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Home My WebLink About2001-03-12 Community Planning and Development Commission Minutes[_ezk is TOWN OF READING 16 Lowell Street Reading, MA 01867-2683 Phone: 781-942-9012 Fax: 781-942-9071 L - l la i Email: akrie5z@ci.readint.ma.us a COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CPDC MINUTES Meeting Dated: March 12, 2001 Members Present: Neil Sullivan, (NS), Chairman; Richard Howard (RH); Richard Schubert (RS) Also Present: Joseph Delaney, Town Engineer (JD); Anne Krieg, Town Planner (AK) The Chair called the meeting to order at 7:40 PM. The following minutes were approved with editions: 1.08.01 STAFF BRIEFING AK discussed the following items with the Commission: ✓ Meeting with Abend Associates - monitoring system; options for construction after opening of site; Homemart improvement requirements done by the Town ✓ Landfill permitting schedule The following requests were made from staff: RH requested VHB to produce options to reduce the effects of the landfill project on the neighborhood as well as the effects of the Washington Street Bypass 7 schedule a neighborhood meeting after April 2nd. ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW RFP for old Police Station AK/JD reviewed the proposals to the Commission. After discussion the Commission reached the_following consensus. • Re-development of building is a benefit to the town C:\My Documents\CPDC\Agenda-Minutes\3.12.01 Minutes.doc Last printed 03/08/02 8:56 AM Created by Anne Krieg Created on 08/16/013:43 PM TOWN OF READING COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Minutes for Meeting dated: March 12, 2001 • Historic preservation as a priority • Provide parking for downtown • Affordable component in any housing option • Financial Benefit - no net loss to the Town • Viability of the Project should be questioned • Coordination of Project as a key component Bethesda Lane - Bond Release As-builts and street acceptance plans-have not been submitted.. Minor issues remain as loam and seed and general site clean-up as well as possible curb replacement. No action taken by the CPDC on this matter. APPROVAL NOT REQUIRED PLAN Address: 455 Grove Street Action: CPDC Endorsement CONTINUATION OF A PUBLIC HEARING: ASHLEY PLACE DEFINITIVE SUBDIVISION The attorney for the applicant updated the CPDC on the progress of the plan since the previous meeting. He showed an alternative plan to provide access to the open space parcel abutting the subject property. This plan needs a waiver from the roadway length requirement. The plan purports to bring the cul-de-sac to the edge of the open space to bring sixty feet width of full access to it. The pitch of the road decreases with the roadway extension and pulls structures away from the existing neighborhood. AK questioned the overriding public benefit of the grant of the a waiver under the requirments of the Subdivision Rules and Regulations. She indicated the need to provide for an affordable unit, possibly at the $285,000.00 range in keeping with Executive Order 418 to provide up through 120% median income. The applicant range the homes for the site will be sold in the ,000. He offered instead to make payment to the Town in the amount of $250,000.00 the cost of one lot. Page 2 of 5 TOWN OF READING COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Minutes for Meeting dated: March 12, 2001 JD indicated a small stone parking lot would be constructed by the developer for a few cars at the entrance to the open space parcel. After discussion among the CPDC members, there was a consensus to the principles of the plan given the benefits to the Town with the layout and affordable housing donation. Schedule for next hearing was discussed. The applicant requested an extension to prepare a new set of plans for submittal. RH requested staff to propose funding mechanism for affordable housing gift from the applicant. RH moved to continue the public hearing to April 9th 2001 at 8:00 PM. Motion seconded by RS. All in favor. PUBLIC HEARING: TEXACO STATION OF WALKER'S BROOK DRIVE Mike Gallant, for the applicant, recapped the discussion from the previous meeting and the previously submitted plan. A new plan was presented by the applicant and the engineer. Photographs of similar projects in other communities were also reviewed. AK suggested more landscaping in the front and side of the property is considered. RS requested if pitched roof canopies were considered for this site. RH indicated there should be no signs on the canopy. There may be a sign on the building for Foodmart and Alliance and questioned the conformity of the free-standing sign for Texaco on the streetline. He also expressed concerns on lighting of the site, the scale of the canopy as massive to its site, and the dumpster being enclosed. Mr. Gallant indicated the need for consistent corporate identity but some special designs have been done at other locations. -RS indicated the-site is part of an entry point/ gateway to the community and the Commission was looking for improvements to the streetscape. Page 3 of 5 TOWN OF READING COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Minutes for Meeting dated: March 12, 2001 AK reviewed the comments from the Development Review team meeting. Attorney reviewed the easement issue with the Commission. This easement gives access to the rear portion of the site. Conservation Commission wanted the rear portion of the property for tax title. The back portion is being considered as a partial location for snow storage after the construction of the landfill takes place. The town wants to retain its use of the easement. AK indicated further on the dumpster enclosure that it should match the concrete block of the rear portion of the building. RH requested for consideration of a brick exterior for the building. RH moved the following: We, the CPDC, as requested by Motiva Enterprises, under the provisions of Section 4.3 of the Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Reading, to consider the contemplated site plan development for property addressed at 87 Walkers Brook Drive (Assessors Map 46, Lot 7), as shown on the plans entitled "Proposed Service Station Improvements Texaco Service Station" having sheets 1 through 7, prepared and stamped by Tyree Consultants; do hereby vote to approve the said application. This approval is subject to the following conditions: 1. Prior to the issuance of a building permit, all other requirements and permits shall be sought and received, including, but not limited to a curb cut permit and a utility connection permit. The applicant shall bear the burden of ensuring all state and local permitting has been sought and received. 2. Exterior construction of this project shall be limited to the following hours - Monday through Friday from 7.30 AM to 6:30 PM, Saturday from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM. No construction on the exterior shall be allowed on Sunday. Interior construction shall be limited to these hours if the work performed is audible within three hundred feet of the property boundary. 3. The Town Planner, prior to the issuance of a building permit, shall approve final landscaping plans, and, the design plans for the canopy and building (no signage on canopy allowed). Motion seconded by RS. All in favor. CPDC discussed the following comprehensive permits: Page 4 of 5 TOWN OF READING COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Minutes for Meeting dated: March 12, 2001 45 BEACON STREET Comments: ➢ Existing structure is not incorporated into the other units ➢ Visitor parking not shown ➢ Look at option to use existing grades more efficiently 1375 MAIN STREET Comments: ➢ Concerns on the relaxation of requirments under the Aquifer protection District ➢ Impervious cover should be limited to 20% ➢ District was established to limit growth and development in the Ipswich River Aquifer due to its use as a water source for the Town Motion to adjourn at 10:55 PM, made by RH, seconded by RS. All in favor. These minutes were prepared by Anne Krieg, Town Planner, and submitted to the CPDC on August 17, 2001, 2001. Minutes were approved by the CPDC on August 20, 2001. Signed as approved: Page 5 of 5