Uh hold on, guys. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Did we Hey, Bill. Billesco, did we address the topic that we wanted to see? Who's this now? I'm sorry. I don't know who's speaking.
>> Uh, my name is Rich Monton. >> I'm resident of a resident of Newberry, Massachusetts. And, uh, hey, Bill, can you go on unmute? >> Um, we're not on Bill D. Francescos
matter right now. Right now, we're covering uh the p we're in a public hearing for 15 Central Street. Oh, okay. All right. So, Bill, you okay? >> Yep. So, if you if you don't mind muting and um that's that's further down the
agenda here and um we'll have a raise hand function and we'll speak with you then. Okay. >> Okay. So, you have uh more agenda items today. >> Oh, yes. Yep. Uh that that'll be coming up shortly.
>> All right. Thanks so much, Woody. Look forward to Yep. Thank you. All right. I'll stay tuned. >> So, I have a motion and a second. A motion from Larry, a second from uh Steve. Roll call vote. Larry, >> yes.
>> And um Scott, >> yes. >> And Steve, >> yes. >> And I vote yes as well. Mike Becker, we'll see you on the 20th and you and your team and um we'll start going through the d the draft of the uh decision.
>> Sounds good. Thank you very much. >> Thank you all. >> Yep. And for the public, um, just watch the select board agenda for the matter of Church Street. So, >> very good. >> Have a good night. >> Yep. You too. Have a great night.
>> Thanks, man. >> Um, next item on the agenda, we have new business, I believe. Give me one second here.
Um, yes. New business. Uh, this is a request for approval of conveyance of a special permit for Stowaway Storage Newbury LLC. William D. Frenchesco, manager for a special permit
to operate the expansion of an existing self- storage facility known as Newbury self storage at 131 Newport Turnpike. Assess map R36 lot 23 and 24. Applicant
representative is Mike D. Rosen and I will turn it over to Bill. Bill's with us and Mike's with us. Welcome guys. >> Would you like to explain um explain this to us? >> Certainly. Uh thank you Mr. Chair,
members of the board. My name is Michael Rosen. I represent uh Stowway Storage Newbury LLC. Uh we are looking to sell uh the business operating at 131 Newbury Port Turnpike and as a condition of the
special permit uh that was last issued September 20th 2024 I'm sorry September 24 2020 there is a condition condition number 8 that requires that prior to any transfer of
the business the planning board has to consent to that transfer. Therefore, we have submitted a written request to this board uh seeking your request so that we can sell uh the property. The sale would be to MP131
Newbury Port Turnpike LLC and I believe a representative of that organization is on this call. >> Okay. >> In case the board has any questions of them. Yep. >> Thank you, Michael. You're welcome.
So, if the other person's on the the buyer, that would be great if you're listening here and I'll ask the planner board if they have any questions or comments. We'll start with Larry. Larry, do you have any questions on the matter? >> Uh, just a a couple. Uh, this is a an
armslength transaction rather than a reorganization. Is that correct? >> That is correct. >> Okay. And I I see the uh the buyer LLC was only established last month. Um, I'm not looking for numbers, but can you
tell me how this is being financed? >> Uh, mortgage, bank mortgage. Uh, >> yeah. Hey, it's Ryan Murray. So, um, >> Ryan, can you do me a favor real quick just to identify yourself? Are you the buyer or your buyer's council? Just let
the board know who you are. >> Yeah. So, so we're the buyer. Uh, I work for a company called AEW. We're a Bostonbased real estate owner. We've been in business for over 40 years and so uh we'll be the ones uh acquiring the property and it'll be all cash. It was
an arms leg transaction. Uh no financing. >> Okay. But you you have some experience and obviously then in real estate. >> That's correct. Yeah. >> All right. Uh that's all I had. Woody. >> All right. Thank you, Larry. Scott, do
you have any questions for any the applicant or the buyer? >> Uh, no, I know. Thank you. >> Okay. Um, Steve, do you have any questions? >> I do not. Thank you. >> And
I don't have any questions either. Um, Steph, do do you guys have any comments? Kristen, Satie, do you have any comments on the matter? Um, nope. I that's that as presented is how it was presented to me. I did um consult
with town council just to you know go over how this condition should be addressed. Um getting on the planning board meeting before the transfer actually happens. Um so here we are. Uh should be straightforward. I think we
will um provide pursuant to the vote, we'll provide a certificate of vote. I I did get the recommendation from town council that it should be recorded with the clerk as well as at the registry. Um and that all
conditions of the special permit will transfer and be applicable to the new owner. Um, as well as any other, you know, there are other permits related to this project when it was initially being established. Um, there's a couple
different site plan decisions. Um, so obviously those will all be relevant and need to be adhered to by the future owner. >> Okay. Thank you, Kristen. >> Yep. >> If no planning board members have any
additional questions, Excuse me. I'd entertain a motion to approve the transfer of the special permit for 131 Newbury Port Turnpike, Newbury, Mass. Assesses map R36 plots 23
and 24 from Stowway Storage LLC to MP31, Newport Turnpike LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company with an address of AEW Capital Management, 2Cort Lane, 15th
floor, lost a mass 02210, and that the new owner shall adhere to all conditions and requirements of the special permit and all other decisions and that a copy of the certificate of vote shall be recorded at the registry.
