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The board motioned to enter executive session \"to discuss the reputation, character, physical condition, or mental health rather than professional competence of an individual or discuss the discipline or dismissal of or complaints or charges brought against a public officer, employee, staff member, or individual and not to return to open session,\" citing the statutory provision for personnel discussions. A motion and a second were recorded; the transcript does not identify the mover or seconder by name.

During the roll-call vote board members responded \"I\": David Lodge; Dan Wilga; John Cabral; and Michelle McEachern. The recorded tally was four in favor; the board chair confirmed the procedural requirement that streaming and recording be stopped before proceeding to executive session.

The transcript indicates the board proceeded to stop the public stream and make arrangements to continue the meeting in a non-public session. No further details of the executive-session discussion were disclosed in the public portion of the transcript.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Lakeville Planning Board, 3-24-25","oneSentenceSummary","The Lakeville Planning Board unanimously voted in a roll-call to enter executive session under General Law Chapter 30A, Section 21(a)(1) to discuss personnel matters and stated it would not return to open session.","taxTitle","Town of Lakeville, Plymouth County, Massachusetts","taxId",58187,"location","Massachusetts","headline","","shortSummary",{"_32":76,"_34":35,"_36":37,"_38":77,"_40":78,"_42":79,"_44":80,"_46":81,"_48":82,"_50":83,"_52":84,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":85,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":86,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6624561,"Lakeville planning board considers retaining departing town planner as interim consultant",1342,83000,1425000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2765653-b2b3a797cc74a378eecdadf56dd52b2b&start=83&end=1425","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2765653-b2b3a797cc74a378eecdadf56dd52b2b/thumbnail_83000.jpg","/articles/6624561/Massachusetts/Lakeville-planning-board-considers-retaining-departing-town-planner-as-interim-consultant","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6624561-4ddc18ccd1a80348e4fc90cdcd3fe1c1/orig.mp4?Expires=1769860710&Signature=bLgXklCtQ1UCS-7ithAyoWIMMvsR5bTZkvlgGSIeWxvWVjOBw4OJulKUD5fjU3lEadzfc0d71cr4tM0CsZhVI5xvYAbklTLXlFaB9uFsHMAgwZWGrM-HXo3aoGh2T7SyiYYzL0-oNXXy44EbSb~y0YgncZJDOPjBZheyHwjmroFv08r2X0sEhySFP8Mur2du1vst7l9sAAeki8t-dniD~wMHUO7VYUatqLP4y-ZWVN4rHdj~USZIQLowcp6eytzm6Dq7~3JSaVoeVf-dJXH~EIdL7JRtv1Qbz6b03D9iiwFlaL0oGDgTq2wCtxDgBxV~sBTf-NZiUiOJ8NRzcIi-iA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Nancy Durfee, the Town of Lakeville’s planner, attended the March 24 Planning Board meeting for her final regular appearance and reviewed outstanding projects and handoffs as she prepares to depart the position.

Durfee said she had met with the town clerk and two peer engineering reviewers to transfer information so the clerk can administer planning applications and enforce special conditions. \"We did hold a meeting with both two of the peer engine engineer reviewers to kinda pass off information to Kathy so that she's getting the type of kind of information she needs to administer assistance to the planning board,\" Durfee said.

Board members said they value Durfee's continuity and asked the clerk to add an item to the March 27 agenda to discuss a possible interim consultant arrangement. Michelle McEachern said she would like the board to consider recommending Durfee as a consultant to the Select Board and to discuss funding options. \"I hate to lose you,\" McEachern said. Several members expressed support for retaining Durfee in some capacity while the town completes hiring and ongoing projects.

Durfee also described administrative work she completed: preparing updated application forms (form A, site-plan review application) and consolidating checklists into Form C to match the rules and regulations, and making sure peer-review conditions will carry forward into construction with required pre-construction meetings and inspections.

Durfee outlined other potential technical-assistance options for larger redevelopment projects, including a zoning audit by consultant Jonathan Silverman (a proposal in preparation) and MassDevelopment technical assistance or MassWorks programs for schematic planning and grant-funded technical support. She said such programs typically provide consultants and schematic plans and can reduce the town’s administrative burden.

No formal vote was taken March 24 on a consultant contract. The board directed staff to place a discussion and possible vote about a consultant recommendation on the March 27 agenda for the board to consider recommending a consultant and potential budget sources to the Select Board.","Departing Town Planner Nancy Durfee reviewed outstanding planning items, described handoffs to clerk and peer reviewers, and the board discussed possibly retaining her as an interim consultant while the town transitions to a new planner.",{"_32":88,"_34":35,"_36":37,"_38":89,"_40":90,"_42":91,"_44":92,"_46":93,"_48":94,"_50":95,"_52":96,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":97,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":98,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6624566,"Lakeville planning board considers site-plan edits to require proposed-use statements, clarify parking",155,395000,550000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2765653-b2b3a797cc74a378eecdadf56dd52b2b&start=395&end=550","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2765653-b2b3a797cc74a378eecdadf56dd52b2b/thumbnail_395000.jpg","/articles/6624566/Massachusetts/Lakeville-planning-board-considers-site-plan-edits-to-require-proposed-use-statements-clarify-parking","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6624566-1ebd355f1a6a4fca126b2439e74e386f/orig.mp4?Expires=1769860710&Signature=gJZQdxRfHCVYVoHJy0bRJgx-gFNoE8qDVJ3ShbGsOxGkkZgH71ZpfG0j3reMHmY97yVL--ib6ElA9EL6vrunynncOXKGZAKr0qmo2lHR9K0sKgH3wNnXSVq5hVWu6WonziSMDTlQJ4VLshgEzLcx1Ykc0B6DgMVoZYb5j3OlNCtqcQdeC6zP6g2mlopKdXJbCC0GcndpPKoM3Y7PSRr~L1li~dQFSwfmvBbrrXNlE49c~t7AACn2Ln9gvrhWbIiB~JIbAtSt5IwhjLeFlddroRuiZfTN5AyHo0I9At-ggK563qWkPrgNdWrTP3Tf3waxwv8F3QaVI1sqEfhMQDIGZA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Lakeville Planning Board on March 24 reviewed proposed edits to site-plan review rules that would require applicants to state proposed uses and help ensure parking and utility needs are sized to actual operations.

