HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-10-26 Planning Board Minutes Town of'North Andover,
PLANNING BOARD
Eitan Goldbeig, Chairman '' John Simons
%li % 1`fellV Cot-naier•
Peter°13oyrrtora
Alissa.ICoenig
TnesdaV, October 26, 2021 (u) 7o.m., 1201t Main Street,NA Senior- Center-, North Andover-,MA 01845
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2 Present: E. Goldberg,J. Simons,A. Koenig, P. Boynton-Remote, K. Cormier-Remote
3 Absent:
4 Staff Present: J. T�,m•ight
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6 E, Goldberg, Chairman: The Planning Board meeting for Tuesday, October 26, 2021 was called to order at 7 p.m.
7 (Read Gover-nor's Order•into the record This meeting is considered a hybrid meeting; both remote and innpersorn.
8 motes will be recorded as roll call this evening.)
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10 Prvsurant to Chapter~20 of the Acts of 2021, this meeting itaill be conducted inn person and via remote rnearns, in
11 accordance with applicable law. phis meeting of the Nor-th Andover Planning Board will be conducted both in-
12 person at the meeting location listed above and via remote participation. Shecific igfoirmation and the gerrer•al
13 guidelines for•remote participation by members of the public and/orparties with a right and/or requirement to
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25 J Enr-Wil:Attendance: .K. Ccn•nrierpresenth•ernote, P. Boynton-present/remote., A. Koenigpmsent, J. S mons-
26 present, E. Goldberg-present.
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28 SJ AFF REPORT
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30 LOT RELEASE
31 174 Cotuit Street, Joe Fisichelli, Five C ConstrYiction, LLC: Request for lot release from the Form 1
32 Covenant.
33 J.J. Enright: This was a one-lot definitive subdivision approval. The roadway and house have bectz constructed and
34 the site is stabilized.All required easement and maintenance documents have been provided. 'I`he developer would
35 like to release the lot and intends to close on the property in November. Pictures of the site are included in your
36 packet.
37 MOTION: J. Simons made a motion to approve the lot release for 174 Cotuit St. The motion was seconded by A.
38 Koenig. Roll Call vote: K. Cormier voted yes. P. Boynton voted yes. J. Simons voted yes. A. Koenig voted yes. E.
39 Goldberg voted yes. The vote was 5-0, unanimous in favor.
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41 COMMUNICA,riONS: Public Hearing for the Route 114 Roadway Improvement Project
42 J._En_ right: The MassDOT 25%Design public hearing is being held as a virtual meeting Thursday night.It has
43 been advertised on town social media. There is a link provided ifyon would like to attend. The Annual Lake Clean
44 Up was held on October 1.6"', we had 70-80 people attend and collected 950 pounds (half ton) of material.
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Town of'North Andovef-
PLANNING BOARD
Eitan Gol(lber�,>, C'hai-man J01111 Simons
Peter-Boynton �i/1� � �, Kelly Cormier
• '�'� Alissa Koenig
Tnes&ry, October 26, 2021 7 p.m., 120R Main Street,NA Senior Center, North Andover, MA 01845
45 Watershed Plan Update: Last night at the Select Board meeting both the Route 125 Corridor Study and the
46 Watershed Update Plan from 1987,which they adopted.
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48 MINUTES: Approval of the October 12, 2021 meeting minutes.
49 MOTION: A. Koenig made a motion to approve the October 1.2,2021 meeting minutes. The motion was
50 seconded by J. Simons. Moll Call vote: K. Cormier voted yes.I'. Boynton voted yes. A. Koenig voted yes. J.
51 Simons voted yes. E. Goldberg voted yes.The vote was 5-0, unanimous in favor.
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53 DISCUSSION ITEMS
54 E. Goldberg: I would like to go through these discussion items welcoming any comments or questions and when
55 we are finished with the discussion items,we will address our next steps moving forward, procedurally.
