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Home My WebLink About1979-01-02 Community Planning and Development Commission Minutes~a Alternative of High Street - Lincoln Street connection, which assumes availability ofdepot parking to service local business area, discussed. Strategy of presenting and developing plan discussed. Mr. Mayerson will submit draft report. Citizen input, businessman's input and League of Women Voters input is to be encouraged.. There being no other buisness before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 10:45 P.M. until January 2, 1979. Respectfully submitted, C. J. Keller r Minutes of the Meeting of January 2, 1979. The meeting convened at 7:40 P'<M. with Chairman M. O'Brien, C. Keller, G. Paynter and J. Sturm present. Correspondence Mail was reviewed. Board Membership Papers from five applicants for Planning Board vacancy have been received. Board will meet on Monday, January 8, 1979 to interview applicants and then meet with Board of Selectmen for the formal selection of the new member. Commuter Rail Board is to meet with Eugene Skoropowski of the M.B.T.A. to discuss rail service'on Thursday, January 25th or the first Thursday there- after that he is available. Mr. Mayerson is to make the necessary arrangements and notify other interested municipal officials. Commuter Parkin Study Board voted to submit application for Air Quality Projection Program by unanimous vote. Current Work Schedule Staff Work Program dated January 2, 1979 reviewed and discussed. Schedule strives for: 1) Major Highlights of Reading Center Proposal for Town Meeting; 2) Inventoriesand analysis of the South Main Street study to present to Town Meeting, but not necessarily including a finished plan; 3) Recommendation on Town Offices for Town Meeting; 4) A preliminary recommendation on "excess" buildings for Town Meeting; 5) A budget document by February 1, 1979; 6) Some proposals on Overlay Districts for the Town Meeting warrant as part of an ongoing and continuing project; and 7) Non-conforming lot proposal for the Town Meeting warrant. FY '80 Budget Preliminary list of new and continuing work items for next year reviewed. Mr. Mayerson was requrested to prepare and submit a full draft based on comments of the members. Space Study Excess Building Inventory List dated January 2, 1979 reviewed and edited. Community Center Report by Board should include our recommendation as to use. Reading Center report will cover the Depot area. Mr. Mayerson will prepare a °'use" alternative list for the Incinerator land, the Prospect St. School, the Lowell St. School and the NIKE site. Zoning Overlay Districts Letter to Board of Public Works dated January 2, 1979 advising them of ongoing study with Conservation to iron out overlay districts and requesting Superintendent's review of zoning map to identify presently excluded water channels that should be included approved. Non-conforming Lots Draft 3 dated January 2, 1979 reviewed. Mr. Mayerson was requested to redraft the proposal and set out requisites by paragraph to make the text more readily understandable. Reading Center Plan Review of Initial Analysis-Outline dated December 4, 1978 continued. Members discussed list of desirable us<es presently excluded. Problem of inadequate parking and remedial measures discussed, including revised design of present parking arrangements; requirements on all new construction; deletion of the present waiver of requirements within 300 feet in favor of a partial credit only for lots adjacent to the public parking; the possibilities of a grandfather clause to encourage retailers to donate an amount to establish additional parking and/or create "incentives to encourage retailers to join 59 together to centralize retail parking` and reclamation of some of commuter parking from the M.B.T.A,. considered unlikely. The problem at the edges of Districts where uses change but abut were discussed. The adoption of buffer requirements of walls, trees, shrubs, etc. to buffer one areaor undesirable situation from an adjoining lot or area was discussed. Bus Routes Members reviewed possibility of replacing current bus stops at Library and lay-over area in front of C ongregational Church, by rerouting buses #136 and #137 to Railroad station Depot. Route would use only right turns from Washington to High, up Woburn Street to Main Street. Mr. Mayerson is to discuss and review idea with Don Dewey and Roger Louanis and fine-tune the plan. Zoning - Public Buildings Public Buildings as defined by Chapter 22, Section 13A relates to use by as well as ownership by the public. While this does not directly pertain to Zoning, we should consider a definition or some other remedial measure for inclusion in our By-law. Mr. Mayerson was requested-'to prepare a recommendation for a future meeting. There being no other business before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 10:35 P.M. Respectfully submitted, C. J.' Keller Minutes of the Meeting 'of January 8, 1979. The meeting convened at 7:40 P.M. with Chairman M. O'Brien, C. Keller, J. Sturm and G. Paynter present. Correspondence Mail was reviewed. Minutes The minutes of January 2, ?1979 were tabled until, tomorrow- night's meeting of the Board. Finances Postponed until tomorrow.