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J� OFq�O <br />Town of Reading (t E)VED <br />Meeting Minutes TO t4 4 CLERK <br />Board - committee - commission - Council: '��25 OC t 12 RM 7 36 <br />Historical Commission <br />Date: 2023-09-13 Time: 7:00 PM <br />Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Conference Room <br />Address: 16 Lowell Street Session: Open Session <br />Purpose: General Business Version: Final <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />Virginia Adams (VA), Pam Adrian (PA), Jonathan Barnes (JEB), Sarah <br />Brukilacchio (SB), Pino D'Orazio (PD), Amelia Devin Freedman (ADF), and <br />Christine Keller (CK) <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Samantha Couture (SC) <br />Others Present: <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Christine Keller <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />PD called the meeting to order at 7:02PM. PD appointed VA a voting member for the <br />evening. <br />25 Haven Street: <br />SC to draft verbiage for a historic plaque for the building, which would be provided to <br />Farouk Yousef, the architect for the new owners of the historic building. <br />MBTA Communities Law: <br />ADF met with Mary Benedetto, Town of Reading Senior Planner, to select post cards and <br />photos of large buildings around Reading Square, which were scanned by Amanda Beatrice <br />(AB). The next MBTA Communities Law meeting is September 19. <br />Fall Street Faire (September 10. 2023): <br />The RHC shared a booth with the Reading Antiquarian Society (RAS) at the Street Faire. The <br />theme of the RHC display was preserving Reading's History. There were three inquiries from <br />the Street Faire. <br />1. A neighbor near Mile 12 marker on Haverhill Street reported that the paint was <br />peeling off the sign. SB will contact the DPW to have it painted. <br />2. A Reading resident asked about the change of house numbers for their property at <br />132 Village Street. <br />To help answer one of the inquiries, VA brought the 1936-1937 typewritten report which <br />details the house number changes to our meeting. There are two volumes of this report, <br />and VA has two copies. A complete set is available In the Archive. ADF will ask AB to scan <br />the report, so that we can share the information with Jocelyn Gould at Reading Public <br />Library (RPL). <br />Page I 1 <br />