Planning Board

CITY of MALDEN PLANNING BOARD Minutes of Special Meeting Meeting Date: June 25, 2025 Meeting Location: Malden City Hall, Herbert L. Jackson City Council Chamber, 215 Pleasant Street, Malden, MA I. Call to Order. Chairman Charles Ioven called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Ioven announced that under the provisions of the Open Meeting Law, attendees are informed that this meeting is being recorded by Urban Media Arts, formerly known as Malden Access Television, and that he has not been notified that any other video or audio recording of this meeting will occur. II. Roll Call. Ioven chaired the meeting and took a roll call. Planning Board Members in attendance: Antonucci, Kenneth Chuha, Diane Ferguson, Michele (Associate) Gebreselassie, Tewedaj Gray, Resa Hayes, Patrick Stone, Stephanie Ioven, Charles, Chair Planning Board Members absent: Henry, Eric; Verma, Vikas Ronnie Raj; Schroeder, Maria (Associate). Planning Staff in attendance: Michelle Romero, City Planner III. PUBLIC HEARINGS. A. Zoning: Special Permits, Title 12, Code of City of Malden (MCC) 1. 245 Bryant Street (Parcel ID #097 424 414) Permit Application # CMID-069419-2024. §§12.12.010.C, 12.12.300 & 12.28.010.D/To allow conversion of preexisting nonconforming property in Residence A zoning district for multifamily dwelling use up to three stories and Inclusionary Development at site of Preferably Preserved Building/To construct building with three stories and total thirty-five (35) Affordable Housing Units. The notice of public hearing was read into the record by Chuha. Petitioner submitted the following plans and information: a) set of plans, “245 BRYANT 245 Bryant Steet, Malden, MA Asian Community Development Corporation,” dated June 2, 2025, that includes: Site Layout and Grading Plan (C-1.00), dated May 14, 2025, revised/signed June 2, 2025, prepared by Michael G. Joyce, P.E., Joyce Consulting Group, Civil Engineers, Braintree, MA; First Floor Plan Presentation (A-101.1), Second Floor Plan Presentation (A-102.1), Third Floor Plan Presentation (A-103.1), dated June 2, 2025, prepared by ICON Architecture, Boston, MA; Conceptual Landscape Plan, (L-101), dated June 2, 2025, prepared by Rebecca A. Bachand, Reg. Landscape Architect, RBLA Design LLC; “Building Elevations Render” (A-201.1), dated June 2, 2025, prepared by ICON Architecture; “Building Massing” (A-202), dated June 2, 2025, prepared by ICON Architecture; b) Existing conditions site plan, “Plan of land 245 Bryant Street, Malden, MA 02148,” dated April 8, 2024, prepared by Evanson R. Browne, PLS, Joyce Consulting Group, Civil Engineers, Braintree; and c) “Transportation Impact Assessment, Proposed Residential Development, 245 Bryant Street, Malden, Massachusetts, prepared for Asian Community Development Corporation, Boston, Page 1 of 3 PB 6/25//25  Massachusetts,” dated December 2024, prepared by Vanasse & Associates, Inc., Andover, MA and email dated June 23, 2025 from Thomas Hannon, Vanasse & Associates, Inc. The proposal is to demolish the existing building and construct a multifamily residential dwelling with three stories and thirty-five (35) units, all homeownership Affordable Housing Units. Presentation by petitioner: 1. Müge Ündemir, Director of Real Estate, Asian Community Development Corporation. 2. Janis Mamayek, Architect, ICON Architecture, 141 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 3. Derek Roach P.E., Transportation Engineer, Vanasse & Associates, Inc., 35 New England Business Center Drive, Andover, MA. The Board opened the public hearing and received the following public comment: In favor: 1. Mayor Gary Christenson (via correspondence dated June 18, 2025). 2. Chris Simonelli, Ward 7 City Councilor (via correspondence dated June 17, 2025). In opposition: 1. William Cook, 54 Newton Street, Malden (via verbal testimony). 2. Charles Conners, 24 Hazelwood Street, Malden (via verbal testimony), also on behalf of Jose Urias, 27 Hazelwood Street, Malden, and John Bellanger, 31 Hazelwood Street, Malden. The Board closed the public hearing. The Board received the following information and documentation at the meeting: 1. Planning Report & Recommendation dated June 25, 2025. 2. Determination of the Malden Historical Commission under the Demolition and Alteration Delay Ordinance, Title 4.24 of the Code of the City of Malden, made March 20, 2025 (dated March 26, 2025). 