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Home My WebLink About2012-07-10 Board of Selectmen HandoutDRAFT MOTIONS BOARD OF SELECTMEN MEETING JULY 10, 2012 Goldy, Tafoya, Schubert, Arena, Renn-zeR Hechenbleikner, LeLacheur la) Move to go into Executive Session to consider the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property at 136 Haven Street, and that the Chair declares that an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the body and to reconvene in Open Session at approximately 7:30 p.m. 4a) Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the Certificate of Appreciation for Marguerite Bosnian for serving six years on the Council on Aging. Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the Certificate of Appreciation for Lorraine Horn for serving six years on the Cultural Council. Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the Certificate of Appreciation for Vicky Schubert for serving six years on the Cultural Council. Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the Certificate of Appreciation for Charles McDonald for serving nine years on the Human Relations Advisory Committee. 5a) Move that the Board of Selectmen and Reading Municipal Light Board, acting as a committee of the whole, place the following names into nomination for one position on the Reading Municipal Light Board for a term expiring upon the conclusion of the Town Election scheduled for April 2, 2013: John Carpenter John Stempeck David Talbot 6a) Move that the Board of Selectmen close the hearing on confirming the Causeway Road betterments. Move that the Board of Selectmen confirm the betterments for the improvement of Causeway Road at a total cost of $129,705.25 with the assessments apportioned as follows among the benefitting property owners and at the rate of interest on unpaid balances of 3.97% per annum for a maximum term of up to 20 years: 0( Total private road frontage 1930.22 feet Final construction cost for the private section of roadway = $ 129,705.25 cost per linear foot = 1 $ 67.20 6c) Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the Inter - Municipal Agreement Between the Town of Reading and the Town of Wakefield for the services of a Director of the Assessing Department as presented. 7a) Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the minutes of May 22, 2012 as amended. Move that the Board of Selectmen adjourn the meeting at p.m. CAUSEWAY ROAD BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS — July 10, 2012 Taking No. MAP PARCEL ADDRESS FRONTAGE ASSESSMENT T -15 31 1 (RMLD) 30.80 $ 2,069.67 T -12 31 2 31 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 60.64 $ 4,074.83 T -11 31 3 33 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 60.53 $ 4,067.44 T -13 25 57 (RMLD) 221.28 $ 14,869.38 T -13 31 4 (RMLD) 179.30 $ 12,048.45 T -14 31 5 (TOWN) 169.19 $ 11,369.08 T -6 25 46 80 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 129.20 $ 8,681.87 T -7 25 47 74 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 120.00 $ 8,063.66 T -8 25 48 66 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 120.00 $ 8,063.66 T -9 25 49 60 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 120.00 $ 8,063.66 T -10 25 50 52 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 126.47 $ 8,498.42 T -5 25 51 53 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 120.00 $ 8,063.66 T -4 25 52 61 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 120.00 $ 8,063.66 T -3 25 53 65 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 120.00 $ 8,063.66 T -2 25 54 73 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 120.00 $ 8,063.66 T -1 25 55 81 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 112.81 $ 7,580.51 $ 129,705.25 Total private road frontage 1930.22 feet Final construction cost for the private section of roadway = $ 129,705.25 cost per linear foot = 1 $ 67.20 6c) Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the Inter - Municipal Agreement Between the Town of Reading and the Town of Wakefield for the services of a Director of the Assessing Department as presented. 7a) Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the minutes of May 22, 2012 as amended. Move that the Board of Selectmen adjourn the meeting at p.m. 2012 DRAFT - BOARD OF SELECTMEN AGENDAS Estimated Staff Responsibility Start time future agendas Policy on use of the AHTF Policy on displaying street numbers Review license and permit fees Policy on Trust Fund Commissioners Naming of roadway to Brande Court Parking lot Discuss driveway width issues. July 24, 2012 Review Procurement card proposal Review 2012 Goals Review draft of Board of Selectmen "Vision" statements License garage - 30 Haven Street August 7,2012 - Office Hour Richard Schubert 6:30 Tentative - liquor license hearing - 622 Main Street 7:30 Follow -up on Green And Ash Street requests from residents 8:00 Review Conservation regulations 8:30 Presentation of final report on Saugus and Aberjona Rivers drainage study 9:00 Presentation of proposed amendment to Demolition Delay Bylaw 9:30 August 21, 2012 Hearing Green Street One Way from Ash Street to High Street; "all way" stop - Green and Ash Streets Garage licensing: Fire HQ; Reading Woods (Pulte Homes); Johnson Woods; Reading Commons Preview Subsequent Town Meetng Warrant Review changes to EDC policy Review options - water storage Authorize Sale of Town land September 6, 2012 - State Primary Election - no meetings September 11, 2012 Office Hour Stephen Goldy 6:30 Preview licensing and Permitting software. CAB member update Town Accountant Quarterly meeting Strout Ave Master Plan Zambouras /Feudo 9:00 Confirm Betterments - Stewart Road and Edgmont Ave curbing Follow -up on MAPC Mapping project -with CPDC, ConsCom, EDC, Climate Protection Committee. September 25, 2012 Close Subsequent Town Meeting Warrant October 9, 2012 Office Hour Ben Tafoya 6:30 Tax Classification preview October 10, 2012 Financial Forum @Senior Center 7:30 October 23, 2012' MAPC member update November 6 2012 - State Election - No Meetings November 13 2012 - Subsequent Town Meeting November 15, 2012 - Subsequent Town Meeting November 19, 2012 - Subsequent Town Meeting November 20, 2012 Office Hour John Arena 6:30 Tax Classification hearing Approve Liquor Licenses Review Goals December 4, 2012 Office Hour James Bonazoli 6:30 Approve licenses Approve early openings /24 hour openings Town Accountant Quarterly meeting TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT Tuesday, July 10, 2012 Administrative matters ♦ Volunteers still needed — ZBA, Bylaw Committee, FinCom and Trails Committee ♦ I have included in your material the semi - annual customer service survey results. Through the end of June we had 59 forms submitted. Customer satisfaction was very high — 98% rated good or excellent — the vast majority excellent. It is my intent to report the results to the Board of Selectmen annually from here on in, unless a customer service problem surfaces. ♦ Demolition Delay Bylaw Working Group. ♦ The Town's home rule petition regarding the water and sewer easements between Belmont Street and Ivy Drive has passed the house and is now before the Senate. Community Services ♦ FREE Clinic for seniors - Tetanus/Whooping Cough vaccine — went very well ♦ The ZBA and CPDC held a joint hearing on an application by Home Depot. I will want to survey participants and see how they feel it went. ♦ You have received material from the National Association of Tobacco Outlets regarding the Board of Health's approval of new tobacco regulations which are consistent with many such regulations in MA including those in Melrose and Wakefield. ♦ The Farmers Market is now open at the depot on Tuesday afternoon /evening. ♦ The staff kick -off of the Retail Visioning program is Thursday afternoon, with the public part of the program — a community workshop — on September 12, from 8 to 10:30 am. Individual consultations will be solicited following that workshop program. Finance ♦ State budget ♦ Tax Assessment process Public Safety • Everbridge issues with Comcast. • Fire truck fire • Licensing of Parking Garages — 30 Haven Street on July 24; others in August. Public Works Street Paving �l Pearl Street, Belmont Street, Wilson, Track, Norman, and California William, Kieran, Susan, Sandra, Joseph Microseal —Washington, Lowell, Hopkins, Charles Upper Lowell Street and Causeway Road (by state) 7/10/2012 1 TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT Tuesday, July 10, 2012 Blueberry Lane (All) — scheduled to pave on Monday 7/9 ♦ Mill Street (Old Sanborn Lane to Short Street) -- scheduled to pave on Monday 7/9 ♦ Short Street (All) -- scheduled to pave on Monday 7/9 Bancroft Avenue (Woburn Street to Middlesex Avenue) -- scheduled to pave on Tuesday 7/10 Copeland Avenue (All) -- scheduled to pave on Tuesday 7/10 Evergreen Road (All) — paving not scheduled as of this date ♦ Susan Drive (All) — paving not scheduled as of this date ♦ Willow Street — Lowell westward 1200 feet ♦ Additional roads this year: Oakland Road (next summer), Boswell, Main, Washington to RR, Pleasant Street Manning to end, Garret Street, Irving Street. Curbing /Sidewalk ♦ Edgmont — almost complete ♦ Haven Street — Starts in 2 -3 weeks ♦ Mineral Street — RMLD getting access rights addressed Utilities ♦ Haverhill Street water main replacement ♦ Howard Street water main ♦ "Poet's Corner" sewer main ♦ Lewis Street Sewer main — reauthorize funding next fall RFSF — September 9 We are in need of money to complete the conversion of our holiday light display (expanded by 6 trees) to LED lights. We need 500+ strings of lights at an average of $11 per string. Donations can be made to the Town of Reading with a note that they are for "Holiday lights" 7/10/2012 2 7- Customer Service Survey January — June 2012 1. What department did you visit? Answered: 57 Skipped: 2 • Public Works • Phone call • human resources • Clerks Office • Public Works • Town Hall/Public Works • Police Dept. • Town Clerk • Recreation • Recreation • Water & Sewer & DPW • Public Works • Health • DPW • DPW • Public Works Assessors • School System • DPW • Public Works • Main Police Office and Parking Clerk • Recreation Department • conservation • Public Works • Water • Public Works • Town Clerk • Fia Pakistan • Public Works • Engineering • town clerk • Public Works 9 ZG� • Assessors • Assesors and Building • Water & Sewer Public works • DPW • Water Department • Water Department • Police Dept • Public Works/Water • Building Department • Public Works • Collections • Water • Town Cleark • DPW • Electric and Water • Town Clerk • Recreation • Public Works • Vote Signup • Collectors office • Water • Public Works • Public Works Garage • Town Clerk • Police Dept 2. What was the reason for your visit? Answered: 56 Skipped: 3 • Water Conservation Rebate • Rebate/Water Conservation • letter • Business Certificate • Pick up a rain barrell • Rain Barrel • News Up -Date • Genelogical Research • To discuss the sign -up waiver • Pick up trail maps • Rebate Information • Washer Rebate • Burial Permit Rain Barrel • Water Conservation Rebate • Home vist for water conservation rebate for washer • General Information 10 • Retirement Information • Water Conservation Rebate • Connection To Sewer • Permit Application and need clarity • Reading Friends and Family • he washer rebate • Water Rebate • Refund • Rain Barrel • Many Reasons • water conservation rebate • Culturai exchange programs state deptt • Water Conservation Rebate • Check Utilites • Water Conservation Rebate • Info • Plot Plan Info ip engery star rebate • Purchased Rain Barrels • Conservation Rebate • HE Washer Rebate • News of The Dept • Water Conservation Rebate • Building Permits • Appliance Rebate • Locate auto bill • Rebate -New Washer • Absentee Ballot • Water Conservation Rebate. • information of rebate • Register • water conservation rebate • To Vote • Pay R.E Tax Bill • Appliance Rebate • Toilet Rebate • recycling question • Birth Certificate • Memories 3. Were you assisted in a timely manner? Answered: 59 Skipped: 0 1 poor (1) 2 fair (0) 3 average (1) 11 1 o ZGS� RA 4 good (2) 5 excellent (55) 4. Was the person who assisted you knowledgeable? Answered: 58 Skipped: 1 1 poor (1), 2 fair (0) 3 average (0) 4 good (7) 5 excellent (50) 5. Did you accomplish what you came for? Answered: 59 Skipped: 0 1 poor (0) 2 fair (0) 3 average (1) 4 good (5) 5 excellent (53) 8. Any comments or suggestions on how we can enhance customer service? WAnswered: 39 Skipped: 20 • Was pleased with the service • Thank you • Very professional & friendly • The person who helped me also took the time to carry the rain barrel to my car - in the rain! What amazing service ! There seemed to be more information on the bulletin board around conservation and city support. I just didn't have time to read it The survey URL was