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Minutes of the Board of Selectmen Meeting
<br /> March 31, 1992
<br /> The meeting was convened at 7:31 p.m. in the Selectmens Meeting
<br /> Room, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, Massachusetts. Present were
<br /> Chairman Eugene Nigro, Vice Chairman Dan Ensminger, Secretary
<br /> Sally Hoyt, Selectmen George Hines and Bill Burditt, Town Manager
<br /> Peter Hechenbleikner, Town Clerk Cathy Quimby and the following
<br /> list of interested parties: James S. Calhoun, Lucille Calhoun.
<br /> Gary Demopoulas, Mark Doherty, Ann Power, Peter Doherty, Pat
<br /> Keane, Bob Marrocco, Bill and Ruth Warren, Edward F. Driscoll
<br /> III, Pat Sudbay, Steven Clark, Brad Lathem, Ken Latham, Garth
<br /> Scott, Bill Dyment, Michael A. Bertone, Sharon Ofenstein, Brenda
<br /> Stinson, Leo Meuse, Marjorie Libitz, Michael J. Libitz, Peter C.
<br /> Wright, Michael P. McLaughlin, Karol McLaughlin, Joseph Mayne,
<br /> Ron Marfione, Bill Corley, David Fallman, Arthur O'Brien, Cheryl
<br /> Burton, Deirdre Hanley, Elia Marnik, Arnold Berger, Nancy L.
<br /> Eaton, Andrew Santo, Debbie H. McCulley, David J. Mallett, Walter
<br /> Mahoney, William C. Wagner, Richard Cooper, Francis P. Driscoll,
<br /> Anne Mark, Irving E. Dickey, Ted McIntire, John D. Wood, Gail F.
<br /> Wood.
<br /> Selectmen Bill Burditt and Dan Ensminger were sworn in by Town
<br /> Clerk Cathy Quimby for three-year terms on the Board of
<br /> Selectmen.
<br /> On motion by Hoyt seconded by Nigro the Board approved a
<br /> proclamation for National Library Week beginning April 5, 1992.
<br /> the motion was approved by a vote of 5-0-0 and the proclamation
<br /> was presented to the Board of Library Trustees Chairman Elia Mar-
<br /> nik and Library Director Deirdre Hanley.
<br /> The Chairman suspended the approval of minutes and the liaison
<br /> reports.
<br /> Public Comment
<br /> Arthur O'Brien spoke regarding the Ice Rink and the fact that the
<br /> report does not reflect the data in the appendik; there is no
<br /> traffic study; there is no Conservation Commission report; and
<br /> there is no environmental impact report.
<br /> .Joseph DeShaw, Haverhill Street, Reading has lived in Reading for
<br /> 35 years and left Boston to get away from hockey and baseball ac-
<br /> tivities. It is unfair to subject residents to traffic, and this
<br /> is the wrong zoning to do it.
<br /> Sharon Ofenstein, 320 Haverhill Street, has lived there since
<br /> 1978 in a house that was built in 1775. They have invested in
<br /> the house and in Reading and know that some. development is likely
<br /> to occur on the Nike Base site. But there is concern about com-
<br /> mercial development like South Main Street.
<br /> Dave Maillett, Haverhill Street, moved in one year ago and there
<br /> was no mention of an ice rink to be constructed on the adjacent
<br /> property. He wanted to know if the 30-foot width is wide enough
<br /> for two lanes of traffic and a walk, and is concerned about early
<br /> morning and late evening operations, speeding, the site becoming
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