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Meeting Minutes for: March 3, 2009
Meeting Called to Order at : 7:40 pm
Meeting Held at: Lower Level Conference Room Town Hall
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Virginia Adams (VA)
Present
Angela Binda (AB)
Present
Mark Cardono (MC)
Present
Karen Herrick (KH)
Present
Kathy Greenfield (KG)
Absent
Susan Patterson (SP)
Absent
Sharlene Reynolds Santo (SRS)
Present
Roberta Sullivan (RS)
Present
Follow-
Subject
Discussion
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Meeting minutes
Reviewed and Approved Minutes of February
Submit revised
SRS
for - 2/10
10, 2009 as amended. 3-0-1
minutes to town clerk
Treasurers Report
RS returned $593.30 + $200 to 350
Celebration Trust for pavers. RS moved to
transfer $2,700 from Spec Rev to interest
bearing trust fund. Discussed. 4-0
Friends of the Library
AB reported that 6 houses are on the house
Complete house write
KG, AB,
2009 House Tour
tour. KG, AB and VA are creating write-ups
ups and create page
VA
for these homes. The RHC will have a full
on windows and RHC
page for RHC info, a page on restoring
windows, and a page describing the Woburn
St Historic District. AB asked for volunteers
to hostess. Sharlene, Karen and Angela
volunteered.
BOS meeting
RHC had been asked to attend 3/3 meeting,
RHC attend BOS 3/10
RHC
but due to lack of BOS quorum, meeting
mtg
rescheduled for 3/10. Topic: Implications of
adding downtown properties to the Inventory.
CPDC Meeting
3/9 40R meeting at Senior Center at 7:30
RHC attend BOS
RHC
pm. AB mentioned that there is info
3/9mtg
available on CPDC website.
Survey & Planning Grant
VA distributed grant application put together
Grant application to be
KG
by KG. The Town has indicated that there is
submitted to MHC by
no money available to fund Reading's 40%
3/9
local share of this grant. VA moved that up
to $8,000 be allocated from the Historical
Commission Funds to be applied towards the
local share of a matching Survey & Planning
Grant by the MHC for the purpose of
expanding the Historical & Architectural
Inventor RS 2na Vote 4-0
Friends & Family Day
June 20cn 11-3. Table fee of $10.00 to be
held at Birch Meadow. After brief discussion.
RHC decided not to et a table
Meeting adjourned at: 9:40pm
Note Taker: Sharlene Reynolds Santo
Submitted as Final document on: April 24, 2009
Next Meeting Scheduled for: Tuesday April 7, 2009 at 7:30 pm in Town Hall Conference Room