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TOWN OF READING
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
MINUTES AUGUST 3, 1992
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
August 3, 1992. In attendance were Nancy Snipes, Chair, Jonathan
Barnes, Commission Secretary; and Members William Goodrich and
Thomas Stohlman. Also present was Town Planner Jonathan Edwards.
The meeting was called to order at 7:51 PM.
APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES
The minutes of the Commission's meeting, of June 22 and 25 and
July 6, 1992 were amended and accepted.
EXTENSION OF COMPLETION DATE AND SETTING OF BOND AMOUNT--DUCK RD.
Mr. Joe Cunningham,. developer of the Duck Road Subdivision, re-
quested the Commission to extend the completion date for this
subdivision and to set a bond amount, recommended by the Town En-
gineer, of $130,000. After discussion, the Commission voted 4:0
to approve a motion made by Mr. Stohlrrian, seconded by Mr.
Goodrich, to extend the completion date to August 31, 1993
provided that the developer within thirty days of this decision
submits to DPW--Engineering an acceptable schedule for full
completion of all remaining subdivision work by the extended
completion date and to set the bond amount for this subdivision
at $130.000.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Jonathan Barnes was duly nominated and elected (with Mr. Barnes
abstaining) as Chair of the Commission for Fiscal Year 1993 and
Richard Howard was duly nominated and elected Commission
Secretary for the same term. Mr. Barnes assumed Chairmanship of
the meeting. The Commission expressed its appreciation for the
excellent job done by Ms. Snipes as Chair and Mr. Barnes as
Secretary over the last ,year.
MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
The following advice was provided to the relevant subcommittees:
Planned Residential Develo.Rment.
Adrienne McMahon, Chair of the Housing Partnership, presented
comments from that committee concerning the PRD ideas as outlined
in a memo from Mr. Edwards: perpetuity of affordability of hous-
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100 years would be appropriate, bonus units should be on-site
only, and phased developments should be discouraged. The Commis-
sion discussed also the issue of whether affordable units should
be required as a certain percentage or whether they should be
subject to bonus-density incentives.
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Planned Unit Development:
The Commission agreed that emphasis for Fall Town Meeting should
be placed on substantive amendments to the by-law to enhance
economic development chances, with procedural changes and submis-
sion requirements, as separate submission requirements or prefer-
rably as part of the by-law, as a lesser priority for the time
being.
OTHER BUSINESS
Winchester Hospital: The Commission endorsed a minor site plan
change to allow for the preservation of an existing stand of
large evergreen trees as a screen for abutting residential
properties.
Birch Meadow Estates: After reviewing a plan for revising the
intersection layout of Rice Road and Forest Street in order to
preserve some large existing trees, and after examining its legal
authority to do so, the Commission voted 4:0 to approve a motion
made by Ms. Shipes, seconded by Mr. Goodrich, to approve a plan
dated July 8, 1992 as an acceptable alternative to the previously
approved Definitive Subdivision Plan on condition that there is
no change in property or right-of-way boundary lines, grades,
drainage plans, or underground utilities.
Street Corner Visibility Instructional Motion from Spring Town
Meeting: to be placed on the agenda of the next meeting.
APPROVAL-NOT-REQUIRED SUBDIVISION PLAN
An ANR Plan for land at the corner of Walnut and Curtis Streets
was reviewed. The Commission voted 4:0 to refuse to endorse a
Plan of Land owned by Charles K. Spalding Jr et ux dated June 25,
1992, due to lack of sufficient legal and physical frontage for
pedestrian and vehicular access for lot 15A.
ADJOURNMENT
At 11:17 PM a motion was made and seconded to adjourn and the
Commission voted unanimously to do so.
Respectfully Submitted: Approved: _64M t~ t Z24 t992.
Signed: Date:
J f'a han Barnes, Secretary