City Council

HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 The hearing opened at 7:08 P.M. with Councillor Rowlands, Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee, presiding. All members were present except Councillors Nickel and Dombrowski. This was a continuation of the public hearing from September 8, 2008. Present at the hearing was David Duncan, Health Alliance Hospital. The following PETITION was the subject of the hearing: 103-08 Gail M. Allen, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Patrick L. Muldoon, President and Chief Executive Officer, Health Alliance: Modify the Health Care Overlay District, Article XIII as shown on a plan entitled “Modification to the Health Care Overlay District, Article XIII”. Councillor Rowlands said due to a scheduling conflict this hearing will be continued. There was no data shared with the Petitioner or discussion on the floor of the Council regarding the merit of the petition. No one in the audience spoke in favor or in opposition of this petition. HEARING ADJOURNED AT 7:10 P.M. AND CONTINUED TO DECEMBER 8, 2008 AT 6:50 P.M. _____________________________ Lynn A. Bouchard, City Clerk and Clerk of the City Council HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 The hearing opened at 7:30 P.M. with Councillor Rowlands, Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee, presiding. All members were present except Councillors Nickel and Dombrowski, Marchand and Freda. There was no one representing the petitioner. The following PETITION was the subject of the hearing: 17-09 Elizabeth Kelley, agent for Walton Whitney Investors V, LLC: Grant a Special Permit for emergency repairs to an eroded section of the Nashua River dike as shown on Assessor’s Map 567 as lots 12, 2C, 5, 13, and 19, located within the flood plain. The following were made part of the record: A. Petition #17-09 submitted by Walton Whitney Investors V LLC, 900 N. Michigan Avenue, Ste 1900, Chicago IL 60611 with accompanying plan entitled “Proposed Dike Repair Plan for the Mall At Whitney Field in Leominster, Massachusetts” prepared for Jones Lang Lasalle Americas, Inc., Elizabeth Kelley, 100 Commercial Road, Leominster, MA and prepared by Brian F. Milisci, Registered Civil Engineer, Whitman & Bingham Associates, 510 Mechanic Street, Leominster, MA dated September 23, 2008. An Abutter’s map is included. B. Notice of public hearing published in the Sentinel & Enterprise on November 3, 2008 and November 10, 2008. C. Recommendations were received from the Health Department, the Building Inspector, the Planning Department, Department of Public Works and the Conservation Commission. No one in the audience spoke in favor or in opposition of this petition. No Councillors spoke regarding this petition. HEARING ADJOURNED AT 7:32 P.M. _____________________________ Lynn A. Bouchard, City Clerk and Clerk of the City Council