Planning Board Revises Data Center Panel Makeup

Planning Board · Meeting of October 28, 2026

Dedham's Planning Board interviewed 19 of 22 candidates for an East Street zoning advisory panel. Assistant Planning Director Jason Schultz said the $50,000 state-funded study, modeled on the town's earlier Bridge Street plan, will use the Massachusetts Area Planning Council as consultant; six public seats will be filled at a later meeting, with three absentee applicants to get a Zoom interview. Vice Chair Jessica Porter later asked staff to check whether applicant Clifford Kensington's firm, City Realty Group, holds a stake in an East Street property, saying "it should have been disclosed." The board also voted 4-0, with Thomas Ryan recused, to let the owners of 75 Bingham Avenue refile a special permit the Zoning Board of Appeals had denied, and voted unanimously to revise and post openings for a new Data Center Advisory Committee.

In the full story:

• Public Comment
• East Street Corridor Plan: Candidate Interviews
• 75 Bingham Avenue: Request to Resubmit to the Zoning Board of Appeals
• 750 Providence Highway: Certificate of Compliance
• Data Center Advisory Committee: Structure and Charge
• Planning Board Appointment to the East Street Corridor Plan Committee
• Old Business and New Business
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,681 words

Source: the Planning Board meeting of October 28, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.