Planning Board defers Land in the Pines lot release, demands cash bond

SUDBURY -- January 22, 2025, Sudbury Planning Board defers Land in the Pines lot release pending a supplemental cash bond. ProBuilder Financial, the foreclosing lender that now owns the three-lot Nolan Circle subdivision, asked the board to release Lot 2 from its restrictive covenant so it can be sold to a builder, citing roughly $65,000 in remaining road work, primarily the final asphalt top coat, that cannot be completed until spring. Member Julie Zelermyer Perlman opposed release outright, saying the project's history showed "just having a bond in place sort of doesn't matter if there's nobody to actually do the work." Chair Stephen Garvin, joining remotely, proposed an additional cash bond on top of the existing $150,000 paper bond. Planning and Community Development Director Adam Duchesneau will work with DPW on a town-side cost estimate at prevailing wage and draft surety language for a Feb. 12 return. The board separately endorsed a draft accessory dwelling unit bylaw for the 2025 Town Meeting warrant.