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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-04-24 Special Town Meeting Warrant322 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING (Seal) COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS April 24, 1989 Middlesex, ss. To either of the constables of the Town of Reading, Greetings: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet at the Reading Memorial High School .Auditorium, 62 Oakland Road in said Reading, on Monday, April : 24, 1989, at seven-thirty o'clock in the evening, at which time and place the following ar- ticles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by Town Meeting Members in accordance with the provisions of the Reading Home Rule Charter. ARTICLE 1 To hear and act on the reports of the Board of Selectmen, Town Accountant, Treasurer-Collector, Board of Asses- sors, Director of Public Works, Town•Clerk, Tree Warden, Board of Health, School Committee, Contributory Retirement Board, Library Trustees, Municipal Light Board, Finance Committee, Cemetery Trustees, Community Planning & Development Commission, Town Manager and any other Boards or Special Committees. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 2 To choose all other necessary Town Officers and Special Committees and determine what instructions shall be given Town Officers and Special Committees, and to see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate for the purpose of funding Town Of- ficers and Special Committees to carry out the instructions given to them, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 3 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Capital Improvement Program as provided for in Section 7-7 of the Reading Home Rule Charter and as previously amended, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will vote to file a petition and/or approve the filing of a petition to the General Court for a special act providing essentially as follows, or take any other action with respect thereto: "Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section sixty-three of chapter forty-four of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the Town of Reading is hereby authorized to establish a special fund for the proceeds from the sale of real estate received after. March 1, 1989. The town treasurer shall be the custodian of such funds and shall invest such funds in the manner authorized by sections fifty-five, fifty-five A and fifty-five B of chapter forty-four of the General Laws. Investment income or proceeds received from any in- vestment of funds shall be credited to and become part of the special fund. The special fund may be appropriated at any town meeting to provide funding for capital projects or for the retirement of the debt service related to capital projects of bonds issued after November 1, 1988, or to provide funding for the unfunded pension liability. Section 2. In accordance with the agreement between the Town of Reading and Homart Development Company for the sale of the Town's former landfill site the Town is authorized to establish an in- demnity fund in the amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) from the proceeds of the sale for the indemnification of poten- tial hazardous waste issues which may require the future expendi Special Town Meeting April 24, 1989 323 ture of monies. Use of the monies in the indemnity fund shall be in accordance with the agreement, including the power of expendi- ture by the Board of Selectmen without appropriation by Town Meeting. The investment income and :any part of the principal of the indemnity fund released to the Town shall be added to and be- come part of the special fund for the proceeds of the sale of real estate received after March 1, 1989. Section 3. Any proceeds from the sale of real estate received after March 1, 1989 shall, as appropriate, be transferred to either the special fund created by Section 1 hereof or the indem- nity fund created by Section 2 hereof upon the effective date of this act." Finance Committee ARTICLE 5 To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate to fund Health Insurance, or take any other action with respect thereto. Treasurer/Collector ARTICLE 6 To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate to fund Medicare, or take any other action with respect thereto. Treasurer/Collector ARTICLE 7 To see what sum the Town will vote to raise from the tax levy, or by borrowing, or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate to the. Board of Assessors, for the purpose of retaining profession appraisal services, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Assessors ARTICLE 8 To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or from the tax levy, or transfer from available funds or other- wise, and appropriate for the purpose of street lighting for the remainder of FY89 or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 9 To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate to fund General Fund Long Term Debt Service, or take any other action with respect thereto. Treasurer/Collector ARTICLE 10 To see what sum the Town will raise by bor- rowing or from the tax levy, or transfer from available funds or otherwise, and appropriate for the purpose of abating asbestos in various Town Buildings, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 