56 Royal Chest Estates (I & 28 Royal Crest Drive), 'Trinity Financial, Jim Keefe; Proposed.Master
57 Redevelopment Plan for the property.
58 • Fiscal Impact update memo
59 « Traffic Study update (including pedestrian bridge response)
60 + Follow up on Utility and Infrastructure memo
61 • Storniwater and drainage peer review
62 ! Density and dimensional analysis
63 • Program Summary update
64 M. Lozano: Tonight,we will present various updated reports including program, adiustnnents, most information
65 you have seen before, starting with the Fiscal Impact Update Memo. Figures are adjusted as they relate to the
66 program changes,reduction in the nu►nber of residential units and adjusts the costs. Identified Proposed Royal
67 Crest which compares the estimated new revenues to estimated costs resulting in a net positive fiscal impact
68 (removing existing apartment revenues from the equation). The net positive fiscal impact is between 3.7 and 4.8
69 million dollars. (Previously,with more units we estimated 3.2 million - 5.5 million) Within this report and with the
70 adjusted program, the net fiscal impact is 2.1 million—4.3 million.
71 J. Simons: These numbers reflect full build out in 10 years. In doing that, how did you normalize the costs and
72 what did you assume over time in that'?Are the expenses based oil current or future costs?
73 M. Lozano: Previously,we presented a Phasing Plan that reflected costs over time.Thatt is not within this update
74 but is something we call provide.
75 E. Goldberg: What is the largest cost?
76 K Lozano: Namely schools, police and fire would be your largest costs.Number of school aged children is
77 expected to decrease over time as the nature of the site changes.
78 J. Enright: We sent this for peer review;we are aiming for the 11/16/2.1 meeting to have a response back.
79 M:_.Lozano: Out-next update is the Traffic Study, introduced Matt Kcaley-VHB.
80 M. Kealey,Traffic Engineer, VHB: Summarized letter dated 10/20/21. Submitted original 'Traffic Study in
81 October 2020. During winter went through peer review process with Jeffrey Dirk, P.E. at Vanasse& Associates.
82 We have had several discussions with the town,MasSDOI"GPI, designer of Rt. 114 Improvement Project and
83 VA.I.Notably, we had a meeting at the end of September to address outstanding issues with this same group to
84 reach consensus on issues. There has been a program reduction since our original traffic study thus the impacts
85 should be less. J.Dirk wanted analysis at 3 particular intersections we have been studying. Showed 2020
86 reductions by land use between the October 2020 traffic study and current; notable reduction is in the residential
87 category-324 units, 6K sf reduction in retail space,46 fewer townhouse units and modification to senior housing.
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Town of North Andover
PLANNING BOARD
Eitan Golalberg, Cliairnmaa •,- John Simons
Peter 13��ytatoaa /ij% '• Kelly Coa•arriea-
• Alissa Koenig
Tcaesrlay, October.26,.2021(&, 7 p.m., 1201?Main.Street,NA Seidor Center, Nortla Andover,MA 01845
88 We have 35 senior units in otu•analysis which were previously lumped into the residential category. Trill
89 generation as compared to October 2020 estimates, results in 2100 fewer weekday trips with current program, 119
90 fewer a.m, peak hour trips, 142 fewer trips during the p.m. peak hour, 1.700 fewer trips oil a Saturday at peak flour
91 and 180 fewer tips oil a Saturday midday peak flour.
92 E. Goldberg: Requested current trips and total trips projected to be based oil the current sunlrnary?
93 M. Kealey: That is reflected in the middle column which is about 9300 weekday total net new daily tips, 512 total
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94 weekday morning peak hour trills, 595 weekday evening peak hour trips, Saturday daily just over 1 OK trips, and
95 Saturday midday 71.7 peak hour trips.
96 K. Cormier: There is no count for the number of existing trips.
97 M.Kealev: Existing tips are noted in the submitted memo.
98 E.Goldberg: Most new trips would occur oil a Saturday— 10,436 new trips. How many trips are there currently on
99 a Saturday?
100 M._I_,ozano: E'Aisting daily trips is 4,488.
101 E. Goldberg: We are adding 10,400 or so, which puts us at approx. 14800 total daily trips. Prior, it was 16K trips,
102 it went down by about 2K.
103 K. Cormier: When was the existing count taken.? Questioned whether traffic analyses reflect ally Covld changes.
104 M. Kealev: Counts were taken October of 2019.. Most commuting traffic has returned, daily traffic remains oil the
105 lighter side.