3. Information re: state funding source affordability restrictions from Alex Pratt, Director, Office of Strategic Planning & Community Development (via verbal testimony). Decision: The Planning Board granted a special permit, subject to the following nine (9) conditions: 1. All development shall be as per plans, except as modified by these conditions. 2. The maximum number of dwelling units is thirty-five (35); the maximum number of bedrooms is seventy-two (72); and as proposed, all units shall be home-ownership units, and all units shall remain Affordable Housing Units for as long as legally permissible. 3. Prior to issuance of any occupancy permit, developer/owner shall comply with all terms of the Memorandum of Understanding dated May 21, 2025 re: Affordable Housing Units, which is incorporated herein by reference. 4. Developer/owner shall implement the following traffic and safety mitigation: a. Obtain DPW Commission approval to install proposed curb-cuts; install and maintain parking layout and signage for proposed one-way circulation throughout the parking lot. b. Implement Transportation Demand Management measures, including: provide “welcome packet” to residents and employees with information re: transportation services; post public transportation schedules in centralized location; provide information re: pedestrian and bicycle facilities and post in centralized location. c. Improve sight lines near site driveway on Grape Street; coordinate with City to determine feasibility of removing three car lengths and/or limiting on-street parking on Grape Street. Page 2 of 3 PB 6/25//25  d. Provide report with discussion of potential contributing factors to high prevalence of crashes at Eastern Avenue and Bryant Street, including vulnerable user crashes (pedestrians and cyclists); include specific safety measures. e. Optimize existing traffic signal at Eastern Avenue and Bryant Steet; coordinate with the City Engineer to modify the signal timing at this intersection. 5. Install and maintain all open space and landscaping, as depicted on Conceptual Landscape Plan. 6. Install and maintain privacy fencing along property lines to screen parking lot from abutting residences at 41-43 Newton Street, 37 Newton Street and 30-32 Grape Street. 7. Compliance with the determination of the Malden Historical Commission dated March 26, 2025, which is incorporated herein by reference. Exterior/façade plans may be modified to comply with the MHC determination. 8. This special permit shall expire on June 30, 2027 unless substantial construction has commenced. 9. Screen roof-top equipment visually and acoustically. The decision is described in Case #25-06 (attached). Record of Votes: On the motion by Hayes, seconded by Antonucci, to grant a special permit subject to nine conditions, the vote was eight in favor, none opposed, and the motion passed (8-0). Yes No Absent Abstained (Not voting) Recused ANTONUCCI X CHUHA X FERGUSON X GEBRESELASSIE X GRAY X HAYES X HENRY X SCHROEDER X STONE X VERMA X IOVEN Chair X ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IV. PUBLIC MEETING. A. Status Updates. 1) Community Preservation Committee. No update. 2) Master Planning Activities. No update. 3) Open Space & Recreation Plan. No update. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V. Next meeting: Regular meeting- July 9 2025. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI. Adjournment: 9:53 pm (On the motion by Chuha, seconded by Antonucci, all voted in favor and the motion passed, 8-0). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Approved: Charles Ioven, Chair Page 3 of 3 PB 6/25//25  CITY of MALDEN PLANNING BOARD NOTICE of DECISION CASE NUMBER 25-06 LOCATION of SUBJECT PROPERTY 245 Bryant Street, Malden, MA NAME of PETITIONER and PROPERTY OWNER ACDC 245 Bryant LLC DATE of PUBLIC HEARING June 25, 2025 DATE of DECISION June 25, 2025 DATE of FILING DECISION with CITY CLERK July 2, 2025 DATE of NOTIFICATION to BUILDING INSPECTOR July 2, 2025 FINAL DATE for FILING APPEAL of DECISION with SUPERIOR COURT July 22, 2025 [Any appeal must be made pursuant to M.G.L. c. 40A, §17 and filed within 20 days after date this Notice is filed with City Clerk.] PROCEDURAL HISTORY (Case #25-06): 1. The subject property is known as and numbered 245 Bryant Street and known by City Assessor’s parcel identification number 097 424 414. 