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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-09-23 Board of Selectmen HandoutTOWN MANAGER'S REPORT Tuesday, September 23, 2008 • BUSA liquors - ABCC approves 2 day license suspension as of 9-9-08. • Parker MS - fields grading ongoing. Project completion estimated mid-October. • Birch Meadow tennis courts - contractor expects to be painting by end of next week. • Downtown project - brick inlays began on Monday on Main St. & Washington St. • Gould St. - started Monday (sidewalk areas, then reclamation). • Memo from Feudo, Ramdin & Cormier about dogs in parks. • 40 B info in packet for your information. • Great job thus far by RMLD in containing both ratepayers' and the Town's exposure to the ongoing financial crisis. Ditto for the Town's Treasurer. • News on 9c cuts could come as early as October 3`d. Under state law, Governor Patrick has unilateral authority to make cuts in about 2/3 of the budget. This excludes state aid for cities and towns. The Governor has asked for expanded budget authority since July, but it has not been granted by the legislature. • Thursday September 25th - Emergency Dispensing Site Training at Coolidge 6-9pm (Please call Reading Health Services to register (no cost) 942-6656). Dates and Events: ♦ September 23 - Subsequent Town Meeting warrant closes ♦ September 30 - BCC training to be rescheduled ♦ October 1 - FINCOM meeting on Capital 7:15pm ♦ October 7 - BOS meeting; Tafoya OH 6:30-7:00pm ♦ October 14 - Selectmen's Forum o October 15 - Financial Forum ♦ November 4 - Election Day - no public meetings ♦ November 10 - Subsequent Town Meeting begins ♦ November 11 -Veterans Day ♦ November 18 - Tax Classification Hearing J MEMORANDUM TO: ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER BOB LELACHEUR FROM: JOHN FEUDO, RECREATION DIRECTOR LARRY RAMDIN, PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR CHIEF JAMES CORMIER, CHIEF OF POLICE SUBJECT: DOG LITTER IN THE PARKS DATE: 9/22/2008 CC: TOWN MANAGER PETER HECHENBLEIKNER In response to a request received from the Town Manager we have formulated this memo regarding increasing problems with dog waste in the parks for the Board of Selectmen. The following regulations are currently in effect in the General. By-Laws of the Town of Reading. These regulations are in place for the safety, public health and aesthetics of the park areas. 5.6.3.4 Running at large. When not on the private property of its keeper, or on private property with the express penmission of that property's owner, an animal must be on a leash or may be under effective voice control in locations noted below. To be under effective voice control, the animal must be within the keeper's sight and the keeper must be carrying a leash. (1) Voice control (in place of leash control) allowed. A dog may be under voice control when within the Town Forest or on Conservation lands. (2)' Public gatherings - leash control only. An animal may be at any public gathering not otherwise specified in this bylaw only if it is on a six-foot or shorter leash and the animal must refrain from illegal activities. (3) School grounds - animals not allowed during school/leash control only at other tunes. Unless the school Principal gives permission in advance, no animal may be on school grounds from 30 minutes before classes begin until 30 minutes after classes end. At all other times, the animal may be on school grounds only if it is on a six-foot or shorter leash. An animal is not violating this prohibition if it remains within a vehicle. (4) Exception for assistance animals (service animals). Section 5.6.3.4 does not apply to any properly trained assistance animal or service animal while perfonning its duties. 0 5.6.3.6 Dog litter. Every dog keeper is responsible for expeditiously removing any dog feces the dog deposits anywhere except on its keeper's private property, on other private property with the property owner's permission. This provision does not apply to any assistance dog or service dog while it is performing its duties. We believe it may be helpful to note that every dog keeper is responsible for cleaning up after their pets. Also, that voice control is only allowed at the Town Forest and on Conservation land. Currently the Parks and Forestry Division and Recreation Division are responsible for overseeing the use and maintenance of the parks in Reading. The Recreation Division currently provides "dog mitt" dispensers at three locations throughout town, Memorial Park, Sturges Park and the lighted field at Birch Meadow Park. These dispensers are maintained by citizen volunteers