Office of Outdoor Advertising
Public Meeting
September 10, 2015
11:00 AM
Ten Park Plaza
Conference Rm 5 & 6
Boston, MA 02116
Present:
John Romano, Executive Director
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JOHN ROMANO:
Hello everyone.
Welcome
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to the September meeting of the Office of Outdoor
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Advertising for MassDOT.
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formalities upfront.
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people with disabilities and individuals with limited
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English proficiency.
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for assistive technology, sign language, alternate
Just to cover some
This meeting is accessible to
If you filed a request with us
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formatted documents, interpreted translated documents,
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or other such services to be available today, you can
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see Lydia.
I don’t think anybody has, right.
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LYDIA QUIRK:
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JOHN ROMANO:
No.
We also have
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amplification devices available from Lydia if anybody
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needs them.
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participate today, please let Lydia know and we will
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do our best to help you.
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proceed.
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If you need any other assistance to
Seeing none, we will
We have our sign in sheet up there,
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agenda and meeting minutes from the last meeting, if
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you would like a copy of those.
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signed in on your way in, please do so on your way
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out, so we have you on the record.
If you have not
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The minutes for August 13 public
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hearing are on the table.
Are there any questions,
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comments, concerns, changes?
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(No response)
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JOHN ROMANO:
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those approved.
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today we have two applications for new licenses.
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first one is Nurupoint, LLC.
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can you please stand up and identify yourself sir.
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Thank you.
Seeing none, we will mark
First up on the agenda
The
Is anybody here today,
GUS TIBAZARWA:
Gus Tibazarwa with
Nurupoint, LLC.
JOHN ROMANO:
Great, so Gus, we
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reviewed all of the paperwork.
All of your tax stuff
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seems to be in order.
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Standing from the Department of Revenue.
We received
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your payment and I don’t see any issues.
Do you have
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anything you would like to say or add at this point?
We have a Certificate of Good
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GUS TIBAZARWA:
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JOHN ROMANO:
No.
Great.
We will take this
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under advisement as we do with everything at the
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hearing and we will get back to you in a couple of
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weeks as to whether or not it is approved.
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GUS TIBAZARWA:
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JOHN ROMANO:
Thank you.
For the record, I am
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going to be on vacation next week, so anything today
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won’t get processed until the week I come back at the
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earliest.
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the public on this one?
Thank you very much.
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(No response)
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JOHN ROMANO:
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to the next one.
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from Wrap City?
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Any questions from
Seeing none, we will move
Wrap City, LLC is there anybody here
MICHAEL GIAIMO:
Michael Giaimo,
Robinson & Cole representing Wrap City.
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JOHN ROMANO:
Great.
Same thing we
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have all of the information requested.
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any issues with taxes.
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Secretary of Commonwealth, and also your W9, and a
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letter from the Department of Revenue stating a
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Certificate of Good Standing.
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fee.
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Do you have anything you would like to add?
We have the letter from the
We also received your
We see no issues from the paperwork standpoint.
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MICHAEL GIAIMO:
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JOHN ROMANO:
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MICHAEL GIAIMO:
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We don’t have
I don’t, no.
Great.
If there are any
questions, I am here to respond otherwise thank you.
JOHN ROMANO:
Excellent.
Same as we
always do with all of our items that will be taken
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under advisement.
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you know.
In a couple of hyweeks, we will let
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MICHAEL GIAIMO:
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JOHN ROMANO:
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Understood.
Any questions or comments
from the public in attendance?
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(No response)
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JOHN ROMANO:
Great, seeing none we
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will take that under advisement.
Next, we have a few
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applications for permits that we will review.
The
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first one is Billboard Trust.
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Street.
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These are static boards.
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Abington Town Manager and the Town Clerk back on
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August 26.
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and state your name for the record.
It is for application number 2015005 and 006.
Notice was sent out to the
Is the applicant present?
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It is for 1550 Bedford
FRED BUTTS:
Fred Butts and Sheila
Ciavattieri.
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JOHN ROMANO:
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SHEILA CIAVATTIERI:
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What was the second name?
JOHN ROMANO:
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SHEILA CIAVATTIERI:
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Sheila
Ciavattieri.
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Please stand up
Can you spell that?
Certainly, C-I-A-
V-A-T-T-I-E-R-I, Sheila.
JOHN ROMANO:
Very good.
Thank you,
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very much.
Are there any abutters present here today?
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(No response)
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JOHN ROMANO:
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here from the District Office on this one?
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(No response)
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JOHN ROMANO:
Seeing none.
