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From YouTube: Planning Board Meeting of 1-24-23
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City of Chelsea
A
Call
a
meaning
to
order.
Excuse
me,
and
the
first
item
is
approval
of
minutes
from
our
December
20th
meeting,
which
I
believe
were
emailed
to
us
practically
the
same
night
as
I
recall.
So
I
will
entertain
a
motion
to
waive
the
reading
and
who
approve
unless
anyone
has
any
additions
or
subtractions
or
Corrections.
A
B
C
To
recap
this,
because
we
had
been
through
here
before
on
the
zoning
recommendation,
the
spaces
zoned
industrial,
which
allows
for
this
type
of
use.
It's
currently
the
building
is
currently
utilized
as
office
space
in
the
and
is
utilized
as
a
flower
wholesaler.
We
would
be
using
the
space
on
the
first
floor,
which
has
its
own
separate
entrance.
The
space
Also
provides
for
all
requisite
parking.
The
petitioners
are
social
Equity
applicants
and
have
received
their
sdo
approval
as
a
minority
business
Enterprise
DMS
is
comprised
of
family
members.
C
Mary
and
Dennis
are
in-laws
and
run
as
a
minority
and
women-owned
business
they're
committed
to
outreach
and
hiring
Within
in
the
city
as
well.
I
have
with
me
the
principles
and
also
dick
dick
Mead
from
Medford
engineering.
If
we
have
any
questions,
I
know
that
we
had
gone
through
the
presentation.
Last
time
we
were
here,
but
we're
happy
to
do
that
again
or
specifically
answer
any
questions
that
you
might
have.
B
C
C
F
All
right,
so
this
is
the
the
main
building
and
the
property
around
it
with
all
the
parking.
Our
parking
would
be
along
this
side
here.
The
area
on
the
first
floor
that
is
proposed
for
the
business
is
this
area
right
in
here,
which
is
a
41
by
95
and
a
half
area,
there's
going
to
be
a
main
entrance
in
the
front
and
then
there's
a
entrance.
That's
going
to
be
a
new
entrance
coming
off
to
the
side
and
in
the
area
of
a
security
area
for
loading,
unloading
and
a
dumpster
area.
F
Transformers
to
elect,
we
have
two
electric
Transformers
here,
so
we
have
enough
space
between
the
two
handicap
spots
and
the
depth
to
put
a
bike
rack
right
in
there
and
that's
basically
the
site-
and
this
is
a
blow
up
with
that
area
in
here.
So
it's
easier
to
see.
This
is
the
secured
fenced
area.
This
is
the
new
entrance
out
into
it.
The
two
handicap
spots
and
the
bike
rack
would
be
in
this
area
here.
D
G
C
H
D
G
G
E
A
K
Good
evening,
ladies
and
gentlemen
of
the
board,
my
name
is
Vladimir.
Samuel
I
live
at
24,
Clark,
Ave,
Chelsea,
Massachusetts
and
I
will
be
representing
concrete
Garden
today,
so
I'm
here
for
a
site
plan
review.
There
have
been
no
changes
to
our
site
plan.
Since
the
last
time
we
were
here
last
month,
we
did
receive
our
special
permit.
We
are
economic
empowerment
as
well
as
social
equity,.
K
So
this
will
be
the
front
of
the
building.
We
will
have
cameras
on
either
Corner
the
the
front
comes
out
a
little
bit
so
there's
Lighting
on
the
bottom.
We
will
make
sure
that
it
is
well
lit
and
there
will
always
be
lighting
there.
Also
in
the
back,
we
will
have
that
welded
as
well,
and
there
will
be
cameras
on
either
side
as
well.
There
will
be
two
cameras
here,
as
well
as
the
camera
at
the
corner
and
yeah
we'll
keep
it
well
lit
on
this
side.
G
K
K
Will
take
the
the
license?
We
will
put
the
the
ID,
the
form
of
ID
we'll
put
into
a
computer
and
they
will
be
allowed
to
enter
the
store
through
here.
They'll
be
buzzed
in
and
then
they'll
come
to
the
cash
wrap
where
they
will
make
their
purchase,
and
then
they
will
exit
on
the
other
side
of
the
door
through
here.
K
D
K
So
we
will,
our
Securities
will
be
out
there
and
we
will
not
permit
double
parking
because
it
is
already
there's
a
bus
lane
that
already
takes
up
so
much
of
it.
So
we
will
not
permit
double
parking
to
be
running
in
and
out.
There
are
three
public
parking
public
parking
lots
within
650
feet,
so
the
furthest
is
650
feet,
the
closest
is
450.,
and
so
we
will
see
if
we
could
direct
our
customers
into
those.
If
there
is
no
available
on
street
parking.
B
B
D
A
A
E
G
N
N
N
E
N
E
N
L
L
Actually,
those
are
the
calls
all
right.
So
this
sorry,
this
is
the
West
access
point
of
the
site
and
in
conversation
with
both
green
roots
and
the
Mystic
River
watershed
Association.
The
goal
is
to
essentially
widen
that
walkway.