too difficult to type, try using a URL shortening service or 12 0 Z G (O enlarge the notice to point them to the town site • A great and friendly experience -- thank you! • We've had a very positive experience in renting the Matera cabin for a kids' birthday party. John Feudo has been extremely helpful in the weeks leading up to the event and even provided trail maps of the Bare Meadow area. These will go in the favor boxes along with other camping /outdoor goodies to enjoy a day in Reading's conservation areas. We're so happy to be showcasing one of Reading's gems to kids who will want to return again with their families and really appreciate all the help John and his staff have provided to make this possible. • Staff was great told me exactly what i needed to do for the rebates. so was the inspector. • Keep it up. Perhaps a nice raise for everyone!! • Please remove old rain barrel order forms from website when no longer valid. • Joanne was very informative and helpful • Carol Roberts was very helpful, courteous, knowledgeable, and very professional • Arthur Markos was a most helpful young man • Recoverd for Joanne Powers Service to a resident • Outstanding Job • Once paper work was completed, follow up was timeley and check issued • No- Everyone was very courteous and some where funny. • Very easy and convenient • Wonderfull • U have very good transparent organised system • Everybody was very helpful and the rebate arrived very quickly. • Very good service. • Extremely helpful, professional, and friendly. • service was professional & on time. • Michael O'Halloran was extremely helpful. He called to inform me when rain barrels were ready for pickup and he brought them to my car. Very pleasant customer service experience. Thank You! • Great program, very efficiently handled. • Very helpful -Very professional • Michael o'halloran was very helpful with the process. • Everyone was nice • The staff in the collections department is unable to help with basic information and downright rude. • Excellent customer service! • Easy Process. • i found the serivice informative and curteous with the electric company and town hall. • Everyone in the recreation department had been consistently wonderful, and Zach loves all the coaches. • Everything was just fine • Upon calculating my "late fee ", it was waived as being under $5. A very nice customer focused policy!! • Very Efficient Process Thanks! 13 07,61 • I had a new bathroom installed with permit. i dont know why 2 inspectors had to come out. 1 for the bath + 1 for yhr toilet. seems like dupl. of effort. • The clerk was expectionally caurteous,professional and helpful. 9. What is your name? Answered: 45 Skipped: 14 10. What is your phone number? Answered: 30 Skipped: 29 11. What is your address? Answered: 42 Skipped: 17 12. What is your email address? Answered: 31 Skipped: 28 13. May we add your information to our electronic mailing list that offers community updates? Answered: 32 Skipped: 27 Yes (28) No (4) OCopyright, All Rights Reserved SurveyMa iom SurveyMagik 5.0 14 CD3 � G,� Proposed Changes to Reading Wetland Regulations July 2012 Topic Coordinator Status 1 Regulations specifying submittal Mr. Sullivan, PE Draft For BOS and requirements Quality Control 2 Fee Structure Ms. Scanlon, PG Draft For BOS and Quality Control 3 Methods for determining jurisdictional Dr. Maughan Draft For BOS and wetlands Quality Control 4 Vernal Pools Ms. Scanlon, PG Draft For BOS and Quality Control 5 Wildlife Habitat Mr. Sullivan, PE Draft For BOS and Quality Control 6 Exemptions for Limited Projects Dr. Maughan Draft For BOS and Quality Control 7 Requirement for rip rap slopes Mr. Hecht Draft For BOS and Quality Control 8 Maintenance in developed area Dr. Maughan Draft For BOS and Quality Control 9 Isolated Wetlands Mr. Hecht Draft For BOS and Quality Control 10 Soil Preparation Dr. Tucker Draft For BOS and Quality Control 11 Land Subject to Flooding Dr. Tucker Draft For BOS and Quality Control 12 Variance Mr. Hecht Draft For BOS and Quality Control 13 Minor Projects Mr. Hecht Draft For BOS and Quality Control 14 Extensions Mr. Hecht Draft For BOS and Quality Control Town of Reading, Massachusetts Conservation Commission Wetlands Protection Regulations 2012 Modifications Modifications shown compared to: Reading Wetlands Protection Regulations March 2010 1. Regulations specifying submittal requirements relevant in+ntlan() rneorc�s Mn�;Fnwrn, groundwater elevations, and the dateS of MeaSUF6FA8RtS-'I d. .haraGteFiStiGS; A water monane rn nt plan an Gu4a ns and- itUt�tiv,-X34:Fillri ary o�{-L-noff b--sed on the �;--�rm h_cnri on the 7_ .anal 1(lo year starm error+ +r• 1. a .� .. • .• ..� � . •� •• W • r a • . a r . �. a r . • r 11 . • • •• a . . • r Delineation shall meet requirements identical to those required in 310 CMR 10.05. with the additional requirement of setback indications as specified in these Town of Reading Wetland Protection Regulations EIV -..^ *1 1 1 . ... . ........ 1.1 M11 ON ar W • r a • . a r . �. a r . • r 11 . • • •• a . . • r Delineation shall meet requirements identical to those required in 310 CMR 10.05. with the additional requirement of setback indications as specified in these Town of Reading Wetland Protection Regulations EIV SECTION 6 PLANS AND TECHNICAL DATA (page 34of Reading Wetland Regulations make changes as below) A. General 1. Plans submitted to accompany a Notice of Intent, an Abbreviated Notice of Intent, or an Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation shall include a complete description of the wetlands resource areas, the proposed activity, and the effect of the proposed activity on the resource areas and the interests protected under the Bylaw 2. All submittals shall meet plans and technical data requirements required in 310 CMR 10.05. with the additional requirement of setback indications as specified in these Town of Reading Wetland Protection Regulations of any existing or proposed structures. R Minimism Dequirnmentr The b' a cQrrti +r�l ._rnnit;FemeRts) The appli�'�ay submit, A-F be requiFed to submit, furtheriRfGrmatien that 11 appkatb4is should inGlude the GFigiRal material and NotiGe of Went, shatHxovide,1 m Town of Reading, Massachusetts Conservation Commission Wetlands Protection Regulations 2012 Modifications Modifications shown compared to: Reading Wetlands Protection Regulations March 2010 2. Fee Structure SECTION 2 GENERAL PROVISIONS (page 7 of Reading Wetland Regulations make changes as below) NOTICE OF INTENT FILING FEE SCHEDULE A. For each addition to or accessory use activity associated with an existing single - family or multi - family residential dwelling, including but not limited to driveways, sheds, swimming pools, athletic courts, additions to existing houses, grading, and landscaping- 125.- � 18 98; -PIUS atl -app' 4i-s � +h B. For each new single - family dwelling, including associated driveway, utilities, grading, landscaping, and drainage structures -- 600.508:087plus atl- apt +sa4 ted +t�- #1roug# C. For each new multi - family dwelling 600 $508:00 plus 125$440 -.00 _per unit located in any Resource Area or Buffer Zone, plus all applicable fees listed in lines F through K. D. For each subdivision roadway, or other roadway or driveway (other than for single - family dwelling), and all associated drainage structures, utilities, grading, curbing, landscaping, and other associated work exclusive of dwellings -- 1000 plus all applicable fees listed in lines F through K. E. For each commercial, industrial, institutional, or other non - residential project - $1000 , plus all applicable fees listed in lines F through K. F. For boundary delineation for any Resource Area $1.25 $4 -.14 --per linear foot of Resource Area boundary, up to a maximum of- 1251-14-49-for a single - family lot and $- -1-50- -$ 1250 4444.48 -for any other lot. G. For temporary and /or permanent alteration of land within the Buffer Zone - $1.25 per square foot of Buffer Zone altered for any temporary or permanent alteration within 25 feet of a Resource Area or any permanent structure within 35 feet of a Resource Area; afid, 9"3 -p �.re -foo+ ^f a 7- For work in Floodplain - . . I. For Work in Vernal Pool or its Buffer Zone - $11.10 11 per square foot of Vernal Pool habitat habitat temporarily or permanently altered and $� 9109 $� nor nr ^ra fn + �f a,,ff�r 7�no of worn o� J , Wet Meadow, Bog, Swamp, Marsh, Creek, River, Stream, Pond, Lake, or Land Under Water body - $11.00 per square foot of Resource Area temporarily or permanently altered K. For work in Bank - $11.00 per linear foot of Bank temporarily or permanently altered. Op Town of Reading, Massachusetts Conservation ."""".^"" ~..^^^"""""oo^^^^^ Wetlands Protection Regulations 2012 Modifications Modifications shown compared to: Reading Wetlands Protection Regulations March 2010 3 Methods for Determining Jurisdictional Wetlands SECTION 2 GENERAL PROVISIONS (page 5nf Reading Wetland Regulations make changes oabelow) C. Jurisdiction 1, AREAS SUBJECT TO PROTECTION UNDER THE BYLAW (Resource A[eGS): Consistent with 310 fresh water wetland including 08[Sh' meadow, bog, or swamp which has at least two of the following attributes: 1) at least periodically, the land supports predominantly hydrophytic vegetation; 2)the substrate in the uppermost foot is predominantly undrained hydric soill: 3) the substrate is saturated with water or covered by shallow water at some time during the growing season of each year. Any bank, creek, river, stream, pond (including vernal p0U|)'0[ lake whether permanent O[ intermittent; any land under water bodies; any land within one hundred feet of any of the preceding resource areas; any land subject k) flooding; and any hVerf[ nt3n3O. SECTION 12 DEFINITIONS (page 5nf Reading Wetland Regulations) WETLANDS: lands where the water table iS usually 8tO[ near the surface, 0r the land iS covered by shallow water, This shall include swamps, wet meadows, bogs and marshes, creeks, streams, ponds, rivers, and lakes and bordering vegetated wetlands, Wetlands must have two or more of the fO||OwiOg three 1. At least periodically, the land supports predominantly hvd0ohyticvegetation; 2. The substrate is predominantly UOdr8iO8dhvdhC soil; and I The substrate is saturated with water 0r covered bvshallow water at some time during the growing season of each year. 9 Town of Reading, Massachusetts Conservation Commission Wetlands Protection Regulations 2012 Modifications Modifications shown compared to: Reading Wetlands Protection Regulations March 2010 4. Vernal Pools SECTION 3 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR RESOURCE AREAS (page 16 of Reading Wetland Regulations make changes as below) J. Vernal Pools The Town of Reading accepts and adopts the current( effective Jan 1,2012) re�guirements. definitions, performance standards, Massachusetts natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife under 310 CMR 10.000). All Vernal Pools currently listed as certified by Natural Heritage and those that meet the criteria as so defined are protected by the Reading local regulations. 4=-Vei-iial pook oi- ponds af- AN t-offi-t-11-i-Ii-P, atafe. afe-4-�Olated f+Hfn pef*-tatient v,,ate- and tire of adt:lk ASh POPU latiORS. e e s n ro a 4:4f ti,l '.. -11 - - Ash predaOon, btzeedi-- it HURIbei- of aniphibian specie's have evolved sHeInt that they piaee ti-4,81 veliilp:-, o;; Afeas in the ininiediate vieinity of these f3ools also Pf-ovide these speeies with ifnpofttant non keedino fatietions. stieh as-t`�et ding, shl-41-f-, and ever wintel-itigsites. The inveFtRhr-,4ia,. ILI in �,Ools speeies ofNii-&, nianimals'. and repOles, iis Nvej! as iifliphihnins. The exti-eflie tij)peF edge-, -1' the �el-nal p(04, F@ff-eSenld Ofle 4avei-nal, tt4 the pool eaAest The shallow wafel� zofii�- �,� to he 1-1iier than the deereF poi-tion of a vef-nal pool thfou-hatit the spFi-ta U11- , -&& - --Jl henef;, 14-( 4 the ,,vai,fner-watei, teRipef,attit*es at the pool edges that pi-einiott 2, pi-ollection of vef:flal pool haNt— foi- the eantinued stirvival (if e vienlity is itupaet on joeal aniphibkni poptilations fot: "'hiell tile 13001 se-,FIVI-S' W, 'a k.-IIIIIE.-I MEMO e. Field eb i-ffdief itN 5 3@ 4e,, „- ! the - cc- crmcTi- s - 4ares.C3 =si4 _E— c�i1Ei' �....14 The pr-esenee f any of the k4lovviii�-- will be eensider-ed acceptable 13f:oef that a v-1-1-1 211 i — Utilized � • b d. T E,++ stand +'r file th- airiagc m ;b, ,r' -+: the ,I ly 4.1 1,., ,1 UPOH oiial, - , e. Field eb i-ffdief itN 5 3@ 4e,, „- ! the - cc- crmcTi- s - 4ares.C3 =si4 _E— c�i1Ei' �....14 The pr-esenee f any of the k4lovviii�-- will be eensider-ed acceptable 13f:oef that a v-1-1-1 211 i — Utilized � • b d. T { �-- �?- ��-: �» tr�1�- �i�-- �'- �r�}- P- c- �k- _.