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Attorney Joseph Tabby had filed the matter on behalf of the petitioner; the ordinances, charter and rules committee had earlier recommended \"ought not to pass.\" Residents of Central Square and nearby streets spoke at length in opposition, citing concerns about density, parking, school impacts, and neighborhood character. Multiple residents urged the council to deny the petition or refuse the developer's request to withdraw and come back later.

Mayor Michael Concannon addressed the council and said he had mixed emotions about the overlay. \"I have concerns about density, lot coverage, parking,\" the mayor said, adding that he found some proposed off-site mitigations'such as reconfigured intersections and a park extension'potentially beneficial but that those benefits would need to be weighed against neighborhood impacts.

Resident Scott Galvin urged the council to \"send a message\" by denying the petition and not granting leave to withdraw, arguing that returning petitions could be used to try the request again later. Dozens of other residents spoke in opposition. Residents cited prior demolitions and tree removal in Central Square as reasons for skepticism and presented written comments to the council.

After the public hearing closed, Councilor Campbell moved that the zoning text and map amendments be denied. The council conducted a roll-call vote; each councilor answered \"Aye.\" President Dillon called the vote carried.

The council's action denies the overlay zoning amendment as presented to the council. The petitioner may choose to refile in a future session; the council action does not by itself bar a new petition, but it signals the governing body's current position on the overlay proposal.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Woburn City Council 4/15/2025","oneSentenceSummary","After extensive public comment and a mayoral statement, the Woburn City Council voted to deny a zoning text and map amendment to create a Central Square overlay district; council took a roll-call vote to deny the petition.","taxTitle","Woburn City, Middlesex County, Massachusetts","taxId",78425,"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},6062347,"Council approves Mill Street Gardens special permit; conservation commissioners and council add rodent-control and maintenance conditions",2986,1500000,4486000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3278682-e9022d6b49f2b5506a305457773ebb5d&start=1500&end=4486","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3278682-e9022d6b49f2b5506a305457773ebb5d/thumbnail_1500000.jpg","/articles/6062347/Woburn-City/Middlesex-County/Massachusetts/Council-approves-Mill-Street-Gardens-special-permit-conservation-commissioners-and-council-add-rodent-control-and-maintenance-conditions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6062347-e933bc832ec83f878487d464fac4b37b/orig.mp4?Expires=1771199358&Signature=CHRDTOTH3ej~VD6-YpFRD1vlX~oGFaFLqVBhTa~gS~tveJff7H2BTNcN-vFFkNwZrQNBanqnUhJG3YtoF5xg6S2Or07wJGaCd6x~PRCoNkg9YjgZsFLVW0zdSZYRaoXaq5SxBFQveAtNG1l6F-lkZGN3RK90-66fCIEQZRMXa~pHGknYtbhToundefpdKQ7dJMM2YvN~p-qsd0BmVd28xvlM1nCORR2O3iLUwIkO0HnLdk-b46EP~Q3A3u~RERMJ2pIFAZ1lioXFFQuma30AjX0bIsZNsKKwBvbF~eQr2rk0LpyPcjy-GWRD0jVewV2eVGs7iZH7304Agu-ChHm7dw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Woburn City Council on April 15 granted a special permit to Mill Street Gardens LLC for multiple buildings and a pool complex at 50 Mill Street, and the council attached a set of conditions addressing site plan, construction, maintenance and rodent control.

The council adopted a site-plan-of-record (dated Feb. 13, 2025) as the first condition. It also voted that the pool house \"will be maintained in perpetuity,\" and it added new rodent-control conditions proposed during the public hearing. Those rodent measures require a current rodent-activity report to be provided to the council and the Board of Health prior to construction, limit rodent-control products to vitamin D3 baits and snap traps unless an \"infestation or an uptick of existing rodent activity\" occurs, and require rodent-control maintenance reports to be submitted quarterly to the Board of Health.

Attorney Jesse Schumer represented the applicant and said the project team reviewed proposed conditions and accepted them. Engineer Chris Speradjes told the council the applicant would install a private 2-inch water service tapping a new 8-inch water main on Mill Street, that the property owner will maintain the service out to the main per DPW request, that any work in the public right-of-way would be repaired and repaved, and that the applicant would TV-inspect the sewer tie-in and trace existing utilities as requested by the DPW superintendent (Jay Duran). The council added the three DPW conditions from an April 15 memo to the permit.