11 To see if the Town will vote to file a peti- tion and/or approve the filing of a petition to the General Court for a special act providing essentially as follows,. or take any other action with respect thereto:.. "Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 32B of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the Town shall provide to retirees and their dependents the schedule of health benefits provided for active employees and their dependents and required to be continued under Section 9 of Chapter 32B pursuant to a procedure whereby the Board of Selectmen may determine from time to time: (a) the claims experience for retired employees and their depen- dents separately and apart from the claims experience applicable to active employees and their dependents and the premiums for coverage of retirees and their dependents may be calculated apart from the premiums for coverage of active employees and their dependents; or 33 2 ZYL Special Town Meeting April 24, 1989 (b) the claims experience for retired employees and their depen- dents may be made a part of the overall claims experience in- cluding active and retired employees. .,and their dependents and so called "blended" premiums may be calculated therefrom. Section 2. When blended premiums or rates for coverage of ac- tive and retired employees and their dependents are calculated, the Town's percentage contribution toward the monthly premium cost or rate for coverage of retirees and their dependents may exceed, but shall not be less than, the Town's percentage con- tribution toward the monthly premium cost or rate for coverage of active employees and their dependents. .i Section 3. When the premiums for coverage of retirees and their dependents are calculated apart from the premiums for coverage of active employees and their dependents; the Town's percentage con- tribution toward the monthly premium cost or rate for coverage of retirees and their dependents may exceed the Town's percentage contribution toward the monthly premium cost or rate for coverage of active employees and their dependents, provided, however, in no event shall the monthly payment by retirees toward the total monthly premium cost or rate for coverage of retirees and their dependents exceed the amount paid by.active employees toward the total monthly premium cost or rate for coverage of active employees and their dependents. Section 4. The Board of Selectmen may choose what method of calculating claims experience and premiums to use for any year and may change the method used in any subsequent year." . Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 12 To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of General Laws 32B, Section 9E which permits the Town to pay more than 50 percent of the premium cost for health and certain other insurance for retirees and their dependents, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 13 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Reading Zoning Map to establish a Planned Residential Development Overlay District, as referenced in Section 4.10.2. of the Reading Zoning By-Laws, and to include within that Overlay District the following described property: Beginning at a point on the northeasterly sideline of Hop- kins Street at the Reading/Wakefield Town Line; Thence northwesterly along the northeasterly sideline of Hopkins Street a distance of 17.5 feet more or less, to the point where the common boundary between Fourth Street and Lot 50 as shown on the Reading Assessor's Plat 13 intersects with said sideline of Hopkins Street; Thence northwesterly along the northeasterly sideline of Hopkins Street a distance of 148 feet more or less to the point where the common boundary between Lots 50 and 51 as shown on Assessor's Plat 13 intersects with said sideline of Hopkins Street; Thence northeasterly along the common boundary between said Lots 50 and 51 a distance of 138 feet more or less to the point where said common boundary intersects with the westerly sideline of Fourth Street as shown on Assessor's Plat 13; Thence northerly along the westerly sideline of said Fourth Street a distance of 154 feet more or less to the southerly sideline of Cedar Street as shown on Assessor's Plat 13; Thence westerly along the southerly sideline of said Cedar Street a distance of 200 feet more or less to the southeasterly corner of the area where Cedar Street inter- sects with Bear Hill Road so as to abut or include in part that portion of Cedar Street which was laid out as a public way by document number 129383, at the Land Registration Of- fice, Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds; Thence northerly across Cedar Street a distance of 50 feet Special Town Meeting April 24, 1989 325 more or less according to "Plan of Cedar Street, Reading, Mass. Feb. 1934, Scale 1 in - 40 ft, Board of Public Works, Alexander Birnie, Supt" recorded at Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Land Registration Office as document num- ber 129383, to a point; Thence easterly along the northerly sideline of said Cedar Street 200 feet more or less to the westerly sideline of said Fourth Street; Thence northerly along the westerly sideline of said Fourth. Street a distance of 590 feet more or less to the northerly sideline of North Street as shown on Assessor's Plat 13; Thence easterly along the