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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-09-02 Board of Selectmen HandoutDRAFT MOTIONS BOARD OF SELECTMEN MEETING SEPTEMBER 2, 2014 Arena, West, Ensminger, Halsey, Sexton LeLacheur 5b) Move that the Board of Selectmen close the hearing on removal of a tree at 640/660 Main Street. Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the removal of the one 6 inch diameter Zelcova tree located in front of 640/660 Main Street. 5d) Move that the Board of Selectmen close the hearing on the possible modification, suspension or revocation of the Retail Package Store License to Expose, Keep for Sale and to Sell All Kinds of Alcoholic Beverages for Jay & Ricky, Inc. d /b /a Ricky's Liquor, 214 Main Street, for violating MGL Chapter 138, Section 34 for the sale or delivery of alcoholic beverages to a person under 21 years of age. Move that the Board of Selectmen find Jay & Ricky, Inc. d /b /a Ricky's Liquor, 214 Main Street, Reading in violation of MGL Chapter 138, Section 34 for the sale or delivery of alcoholic beverages to a person under 21 years of age on August 3, 2014. Move that Jay & Ricky, Inc. d /b /a Ricky's Liquor, 214 Main Street, Reading be penalized with a day suspension for violation of MGL Chapter 138, Section 34 for the sale or delivery of alcoholic beverages to a person under 21 years of age on August 3, 2014. Move that the day suspension for Jay & Ricky, Inc. d /b /a Ricky's Liquor, 214 Main Street, Reading take place on ; that the license be surrendered to the office of the Town Manager no later than 9:00 a.m. the first day of the suspension, to be returned to the licensee by 9:00 a.m. the first day following the suspension; and that a placard be placed on the premises during the period of suspension indicating the business is "unable to sell liquor due to a suspension of the liquor license for sale of liquor to an underage person" and that Jay & Ricky, Inc. reimburse the Town of Reading for Constable and advertising fees. 0 5e) Move that the Board of Selectmen close the Warrant consisting of Articles for the September 29, 2014 Special Town Meeting. 5f) Move that the Board of Selectmen recommend the subject matter of Article 3 of the September 29, 2014 Special Town Meeting Warrant. Move that the Board of Selectmen recommend the subject matter of Article 4 of the September 29, 2014 Special Town Meeting Warrant. Move that the Board of Selectmen recommend the subject matter of Article 5 of the September 29, 2014 Special Town Meeting Warrant. Move that the Board of Selectmen recommend the subject matter of Article 6 of the September 29, 2014 Special Town Meeting Warrant. Move that the Board of Selectmen recommend the subject matter of Article 7 of the September 29, 2014 Special Town Meeting Warrant. Move that the Board of Selectmen recommend the subject matter of Article 8 of the September 29, 2014 Special Town Meeting Warrant. Move that the Board of Selectmen recommend the subject matter of Article 9 of the September 29, 2014 Special Town Meeting Warrant. Move that the Board of Selectmen recommend the subject matter of Article 10 of the September 29, 2014 Special Town Meeting Warrant. Move that the Board of Selectmen recommend the subject matter of Article 11 of the September 29, 2014 Special Town Meeting Warrant. Move that the Board of Selectmen recommend the subject matter of Article 12 of the September 29, 2014 Special Town Meeting Warrant. Move that the Board of Selectmen recommend the subject matter of Article 13 of the September 29, 2014 Special Town Meeting Warrant. Move that the Board of Selectmen recommend the subject matter of Article 14 of the September 29, 2014 Special Town Meeting Warrant. 0 Move that the Board of Selectmen recommend the subject matter of Article 15 of the September 29, 2014 Special Town Meeting Warrant. 6a) Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the minutes of June 10, 2014 as amended. 6b) Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the minutes of July 30, 2014 as amended. 6c) Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the minutes of August 12, 2014 as amended. 8a) Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the Executive Session minutes of August 2, 2014 as written. JH_ DE_ JA_ MW_ KS_ Move that the Board of Selectmen approve the Executive Session minutes of August 12, 2014 as written. JH_ DE_ JA_ MW_ KS_ Move that the Board of Selectmen adjourn the meeting at _ p.m. U DRAFT - BOARD OF SELECTMEN 2014 AGENDAS X014 813112014 Responsibility Start time Office Hour Dan Ensminger 6:30 Reading Garden Club Adopt an Island Awards 7:20 HEARING Public Tree Removal - 640/660 Main Street LeLacheur 7 :30 Human Relations Advisory Committee Cormier 8:00 HEARING Liquor Violation - Sale to a minor - Ricky's Liquor Cormier 8:30 HEARING Close Warrant for Special Town Meeting LeLacheur 9:00 Vote Warrant for Special Town Meeting LeLacheur 9:15 Preview Warrant for Subsequent Town Meeting (to be closed next BOS mtg) LeLacheur 9:30 Preparation for Financial Forum on 9/10 LeLacheur 9:45 Finalize FY15 Town Manager Goals LeLacheur 10:00 Se tember 9 2014 - State Pjimary Election September 10, 2014 Financial Forum B Coolidge Multi - purpose Room 7:30 Legislative delegation update September 1,6, 2014 locations TBA Reading 2020 Working group sessions n EXECUTIVE SESSION teinl 777-7777 To discuss Real Estate 7 1, 6:00 Award Bond Anticipation Note sale 7 :20 Climate Advisory Committee Adaptation Rpt 7:25 Town Forest Committee Rules & Regs Zager 7:45 HEARING Belmont Water easements Zambouras 8:15 HEARING Close Warrant for Subsequent Town Meeting LeLacheur 8:30 HEARING Request for Early Opening - Cumberland Farms, 303 Salem Street LeLacheur 8:45 Charter Review Committee - schedule (Special TM 1/5 -7) & BOS feedback LeLacheur 9 :30 Special Town Meeting September 29, 2014 RMHS PAC 7:30 October 14, 201 Office Hour Marsie West 6:30 Tax Classification preview Santaniello 7:30 Town Accountant Report Angstrom 8:00 Discuss fees and collection policies Angstrom 8:15 Enterprise Funds Workshop LeLacheur 9:00 Vote Subsequent TM Warrant Articles LeLacheur 9:45 O . October YfO `�� � . 2`. "> } °d r;�x .��5 "�`x 'x'` i '$+%.�`v^P" `bbr },.. ��� •`-s ;; z- a-.z,� x "° .,,.r ,�M sr, .. HEARING Tax Classification Board of Assessors 7:30 Private/Public Road discussion Town Counsel 8:00 October 29, 2014 Financial Forum III November 4, 2014 - Election Subsequent Town Meeting November 10, 2014 Monday Town Meeting November 13, 2014 Thursday Town Meeting November 17, 2014 Monday Office Hour John Arena 6:30 Approve licenses Town Meeting November 20, 2014 Thursday )ecember 9, 2014 Office Hour John Halsey 6:30 Review FY16 Town Manager Goals December 23 201 .. t . Future Agendas Reading 2020 Community Meeting Multi BCC Summit RMLD joint meeting Strout Avenue Master Plan (after Town Forest planning work is done) Feudo O Recurring Items Close Town Meeting Warrants by Sep 23/Nov by Mar 3 /April Review BOS/TM Goals Mar -July -Dec Tri -ann Review Customer Service survey results Feb & Aug Semi -ann Review Regionalization efforts June Annual Appointments of BCCs June Annual Approve Classification & Compensation June Annual Appoint Town Counsel June Annual Tax Classification Hearing October Annual Approve licenses December Annual Reports to BOS Town Accountant Report Qtrly RCTV members Report Semi -ann CAB (RMLD) member Report Semi -ann MAPC member Report Semi -ann BOS Appointed Boards, Committees & Commissions Annual Reading Housing Authority Report Annual Reading Ice Arena Report Annual O Fh:FF NAMING OF FACES OR PLACES WITHIN OR ON SCHOOL PROPERTY Naming a rolhool or places within a school or on school property is an important matter that deserves thoughtful attention. A name associated with educational significance or inspiration should be chosen. The Committee also feels that it is appropriate to now a school, or a section of a school, for physical locations; geographical areas; distinguished local, state, and national leaders whose names will lend digmry and stature to die school; oubutading educators associated with the school, or significant or pertinent everts. The Committee also feels that in appropriate circumstances, naming rights to school buildings, fields, moms, or strcturos thereof might be lixnaed to a corporation or other entity in retum for a fee. Two such examples could be the Reading Manorial High School Fine and Performing Arts Center or the Reading Memorial High School Football Stadium. in these cases, the Committee recognizes that the nature and reputation of any such entity seeking to license these naming rights must be consistent with the educational mission of the Reading Public School District. The Superintendent will prepare for the aQproval of the Committee a amparait, aderiy and public process to follow in recommending names for school buildings, fields, rooms, or structures of an existing school campus. The Committee encourages and aapports community participation and involvement in this process. The Committee believes that members of the community should have the opportunity to present mWastions for names of public school facilities and/or dedication of rooms or arses within a school facility. Pommel prejudice or fivoritisny political pressure, or temporary papWaity should not be an influence in ch oos'rrrg a riems. In the naning of public school ilitiea or dedication of s, mom or area within a school facility, if the name of a parson is to be used, the following criteria will be applied in the selection of a parson(s) to be so honored: A. A person, living or deceased, for whom a public school may be named or a room or area Of a school Mnpus dedicated, must have made sig iificant contributions to education in the Reading Pu tic Schools. Evidences of such contributions may include, but an not limited to, the following: L Extraordinarily effective and dedicated service to and/or on behalf of the youth in the Reading Public Schools. b. Paaistert efforts to sustain a quality r of public education for all youth and to improve programs and services fort em. c. Demonstrated understanding of the essential nature of public education in the perpetuation of our democratic form of government. B. The nominee must otherwise be worthy of the honor of having a school named for hlmAter or a room or area dedicated to himlher. Evidence of such attributes should include, but are not limited to, the following: L Saupeikr levels of performance in strengthening and supporting the public b Effective citizenship C. Community service d. Excellent character and general reputation e. High standards of ethics C. The fbllowhhg procedure shall be followed when there is a formal request to have a building, field, structure, room or other such edifice or area dedicated to an individual: (ID I. Buildings, fields, rooms, or structures tit already have a commonly accepted mane will not be eligible for nomtmtioes. However, time may be times when buildings, fields, rooms or structures aheady having a commonly acoepted name may be reeonsiderW to have said name removed. The process used to remove a name fiom an edifice should be consistent with the process mad to recommend a name as outlined in sections C5-C10 listed below. When the Committee is reconsidering an existing nano, they should follow the guidelines as stated in sections A and B of this policy to determine if the existing name is still appropriate for the taarerrt situation and conditions. Once an existing now is removed by the Committee, than the edifice is eligible again far noadnadon. I Only buildings, fields, struehm^es, rooms or other such edifices on sdkW department property can be considered for nomination. 