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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-12-08 Adjourned Subsequent Town Meeting Minutes303 ADJOURNED SUBSEQUENT TOWN MEETING Reading Memorial High School December 8, 1988 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Paul C. Dustin, there being a quorum present. The Invocation was given by Reverend Dr. David Reid of the First Baptist Church, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. ARTICLE 1. On motion of Daniel A. Ensminger, it was voted to take Article 1 from the table. ARTICLE 1. The attached Report of Daniel A. Ensminger, Chairman of the Community Planning and Development Commission was accepted as a Report of Progress. ARTICLE 1. On motion of Daniel A. Ensminger, it was voted to table Article 1. ARTICLE 40. On motion of Daniel A. Ensminger, it was voted to table Article 40. ARTICLE 41. On motion of Thomas J. Stohlman, it was voted that the Town of Reading amend Section 4.3.3. of the Reading Zoning By -Laws as follows: To divide the first paragraph thereof and to combine all of its text after the words "Site Plan Review" with the current Section 4.3.3.1., and in the last sentence of said Section 4.3.3.1. to replace the word "hold" with the words "begin and close ", to re- place the word "thirty" with the word "sixty - five ", to replace the word "twenty" with the word "thirty ", and to replace the word "date" with the word "close "; To amend Section 4.3.3.2. by adding the words "granted by a Spe- cial Permit Granting Authority other than the Community Planning and Development Commission" after the words "requiring a special permit ", by replacing the words "and the Community Planning and Development Commission" with the word "which ", by replacing the word "thirty -five" with the word "sixty - five ", and by adding the word "other" in two instances before the words "Special Permit Granting Authority" in the first and second sentences thereof; To amend the first paragraph of Section 4.3.3.5. by deleting from subsection (f) the words "attractiveness and ", and by adding a new subsection (g), which would read as follows: "Attractiveness, in the context of the maintenance and enhancement of the visual and environmental character of the Town, of proposed building, site, and landscape design and functioning. "; and To add the following as Section 4.3.3.7.; "4.3.3.7. For buildings and uses requiring a Special Permit granted by the Community Planning and Development Commis- sion, site plan review is not required for the matters en- compassed by such special permit." 92 voted in the affirmative 4 voted in the negative 1 abstention 2/3 vote required ARTICLE 42. On motion of Daniel S. Ensminger, it was voted that the Town of Reading amend Section 4.2.2. of the Reading Adjourned Subsequent Town Meeting December 8, 1988 Zoning By -Law, Table of Uses, so as to replace the denotation "yes" with the denotation "SPP" or "no" under the following head- ings and columns (for purposes of clarifying this Article, denotations proposed herein to be amended are indicated below in quotation marks ("), which are not proposed to be included in any amended text): PRINCIPAL USES RES RES RES BUS BUS° BUS IND S -10 A -40 A -80 A B C S -20 S -40 Automotive Uses Car Wash no no no "no" "no" no "nolo 104 voted in the affirmative 3 voted in the negative 2/3 vote required ARTICLE 10. On motion of Mary S. Ziegler, it was voted that the Town transfer the sum of $988,319 (Nine Hundred Eighty -Eight Thousand Three Hundred Nineteen Dollars) from available funds as indicated and appropriate to the various budgets as specified to fund the additional and other non - personal expenses related to FY89 salary adjustments. FROM FREE CASH: Line Current New Difference 1 Accountant 72,185 77,645 5,460 3 Conservation 28,467 28,467 0 5 Planning 2,650 2,805 155 7 Zoning 2,100 2,225 125 10 Insp 47,442 49,390 1,948 12 Comm. Devl. General 49,792 54,435 4,643 14 FinCom 2,000 2,000 0 17 Elect Off- Assessors 10,530 11,162 *632 19 Assessment 82,061 91,548 9,487 23 Treas /Collec 195,561 206,664 11,103 28 Town Manager 100,066 106,923 6,857 33 Personnel Sal 29,470 33,024 3,554 34 Personnel Exp 42,550 47,550 5,000 35 Town Clerk 55,320 59,853 4,533 37 Elect /Reg 1,150 1,220 70 39 Weights /Meas 5,000 5,000 0 43• Health 32,886 34,860 1,974 46 Elder Sery 61,029 65,360 4,331 48 Vet Sery 11,560 12,254 694 51 Recreation 57,081 60,506- 3,425 53 Gen Human Sery 70,940 75,196 4,256 55 Library 333,278 356,578 23,300 57 Police 1,617,000 1,714,020 97,020 60 Animal Control 16,192 17,164 972 62 Fire 1,629,009 1,748,577 119,568 65 Emerg Mgt 2,100 2,225 125 89 Pub Wks Sal. 1,239,767 1,269,767 30,000 90 Pub Wks Exp. 1,416,213 