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Space Study
Draft 3 dated March 6, 1979 was reviewed and some corrections
made. Boardadjourned to meet with Finance Committee at
9:00 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
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C . ~yJ. Keller
Minutes of the Meetinq of March 12, 1979.
The meeting was convened at 7:45 P.M. with M. O'Brien, J. Sturm,
C. Keller, and B. Mitchel present.
Correspondence
Incoming mail was reviewed
Minutes
Minutes of March 6, 1979 were read. The time when the execu-
tive session commended was corrected from 8:00 P.M. to 7:40
P.M. The minutes were accepted as corrected.
Personnel
Board voted unanimously to grant a 6 month salary increase of
5% to the Planning Board secretary, a part-time position.
Space Study
Corrections of wording were made on pages 4 and 6 of Draft 3a
of the Initial Recommendations Report. The report was then
tabled for a. final review at the next meeting. The Board
requested the Town Planner to prepareto print up sufficient
copies for distribution to Town Meeting Members tca-~a
following election day of April 17, 1979.
Board reviewed drafts of Articles to be presented to Town
Meeting Space Study Community Center Article was approved
for the Warrant. Decision to file Article was delegated to
Mr. Sturm after Town Planner checks with John Agnew on status
of CETA plan to use the building. The members decided not to
file an Article on the subject of policies for -renting of
Town property.
Non-conforming Lots
The members reviewed the report of the Sm,all.Lots Committee,
and decided that the scope of their proposal could not be
reconciled withtheir own draft. It was suggested that the
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Board of Selectmen might be willing to file the committee's
Article on the Warrant for them._
Draft 5 of the Board's Article on non-conforming lots was
reviewed and minor corrections made. It was then tabled for a
final review at the next meeting before filing for the Warrant.
Readinq Center Plan
Chairman O'Brien absented herself at this point as the Board
was to discussthe Reading. Center.Plan,and she felt she could
not view the plan objectively because of her current campaign
involvement for a seat on the Board_of.Selectmen.
The Board decided to present the Reading Center Plan as a
Progress.Report at Town Meeting,to print 250 copies of current
"plan" for distribution to Town Meeting Members but. not to file
an Article for adoption of.the recommended policies. The text
was tabled for a final review at the next meeting.
Informational meetings were scheduled for April 2nd and 30th.
There being no further business before the Board, the meeting
was adjourned at 10:25 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
C. J,) Keller
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Minutes of the Meeting of March 19, 1979
The meeting was convened at 7:35 P.M. with C. Keller, G. Paynter
and B. Mitchel present. Mr. Mitchel presided.
Articles on Warrant
The Board discussed Articles to be presented to Town Meeting
since they were due this evening.- Proposed Article author-
izing sale of the Lowell Street School was voted to go on the
Warrant.- The Board then reviewed and discussed Draft 6 of
proposed Articleon Non-conforming Lots. The Board voted
unanimously to submit..the Article as written.
Correspondence
A letter from.the Board of.Public _Works dated February 26, 1979
regarding the incinerator and incinerator site-was-read and
then tabled to a_later agenda. A letter from Dept, of Community
Affairs on.PUD and cluster zoning was referred to Mr. Mayerson
for a response. as was a letter from M.B.T.A. Mr. Mayerson is to
prepare replies and report back to the Board.