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1 PLANNM BOARD XIMTM (March 17 Cont'd) HURING - M-1 - RSISS A public hearing was held in Gary Memorial Hall at 900 o'clock in regard to Article 58 on the Town Warrant for annual Town Meeting in March to see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By -Lar so as to change certain land from an R-1 District to an M-1 Light Manufacturing District, an area off Bedford St, adjoining the present M•.1 so=re between Westview St. and Hinohey Road, Approximately 80 persons were passent. Mr. Reiss of Belmont presented plans for Reiss Associates of Newton showing a proposed plant which would be used for the manufacture of a laminated plastic for usd on table tops. The Ass6ciates need another small piece of property zoned for M-1 use to adjoin a portion already so zoned and for which the company has a purchase agreement. A large part of that M-1 area is'swamp land and cannot be used for build- ing purposes. Some of the questions asked were: Q. What type of machinery would be used? A. Hydraulic presses which close slowly. 'Q. Would you be willing to bene the zoning by-laws changed so that a'first-class building would be required? A. Yea. We want a first-class building' anyhow. Q. Are there any odors onmected with the manufacture of these plastica?_ A. No. Where there are odors-, proper precautions have probably not been taken. ' Mr. Adams explained that the By-law states there shall be no odds, obnoxious fumes, noise, etc. He also explained that the Planning Board felt that the town needed some light manufacturing for tax pur- poses but had not intended bringing anything specific to the attention of the Town until more study had been given to the matter. Hoaev�er, Mr. Reiss wanted to build a plant and the Board felt this request was im- portant enough that be be given a chance to be heard. Q• How many people do you employ? A. Two shifts of 65-70 each shift. Q. How much area would it comer?. A. A oximat�ely 100,000 sq. ft. Q. What are the wages? A. Start at $1*1ranahour unskilled labor and go on from there. Q. Male or female?. A. Male except for office workers. Q. How about traffic - will this not increase the traffic hazard, particularly for small school children? A. There will be workers coming to work in their cars. There will be some trucks but not continual trucking. The bulk of shipping will go out by rail. Q. What time are the shifts? A. 7:00 - 4eO0 and 4:00 - 12=00. Q. Where is the access to be? A. Westview St. Q. How much will the plant cost to build? A. Somewhere between $600,000 - $800,000. Q. Is this product explosive? A. No. Nothing explosive goes. into it. Q. Are you on assigned risk or Employers' Liability? A. We are with the Manufacturers Mutual on pre- ferred risk, which only tabes those above average safety. Q. What is general plan of finance? A. Haven't decided yet, it might be a package deal. Q. What about lunch facilities? A. The general practice has been to carry lunches but we might try to get someone to come.in and serve lunch.