2. The property owner is the petitioner and developer, ACDC 245 Bryant LLC, 38 Oak Street, Boston, MA, and Asian Community Development Corporation, 38 Oak Street, Boston, MA, is the owner’s authorized agent. 3. At the public hearing on June 25, 2025, petitioner was represented by Müge Ündemir, Director of Real Estate, Asian Community Development Corporation; Janis Mamayek, Architect, ICON Architecture, 141 Tremont Street, Boston, MA; and Derek Roach P.E., Transportation Engineer, Vanasse & Associates, Inc., 35 New England Business Center Drive, Andover, MA. 4. The petition filed in permit application number CMID-069419-2024 seeks a special permit under Title 12 of the Code of the City of Malden (the Ordinance), Sections 12.12.010.C, 12.12.300 and 12.28.010.D, to allow use of preexisting nonconforming property in the Residence A zoning district for a multifamily dwelling, up to three stories, inclusive, and an Inclusionary Development, at the site of a Preferably Preserved Building, namely, to construct a new building with three stories and thirty-five (35) Affordable Housing Units. 5. The following plans and information were submitted in support of the petition: a) set of plans, “245 BRYANT 245 Bryant Steet, Malden, MA Asian Community Development Corporation,” dated June 2, 2025, that includes: Site Layout and Grading Plan (C-1.00), dated May 14, 2025, revised/signed June 2, 2025, prepared by Michael G. Joyce, P.E., Joyce Consulting Group, Civil Engineers, Braintree, MA; First Floor Plan Presentation (A-101.1), Second Floor Plan Presentation (A-102.1), Third Floor Plan Presentation (A-103.1), dated June 2, 2025, prepared by ICON Architecture, Boston, MA; Conceptual Landscape Plan, (L-101), dated June 2, 2025, prepared by Rebecca A. Bachand, Reg. Landscape Architect, RBLA Design LLC; “Building Elevations Render” (A-201.1), dated June 2, 2025, prepared by ICON Architecture; “Building Massing” (A-202), dated June 2, 2025, prepared by ICON Architecture; b) Existing conditions site plan, “Plan of land 245 Bryant Street, Malden, MA 02148,” dated April 8, 2024, prepared by Evanson R. Browne, PLS, Joyce Consulting Group, Civil Engineers, Braintree; and c) “Transportation Impact Assessment, Proposed Residential Development, 245 Bryant Street, Malden, Massachusetts, prepared for Asian Community Development Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts,” dated December 2024, prepared by Vanasse & Associates, Inc., Andover, MA and email dated June 23, 2025 from Thomas Hannon, Vanasse & Associates, Inc. 6. Petitioner obtained all applicable Determinations of the Malden Historical Commission under Title 4.24, Code of the City of Malden, the Demolition and Alteration Delay Ordinance, per §12.12.010.C of the Ordinance, and the Commission approved the proposed demolition of the building at the subject property, subject to conditions, as described in its decision dated March 26, 2025. 7. The public hearing complied with the notice requirements of §12.32.020(K) of the Ordinance and Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40A, §11. FINDINGS of FACT (Case #25-06): The City of Malden Planning Board finds the following facts: 1. The property comprises the northeastern end of the block bound by Bryant, Grape and Newton Streets, and is currently the site of a single-story building, recently occupied by Congregation Agudas Achim - Ezrath Israel. 2. The proposal is to demolish the existing building and construct a multifamily residential dwelling with three stories and thirty-five (35) units, with a total of seventy-two (72) bedrooms, configured as seven units with one bedroom and approximately 645 to 666 square feet in size; nineteen units with two bedrooms and 858 to 892 square feet in size; and nine units with three bedrooms and 978 to 1111 square feet in size. Page 1 of 4 3. The proposed new building will contain a total of 37,995 square feet on three floors, comprised of 12,816 square feet on the first floor, 12,685 square feet on the second floor and 12,494 square feet on the third floor. 4. The proposed amenities on the first floor of the new building include a lobby of 100 square feet, package room and bike storage room; and three storage rooms, namely, a room on each floor containing individual storage space for each unit, a room on the first floor with 370 square feet and 19 spaces, and a room on the second floor and the third floor, each with 227 square feet and 8 spaces. 5. The proposal includes mechanical rooms on the first floor for water, electrical, EMR, and janitor; and mechanical equipment located on the rooftop, which has not been designed yet. 6. The subject property is classified as part of the Residence A zoning district. 7. The proposed multifamily dwelling use, up to three stories, inclusive, is prohibited in this zoning district, however, may be allowed by special permit as a residential conversion of a preexisting nonconforming property, per §§12.12.300 and 12.28.010.D of the Ordinance. 8. The direct abutters to the west are three-family dwellings and a single-family dwelling; to the north, on the other side of Newton Street, single and two-family dwellings; to the south, on the other side of Grape Street, a multifamily dwelling with four stories and 39 units; and to the north and east, on the other side of Bryant Street, multifamily dwellings with three stories and 117 units. 9. Surrounding are residential, mostly single and two-family dwellings, several three-family dwellings, and multifamily dwellings used as housing for seniors/disabled operated by the Malden Housing Authority at Suffolk Manor, and supportive housing for families operated by Housing Families; and Lincoln Commons Park. 10. The property is a preexisting nonconforming property, given that the existing building on the property, occupied for religious facility use, predates and violates current dimensional controls for front yard setback, rear yard setback and building coverage, per §§12.16.010 and 12.28.010.A of the Ordinance. 11. The proposal reduces the front yard setback violation and eliminates the rear yard setback and building coverage violations; the proposal complies with all dimensional controls for use as a multifamily dwelling up to three stories, except front yard setback and density, per §§12.16.010 and 12.16.070 of the Ordinance, including the Density Bonus Incentive Provision of the Inclusionary Zoning, per §12.12.300.E.1 of the Ordinance. 12. The project proposes thirty-five units: twenty-nine units, allowed under the density requirement of §12.16.010 of the Ordinance; five units, allowed pursuant to the Density Bonus Incentive, Inclusionary Zoning provision of §12.12.300.E.1 of the Ordinance; and one unit that does not conform to the density requirements of the Ordinance, which may be allowed by special permit, per §§12.12.010.A.2 and 12.28.010.D of the Ordinance. 13. The density violation created by the proposal will not be more detrimental to the neighborhood. 14. The proposal provides more than the amount of open space required by §12.16.010 of the Ordinance; the proposal provides approximately 11,825 square feet of open space, located in the rear yard and eastern side yard, in the form of passive recreation areas comprised of lawns and walkways with evergreen hedge and trees, and this proposed open space complies with Usable Open Space Requirements of §12.16.080 of the Ordinance; and the proposal also provides open space proposed in the front and western side yard, in the form of lawn areas and walkways, which does not comply with the dimensional requirements of the Usable Open Space Requirements of §12.16.080 of the Ordinance. 15. There are currently approximately 46 parking spaces onsite, located in paved parking lots at the rear of the existing building with access via Newton Street and Grape Street; the religious facility use of the existing building predates and does not comply with current requirements to provide 269 spaces; and the property is considered preexisting nonconforming, per §§12.20.010 and 12.28.010.A of the Ordinance.. 16. The proposal requires 35 parking spaces onsite, namely, one space per Affordable Housing Unit, per the Parking Adjustment, Incentives provision of the Inclusionary Zoning in §12.12.300.E.2 of the Ordinance. 17. The proposal is to provide thirty-six (36) parking spaces onsite. 18. The proposal eliminates the existing parking nonconformity. 