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Beacon ZBA records no objection to Planning Board serving as lead agency for Beekman Street amendment
Summary
The ZBA voted 3–0 to state it had no objection to the Planning Board acting as lead agency for an amended concept plan that would convert a commercial building into two residential buildings with 27 below-market-rate units; board members described the decision as procedural and said any required variances would return to the ZBA.
Acting Chair Montos Verkertsis introduced the second agenda item on whether the Planning Board should serve as lead agency for an amended concept plan related to the Beekman Street project.
A board member (unnamed in the transcript) summarized the proposed amendment as "the change of 1 of the buildings, a 2 story office building to 2 buildings containing residential units, including 27 BMR below market rate units." Members discussed whether a special-use permit had already been issued; the board noted that the special‑use permit question did not determine lead-agency designation and that procedural environmental review would be conducted by the lead agency.
Elaine moved that the ZBA "takes no position as to this lead agency application," and the motion was seconded. The board voted 3–0 to record "no objection" to the Planning Board serving as lead agency; Acting Chair Verkertsis then signed the relevant form and handed it to staff. Board members confirmed that any future variances arising from project changes would return to the Zoning Board of Appeals for review.
The board treated the lead-agency decision as a procedural step in environmental review and did not open the matter for public comment at this meeting.
