Planning Board — Portland, ME
Date: 2025-12-09
Time: 16:30

PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS
 Brandon Mazer, Chair
 David Silk, Vice Chair
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM Austin Smith
Room 24 (Ground Level of City Hall) and Nicholas Messina
 Joseph Zamboni
Zoom Kelsey Robertson
 Michael Joseph Fox




The Planning Board will conduct this meeting in a hybrid format via Zoom pursuant to the Remote Meeting
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meeting experience. If you are not able to attend live either in person or via Zoom, a recording will be available
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PUBLIC COMMENT INFORMATION:


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To submit written public comment on an agenda item, email planningboard@portlandmaine.gov. Submissions
must be received by 12:00 pm the day before the Planning Board meeting to guarantee their inclusion in the
agenda packet. All submissions must include the commenter's name and legal address. To help ensure your
comment is submitted for the correct item, please include the name of the agenda item (see below).


AGENDA:

PUBLIC HEARING - 4:30 PM
1. ROLL CALL AND DECLARATION OF QUORUM
2. BOARD ELECTIONS
3. COMMUNICATION AND REPORTS
4. REPORT OF ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 18, 2025
 Workshop:
 410 Auburn Street: Fox, Mazer, Smith, and Zamboni present. Messina, Robertson, and Silk absent.
5. REPORTS OF DECISIONS AT THE MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 18, 2025
 i. There were no public hearing items scheduled on the agenda to report on.
6. NEW BUSINESS
 i. Major Site Plan and Traffic Movement Permit; 45 Union Street; East Brown Cow - Kowtower,
 LLC., Applicant. The Planning Board will hold a hybrid public hearing to consider an
 application for the development of a 30-story, approximately 199,803 square foot mixed use
 residential and commercial building. This project includes 73 residential condominiums and
 an 88-room hotel, located at 45 Union Street within the Downtown Business B-3 zone. A
 project and plan summary are available for viewing on the city's CSS Portal
 (https;//css.portlandmaine.gov/) by referencing Plan Number PL-003157-2024.




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