Planning Documents

Mill Site and Community Analysis

• Pepperell Downtown Business District and Mill Site Preliminary Assessment (PDF ~5.4MB) - A Preliminary Assessment of the situation, the downtown Business District and Mill Site, and the market was prepared for the Town of Pepperell by FinePoint Associates, sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development's Massachusetts Downtown Initiative
• Minutes to Pepperell Planning Board Meeting with FinePoint Associates (html) or (PDF ~57KB) - FinePoint Associates discussed the above-referenced Assessment report with the Planning Board at its August 25, 2008 meeting
• Draft of NMCOG's Regional Economy Report (html) or (PDF ~258KB) - a section of Northern Middlesex Council of Government's Annual CEDS Update for 2008
• NMCOG Memorandum regarding Chapter 43D (html) or (PDF ~19KB) - discussing Chapter 43D resources and changes to potentially avaialble funding and program guidelines
• Proposed Outline for Mill Site Master Plan (html) or (PDF ~16KB) - Draft of Mill Site Master Plan for NMCOG
• Visioning Session Memorandum (html) or (PDF ~18KB) - A synopsis from NMCOG of the Visioning Session and the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats identified by Pepperell residents
• NMCOG's Visioning Session Notes (html) or (PDF ~39KB) - including strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
• NMCOG's Visioning Session Notes Spreadsheet (html) or (PDF ~29KB) - listing final prioritization of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
• Wright-Pierce Site Analysis April 2009 - This report includes five parts: the overview and analysis, as well as four appendixes, three of which are re-prints of other documents already available. The entire document is available as a single 32MB PDF file, or you may view/download the individual sections as follows:
  - Wright-Pierce overview and site analysis, including photographs (PDF 5.8MB)
  - Appendix A is a re-print of the 1995 Phase II Site Assessment by Haley and Aldrich below
  - Appendix B is are lengthy series of site photographs, no commentary (PDF 23 MB)
  - Appendix C is a re-print of the Town of Pepperell Zoning Bylaws: see Planning Board documents
  - Appendix D is a re-print of the Town of Pepperell Special Permit Rules and Regulations: see Planning Board documents

Environmental-Engineering Studies

• June 1988 Geotechnology Study by Goldberg-Zoino & Associates (PDF 2.8MB) - Scanned copy of report
• August 1988 Soil Management Plan by Goldberg-Zoino & Associates (PDF 451KB) - Scanned copy of report
• February 1991 Environmental Site Assessment completed by ENSR Consulting and Engineering (PDF 1.48MB) - Scanned copy of report
• Summary of 1995 Phase II Comprehensive Site Assessment completed by Haley & Aldrich (html) or (PDF ~31KB) - Review and summary by Committee Members Matt Nesbit and Kurtis Amidon
• Full text of Phase II Comprehensive Site Assessment completed by Haley & Aldrich (Volume I - PDF ~3MB) or ( (Volume 2 - PDF 1.9MB) - Scanned copy of report with highlights and comments from Matt Nesbit
• Full text of April 2003 Phase I Environmental Site Assessment completed by Corporate Environmental Advisors (PDF 1.8MB) - Scanned copy of report

Market Analysis

• Initial Proposal for Market Analysis, Bartram & Cochran (PDF ~2.4MB) - Proposal submitted to Board of Selectmen
• Preliminary Conclusions on ReUse, Bartram & Cochran (html) or (PDF 83KB) - submitted for review
• Bartram & Cochran initial draft of Portion 1 of Market Analysis (PDF 1.6MB) - includes demographics, business, and housing analyses
• Bartram & Cochran Market Analysis - Final Report draft
  - Cover, Table of Contents, and Executive Summary (PDF 108KB)
  - Reuse Alternatives (PDF 45KB)
  - Financial Feasibility (PDF 68KB)
  - Financial Feasibility worksheets (PDF 98KB)
  - Implementation Action Plan (PDF 17KB)
  - Informational Interviews (PDF 57KB)
  - Demographics, Business, Housing, including Business Inventory (PDF 1.6MB)

Development Analysis

• Request for Proposals for Development Analysis (PDF 56KB)
• VHB's Draft Schedule for the Development Analysis (PDF 35KB) - includes meetings with the Mill Site Study Committee, the general public, and the due dates for report drafts.
• VHB's Draft Memorandum regarding : Pepperell Paper Mill Site Assessment (PDF 114KB) - Existing Conditions Summary.
• VHB's Draft Figure 1: Constraints Plan (PDF 2.3MB) - showing easements and regulatory constraints on the site.
• VHB's Draft Figure 2: Estimated Buildable Area Figure (PDF 787KB) - showing zoning offsets.
• Video of Development Analysis Public Forum with VHB - link to streaming video from the Lowell Sun.
• VHB Presentation from Public Forum (PDF 2.9MB) - from November 18 at the Senior Center.


• VHB Final Report (PDF 9.7MB) - Development Analysis and Recommendations.
  
  
• Public/Committee member suggestions/comments
  - Conceptual design plan suggestion (PDF 540KB) from Committee Member, Matt Nesbit, highlighting specific suggestions from Committee discussions.
  - annotated photo of site from Main St. bridge by Matt Nesbit (PDF 598KB), highlighting a possible footbridge into a potential retail development at the Main St. end of the Mill Site.