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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 />Community Planning and Development Commission <br />Planning Subcommitt <br />Meeting Dated: July 8,1 2008 <br />Location: Conference Room Town] Time= 7:30 PM <br />Members Present: David Tutt e (DT-);"'Chairma'n; B°rant Ballantyne ~lIB~ -John' Sass (JS) <br />Members Absent: Nicholas Safina (NS), and John Weston (JW) <br />Associate Members Present: George Katsoufis (GK) <br />Also Present: Carol Kowalski, Town Planner; Abigail McCabe, Staff Planner; and Michael Schloth, <br />Recording Secretary. <br />There being a quorum the Chair called the meeting to order at 7:30 PM <br />Planning Workshop: South Main Street <br />Planning & Design Guidelines <br />The consensus of the Board was to divide the business areas of South Main into two neighborhoods: <br />South Street to Summer Avenue and Summer Avenue to Minot Street. Their rationale being that the <br />two areas are naturally divided by the steep change in grade and the cluster of residential units <br />between Summer Avenue and Cross Street. <br />CK presented detailed maps of the neighborhoods created by GIS Administrator Kim Honetschlager. <br />The Board had asked for the maps to be created to help them better to see the relationships among the <br />location of current South Main commercial zoning, the parcels lining South Main Street, and the <br />abutting residential parcels. <br />Selectman Tafoya said it was the consensus of the Board of Selectmen to replicate the pedestrian- <br />friendly streetscape of the Downtown along South Main. Today, there is too much asphalt on either <br />side of the South Main corridor. Better sidewalks are needed with trees, tree lawns and benches. <br />The Board decided some guidelines would be common to both neighborhoods (sidewalks, benches, <br />lighting, landscape...) but others (building heights, setbacks...) may be specific to a particular section <br />of South Main: <br />South to Summer: The consensus was to move buildings closer to Main Street and place parking <br />behind them (following the PUD-B overlay bylaw [4.9.7.4.2.b &.c]) <br />\\ServerI\Planning\Schloth\CPDC\Minutes\Final Minutes\To Be Signed Pagel of 3 <br />2008\07_08_08 FINAL.doc <br />