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Meeting Minutes of Tuesday May 1, 2012
Meeting Minutes reviewed on: Tuesday July 10, 2012
Meeting Called to Order: 7:10 pm
Meeting Held at: Town Hall Conference Room Town Stamp
Members in Attendance:
Discussion
Action
Follow
Chairman: Mark Cardono MC
Present
Secretary: Robyn Parker RP
Present
Treasurer: Roberta Sullivan (RS)
Present
Sharlene Reynolds Santo (SRS)
Present
Janann Ali (JA)
Absent
Associate Members in Attendance—
3. Appointment to the Naming Subcommittee
Virginia Adams VA
Present
Nancy Kohl NK
Present
Others in Attendance:
in advance of the meeting
Subject
Discussion
Action
Follow
Items
Up By
1. Minutes
2. Appointment to the Bylaw Working Committee (BWC)
3. Appointment to the Naming Subcommittee
Agenda
4. Open Session for topics not reasonably anticipated 48 hours
in advance of the meeting
5. Confirming next meeting
At the next meeting the committee members will bring all meeting
notes and files /record keeping documentation.
The Meeting Minutes announcement on the website will be revised
Bring
Minutes
to state that the Meeting Minutes are available from the Town
notes and
Clerk and a printed copy is available at the Town Library.
revise
The Meeting Minutes of April 10, 2012 were approved as
website
ammended. RS motioned -SRS seconded, vote 4 -0 in favor
As JA has missed more than three meetings in a row, MC will
formally inquire if she wants to continue being a member of the
RHC. All members were asked if they know of someone who
1- Contact
Membership
would like to be a full member or associate member. Brief
JA
1 -MC
discussion about the Town's letter of renewal of membership -NK
2 -Town
2 -NK
had not received hers. NK to looking into renewing her 1 -year
Clerk
Associate Membership by contacting the Town Clerk.
Bylaw
SRS and RS volunteered to be the RHC members on the BWC.
Send
Working
And VA volunteered to partipate in the meetings. It was mentioned
names to
MC
Committee
that Jack Russell has resigned from the By-Law Committee.
Town
Naming
Angela Binda verbally has indicated that she is willing to continue
Send AB
Subcommittee
serving on this committee as a representative for the RHC.
name to
MC
RS motioned -SRS seconded, vote 4 -0 in favor
Town
Meeting with Board of Assessors to be scheduled, however, with
Board of
the new computerized system for Town Permits, the need to
schedule
Assessors
update the Assessors Listing may not be necessary. RHC
mtg
MC
members discussed the need to update the "paper" listing for
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Subject
Discussion
Action
Follow
RMLD
VA and RS will provide historic images of Reading from the Town
Items
Up By
Meeting adjourned at 10:35 pm Note Taker: Robyn Parker
Signature:
Robyn Parker, Secretary
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benefit of people doing informal research or property searches.
RMLD
VA and RS will provide historic images of Reading from the Town
Image
Calendar
Archives for publication in the RMLD annual calendar.
search
RS/VA
Open Meeting
Laura Gemme, the Town Clerk, stopped by to set a date for a
Schedule
Law
presentation about the Open Meeting Laws. Laura requested
presentation
_
about 20 minutes. A date was set for June 5, 2012.
The majority of the meeting was a revision session of the
Demolition
Demolition Delay Bylaw. The RHC members began the process of
Delay Bylaw
creating a working draft of possible revisions for the upcoming
Revisions
BWC meeting. Discussions about the process sections to be
continued during a meeting to be scheduled before the regularly
monthly meetin g.
Next Meeting
Monday May 7, 2012 at 7 pm
Referenced
Documents
Copies of referenced correspondence and documents are kept in
Meeting Minutes binder and relevant project folders located in the
Reading Historical Commission Archives, lower level of the
Reading Town Hall.
Meeting adjourned at 10:35 pm Note Taker: Robyn Parker
Signature:
Robyn Parker, Secretary
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