HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-05-26 Planning Board MinutesMZnutes of the Meeting of May 26, 1981.
Chairman Zorabedian was in attendance at the By 1 Committee
meeting and in his absence, Barry J. Mitchel called the meeting
to order at 7:45 PM with Board members K(EMessina, John Shaw
and Ellen Childress present. Mr. Denny Lawton of MAPC and
3 Town citizens as well as Tracy Dwyer from the Reading Chronicle
were also in attendance. -
MAPC - West St. Traffic Study
The Board voted to discuss the West St. study and asked Mr. Lawton
to give the Board a brief overview of the project. Mr. Lawton
presented the following:
- the project would take approximately 2 months to study;
MAPC would need the full co-operation of the Police, BPW
and Planning Board in order to complete the work on time
with the anticipated results;
- The. study would describe the problems, identify those areas that
'were the most dangerous and offer option for the Town to
pursue to alleviate those problems;
that due to recent cutbacks the MAPC is not able to provide the
scope as requested in the proposal but will pursue the feasib-
ility of implementing the proposals with the Stater&nA.county
and Town officials;
The Board and Mr. Lawton discussed the safety problems of West
Street with input from the Town citizens present. Most dangerous
to the traffic safety as presently perceived were:
excess speed
inadequate.l,ighting
- inadequate signing
line of sight obstruction
- illegal parking
- heavy rush-hour traffic
intersecting traffic
as well as others.
that
The Board requested/the Secretary YO send a letter to the Board of
Selectmen, Board of Public Works with copies to the Police Chief,--,.,.
Fire Chief, BPW Superintendent and Town Engineer. This letter
would be a request for full co-operation with Mr. Lawton from,
their Boards and/or employees.
Highland School - Building Reuse Survey
Mr. Tucker from the Highland School district was present and asked
the Board why they failed to distribute copies to abutting residents.
The Board explained that t1jey`were being hand-delivered and =fit
would be delivered to these homes as soon as possible. Nor.
Tucker volunteered to deliver approximately 100 copies of this
questionnaire to those residents.;
Tracy Dwyer said that the survey questionnaire would be published
in the Chronicle within the next 2 days. The Board is hoping to
receive replies before discussion of Highland School at Town Meeting.
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The Board members Ken Messina and Barry Mithcel will help with
collating the data from this survey.
The Board then voted to resume discussion of the agenda 'items
as listed.
Correspondence
The Board reviewed information from the Ipswich River Watershed
Association re: the meeting of June 18, 1981 - Thursday.
The Secretary will check with Conservation Commission to see if
any of their members or the Administrator will attend.
Finance
The Board scheduled a meeting with the Finance Committee for
Thursday? May 28th to discuss the possibility of increasing
the salary budget by approximately $500 for FY182 due to the
increased work load. The Secretary will prepare copies of the
Annual Report, 1982 Work Plan, Schedule of Accounts and the
salary balance for the Chairman.
The Board requested that the office supplies be restocked and
that the large-type cam for the typewriter be obtained. The
Secretary will.call the typewriter repairman to arrange for an
appointment to have the typewriter serviced.
Letterheads and envelopes will be ordered before the end of FY'81.
Historical Commission will allow the Planning Board to use their
reduced size copies of the Zoning Maps (8 1/2 x 11) to make the.
Xerox transparencies.
Town Meeting Issues
The Board discussed the motion for reconsideration of Article 12
on the Non-Use proposal by the Board. The new amendment to the
original motion will be taken directly from Ch. 40A, Sec. 6 and 9.,
MGL and shall read "the non-conforming status shall lapse",
instead of "shall not be reinstated".
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board unanimously voted
to support -s--eh
Meeting Schedule
Town Meeting resumes on Monday, June 1, 1981 at 8 RM.
The Board will post for a meeting at 7 PM for that evening.
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board unanimously votea to
adjourn at 9:40 PM.
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BJM