BELLINGHAM PLANNING BOARD
2 MECHANIC STREET
BELLINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS 02019
(508) 657-2892; FAX (508) 966-2317
June 11, 2009 Meeting Minutes
Patricia M. Buckley (PMB), Chairman
Glenn C. Wojcik (GCW), Vice Chairman
Brian Sutherland (BJS), Secretary
Stephen Bartha (SB)
Dave Brown (DB)
John Sexton (JS), Associate Member
Other Officials: Stacey J. Wetstein (SJW), Town Planner
Amy Sault (AS), Coordinator
PMB opens the meeting at 7:00pm.
New Business
D&N Estates, 1474 Pulaski Boulevard, Major Residential Development Special Permit, Decision Signing
BJS: Motion to sign the decision for D&N Estates, 1474 Pulaski Boulevard, Major Residential Development Special Permit
SB: Second.
Vote: 5-0 Approved (JS, GCW, BJS, SB and DB)
Pine Acres Definitive Subdivision and Major Residential Development Special Permit, Wrentham Road, Resubmittal of Expired Permits, Definitive Subdivision Decision Special Permit Decision Deadline
BJS: Motion to waive the reading of the public notice.
SB: Second.
Vote: 5-0 (PMB, GCW, BJS, SB and DB)
Leo Dalpe, owner, explained that with the economy they have only sold 10 of the 29 lots. Mr. Dalpe advised that none have the houses have been built which is why they need an extension. PMB questioned if any of the lots have been cleared and when he expects to begin the work and complete the work. Mr. Dalpe explained that the lots are pretty open as the land used to be a golf course. Mr. Dalpe questioned how long he can have the extension for. PMB explained that the Subdivisions are good for two years and a Special Permit is for one year. SJW explained that the Board would want a phasing place in place instead of the Board saying they would just grant a two year extension because at that point this project will have exceeded the grandfathering clause of the Zoning that you get with the eight years
for the Subdivision and at which point it could be subject to resubmitting everything again. Mr. Dalpe advised that he is not a builder and that he is just trying to sell the lots to individuals so does not believe he will fall into that category, he doesn’t have a builder for the lots.
SJW advised that the Zoning Bylaws under Special Permits that they are valid for 1 year and she does not believe you can extend it beyond that but if they file for an extension within the valid permit timeframe then they should be ok. SJW also advised that if there is continuous work being done that the Special Permit then they would not need to be extended, however in this case they would because the work has stopped. SJW spoke with Mr. Talerman, Town Council, because this Board ties Special Permits and Definitive Subdivisions together so if one expires, they both do.
PMB questioned if it would behoove Mr. Dalpe to wait for some sales to extend the Special Permit, BJS advised that Mr. Dalpe could not sell the lots or do any work on them with the expired permits. BJS questioned the status of the infrastructure including the roads, the utilities. Mr. Dalpe advised that everything is up to date aside from the roads and sidewalks being finished; he is waiting on this so that they do not get ruined during the construction stages.
PMB reiterated that the Special Permit will only be good for 1 year; SJW also stated that an extension for a Subdivision can only be for two years but they could come back before the Board before it expires and would not need to go through a full hearing. Mr. Dalpe advised that he would like at least two years for an extension. BJS advised that the Special Permit can only be good for one year and the Subdivision can be extended for two years but if he comes back before the Board before it is expired than the Board will be able to extend it for another year.
BJS: Motion to draft an approval of the Pine Acres Definitive Subdivision Wrentham Road.
DB: Second.
Vote: 5-0 Approved. (PMB, GCW, BJS, DB and SB)
BJS: Motion to draft an approval for the Major Residential Development Special Permit for Pine Acres located on Wrentham Road.
DB: Second.
Vote: 5-0 Approved. (PMB, GCW, BJS, DB and SB)
BJS: Motion to close the public hearing.
DB: Second.
