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Planning Board Meeting Schedule
The next meeting of the Planning Board will be held on Monday,
January 7, 1980 at 7:30 P.M. in the Board's office.
Upon a motion duly made. and seconded, the Board unanimously
voted to adjourn the meeting at 10:40 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
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Minutes of the Meeting of January 7,, 1900.
The meeting was called to order at 7:32 P.M. by Chairman
Sturm in Room 19, 52 Sanborn Street (the Community Center)
with Barry Mitchel, John Zorabedian, Gayllis Paynter and
Ellen Childress present. Mr. Robert Swift, Construction
Manager of The Analytic Sciences Corporation was also present.
The Board moved to discuss the Massachusetts Industrial
Finance Agency~MIFA) sign-off request for a $5,000,000.00
industrial revenue bond to construct a new facility on Jacob
Way in Reading by TASC up on the agenda
MIFA - TASC Building Sign-off Proposal
Chairman Sturm introduced Mr. Swift to the Board members and
asked Mr. Swift to familiarize the Board with present plans
for development of the Jacob Way property as proposed by TASC.
Mr. Swift stated:
- that Addison-Wesley owned a 22 1/2 Acre site on Jacob
Way;
- TASC proposes to obtain a long term lease from Addison
Wesley and construct a 5 story, 60,000 sq. ft. building
on a 5.2 Acre parcel of this land;
- TASC proposes to either buy or acquire a long term lease
on a; presently constructed building (1 Jacob Way) for
corporate headquarters, which is presently occupied and
leased by TASC from Addison Wesley;
- TASC plans to reclad the exterior of the present computer
building to match the exterior of the proposed new
construction.
Areas of concern to the members of the Board were discussed.
Among topics covered were:-
- accessability to the cul-de-sac on Jacob Way;
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Ms. Plansky's Position Guide, Grade level and salary were dis-
cussed at length. Mr. Zorabedian prepared a draft of a letter
to the Personnel Board recommending an evaluation of the Planning
Board Aide's position. Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the
Board unanimously approved contacting the Personnel Board re
Grade level change forthwith.
The Board recessed at 8:15 P.M. to meet with the Selectmen at
their Town Hall office. The joint Boards discussed in depth the
MBTA proposal for the Incinerator site (i.e. - MBTA Park 'n Ride);
and an overall comprehensive plan to develop the Dump Site land.
The Board of Selectmen will request volunteers for a Study Committee.
Also discussed was the letter sent to the Lord Corporation in which
the Planning Board stated that the Trancoa property is non-conforming
and legal counsel advises that a Building Permit of any kind cannot
be issued for this property.
At 9;10 P.M. the Board reconvened in Room 19, the Community Center.
Fee Schedule
The cost for copying the 1-page Zoning Map, the 39 page Zoning Map
in both the large and the reduced sizes were discussed. Presently
the Town charges $1.00 for any Zoning Map sold to the Public.
Costs for copying these at the Board of Public Works is $1.25 per
copy.
The fee for the larger size (21,x 36) map will be placed at $2.00
per copy,
Ms. Plansky will obtain cost estimates for reducing the corrected
pages for the 39 page Zoning Map
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board voted to adjourn
at 9:30 P.M.
Respectful submitted,
n A I a
/John ,Z'otabecAan, qtr.
Minutes of the Meetinq of Decemb
At 7:30 P.M. Chairman Sturm called the Planning Board meeting to
order in Room 19, 52 Sanborn Street (the Community Center) with
Ellen Childress, Barry Mitchel and Jahn Zorabedian, Jr, present.
FY '81 Budget
The fee for the reduced size Zoning Map was discussed. The costs
for engineering and copying these maps make it. necessary to set
the fee at $15.00 per set.
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Planning Board approved