>> So move. >> Thank you, Larry. Um do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you. That was Steve. >> Yes. >> Thank you, Steve. Roll call vote. Um Larry, >> yes. Scott,
>> yes. >> Uh Steve, >> yes. >> And I vote yes as well. And I'd like to say uh good luck, Ryan Murray. >> Thank you very much. >> Purchase Storage and Bill, good luck
with the sale. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and members of the board. We appreciate your time this evening. >> Yeah. And thank you, Mike. >> You're welcome. Thank you, everyone. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. All right. Uh, next item on the agenda,
we have uh project update and request for partial release of security funds for Cypress Hollow subdivision at 100 High Road, Assessor's Map R34, lot 21. Property owner
100 High LLC applicant Tom Nevi. Um, and I will turn this over to you, Larry, if you're ready to go. >> Okay. Um, is, uh, Tom Nebby with us? >> Um, he actually sends his regrets. He
was not available. Um, but, you know, reviewed the request with me, so if there are any questions, I might be able to help out. >> Okay. Well, we have um, uh, the spreadsheet that he u provided, and they're looking for a release. Kristen,
as I understand it, of $17,05015, which would leave um a security in the amount of $38,562. And we do have a letter dated May 5th from our um peer reviewer, Joe Sawatka.
uh and uh he um does state that the um uh that that's a sufficient amount uh uh to hold in um uh as security. So I don't know if there's anything more to add to that. Um Scott or or Steve, do you have
any questions or comments? >> No. >> Um let's see. Then that said, um I would uh accept a motion to release $17,015
from the security account being held by the town for the Cypress Hollow subdivision, leaving $38,562 remaining. >> So moved. >> Thank you, Steve. Do we have a second? >> Second.
>> Thank you, Scott. Um uh Scott um any further discussion Steve or Scott hearing? None. Scott, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Steve, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> I vote yes as well. So I think we're all set, Kristen.
>> Great. >> What do you hand the gavvel back to you figuratively anyway? >> Thanks, Larry. >> Thank you for turning over the virtual gavvel, Larry.
Um, and thank you for doing that. Um, all right. Next item on the agenda is old business. This is a request for extension of special permit landfill solar project 75 Boston Road
applicant a solar alliance clean energy inc. any tonight I believe we have applicant representative uh Eric McClean with us. Welcome Eric. Um would you like
to present any updates and additional materials to the board this evening on your request? >> No, good evening um um chairman and board members. I appreciate your time. I know I had uh I had an employee here last last night last month Sam Cuda um and I think you guys had some questions
that were he was unable to answer. I'm happy to answer any questions you have. There's no change to the plans. There's no change to the system. Um just looking for an extension. >> Okay, great. Um the board member who asked the question last
month that um sparked the curiosity of a few of our board members was um I believe and correct me if I'm wrong staff. The question was um what is the smart three program and what's the difference
between smart three and smart two? >> Yes. So, the Smart Two program was the MA that's the Massachusetts incentive that makes solar possible on a landfill like this. Um, that program expired and unfortunately this development did not occur in time to take advantage of that.