-r�- t�s +3 �� P � ;� r, „ r nn r Town of Reading, Massachusetts Conservation Commission Wetlands Protection Regulations 2012 Modifications Modifications shown compared to: Reading Wetlands Protection Regulations March 2010 5. Wildlife Habitat SECTION 3 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR RESOURCE AREAS (page 20 of Reading Wetland Regulations make changes as below) K. Wildlife Habitat The Town of Reading accepts and adopts the current (effective Jan 1,2012) requirements, definitions, performance standards, and regulatory restrictions for wildlife habitat as specified in the Massachusetts Wetland Regulations 310 CMR for jurisdictional wetlands under these Town of Reading Wetland Protection Regulations. 0 2 Any ,- „-„;�,, -- rh. t , lr,i•r less ss +ha„ tile h e1:.. ,,, .,,o,� rh 7 •.. ,.,_ zii�rrrcu- crri-c-incrjc�` ` 1”- cit' 44�i�it=£ �-- iiHg- iE3- �},,•, },�-�- c'-- �.,-�- f;r�4+'-�'Zt' . C' OF 50 feet ('A hielievel, i"; less) of t h e !ell -I! i 01- the hank- ""'n the lot FHt a- 4-li -le-1- ern n- ay oil the lot af. tile land subjee! to flooding oil the lot or -55.000 squai-e feet (whiehevei- is jess)--, O f d, Stieh standinAs to tile i3ei-for-manee shall not apply and the .. .. _. C i ii u, cu nn r, y ;I R.9a.,.-,,Fin ,- d,,a,•„e T ff. ets o, LA7:td fv %i,i,:r -t• b. An evaluation Ily the apphean� 01' whethei- a proposed PI-0-ject k�fll have all advef-! 0 Mee, On ,; t, i l: i'., - r,r'ri-s : "„i i e t1,,..-.s'' ^' `- s .s ial l be j3tr;-c� =r;=i �rcci- cr�'- i#�t- $�t�ltti -§^: ,a, ., i . kil ,,,- leRS11 - h'?u-"nrcer -'s,- i- �i -ca.. '.. ,i r: F.� h:„r(, ,,, „ 11, ,; „,.1 - ;:si-1$: at 7 J y., pfevided with this evaltiation. • }' lipproved .=y i= v= }'tii-E`3 lie `} t. ^u --�cr have no acEi $ "�� 5.h, 1 . ,.1 , d f , atei- bodies i.,.,t - ,;t,. - tai"..- b'r`ri��i= `c'di�'y =�i , and t,- ter, t :�d.�• - t .�� i=z i �i �s 'r'r`�"'- c>-inn ,.�,{�}�� ,ra • 1, 1;. >� ti� - de the I',-,11,- `7"4mpf+� c4iahit afirxsicT +a"r'xc`cic�ii- >;-tt-if?£t; MUM eavAdeFs. and gf Town of Reading, Massachusetts Conservation Commission Wetlands Protection Regulations 2012 Modifications Modifications shown compared to: Reading Wetlands Protection Regulations March 2010 6. Exemptions for Limited Projects SECTION 2 GENERAL PROVISIONS (page 11 of Reading Wetland Regulations add I. as below) 1. Limited Projects If a project is considered limited as specified in 310 CMR 10.53 (3) an Order of Conditions can be issued under the Reading Wetland Regulations notwithstanding the provisions of the Reading Wetland Protection Reaulations if all conditions specified in 310 CMR 10.53 (3) are satisfied. v Town of Reading, Massachusetts Conservation Commission Wetlands Protection Regulations 2012 Modifications Modifications shown compared to: Reading Wetlands Protection Regulations March 2010 7. Requirement for Rip Rap Slopes SECTION 3 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR RESOURCE AREAS (page 16 of Reading Wetland Regulations make changes as below) L Side Slope Grades Near Wetlands I. Side slopes within 100 feet of a wetland shall have a finished grade according to the following: a. No steeper than a 3:1 (horizontal: vertical) slope for grassed and mulched slopes; b. Any slope steeper than 3:1 (horizontal:verticle) must be an engineered design with a stamped I> rip rap shall be hard, durable, angular in shape, resistant to weathering, and shall be free from GVeFbWd8H, SUGh as loose Shale and OFgaRiG material. No stories shall be less than 41 1-- -0 e. Where slopes must be steeper than 2� 1 (hoFizoRtaWertiGal), vertiGal retaining walls &ha4e used to ease the slope. The I.:nd Surlf-A,cp- and below eaGh wall shall be graded and re Town of Reading, Massachusetts Conservation Commission Wetlands Protection Regulations 2012 Modifications Modifications shown compared to: Reading Wetlands Protection Regulations March 2010 8. Maintenance in Developed/Landscaped Areas SECTION 2 GENERAL PROVISIONS (page 11 of Reading Wetland Regulations add J. as below) J. Normal Maintenance Maintenance of existing developed or landscaped yards or structures within the buffer zone that does not result in any net loss of native veqetation or permanently alter the soil surface (other than for planting of vegetation) is exempt from filing under the Reading Wetland pies include but are not limited to: trimming of branches and shrubs, pruning but not removing) trees, and removal of invasive species. If ornamental shrubs located within 25 feet of a wetland are removed, they must be replaced by a similar shrub. Iry Town of Reading, Massachusetts Conservation Commission Wetlands Protection Regulations 2012 Modifications Modifications shown compared to: Reading Wetlands Protection Regulations March 2010 9. Isolated Wetlands SECTION 3 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR RESOURCE AREAS (page 12of the Reading Wetland Regulations insert the following prior to number 1.) C. Fresh Water Wetlands Wetlands protected in Reading Because of the history, geography, geology and hydrology of Readinq some wetlands may not qualify for state protection under 31 OQMR 10.55 due to being isolated or disconnected from water bodies. These will be protected under the local By-Law provided they are: 1. 500 or more square feet in area and 2. Meet all of the other criteria of 310 OMR 10.55 with the exception of connection to water bodies, 0 FRON Town of Reading, Massachusetts Conservation Commission Wetlands Protection Regulations 2012 Modifications Modifications shown compared to: Reading Wetlands Protection Regulations March 2010 10. Soil Preparation SECTION 3 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR RESOURCE AREAS (page 13 of Reading Wetland Regulations make changes as below) C. Fresh Water Wetlands, 33 Town of Reading, Massachusetts Conservation Commission Wetlands Protection Regulations 2012 Modifications Modifications shown compared to: Reading Wetlands Protection Regulations March 2010 11. Land Subject to Flooding SECTION 3 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR RESOURCE AREAS (page 15 of Reading Wetland Regulations make changes as below) E. Land Subject to Flooding Proposed work that may alter land subject to flooding shall not adversely affect the interests protected under the Bylaw, including the flood control capacity of said area. single let and Fnay nGt alter more- than Q 0 Town of Reading, Massachusetts Conservation Commission Wetlands Protection Regulations 2012 Modifications Modifications shown compared to: Reading Wetlands Protection Regulations March 2010 12. Variance SECTION 3 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR RESOURCE AREAS (page 8 of Reading Wetland Regulations make changes as below) SECTION 2 GENERAL PROVISIONS E. Variance from Regulations 1. The Conservation Commission may grant a variance from strict compliance with these regulations for a proposed activity when the Commission finds that: a. There are no reasonable conditions or alternatives that would allow the project to proceed in compliance with the performance standards in these Regulations; and b. Mitigating measures are proposed that will allow the project to be conditioned so as to have no adverse impact upon the wetland values set forth in Section 5.7 of the Reading General Bylaws; and c. The variance is necessary to accommodate an overriding community, regional, state, or national public interest. In the case of owner occupied single or two family residences mitigation which improves the resource area quality, may be considered to accommodate the public interest. O Town of Reading, Massachusetts Conservation Commission Wetlands Protection Regulations 2012 Modifications Modifications shown compared to: Reading Wetlands Protection Regulations March 2010 13. Minor projects SECTION 3 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR RESOURCE AREAS (Pages 25 -26 of Reading Wetland Regulations) G. Minor Projects 1. Some projects are simple, routine, and involve very little activity or alteration within the Buffer Zone, and no significant potential adverse impact on a resource area. For such projects, it would be unreasonable to interpret this section to require a full Determination of Applicability. To avoid unnecessary regulation and it's allied costs to the property owner, we establish a set of minor projects. These require the written approval of the Conservation Administrator or other agent duly appointed by the Commission. If a project is denied by the Administrator or other agent the decision may be appealed to the Commission. Once approved unless contested, the project is merely reported to the Commission of doubtful practical validity the following projects, subject to the following conditions shall require only the written ag�roval of the Conservation Administrator or other agent duly appointed by the Commission 2. Conditions: a. The limit of the resource area must be clearly evident to the Conservation Administrator. b. A complete written description of all work and any protective or migitative measures, and an accurate sketch or plan must be submitted to the Conservation Administrator. c. All conditions prescribed by the Administrator must be met. SECTION 4 DETERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY G. Minor Projects, Continued 2.d If the Administrator grants approval, the proponent may proceed with the project at his /her own risk pending a review by the Commission; any person may file a formal Request for Determination pursuant to the preceding Section 4.A., and the Commission's Determination shall supersede the Administrator's decision. 3. Minor Projects checklist: Projects which have met Minor Project status are listed on the Minor Projects Checklist available from the Conservation Office in Town Hall. 3� Town of Reading, Massachusetts Conservation Commission Wetlands Protection Regulations 2012 Modifications Modifications shown compared to: Reading Wetlands Protection Regulations March 2010 14. Extensions SECTION 7 - ORDER OF CONDITIONS and ORDER OF RESOURCE AREA DELINEATION (page 36 of Reading Wetland Regulations make changes as below) E. Extensions 1. The Commission may issue an Extension Permit for an Order of Conditions or an RDA for a period of up to three years to an applicant who has demonstrated reasons for such a permit. The Commission may deny an Extension to a project that has not commenced within the original time limit. The applicant must apply in writing for an Extension Permit at least 30 days prior to expiration (note: application for an Extension Permit may trigger a red lineation of the wetlands). Page 1 of 2 Hechenbleikner, Peter From: Barnes, Lauren (HOU) [Lauren.Barnes @mahouse.gov] Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 2:46 PM To: Hechenbleikner, Peter; LeLacheur, Bob Subject: FW: HOUSE SESSION — MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012 Good afternoon, Represent live Jones asked me to le: your know that the Houise, in its in orrnal session today, engrossed the Reading ing easi?men bill and it now €°noves to the ~mate see below). We don't envision any delays there i� "`s . w111£€ keep you posted once it r each,.{?,`z the Governor's desk. In the meantime, please feel free to, contact us with any questions, Lauren Lwiren J. Bariies )epufy :hiCf c>f S1'gfi • House Minoru,; I eacter Bradley .N. Jones, Ji .-, State HOLISC, Room 124 Boston, MA. 021.3 3 (617) 722-2100 From: State House News Service [ mailto:news @statehousenews.com] Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 1:00 PM To: news @statehousenews.com Subject: HOUSE SESSION — MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012 HOUSE SESSION — MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012 Posting or forwarding this material without permission is prohibited. Contact per iss...ian @statehousenews.com. CONVENES: The House convened at 11:04 a.m., with Rep. Paul Donato presiding. Rep. Wong and Rep. Provost were in attendance. PLEDGE: Representatives, staff and guests stood for a reading of the Pledge of Allegiance. PRICE DISCLOSURE: The House sent H 4234 to the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business. The bill filed by Gov. Deval Patrick would amend the food price disclosure bill (H 4089), which Patrick signed. The bill would amend the types of food stores covered under the legislation. 7/9/2012 F-AA L �t�., 7 J, u iJ •: tt�»°�`.>,'a E'5C.�. .� .J:'k'. HOUSE SESSION — MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012 Posting or forwarding this material without permission is prohibited. Contact per iss...ian @statehousenews.com. CONVENES: The House convened at 11:04 a.m., with Rep. Paul Donato presiding. Rep. Wong and Rep. Provost were in attendance. PLEDGE: Representatives, staff and guests stood for a reading of the Pledge of Allegiance. PRICE DISCLOSURE: The House sent H 4234 to the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business. The bill filed by Gov. Deval Patrick would amend the food price disclosure bill (H 4089), which Patrick signed. The bill would amend the types of food stores covered under the legislation. 