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Historical Commission June 16, 2015
Date: 2015 -06 -16 Time: 7:30
PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location:
Town Hall Conference Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street
on 05/19/2015.
Purpose: Regularly scheduled meeting
Attendees: Members - Present:
MF Charles Building Preservation Award plaque:
Chair: Sharlene Reynolds Santo (SRS)
CM
Treasurer: Sally Hilgendorff (SH)
SRS motioned to approve spending up to $600 after the RHC
Secretary: Carl Mittnight (CM)
Robyn Parker (RP)
receives confirmation that the owners would display such an item.
Virginia Adams (VA)
Sally Hilgendorff (SH)
SH seconded, voted 4 -0 to approve.
Jonathan Barnes (JEB)
Members - Not Present:
Demolition Delay Workshop refreshments, 05/27/2015:
Nancy Kohl (NK), Ron Weston (RW)
Others Present:
SRS motioned to reimburse CM up to $30.
David P Johnson (DPJ), Contractor
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Carl Mittnight
RP seconded, voted 4 -0 to approve.
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June 16, 2015 Meeting
Call to Order
June 16, 2015 at 7:30 pm.
Minutes
Reviewed meeting minutes; approved as amended for meeting held
File with
CM
on 05/19/2015.
clerk
Budget
MF Charles Building Preservation Award plaque:
File
CM
SRS motioned to approve spending up to $600 after the RHC
reimburse
receives confirmation that the owners would display such an item.
forms
SH seconded, voted 4 -0 to approve.
with Town
Demolition Delay Workshop refreshments, 05/27/2015:
Hall
SRS motioned to reimburse CM up to $30.
RP seconded, voted 4 -0 to approve.
Demolition Delay Workshop refreshments and supplies, 05/27/2015:
SRS motioned to reimburse VA up to $65.
RP seconded, voted 4 -0 to approve.
Archives
VA and CM have been working in the Archives each Tuesday for the
past 5 weeks.
Membership
RP was thanked for her service; she is due to come off the RHC on
6/30/2015. NK also was recognized for her service, but was unable to
attend the meeting. She also is stepping down on 6/30/2015.
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Subject
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Action
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June 16, 2015 Meeting
258 Main St
VA drafted a letter to Glen Redmond re: the sale of the historic
structure here. The letter reiterated that since the original demolition
delay, ending June 4, 2012, had expired more than two years ago and
no demolition permit obtained or demolition activity commenced
during that period, the Demolition Delay process must begin again.
The letter requested that Glen not issue a demolition permit, should a
permit be a plied for, until a Demolition Delay hearing was conducted.
116 Lowell St
DPJ attended the meeting and presented his findings on salvage
companies. The companies he contacted were unable or unwilling to
take on salvage work on the house at 116 Lowell St.
JEB presented his findings on the zoning issues with moving the
house onto a newly created second lot on the existing site and
converting it into 2 condos based on the existing house being single
family and having 8 rooms prior to April 1942, making it eligible for
conversion to a two - family residence. VA and JEB also met with
Jessie Wilson (JW) from the Town Planning Department to discuss
potential zoning scenarios which might allow the existing lot to be split
in two; the existing house to be moved and converted to two - family
condos, and another house built on the second lot.
DPJ discussed his preference to build a new 2 condo house and
move the existing house and keep it as a single family.
Next steps are to gauge if the town might allow for such a scenario,
and the prospects for successfully pursuing these options before the
ZBA. A meeting will be scheduled with JW, JEB, VA and DPJ to
discuss zoning. Another meeting must also take place with Glen
Redmond, the Building Inspector, to get a final ruling on the new 2
condo house scenario.
75 Pearl St
Several members of the RHC inspected the work on the front of the
building including the canopy and ramp. All agreed it was done well
and was in keeping with the original renderings.
9 Gould St
The homeowner inquired about demolition of a structure behind the
home. SRS requested a site visit and has yet to hear back.
496 Main St
The business at 496, the Chocolate Truffle, inquired about upgrading
the siding of the building. JW responded there were no restrictions
20 Pine
The homeowner inquired about the impact of being on the Reading
Ridge Rd
Inventory of Historic Homes. SRS drafted and sent a response.
137 -39 Salem
The RHC did a site visit at this home on 6/13/2015. This was the first
St Site Visit
home of Samuel Pierce of organ pipe fame. VA will prepare a report.
Reading
VA attended the Library Building Committee meeting and learned that
Public
mainly artificial materials will be used to rebuild the porte cochere.
Library
SRS informed the group that she wrote a letter of support for a grant
for the library to do a "Mass. Memories" -type project. This entails
writing up stories and interviews provided by eo le living in Reading.
57 Summer
The homeowner inquired about the renovation restrictions for homes
Ave
on the Reading Inventory of Historic Homes. SRS sent a response.
MF Charles
RHC discussed the lighting previously approved for the exterior of
Building
building. Second floor to be developed as soon as possible to meet
Bank's needs. More info is required regarding what will happen with
the third floor and when construction might begin.
Email
The historical ar7.ci.reading.ma.us is not forwarding emails to all RHC
address
members. VA will send a request to Ann Gentile to have it corrected.
Demolition
The RHC all agreed this was a worthwhile event. Chris Skelley, from
Delay
the Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC), did a slide show.
Workshop
People from north shore historical groups attended the workshop.
Adjourned
The meeting adjourned at 9:45 pm.
Next Meeting
July 7, 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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