106 P '.Boynton: Finds the table in the letter more helpful;Table#2 in the letter dated 10/20/21. The column oil the left
107 is current or existing trips from Royal Crest, as compared to original, showing the difference between the two
1.08 programs. [pg. 3, 211020 Ti•affic Resp Comments Summmy Letter-Tinalj The weekday daily trips doubles from
109 4,500 to over 9,000. The weekday morning peak doubles;weekday evening peak increases, but less than double.
110 Saturday daily trips increase by a factor of 5. Saturday midday triples. Expressed concern over Saturday daily trips
11.1 increasing 5-fold.
11.2 M. Kealey: Saturday is a lighter traffic day for some uses on site and is a lighter traffic time for Rt. 114. Without
1.13 Rt. 1.14 improvements, the existing infi-astrueture can accommodate that level of volume on a Saturday midday
114 peak.
11.5 E. Goldberg: Why does traffic increase so much oil Saturdays?
116 M.Keay: Residential and retail trips tend to be a factor oil Saturdays.
117 P. Boynton: We are doubling the amount of weekday morning peak hour trips in and out of Royal Crest.Noted
118 congestion driving to Boston, driving Mass.Ave.,to 114 to 125 interscction waiting at the traffic light between
119 125 and Rt. 114. Doubling the number of trills/cars in that area is concerning.
120 M. Kcalcy: Biggest impact along this corridor is going to be the MassDOT Rt. 1.14 Corridor Improvement Project.
121 The Bypass intcrsection is undergoing a major overhaul and increase in capacity.
122 P-A- yptoii: Does this also indicate that the traffic relief the MassDOT improvements were to provide its,will be
123 filled tip right away with these trip increases from Royal Crest? We won't enjoy those improvements due to the
1.24 excess capacity that is going to be consumed by this development.
125 M. Kealey: This project will take its 10+years to complete. Traffic studies with mixed-use development tend to
1.26 drastically overstate trip generation. We are required by the state to undertake a detailed traffic monitoring
1.27 program after project completion for at least 5 years which allows us to check and reanalyze those intersections for
128 discrepancies. Capacity is gradual over time; benefits of the Corridor Improvement Prt�ject will be realized for
129 quite some tinge.
130 E. Goldberg: If we condition as follow-up, or if it's part of a development agreement, or other,what kind of
1.31 mitigation or contingencies could be put in place to assist with traffic;traffic density, queueing, etc. -mid-stream?
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Town of North Andover
PLANNING BOARD
Eifan Gohlbet-g, Chair-matt• Johrt Simons
Petet�Bi ytttott /�i��% •« Kelly Car,tttier,
Alissa Koenig
Tnes(NE, Octobet�26 2021 r 7 P.m. 120R Main Stmet NA Senior• Cerrter North Andover MA 01845
132 M. Kealey: I don't see that happening with the status of the MassDOT improvements as planned runless the project
1.33 were to go on hold or go away.
134 Jinn Keefe,'Erin ity_Fi nan cia 1: If the Improvement project doesn't materialize, we would not commence this project
1.35 without certainty. If residents can't get there,that is a problem for us too. After the project is built,the MEPA
136 process will require a more comprehensive traffic system analysis beyond these intersections, likely they will
137 propose requirements and mitigation. We can suggest and address specific things we can do if these projections
138 don't turn out as expected. The incentivized, express bus service to Boston will help us market these units.
139 J. Simons: Questioned accuracy of the peak numbers. Requested peer review to look again at the peak numbers.
140 M. Kealey: Peak hour traffic tends to vary between 6-10% of daily traffic. The morning peak is 1-Dour. More
1.41 people are coming in due to working office/retail use employees. Tine October 2020 numbers in this table have
142 been thoroughly reviewed by Jeff Dirk and the informationn has gone through several iterations.
143 P. Boynton: Information here is not making sense. Correct answers were not given to my questions this evening.
144 When I asked for tine weekday daily numbers,the 4,488 jumps to 9,354 roughly doubles the trips?I was told that
1.45 is correct, but based oil John's very helpful clarification, that is not correct. It's tripling the trips in weekday daily;
146 the answer is the numbers are to be added together 9,354 plus 4,488. Saturday daily represents a 646ld increase v.
1.47 5-fold. I'm troubled by this and expect better answers.
