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Town of Reading "r: E C E i V L) <br /> 9 Y Meeting Minutes TO'Wti CLERK <br /> Board - Committee - Commission - Council: 2:'27 '6` 2�5 PM 2:5 <br /> Historical Commission <br /> Date: 2021-01-21 Time: 7:00 PM <br /> Building: Location: <br /> Address: Session: <br /> Purpose: General Business Version: Final <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> Virginia Adams, Associate (VA) <br /> Jonathan Barnes, Member (JEB) <br /> Samantha Couture, Chair (SC) <br /> Pino D'Orazio, Member (PD) <br /> Amelia Devin Freedman, Secretary (ADF) <br /> Sharlene Reynolds Santo, Treasurer (SRS) <br /> Members - Not Present: <br /> N/A <br /> Others Present: <br /> Guy Manganiello (GM) <br /> Julie Mercier (JM) <br /> Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Amelia Devin Freedman <br /> Topics of Discussion: <br /> JM helped PD establish himself as the host of the meeting and then left. <br /> SC called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. She described the rules for the Zoom meeting. <br /> She advised attendees that the meeting was being recorded and that it might be live <br /> streamed by RCN, either on television or on YouTube. <br /> 16 Eaton Street: GM, the project's builder, reported that owners are still considering the <br /> Commission's design requests. He said that they asked if they can add these features <br /> initially and then remove them later, which he advised against. VA restated the <br /> Commission's desire to see mullioned windows and gable ornamentation in the new <br /> construction. ADF asked GM what the owners' objection to the Commission's suggestions <br /> is. GM said that they and their adult children simply do not like how the suggested features <br /> would look. <br /> SC asked if the RHC should release the demolition delay early. JEB reminded attendees that <br /> the six-month demolition delay was imposed in August and will expire in February. VA said <br /> she thought the delay should not be released early because the owners have not made an <br /> effort to adapt their plans to the Commission's suggestions. JEB and ADF agreed with VA <br /> that the demolition delay not be released early. VA expressed her disappointment that the <br /> owners have been unwilling to work with the RHC; JEB concurred. <br /> SC asked GM to let the owners know that the Commission is willing to speak to them and to <br /> offer advice if they would find it useful. VA asked GM to relay to the owners her suggestion <br /> Page 1 1 <br />