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Home My WebLink About1991-04-11 Special Town MeetingSPECIAL TOWN MEETING (Seal) COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS April 11., 1991 Middlesex, ss. To either of the constables of the Town of Reading, Greetings: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn 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 Thursday, April 11, 1991, at seven-thirty o'clock in the evening, at which time and place the following ar- ticles 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 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 Of- ficers and Special Committees to carry out the instructions given to them, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 2 To hear and act on the reports of the Board of Selectmen, Town Accountant, Treasurer-Collector, Board of Asses- sors, 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, Town Manager and any other Boards or Special Committees. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 3 To see if the Town will vote to Improvement Program as provided for in section Home Rule Charter and as previously amended, action with respect thereto. amend the Capital 7-7 of the Reading or take any other Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will vote to amend one or more of the votes taken under Article 10 of the Warrant of the Annual Town Meeting of April 9, 1990 relating to the Fiscal Year 1991 Municipal Budget, and to see what sum the Town will raise by 1 borrowing, or transfer from available funds, or otherwise and ap- propriate as the result of any such amended votes for the opera- tion of the Town and its government, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 5 To see if the Town will vote to rescind the bond authorization in the amount of $550,000.00 authorized by motion made under Article 5 of the Warrant for the Subsequent Town Meet- ing of November 14, 1988 relating to improvements to the Town's water system and to see if the Town will vote to amend said mo- tion to provide that the sum of $1,000,000.00 shall be ap- propriated from the funds received pursuant to the February 12, 1991 Settlement Agreement Between the Town of Reading and the General Electric Company, so that the motion under said Article 5, as amended, shall read as follows, or take any other action with respect thereto: "Article 5. On Motion of John H. Russell, it was voted that the.Town appropriate from Water Surplus the amount of $650,000 (Six Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars), and appropriate from funds received pursuant to the February 12, 1991 Settlement Agreement Between the Town of Reading and the General Electric Company the amount of $1,000,000 (One Million Dollars), and appropriate a total of $1,650,000 (One Million Six Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars) for the purpose of making improvements to the Town's water system, including remodeling, reconstructing and making extraordinary repairs to the Water Treatment Plant and pumping station, the originally-equipping of same, the installation of pipes, fittings, other equipment and related facilities, and including the costs of all engineering and architectural fees and inspection fees and contingencies therefor." Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 6 To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or from the tax levy, or transfer from available funds, or other- wise, and appropriate for the purposes of clean up and pollution prevention activities taken pursuant to General Laws Chapter 21E, or any other enabling authority, whether performed by the Town of Reading or by some other party pursuant to a settlement agreement with the Trustees of TASC Realty Trust relating to the property formerly owned by the Town of Reading off of Walkers Brook Drive and known as the former Department of Public Works facility; and to see if the Town will approve the compromise or settlement with the Trustees of TASC Realty Trust relating to the clean-up and pollution prevention activities taken on said site, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen 2 ARTICLE 7 To see of the General Bylaws tion 5.7.15, or take if the Town will vote to amend Section 5.7 of the Town by adding the following as Sec- any other action with respect thereto: "The Conservation commission is authorized to require an ap- plicant to pay a fee for the reasonable costs and expenses borne by the Conservation commission for specific expert engineering and other consultant services deemed necessary by the Conserva- tion commission to come to a final decision on an application for Determination of Applicability, Notice of Intent or other ap- plication or filing made pursuant to this bylaw. This fee is called the consultant fee and shall be in the maximum amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). The specific consultant serv- ices may include, but are not limited to, resource area and wet- lands survey and delineation, analysis of resource area and wet- lands values, including wildlife habitat evaluations, hydrogeologic and drainage analysis, and environmental or land use'law. The Conservation Commission may require the payment of the consultant fee at any point in its deliberations prior to a final decision. The applicant shall pay the consultant fee to the Town to be put into a consultant services account of the Con- servation Commission which may be drawn upon by the Conservation commission for specific consultant services approved by the Con- servation Commission - at one of its public meetings. Any unused portion of the consultant fee shall be returned to the applicant unless the Conservation Commission decides at a public meeting that other action is necessary. Any applicant aggrieved by the imposition of, or size of, the consultant fee, or any act related thereto, may appeal according to the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws. The minimum qualifications of any consultant selected by the Con- servation Commission shall consist either of an educational degree in or related to the field at issue or three or more years of practice in the field at issue or a related field." Conservation commission 3 and you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an at- tested copy thereof in at least three (3) public places in each precinct of the Town not less than fourteen (14) days prior to April 11, 1991, the date set for the meeting in said Warrant, and to publish this Warrant in a newspaper published in the Town, or by mailing an attested copy of said Warrant to each Town Meeting Member at least fourteen (14) days prior to the time of holding said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time ap- pointed for said meeting. Given under our hands AJ TRUE;! CoPY,. ATTEST: V I r ,j,r".* A. Catherine A. Quimby Town Clerk Daniel A. Ensminger Eugene R. Nigro SELECTMEN OF READING Signature of Constable: 4 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 in elections and 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 Town `of Reading': Precinct 1. Carolans' Variety, 1349 Main Street J. Warren Killam School, 333 Charles Street .St. Athanasius Church, 300 Haverhill Street Precinct 2. Cumberland Farms, 305 Salem Street Registry of Motor Vehicles, 275 Salem Street JoAnn's Variety, 143 Salem Street Precinct 3. Friendly Variety Store, 245 Washington Street Reading Police Station, 67 Pleasant Street Wayside Bazaar, 107 Main Street Precinct 4. Joshua Eaton School, 365 Summer Avenue Dragon Corner Store, 206 West Street Spence Farm Market Gardens, 40 West Street Precinct 5. Reading Library, Local History Room, 64 Middlesex Ave. B & M Railroad Station, High Street Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street Precinct 6. Fire Station, 267 Woburn Street Housing for the Elderly, 1 Frank D. Tanner Drive Alice M. Barrows School, 16 Edgemont Avenue Precinct 7. Meadowbrook Golf Club, 292 Grove Street P & S Convenient Store, 287 Lowell Street Memorial High School, 62 Oakland Road Precinct 8. Arthur W. Coolidge, Jr. High School, 89 Birch Meadow Drive Birch Meadow School; Arthur B. Lord Drive Marshall's, 1342 Main Street The date of posting being not less than fourteen (14) days prior to April 11, 1991 the date set for the Special Town Meeting in this Warrant. I also caused an attested copy of this warrant o e pu lished in the Reading Chronicle in the issue of A TRUE COPY, ATTEST: •C t,~ ~,n_ onst R a g TM CLERK