1,434,813 18,600 93 Cemetery Sal. 151,230 156,765 5,535 94 Cemetery Exp. 28,087 29,287 1,200 96 School 11,062,689 11,644,787 582.098 946,665 FROM WATER SURPLUS 111 Water Sal. 437,801 462,528 24,727 112 Water Exp. 740,260 745,552 5,292 30,019 1 SUMMARY OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BY YEAR BY SOURCE OF FUNDS (Cost in 0001s) FY89 FY90 FY91 FY92 FY93 FY94 A 1046.012 1036.85 1050.45 1047.5 980 770 B 173.934 15 15 15 15 15 C -- 25 25 31 45 -- D 3519 1730 635 1000 -- 1000 E 956 100 50 -- -- -- G 717.897 347 770 60 60 135 S-- 10 -- -- -- -- 6412.843 3263.85 2545.45 2153.50 1100 1920 SOURCE OF FUNDING - A Annual Appropriation B Betterment C Sale of Cemetery Lots D Debt to be authorized E Enterprise Appropriation G Grant or outside funding S Sale of Real Estate Revised 12 -1 -88 Adjourned Subsequent Town Meeting FROM SEWER SURPLUS 115 Sewer Sal. 138,423 116 Sewer Exp. 211,344 2/3 vote recorded line item #17 December 8, 1988 147,923 9,500 213,479 2,135 11,635 305 ARTICLE 3. On motion of Eugene R. Nigro, it was voted that the Town amend the Capital Improvement Program as presented, as provided for in Section 7 -7 of the Reading Home Rule Charter. ARTICLE 2. On motion of Eugene R. Nigro, it was voted to take Article 2 from the table. ARTICLE 2. On motion of George J. Shannon, as amended by Timothy B. Pressey, it was voted that there be and hereby is es- tablished a Special Committee to be known as a School Building Committee to be appointed by the Moderator for the purpose of carrying out a long range building program and for originally equipping the additional facilities; said Committee to consist of one member from the School Committee, one member from the School Administration, one Teacher Representative, two members from the Town Meeting membership and one citizen at large. ARTICLE 2. On motion of Virginia M. Adams: it was voted that the Board of Selectmen appoint 2 recreation committee members; a member appointed by the Director of the Department of Public Works; Chris Copeland (Recreation Director); and citizens, Robert Salter and Janice Landry to a committee whose purpose it is to make plans and investigate the cost of building a wading pool in Reading. This plan is to be completed for presentation to the next annual town meeting. ARTICLE 2. On motion of Benjamin E. Nichols, it was voted that the By -Law committee be instructed to make available a list showing changes made in the General By -Laws since those adopted March 2, 1896 giving briefly the subject matter of the change, the date of the Town Meeting, The Warrant Article number, the adoption date, and the page where it is recorded in the Annual Town Report. This list shall be compiled by the 1989 Subsequent Town Meeting, and shall be included in future printed copies of the General By -Laws. ARTICLE 2. On motion of John B. Price, it was voted that the Board of Selectmen report to the next Town Meeting, on the status of the Traffic Signals at the intersection of Main Street and Summer Avenue. This report should include the approximate date of design completion and approximate date of installation and completion. ARTICLE 2. On motion of George V. Hines, it was voted that the Selectmen and the Finance Committee be and hereby are in- structed to prepare a long term Financial Plan. Such Financial Plan shall be based on 2 year and 5 year intervals, shall include the Capital Budget Program and shall be updated annually. The Selectmen and Finance Committee are further instructed to report on the Policies and Procedures for the development of the Long Term Financial Plan Process no later than the 1989 Annual Town Meeting and the first Long Term Financial Plan Report shall be completed and presented no later than the Subsequent 1989 Town Meeting. The Report shall detail plans for maintaining a 306 Adjourned Subsequent Town Meeting December 8, 1988 the vote shall include both a majority report and a minority report if necessary. ARTICLE 2. John E. Carpenter, Precinct 7, moved to request CPDC to investigate construction of types of parking facilities at the Reading MBTA depot, with the purpose of obtaining town revenue from such a parking facility, and potentially obtaining additional customer traffic for local businesses, to report recommendation and alternative at Spring 1989 Town Meeting. This motion was voted in the negative" ARTICLE 2. On motion of Eugene R. Nigro, it was voted to lay Article 2 on the table. ARTICLE 1. On motion of Eugene R. Nigro, it was voted to take Article 1 from the table. ARTICLE 1. The following report of the Town Manager, Peter I. Hechenbleikner, was accepted as a Report of Progress: Mr. Moderator, just to be very quick, but we did