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Chief Ben Stevens (Design and Construction Branch chief) introduced the project and his consultants: architect Owen Smith and civil engineer Eric Doremus. The design calls for demolition of the existing armory and construction of a new two‑story readiness center slightly re‑oriented into the southern slope adjacent to the PSU parking lot. The building would include a large assembly hall, administrative and training spaces, and a public‑facing entrance on the north side with the second floor stepping into grade on the upper side of the lot.

Site work described included widened truck access from Main Street, an undersized existing sanitary sewer reroute to avoid the new footprint, and new stormwater treatment features (rain gardens and basins) to improve current on‑site drainage. The presenters said the team has completed updated wetlands mapping and will pursue required state permitting (AOT, shoreland/river-buffer and wellhead-protection considerations) and a NHDOT curb‑cut/entrance permit. Presenters said utilities would be undergrounded on the rebuilt site, that the project intends to meet sustainability goals (aiming at LEED Silver, high levels of insulation, potential geothermal heating/cooling, and roof-mounted solar), and that the design includes a whole‑building backup generator for emergency operations.

Board members and members of the public asked about water and sewer capacity, archaeological and historic‑preservation coordination (a plaque and known heritage area are near the site), circulation for event or vaccination drives (drive‑through or staged queues), and whether the facility could be used for community emergency sheltering. Project staff said the facility is intended to support military readiness but also to be available as a community asset in emergencies; the presenters confirmed they have coordinated (or will coordinate) with the state historic preservation office and with town water and sewer staff for capacity and connection details.

Presenters said tentative construction would start after funding and approvals schedule out; they identified 2026 as an approximate construction year and said demolition of the existing facility would precede new construction. Because the site is a government facility, it is not subject to the town's site‑plan review process in the same way as private development, but the board asked staff to share the project materials with relevant town departments and to track any required permits and reviews.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Plymouth Planning Board - 1/16/25","oneSentenceSummary","The New Hampshire Army National Guard showed schematic plans for a new two‑story readiness center at the existing armory site on Armory Road; the board treated the presentation as informational and asked staff to coordinate any needed state historic and permitting reviews.","taxTitle","Plymouth, Grafton County, New Hampshire","taxId",61623,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6381772,"Free Lakes Properties site-plan application held open to Feb. 20 at applicant's request",153,946000,1099000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2127958-6c5a24262a1204cca801b41076e57335&start=946&end=1099","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2127958-6c5a24262a1204cca801b41076e57335/thumbnail_946000.jpg","/articles/6381772/Plymouth/Grafton-County/New-Hampshire/Free-Lakes-Properties-site-plan-application-held-open-to-Feb-20-at-applicants-request","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6381772-a9cdfe280e17939b91a588cd81e34aba/orig.mp4?Expires=1775973073&Signature=QwSVqZwwOC9ul4H~4FDQVjK~~TL~7Mz7Z6oA9RaXC3rLFrK27qrl-qbIxiO9f8EjODyd0GS95Dw03mUvcn6GxUA8rNTylK0wsZeKsziKfP~kyCWVkkKW0TfFyRQ~lUi46x7Hp0ztSD~xS3rzy6DcHvdUM2vURq~YKidjkcWoqsfS4M6AbObG9VcldmsfNZH8~ntxAPrcRPFfeC1EArdz25NThM9twZhHPy1ZekKQlG7rMbSHT~X~7cfkm4EuY-0OonhDHkjQ47DUnl0JzHm-59rZvFSDoojCKKH4-mmWOP0RZu~kJ6mRjfTdtIIrAj06zpO9PsR~DRLaWRDYAOiJzA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Plymouth Planning Board agreed Jan. 16 to delay acceptance of a site-plan application from Free Lakes Properties LLC and to extend the applicant's out-to-date deadline to Feb. 20, 2025.

Planning staff read a letter from the applicant explaining that engineering and supporting documents need one more month to be completed. The board noted the application had previously been continued multiple times, but members also said the applicant is now working with an engineer and another month was reasonable. A motion to extend acceptance and continue the matter to the Feb. 20 meeting passed without recorded roll-call tallies in the meeting transcript.

