Remarks by Michael A. Capuano
123 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 5
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“I appreciate that. And where I'm hoping to go in the next couple of weeks is I, I look at this positively. Um, it is something that is, as you've, uh, you know, kind of reiterated, it's been a very long process. I think another two weeks, particularly such that, um, you know, Amelia can have some of her questions about the, um, the lead document, um, that, that, that, that, that hasn't reached where it needs to reach. Um, I think it's going to put us in a much better place to be able to hopefully move forward in a positive way with this application. As one member, I'm pretty pleased with the…”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“So with that in mind, I'm going to leave the written. Comment open to playing board at some of the dot Gov until 9 a.m. on Friday, the 28th. And continue this agenda item to September 3rd. 2nd, by Amelia, can I have a roll call please?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Thank you. Up next, but not quite last, is Medford Street, 8 Medford Street. So we can have the clerk please read into the record the notice of public hearing for that um 120 had been previously read in and continued and continuing to take it absolutely mr chair i'm just restarting my adobe acrobat here”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Adobe has been a problem for me lately too.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Thank you. Welcome to the team and Attorney Vigorito. If you could all please just introduce yourselves for the record.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“At the first meeting, were you planning to have parking at all outside of the loading zone or was it just still the loading zone? Has this developed over time?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“I don't have any comments or questions yet. I will wait until after we take some testimony. But does anybody have anything they would like to add now? Seeing none. I'm going to open up to public testimony for anybody that wants to speak in support of the application. Please click the raised hand button and I'll call. Once. Going twice. Seeing none, I will close that portion of the hearing. I'll open up to anybody that wants to speak in opposition or otherwise express concern. Please raise your hand. I see Mark Truant. Good. Yep. Good. Mark Truant, please be unmuted and be allowed to speak…”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“I'm sorry. Just as a reminder, not just to you, but to everybody, if you could please introduce yourself with your name and your address as well.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Anybody else? Only once, only twice. I will close that portion of the public hearing. I'm going to open it up to members of the planning board. Could I ask a couple of questions on this just to clarify based on what this last gentleman was concerned about? This is As I recall within the walk shed to transit, right? So we're, um. We are able to condition and I believe maybe condition that they would not be entitled to. Residential park mistake is that right? Is that correct?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“But are we still able to condition the fact that people wouldn't be able to get residential stickers online? I think you might be, but I see Kit who's got her hand raised, so hopefully she might be able to weigh in.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“So what's the expectation? Not putting you to a total answer. Where are people going to go? Where are people going to park? Because they're not going to park on Warren Street. Two people will. Are they going to go on South Street? I'm looking at the map here and I'm trying to figure out where is the line? Where are people going to go?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“So I guess my question to you is, is, is this then, um, So I'm thinking about the condos literally built on the street from me on the intersection of High Street and Route 16. I'm about a mile away from both the Green Line and the Red Line. And so I'm not within a walkshed. I'm one of the few areas in the city that is outside that walkshed. Everybody on my street has a car because of that. And there were condos built at the bottom of my street that have a little bit of parking, for sure. It is very tight. They haven't sold since the place was built a number of years ago. So I don't know if…”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“So I've got a question for you then. Okay. Not that I'm going to force it, but are you guys willing to look at a condition based on the gentleman who was speaking about parking and traffic concerns? If you don't think people are going to necessarily have cars at this property as they're renters and things like that. And as they're looking at the market, would you be willing to agree to a condition that you would otherwise be exempt from residential parking tickets in the area?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“But I would want to confer with the developer on what his position was and maybe even have some... Before I ask you to do that, let me just make sure I'm not the only member of the board with this question.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“If I'm the only one, I'll let it go. But it is something that kind of raised my My antenna when that was brought up by and confirmed by Kit. Amelia, yeah.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“You're not conflicted from this one, are you?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Um, I'm just going to say a couple more things about the project. I'm generally very supportive of the application. I think it's a good project. I think we have some lingering questions that need some answers, which is pretty usual and certainly not anything that's disparaging of the application in my eyes. I love the way the building looks, so I want to give a... A lot of kudos to some of the bronze features that came in. I kind of like the way that the rendering showed it in fall instead of just, you know, everything's blooming. I thought it was very nice. And we don't always see something…”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Sounds awesome. Thank you, everybody, for kind of being on the same page. I see Amelia once more.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Okay. So, I think we have some. Questions that we'd like some responses and maybe some. Follow up on on the next meeting. So I would. I see Lynn's hand before we continue.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“No, no, no. And that's kind of why I asked, like, okay, so if nothing's going to be presented, where are people going to go? And if not, what are the other opportunities that people will have, whether it's a centralized area or not? So I'm kind of happy to engage in this discussion. I'm not stuck on that particular condition if it just doesn't seem to make sense on this project. especially because it's outside the transit zone. But I'm generally supportive of it, and I just want to make sure we're doing everything that we can to answer the questions that we have.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“That's a good idea. I appreciate that. I like having these thoughtful, broad-based discussions. I think we should certainly put that on the calendar at some point, hopefully before the end of the year.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Yeah, for sure. We have some questions we have some ideas that we'd like kicked around with with staff and. Get your plan on this 1 too, right?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Okay, so so we're looking at another couple of weeks. We're looking at the end of September. Is that right?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Let me just look at the, yeah, that looks right. Okay, so what I want to do is I want to leave the written comment open until 9 a.m. on the 11th, September 11th, planning board at sumwellma.gov, just to make sure that we have everything that we need and give you the opportunity to have your vacation and people to be able to confer. And I see Coralie as well.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026