with bags provided by the Recreation Division. The parks are posted with regulations that direct pet owners to be responsible for their pets. This same information can be found in each issue of Reading Recreation Magazine in the "Park Rules and Regulation" section and reads as follows: "Animal waste must be removed by pet owner. Dogs must be on a leash at all times." Potential options to help resolve this issue include: • Increasing the number of "dog mitt" dispensers. This would require in increase in community volunteers to maintain the dispensers, as they are currently done. • Increasing public awareness of the issue. • Increasing the Animal Control Officers hours of work. Currently at 15 hours per week. • Prohibit the use of the parks by domestic pets. In summary, the regulations are in place to control the pet waste issue in the parks in Reading. The animal owners bear a great deal of the responsibility of cleaning up after their pets and in essence should be self-policing. If the pet owners are unable to accept responsibility for the use of public lands that are shared by all members of the community, including children, then prohibition may be an alternative. We hope this information is helpful to you regarding the issue, if there is anything else we can assist you with please feel free to contact us. John Feudo, Recreation Administrator Larry Ramdin, Public Health Director Chief James W. 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'sj.v, ,7 dr ..1 .aa ."ri„ rrs~ a.~•.~,'s:~ . on -o 7L, ,,~~,y, • T' 1; COMMONWEALTH OF (MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Officer's Return, Reading: By virtue of this Warrant, I, on notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote on Town affairs, to meet at the place and at the time specified by posting attested copies of this Town Meeting Warrant in-the-following_public_places_within-the_T_own of Readina: Precinct 1 J. Warren Killam School, 333 Charles Street Precinct 2 Peter Sanborn Place, 50 Bay State Road Precinct 3 Reading Police Station, 15 Union Street Precinct 4 Joshua Eaton School, 365 Summer Avenue Precinct 5 Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street Precinct 6 Austin Preparatory School, 101 Willow Street Precinct 7 Reading Library, Local History Room, 64 Middlesex Avenue Precinct 8 Wood End School, 85 Sunset Rock Lane The date of posting being not less than fourteen (14) days prior to November 10, 2008, the date set for the Subsequent Town Meeting in this Warrant. I also caused an attested copy of this Warrant to be published in the Reading Chronicle in the issue of Thomas H. Freeman, Constable A true copy. Attest: Cheryl A. Johnson, Town Clerk 1 9 SUBSEQUENT TOWN MEETING (Seal) COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. To any of the Constables of the Town of Reading, Greetings: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and-aiwarn-the inhabitants-of-the Town-of-Reading,-qualified-to-vote-in-elections-and Town affairs, to meet at the Reading Memorial High School Auditorium, 62 Oakland Road, in said Reading, on Monday, November 10, 2008, at seven-thirty o'clock in the evening, at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by Town Meeting Members in accordance with the provisions of the Reading Home Rule Charter. ARTICLE 1 To hear and act on the reports of the Board of Selectmen, Town Accountant, Treasurer-Collector, Board of Assessors, Director of Public Works, Town Clerk, Tree Warden, Board of Health, School Committee, Contributory Retirement Board, Library Trustees, Municipal Light Board, Finance Committee, Cemetery Trustees, Community Planning & Development Commission, Conservation Commission, Town Manager and any other Board or Special Committee. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 2 To choose all other necessary Town Officers and Special Committees and determine what instructions shall be given Town Officers and Special Committees, and to see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate for the purpose of funding Town Officers and Special Committees to carry out the instructions given to them, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 3 To see if the Town will vote to amend the FY 2009 - FY 2018, Capital Improvements Program as provided for in Section 7-7 of the Reading Home Rule Charter, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will vote to amend one or more of the votes taken under Article 11 of the April 28, 2008 Annual Town Meeting relating to the Fiscal Year 2009 Municipal Budget, and see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate as the result of any