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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Reading Memorial High School June 19, 1986
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Stephen J. O'Leary at 7:55 P.M.,
there being a quorum present.
The invocation was given by the Rev. Fr. James R. Flynn of Austin Preparatory
School, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
ARTICLE 6. On motion of John H. Russell, as amended, it was voted that the Town
hereby authorize the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Reading to convey all or any part
of the following described property with the buildings thereon:
The land shown on Town of Reading Board of Assessors' January 1, 1985, Plat 57, as
Lots 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 and the land shown on Town of Reading Board of Assessors'
January 1, 1978, Plat 68 as Lots 7 and 8, being bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the Easterly side of John Street, said point located 323.92 feet
Northwesterly of the Reading-Wakefield town line;
Thence Northwesterly a distance of 864 + feet to a point;
Thence in a Northwesterly direction by a curved line to the right, having a radius of
1,000 feet, a distance of 270 + feet to a point, said point being a point of tangency;
Thence Northeasterly a distance of 88.14 feet to a point;
Thence Northeasterly a distance of 263.67 feet to a point;
Thence Easterly a distance of 628.05 feet to a point;
Thence Northerly a distance of 458.6 feet to a point;
Thence Northeasterly a distance of 280.00 feet to a point;
Thence Southeasterly a distance of 384.0 feet to a point;
Thence Northeasterly a distance of 80.0 feet to a point;
Thence Southeasterly a distance of 670.8 + feet to a point;
Thence Southwesterly a distance of 789.0 + feet to a point;
Thence Northwesterly a distance of 60.00 feet to a point;
Thence Southwesterly a distance of 211.53 feet to a point;
Thence Southwesterly a distance of 182.93 feet to a point;
Thence Northwesterly a distance of 175.84 feet to a point;
Thence Southwesterly a distance of 274.26 feet to the point of beginning.
Presently and commonly known as the Town of Reading landfill, to Homart
Development Company of Chicago, Illinois and that the minimum amount to be paid for the
conveyance of all, or any part of said property, is Six Million Two Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($6,250,000.00) and that the Board of Selectmen are authorized to convey
all or any part of said property for such amount, or a larger amount and upon such other
terms and conditions as the Board of Selectmen shall consider proper and to deliver a deed
or deeds therefor to said Homart Development Company, provided, however, that the Board
of Selectmen shall not convey said property until such time as all land or rights of easement
therein necessary for the relocation of the Department of Public Works Garage, related
facilities and access thereto, have been acquired by the Town, or binding agreements for the
acquisition of same have been executed by the Board of Selectmen.
Where applicable all references herein to the Department of Public Works shall also
apply to and include whatever board or officer succeeds to the Department of Public Works
power and duties under the new Town Charter.
96 voted in the affirmative
7 voted in the negative
2/3 vote required
ARTICLE 7. On motion of John H. Russell it was voted that the Town authorize the
Board of Selectmen to acquire all or any part of the following described land with the
buildings thereon:
Beginning at a point on the SW sideline of John Street, said point being on the division
property line between land now or formerly owned by TASC Realty Trust and land now or
formerly owned by Earle Kaufman and others;
Thence S 36 - 07' - 23" W a distance of 948.44' to a point; said point being on the
division property line between land now or formerly owned by TASC Realty Trust and the
Boston and Maine Railroad;
Thence S 59 - 261- 15" E a distance of 50.24';
Thence N 36 - 071- 23" E a distance of 923.51' to a point;
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Thence by a curved line to the right having a radius of 20' a distance of 31.33;
Thence N 54 - 071- 50" W a distance of 42.871;
Thence by a curved line to the right having a radius of 1,000' a distance of 27.04' to a
point; said point being the point of beginning of this description.
Intending to describe a 50' strip of land containing 47,375 square feet, more or less,
now or formerly owned by the Trustees of TASC Realty Trust, currently believed to be
owned by the Trustees of TASC Realty Trust located off John Street, in fee or rights of
easement therein, by eminent domain under the provisions of Chapter 79 of the General
Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and any other enabling authority, or to acquire
said land or any part thereof in fee or rights of easement therein, by gift, purchase, or
otherwise, for the site of a new Department of Public Works Garage and related facilities
and access thereto and that the sum of Two Hundred and Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars
($285,000.00) be raised by borrowing as provided under Chapter 44, Sections 7 and 8 of the
General Laws, or any other enabling authority and that said sum be appropriated to the
Board of Selectmen to pay for the acquisition of said land or rights of easements therein, or
to be used for payment of land damages or other costs and expenses of such acquisitions and
that the Board of Selectmen are authorized to enter into agreements with private parties or
state and federal agencies for financial and other assistance in connection with such
acquisition and to do all other acts and things necessary and proper for carrying out the
purposes of this vote.