Vote: 5-0 Approved. (PMB, GCW, BJS, DB and SB)
Old Business
New business was continued to 7:20pm as the Board was ahead of schedule.
BJS: Motion to approve the May 28, 2009 meeting minutes.
SB: Second.
Vote: 5-0 Approved. (PMB, GCW, BJS, SB and DB)
DB: Motion to sign the vouchers.
BJS: Second.
Vote: 5-0 Approved. (PMB, GCW, BJS, SB and DB)
New Business Continued
The Shoppes at Bellingham, Continued Public Hearing, Development Plan Review, Water Resource District Special Permit, Major Business Complex Special Permit
Bob Frasier, W/S Development, David Albrecht, Land Developer Director from Tetra Tech Rizzo. Mr. Frasier apologized for the last meeting and the short notice of the continuance request. PMB advised that next time they need to continue they need to have someone present in case some questions come up from the Board or the public. PMB advised that they are going to need to separate out their topic(s) for tonight. PMB advised that they have been on the Agenda and before the Board now and again for 2 years now and she believes that they are a little bit premature and think it might be prudent, take a step back, and then come back before the Board when they have more steady information to be reviewed. She advised that the public comes out for every meeting and it is not fair to them. PMB questioned Mr. Frasier
and what is going on with the SDEIR.
Mr. Frasier advised that with the highway department it is a critical component to their projects, they (W/S Development) will not do the project until the interchange project is up and opened, they usually try to dovetail it, when they start to move along with their work that is when they will commence and start their project. Mr. Frasier advised that they will not start the project and invest all the money they need to until the highway portion has been completed.
Mr. Frasier advised that he attended the meeting with the Selectman where he gave a presentation on the infrastructure and tried to make it very clear that the Planning Board’s responsible for approval of the project but there is a whole series of infrastructure issues, fiscal impacts to the Town, they have done a lot of analysis which takes a lot of time. Mr. Frasier advised that they have been working on this project for 14 years now; he first understood that they would be awarded a state funded grant from Mass Highway. He stated that with his 3 other shopping centers in Bellingham, which is part of what he presented to the Selectman, since 1998 their accounting group, went back and shows that they have paid about $10 million to the Town of Bellingham since 1998 and also have employed 1,600 people. Mr. Frasier
believes that this project is different because it is phased with the retail component and there is also a provision that when they do the SDEIR for an office component. They have met with the State Economic Development Representative, as well as the Selectmen in Town, who seem concerned in that they would also like to see the office component go through as well.
Mr. Frasier believes that it will bring jobs to Bellingham not only retail but office jobs as well, they are just waiting on hearing about the SDEIR. He had another meeting yesterday with Mass Highway; they have requested that he draft a Memorandum of Understanding so that if and when he “disappears” that everyone knows where they are and what is happening.
Mr. Frasier advised that the big looming question is without this stimulus money, there will be more of a delay. He advised that it will take a while as his development in Dedham, MA, due to open this fall which was a 4-5 year planning process, he just does not have the answers on timeframe that the Board is looking for right now but he asked the Board to be patient. He believes that they are receiving valuable info from the Board and the State. He believes they can incorporate a lot of usage and over time this will be a better project.
Mr. Frasier advised that they are looking for a reduction in the retail size of the project from 550,000 square feet to 490,000 square feet and the office component is about 600,000 square feet. He believes that in the long range planning they will have the info but if the Board wants them to take a step back they will do that but this project has been around since 1995 and they have been paying taxes on the land they own. Mr. Frasier advised that he talked with Linda Varney and Barbara Gerrior today to give them an update as to where they are with the Mass Highway to the best that he could. He is confident that there is a great market for this project, because it will be the best project in Town and in the area. He believes they are very close to the end of the drainage study. PMB asked what they thought
of withdrawing without prejudice.
BJS questioned Mr. Frasier that 9 months ago the SDEIR should have been submitted and wanted to know what the hold up was. Mr. Frasier advised that they do not have a lot of advances when it comes to the Mass Highway component, it is not a W/S project it is a Mass Highway project, and they have worked since 1995 to make that project happen.
