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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-11-22 Board of Selectmen HandoutDRAFT MOTIONS BOARD OF SELECTMEN MEETING NOVEMBER 22, 2011 Anthony, Goldy, Tafoya, Bonazoli, Schubert Hechenbleikner 1a) Move that the Board of Selectmen go into Executive Session for the purpose of strategy with regards to litigation to come back into Open Session at approximately 7:30 p.m. RS BT SG JB CA la) Move that the Board of Selectmen adjourn their Executive Session at p.m. RS BT SG JB CA 5b) Move that the Board of Selectmen accept the report of the Volunteer Appointment Subcommittee and confirm the following appointments to the following Boards, Committees and Commissions: ♦ Carie Ann Torrence to one position on the' Human Relations Advisory Committee with a term expiring June 30, 2014 ♦ Kevin Walsh to one position on the Council on Aging with a term expiring June 30, 2014 6b) Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the All Alcoholic Club Liquor Licenses for Reading Overseas Veterans, Inc. d/b/a Reading Overseas Veterans, 575 Main Street ♦ Meadow Brook Golf Corp. of Reading, Mass. d/b/a Meadow Brook Golf Club, 292 Grove Street ♦ Home Building Corp. d/b/a Knights of Columbus, 11 Sanborn Street ♦ Reading Veterans' Association, Inc. d/b/a American Legion Post 62, 37Ash Street for a term expiring December 31, 2012 subject to the following conditions: All Bylaws, Rules and Regulations of the Town of Reading and of the 0 Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall be followed, and subject to a satisfactory inspection of the establishment by the Town Manager. Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the All Alcoholic Package Store Liquor Licenses for: ♦ Busa's Reading Liquors, Inc. d/b/a Busa's Reading Liquors, 345 Main Street ♦ Athens Liquors, Inc. d/b/a Square Liquors, 11 High Street Jai Vaishnodevi & Chirag, Inc. d/b/a North Side Liquors, 150 Main Street ♦ Reading Fine Wines LLC d/b/a The Wine Shop of Reading, 676 Main Street ♦ Peter J. Donovan d/b/a The Wine Bunker, 128 Market Place Shopping Center, One General Way for a term expiring December 31, 2012 subject to the following conditions: All Bylaws, Rules and Regulations of the Town of Reading and of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall be followed, and subject to a satisfactory inspection of the establishment by the Town Manager. Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the All Alcoholic Restaurant Liquor Licenses for: ♦ Mandarin Reading, Inc. d/b/a Mandarin Reading Restaurant, 296 Salem Street 0 Mecom, Inc. d/b/a Caf6 Capri, 355 Main Street ♦ CAC Foods, Inc. d/b/a Venetian Moon Restaurant, 680 Main Street ♦ Pepper Dining Inc. d/b/a Chili's Grill & Bar, 70 Walkers Brook Drive ♦ Mac Acquisition of Delaware d/b/a Romano's Macaroni Grill, 48 Walkers Brook Drive ♦ The Boland Group III, LLC d/b/a Fuddruckers, 50 Walkers Brook Drive ♦ Bertucci's Restaurant Corp. d/b/a Bertucci's Italian Restaurant, 45 Walkers Brook Drive ♦ RARE Hospitality International, Inc. d/b/a Longhorn Steak House, 39 Walkers Brook Drive O ♦ Ristorante Pavarotti, Inc. d/b/a Ristorante Pavarotti, 601 Main Street ♦ Phider Corp. d/b/a Grumpy Doyle's, 530 Main Street ♦ KOK, Inc. d/b/a Oye's, 26 Walkers Brook Drive ♦ Bistro Concepts, Inc. d/b/a Sam's Bistro, 107 Main Street for a term expiring December 31, 2012 subject to, the following conditions: All Bylaws, Rules and Regulations of the Town of Reading and of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall be followed, and subject to a satisfactory inspection of the establishment by the Town Manager. Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the Wine and Malt Liquor License for: ® Pal atat Pattenesuan d/b/a Bangkok Spice Thai Restaurant, 76 Haven Street for a term expiring December 31, 2012 subject to the following conditions: All Bylaws, Rules and Regulations of the Town of Reading and of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall be followed, and subject to a satisfactory inspection of the establishment by the Town Manager. 7a) Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the minutes of November 1, 2011 as amended. 7b) Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the minutes of November S, 2011 as amended. Move that the Board of Selectmen adjourn the meeting at p.m. 03 TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT Tuesday, November 22, 2011 Administrative matters o Correspondence with Mr. Carp of the Wine Shop 4 ® Donation from the Nigro Family to the Veterans Flower Trust Fund ♦ Due to Election deadlines the Town Clerk's office only at Town Hall will be open on Friday December 23rd from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. ® Staff met with the Assistant General Manager. from the T 2 week ago, and as a result I have sent the letter copied to the Board of Selectmen expressing interest in acquiring by lease or purchase the underutilized parking lot on Vine Street. This idea originated with Assistant Town manager Bob LeLacheur o Residents will notice enhancements of the holiday decorating in the square this year - red bows on the lampposts in addition to the garland, and wreaths on locations where we had