1996-04-02 Board of Selectmen Minutes

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Board of Selectmen Meeting April 2, 1996 The meeting convened at 8:01 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: David Schurman, Ralph Blunt, Paul Feely, Steve Ravinski, Chris Vaccaro, James Queeney, Rusty Harris, Tim Kelley, Ann Ward, Nancy Eaton, Karol McLaughlin, Lauretta Raffi, Paul Peoples, Rick Shaffer. The Chairman explained that Dan Ensminger had been briefly hospitalized and is now resting at home. Approval of Minutes On motion by MacDonald seconded by Anthony, the Board approved the minutes of their meeting of September 26, 1995 as amended by a vote of 4-0-0.. On motion by MacDonald seconded by Hines, the Board approved the minutes of their meeting of March 12, 1996, as amended by a vote of 4-0-0. On motion by Hines seconded by Anthony, the Board approved the minutes of their meeting of March 26, 1996, as amended by a vote of 4-0-0. Discussion/Action Items Review of the Warrant - Annual Town Meeting-- The Town Manager reviewed the Town Meeting Warrant, Article by Article. There was no action by the Board on Articles 2, 3, 4, and 5. On motion by MacDonald seconded by Anthony, the Board voted to recommend the subject matter of Article 6 by a vote of 4-0-0. On motion by Hines seconded by Anthony, the Board voted to recommend the subject matter of Article 7 by a vote of 4-0-0. The-Board discussed Article 8 at length. This is the Article that would accept a donation from Atlantic Realty Trust to the Town of Reading for a parcel of land adjacent to the Municipal Parking Lot on Woburn Street. This parcel would then be converted by the Town into an addition to the Municipal Parking Lot. The Town Manager explained that the opportunity is present because the property had a major fire in November of 1995, and therefore this can be accomplished without relocating any residents. A letter from Arnold Rubin, Trustee of the Reading Atlantic Realty Trust, responded to a letter to the Editor that was in the April 1, 1996, Daily Times Chronicle. Bruce MacDonald noted that an opportunity has come up through an unfortunate situation. He feels that we are only looking at one piece of the issue - the need for parking versus residential preservation. He noted that this takes care of only about 10% of what the need is for parking in