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Town of Reading <br />r Meeting Minutes <br />'s <br />ds+►MCOP <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br />Historical Commission <br />Date: 2017-07-12 <br />Building: Reading Town Hall <br />Address: 16 Lowell Street <br />Purpose: Monthly Meeting <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />K <br />2011 AUG,! 4 A 11: 2 <br />Time: 7:00 PM <br />Location: Selectmen Meeting Room <br />Session: Open Session <br />Version: Final <br />Ron Weston (RW) - Chair <br />Jonathan Barnes (JEB) - Treasurer <br />Sharlene Reynolds Santo (SRS) - Secretary <br />Jack Williams (JW) - Member <br />Samantha Couture (SC) - Member <br />Virginia Adams (VA) - Associate Member <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Others Present: <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Sharlene Reynolds Santo <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />Called to order at 7:00 pm <br />• Membership - RHC now has five full voting members and one associate member. VA <br />moved to give Carl a token of appreciation for his years of service on the RHC. RHC <br />discussed ways to encourage new members to join. JEB Moved that RW be appointed as <br />Chair, JEB as Treasurer and SRS as Secretary. Vote 5-0. <br />• USPS Project - RW checked in with Andrew Corona; still no response from MHC. MHC <br />has received the letter of support submitted by RHC last month. MHC's previous <br />response was generated before they received our letter. We are all waiting to hear back <br />from MHC. There is a CPDC meeting scheduled for July 24 regarding the USPS. VA, JW <br />& SRS plan to attend. <br />• Lobs Pound Mill - 17th century grist and wood mill site on the Reading / North Reading <br />line on the Ipswich River. RHC's preference is that pipe be off the archeological site. JEB <br />has requested a response from the town regarding their position on this situation; which <br />has not yet been received. JEB plans to attend a Selectmen's meeting to ask again. <br />• Rules & Regulations - RHC plans to hold a hearing to adopt the Rules & Regulations. <br />SRS & JEB met to draft the legal notice. RHC discussed submitting information to the <br />town 2 weeks in advance. SRS will submit legal notice to Ann Gentile for the Chronicle <br />and the Town Clerk. JEB will submit copies to all appropriate individuals at town hall. <br />• Finances - SRS moved that the RHC pay up to $20.00 for a frame and card to honor <br />Carl's dedication to the RHC. Vote 5-0. All submitted expenses for the previous fiscal <br />year have been settled. The budget for 2017 - 2018 is $1,500. <br />Page 1 1 <br />