3. Nomimtiona for naming of buildings, fields, structures, rooms or other such edifices will appear once ammatly on the school committee's agenda, usually during the first quarter of the school yew- 4. At least thirty (30) days prior to the scheduled School Committee meeting, a public notice will be am out through a variety of media and electronic means soliciting nominations. 5. All pasties who are interested In submitting nominations should send a written aoanstion outlming the specific reasons why the area should be dedicated to a particular individual to the chasrnmt of the School Committee and the Superintendent of Schools, who will max with the individual or individuals makingg the request and following that discwaion place the request on a School Committee agenda. 6. At the scheduled School Committee meeting, nominating parties will be allowed 10 minutes to present their nomination to the School Committee. The Committee will only ask clarifying questions, not angers in discussion or make decisions. 7. At a subsequent School Committee meeting, nominations will be discussed and voted on a to whether or not to be eooddared, at which time the chair will call for a vote to either accept the nominations on the table or riot. Accepted nominations will be handed over to a subcommittee to be maned by the chair for Axdw study and to male recanmendetions to the School Committee. B. This subcommittee should include, but is not limited to, one member of the School Commkm% the building principal of the stool, one member of the Board of Selectmen, one local business Waft. one stndeshI representative from the appeoprlste school building under consideration and one member of the historical commission. 9. An subcommittee meetings are public meetings and are subject to the regulations of the Opal Meeting Law. Regular updates on the progress of the subcommittee will be given at School Committee meetings. 10. Upon having id time to reach a recommendation the subcommittee will be scheduled to present to do andre School Committee, at which time tiro board will enter into discussion and a motion will bs wade regarding the subcommittee's recommendations. During this meeting any other interested parties will be Swam an opportunity to vWw support or opposition to the nominations, and the School Committee will vote on whether or not to accept the nomination and a a result, name whatever building, Bald, room or structure that is being considered. Adopted by the Reading School Committee on September 28, 2006 Revised by the Reading School Committee on September 13, 2010 I J i L -- TOWN OF READING LEGAL NOTICE 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 September 2, 2014. at 7:30 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room; 16 Lowell Street, Reading, Massachusetts on the Town's request to remove one 6 inch diameter Zelcova tree located In front of 640/660 Main Street. A copy of the proposed doc- ument regarding, this topic is available in the Town Manager's office; 16 Lowell Street, Reading, MA, M -W- Thurs from,7:30 a.m. - 5:30 mT6m 7:3 a.m. - p; 7:00 p.m. and is $ttached.to the hearing notice oil jtie website at www.readingma.gov All interested;.pairtids are invited to attend the hearing, or may submit. their, commehts in writing or by emati prior to 6-00 p.m. on September 2,• 2014 to townmanager@ci.reading.ma u s. By order of Robert W.LeLacheur Town Manager 8/19,18/26 a Schena, Paula From: LeLacheur, Bob Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 12:09 PM To: Schena, Paula Subject: FW: Tree Removal downtown project BOS packet From: Goodhearts Childrens Shop [ mailto :goodheartskids(cbhotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 12:07 PM To: Town Manager Subject: Tree Removal downtown project Dear Town Manager, As owners at Goodhearts, we are pleased to hear about the proposed removal of the middle tree and re- landscaping of the island in front of 640/660 Main Street. We look forward to the increased visibility to our business and to our new sign and awning. We would like to request that the remaining trees in the area be pruned. This should only enhance the landscaping and bring a little bit more visibility to our Main Street storefronts. We greatly appreciate your help and the Downtown Improvement Project. Thank you, Karen Martignetti and Amy Collins Schena, Paula From: LeLacheur, Bob Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 10:03 AM To: Schena, Paula Subject: FW: Removal of 6" Zelkova For BOS packet From: Donnelly Moran Family rmailto:donnellymo @ gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 9:23 AM To: LeLacheur, Bob Subject: Removal of 6" Zelkova Dear Board of Selectman, The 6" Zelkova should not be removed for three reasons. First, the tree is too valuable to remove from an economic standpoint. Having planted and cared for more than 75 trees during the past twenty years for a government agency, I would value the tree conservatively as worth between $1,500 to $2,000. Secondly, the average street tree has a very short life span. The grouping of three Zelkova trees have a much longer expected life span since they are so well established. In my experience these three trees should live much longer than the majority of trees which were planted at the same time. Thirdly, the reason these three trees are thriving is that the space was designed for the trees to thrive. It isn't by accident that these trees are in a large island of mulch instead of surrounded by heat absorbing hardscape. Nor is it by accident that the three trees provide shade and wind protection to the group. Please do not change the design in a manner which will harm these three trees. Finally, we will get a much greater return on our investment in trees by spending a modest amount on professional pruning of young trees by an trained arborist. The simple removal of diseased branches or branches that are rubbing against each other in the first three years after a tree is planted can have a remarkable affect on the long term health of a tree. Likewise steady pruning a trees during the first five years after planting is much more beneficial and safer than waiting until pruning trees requires the removal of large branches which increases the likelihood of rotten trunks. Thank you for your consideration. Charles Donnelly Moran 9 IJ LEGAL NOTICE . Vi � OFIlFgO i "ti p F� 63'��lNCOR�4 ' i TOWN OF READING Alleged Violation — M.G.L. Chapter 138, §34 - Sale to Minor To the Inhabitants of the Town of Reading: Please take notice that the .Board of Selectmen as the Licensing Authority for the Town of Reading will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, September 2 at 8:30 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, Massachusetts to show cause why Jay & Ricky, Inc. d /b /a Ricky's Liquor, Retail Package Store license to:Expose, Keep for Sale and to Sell All finds of Alcoholic Beverages should not be modified, suspended or revoked for violating G.L. Chapter 138, §34 on August 3, 2014 to wit: the sale or delivery of alcoholic beverages to a per- son under 21 years of age. All interested parties may appear in person, may submit their comments in writing, or may email comments to town- . manager@ci.reading.ma.us. 8/26 'By order of Hobert W. LeLacheur Town Manager Sd� �a COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Officer's Return, Reading: By virtue of this Warrant, I, on , 2014 notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in Town elections and Town affairs, to meet at the place and at the time specified by posting attested copies of this Town Meeting Warrant in the following public places within the Town of Reading: Precinct 1 J. Warren Killam School, 333 Charles Street Precinct 2 Reading Police Station, 15 Union Street Precinct 3 Reading Municipal Light Department, 230 Ash Street Precinct 4 Joshua Eaton School, 365 Summer Avenue Precinct 5 Reading Library, Local History Room, 64 Middlesex Avenue Precinct 6 Barrows School, 16 Edgemont Avenue Precinct 7 Birch Meadow School, 27 Arthur B Lord Drive Precinct 8 Wood End School, 85 Sunset Rock Lane Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street The date of posting being not less than fourteen (14) days prior to September 29, 2014, the date set for Town Meeting in this Warrant. I also caused a posting of this Warrant to be published on the Town of Reading website on .2014. , Constable A true copy Attest: Laura Gemme, Town Clerk �3 TOWN WARRANT Oda OFR£gOi a b C �OJS�9' MCOpP�PP�v COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. To any 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 Town elections and Town affairs, to meet at the Reading Memorial High School Performing Arts Center, 62 Oakland Road, in said Reading, on Monday, September 29, 2014, at seven - thirty o'clock in the evening, at which time and place the following articles 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 Assessors, 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 Official, Board or Special Committee. 