7/9/2012 F-AA Page 2 of 2 STATE BOND TERMS: The House sent H 4235, filed by Gov. Deval Patrick, to the House Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets. The bill limits bonds issued in a $200 million transportation bond bill signed on June 29 to a 30 -year term. TYRINGHAM CHIEF: The House concurred with a Senate amendment to H 3524 which would allow the town of Tyringham to continue to employ Peter Curtin as chief of police until Dec. 31, 2013. HAMILTON DEVELOPMENT: The House concurred with a Senate amendment to H 3710 allowing the town of Hamilton to establish a Hamilton development corporation. SICK LEAVE BANK: The House concurred with a Senate amendment to H 4159 establishing a sick -leave bank for Registry of Motor Vehicles employee Clifton Watson. SICK LEAVE BANK: The House ordered to a third reading H 4229 which establishes a sick -leave bank for Department of Revenue employee Diane Johnson. READING UTILITY EASEMENT: The House ordered to third reading and engrossed H 4170 which allows the town of Reading to grant utility easements over certain parcels of land. WEATHERHEAD'S LIQUOR LICENSE: The House ordered to third reading and engrossed S 2093, which allows the town of Erving to grant an off - premises all alcohol license to Weatherhead's, on the French King Highway. BRIDGE NAMING: The House ordered to third reading and engrossed H 3951 which names a bridge in Lowell the Gentz Brothers Memorial Bridge. GOV. PATRICK'S FY 2013 BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND VETOES: The House received Gov. Patrick's amendments to the fiscal 2013 budget. The vetoes were sent to the House Committee on Ways and Means. The amendments returned by Patrick were sent to the House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading. SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET: The House referred Gov. Patrick's supplemental budget H 4241 to the House Committee on Ways and Means. ADJOURNS: The House adjourned at 11:16 a.m. to meet again for a formal session on Wednesday at 1 p.m. House Democrats will caucus at noon on Wednesday. DISCLAIMER: Bill texts and histories are available at www.malegislature.gov. All votes are voice votes, unless otherwise noted. Bills ordered to third reading have been given initial approval. To engross a bill is to pass it and send it to the other branch. The last of three votes taken on bills that reach the governor's desk is the vote on enactment. So, it's third reading (initial approval), engrossment (passage) and enactment. The News Service coverage of legislative debate is an accurate summary of remarks, not a verbatim transcript. -END - 07/09/2012 Serving the working press since 1910 http; / /www_,st_ate__ho use news. com. 7/9/2012 (no) Page 1 of 3 Hechenbleikner, Peter From: Geoff Beckwith [gbeckwith @mma.org] Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 11:18 AM To: Geoffrey C. Beckwith Subject: Governor Signs FY13 State Budget with Local Aid Increases July 09, 2012 MMA STATE BUDGET UPDATE GOV. PATRICK SIGNS FISCAL 2013 STATE BUDGET APPROVES $144 MILLION IN LOCAL AID GAINS ADDED BY THE LEGISLATURE Gov. Deval Patrick yesterday signed the $32.5 billion state spending plan for fiscal 2013 that was sent to him by the Legislature on June 28. The budget act increases local aid by approximately $144 million above the spending plan that had been submitted by the governor in January and $289 million above fiscal 2012 levels. These local aid gains represent a significant victory for cities and towns. On key accounts, the fiscal 2013 state budget: • Guarantees funding for unrestricted municipal aid at $899 million, adding $65 million to the base Cherry Sheet distribution • Adds $34.7 million to the Chapter 70 education aid account (above the governor's proposal) to guarantee $40 per student minimum aid for all school districts • Fully funds special education circuit breaker reimbursements at $242 million, an increase of $29 million above fiscal 2012 and the governor's proposal for fiscal 2013 • Funds the McKinney -Vento transportation mandate ($11.3 million) • Increases the regional school transportation account by $2 million, to $45.5 million In addition to the local aid line items, the budget act provides a one -time boost of up to $25 million for Community Preservation Act matching funds in fiscal 2014, funded by any fiscal 2013 state budget surplus. The budget also expands the CPA by allowing cities and towns to use CPA funds to improve existing recreational and park facilities, and by allowing communities to adopt the CPA with a minimum property tax surcharge of 1 percent, but allowing communities to use other funds, such as Community Development Block Grants or linkage dollars as an alternative to increasing the property tax surcharge up to 3 percent. In his budget message, Gov. Patrick approved all of the local aid items listed above, but did veto two provisions of interest to cities and towns: he eliminated the $3.5 million Chapter 70 "pothole" account that, in the past, has provided waivers for several communities struggling to reach their required foundation spending levels; and he vetoed language providing a rate freeze for private special education residential service providers. The MMA will be discussing these two items with legislators over the coming days. 7/9/2012 1 Page 2 of 3 The Division of Local Services is expected to post final fiscal 2013 Cherry Sheets for individual cities, towns and regional school districts based on the now - enacted budget. To access the DLS analysis, visit htip: / /www. mass. ffov /dor /local- officials;'municipal- data - and - financial - management /cherry- sheets!2Q 13- cherry- _s..heet_s. In January, the governor had proposed level- funding Unrestricted General Government Aid at $834 million and providing a later supplemental distribution of $65 million if the state ends fiscal 2012 with a surplus. But with fiscal 2012 state revenues coming in below expectations, the $65 million was not guaranteed, and communities wouldn't have known what funding, if any, would result until October, making it impossible to include the funds in operating budgets. The MMA pushed full funding for municipal aid as a top priority, and the Legislature added the $65 million to the base so that cities and towns can make full use of the funds for ongoing operations in their fiscal 2013 budgets and beyond. The governor went along with this change. The MMA also prioritized funding for public education in several major areas, and worked with legislators to achieve significant increases. On Chapter 70, the budget provides $37.4 million above the governor's proposed $145.6 million increase in order to guarantee that all cities, towns and school districts would receive an increase of at least $40 per student above fiscal 2012 Chapter 70 aid levels. The budget also provides additional funds for a distribution of "target share aid" that was suspended in 2008, directing those funds to "communities that receive a smaller share of their foundation budget from the state than should be the case given their property and income wealth." Full funding for the special education circuit breaker program at $242 million was a top priority that legislators added during their budget deliberations. In a significant victory for cities and towns, the Legislature created a new budget account to reimburse cities and towns for the cost of transporting homeless students to school. State Auditor Suzanne Bump ruled that the program is an unfunded mandate that was created when the state adopted the federal McKinney -Vento Act. At the MMA's urging, the Legislature established this account, and the governor signed it into law. The budget maintains funding for several key accounts at approximately the same level that was initially proposed by the governor, including Payments -in- Lieu -of -Taxes (PILOT) at $26.3 million, library aid at $16 million, and charter school reimbursements at $71.5 million. The budget funds the regional incentive aid grant program at $4 million. Shannon anti -gang grants are funded at $6.25 million, a slight increase over the fiscal 2012 appropriation. Regional school transportation reimbursements increased by $2 million. Geoffrey C. Beckwith Executive Director, MMA 1 Winthrop Square, Boston, MA 02110 617 - 426 -7272 fax) 617 - 695 -1314 www.mma.org DISCLAIMER: This message is a private communication. 7/9/2012 Page 3 of 3 If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use, or disclose this message or any attachments. Please notify the sender of the delivery error by replying to this message, and then delete it from your system. Any unauthorized disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, including the attachments, is prohibited. Email may not be secure or error free. Information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message that arise as a result of transmission. 7/9/2012 0 TO: Board of Selectmen Reading Municipal Light Board Cc Vinnie Cameron — GM, RMLD From: Peter I. Hechenbleikner, Town Manager Date: Thursday, May 31, 2012 Re: Filling a vacancy on the Reading Municipal Light Board Mary Ellen O'Neill has submitted her resignation from the Reading Municipal Light Board, effective immediately. The process for filling a.vacancy on an elected Board, Committee, or- Commission other than the Board of Selectmen is: ♦ Post the vacancy for a minimum of 15 days (per Reading Home Rule Charter) ♦ The remaining members of the RMLB, along with the Board of Selectmen sit as a "committee of the whole" to interview all candidates who have submitted their name for consideration ♦ The above "committee of the whole" votes to appoint a member who will serve until the next Town election in April 2013. It will take- 5 .votes to appoint the member (5 members of the Board of Selectmen plus 4 remaining members of the RMLB = 9 members. By charter any action requires the majority vote of the full authorized membership of the committee) ♦ Since Mary Ellen was just elected, the 2013 Town election ballot will have an RMLB position for the remaining 2 years of the term, plus how ever other members of the RMLB are up for election. The members of the Board of Selectmen and RMLD may want to recruit applicants for the position, since we do not have any names on file expressing interest in the Reading municipal Light Board. 16 05�,( Page 1 of Hechenbleikner, Peter From: MaryEllen O'Neill [maryelienoneill @hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:55 AM To: Phil Pacino; Cameron, Vinnie Cc: Hechenbleikner, Peter; Gemme, Laura Subject: RMLD Board I am submitting my resignation from the RMLD Board of Commissioners effective immediately. Pressing personal and family matters necessitate my reducing my outside commitments for the time being. Mary Ellen Ii 179 5/31/2012 OFRf G, Town of Reading 16 Lowell Street t'1 b s `Ie: w° Reading, A 01867-2685 IXCOR4O¢P I° FAX: (781 )-942 -9071 Email: townmanager @ci.reading.ma.us Website: www. readingma.gov VOLUNTEER VACANCY TOWN OF READING MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD TOWN MANAGER (781) 942 -9043 One vacancy with a term expiring on April 2, 2013 exists on the Reading Municipal Light Board. The Municipal Light Board has charge of all real estate, facilities, personnel and equipment of the Town pertaining to the production and transmission of electrical power both within the Town and elsewhere. Interested persons may apply at the Town Clerk's office, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, Massachusetts by 5:00 p.m. on June 18 or until the position has been filled. 