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TOWN OF READING
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
MINUTES OF JUNE 5, 1995
A meeting of the Community Planning and Development Commission of
the Town of Reading was held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of
the Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street in Reading, Massachusetts on June
5, 1995. In attendance were Bryan Irwin, Commission Secretary
acting as Chair; and Members Nancy Shipes, Richard Howard, and
Jonathan Barnes. Also present were Town Planner Jonathan Edwards
and Town Engineer Joseph Delaney. The meeting was called to or-
der at 7:39 PM.
APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES
The minutes of the Commission's meeting of May 8 and 22, 1995
were accepted.
SOUTH STREET SCENIC ROAD--TREE-TRIMMING
Mr. Delaney presented a proposal that poles, wires, and other
above-ground utility appurtenances be located in such a way as to
utilize existing gaps in the tree crowns, so that it would be ex-
pected that no limbs of 4-inch diameter or larger would need to
be trimmed, that the Tree Warden continuously monitor the work,
and that if any such trimming were found unavoidable it would
first require his concurrence in writing. Mr. Frank Hadley of
the Reading Municipal Light Department and Mr. Bud Dickey, Tree
Warden, concurred with the proposal. Mr. Walter Begonis, a resi-
dent of the street, asked if other issues related to the street
work could be re-examined, and after the Chair stated that the
discussion was limited to only this one outstanding aspect of the
Scenic Roads decision previously made by the Commission, stated
that the proposal seemed realistic. The Commission voted 4:0 to
approve a motion, made by Mr. Howard and seconded by Ms. Shipes,
to accept the proposal as specified in a Notification to Town
Clerk dated June 6, 1995.
DECISION ON DEFINITIVE SUBDIVISION PLANS--ANSON LANE
After Ms. Shipes left the quorum, Mr. Baillie opened discussions
toward reaching a decision relative to the Definitive Subdivision
Plans for Anson Lane, the public hearing for which had been
closed at a previous meeting. After considerable discussion,
prominent during which were issues relative to the pavement width
and a protective fence on abutting property, the Commission voted
3:0 to approve a motion of Mr. Howard, seconded by Mr. Barnes, to
approve these Definitive Subdivision Plans with conditions as
specified in a Notification to Town Clerk dated June 6, 1995.
ADJOURNMENT
At 10:10 PM a motion was made and seconded to adjourn and the
Commission voted unanimously to do so.
Respectfully Submitted:, Approved: lQ, 199
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Bryan Ir#iin, Secretary
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