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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-05-01 Historical Commission MinutesReading Historical Commission 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 Reading Historical Commission Meeting Minutes Date: Tuesday May 1, 2012 Page 1 of 2 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 Reading Historical Commission Meeting Minutes Date: Tuesday May 1, 2012 Page 2 of 2 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 Reading Historical Commission Meeting Minutes Date: Tuesday May 1, 2012 Page 2 of 2