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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-04-26 Historical Commission MinutesF$ k Town of Reading Meeting Minutes iVEU viN r L!'-. r ±IBS. MASS. Board - Committee - Commission - Council: Historical Commission Iolb jum °9 P 5; 29 ! Date: 2016 -04 -26 Time: 7:30 PM Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Berger Room Address: 16 Lowell Street Session: Open Session Purpose: Demolition Delay Hearing for 309 Version: Final Haven St and General Business Meeting Attendees: Members - Present: Chair: Carl Mittnight (CM) Secretary: Sharlene Reynolds Santo (SRS) Member: Ron Weston (RW) Jack Williams (JW) Associates: Virginia Adams(VA) Members - Not Present: Jonathan Barnes Others Present: Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Sharlene Reynolds Santo Topics of Discussion: M 0 Called to order at 7:30 pm originally scheduled for the Town Hall Call to Order Conference Room but due to an earlier meeting the RHC meeting was moved to the Berger Room. CM was there when the company from Hadley came to salvage some items and they removed many components with the owner's 309 Haven St permission. They may return for the front door just before it is demolished so far we do not know when demolition will occur. Spoke about how to publicize the RHC working with David O'Sullivan a local architect who designed the renovations at MF Charles. Another idea was during the Garden Club's annual sale May 14 "' Preservation Have a booth that we could relate to preservation. CM & VA are Month available to be there that day, but others will be available to help prepare. CM moved that RHC spend up to $200.00 on materials in preparation of this event. JW seconded Vote 4 -0. Historic New CM & VA plan to attend a Workshop in May SRS moved to pay up to England $25.00 per person to cover expenses of attending May seminar RW Workshop seconded Vote 4 -0. JW had an example of a map from the Library of Congress. There is a fee for disks of each section. SRS Moved to spend up to $300.00 Maps for 5 Sanborn digital maps from the library of Congress plus shipping CM seconded Vote 4 -0 JW will take care of this. Lobs Pound Mill Received letter from MHC Reading Village No response to the RHC letter against the current plan Archives VA & CM continue to organize Page 1 1 Page 1 2 This is a 1794 cape that was added on to. Owner and builder are 337 Pearl St working together on a deal. The condition is very poor. Moved from depot to corner of Main and Ash now it has moved further away to be behind the RMLD building (another historic building) that Communications will be impacted visually. RHC prefers this third location although Pole there will be an impact on the Historic RMLD structure. CM will contact them with our opinion. Minutes CM moved to accept the minutes from March 30, 2016 Vote 4 -0 Adjourned The meeting adjourned at 9:15 pm. May 2, 2016 at 7:30 pm to discuss 5/14/16 outreach June 7, 2016 for Next Meeting the next general 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. Page 1 2