19. Under the proposal, parking will be provided in a paved parking lot located in the southern corner of the lot, in a conforming layout, with conforming dimensions of parking spaces and width of parking aisles for the proposed head-on parking spaces and one-way circulation pattern, per §§12.20.020.A and 12.20.020.B of the Ordinance. 20. The proposal is to close the existing two curb-cuts on Grape Street and one curb-cut on Newton Street, and to install two new curb-cuts on Grape Street to provide one-way access and one-way egress for the proposed parking lot, with access/driveways of width in compliance with §12.20.020.C of the Ordinance 21. The proposal is to provide a bike room of 293 square feet on the first floor of the building with parking for eleven bicycles and a bicycle rack for nine bikes in the open patio at the front of the building, which exceeds the parking for four bicycles required by §12.20.020.H.5 of the Ordinance. Page 2 of 4 22. Under the proposal, yard areas not paved for parking or access will be landscaped, in compliance with current and recently amended requirements of §12.20.020.10 of the Ordinance. 23. The proposed onsite snow storage of 2,327 square feet is located adjacent to the parking spaces and exceeds the amount required by §12.20.020.11 of the Ordinance. 24. Under the proposal, plans depict chain link fence along the southern property line abutting residences at 41-43 Newton Street, 37 Newton Street and 30-32 Grape Street, which does not comply with the requirement to screen abutting residential uses from the multifamily parking area by foliage or fencing, as provided by §12.20.040 of the Ordinance. 25. Under the proposal, the “waste and recycling” area is located adjacent to the proposed parking lot, approximately two feet from the property line on Grape Street, and will be in fenced enclosures. 26. The proposed waste and recycling area complies with visual screening requirements and does not comply with siting requirements that prohibit locations within 20 feet of a property line, as provided in the General Loading Requirements of §12.20.030.H of the Ordinance. 27. The proposal creates a new nonconformity, namely, a violation of the General Loading Requirements, and new nonconformities may be allowed by special permit, per §§12.12.010.A.2 and 12.28.010.D of the Ordinance. 28. The creation of this new nonconformity will not be more detrimental to the neighborhood. 29. The City’s peer review of petitioner’s traffic impact study and follow-up comments is described in correspondence dated June 12, 2025 from Rebecca Halzack, PE, Transportation Engineer and William Paille, PE, Complete Streets Manager, BSC Group and email dated June 25, 2025 from William Paille; and recommends the following traffic and safety mitigation for the developer: a) install proposed curb-cuts, parking geometry and signage for proposed one-way circulation throughout the parking lot; b) implement Transportation Demand Management measures, including: provide “welcome packet” to residents and employees with information re: transportation services; post public transportation schedules in centralized location; provide information re: pedestrian and bicycle facilities and post in a centralized location; c) improve sight lines near site driveway on Grape Street; coordinate with City to determine feasibility of removing three car lengths and/or limiting on-street parking on Grape Street; d) provide report with discussion of potential contributing factors to high prevalence of crashes at Eastern Avenue and Bryant Street, including vulnerable user crashes (pedestrians and cyclists); include specific safety measures to be implemented as part of the project; City peer review of report and proposed safety measures; and e) optimize existing traffic signal at Eastern Avenue and Bryant Steet; coordinate with City Engineer to modify the signal timing at this intersection. 30. Petitioner is willing to prepare the recommended report regarding Eastern Avenue and Bryant Street; however, petitioner does not agree to implementing safety measures the report may include, which may be costly. 31. The proposal is an Inclusionary Development, as defined by §12.12.300 of the Ordinance. 32. The proposal requires a minimum of 4.5 Affordable Housing Units, which is 15% of the total number of proposed dwelling units, excluding units allowed under the Inclusionary Zoning Incentives provisions, per §12.12.300 of the Ordinance. 