HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-10-23 Planning Board MinutesMr. Mayerson was requested to review the third sentence of the 3
second section with Town Counsel again, with the object of
clarifying further that the suspensive veto is only applicable
to the "submitting body" and to find out how the two separate
Articles proposed by the By-law Committee and the Planning
Hoard can be handledon the floor of Town Meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 9:30 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
C. J. Keller
Present: M. O'Brien
G. Hines
G. Paynter
J. Sturm
October 23, 1978
Meeting convened at 7:45 P.M.
Correspondence
1980 Budget Forms received from the Finance Committee were tabled'.
until a subsequent meeting. Letter from the Wakefield Board of
Selectmen supporting the Board's position on 'che Commuter Rail
Improvement Program was received. Letter from the Reading
Chronicle requesting inclusion on the mailing list for Board
meeting agendas was reviewed and Mr. Mayerson was authorized to
distribute the material as requested.
Minutes
Minutes ofthe meeting of October 16th were tabled for corrections.
Finances
A transfer of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars from Account #209, - Auto
Allowance to Account #249, - Advertising was approved by the
members.
Comprehensive Permit - Congregational Church
A group from the CongregationalChurch presented their initial plans
for moderate income housing to be located on a site off Bay State.
Road. A four story 98-100 unit building is proposed. This was
briefly reviewed by the Board and the member's questions were answered.
The group indicated it would keep the Board advisedof future develop-
ments and progress.
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Urban Redevelol2ment Corp. - Cedar Glen
Mr. Mayerson reported that alternate drafts of the report are still
under discussion with Town Counsel who now wishes to review them
with the Department of Community Affairs. The Board indicated it
wished to complete action on this subject no later than the next
meeting and tabled the item until that time.
Fall Town Meeting
The members
as follows:
Article
Article
Article
reviewed,..,discussed and took positions on Warrant Articles
6 -
7 -
10 -
Article 11 -
Article 12 -
Composition of Law Committee -
Composition of Law Committee -
Majority of Board's Signatures
of Bills Payable - no action;
Majority of Board'sS•gnatures
opposed;
Change in Annual Town Meeting
no action;
no action;
on Schedule
on_Payrolls -
Date - no action.
Mandatory Referral
Chairman reported on continuing conversations with the By-law
Committee and their desire to review the final draft at an early
date.
A new Draft 4 was submitted by Mr. Mayerson and reviewed by the
Board members. After some discussion it was decided that this
required further clarification either to more clearly segregate
the provisions relative to Town Meeting as contrasted with pro-
visions applying to other Town agencies or deletion of the latter.
Mr. Mayerson and the Chairman are to work on a_further revision of
text for the next meeting.
Community Center and Municipal S ace Stud
Matrices contrasting alternative solutions for municipal offices
and for the Community Center site were reviewed and discussed.
The need for some precise figures identifying square footage, of
existing buildings, need expressed in square footage of floor
area, information on the potential for retaining the third floor
of the Community Center in a rehabilitation and further consider-
ation of the validity of the personnel projections were discussed.
The subjects were then tabled until the next meeting.
Overlay Districts
After some discussion the Chairman was designated to act as a
subcommittee to meet with the Conservation Commission during the
day this week, if this can be arranged. The purpose is to begin
discussions on this project to be completed in time for presenta-
tion at the Spring Town Meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 10:30 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
/J
Gayliss-B. Paynter