northerly sideline of said North Street a distance of 520 feet iWre or less to the easterly sideline of Sixth Street as shown on Assessor's Plat 13; Thence southerly along the easterly sideline of said Sixth Street a distance of 290 feet more or less; Thence easterly a distance of 158 feet more or less; Thence southerly a distance of 160 feet more or less; Thence westerly a distance of 115 feet more or less; Thence southerly a distance of 488 feet more or less; Thence westerly a distance of 51 feet more or less; Thence southerly a distance of 4 feet more or less; Thence westerly a distance of 490 feet more or less along the Reading/Wakefield Town Line to said point of beginning of this description. Intending to describe all of Lots 39, 40, 46, 47, 48, 49, and 50, all as shown on Reading Board of Assessors Plat 13 of 1986; and all of Lot 3a as shown on Reading Board of Assessors Plat 14 of 1985; and including those portions of Cedar Street easterly of Bear Hill Road, of North Street easterly of the westerly sideline of Fourth Street, and of Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Streets southerly of the northerly sideline of .'North Street; but specifi- cally excluding all of Lots 41, 42,. 43, 44, and 45 as shown on said Plat 13, which lots in the aggregate describe a tract of land of dimensions of 100 feet by 250 feet more or less, wholly surrounded by the property herein described. The above-described property constitutes that which is commonly known as the Reading Bear Hill property or the Reading Bear Hill Nike Site and certain abutting or near-by properties, parcels, or ways; or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 14 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire all or any part of the land with the buildings thereon currently believed to be owned by Summit Towers Co. located at 168 Hopkins Street and shown on Town of Reading Board of Assessors' Rev. Jan.. 1, 1986, Plat 13 as Lot 50, together with such right, title and interest as said Lot 50 has in Fourth 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, or to acquire said land or any part thereof in fee or rights of easement therein by gift, pur- chase, or otherwise, for the purpose of adding to and/or provid- ing access to the land currently owned by the Town of Reading containing 10.21 acres more or less and commonly known as the Reading Bear Hill property (which additional land will facilitate the development of said Reading Bear Hill property into needed housing), and to see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing, or from the tax levy, or transfer from available funds, or other- wise, and appropriate to the Board of Selectmen to pay for ap- praisals of said property and to pay for the acquisition of said land or rights of easement therein, or to be used for payment of land damages or other costs and expenses of such acquisitions, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen 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 provisions of this vote; and to see if the Town will vote Special Town Meeting April 24, 1989 326 to authorize the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Reading to convey all or any part of said Lot 50 either simultaneously with or separate from the conveyance of the Reading Bear Hill property as authorized by vote under Article 30 of the Warrant for the Reading Annual Town Meeting of April 28, 1986 and to see what minimum amount shall be paid for the conveyance of all or any part of said property, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to convey all or any part of said property for such amount or larger amount and upon such other terms and conditions as the Board of Selectmen shall consider proper and'.to deliver a deed or deeds therefore to said purchaser(s) and to see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or from the tax levy or transfer from avail- able funds, or otherwise, and appropriate to the Board of Selectmen to carry out all the purposes of this vote, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 15 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to convey and/or. abandon certain rights of easements in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, located on a parcel of land shown as Lot 4 on the Town of Reading Assessor's Plat 23 dated January 1, 1988, that were conveyed to the Town in a "Conveyance of easements and utilities - Acorn Lane",- document dated April 29, 1987 and recorded in the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds in Book 18915, Page 432; to.,:determine the minimum amount to be paid for such conveyance and/or abandonment, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to convey or abandon all or any part of said rights of easements for such amount or larger amount and upon such other terms and conditions as the Selectmen shall consider proper, and to deliver a deed therefore if necessary; or take any other action with respect thereto. .Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 16 To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 4.2.2. of the Reading Zoning By-Law, Table of Uses, so as to re- place the denotation "yes" with the denotation "no" under the following headings 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 in- cluded in any amended text): PRINCIPAL USES RES RES RES BUS BUS BUS ZND S-10 A-40 A-80 A B C S-20 S-40 Automotive Uses Car Wash no no no "no" "no" no "no" or take any other action with respect thereto. Community Planning and Development Commission ARTICLE 17 To see if the town will vote to amend Section 4.2.2 of the Reading Zoning By-Law, Table of Uses, so as to add the following heading and column: PUBLIC AND QUASI PUBLIC USES RESIDENCE BUS BUS BUS IND S-10 A-40 A-80 A B C S-20 S-40 Child Care Facility SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA or take any action with respect thereto: By Petition ARTICLE 18 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Reading Zoning By-Laws by adding the following definitional sections: Special Town Meeting April 24, 1989 2.2.8.1 CHILD CARE FACILITY Any structure, and the land on which such structure is situated, used exclusively for Child Care Services and which is located either in a Business District or abuts on at least one boundary a business district or property used for commercial purposes at the time of the issuance of a Child Care Facility Special Permit. 2.2.8.2 CHILD CARE SERVICES: Any Child Care Facility, specifi- cally excluding overnight accommodation, which provides care for minor children by someone other than members of that child's own family, and which is licensed by the State Office for Children for the provision of such child care services, or take any action with respect hereto. By Petition ARTICLE 19 To see if the Town will vote to approve the following Rules and Regulations pertaining to the use and opera- tion of the various cemeteries under the jurisdiction of its Board of Cemetery Trustees, which Rules and Regulations shall su- persede the previous Rules and Regulations adopted by the Town dated September 22, 1969, or amendments thereto or take any other action with respect thereto. "FOREWORD The Charter for the Town of Reading that was adopted on March 24, 1986 provides that: "The Board of Cemetery Trustees shall be responsible for the preservation, care, improvement and embellishment of the Town's cemeteries and burial lots therein and such other powers and duties given.to the Board of Cemetery Trustees by the charter, by bylaw or by town meeting vote." Working under the provisions of Reading's Charter and the laws enacted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Board of Cemetery Trustees strives not only to fulfill its legal respon- sibilities regarding the Town's cemeteries, but also to preserve the aesthetic quality of our heritage. Keeping these greenspaces neat and attractive as well as appropriate memorials is a major effort of the Trustees, the Director and the staff. This booklet is designed to inform the public as directly as possible of the rules and regulations that the Trustees have developed over the years. The Trustees encourage the public to comment on its needs and suggestions for improvement. Regular public meetings are held to conduct business and the public is always welcome. TOWN OF READING CEMETERY RULES AND REGULATIONS The Board of Cemetery Trustees has set forth the following rules and regulations for the ownership, .use and care of burial sites in the Town's cemeteries. The authority to do this is found in Chapter 114 of the General Laws. OWNERSHIP OF LOTS 1. The owner of a lot or grave is limited to burying human dead in that site. The owner also has- a limited right to build a tomb or monument. These limitations are outlined in other sections of these regulations. 2. When a lot is purchased, the owner will be given a deed. The deed will give the owner the rights to the use of that lot as set forth by the Trustees. The deed may contain certain specific terms and conditions for the use of this lot. 327 32 8 Special Town Meeting April 24, 1989 Copies of lost deeds may be -obtained by paying an estab- lished fee. 3. The Trustees set the price of lots. Single lots must be paid for in full at the time of the.sale. Lots which contain four graves or more may be paid for. in full at the time of sale or in four equal quarterly installments. One of this group of lots must be paid for in full at the time of sale. The buyer will not be issued a deed or certificate to the plot until full payment has been made. The Trustees may not permit burials or improvements. on the lot until the deed or certificate has been issued. In any case burials will only--be allowed in the portion of the lot that has been fully paid. No memorial nor any im- provements to the lot may be made until full payment is made. 4. The owner of a.lot or lots may transfer ownership of that property by deed if such transfer is approved by the Trustees. The owner does not. have a right to lease any property. If a burial has been-made in any one of the lots in the plot no transfer of deed may be made without the specific approval of the Trustees. No transfer of deed will be permitted which would involve the removal of a body. Before any burial has been made in the plot, transfers may be permitted if within six; months after notice to the Trustees of the intended transfer, the Trustees shall not have disposed of the lot or grave in such a way as to cause the repaymemt to the owner of the amount originally paid. A fee will be charged for the recording of deed transfer. 