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It's not meant to imply that you have to about where you put these. It's just that we're looking for drought tolerance so that they don't have to be watered. Um, so the next one, while we're kind of waiting for that, maybe um I wasn't sure what the next one was. Once the early learning center is constructed and operational, the site shall be inspected at least daily for refues and debris. Um, is that a is that something you put in, Jasmine, or is that a safety issue about making sure if the early learning center is open and the and the membership building is under construction to make sure that the site is maintained? >> It's not necessary, honestly. This was pulled from a previous decision. So, every condition in here was pulled from a previous decision that was written by this board. None of these have been things that were made up that weren't previously approved.
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2026-04-06 Middlesex County, MA YouTube / WACA-TV Ashland transcript source: youtube waca tv sports · passage 111
Sabrina Livingston is the pitching coach. Cassandra Register outfield coach. Taylor Costa hitting coach. So, again, Yeah, those three Those three young coaches uh the pitching coaches, they are here to support coach. They played for him at Anna Maria. So, coach comes to us with a college college coaching background, right? He brings that that energy and enthusiasm to the club, and that certainly has been a benefit. >> today, for sure. So, I I I I don't know if we're going to have time to grab anybody, which is unfortunate cuz we would have loved to have done that, but I think it's time for us to sign off. Uh thanks to our sponsors, Marathon Deli, as always. They didn't provide us with any food, but maybe next time they'll get us something. And uh thanks to an amazing crew who always does a great job on WACA.
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2026-04-06 Middlesex County, MA YouTube / WACA-TV Ashland transcript source: youtube Ashland Planning Board meeting March 26, 2026 · passage 111
Um, >> okay. That that would I wasn't um >> Yeah, I I I would I'm surprised that we would have written that because we saying trash recepticles or things are screened and here we're saying it needs to be placed on site. So, it just feels a little Do we need that even? >> Yeah, I think we can take it out. That I don't I don't >> I'm not familiar with that one. I don't know where that one must have forgotten about it. Um, >> and then the next one is just talks about the lighting. The only thing I actually added to that is that all lighting on this on site will be dark sky compliant, but I think that it was already in the project. Um, it was already in there somewhere, but um I want to say maybe even the project narrative it was in there.
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2026-04-06 Middlesex County, MA YouTube / WACA-TV Ashland transcript source: youtube waca tv sports · passage 112
If you are looking to help out and support WACA in any way, we're always looking for volunteers to come out, do the camera work, help us out uh on the announcing. If you think you can do it better than us, then come and show us what you can do. We'd love to see you out here volunteering to support an amazing organization that gives back to our kids and our schools so they can watch themselves back on TV. Uh Wayman, so nice to be here with you. >> Nice Nice Nice to do Nice to do this, Mike. Hopefully, we'll we'll have another game sometime down the road. So, thank you to Jeff Pa and Louise for their uh technical support today. We could not do it without them, of course. All right. For the WACA crew and Wayman Eng, I am Michael Kyrou signing off from Hunt Field as the Ashland varsity Clockers softball team defeats the Wayland Warriors five to four in walk-off fashion.
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2026-04-06 Middlesex County, MA YouTube / WACA-TV Ashland transcript source: youtube Ashland Planning Board meeting March 26, 2026 · passage 112
So, >> so I I I this one is interesting because what if the recreational facilities are used after hours, but we're saying all the lights are turned off on the site. I think at the at the present time there's no lights in the fields. Um, >> no. >> So, um, >> well, it's also I mean there probably is going to be lighting for safety from the parking lot to those uh this one, right? But this one is talking about all lighting shall be turned off when the last employee vacates a premise. It feels like it a little I think I if our intention is >> that's that's different than dark sky compliant. >> Yeah. Exactly. >> Dark sky compliant basically no lights shine up. Mhm. >> But um if all lights are off when people leave, that's a different those are two different things. Which which there is precedence that all lights get turned off when everybody leaves is is actually better for safety and security.
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But um they are two different things. Um, yeah. Again, so I'm not it's not something we've talked about in terms of this project. Um, does the YMCA have a any thoughts on that? Is that what what is typical for a YMCA or is it is it typical everything is shut off or is there some lights left on for safety or >> I I think it says it in here, Trish, doesn't it? that exterior lighting should be reduced to the minimum required for safety and security. And that's our practice. You know, we turn everything down, but we shut it all down the best we can. If there's like night cleaning happening, there'd be minimal lighting to keep the cleaning crew at night able to get in and do what they need to do and get out of the So, is that your question really? >> Yeah.