Because the board has not accepted the application, no public hearing was held and no substantive site-plan review occurred at this meeting. Staff will expect the additional materials before the Feb. 20 meeting and will schedule the application for acceptance and subsequent procedural steps as appropriate.","Free Lakes Properties asked for another month to assemble engineering materials; the planning board agreed to extend the pending site-plan application acceptance to Feb. 20, 2025.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6381777,"Planning board grants Mountain Village Charter School extensions for compliance and development timelines",557,316000,873000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2127958-6c5a24262a1204cca801b41076e57335&start=316&end=873","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2127958-6c5a24262a1204cca801b41076e57335/thumbnail_316000.jpg","/articles/6381777/Plymouth/Grafton-County/New-Hampshire/Planning-board-grants-Mountain-Village-Charter-School-extensions-for-compliance-and-development-timelines","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6381777-d0a54d695102dd8fc92ba48c39a83c7a/orig.mp4?Expires=1775973073&Signature=EEq7EW3Yo~sQOfylR95Iv5hhPMb8vgTaYI07LLOHisKKvNAV1PD9K6OL1FUTpeAvg-d-1mggGUY3U~qbwMP4QCjnSribDm6YiaVjGS9yB5HqAjZiMmwtc0MwzdmGQ839vPBFmINw1~hO6txuiUjDsR5K5JNFPtT-WV74CRrmEnaZvgylzfZ5WFMHCc53c4W0MV6DvEiph6Lb7q1tmzD5immkJNkvTUxJJ5bH6EoFPxL~BWTmO0h682n8MVIXdB~HwM0mAWWY5ZeoKBJhC2tIjDHzdtTfj9bIjqJQkJUnEBW4OCwjNYLSG539eJnWRV1X1bDjmDfLhFWbOZ74Lntmcw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Plymouth Planning Board unanimously approved extension requests from Mountain Village Charter School at its Jan. 16 meeting, granting additional time for the school to address site-plan conditions and to begin active construction.

The school's trustee chairman, Delaney Carrier, told the board the group needs more time to proceed because fundraising has not yet closed the gap on the project budget and the architect is still revising plans. The school requested a one-year extension for the deadlines tied to initial approvals and a short continuance of the compliance hearing to allow more time for design revisions and fundraising.

Board members discussed that a pending town zoning amendment could change the underlying zoning of the parcel, but they also said the proposal is a reasonable fit for the existing rules. The board appointed an alternate member to sit for the item so the hearing would have a full quorum, opened a public hearing (no public commenters were present to speak) and then voted to grant the requested extensions. The board approved a three- to four-month continuance of the compliance hearing (the applicant had requested three months in its letter; the board amended that to four months to the May meeting), and it granted one additional year for the timeline to meet site-plan conditions and one additional year for the timeline to begin active and substantial development.

The vote includes a requirement that the applicant continue to work with the planning staff and the town attorney and return to the board at the continued compliance hearing to report progress.