such amended votes for the operation of the Town and its government, or take any other action with respect thereto. Finance Committee ARTICLE 5 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the payment during Fiscal Year 2009 of bills remaining unpaid for previous fiscal years for goods and services actually rendered to the Town, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen (9 ARTICLE 6 To see if the Town will vote to establish a stabilization fund, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 7 To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $42,868, which was previously appropriated and raised by borrowing under Article 10 of the Warrant at the November 14, 2005 Town Meeting, and which sum is no longer needed to complete the project for which it was initially borrowed, to pay additional costs of entrance fees, costs-of-connection; demolition-of-the-existing Water-T-r-eatment-P_lant___and other modifications to the water distribution system, and other expenses for the same, as permitted by the provisions of Chapter 44, Section 20 of the General Laws, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 8 To see if the Town will vote to establish a revolving fund under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44, Section 53E'/2 to be known as the "Suburban Mobility Revolving Fund", which shall be accounted for separately from all other monies of the Town, and to which are to be deposited fees received from operation of transportation services created in part from the Suburban Mobility Grant, said expenditures to be administered by the Town Manager without further appropriation, and to specify as follows: 1. The revolving fund shall be expended only for the purpose of Suburban Mobility; 2. Only and fees received from the operation of the transportation service shall be deposited in such account; 3. The Town Manager shall be the only person authorized to expend such fund, and; 4. The amounts expended from the Fiscal FY09 and fees shall not exceed $ or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 9 To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate for the purpose of making energy and similar improvements to Town owned buildings, including the costs of consulting services, audits, plans, documents, cost estimates, bidding services and all related expenses incidental thereto and necessary in connection therewith, said sum to be expended by and under the direction of the Superintendent of Schools and the Town Manager; and to see if the Town will authorize the School Committee, Board of Selectmen, Superintendent of Schools, Town Manager, or any other agency of the Town, to apply for a grant or grants, to be used to defray the cost of all, or any part of, said energy and similar improvements; and to authorize the Superintendent of Schools and/or the Town Manager to enter into any and all contracts and agreements as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Article, or take any other action with respect thereto. School Committee ARTICLE 10 To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate for the purpose of constructing road improvements, including the costs of consulting services, plans, documents, cost estimates, bidding services and all related expenses incidental thereto and necessary in connection therewith, said sum to be expended by and under the direction of the Town Manager; and to see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen, the Town Manager, or any other agency of the Town, to apply for a grant or grants, to be used to defray the cost of all, or any part of, said road improvements; and to authorize the Town Manager to enter into any and all contracts and agreements as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Article, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 11 To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing, or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate for the purpose of purchasing a fire engine, including the costs of consulting services, plans, documents, cost estimates, bidding services and all related expenses incidental thereto and necessary in connection therewith, said sum to be expended by and under the direction of the Town Manager; and to see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen, the Town Manager, or any other agency of the Town, to apply for a grant or grants, to be used to defray the cost of all, or any part of, said fire engine; and to authorize the Town Manager to enter into any and all contracts and agreements as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Article, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 