Anybody
And Traffic Operations is
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not necessary; this is a static board although Wu is
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here.
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sent out to all of the abutters.
So, Fred and Sheila, certified mail notice was
I have a copy of the
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letter that you sent out along with your application
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and your attorney also sent me all of the post office
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receipts to everybody.
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for that.
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So we have that.
FRED BUTTS:
JOHN ROMANO:
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FRED BUTTS:
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There may be one other
piece you may want.
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Thank you
Okay.
He asked me to give this
to you, if you asked me.
JOHN ROMANO:
This is a copy of the
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actual letter that was sent out, great.
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of the notice that was sent out to the abutters.
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Thank you very much.
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comments in support or opposition to these boards?
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It is a copy
Did you receive any written
FRED BUTTS:
We did not.
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JOHN ROMANO:
Okay and neither did we.
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You guys have a special permit for this from the town
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and we do have a copy of that.
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provide us with a copy of that.
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report from Marc Plante who is our inspector that did
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the inspection on this.
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MARC PLANTE:
Your lawyer did
I will now hear a
This is an existing
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monopole located on Route 18 in Abington.
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previously permitted with permits that were
It was
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surrendered.
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still good.
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That hasn’t changed.
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problems, that has not changed.
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issues where the sign is, that has not changed.
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this location is still conforming to 700CMR 3.00.
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The business character situation is
There are two businesses within 500-feet.
There is no park or recreational
JOHN ROMANO:
There is no spacing
So
So no other issues or
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problems or anything that you have identified based on
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the CMR?
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MARC PLANTE:
Not at all.
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JOHN ROMANO:
Great.
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just make sure I get a copy of that report.
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gave you my copy the other day.
Marc, can you
I think I
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MARC PLANTE:
Yes.
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JOHN ROMANO:
We pass a lot of stuff
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back and forth here.
Thank you very much.
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thank you.
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abutters or any members of the public here today have
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any questions, comments, or concerns about this
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application?
I appreciate that.
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(No response)
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JOHN ROMANO:
Marc,
Does anybody from the
Great, seeing none.
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Fred, do you have anything you want to add before we
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conclude?
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FRED BUTTS:
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JOHN ROMANO:
No.
Thank you.
Great, thank you very
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much.
We will take this under advisement and I will
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let you know in a couple of weeks.
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FRED BUTTS:
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JOHN ROMANO:
Thank you.
Next up is an application
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for electronic permits on the 361 Lynnway, Route 1 in
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Lynn, Total Outdoor Corporation.
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July 8, to the Mayor’s office and to the City Clerk.
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Is the applicant present?
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DREW HOFFMAN:
We sent notices on
Yes, Drew Hoffman, Total
Outdoor.
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JOHN ROMANO:
Is there anybody here
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from the municipality where the sign is being
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proposed?
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(No response)
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JOHN ROMANO:
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did with Abington.
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present today?
We did notify them as we
Are there any abutters here,
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(No response)
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JOHN ROMANO:
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MARK KRATMAN:
Mark, any -There is one clerical
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thing that I wanted to tell you.
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1 and it is actually Route 1A.
You have it as Route
That needs to be
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changed and it is not a MassDOT roadway it is under
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the jurisdiction of the DCR.
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JOHN ROMANO:
Yes, we did -- our
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traffic people -- Wu is here from Traffic Operations.
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They did notify DCR about it and Neil Boudreaux, the
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State Traffic Engineer notified them and we have not
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heard anything from them at all.
Thank you, Mark.
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Wu Tran from our Traffic Operations --
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WU TRAN:
Yes, we -- this one does not
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need a traffic study, however the name on the DCR
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roadway shows that we did forward a memo to the DCR
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with potential hazard information.
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JOHN ROMANO:
So just for them to keep
an eye on it after the fact.
WU TRAN:
Yes.
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JOHN ROMANO:
But no traffic study is
required, is that correct?
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WU TRAN:
Yes.
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JOHN ROMANO:
I have a memo to that.
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We do have the corrected memo with DCR and actually,
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Route 1A listed from the traffic people.
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MARK KRATMAN:
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JOHN ROMANO:
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Thank you.
Thank you.
Drew, was
certified mail sent to abutters at least 30-days prior
to application?
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DREW HOFFMAN:
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JOHN ROMANO:
That’s correct.
I believe I have a copy
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of that here along with the Post Office notices, is
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that correct?
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DREW HOFFMAN:
Yes, and a copy of the
letter.
JOHN ROMANO:
Have you received any
written comments in support or opposed to this?
