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Historical Commission April 14, 2015
Date: 2015 -04 -14 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 (JEB), Nancy Kohl (NK)
Virginia Adams (VA)
Members - Not Present:
Robyn Parker (RP)
Others Present:
none
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Carl Mittnight
Topics of Discussion:
S b"e t I Discussion I Action Items Res o.
April 14, 2015 Meeting
Call to Order
7:30 pm
Minutes
Reviewed meeting minutes; Approved as amended for
File with clerk
CM
meeting held on March 05, 2015.
Budget
No updates.
Archives
No updates.
Plaque
The flyer and mailing list are complete. The program is being
Program
reviewed by Jean Delios and Jessie Wilson in the Community
Update
Planning Department.
Several members of the RHC attended the forum on March
Historic
30, 2015 at the Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square in
Preservation
Lexington, MA. The successes of saving homes at 409
Planning
Grove St and 420 Franklin Street along with the RHC's
Forum
efforts with 186 Summer Avenue and the creation of the
Local Historic District were discussed at the forum.
Rules &
The RHC continued to discuss and revise the Rules &
Revise with JB
based on
CM
Regulations
Regulations document.
discussion
The RHC must inform the Community Planning Department
Volunteers to
prior to any volunteers, not on the RHC, working in Town
the RHC
Hall.
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April 14, 2015 Meeting
• A homeowner asked whether or not 309 Haven St. was
on the Inventory of Historic Homes. SRS replied.
• An article in "Reading's" magazine was published with a
quote from VA.
• The Princeton (MA) Historical Commission inquired
about Reading's Town Common historic guidelines. VA
replied.
• A resident asked the RHC to identify a historic home in
Write note to
Reading for a merit badge project. VA replied.
sender of
Mail
0 Erin Vosgein of Arcadia publishing asked if the RHC
Tercentennial
CM
wanted to collaborate on a history of Reading book.
program
SRS replied that "At Wood End" is already written and
that the RHC has no plans to write another book.
• A donation was made to the Town Archives of a Reading
Tercentennial program. CM accepted the gift.
• Eric Howard, grandson of the family that once owned
186 Summer Avenue requested to look inside the house.
VA responded but no plans were made for a tour. VA
also inquired if he had any family photos
The Hearing is scheduled for April 16, 2015. VA reviewed
116 Lowell
her presentation for that Hearing on the historical and
Street
architectural significance of the home.
The town asked if moving the Historical Archives, now in
Town Hall, to the Reading Public Library was a viable option
Relocate
for the RHC. VA responded that more space is needed for
Archives?
the archives but that the RHC would need more information
to discuss any proposed move. In particular, the RHC has
questions about the security of the room.
Chris Skelley asked if the RHC were willing to host a
Demolition
workshop on administrating demolition delay processes. The
Delay
RHC agreed that they would host. VA will work with Chris
Workshop
Skelley on scheduling the workshop.
The Board of Selectmen (BOS) were meeting this evening
BOS
and their agenda included a discussion about their proposed
Meeting:
bylaw for upcoming Town Meeting about Associate Members
Associate
and voting. Because of the importance of this subject to the
Members/
RHC, JEB and SRS left to join the BOS meeting and
Voting
discussion.
Adjourned
The meeting adjourned at 9:55 pm.
Next Meeting
April 16, 2015 at 7:30 pm — 116 Lowell Street Demolition Delay Hearing
All
may 05, 2015 at 7:30 pm — regularly scheduled RHC meeting.
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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