Where applicable, all references herein to the Department of Public Works shall also
apply to and include whatever board or officer succeeds to the Department of Public Works
powers and duties under the new Town Charter.
108 voted in the affirmative
5 voted in the negative
2/3 vote required
ARTICLE 7. On motion of John H. Russell it was voted to authorize the Board of
Selectmen to acquire all or any part of the following described land with the buildings
thereon :
Beginning at a point on the division property line of land now or formerly owned by the
Boston and Maine Railroad and land now or formerly owned by H. J. Davis Company and
being S 36 - 07' - 23" a distance of 82.92 feet from the SE terminus of the land to be
acquired from the trustees of TASC Realty Trust and described in another motion under this
Article 7:
Thence N 59 - 26'
- 15" W a distance of 135.30 feet more or less to a point;
Thence S 51 - 491
- 08" W a distance of 637.60 feet more or less to a point;
Thence S 38 - 41'
- 02" E a distance of 253.16 feet more or less to a point;
Thence N 51 - 37'
- 05" E a distance of 32.84 feet more or less to a point;
Thence S 37 - 59'
- 35" E a distance of 173.27 feet more or less to a point;
Thence S 04 - 07'
- 35" W a distance of 106.30 feet more or less to a point;
Thence N 49 - 12'
- 45" E a distance of 2.65 feet more or less to a point;
Thence S 40 - 03'
- 06" E a distance of 80.00 feet more or less to a point;
Thence N 49 - 101
- 25" E a distance of 450.00 feet more or less to a point;
Thence N 35 - 49'
- 35" W a distance of 250.00 feet more or less to a point;
Thence N 54 - 10'
- 25" E a distance of 50.00 feet more or less to a point;
Thence N 35 - 49'
- 35" W a distance of 24.28 feet more or less to a point;
Thence by a curved line to the right having a radius of 150' a distance of
more or less to a point;
188.36 feet`
Thence N 36 - 07' - 23" E a distance of 102.22 feet more or less to a point; said point
being the point of beginning of this description.
Intending to describe a parcel of land now or formerly owned by H. J. Davis Company
containing 6.6 acres more or less, currently believed to be owned by the H. J. Davis
Company and commonly known as the Transitron Electronic Corporation property off Ash
Street, in fee or rights of easement therein, by eminent domain under the provisions of
Chapter 79 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and any other
enabling authority, or to acquire said land or any part thereof in fee or rights of easement
therein, by gift, purchase, or otherwise, for the site of a new Department of Public Works
Garage and related facilities and access thereto and that the sum of Nine Hundred and Fifty
Thousand ($950,000.00) Dollars be raised by borrowing as provided under Chapter 44,
Sections 7 and 8 of the General Laws, or any other enabling authority and that said sum be.
appropriated to the Board of Selectmen to pay for the acquisition of said land or rights of
easements therein, or to be used for payment of land damages or other costs and expenses of
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such acquisitions and that the Board of Selectmen are authorized to enter into agreements
with private parties or state and federal agencies for financial and other assistance in
connection with such acquisition and to do all other acts and things necessary and proper
for financial and other assistance in connection with such acquisition and to do all other acts
and things necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes of this vote.
Where applicable, all references herein to the Department of Public Works shall also
apply to and include whatever board or officer succeeds to the Department of Public Works
power and duties under the new Town Charter.
107 voted in the affirmative
5 voted in the negative
2/3 vote required
ARTICLE 7. On motion of John H. Russell it was voted to authorize the Board of
Selectmen to obtain appraisals of the land authorized under other motions under this Article
7 to be acquired from H. J. Davis Company and the trustees of TASC Realty Trust and that
the sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) be raised from the tax levy and that said
sum be appropriated to the Board of Selectmen to pay for the appraisals of said properties
and that the Board of Selectmen are authorized to enter into agreements with private
parties or state and federal agencies for financial and other assistance in connection with
such appraisals and to do all other acts and things necessary and proper for carrying out the.
purposes of this vote.
Where applicable, all references herein to the Department of Public Works shall also
apply to and include whatever board or officer succeeds to the Department of Public Works
power and duties under the new Town Charter.