Town Planner Nancy Durfee told the board applications often arrive without clear proposed uses, making it difficult to evaluate parking demand and sewer or septic needs. She used a hairdresser example to illustrate overlapping customers: \"You have four hairdresser's chairs. You have four clients in each chair at, about 10 of the hour when it's gonna switch to a new client in the chair, four new clients will show up. So now you have eight clients at that building,\" Durfee said, explaining why parking calculations should account for short overlaps.

Durfee proposed two changes: amend section \"278-6.7\" (as cited in the draft) to add \"use\" to the purpose statement for site-plan review so the bylaw reads that review ensures the use, design and layout of developments are permitted; and add a requirement under the site-plan application checklist (cited in the packet as item number 19) that applicants submit a statement of proposed use. She said the change would not require excessive detail but would give reviewers enough information to assess parking, sewer, septic and other infrastructure needs.

Durfee said she had sent the proposed language to Amy (staff) for review and recommended the board review the edits on the upcoming Thursday meeting with Amy present. Michelle McEachern and other board members supported the revision; the board plans to review the edits on March 27 and could vote to place the change on the warrant at that meeting.

No formal vote on the amendments occurred on March 24; the item remains scheduled for the board's March 27 meeting for further review and potential action.","The planning board discussed adding a requirement that applicants state proposed uses in site-plan submissions and clarifying parking calculations using a hairdresser example to prevent shortfalls during customer turnover.",{"_32":100,"_34":35,"_36":37,"_38":101,"_40":102,"_42":103,"_44":104,"_46":105,"_48":106,"_50":107,"_52":108,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":109,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":110,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6624570,"Lakeville planning board delays new stormwater bylaw, seeks implementation details before town vote",121,142000,263000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2765653-b2b3a797cc74a378eecdadf56dd52b2b&start=142&end=263","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2765653-b2b3a797cc74a378eecdadf56dd52b2b/thumbnail_142000.jpg","/articles/6624570/Massachusetts/Lakeville-planning-board-delays-new-stormwater-bylaw-seeks-implementation-details-before-town-vote","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6624570-902c765b7dc91f34d7b556db20408854/orig.mp4?Expires=1769860710&Signature=oxvwe9z4xOEXdkC23pVM7kwP9ehUP93Hup~AXfAO1itq9bOk-xzKOpeBI4PeKqDnPN90X6itKDER0U77746lyPYAvIM4F~kJ1OHxsZxlsL5YFVzoy2PwhuiHfsy3MtHTy4wCAR1U9MT1bGWoVmaIo0VLzz~DHX9Kud-eP32ZBh1OL3N4ol1z3nJnvhzF7juQYmQ-1peXHga0CwCfRkGRBVWqc2dk3gHE8FQggEODgXazEf79yL4DMnVcVJSQc8p1v8UxfDH2M~66eWrDcBozywXYTYFZ9M8RWuD86oty9o3PgGA3CveMOL6-VBSVNLgQBbG-lvBmtBnsUWSq60q3KQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Lakeville Planning Board on March 24 agreed to delay presenting a proposed stormwater bylaw to Spring Town Meeting, citing unresolved questions about who would administer the bylaw and outstanding implementation materials.

Michelle McEachern, chair of the Lakeville Planning Board, said the board has worked on the bylaw since last May but does not feel confident bringing it to voters in spring without accompanying procedures and application materials. \"I don't feel comfortable presenting it to Town Meeting because of the unknowns,\" McEachern said.

The board discussed specific materials McEachern said should accompany a new bylaw: an application form, a defined process for administration, and a set of standard conditions similar to those used in site plan review. Nancy Durfee, the town planner who attended the meeting for her final planning-board session, and clerk Kathy Murray both agreed the draft needs more work before adoption. Murray said the implementation process needs clarification so the town can administer the bylaw once passed.

McEachern also reported she had attended a Select Board meeting where the presenter had not yet secured a vote on which town office would administer the stormwater bylaw. That uncertainty helped prompt the decision to postpone. \"They did not yet vote on who’s gonna administer the stormwater bylaw,\" McEachern said.

Board members agreed it was preferable to delay by a few months to ensure the bylaw package is complete and accompanied by necessary administrative materials. The board will not include the stormwater bylaw on the materials it plans to send to the Select Board for the upcoming warrant; McEachern said she removed it from that list because it was not ready.

The discussion was framed as a decision to postpone and to continue refining administrative procedures; no formal vote on the bylaw itself was taken at the March 24 meeting. The board plans to revisit the matter for possible placement on a fall Town Meeting warrant, after identifying an administrator and completing application and implementation instructions.

Background: At the start of the meeting McEachern noted the session was the last with Town Planner Nancy Durfee and said the board wanted to \"tie up as many things\" as possible before Durfee's departure.","The Lakeville Planning Board agreed to postpone presenting a proposed stormwater bylaw to Spring Town Meeting and instead aim for a fall submission after determining administration and implementation details remain unresolved.","actionData","errors"]

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