Conservation Commission members who spoke urged limits on second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides. Commissioner Jerry Launas told the council the commission had recently added a condition to new projects restricting those baits until less-toxic measures are tried. Commissioner Jim Joyce presented a multi-point integrated pest-management approach and told the council, \"Rodents want 3 things. They They want food, water, and shelter,\" and he recommended tamper-resistant bait stations, snap traps, and vitamin D3 products over second-generation anticoagulants because vitamin D3 has a much shorter environmental half-life and lower risk of secondary poisoning to raptors and other wildlife.

Council members discussed enforcement and monitoring language; counsel and the applicant agreed to quarterly reporting to the Board of Health and to require a pre-construction activity report. The council also required that dumpsters be placed on private property and limits on dumpster emptying hours (no emptying before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m.), as listed in the project conditions.

After discussion and amendment, the council voted to grant the special permit subject to the re-numbered and expanded conditions (site-plan of record dated 02/13/2025; pool house maintenance in perpetuity; rodent-control plan limiting products to vitamin D3 or snap traps unless infestation occurs and quarterly reports to Board of Health; and the three DPW-specified conditions). The chair announced the vote: \"All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?\" and the motion passed.

The permit file will include DPW's April 15 memo conditions and the rodent-control reporting requirement; the Board of Health and Conservation Commission will receive copies of monitoring reports required by the decision.","The council granted Mill Street Gardens LLC a special permit for a spa and pool complex at 50 Mill Street and attached conditions on site plan, pool-house maintenance, and rodent control that prioritize a less-toxic approach and quarterly reporting to the Board of Health.",{"_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},6062351,"Council approves temporary Station 4 at Henshaw Street with site-plan condition",419,1069000,1488000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3278682-e9022d6b49f2b5506a305457773ebb5d&start=1069&end=1488","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3278682-e9022d6b49f2b5506a305457773ebb5d/thumbnail_1069000.jpg","/articles/6062351/Woburn-City/Middlesex-County/Massachusetts/Council-approves-temporary-Station-4-at-Henshaw-Street-with-site-plan-condition","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6062351-d1e209f27ef964b72631d86347db944d/orig.mp4?Expires=1771199358&Signature=YAmU021YxwdeRF2aN9xKSx~fUKBVoVKm6o4YXqS5EDJVPfrhKQHawUesQFQmn5f9ZT1Y1dHhRsXH42pRaZRXAkMIccxAg2QCtZA4B1a1JU2r1LJKU58BLiccO-uhUo3I4HPEZclnbiZMSjLivwd767a2frCjB4w9gtdX~72M9j58PESE0qo9B~eQEq8~hLA5TPtW5vgjNTQfZjhHT14p~y~Z9v7Lf51VC7SjaAcZ0B4L66KeU8EShWXm2oAG0vUtKZ0FCXl9Ac3XtTgf7fYGit3vXJ~K0K1BqY8-iBEZMX3AsqUQFX6-afWZ-faaziDeleMBC39Ed6d43ogl6ZnH5A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Woburn City Council on April 15 approved a special permit allowing the Fire Department to operate a temporary Station 4 at 2 Henshaw Street while the East Woburn station is demolished and rebuilt.

The permit was approved with one formal condition: the site plan of record (the lease and layout described to the council and dated March 11, per the planning director's memo) must be memorialized and attached to the special-permit decision. Councilor Dimas moved the condition and the council voted in favor.

The city's planning director, John Cashel, was listed in the file as the source of the project communications. The Fire Department said the temporary location is meant to keep an engine in-district during the 18-month reconstruction of Station 4 and to limit response-time impacts. The department said private property owner Cummings would perform the interior upfitting and that the target date to occupy the temporary site was \"sometime around June 15.\" The speaker identified in the record as the Fire chief told the council the site was previously used by a private ambulance company and that the space required only modest modification to house apparatus and crews.

Councilors and staff agreed to hold one or more neighborhood meetings before the station begins operations; the fire chief and deputy will attend to describe operations and to hear residents' concerns. Council members discussed the condition that the site plan be memorialized on the permit so the council and neighbors would have a clear plan of record to enforce.

President Dillon asked about road conditions near Henshaw and Erie Street; the Fire Department indicated the city will determine whether repaving or other repairs should proceed this spring or fall to limit noise and disruption while the temporary station operates in the neighborhood.

The council's vote to grant the special permit was recorded at the meeting with the motion and second called on the record and the chair announcing, \"All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?\" The chair then stated the motion passed.

The decision directs the permit clerk to include the site plan of record with the permit and notes that the council and staff will follow up on neighborhood meetings and on street maintenance near the temporary site.","The Woburn City Council granted a special permit for a temporary fire station at 2 Henshaw Street after the council and fire department agreed to meet with neighbors and to use a site plan of record as a condition of the permit.","actionData","errors"]

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