promise some follow up on a couple of issues to Town Meeting. Under a previous instructional motion, I believe it was last Spring when we were discussing drainage issues. Reporting on the Department of Public Works drainage maintenance ongoing projects and plans, this map shows the major projects. The Department has ongoing maintenance to the storm drain systems including catch basin cleaning scheduled on a semi- annual basis and the repair of broken or defective pipes and man- holes on an as- needed basis and minor ditch cleaning on an as- needed basis. These maintenance activities are included within the general Department of Public Works maintenance budget and the level of effort in prior years is considered adequate at this time. It is expected that the proposed FY90 budget will also contain the same level of effort. The Department also plans on cleaning approximately one -half mile of minor ditches and streams in the Spring of 1989 and this level of effort is expected to be included in the FY90 budget un- der Line Item Drainange Maintenance contained in the General Department of Public Works budget. Lastly, the Department includes under capital budgets the cleaning and reconstruction of major ditches through the use of contractual labor. In the past this Line Item has included por- tions of the Saugus River Watershed, and the Aberjona River Watersheds. Current work on the Aberjona Channel is proceding in the vicinity of Birch Meadow Drive and will complete previous years' budget appropriations for this type of work. No major ditch work was included in the capital projects for FY89. The work that was originally proposed for FY89 is now being considered in the FY90 budget. This includes the reshaping and reconstruction of the ditch between Cross Street and Main Street in the Saugus Basin in this area. This item will be listed as a separate capital project for FY90. This project is currently ongoing. The lower Aberjona project was completed in prior years. In the Saugus Basin some of the work around and near the landfill was completed in ,rior years. This is proposed for this year and the remainder of the Saugus Basin is proposed for future projects. In addition, some work up along Dean Road and Main Street and that area are future projects that will be programmed. I'm not going to go through this full list but this is a list of 21 1 Adjourned Subsequent Town Meeting December 8, 1988 307 items of drainage improvements to be done. These are localized drainage improvements to be done. A Tageuchi is a piece of equipment that we own that cleans ditches. We're starting to clean some of them this fall and hope to complete more in the Spring from that list. If anybody has any specific questions, I'd be happy to answer them. Peter I. Hechenbleikner Town Manager ARTICLE 1. The following report of the Chairman of the Com- munity Planning and Development Commission, Daniel I. Ensminger, was accepted as a Report of Progress: Mr. Moderator, brief parting thoughts on Bear Hill. As Jack Russell pointed out following Monday's vote on Ar- ticle 8 of the Special Town Meeting, we do have an approved PRD By -Law but we do not have an approved overlay district in which it applies. We would expect that the Selectmen will proceed with their competitive request for proposals using the PRD guidelines that were approved under Article 5 of the Special Town Meeting, obtain proposals and bring a specific site development and access plan back to Town Meeting. Just a few words about the legalisms of bringing this motion back. A new overlay article can be brought back before the An- nual Town Meeting of 1989 or even to a Special Town Meeting called between now and then, if necessary, if the new overlay ar- ticle receives a 4 /5ths vote of approval from the CPDC. Thus we need not wait two years before proceeding on the Zoning Article just to dispel any doubt the Town Meeting members may have on this. While I cannot speak formally for the other CPDC members I believe that a 4 /5ths vote is obtainable given the previous four to nothing vote of the CPDC to support Article 8 as originally presented to Town Meeting. We will continue working with the Selectmen to effectuate the sale of the Bear Hill property and we thank Town Meeting for their overwhelming support of the PRD By -Law under Article 5 of the Special Town Meeting. Happy holidays everybody. Daniel I. Ensminger Chairman, CPDC ARTICLE 1. On motion of Eugene R. Nigro, it was voted to table Article 1. On motion of Eugene R. Nigro, it was voted that this Sub- sequent Town Meeting stand adjourned sine die. Meeting adjourned 10:45. 97 Town Meeting members present. A true copy. Attest: Doris M. Fantasia Town Clerk