Monday, May 27, 2013
A 20-day appeal period is in effect.
The Westborough Board of Appeals' decision on the Westborough Woods project has been filed at the town clerk's office. The board filed the decision with Town Clerk Nancy Yendriga last Tuesday, May 21, the day after approving a comprehensive permit for Shrewsbury-based 346 Turnpike Road LLC for the 250-unit project off Route 9 under Chapter 40B, the state's affordable housing law. A 20-day appeal period now is in effect. The ZBA had discussed the project since Jan. 14, when it opened a public hearing on the comprehensive permit request. The permit allows the developers to build "four new four-story buildings, a new one-story building for a 6,234 square foot clubhouse, and a one story, 5,340 squre foot retail building" on 19.8 acres, the …
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The speaker says 'some modifications should be addressed.'
An objection to the Westborough Zoning Board of Appeals' approval of the Westborough Woods project immediately after Monday night's final two votes. The man told the board there was "a five-hour meeting" Monday in which conclusions were reached "that this agreement should be revisited and some modifications should be addressed." "I was here tonight to read a statement of objection to you," he said, and later requested a copy of the decision. The board voted 3-0 Monday night to accept its decision as written, and to approve a comprehensive permit under Massachusetts' affordable housing law, Chapter 40B, for Turnpike Road LLC's 250-unit apartment project at 346 Turnpike Road. Chairman Jim Johnson replied that "the public hearing was over a …
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The zoning board of appeals will issue its final approval May 20.
The Westborough Zoning Board of Appeals voted Monday night to conditionally approve the 250-unit Westborough Woods apartment complex, granting many of the waivers the developers requested. Final approval will come May 20, after town consultant Ralph Wilmer provides a final decision revised to reflect Monday night's vote. Developer Fran Zarette of 346 Turnpike Road LLC said afterward he was "fine" with the conditional approval. The board ruled exactly one week after closing its public hearing on 346 Turnpike Rod LLC's comprehensive permit application under Massachusetts' affordable housing law, Chapter 40B. The hearing opened Jan. 14. The 314,230-square-foot project proposed for 346 Turnpike Road consists of 250 rental apartments, of which …
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The ZBA closed its public hearing on the project.
Westborough Building Commissioner Tin Htway is recommending that the proposed Westborough Woods housing project have a secondary access. However, representatives of developer 346 Turnpike Road LLC. responded that they've covered this ground already. The zoning board of appeals heard these comments during its public hearing Monday night on the developer's request for a comprehensive permit under the state's Chapter 40B affordable housing law. The board later closed the hearing and continued its discussion to 7:40 p.m. next Monday, May 6 at the Forbes Municipal Building. Monday night, the parties reviewed a draft decision prepared by town consultant Ralph Wilmer. Htway presented a March 25 memo he wrote to the board. He noted a number of …
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Friday, April 12, 2013
Town Counsel Greg Franks is doing research.
Westborough school officials' pursuit of access to the proposed Westborough Woods housing project besides from Route 9 now involves Town Counsel Greg Franks doing research. School Committee Vice Chairman Stephen Doret said Wednesday he recently asked Town Manager Jim Malloy for his support, and for permission to use Franks to support finding access to the site, at 346 Turnpike Road, near Otis Street, through another parcel. Doret said Malloy has asked Franks to review documents related to the Westborough Little League and Softball's use of the nearby Target property, where there are playing fields. Doret said he also has contacted Little League officials and asked for "their consideration of our needs." School officials are concerned about…
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Planning board chairman says members would discuss the topic informally.
Any further comments by the Westborough Planning Board on the proposed Westborough Woods housing project, “other than those made on our behalf by the town planner,” will “be in direct form to the zoning board of appeals,” planning board Chairman Lester Hensley said Tuesday night. Hensley said that “I think the public was a little bit misled by the article in the Patch” on Monday, “Planning Board to Discuss Westborough Woods.” The story stated that “The Westborough Planning Board on Tuesday night will discuss the Westborough Woods housing project, proposed for Route 9 near Otis Street. The topic is on the agenda under old business/new business without a specific time.” Hensley said the discussion would be “not a formal hearing,” but rather…
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Monday, April 1, 2013
The topic is on Tuesday night's agenda.
The Westborough Planning Board on Tuesday night will discuss the Westborough Woods housing project, proposed for Route 9 near Otis Street. The topic is on the agenda under old business/new business without a specific time. The board meets at 7 p.m. at the Forbes Municipal Building. The zoning board of appeals is holding a public hearing on developer 346 Turnpike Road's request for a comprehensive permit under the state's Chapter 40B affordable housing law. The board discussed the project last Monday. The hearing continues at 7:30 p.m. April 29. The 314,230-square-foot Westborough Woods project proposed for 346 Turnpike Road consists of 250 rental apartments, of which 62 would be affordable; a 6,234-square-foot clubhouse with outdoor …
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Friday, March 15, 2013
School officials say they recently rode the route.
Busing students at the proposed Westborough Woods housing project on Route 9 would cost Westborough $51,000, plus fuel costs, School Superintendent Marianne O'Connor told the school committee Wednesday night. School board member Jody Hensley said the 250-unit affordable housing complex at 346 Turnpike Road would require "an entirely new bus route." "It would mean busing kids up and down Route 9 to get them in and out of that development three times in the morning, three times in the afternoon, and late buses, and half-day Kindergarten," Hensley said. Developer 346 Turnpike Road LLC is seeking a comprehensive permit from the zoning board of appeals under the state’s Chapter 40B affordable housing law. The zoning board's public hearing on …
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The state Department of Transportation is 'comfortable' with one access, town consultant says.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is “comfortable” with Westborough school buses traveling on Route 9 to serve students at a proposed 250-unit housing complex, town consultant Robert Nagi says. Nagi told the Westborough Zoning Board of Appeals on Monday night he “specifically asked” the state agency about this issue. State transportation staff replied that Route 9 is “designed to handle trucks, 18-wheelers” and school buses, Nagi said. The proposed Westborough Woods development at 346 Turnpike Road would be accessible only from Route 9. School buses would have to loop from Route 9 to Route 20 in Northborough, school officials say. Developer 346 Turnpike Road LLC is seeking a comprehensive permit from the zoning board under the…
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The school committee wants to see how safe the route is for students.
The school committee will have a Westborough school bus travel roundtrip between 346 Turnpike Road and Route 20 in Northborough. That's the expected pickup and dropoff route for Westborough Woods, a 250-unit affordable housing complex proposed for 346 Turnpike Road (Route 9) near Otis Street. Only one access is proposed: off Route 9. School officials have raised concerns about student safety on the bus route. This past week, school committee Vice Chairman Stephen Doret said "I think it's prudent that the school committee have at least a bus travel the route that's been discussed" to "determine any issues associated with that route that should be corrected for the buses to travel safely." The school board voted unanimously to support Doret'…
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arthur
9:47 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
btw, this is also zoned for the medical marijuana dispensing business, oddly very convenient on Route 9. Freedom park was traded to the town for land concessions at the village project by the railroad station. We're in this mess because the town traded away the concessions to help the developer. Had the town not provided the concessions then we wouldn't have this mess now. more ›