You
might
know,
since
you
walk
on
it,
it's
essentially
between
two
chain
link
fences,
which
is
pretty
uninviting,
with
sort
of
an
awkward
parking
configuration
for
the
public
to
access.
The
idea
is
to
widen
that
tree
line
at
plant
new
trees
and
install
new
furniture
in
the
air
and
also
repave
the
area
in.
L
Of
this
area
there's
also
some
sort
of
like
bulkhead
work
that
needs
to
be
done
to
stabilize
some
of
these
areas,
and
so
this
keeps
the
public
away
from
those
areas
of
sort
of
bulkhead
work
that
needs
to
be
fixed
on
the
Eastern
edge
of
the
site.
The
concept
was
to
essentially
reallocate
the
public
walk
area
here,
which
again
was
often
sort
of
deemed
uninviting
and.
L
C
L
The
main
so
I
think
from
a
parking
use
perspective.
It's
effectively
the
same
parking
use.
The
public
access
areas
are
getting
significantly
improved
and
reallocated
I
think.
The
other
thing
we
should
highlight
is
we
are
committing
to
pretty
significant
Street
Front
improvements
in
line
with
what
Eastern
salt
has
done
in
front
of
like
the
port
Park
area,
which
is
essentially
tree-lined,
Street
Front,
you
might
be
familiar
in
the
area.
L
There's
sort
of
a
large
concrete
wall
immediately
adjacent
to
the
sidewalk
right
now,
which
makes
the
sort
of
sidewalk
pretty
sort
of
uninviting
sort
of
in
keeping
with
what
has
been
done
further
west
on
Marginal
Street.
The
concept
is
to
continue
that
tree
line
in
this
portion
of
marginal
Street.
Okay,.
E
Yeah
I'm
familiar
with
it
and
I,
do
know
what
you
mean
when
you
there
is
that
public
Harbor
walk
area
and
you
can
walk
along
the
shoreline,
but
it
is,
it
does
seem
unsafe,
you're
just
kind
of
like
in
this
I.
Don't
know
it's
hard
to
explain,
but
it's
it's
not
very
inviting
and
there's
also
no
real
path.
You're
just
kind
of
on
the
grass
I've
seen
people
fishing
there
before,
but
not
very
many
and
I
think
I
I,
so
that
site.
E
B
L
Essentially,
like
almost
like
a
two-part
Park,
there's
like
the
year-round,
Park
and
then
there's
more
of
a
flex
area
support
area
in
many
ways,
this
is
being
planned
with
the
city
to
be
that
sort
of
support
to
the
eventual
Public
Access
at
the
Chelsea
Street
Bridge.
So
by
consolidating
the
public
access
to
the
East
end,
it
really
sets
the
stage
for
it
to
be
a
sort
of
let's
say
grander
park
in
the
future.
L
Combining
those
two
I
think
everyone
we've
spoken
to
from
the
city
from
Green
Roots,
Mystic,
River,
Watershed
Association
has
sort
of
consistently
been
in
agreement
and
I
should
say.
This
was
the
result
of
probably
about
a
Year's
worth
of
discussion
with
green
roots
and
Mystic
River
Watershed
Association,
to
really
identify
that
that
public
walkway
was
maybe
not
an
attractive
benefit
to
the
community
and
that
by
consolidating
public
access,
it'll
have
sort
of
Greater
use
for
the
community.
E
L
B
B
N
N
Snow
removal,
we
do
all
internal
snowmobile,
we
push
it
to
winning,
we
just
don't.
Our
goal
is
not
to
have
a
ton
of
cars
on
this
lot,
we're
in
the
rental
business.
So
if,
if
we
have
cars
on
this
lot
for
too
long,
then
somebody's
not
doing
what
they're
supposed
to
be
doing
so
our
goal
is
to
get
them
in
get
them,
get
them
packed,
get
them
fleeted
and
send
them
out
or
sell
them
when
they
come
back
in
from
being
rented
after
the
end
of
life.
P
A
L
A
J
The
the
one
portion
in
the
center
of
the
property
is
fully
repaired
under
last
summer
and
then
we've
had
a
engineering
diver
come
out
and
he's
giving
us
recommendations
to
repair
the
the
corner
that
that's
adjacent
to
the
next
property
on
the
I.
Guess
the
e
Street,
the
West
West
yeah,
so
the
the
big
the
square
and
now
will
be
returned
to
usable,
open
space
after
it's
repaired,
and
we
also
agreed
in
the
plan
to
put
a
gate
into
the
public
access
points
on
the
property.
J
Next
to
us,
the
Enterprise
owns
so
I
think
it's
going
to
be
a
better
design
in
the
end,
but
but
that
repair
has
not
been
permanent
yet
and
that
might
take
a
little
time
to
get
the
permit.
So
it's
not
the
other
one
was
failed,
so
it
went
under
emergency
process.
This
one's
not
failed
yet,
but
it's
it's
at
the
end
of
life,
so
we
need
to
to
get
that
permit
going.
L
F
H
A
L
J
L
A
E
I
think
the
properties
you
mentioned
are
well
maintained,
and
this
one
could
definitely
still
has
trash
around
and
stuff,
but
I
look
forward
to
it
being
rejuvenated
in
this
way.
