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RECEIVED <br /> Town of Reading TOWN Cl E-RK <br /> ` Meeting Minutes`` .1 A.. <br /> K ,v� Y ; ,, s 23 AM 9 49 V <br /> Board - Committee - Commission - Council: 1 <br /> Historical Commission <br /> Date: 2020-11-05 Time: 7:00 PM <br /> Building: Location: <br /> Address: Session: Open Session <br /> Purpose: Version: Final <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> Virginia Adams, Associate (VA) <br /> Jonathan Barnes, Chair (JEB) <br /> Samantha Couture, Member (SC) <br /> Pino D'Orazio, Associate (PD) <br /> Amelia Devin Freedman, Secretary (ADF) <br /> Sharlene Reynolds Santo, Member (SRS) <br /> Jack Williams, Treasurer (JW) <br /> Members- Not Present: <br /> Ron Weston, Associate <br /> Others Present: <br /> Chris D'Ambrosio (CD) <br /> Sue D'Ambrosio (SD) <br /> Julie Mercier (JM) <br /> Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Amelia Devin Freedman <br /> Topics of Discussion: <br /> JEB called the meeting to order at 7 PM. <br /> IM asked SC if she needed any technical help getting the meeting started. When she did <br /> not, JM left the meeting. <br /> SC described the rules for the Zoom meeting. She advised attendees that the meeting was <br /> being recorded and that it might be live streamed by RCN, either on television or YouTube. <br /> JEB began by thanking the owners of 420 Franklin Street, CD and SO, for attending the <br /> meeting. He summarized the reason for the"emergency meeting,"as follows: the RHC <br /> became aware that the owners, whose house is on the Historic Inventory and has a <br /> Preservation Restriction Agreement (PRA), had made changes to their house which are <br /> subject to provisions of the PRA without contacting the RHC in advance as required by the <br /> PRA; he and VA had contacted the owners two days ago; the owners advised they had been <br /> unaware of the existence of the PRA. JEB and VA asked the owners to pause their repairs <br /> until the RHC could meet, and to submit a written summary of the changes they have <br /> completed and those they are planning. <br /> JEB reviewed the portions of the PRA relevant to the situation at hand, as follows: that <br /> some maintenance and repair (namely, that made with "in kind materials and colors, <br /> applied with workmanship comparable to that which was used in ... construction") can be <br /> Page 1 1 <br />