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Project Reviewed By Independent Engineer
Stantec Consulting Services Inc., an independent engineer retained by the Town of Millbury's Planning Board reviewed the latest iteration of site plans for the proposed Rice Pond Village project and submitted their findings in a 10-page review, dated October 16, 2021.
McLaughlins Tell People It Is The Developer
At least two of the McLaughlin family members are telling people in Millbury that their original intention was to develop their combined family properties at 17 Rice Road in Millbury, Massachusetts into single-family house lots. However, now the McLaughlins are claiming that the developer, Steven F. Venincasa, under the business name of Whitney Street Home Builders, LLC switched their plans to a highly dense condominium development.
Developer Nervous About Project Support
At the September 27, 2021 public hearing of the Millbury Planning Board, the developer, Steven F. Venincasa of Whitney Street Home Builders, LLC asked to take a straw poll of the board members to see if there was a super majority who would vote in favor of the project or not. If not, then Steven F. Venincasa wanted to withdraw the project and resubmit it. Richard F. Gosselin, Jr., chairperson of the Millbury Planning Board, denied the request to conduct a straw poll of board members.
Revised Site Plan v3
At the September 27, 2021 Millbury Planning Board Meeting, the engineer for the proposed Rice Pond Village project located at 17 Rice Road in Millbury, Massachusetts, James Tetreault of Azimuth Land Design, LLC, submitted revised proposed Rice Pond Village Site Plan of Land (v3).
“Sales Spin” Verses “Actual Reality”
If someone told you that they would build you a residence less than 50 feet from an active railroad and it would have no adverse impact on your quality of life, would you conclude that to be “sales spin” or the expected “actual reality”?
Engineer No Show, Public Hearings Continued
There were two public hearing scheduled and posted on the agendas of the Millbury Planning Board and Millbury Conservation Commission this week that James Tetreault, the project engineer from Azimuth Land Design, LLC, did not attend and therefore the public hearing were continued, even though neighbors were in attendance and ready to provide public comments. The developer, Steven F. Venincasa of Whitney Street Home Builders, LLC, was in attendance for the Millbury Planning Board meeting for the Canal Street project, but left immediately after that public hearing concluded.