banners during the warmer weather. The materials are purchased through the -proceeds from the Fall Street Faire, and are installed by the Fire Department (garland and bows) and the DPW (tree lights and wreaths). ® We need to know who from the Board of Selectmen is going to the MMA Annual Meeting in January, and who will be going to the MIIA luncheon ® We have been notified by the ABCC that package stores in Massachusetts will be closed on December 25th and December 26th this year for the Christmas holiday. o Census forms will be going out the first of the year. Remember to license your dog. ♦ We have just completed a grueling but successful Subsequent Town Meeting. ♦ Nomination papers for the Town election are now available in the Town Clerk's office. Community Services ♦ The Reading Board of Health met last week with the Boards of Health from Wakefield and Melrose, and staff as part of our regional initiative with the communities on Public health administration. This is an initiative of Health Director Ruth Clay. ♦ Reps Jones and Dwyer and Senator Katherine Clark hosted the Senior Citizen Thanksgiving dinner for 350 Reading seniors on November 19 at Hillview CC. ♦ Jane Burns has joined us as an interim Elder/Human Services Administrator replacing Richard Cardillo who has filled in since the spring. s We have had a meeting with businesses re the Oaktree construction, and have followed up with a staff meeting and an additional meeting with Oaktree. The goal is to facilitate construction and minimize impact on the downtown businesses and abutting residents. e The Chamber is sponsoring a Holiday Window Display contest from 11/24 -12/24 - RNRchambercom(a-)-aol.com o Shop the Block - December 1 11/22/2011 1 TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT Tuesday, November 22, 2011 ♦ Buy Local.- Weekend, December 2 - 4 The Reading Cooperative Bank is celebrating their 125t" anniversary with the grand re-opening of their renovated building. ♦ WALK-IN FLU CLINICS • Tuesday November 22 Berger Room- Town Hall (first floor next to Community Services Department) 5:30 - 6:30 pm Public Safety ® Meeting in Reading set up by Senator Clark's office on 12-8 at 6 PM at the Police Station re HazMat routing ♦ The Reading Firefighters Association is again doing the Toys for Tots program - collection boxes at Town Hall and a number of other locations or drop toys off at the Fire Station on Main Street, Public Works ♦ MWRA water interconnection with Stoneham ♦ Fall leaf collection - 10/31 1 V47 11114 1 V~ 11/28-12/2 ♦ Dye testing of Sewers and drains ♦ A side benefit of the smoke testing program is the discovery of properties that are tied into the Town sewer system but who have not been being billed. There were 30 such cases identified this year, on top of 25 in 2009, representing estimated annual billing of a total of $40,000. Town Construction Proiects . ♦ Milling and overlay of Lowell Street, - Done ® Roadway Reconstruction -Causeway Rd. &Hanscom Avenue. Base course completed. Raising structures today, paving Monday ♦ Haverhill Street Water Main: stopped for the year. Dates and Events: • Fall curb-side leaf collection - 10131 11141 11/14-11/18, 11/28-12/2 • Town Meeting - 11-14-11 • Tree Lighting - 11-27-11 11/22/2011 2 Page 1 of 2 Hechenblefter,'Peter From: Gary S. Brackett [gsbrackett@brackettlucas.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 12:13 PM To: Hechenbleikner, Peter Cc: Ellen Callahan Doucette Subject: Brackett & Lucas Transition Peter, I hope all is well with you. I wanted to advise you of a change in personnel which will be occurring effective January 1, 2012. Ellen Doucette has been asked by Mayor Scott Galvin in Woburn to take over as City Solicitor due to a vacancy caused by the untimely passing of John McElhiney. Ellen has accepted the position and will be returning to City Hall where she worked as an Assistant City Solicitor before joining our firm. We are sorry to lose Ellen but I know that this will be a very interesting opportunity for her. She and Scott know one another from his days on the Board of Alderman. I will be taking over as lead counsel for Reading and I plan to attend tonight's Selectmen's meeting to review the litigation report in executive session. I am available to talk with you at your convenience today regarding any questions you may have about the transition which I expect will go very smoothly. I am sending a memo to John Doherty regarding the transition and my assuming responsibility for the TLT litigation. I will send you a copy. We are also in the process of hiring two experienced municipal attorneys for the firm, one of whom, Steve Fletcher, worked with us for five years before he and his wife relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina due to a job,opportunity she had there. They recently returned to this area and Steve is already working on some cases for us. Ellen and I would also be available to meet with you at your convenience to discuss any of the cases or departmental matters on which she has been working. See you tonight. Regards, Gary Gary S. Brackett, Esquire BRACKETT & LUCAS 19 Cedar Street Worcester, MA 01609 (tel)508-799-9739 11/22/2011 ~o oFRFgpfy~ ®otlV n V Reading y 16 Lowell