Mr. Frasier advised that he has met with Walmart and are trying to get them to endorse a Zero Land Damage Agreement so that they can provide for the North bound ramp of Rt. 495, they also have to give land to the State. He advised that W/S is working on agreements with Walmart, Mr. Frasier right now does not know what the answer is when it comes to what they would put into the SDEIR. Mr. Albrecht advised that there is a lot of outstanding information that they would want to make sure they respond to the comments that have been received from the State and from individuals certainly one of them was from the Con Com, they are still going through the process with them. Mr. Albrecht advised that at some point they will feel comfortable that the Planning Board is on board with what they are doing, the same thing needs to
occur with the Con Com as well.
BJS’ concerns are that the SDEIR was not submitted as promised; he claims it sounds more like talk. BJS would like to hear that they are closer to submitting it than they are and stated that this process cannot be drawn out anymore and maybe for right now PMB’s request is accurate for a withdrawal without prejudice. Mr. Frasier advised that he defends the workers of Mass Highway because all of a sudden President Obama infused money and they have not had much in the way of staff, they are signing up consultants and Tetra Tech Rizzo will be taking the lead design on the Rt. 495 interchange project.
BJS advised that if they withdrew then their work would stand, they would not need to restart the whole project. BJS questioned if there was a realistic date in mind for them to be able to give the Board answers. Mr. Frasier advised that after tonight’s presentation they will give this info back to Tetra Tech Rizzo then back to the district to set up a meeting with the Mass Highway Commissioner and talk it over with them and figure out what they think. Mr. Frasier advised that she (Commissioner) is very supportive of the interchange project; he claims that he was pushing to get an aggressive track in for things like Pulaski Blvd., he does not know the answer on this, he was thinking maybe this July to whether this gets funded. However, Mr. Frasier advised that there is Federal money for that and the MPO’s
may have more money for these projects, he is just waiting to here from the Commissioner because she was very aggressive on her working on that interchange. Mr. Frasier does not want to waste the Board’s time or spend a ton of money on all the consultants he needs to hire.
SJW questioned Mr. Frasier and how long they were before the Dedham Planning Board. Mr. Frasier advised about 2 years from beginning to end. SJW advised Mr. Frasier that they have now been before this Board for 2 years, she questioned if they were looking at being before them for another 2 years. Mr. Frasier advised that if he received a completion date from Mass Highway he could then get the Board a more firm date as to how long they would be and he could work along with them to get the Board a deadline. Mr. Frasier advised that he was looking at commencing with Mass Highway within three weeks time from now.
BJS questioned if it is a conflict of interest for Tetra Tech Rizzo to be working for Mass Highway. Mr. Albrecht advised that it is not because their work (Tetra Tech Rizzo) will be reviewed by someone else, they would not be reviewing their own work. Mr. Albrecht agreed with Mr. Frasier that they would hear from Mass Highway very soon.
SB questioned if what Mr. Frasier said is correct, if his design plan was dead. Mr. Frasier advised that it was with the district, but he has all the info as to what needs to be done, for example to do a design build you need the NF done, the interchange justification report completed. These are all things that have to be done no matter which way you go. Mr. Frasier is also wondering where it goes in terms of the 25% being complete, because that is the trigger for RFP’s to contractors to get them on board for submittals, you have to give them 25% drawings and then you are on track for that date. Mr. Frasier is assuming that they (Mass Highway) moved the date from Aug 2010 to Feb 2010, for the funding and he is unsure if something will happen between now and Feb 2010 to say there is another round coming out in
March in 2011 or so. Mr. Frasier further stated which is why Tetra Tech Rizzo’s schedule with the Highway Dept is going to be important, their turnaround is important but getting them to review them and turnaround the comments (because it goes to the district, then to Boston, then to signals and other different groups) that is where the timeframe gets eaten up.