5. In the event of the death of the owner of the lot or grave, title shall pass or descend. as provided by the Statutes of Massachusetts in force at that time. The Trustees will require proof of the rights of ownership to such lot or grave. CARE OF LOTS 6. One of the conditions of sale that the Trustees shall make is the "perpetual care" of said lot. The Trustees shall require certain deposits to,be'made at the time of sale for the care of the lot or grave without expense to the Town. "Perpetual care" means the cutting-of grass of the grave or lot at reasonable intervals, raking and cleaning, reseeding and other work as may be necessary to keep the lot or lots in good condition. This "care" shall not mean the repairing or replacing of gravestones or other markers. MONUMENTS AND OTHER STRUCTURES 7. A tomb may be constructed on a lot. The Trustees must ap- prove the design, construction and plans for care of that structure. Plans for any tomb or structure must also con- form to all specifications. 8. Only one monument may be placed on a lot. The foundation for the monument will be done by the Cemetery Department and a fee will be charged. In Laurel Hill Cemetery a memorial may not be erected unless the lot is endowed with an adequate perpetual care fund. Only one marker may be set on a particular grave. Markers: may not be set to embrace two or more graves. All markers shall be set flush with the ground. However, on old lots matching markers may be used if existing markers exceed regulation size. If vertical headstones become broken or. excessively tipped, the right is reserved to insert these into the sod as flush markers. No wooden crosses-shall be-allowed. 9. Neither the Trustees nor the Town shall be liable for damage to monuments or markers. Markers may be of granite or Special Town Meeting April 24, 1989 329 bronze, but the use of limestone, soapstone, marble, sandstone, cast or cement stone and metals for monuments shall not be allowed. 10. A stone cutter or other person who is to do work on a structure erected on a lot or grave must obtain a written permit from the Director or Trustees before beginning work. Work must be performed under the supervision of the Direc- tor. The work area must be cleaned up and no tools may be left at the gravesite over night. 11. The Trustees are responsible for corner posts set at each lot. These posts will clearly define the number of the lot. 12. An, owner of a lot or lots does-not have the right to plant trees, shrubs nor plants on the. lot(s) . Nor does the owner have the right to erect a fence, curbing, hedge or any other landmark without the approval of the Trustees. The Trustees have the right to remove any shrub, hedge, root or branch that they may deem detrimental to other cemetery lots. The Trustees also have the right to remove unsightly flowers, old vases and other containers that may be detrimental to the looks of .the lot or the cemetery in general. MEMORIAL REGULATIONS A special Town Meeting has approved the following regulations concerning memorials. These limitations must be followed or the memorial may not be erected. On a two grave lot, maximum size 3'0"x1'0" base, 3' high. On a three grave lot, maximum size 4'0"x1'3" base, 3' high. On a four grave lot, maximum size 4'6"x1'6" base, 4' high. On a five grave lot, maximum size 4.'6"x1'6" base, 4' high. On a six grave lot, maximum size 5'-0"x2'0" base, 4' high. On a seven grave lot, maximum size'51611x2'0" base, 4' high. On an eight grave lot, maximum size 6'0"x2'0" base, 4' high. Markers 1'8"x0'10" on lots, flush only. Single graves, 1'6"x0'10" flush only. Baby graves, 1'3"x0'8" flush only. SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR CHARLES LAWN CEMETERY 13. No upright memorials will be allowed on lots within this cemetery. 14. Markers must be of granite or of bronze. 15. A central flush memorial will be allowed on lots that con- tain two or more burial spaces. It cannot be larger than 3'0"x1'0'1. If a marker is.granite it shall not be less than 4" nor greater than 5" thick.'The bottom of this marker must be flat. 16. On lots of less than two burial spaces, markers will be restricted to the individual grave spaces. The measure- ments on these shall be exactly 2'0"x1'0". Markers must be of granite or bronze only. The bottom of this marker must be flat. 17. On single grave spaces where two burials are permitted, a 21x1' marker with two inscriptions will be allowed. 18. On veteran's graves, markers must be of bronze and measure 2' x 11. (NOTE) At a Special. Town Meeting held on June 23, 1966 it was voted that; "the Cemetery Trustees be, and they hereby are, authorized and empowered to provide an addi- tional plot of ground in the Charles Street Cemetery as they may determine is suitable for burial of all persons who died while on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United 3 30 Special Town Meeting April 24, 1989 States and veterans who had served in active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States and have been honorably discharged, the custody of such plot to be in the Custodian of Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves, and that the control of the plot set aside, and be transferred from Reading Post 62 of the American Legion to the Custodian of Soldiers'and Sailors' graves." URN GARDENS AT FOREST GLEN AND CHARLES LAWN 19. Two cremation urns may be interred in each grave. 