The Marion Planning Board met on Monday for their first meeting following the recent Town Election. The board began, following the pledge, with some position reorganizations, nominations, and approvals.
The current chair, Andrew Daniel, and vice-chair, Alanna Nelson, were nominated chair. Daniel won the internal vote and will continue to serve as chair. Nelson was then the sole nominee for vice-chair, where she will also continue her current role. Eileen J. Marum was nominated and confirmed to continue her role as clerk.
For Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District representative, Ryan Burke was nominated and approved. Finally, for Community Preservation Committee representative, Daniel stated “I have no problem doing it again,” but Tucker Burr was nominated and approved by the board.
Then the board moved on to the continued public hearing for a Special Permit request for Derek A. Maksy and Denise Allard of 61 & 63 Oakdale Avenue. The properties seek to be conjoined into an association with an association pier being built out into Hammett Cove. This request has seen multiple hearings, with the last ending with a request for continuance to this meeting held on June 2. The property owners and applicants were present, along with an engineer consultant and legal counsel. This public hearing was, soon after opening discussion, closed. According to the chair, further discussion and a decision on the pier will be held at the next Planning Board meeting. Daniel stated, “we have everything. We will make a decision at the next meeting.” The decision will allow for a resubmittal by the applicants in the future, should the board vote against the application.
A discussion was then levied on the parking upgrade for the Sippican Holdings LLC storage site, located at the former Lockheed Martin office. Talks mostly centered around accessibility to the property’s Building 2 and Building 3. Following this discussion, there was a shorter talk on traffic and circulation, which touched upon public transport and rising costs.
The next regular meeting of the Marion Planning Board is scheduled for Monday, June 16, at 7:00 pm at the Marion Police Department, though the board also has a joint meeting with the Select Board scheduled for Thursday, June 5, at 7:00 pm also at the Marion Police Department.
Marion Planning Board
By Sam Bishop