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TOWN CLERK
Town of Reading READING. MA.
Meeting Minutes 'R -r-
2823 MAY -2 PM 2:25
Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Symonds Way Exploratory Committee
Date: 2023-02-15 Time: 6:00 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Select Board Meeting Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street Session: Open Session
Purpose: General Business Version: Final
Attendees: Members - Present:
Chair Carlo Bacci, Vice Chair Chuck Robinson, Angela Binda, Heather Clish
(remote 6:05 pm), Andrew Dribin, Karen Janowski, Nancy Twomey
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Town Manager Fidel Maltez, Business Administrator Jayne Wellman, Vanessa
Alvarado, Eric, Rosemarie DeBenedetto (remote), Nancy and Michael
(remote)
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Jacquelyn LaVerde
Topics of Discussion:
This meeting was held in the Town Hall Select Board Meeting Room and remotely via Zoom.
Chair Carlo Baccl called the meeting to order at 6:03 pm.
Heather Clish joined the meeting at 6:05 pm.
Discussion and potential vote on Town Wide Community Survey reaardina
potential uses of Symonds Way Property
Business Administrator Jayne Wellman was present to assist the Committee with developing
a survey to gather community input on what to do with the site.
The Committee discussed at length how to form the survey questions and agreed to Include
questions that gauge community interest, and rank of Importance, of possible projects.
They also Included questions to collect demographic information to help understand the
community status, age, and parental status of respondents, as a way to gauge level of
participation and interest in youth sports and recreation.
The Committee also agreed to include a description at the beginning of the survey that
explains the acquisition and features of the site, what the Symonds Way Exploratory
Committee is, and why the Committee is conducting this survey. Ms. Blnda volunteered to
write up an introduction.
Committee members agreed to launch the survey on February 27y, after school vacation
week, and keep it open through Annual Town Meeting so it can be promoted at Town
Meeting.
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The Committee agreed to schedule the next meeting for March 29", 2023 at 6:00 pm. At
the request of the Committee, Mr. Maltez stated that he would have plans prepared for
various potential uses and space needs for the site.
Carlo Bacci left the meeting at 8:09 pm.
After concluding their discussion, on a motion by Karen Janowski and seconded by
Angela Binds, the Symonds Way Exploratory Committee voted 6-0-0 to adjourn at
8:13 pm.
Roll call vote: Heather Clish - Yes, Nancy Twomey - Yes, Andrew Dribin - Yes,
Karen Janowski - Yes, Angela Binda - Yes, Chuck Robinson - Yes.
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