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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-12-16 Community Planning and Development Commission MinutesTOWN OF READING =✓a_ "Ii 16 Lowell Street CLERK Reading, MA 01867-2683 D ` ~i-,'C , M A S S. Phone: 781-942-9012 Fax: 781-942-9071 c__ 1 F; R P 4. 18 Email: creilly@ci.reading.ma.us COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CPDC MINUTES Meeting Dated: December 16, 2002 Members Present: Jonathan Barnes(JB), Chairman; Richard Howard (RH), Neil Sullivan, (NS), Paul Devlin (PD), Commissioners. Also Present: Chris Reilly, Town Planner (CR); Kelley Meier (KM), Recording Secretary. The Chair called the meeting to order at 7:32 PM. The following minutes were approved with/ without amendments or editions: 11.4.02 JB arrives at 7:39 PM. STAFF BRIEFING Longwood Poultry Farm There was a Special Town Meeting on 12.9.02 that included Articles on the Longwood PUD zoning amendments. CR explained there was a last minute scare by the AG's office regarding the site plan review process in the proposed PUD amendment. Joan Langsam and Brad Latham rectified the problems. Articles 6 and 7 were passed by Town Meeting and will be submitted to AG office today. JB asks if it is possible to get the 35 page document on the PUD amendment from the Warrant. JB repeated his frustration from earlier meetings about blips regarding the recent material. Meadow Brook NS, MF, and PD missed the site walk, however CR was present. There was confusion on the site walk about boundaries for Meadowbrook and the Town-owned land. Meadowbrook would like to swap a roughly equal portion of land from the Tower Forest-to-make some. more_golfingholes.. C:\My Documents\CPDC\Agenda-Minutes\CPDC Minutes 12.16.02.doc Last printed 03/10/03 3:15 PM Created by ggr Created on 01/16/03 9:47 AM TOWN OF READING COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Minutes for Meeting dated: December 16, 2002 JB asks if they want a recommendation from the CPDC. RH is concerned with the effect on parking the expansion of the golf course may have JB asks if there are any issues from the site walk to be brought up for discussion. CR explains the neighbors and residents are concerned about the amount of trees that the club might want to take down. RH recommends to have CR draft a letter for circulation asking for the BOS to consider the impact on parking, traffic, and recreational use the swap and expansion will have. JB makes a few comments about the CD Chairs meeting with Peter H. JB passes out the Policy regarding an ad hoc Historic District Study Committee for West Street. There was some discussion about this topic and the process that is involved in establishing an Historic District. JB would like to know about what the schedule is regarding this group. Van Norden LIP WPI, the applicant's wetlands consultant, went to the site and delineated 2 of the vernal pool boundaries as requested by the Working Group, but the 3rd hasn't been delineated. NS has attended the Working Sessions on behalf of CPDC and thinks that the maps submitted by the applicant are inadequate. He has not been in contact with Fran Fink, Conservation Administrator. There was a Working Group meeting on 12.12.02 at 3 PM. Peter H mentioned that the maps are not accurate regarding the 3rd vernal pool and WPI needs to delineate boundary or the Working Group cannot consider give a favorable recommendation to the BOS. The Conservation Adminstrator, Ms. Fink, has told the applicant they have to delineate the 3rd vernal pool for Cons Comm approval. The next scheduled meeting is a site walk to establish an acceptable map for the working sessions. There is a lot of lateral progress, but no forward movement. ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW The Commission went over the 2003 CPDC schedule. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN CR updates the Commission. They missed deadline at the end of August for the waivers, but, the MAPC consultant might still get waivers through the Scope of Services for the 418 grant. The funding is still available, along with a consultant for the project. MAPC has drafted a Scope of Services for the Commission. The State approves the Scope of es for the $30,000 in 418 funding for the plan, but the Scope must be Page 2 of 3 TOWN OF READING COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Minutes for Meeting dated: December 16, 2002 approved and submitted to the Consultant. CR passes out the proposed Scope that the MAPC Consultant sent him today and goes over what he did. RH is concerned with the amount spent on Natural Resources Element in the Scope. The proposed meetings in the Scope will be public-noticed workshops, probably at the Senior Center. JB asks if there would be a better way to distribute the money. The Natural Resources Element appears to "soak up" the money, due to the GIS. CR explains that the GIS maps are going to drive the whole project, so the estimates are reasonable. CR will work on the Scope the next few days and have it in to MAPC by Friday. If Commission has comments, general comments will be accepted until Wednesday on what the members would like to see changed. The Town will be in good shape once February comes around and the Scope is approved by the State. June 30tl, is the deadline to spend the $30,000, which CR explains is achievable. For the Master Plan Advisory Committee, RH recommends there should be a member from Cons Comm, RHA, Downtown Steering Committee, BOS, Recreation, and the Town Engineer. CR will advise the BOS of the CPDC recommendations. Motion to adjourn at 9:10 PM, made by RH, seconded by PD. All in favor. These minutes were prepared by Kelley Meier, Recording Secretary, and submitted to the CPDC on January 6, 2003. Minutes were approved by the CPDC on January 27, 2003. Signed as Secretary Page 3 of 3