Woburn City Council

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, February 18, 2025, 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. Order that $766,841.49 be transferred from Mayor Salary Adjustment Acct# 0112151-511019 to SEIU City Hall Union for $207,205.69, Teamsters Union for $167,731.10, Library Union for $30,704.65, and SEIU DPW/Cemetery/Parks for $361,200.05.
   2. Proposed zoning amendments adding new Section 36, entitled “Protected Use Accessory Dwelling Units” and adding (1a) and (1b) to Section 5.1, Table of Use Regulations related to accessory dwelling units.
   3. Communication and order in support of Site Readiness Grant for New Boston Street Opportunity Analysis.
4. New Petitions:
   1. Petition for renewal of Common Carrier License for M&L Transit Systems Inc., 60 Olympia Avenue.
   2. Request for Second Class Motor Vehicle Sales License name change from “Alex Auto & Repair” to “Alex Auto Brokers” at 505 Main Street.
   3. City of Woburn for a special permit under WZO Section 5.1(79) for municipal use for the City Hall Annex, at 6 Common Street.
   4. City of Woburn for a special permit under WZO Section 5.1(79) for municipal use to construct a bathroom building at the spray park area, at 60 Green Street.
   5. City of Woburn for a special permit under WZO Section 5.1(79) for municipal use for a fire station, at 38 Central Street.
   6. Schell-Z Glenbrook LLC for a special permit under WZO Section 5.1(56), Section 7.3, Section 9, and Section 15, to build a 188.2 sq. ft. addition to the management office building and a 1,680 sq. ft. addition to the maintenance building, as well as work within the Groundwater Protection District, and Flood Plain District, at 200 Bedford Road.
5. Public Hearings:
   1. NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy for grant of location to install approximately 5 feet of conduit in Mishawum Road for service to 300 Mishawum Road.
   2. NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy for grant of location to install approximately 13 feet of conduit in Washington Street for service to 425 Washington Street.
   3. National Grid for grant of location to replace existing gas main of 650 feet with 940 feet of new plastic gas main from 315-323 New Boston Street. (Request for continuance filed)
   4. Treetop Home LLC for a special permit under WZO Section 7.3 to raze a pre-existing nonconforming four family dwelling and rebuild a new four-story dwelling, at 5 Bennett Street.
   5. To determine whether the property located at 4 Maywood Terrace is a nuisance as the term is used in M.G.L. Ch. 139, Section 1.
   6. Guastavino Realty, LLC for a proposed zoning amendment to add a new section of the WZO to include the Central Square Overlay District (CSOD) and proposed amendment to Woburn Zoning Map by making thirteen (13) parcels of land as shown on a plan entitled “Overlay District Zoning Exhibit Plan” dated November 25, 2024, subject to Central Square Overlay District (CSOD).
6. Unfinished Business from Previous Meetings: None.
7. Committee Reports: None
8. Citizen’s Participation: None.
9. Communications and Reports: None.
10. Appointments and Elections: None.
11. Motions, Orders and Resolutions:
    1. Resolve requesting City Engineer provide an update on the pedestrian crossing lights at Salem Street and Bow Street.
    2. Resolve requesting City Engineer provide an update regarding improvements to Holton Street and Green Street intersection.

Notice of Hearing – NSTAR – 300 Mishawum Road 2-18-2025

Notice of Hearing – NSTAR – 425 Washington Street 2-18-2025