Meeting Agenda
The following is the Notice of Meeting and, at the time of posting, a listing of topics that the President reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the Regular Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, Woburn City Hall, 10 Common Street, Woburn. The order of the matters may be amended at the meeting.
- Roll Call.
- Reading of Previous Meetings Journal.
- Communications from His Honor the Mayor:
- Communication regarding 5 Year Capital Improvement Plan (FY 2024-FY 2028).
- Capital Budget FY 2024 – order to transfer 4,303,737.00 from Unreserved Fund Balance Acct to Various Capital Projects.
- Order to rescind borrowing amounts for the following: 1. Surface Drainage $6,800,000; 2. Water Meters $5,690,000; and 3. Wyman Elementary School Replacement $1,922,573.
- New Petitions:
- Woburn Host Lions Club for special event permit for a road race at Horn Pond and area streets on October 15, 2023.
- Festival on the Common for special event permit to allow festival on Woburn Common and surrounding streets on November 25, 2023.
- Committee to Elect Omar Mohuddin for special event permit for a road race at Horn Pond and area streets on July 16, 2023.
- Petition for renewal of Taxi Cab License for Woburn Cab Co Inc., 100 Ashburton Avenue.
- John Delegas for a new inflammable license, for 23,000 gallons of Class B gasoline fuel (stored in a 13,000 gallon container and a 10,000 gallon container), and 9,000 gallons of diesel fuel, at 163 Salem Street.
- New England Laboratory Casework, Co., Inc. for a special permit to allow for the following: the overnight parking of three (3) box trucks under Section 5.1(57b); 2. Special permit and site plan review under Section 7.3, and Section 12.2.4 to allow for a two (2) story addition to an existing building to be used for light manufacturing, storage, and office, as well as additional site modifications, at 1 Arrow Drive.
- Public Hearings:
- National Grid for a grant of right in a way to install approximately 60 feet of 4-inch, plastic gas main in Grape Street to connect to an existing main in Albany Street.
- 288 MISHRD LLC c/o Tim Casey for a special permit under Section 7.3 of the WZO to allow for the renovation of an existing nonconforming building and reconfiguration of the rear parking area, at 288 Mishawum Road. [request to continue filed]
- Accutemp Engineering Inc. for a special permit to allow overnight parking for 2 vehicles, at 271 Salem Street, Building H.
- Valentino J. Tocci, Jr. for special permit under WZO section 5.5.1 to bring in additional fill to infill a low area that is subject to flooding at 2 Lowell Street.
- CCF New Boston Property Company LLC for Special Permits pursuant to Section 5.1(30b); Section 5.1(41a); Section 5.1(53), Section 8.3.1, and Site Plan Review pursuant to Section 12.2.4 to allow for a two (2) story building containing approximately 133,738 sf of net floor area with the following uses: Office (approximately 39,229 sf); Manufacturing (approximately 33,514 sf); and Lab Use (approximately 58,845 sf) with accessory high hazard use and the parking of ninety-two (92) vehicles on an adjacent lot located at 225 Merrimac Street, at 216 New Boston Street. [request to continue filed]
- CCF New Boston Property Company LLC for Special Permits pursuant to Section 5.1(30b); Section 5.1(41a), and Site Plan Review pursuant to Section 12.2.4 to allow for a four (4) story building containing approximately 174,812 sf of net floor area with the following uses: office (approximately 67,056 sf) and Lab Use (approximately 100,584 sf), as well as the Petitioner is proposing to construct a parking garage to accommodate approximately 451 parking spaces, at 225 Merrimac Street. [request to continue filed]
- Unfinished Business from Previous Meetings: None.
- Committee Reports:
- Order to transfer $750,000 from Overlay Reserve Account to OPEB Trust Fund Account. (OTP)
- Order to transfer $204,000 from Mayor’s Utilities Account to Police Lighting Account ($20,000); Library Lighting Account ($24,000); DPW Electric-Traffic Account ($8,000); DPW Gas Account ($12,000); Library Heat Account ($10,000); DPW Sewer-Electric Account; and DPW Water-Electric Account ($120,000). (OTP)
- Order to transfer $1,440,547.66 from Mayor’s Salary Adjustment Account to: School Salaries Adjustment Account. (OTP)
- Order to transfer $172,000 from Auditor Salary ($40,000); Assessor Salaries ($100,000); and Planning Board Salary ($32,000) to Treasurer Salary ($25,000); Police Crossing Guards ($51,000); Police Sick Leave Buy Back ($56,000); Inspections Temporary Help ($32,000); Health Salary ($2,000); and Recreation Wellness Coordinator ($6,000). (OTP)
- Order to appropriate $80,000 from Cemetery Interest Fund to Various Cemetery Accounts. (OTP)
- Order to transfer $95,000 from Fire/BLS Ambulance to Fire/Ambulance Overtime. (OTP)
- Citizen’s Participation: None.
- Communications and Reports:
- Parking Clerk Report for April 2023.
- Appointments and Elections:
- Reappointment of Emily Lipsett to the Board of Trustees for the Woburn Public Library.
- Reappointment of Richard Mahoney to the Board of Trustees for the Woburn Public Library.
- Motions, Orders and Resolutions: None.