SB questioned if Tetra Tech has submitted the proposal to Mass Highway, Mr. Frasier advised that they will be soon. Mr. Albrecht advised that they have other projects submitted into Mass Highway. Mr. Frasier advised that Mass Highway would like to get 25% of the work done since their conceptual plan is done.
Mr. Albrecht advised that since the last time they have met with the Con Com several times and their peer reviewer engineer, Tom Sexton, GEOD Engineering. Mr. Albrecht advised that they are still in this process with them and are hopefully getting close to the end. Mr. Albrecht advised that tonight’s agenda will go over what improvements have been made to the sight since the Board has last seen the sight, drainage improvements over and open overall is the general sense of it. He will be digging a little deeper into the Storm Water. Mr. Albrecht advised that the Board’s review is nothing new, Development Plan, Major Business Complex and Water Resource District Special Permit where all submitted back in May 2007. Mr. Albrecht advised that their notice of intent was filed with the Con Com’s June
of 2007 (they have also been before them for 2 years) and the Con Com is required to recommend to this Board on the Water Resource District.
Mr. Albrecht advised that they have several waiver requests. Mr. Albrecht advised that there are site improvements including the development footprint / the gross square footage has been reduced from 550,000 to 490,000 which has in turn reduced the parking needed on the site. He advised that there are changes to grading to accommodate the new drainage design. Mr. Albrecht advised that the drainage improvements include Stormceptor WQ Units vs. Oil/ Grit Separators, the infiltration basins have been revised, the waste water disposal field for the treatment plant has been relocated adjacent to Rt. 495 and they have added Filterra Water Quality. Also out of the review with the Con Com they have added sediment floor based detention basins which these basins are only related to the roadway work, the entire project, the site
and retail all rainwater from this development is recharging in the ground, every drop of it.
Mr. Albrecht showed an overview of the drainage systems. He advised that the roof drains run completely separate from the pavement drainage, the purpose of that is to make sure that you are not treating fairly clean water from rooftops. Mr. Albrecht advised that the Storm Water design has three features to catch it, treat it and then infiltrate it or retain it in the basins. He advised that the catch vent is also pretty straight forward; either it is being caught in swales, catch basins and is running through the pipes. He pointed where the infiltration systems will discharge at the perimeter of the site; some discharge into the Charles River Wetland, Spring Brook and where the road wraps around there are a couple of detention basins there that discharge to the Atlantic Sea dew pond which is on the left side of the bypass road.
Mr. Albrecht showed the Catch Basins/Double Catch Basins some of this info is relevant to the Water Resource protection because it shows how much of sediment and petroleum products that float and how much can be captured in each one of these basins. Each basin will go through quarterly inspections and if needed then cleaned by a vacuum truck. He advised that the structural Treatment Systems are as follows: there are catch basins, Stormceptor, the Filterra Bioretention Plant, water quality swales and the detention basins that are associated with the roadway. The non structural treatments systems are parking lot sleeping (which is part of their operations and maintenance, their commitment is to sweep on a weekly basis, they get full credit for TSS removal from the DEP).
Mr. Albrecht advised that there are two Infiltration Detentions Systems, there are two different types 1) The Stormtec which sits on a gravel base and is filled in where the roads come together, it is all enclosed and in filtered fabric so there is no sediment filtering in. Mr. Frasier advised that these are the systems currently being used now at the Home Depot and 3 at the Charles River Center. He advised that they pick up the clean roof drainage and use then to infiltrate back into the ground water. BJS questioned if these are the same ones that replaced the ones that originally collapsed. Mr. Frasier advised that it is the same company; they tore the old ones up and replaced them with this different / newer product, same company. Mr. Albrecht advised of the second part, 2) the other type of infiltration
types they have planned are 60” diameter pipes, they also sit in a drain wrap blanket and they sort a significant amount of water.
