1998-03-31 Board of Selectmen Minutes

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Board of Selectmen Meeting March 31, 1998 The meeting was convened at 7:30 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, Massachusetts. Present were Chairman Camille Anthony, Vice Chairman Bruce MacDonald, Selectmen George Hines and Matthew Nestor, Town Manager Peter Hechenbleikner and the following list of interested parties: Dick McDonald, Chip Cahonn, Janet Latham, Bill O'Brien, Joam1 Nestor, Jay Dumar, Janet DePasquale, Len White, Jane Fiore, Carol Rocco, Cynthia Richards, Joan Vitale, Nelson Burbank, Lorraine Salter, Paul Gorman, Brad Latham, Bill Jennings, Alice Grau, Jackie Chipman, Eileen Barrett, Bill Brown, Ted McIntire, Philip Vaccaro, Phil Boisvert, Tom O'Rourke. Reports and Comments Selectmen's Liaison Reports and Comments — Bruce MacDonald thanked everyone for voting. He attended a meeting of the Police Station Building Committee. Matthew Nestor thanked everyone for their votes. Public Comment—There was no public comment. Town Manager's Report The Town Manager gave the following report: o The Board of Selectmen and the Reading Business Park Task Force met in joint session to hear a presentation on the two proposals and to recommend a course of action. Two weeks ago was the date for any additional information from either of the proponents. That material has been copied and distributed to the RBP Task Force and the Board of Selectmen. I have received calls from and met with several businesses and from residents relative to the Home Depot proposal. The Chamber of Commerce meets next week and will have comments on the proposals. o The Board of Selectmen had a very successful joint meeting with the Police Station Building Committee and residents who are interested in the design of the Police Station. The Architect will be coming back with some modifications to reflect the requests made, and this will be back before the Board of Selectmen in April for final design approval. o Town Counsel has notified me today that we were unsuccessful in getting a stay in the case of P&S Convenient Store relative to KENO. This means that if the Lottery Commission gives them the go ahead, they may begin the KENO operation there but at their own risk, if the Attorney General's Appeal of the Superior Court approval of KENO at that location is successful. o Lisa Palermo and Michael Wood have been appointed to the Fire Department, have passed all of the necessary tests, and have started work through an in-house training program. They will be sent to a Fire Academy when slots in the available Academy become available, probably in the Fall.