It's been approved in the Smart Three program. Um, there's very little differences. Um, and we're just looking for an extension. Unfortunately, development of a solar array can is hard to keep all together and put all together at the right time. um able to
and then able to move it forward. There's a lot of moving parts. Um we are just about there at the finish line. It's been a long long trek with the with the town and with ACE and we're a committed partner. Um hoping to get it built, you know, soon I'll say um we
were at a good spot almost a year ago now and u President Obama President Trump passed the one big beautiful bill which ended a lot of federal state uh federal uh solar incentives which made this project possible. We've regrouped and are ready to move forward now again
and just need the extension to do so. >> Okay, great. Thank you for that explanation, Eric. Um, planning board members, Larry, do you have any questions for the Eric? >> Just for clarification, the the difference between the the smart two and smart three program. Does that have any
implications for the town? >> So, the final numbers for the town still need to be finalized and negotiated, and they would be. There's been a lot of pluses and minuses on the job. Um, we have an existing term sheet with the town and the the town manager is is been approved by town vote to or the sorry
the town council's been approved to to finalize things. Um, we need this extension to be able to do that. We need to have runway of the project and then we will finalize the lease and the it's called a net metering purchase agreement. Um, and those are both and
then the tax rates. Those are all the three last components of this project. Um there's been lots of discussions with with town over it. Um again, President Trump last year destroyed the federal investment tax credit which was, you know, up to 50% of of the funding of
this project. So there's been some regrouping. Um we're in a place where we're ready to start moving forward again and just again need the extension so that we can >> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. Scott, do you have any questions for
No, not very good. Um, Steve, do you have any questions for her? >> No. No, I don't. >> Okay. Very good. And I I don't have any questions other than um I'd like to ask
staff and Eric um I did hear that Joy, our town administrator assistant was reaching out to trying to reach out to ACE. Is that correct, Kristen?
>> Um yes. I think as Eric said, we're we're sort of in a waiting pattern for the next steps regarding um some of those agreements, the net metering tax rate. I am not the point person on that part of the project, but um I guess it
would be helpful to know when the next documents or you know information will be passed over to the town. Do you know that, Eric? >> Yeah, I'm hopeful to be able to make a presentation to her soon. And I think and I apologize Sam's no longer with
ACE. So if there's unanswered emails, I apologize. I'll look into it. But I know that um you know the last time I spoke with her, which is several months ago, we were trying to just the financial market of the of solar and of solar world was still uh I want to say reeling
from the one big beautiful bill. Um and uh you know, taking some time to figure out where we are and where the project is, you know. Um and and we're there now. Um so I'm hopeful. I I need the extension to be able to even continue, right, with the planning board. So, I'm hopeful once we do that, I'm I'm in
front I'm having conversations with her in the next month or so. >> So, the the permit isn't expired till late June. So, you know, you are getting your extension in plenty of time, I think. But, um it's are you it's a two-year extension. Is that correct?
>> Yes, that was the request. So, do you anticipate this project um getting going sooner than two years or what's I guess what is the actual timeline that you would anticipate at this point? >> Yeah, I I would I would hope it gets
done in two years. I'm trying to match expiration dates with expiration dates. So, smart three smart 3 is a two-year program. Um the planning does the uh conservation commission just last night approved the extension for two years. um the these projects have to be financed
this capital financing to these right um and so most lenders require a long runway in case something happens and unfortunately in the solar world there's been a lot that has happened negatively in the past um two years um with the current administration. So the the the
request for two years is simply so that this can get financed and we there's a runway find banks don't finance things with six months left on on on permits right >> thank you >> all right thank you Kristen and uh thank
you for all your explanations Eric and with that said if new plan board members have any questions I would entertain a motion uh to approve the requested the requested extension of the special
permit for landfill solar project at 75 Boston Road through June 15, 2028. >> So move. >> Thank you, Larry. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Steve. Roll call vote. Larry,
>> yes. >> Scott, >> yes. Uh, Steve, >> yes. >> And I vote yes as well. Um, good luck with everything, Eric. And, um, you have your extension. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, board members. I appreciate it. Uh,
hopefully we're we're building it soon and you're out there to take a look at it. So, thank you very much. >> All right. Great. It sounds good. Thank you. >> Uh, Kristen, you you'll get in touch with me with the actual approval. Yeah, I think we'll do a similar um certificate of vote and then we'll stamp
it with the clerk and have you record it at the registry. >> Excellent. >> We'll be in touch with you. Yeah. >> Thank you very much. Thank you, board members. Appreciate it. >> Yep. Have a good night, Eric. Thank you. >> All right. And that concludes old business for this evening. And I only
see one other thing on the agenda, and that would be the planners report. All right, ready? Got my list. Uh, just some project updates, um, which I I've shared a little bit by email, but just wanted to go through um, to keep
you all posted on some of the other projects that haven't been actively on an agenda, but there is plenty happening. Um, so 170 Orchard will be back on the next agenda with
their modification request to um change their water supply as approved in the site plan. As you recall in that subdivision, it was approved to be a Biffield water district water supply. They're proposing to change that use to
uh change the supply to private wells. So we have talked about that previously with the applicant. They would like to come back. Um they have submitted additional uh information to the board of health to assure that those wells are
in a location that meets all board of health regulations. Um so we do have uh comments from the health director on that which I'll share in advance of the next meeting. Um we also have received
comment letter from the fire department fire chief um related to that. Their concern I would say is related to um the location of fire hydrants on the
property. Um, two of the house lots extend quite far back into this property. As you all remember, it's a long kind of skinny parcel. So, we'll provide that information and have that conversation with the applicant at the next meeting.