Mr. Albrecht briefly advised on the Treatment Trains and the number of different ways that the runoff is being treated off the pavement. He advised that when you combine all the filtrations systems for the site you get a 95% TSS removal, and each one of these is qualified by Mass DEP. Mr. Albrecht advised that for the roadway, they don’t have nearly the Filterra’s but they are still achieving over the 80% that is required by the policy.
Mr. Albrecht advised on low impact designs; they are hoping to incorporate rainfall recovery systems underground for the roof runoff and store it though irrigation or there is the possibility for an onsite well, which Don DiMartino has recommended they look into at some point. SJW questioned how many roof drains that they might utilize, Mr. Albrecht answered that once they are comfortable with how tree planting and shrubs will be needed on the site (and they have to match up with what the tenants are looking for) and how many plantings there will be so he knows how much water he needs to store, because you need to store approximately 2 weeks worth of water. SJW clarified with Mr. Albrecht that this will not be known during this process, that they will have to come back to the Board after they know who there tenants are. Mr.
Albrecht agreed that they would need to condition the approval for x number of these, as the tenants start to come in as well as lighting, etc. BJS advised that the Board would like to see a reasonable plan with plantings although the tenants are unknown. Mr. Albrecht advised that they do have a landscape plan; it’s not as detailed as it needs to be for construction, but they do show quite a bit of shrubs and trees.
Mr. Albrecht showed some of the low impact designs such as water quality swales, plateaus, white roofs, parking deck with reduced parking (maybe up to 50% less than the requirement) and the infiltrations Basins which take up less than the footprint of development and the Filterra Bioretention System and how it works.
Mr. Albrecht advised that the Filterra Bioretention System it catches suspended solids as if it were a catch basin and also it traps phosphorous and reduces an accrued irrigations because water that runs off the street is going into the media that the tree roots are sitting, they are inspection on a twice a year basis. He showed an example of how it works. Mr. Albrecht advised that on this site the water is filtered through a median and goes right to the catch basin. BJS questioned where the root to the trees are, Mr. Albrecht showed where they sit. Mr. Albrecht advised that there is a period of time that Filterra recommends that a tree be removed and another tree be replanted. BJS asked if that was practical, SJW questioned what is that period of time, Mr. Albrecht advised that it all depends on the
tree, anywhere from 7-10 years. SJW also questioned if the replacement of the trees is in there operation and maintenance plan, Mr. Albrecht advised he thinks so but he would further clarify. SJW and SB both advised that they would like to see a plan as to what happens to the “recycled” trees, if they would be replanted on site or throughout the Town as needed.
Mr. Albrecht advised that the plan shows 20 of these Filterra Bioretention Systems which are very specifically sized to the area that runs into them. He claims that about 18-20% of the site recharges to these systems and they then each discharges into a Stormceptor Water Quality System and then into an infiltration system. So there is a significant level of protection of the Town’s system.
Mr. Albrecht advised that the Stormceptor has been approved by the State. He advised that they have 12 Stormceptors on the project and they are right at the infiltration system of the boundaries right were all the drainage will come in. Mr. Albrecht advised that the first 1 inch of runoff waterfall, as Mass DEP requires.
Mr. Albrecht advised that the Water Quality Swale will be well vegetated with rails so cars will not drive into it. He advised that the entire site is discharging all this runoff whether from a roof or pavement to anyone of the systems he has shown including the parking lot. SJW questioned why the roadway he was showing was so much less than the other ones, Mr. Albrecht advised they do not have a Filterra planting associated with the roadway. SJW questioned why not, Mr. Albrecht advised that the intent is that the roadway will either be a Town roadway or a State roadway at some point. Mr. Albrecht advised that they exceed the minimum requirement of the State, over 80%. BJW questioned why there was no sweeping shown on the graphic. Mr. Albrecht advised that they have not assumed sweeping but if you
add it, it goes up a couple of percentage points.
