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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Zoning Advisory Committee
Date: 2014 -09 -17 Time: 7:30 PM
Building:
Reading Town Hall
Address:
16 Lowell Street
Purpose:
General Business
Attendees:
Members - Present:
David Tuttle
Jeff Hansen
Marcie West
George Katsoufis
David Traniello
Eric Bergstrom
Erin Calvo -Bacci
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
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Location: Conference Room
Session:
Jean Delios - Assistant Town Manager, Community Services
Jessie Wilson - Community Development Administrator
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Jessie Wilson, Community Development
Administrator
Topics of Discussion:
There being a quorum Ms. West called the meeting to order at 7:35 PM.
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Ms. Delios said that Staff agreed to take the Articles out of order because It makes sense to
have the Articles that include the Zoning Sections to be deleted first then to take up Section
3, Establishment of Districts. Ms. West asked about discussion with the Moderator as it
relates to Medical Marijuana. She emphasized that it is important to have the Moderator
maintain the discussion related to zoning, not necessarily on the merits of using medical
marijuana. Ms. Delios agreed to follow up with him on that.
The ZAC reviewed the draft letter that will go out to Town Meeting Members after
everything is finalized. Ms. Delios summarized the letter. The ZAC made some minor
changes to the draft letter.
The ZAC reviewed the chart of changes and agreed to send comments individually to Staff if
there are any questions.
Mr. Katsoufis asked when the ZAC will discuss the priority of the Tabled Items. He
suggested the ZAC make a recommendation to CPDC on which topics to tackle first. It was
agreed to include that as an agenda item to the October 15, 2014 ZAC meeting.
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The ZAC began review of the draft presentation for Town Meeting. Ms. West asked about
the presentation for the update under the ZAC Report for September Town Meeting. There
was some discussion about the presentations. Ms. West recommended that she and Ms.
Delios work on the presentation for the Report offline. As for the presentation for the
Warrant Articles, Ms. Delios said she would present only a few slides per Article. The ZAC
continued their review of the presentations for the Warrant Articles.
Mr. Katsoufis made a suggestion that Staff have cheat sheets or flash cards with details on
the exact changes for each article in case there are questions asking for the specific
changes. Ms. Delios agreed.
Lanauaae for Site Plan Revie
Mr. Katsoufis expressed concern with allowing the Town Planner to approve Minor Site Plan
administratively. Ms. Tuttle replied that was changed at the CPDC. He added that
regulations would be developed to further outline the requirements and authority the Town
Planner. It was clarified that the rules and regulations still need to be established and that
will be a priority for the CPDC in advance of the zoning update passing Town Meeting. Mr.
Katsoufis made the point that the language needs to written to survive long term, as well as
future Planners of the Town. Mr. Tuttle agreed, and reiterated that the particular regulations
for this update have not yet been established.
It was agreed to make a few minor changes to the rest of the proposed Section
Approval of Minutes
The ZAC reviewed the minutes from September 8, 2014 and suggested minor edits.
Mr. Hansen moved the ZAC to approve the minutes from the September 8, 2014
meeting as amended. Mr. Tuttle seconded and motion carried 6 -0 -1.
The ZAC reviewed the minutes from September 11, 2014 and suggested minor edits.
Mr. Hansen moved the ZAC to approve the minutes from the September 11, 2014
meeting as amended. Mr. Traniello seconded and motion carried 7 -0 -0.
Adjournment
Mr. Hansen moved to adjourn at 9:40PM. Ms. Calvo -Bacci seconded and the motion
carried 7 -0 -0.
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