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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-05-14 Planning Board MinutesMinutes of the Fleeting of May 14, 1985 Chairman Rich called the meeting to order meeting room, 6 Lowell Street (old Librar with Board members M. Slezak, S. Trainor, present. There were also 5 citizens from present for the hearing on the repetitive Rice, 46 hest Street. in the first floor I building) at 7:10 P.iI. D. Devine and J. Wood the West Street area petition of Lawrence J. Repetitive Petition Hearing - 46 West Street Chairman Rich opened the hearing on the above -named petition at 7:15 P.N. The Clerk read the notice into the meeting record. T'he Chairman then stated the purpose of the hearing for a repetitive petition: the Planning Board must decide if there has been specific and material change to allow the petitioner to appear before the Board of Appeals before the 2 year time limit (see Section 16, Chapter 40A), and not to decide on the granting or not granting of the Special Permit. The granting of the Special Permit is the sole responsibility of the Zoning Board of Appeals. Attorney William C. Wagner, representing Mr. Rice, then presented the case, displayed a new layout of the interior of the premises and showed the changes since the first denial by the ZETA. Mr. Wagner has appeared before the ZBA and they have decided that there were significant changes to consider rehearing this case. The ZBA sent them back to the Planning Board for the right of a repetitive.petition. Attorney Gagner noted the following changes: * the owner will now reside in the main part of the house and will rent the accessory apartment; * the two rooms that are upstairs will be locked and closed. Mr. Rice will have the only set of keys; * a new foyer entrance at both the front and rear of the house with locking door units for the main portion of the house; an(! * egress for the upstairs apartment will be through one of the foyers. Formerly the emergency egress was through the rear stair area and out through the garage. After Attorney Wagner's presentation, Mr. Devine read Section 16, Chapter 40A, M.G.L. for the Board's behalf. The questions raised were: * the size of the accessory apartment (535 sq. ft.) * the size of the upstairs floor area (approximately the same as that of the downstairs unit). * adequacy of a locked door to contain the accessory apartment and exclude the use of the 2 upstairs rooms. Citizens were given a chance to respond. The main concerns of the citizens were: * no guarantee that owner would occupy downstairs * no Guarantee that the accessory apartment would 'not user the 2 upstairs rooms * adequacy of safety measures, especially fire safety. The Board then reviewed ti%e changes. Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the hoard voted 4 -1 -0 to grant Permission to the petitioner to appear before the Zoning Board of Appeals before the 2 year time limit because the changes presented were specific and material changes in the conditions upon which the previous unfavorable action was based. According to Section 1e, Chapter 40A, M.C.L., all but one member of a 5 rtitmber Planning Lear(] must vote in the affirmative in order for a petition to be reheard. The vote being 4 -1 -0, the etitioner' may now appear before the Zoning Board of Appeals. John Street Study,tMinot, Deialois & Pladdison, Fis. Pam McKinney . Pam McKinney appeared before the Board. The final contract lanquao u was aorcod to and thu contract signed with minor. changus. Vs. Nc Kinney stated that they would be meeting with haley and Aldrich next week in order to continence work on the study. A formal list of material needed by MM will be submitted to the Board for their assistance in obtaining this. Ms. ncKinney asked that the names of the key contact people, including their full name, title, department, be forwarded to tier office. Chairman Rich stateri that she will try to obtain the McConnell maps from NAPC so that I :DN can use them in their analysis. These raps provide aerial views of the area community, including their zoning uses. Finances Chairman Rich informed the Board that an additional $2059 was a;:i,ropriateLl to the Planning Loard';; salary account. This will give ti., : board an additional 30 hours per week until the end of i Y ,. _i;efiTld — Dol b:n /SUCm,it Tower Area Iloarinrq Chairman Rich inLormec: the Board of the proceedings with Mr. Eolo(er's proposal to build an al:�artment building on the Wakefield land at the Read ing /hake£ ield (Summit Towers Area) border. boring the lakefi -ald Planning Bord proceedings, the Dolben int_r.sts stateri that the Town of Reading had agreed to supply water and sewer for t:.is project. The traffic study performed by 'r. Bo1.Sen static; that the traffic from this project primarily exists through Reading on either South, Hopkins Streets or Summer ..;cnuc. Rich then made inquiries within town and was inf-orred h,, tke Sunerintrivlent of Public Works, the Chairman of 5u '.i, t,.. ?.s, the Executive Secretary of the Board of Selectmen, rintendent /Engineering for DPH, that they each had no 'Ir. Doll ;cn's plans For water and sewer for this Li•_II then reported back to the Fakefirild Plannirg_ .0 Li- r. The Town of 1laketielci rejected this ,. 