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TOWN OF READING
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
MINUTES OF APRIL 3, 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
April 3, 1995. In attendance were Thomas Baillie, Chair; Bryan
Irwin, Commission Secretary; and Members 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 March 20, 1995 were
accepted.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
The Commission voted 4:0 to approve a motion of Mr. Howard,
seconded by Mr. Irwin, to recommend to Town Meeting Article 8 of
the Spring 1995 Town Meeting Warrant.
Mr. Baillie opened discussions as to prospective revisions to the
Rules and Regulations Governing the Subdivision of Land. Major
issue topics included:
-design standards: Mr. Delaney recommended thicker pavement
topcoating requirements, standards for detention basins
and infiltration systems, and standards for drainage
calculations.
-submission requirements: locus plans at 111=100' scale show-
ing adjoining properties within 1500 feet with deed and
recorded plan references, showing existing structures
with distances to property lines, requirement of Con-
servation delineation or determination of no ap-
plicability.
-requiring a Conservation Certificate of Compliance as to
prerequisite to bond releases and street acceptance.
-policy statement as to waivers and compensatory contribu-
tion of commensurate funds or improvements.
-retaining walls to be of stone or stone facing
-curb-cut standards
-underground utilities, dust and noise controls required
-tree preservation policy as incorporated standards
-flow-chart of the review and inspections process
-policy in favor of through-streets
-definition of adjoining developable lands
The Commission instructed Messrs. Edwards and Delaney to have a
ing, using the Burlington Regulations as a basis.
PUBLIC HEARING--DEFINITIVE SUBDIVISION PLANS: BEACON CIRCLE
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Mr. Baillie called to order a Public Hearing to consider Defini-
tive Plans for the proposed Beacon Circle subdivision. Mr. O.
Bradley Latham, attorney for the applicant, presented the plans
together with a request for waivers to a 40-foot right-of-way
width and to a 25-foot utility easement width. Engineer David
Dwyer presented plan revisions showing reduction of cul-de-sac
slope to 3 to 7 percent. Messrs. Edwards and Delaney presented
staff comments. Major issues raised by Commission members and
the public included water runoff, point-source drainage discharge
into abutting property, blasting, restoration of the driveway
over the proposed sewer line. At this point Mr. Howard left the
quorum. After having obtained a signed agreement by the ap-
plicant to a time extension of May 24, 1995, the Commission voted
3:0 to approve a motion by Mr. Barnes, seconded by Mr. Irwin, to
continue the public hearing to 7:45 PM on May 22, 1995.
ADJOURNMENT
At 11:11 PM a motion was made and seconded to adjourn and the
Commission voted unanimously to do so.
Respectfully Submitted: Approved:
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Signed: Date:
Brya""n I win, Secretary
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