um 84 Boston um has submitted an asbelt plan, a revised asbelt plan and engineers certification letter showing um updating that information from the previous asbelt plan um that they submitted last year. So we have
transmitted we've received it electronically. We received f funding for the escrow account and that has been um passed along to our peer review engineer as was discussed previously with the applicant. Um so depending on
when we get comments back from peer review, I'm not sure yet if that'll be on the May 20th meeting or um or the one after that, but we'll see where we get by the deadline for May 20. Um,
Lawrence Bushy, I just wanted to update you all. If you recall, that's the small subdivision off of um, Newman Road that was uh, approved years ago and then some modifications approved by this board um,
last year. They are getting ready to start construction again. They've sort of paused over the winter, but I just wanted to update you all in case you're driving by and noticing. Um my understanding is they'll be back on the site within the next month.
Um and that continues to be you know inspected by our peerreview engineer to assure that all the drainage and that kind of work is going okay on that project. Um
let's see uh Sunset Club which is the site plan that was approved previously by this board. They submitted um the uh evacuation plan that was a condition of
that decision was submitted to the building inspector and reviewed by him. Um in addition, the applicant has submitted the twoe notice for construction of the pavilion and I believe that will be um let's see I can't remember exactly when
that came in. I think it's not it won't be next week but the following week. Um they'll be their construction company for installing the pavilion will be staged just in the parking lot of the restaurant. Um so it shouldn't impact
traffic um in any way but that notification for all the department directors has been received. Um, so that's moving forward and then and I'll if anyone has questions uh you know I'll leave time but the last one is 100 Main
Street or 108 Main Street. John Colin Tony you recall his construction schedule was due to start um this week and uh Joe Saka our peerreview and engineer and I talked and we haven't seen anything going on yet. So, we've
reached out to John to just get an update on the construction schedule for that um subdivision off of Main Street. So, I'll keep you posted on that. That is it. >> Okay. Thank you, Kristen.
>> You're welcome. >> The updates were great. Just a little something to think about. Um well, I don't have anything else. If the rest of the board doesn't have anything else and staff doesn't have anything else, I'd entertain a motion to adjurnn.
>> I have one other thing. Thank you all. Thank you all and publicly, thank you to Martha Taylor in particular for all the work leading up to the zoning amendments at town meeting. Um, town council put a lot of time in. You all put a lot of time in. Uh, ZBA chair, building
inspector, real team effort over the last bunch of months. And um I just, you know, Woody did a fantastic job. Um I think what was clear to me last night was how the town supports the work of the planning board, recognizes what a
big uh job it is, and I'm just really happy to see a lot of that recodification work kind of wrapped up. And as we move forward into more consideration of zoning amendments, I think there'll be things that aren't quite so broad and widespread as what
the last two years have been. Um, so looking forward to, you know, thinking with you all about any areas of the bylaw that we want to kind of hone in on, things like parking regulations or, you know, more housing work, that kind
of thing. Um, I think there's opportunities to sort of think about amendments in a different way going forward. We're still going to have to always, you know, clean things up and stay current with, um, regulations and and mass general law and all that, but
um, just huge amount of work done the last two years. And I just really want to take the time to thank you all and special projects planner Martha Taylor. >> Yes, Martha worked very hard on all of that. Thank you, Martha. You're not here, but thank you.
>> I concur. >> Absolutely. >> Nice work. >> Yeah. No, it's a big hurdle to jump over finally with the conclusion of last night's tenant meeting. So, >> it's all good. >> Um, all right. If there's no other
comments, I entertain a motion to adjourn. >> Move to adjourn. >> I got a I got a motion and a second. Scott and Larry. Thank you. >> Roll call vote. Larry. >> Yes.
>> Scott and >> everyone have a great evening and uh we'll see you on the 20th if we don't see you soon enough. >> Okay.