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Town of Reading <br />16 Lowell Street <br />Reading, MA 01867 -2683 <br />Phone: 781 - 942 -6612 <br />Fax: 781 - 942 -9071 <br />Email: jdelios @ci.reading.ma.us <br />Community Planning and Development Commission <br />CPDC MINUTES <br />Meeting Dated: March 26, 2012 <br />Location: Selectmen's Meeting Room Time: 7:30 PM <br />Members Present: John Weston, Chair; David Tuttle, Nicholas Safina and Charlie Adams <br />Also Present: Jean Delios, Town Planner; Jessie Wilson, Staff Planner and Recording Secretary <br />Others Present: <br />Chris Snell, Worcester MA <br />Gregory O'Connor, Gregory J. O'Connor Architects <br />Julie Thurlow, Reading Cooperative Bank <br />Bob Morris, NEDA <br />Virginia Adams, Reading Historical Commission and Walkable Reading <br />Barbara Jones, Reading Chronicle <br />Glenn Stubbs, Mr. Glenn's Barber Shop, Reading <br />Donna Dudley, 35 Glenmere Circle <br />Virginia Blodgett, Walkable Reading <br />Bill Crowley, 159 Haven Street <br />Leslie Leahy, The Hitching Post <br />Everett Blodgett, Walkable Reading <br />There being a quorum the Chair called the meeting to order at 7:40 PM. <br />Public Hearing — 600 -622 Main Street, MF Charles Building Renovations, Site Plan Review <br />Application <br />Mr. Adams read the legal notice. <br />Mr. Weston summarized the process of Site Plan Review noting that a presentation will be made by the <br />developer and then questions from Board and Town staff will be addressed and then the meeting will be <br />opened for questions from the public. <br />Mr. Shaun Briere, Attorney with Mawn and Mawn, P.C., representing the Applicant provided a brief <br />presentation of the overall project. The project is located in the downtown area at the corner of Main and <br />Haven Street which is also within the Downtown Smart Growth District boundary. The lot is <br />approximately 0.73 acres with approximately 33,174 square feet of building gross floor space. The <br />building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is locally known as the MF Charles <br />Building. The project underwent the Design Review Team (DRT) meeting process back in November of <br />2011 and based on comments from that meeting the plans were revised for the Site Plan Review <br />application. The Site Plan Review application was submitted on March 6, 2012. The interior spaces will <br />Page 1 of 7 <br />