What was said

Zoning Board of Appeals, July 12, 2023

the recording · 0:36 long, about 4,476 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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The town published an agenda, an agenda, an agenda, an agenda for this meeting. No minutes have been published; the recording is the only record, and what follows is a guide to it.

The short version

  1. ▶ 17:29The Zoning Board of Appeals granted a special permit for an attached garage at 14 Peninsula Drive by voice vote.
  2. ▶ 34:06The board approved a special permit for a ground-mounted solar array at 560 Malpas Road, finding it does not derogate from the bylaw's intent and purpose.
  3. ▶ 34:48The chair read post-decision instructions after each grant, and the meeting adjourned.

Why it matters — our reading

  • Both permits concern individual properties, so they touch the neighbors of those lots and not the town budget or any tax bill; the minutes record no budget items.

planning and zoningpublic comment

Present: Alfred gravel (chair); Lisa nomadin (board secretary); James bazikovski (member); Hans Winthrop (member); Don Gurney (member); Steve (member). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 17:29Grant the special permit for the attached garage at 14 Peninsula Drive.passed
  2. ▶ 34:06Approve the special permit for a ground-mounted PV solar array at 560 Malpas Road, finding it does not derogate from the intent and purpose of the bylaw.passed

And 1 procedural: adjourn the meeting. (▶ 35:52).

The money

Nothing touching money was heard beyond the transfers.

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 17:52Chair declared the garage special permit granted and read the post-decision instructions.
  • ▶ 34:48Chair declared the solar special permit granted and read the post-decision instructions.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

The town has not published minutes for this meeting.

Heard in the recording

Not yet looked for in the recording.

State law asks minutes to list the documents and exhibits used at a meeting (M.G.L. c.30A §22(a)). Names from the recording are the caption model’s hearing; the two sides are matched by name, by script, so a document named two different ways can be missed. A place to look, not a finding.

Public comment

  1. ▶ 16:47Spoke in full support of the LaChance garage as beneficial to the property and neighborhood. — Martin Thomas, as heard, resident of 30 Peninsula Drive
  2. ▶ 33:02Supported the solar array, citing very high electric bills and a new electric vehicle. — Clear Ryan, as heard, applicant, 560 Malpas Road

Where the time went

Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.

The whole meeting, in order

  1. ▶ 0:29Opening, recording notice, introductions and hearing procedureinformational · 2:09 long
  2. ▶ 2:38Hearing: special permit for attached garage, 14 Peninsula Drivevoted, granted · 16:34 long · planning and zoning
  3. ▶ 16:47Public comment on garageinformational · 0:42 long · public comment
  4. ▶ 19:47Hearing: special permit for ground-mounted solar array, 560 Malpas Roadvoted, granted · 16:05 long · planning and zoning
  5. ▶ 33:02Public comment on solar arrayinformational · 0:44 long · public comment
  6. ▶ 35:52Adjournmentvoted · 0:22 long

What the captions could not carry

  • Vote counts for both special permits were not stated; only that the permits were granted.
  • The adjournment vote result is not clear in the captions.
  • Who moved and seconded the motions is not identified.

These are ours, and they are not the record

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