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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Historical Commission March 05, 2015
Date: 2015 -03 -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)
Treasurer: Sally Hilgendorff (SH)
Secretary: Carl Mittnight (CM)
Ron Weston (RW), Jonathan Barnes (JB)
Members - Not Present:
Robyn Parker (RP), Nancy Kohl (NK), Virginia Adams (VA)
Others Present:
none
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Carl Mittnight
Topics of Discussion:
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March 5, 2015 Meeting
Call to Order
7:40 pm.
Minutes
Reviewed meeting minutes; approved as amended for
File with clerk
CM
meeting held on February 11, 2015.
Budget
No updates.
Archives
Discussed software to track the Reading Archive collection.
Discussed spending more time at the Archives to complete
cataloging and storing of existing items.
119 Salem
Discussed sending a letter from the RHC to the owners for an
Prepare & send
SRS
Street
update. A letter will be sent to the owners informing them
letter
that the Demolition Delay expires on 3/15/15.
96 John
An application for a Demolition Permit has not been filed. A
Street
site visit and Hearing will be scheduled when the RHC is
notified that the application has been accepted by the
Community Planning & Development Department.
M.F. Charles
CM submitted the application for the Massachusetts
Building
Historical Commission 2015 Preservation Award on 2/13/15.
The RHC voted on and approved a reimbursement for CM
$67.45 for application expenses.
Historic
Several members of the RHC plan to attend the conference
Preservation
on March 30, 2015 at the Lexington Depot, 13 Depot
Planning
Square, Lexington, MA 02420.
Forum
Rules &
The RHC continued to discuss and revise the Rules &
Revise with JB
CM
Regulations
Regulations document.
based on
discussion
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March 5, 2015 Meeting
Plaque
The RHC voted on and approved starting the Plaque
Work with the
CM
Program
Program.
town to mail
Request that the town assist with some of the work to
plaque order
prepare the mailing to owners of properties on the Town
forms.
Inventory of Historic Homes.
The cost to homeowners including sales tax is $44 per
plaque.
Adjourned
The meeting adjourned at 9:20 pm.
Next Meeting
Aril 14, 2015 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, lower level of the Reading Town Hall
Preservation only works when we remember it is all about: People — Planning — Partnerships — Politics.
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