2007-05-08 West Street Historic District Commission Minutes

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Awl"- Wk RECEIVED TOWN CL7RK R E , MASS. WEST STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMAR i U P 2 ` 1 Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, MA 01867 Chairman, Susan Patterson, Dice-Chairman, Michael Gray, Secretary, Dorothy Casolaro, David Kruh, Kathryn Greenfield Amended Minutes of May 8, 2007 Members present: Kathryn Greenfield Susan Patterson David Kruh Dorothy Casolaro The meeting was called to order at 7:05p.m. 1. Corrections to the minutes of April 9, 2007 were made Minutes were accepted as amended. 2. New members: SP talked with Rick Nazzaro and he agreed to be on the Commission. He will send in the volunteer form. DC will ask Nancy Twomey, local architect if she is interested in being a member. Another person suggested for membership was Susan Blake. 3. Web page: SP has identified 5 links for the Community Web Page. SP sent contents of the guidelines and application forms. The other three links are a map of the district of which Dave has as a slide, Virtual Tour and the What is West Street presentation. SP will send DK the email address of the Virtual Town Hall people, who need our information by 5/18/07. 4. Discussion of status of 95 Howard St. project: SP contacted Maureen Knight to find out how the permit went through without triggering the WSHD contact. SP sent a letter to the homeowner listed on the permit on 4/23/07 requesting that he contact her as soon as possible. Since SP has not heard from the homeowner, she will contact Maureen and ask her to act as a gatekeeper and request that the owner get in touch with the WSHD, give a working phone number, etc. SP will also try to call the Assessor's office. She would also like to have the owners come in and talk with us about the project so we will find out what the project entails. 5. District signs funding plan: History was discussed regarding who may have responsibility for funding the WSHD signs. Peter H. had suggested the Historical Commission, however, KG explained that the Historical Commission may not be in a position to contribute to this project. DK will go back to Peter H. with his plan to seek assistance from Archstone. He will prepare his presentation, show it to members of the WSHD for approval, present it to Peter H. and then bring it to Archstone. Members voted that the Commission design a funding request for the signs, to be approved by Commission members and the town manager, Peter H.