Street Reading, MA 01867-2685 r„~ G,9' /NCORQD¢ FAX: (781) 942-9071 Email: townmana9er@c1.reading.ma.us Website: www. readingma.gov , November 9, 2011 Mr. Robert H. Carp Carp Law Offices, LLC 188 Needham Street, Suite 11 OR Newton, MA 02464 Dear Mr. Carp: L-/ c /3aS TOWN MANAGER (781) 942-9043 I was stunned by your allegation at the 11-8-11 Board of Selectmen meeting regarding the compliance check done by the Reading Police Department. You alleged that the Police Department hired as an under-aged operative in the compliance check, an individual who had been convicted of a crime or crimes, was on probation, and who was . incentivized to find violations in liquor establishments to curry favor with Reading law enforcement personnel so that they would go easier on him. I have personally reviewed the documentation on the operative that undertook the compliance check of your shop, at which an employee sold to the under-aged operative. None of the allegations that you carelessly made on November 8th are true, nor are they even remotely supported by any factual information. In making your allegation at a public meeting of the Board of Selectmen, on cable.TV in front of the entire community, you have impugned the integrity of the men and women of the Reading Police Department, and in fact you have questioned the integrity of the entire community. As an officer of the court, you should know better than to put forth unsubstantiated allegations in a public forum. Your actions on November 8 are further evidence of your unwillingness to take responsibility for the failure of your employees in this sale to-an under-aged operative, and leads one to wonder whether you are in fact committed to correcting a past mistake and working with the community. in addressing concerns about the sale of alcohol to minors. You have been in business in Reading for less than one year and you have already had your license suspended for three days. 67 I would suggest, Mr. Carp, that you spend more of your time and energy in properly operating your shop, and less of it in trying to question the integrity of the Reading Police Department. I would also suggest that you owe the Reading Police Department, through its Chief, a written apology which you might also want to consider publishing in the local newspapers. Sincerely, 1 Peter 1. Heche 1 leikner Town Manager PIHlps 68 ~d2 TO: Board of Selectmen From: Peter I. Hechenbleikner, Town Manager Date: Thursday, November 17, 2011 Re: Pedestrian Improvements The Parking Traffic Transportation Task Force (PTT F) has had on its agenda on an ongoing basis the issue of pedestrian improvements. Additionally the PTTTF met with representatives of Walkable Reading. at ist's last meeting on November 16. For background on the Board of Selectmen discussion on 11-22-11 on the issue of pedestrian improvements, I am attaching to this memo the following information: ® Presentation to Town Meeting under Article 11 of the 2007 Subsequent Town Meeting ® Cost of pedestrian improvements installed - dated 11-15-11 ® Section 4.5 of the Board of Selectmen policies with attached map, detailing where concrete sidewalks are to be installed. I would anticipate that at the Board of Selectmen 11-22-11 meeting, the Board would discuss and reach consensus on what the general parameters and criteria for prioritizing pedestrian improvements would be. From the 11-16-11 P1TT'F discussion with the Walkable Reading folks, the following were discussed: The highest priority locations for pedestrian improvements in Reading should be locations that have the highest current or potential density of pedestrian activity including(not necessarily in priority order): ® Downtown Commuter rail area ® Other commercial areas ® Schools. ® Parks Additionally the Town should prioritize improvements that tie in to other improvements (public or private) in the community that have a potential pedestrian impact. There are 3 major categories that pedestrian improvements may take: ® New construction "infill" Maintenance/repair/replacement 20 ® Page 1 The following are projects that have been listed from staff recommendation, resident input, or other suggestions for sidewalks: New walks Highland from Federal to Auburn; Bancroft from just before. Locust to Auburn Auburn Street - Highland of Parkview Parkview Road -Auburn to Oakland Grove Street - Forest to Franklin Prescott Street - Summer to West Pennsylvania Avenue - Redgate to Summer Pleasant Street - John to Manning Vine from Mineral to High Mineral from Vine to High; High Street - west side from Middlesex to Vine Wilson Street Curtis Street and South Street to AWP emergency access point Haverhill - Timothy Symonds Baystate and Salem Street Sidewalk reconstruction or maior repair Prescott Street petition - maybe SRTS part - and Linden Street - Haven to Woburn reset curbing and replace sidewalk Sanborn Street - Lowell to Woburn - replace sidewalk 221 r✓~ Cost of Pedestrian Improvements, Installed 11-15-11 Cost Per ' How much Linear Foot $75,000 buys Bituminous sidewalk (6') $27/lf 2,7801f= .5 miles Concrete sidewalk $36/lf 2,100 if = .4 miles Vertical Granite curb $38/lf 1,975 if =.37 miles Cost Per How much Ramp $75,000 buys HC Ramps $3000 25 33 4I