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Meeting Minutes: November 3, 2009 Meeting Called to Order: 7:30 pm
Meeting Held at: Town Hall Conference Room RECEIVED
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Virginia Adams (VA)
Present
Others in Attend
Mark Cardono (MC)
Present
Priscilla Ryan, resident
Kathy Greenfield, Chair (KG)
Present
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Sharlene Reynolds Santo (SRS)
Present
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Roberta Sullivan (RS)
Present
Angela Binda (AB)
Present
Subject
Discussion
Action Items
Follow-
up
Meeting
Submit copies of
Minutes
Minutes from 10/6 approved as amended 5-0.
approved minutes
SRS
to Town Clerk
Phase 1 completed 10/23. Lisa Masaulf (LM) &
KG attended end-of-phase mtg. at MHC on
10/26. Ph.1 invoice for $1,600 received from LM.
MHC
RHC approved payment from Donation Fund.
Inventory
Warrant signed. RHC pays first $8,000. The
Submit warrant
RS
Expansion
town will pay the balance and will be reimbursed
from grant money at the end of the project.
Phase 2 scheduled to be completed by 12/18.
More suggestions requested for inventory
expansion.
West Street
WSHDC met recently to discuss a pending
Historic
District
application. The committee will soon have 7
Commission
members including a resident of the District.
On 10/27, VA & Everett Blodgett attended
Seminar
a Local Historic District Seminar in Harwich, MA,
sponsored by the Cape Cod Commission.
RHC met with developer, Bill Johnson, on 10/21,
Pierce Organ
who presented plans to save/restore only the
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main
portion of the building - not the
ells
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RHC requested engineering plans.
Held at the RPL on Oct 24 from 10-3. SRS,
Mass
VA, RS and KG assisted with preparing
Memories
information, scanning photos and answering
Road Show
questions, as more than 100 photos and
materials were processed. Data should be
available online soon.
40R "Smart
CPDP public hearing was held last night to
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discuss 40R. VA & AB spoke. KG will be
prepared to speak at Town Meeting on 11/30.
Meeting adjourned at: 8:45 pm
Note Taker: Sharlene Reynolds Santo
Submitted as Final document on: January 19, 2010
Next Meeting Scheduled for: December 1, 2009