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. Planning board members, when I call your name, please respond the affirmative. Peter Bos, yes, sir. Scott Ker,
Steve Manian, here. Larry Murphy um won't be with us today. Town staff Kristen Grubs. Yes. Applicants and representatives. When I call your name, please respond the affirmative. 100 High Road Tom Ney
here. Thanks, Tom. Uh 100 High Road engineer John Morren here. I actually responded for Tom. Oh, okay. Thank you, John.
And thank you, Tom. And uh 15 Central Street, Mike Becker. Uh I'm sure he'll be joining us in a moment. Good evening. July 2nd, 2025. Opening meeting of the new planning board is being conducted remotely consistent with
the chapter 2 with the acts of 2025 which extends the governor's March 12th 2020 order suspending certain provisions of the open meeting law GLC 30A
20 until June 20 uh 30th excuse me 2027. For this meeting, the new planning board is convening by video conference via Zoom as posted on the planning board's agenda, which can be found on the town's website. You may join us by going to http
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the new access YouTube channel. Meeting business ground rules. Before we turn to the first item on the agenda, permit me to cover some ground rules for effective and clear conduct of our business and to ensure accurate accurate meeting minutes. As chair, I'll introduce each
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of questions or concerns, they will be in order for the record. The participant applicant representative will be afforded the opportunity to speak if the issues raised have not yet been addressed. And finally, each vote taken in this meeting will be conducted
by a roll call vote. Okay, so that is preamble. Um, pressing on the agenda, I have a planning board minutes for June 18, 2025. Has
everyone had the opportunity to review the meeting minutes for June 18th, 2025? Seeing some nods? Very good. Um, I'd entertain a motion to if if no one has any corrections or edits for the meeting
minutes for June 18th, 2025. I'd accept a motion to accept the meeting minutes for June 18th, 2025. So moved. Second. Thank you, Peter. Thank you, Steve. Um,
roll call vote. Uh, Pete, yes, sir. Uh, Steve, I and I vote yes as well. And we still do not have Scott and Larry's right. So, those are the meeting minutes for
June 18th. Next is liaison reports and meeting reports. Um ZBA Larry's not here. The next ZBA meeting will be on July 17th. Um conservation commission that's made
that they met last night. Uh everything that was on their agenda um could there was nothing no discussion. Everything was uh passed by either uh mostly because the applicants weren't ready.
they needed to do some more things before they could meet again. So, everything on the agenda got passed by as fairly short meeting. So, that was nice. Um, and we'll see everyone uh next month. They're meeting once a month now.
So, then that leads us to MVPC Kristen. Thanks, Woody. Um, so we had our monthly uh Marramac Valley Planning Commission regional planners meeting um last Thursday, last one
uh for the summer. They meet and take July and August off. So um lots of good updates from staff. Um couple interesting things. I know I've mentioned before, but uh their GIS
mapping team has um redesigned a lot of the back end and some of the front end of my map, which is the um the web-based mapping data that Newbury has used for many years. And I would say Martha and I
were just talking the other day how much we rely on it. I'm you I use their their data and looking at parcels and layers and all sorts of uh different um resource layers and data layers. So
that's all been um updated and if you go to the my map link on the town website, you'll see you'll get a little window that says click here to go to the new version. So it's kind of a soft launch. So if people use it, if you have any questions, reach out to me. They've done
some trainings and they're um going to be working town by town to update some of the data that's in that. So, it's it's very cool. Um they've done a lot of good work. And then um let's see, their environmental uh program manager
announced a some funding um focused on Marramac River water quality improvements. Um it's a really quick turnaround. Um the applications for the funding are actually due the end of July. Um but
it's a pretty uh it's money that's being funneled from the state through Marramac Valley Planning Commission. So the application is actually through the planning commission and it's a pretty it's not a super extensive. So anyway, there's some discussions and if people are sort of interested in thinking about
ways that the town could um apply for a project that helps to improve uh water quality in the Marramac wershed. So even though part of Newber's in the Parker wershed, we're still counted as in the
lower Marramac um region and therefore we're eligible for that funding. um can be used for uh planning grants um actual uh purchases of equipment for instance.
So a lot of people are thinking about if Newbury can take advantage of that in some way. Those are the high points from Marmac Valley Planning Commission. Very good. Thank you. Um,
I have uh 7:15. I do not see Scott. So, I'm sorry, Tom. I'm going to delay the opening of the public hearing for a few moments with the hopes of Scott joining
us because um I am recused. So, I apologize for that. That's all right to do that. Correct, Kristen? We'll move on. Yeah, maybe I'll um I mean Scott's I know Scott's on planet
Earth. Someone saw him today. Correct. So, I don't know. I haven't heard from him about having a problem. So, maybe if someone maybe reach out to him. Um
if Yeah, I'm maybe I'll when it makes sense, I can hop off and try to give him a call. Is that okay? Okay. Okay. Because I don't want to hold Tom up any more than we have to. But we'll move on to Are the applicants here for um
15 Central Central Street. Mike Becker. See if he's on I don't see mic back on here. So, we're stand still for a moment. Please have some patience. I'm sorry. I apologize for this. Might be going right back to you, Tom.
