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Reading Massachusetts Town of Reading Massachusetts 6j NCO 2018 Annual Report OFRegO' y 2018 Annual Report m r639: Table of Contents PAGE( S) 2018 YEAR IN REVIEW Town Manager Annual Letter ............................................................... 4 Tableof Organization....................................................................................... 7 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SelectBoard............................................................................................ 8 TownCounsel ................................................................................. 10 TownClerk .................................................................................... 11 Human Resources ............................................................................ 12 Technology & Operations ... ............................................................... 14 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT PlanningDivision ............................................................................. 16 Metro North Regional Housing Services Office (MNRHSO)........................... 17 Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) ......... .................................. 17 North Suburban Planning Council (NSPC) ............................................... 17 Conservation Division ....................................................................... 18 Historic District Commission ............................................................... 19 Historical Commission............................................................................. 19 Inspections Division & Zoning Board of Appeals ........................................ 22 Elder/Human Services Division ............................................................. 23 Health............................................................................................ 29 Recreation Division ........................................................................... 33 Veterans' Services Division ........................ ......................................... 34 Mystic Valley Elder Services ............................................................... 35 TrailsCommittee .............................................................................. 36 FINANCE DEPARTMENT Assessing ........................................................................................ 38 Treasurer/Collector............................................................................. 39 General... ....................................................................................... 39 Board of Assessors ............................................................................ 41 2 INCORQORP PUBLIC SAFETY FireDepartment ......................................................................................... 44 FireRoster..................................................................................... 51 PoliceDepartment ..................................................................... ....... 52 AnimalControl ............................................................................... 60 Parking Enforcement Officer ............................................................... 60 Public Safety Dispatch ......................................................................... 61 PoliceRoster .................................................................................. 62 Reading Coalition Against Substance Abuse (RCASA) ................................ 65 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Director' s Report......... ..................................................................... 70 Administration Division ..................................................................... 71 CemeteryDivision ............................................................................ 71 Custodian of Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves ............................................... 72 Engineering Division ........................................................................ 72 HighwayDivision ............................................................................ 79 Forestry Division: Tree Warden' s Report ................................................ 80 ParksDivision ........................................................................................ 80 Water/ Sewer Division......................................................................... 81 READING PUBLIC LIBRARY Report .......................................................................................... 84 HOUSING AUTHORITY Report .......................................................................................... 91 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT School Committee Report ................................................................... 98 Superintendent' s Report ...... ............................................................... 100 Individual School Reports.................................................................... 106 Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School ........................ ............. 154 BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS Report .......................................................................................... 165 APPENDIX A. Election Results........................................................................ 172 B. Annual Town Meeting Warrant and Minutes..................................... 203 C. Subsequent Town Meeting Warrant and Minutes............................... 291 D. Financial Statements................................................................. 335 3 Dear Fellow Reading Residents, The Town of Reading Annual Report covering calendar year 2018 is attached. This report both summarizes and provides great detail for many Town activities during the year. Override 1/ In April, 2018 local voters approved a Proposition 2 2 override. Reading voters approved the override by a 60% to 40% margin and this was the first operating override in 14 years. The $ 4. 15 million override was gratefully accepted by both the town and school departments, and additional staffing was added through early 2019. Public Safety received 70% of the town funding, and as a result five( 5) new Police Officers and four( 4) new Firefighters have been added. A second School Resource Officer was assigned to the schools in August 2018. This additional staffing was critical as the town has grown by about 10% in population since the last override, and is forecast to continue to grow in both the residential and commercial sectors due to the economic development efforts described one year ago. Both Police and Fire are now staffed closer to average peer community per-capita levels. Economic Growth Redevelopment in the downtown area continued at a robust pace as part of an economic development strategy adopted by the community to expand the tax base: Schoolhouse Commons: Construction is 95% complete on a 20-unit multifamily residential rental housing project at 172 Woburn Street( next to St. Agnes Catholic Church) to be built under MGL Chapter 40B was approved by the Reading Zoning Board of Appeals during the summer 2017 after about a six month public process. Full project details may be found on the Town' s website under the Planning division, at this link: https:// www.readin zma. gav/public- services/planning- division/pages/ schoolhouse- commons- 40b Reading Village: Construction is about 60% complete on a 68- unit multifamily residential rental project at 39- 41 Lincoln Street and 2- 12 Prescott Street ( near the train depot) to be built under MGL Chapter 40B was approved by the Reading Zoning Board of Appeals during the winter 2017 also after about a one year public process. Full project details may be found here: https:// www.readin zma.gav/planning-division/pages/ reading villa Postmark Square: Construction has just begun on this exciting mixed use prof ect to be built under the Town of Reading' s 40R Downtown Smart Growth District (DSGD). The DSGD is part of Reading' s zoning bylaw and was adopted under MGL Chapter 40R. Postmark Square will consist of 50 luxury condominiums ( for sale) units and approximately 8, 500 square feet of commercial space at 136 Haven Street and 0 Sanborn Street( the former Post Office site), which was approved by the Reading Community Planning and Development Commission during the early Fall 2017 after a public process that took the better part of one year because of federal historic requirements. Full project details may be found here: https:// www.readin zma. ov/planning- division/ communit- i) lannin z- and- development- commission/hampostmark-square- 136- haven- st 4 20- 24 Gould Street: Construction has not yet started on this mixed use project built under the Town of Reading' s 40R Downtown Smart Growth District ( DSGD). The DSGD is part of Reading' s zoning bylaw and was adopted under MGL Chapter 40R. This project will consist of 55 rental units and approximately 3, 500 square feet of commercial space at 20 and 24 Gould Street the former EMARC building). Approval was granted by the Reading Community Planning and Development Commission during the late fall 2017 after a public process that required about 4 months because of historic requirements. Full project details may be found here: htt s:// www.readin ma.,,ov/planning- division/ community-planning-and- development- commission/ pages/ 20- 24- could- street 467 Main Street: Construction has just started on this mixed use project to be built under the Town of Reading' s 40R Downtown Smart Growth District ( DSGD). The DSGD is part of Reading' s zoning bylaw and was adopted under MGL Chapter 40R. This project will
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