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David (Dave) Maxwell of Kelly Engineering and Josh Ames, associate director for environment, health and safety at Moderna, described the submission as an effort to bring the 44‑acre campus into one comprehensive filing after a sequence of building renovations, security upgrades, temporary modular structures and utility projects during and after the pandemic. The campus inventory includes four primary building complexes (referred to in the submission as MTC South/Building 100, MTC North/Building 200, MTC East/Building 400 and the Forbes Mansion) and many ancillary improvements.

Moderna said it has purchased campus parcels from Alexandria Realty and documented landscaping and tree inventories for maintained areas (the consultant reported an inventory of specimen plantings and trees in manicured areas; forested uplands were not inventoried). The applicant told the board that overall impervious area across the campus is not substantially greater than in 2016 and that some projects added modern stormwater treatment and infiltration features; the consultant reported about 26,000 square feet less impervious area when compared to an earlier condition, though staff asked for documentation and confirmation in revised plan sheets.

Several departments submitted comments: the building inspector asked the applicant to demonstrate Americans with Disabilities Act (AAB) compliance and to show the distribution of accessible stalls; the fire department raised access, fire‑service connection and signage questions; and conservation and planning staff requested final landscaping details and clarification on river‑rock uses and recently removed planting islands near security kiosks.

Moderna asked the board for a set of application waivers (sheet size and several application requirements) to avoid having to re‑file extensive architectural exhibits for what the company described as a documentation and consolidation filing. The board voted to grant the requested waivers for application requirements (a roll call recorded affirmative votes from those present), following planning staff’s recommendation that the waivers be issued for this consolidated application.

Because staff and multiple departments had outstanding review comments, the Planning Board agreed to continue the matter to March 24 to allow revised plans and responses. Planning staff requested that the applicant provide a revised parking table showing compliance per building and per lot, confirmation of ADA‑accessible stall locations, the proposed guard‑signage and fire‑department connection clarifications, and drainage documentation. Moderna representatives said they would provide the requested information and work with building, fire and conservation staff prior to the continued hearing.

Meeting excerpts and planning staff notes show the campus includes multiple recent projects such as a campuswide security project (gates and kiosk changes), utility upgrades and an electrical‑service/EV charger project. The board and staff agreed the consolidated filing will be useful going forward but asked Moderna to return with clarified plans that address the specific departmental comments and to provide updated plan sheets to planning staff ahead of the March 24 meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Town of Norwood: Planning Board 2.24.25","oneSentenceSummary","Moderna presented a campus‑wide site plan consolidating multiple interim projects across its roughly 44‑acre Norwood campus; the Planning Board approved procedural waivers for the consolidated filing and continued substantive review to March 24 to allow staff to resolve outstanding technical comments.","taxTitle","Town of Norwood, Norfolk County, Massachusetts","taxId",52806,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6310635,"Planning board approves special permit and site plan for Home Market Foods with conditions on truck queuing and snow storage",2388,2864265,5253205,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2399380-785ba4c882f17109ed32dff162a477d9&start=2864&end=5253","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2399380-785ba4c882f17109ed32dff162a477d9/thumbnail_2864265.jpg","/articles/6310635/Town-of-Norwood/Norfolk-County/Massachusetts/Planning-board-approves-special-permit-and-site-plan-for-Home-Market-Foods-with-conditions-on-truck-queuing-and-snow-storage","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6310635-45eeecced79f88f34db867d0d9ea55cb/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437043&Signature=OApwN8dp~lXSNv-8-RxMO2JQUd1wt0vJ33y6zTbEcRN658z8YJp3r~mrRk8nnvlSFGuouv1MDsnWgUF8lyYSucpIbzmuIPWZM15gCnB2Na8T2BiStyDqBt9W0fyOh6Jv2xrTBNUPbR~3kEAvSCCnJQM4fpTgKCgvR77rFtItdmWFlFLieqySZPwCTTYheiCgtt9Z8FSHQ~olfbz~rZ04oh97knkoFCmFpA2pQKigntv7U8Sv-4JMqJ~4cabktSH-uizjqgAiyEQX64aNXWMIFg3gP8nZy1JMRLgbMMVqw7Rxy-2Wc3BnXv5H0go7KPnAoieDINPZaDOJbxhraD8jRg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Norwood Planning Board voted Feb. 24 to grant a special permit and site‑plan approval for Home Market Foods, 140 Morgan Drive, authorizing a reduction in required parking and approving a revised circulation and tractor‑trailer queuing plan subject to several conditions.

Dan Campbell of Lehi Design Group, representing the applicant, told the board the site has operated under a temporary truck‑queuing arrangement for roughly a year with no police complaints and that staff and Conservation Commission staff agreed earlier that a cabled guardrail should be added to the rear tractor‑trailer parking to prevent intrusion into a vegetated buffer.