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 vote to appropriate by borrowing or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, for the purpose of funding Town Officers 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 FY2015 - FY24 Capital Improvements 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 authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell, exchange, or dispose of various items of Town tangible property, upon such terms and conditions as they may determine; or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen 1'� ARTICLE 5 To see if the Town will vote to amend the votes taken under Article 9 of the November 8, 2010 Subsequent Town Meeting and Article 16 of the April 25, 2011 Annual Town Meeting to reduce the amounts authorized thereby for Green School Repairs by $326,722 and $110,607 respectively; or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 6 To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $69,172.79, to be added to the amounts appropriated under Article 8 of the November 12, 2013 Subsequent Town Meeting and Article 10 of the April 28, 2014 Annual Town Meeting for the purpose of making roadway, pedestrian and similar improvements to West Street, beginning from the Woburn City Line and extending in the northerly direction to just north of its intersection with Willow Street, including paying the costs of easements, consulting services, audits, plans, documents, cost estimates, bidding services and all related expenses incidental thereto and necessary in connection therewith, from the following available funds: ♦ 65.71 to be transferred from the unexpended proceeds of the Town's bonds, dated January 1, 2005, which were issued for the construction of the Barrows pursuant to the vote taken under Article 5 of the December 10, 1998 Special Town Meeting; ♦ $47,193.63 to be transferred from the unexpended proceeds of the Town's bonds, dated March 22, 2012, which were issued for Green School Repairs pursuant to the vote taken under Article 16 of the April 25, 2011 Annual Town Meeting; and ♦ $21,913.45 to be transferred from the unexpended proceeds of the Town's bonds, dated February 1, 2009 which were issued for the purpose of Technology Improvements pursuant to the vote taken under Article 19 of the April 23, 2007 Annual town Meeting; and to authorize the Town Manager to take any action necessary or appropriate to carry out this project; provided, however, that this vote shall not take effect until the Town Manager determines, in his sole discretion, that sufficient funds have been authorized to complete the project in a satisfactory manner; or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 7 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow, transfer from available funds, or otherwise provide a sum or sums of money for the purpose of making water main improvements, including paying the costs of easements, consulting services, audits, plans, documents, cost estimates, bidding services and all related expenses incidental thereto and necessary in connection therewith, said sum to be expended by and under the direction of the Town Manager; and to see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen, Town Manager, or any other agency of the Town, to apply for a grant or grants, to be used to defray the cost of all, or any part of, said water main improvements; and to authorize the Town Manager to enter into any and all contracts and agreements as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Article, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 8 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town's Operating Budget for the Fiscal Year commencing July 1, 2014, as adopted under Article 14 of the Annual Town Meeting of April 28, 2014; and to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow, transfer from available funds, or otherwise provide a sum or sums of money to be added to the amounts appropriated under said Article for the operation of the Town and its government, or take any other action with respect thereto. Finance Committee �5 ARTICLE 9: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw by deleting Section 1 thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following: 1.0 AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE 1.1 This Bylaw shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning Bylaw of the Town of Reading, Massachusetts" 1.2 The Zoning Bylaw is adopted pursuant to Chapter 40A and Chapter 40R of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1.3 The purposes of the Zoning Bylaw include: a) To promote the public health, safety, welfare, and convenience of residents and property owners within the Town of Reading; b) To secure safety from fire, flood, panic, congestion and other dangers; c) To conserve the value of land and buildings, including the conservation of natural resources and the prevention of blight and pollution of the environment; d) To encourage compatible development and appropriate use of the land and resources throughout the Town of Reading, including consideration of comprehensive plans adopted by the Town of Reading; e) To encourage an orderly expansion of the tax base by utilization, development, and redevelopment of land; f) To encourage increased housing production, including housing for persons of varying income levels and individual needs; g) To facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, water supply, drainage, sewerage, schools, parks, open space and other public infrastructure; h) To preserve natural conditions and historic sites and to enhance beauty and amenities; i) To establish a fair and reasonable set of standards for evaluating each development proposal impartially; j) To provide adequate light and air; and k) To encourage smart growth in the Town of Reading. Or take any other action with respect thereto. Community Planning & Development Commission ARTICLE 10: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw by deleting Section 3 thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following: 3.0 ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS 3.1 Districts The Town is hereby divided into the following zoning districts as shown on the Reading Zoning Map: Type Full Name Short Name ISO Residence Single Family 15 District S -15 Residence Single Family 20 District S -20 Residence Single Family 40 District S -40 Residence Apartment 40 District A -40 Residence Apartment 80 District A -80 Business Business A District Bus A Business Business B District Bus B Business Business C District Bus C Industrial Industrial Ind Overlay Flood Plain District F Overlay Municipal Building Reuse District MR Overlay National Flood Insurance NF Flood Management District Overlay Aquifer Protection District AQ Overlay Planned Unit Development PUD Overlay Planned Residential Development PRD Overlay Gateway Smart Growth District GSGD Overlay Downtown Smart Growth District DSGD 3.2 Zoning Map Districts are shown, defined and bounded on a map, dated April 8, 2013 and entitled 'Reading Zoning Map," as amended, consisting of an index map and 61 detailed maps, prepared, signed and approved by the Community Planning and Development Commission (CPDC), which constitutes a part of the Zoning Bylaw. Appended to the Reading Zoning Map and incorporated therein are: • The "Flood Insurance Rate Map, Massachusetts Middlesex County, Massachusetts" consisting of 7 panels, dated June 4, 2010, which are appended to the Reading Zoning Map as Exhibit 1; and • The map entitled "Aquifer Protection Overlay District Map, Town of Reading" dated September, 1985 consisting of 1 panel which is appended to the Reading Zoning Map as Exhibit 2. The Reading Zoning Map shall be kept on file and current by the Town Engineer, who shall supply copies to the Town Clerk, the Town Planner, the Building Inspector, the Board of Appeals and the CPDC. 3.3 Boundaries of Districts Boundaries of zoning districts shall be interpreted as follows: 3.3.1 Any boundary indicated on the Reading Zoning Map as being within a street or railroad right of way shall be interpreted to be along the center line of such street or right of way. 1� 3.3.2 Any boundary indicated on the Reading Zoning Map as being approximately parallel to a street or railroad right of way, with a single dimension noted, shall be interpreted to be parallel to, and located the noted distance from, the center line of such street or right of way. 3.3.3 Any boundary indicated on the Reading Zoning Map as being approximately parallel to the bank of a river, stream, lake, pond or other surface water body or watercourse, together with a single noted dimension, shall be interpreted to be parallel to, and located the noted distance from: • The elevation, at the bank of a lake, pond or similar surface water body, where vegetation changes from predominately terrestrial to aquatic; or • The elevation, along the bank of a river, stream or similar watercourse, where the annual high water has left a definite mark in the channel. 3.3.4 Any boundary indicated on the Reading Zoning Map together with two or more dimensions shall be interpreted to be located so as to be consistent with such dimensions. 3.3.5 Any boundary indicated on the Reading Zoning Map as approximately following property lines in existence at the time of the establishment of such boundary shall be interpreted to be along such property lines. 3.3.6 Any boundary of an Overlay District that is indicated on the Reading Zoning Map as a contour shall be interpreted to be along the noted contour, based on mean sea level lines. 3.3.7 Any boundary of an Overlay District that it indicated on the Reading Zoning Map as terminating at the end of drainage structures or other features, or extensions thereof, shall be interpreted to terminate at such location. 3.3.8 All other boundaries shall be as indicated on the Reading Zoning Map. 3.4 Lots in Two Districts 3.4.1 Where a district boundary line divides any lot existing at the time of the line's adoption, any provision of the Zoning Bylaw applicable to a district in which the lot has frontage on a street may be extended so as to be applicable to the portion of the lot that is not more than thirty (30) feet from the district boundary line; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to any lot used for multi - family housing. Or take any other action with respect thereto. Community Planning & Development Commission ARTICLE 11: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw by deleting Section 4.5 thereof in its entirety, or to take any other action with respect thereto. Community Planning and Development Committee ARTICLE 12: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw by deleting Section 4.6 thereof in its entirety, or to take any other action with respect thereto. Community Planning and Development Committee ARTICLE 13: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw by deleting Section 4.13 thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following: 4.13 Special Requirements for Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensaries 4.13.1 Purpose This section is intended to promote the purposes of the Zoning Bylaw, as set forth in Section 1.3, by: a) Providing for the establishment of Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in appropriate places and under strict conditions, in accordance with the passage of Initiative Petition 11 -11 (Question #3 on the November, 2012 state ballot); b) Minimizing the impacts of Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensaries on adjacent properties, residential neighborhoods, schools and other places where children congregate, local historic districts, and other land uses potentially incompatible with said Dispensaries; and c) Regulating the siting, design, placement, security, safety, monitoring, modification, and removal of Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensaries. 