2010-03-29 West Street Historic District Commission Minutes

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Town of Reading 16 Lowell Street Reading, MA 01867 -2683 Phone: 781 - 942 -6654 Fax: 781 - 942 -9071 Email: mschloth &i reading.ma.us West Street Historic District Commission WSHDC MINUTES Meeting Dated: March 29, 2010 Location: Berger Room, Reading Town Hall Time: 7:00 PM Members Present: Richard Schubert, Chair; Steve O'Shea, Vice - Chair; Virginia Adams, Priscilla Poehler, and Everett Blodgett Also Present: Michael Schloth, Recording Secretary Mr. Greg Maganzini, 168 West Street There being a quorum the Chair called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM The Recording Secretary reported that he had forgotten to post the meeting of 3/24/2010 with the Town Clerk and therefore all actions taken by the Commission at that meeting are null and void. Aside from voting to continue the meeting to tonight, the only action the Commission had taken on 3/24/2010 was to vote unanimously that: 1) the work proposed fell under the Commission's jurisdiction and therefore required a Certificate of Appropriateness,'and 2) the requirement for holding a public hearing before issuing the Certificate of Appropriateness should be waived. 168 West St The applicant, Mr. Maganzini, was present. The consensus of the Commission was that the previous discussion of 168 West Street, recorded in the minutes of the 3/24/2010 should be referenced in the minutes of this meeting. After a brief review of Mr. Maganzini's application, Mr. Blodgett moved the Commission find the propsed work falls under the Commission's jurisdiction and requires a Certificate of Appropriateness. Mr. O'Shea seconded and the motion carried 5:0:0. Mr. Maganzini had decided not replace the double -hung windows on the porch (north and west side) with casement windows. Instead, he proposed to use slider windows. The Commission had no issues with this change. Ms. Adams moved the Commission finds the changes to be fairly inconspicuous and as such would not have much of an impact on the streetscape and therefore waives the requirement of a public hearing as per 5.18.7.5 subject to the following conditions: 1. The two skylights will be of the same make, model, and style (or very similar) as shown on the specification sheet the applicant submitted tonight. Namely: VEL UX 21.5" x 38.5 ", Umber Gray, Venting Deck Mounted Skylight. The Commission approves a smaller version of same (or similar) product if these prove too large. Page 1 of 2