ARTICLE 8. On motion of John H. Russell, as amended by William C. Brown, it was
voted that the sum of Nine Hundred and Three Thousand Dollars ($903,000.00) be raised by
borrowing as provided under Chapter 44, Sections 7 and 8 of the General Laws, or any other
enabling authority and that said sum be appropriated to the Board of Selectmen for the
planning, design, layout and construction and maintenance of a public way and railroad grade
crossing in compliance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 160. The requirements of
the County Commissioners of Middlesex County and the Department of Public Utilities of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, from a point on John Street at the northerly property
line between land of the trustees of the TASC Reaty Trust and land now or formerly of
Earle B. Kaufman, et al; thence running approximately 987 feet southwest over railroad
tracks at a point identified as Station 602 + 70 by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation
Authority and the Boston and Maine Railway and continuing approximately 200 feet to and
over land now or formerly owned by H. J. Davis Company, Transitron Electronic
Corporation and the trustees of TASC Realty Trust, to land to be acquired by the Town of
Reading, or to be used under lease or other agreement by the Town of Reading for a
Department of Public Works Garage and related facilities, including the cost of acquisition
of an easement or easements from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and/or
the Boston and Maine Railway to cross the railroad tracks of the Massachusetts Bay
Transportation Authority and/or the Boston and Maine Railway and include the cost of site
preparation, construction, original equipment and furnishings and all other costs incidental
thereto, including architectural, engineering, and construction fees and services, inspection
fees, relocation costs, contingencies and costs of financing in connection therewith; and the
Board of Selectmen are authorized to proceed with the acquisition of such easement or
easements and with the design and construction of said public way and railroad grade
crossing, and the Board of Selectmen are authorized to enter into any and all contracts,
agreements and grant applications necessary therefore and incidental thereto, including
without limitation, contracts for architectural, engineerng and construction services and
applications for a grant or grants and assess betterments in accordance with applicable laws
of the Commonwealth to use to defray all of any part of the costs of said public way and
railroad grade crossing and to do all other acts and things necessary and proper for carrying
out the purposes of this vote.
Where applicable all references herein to the Department of Public Works shall also
apply to and include whatever board or officer succeeds to the Department of Public Works
powers and duties under the new Town Charter.
104 voted in the affirmative
7 voted in the negative
2/3 vote required
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ARTICLE 2. On motion of Nils L. Nordberg it was voted to take Article 2 from the
table.
ARTICLE 2. On motion of Nils L. Nordberg it was voted that the Board of Selectmen
make provision in the utilization of the land acquired from H. J. Davis, in accordance with a
Town Meeting vote under Article 7 of this Town Meeting, to grant access over said land to
owners of properties north and/or south of said land; which properties are zoned for
industrial use and which (1) have no access to Ash Street and agree to a covenant stipulation
that no such access will be acquired without concurrence by Town Meeting; or (2) have
access to and/or abut Ash Street, but agree by covenant with the Town to close off any such
access and to open no such access without concurrence at Town Meeting.
table.
ARTICLE 2. On motion of Nils L. Nordberg it was voted to place Article 2 on the
ARTICLE 9. The following motion was presented by John H. Russell.
Move that the sum of Two Million Eight Hundred and Fourteen Thousand Dollars
($2,814,000.00) be raised by borrowing as provided under Chapter 44, Sections 7 and 8 of the
General Laws, or any other enabling authority and that said sum be appropriated to the
Board of Selectmen for the purpose of designing and constructing a new Department of
Public Works Garage and related facilities on the land to be acquired from H. J. Davis
Company, pursuant to motions made under Article 7 of this Town Meeting, including site
preparation, construction, originally equipping and furnishing said garage and related
facilities and all other costs incidental thereto, including architectural, engineering and
construction fees and services, inspection fees, relocation costs, contingencies and costs of
financing in connection therewith; and the Board of Selectmen are authorized to proceed
with the design and construction of said Department of Public Works Garage and related
facilities; and the Board of Selectmen are authorized to enter into any and all contracts,
agreements and grant applications necessary therefore and incidental thereto, including
without limitation, contracts for architectural, engineering and construction services and
applications for a grant or grants to be used to defray all or any part of the costs of said
Department of Public Works Garage and related facilities and to do all other acts and things
necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes of this vote.
Where applicable, all references herein to the Department of Public Works shall also
apply to and include whatever board or officer succeeds to the Department of Public Works
powers and duties under the new Town Charter.
George V. Hines questioned if there was a quorum present. Ninety-three Town
Meeting members were present.
Action under this motion was continued until the next adjourned session of this Town
Meeting scheduled for June 23, 1986.
On motion of Paul E. Landers it was voted that this meeting stand adjourned to meet
on Monday, June 23, 1986, at 7:30 P.M. in the Reading Memorial High School auditorium.
Meeting adjourned at 10:51 P. M.
123 Town Meeting members were present.
A true copy. Attest:
Lawrence Drew
Town Clerk