148 E. Goldberg: The sum of the new trips at 9,300 plus the existing trips at 4,500 equals the total weekday daily trips.
149 If You then divide by the existing,you arrive at the actual increase percentage of new trips. Maybe it's easier if we
150 use actual raw numbers. Clarified that weekday daily trips goes from 4,500 to 1.3,800. Saturday daily goes fi•orn
151 2,000 to 12,500 trips per day.
152 M. Kcaley: The letter submitted included full detailed set of numbers.
153 M. Lozano: All numbers were peer reviewed for consistency with engineering principles. '?"his table was rnrcant to
154 show changes from the originally proposed program to where we were in August. We continue that process.
155 K. Cormier: Wondered what the impact was, positive or negative oil the averageNorth Andover resident with.
156 regard to their typical daily trips through and around town(quantify percentage of residents that commute to
157 Boston-what routes they travel, impact on alternate intersections and past-Covid traffic methodology.)
158 E. Goldberg: Should we ask about other intersections that may be impacted? Seenns to me that 80-85%of the town
159 intersections are not going to be impacted. Estimating haw many people go through Rt. 114, Mass, Ave., 1257
1.60 J. Simons: Unless you spend a lot of money over extended time, it will be hard to get that information with any
161 mathematical precision,however you can do proxies of that and talk with NAPD. We know the congestion choke
162 points that exist today. The indirect effect is that people avoid Rt. 114 at certain times of the day and travel
1.63 through the Old Center,
164 M. 1Ccaley: Everyone's typical commute today is irrelevant because the MassDOT Corridor Improvement will
165 have a dramatic effect oil that Rt. 114 corridor.
1.66 E. Goldber : I_<et's ask tine question to the traffic consultant to see if they call help us answer this; is there a way to
167 calculate how this would affect tine traffic right at this area and how does it affect the traffic and daily for the town
168 as a whole and are there ways that if we don't have an answer that we could even by proxy look to get information
169 on that?
170 M. Kcaley: In MEPA projects MassDOT has guidelines on which intersections you have to analyze because of
171 ]now much traffic you are adding to them. Impacts show largest at your site and fade outward. They have
172 thresholds of what intersections you look at and if the intersection has 100 trips or more, it has to be part of your
173 study. As part of the monitoring program,we will identify actual trip distribution, where people are arriving from
174 and going to. The program has been reduced therefore impacts are reduced and we are reanalyzing 3 key
175 intersections per J. Dirk; Waverly Rd. @ Cotuit St.-no change in impact, getting closer to the site, Turnpike St.,
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Town of'North Andover
PLANNING BOARD
Eitan Goldberg, Chairnan John Simons
Pc cr Ioy� tox • f ' Della
Cornier
Alissa Koenig
Tites(IaV, October 26 2021 &, 7 p.n, 1201?Main Street NA Senior Center Nortlt Andover MA 01845
176 Andover St. (125) & Elm St. you see reduction in delay-level of service remains the same and.Rt. 114 at the Royal
177 Crest driveway-you see more appreciable difference with the reduced program. In tine context of those 3
178 intersections: adaptive traffic signal technology will be at the signalized intersections along the corridor; there will
179 not be a night-turn lane on the Rt. 114 westbound approach to the Royal Crest site,widening the roadway created
180 safety impacts; extending the 2-lane section oil Rt. 125/Andover St. & Waverly Rd results in right of way
181 constraints, constructability challenges and limits benefits to capacity; coordination with.MVRTA to extend bus
182 service to the site or shuttle-disettssed connecting Royal Crest with 2 existing bus routes-Commuter Rail &
183 Downtown Andover and tyre express bus to Boston; a Transportation Demand Management program is being
184 discussed with regard to financial incentives for employees anal will be solidified during the MEPA process; due to
185 significant grade changes resulting in lengthy ramping system a pedestrian bridge is not feasible-rioted that
186 connecting the"bridge"to an upper floor not feasible as there is no receiving building on the Merrimack side or
187 Rt. 1,14 750-800 students cross Rt. 114,proponent agrees to revisit if issues arise after first Phase of project is
188 complete.
