Woburn City Council

DATE 11/09/2021
TIME 7:00 pm
ADA Yes
LOCATION Council Chamber, Woburn City Hall, Common Street, Woburn, MA, United States

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, November 9, 2021 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:  None.
  4. New Petitions:
    1. Petitions for renewal of First Class Motor Vehicles Sales Licenses by the following: Lawless Inc., 196 Lexington Street; C.N. Wood Company, Inc., 200 Merrimac Street; C.N. Wood Enviro, LLC, 200 Merrimac Street; Woodco Machinery, Inc., 22 North Maple Street; Gordon Colonial, Inc., dba Colonial Cadillac, 201 Cambridge Road; and Woburn Foreign Motors, Inc., 394 Washington Street.
    2. Petitions for renewal of Second Class Motor Vehicles Sales Licenses by the following: Lawless Inc., 196 Lexington Street; Ollie’s Service Center, 310 Main Street; George’s Auto Body of Woburn, Inc., 19 Jefferson Avenue, #C; Nicholas Saba dba Montvale Service, 289 Salem Street; Wassim (Sam) Nicholas dba Woburn Square Mobile, 23 Pleasant Street; Maurice Saba, dba Montvale Auto Care, 317 Montvale Avenue; Robert McSheffrey dba Bob McSheffrey Auto Sales, 880 Main Street; Kenneth L. O’Connor dba City Line Motors, 30 Rear Torrice Drive.
    3. Montvale Auto Care for a new inflammable license, for 1,045 gallons of Class I oil in 55 gallon drums and, 24,000 gallons of Class I Liquid gas in underground storage tank, at 317 Montvale Avenue.
    4. The Chateau Restaurant of Woburn, Inc. for special permit pursuant to the 1985 City of Woburn Zoning Ordinance, as amended, Section 5.1(69), Section 7.3 and Section 13.5 to allow for alterations to the existing two (2) nonconforming pylon signs at 311 Mishawum Road.
    5. West Woburn Development Corporation request for Minor Modification to Landowner’s Decision and Notice of Special Permit dated January 9, 2003 as modified by Landowner’s Decision and Notice of Special Permit dated April 13, 2017 for the relocation of parking area, as well as the relocation and change of configuration of the clubhouse and pool, at 498 Lexington Street.
  5. Public Hearings:
    1. Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC, 9 Forbes Road, Suite 9B, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801, for grant of right in a way starting at Utility Pole No. 38/37 excavating across Main Street and into the sidewalk to place (1) 3” PVC Conduit 130’ +/- to a proposed 24” vault located in front of 269 Main Street. Continuing in the sidewalk to place (1) 3” PVC Conduit 96’ +/- to number 275 Main Street.
    2. CONTINUUS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for a special permit to allow: Revised site plan filed with Special Permit Petition; 2. A Modification to the Landowner’s Decision and Notice of Special Permit dated March 29, 2018 (the “Decision”) to allow for a total of approximately 37,728 square feet of light manufacturing use; and approximately 13,038 square feet of office use; and 7,440 square feet of light manufacturing use; 3. A Special Permit pursuant to Section 9 to allow for the requested uses within the limits of the Floodway and Food Plain Districts; 4. Site Plan Approval pursuant to Section 12.2.4; and 5. A Special Permit pursuant to Section 5.1(53) to allow for a high hazard use, at 32 Cabot Road.
    3. Cabot, Cabot & Forbes LLC for Special Permit pursuant to Section 23.5.5.2(a), Section 23.5.5.2(b)(e), Section 23.5.5.3(a), Section 23.9 and Section 12 of the 1985 City of Woburn Zoning Ordinance, as amended, to allow for: Two Hundred Fifty (250) residential dwelling units; 2. Accessory pool; 3. Approximately 2,125 square feet of commercial, restaurant, fitness and/or retail space; 4. Site Plan Approval for Two Hundred Fifty (250) residential dwelling units; and 5. All signage as shown on the Site Plan, at 0 New Boston Street.
    4. Montvale Land LLC for approval of amended Master Concept Plan pursuant to Section 28.4.3 of the City of Woburn Zoning Ordinance, as amended, for the Vale, located on Hill Street, and for a Special Permit with Site Plan Review under the Technology Business Overlay District under the 1985 City of Woburn Zoning Ordinance, as amended, to allow for life science campus with a mix of R&D lab buildings, a cGMP biomanufacturing building, and an amenity building of approximately 10,000 square feet, at A2 Hill Street.
    5. Order to amend the 1985 Zoning Ordinances, as amended, be further amended by amending Section 2, Definitions, by adding the definition of “Outdoor Dining”.
    6. Order to amend the 1985 Woburn Zoning Ordinances, as amended, be further amended by amending the definition of “RESTAURANT, FULL- SERVICE” in Section 2 by inserting after “space” on the first line the following language: “(including outdoor seating and rooftop dining)”. (OTP)
  6. Unfinished Business from Previous Meetings:  None.
  7. Committee Reports:
    1. Petition for renewal of First Class Motor Vehicles Sales License by M & L Transit Systems, Inc., 60 Olympia Avenue. (OTP)
    2. Petitions for renewal of Second Class Motor Vehicle Licenses by McSheffrey Auto Sales, Inc., 878 Main Street; Velozo Enterprises, Inc. dba Rogers Radiator, 936 Main Street; David Dellarocco dba Woburn Auto Sales, 5 Crescent Avenue, #4; Capelo’s Auto Service, Inc. dba Capelo’s Auto Sales, 22 Winn Street; Capelo’s Auto Service, Inc. dba J.C. Auto Sales, 84-86 Winn Street; Woburn Gas & Service, Inc., 545 Main Street; and Thomas Keane dba Woburn Classic Auto Sales, 13 Fowle Street. (OTP)
  8. Citizen’s Participation:
    1. Richard English to discuss military buyback for city employees.
  9. Communications and Reports:
    1. Parking Clerk report for September 2021.
  10. Appointments and Elections:  None.
  11. Motions, Orders and Resolutions:
    1. Order for Release of Water Line Easement at 1 Country Club Road.

 

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