80 :t1V t €HNZIOZ MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD Term Three years Appointing Authority Elected Number of Members Five Members whose terms are so arranged that as nearly an equal number of terms as possible shall expire each year Meetings Authority Reading Charter — Adopted March 24, 1986 purpose Shall have charge of all the real estate, facilities, personnel and equipment of the Town pertaining to the production and transmission of electrical power both within the. Town and elsewhere; shall have all the powers and duties given to cities and towns in respect to municipal lighting plants under G.L. c. 164, s. 34 et seq., and other general and specific acts pertaining thereto together with such further powers and duties assigned to tem by the Charter, by Bylaw or by other Town Meeting vote. 19 y� S� RECEIVED TOWN CLERK APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO BOARDS /COMMITTEES /COMMISSIONS �a� 1611 JUN -u ,A 1� 38 Name: p ,7 �-er Jm�n �dk- �t� Date: +144.e `l, zo/ Z (Last) Address: j/11/ (First) (Middle) Occupation: Ara,/e t r- Man 2,f -e- r Are you a registered voter in Reading? Y-er Tel. (Home) 78i_ '7'YV -v1 z fjC Tel. (Work) (Is this number listed ?) z # of years in Reading: Z 9 e -mail address: Place a number nest to your preferred position(s) (up to four choices) with #I being your first priorit-v. (Attach a resume if available) Animal'Control Appeals Committee _Aquatics Advisory-Board _Audit Committee _Board of Appeals _Board of Cemetery Trustees _Board of Health _Board of Reaistrars _Bylaw Committee _Celebration Committee _Cities for Climate Protection _Commissioner of Trust Funds _Community Planning & Development Comm _Conservation Commission _Constable _Contributory Retirement Board _Council on Aging _Cultural Council Custodian of Soldiers' & Sailors' Graves _Economic Development Committee _Finance Committee _Historical Commission _Housing Authority _Human Relations Advisor Committee _Land Bank Committee MBTA Advisory Committee _Metropolitan Area Planning Council _Mystic Valley Elder Services RCTV Board of Directors _Recreation Committee RMLD Citizens AdvisorN Board _Telecommunications and Technology Advisor- Committee _Town Forest Committee _Trails Committee _West Street Historic District Commission Other n tV L .d 8o ? rd o f Please outline relevant experience for the position(s) sought: - e'A,1j.er V f 9!'iAnt47 e- IVUe .*72Ar4ar ' eO /. i-C. -C c Cd.2L' /'n&- er -1 /' "2 4C. e`/ /A3.,otcZ -ar 60 - en -es-7l `r f /'Aa✓i��r agoihsr 4isLV 20 4g S s "Fow n of Re-R AU A -1112. Application for Ap ointment to Boards /Co in. mitt ees /C:om missions Name. Date: {L L/ast) /� 1411141-4N (First) (Middle) Address: [0 5_ 14�N Tel. (Home) (Is this nLimber listed`>`)_ -y_ Occupadon -A6 -VWM ev Z 44 — ' ol'years it. Reading: 7 Are you a regnstered voter in Reading?_t! S e-mail address.. -_ Place a number next to your preferred position(s) (tip to four choices) with � I being your first priority.. __ animal Control Appeals Committee audit Committee _._._.Board of Appeals _ -Board of Cemetery T `°r'ustees Board of Health ____.__Board of Registrars Bylaw Committee Celebration Committee _Climate Advisory Committee Commissioner of Trust Funds —Community Planning 8 Development Comtn Conservation Cotmnission �Cottstable �_ CcnntributorS- Retirement Board Council on Aging --Cultural Council — Custodian of Soldiers' & sailors' Graves Economic Development Committee Fall Street Faire Committee Committee Historical Commission Mousing Authority Huma Relations Advisors- Committee IBT,� Advisory Board - Metropolitan Area Planning Council N Y Mystic mall: Elder Services RCTV Board of Directors Recreation Committee RMLD Citizens Advisory Board Town Forest Committee ittee "trails Committee West Street Historic District Commission Ad Hoc Ccnmmittee _ _ Please outline relevant: experience for the position(s) sought: (feel free to attach a resume or other statement of interestfqualiftcations) f pe,4,01 3 - r etc . I vw--'aleece, Revised ' -104 21 6 Sa, JOHN W. STEMPECK John is the founder of Avalon Associates, Inc. For the past twenty years, he has provided a broad range of professional services, including strategy, business development, and merger and acquisition advisory services, to small to mid -cap private and public companies. • He spent ten years as Director at Braxton Associates (now Deloitte and Touche Consulting Services) and Principal at EDS Management Consulting (now owned by HP). He has traveled extensively and advised clients worldwide on strategies for growth and profitability. • John has both large and small company experience. As Vice President of Business Development at Xerox Corporation, he was the architect for their professional services group culminating in the purchase of a large IT firm.. • He also managed a team that created a revolutionary on- demand book manufacturing system that created a 300 page color book in one minute. Coupled with Internet -based order entry and library, this system won the Smithsonian Manufacturing Award, a U.K. Ecology award, and Harvard Business School wrote a case study on this Book -In -Time system which continues to be taught at the Business School. • Prior to Xerox, John had been CEO for VC- funded BigEd in the corporate training field and was a founder of E- Closing in the mortgage recording industry. • At the beginning of his career, John worked in electrical engineering at Polaroid Corporation where he has seven issued patents on circuits used on millions of camera systems. John presently sits on two Board of Directors, Simplifile, Inc. (Private, electronic mortgage delivery service), Provo, Utah, and Bemis Associates, Inc. (Private, provider for specialty adhesive tapes); Shirley, MA. He received his MBA with Honors from Boston University, a BSEE from MIT, his CMAA designation from Loyola University, and has taken addition courses at Harvard Graduate School. In 2010, he was an adjunct professor at Suffolk University teaching a course on private capital markets. John has been a member of the National Technology Transfer Council (Washington, DC), the Small Business Association of New England, Vistage, the Exit Planning Exchange, and the National Association of Corporate Boards. John is married and lives in Reading, MA, with four sons. He is an avid tennis player, occasional skier and golfer, and belongs to Meadowbrook Golf Club, John R,avalonassociates.com Avalon Associates LLC Second Floor 580 Main Street Reading, MA 01867 Office: 617 - 273 -8440 Cell: 617 - 571 -0369 Fax: 617 - 273 -8001 www.AvalonAssociates.com 2 2 !� b L, / 1 � Board of Selectmen and RMLD Commissioners Town Manager Peter Hechenbleikner 16 Lowell Street Reading, Massachusetts, 01867 July 5, 2012 Dear Members of the Board of Selectmen and RMLD Commissioners, I write to express interest in the current vacancy on the RMLD Board of Commissioners. I believe my skills would complement the considerable financial, business and other skills of the fellow commissioners and help the RMLD as it works to provide excellent service and a cleaner energy supply to our communities. As chief correspondent at Technology Review, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's magazine and website, I have often researched and written about current topics in energy and information technologies (the latter being crucial to creating a smarter and more efficient electricity - delivery system). My work gives me solid subject- matter grounding. But the RMLD already has considerable expertise on board. Perhaps more important, my work gives me the ability to communicate complex topics to the community. With so many positive initiatives underway already at the RMLD, this latter skill might be the most valuable. Along with this letter, I am sending a PDF of my most recent magazine feature, about Germany's efforts to rapidly scale -up its renewable energy capacity and make its grid more efficient. I can send more examples of my work, but mainly look forward to meeting with you and answering any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, David Talbot 75 Linden Street Reading, MA 01867 781 - 944 -6305 P � xpenment r Germany has decided to pursue ambitious greenhouse - gas reductions —while closing down its nuclear plants. Can a heavily industrialized country power its economy with wind turbines and solar panels? By David Talbot Along a rural road in the weste- state of North Rhine- Westphalia lives a farmer named Norbert Leurs. An affable 36- year-old with callused hands, he has two young children and until recently pursued an unremarkable line of work: raising potatoes and pigs. But his newest businesses point to an extraordinary shift in the energy policies of Europe's largest economy. In 2003, a small wind company erected a 70 -meter turbine, one of some 22.000 in hundreds of wind farms clot- ting the German countryside, on a piece of Leurs's potato patch. Leurs gets a 6 percent cut of the electricity sales, which comes to about $9,500 a Year. He's considering add- ing two or three more turbines, each twice as tall as the lust.. The profits fi em those tin'bines are mod - est next to what he stands to make on solar panels. In 2005 Leurs learned that the gov- ernment was requiring the local utility to pay high prices for rooftop solar power. He took out loans, and in stages over the next seven years, he covered his piggery, barn, and house with .solar panels —never mind that the skies are often gray and his roofs aren't all optimally oriented. Fron n the resulting 690- kilowatt installation he now collects $280,000 a year, and he rxpccts Deer $2 million in profits after he pays off his loans. Stories like Leurs's help explain how Germany was able to produce 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources in 2011, up from 6 percent in 2000. Germany has guaranteed high prices for wind, solar, biomass, and hydroelectric power, tacking the costs onto electric bills. And players like Leurs and the small power company that built his turbine have installed off-the-shelf technology and locked in profits. For them, it has been remarkably easy being green. What', coming next won't be so easy. In 2010, the German government declared that it would undertake; what has popu- larly come to be called an Erurrgiee;eu de- an energy turn, or energy- revolution. This .switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy is the most ambitious ever attempted by a heavily industrialized country: it aims to cut greenhouse -gas (missions 40 percent from 1990 levels by 2020, and HO percent by mid - century. The goal was challenging, but it was made somewhat easier by the fact that Germany already generated more than 20 percent of its electricity fi om nuclear power, which produces almost no greenhouse gases. Then last year, responding to pub- lic concern over the post - tsunami nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, Chancellor Angela Merkel ordered the eight oldcstGer- rnan nuclear plants shut down right away. A few months later, the government final- ized a plan to shut the remaining nine by 2022. Now the Eacrgzea.cnude includes a turn away from Germany's biggest source of low - carbon electricity. Germany has set itself up for a grand experiment that could have repercussions for all of ];unrpe, which depends- heavily on German economic strcnAth. The coun- try, must build and use renewable cncrgy technologies at unprecedented scales, at enormous but uncertain cost, while reduc- ing energy use. And it must pull it all off without undercutting industry, which relies on reasonably priced, reliable power. "In a sense, the Energieroende is a political statement without a technical solution; says Stephan Remelt, CEO of GE Focigy Germany. "Germany is forcing itself toward innovation. What this generates is a large industrial laboratory at a size which has never been done before. We will have to try clot of different technologies to get there:' The major players in the German energy industry are pursuing several strategies at once. To help replace nuclear power, they are racing to install huge wind farms far off the German coast in the North Sea, new transmission infrastructure is being planned to get the power to Germany's industrial regions. At the same time, com- panies such as Siemens, GE, and RWE, Germany's biggest power producer, are looking for ways to keep factories humming during lulls in wind and solar power. They are searching for cheap, large -scale firrrns of power storage and hoping that comput- ers can intelligently coordinate what could be million, of distributed power sources. Estimates of what the transition will cost vary widely, depending in part on how fast new technology can be introduced and its price lowered. Various economic think tanks predict that the country will spend somewhere between $ 125 billion and $ 250 billion on infrastructure expansion and .subsidies in the next eightycars— between 3.5 and 7 percent of Germany's 2011 GDP. The long -ttxm casts, including the cxpenv: of decommissioning nuclear power plants, will he far higher. Germany has already incurred signifi- cant costs. Each monthly electric bill car- ries a. renewable - energy surcharge of about 15 percent (heavy industry is exempt). Wholesale electricity prices have jumped At dorkyards near the North Sea part of Ros- tock, Ge a y S emens s 6 ld ne s mass ve platf,, n 1 t .! 