Tim Sheets, plant manager for Home Market Foods, described on‑site operations and snow‑management practices and said the company uses additional space at a Norton facility and other off‑site options for overflow. \"We feel that we have enough storage for snow on‑site, and we not like to see that as a stipulation,\" Sheets said during the hearing.

Planning staff and Conservation raised concerns about potential curb degradation from truck use near the buffer and recommended a condition requiring submission of a plan showing the proposed cable guardrail prior to issuance of permits. The board discussed neighbors’ past complaints about trucks queuing on public streets and directed conditions to prevent on‑street tractor‑trailer queuing and to require the applicant to notify the planning office if off‑site parking or shared‑parking arrangements change.

The special‑permit request was described in staff materials as relief from the zoning bylaw parking requirement: the bylaw required 333 spaces for the use on the site plan, and the revised plan identifies 219 marked spaces. The applicant explained that many of the prior approved spaces were never striped and that the new plan reflects current operations and the need to retain space for tractor‑trailer storage and circulation.

The board approved the special permit on a roll‑call vote and approved the associated site plan with the planning staff’s standard conditions and several project‑specific conditions, including submission of (1) a plan showing the proposed guardrail in the rear truck parking area before issuance of any permits, (2) evidence of stormwater operation and maintenance (O&M) including regular catch‑basin cleaning and prompt repair of damaged pipes/curbs/bollards, (3) reliance on the parking and personnel plan submitted Jan. 15, 2025, and (4) a requirement that the applicant notify the planning office if off‑site parking or lease arrangements for employee overflow change so the board can consider a site‑plan or special‑permit modification.

Board members also inserted a condition restricting on‑street queuing of tractor‑trailers; staff noted that the police department can also enforce on‑street violations independently. Conservation staff asked that guardrail installation be coordinated so it would not require new disturbance in the wetland buffer.

Votes recorded in the meeting transcript (as announced at the hearing): special permit — roll‑call recorded as affirmative by members present; site plan approval — roll‑call recorded as affirmative by members present. (See actions[] for the formal motion records and published roll‑call items.)","The Norwood Planning Board voted Feb. 24 to grant a special permit and site‑plan approval for Home Market Foods, 140 Morgan Drive, authorizing a reduction in required parking and approving a revised circulation and tractor‑trailer queuing plan subject to conditions.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6310640,"Norwood planners begin phase 2 of comprehensive plan update, seek public input",2502,144241,2646989,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2399380-785ba4c882f17109ed32dff162a477d9&start=144&end=2646","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2399380-785ba4c882f17109ed32dff162a477d9/thumbnail_144241.jpg","/articles/6310640/Town-of-Norwood/Norfolk-County/Massachusetts/Norwood-planners-begin-phase-2-of-comprehensive-plan-update-seek-public-input","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6310640-92e42078a9701adbf8937b408644e80d/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437043&Signature=TjieWkpnYdiRStsYNZhFRh-LPgw33RghZVkPmu6pfiDeclsfIc~JC5VVcxEf7U8b~1DUG~rspGhebPnqeMSh8nPJeT2H0dT8ZQDKbTcKavdN7OkiWFoTtXxMFiBFmlt1RWRVRWZWDGfDP0Ytyj4RCsm4udksHWM2hh~j83lZWVTEVIjlt16CbrxRjiFYpY1Z12JzPEE9lgg1iQYKAJ1s16JwVUS6eEM~V2z5y-89R6zuoVqkpfDG3lMd1ZeDs3etA7n3USr7hMhaOmYfb4jO~8Wo3qaXyZJdEezLnyEUHm5U3fYpL0~QrAvx27sBYnrCRiOHgfbNXq7txDPNGO7~8g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Laura Smead, principal planner at JM Goldson, told the Norwood Planning Board on Feb. 24 that the consultant team has completed Phase 1 of the townwide comprehensive plan update and is launching Phase 2, a community visioning stage that will run through June.

\"This isn't our plan. This is your plan,\" Smead said as she described the process and the project timeline. She said Phase 1 produced an existing-conditions summary and that Phase 2 will collect community values and draft a 10‑year vision, guiding principles and goals that will lead into Phase 3 strategy work next fall.

The consultant presented six key trends the team says are shaping Norwood: population growth, an aging population, racial and ethnic diversification, shrinking household sizes, rising housing costs and affordability challenges, and growing climate and extreme‑weather risks. Smead cited data showing Norwood’s median household income in 2024 at $98,653 and summarized recent price changes since 2016: single‑family median sale prices up about 30 percent, condominiums up about 60 percent and rents up about 21 percent.

