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Home My WebLink About2002-07-15 Community Planning and Development Commission Minutes0` f CLERK TOWN OF READIN&POING, Mass` 16 Lowell Street _q P W. 03 Reading, MA 01867-2683 Phone: 781-942-9012 Fax: 781-942-9071 Email: akrieg@ci.reading.ma.us COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CPDC MINUTES Meeting Dated: July 15, 2002 Members Present: Richard Howard (RH), Chairman; Jonathan Barnes(JB); Neil Sullivan, (NS); Paul Devlin, (PD) Also Present: Joseph Delaney, Town Engineer (JD); Anne Krieg, Tozvn Planner (AK); Kelley Meier, Recording Secretary (KM). The Chair called the meeting to order at 7:36 PM. STAFF BRIEFING AK discussed the 93/95 Interchange with the Commission. RH spoke about the Ad-Hoc Committee on the 93/95 Interchange and asks the Commission if anyone woud like to represent the CPDC. NS volunteered to represent the Commission. ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW 7:45 PM: 80-90-100 SOUTH MAIN STREET Mr. Tambone spoke about his plans for the redevelopment of the property. The existing buildings are 40/50 years old. They keep up the buildings as much as possible. The property is approximately 2.5 acres. The three buildings have a floor area of 30,000 square feet. This new project probably wouldl t happen right away, maybe in the next 2-5 years. It would consist of a 3-story, 70,000 square foot building. It would require new zoning for setbacks, parking, buffer, etc. The back of the property, for the most part are trees. The Commission requested for staff to work on options for the parcel as well as 8:05 PM: Longwood Poultry Farm C:\Mv Documents\CPDC\Agenda-Minutes\7.15.02 minutes.doc Last printed 08/28/02 9:50 AM Created by Kelley Meier Created on 08/23/023:56 PM TOWN OF READING COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Minutes for Meeting dated: July 15, 2002 AK updates the Commission on the project. There was some discussion about the percentage of affordable housing if the back portion does not go commercial. Some people expressed concern about the recreation inside the development. The Public Hearing is scheduled for August 26. CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS 8:17 PM: 470 Main Street Jay Kahn from Sign Center and Anne Hooker (branch manager) is here from Ipswich Bank and it's going to Banknorth. There will be raised lettering with a dark blue coloring. There will be no lighting on the sign. They will be taking down the old lettering and putting new ones up. The awnings will be the same material, but different colors. They withdrew the option for placing a sign on the side by Dunkin Donuts. JB makes a motion to accept excluding the sign by Dunkin' Donuts and rear of the property, no lettering on the awning and the signage be in accordance with the bylaw. NS seconds. Voted in favor, 4-0-0. The Commission needs to check the MGL due to the inconsistency with the laws. 8:46 PM: 41 High Street Jonathan Cody is present to talk about the sign. The owners are going to take off the fluorescent lighting and improve the look of the building. There is no lighting in the proposal. RH makes a motion to accept the package with conditions. PD seconds. Voted in favor, 4-0-0. The chair calls for a five minutes break. The chair calls the meeting back to order. 8:58 PM - PUBLIC HEARING: 137 MAIN ST. NS moves to move this public hearing to 7.29.02 at 7:45 PM. JB seconds. Voted in favor, 4-0-0. Page 2 of 4 TOWN OF READING COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Minutes for Meeting date& July 15, 2002 9:00 PM - PUBLIC HEARING: 68/72 MAIN ST. JB moves to continue this hearing provided getting written extension otherwise the Commission will be denying the application if not received. NS seconds. Voted in favor, 4-0-0. 