I guess we're gonna get started.

Um it is six oh one PM Tuesday, May 5th, 2026, and we'll call the meeting of the SACO Planning Board to order.

Um I'm gonna read Matt's cheat sheet here.

Uh ladies and gentlemen, esteemed members of the planning board and valued community representatives, I welcome you all to this evening's assembly of the Sacco Planning Board.

As acting chair, it's 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 of our city 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.

From zoning ordinances to development proposals, from infrastructure to environmental concerns, every item on our agenda holds significance in sculpting the landscape and character of our community.

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's 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'd like to call this meeting of the Socco Planning Board to order.

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

So this evening, our chair, Matt Prevenzel is absent, so I'm Joyce Larry Clark.

I'm the vice chair.

I'll be acting as chair tonight.

Um to my right, we have planning board members, Chris Gagden and Jim Muller.

To my left, planning board members Catherine Paulini and Jeff Brochue.

Um up at the uh staff table, we have Lisa Harman, the planning compliance manager, and Charles Tattleman, the city planner, as well as our city council liaison, uh city councilor from Ward 7, Nathan Johnston.

With that, we'll move to item three on the agenda, which is approval of minutes.

We have two sets of minutes from April 7th and April 21st, 2026.

Madam Chair, I'll move to approve uh both minutes.

Thanks for the motion, Jim.

Do we have a second?

I'll second that.

Thanks for the second, Chris.

Any discussion?

Jeff.

Yes, Madam Chair, I just wanted to touch base a couple of of items.

Um the meeting, April 7th minutes.

Um section that says per the ordinance request to exchange the bounds.

I don't know if we were exchanging bounds versus changing the bounds of the zoned.

Where are you looking?

What page is that?

Oh, sorry, you're looking at your notes.

This is in regard to the flag pond road zoning documents.

I I think the I see, I think they it should just be change boundaries.

Yeah, it's in the middle of the middle of the first page.

Any other uh touch base, um, I don't know if counselor Johnson had a chance to read the reason we had tabled it last time.

It it still sounds like it's a little bit confusing to me about um the parcels that were talked to midway through that were historically always industrial, but there was a lawsuit, and as a result of that, I believe council was had to make some um zoning changes to fulfill the settlement of that lawsuit.

Um just the way it was worded, it still seemed a little bit confusing to me.

Um I just don't want to miss any of that historical knowledge being passed down.

So the minutes are a reflection of the these are timeline at 3238, and these are almost verbatim of what counselor Johnson was saying.

Okay.

So I think for the purpose of the minutes, what we did is last time we went back and tried to summarize what was said.

Um but we're not uh we're not um what's the word I'm looking for?

The minutes are reflection of the conversation, not uh to where we didn't go back and you know provide clarity or add additional context.

Um typically we actually try to pare it down in the minutes just to provide a summary.

But in this instance, we went back, we timestamped it.

There's also the link to the video.

That's why we put the timestamp there.

Uh so we were just trying to in this instance because it we you brought up in the last meeting, uh, just to put it in as close to as it has how it was said, but we didn't go back in and edit it for accuracy, or we just don't typically do that because we want it to be more focused on what was said rather than what was the the intent was if that makes sense.

Okay.

So this is what this is what was said.

Um any other changes to either set of minutes.

Jim, do you have an issue amending the motion to make that change from exchange the boundaries to change?

No, I'll I'll amend my motion to reflect that.

I'll amend my second.

So thanks for the motion, Jim and the second.

Chris, any other comments?