Woburn City Council

DATE 11/21/2023
TIME 6:30 pm
ADA Yes
LOCATION Council Chamber, Woburn City Hall, Common Street, Woburn, MA, United States

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, November 21, 2023, at 6:30 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.

 

  1. Roll Call.
  2. Reading of Previous Meetings Journal.
  3. Communications from His Honor the Mayor:
  4. New Petitions:
    1. Petitions for renewal of First Class Motor Vehicles Sales License by the following: Lawless, Inc, 196 Lexington Street; DCD Nucar Woma LLC dba Nucar Chevrolet of Woburn , 40 Winn Street.
    2. Petitions for renewal of Second Class Motor Vehicles Sales Licenses by the following: Adamo Rufo dba Route16 Auto Broker, 280 Salem Street; Woburn Gas & Services, Inc., 545 Main Street; Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company of Boston, LLC, 248 Mishawum Road; Lawless, Inc., 193 Main Street; Woburn Square Mobil, 23 Pleasant Street; E&C Auto Brokers, LLC, 505 Main Street.
    3. Petition for renewal of Third Class Motor Vehicles Sales License by Woburn Truck and Auto, Inc., 1095R Main Street.
    4. Request Festival on the Common Special Event Permit to add The Woburn Host Lions as Co-Sponsor.
    5. Petition for Meck Limousine, LLC for a New Livery License at 111 Locust Street, Town House 35.
    6. Highland at Vale Condominium for a new inflammable license for 640 gallons of Class 1A gasoline fuel, stored in vehicle gas tanks, at Building #1, 2 Stratton Drive.
    7. Highland at Vale Condominium for a new inflammable license for 640 gallons of Class 1A gasoline fuel, stored in vehicle gas tanks, at Building #2, 4 Stratton Drive.
    8. Highland at Vale Condominium for a new inflammable license for 800 gallons of Class 1A gasoline fuel, stored in vehicle gas tanks, at Building #3, 6 Stratton Drive.
    9. NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy for grant of location to install one new joint owned pole, approximately 116’ feet across from private property Pole 591/25A, on Commerce Way
    10. Petition for approval pursuant to M.G.L. Ch. 268A, Sec. 20(b) of Conservation Committee services by Samantha Langone.
    11. Petition for approval pursuant to M.G.L. Ch. 268A, Sec. 20(b) of contract for snowplowing services by Stephen Miele.
    12. Request by Lawless Inc. a two year extension to January 4,2026 of special permit at 196 Lexington Street.
    13. Request by Montvale Land LLC a two year extension to January 4, 2026 of special permit at A2 Hill Street
  5. Public Hearings:
    1. 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.
    2. NStar Electric Company, d/b/a Eversource Energy for grant of location to install on new joint owned pole, 612/4A, approximately 478 feet west of Commerce Way, and one new hip guy, approximately 37 feet east of pole 612/5, on Atlantic Avenue.
    3. NStar Electric Company, d/b/a Eversource Energy for grant of right in a way to install approximately 574 feet of conduit form Pole 625/1, east of Forest Park Road, to end of Thomas Street.
    4. Aaron Equipment & Supply LLC for a special permit pursuant to Section 5.1(57b) of the WZO, to allow overnight parking for four vehicles and a four yard dumpster, at 271 Salem Street, Unit M. (OTP)
    5. Autoworx Inc., for a special permit under WZO Section 5.1(44) and to amend a previously issued special permit dated May 27, 2021 to remove Condition No. 2 to allow for a spray booth, at 921 Main Street. (ONTP)
    6. Chick-fil-A, Inc. for a special permit to allow for the following pursuant to the WZO: (1) fast food restaurant pursuant to Section 5.1(29); (2) alteration of the existing nonconforming structure to allow for a new structure as shown on Site Plan pursuant to Section 7.3; and (3) parking requirements to be met on a separate lot, as shown on Site Plan pursuant to Section 8.3.1, at 17 Commerce Way. [request to continue filed]
    7. PDC Renol/LV/PHSX LPIV, LLC for a special permit pursuant to Sections 5.1(45) and 12.2.4 of the WZO, to allow for: (1) the sale or rental of automobiles, trucks, truck trailers, and motorcycles including accessory repair and storage facilities; and (2) construction of a new building approximately 50,500 square feet in gross floor area, at 399 Washington Street. [request to continue filed]
    8. Sun Tree Estates, LLC for a special permit under Sections 5.1(12) and 8.3.1 of the WZO to allow for a child care center and shared parking with adjacent premise, at 205 and 213 Cambridge Road. [request to continue filed]
    9. Treetop Home LLC for a special permit pursuant to Section 7.3 of the WZO, to allow for the alteration of a preexisting nonconforming structure to raze an existing four-family and replace with four-family, at 5 Bennett Street.
    10. CCF New Boston Property Company LLC for special permits pursuant to Sections 8.2.5 and 8.3.1 of the WZO, to allow for: (1) a reduction in the number of parking spaces from 342 to 262 for the proposed Life Science Use; and (2) the parking of 34 of the 262 vehicles on an adjacent lot at 225 Merrimac Street, at 216 New Boston Street. (Back for Action)
    11. CCF New Boston Property Company LLC for special permits pursuant to Sections 7.3, 5.1(69), 8.2.5, and 8.3.1 of the WZO, to allow for: (1) continued use of existing non-conforming 88 parking spaces; (2) a reduction in the number of parking spaces from 442 to 335 for the proposed Life Science Use; and (3) the parking of 34 vehicles from 216 New Boston Street, at 225 Merrimac Street. (Back for Action)
    12. 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. (Back for Action)
    13. 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. (Back for Action)
    14. JDC Realty Trust petition to amend Section 10 Cluster Development of the WZO by revising Section 10.2.1, 10.4.2, 10.4.6 (preexisting, nonconforming lots), and 10.4.10 (minimum lot size), and adding new Section 10.4.11 (to allow for up to four units). (ONTP)
  6. Unfinished Business from Previous Meetings:
    1. Order appropriating $1,000,000 for the Green Street Playground and authorizing Mayor and Treasurer to borrow money.
    2. Order authorizing the City to file and accept grants from the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, for the Land and Water Conservation Fund Grant Program for Green Street Playground.
  7. Committee Reports:
    1. Order authorizing Mayor to participate in Massachusetts Property Assessed Clean Energy Program (PACE Massachusetts). (OTP)
    2. Appointment of Meaghan Elizabeth Dunn to the Board of Trustees for the Woburn Public Library (OTP)
    3. Reappointment of Richard Mahoney to the Board of Trustees for the Woburn Public Library (OTP)
    4. Petitions for renewal of First Class Motor Vehicles Sales License by the following: N. Wood Enviro, LLC, 200 Merrimac Street; and Woburn Foreign Motors, Inc., 394 Washington Street. (OTP)
    5. Petitions for renewal of Second Class Motor Vehicles Sales Licenses by the following: Southside Associates, Inc. dba Burke’s Garage, 71 Main Street; Cargotiators LLC d/b/a Cargotiator Auto Sales, 104 Winn Street; and Montvale Service, 289 Salem Street.(OTP)
    6. Request by C.N. Wood Company Inc. to change name on First Class Motor Vehicle Sales License to “C.N. Wood Co., Inc.” and renewal of First Class Motor Vehicles Sales License.(OTP)
  8. Citizen’s Participation:
  9. Communications and Reports:
    1. Parking Clerk Report for September
    2. Parking Clerk Report for October 2023.
  10. Appointments and Elections:
    1. Reappointment of Timothy Donovan to the Commission on Disability.
  11. Motions, Orders and Resolutions:
    1. Order that the City Council Regular Meeting for December 5, 2023 shall begin at 6:30 p.m. and that the City Council Regular Meeting for December 19, 2023 shall begin at 6:00 p.m.
    2. Order that the minutes for the executive sessions held by the Woburn City Council Committee on Liaison on March 7, 2022 and by the Woburn City Council on August 15, 2023 relative to the matter of Lawless, Inc. v Woburn City Council, Land Court No. 21MISC000643 be released.

 

 

 

Notice of Hearing – NSTAR – Atlantic Ave 11-21-2023

 

Agenda Updated on 11/20/2023 @ 3:59 pm

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