1 1 r,L ort unfavorably on this article at Town Mr. Dolben then called Chairman frith and informed her that he had provided all. the information to CPw, although he had receive(! no formal approvals from Reading because Wakefield had to approve the project first. Ms. Rich then informed Mr. Dolben that Mr. Fletcher, Superintendent of DPW, had told her in a phone conversation that he, knew nothing of the project. MS. Rich eventually spoke with Mr. Fletcher and Ire said that Ms. Rich had misquoted him and had misunderstood what he had said. Chairman Rich informed him that she had taken notes during the conversation and was sure of his response to her. Mr. Dolben then asked to meet with Chairman Rich. The meeting took place in the Planning Board office, with the administrative assistant for the Planning Board and a staff person of Mr. Dolben's present, as well as Fir. Dolben and Chairman Rich. Mr. Dolben felt that the Planning Board had deliberately sabotaged his project in Wakefield. Chairman Rich restated her conversations with Superintendent Fletcher previous; to the hearing and aEtcr the hearing. Mr. Dolben was angered by this and stated that the DPF:, [tr. Bergeron, Mr. Redford and Superintendent Louanis (before his death) had full knowledge of this project. Mr. Dolben was angered that 2 years work and money was "sabotaged" in this way. Ile asked that if anything like this in the future happens again, that the town /public works /planning board /whomever contact him and he be given the full courtesy of being informed of such actions. A brief discussion on plans for the Bear Hill area took place. Woburn - Callan /West Street Proposal Chairman Rich reported on the proceedings at the ::oburn City Council regarding the zoning of tt:e land off. crest Street on the easterly side of Rout( I -93 in 4oburn. This land directly abuts residential land in Leading and is entirely isolated from Pdohurn by I -93. At the Woburn City Council hearing on Mon(lay, 1.pril 15, 1925, Nis. Rich appeared at that hearing and was told that Woburn expected cooperation from Reading for services for this area. They then voted to reconsider the suggested zoning of Of. ice Park and changeu it to Residential (R -2). On Llednesday, Al: ril 17, 1985, the Woburn City Council met again and reconsidered their previous action on the zoning of this land. At that meeting, the City Council voted to rezone the land back to Office Park. Meanwhile, the Woburn Planning Board had received preliminary plans for the proposed development. Thev Piave made the 1.1ans available to both S.ilmington and Peading. These new plz :ns show the access to the Woburn land primarily over 1:ilrainnton -owned land (zoned Industrial) and a small portion over residential land in Reading (zoned 5 -20). 'the roacway narrows as it bends around 4iilminoton land into Reading and thrn into Woburn. The guastion of the right of access has not been settled in court and Town Counsel has received no information in this regard. The Board has received information from Woburn and has forwarded it to the 1.oard of Public Works and Municipal Light Boar(!. Golarn Planning "Os rd will keep Rc=ading informed so that we will ta_ aware of the p roc,;ed ings in this matter. The last date for Mr. Callan to file with the F,oburn Planning Board is June 10, 19l:5. Criterion Road Tne payment in lieu of unassesscd fines has 1,een forwarded to the Planning Board. Formal presentation will take place to the Board of Lih,rary Trustess at their next meeting on [nay 20, 1935 at 3:30 P.,.. idork Program The Board discussed the work program for the coining months. The assignments are as follows: Single Family Cluster Site Plan Review Reuse Rezoning and Aquifar Protection by -law John Street Study Downtown Ceveloi -,ment Master Plan /Funding Intorboard and Adjoining Cnmrnu n it i es Affirmative Action Community Centar sale Ii,chael Slezak and David Devine John Wood Michael Slezak /with input from Dan Ensminger /IDC Sandra Trainor Maureen Rich 'ihe purchase and sales agreer._,nt hetween the Town of Reading and Jack Rivers /Rivera Devel.o{,nlent Corporation will be signed on May 23, 1935. Ayui,or Protection Zoning By -law 'i'hc Board of Pul.vl.ir L;orks will give i presentation to the Coard on the proposed aquiter protection plan and by -law. A mutually convenient time and date will be arranged. Meeting Sch,eclule The schedule for the Planning Board meetings will be as follows: uednusdav, iiay 29, 1.905 at 7:30 P.11. t;ednesday, June 5, 1985 at 7:30 P.M. 1t,dnescay, Jima: 12, 1985 at 7:30 P.N. (tentative schedule for MS . Jean Christensen, MAPC, to present McConnell mai,$) . 'ii:ore buinq no further business before the board, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 10:00 P.M. 4:esi,ectful iy sulmi ttvd, JoLn L'. 6,00d, Cl::rk