Woburn City Council Committees

Meeting Agenda

This meeting notice was posted on May 7, 2026, at 2:30 p.m.

Woburn City Council

Dear President and Members:

The following City Council Committees will meet on Monday, May 11, 2026, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Committee Room, Woburn City Hall, 10 Common Street, Woburn, Massachusetts. The following is a list of topics that, at the time of posting, the Committee Chairs reasonably anticipate will be discussed at the meeting. The order of the matters may be amended at the meeting.

Agenda

Committee on Public Safety & License, at 6 p.m.

1. Reading and approval of minutes from meeting of April 13, 2026
2. The Shamrock Running Club for a Special Event Permit to allow for a road race at Spence Farm on July 4, 2026, with request for waiver of umbrella liability insurance.
3. Woburn Kiwanis for Special Event Permit for a Flag Day Festival at Library Park on June 13, 2026, with request for waiver of umbrella liability insurance.
4. Petition for renewal of taxi cab license for Checker Cab of Woburn Inc. at 827 Main Street.
5. Petition for renewal of livery license for Checker Cab of Woburn Inc. at 827 Main Street.
6. Petitions for renewal of Secondhand Dealers and Secondhand Collectors licenses for the following: Teresa’s Closet, 164 Main Street; and Manzi Marketplace, 3 Green Street, Unit 1 & 2

 Committee on Special Permits, after Public Safety & License

1. Reading and approval of minutes from meeting of March 30, 2026
2. Receipt and placement on file of items that have been in Committee more than 24 months pursuant to Rule 36 of the City Council’s Rules and Orders
3. 20 Franklin Realty Trust for a special permit under WZO Section 5.1(69), Section 7.3, and Section 15.7 to raze a preexisting nonconforming three family structure damaged by fire to construct a new three family dwelling in the Groundwater Protection District, at 20 Franklin Street
4. NHC Realty, Inc. – Cummings Foundation, Inc. for a special permit under WZO Section 5.1(69), Section 8.2.5, Section 15, and to amend a previously issued special permit dated February 28, 1990, to expand existing congregate housing by constructing a three-story building adding 26 new units with off-street parking relief in the Groundwater Protection District, at 21 Warren Avenue.
5. 102 Main Street LLC, for a special permit under WZO Sections 5.1(69) to allow for the extension of a nonconforming use for the change of use from a dry cleaner to a private gymnasium, at 102 Main Street.
6. A Better Companion Dog Training LLC, for a special permit under WZO Sections 5.1(35) and (35b) to allow for the operation of a dog daycare and overnight boarding kennel facility, at 41 High Street.

 Committee on Liaison, after Special Permits

1. Reading and approval of minutes from meeting of March 23, 2026
2. Receipt and placement on file of items that have been in Committee more than 24 months pursuant to Rule 36 of the City Council’s Rules and Orders

Any other matter that may be legally before the Committees.

Gordon Vincent

Clerk of Committees