189 E. Goldberg: What is the closest building to Merrimack to where the dorms are proposed?
190 Jeff Koetteritz,VHB: McQuade Library which is 1-200 ft. from the right-of way; will provide that dimension.
191 P. Bo ry tort: What did Merrimack say when you posed that question for that side of the road?
1.92 Jeff Dogeett, EVP & CFO,Merrimack College: It was Merrimack's goal to get an overpass over Rt. 114. 'rile
193 Baker Administration had capital available at that time and the college decided to fund 50% of the crosswalk
194 project,the sidewalk on the Merrimack side of Rt. 114 and the sidewalk on the Royal Crest side. The goal was to
195 combine the business districts at the Bertucci's intersection and what"was"the Puddrucker's strip mall. Our
196 understanding of wiry the overpass wouldn't work is the same as what we are hearing today. There was
197 conversation about air rights from the state, ete. and we decided on tyre crosswalk. It is complicated because it has
198 to be made accessible to the public and the crosswalk was immediately available.
199 P. Boynton: I understand the point that 1,000 students being able to cross Rt. 114 safely,multiple times a day and
200 public access. For the record, I don't agree with that presentation as we have tried bard to explore all the options to
201 provide reasonable safety to this very large cohort of students that will be crossing multiple times a day; a road
202 that will be far busier in the future than it is today. The common sense notion is of that of course there will be a
203 crosswalk directly connecting the sidewalks, available to the public and students. If there were a way to efficiently
204 provide an aerial walkway connecting the I K student down that could provide a very safe way for students to
205 cross. It doesn't meaty the public has to have access to that if tile crosswalk is also there. The crosswalk solution
206 was a terrific contribution. The multi-story student dormitory is now an opportunity for an aerial walkway that
207 didn't exist prior were this project to go ahead.
208 J. Doggett: The total number of students is not greatly increasing. I would be open to exploring and discussing this
209 should this project reach a public conversation. This is not a lack of interest or attempt on behalf of the college or
210 the development team.
211 J. Simons: We are adding another signalized intersection,in addition to the crosswalk. The walkers getting 15-20
212 seconds intuitively says to the that is going to back things tip.
213 J. Doggett: We are in this together. Prom our perspective,we are convince(]traffic counts will change, something
214 will change at Royal Crest and changes will occur on Rt. 114. We need to evaluate the true impact along the way.
215 M I-ealey_: The increased volume on Rt. 114 does not necessarily make pedestrian crossings more difficult. It is
216 push button actuated and will get called when pushed. This conversation will be kept going with the proponent
217 after Phase I is completed.
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Town of'North Andover
PLANNING BOARD
Eitaii Goldberg, Cliairnian John Simons
Peter Boytitmi i�%i� � Kelly Cris miei,
Alissa Koenig
Tuesda October 26 2021 r� 7 p.m. 120R Main Street NA Senior Ceiitei North Andover AM 01845
218 P..._Boynton: Has anyone seen a student decide to cross a road not at a crosswalk? With a I students, a busier road
219 makes a big difference. 'I'll is discussion,which is intended for constructive purposes, is to consider the possibility
220 of an aerial crosswalk to take a large portion of student volume safely above that busy roadway.
221 Kealey: The Rt. 1.14 Corridor Improvement Project is a Complete Streets project, not only at this intersection
222 but throughout the corridor with sidewalks, bike paths,etc.Design is geared to pedestrians. VAI will be reviewing;
223 the letter we submitted to the town.MEPA will involve another level of review.
224 Jeff Koetteritz, VHB: Responded to utilities and infrastructure memo dated 10/20/21. We summarized 4 questions.
225 Low-flow fixtures will be utilized to cut down on the water demand. Showed chart showing series of fixtures
226 attributing to 30-40%reduction for the building systems(exclusive of irrigation). Sewer capacity/generation
227 estimates are at 160K gallons per day to support the revised program. Routing was trapped out with DPW as
228 being down Rt. 11.4 to Wavery St. to Mass.Ave. and over to Sutton St. down to the GLSD plant;no capacity
229 concerns with sewer line piping.
230 J. Si,n-ons: I cannot tell whether there are some real issues here, it's a very ambiguous answer.
231 J. Koetteritz: A study needs to be clone. To confirm whether that capacity is sufficient. We don t have a concrete
232 answer on the percentages yet. Understood,this would be addressed in the project review process.