4.13.2 Applicability 4.13.2.1 The commercial cultivation, production, processing, assembly, packaging, retail or wholesale sale, trade, distribution or dispensing of Marijuana is prohibited unless permitted as a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary under this Section. 4.13.2.2 No Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary shall be established except in compliance with the provisions of this Section. 4.13.2.3 Nothing in this Bylaw shall be construed to supersede state laws governing the sale and distribution of narcotic drugs. 4.13.2.4 If any provision of this Section or its application to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall be construed as narrowly as possible, and the balance of the Section shall be deemed to be amended to the minimum extent necessary to allow it to be given effect or to be applied to persons or circumstances other than those to which it was held invalid, so as substantially to provide residents and property owners of the Town of Reading the benefits of such provision and to promote the purposes of the Zoning Bylaw as set forth in Section 1.3. 4.13.3 Definitions Debilitating Medical Condition — Cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Crohn's disease, Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis (MS), when such diseases are debilitating, and other debilitating conditions as determined in writing by a qualifying patient's certifying physician. Marijuana — All parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; and resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, 1q derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin. Marijuana for Medical Use — Marijuana that is designated and restricted for use by, and for the benefit of, Qualifying Patients in the treatment of Debilitating Medical Conditions. Qualifying Patient — A Massachusetts resident 18 years of age or older who has been diagnosed by a Massachusetts licensed certifying physician as having a debilitating medical condition, or a Massachusetts resident under 18 years of age who has been diagnosed by two Massachusetts licensed certifying physicians, at least one of whom is a board - certified pediatrician or board - certified pediatric subspecialist, as having a debilitating medical condition that is also a life- limiting illness, subject to 105 CMR 725.010(J). Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary — A not - for - profit entity registered under 105 CMR 725.100 that acquires, cultivates, possesses, processes (including development of related products such as edible marijuana- infused products, tinctures, aerosols, oils, or ointments), transfers, transports, sells, distributes, dispenses, or administers marijuana, products containing marijuana, related supplies, or educational materials to registered qualifying patients or their personal caregivers. Unless otherwise specified, the term refers to the sites of dispensing, cultivation and preparation of marijuana. 4.13.4 Eligible Locations for Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensaries. 4.13.4.1 Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensaries may be allowed by Special Permit from the Reading Community Planning and Development Commission in the Industrial Zoning District (Ind) in accordance with the requirements of this Section. 4.13.5 General Requirements and Conditions for all Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensaries. 4.13.5.1 A Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary shall be in compliance with all applicable provisions of the regulations of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for the Implementation of an Act for the Humanitarian Medical Use of Marijuana, set forth in 105 CMR 725.000. 4.13.5.2 All Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensaries shall be contained entirely within a Building. 4.13.5.3 A Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary shall have a Gross Floor Area of at least 2,500 square feet, but not more than 10,000 square feet. 4.13.5.4 The hours of operation of Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensaries shall be set by the CPDC, but in no event shall such Dispensaries be open and /or operating between the hours of 9:00 PM and 8:00 AM. 4.13.5.5 No smoking, burning or consumption of any product containing marijuana or marijuana - related products shall be permitted on the premises of a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary. 4.13.5.6 No Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary shall be located inside a Building containing Residential Dwelling Units, including transient housing such as motels and dormitories, or inside a movable or mobile Structure such as a van or truck. 4.13.6 Special Permit Requirements 4.13.6.1 A Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary shall be allowed by Special Permit from the CPDC in accordance with G.L. c.40A, §9, and the requirements set forth in this Section. 4.13.6.2 A Special Permit for a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary shall be limited to one or more of the following uses as may be authorized by the CPDC: a) Cultivation of Marijuana for Medical Use (horticulture) except where Chapter 40A Section 3 applies, in which case a Special Permit shall not be required; b) Processing and packaging of Marijuana for Medical Use, including marijuana that is in the form of smoking materials, food products, oils, aerosols, ointments, and other products; and c) Retail sale or distribution of Marijuana for Medical Use to Qualifying Patients. 4.13.6.3 Special Permit applications for a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary shall demonstrate compliance with and include the information required by the regulations set forth at 105 CMR 725.000. 4.13.6.4 Mandatory Findings. The CPDC may issue a Special Permit for a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary only if it finds that: a) The Dispensary is designed to minimize any adverse visual or economic impacts on abutters and other parties in interest, as defined in G.L. c.40A, §11; b) The Dispensary is fully permitted by all applicable agencies of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is in compliance with the regulations set forth at 105 CMR 725.000; and c) The Applicant has demonstrated compliance with Sections 4.13.5 and 4.13.6. 4.13.6.5 Annual Reporting. Each holder of a Special Permit for a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary permitted under the Zoning Bylaw shall, as a condition of its Special Permit, file an annual report to and appear before the CPDC and the Town Clerk no later than January 31 of each year, providing a copy of all current applicable state licenses for the Dispensary and /or its owners and demonstrate continued compliance with the conditions of the Special Permit. 4.13.6.6 A Special Permit granted under this Section shall have a term limited to the duration of the Applicant's ownership of the premises as a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary. A special permit may be transferred only with the approval of the CPDC in the form of an amendment to the Special Permit with all information required in this Section. 4.13.7 Abandonment or Discontinuance of Use 4.13.7.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of the Zoning Bylaw generally applicable to Special Permits, a Special Permit for a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary shall lapse if not exercised within one year of its issuance. a� 4.13.7.2 The owner of a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary shall be required to remove all material, plants equipment and other paraphernalia: a) prior to surrendering its state issued licenses or permits; or b) within six months of ceasing operations; whichever comes first. Or take any other action with respect thereto. Community Planning & Development Commission ARTICLE 14 To see if the Town will vote to authorize and request the Finance Committee, pursuant to section 3.3.2.3 of the General Bylaws, to investigate at once the books, accounts, records and management of the Reading Municipal Light Department; to employ such expert and other assistance as it may deem advisable for that purpose; to make a report on its investigation setting forth its findings and recommendations, and to transmit such report to the Town Meeting prior to November 10, 2014; Or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 15 To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 3.3.2 (Finance Committee) of the Town of Reading Bylaws as follows: (note – cross - through represents language to be eliminated and bold represents new language): 3.3.2 Finance Committee 3.3.2.3 Investigation The Finance Committee, or its duly authorized agents, at any time may, and promptly upon the petition of one hundred (100) inhabitants of the Town or a vote of Town Meeting, to shall investigate at ense the books, accounts, records and or management of any Town Board, Committee, Commission or Department. e#isial —body, The Finance Committee may call upon the assistance of any Town official, or employee and may to employ such expert aPA or other assistance as it may deem advisable for that purpose. mad The books, records and accounts of any Town Board, Committee, Commission or Department departmeRt and effiGe of the TGWR shall be open to the inspection of the Finance Committee, its agents, assistants or employees upon request and any peFsen employed by it f9F that pwpese. The Committee shall have no power to incur any expenses payable by the Town without authority for such expenses having first been obtained from the Finance Committee Appointment Committee Mederato , and such expenses shall be paid from the Finance Committee Reserve Fund. The Finance Committee shall make a report on every such investigation, setting forth its findings and recommendations, and shall transmit each such reportw to Town Meeting and to the Board of Selectmen. or to take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen 0 and you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least one (1) public place in each precinct of the Town not less than fourteen (14) days prior to September 29, 2014, or providing in a manner such as electronic submission, holding for pickup or mailing, an attested copy of said Warrant to each Town Meeting Member. Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time appointed for said meeting. Given under our hands this -th day of 2014. John Arena, Chairman Marsie K. West, Vice Chairman Daniel Ensminger, Secretary John Halsey Kevin Sexton SELECTMEN OF READING , Constable a 2014 Special Town Meeting Monday September 29, 2014 WARRANT OUTLINE REVISED 08/30/2014 I Art. Mover/ Moderator # Article Description Sponsor Comment Notes 1 lReports 113oard of Selectmen 2 I Instructions 1 Board of Selectmen 3 Amend the Capital Board of Selectmen Improvement Program FY 2015 - FY 2024 4 Dispose of Surplus Tangible Board of Selectmen Properties ♦ Update on Permanent Building Committee — Stephen Crook, Bylaw Committee Chair ♦ Update on Charter Review Committee — Chair Alan Foulds ♦ Zoning Advisory Committee — Chair Marsie West ♦ Motion to Table — John Arena ♦ Motion to Table — Dan ♦ Motion — John Halsey ♦ Presentation —Bob LeLacheur ♦ FINCOM report — ♦ Motion — Kevin Sexton ♦ Presentation — Bob LeLacheur ♦ FINCOM report — 5 Rescind Debt Authorization Board of Selectmen ♦ Motion — Marsie West ♦ Presentation — Bob LeLacheur ♦ FINCOM report — 6 Transferring previous Debt Board of Selectmen ♦ Motion — John Arena Authorization in the amount ♦ Presentation — Bob LeLacheur of $94,685 to the West Street • FINCOM report — nroiect 7 (Debt authorization for $2.5 Board of Selectmen million Water Main 8 Amend the FY 2015 Budget FINCOM 8/30/2014 1 ♦ Motion — Dan Ensminger ♦ Presentation — Bob LeLacheur ♦ FINCOM report — ♦ Motion — Mark Dockser ♦ Presentation — Bob LeLacheur ♦ FINCOM report — Mark Dockser as 2014 Special Town Meeting Monday September 29, 2014 WARRANT OUTLINE REVISED 08/30/2014 9 Zoning Bylaws — Section 1 CPDC ♦ Motion - ♦ Presentation — ♦ Bylaw Committee report 10 Zoning Bylaws — Section 3 CPDC ♦ Motion - ♦ Presentation — ♦ Bylaw Committee report 11 Zoning Bylaws — delete CPDC ♦ Motion - Section 4.5 (Wetlands ♦ Presentation — Protection District) ♦ Bylaw Committee report 12 Zoning Bylaws — delete CPDC ♦ Motion - Section 4.6 (Mixed Use ♦ Presentation — Overlay District) ♦ Bylaw Committee report 13 Zoning Bylaw Changes — CPDC ♦ Motion - Medical Marijuana ♦ Presentation — ♦ Bylaw Committee report - 14 Bylaw Instruction to the Board of Selectmen ♦ Motion — Marsie West Finance Committee ♦ Presentation — ♦ B law Committ ee re ort - 14 Bylaw Changes — Finance Board of Selectmen ♦ Motion — Marsie West Committee ♦ Presentation — ♦ Bylaw Committee report - 8/30/2014 2 a COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Officer's Return, Reading: By virtue of this Warrant, I, on , 2014 notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in Town elections and Town affairs, to meet at the place and at the time specified by posting attested copies of this Town Meeting Warrant in the following public places within the Town of Reading: Precinct 1 J. Warren Killam School, 333 Charles Street Precinct 2 Reading Police Station, 15 Union Street Precinct 3 Reading Municipal Light Department, 230 Ash Street Precinct 4 Joshua Eaton School, 365 Summer Avenue Precinct 5 Reading Library, Local History Room, 64 Middlesex Avenue Precinct 6 Barrows School, 16 Edgemont Avenue Precinct 7 Birch Meadow School, 27 Arthur B Lord Drive Precinct 8 Wood End School, 85 Sunset Rock Lane Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street The date of posting being not less than fourteen (14) days prior to September 29, 2014, the date set for Town Meeting in this Warrant. I also caused a posting of this Warrant to be published on the Town of Reading website on .2014. , Constable A true copy Attest: Laura Gemme, Town Clerk 0;U TOWN WARRANT 0� OPRFgOi R � N � N �b O '6J9`1N[OBpOP' COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. To any 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 Town elections and Town affairs, to meet at the Reading Memorial High School Performing Arts Center, 62 Oakland Road, in said Reading, on Monday, September 29, 2014, at seven -thirty o'clock in the evening, at which time and place the following articles 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 Assessors, 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 Official, Board or Special Committee. Board of Selectmen Background: This article appears on the Warrant for all Town Meetings. At this Special Town Meeting, the following report(s) are anticipated: ➢ Update on Permanent Building Committee (Bylaw Committee Chair Stephen Crook) ➢ Update on Charter Review Committee (Chair Alan Foulds) ➢ Update from ad hoc Zoning Advisory Committee (Chair Marsie West) 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 vote to appropriate by borrowing or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, for the purpose of funding Town Officers and Special Committees to carry out the instructions given to them, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen Background: This Article appears on the Warrant of all Town Meetings. There are no known Instructional Motions at this time. The Town Moderator requires that all proposed Instructional Motions be submitted to the Town Clerk in advance so that Town Meeting Members may be "warned" as to the subject of an Instructional Motion in advance of the motion being made. Instructional Motions are normally held until the end of all other business at Town Meeting. a1 Finance Committee Report: No report. Bylaw Committee Report: No report. ARTICLE 3 To see if the Town will vote to amend the FY2015 - FY24 Capital Improvements 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 Background: This Article is included in every Town Meeting Warrant. The Reading General Bylaw states (section 6.1.3) "... No funds may be appropriated for any capital item unless such item is included in the Capital Improvements Program, and is scheduled for funding in the Fiscal Year in which the appropriation is to be made." Bond ratings agencies also want to ensure that changes to a long -term CIP are adequately described. The following changes are proposed to the 2015 -2024 CIP: General Fund FYI 5: +$946,000 in two parts $266,000 requested in September as follows: $150,000 DPW Snow Holder #c3 (replacing 2008 item) $ 75,000 School Technology (moved up from FY16) +$ 33,000 School Facilities - Joshua Eaton roof (phase 1) increase from $392,000 to $425,000 +$ 27,000 Town Technology - $15,000 for Audience Response Systems (hand held polling devices) and $12,000 Cemetery online system modules (moved up from FY16) +$ 6,000 Town Facilities - Police Station move $30,000 from flooring to $36,000 HVAC work $ 0 School Facilities - masonry repairs move $18,000 from Parker to RMHS ($ 25,000) Community Services - Elder /Human Services van reduced from $39,000 due to grant received $680,000 requested in November as follows: $400,000 School Facilities - Joshua Eaton roof Phase II (increased from $392,000 and moved up from FY16) $100,000 School Facilities - Parker MS multipurpose room repairs $ 80,000 DPW Fuel Management System $ 50,000 Town Facilities - Town Hall generator (moved up from FY16 and incr. from $20,000) $ 50,000 DPW Pickup Truck #2 (moved up from FY16) FY16: - $1,162,400 (- $549,000 advanced to FY15; $40,000 deleted; - $573,400 deferred) $220,000 DPW Truck #8 (moved up from FY18) $ 72,000 DPW Truck #24 (moved up from FY18) $ 37,000 Community Services /Recreation - Joshua Eaton backstop (moved up from FY17) $ 34,000 DPW Pickup #2 (moved up from FY20 and reduced by $11,000) $ 20,000 School Facilities - Birch Meadow HVAC (moved up from FY17 and increased by $4,000) +$ 8,000 School Facilities - Barrows & Killam HVAC increased to $15k each +$ 800 DPW Pickup (increased to $32,000) [a] $ 0 DPW Cold facility work moved out one year due to project scope /cost (as debt) ($ 12,000) Town Technology — Cemetery online system modules (moved up to FY15) ($ 17,500) DPW SKAG 52" Mower (moved out to FY18) ($ 20,000) Town Facilities: Town Hall generator (moved up to FY15) ($ 26,800) DPW Hwy Int Compr (moved out to FY18) ($ 32,400) DPW Bobcat Loader (moved out to FY19 and increased by $400) ($ 40,000) DPW Lebot Roller (moved out to FY18) ($ 40,000) DPW Mobark Chipper (deleted) ($ 41,500) Fire Passenger Car#1 (moved out to FY17) ($ 50,000) DPW Pickup #2 (moved up to FY15) ($ 72,000) DPW Truck #24 (moved out to FY18, reduced by $8,000 to $64,000) ($ 75,000) School Technology (moved up to FY15) ($115,000) DPW Truck #10 (moved out to FY18) ($120,000) DPW Woodsman Chipper (moved out to FY17) ($392,000) School Facilities — Joshua Eaton roof Phase II (moved up to FY15) ($500,000) RMHS turf field moved out two years as maintenance has improved status FY17+ Various changes made Water Enterprise Fund FY15: $120,000 $2.5 million Water Main Improvements (shown as future debt expenses) $120,000 Larch Lane water main project (moved up from FY16) Finance Committee Report: The Finance Committee recommends the proposed amendments to the FY 2015 -2024 Capital Improvements Program by a vote of x -0 -0 at their meeting on September 3, 2014. Placing items in the Capital Improvement Program is a prerequisite but in itself does not authorize spending funds towards these items. Bylaw Committee Report: No report. By Charter, both the Finance Committee and Bylaw Committee are advisory to Town Meeting and their votes must be reported to Town Meeting, preferably in writing in advance when possible. Other volunteer Boards✓Committees/Commissions (BCC) also vote on Warrant Articles, and when possible those votes are noted with an asterisk ( *) next to the name of the BCC. Please note that the Board of Selectmen often act as the sponsor for Articles at Town Meeting, but they may do so as a courtesy and not agree with it. *Board of Selectmen Report: The Board of Selectmen at their meeting on September 2, 2014 voted x -0 -0 to support this Article. ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell, exchange, or dispose of, various items of Town tangible property, upon such terms and conditions as they may determine; or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen PO-0 Background: The Department of Public Works purchased a new pavement spreader earlier this summer, as was funded in the FY15 capital plan. In retrospect, they should have previously requested that Town Meeting declare the old 1998 Leeboy Pavement Spreader as surplus and then traded it in with that purchase. Instead, they received a FINCOM Reserve fund transfer of $9,500 to complete the outright purchase for cash only. After Town Meeting declares this item as surplus, DPW believes it will recoup the $9,500 in an outright sale. Those funds will flow to cash reserves. Finance Committee Report: The Finance Committee recommends this Article by a vote of x- 0-0 at their meeting on September 3, 2014. Bylaw Committee Report: No report. *Board of Selectmen Report: The Board of Selectmen at their meeting on September 2, 2014 voted x -0 -0 to support this Article. ARTICLE 5 To see if the Town will vote to amend the votes taken under Article 9 of the November 8, 2010 Subsequent Town Meeting and Article 16 of the April 25, 2011 Annual Town Meeting to reduce the amounts authorized thereby for Green School Repairs by $326,722 and $110,607 respectively; or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen Background: Town Meeting authorized debt for the projects listed above, but the total amount authorized was not needed in full and therefore never borrowed. The figures above represent the difference between what was authorized and what was issued. Removing this surplus authorization is a simple housekeeping issue that is important for bond rating agencies. In contrast, the next Article represents debt that was authorized and borrowed, but not needed to complete various projects. Finance Committee Report: The Finance Committee recommends this Article by a vote of x- 0-0 at their meeting on September 3, 2014. Bylaw Committee Report: No report. *Board of Selectmen Report: The Board of Selectmen at their meeting on September 2, 2014 voted x -0 -0 to support this Article. ARTICLE 6 To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $69,172.79, to be added to the amounts appropriated under Article 8 of the November 12, 2013 Subsequent Town Meeting and Article 10 of the April 28, 2014 Annual Town Meeting for the purpose of making roadway, pedestrian and similar improvements to West Street, beginning from the Woburn City Line and extending northerly to just north of its intersection with Willow Street, including paying the costs of easements, consulting services, audits, plans, documents, cost estimates, bidding services and all related expenses incidental thereto and necessary in connection therewith from the following available funds: ♦ 65.71 to be transferred from the unexpended proceeds of the Town's bonds, dated January 1, 2005, which were issued for the construction of the Barrows School pursuant to the vote taken under Article 5 of the December 10, 1998 Special Town Meeting; ♦ $47,193.63 to be transferred from the unexpended proceeds of the Town's bonds, dated March 22, 2012, which were issued for Green School Repairs pursuant to the vote taken under Article 16 of the April 25, 2011 Annual Town Meeting; and ♦ $21,913.45 to be transferred from the unexpended proceeds of the Town's bonds, dated February 1, 2009, which were issued for the purpose of Technology Improvements pursuant to the vote taken under Article 19 of the April 23, 2007 Annual Town Meeting; and to authorize the Town Manager to take any action necessary or appropriate to carry out this project; provided, however that no this vote shall not take effect until the Town Manager determines, in his sole discretion, that sufficient funds have been authorized to complete the project in a satisfactory manner; or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen Background: These sums were borrowed for the listed projects and remain as surplus to the completed projects. Under Massachusetts General Laws these surplus funds may be transferred to other 'like' projects. The term 'like' in this instance refers to the legal maximum term that debt may be issued for the various purposes, or 15 years in this case. Typically Reading likes to issue debt that is shorter than allowed in order to save significant interest costs. The State has asked for bids for the West Street project but they are not yet due. This Article simply adds a bit of a cushion to the $1.3 million already authorized for this project by Town Meeting. Any future surplus or deficit in this project will come back to Town Meeting once they are identified for certain. Finance Committee Report: The Finance Committee recommends this Article by a vote of x- 0-0 at their meeting on September 3, 2014. Bylaw Committee Report: No report. "Board of Selectmen Report: The Board of Selectmen at their meeting on September 2, 2014 voted x -0 -0 to support this Article. ARTICLE 7 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow, transfer from available funds, or otherwise provide a sum or sums of money for the purpose of making water main improvements, including paying the costs of easements, consulting services, audits, plans, documents, cost estimates, bidding services and all related expenses incidental thereto and necessary in connection therewith, said sum to be expended by and under the direction of the Town Manager; and to see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen, Town Manager, or any other agency of the Town, to apply for a grant or grants, to be used to defray the cost of all, or any part of, said water main improvements; and to authorize the Town Manager to enter into any and all contracts and agreements as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Article, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen 3 Background: The Town has previously identified and shown Town Meeting a plan for a significant amount of capital improvements needed for our Water infrastructure, to be done over the next 25+ years. Below is a recap of this capital work that is planned: Phase 1 has two parts — the first has already been bid out, but the second will be bid this winter. Below are the actual and estimated costs for these two portions: Phase 1 Current Cost Debt Payments Phase 1 $ 7.512 mil FY15 -FY25 Phase 2 $ 5.0 mil FY23- Phase 3 $ 7.5 mil FY25- Phase 4 $15.0 mil TBA Phase 1 has two parts — the first has already been bid out, but the second will be bid this winter. Below are the actual and estimated costs for these two portions: Phase 1 Low Bid Estimate TOTAL Part #R1 $3,456,983 Part #R2 $4.0 million +/- $7,456,983 Town Meeting has previously approved the first $5.0 million of water main debt towards these long -term capital needs. This Article requests an additional authorization of $2.512 million. The total of $7.512 million is expected to cover the entire Phase 1 project. The financing explains why the apparently odd amount of $2.512 million of additional debt authorization is requested. The Town has borrowed $4.012 million from the MWRA at zero interest cost for ten year (the maximum amount allowed). Thus a debt authorization from Town Meeting of $7.512 million in total will allow us to borrow an exactly $3.5 million in the public markets this winter, when we also borrow for the Library and West Street projects. This large zero interest loan from the MWRA allows the second part of Phase 1 to be started sooner than previously planned, with debt payments due beginning in the FY16 budget. Finance Committee Report: The Finance Committee recommends this Article by a vote of x- 0-0 at their meeting on September 3, 2014. Bylaw Committee Report: No report. "Board of Selectmen Report: The Board of Selectmen at their meeting on September 2, 2014 voted x -0 -0 to support this Article. ARTICLE 8 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town's Operating Budget for the Fiscal Year commencing July 1, 2014, as adopted under Article 14 of the Annual Town Meeting of April 28, 2014; and to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer from available funds, or otherwise provide a sum or sums of money to be added to the amounts appropriated under said Article for the operation of the Town and its government, or take any other action with respect thereto. Finance Committee 0�� Background: General Fund — Wages and Expenses Account Line Description Decrease Increase B99 - Benefits ($25,000) Worker Compensation Insurance $25,000 Premiums C99 - Capital $150,000 DPW Snow Holder $266,000 $ 75,000 School Technology $ 33,000 School Fac: J. Eaton roof Phase1 $ 27,000 Town Technology: Audience $0 $0 Response and Cemetery systems $ 6,000 Town Fac: - Police HVAC project ($ 25,000) Elder /Human Services van D99 — Debt ($350,000) for the West Street roadway project $350,000 Service E99 — Vocational $80,000 for Essex North Shore Agricultural $80,000 Education F99 — FINCOM $9,500 spent on DPW capital purchase pre- $9,500 Reserves trade -in G92 — Admin. $100,000 legal expenses $115,000 Service expenses $ 15,000 Property Casualty Insurance Premiums K92 — DPW $18,000 Traffic Controls due to lightning strikes $25,000 expenses $ 7,000 Highway Supplies (emergency stone Subtotals $375,000 $495,500 Net O era tin Expenses $120,500 From Tax Levy, State Aid and Other Local $120,500 Receipts $ 75,500 State Aid $ 45,000 Excise taxes Enterprise Funds — Wages and Expenses Account Line Description Decrease Increase W99 - Water $120,000 Larch Lane water main project (moved up from FY16) - $120,000 Water main debt service (no interest loans plus borrow only $4.012 million versus $5 million for FY15 repayments) Subtotals $0 $0 From Operating Transfers and Available Funds (Water Reserves): 33 Finance Committee Report: The Finance Committee recommends this Article by a vote of x- 0-0 at their meeting on September 3, 2014. Bylaw Committee Report: No report. *Board of Selectmen Report: The Board of Selectmen at their meeting on September 2, 2014 voted x -0 -0 to support this Article. ARTICLE 9: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw by deleting Section 1 thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following: 1.0 AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE 1.1 This Bylaw shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning Bylaw of the Town of Reading, Massachusetts" 1.2 The Zoning Bylaw is adopted pursuant to Chapter 40A and Chapter 40R of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1.3 The purposes of the Zoning Bylaw include: a) To promote the public health, safety, welfare, and convenience of residents and property owners within the Town of Reading; b) To secure safety from fire, flood, panic, congestion and other dangers; c) To conserve the value of land and buildings, including the conservation of natural resources and the prevention of blight and pollution of the environment; d) To encourage compatible development and appropriate use of the land and resources throughout the Town of Reading, including consideration of comprehensive plans adopted by the Town of Reading; e) To encourage an orderly expansion of the tax base by utilization, development, and redevelopment of land; f) To encourage increased housing production, including housing for persons of varying income levels and individual needs; g) To facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, water supply, drainage, sewerage, schools, parks, open space and other public infrastructure; h) To preserve natural conditions and historic sites and to enhance beauty and amenities; i) To establish a fair and reasonable set of standards for evaluating each development proposal impartially; j) To provide adequate light and air; and k) To encourage smart growth in the Town of Reading. 