We figure out Scott's having trouble signing on or what's going on. So, we'll know more in a in a moment. Um, no luck, unfortunately. No luck as in no answer. No, did not reach him.
Okay. Um, so, um, I wonder if there might be it might be possible, and I'm not positive, if we could open the hearing with the three
members. Um, and then recuse. Woody, you would recuse yourself from participating in the hearing. How does that sound to my fellow board members? I don't know. I don't know if I'd want
to open the meeting and then for some reason Scott never appears, right? We wouldn't be able we wouldn't be able to take any votes unless Scott's here. So, we have to actually wait for three voting members. So basically, it's as though Woody's out of the room right
now. And for some reason, Mike Beck is not here, so we can't jump to him. The only other thing we could jump to is your planners report, Chris. All right. If anyone else wants to um
I've tried try, Scott. Okay. All right. Thanks, Pete. Um hopefully everything's all right. All right. report. Um, okay. So, today, um, was an exciting
day. It was our first day of our new assistant planner, um, who is Satie Woodward. Um she has been doing some part-time work uh with the open space committee um working on the open space and w plan for the town since January
and um she also has a background in um sustainability and environmental planning. She's done some watershed association work. Um, and she also has some experience working with um, David Hall who's, as some of you may know,
housing developer who's a Newberry resident and based works out of Newbury Port. So, um, uh, super excited. She'll be full-time here, um, working handinhand with me on all sorts of planning related things. So, the board
will I think you've all met her. Um but we'll see her on Zoom at a future meeting. Um we finished the fiscal year um which is exciting. Uh that's my oneyear
anniversary as planning director. So um uh I survived thanks to all of you um and Martha's continued guidance. Um, and so Sadie and I spent a little time today
looking at um, our fiscal year 25 goals, thinking about um, you know, where are we with things we uh, put as goals for the year and we're in pretty good shape. So, I'd love to maybe put that on a future agenda to talk more with the
board about and then look at the fiscal year 26 goals. Those goals were established as part of the budget um submission um which was done in the winter for the fiscal year cycle. So um we can revisit
fiscal year 26. It's very hard to believe we're talking about 2026, but um let's see couple project things. Um, we got uh Scott Kinter and Martha Taylor
out on the property for 34 Central this morning. So, our next uh the continued public hearing for that project um July 16th, we all will have been on the parcel. They're going to be submitting um
uh revised civil engineering plans and architectural plans. So, we've actually decided to have our next uh hearing for that um our next meeting for that particular public hearing focus on those two things, engineering and
architectural plans. Um and we're going to save the traffic discussion for the following meeting. So I will certainly um notify abutterss and people who are interested in that project sort of what
the focus of each um discussion will be. Everything's always open in those hearings but we're trying to tailor each one so people um can prepare and review plans in advance. Um so that's so the next two meetings
will probably be busy. Um we also have other continued public hearings coming up and um we have a couple other projects. Um we've been waiting as you all know the Seagate um
development 105 high. One of the last things we've been waiting on there is for the state to review the conservation restriction on the open space. Um, and we've been waiting for months to get the state's
legal team to review that. And we just heard this week that they have and they only have very minor comments. So, that piece of the closing out of of that project will be proceeding. Um, the CR has to conservation restriction deed has
to get signed by the state, signed by the conservation commission, signed by the select board. So, there's still a number of steps. Um, there needs to be a baseline report done of the condition of the property, but all of that is finally moving ahead. So, I'll keep you all
posted on that. Are any of those phone numbers, Scott? Do we know? No. Okay, we've got a couple numbers, but I don't recognize them.
Um, those are my updates. I could probably keep talking for a while, but I don't have anything uh prepared. Do we have Mike Becker with us yet? I don't know his phone number, so I
don't know if if any of the folks on the phone want to in uh introduce themselves, just let us know who you are, that would be helpful. If anyone is Mike Becker, and if they're having trouble unmuting,
I believe it's uh star six. I just said it, but I'll confirm that just read it. What do you We might be having a very short meeting. Say that again. I said we might be having a very short meeting.
Yeah. I mean, we're dragging it out now. I I I trying to be fair to Tom and Right. Um, you know, I I he's put a lot of effort into being ready for today. So, I just want to be fair to him, but
we there comes a time where we're going to have to call. I think if there's if there's a telephone participant that I think I have it here now um that's having trouble unmuting it's star six
to unmute in case if one of them's Mike Becker it's possible that Mike Becker isn't planning on joining us till about 8:00. No, I know that happens sometimes, too. But it's uh the way the agenda set up with
times, but it's also uh planning it out so we know what it's going on. So, I don't have contact information for Mike Becker. So, I think um
I texted I texted Scott with no reply. So yeah, I think the way we would need to handle this is um you know, as Pete has already said, we can't proceed legally without a quorum.
