Woburn City Council

Meeting Agenda

This meeting notice was posted on August 13, 2026 @ 5:05 p.m.

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, August 18, 2026, at 6:00 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 transferring $19,000 from Dave and Busters (Mitigation) Acct#360058-588400 to Chapter 90/FY 27 Paving Acct#34758-586897.
   2. Order transferring $1,300 from Traffic Controllers & Equipment (Mitigation) Acct#360058-588190 to Salem Street Lights License Acct#0112158-589455.
   3. Order amending WMC 2-180 base salary for the Benefits Coordinator.
4. New Petitions:
   1. NuPath, Inc. for a special event permit for a walking event at 147 New Boston Street and area streets on October 3, 2026.
   2. Wild Fox Restaurant Group, LLC d/b/a The Fox Den for a special event permit for Porchfest at Pocket Park on October 10, 2026.
   3. Peoplefit, LLC for a special event permit for a walking event at Horn Pond and area streets on October 3, 2026, with request for waiver of umbrella liability insurance.
   4. Woburn Host Lions Club for special event permit for a road race at Horn Pond and area streets on October 18, 2026, with request for waiver of umbrella liability insurance.
   5. Woburn Friends of Hospice/VNA Care for special event permit for a road race and health walk at Horn Pond and area streets on October 4, 2026, with request for waiver of umbrella liability insurance.
   6. NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy for grant of location to install approximately 1,590 feet of conduit in Sheila Avenue, Murray Road, and Meadow Lane.
   7. NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy for a grant of location for the installation of approximately 170 feet of conduit in Presidential Way for service to 8A Presidential Way.
   8. Ruma’s Pallet World LLC for a special permit under WZO 5.1(57a), (57b), Section 7.3, and Section 9, for the following: 1. administrative offices, light manufacturing (refurbishment of pallets including custom pallets) and storage of same; 2. storage of five (5) 53-foot trailers for storage of pallets; 3. the overnight parking of commercial six (6) vehicles, including two (2) box trucks and four (4) semi-trailer trucks with cabs; 4. the continuation of the existing nonconforming manufacturing and storage use; and 5. within the Floodway and Floodplain District, at 30 Torrice Drive.
   9. 25 Everett Street Realty Trust for a minor modification to special permit dated December 26, 2024 to revise the site plan of record in Condition No. 1 from November 8, 2024 to November 5, 2024.
5. Public Hearings:
   1. 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. (Request to withdraw filed).
   2. CB Silva, LLC, for a special permit under WZO Section 5.1(69), Section 7.3, Section 7.4, and Section 15 to allow the alteration of an existing two-family nonconforming structure in the Groundwater Protection District, at 43-45 Church Street. (Request for continuance filed).
   3. All Restoration Solutions, Inc. for special permit under WZO Section 5.1(57b) for the overnight storage of up to seven commercial vehicles in connection with a construction company, at 6 Walnut Hill Park.
   4. Robert Angelo, Patricia Angelo, and Michelle Angelo for a special permit under WZO Section 15(6)(C) for the construction of an ADU in which total impervious area exceeds 15% of the lot area in the Groundwater Protection District, at 27 Winter Street.
   5. 20 Franklin Realty Trust refiling of special permit under the 1985 Woburn Zoning Ordinances, as amended, Section 5.1(69), Section 7.3, and Section 15.7 to raze a preexisting nonconforming three family structure to construct a new three family dwelling in the Groundwater Protection District, at 20 Franklin Street, to determine if there are specific and material changes from previously denied petition.
   6. 20 Franklin Realty Trust, if a specific and material change is found to exist, for a special permit under the 1985 Woburn Zoning Ordinances, as amended, Section 5.1(69), Section 7.3, and Section 15.7 to raze a preexisting nonconforming three family structure to construct a new three family dwelling in the Groundwater Protection District, at 20 Franklin Street.
   7. To determine whether the property located at 46 Richard Circle is a nuisance as the term is used in M.G.L. Ch. 139, Section 1.
   8. To determine whether the property located at 33 Green Street is a nuisance as the term is used in M.G.L. Ch. 139, Section 1.
6. Unfinished Business from Previous Meetings: None.
7. Committee Reports:
   1. Order that the amount of $100,000 be appropriated from Downtown Parking Acct# 232558-580000 to Magazine Hill Parking Lot Acct# 382258-580000. (OTP)
   2. Loan Order in the amount of $15,000,000 for sewer improvements throughout the City. (Back for Action)
   3. Loan Order in the amount of $10,000,000 for water main improvements throughout the City. (Back for Action)
   4. Order amending Woburn Municipal Code Section 3-3(B) regarding department budget submissions. (Refiling) (OTP)
   5. Order amending Woburn Municipal Code Section 9-18(C) to increase fines for littering. (OTP)
   6. Reappointment of Jan H. Fuller to the Woburn Commission on Disability. (OTP)
   7. Reappointment of John Wetzel to the Woburn Commission on Disability. (OTP)
   8. Reappointment of Paul A. Scanlon, Jr. to the Woburn Commission on Disability. (OTP)
   9. Reappointment of Katheryn Haughn to the Woburn Commission on Disability. (OTP)
   10. Reappointment of Amanda Harvey to the Woburn Planning Board. (OTP)
   11. Reappointment of Anne G. Chatfield to the Woburn Board of Appeals. (OTP)
   12. Reappointment of Sarkis S. Chinian to the Woburn Board of Registrars of Voters. (OTP)
8. Citizen’s Participation: None.
9. Communications and Reports: None.
10. Appointments and Elections:
    1. Appointment of John Serson to the Board of Trustees to the Woburn Public Library.
    2. Appointment of Janice Mosko to the Woburn Council on Aging.
    3. Appointment of John Petrulavage to the Woburn Council on Aging.
    4. Reappointment of Angela Amato to the Woburn Council on Aging.
    5. Reappointment of Anne Chavez to the Woburn Council on Aging.
11. Motions, Orders and Resolutions:
    1. Order amending Woburn Municipal Code to add new Article III Rodents to Title 6 (Sections 6-21 and 6-22).
    2. Order amending Woburn Municipal Code to add Article XLIII Zoning Ordinance Review Committee (Section 2-258 et. seq.).