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Historical Commission January 07, 2014
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Date: 2014 -01 -07 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)
Robyn Parker (RP)
Nancy Kohl (NK)
Virginia Adams (VA)
Members - Not Present:
Treasurer: Roberta Sullivan (RS)
Sally Hilgendorff (SH)
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Carl Mittnight
Topics of Discussion:
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DiSCUMSiOn
Meeting
Reviewed 12/10/13 meeting minutes and approved
Amend minutes
CM
minutes
unanimously, as amended.
Budget /
No new expenses incurred.
Expenditures
Archives
In December 2013, the RHC received a 1783 document
affecting a transfer of ownership for 607 Pearl St.
The RHC moved forward to recognize the donation with
a letter to the donor.
15 -17 Village
The demolition of the barn on the property was
St.
completed.
Demolition
Reviewed documents and approved as amended. All
Amend docs and
CM
Delay Hearing
documents to include an adoption date of 1/07/2014.
send to RHC
Process Docs
Statute of
The RHC discussed expiration of a demolition permit and
Limitations on
whether or not the Demolition Delay process starts all
Demolition
over again. There is no language in the existing Bylaw,
Delay
and the RHC discussed handling this issue through the
Rules and Regulations process.
West St.
The RHC received an update four the Massachusetts
File in archives
VA
Reconstruction
Historical Commission as the the effects of
reconstruction on Reading from a historical perspective.
MF Charles
The RHC nominated the MF Charles building for the
building
state historical preservation award and is considering
nominating Old South Church doe the same award. The
RHC also discussed awarding a local award to one or
both of these.
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Subject
Discussion
Action Items
Res
Finance
The RHC has been invited for annual visit to the Finance
Committee Mtg
Committee to explain our budget.
91 Prospect St.
VA responded to an inquiry by the owner on rules and
re ulations regarding updates to historic homes.
Adjourned
The meeting adjourned at 9:00 pm.
Next Meeting
The next meeting is Tuesday January 28, 2014 at
7:30 m.
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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