1996-01-31 Board of Selectmen Minutes

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Board of Selectmen Meeting January 31, 1996 The meeting was convened at 7:12 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, Massachusetts. Present were Chairman, Sally Hoyt, Vice-Chairman, George Hines, Secretary, Camille Anthony, Selectman,Bruce MacDonald, Town Manager, Peter Hechenbleikner and the following list of interested parties: Paul Feely, Jr. from the Reading Daily Times Chronicle;Nancy Eaton, Short St.;Bill Murphy, Cumberland Rd.;Brian Morris, 15 Dana Rd.; Chris Duggan, 154 South St.; Carrie Morris, 15 Dana Rd.; Steve Gover, 47 Dana Rd.; Monty Wilson, 27 Dana Rd.; Thomas Kiezulas, 34 Dana Rd.; Sharlene Santo, 46 Wakefield St.; Carl and Diane Kariger, 21 Dana Rd.;Fred Boni, 116 Van Norden Rd.;Dawn Cotter, 60 Dana Rd.; Barbara Calla, 63 Dana Rd.;Don Cowan, 25A Hamden St.; Kathy and Chris Grevelis, 21 Hamden St.; Tom Sullivan, 21 Hamden St., Jonathan Edwards, Town Planner; Michael Linnane, Reading Lion's Club; Ruth Clay, Human Services Director. The Board broke their schedule in order to have a photograph taken with Michael Linnane, First Vice President and Don Cowan, Executive Board Member of the Reading Lion's Club. The Lion's Club presented a check in the amount of$1,000 for the Human Services Revolving Fund. The moneys will be used to help Reading families in crisis during the year. The Board expressed appreciation for this donation, and presented Mr. Linnane and Mr. Cowan with a Certificate of Appreciation from the community. There were no minutes to approve. Liaison Reports/Selectmen's Comments: Bruce MacDonald noted that all members of the Board of Selectmen and Town Manager had attended the Massachusetts Municipal Association Meeting in Boston for two days. All members, except for the Chairman, attended the Budget Council Meeting last Saturday. With regard to the Police Station, George Hines has followed up on one adjacent property and he will report later. MacDonald is trying to get the specifications from the architect relative to the size of land needed from the neighbors on Pleasant Street in order to make a plan for this site viable. He will continue to work on this. George Hines, with the Town Manager, met with the neighbors to the rear of the Police Station property at the corner of Parker and Haven Street. It was a very good discussion, and the property owners are very open to discussing the sale of their property for expansion of the Police Station. The Police Station Building Committee needs to keep an open mind as to the viability of the existing site, and the Board of Selectmen should schedule a meeting with the Police Station Building Committee as soon as possible. Hines attended the Winchester Hospital Healthy Community Program, and there is an agreement to start a healthy Reading program with the configuration of that program to be determined. There is a meeting next week at the YMCA.