Woburn City Council

DATE 10/01/2024
TIME 7:00 pm
LOCATION Council Chamber, Woburn City Hall, Common Street, Woburn, MA, United States
Published:

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, October 1, 2024, 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.

  1. Roll Call.
  2. Reading of Previous Meetings Journal.
  3. Communications from His Honor the Mayor:
    1. Communication regarding 47th Annual Mayor’s Senior Appreciation Day Dinner on November 3, 2024.
  4. New Petitions:
    1. North Suburban YMCA for special event permit for Annual 5K Road Race at Horn Pond and area streets on November 3, 2024.
    2. Petition for 2024 renewal of Second Class Motor Vehicles Sales Licenses for Woburn Glass Co, 243 Main Street.
    3. Petition for 2025 renewal of First Class Motor Vehicles Sales License by M&L Transit Systems, Inc., 60 Olympia Avenue.
    4. Petitions for 2025 renewal of Second Class Motor Vehicles Sales Licenses by the following: David Dellarocco dba Woburn Auto Sales, 5 Crescent Avenue, #4; and Thomas Keane dba Woburn Classic Auto Sales, 13 Fowle Street.
    5. Sun Tree Estates LLC request for minor modification to special permit dated March 12, 2024 to update the monument sign design and the playground shade structure location, at 205 and 213 Cambridge Road.
  5. Public Hearings:
    1. Campbell & Main Street LLC for a special permit under Section 5.1.5, Section 8.3.3, and Section 12.2, of the WZO, to allow for: six residential dwelling units above the first story in a commercial structure; and 2. parking within the municipal parking lot, at 477 Main Street. (Request for continuance filed)
    2. 25 Everett Street Realty Trust for a special permit under Sections 5.1(5), and 8.3.3 of the WZO, to allow for: 1. The construction of a mixed use building consisting of commercial space and eight residential units above; and 2. Use of municipal parking facilities to meet parking requirements, at 0 Walnut Street.
    3. STA Properties at 56 Dragon LLC for a special permit under Section 7.3 and Section 5.1(57b), of the WZO, to allow for: The extension or alteration of pre-existing, non-conforming use at the premises; and 2. Accessory overnight parking, at 56 Dragon Court. (Back for Action)
    4. Woburn Madison Holdings, LLC for a proposed zoning amendment to the WZO as follows: Section 2 definition of Mixed Use Hotel/Restaurant to include “or more contiguous development lots”; and 2. Section 6 and Section 6.1 Notes to Table of Dimensional Regulations to add footnote 6(iii) “Woburn Landing i.e., the parcel of land located at 369 Washington Street containing a Mixed Use Hotel/Restaurant Use.” (Request for continuance filed)
    5. 317 NB Development, LLC for a proposed zoning amendment to Section 5.2.1.4 of the WZO to include language regarding New Boston Street Bridge permanent easements and allowing such access easements to be deemed conforming for legal frontage and legal access.
  6. Unfinished Business from Previous Meetings:
    1. Order to appropriate $30,000,000 for reconstruction of Fire Stations 4 and 5 and to authorize borrowing of said funds.
  7. Committee Reports:
    1. Order transferring $525,345.15 from Mayor Salary Adjustment Acct# 0112151-511019 to Police Regular Salary Acct# 0121051-511000 for Contract Settlement/Superior Police Union. (OTP)
    2. Order transferring $1,500,000.00 from Stabilization Fund Acct# 704059-596100 to Woburn City Hall Annex Building Project Acct# 637058-580000 for the Purchase and Rehab of City Hall Annex Building, 6 Common Street, Woburn, MA. (OTP)
    3. Order authorizing Mayor to enter in friendly taking of 6 Common Street. (OTP)
    4. Order amending WMC § 2-180 Base Salaries for various base salaries. (OTP)
    5. Petition for new Livery License for Amine71 Limousine, Corp at 112 Main Street. (OTP)
    6. Woburn Host Lions Club for special event permit for a road race at Horn Pond and area streets on October 20, 2024, with request for waiver of umbrella liability insurance. (OTP)
    7. Festival on the Common for special event permit to allow festival on Woburn Common and surrounding streets on November 30, 2024, with request for waiver of umbrella liability insurance. (OTP)
    8. Peoplefit, LLC for a special event permit for a breast cancer awareness walk at Horn Pond and area streets on October 5, 2024, with request for waiver of umbrella liability insurance. (OTP)
  8. Citizen’s Participation:  None.
  9. Communications and Reports:
    1. Parking Clerk report for August 2024.
  10. Appointments and Elections:  None.
  11. Motions, Orders and Resolutions:
    1. Order calling State Election on November 5, 2024.
    2. Order canceling November 5, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting due to the State Election.
    3. Resolve requesting His Honor the Mayor and the Health Department to discuss Waste Management contract for trash and recycling at the October 1, 2024 meeting.
    4. Resolve for Thomas Maher, Executive Director of the Woburn Housing Authority.
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