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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Board of Selectmen
Date: 2015 -03 -24 Time: 7:00 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: General Business
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Location: Selectmen Meeting Room
Meeting Called By: Paula Schena on behalf of Chairman John Arena
Notices and agendas are to be posted 48 hours in advance of the meetings excluding
Saturdays, Sundays and Legal Holidays. Please keep in mind the Town Clerk's hours of
operation and make necessary arrangements to be sure your posting is made in an
adequate amount of time. A listing of topics that the chair reasonably anticipates will be
discussed at the meeting must be on the agenda.
All Meeting Postings must be submitted in typed format; handwritten notices will not be accepted.
Topics of Discussion:
OFFICE % HOUR — John Arena 6:30
1)
Reports and Comments
a. Selectmen's Liaison Reports and Comments
b. Public Comment
C. Town Manager's /Assistant Town Manager's Report
2)
Open Session for topics not reasonably anticipated 48
hours in advance of the meeting
3)
Proclamations /Certificates of Appreciation
4)
Personnel & Appointments
7:15
a. Mystic Valley Elder Services
b. Council on Aging
C. Economic Development Committee
d. Community Planning and Development Commission
e. Town Forest Committee
5)
Discussion/Action Items
a. Appoint Town Accountant
7:20
b. Reading Ice Arena Report
7:25
C. Permission for Early /Increased Field Hours
7:30
d. Birch Meadow Update
7:40
e. Close Warrant for April 27, 2015 Special Town Meeting
7:55
f. Vote Special Town Meeting Articles
8:00
g. Revisit Driveway Permit — 181 South Street
8:10
h. Draft ad hoc Committee on Firearms Safety
8:15
i. Hearing — Water, Sewer and Storm Water Rates for FYI
9:00
(effective December 2015 billing)
j. Vote and Sign Order of Taking and Plan for Bus Shelter
9:25
Easement at 25 Walkers Brook Drive
This Agenda has been prepared in advance and represents a listing of topics that the chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed
at the meeting. However the agenda does not necessarily include all matters which may be taken up at this meeting.
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5) Continued
k. Vote Annual Town Meeting Warrant Articles 9:30
1. Approve Charter Changes Made by the MA Senate 9:50
6) Approval of Minutes
a. January 21, 2015
b. February 3, 2015
C. February 10, 2015
d. February 24, 2015
7) Licenses, Permits and Approvals
8) Executive Session
9) Correspondence
copy a. Correspondence from MassDOT regarding Installation of an Underground
Fiber Optic Communications Link along Interstate 93 and 95 — Lexington
to Lynnfield
copy b. Email from Jill Reddish from FiOs regarding the elimination of The Weather
Channel
copy C. Email from Denise Wyer to the Board of Selectmen re: naming of Morton
Field
copy d. Email from Frank Maniscalco to John Doherty re: Modular Classrooms —
No Facility on Woburn Street
copy e. Correspondence from Jane Lyman at Comcast re: Form 500 for 2014
copy f. Correspondence from Jill Reddish from Verizon re: Form 500 for 2014
COPY g. Letter of Commendation from Police Chief James Cormier to Sgt. Christine
Amendola for saving the life of a stranger while off duty and shopping at
Market Basket
copy h. Correspondence from Richard Verville from FEMA re: FEMA's upcoming
Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) Discovery meeting
for the Charles Watershed in eastern Massachusetts
copy i. Bill sponsored by Governor Charles D. Baker entitled "An Act Making
Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015 to Provide for Supplementing
Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects"
This Agenda has been prepared in advance and represents a listing of topics that the chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed
at the meeting. However the agenda does not necessarily include all matters which may be taken up at this meeting.
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