Smead said smaller households plus population growth imply a need for more housing units and housing types tailored to older adults and smaller households. She also highlighted the town’s strong infrastructure capacity (water and sewer) and the proximity of rail and regional transportation as assets for managed growth.

On climate and equity, Smead pointed to the town’s Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) and hazard‑mitigation work, showing flood and urban heat vulnerability maps used to guide strategy. She noted crash‑cluster heat maps that identify safety concerns on higher‑speed roads and said open‑space access is generally good in residential areas.

Smead outlined engagement tools for Phase 2: an online survey, an interactive crowd map, a downloadable ‘‘meeting in a box’’ packet for group conversations, tabling and in‑person drop‑in sessions. She said approximately 157 survey responses, 95 crowd‑map suggestions and about 38 sign‑in participants had already been recorded; the team reported 358 total participation points so far and set an outreach goal of about 3,000 participation points.

During public comment, attendees pressed for a broad approach—beyond zoning—urging the plan to address schools, the airport, open space and business needs. Planning Board members and staff emphasized that Phase 2 is intended to capture community priorities, while policy and implementation choices will be further developed in later phases.

Smead said the project web page and engagement tools are available at tinyURL.com/NorwoodCP and urged residents and business groups to respond to the survey and host or attend meeting‑in‑a‑box sessions.

Looking ahead, the consultant and staff said Phase 2 engagement will continue through March and will be synthesized in late spring, with a follow‑up presentation to the board expected in June.","Consultant JM Goldson summarized Phase 1 findings for Norwood and opened Phase 2 engagement, highlighting population growth, aging, rising housing costs and climate risks and urging residents to use online tools and in-person \"meeting in a box\" events.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6310624,"Votes at a glance: Feb. 24 Norwood Planning Board — sign approval, floodplain article and minutes",2664,2600390,5264685,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2399380-785ba4c882f17109ed32dff162a477d9&start=2600&end=5264","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2399380-785ba4c882f17109ed32dff162a477d9/thumbnail_2600390.jpg","/articles/6310624/Town-of-Norwood/Norfolk-County/Massachusetts/Votes-at-a-glance-Feb-24-Norwood-Planning-Board-sign-approval-floodplain-article-and-minutes","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6310624-f686e0a5ea12beb28191d8e138b05d61/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437043&Signature=lcN5VLY0hAfEJQOvme8AAgEmGql8Si~ZfeVQAXDOoYWY1S-vC2XB8amTipD2ImfMZw0SWZx-UaoVIo6-~ZxQKKHand8rfWhH-CMIUqicch9QHFsH5-8cHGA7-vfJgIJQyuNyQgwJ698FR6JCyoSfv~1RxtjdNZsL0z85AA6n46aZjcHxSwjWf8yvwIQQ5e86mkXfsPFzOlj1lnM5KF00ZJtGfioBecLj5mz7UD6YLXrkmAw6usXOM9pZjvUj38C6cmhFlS7Nclc4Qjps0rY1FACDrM8ZOW6HRLXYWrK1m1gJ2fUz4nAofT4qB4hsyzz2irjTJYmO9fqteknD1bdiqA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At its Feb. 24 meeting the Norwood Planning Board recorded several short‑form votes that completed routine items on the agenda.

52 Broadway sign application: The board approved a sign replacement at 52 Broadway. The applicant described a matte‑black aluminum cabinet with a non‑illuminated PVC sign that matched the existing sign dimensions. The board voted in favor; a roll call taken during the hearing recorded affirmative votes by those present.

Floodplain Overlay District warrant article language: The board voted to forward revised floodplain overlay district zoning language to the Board of Selectmen for inclusion on the May special town meeting warrant. Planning staff said the changes are primarily housekeeping edits recommended by the town’s floodplain engineer and that the selectmen moved the article to the May warrant. The vote to forward the article passed unanimously as recorded.

Approval of minutes: The board approved minutes from its Jan. 6 and Jan. 14 meetings by roll‑call vote.

Other items: Staff shared correspondence about a Meadowbrook Chapter 91 dredge application (for informational purposes only) and the meeting adjourned.

Votes summarized (as recorded in the meeting):
- 52 Broadway sign: outcome — approved; tally — unanimous among members voting (roll call recorded multiple \"ayes\").
- Floodplain overlay district language to selectmen: outcome — approved; tally — unanimous (roll call recorded \"ayes\").
- Minutes (Jan. 6 and Jan. 14): outcome — approved; tally — unanimous (roll call recorded \"ayes\").","Several procedural and minor approvals were taken: the board approved a sign at 52 Broadway, advanced floodplain bylaw language to the selectmen for the May town meeting, and approved meeting minutes from Jan. 6 and Jan. 14.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: Feb. 24 Norwood Planning Board — sign approval, floodplain article and minutes