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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-10-18 Planning Board Meeting Minutes PLANNING BOARD Meeting Minutes Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Town Hall, 120 Main Street 7:00 PM 1 Present: T. Seibert, J. Simons, M. Colantoni, R. Rowen, R. Glover 2 Absent: 3 Staff Present: J. Tymon, J. Enright 4 Meeting began at 7:03pm. POSTPONEMENTS 5 6 CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: 350 Great Pond Road, Application for a Watershed Special Permit 7 to construct an addition to an existing home and a new garage. 8 CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: Merrimack College, 315 Turnpike Street, Application for Special 9 Permit – Site Plan Review. Applicant proposes to expand the Volpe Athletic Center and add 66 parking 10 spaces. 11 CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: 16 Berry Street, Application for an 11 lot Definitive Subdivision 12 Plan 13 LOT RELEASE 14 Red Gate Lane: Requesting a release for Lot 2. 15 J. Tymon: This is the last lot to be released. In December 2010 the Board voted to retain 16 $30.3K of the surety bond. This amount was at the recommendation of the DPW. No problems 17 have been reported at the site. 18 19 MOTION 20 A motion was made by R. Rowen maintain the bond that is in place and to release Lot 2 for Red 21 Gate subdivision. The motion was seconded by T. Seibert. The vote was unanimous. 22 23 PUBLIC HEARINGS 24 25 CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: 2009 Salem Street, Application for a 3 lot Definitive Subdivision 26 Plan. 27 J. Tymon: All of the drainage issues have been addressed. An updated plan set has been received and a 28 Decision has been drafted. The applicant would like to discuss the requirement for the sidewalk fund. 29 DPW recommends ten dollars per linear foot. In this case that amounts to over $4,000. In the recent past 30 the Board has approved two three lot subdivisions with much shorter roads resulting in lesser amounts for 31 the sidewalk fund. The formula is a standard formula used by DPW. 32 Lynnea Thody, Representing the applicant: Requested that the sidewalk fund amount be capped between 33 the $2,000 and $2,500 that has been approved for other three lot subdivisions. This case is a little unique 34 because of the site layout and the depth of the site. It is a benefit to the town to not have extra impervious 35 surface and extra disturbance at the site and there will never be a need for sidewalks at the site. 36 George Haseltine, Developer: Understands the need for the sidewalk fund. Wanted to preserve the 10 37 acre parcel as much as possible and opted for a 3 lot vs. an 8-10 lot. Argument is not based on money it 38 is just a request to cap the amount based on other 3 lot subdivision amounts. 39 J. Simons: The 421’ is the length of the road from Salem St to the driveways. The right-of-way is just 40 longer than previous subdivisions completed. 41 L Thody: In this case, it is about what this applicant has done to preserve the land. There were other 42 ways to construct the roadway that would shorten it, but that would take away from the topography and 43 natural features to the property. 1 PLANNING BOARD Meeting Minutes Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Town Hall, 120 Main Street 7:00 PM 44 Discussion amongst the Board regarding the request. 45 J. Simon: Preference is to have a consistent set of criteria and standards. The Decision gives some 46 flexibility so that the Board could come back to it if there was a way to make it different but maintain the 47 criteria. 48 MOTION 49 A motion was by R. Rowen to close the public hearing for 2009 Salem Street. The motion was seconded 50 by M. Colantoni. The vote was unanimous. 51 Draft Decision was reviewed. 52 MOTION 53 A motion was made by R. Rowen to approve the Definitive Subdivision Plan for 2009 Salem Street, as 54 amended. The motion was seconded by T. Seibert. The vote was unanimous. 55 56 NEW PUBLIC HEARING: 203 Turnpike Street (a/k/a 451 Andover Street): Metro PCS, Application for 57 a Wireless Special Permit Renewal and Modification. 58 J. Tymon: This is an application for a renewal and modification. The original special permit was granted 59 in September 2008. The application was filed prior to the expiration of the special permit. The applicant 60 is requesting to swap out 3 existing antennas with 3 new Long Term Evolution (LTE) antennas. The 61 application contains a complete RF analysis, a noise study, a letter from a structural engineer, and 62 coverage maps. The application has been reviewed by Mark Hutchins. 63 Bill McQuaid, Representing the applicant: In addition to renewing the special permit and the 64 modification to swap out antennas, the application includes a request to add a previously approved base 65 station that was never installed and to add three remote radio heads on the facade of the building. The 66 radio heads do not emit RF. They are small radios that are closer to the antenna and they decide whether 67 the signal is for voice or data. 68 J. Tymon: We have al l the required documents for this application. 69 J. Simons: We will keep the meeting open and vote at the next meeting. 70 DISCUSSION 71 1275 Turnpike Street: The Shelter Group to review architectural plans for a Continuing Care 72 Retirement Center. 73 J. Tymon: David Holland and Erik Anderson are here to discuss the architectural plans. They 74 were here previously to discuss minor changes they were making to the outside of the building 75 and some changes to the floor plan. The Board voted that these were insubstantial changes. One 76 of the conditions of the original special permit was that the Board reviews the elevations once 77 they were determined. 78 Erik Anderson, ProCon architect: Reviewed changes discussed at the previous meeting and 79 drawings showing the changes that were agreed to. The exterior elevations and the architectural 80 design and materials were reviewed with Board. 81 82 83 November 15, 2011: Special Town Meeting scheduled. 84 J. Tymon: A Special Town Meeting has been scheduled for November 15, 2011. There is a Planning 85 Board meeting scheduled on this night as well. 86 J. Simons: We can not have a meeting on the same night. The Planning Board meeting should be 87 cancelled. 88 2 PLANNING BOARD Meeting Minutes Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Town Hall, 120 Main Street 7:00 PM : MEETING MINUTES 89 Approval of October 4, 2011 meeting minutes. 90 MOTION 91 A motion was made by R. Rowen to approve the meeting minutes for October 4, 2011. The motion was 92 seconded T. Seibert. The vote was unanimous. 93 94 ADJOURNMENT: 95 MOTION 96 A motion was made by T. Seibert to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by M. Colantoni. 97 The vote was unanimous. 98 99 The meeting adjourned at 8:04pm. 100 101 MEETING MATERIALS: Agenda, Red Gate Subdivision DPW Unit Prices, Town Engineer letter dated 102 December 6, 2010 RE: Red Gate bond release, Draft Decision 2009 Salem Street, Metro PCS Existing 103 Coverage with Surrounding Sites 203 Turnpike Street, Mark Hutchins review dated 9/30/11 for 203 104 Turnpike Street, Metro PCS application package for 203 Turnpike Street, Existing and Proposed elevation 105 for 1275 Turnpike Street Continuing Care Retirement Center., Meeting Minute draft 10/04/11. 3