3'� Or take any other action with respect thereto. Community Planning & Development Commission Background: Finance Committee Report: No report. Bylaw Committee Report: *CPDC Report: ARTICLE 10: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw by deleting Section 3 thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following: 3.0 ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS 3.1 Districts The Town is hereby divided into the following zoning districts as shown on the Reading Zoning Map: Type Full Name Short Name Residence Single Family 15 District S -15 Residence Single Family 20 District S -20 Residence Single Family 40 District S -40 Residence Apartment 40 District A -40 Residence Apartment 80 District A -80 Business Business A District Bus A Business Business B District Bus B Business Business C District Bus C Industrial Industrial Ind Overlay Flood Plain District F Overlay Municipal Building Reuse District MR Overlay National Flood Insurance NF Flood Management District Overlay Aquifer Protection District AQ 35 Overlay Overlay Overlay Overlay 3.2 Zoninsa Map Planned Unit Development Planned Residential Development Gateway Smart Growth District Downtown Smart Growth District PUD PRD GSGD DSGD Districts are shown, defined and bounded on a map, dated April 8, 2013 and entitled 'Reading Zoning Map," as amended, consisting of an index map and 61 detailed maps, prepared, signed and approved by the Community Planning and Development Commission (CPDC), which constitutes a part of the Zoning Bylaw. Appended to the Reading Zoning Map and incorporated therein are: • The "Flood Insurance Rate Map, Massachusetts Middlesex County, Massachusetts" consisting of 7 panels, dated June 4, 2010, which are appended to the Reading Zoning Map as Exhibit 1; and • The map entitled "Aquifer Protection Overlay District Map, Town of Reading" dated September, 1985 consisting of 1 panel which is appended to the Reading Zoning Map as Exhibit 2. The Reading Zoning Map shall be kept on file and current by the Town Engineer, who shall supply copies to the Town Clerk, the Town Planner, the Building Inspector, the Board of Appeals and the CPDC. 3.3 Boundaries of Districts Boundaries of zoning districts shall be interpreted as follows: 3.3.1 Any boundary indicated on the Reading Zoning Map as being within a street or railroad right of way shall be interpreted to be along the center line of such street or right of way. 3.3.2 Any boundary indicated on the Reading Zoning Map as being approximately parallel to a street or railroad right of way, with a single dimension noted, shall be interpreted to be parallel to, and located the noted distance from, the center line of such street or right of way. 3.3.3 Any boundary indicated on the Reading Zoning Map as being approximately parallel to the bank of a river, stream, lake, pond or other surface water body or watercourse, together with a single noted dimension, shall be interpreted to be parallel to, and located the noted distance from: • The elevation, at the bank of a lake, pond or similar surface water body, where vegetation changes from predominately terrestrial to aquatic; or • The elevation, along the bank of a river, stream or similar watercourse, where the annual high water has left a definite mark in the channel. 3.3.4 Any boundary indicated on the Reading Zoning Map together with two or more dimensions shall be interpreted to be located so as to be consistent with such dimensions. 3.3.5 Any boundary indicated on the Reading Zoning Map as approximately following property lines in existence at the time of the establishment of such boundary shall be interpreted to be along such property lines. 3.3.6 Any boundary of an Overlay District that is indicated on the Reading Zoning Map as a contour shall be interpreted to be along the noted contour, based on mean sea level lines. 3.3.7 Any boundary of an Overlay District that it indicated on the Reading Zoning Map as terminating at the end of drainage structures or other features, or extensions thereof, shall be interpreted to terminate at such location. 3.3.8 All other boundaries shall be as indicated on the Reading Zoning Map. 3.4 Lots in Two Districts 3.4.1 Where a district boundary line divides any lot existing at the time of the line's adoption, any provision of the Zoning Bylaw applicable to a district in which the lot has frontage on a street may be extended so as to be applicable to the portion of the lot that is not more than thirty (30) feet from the district boundary line; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to any lot used for multi - family housing. Or take any other action with respect thereto. Community Planning & Development Commission Background: Finance Committee Report: No report. Bylaw Committee Report: *CPDC Report: ARTICLE 11: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw by deleting Section 4.5 thereof in its entirety, or to take any other action with respect thereto. Community Planning and Development Committee 31 Background: Finance Committee Report: No report. Bylaw Committee Report: *CPDC Report: *Conservation Committee Report: ARTICLE 12: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw by deleting Section 4.6 thereof in its entirety, or to take any other action with respect thereto. Community Planning and Development Committee Background: Finance Committee Report: No report. Bylaw Committee Report: *CPDC Report: ARTICLE 13: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw by deleting Section 4.13 thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following: 4.13 Special Requirements for Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensaries 4.13.1 Purpose This section is intended to promote the purposes of the Zoning Bylaw, as set forth in Section 1.3, by: a) Providing for the establishment of Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in appropriate places and under strict conditions, in accordance with the passage of Initiative Petition 11 -11 (Question #3 on the November, 2012 state ballot); b) Minimizing the impacts of Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensaries on adjacent properties, residential neighborhoods, schools and other places where children b] congregate, local historic districts, and other land uses potentially incompatible with said Dispensaries; and c) Regulating the siting, design, placement, security, safety, monitoring, modification, and removal of Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensaries. 4.13.2 Applicability 4.13.2.1 The commercial cultivation, production, processing, assembly, packaging, retail or wholesale sale, trade, distribution or dispensing of Marijuana is prohibited unless permitted as a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary under this Section. 4.13.2.2 No Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary shall be established except in compliance with the provisions of this Section. 4.13.2.3 Nothing in this Bylaw shall be construed to supersede state laws governing the sale and distribution of narcotic drugs. 4.13.2.4 If any provision of this Section or its application to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall be construed as narrowly as possible, and the balance of the Section shall be deemed to be amended to the minimum extent necessary to allow it to be given effect or to be applied to persons or circumstances other than those to which it was held invalid, so as substantially to provide residents and property owners of the Town of Reading the benefits of such provision and to promote the purposes of the Zoning Bylaw as set forth in Section 1.3. 4.13.3 Definitions Debilitating Medical Condition — Cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Crohn's disease, Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis (MS), when such diseases are debilitating, and other debilitating conditions as determined in writing by a qualifying patient's certifying physician. Marijuana — All parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; and resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin. Marijuana for Medical Use — Marijuana that is designated and restricted for use by, and for the benefit of, Qualifying Patients in the treatment of Debilitating Medical Conditions. Qualifying Patient — A Massachusetts resident 18 years of age or older who has been diagnosed by a Massachusetts licensed certifying physician as having a debilitating medical condition, or a Massachusetts resident under 18 years of age who has been diagnosed by two Massachusetts licensed certifying physicians, at least one of whom is a board - certified pediatrician or board - certified pediatric subspecialist, as having a debilitating medical condition that is also a life- limiting illness, subject to 105 CMR 725.010(J). Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary — A not - for - profit entity registered under 105 CMR 725.100 that acquires, cultivates, possesses, processes (including development of related products such as edible marijuana- infused products, tinctures, aerosols, oils, or ointments), transfers, transports, sells, distributes, dispenses, or administers marijuana, products containing marijuana, related supplies, or educational materials to registered qualifying patients or their 3q personal caregivers. Unless otherwise specified, the term refers to the sites of dispensing, cultivation and preparation of marijuana. 4.13.4 Eligible Locations for Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensaries. 4.13.4.1 Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensaries may be allowed by Special Permit from the Reading Community Planning and Development Commission in the Industrial Zoning District (Ind) in accordance with the requirements of this Section. 