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Yeah. So I think if that's um >> should we just keep that section of it the the min from that minimum required lighting for safety just keep that and take the rest off? I >> I think so. >> So take take the um where it's from the beginning till it says 15 minutes thereafter take off that first sentence. Is that what you're saying? till the I think after that when the establishments I even I would take off all that language except the third line where it says the minimum required lighting for safety and security as recommended that's all I would keep and my recommendation was to take out everything else >> that sounds right >> okay I'm sorry DA I'm starting from from this line taking everything else out from here up Um yes that goes away until somebody else thinks otherwise. And then even in that sentence I would take the when the establishment all that thing off till you go up to the to the minimum go up to that point and take everything off.
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Exactly. And then >> no but but that's a fragment so you have to be careful. So I would say the minimum lighting for safety. I would add the minimum lighting at that point required for safety and security as recommended. Um I think you still need exterior lighting. Exterior lighting shall be the minimum. I I think though um I mean isn't this saying that I mean we don't want to say that you can't have any more exterior lighting than is required for safety and security. What we're what we are saying is when the establishment is closed you have the min amount of lighting on. So I actually think when you need the from the you need to keep it as is starting from the when. So when the establishment is closed and nobody is there, then the lighting is reduced to the minimum required for safety and security.
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2026-04-06 Middlesex County, MA YouTube / WACA-TV Ashland transcript source: youtube Ashland Planning Board meeting March 26, 2026 · passage 116
But that doesn't mean that's the only lighting you have. You can have lots of different lighting, but when no one's there, you reduce it for sa just to safety and security. Does that make sense? >> I think so, Matt and Carrie. Right. be much. >> Yeah, that's what makes sense to me. Yeah, >> I would agree. I didn't want to step on the board's toes, but yes, I agree that that should be in there. >> I think you I think you can undo >> I think you can undo >> when the establishment is closed. >> Yeah. >> Changes. >> And then to your earlier point, Trisha, about like the EV chargers, like the lighting, dark sky compliant lighting is also code required. So, you can take that out, too, because that's >> Oh, it is. >> I'm pretty confident. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, all of ours is anyway.
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But yeah, I'm pretty confident that's a code requirement now. >> I'm so sorry. Did you say are we taking out dark sky compliance? >> I was just saying I think you can because I think that's a that's driven by the by the code. Um but it no harm, no foul either way. >> Yeah, we can just we can leave it in because we haven't looked at it. But the that first that first sentence you can take out the the all pole and building building mounted >> blah blah blah. >> It's just that second sentence that says basically hey when the buildings are code are closed you only use the amount of light that you actually really need for safety and security. >> Correct. >> And it might be none. It might be that everything goes off but maybe it maybe it doesn't. Um so okay so um and then I um let's see now I'm on number or letter R and I was just going to change the word locust to site because I'm always taking out the word locust.
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2026-04-06 Middlesex County, MA YouTube / WACA-TV Ashland transcript source: youtube Ashland Planning Board meeting March 26, 2026 · passage 118
We don't really use it anywhere else. I think it's left over from one of our old um conditions. Um in letter T, we have hours of construction 7 a.m. to 700 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Is that I think I don't remember exactly what it the bylaw allows. It will have to be Does that sound right? I don't remember where that is. >> That does sound accurate, but I can confirm it. >> Yeah. So, we can just confirm. I know we don't do Sundays and holidays. Um, so we just want to make sure that's good. Um, Anna, do you have anything we I think Well, does anyone Does anyone else have anything um in the rest of the conditions? I'm going back to my notes. I think that was the end of my stuff. >> I just have a question about the 7 to 7 Monday through Saturday.
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2026-04-06 Middlesex County, MA YouTube / WACA-TV Ashland transcript source: youtube Ashland Planning Board meeting March 26, 2026 · passage 119
Is that like a bylaw from Ashland or is this just part of our requirements for them? I think we have it somewhere in in the bylaws about construction times. Um, yeah, I think it's in there somewhere, but I wanted to confirm that we didn't copy and paste something that had a special condition on it. You know what I mean? And that was different than the bylaws. >> Carrie, is that a reasonable thing? >> Yeah. Yeah. 7 to seven I can I can deal with. I have another project that's trying for 8 to four or something crazy. Yeah. But um Trisha to our point I know we had we want to be careful if it is not something that's a condition in our bylaws. We shouldn't put it. >> Yeah. That's the um >> because I remember there was a I don't want it to become a challenge for put a condition that's not really necessary for our town.
