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,sx racy RECEIVED <br />Town of Reading TOWN CLERK <br />Meeting Minutes READING, MA. <br />&6- <br />2022 FEB 17 PH 4: 29 <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br />Historical Commission <br />Date: 2022-01-12 Time: 7:00 PM <br />Building: <br />Location: Zoom <br />Address: <br />Session: Open Session <br />Purpose: General Business <br />Version: Draft <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />Virginia Adams (VA); Jonathan Barnes (JEB); Samantha Couture, Chair <br />(SC); Pino D'Orazio (PD); Amelia Devin Freedman, Secretary (ADF); <br />Christine Keller (CK); Daniel Moresco (DM); Sharlene Reynolds Santo, <br />Treasurer (SRS) <br />Members - Not Present: <br />n/a <br />Others Present: <br />n/a <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Amelia Devin Freedman <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />SC called the meeting to order at 7:03 PM. She read the protocols for the Zoom meeting and <br />advised attendees that RCTV may be airing the meeting or recording it to air later. <br />Lafayette Market:VA continues to assist Peter Maguire in his attempt to document the site of the <br />Marquis de Lafayette's 1825 visit to Reading, which would entitle the town to a "Lafayette's Tour' <br />historical marker sponsored by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation. She is trying to establish the <br />location of Skinners Tavern, where Lafayette is known to have stopped. Mr. Maguire has asked <br />Latham and Latham whether they have records indicating that the tavern was located on their <br />property; the 1830 town map indicates there was a tavern on the site but does not name its owner. <br />JEB asked Karen Gately Herrick, the chair of the Select Board (SB), to investigate how to get town <br />approval for the marker. SC suggested involving the RHC's SB liaison, Carlo Bacci. JEB repotted <br />that Ms. Herrick had said she would involve Mr. Bard. <br />Signage at the Postmark: SC told Andrew MacNichol, Staff Planner, that the Commission thinks <br />that the planned restaurant sign is too large; he said the Zoning Board of Appeals Commission had <br />come to the same conclusion. SC will follow up. <br />40 Grove Street: SC emailed the owner, detailing RHC feedback on the latest designs and asking <br />him to attend this meeting; she received no response. She will follow up. <br />24 Gould Street: SC sent the proposed text of the interior historical wall plaque to the owner. She <br />will follow up. <br />Page 1 1 <br />