Mr. Albrecht showed that there is a Storm Tech chamber and an isolated road which is where the runway first comes off where the inspection ports are. BJS asked if there was a connecting pipe, Mr. Albrecht discussed the ADS pipe. Mr. Albrecht advised that there is a manifold with the pipes and the cleanouts with inspection ports and extended detention basins with all the infiltration basins with TSS removal and the fore bay. He advised that they did not include any recharge with these, they just assumed they’ll recharge. He advised that the fore bays are inspected quarterly and the basin itself is inspected twice per year.
Mr. Albrecht showed the other part of the roadway, with the third and fourth detention basins; he also showed the other two swales. BJS questioned if this is why they are asking for only one sidewalk on one side of the road. Mr. Albrecht advised that that is part of the reason; the other part is they don’t see the need to have people traveling on both sides of the roadway which he explains will minimize the footprint and the impact.
Mr. Albrecht explained that when they filed this project back in 2007 there was a policy that was in place, in January 2008 they updated this policy and made it a regulation and just this past January they drafting new regulations really more focused on phosphorus removal and the TMBL areas which affect the Charles River Water Shed.
Mr. Albrecht explained that Standard #1 - there are no untreated discharges on this site, all the runoff is being treated, their pretreatment is much better than 44% which is required by the January 2008 regulations. Standard #2 - the Pre vs. Post development runoff rates, they have evaluated the 2, the 10, 25, 50 and 100 and in every case the post development runoff rate is less than the predevelopment runoff rate. Standard #3 - they exceed the Recharge Requirement exceeds January 2008 regulations, Standard - #4 Water Quality, they significantly exceed the 80% TSS removal required, Standard #5 land uses with potential higher pollutant loading (LUPHPL), this is a commercial parking lot with more than 1,000 trips per day which falls into this particular criteria and again many of the things he previously discussed both
structural and non-structural PMP meet this requirement. They also, as per requested by the Con Com, prepared a still prevention contingency plan report that the property manager will have and will be responsible for training individuals at all times, there will be materials stored on site in case of a spill. SJW questioned what type of spill because they are in a Water Resource District. Mr. Albrecht was referring to a gas spill from an automobile on the site; he was not referring to tenant spills. Standard #6 - Critical Areas and Standard #7 - Redevelopment (not applicable to them) , Standard #8 Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plans, they have a five phase approach to this project where the buildings do not appear all at once and the grading does not all appear at once, it happens in phases. Standard #9 - Operations / Maintenance, again is a very comprehensive plan which incorporates frequent inspections and annual reporting.
Standard #10 – Elicit Discharges (not applicable)
Mr. Albrecht summed up his presentation by stating that they meet or exceed standards for Storm Water Policy standards that were in effect in 2007 and for the most part it exceeds those of 2008 and the proposed regulations for phosphorous removal of 65% well exceed other standards as well. For the site itself, they are above the 90% total phosphorous reduction rate, most of this is associated with the Filterra and the infiltration basins and the water quality swales.
Mr. Albrecht advised that about 2/3 of this site falls into Water Resource Protection zone, part of the protection includes the 1 inch of water quality volume being treated, the majority of the runoff is infiltrated. The Waste Water treatment standards that are more stringent now than they were 2 years ago with regards to nitrogen, phosphorus and TSS. The phosphorus removal rate for the whole project is greater than 65%, the roadway detention basins do not catch a lot of phosphorus. Mr. Albrecht advised that the nutrient loading has been minimized to a low impact organic type fertilizer. He believes that the Con Com’s reviewer is satisfied with this.
In summary, they have incorporated low impact designs, significant recharge, MA DEP Stormwater Standards met; Proposed MA DEP regulated impervious area regulations’ met. Mr. Albrecht advised that they have submitted most of this info to Steve Sylvan, Graves’ Engineering.
