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Meeting Minutes: Tuesday December 04, 2012
Meeting Minutes reviewed: Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Meeting Called to Order: 7:30 pm
Meeting Held at: Upper Conference Room
201 SAY 2q P 2. I q
Town Stamp
Members in Attendance:
Discussion
Action
Follow
Chairman: Mark Cardono MC
Present
Sharlene Reynolds Santo SRS
Present
Treasurer: Roberta Sullivan (RS)
Present
Carl Mittnight (CM)
Present
Secretary: Robyn Parker (RP)
Present
Associate Members in Attendance
3. Art 13 -TM vote
-Virginia Adams VA
Present
Nancy Kohl (NK)
Present
Others in Attendance:
5. MF Charles walk through
Subject
Discussion
Action
Follow
Items
Up By
1. New Member introduction
2. Meeting Minutes
3. Art 13 -TM vote
4. RMLD - meet re Feasibility Study& walk through
Agenda
5. MF Charles walk through
6. Open Session for topics not reasonably anticipated 48 hours
in advance of the meeting
7. Confirming next meeting
New Member
Welcome to new member Carl Mittnight.
Minutes
No meeting notes were reviewed at this meeting
The members wanted to thank MC for making the RHC
presentation. VA has a video copy and transcript of the
presentation and discussion.
Article 13 passed with 2 amendments:
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• recommendation 1 calling for super majority vote instead of
Town Clerk
an unanimous vote
asking
Article 13
• the setting of the 6 month time clock after the BOS appeal
RHC to be
alerted
Town Meeting
decision to impose
pose the demolition delay
when new
MC
The State Attorney General's office has to render a decision on the
Demolition
Delay
legality of the proposed Bylaw changes. This can take 4 -6 months.
Bylaw is in
The existing Demolition Delay Bylaw will remain in effect until such
effect.
time. A question was asked about how the RHC (and the Building
Department) will know when to use the new Demolition Delay
Bylaw.
Date: Tuesday December 4, 2012 Page 1 of 2
Subject Discussion action Follow
Items Up By
Meeting adjourned at 9:20 pm Note Taker: Robyn Parker
Signature:
Robyn Parker, Secretary
Date: Tuesday December 4, 2012 Page 2 of 2
A Reading citizen applied for a permit to build a shed and a Town
Building Department employee informed that citizen that he would
Town
have to go before the RHC. This was not the case. Many citizens
Building
have been informed that they need to go before the RHC for
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Department
renovation projects for properties not listed on the Inventory List.
Town
Planner
MC
A discussion and or presentation to the Town Building Department
employees about the Inventory List, the role of the RHC and the
whole issue of the Demolition Delay may rove to be beneficial.
Home Owners
NK to return working on the Home Owners package for owners
Package
whose properties are on the Inventory List. It was suggested to
send a similar package of information to the local realtors.
On November 23, RS, RP and VA, at the invitation of the building
Site Visit
owner and the contractor (Greg O'Conner -CG), visited the building
RP to
send
MF Charles
to as part of the pre - demolition walk thru. During the visit, RP and
email to
RP
VA noticed original building drawings on display and asked if they
could be given to the Town Archives.
CG
Thank you
VA suggested sending thank you notes to the Town Meeting
Notes to
notes
members who spoke in support of the RHC. A few minutes of the
be mailed
VA
meetin were spent writing the notes.
out
Next Meeting
Tuesday January 08, 2013 at 7:30 pm
Referenced
See attached
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 9:20 pm Note Taker: Robyn Parker
Signature:
Robyn Parker, Secretary
Date: Tuesday December 4, 2012 Page 2 of 2