Planning Board - July 14, 2026

I'll call the uh Planning Board meeting to order with the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

We're being live broadcast and recorded, and the first order of business tonight is the uh an A&R 26-4-6-5-7-A, a request to reconfigure the lot lines on Map 57, Lots 61 and Map 87, Lot 61B, into two parcels at 512 River Road.

Good evening, Mr. Chairman, everyone.

Um for the record, my name is Mark Boucher with CAB Engineering Solutions.

And we're here this evening with a property that I think some of you are familiar with at this point. We've done um several reconfigurations of the property. Um I believe this is likely to be the last. Uh can't guarantee, but I believe it is.

The um the plan we have before you at 512 River Road um is showing the reconfiguration of two lots on this property uh into two new lots. No additional lots being created. There is no change to the frontage for either lot from previous plans.

Um but the house at 512 uh is on approximately 60,000 square feet of of of area with no wetland.

Um the larger house, which shown on this plan is 510, gains its frontage from Rosemary's Way. 512 is getting frontage from River Road. Uh and has more than the required area, approximately 3 and 1/2 acres, uh and more than the required upland, over 30,000 square feet.

Um you'll know that the Oh, notice that um a large portion of what was shown now as Lot 8 uh contained 512 River Road is actually being restricted by the owner um from any further activity in order to maintain the buffer.

Uh the driveway accessing the larger house on the river is uh partly on Lot 9 and partly contained in an easement on Lot 8. Uh it is not a shared driveway.

It's a um exclusive use for the house uh to the east.

Um I would be happy to answer any questions or if people are Are Are you moving a lot line? And if so, could you show us how you're doing that?

It's It's light in this, but the the original lot line came from the same point that's shown dashed on the plan.

It followed down here and it jogged over and around the existing house, came back up in here, which put the riverfront with 512. Now this lot is being cut off down here, and the riverfront area is maintained with what was shown as being Lot 9.

Thank you.

So the the rear parcel that fronts on the river, was that part of Lot 8?

The previous portion?

Yes.

It Well, it was We didn't repeat lot numbers on the plans. It was previously shown, I believe, as lot either six or seven on a previous iteration of the property. And the reason for doing that is basically we follow generally I've always followed the land court method of not reconfiguring lots and reusing lot numbers to avoid mistaken references in conveyancing. So, the waterfront portion

that is now part of lot nine was, in fact, with the previous lot that contains house number 512.

So, in these both both lots are were conforming before and they are conforming again. They just It looks as if they're around the the original existing building. [clears throat] You're actually getting it a little I guess that would be a side yard setback from the deck.

Yes.

Are there other questions?

Do you want a motion or do you want staff?

Staff.

Sure. So, Mr. Boucher's presenting a plan that reconfigures the lot lines of map 87 lot 61 and lot 61B into these parcels identified as eight and nine.

Eight fronts on River Road and then nine fronts on Rosemary's Way, which was endorsed in 2021. And also has been shown on some previous plans dating all the way back to 1965. So, staff finds no issue. They meet the minimum frontage requirements.

They meet the intensity regulations and Rosemary is way and River Road are both sufficient to provide access to the proposed use. So, we recommend endorsement.

Is there a motion to that?

Yep. I'll move Mr. Chair to endorse the approval not required plan for Brian and Kristen Malaney case 2646-57A for the reconfiguration of map 87 lot 61 and map 87 lot 61B at 512 River Road because it meets the ANR endorsement requirements under Mass. General Laws chapter 41 section 81B.

Second.

All in favor?

Aye.

That's unanimous.

Thank you.

Next order of business is Francis Estates uh project 24-027C endorse the HOA substitutions incorporating edits from the June 16th planning board meeting.

So, these edits came in before we had a chance to put the updated HOA into your packet, but I do have a full printed out version here that I'm going to pass along with the signature page. Um this is basically incorporating comments from the June 16th meeting um where you asked that the document to be updated to reflect a transition a transition date when 50% of the lots are sold um to three appointed trustees.

Originally, the HOA document asked for a transition date at 100% of lots sold to one trustee. So, we sent it back to council, they approved the update, and um we just need your signature, we'll send it to the applicant.

You need a motion on this?

I don't believe Uh yes, please.

Oh, yes.

You do?

Yeah.

You want a motion, Mr. Chair?