Action details: the board made a single combined motion to grant the three requests (compliance hearing continuance and the two timeline extensions); the motion was seconded and carried. The board did not record roll-call vote counts in the transcript; the action was announced as approved at the meeting.","The Plymouth Planning Board approved the school's requests: a three- to four-month continuance of a compliance hearing and one-year extensions of the timelines to meet site-plan conditions and to begin substantial development.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6381781,"Plymouth planning board votes to place Tenney Mountain overlay zoning amendment before voters",5212,1129000,6341000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2127958-6c5a24262a1204cca801b41076e57335&start=1129&end=6341","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2127958-6c5a24262a1204cca801b41076e57335/thumbnail_1129000.jpg","/articles/6381781/Plymouth/Grafton-County/New-Hampshire/Plymouth-planning-board-votes-to-place-Tenney-Mountain-overlay-zoning-amendment-before-voters","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6381781-7b15b2d177cf2ffe393ddb390a4ad4d1/orig.mp4?Expires=1775973073&Signature=RNmbFWWylw4teFgauFfNx3CEMBbfTl~5ryViRHD5592xROcMYH5jk6Dfo0k35Q93E7~77q21ewgQYlKgWCKE8JNsR~UO4I6hl6Q7p8poeh4nIGhWZA1HGOvaYI19MDEuJ--oiUzwKV89mpXaDyy2oLL9zK9z18r-VFOrrMTRMmuy5XUsYYelT3PAgPmDEjy~3~AbgiB4clTb4j2oOa-jqqh7FjjVKn3X6pBdOsM5jqq4CSVMY6kOpC~Sj-CC-aXXBsAKY6lBf~-7aGqcmO1U1w-dFTqYK7AnpZ7zsaHrRbKdIfIKWTxNiWiXi2tO~hCJo1W0vRAjytuMEhkSN0y3dw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Plymouth Planning Board members voted on Jan. 16 to send a proposed Tenney Mountain Overlay District zoning amendment to the voters after a lengthy public hearing that focused on water and sewer capacity, density and environmental constraints.

The board advanced the TMOD proposal with small administrative edits and instructions to staff and the attorney to clarify measurement of building height consistent with the town's zoning ordinance. The motion to place the proposal on the ballot carried following a show-of-hands vote at the end of the meeting.

The proposal would create a planned-unit-development overlay for the Tenney Mountain area and includes provisions that allow a higher-density village core within larger PUD tracts while keeping an overall density cap for the full PUD tract. Planning staff explained the draft rewords references from \"PUD master plan\" to \"PUD plan\" and refines how density in the village core may exceed overall PUD density up to a stated maximum.

The public hearing produced sustained comment from residents and local officials. A written letter from long-time water-and-sewer commissioner Judy DeLeo and co-signer Eric Julio questioned the feasibility of large-scale development without a reliable new water source and raised concerns about wastewater capacity, fire suppression and school impacts. DeLeo's letter said Plymouth Village Water & Sewer District's existing wastewater facility has a design limit and that developer estimates for full build-out would exceed current capacity.

Local water-and-sewer commissioner Chris Woods told the board the sanitary system requires significant investment to maintain current service; he said the district's current capital plan totals tens of millions of dollars, and that expansion to serve a large new development would be a major undertaking.

Several speakers, including developer representatives and their consultants, said the proposed TMOD is intended to provide a regulatory framework so a developer can propose a coordinated plan for mixed uses, higher-density village cores, and infrastructure investments. A consultant representing the development team said hydrology and wetlands mapping have been performed and that the team is discussing water and sewer options with the district and the town.

Board members debated how to reference the town's existing Section 402 height-measurement standards in the TMOD language. The board directed staff to incorporate clarifying language from Section 402 into the TMOD text (for example provisions about how to measure average finished grade and exceptions for non-occupied superstructures) so the overlay would integrate cleanly with the rest of the zoning ordinance.

Board members repeatedly noted that advancing the zoning amendment to the ballot does not approve any specific development: individual PUD plans, site plans, or utility expansions would require subsequent applications, technical studies and separate approvals. Multiple board members said those later reviews would have to demonstrate feasible water and wastewater solutions, traffic management and wetland protections before any large-scale construction could proceed.

The vote sends the TMOD amendments, with the agreed administrative clarifications, to the voters in a future election. The board also asked staff to prepare community outreach materials explaining the changes and to plan public engagement events in the weeks ahead.

Notes: the hearing included extended public comment and technical discussion; board members asked staff and the town attorney to refine the draft language before it is printed for the warrant and voter materials. No specific infrastructure funding mechanism (for example a TIF or project-specific assessment) was adopted by the board at this meeting.","After hours of public comment focused on water, sewer and infrastructure, the Plymouth Planning Board voted to advance the proposed Tenney Mountain Overlay District zoning amendments to a town vote, with administrative clarifications to the draft language.","actionData","errors"]

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