12 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase, eminent domain, gift or otherwise, any one or all of the following parcels of land: • containing approximately 9.045 acres located on Main Street shown as Lot 1 on Board of Assessors' Map 247 currently believed to be owned by Hazel V. Malcom et al. Trust, • containing approximately .59 acres located on Main Street shown as Lot 1 B on Board of Assessors' Map 247 currently believed to be owned by Hazel V. Malcom et al. Trust • containing approximately .4821 acres located on Main Street shown as Lot 5 on Board of Assessors' Map 245 currently believed to be owned by Burton H. Curley and John Curley, • containing approximately 1.9 acres located on 67 Sanborn Lane shown as Lot 4 on Board of Assessors' Map 235 currently believed to be owned by William Quigley Trust, said land to be used for open space and conservation purposes in accordance with the provisions of Mass. General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C, to be under the care, management and control of the Town of Reading Conservation Commission and further to be dedicated in perpetuity to purposes stated in Article 97 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts including the protection of water resources and shall be fully protected by all provisions of Article 97; and to see if the Town will vote to appropriate by borrowing, or transfer from available funds or otherwise, a sum of money; and to authorize the Town Manager to enter into any and all agreements and contracts upon terms and conditions as may be determined to be necessary to carry out the acquisition of such parcel and the purposes of this Article; and to see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen, Town Manager and/or the Conservation Commission to apply for a grant or grants, including but not limited to a Self-Help Grant under MGL, Chapter 132A, Section 11, to be used to defray the cost of all, or any part of the purchase price for such parcel(s) of land, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 13 To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 59, Section 5, Clause 54, authorizing the establishment of a minimum value for personal property subject to taxation, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Assessors ARTICLE 14 To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Selectmen upon the laying out as a public way the following described private way under the provision of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, such ways being laid out in accordance with plans duly approved by the Board of Selectmen; and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to take such. ways under the provision of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, in fee or rights of easement therein by eminent domain, under the provisions of Chapter 79 of the General Laws, as amended, or acquire said lands in fee or rights of easement therein by purchase, gift or otherwise and to assess betterments therefore, the plans and descriptions for such way being filed in the office of the Town Clerk in accordance with the statutory requirements; and to see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate by borrowing, or from the tax levy, or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, for the acquisition of said lands or easements therein or for payment of any eminent domain damages and for the construction of said ways, or take any other action with respect thereto. Baldwin Lane Extension Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 15 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to abandon certain rights and easements located on land of Peter Sanborn Place on Bay State Road which easements are shown on a plan entitled: "Easement Plan of Land, 50 Baystate Road, Reading, MA," dated 8-12-08; and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept said replacement water easements upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Selectmen shall consider proper, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 16 To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Selectman upon the laying out as a public way the private property at the cul-de-sac of Fairchild Drive, identified as "Temporary Easement for Cul-de-Sac" on the Fairchild Drive subdivision plan, under the provision of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, such highway being laid out in accordance with plans duly approved by the Board of Selectmen and filed in the office of the Town Clerk in accordance with the statutory requirements; and that