HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-10-30 Board of Selectmen Minutes Board of Selectmen Meeting
October 30, 1999
The Board convened at 9:00 a.m. for a public hearing and site visit at 75 Pleasant Street,
Reading, Massachusetts. Present were Chairman Sally Hoyt, Vice Chairman Matthew Nestor,
Secretary George Hines, Selectmen Camille Anthony and Matthew Cummings, Housing
Authority Members Reverend Robert Sweet, Don Allen, Tim Kelly, Executive Director Peg
Plansky, Historical Commission Member Virginia Adams, residents Andrea Durham and Carl
Jessom of 97 Pleasant Street, Steve Percy, Bill Lavoie, Bill Bogeart, Town Manager Peter
Hechenbleikner.
The Town Manager explained the Town's interest in acquiring the property for a combination of
affordable housing and public parking. He assembled a multitude to walk the site. He suggested
that perhaps an alternative sketch could be made whereby the parking lot is expanded from the
Police Station sideways, and the house is kept on the lot that is the full depth. The Town
Manager will have some surveying work done and do some sketch plans. He will try to get'back
to the Board of Selectmen and the neighbors with a potential sketch. This matter will be on the
Subsequent Town Meeting Warrant for November 8, 1999.
The Board adjourned to the intersection of Track Road and Line Road to look at the
Quannapowitt drainage system (Saugus River). Present was Pat Lane from Line Road.
Additionally, members of the Conservation Commission were present on a site visit. The Board
viewed the drainage system, and Mr. Lane expressed the need to stabilize it and clean it so that it
would carry the water that it is intended to carry without damage to the abutting properties.
On motion by Nestor seconded by Hines, the Board of Selectmen voted to adjourn at
approximately 10:00 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary