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Meeting Minutes CLERK
Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Historical Commission November 5, 2013
Date: 2013 -11 -05 Time: 7:30 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Town Hall Conference Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: Regularly scheduled meeting
Attendees: Members - Present:
Chair: Sharlene Reynolds Santo (SRS)
Secretary: Carl Mittnight (CM)
Virginia Adams (VA)
Sally Hilgendorff (SH)
Members - Not Present:
none
Others Present:
Beth Staken, Holly Welch (from Remax Realty)
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Carl Mittnight
Topics of Discussion:
Sub ect
Discussion
Action Items
Res p,
Village St
Realtors came to discuss the property
Await notice from
All
15 -17 Village St. purchased by Laura Mannering and Brian
the building
Grenert (contractor Jamie Lynch).
inspector that a
21 abutter Richard Talbot's concerns were discussed at the
demolition permit
July 2013 RHC meeting .
application has
15 -17 Village St. wants to demolish garage attached to 21
been submitted.
Village St. garage.
Issues:
• leftmost door will not close due to structure
degradation
• holes in the roof
We discussed the need to submit a complete demolition
permit application as soon as possible and that the process
may take up to six weeks.
Meeting
Reviewed 10/08/13 meeting minutes and approved
CM
minutes
unanimously, as amended.
Archives
The members discussed resuming regular Tuesday
VA
working sessions in the archives.
• The list of historic properties needs to be reviewed and
then sent to Ann Gentile to post on RHC page on town
website.
• The commission received back 10 copies of "At Wood
End" from Dick Curtis' estate along with other historical
papers.
Budget
No new expenses
All
Demolition
The review of the PowerPoint presentation prepared by VA
VA
Delay By -law
was postponed as not all members were present and the
(by -law)
audio visual was not set up for the meeting.
Process
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Subject
Discussion
Action Items
Res p,
Massachusetts
VA gave a presentation at the Conference on October 18,
VA
Historical
2013 about the Demolition Delay Bylaw and met with the
Preservation
historical plaque salesman.
Conference
RHC
Business cards are available should any of the members
SRS
need them.
Demolition
Reviewed agenda template, updates to follow.
SRS
Delay Hearing
Process
RMLD
VA sent pictures and write -ups for the calendar
VA
Calendar
Town Web Site
Access to the RHC page on the town website, go to:
VA
htti)://tinvurl.com/readinghc.
Email at: historical ci. reading. ma.us
Awards for
Potential awardees include: MF Charles Building and Old
All
Historical
South Church.
Preservation
91 Prescott St
VA met with Mr. Rizzi about the sale of the property. They
VA
are finding more and more problems that may necessitate
demolishing the entire structure. Updates to follow.
Demolition
VA will review and update Owner and Town procedures
VA
Delay
and forward the final back to Jesse in the Reading Building
Procedures
Department.
Review
Next Meeting
Tuesday December 10, 2013 at 7:30 pm
All
Copies of referenced correspondence and documents are kept in Meeting Minutes binder and relevant project
folders located in the Reading Historical Commission Archives in the lower level of Reading Town Hall.
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