HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-11-03 Board of Selectmen Minutes Board of Selectmen and
Addison-Wesley Development Advisory Team Meeting
November 3,2007
The meetings convened at the Senior Center, 49 Pleasant Street, Reading, Massachusetts.
Present were Selectmen Stephen Goldy, Ben Tafoya and Camille Anthony, DAT Members Steve
Goldy, Camille Anthony, Russ Graham and David Tuttle, Town Manager Peter Hechenbleikner,
Development Team Ted Tye, Scott Weiss, Angus Jennings and the following list of interested
residents: Amy Otis and Peter Salkins, Paul McCarthy, Theresa Petrillo, Chris O'Connor, Mary
Avery, Diane Weggel, Sheila Spinney, Jim Doherty, Michael Kilduff, Richard and Jean
Pakitentz, Molly Thornton, Scott Spinney, Eleanor Higgott, George Katsoufis,Nick Safina.
Participants at the meeting discussed the proposed development plan with the Addison-Wesley/
Pearson property by National Development. The focus was on buffers on the site abutting
residential development existing next to the site.
Selectman Camille Anthony asked the group to focus on where the buffer zone issues were
problematic. Along the proposed townhouse area abutting South Street, the buffers appear to be
adequate. The buffer narrows to 25 feet on the lower end of South Street abutting the Assisted
Living, and along the rear properties on Curtis Street abutting the Assisted Living and the
proposed 40R development. Someone in the audience advocated for a larger buffer as large as
75 feet, and wanted to propose amending the underlying zoning as well as the proposed zoning.
Selectman Ben Tafoya noted that any such amendment would require 2/3 vote at Town Meeting,
and he thought that would be very unlikely.
On motion by Tafoya seconded by Anthony, the Board of Selectmen and the Development
Advisory Team adjourned their meeting of November 3, 2007 at 3:00 p.m.
Additional private discussion took place between the residents and the developer which were not
part of the meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
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