33. Under the proposal, the developer elects to round up and provide one additional Affordable Housing Unit for the fractional unit, as an Alternative Method of Compliance, per §12.12.300 of the Ordinance, resulting in five required Affordable Housing Units. 34. Under the proposal, the developer elects to construct five Density Bonus Units, namely, one additional unit per per each required Affordable Housing Unit, regardless of the density requirement of the Ordinance, per the Inclusionary Zoning Incentives provision of §12.12.300.E of the Ordinance. 35. The proposal is to provide thirty-five (35) homeownership Affordable Housing Units on-site at the property, which exceeds the minimum number of Affordable Housing Units required by the Ordinance. 36. The proposal complies with the Inclusionary Zoning requirements of §12.12.300 of the Ordinance, as described in the correspondence regarding compliance dated May 28, 2025 from Ben Gately, Housing Program Coordinator, City of Malden Office of Strategic Planning & Community Development, and the Memorandum of Understanding dated May 21, 2025 between the City and petitioner, regarding future compliance for Lottery Plan, Marketing Plan and Draft Legal instruments for Preservation of Affordability. 37. The Ordinance provides for the preservation of affordability of Affordable Housing Units and requires the units to remain affordable for as long as legally permissible, per §12.12.300.I.3 of the Ordinance. 38. Under the proposal, the state funding source currently limits the affordability restriction in a deed for a homeownership Affordable Housing Unit to a maximum of fifteen years; however, it is possible that after fifteen years, a unit may continue as an Affordable Housing Unit or may become a market-rate unit. 39. The City may have a right of first refusal to purchase a homeownership Affordable Housing Unit, per §12.12.300.I.4 of the Ordinance. Page 3 of 4 40. As modified by the proposed conditions of the special permit, the proposal complies with the requirements of the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance. 41. The proposal incorporates the recommendations of the Malden Historical Commission regarding preservation and reuse or replication of historical elements of the existing building, as specified in the Commission’s decision rendered March 20, 2025, with notice of decision dated March 26, 2025. 42. The rights authorized by this special permit will lapse one year from the date of granting if substantial construction or substantial use has not commenced, per §12.32.030.B.7 of the Ordinance; and given the time necessary to secure funding for the proposal, substantial construction is not expected to commence until 2026. 43. The Mayor and the Ward 7 City Councilor are in support of the proposal. 44. Several residential abutters are in opposition to the proposal. 45. As modified by the conditions of the special permit, the proposal is in the interest of the common good. DECISION (Case #25-06): On June 25, 2025, pursuant to the foregoing Findings of Fact, the Planning Board granted the petition for a special permit, subject to the following nine conditions: 1. All development shall be as per plans, except as modified by these conditions. 2. The maximum number of dwelling units is thirty-five (35); the maximum number of bedrooms is seventy-two (72); and as proposed, all units shall be home-ownership units, and all units shall remain Affordable Housing Units for as long as legally permissible. 3. Prior to issuance of any occupancy permit, developer/owner shall comply with all terms of the Memorandum of Understanding dated May 21, 2025 re: Affordable Housing Units, which is incorporated herein by reference. 4. Developer/owner shall implement the following traffic and safety mitigation: a. Obtain DPW Commission approval to install proposed curb-cuts; install and maintain parking layout and signage for proposed one-way circulation throughout the parking lot. b. Implement Transportation Demand Management measures, including: provide “welcome packet” to residents and employees with information re: transportation services; post public transportation schedules in centralized location; provide information re: pedestrian and bicycle facilities and post in centralized location. c. Improve sight lines near site driveway on Grape Street; coordinate with City to determine feasibility of removing three car lengths and/or limiting on-street parking on Grape Street. d. Provide report with discussion of potential contributing factors to high prevalence of crashes at Eastern Avenue and Bryant Street, including vulnerable user crashes (pedestrians and cyclists); include specific safety measures. e. Optimize existing traffic signal at Eastern Avenue and Bryant Steet; coordinate with the City Engineer to modify the signal timing at this intersection. 