233 J. Enrialrt: The DPW Director has responded with comments saying they have spoken with VI113. They have their
234 numbers and peer review will occur once a Development Review Project comes forward.
235 P. Belton: You spoke about the sewer lines to GLSD. Are you referring to no capacity concerns with respect to
236 the lines and/or pumping stations they pass through?How marry stations are involved?
237 J. Koetteritz: Both, it is qualitative at this point. The pumping station is located at Riverview St. that is operated
238 outside the town's system limit.
239 E. Goldberg: You noted smaller pipes connecting to larger pipes. That first smaller pipe area may be where issues
240 arise?If that were the case,what are some possible solutions'?
241 J. Koetteritz: Depending on what issues arise, some of it might be attributed to the age of the infrastructure. 'Tile
242 pipe could be fine, it could be old clay or a form of lining the system. It could be spot replacements of failed
243 sections or potentially require upsizing the pipe. This can be addressed as part of the permitting review process.
244 J. Enright: Similarly, the Princeton Properties development required off-site infrastructure replacement. There is a
245 condition prior to Certificate of Occupancy that addresses upgrades.
246 J. Koetteritz: Provided detailed comparison of sewer generation flows for the existing site and proposed master
247 plan condition including what,the rates and peaking factors are based oar. Clarified sewer generation table. There
248 was confusion of the multi-family dwelling roles. Chart breaks down existing conditions and what's currently
249 generated by the existing buildings on site which is about 140K gallons per day. Proposed full-build master plan is
250 shy of 300K gallons per day,Net new increase associated with the project is a maximum of 160K gallons per day.
251 Illicit connections to the system will reduce that number. Rates shown are based on NIA state code from Title 5.
252 That is the MA DEP required rates to use based on associated programs. Those rates predate a lot of these low-
253 flow fixtures being introduced and are conservative.
254 J. Simons: Is the existing number an estimate or an actual number? If you have lawns and gardens do you add in
255 anything incremental for that?
256 .1. Koetteritz: It would be less than that in actuality;that number is peaked as a worst-case scenario. Rule of thumb
257 for net new generation is you acid 10% for lawns and gardens.
258 J.,__Sitlii fails: It would be 10%higher?
259 J. Koetteritz: Correct. Lastly, Weston and Samson, has been engaged to establish a hydraulic model so we can.
260 respond to the water demand and capacity questions. We confirmed with I:)PW that once that is set,we can
261 generate the estimated water demand, 173K gallons per clay to verify what that does to the system capacity.
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Town of North Andover
]'LANNING BOARD
hart Goldbet-g, Cltairrmrri •' , Jolnt Simons
Peter Bgyntott Kelly Cormier-
• Alhsa Koenig
7'tiesclay, October-26, 2021 (i-i,) 7p.m., 1201?Main Street,NA Senior Centel North Amlover•, MA 01845
262 P. Boynton: Jean,the presenter is talking about dernand on the water supply, is the study the town is doing in
263 process and will it be made available?
264 J _Enrialrt: At the last meeting, I gave an update they were in data collection mode. I believe they are still in that
265 phase. The DPQ has contracted to do that study, although. I have no end(late.
266 E. Goldbcrg: Relative to that are there ways we can increase water capacity in the lake? If they do exist, we can
267 make them as part of our conditions or potential development agreements.
268 P. Boynton: Pipe leakage can be of concern; fixing and contributions could reduce net loss.
269 M. Lozano: Reviewed memo related to stormwater and drainage which was submitted for peer review.We
270 expanded on that presentation, submitting that to the town for peer.review.
271 L.Goldberg: Let's wait for the peer reviewer's review which went to Conservation as well.
272 M.Lozano: Referenced density and dimensional analysis document of the proposed project as compared to other
273 Multi-family and or Mixed-Use projects that have been built or permitted within.North Andover over last 10 years.
274 The proposed project,as it stands today, is in linewith other developments in town.Units per acre in our current
275 program is 17 units;Avalon was at 18 units,MINC:O is at 42 units per acre, Berry Farms is 8 units per acre(larger
276 parcel, wetlands),Princeton Properties residential is 21 units per acre.20 units is the average number. It includes
277 all the residential units including townhouses and (250) student housing.
