HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-10-22 Board of Selectmen Minutes Board of Selectmen Site Walk
October 22, 2011
The Board meeting convened at 8:00 a.m. at the intersection of Haven and High Streets. Present
were Selectmen Camille Anthony, Stephen Goldy, James Bonazoli and Ben Tafoya, Town
Manager Peter Hechenbleikner, and Town Engineer George Zambouras.
The Board had copies of the draft plans and used them as a guide while doing their walk. The
consensus of the Board was:
1. Eliminate the proposed roundabout at Haven and High Street.
2. Try to add some area at the pointed part of the intersection at Chute and High Street
(Green Tomato corner) to provide for a landscaping area and perhaps consolidated
crosswalks.
3. Enlarge the sidewalk area and reduce the roadway at the "Haven Junction" corner of
Haven and Chute Streets.
4. Based on the above, revise the crosswalk location that crosses Haven Street at High
Street so that the site distance looking southward on High Street will be maximized.
Include an island area and preferably include landscaping/tree.
In all areas try to include adequate,areas for street trees, but the Board is unwilling to lose
on street parking spaces.to accomplish planting of trees. More elongated tree wells may
be appropriate.
5. Try to locate an island at the intersection of Haven and Gould Street, keeping in mind the
need for vehicles (and especially trucks) entering and exiting the Atlantic alleyway. This
could potentially be done by shortening the nose in front of the flat iron building at Gould
and Haven.
6. On Linden Street the proposal to slightly widen the street and to provide parking on both
sides is acceptable, and shade trees particularly in the eastern portion of Linden Street
will be appropriate. Trees in these locations could have a broader canopy because the
buildings are not close up to the sidewalks.
7. On Sanborn Street, the proposed narrowing of the sidewalks and widening the street to
allow for parking on both sides of the street is acceptable, and street trees in all areas are
important.
8. The alleyway to the municipal parking lot between the Reading Cooperative Bank and
the MF Charles Building should be made two way if possible.
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9. The Board looked at Brande Court and asked about zoning enforcement on the wire
splicing business. The Town Manager noted that vehicles parking behind the building at
the corner of Linden and Haven Street project into the travel way of Brande Court and
project greatly into the right of way.
On motion by Tafoya seconded by Bonazoli the Board of Selectmen adjourned their
meeting at 9:15 a.m.
Respe lly submitted,
S cr ary