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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Reading Center for Active Living Committee
Date: 2024-03-13 Time: 6:00 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Conference Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street Session:
Purpose: Version: Final
Attendees: Members - Present:
John O'Neil, Ron Assini, Nora Bucko, Michael Coltman, John Parsons, John
Sasso, Mark Dockser (remote).
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Jenna Fiorente, Community Services Director
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Ron Assini
Topics of Discussion:
Continue discussion on Selection Criteria for Senior Center/Community Center.
Thus far, 3 sites have been selected for the feasibility study being performed by bh+a
consulting firm.
Multiple community forums have been conducted and moderated by bh+a.
Straw polls results varied between the 3-4 community meetings.
The Gym at Pleasant Street was discussed whether to keep it in the draft Charettes.
Question was raised about the historical significance of the PSC and whether it could be
viable option. There have been initial discussions with bh+a, Matt and the Historical
Commission. Intial discussions have been positive in favor of PSC being a viable site.
Letters to the abutters of PSC, Oakland Rd and Symonds Way have been sent to invite to
participate in feedback for each site.
Update to the warrant for Town Meeting, minimally make drawings available to Town
Meeting members to review.
bh+a will release cost estimates soon, but not in time for Town Meeting.
Town Meeting end of April and the next one in November.
Perhaps have a special Town Meeting in September and then a special election.
In addition, the Killam School project will be around the same time.
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RECALC needs to develop its own process to get it going. At some point the Building
Committee will need to be involved as part of the process.
In order to get something in the Town Warrant, submissions must be entered by March 21,
2024.
Ron, Nancy and Mark to supply content for a report for Town Warrant submission.
Nancy, has a summary. Mark will work on a project timeline, Ron to add diagrams and final
assembly for the report.
Discussion on Site Selection Criteria survey.
What method should be used. Consensus was to use the 12 -category scoring method but
weighted differently. A meeting with bh+a on 3/14 will further clarify.
Joint meeting: RECALL and COA - Wednesday March 27, 2024 6:30pm.
Sunset of RECALC requires updates, from Programming, Finance and Transportation.
June 30, 2024 is sunset date for RECALC.
Adjourn: John O'Neil, Ron Assini, Nora Bucko, Michael Coltman, John Parsons, John Sasso,
Mark Dockser.
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