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Town of Reading RECEIVED <br />TOWN <br />CLERK <br />16 Lowell Street READING, <br />A SS. <br />Reading, MA 01867-2683 <br />Rix: Phone: <12 ZOlO JAN 21 A ~ 0 S <br />Fax: <br />17mail: ckowalski•.Oki.readine.ma.Lis <br />Community Planning and Development Commission <br />CPDC MINUTES <br />Meeting Dated: June 2, 2009 <br />Location: Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Hall Time: 7:30 PM <br />Members Present: David Tut, e (DT„),.Chairinan ;...~icholas Safina,(.NS), Secretary; John Weston <br />(JW), Joseph Patterson (JP), d Clair Paradiso (CP) <br />Associate Members Present: George Katsoufis (GK) <br />Also Present: Carol Kowalski (CK), Town Planner; Abigail McCabe (AM), Staff Planner; and <br />Michael Schloth, Recording Secretary. <br />Attorney Brad. Latham of Latham, Latham & Lamond, P.C., 643 Main Street <br />Mr. Anthony Tambone <br />Mr. Alberto Jarquin, Bohler Engineering, 352 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA <br />Mr. Jim Sopchak; 364 Franklin Street <br />Mr. Ron Weston, 63 Blueberry Lane <br />Mr. Scott DeLuca, 358 Franklin Street <br />There being a quorum the Chair called the meeting to order at 7:30 PM. <br />Public Comments <br />Attorney Brad Latham and property owner Anthony Tambone presented concept plans for an office <br />development at 80-100 Main Street. The Board had previously approved a site plan for a retail <br />development there but it was never built. Mr. Tambone said the market for retail properties had <br />collapsed and he expects the market for office properties to improve before retail. The new plans call <br />for a four-story office building. Access would be from Main Street only. Mr. Tambone was not sure <br />when he would be ready to submit formally a site plan for the Board's review. DT and JW urged Mr. <br />Tambone to seek a cafe or sandwich shop tenant on the first floor to reduce the noontime car trips <br />attendant with an office use. <br />The CPDC considered a request presented by the Town Planner on behalf of Oaktree Development <br />for a letter expressing the Board's support of Oaktree's application for affordable housing subsidies <br />for its redevelopment plans of the site formerly occupied by the Atlantic grocery store. The <br />discussion was tabled to later in the meeting <br />Signage Certificate of Appropriateness, TD Bank, 470 Main Street <br />Alberto Jarquin of Bohler Engineering presented a Signage plan for the site. CPDC voted 5:0:0 to <br />grant the Signage Certificate of Appropriateness for the plans presented.. The Chair stamped and <br />signed two sets of the plans. One set was given to Mr. Jarquin. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />