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Needham Planning Board presses applicant on stormwater, parking for Chabad at 195 Central Ave
Summary
At a June 30 continuation hearing, engineers and neighbors pressed the Chabad applicant for revised stormwater plans, more rigorous groundwater and mounding analyses, and clearer, enforceable parking arrangements; the board set a continuation for June 2 and accepted a 90‑day extension to July 28 to allow revised submissions.
The Needham Planning Board continued a hearing June 30 on a proposed Chabad community center at 195 Central Ave, pressing the applicant for more detailed stormwater and parking analyses and telling the team to return with revised plans.
The applicant’s attorney, Walter Sullivan, introduced the project team and said they would submit updated plans that respond to Conservation Commission comments and the town engineer’s questions. “We will be making revisions to the plan based on what happened at our commission,” Sullivan said, and the team committed to provide updated calculations and a mounding analysis required where stormwater systems approach seasonal high groundwater.
Why it matters: Board members, the conservation commission and nearby residents said the site’s shallow groundwater, neighboring yards and the proximity of proposed infiltration basins mean technical errors could cause off‑site impacts. Brian Nelson of MetroWest Engineering told the board his review found…
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