the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to take such land in fee or rights of easement therein by eminent domain, under the provisions of Chapter 79 of the General Laws, as amended, or acquire said lands in fee or rights of easement therein by purchase, gift or otherwise and to assess betterments therefore; and to see if the Town will vote to accept the public way laid out by the Board of Selectmen; and to see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing, or from the tax levy, or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate for the acquisition of said lands or easements therein or for payment of any eminent domain damages and for the construction of said ways, or take any other action with respect thereto. 9 Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 17 To see if the Town will vote to amend Article 5 of the Subsequent Town Meeting held November 13, 2001 (the vote establishing the Veterans Memorial Fund) by deleting the word "deceased" so that the sentence will read "events to honor and commemorate Reading veterans and veterans interred in Reading cemeteries," and to further amend by adding the words "or another Commissioner of the Commission as designated by the Chairperson." Veterans Memorial Trust Committee ARTICLE 18 To see if the Town will, pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 82A, Section 2, vote to designate the Town Manager as the means by which the Town shall designate the Board or Officer to issue permits for the purpose of making a trench excavation, as set out in M.G.L. c. 82A, Section 4 and 520 CMR 14.00, and to perform any obligations pursuant to the terms of said statute and regulations, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 19 To see if the Town will vote to subordinate any and all of its rights and easements in the land taken by eminent domain as authorized by Article 29 of the May 6, 1976 Adjourned Annual Town Meeting and recorded on September 27, 1976 with the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds in Book 13078, Page 191 and with the Land Registration Office of said Deeds as Document no. 549397, shown on a plan of land entitled "Plan of Land in Woburn, Massachusetts, Showing Sewer Easements for Willow Street Interceptor for the Town of Reading, " Scale V=40% dated February 27, 1976, prepared by Dana F. Perkins & Sons, Inc., " sheets 1 through 4 inclusive, recorded in the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 1976, Page 1171, to Grants of Environmental Restriction and. Easement now or at any time hereafter granted by owners of land in the hazardous waste site known as the Industri-plex Federal Superfund Site in Woburn, including, without limitation, to a certain Grant of Environmental Restriction and Easement to be granted by Resources for Responsible Site Management, Inc., Trustee for the Industri-plex Site Interim Custodial Trust and recorded with the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds in Book 19866, Page 190 and filed with the Land Registration Office of said Deeds as Document No. 800447; and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute and deliver from time to time such documents as may be required for subordinations of such rights and easements, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 20 To see what sum the Town will charge for each written demand issued by the Collector to be added to and collected as part of the tax as authorized by Massachusetts General Law Chapter 60, Section 15, said demand to be effective January 1, 2009, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen /K 1, ARTICLE 21 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Reading as follows: Delete the existing word "ten" and insert in its place "eight" in the fourth sentence of Section 6.2.3.2.b.; Insert the word "calendar" before the existing word "year" in the first sentence of Section 6.2.3.2.i., or take any other action with respect thereto. Community Planning and Development Commission ARTICLE 22 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Reading as follows: • Renumber Section 2.2.2.28.1 thereof so that it reads Section 2.2.28.1; • Insert a new Section 4.4.1 Reserved: • Insert a new Section 4.5.1 Reserved; • Insert Section 4.9.7.5 before the term "Private Wavs"; • Insert parentheses around the numerals for the numbered paragraphs in Section 6.2.3.2, subsection d. Window Sians; • Delete the hyphen from "non-conformity," the last word in the second sentence of Section 6.3.7 thereof so that it reads "nonconformity" or take any other action with respect thereto. Community Planning and Development Commission l~ and you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least one (1) public place in each precinct of the Town not less than fourteen (14) days prior to November 10, 2008, the date set for the meeting in said Warrant, and to publish this Warrant in a newspaper published in the Town, or providing in a manner such as electronic submission, holding for pickup or mailing, an attested copy of said Warrant to each Town Meeting Member. Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time appointed for said meeting. Given under our hands this 23rd day of September, 2008. Stephen A. Goldy, Chairman Ben Tafoya, Vice Chairman James E. Bonazoli, Secretary Camille W. Anthony Richard W. Schubert SELECTMEN OF READING Thomas H. Freeman, Constable :03 Listinq of 44 requests for No 9/23/2008 14:37 Available to fund Capital Free Cash Required Net Capital Funding to allocate To fund High Priorities To fund High & Medium Priorities To fund all requests Schools - Equipment vember Canital Fall '08 FY-2009 150,000 879,200 1,029,200 275,000 511,600 879,200 Buildings - Schools 235,000 Buildings - Town 255,000 Community Services Finance Library 20,000 Public Safety - Fire Public Safety - Police Public Works - Equipment 459,200 Public Works - Parks & Cemetery Public Works - Roads 60,000 TOTAL CAPITAL REQUESTS 1,029,200 Net Capital Funding to allocate ( 1,029,200 Free Cash needed to fund Capital: for these priorities I Facilities - School Buildings 1 Roofing (copper gutter work) 2 Other (sidewalks) 3 Electrical Systems (hall & gym) 4 Classroom Furniture 5 Capet/Fiooring 6 Security System 7 Capet/Flooring 8 Technology Infrastructure 9 Electrical Systems 10 Ceilings 11 Classroom Furniture 12 Roofing 13 Security System 14 Classroom Furniture 15 Capet/Flooring 16 Capet/Fiooring 17 Other (40 new lockers) Barrows Barrows Birch Birch Birch Birch Eaton Eaton Killam Killam Killam Wood End Wood End Coolidge Coolidge Parker Parker Total 235,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 15,000 15,000, 20,000 30,000 25,000 15,000 10,000 10,000 15,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 9/23/2008 at 2:37 PM Capital Improvement Program Priorities High Medium Low 150,000 275,000 236,600 367,600 425,000 236,600 367,600 100,000 10,000 125,000 145,000 30,000 80,000 10,000 10,000 140,000 166,600 152,600 40,000 20,000 - 425,000 236,600 367,600 425,000 236,600 367,600 High Medium Low 100,000 10,000 125,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 15,000 15,000 20,000 30,000 25,000 15,000 10,000 10,000 15,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 1 of 9/23/2008 14:37 Facilities - Municipal Buildings 18 Windows & Doors (annex) 19 Ceiling (basement) 20 Capet/Flooring (Berger Room & annex) 21 Capet/Flooring (various places) 22 Windows & Doors (all windows, basement door) 23 Other (Woman's restroom) 24 Windows & Doors (backdoor) 25 Kitchen/Cafeteria (redo kitchen) 26 Roofing (snow fencing) 27 Windows & Doors (basement; door=old bkdrop) 28 Ceiling 29 Capet/Flooring (workroom & conf. room) 30 HVAC/Energy Mgmt Systems 31 Roofing (leaks) Library 32 Furnishings & Shelving Public Works - Equipment 33 Dump Truck C2 (1996 - 10yrs) 34 Pickup Ford Utility #11 (1989 - 10yrs) 35 Pickup Chevy #9 Parks (1986 - 10yrs) 36 Pickup Ford Utility #4 (1997 -10yrs) 37 Loader Cat #928F (1994 -10yrs) 38 Snow Plow - Holder #1 C6000 (1995 - 10yrs) 39 Lawnmower (Cem.) SKAG 52" (1995 - 4yrs) 40 Survey Equipment 41 Fence Replacement Public Works - Roads 42 Sidewalk/Curb/Ped. SA 43 Skim Coating 44 Crack Seal/Patch Fall '08 FY-2009 1 255,000 I Town Hall 20,000 Town Hall 10,000 Town Hall 20,000 Police 10,000 WS Fire 40,000 WS Fire 15,000 Sr Center 15,000 Sr Center 30,000 Sr Center 10,000 Library 30,000 Library 10,000 Library 10,000 DPW 20,000 DPW 15,000 I 20,000 I Library I 20,000 ( 459,200 DPW #5 55,000 DPW #4 35,000 DPW #3 35,000 DPW #2 41,600 DPW #1 140,000 DPW #6 85,000 DPW #7 15,600 22,000 30,000 I 60,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 9/23/2008 at 2:37 PM Capital Improvement Program Priorities High Medium Low 145,000 30,000 80,000 20,000 10,000 20,000 10,000 40,000 15,000 15,000 30,000 10,000 30,000 10,000 10,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 140,000 166,600 152,600 55,000 35,000 35,000 41,600 140,000 85,000 15,600 22,000 30,000 40,000 20,000 - 20,000 20,000 20,000 2of2 1 g e G~y~d g Citizen Advisory Board Report To: Reading Board of Selectman Date: September 23, 2008 Presenter: Tracy Sopchak & Vinny Cameron • RMLD Cost of Service Study o Estimates RMLD cost to serve electric customers o Sets Customer Class rates based on Customer Class usage • 2 