MARLBOROUGH PLANNING BOARD
MARLBOROUGH, MA 01752
Call to Order January 28, 2013
The Meeting of the Marlborough Planning Board was called to order at 7:00pm in Memorial Hall, 3rd Floor City Hall 140 Main Street, Marlborough, MA. Members present: included Barbara Fenby, Colleen Hughes, Sean Fay, Philip Hodge and Shawn McCarthy. Also in attendance were Board Secretary Melissa Irish and City Engineer Tom Cullen.
1. Meeting Minutes:
A. January 7, 2013
On a motion made by Mr. Fay, seconded by Ms. Hughes, it was voted to accept the minutes of the January 7, 2013 meeting as amended. Motion carried.
2. Chair’s Business:
A. Proposed meeting calendar 2013
On a motion made by Ms. Hughes, seconded by Chairperson Fenby, it was voted to accept the meeting calendar for calendar 2013 meetings. Motion carried.
B. Notice from City Council regarding Public Hearing Proposed Zoning Amendment Sections650-17 & 650-18A (New section to be added)
On a motion made by Mr. Fay, seconded by Mr. Hodge, it was voted to accept the communication and place it on file. Motion carried.
C. Order from City Council regarding Acceptance of roadway and easements for the subdivision “The Residence of Oak Crest”.
On a motion made by Ms. Hughes, seconded by Mr. Hodge it was voted to redraft the letter in support of the acceptance from this board dated December 13, 2012 and forward direct to the City Council attention President Pope. Motion carried
3. Approval Not Required:
A. 41 Bond Street, Bruce Saluk and Associates
On a motion made by Mr. Fay, seconded by Mr. Hodge it was voted to refer the plan to the Engineering Department and contact the proponent to have a representative at the next meeting to discuss the plan on February 11, 2013. Motion carried.
4. Public Hearings: None
5. Pending Sub Division Plans: Updates and Discussion:
A. Update from City Engineer:
Mr. Cullen noted that he has no other info to report other than items B & C below.
B. Black Horse Farms Update
On a motion made by Mr. Fay, seconded by Ms. Hughes it was voted to accept the report of the Engineering Department and place on file, regarding the progress made to the cleanliness of the site, as well as the photo supplied by Ms. Hughes. Motion carried
The City Engineer was asked to provide an update at the next meeting on National Grid’s progress in regards to street lights for Slocumb Lane.
C. Country Club Estates
i) Correspondence from City Engineer
On a motion made by Mr. Hodge, seconded by Mr. McCarthy it was duly voted to accept the correspondence and place it on file. As well as keeping this on subsequent agendas under unfinished business. Motion carried.
6. Preliminary/Open Space Submissions/Limited Development Subdivisions: None
7. Definitive Subdivision Submission: None
8. Signs: None
9. Unfinished Business:
A. Decision to be rendered regarding zoning change for Data Storage Facilities
B. Continued discussion regarding Farm Rd signage.
Mr. Fay noted that the electronic message board sign in question on Farm Rd. appeared to be turned off at the moment.
Both items were left on the table with the request of adding continued status updates for Country Club Estates as well as continued discussion of “sandwich board” style signs on properties throughout the City such as the Vin Bin and the Sandwich Company.
Item 9C was added to the agenda.
C. Proposed letter of support from the Board to the Marlborough Economic Development Corporation/Community Development Office application for $200,000.00 Federal Block Grant.
Mr. McCarthy offered to author the letter from the Planning Board and have it available for approval by said Board at the February 11, 2013 meeting.
10. Informal Discussions:
A. 626 Stow Rd, Attorney Doug Rowe
Attorney Rowe was delayed by weather and was unable to attend the meeting Mr. Timothy Butland was in attendance to present the plan. The location of proposed plan is currently known as 626 Stow Rad, further defined as Map 8, Parcel 3 as shown on the Maps from Assessors Office. The location is question having 82,078 sq. ft. of total area.
Mr. Butland is showing what he considers to be the 2 options for this particular lot which are:
1) Construction of a short cul de sac which in turn allows for enough lot frontage on an accepted City way for the creation of 2 Approval Not Required lots. If that were the option the Planning Board was to encourage Mr. Butland would be returning to the Board to apply for a “Waiver” pertaining to sidewalks.
2) Subdivision of the existing lot creating 2 lots both significantly deficient in the required frontage for the A1 zoning requirement for the area. That option proposes two lots with 88’ linear feet of frontage each instead of the required 150’ each. If that were the option the Planning Board was to encourage Mr. Butland would be returning to the Board to apply for a “Waiver” pertaining to lot shape.
After a brief discussion it was determined that Mr. Butland will contact the Architect of record and have more detailed plans created. Mr. Butland made note that there is additional frontage that a neighbor is willing to sell to bring this lot closer to conformance however the price the neighbor is asking is much too high in their opinion. Chairperson Fenby requested Mr. Cullen drive past this location and check the sight lines and the extent of the curve of the roadway.
The Board requested Mr. Butland or Attorney Rowe to appear at the next meeting February 11, 2013 and give them a status update.
11. Correspondence: None
A. DCR Downstream Newsletter
On a motion made by Ms. Hughes, seconded by Mr. Hodge it was voted to accept the correspondence and place on file. Motion carried.
12. Public Notices of other Cities and Towns:
A. Town of Framingham, Planning Board, Public Hearing (Feb 14)
B. Town of Framingham, Planning Board, Notice of Decision (Genzyme) (2 notices)
C. Town of Sudbury, Zoning Board of Appeals, Public Hearing (Feb 4) (2 matters)
D. Town of Sudbury, Zoning Board of Appeals, Notice of Decision (2 matters)
E. Town of Berlin, Zoning Board of Appeals, Public Hearing (Feb 13)
F. Town of Hudson, Zoning Board of Appeals, Notice of Decision (2 matters)
On a motion made by Ms. Hughes, seconded by Mr. Hodge it was voted to accept all correspondence items A-F and place on file. Motion carried.
Adjournment: On a motion made by Mr. McCarthy seconded by Ms. Hughes it was voted to adjourn at 7:57pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Colleen Hughes
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