9:04 PM - PUBLIC HEARING: PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION/468 WEST ST. Brad Latham and Bill Bergeron are both present representing the landowner. There is discussion about the extension of the current road. RH reads the memo from the ConCom dated July 10, 2002. Joe mentions that with new subdivisions that there are underground utilities If there are to be underground utilities, there will have to be a seven foot vault underground, Bill Bergeron points out, but he will work out the details with JD. JB makes a motion to deny the preliminary subdivision as applied for b the landowner for the address. NS seconds. Voted in favor, 4-0-0. y 9:32 PM - PUBLIC HEARING: SITE PLAN REVIEW 143 MAIN ST. The applicant here is here, Angelo Ciano, representing him is Mr. Josh Latham. They would like to put on an additional level there and a new garage. There is 2775 square feet without the garage, over 4000 square feet with the garage. A view of the plan is passed out to the Commission. They would like some input from the Commission on what they would like to see with the parking spots and the access to Main Street from the business. JD reviews his memo. Mr. Ciano's business hours are 7 am to 5 PM. There is no major mechanic work done on the site. Ed Clark is present and he mentions that the property is on the hill. He had two questions: -is there going to be any excavating of land going on? -what is the height of the garage? (going to be 30 feet to be consisting with the present buildinL-) Page 3 of 4 TOWN OF READING COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Minutes for Meeting dated: July 15, 2002 JD mentions that there might be a problem with Mass Highway with the parking in the front end of the building. RH brings up idea to send letter to Glen to recalculate the parking spaces. JB moves to continue the public hearing to July 29th at 9 PM. Second by PD. Voted in favor, 4-0-0. 10:06 PM - PUBLIC HEARING: SITE PLAN REVIEWIFINAGLE A BAGEL Dave Faist is representing Co-Presidents Alan Litchman and Laura Beth Trust. The Reading outlet is store 12 out of 17. It has been a year and a half since the store moved into Reading. David Faist reviewed the application for the Commission. There is five car stack up between order phone and pick up window and six car stack up behind the order phone. The island next to the six car stack up is going from 10 feet to 4 feet, it still will be enough protection for the light posts. JD would like DO NOT ENTER signs facing Knollwood Drive to keep people from coming in. JD goes over a few items that he would like to see happen. AK reviews other staff comments. Michelle Kramer spoke on the application. Her issue is with the parking. When there is an entertainer, there are vehicles that park on both sides of Knollwood Drive. Ed Lamen has been a resident next to Finagle a Bagel for 32 years. He had requested an eight foot fence along the property a year ago, but got lost. He had requested tonight maybe an evergreen plant to keep any additional lights or noise out. The restaurant opens at 6 am, closes at 5 PM during the winter, 6 PM during the summer. There is no change in lighting. There is a music man (Ed Morgan) who comes in for an hour on Tuesdays, which is free and most popular in the Reading store. RH mentions that the commission does in fact need to get a hold of the fire and police department to see what they have to say. Page 4 of 4 TOWN OF READING COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Minutes for Meeting dated: July 15, 2002 JB moves to continue the public hearing for this application to July 29tk NS seconds. Voted in favor, 4-0-0. T,nnd Fill Extended Stay America is off the board, along with the parking garage. The current phased plan will be back in front of CPDC and ConCom. RH mentions that Addison Wesley may be impacted by the interchange items, due to his speaking with Bill Brown. A-W may have zoning issues. JB asks if there is any possibility to move the houses affected by 93/95 interchange to Longwood Poultry Farms and have the Town put the money to moving the houses and the rest of the money to Longwood. 11:05 PM: CPDC Reorganization of Chair/Secretary JB has accepted to become chair, while MF becomes Secretary. MF had told RH - to skip him for Chair this year and come back to him the next year. RH makes motion to make JB chair. Voted in favor, 3-0-1. All in favor, to make MF secretary, 4-0-0. Motion to adjourn at 11:10 PM, made by JB, seconded by NS. All in favor, 4-0-0. These minutes were prepared by Kelley Meier, and submitted to the CPDC on July 30, 2002. Minutes were approved by the CPDC on August 26, 2002. Signed ate- pprd: Secretary 110-510 Date Page 5 of 4