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Select Board approves Seabeds Way PILOT and permit‑fee waiver to advance preservation project

Select Board (Town of Needham) · December 19, 2025
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Summary

The board voted Dec. 16 to sign a payment‑in‑lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreement that replaces prior informal payments with a $1 annual PILOT for Seabeds Way and Captain Robert Cook Drive and to waive building permit fees for the Needham Housing Authority’s Seabeds Way preservation project, supporting the authority’s financing and HUD closing timeline.

The Needham Select Board on Tuesday approved two items to help advance a preservation project at Seabeds Way: a tax agreement (PILOT) and a waiver of building‑department permit fees tied to the Needham Housing Authority’s planned rehabilitation of 46 affordable units.

Town staff described three paperwork needs for the housing authority’s HUD submission: a CPA grant agreement reflecting the May 2025 town‑meeting appropriation of $3.2 million, a request to waive future…

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