Old English Square Zoning Articles Postponed

A number of articles relating to the Old English Square development have been postponed by Town Meeting until June 20. These articles deal with the decreasing of town wide retail Parking Ratio and the increasing of Business Village building height from 35 to 40 feet.

Public Hearings for the ballance of the proposed zoning articles will continue before the Planning Board on Tuesday June 7 and Tuesday June 14 in the Holbrook Town Hall, 50 North Franklin Street at 8:00 PM.

Letter to the Town Meeting Members - May 3, 2005

As we mentioned in our letter to you dated April 15th, 2005, the Mullins Company has filed a series of zoning articles for Town Meeting this month. To help you learn more about the proposed articles, we have enclosed a brief summary packet for your review. The Planning Board will hold public hearings on these articles on Tuesday, May 10th and Tuesday, May 17th. In addition, we have scheduled three informational meetings and encourage each Town Meeting Member to attend at least one. At each meeting, we will make a brief presentation about the articles and allow time for each person to ask questions. The meetings will be held in the Holbrook Town Hall, 50 North Franklin Street, in the Upstairs Meeting Room at the scheduled time below:

Thursday May 5, 2005, @ 7:30 pm

Monday May 9, 2005, @ 7:30 pm

Tuesday May 10, 2005, @ 8:30 pm (Planning Board)

Tuesday May 17, 2005, @ 8:00 pm (Planning Board)

Wednesday May 18, 2005, @ 7:30 pm

We appreciate the opportunity to present this brief summary packet to you. Please contact either myself or Mike Mullins at (781) 849-3388 with any questions or comments you may have. You can also learn more about Old English Square at our websites, www.oldenglishsquare.com and www.oldenglishsquare.blogspot.com.

Letter from the Natural Heritage on the Issue of Spotted Turtles - May 3, 2005

I am happy to report that we have made great progress on the issue of spotted turtles. We received a letter of endorsement from the Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program (NHESP) this morning regarding our Phase 1 - Retail Village development.

"Based on a review of the information that was provided and the information that is currently contained in our database, the NHESP has determined that this project, as currently proposed, will not adversely affect the actual Resource Area habitat of state-protected rare wildlife species."

Thomas W. French, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Division of Fisheries & Wildlife