4.13.5 General Requirements and Conditions for all Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensaries. 4.13.5.1 A Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary shall be in compliance with all applicable provisions of the regulations of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for the Implementation of an Act for the Humanitarian Medical Use of Marijuana, set forth in 105 CMR 725.000. 4.13.5.2 All Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensaries shall be contained entirely within a Building. 4.13.5.3 A Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary shall have a Gross Floor Area of at least 2,500 square feet, but not more than 10,000 square feet. 4.13.5.4 The hours of operation of Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensaries shall be set by the CPDC, but in no event shall such Dispensaries be open and /or operating between the hours of 9:00 PM and 8:00 AM. 4.13.5.5 No smoking, burning or consumption of any product containing marijuana or marijuana - related products shall be permitted on the premises of a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary. 4.13.5.6 No Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary shall be located inside a Building containing Residential Dwelling Units, including transient housing such as motels and dormitories, or inside a movable or mobile Structure such as a van or truck. 4.13.6 Special Permit Requirements 4.13.6.1 A Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary shall be allowed by Special Permit from the CPDC in accordance with G.L. c.40A, §9, and the requirements set forth in this Section. 4.13.6.2 A Special Permit for a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary shall be limited to one or more of the following uses as may be authorized by the CPDC: a) Cultivation of Marijuana for Medical Use (horticulture) except where Chapter 40A Section 3 applies, in which case a Special Permit shall not be required; b) Processing and packaging of Marijuana for Medical Use, including marijuana that is in the form of smoking materials, food products, oils, aerosols, ointments, and other products; and 0 c) Retail sale or distribution of Marijuana for Medical Use to Qualifying Patients. 4.13.6.3 Special Permit applications for a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary shall demonstrate compliance with and include the information required by the regulations set forth at 105 CMR 725.000. 4.13.6.4 Mandatory Findings. The CPDC may issue a Special Permit for a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary only if it finds that: a) The Dispensary is designed to minimize any adverse visual or economic impacts on abutters and other parties in interest, as defined in G.L. c.40A, §11; b) The Dispensary is fully permitted by all applicable agencies of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is in compliance with the regulations set forth at 105 CMR 725.000; and c) The Applicant has demonstrated compliance with Sections 4.13.5 and 4.13.6. 4.13.6.5 Annual Reporting. Each holder of a Special Permit for a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary permitted under the Zoning Bylaw shall, as a condition of its Special Permit, file an annual report to and appear before the CPDC and the Town Clerk no later than January 31 of each year, providing a copy of all current applicable state licenses for the Dispensary and /or its owners and demonstrate continued compliance with the conditions of the Special Permit. 4.13.6.6 A Special Permit granted under this Section shall have a term limited to the duration of the Applicant's ownership of the premises as a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary. A special permit may be transferred only with the approval of the CPDC in the form of an amendment to the Special Permit with all information required in this Section. 4.13.7 Abandonment or Discontinuance of Use 4.13.7.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of the Zoning Bylaw generally applicable to Special Permits, a Special Permit for a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary shall lapse if not exercised within one year of its issuance. 4.13.7.2 The owner of a Registered Medical Marijuana Dispensary shall be required to remove all material, plants equipment and other paraphernalia: a) prior to surrendering its state issued licenses or permits; or b) within six months of ceasing operations; whichever comes first. Or take any other action with respect thereto. Community Planning & Development Commission Background: Finance Committee Report: No report. Bylaw Committee Report: *CPDC Report: F FA A- 011 ED! *Board of Health Report: *Reading Coalition Against Substance Abuse Report: ARTICLE 14 To see if the Town will vote to authorize and request the Finance Committee, pursuant to section 3.3.2.3 of the General Bylaws, to investigate at once the books, accounts, records and management of the Reading Municipal Light Department; to employ such expert and other assistance as it may deem advisable for that purpose; to make a report on its investigation setting forth its findings and recommendations, and to transmit such report to the Town Meeting prior to November 10, 2014; Or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen Background: Finance Committee Report: No report. Bylaw Committee Report: *CPDC Report: ARTICLE 15 To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 3.3.2 (Finance Committee) of the Town of Reading Bylaws as follows: (note — cross - through represents language to be eliminated and bold represents new language): 3.3.2 Finance Committee 3.3.2.3 Investigation The Finance Committee, or its duly authorized agents, shall have authGFity at any time may, and promptly upon the petition of one hundred (100) inhabitants of the Town or a vote of Town Meeting, to shall investigate at9Roe the books, accounts, records and or management of any Town Board, Committee, Commission or Department. eftisial body, The Finance Committee may call upon the assistance of any Town official, or employee and may to employ such expert aad or other assistance as it may deem advisable for that purpose. mad The books, records and accounts of any Town Board, Committee, Commission or Department depaFtmeRt and effiGe of the TGWR shall be open to the inspection of the Finance Committee, its agents, assistants or employees upon request itfer that purpose. The Committee shall have no power to incur any expenses payable by the Town without authority for such expenses having first been obtained from the Finance Committee Appointment Committee Moderate f, and such expenses shall be paid from the Finance Committee Reserve Fund. C�_ The Finance Committee shall make a report on every such investigation, setting forth its findings and recommendations, and shall transmit each such report(-&) to Town Meeting and to the Board of Selectmen. or to take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen Background: Finance Committee Report: Bylaw Committee Report: J and you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least one (1) public place in each precinct of the Town not less than fourteen (14) days prior to September 29, 2014, or providing in a manner such as electronic submission, holding for pickup or mailing, an attested copy of said Warrant to each Town Meeting Member. Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time appointed for said meeting. Given under our hands this _th day of , 2014. John Arena, Chairman Marsie K. West, Vice Chairman Daniel Ensminger, Secretary John Halsey Kevin Sexton SELECTMEN OF READING , Constable 2014 Subsequent Town Meeting Tuesday November 10, 2014 WARRANT OUTLINE REVISED 09/02/2014 C Art. Mover/ Moderator # Article Description Sponsor Comment Notes 1 I Reports Board of Selectmen ♦ RMLD — Chair David Talbot ♦ Schools — Superintendent Dr. John Doherty ♦ ad hoc Charter Review Committee — Chair Alan Foulds ♦ Motion to Table — John Arena 2 Instructions Board of Selectmen ♦ Motion to Table — Marsie West 3 Amend the Capital Board of Selectmen ♦ Motion — Dan Ensminger Improvement Program FY ♦ Presentation —Bob LeLacheur 2015 - FY 2024 ♦ FINCOM report — Paula Perry 4 Approve Payment of Prior Board of Selectmen Year's Bills 5 1Amend the FY 2015 Budget IFINCOM 6 (General Bylaw Changes -Board of Selectmen Animal Control Bylaw 7 1 Set up permanent building Bylaw Committee committee /Board of Selectmen 8 Roadway Easement — Stop & Board of Selectmen Shop Bus Shelter 9 Zoning Bylaw Changes — CPDC Planned Residential Development (PRD) for 149 Van Norden Road 9/2/2019 1 ♦ Motion Indefinitely Postpone — Postpone? Kevin Sexton ♦ Motion — Mark Dockser ♦ Presentation — Bob LeLacheur ♦ FINCOM report — Dockser ♦ Motion — John Halsey ♦ Presentation — Police Chief James Cormier ♦ Bylaw Committee report — ♦ Motion - ♦ Presentation — ♦ Bylaw Committee report - ♦ Motion - ♦ Presentation — ♦ CPDC Committee report - ♦ Motion - ♦ Presentation — ♦ Bylaw Committee report - �{5 2014 Subsequent Town Meeting Tuesday November 10, 2014 WARRANT OUTLINE REVISED 09/02/2014 9/2/2014 /rtW Schena, Paula From: LeLacheur, Bob Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 6:10 PM To: Schena, Paula Subject: FW: Ricky's Liquors Violation Hearing BOS packet - - - -- Original Message---- - From: Stephen L. Crook Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 4:53 PM To: Reading - Selectmen Subject: Ricky's Liquors Violation Hearing Madam and Sirs: I am writing to express my extreme displeasure that a second Liquor Violation Hearing is necessary for Ricky's Liquors. I am appalled to see that only 31 days from the original offense (sale of liquor to a minor) that this establishment has reoffended. Further, that this infraction occurred a mere 5 days after a strongly and clearly worded chastisement at a Board of Selectman's hearing makes it even worse, if that is possible. This behavior is utterly unacceptable. It shows a callous disregard for the law, a complete lack of concern for our youth, and is an insult to the Board of Selectman, the Police Department, the Town of Reading as a whole, and to its neighboring communities. Given the egregious nature of this second (and arguably also a third violation, committed a couple minutes later, when the underage customer returned to the store to make yet another purchase), the Board of Selectmen needs immediately and permanently revoke Ricky's Liquors license to sell Liquors. Sincerely, Stephen L. Crook 137 Pleasant Street Reading, MA 01867 Sent from my Whone