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Woburn council approves permits, budget transfers and code amendment in June 18 meeting
Summary
At its June 18 meeting the Woburn City Council approved multiple special permits and budget transfers, accepted withdrawals, and adopted an ordinance updating Title 13. The council also referred several property and licensing matters to committees for further review.
WOBURN — The Woburn City Council on June 18 adopted a package of permits and financial orders and approved an ordinance replacing Title 13 of the city code.
The council granted a special-event permit to Social Capital Inc. for the Han Pond Summit Concert Series and approved a road-race permit for Woburn Memorial High School DECA Club. It accepted a request from Eversource to withdraw an application to install a joint pole on Commerce Way without prejudice. The council also approved an Eversource/Anstar conduit installation conditioned on full replacement of any concrete sidewalk panels disturbed during work.
On development matters the council approved a special permit for Viet Thai Restaurant (Saigon Eatery) at 299 Mishawam Road subject to ten conditions summarized in the working draft, including adoption of the site plan of record, hours of operation, required resurfacing and re-striping of the parking lot, enclosed dumpsters, and maintenance of a "do not block" striping at the site driveway.
The council also approved a special permit and site-plan review for Citizens Bank at 1 Commerce Way, adopting construction-management and traffic-related conditions including construction hours, dust control, coordination with the engineering department for signal/striping work, and collaboration with police for traffic management.
Financial actions adopted by the council included a $750,000 transfer from overlay reserve to the OPEB trust account and a capital budget transfer of $4,530,020.85 from unreserved fund balance to various capital projects (with a $10,000 line-item reduction for new council chamber chairs). Additional transfers approved included $10,000 for library salaries and $12,000 for census postage. The council revoked the opioid settlement stabilization fund and established a special revenue fund to receive those proceeds.
The council received and adopted a committee report proposing a repeal and replacement of Title 13 (Public Services) in its entirety; the ordinance report was moved and passed.
Other routine actions included referring a deed for Lot 2 Massey Street to the Committee on Liaison, continuing multiple special-permit petitions (including a proposed coffee shop at 350 Washington Street) to July 16 for committee review, and referring appointments for library and redevelopment-authority seats to the committee on personnel. The council also amended and adopted a change to Ward 3 polling locations and authorized the city clerk to use a mass-notification system for upcoming elections.
The meeting adjourned at 7:58 p.m.