20. Memorialization will be limited to 1- 21x1" bronze flush marker. Each marker may contain two dated inscriptions. INTERMENTS AND REMOVALS 21. No interment may be made before: a) a permit is issued by the Board of Health to the Director b) the owner of the lot gives an order to use the lot and c) all fees have been paid. 22. The Director must be given reasonable advance notice of an interment or removal. This notice must give the lot number, the grave number, name and age of deceased for a burial, size of box and name of the undertaker in charge. Neither the Director nor the trustees will be held responsible for any error in the given notice. (including any order given by phone). Fees for opening graves, making and recording interments, reinterments, funerals after working hours or Saturday af- ternoons or holidays as well as other services will be es- tablished by the Trustees and.shall be paid in advance. 23. Funerals will not be allowed on Sundays, New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, nor Christmas Day. 24. All burial cases must be sectional concrete or monolithic containers. 25. In each regular grave space, one regular interment plus one cremation urn or two cremation urns will be allowed, except some lots in Charles Lawn where provisions have been made for two burials in one grave space. 26. No vigil lights will be allowed on any lot or grave. - GENERAL REGULATIONS 27. All funeral processions in the cemetery are under the direction and control of the Director. 28. No firearms are allowed in any cemetery except for military and memorial exercises. 29. Vehicles, except for those in a funeral procession, may be excluded from any cemetery. Vehicles may not be turned around in any driveway, but must make the circuit of the section. Any vehicle meeting a funeral procession must come to a stop until the procession has passed. Maximum speed limit in any cemetery is fifteen miles per hour. 30. All persons walking through a cemetery must keep to the pathways and not trespass on lots except for gaining access to their own lots. Parents must take full responsibility for their children and not permit them to climb on headstones. Loitering, playing and exercising of dogs is not allowed. Special Town Meeting April 24, 1989 331 31. Cemeteries are open from sunrise to one half hour after sunset. 32. The soliciting of business by anyone within the cemetery is prohibited. 33. No employee shall receive any fee or gratuity from any per- son except the standard fees prescribed by the Trustees and to be paid to the Town. Any employee violating this rule will be subject to disciplinary action." 34. The Trustees shall have authority to grant to proprietors to depart in special instances from the provisions of the foregoing regulations in, and, only, in cases where it clearly appears that the spirit and intent of the regulation will not thereby be violated. Board of Cemetery Trustees And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an at- tested copy thereof in at least three (3) public places in each precinct of the Town not less than 'fourteen (14) days prior to April 24, 1989, the date set for the meeting in said Warrant, and to publish this Warrant in a newspaper published in the Town, or by mailing an attested copy of said Warrant to each Town Meeting Member at least fourteen (14) days prior to the time of holding said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time ap- pointed for such meeting. Given under our hands this 4th day of April, 1989. Russell T. Graham, Chairman Mary S. Ziegler, Vice Chairman Daniel A. Ensminger, Secretary Eugene R. Nigro John H. Russell SELECTMEN OF READING A true copy. Attest: V ~-CCF &7 C~ Doris M. Fantasia Town Clerk 332 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Officerfs Return, Reading: By virtue of this Warrant, I, on April 7, 1989, notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at the place and at the time specified by posting attested copies of this Warrant in the following public places within the Town of Readings Precinct 1. Convenient Food Mart, 1349 Main Street Old Hose House, 1249 Main Street St. Athanasius Church, 300 Haverhill Street Precinct 2. Reading Police Station, 67 Pleasant Street Cumberland Farms, 305 Salem Street Anton Cleaners, 47 Harnden Street Precinct 3. Friendly Variety Store, 245 Washington Street Reading Liquors, 345 Main Street Wayside Bazaar, 1.07 Main Street Precinct 4. Hanson's Servicd.Station, 4 West Street Dragon Corner Store, 206 West Street Spence Farm Market Gardens, 40 West Street Precinct 5. Community Center, 52 Sanborn Street B & M Railroad Station, High Street Joshua Eaton School, 365 Summer Avenue Precinct 6. Fire Station, 267 Woburn Street Housing for the Elderly, 1 Frank D.Tanner Drive Alice M. Barrows School, 16 Edgemont Avenue Precinct 7. Austin Preparatory School, 101 Willow Street P & S Convenient-Store, 287 Lowell Street Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street Precinct 8. Meadowbrook Golf Club, 292 Grove Street Memorial High School, 62 Oakland Road Arthur W. Coolidge Jr. High School, 89 Birch Meadow Drive The date of posting being not less than fourteen (14) days prior to April 24, 1989, the date set for the meeting in this Warrant. I also caused an attested copy of this Warrant to be pub- lished in the Reading Chronicle in the issue of April 10, 1989. Sally M. Hoyt Constable of Reading A true copy. Attest: Doris M. Fantasia Town Clerk