HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-11-10 Historical Commission MinutesTown of Reading
rl RECEIVED Meeting Minutes
TDWN CLERK
READING. MASS.
Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Historical Commission November 10, 2015 1016 MAR -1 P It 581
Date: 2015 -11 -10 Time: 7:30 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Town Hall Conference Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: Monthly Meeting
Attendees: Members - Present:
Chair: Carl Mittnight (CM)
Secretary: Sharlene Reynolds Santo (SRS)
Treasurer: Jonathan Barnes (JEB)
Ron Weston (RW)
Virginia Adams (VA)
Jack Williams (JW)
Members - Not Present:
Sally Hilgendorff
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Sharlene Reynolds Santo
Topics of Discussion:
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Call to
Order
at 7:35 pm.
Budget
No update.
Archives
No update.
258 Main St - Application is pending completion of packet
which is expected soon.
309 Haven St - Buyer Mr. Coulliard wants to demolish and
build a 2 family in place of this 2 family.
Demolition
188 Summer Ave - Criterion has received approval required
Delay
from the Historic District Commission and now must meet
again with CPDC; meeting schedule for January 25
118 Lowell St - now has a demolition permit and has begun
preparation, but today the structure remains.
RHC discussed having a table at next years street fair. Table
Reading
could include a display of Sanbom maps of Reading. JW had
Street Faire
access to many of these maps; group discussed printing some
for faire and archives.
CM and VA have been working to continue organizing
Archives
collection.
- The towns Engineering Department has moved and
bequeathed a piece of a water pipe from 1892 to the archives.
- RPL has windows that need restoration so we are losing
Other
more of the original structure. Reconstruction of the porte
Topics
cochere has not yet begun.
- Johnson Woods on West St VA researched an inquiry and
has created a history of the area and added it to the archives.
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- The Residence at Pearl Street sent and invitation to the
Holiday celebration. CM plans to attend.
Accepted October 13, 2015 minutes as amended. 4-0
Submit to clerk's
Minutes
Accepted minutes of October 14 2015 as 4-0
office
SRS
Adjourned
The meefing adjourned at 9:30 pm.
Neat
December 8, 2015 at 7:30 pm.
All
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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