Remarks by Michael A. Capuano
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“I appreciate that. Thank you. Anybody else before we move this application along? Okay. Following public testimony review of the submitted materials and deliberation of the required considerations outlined by the ordinance and move to approve with conditions as outlined by the staff memo on the supplemental staff memo, the residential special permit in the mid rise for district. 2nd, to buy Amelia. You got a roll call place.”
Planning Commission · Sep 17, 2026
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“Aye. Following public testimony, review of the submitted materials and deliberation of the required considerations outlined by the ordinance, I move to approve with the conditions outlined in the staff memo and the supplemental staff memo, the residential site plan approval in the Mid-Rise Ford District. Seconded by Amelia Ivov.”
Planning Commission · Sep 17, 2026
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“Planning board has nothing else on its agenda prior to a Joint hearing between the land use committee and this body on October 1st. So, no further business before the planning board at 752. 652 PM, the chair moves to adjourn. 2nd, and by Amelia.”
Planning Commission · Sep 17, 2026
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“Good evening, everybody. It is 6.03 p.m. on the 20th of August, 2026. This is a regularly scheduled meeting of the Summable Planning Board. I'm Mike Capuano. I'm the chairman of the planning board. With me tonight is our vice chair, Amelia Aboff, our clerk, Jahan Habib, and our members, Lynn Richards, Luke Schuster, and Coralie Cooper. We have a quorum to Pursuant to Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2025, this meeting with the Planning Board is being conducted via remote participation. The video recording of these proceedings is going to be available on the City's Meetings and Events page or by…”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“The agenda item is continued. 6 Wheatland Street has requested a continuance to September 3rd. Chair moved to continue that agenda item. Seconded by Amelia. Roll call, please.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“It was just like it fit the bill at the time. Yeah, Lynn.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Excellent. Thank you. Okay. So what I'd like to do is invite the applicant team up to talk about where we are at. since we last met a few weeks ago if they could please raise their hand be unmuted be shared whatever is necessary for the purpose of this meeting tonight”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“In the efforts of staving off a ticket here for our applicant, I might say just throw yourself on audio.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“I was going to say, was your team aware that this planning board starts at 6 o'clock and that the planning board has the ability to move things out of order as necessary? Yes.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“kind of work with what the board is looking to do, I'm happy to grant you the continuance. With both of you on the phone in the car, it just makes me think of the 1975 song Convoy. You guys can certainly create one of those. So that's fine. I appreciate the update and I appreciate the willingness to try to see what you can do to meet us where I think we are. And so I'm happy to move to continue you guys for another few weeks. Seconded by Amelia. Can I have a roll call, please?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Michael Capolano. Aye. Thank you very much. See you in a couple of weeks and see where we're at.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“A better place and hopefully stationary.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“You never would. The previous applicant team was in trucker hats driving a convoy down... You know, Route 66, so.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“He's been a busy man for the last couple of months.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Can I interrupt you for a second? Because I have a question on that very point that you just kind of raised here. You said capability for lab on all floors. One of the things that I've been asking, not your team, but Previous applicants who are looking to develop lab space is, as this board knows, and we've talked about a number of times in our. kind of experience in history of permitting lab space, it's been very, very slow to be able to tenant. And so one of the questions that I've asked, and I think my colleagues have as well, is what happens if you can't get a lab tenant? Can you…”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Not yet. I'm sure you will kind of at the end. I just wanted to catch on that one because it caught my attention because this is something that the board has discussed quite a bit.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Thank you very much for the presentation. Does anybody outside of my question earlier, does anybody in the planning board have any questions that they'd like to ask the applicant before I open this up to public testimony?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“So what I would like to do now is thank the applicant for the presentation and open this up to public testimony for anybody that wants to speak in support of the application if you'd like to do that please hit the raised hand button and i'll call you in the order in which i see you once going twice Seeing none, I will close that portion of the public hearing and open it up to anybody that wants to speak in opposition to the application or otherwise express concern. Please raise your hand. Once or twice. Seeing none, I will close that portion of public hearing and bring it back to the planning…”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“You want to keep going, Amelia, or do you want to come back for round two?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Absolutely. However you think is best to respond to the question.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Do you have any more questions right now?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Objection to the term Camberville. They're two different cities.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“So I think where we're at is I think generally we're supportive of this project, or it seems like. I think we just need to ruminate a little bit on whether this is the best way to move forward on their site. I appreciate some of the Responses that you were giving about the opportunity to move into non non lab if that's. Where are you going to be? Because I hate to be tied down onto something that's not going to be able to be tentative. And it sounds to me, and I need to. Kind of review this meeting before next is it sounds like that's. not outside the scope of feasibility and reality if…”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026