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>> Yeah. especially if they're trying to like push at the end of something and I mean if they're doing work inside a building putting up drywall in >> bo it's an art site as well so there's not like they have neighbors at close proximity to put any conditions here as well >> yeah I mean but we always have >> train station but >> we we do always have hours for construction right that you know otherwise hey you know we're going to we're going to work three shifts and do it around the clock right we always have hours of construction. Well, we don't but where we got in the trouble the one time is where we had to have where we put in hours of operation. >> Um >> Okay. Yeah. That's what it was. >> Yeah. Which is >> you are exactly thinking the same project I'm thinking.
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>> Yeah. It was hours of operation. >> Yeah. >> Um Okay. And then there's something about the shy bond at the end. which I think Jasmine was working with um Lisa and is more um more in her you know obviously more in her wheelhouse than mine. Um >> yeah can just the the shity piece and I think Matt can all we're trying to do is make sure that the shity can be triggered with the phasing right so if we determine for example that we are not going to clear all the land to do the site work day one we don't want to provide assurityity for that work until we're ready to do it right so if we can just tie it to you know maybe tie it to that building permit process that when we decide what we want to build we evaluate assurityity or or whatever.
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And I think those are all part of the questions that Jasmine's working with Lisa on to to get clarity. >> Yes, absolutely it is. I'm going to let's see. Um, I'm going to send you another I'm kind of looking at our former >> another former decision. >> If it's helpful, I did find the um the construction noises. Uh, it is confirmed in your bylaw. No construction activities um between 700 p.m. and 7 a.m., right? So, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. >> Okay. >> On Sunday or federal holidays without special permission from planning and or the select board. So, it looks like what you've got written is is >> complant. >> And then I would assume if we got special permission, then the police department would be notified and therefore they would know how to enforce. So, it all kind of ties together, >> right? Right.
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2026-04-06 Middlesex County, MA YouTube / WACA-TV Ashland transcript source: youtube Ashland Planning Board meeting March 26, 2026 · passage 123
Um, Jasmine, did you And it sounds like in looking at things, um, I'm going to send you one other condition. Um it's a condition about um again looking at some of our other ones. Um if requested by the Department of Public Works um a rock construction entrance shall be installed to prevent sediment track out onto public roadways. We usually have that in there. And a site this big. The school needed one. Mendes needed one. So on a site this big, it may be needed. Um, >> where would you I'm sorry. Which where would you like to add that? >> I think it would be under just under the construction. Um, >> it's under last one here. >> Yeah, in in the construction section. Um Oh, I'm sorry. You can't see what I'm doing. I'm sorry. That's okay. But in our in our by in our typical decisions, we have some things about um this this approval decision shall be recorded at South Middle Registry blah blah blah.
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Is that is that stuff we need in there? Did you look at that and say, you know, you don't typically need this in or do you have it in there? It's >> on the last page, Madam Chair. >> Okay. Okay. All right. So, I think um >> is it chair or chairman? >> Yeah, let's let's take off the let's take off the man part. >> Thank you, Deepa. >> And that goes Yeah, that goes for the vice chair, too. >> Yeah. Okay. Is anything else that anyone has on there? >> So, we're just going to wait for Lisa to give us input on that shity bond, which in turn may have some, as Carrie said, maybe we'll have to look at that site clearing section of it. Why don't we also go back to that red that uh that red section we left in there.
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There we go. Maybe Anna will help us out here. Oh, unless she's Are you actually in Are you actually free now, Anna? Or >> Yeah. Yeah, I've been online for a while. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> So, we skipped this section. We decided that um the site alteration special permit. There aren't criteria for that. This is this is just a a thing like describing the purpose of the section. And so we could probably take out the word criteria. I think I put that in there but um on the heading but this is something I think we just need to in a few sentence summarize because obviously all of these things We've talked about as criteria in special permit, in site plan review, in design plan review, but we wanted to include something here about some verbiage about um approving the site alteration special permit. Um so, um >> is it concerned that it's too long as is the right?
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>> Well, this is the exact words from the bylaw. This isn't the planning board speaking. >> Gotcha. >> So, um, >> so we need we need to turn this into actual language where we believe we have addressed these four items. >> Yeah. We're talking about something like um the planning board um cons you know considered um in considering the n natural resources um natural topography I'm pulling out things in in these >> find can we just say can we just say the planning board used the following criteria in approval of this process or something like and just leave it like that. So, so I think the way to frame it is the planning board has reviewed the criteria in section 5.8.1 A throughD and recognizes that the applicant has addressed every single one of those points. And then I would probably highlight that the applicant has made substantial effort to preserve and honor the natural topography of the site.
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