So I think the chair is authorized to um adjourn well rescheduled the public hearing for a later date. Okay. So
let me just slide it so I can read it please. Um, I guess unfortunately Tom, we're going to reschedu the public hearing for our next meeting. I apologize for not having the quorum for you tonight. Um, I would entertain a
motion to reschedule the public hearing and the date of that would be uh the 16th, correct? July 16th, Kristen. Well, I so unfortunately I'm not an attorney and
I don't know if we need to renotice everybody. Um, but my anticipation and Tom, you've you may have more experience or be familiar with the
notice requirements. Um, but my anticipation is we would re need to renotice Well, I'm not that familiar with the notice requirements. We'll certainly find out about them and if we have to renotice, we certainly will. Um, I would
I would think not because the the original agenda did post the meeting and was interested and everyone who is on the about list got notice of that. So people that want to participate would have been on this call or
they certainly have notice. Um no one outside of that um ever got notice other than you know on your town website. So I I would I venture to think no the newspaper but we certainly will do you know if you
want to consult with town council fine I'll certainly ask our lawyer as well but um my it's been my experience that once the notice is out for the meeting then that's you know that's duly
authorized and and we move on from there but um nobody you know we don't want a technical default for any reason either so we'll find out and we'll do whatever we have to do in order to make that happen. Um but if I can be on just a simple matter,
it's an administrative matter and maybe it's a question for you um Kristen, but um we posted you know the retainer for the engineer and I was hoping that you would contacted them and got them going on the uh you know the review of the
project because now that we're delayed that's fine. Tonight, we would have given you a preview of coming attractions anyway. And then I'm sure that uh we would have been more substantive once the technical review was made. So, this doesn't really bother
me. It's unfortunate, but that's fine. Things happen. But, it would be nice if we did have a technical report to review and and uh answer by the next meeting if that's at all possible. So,
yeah. Um to uh our the town's peerreview engineer has the materials and has been given notice that we have the funds and he should begin work. So I'm happy to follow up with him and see when he anticipates having a first round of of
um comments. Um that would be great. That would be great. Thanks so much. Sure. Yeah. So Tom, I just want you to know um you know I've been on the planning board I don't know how many years now more than a couple. And this is the
first time we've not had a quorum to open a public hearing. So it's very unusual. You know we usually have you know um something obviously came up in one of our our membersh because he was planning to be here and I apologize
and no apology necessary. I completely understand and I know the dedication of the board and you know if I can do anything I you know this is our first project in Newbury and we're excited about it. Um I have to thank Kristen for all her work over the last 30 days to
make sure that we crossed all tees and dotted all eyes and she was incredibly helpful in making sure the administrative part of our submission was done. So you know this time is is well spent and we'll see you in a few weeks. Okay. And um I I apologize as
well, Tom. This is this there must be something wrong. Hopefully nothing's wrong, but we expected to see Scott this evening. So, unfortunately, we don't have the cool and I apologize. Completely understand. And and enjoy the rest of your night and have a happy
fourth. I'll see you. Do you want to uh have a motion to reschedule this meeting uh to this? Do I need to do Do I need to do that? Because we didn't open the public hearing. We have not opened it. No. Um so I think you could probably just make administrative and just uh indicate it's
going to be postponed for anyone that's might be on here tonight for this public hearing. I'll just state that uh this has been continued to July 16th at 7:15 p.m. to be opened.
Yep. To be opened and it will be on the agenda and if it needs to be reposted as we discussed we'll we'll be a contact on but hopefully because the butters are notified they're expected to be here. if they want to be
at they got notification that this will start July 16th at 7:15. So, all right. Have a good night. Excuse me. Hello. Excuse me. Yes. Please identify yourself. Hi. I'm uh representing Two Nights Court
and I was on the meeting to hear about the project on High Road next to Tender Crop, the two houses you're putting in. Just to be just to be clear, you're going to reschedu this meeting on July 16th. Is that correct?
Yes. Because we do not have a quorum tonight for the public hearing itself. Okay. I just wanted to be clear that it was July 16th that it was actually going to happen. Yep. No. And we we have a quorum issue
this evening for the public hearing and so we have to continue it till the 16th. So, my apologies for that. Thank you. And just a point of clarification, Woody. Uh, since we schedule these meetings all at 7:15, there might be a
meeting ahead that will start first and then the second meeting will follow directly after that. Yep. Yep. We'll we'll list them in order on the agenda. Um, I have nothing else on the agenda. We do
not have Mike Becker here. Mike Becker going once. Mike Becker going twice. All right. Unfortunately, I'd entertain a motion to adjurnn. Motion to adjurnn. Do
I have a second? All right. All those in favor? Roll call vote. Peter. Yes, sir. Steve I and I vote yes as well. Sorry once again and uh we'll see everyone on the 16th.