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Town of Reading <br />ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS <br />Minutes of August 18, 2011 <br />Members Present: Jeffrey Perkins, Chairman <br />Robert Redfern <br />John Jarema <br />John Miles <br />Kristin Cataldo <br />Damase Caouette <br />Members Absent: <br />(10'wm ILEu,- <br />EC EIVED <br />TOWN <br />R <br />L. <br />E A 0 1ING, MASS. <br />2011 SEP i g P 12: 413 <br />A meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals was held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the <br />Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, Massachusetts, beginning at 7:00 P.M. Also in attendance <br />was Glen Redmond, Commissioner of Buildings. <br />Case # 11 -16 <br />A Public Hearing on the petition of YMCA of Greater Boston (Burbank YMCA) who seeks a <br />Special Permit Amendment under Sections 4.2.2 / 7.3 of the zoning bylaws in order to expand <br />the parking lot and re -grade portions of the property located at 36 Arthur B. Lord Drive in <br />Reading, MA. <br />Vice Chairman Robert Redfern presided over the hearing in the absence of Chairman Jeffrey <br />Perkins who was arriving later in the meeting. <br />Attorney Brad Latham represented the YMCA of Greater Boston (Burbank YMCA). Ed Dalsted, <br />President, and William Jenning, consultant, also were in attendance. Attorney Latham presented <br />the proposal for additional parking spaces for a facility that adds great value to the Town. The <br />nearest house is 250' away with woods between and the other abutter are schools. The project <br />should be completed within 10 — 12 weeks without a definite start date at this time. <br />The Building Inspector said he did not have any issues with the proposal and the parking was <br />badly needed in the area. The members had questions and concerns that Attorney Latham <br />answered. The sound factor was especially important to Mr. Jarema, who was concerned that the <br />nearby classrooms and students would be disrupted by the construction sounds when school was <br />in session in the fall and spring and the windows would be open. The YMCA said they would <br />not object to a condition stating construction will not be started until November 1. <br />Gil Di Pietro of 140 Forest Street had questions about the fence and was told it would move <br />approximately 20' further into the woods where required. <br />ZBA Meeting, August 18, 2011 <br />