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512 Main Street quasi‑judicial item waived to planning board after owner recusal
Summary
The board announced that because the property owner must recuse from the 512 Main Street planned development hearing, the city will waive redevelopment board review and forward the application directly to the planning board for a quasi‑judicial hearing.
The redevelopment board announced it will waive its review of the planned redevelopment rezoning for 512 Main Street and forward the application directly to the planning board because a board member — identified in the record as the property owner — must recuse from the item.
At the start of the item, staff explained that Mr. Caffrey must recuse himself because he owns the subject property, creating a lack of quorum for that agenda item. Because of the recusal, staff said the city will waive the redevelopment board’s review and send the matter to the planning board for its scheduled quasi‑judicial hearing.
Board members briefly discussed the possibility of offering non‑decision comments to the applicant; staff advised that because the matter will be decided in a quasi‑judicial forum, board members should avoid substantive ex parte discussion that could affect the hearing. No formal vote on the application was taken by the redevelopment board at this meeting.
