Planning Board backs 15-year charter rule

Planning Board · Meeting of September 29, 2026

HOPKINTON — The Hopkinton Planning Board voted 8-1 to recommend the town charter require a master plan update every 15 years, with public reviews every five years. The board separately voted 6-2, with one abstention, to recommend the charter keep a named land-use staff position with the town manager setting goals and the board providing input, after member Peter Mimo said "that's not why I signed up" to managing town personnel. The board continued a dispute over 87 Hayden Rowe Street to October 5, after developer representative Ken Driscoll said "Hopkinton is not open for business" amid a last-minute peer review request from the town's building inspector.

It also continued three Capital Group Properties hearings on Main and Walcott streets to October 19 and approved an ANR plan dividing a Carboni family parcel between Hopkinton and Ashland, 8-0.

In the full story:

• HOPKINTON — September 29, 2026 —
• Administrative Items: Carboni ANR and Minutes
• Charter Review: Master Plan Update Cycle
• Charter Review: Director of Land Use and Town Planner Role
• Continuance: Capital Group Properties, 0 and 14 Main Street, 10 Walcott Street
• Public Hearing: 87 Hayden Rowe Street, Honeyhill Farms LLC
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,583 words

Source: the Planning Board meeting of September 29, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

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