11 house equ pmert fw managing power t a l "Ind terms far offshore. approximately 10 percent since the eight nuclear plants were shut. T'he German grid is strained as never before. And — ironically, given the Energw,r eode's goal of reducing greenhouse -gas emissions —the decision to close the nuclear plants has increased reli- ance on coal -fired power plants. Despite the costs, Germany could greatly benefit fi our its grand experiment. In the past decade, the country has nur- tured not only wind and solar power but less- heralded energy technologies such as management software and efficient industrial procosses. Taken together, these `green" technologies have created an export industry that's worth S12 billion —and is poised for still more growth, according to Miranda Schrems, director ofthe Enviren- mental Policy Research Center at the Perlin Free University. Governruent policies eandd provide fm'ther incentives to develop and deploy now technologies. "That is know - how that you can sell," Schreurs says. "The wav for Ger oany to compete in the long run is to become the most energy - efficient and resource - efficient market, and to expand on an export market in the process:' technology review .rely /A,iges12p 12 If Germany succeecL in making the tran- sition, it could provide a workable blueprint for other industrial nations-, manyofwhich are also likely to face pressures to trans - form their energy consumption. "This Ener- giereendn is being watched very closely. Hit it works in Germany, it will be a template for other countries: says Graham Weale, chief economist at RWE, which is grappling with how to shut its nuclear power plants while keeping the lights on. "If it doesn't, it will be very damaging to the German economy and that of Europe' Choke Points In the city of Erlangen, 20 kilometers north of Nuremberg, tight security greets visitors to the complex of industrial build- ings that house the labs and factories ofthe energy giant Siemens, one of several con- tractors contributing to the Ene giewende. One of these buildings literally hums with power -30 megawatts' worth. Inside is a giant steel and copper, machine that con- verts AC power to DC at massive scale; its destined for installation on offshore plat- forms that roust withstand harsh North Sea sores for decades. Germany needs this technology because it's looking fur the steadiest source of wind it can find, and that's found far offshore —so far that the standard AC lines for transmit- ting power won't work. To date, Germany has installed only about 500 megawatts of offshore wind power, all within 90 kilometers of land, in waterless than 40 meters deep. Now energy companies are planning to install 10,000 megawatts of wind power as far offshore as 160 Home - ters, at depths of up to 70 meters. Several 10,000- to 20,000 -ton offshore substations will convert gigawatts ofAC output to DC, which can span such distances- without large energy losses. "There is nowhere in the, world where this has been done— build- ingull'shore grids and offshore connections in this way and in this amount," says Lex Hai noon. director of corporate develop- ment at 'rennet, the Dutch grid company in charge cf parts of Germanys megascale North Sea effort. Of com se, all this just gets the power to the beach. The electricity needs to tra- MEM133MMMMIUMM33M verse Germany to reach the major inclo - trial centers in the country's south. Some 3,H00 kilometers of new power lines art- needed, but only around 200 have been built, with reluctant landowners and regional politicians stalling progress and creating choke I ints.'fhe delays and the novel technologies make the Germari off- shore wind program a huge gamble all by itself "Nobody, really knows what the Ener- gicuwule will cost:'says Karen Pittel, an energy economist at the University of Munich. "But especially those wind farms —they are more or less pilot projects." The uncertainties don't stop there. Even with cur- rent levels of wind power, on windy days grid operators must shut turbines down because there's nowhere to put the power. When a cloud bank rolls over southern Germ:my on an otherwise sunny day, the output of the regions many photovoltaic panels can drop by hundreds of megawatts; the effect is like hitting the off srvi tch nn a moderate - size coal -fired power plant, increasing the threat of blackouts. Withoutenough cheap, reliable power to support the high - technology industry and the transportation system, Germany`s econ- omy —and that of Europe as a whole —could be in trouble. Already some German firms are building new manufacturing facilities elsewhere; for example, last year the chem- ical producer Wacker Chemie decided to build a polysi con plant in Tennessee, parth because energy costs in Germany were so high. Weale says, "Tlrc quality ofthe supply would only have to deteriorate a little bit and it would be quite serious for this lugh- technolagyindustry. We've already seen, even with- out the lights going out, that industry is getting nervous :' To avoid catastrophe, Germany will have to start deploying storage technol- ogies and load - balancing strategies attar larger scales. The country today has 31 . pumped - storage power plants, which force water i nto uphill reservous at night and then use the downhill flow to spin turbines to generate power. Altogether, they can store 38 giga- watt- hours' worth of electricity. That might sound like a lot, but it's less than 90 minutes of peak output firm Germany's wind farms. Batteries might help, but so far costs are too high for them to play more than a niche role. To another building in Erlangen, Sie- mens is building tractor - trailer -size bat- teries based on three ditfercut lithium -ion technologies. Each could power 40 German houses for a day, but the batteries are too expensive to use for backup power. Instead, high -tech manufacturers are likely to use them to ride out brownouts with, say. a 15- minute, eight- megawatt jolt so that specialized equipment won't need costly restart procedures. Prices would need to fall by at least half before lithium -ion batteries could provide an economical way to store hours of excess power from wind ttubinc,. Other storage technologies are being developed but are still probablyyears from being practical, if they ever will be. One new technology at Siemens, for example, produces- hydrogen by using surplus elec- tricity to split water molecules. But it is experimental and, at this stage, expensive.. `This Energiewende is being watched very closely. If it works in Germany, it will be a template for other countries. If it doesn't, it will be very damaging to the German economy:' Germany's Electricity Generation in 2010 Before nuclear plant closings Inevitably, soma h.t Jolywcels m ill corn when a high- pressure system stalls over Europe, stilling turbines just when sun- but tied Germans reach for their air condi- tioners. Until large - scale, cheap storage is available, gas power plants, which can start up quickly mid efficiently, will be the most practical way to cope with these situations. But theres little incentive to build such plants. Owners of gas plants meant to meet peak power needs can no longer count on running for a certain number of hours, since the need will no longer fall on predictable workday afternoons but come and go with the sun and wind. Says Otlmar Edenhofer, chiefecon- omist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, "The design of the electricity market will change funda- mentally. You have fluctuating demand, and at the same time a fluctuat- ing supply. The linkage and the interplay in these two dimensions has become the sub- ject of intense research. There could be new and emerging market failures-." dreds of thousands of home units —and larger ones powering apartment or office buildings —to generate extra electricity for the grid in a pinch. As much as 5 percent of Germany's electricity could be produced this way —about the amount utilities expect to draw from the new oflshore wind farms_ Reaching that point could take decades as lrorneowners and busi- nesses gradually replace their existing boilers and the infrastructure is put in place to synchronize hundreds of thousands of power sources. But an hour cast of Duis- burg, in a 1960s -era office building on the edge of Doi t- mund, engineers are test- ing a more modest network as a starting point. A base- ment server room functions as a communications hub for 120 small generating sta- tions that together produce 160 megawatts of electricity from renew- able sources —mostly wind but also biomass and solar. Software Ickes wcathe, predic- tions into account and assembles a block of renewable electricity from wind andsolar, switching the biogas plants on and off as The goal is to use software to transform thousands of renewable energy sources, each of which alone is unreliable, into a vast network that utilities can depend on. Virtual Power Duisburg is a gritty town just west of Essen, a major World War Ii munitions manufac- turing center tlrat was reduced to rubble by Allied bombing. This is where RWE, client Germany's four major utilities, is wmlting at the frontier of another crucial technol- ogy: virtual power plants, in which soft- ware intelligently controls vast numbers of small power sources (and, eventually, dis- tributed storage sites) to coordinate their output for sale on energy markets. The goal is to transform thousands of renew- able energy sources, each ofwhich alone is unreliable, into a vast network that utilities can depend on. It's a dazzling concept, but one in its infancy. htside a lab that sits ht front of a Nazi - built bomb shelter shaped like a pointed witch's hat, RWE researchers are testing a dozen gas -fired boilers and fuel cells designed to generate both heat and elec- tricity. In theory, utilities could call on hun- 64 S\ —1 needed to balance the fluctuating output and create a block of stable power. Early projects like this one are stepping- stones toward inure sophisticated systems that include demand management: utilities would compensate customers for agreeing to have their power consumption auto- matically curtailed during times of peak demand. Smoothly the systems could also draw, power from the batteries of parked electric cars, or store excess power in them, to compensate for shifts in the wind. GE and other companies are pursuing such concepts, too. "Today what we know is that the energymarket will be d— irtral- ized; it will be a fragmented market" says Reimelt, ofGE. "Before, we had four utility companies. Today we have 350 companies generating power, going up to it thousand, and going up to a million ifyou count every- one with a solar panel on the roof. So one of the trends that we see is that there must be less emphasis on power generation and more on power management:' Baffled in Bavaria The floor- to- cciliug windows behind the desk of Wolfgang Mayer, the burg- rovister of the small Bavarian town of Gundem- mingen, provide a commanding view. A Germany's Progress So Far Charting the Energy Turn Percentage of the country's electricity that Goals for greenhouse -gas emissions and comes from renewable sources renewable- energy use Y Path to 2020 goal s.1 9. '9E '00 05 10 - -'15 20 2Mo n 50 'Irduding electricity, transportation fuels, and heal technology review July /n„qus1201`t Cooling towers ai is nuclear pave, plant Ir. Guconcon r,gen are visible behind hornes whose owners are tak;ng idvarlaye or solar - powersubsidles. The plant is marked for closure. mile away stand the twin cooling towers of the Gundremmingcn Nuclear Power Sta- tion Units B and C, which together are the largest source Uri .... :let r power in Gemrany. Nicely situated halfway between the indus- trial centers of Stuttgart and Munich, the plant has the capacity to produce 2.6 giga- watts of power. Mayer is confounded by the Ec- gi- ,orde, Much threatens hundreds of jobs in town and could hurt t.ix revcnucs. "They say 2017 to shut down Unit B, and 2021 for Unit C' he says, motioning toward the plant. 