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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.readmg.ma.us <br />Community Planning and Development Commission <br />CPDC MINUTES <br />Meeting Dated: July 9, 2012 <br />Location: Selectmen's Meeting Room Time: 7:30 PM <br />CPDC Members Present: John Weston, Chair; Charlie Adams, David Tuttle, and Jeff Hansen <br />Absent: Nicholas Safina <br />Also Present: Jean Delios, Town Planner and Jessie Wilson, Staff Planner and Recording Secretary <br />Others Present: <br />Bradley Latham, Latham and Latham Law Officer <br />John Kerekes, Representing Home Depot <br />Patrick Dunford, Vanasse Hagen and Brustlin, Inc. (VHB) <br />Taylor Dowdy, Vanasse Hagen and Brustlin, Inc. (VHB) <br />Paul Wilson, Cumberland Farms <br />There being a quorum the Chair called the meeting to order at 7:35 PM. <br />Public Hearing (continued) Home Depot — PUD -I Special Permit and Open Storage Special Permit <br />Modification <br />Mr. Dowdy, Project Manager for VHB presented the revised material based on comments from the <br />previous meeting. The open storage areas located on the concrete apron in front of the store were <br />modified to allow property ADA access between the edge of the storage area and the concrete apron. In <br />addition, the truck rental spaces have been moved to the most southern spaces in the parking lot and the <br />parking table on the plan has been revised to reflect the relief of 22 spaces from August to February and <br />65 spaces from March to July as granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals on June 21, 2012. <br />Mr. Latham summarized the responses to the memo prepared by Staff Planner, Jessie Wilson. <br />Truck Rental — More detail has been provided on the plans as well as truck turning radii. The change in <br />location to the truck rental spaces has greatly improved parking maneuverability. The sizes of the trucks <br />to be used were also provided. <br />Open Storage — The open storage areas to the right of the building will be used primarily for staging and <br />the area within the front of the store will be used for the display and sale of product. The 28 spaces in <br />front of the garden center to be located in the parking lot will be used for seasonal display for garden <br />center items. <br />Operating Procedure — The Operating Store Restriction Placard (OSRP) is a mechanism for conveying <br />the limitations as to what is permitted for that particular store. <br />Sidewalk — The storage areas have been revised to allow for proper ADA compliance. <br />Open Storage Delineation — The open storage areas within the concrete area will be delineated by paint <br />and the area for seasonal storage in the parking lot will be cordoned off with concrete block to be used <br />as posts with wooden rails attached to those blocks. <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />