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Town of Reading <br />16 Lowell Street <br />Reading, MA 01867-2683 <br />Phone: 781-942-6612 <br />Fax: 781-942-9071 <br />Email ckowalski@ci.reading.ma.us <br />RECEIVED <br />TON CLERK <br />READING, MASS. <br />2010 JAN 2 1 A 9: 0 5 <br />Community Planning and Development Commission <br />CPDC MINUTES <br />Meeting Dated: March 9, 2009 <br />Location: Great Room, Senior Center p~.. Times 7:30 PM <br />Members Present: David Tutt e (DT) - hairman;°Nicholas Safina (NS); Secretary <br />John Weston (JW), and Joseph <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 />Peter Hechenbleikner, Town Manager <br />Eleanor White, Housing Partners, Inc. <br />Chuck Eisenberg, Housing Partners, Inc <br />David Eisen, Abacus <br />Jason Schrieber, Nelson\Nygaard <br />Angela Binda, 10 Orchard Park Drive <br />Jim Queeney, 28 Mt. Vernon Street <br />There being a quorum the Chair called the meeting to order at 7:30 PM. <br />Public Comment <br />There were no comments <br />Approval Not Required (ANR): 13 Buckingham Drive <br />NS moved the Board endorse the plans. JP seconded and the motion was carried 4:0:0. <br />The Board signed two copies of the mylar plans. One copy was give to the applicant. <br />Presentation & Discussion: Downtown SmartGrowth (40R) District <br />The Town Planner opened with a brief presentation on the rationale behind establishing a 40R district <br />in the downtown: developing a more vibrant downtown, increasing housing stock, and maintaining <br />the character and identity of Reading are shared goals of the 2005 Master Plan, 2006 Housing Plan, <br />and of the participants of the 2008 World Cafe. Increasing housing stock in the downtown cannot be <br />done under the base, Business-B, zoning. The Mixed-Use overlay allows construction of residential <br />units but only through a Special Permit and no developer has yet taken advantage of this zoning <br />option. A 40R overlay district would allow construction of residential units by right and, through <br />Page 1 of 5 <br />