'But they were the same time starting up in 1959! A normal person can- not understand. What is the logic.'" Mayer is not alone in his bafflement. There is much about the current policy that arguably isn't logical. In the short term at least, the decision to close the nuclear plants means that the Enegrrzccro In will actually push utilities to rely more heav- ily on coal. Last year, for example, RWIi fired up two long - planned new boilers at an existing facility near the Belgian border that burns the dirtiest fossil fuel of them a11: brown lignite coal. Though these boil- ers are cleaner than the ones they're i eplac- u, LL ing, the coal plant is the largest ofits kind in the world, and it's going fill] blast these days to keep up with power demand. "If you close eight nuclear plants, which were carbon -free, overnight, you will increase carbon emissions," Weald says. "One will have to be more reliant on coal than was previously expected. It may be hardto reduce CO., emissions as quickly as one would like." Decisions made now about what kinds of power plants to install will have repercussions for decades, he says: "You can't make sudden changes from one asset to another." A second problem is that even when it comes to alternative energy sources, Germany doesn't reward carbon dioxide reduction. Rather, its policy establishes well- defined subsidies for specific tech- nologies: a kilowatt-hour of solar power is rewarded more than power from offshore wind, which in turn earns more than power from onshore wind. Even though solar sub- sidies have been reduced to rates far lower than the ones Lents locked in, solar power still pays the highest rages. If reducing emissions were the focus, however, more money would be directed toward reducing energy use. "If you could choose the opti- mal instruments, focusing on those at first where you can achieve your goals most inexpensively, you would focus not so much on renewables but much more on efficiency," says Pittel, the energy economist from Munich. The current subsidies also don't encour- age innovation as much as they make exist- ing technologies profitable- There's little incentive to, say, develop radically new pho- tovoltaic technologies, even though these might ultimately be the only way to make unsubsidized solar power cheap enough to compete with fossil fuels. To some German economists, the coun- tr v's energy policy is simply wrong- headed. Hans - Werner Sinn, president of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the Uni- versity of Munich, is especially scathing. `The Euergierveade is aturn into nowhere - land, because the green technologies are just not sufficient to provide a replacement for modern societ}ys energy needs' he says. "It is wrong to shut down the atomic power plants, because this is a cheap source of energy, and wind and solar power are by no means able to provide a replacement. They are much more expensive, and the onergy that comes out is of inferior qual- ity. Energy- intensive industries will move out, and the competitiveness of the German manufacturing sector will be, reduced or wages will be depressed" German politicians, of course, are bet- ting that Sinn is wrong. And plenty of encouraging signs argue against his pessi- mism, The cost of solar panels has dropped sharply, which means that solar power may, become more competitive. Battery costs map fellow "Ut. If fossil fuels continue to become more expensive, renewable power sources will look more attractive. "Forty years is a long time, and one is continu- ously being surprised by favorable techno- logical developments —fur example, the way in which the price of solar cells is coming down: Weale says. "Front my point of view, I want to ourphasizc how challenging the Enrrgieweade is. At the moment, it's look - ingdifficult. But with the right ineemives, one can have good reason to believe that technological progress will be a lot faster than we currently expect" M 0- k atbot. Tachnclogy Re chief ror•espar d,,t t, a ,'. Krnyas st t,p loth,,,. Marsh F1, It,', `!t 11, 55 • LEGAL.NOTt: E. P .:" F. - TOWN OF READING, T TAE II HA�ITANtS Q0 1.11-HE T OWN OF'fttADING-. `V lease take notioe` that; the.. Board of - Selectmen of the Town' of ,Reading will .hold--a public • . ° he ring on Tuesday, July --1:0, `2012 in the Selectmen`s. ;.Mooting Room, 16 ,Lowell :Street, Reading,_ Massa chusetts4 ; ion: ' -Cohfirining Causeway� Road Betterments",. B•i5 pan.. A-copy of the proposed doc- - ument regarding this topic',is available- in the Towh- Manager's. office, 16 Lowed,, Street, Reading, MA, M -Vt!- Thurs from a.m..'- 5:30' .7:30 p.m.,.Tues from 7:30 a.m.'= a 7-M, P'm and is aftacfid to the • r x. F Bann§ noticebn the:wel sitetat- www,readin ma�.gov` g g All interested parties' W. invited,to attond the heaxing; may submit #_heir cof tents � n writing_ or by email prior; to 606 p:m oh-July 10, 2012 . to townmanager @ca redmg:ma u - By order of = Peter L Hechenbleiknor Town Manager ;". R a„ w o_ Page 1 of 2 Hechenbleikner, Peter From: LeLacheur, Bob Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 9:07 AM To: Hechenbleikner, Peter Subject: RE: Interest on betterments On January 22, 2008 the Board of Selectmen voted to charge 5% to two properties on Franklin street Terrace for a sewer betterment. However on May 13, 2008 they voted to change the rate for from 5% to 2% because that is what the Engineering division had relayed in writing to the residents. On May 27, 2008 the Board of Selectmen voted to charge 5% to the six residents involved in the Woodland Street project. In the examples above, 5% was the highest rate under MGL that could be charged at the time. Based on this I would suggest we charge 3.97% as follows: " Move to confirm the betterments for the improvement of Causeway Road at a total cost of $xx with the assessments apportioned as follows among the benefitting property owners: (list plat — parcel — owner — frontage - cost/ft - assessment) and at the rate of interest on unpaid balances of 3.97% per annum for a maximum term of up to twenty years" Thanks, Bob Bob LeLacheur Assistant Town Manager /Finance Director Town of Reading 16 Lowell Street Reading, MA 01867 b1e1arhe€ar@ri, readies. us (P) 781 - 942 -6636 (F) 781- 942 -9037 www.readinQmo.gov Please fill out our brief customer service survey sit: l tt :,lreadin rtaa- survey.vi €tc €altoyvnl all. not /scu 40/ q- 88- 44c ;b?clecdO9Sl Town Hall Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday: 7:30 a.m - 5:30 p.m. Tuesday: 7:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Friday: CLOSED From: Hechenbleikner, Peter Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 8:29 AM To: LeLacheur, Bob Subject: Interest on betterments What is the minimum interest rate that the Board of Selectmen can charge on the Causeway Road betterments, and what do you recommend as an interest rate? 7/5/2012 28 �lJ Wes► N� ALTERNATE ROADWAY LAYOUT CAUSEWAY ROAD FRONTAGE ON EXISTING PUBLIC WAY September 23,:2010* Old Ma !Parcel CAUSEWAY ROAD ESTIMATED BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS October 13, 2010 Old Ma /Parcel MAP I PARCEL ADDRESS FRONTAGE ASSESSMENT NOTES 119/3 31 1 RMLD 31 $ 5,316.30 fronts a shown on Assessors plan is 11915 31 2 31 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 60.58 $ 10,389.09 Calculated Frontage 119/6 31 3 33 Causewa Rd, Reading, MA 60.56 $ 10,385.66 Calculated Frontage 11917 25 57 RMLD 221.28 $ 37,948.13 Calculated Frontage 119/10 31 4 RMLD 178.96 $ 30,690.51 Calculated Frontage 119/11 31 5 TOWN 169.24 $ 29,023.59 Calculated Frontage 110/6 25 46 80 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 129.20 $ 22,156.99 11017 25 47 74 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 120.00 $ 20,579.24 11018 25 48 66 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 120.00 .$ 20,579.24 11019 25 49 60 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 120.00 $ 20,579.24 110/10 25 50 52 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 126.47 $. 21,688.81 110/11 25 51 53 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 120.00 $ 20,579.24 110112 25 52 61 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 120.00 $ 20,579.24 110/13 25. 53 65 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA 120.00 $ 20,579.24 110114 25 54 73 Causeway Rd, Reading, MA ' 120.00 $ 20,579.24 110115 25 55 81 Causeway Rd,. Reading, MA 112.811$ 19,346.20 $ 331,000.00 Total private road frontage 1930.10 Estimate for the construction of the private section of roadwa $ 331,000.00 cost per linear foot = 1 $ 171.49 - I ) 1; d CAUSEWAY ROAD FRONTAGE ON EXISTING PUBLIC WAY September 23,:2010* Old Ma !Parcel MAP PARCEL ADDRESS FRONTAGE NOTES 119112 31 6 101 callow St, Reading, MA 246.64 ',z.'• , {? : +?; :° t`;t Public - frontage is derived from record plans 119113 311 7 TOWN 96.69 .._ L • . .;rr'.. ; : Public - frontage is derived from record plans 119116A 311 9 (STATE) 374.61 ,__.,,;__..:::;.;_.. ;.. Public I ) 1; d ( . tS Joseph Curto 81 Causeway Road Reading MA 01867 -1515 N 0 Thursday, July 5, 2012 Board of Selectmen Town of Reading 16 Lowell Street ®_ Reading Ma. 01867 Re: Confirming Causeway Road Betterments; Received, 5 PM July 5, 2012 CC: Town Manager; Town Clerk Dear Selectmen; This notice concerning Causeway Road is a surprise to us and I do not believe it meats legal requirements for timely notification. Copies enclosed.. Our position is that Causeway Road Extension is the property of the Town of Reading. We have never owned any part of it. Our deeds so state. We will vigorously appose any attempt by the town to tax us for so called "Betterments ", ncerely oseph Curto Joan Curto Enc (2) Legal Notice (Seal) Town of Reading To the Inhabitants of the Town of Reading: Please take notice that the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Reading will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, Massachusetts on: ♦ Confirming Causeway Road Betterments 8:15 p.m. A copy of the proposed document regarding this topic is available in the Town Manager's office, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, Nbk, M-W-Thurs from 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Tues from 7:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. and is attached to the hearing notice on the website at www.reading_ma.go All interested parties are invited to attend the hearing, or may submit their comments in writing or by email prior to 6:00 p.m. on July 10, 2012 to towrunanager@ci.reading.ma.us By order of Peter I. Hechenbleikner Town Manager To the Chronicle: Please publish on July 3, 2012 Send the bill and tear sheet to: Town Manager, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, MA 01867 !d7 0 Orp Town of Reading' 16 Lowell Street [O Re Reading, MA 01867 -2601 I INTER- MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF READING AND THE TOWN OF WAKEFIELD DIRECTOR OF THE ASSESSING DEPARTMENT THIS AGREEMENT dated as of this day of , 2012 ( "Agreement ") by and between the Town of Reading, a Massachusetts municipal corporation having a usual place of business at Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street, Reading MA 01867, acting by and through its Board of Selectmen ( "Reading "), and the Town of Wakefield, a Massachusetts municipal corporation having a usual place of business at 1 Lafayette Street, Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880, acting by and through its Board of Selectmen ( "Wakefield ") WITNESSETH THAT: WHEREAS, Reading and Wakefield desire to share the services and costs associated with a Director of their respective Assessing Departments; and WHEREAS, each of the parties has obtained authority to enter into this Agreement pursuant to G.L. c. 40, § 4A; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree under seal as follows: 1. Director of Assessing. During the term of this Agreement, Reading and Wakefield shall assume their respective shares of the costs associated with a shared Director of Assessing (the "Director "). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, Reading and Wakefield shall maintain separate Boards of Assessors which shall be vested with the authority for setting policy within their respective communities. 2. Term. The term of this Agreement shall commence on the date of execution hereof, and shall expire on January 1, 2014, unless earlier terminated as set forth herein. The parties shall review their contractual relationship every 12 months, the terms of which are set forth herein, to ensure that this Agreement continues to satisfy the needs and objectives of each community. 3. Identity of Director. The parties shall share the services and costs of the incumbent Director of the Assessing Department of Wakefield, Victor Santaniello, or a successor hired through the standard personnel practice of Wakefield in consultation with Reading. 4. Compensation. Wakefield shall pay the salary and benefits of the Director. Reading shall contribute its share of the associated costs for this position by paying to Wakefield a variable sum, as required by the terms and conditions of this Agreement in Appendix I (and as amended from time to time), per fiscal quarter during the term, each payment to be due and payable within fifteen (15) days after the commencement of such fiscal quarter (i.e., after 7/1, 10 /1, 1/1 and 4/1). Wakefield shall adjust the compensation it pays said position as it may be required to do in accordance with any collective bargaining agreements and standard personnel practices and shall give prompt written notice to Reading of any such adjustment. Reading shall adjust its quarterly payments accordingly. In the event that any collective bargaining agreement or such personnel practices may require Wakefield to make a lump sum payment to the aforesaid position reflecting a retroactive salary increase during the term hereof, Wakefield shall promptly give written notice thereof to Reading and Reading shall, within sixty (60) days thereafter, pay Wakefield one -half (1/2) such amount to the extent that the retroactive pay period includes any part of the term hereof. For Fiscal Year 2013, the compensation paid by Reading to Wakefield shall be in accordance with Appendix I attached hereto. 