5. Install and maintain all open space and landscaping, as depicted on Conceptual Landscape Plan. 6. Install and maintain privacy fencing along property lines to screen parking lot from abutting residences at 41-43 Newton Street, 37 Newton Street and 30-32 Grape Street. 7. Compliance with the determination of the Malden Historical Commission dated March 26, 2025, which is incorporated herein by reference. Exterior/façade plans may be modified to comply with the MHC determination. 8. This special permit shall expire on June 30, 2027 unless substantial construction has commenced. 9. Screen roof-top equipment visually and acoustically. RECORD of VOTES (Case #25-06): On June 25, 2025, on the motion by Hayes, seconded by Antonucci, to grant a special permit, subject to nine conditions, the vote was eight in favor, none opposed, and the motion passed (8-0): Antonucci, yes; Chuha, yes; Ferguson, yes; Gebreselassie, yes; Gray, yes; Hayes, yes; Stone, yes; Ioven, yes. [Henry, Schroder, Verma, absent]. I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the decision of the Malden Planning Board. By: Michelle A. Romero, City Planner Page 4 of 4  City of Malden Massachusetts MALDEN HISTORICAL COMMISSION 215 Pleasant Street, Room 330 Malden, Massachusetts 02148 (781) 397-7000 ext. 2044 March 26, 2025 Nelson Miller, Building Commissioner City of Malden 215 Pleasant Street Malden, MA 02148 RE: 245 Bryant Street (Parcel ID 097 424 414) Demolition Permit Application #CMID-069419-2024 Title 4.24, Code of the City of Malden, Demolition and Alteration Delay Ordinance Dear Mr. Miller: In accordance with Title 4.24 of the Code of the City of Malden, the Demolition and Alteration Delay Ordinance (the Ordinance), this serves to notify you of the decision made by the Malden Historical Commission (the Commission) on March 20, 2025 regarding the above-referenced Application. Pursuant to its Determination on January 23, 2025 that the existing building is a Preferably Preserved Building, the Commission finds that the intent and purpose of the Ordinance is served even with the issuance of the Demolition Permit, and the Commission agrees to allow the demolition of this building prior to the expiration of the fifteen-month Delay Period, subject to owner/applicant’s compliance with the following conditions: 1. Provide modified plans that, where possible preserve and use the existing building materials, or replicate structure and appearance; and reference the structure’s identification as mid-century design, including the following: a) texture in brickwork. b) “clinkers” (projected brick). c) geometry: which may be expressed in relief, within one to 24 inch range. d) arch: options to reuse or replicate, by incorporation into new building or use in proposed parklet. 2. Present public display onsite of historical information with text and photos. 3. Provide monthly update to the Commission in writing (required) and in person (optional). 4. Artifacts from the building and historical materials not used or taken by prior owner will be given to the City or Malden Historical Society. 5. Photograph interior of building and provide photos to Commission. Please be advised that prior to the Commission’s rendering this decision, the applicant indicated its agreement to comply with the conditions of this decision. And finally, the Commission understands that in accordance with Title 12.12.010 of the Code of the City of Malden, the Commission’s recommendations shall be received by the special permit granting authority, which in this case, will be the Planning Board, and incorporated into any special permit that may be granted for the project. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions. Thank you. Sincerely, Michelle A. Romero, City Planner Clerk to the Historical Commission CC: Applicant