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DREW HOFFMAN:
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JOHN ROMANO:
None.
We have not received any
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comments or correspondents on this.
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was obtained and you have submitted all of those
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documents, correct?
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DREW HOFFMAN:
Special permit
Yes.
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JOHN ROMANO:
I think we spent more
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time talking about this special permit than anyone but
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it is all good.
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in order.
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Outdoor Advertising is Chris Chaves.
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give us your report at this time, please.
We have everything we need, it is all
Field Inspector from MassDOT Office of
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CHRIS CHAVES:
Chris, would you
Yes sir.
This is a
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proposed conversion of a current static board by Clear
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Channel Outdoor.
The current permit is 98005 and
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98006.
The area is of business character.
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multiple businesses within 500-feet.
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two to fit the criteria Enterprise Rent-a-Car and
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Morgan’s Garage.
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There are
We have chosen
There were a couple of measurements
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taken on a current Trivision board just to the west of
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the site.
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current sign, which would fit.
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a DCR state ice arena from nearest edge of parking lot
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to nearest edge of the current permitted sign is well
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over 300-feet.
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the parking lot of the abutting shopping center which
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appears they use that as well, it is still over 300-
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feet.
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It’s approximately 804-feet from the
Also, a measurement to
It is almost 600-feet.
If you took
So it is well over the requirement.
Other than that there is no issues that
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appear to conform to the CMR.
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JOHN ROMANO:
Thank you, Chris, I
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appreciate that.
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that we are waiting on the original permits which are
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static to be surrendered.
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Clear Channel that their intention is to surrender
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them sometime in the middle of next month.
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Drew, as we discussed you understand
We have been notified by
As soon as the signs are physically
down you can notify us or you can wait for Clear
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Channel to notify us.
I am sure you will be watching.
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You let us know and Chris will go back out and do a
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reinspection.
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we will be able to issue the permit, seeing that no
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other issues come up between now and that point.
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won’t be able to do anything until that step is taken.
Once we agree that those signs are down
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DREW HOFFMAN:
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JOHN ROMANO:
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DREW HOFFMAN:
JOHN ROMANO:
No, I am all set.
Great.
Chris, I’ve got
everything covered.
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Anything else that you
Thanks.
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Sounds good.
would like to add at this time?
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We
CHRIS CHAVES:
covered.
You’ve got everything
Thank you.
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from anybody in attendance?
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(No response)
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JOHN ROMANO:
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MARK KRATMAN:
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JOHN ROMANO:
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MARK KRATMAN:
Any comments or concerns
Okay.
I have one comment.
Okay.
When removing the sign,
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do they have to get a permit from the DCR too to
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remove the sign?
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JOHN ROMANO:
That I am not a 100%
sure.
DREW HOFFMAN:
Clear Channel already
has a demolition permit.
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MARK KRATMAN:
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JOHN ROMANO:
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UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER:
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JOHN ROMANO:
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MARK KRATMAN:
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JOHN ROMANO:
I believe we do.
Okay, thank you.
No.
Anybody else before we
wrap this one up?
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Okay.
Anything else, Mark?
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Okay.
Okay, great we will take
this one under advisement and we will wait to hear
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back from Clear Channel/Total Outdoor on the removal
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of the existing boards, and then we’ll go from there.
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Just so you know, since the last public
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meeting we did have one renewal from 2071 Purchase
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Street Company of a license and two permits that was
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done at the end of August on August 27.
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taken care of.
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concerns about the items number four, for the record
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or any actions taken since the last public hearing.
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That is all
Does anybody have any questions or
JOSEPH MURRAY:
Can you tell me what
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the deadline is for renewal of all permits and
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licenses?
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JOHN ROMANO:
It is on an annual basis.
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We usually do it at the end of the year.
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in November we will start sending out bills and
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renewal notices --
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JOSEPH MURRAY:
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Okay.
-- to be submitted by
the end of the year.
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JOSEPH MURRAY:
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JOHN ROMANO:
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So sometime
Thank you.
Any other questions or
comments or concerns from the public?
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(No response)
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JOHN ROMANO:
Okay, seeing none we will
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adjourn.
Thank you all very much for coming.
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next month.
See you
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Whereupon, the proceedings were concluded on
September 10, 2015 at 11:19 a.m.)
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I, Tammy A. Hillery, do hereby certify that the
foregoing record is a true and accurate transcription of
the proceedings in the above-captioned matter to the best
of my skill and ability.
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Tammy A. Hillery
**All names not provided were spelled phonetically to
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