Significant Results o Rates need to be increased this year to maintain discounts & 8% return o School Rate introduced for more accurate pricing • RMLD also budgeting for Energy Efficiency Measures • Proposed Rates: Customer Class ( Base ( Purchase Power Adjustment Residential A I 4.54% I $.003/kWhr Residential A -Water Heater I - $.003/kWhr Residential Time of Use I - I $.003/1cWhr Commercial I 3.98% ( $.003/kWhr Industrial Time of Use - I $.003/kWhr Street Lights i - $.003/kWhr Co-op Relase I - $.003/kWhr School (2008 Commercial) ( - $.003/kWhr • Rates unanimously accepted by the CAB • Rates accepted 4:1 by the RMLB: Bob Soli, brought up 3 issues: o Meter reading charges more fairy distributed o Accounting and MIS not charged to residential customers as `Billing' o Demand charges the same for all customer classes • Rate increases move RMLD closer to being a complete COS utility • Subsequent COSS in coming years is likely to move closer to that goal • Rate increases will go into effect in the October bill History - Distant Committee Process • Site walk of the Park • History of Park • Work plan development • Survey Development, Distribution and Analysis • Interview with HS Coach History - Recent • Land use to be rented from Delia Sweetser for $342 annually • Primary concerns - misuse of park space for • Town purchased land in 1923 for $7,500 ' rug use, needle encounters, underage drinking drug' s. This Early 1930's Improvements were made to all Reading park Included stone walls, fences, relocating the baseball field and plantings • 1935 792 plants from 28 different varieties were planted Police issues identified • 1936 baseball diamond was moved from Parker Tavern comer to - Reports of drug dealing, public disturbance, underage current location + Semi-professional baseball was played at park drinking • Activities were held at the park during the summers, this - Stone wall obstructs sight line from street incfuded:baseball, tennis, golf, archery, boxing, etc - No lighting at entrance or interior of park • 1939-wading pool was built -removed in 1986 • 1950's outdoor movies were shown on Friday & Saturday nights - (sack of reflective signage at all entrances -Dealing occurring within 100 feet of park, 1000 feet of school zone What Does It Look Like Now? Survey 1 Age of Survey Responders Age d Pmam Ca.RbflrtB Sl+t2Y 36y. 640 11.14 tso 2421 3}41 W. Where Do You Park? Neighborhood Use of Park By Season How do you access the park? A.--Th. Park WIG ~tIl~ IEEE I~Nlge w i, 1 a NINON rig _ IPI . IGL'P- y"It1, µ13l !tN n Y ■rla".*l ao . W I T H ~t3W Gp 10 Baro oiw VA& ww.~ Frequency of Use By Season m 'k K ~ j ...L~1!`Y~~NIPw's `J? ® Iin6i.s~~in! v Iii) hE m. s +WN' _ n d 5 $~{'..~!ulYaf"..'GF NG;16~IGN~f rx: .I! mh:o s,n.nK r+ wu.. How Is Park Used 100 tVhtNFkV,'I~F~uift'F •nno"~ 1~• ~,imi! a s hNIJ,iI I;r~m, n d!u; EEZ 10 ei lull °'rerk„u_ 6 . !t mFl+rr'~J. - ■al W ai ~ . 00E~F~Irsel,':. ~ ~ u ~ 9d10{~`F of ~ ~cfapu/ly . § ,u_ I~ 7 'I ~ 5 fit m p ■2s p!P19 i `1011' !Q - i r' A.iE~+. ` 711 . O Got : 3p. AdhAy oe.r~..wwcrhe.....u~o•:carom...e,ea.~,.:.m..amu.q,n.oe.M.w:a.r.~w,w, ' 2 Why People Don't Use The Park AtmosphoretSafoty - Seems unsafe, kids hangng out on the wail smoking, kids yelling - Teen Hooligans - Seems creepy, gels wriaan up in Advocate for bad activities, don't feel safe there. - Not easily-visible from street - IOds hanging out intimidate me - Looks old - Not good visibility: - it is a little slummy - Heard that the area is seedy and can be dangerous at night - Alcohol bottles around basketbaif court Rougli cram) hangs out In the late evening Parking-troublesome, dons know where to park Playground-small, not Interesting, climber not shaded Condition -tennis courts in bad condition IDEAS • safety & Infrastructure - Waner✓Riversideentrance-ADAcompliance - Protective netting - Move water fountain - Fix walls to abutters Property - Conserve water by having a moisture sensing sprinkler system - Repair drainage issues - Remove wings to Washington street wall -addparklng • Baseball field - Move Vietnam memorial to behind backstop - Storage building - Batting cage/Bullpen - Walking path • Playground/Ccurts - Tennis couri/basketbali court - Playground - Muld use court - Bike racks - Tables*& seats Next Steps • Neighborhood Meeting 9/25 at 7 pm - Reading Police Station • Extension to finish process What Would You Like To Do In The Park? • Path - around park for walking, bike riding • Playground - upgrade • General appearance - picnic tables, more child friendly space, flowers • Tennis & Basketball - current courts in disrepair WASHINGTON PARK Questions and Comment 3