2024-08-28 DRB Agenda
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Design Review Board
Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
6:00 pm
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Design Review Board will be held on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, at
6:00 p.m. via remote participation in accordance with Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2023.
Every effort will be made to ensure that the public can adequately access the proceedings in real time, via
technological means. If we are unable to do so on matters not requiring a public hearing, we will post on the City of
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possible after the meeting.
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Roll Call
Signs in the Urban Renewal Area
1. 248 Essex Street: Velvet & Vein
2. 253 Essex Street: Blackcraft Coffee and Blackcraft Haunt
3. 1 Derby Square: Wicked Makeup Studios
4. 65 Washington Street: Bernadette
Paul Durand, Chair Elizabeth Murray
David Jaquith Marc Perras
Leeann Leftwich Sarah Tarbet
Catherine Miller
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Projects in the Urban Renewal Area
1. 177 Essex Street: Signage & Small Project Review – Review of Proposed Signage and Facade Painting for Marine
Hall Mercantile
2. 32 Derby Square: Small Project Review – Review of Phase Adjustments for Old Town Hall Preservation Project
3. 231 Essex Street: Small Project Review – Review of Proposed Changes to Replacement Bay Window
4. 301 Essex Street: Final Design Review – Review of proposal to erect a three and one-half story addition above
the existing building (known as Jerry’s Army & Navy Store) with twenty (20) residential units and twelve (12)
onsite parking spaces and located inside the building at the first-floor rear with retail space fronting on Essex
Street. There will be eight (8) parking spaces provided offsite.
Projects Outside of the Urban Renewal Area
There are no projects to review.
New/Old Business
1. Approval of Minutes:
a. July 24, 2024
2. Staff Updates, if any
Upcoming Meetings
1. SRA: September 11th
2. DRB: September 25th
Adjournment
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