Ladies and gentlemen, esteemed members of the planning board and valued community representatives.

I welcome you all to this evening's assembly of the Socal Planning Board.

As chairman, it is my privilege to convene this gathering dedicated to the thoughtful planning and development of our community.

Today we come together with a shared commitment to shaping the future in our city that manners in a manner that reflects our values, respects our heritage, and fulfills the needs of our residents both now and in the future.

Our agenda tonight contains important matters, each requiring our careful consideration, expertise, and collaboration.

As we engage in our deliberations, let us remember the profound impact these decisions will have on the lives of all, keeping in mind we're residents like you.

It is our duty to maintain transparency, fairness, and inclusivity in our proceedings, ensuring that the voices of all are heard and respected.

Together we must embrace the responsibility entrusted to us by our community, working diligently and thoughtfully to chart a course that fosters growth, prosperity, and harmony.

With that, I would like to call this meeting of the Tuesday, April 21st, 2026, SACO Planning Board to order.

I look forward to the productive discussions and meaningful outcomes that lie ahead.

Thank you.

With us this evening, myself, the Chair, Matt Prevenzel, and to my left, we have our vice chair, Joyce Leary Clark, and Planning Board members Jeff Brochou and Catherine Pellini.

And to my right, board members Jim Moyer and Chris Gagnan.

With us this evening are staff members Charles Tettleman, our city planner, and Lisa Harmon, our planning compliance manager.

With that, our first item on our agenda is review of our prior meeting minutes.

And I understand we received those uh I believe that was earlier today.

So if board members have had a chance to review that and would like to make a motion on those, we can either adopt or table to another meeting, or board members would like.

Thoughts, Jeff?

Uh Mr.

Chair, I was I was gonna lean towards tabling.

I've had a chance to read through them once.

Um I think particularly when I when I read it.

Um page two.

There's a the start of the conversation of our council liaison, counselor Johnson being here.

I think um the way it's written seems a little misleading about the lawsuit that took place.

I think we were addressing lots that fronted on Flag Pond Road.

Um the the question was uh a larger lot that came in from Route One that I think the council had to make the change on, which kind of made this little jog in the industrial zone.

So I think it might be appropriate if we kick that back so that they can um confirm with counselor johnson that that was actually accurate.

Um, because we did have zoning changes on the flag p flag pond road as we were we were involved in um with zoning request and the zoning revision process.

Um but the other lawsuit I believe is predates that because we had talked about it in that process.

So I think it might be appropriate we just table is my opinion.

Sure.

Thank you.

Any other thoughts from board members?

I guess we're Joyce.

No, I agree with Jeff.

Um it does it it does seem a little um confusing in terms of the the timeline of when the lawsuit was brought and how how these items relate to each other.

Okay, great, thank you.

Um I'd move to table them to the next review of them to the May.

Is it May 5th meeting?

Yes, I would second that motion.

Thank you.

Any additional discussion on the motion to table um final review of the minutes to May 5th.

Um with that, those in favor, Chris?

Yes.

Jim.

Yes.

Joyce.

Yes.

Jeff.

Yes.

Catherine?

Yes.

I'll vote yes as well.

Motion passes 60.

All right, our next item on our agenda this evening is our planning board public hearing guidelines.

This is a document developed by the board and city staff outlining the procedure in place for public hearings held.

This explains the purpose of the public hearings, the outline procedure of reviewing an application, and public comment presentation and meeting duration.

This is a document at the rear of the auditorium and a hard copy along with digital versions as well.

So if anyone has any questions on that document, please let us know and we'll do our best to answer those.