278 P. Boynton: Define unit for Royal Crest for this analysis.
279 M Lozano: We take the total number of units divided by the total acreage. Another measure of density is floor
280 area ratio taking into account all the uses and every component of the project. Out-FAR is .66 at full build out.
281 The updated Program Summary will be carried to every meeting, as modified and reduced in August 2021, We
282 have added the sewage munbers just reviewed. We synced the population figures with the fiscal impact study
283 numbers which were more accurate than our previous numbers. Previous numbers were based on standard HUD
284 numbers; the fiscal impact utilized actual census data numbers from North Andover.
285 L. Goldberg: This Board needs to decide what happens with this item we have been discussing for over a year. On]-
286 next procedural step is to decide whether this goes to Town Meeting for a vote. We have the option to say that this
287 will be a Planning Board sponsored item at the next Town Meeting, or we have the option to say"no" it doesn't,
288 which also requires a vote. We are trying to formulate that vote, which is likely to be entertained as a warrant
289 article. If we decide"no",then it's(]one. If we say "yes", the Zoning working group presents all zoning issues to
290 this Board. Once we feel the zoning is in its best shape,we would have public hearings and public meetings
291 related to that. The Planning Board would then snake a recommendation as to favorable, unfavorable or no action.
292 Tire Select Board and Finance Committee would follow with their recommendations for Town Meeting. I don't:
293 believe we should decide until we have held public hearings and heard public input oar the zoning.Before we go
294 through 4-5 months of zoning, it might be beneficial to have Town Counsel present from the working group a
295 summary of what the potential zoning looks like. What would come back before the}Board for votes?What is the
296 portion of the required vote at Town.Meeting that would be required; is it 2/3"r or is it 50 under the Housing
297 Choice?Once we know what the overall general zoning looks like we can address details, setbacks,heights,what
298 special permits need to be granted, what conditions can be applied, etc.Board had no comment. Let's plan on the
299 11/2/2021 meeting for a presentation from Town Counsel and at that meeting vote on whether we would like to
300 include this as a warrant article at upcoming Town Meeting/May of 2022. This Nvould not be a recommendation
301 yet.
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303 ADJOURNMENT
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Town of N6rth Andover
PLANNING BOARD
"iftin iGohlberg, Chairman John .Simons
Peter Boynton Kelly Cormier
Alissa Koenig
Tnemlay, October 26 2021 a7 7 p.nr. 1201?Main Street NA Senior Center North Andover MA 01845
304 MOTION: J. Simons made a notion to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by A. Koenig.Meeting
305 adjourned @ 9:20 p.m. Roll Call vote: K. Cormier voted yes. A. Koenig voted yes. P. Boynton voted yes. J.
306 Simons voted yes. E. Goldberg voted yes. The vote was 5-0,unanimous in favor.
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308 MEETING:MATERIALS: Planning Board Meeting Agenda October 26,2021,Meeting Minutes October 12,2021;Staff
309 Report: 211206 StaffReport; 174 Cotuit Street Joe Fisielzelli Five C Construction LLC: Pictures: Pic 1,Pic 2,Pic 3,Pic
310 4,Plan Recorded,Form J-Completed(Cotuit),Decision-Recorded;Royal Crest(I&28 Royal Crest:give),Trinity
311 Financial,Jim Keefe:Utility and Infrastructure Follow 1.Jh:211026 DPW Comment-Utilities Review Menlo,211021
312 Preliminary Utilities and ,Infrastructure Memo-Response to NAPB Comments;'Traffic Study Up&tqs: 211026 Presentation
31.3 Planning Board Meeting-TRAFFIC,211020 Traffic Resp. Comments Summary Letter-Final, Prograr Summary:211020
314 Royal Crest Program Sunmtary;Preliminary,Stormwater Peer Review:21.1021 Resp to Peer Review Preliminary Stormwater
315 Analysis,211012 PreliniStormwater Design I"Peer Review RCE;Fiscal Impaet Update:21902 Fiscal Impact Update Memo
316 ;Density and Di►uensional Analysis: Density Analysis FINAL; COMMUNICATIONS: Rt 114 Improvement Project Design
317 Public Hearing, Public Hearing Notice.--Rt 114 Improvement Project.
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