Uh I move that we endorse uh the HOA the revised HOA for uh Francis' estates.

Second.

All in favor?

I.

Thank you.

While we're doing that, the next order of business is the planner's report.

Two quick updates on the planner's report to ongoing projects.

The Barrier Beach Management Plans notice of intent was um affirmed on July 7th at the ConCom, so now we're waiting on comments from DEP, Natural Heritage, and other state regulators um in order to incorporate that to get an order of conditions.

And then regarding the Hazard Mitigation Plan, that was approved by FEMA contingent on the Select Board re-approving what they had ratified a couple of months ago. There were couple of updates um that we had to incorporate following FEMA's review, and so the um Select Board has to adopt that plan as amended, and so I'll go to the Select Board on August 3rd for that.

And that's it.

Assistant Planner's report.

Moving quite fast. Okay.

So I've got just three construction um project updates, one for Herring Run Farms 2, which if you'll recall, that's actually an old subdivision from like 2005. They just need to finish the back road. So it's a pretty small lift. Um Derek has a report of gradation and moisture density based on samples he's received. Um both seem to pass. There is a small comment that he's noticed a fail in gradation, so let

me know if if want me to cut sorry, follow up on that. Um but the same the actual material hasn't arrived on site yet, so he will follow up with the moisture density um field test when that's ready.

Um the road's pretty much roughed out and staked out. SW Cole's making pretty frequent visits. It's going to be a gravel driveway. No they they've already built the house and um and other updates they're working on their HOA documentation as well.

[clears throat] Uh refresh my memory. Where where is Harrington Run Farm?

I'll show you on the map.

Off the Charlotte White Extension.

There you go. So it's just these two plots here. This one's assessed to Driftwood.

It's this large plot in the back and then this one on the side here.

And then this is uh this is Charlotte White Extension, Yep, that's Extension and I think this is 88. Yep.

Okay.

Moving on, we can go to 854 State Road.

So this is kind of just an update from me and the applicant um per condition of approval let's see. Number two.

The applicant had to remove it um existing impervious surface before the addition of new impervious. So he's just provided us with some updates.

Derek from SW Cole will be providing two reviews for this project. One when um the recharge system is installed and then one to just close out. So we're just working on um a date for the recharge installation to get Derek out there.

And then lastly, this came in on Monday, so I don't have a printout for you, but I have it up here on the screen. This is a Frances Estates update from um July 9th.

So, there's still rough grading on site.

Tracy from NBL needs to witness the basin excavation, so that's going to be the likely next visit. Um we're coordinating that date currently. So, she's just commenting that drainage hasn't really arrived yet, but the road is rough graded.

So, so this is the the retention basin that's right along the entry road?

I believe so. I can I can double-check on the plan which one is basin one specifically. Give me 1 second.

Okay.

That concludes your report?

Yes, sir.

We have the minutes.

Can Can I just add one thing to Dia's report?

Um and uh she and Jeff Cannon have been doing an amazing job on the climate resilience uh committee report. And uh we have a complete draft of that. So, it's the first time you can see how the whole report uh fits together. And uh Dia has sent that out to uh all of the um uh members of the climate resilience committee. Uh we have a meeting of the CRC one in a couple of weeks, I think.

Next Thursday, yep.

A week from Thursday, right? And so, uh we're hoping that if uh the various subcommittees have a chance to look at um the whole report, but especially their segment of it, uh we can start to get uh very focused feedback on any edits that may be made, but uh we've been at this for many years and and we are actually I think the finish line is in sight at least of having a document that can

be presented to the public the end then to the select board.

Jeff has done a lot of work. I have to commend him. And Mr. Vice Chair, yes, you were right. Infiltration Basin 1 is the one right adjacent to Charlotte Lake Extension.

Yep.

That leaves us to the minutes.

Of meeting in June 30th.

I read those and I don't have any other edits.

Any other edits?

Yeah, I have I think they're good.

I move acceptance of the Planning Board minutes for June 30th, 2026.

Second.

All in favor?

Aye.

Is there any other I want to motion to adjourn this meeting.

Sure.

If there is no other business, we close.

I have a motion to adjourn.

I move uh we adjourn and find some metal to to give you for record uh Second.

Uh time period for this meeting.

All in favor?

Aye.

Aye.

Excellent.

This meeting is adjourned.