SJW wanted to hear Steve Sylvan’s view on the Filterra system, Mr. Sylvan advised that they are a good alternative for Storm Water control and they are an enhancement. SJW questioned the 80% detention basin the difference between 84 and the 89%. SJW advised that even if people are not going to the Shoppes they will be using this bypass road.
SJW questioned the 5 phase contracts, Mr. Albrecht advised that it is how the project is constructed. SJW questioned the swales and the plowing in the winter; she asked if they used salt. Mr. Albrecht advised they used a certain manufacturer. SJW questioned how the swales manage with the salt. Mr. Albrecht advised that he would need to get back to her on that. Mr. Sylvan advised that the water quality swale would be less effective in the winter and did not know if the grass would come back until after the winter and if not they would have to replaced it.
BJS questioned where the swales are, Mr. Albrecht advised. BJS advised that Mr. Sexton’s comments are pretty strong and he wanted to know what Mr. Albrecht’s thoughts were on their second comment specifically. Mr. Albrecht advised that they have not responded to Mr. Sexton’s comments nor do they have set aside a time to do that. Mr. Albrecht advised that Mr. Sexton is thinking out of the box of this area, he believes that they meet all the Zoning requirements. BJS advised that he is pretty specific as to what his concerns are (Mr. Sexton) BJS’ concerns are with Mr. Sexton’s comments and he is more comfortable with his requests. Mr. Albrecht advised that they do intend to discuss these comments with them. SB questioned the monitoring wells, SB wanted to know if it is
warranted. Mr. Albrecht advised that because they are within criteria two, it is all what you test for regarding water quality. PMB questioned what Mr. Sexton has to say.
Robert Daley, 131 North Main Street, questioned the reduction and wanted to know if it was just the parking or the overall size. Mr. Albrecht advised that it is overall. Mr. Daley had snow storage questions and if it would be dumped.
SB questioned if they looked at melting the snow. Mr. Frasier advised that it gets expensive and it can cause pollution.
The Board discussed putting them back on the agenda, later rather than earlier so they can get the answers from Mass Highway that they need before they come back before the Board.
Mr. Albrecht questioned SJW what the Board would like to discuss, PMB would like to see the Water District Resource discussed as it goes in line with tonight’s discussion. Mr. Frasier again advised that he does not like nor intend wasting the Boards time.
BJS: Motion to continue the Shoppes at Bellingham, Development Plan Review, Water Resource District Special Permit, Major Business Complex Special Permit, until September 10, 2009 at 7:15.
DB: Second.
Vote: 5-0 Approved. (PMB, GCW, BJS, SB and DB)
BJS: Motion to accept the request to extend the deadline of the Shoppes at Bellingham, Development Plan Review, Water Resource District Special Permit, Major Business Complex Special Permit, until December 11, 2009.
DB: Second.
Vote: 5-0 Approved. (PMB, GCW, BJS, SB and DB)
Planners Report
SJW advised that on June 18th from 5:30 – 8Pm there will be a meeting regarding the Master Plan and the Housing Committee., the session will be related to the housing plan but portions of it will touch on the Master Plan. BJS commented that there is an article in the Bellingham Bulletin regarding this meeting.
BJS questioned if everyone will be at the July 9th meeting. SJW advised that a Subdivision developer will be back before the Board during this next meeting. She advised that they have resubmitted and we have the application to reapply for the permits. SJW advised that they are tentively on the July 9th agenda because Planning Board Office needs the advertising money in hand before she will accept the application. She also believes at that time they will be asking for a bond reduction. She believes that Jay Talerman, Town Council, will not recommend anything for them until they formally submit. BJS does not want to waste the public or the Board’s time with the delay and promises of this project.
DB: Motion to adjourn.
SB: Second.
Vote: 5-0 Approved. (PMB, GCW, BJS, SB and DB)
Minutes Accepted on: _____________________ __ ____________________________________
(Date) (Prepared by: Amy Sault)
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Patricia M. Buckley Glenn Wojcik
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Brian J. Sutherland Dave Brown
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Stephen Bartha
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