HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-01-14 Board of Selectmen Executive Session Minutes POLICY ESTABLISHING A SENIOR CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The Town of Reading has been awarded a Small Cities Grant to con-
vert the former Central Fire Station into a Senior Citizens Cen
ter. Part of the grant application outlines the establishment of
an ongoing committee to continue the Town's past efforts at in-
volving the public in this project.
There is hereby established a 7 member ad hoc Senior Center Ad-
visory Committee to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen, and
to be made up as follows:
- one member of the Council on Aging, to be recommended by
the Council;
- one member of the Board of Selectmen to be appointed by
the Board;
- one member of the Historical Commission, to be recommended
by the Commission;
- four residents of the community at large. In considering
these members the Board of Selectmen will attempt to include
neighborhood residents, owners/operators of businesses in or
adjacent to the neighborhood, senior citizens in Reading,
minorities, representatives of Senior Citizen groups, and
users of the current Senior Citizen facility.
The ad hoc Senior Center Advisory Committee will have the follow-
ing as its charge:
- review and comment upon detailed plans for the center;
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- monitor on a monthly basis the progress of the construc-
tion activity on the site through tour(s) given by the
project director;
- hear grievances on displacement or relocation issues;
- provide advice as requested on any issue relative to the
project.
The Director of Elder Services shall be the staff liaison to the
Committee. The Committee shall be dissolved upon the substantial
completion of the project.
Executive Session Minutes - 1/14/92 - Page 2
Total tipping and pass through costs for the next five years are
$4 . 6 million, and obviously any savings as a result of the
litigation would be very helpful. CDM figures should reduce the
pass through costs by about fifty percent. The consensus of the
Board of Selectmen was to continue litigation and negotiations,
and to support the funding of an additional $26, 000.00 for this
case. On motion by Ensminger, seconded by Hoyt, the Board voted
to adjourn the Executive Session at 7:30 p.m. with all five mem-
bers voting in the affirmative.
Res ctfully submitted,
Secre� ry