5. Other Collective Bargaining _Agreement Benefits. Wakefield shall provide the Director with all benefits to which he is entitled under any collective bargaining agreement and standard personnel practices. Both parties agree to allow the Director to enjoy such vacation, sick days, personal days and other leave as he may be entitled to receive under such agreement and under standard personnel practices of Wakefield. Neither party shall make any demand on the Director or take any action with respect to the Director that is in violation of his rights under such collective bargaining agreement, standard personnel practices of Wakefield or any applicable legislation. 6. Retirement, Workers' Compensation and Other Benefits. The Director will remain a member of the Wakefield Contributory Retirement System. Upon retirement, Reading will be assessed a share of the cost of pension plans reflecting any concurrent time the Director spent working for Reading hereunder pursuant to applicable Massachusetts General Laws. Reading shall reimburse Wakefield quarterly as described in section `4. Compensation' for its workers' compensation, health insurance, life insurance, and Medicare costs associated with the employment of the Director, such reimbursement to be in the same proportion as Reading's contribution to the Director's compensation for such year. 7. Duties. The Director shall perform his duties as required by the respective local laws and regulations of Wakefield and Reading. Attached as Appendix II is a document entitled "Reading Wakefield Assessor Task List July 2012" to provide guidance as to the expected duties as they pertain to Reading. Also attached as Appendix III is the organizational chart for Reading which details the administrative structure within which the Assessing Division and the Director's position fall within Reading. The said organizational chart may be changed by Reading from time to time. Wakefield and Reading shall each provide the Director with office space and office equipment for work within their respective communities. The Director shall work primarily in the office space provided by Wakefield and shall maintain regular, public office hours in Reading, such office hours to be mutually agreed upon by the parties. 8. Car. The Director will be reimbursed for any mileage incurred in the performance of services hereunder directly by the community in which said services are performed. All mileage reimbursement shall be paid at the rate then governing in the community receiving said services. 9. Indemnification. Wakefield shall hold Reading harmless from any and all claims related to employment or employee benefits, collectively bargained or otherwise, made by the Director prior to the commencement of the term of this Agreement. Reading shall indemnify and hold harmless Wakefield and each and all of its officials, officers, employees, agents, servants and representatives from and against any claim arising from or in connection with the performance by the Director of his duties in or for Reading including, without limitation, any claim of liability, loss, damages, costs and expenses for personal injury or damage to real or personal property by reason of any negligent act or omission or intentional misconduct by the Director while in or performing services for Reading. Similarly, Wakefield shall indemnify and hold harmless Reading and each and all of its officials, officers, employees, agents, servants and representatives from and against any claim arising from or in connection with the performance by the Director of his duties in or for Wakefield, including without limitation, any claim of liability, loss, damages, costs and expenses for personal injury or damage to real or personal property by reason of any negligent act or omission or intentional misconduct by the Director while in or performing services for Wakefield. Such indemnification shall include, without limitation, current payment of all costs of defense (including reasonable attorneys' fees, expert witness fees, court costs and related expenses) as and when such costs become due and the amounts of any judgments, awards and/or settlements, provided that (a) Wakefield and Reading shall each have the right to select counsel to defend against such claims, such counsel to be reasonably acceptable to the other party and its insurer, if any, and to approve or reject any settlement with respect to which indemnification is sought; (b) each party shall cooperate with the other in all reasonable respects in connection with such defense; and (c) neither party shall be responsible to pay any judgment, award or settlement to the extent occasioned by the negligence or intentional z O(�2 misconduct of any employee, agent, official or representative of the other party other than the Director. By entering into this Agreement, neither of the parties has waived any governmental immunity or limitation of damages which may be extended to it by operation of law including, but not limited to, G.L. c. 258, the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act. 10. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by either party for any reason or no reason on thirty (30) days written notice to the other. No such termination shall affect any obligation of indemnification that may have arisen hereunder prior to such termination. The parties shall equitably adjust any payments made or due relating to the unexpired portion of the term following such termination. 11. Assignment. Neither party shall assign or transfer any of its rights or interests in or to this Agreement, or delegate any of its obligations hereunder, without the prior written consent of the other. 12. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, or if any such term is so held when applied to any particular circumstance, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, or affect the application of such provision to any other circumstances, and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision were not contained herein. 13. Waiver. The obligations and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived only by a writing signed by the party waiving such obligation or condition. Forbearance or indulgence by a party shall not be construed as a waiver, nor limit the remedies that would otherwise be available to that party under this Agreement or applicable law. No waiver of any breach or default shall constitute or be deemed evidence of a waiver of any subsequent or other breach or default. 14. Amendment, This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by both parties duly authorized thereunto. 15. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof. 16. Headings. The paragraph headings herein are for convenience only, are no part of this Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement. 17. Notices. Any notice permitted or required hereunder to be given or served on either party by the other shall be in writing signed in the name of or on behalf of the party giving or serving the same. Notice shall be deemed to have been received at the time of actual receipt of any hand delivery or three (3) business days after the date of any properly addressed notice sent by mail as set forth below. a. To Reading. Any notice to Reading hereunder shall be delivered by hand or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to: Peter I. Hechenbleikner Town Manager Town Hall 16 Lowell Street Reading MNA 01867 or to such other address(es) as Reading may designate in writing to Wakefield. 3 �,3 b. To Wakefield. Any notice to Wakefield hereunder shall be delivered by hand or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to: Steve Maio Town Administrator Wakefield Town Hall 1 Lafayette Street Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880 or to such other address(es) as Wakefield may designate in writing to Reading 18. Complete Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties concerning the subject matter hereof, superseding all prior agreements and understandings. There are no other agreements or understandings between the parties concerning the subject matter hereof. Each party acknowledges that it has not relied on any representations by the other party or by anyone acting or purporting to act for the other party or for whose actions the other party is responsible, other than the express, written representations set forth herein. 19. Financial Safeguards. Wakefield shall maintain separate, accurate and comprehensive records of all services performed for each of the parties hereto. Wakefield shall maintain accurate and comprehensive records of all costs incurred by or on account of the Assessing Department, and all reimbursements and contributions received from Reading. Periodic financial statements must be issued to each party. On an annual basis, the parties' Financial Officers shall jointly audit the accounts of the Director for accounting consistency and reliability. WITNESS OUR HANDS AND SEALS as of the first date written above. Certificate of available appropriation Town Accountant Approval as to legal form Town Counsel TOWN OF WAKEFIELD By its Board of Selectmen 4 (F Certificate of available appropriation Town Accountant Approval as to legal form Town Counsel O W akefiel d1IMA- Assessor -W akefieldRevisions7.5.12 TOWN OF READING By its Board of Selectmen 5 ro Reading Wakefield Assessor Task List - July 2012 Job Description: Responsibilities for Town of Reading • CAMA conversion to Patriot Properties AssessPro system o Review / correct property cards o Work with vendor and MA to utilize new system Nov. 2012 • Manage the outsourced Field Review process with Finnegan Appraisal and Consulting, LLC - work due September 2012 • The annual DOR certification 2012 • Manage the outsourced Full Review process with Patriot Properties - work due April 2013 • The triennial DOR revaluation 2013 • Attend Regular meetings with the Reading Board of Assessors - no more than twice /month, except more frequently during the abatement winter season • Manage the Assessor's budget within the Finance department • Manage the Assistant Appraiser and other clerical staff assigned to the Assessor's office by the Town Manager • Other duties as assigned by the Reading Board of Assessors WAKEFIELD /READING ASSESSMENT DEPARTMENT BUDGETS Date: 7/10/2012 0 7 /10 /2012Reading Wakefield Assessing July 2012 Appendix I mygin Fm R. ONE mmfm�� -- - - - - -- - -- 0 7 /10 /2012Reading Wakefield Assessing July 2012 Appendix I BOARD OF ASSESSORS (elected) ACCOUNTING Town Accountant Accounting Retirement # # # # F---------------------- F 7 # 3 S COMMUNITY SERVICES Community Service Director /Town Planner Conservation * Economic Development Elder /Human Services Historical * West Street Historical Inspections /Zoning Planning * Public Health Veterans Services F S t i 3 i , # a Town of Reading, MA Executive Branch Table of Organization (Adopted 11/17/11 ) VOTERS BOARD OF SELECTMEN (elected) Town Manager FINANCE Assistant Town Manager/ Finance Director Assessment Collections Treasurer Town Clerk Elections /Registration Human Resources Technology Trust Funds I I Dashed Line indicates a relationship between an elected Board and the Department or Division Italic Designates positions appointed by the Board of Selectman * Designates an elected or appointed Commission, Board or Committee that works within that Division LIBRARY Library Director Library * Cultural Council BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES (elected) # , Law ; i 3 3 PUBLIC SAFETY Police /Fire Chiefs Emergency Management Fire Police Animal Control Telecommunications PUBLIC WORKS Director of Public Works Engineering Highway Equipment Maintenance Parks /Forestry/Cemetery Recreation * Solid Waste Street Lighting Snow /Ice Control Water Supply /Distribution Sewer Collection Town Forest Stormwater Oakland Rd. Change the zoning to allow for 24 one bedroom condos that way there would be no school children .Offer the land under a LIP and a $ 50,000 discount for each affordable unit up to 12 units . Although it would cost the Town $ 600,000 of income it would increase the number of affordable by 12 instead of 3 if a developer did a 40 B Do not sell the 40 ft right of way on Lathrup Rd, if you may recall when the Town sold the old public works garage on Walkers Brook Drive to TASK we had to buy back a 50 ft right of way for TWICE as much as we sold it for lets not make the same mistake in case the MWRA wants to put a water tower on the abutting property. If the Town is not going to sell the major lot on Pearl and Audubon why then would the other two abutters purchase the small lots if there is no threat ? William C. Brown 28 Martin Rd Reading, Ma 01867 781 944 2807