So
I'll
make
a
motion
to
approve,
with
the
conditions,
the
standard
conditions
as
applicable,
that
you
provide
a
signage
plan,
a
snow
management
plan
and
a
parking
layout
plan.
A
A
J
D
A
A
J
H
H
J
A
P
Good
night
in
the
driveway
good
evening,
thank
you.
My
name
is
Father
Tudor
and
I'm.
The
parish
priest
at
Saint,
Mary,
Romanian,
Orthodox
Church,
we're
actually
very
close
to
you.
I
walked
this
evening
from
the
church
here,
we're
seeking
the
approval
of
a
curb
God
and
also
the
transformation
of
the
left-hand
side
of
the
of
the
church
into
a
driveway.
P
P
P
E
P
G
D
H
M
Evening,
my
name
is
Sean
McCormick
I
have
an
office
at
one
Boston
place
in
Boston.
I
represent
the
applicant
on
this
case.
We're
asking
for
a
one-year
extension
of
major
site
plan
approval
that
issued
in
2019
absent
the
extension.
The
the
permit
will
lapse
at
the
well.
I
guess
would
have
lapsed
at
the
end
of
December.
M
M
The
permits
were
automatically
extended
and,
and
so
what
I'm
asking
for
is
a
finding
that
there's
been
good
cause
for
an
additional
year
and
and
what
we're
facing
here
is
is
really
a
you
know,
sort
of
a
Confluence
of
a
a
couple,
different
things:
we've
got
the
supply,
ongoing
supply
chain
issues,
soaring
labor
and
material
costs,
and
really
a
instability
in
capital
markets.
That
would
finance
a
a
large
project
like
this,
and
so
it's
it's
really
been
stalled.
M
That's
the
situation
that
that
we
find
ourselves
in
so
so
the
zoning
act
allows
for
extensions
of
the
lapse
Provisions,
but
the
cases
they
don't
really
set
out
a
standard
except
for
good
cause.
You
see,
if
you
look
at
the
cases,
you'll
see
after
every
sort
of
economic
downturn.
There
are
a
handful
of
cases
from
the
appeals
courts
that
say
yeah
yeah
we
get
it
when
the
economy
crashes,
that
can
be
good
cause
to
it
to
extend
the
life
of
a
permit.
M
So
so
that's
what
basically,
what
we're
asking
for
I
think
it
it
a
a
finding
of
good
cause
based
on
the
economic
events,
would
be
absolutely
upheld
and
totally
within
the
legal
framework.
Here
I
will
tell
you
that
I
was
in
front
of
the
zoning
board
asking
for
the
same
thing
last
month.
They
did
not
approve
the
extension.
M
M
A
practical
matter,
there's
probably
litigation
as
a
as
a
as
a
legal
matter.
It's
it's
a
little
bit
of
a
gray
area.
The
there's!
No
there's
no
mechanism
for
like
automatic
I,
don't
know.
Revocation
it
probably
would
happen
is
if,
if
they
went
to
pull
a
building
permit
to
building
department
would
say
no
sorry,
your
permits
lapsed.
H
E
D
A
O
O
Much
has
changed
since
this
was
first
approved.
Are
zoning
has
changed
for
this
parcel?
What
was
approved
is
no
longer
feasible.
Under
our
current
zoning,
we
changed
the
definition
of
what
lot
area
is,
and
in
this
case
the
lot
area
went
from
some
little
more
than
17
Acres
down
to
11
and
a
half
roughly
of
buildable
land,
so
that
the
number
of
units
that
could
be
permitted
on
this
site
is
now
much
lower.
O
While
it's
true
that
at
the
moment
the
capital
markets
may
be
in
flux.
For
the
past
three
and
a
half
years
when
they've
had
this
permit,
that
hasn't
been
true.
Anyone
who's
driven
around
Boston
and
seen
all
of
the
cranes
knows
that
all
through
the
pandemic,
construction
kept
going
and
didn't
really
slow
down
at
all.
O
We
understand
that
the
current
owner
sees
value
in
the
permit
and
wants
to
sell
the
property
to
someone
who
can
exploit
that
value.
We
would
like
them
to
come
back
to
the
city
after
they
purchase
it
and
propose
a
new
project.
We
don't
think
this
is
the
correct
project
for
that
site
at
this
time.
Thank
you.
A
A
E
I
would
like
to
make
a
motion.
This
is
something
that
we
discussed
in
passing
at
a
previous
meeting,
but
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion.
It's
a
little
unorthodox
to
hold
to
call
a
meeting
of
the
planning
board
and
invite
Alex
train
and
John
depriest
and
for
the
purpose
of
discussing
the
purpose
of
planning
board
the
basically
training
us
on
how
to
that's
me.
E
Yeah
I
think
that
we
should
hold
another
meeting
where
we
can
all
come
together
and
talk
about
the
procedures
in
a
circumstance
where
you
know
have
a
conversation
about
it,
and
it
would
be
a
public
meeting,
of
course,
but
we
could
hold
it
on
another
day.
So
we're
not
all
you
know
in
these
in
the
chambers,
and
it's
a
little
more
Awkward
like
this.
Well.